On the north bank of the Yellow River, several scoundrels who relied on the ferry to eat at the ferry saw Confucius driving away in a carriage, made a look at each other, and quickly left the ferry. Rendezvous with the rest of his accomplices in the grass not far away, and then chased after them.

The scoundrels who rely on the ferry to eat are far more than these few people! There were many of them, and many of them were fugitives from other vassal states. These people not only eat together at this ferry, but they also eat at many ferries up and down the Yellow River. Not only did they eat at the ferry, blackmailing passers-by, but they also often stopped merchant ships on the Yellow River.

On the Yellow River, there are quite a few merchant ships. These merchant ships are generally the world's great merchants, or the merchant ships of speculative princes, kings, and hereditary nobles. They use the materials in their hands and a large amount of money to engage in monopolistic operations.

In this way, merchant ships are usually escorted. Other than that! It also has contacts with the local government and army on both sides of the Yellow River.

So! If you want to stop such a merchant ship, it is impossible to do it without a team of dozens or hundreds of people.

These scoundrels colluded with these fugitives and others to form a makeshift team, gathering together when there was work to do, and separating when there was no work.

Most of the time, the fugitives and others hid in the reeds on the edge of the Yellow River, or disguised as boatmen and hid in the cabin. When they have nothing to do, they get together to gamble, play, drink, and have fun.

On Confucius's side, there was only one adult and two half-earth children. So! A few scoundrels didn't dare to call many people, only seven or eight people, riding fast horses, chasing Confucius over.

After overtaking Confucius, they slowed down and searched for a place to rob.

Anyway! No matter how much money the three of them have in their baggage, at least! A horse and a carriage are worth a fortune. Especially horses, in this troubled world, horses are the treasure of treasures, old and valuable.

In ancient warfare, horses not only played the role of transporting supplies, but also quickly transported troops and put troops in designated positions.

So! Horses are old and valuable.

Furthermore! They also discovered that Confucius's horse was a good horse.

Confucius's horse, the best horse in the Lu country, was selected from the Lu Palace. Originally! Lu Zhaogong and Ji Pingzi and others wanted to equip Confucius with two horse-drawn carriages. But Fang Jishi said that the road from Lu to Luoyi was not easy to walk. There are many places to cross the river on the road, and it is inconvenient for a carriage with two horses.

After deliberation, several scoundrels decided: kill the three Confucius.

So! You have to find a deserted place. Not only did they kill people, but they also stripped off the clothes of the three people. The clothes worn by Confucius were all silk and satin, and they were all old and valuable.

Especially the clothes on Confucius, he was a big man, and one piece of clothing could be changed into two or three clothes worn by children.

To know! That's silk!

This day! After Confucius left the crossing of the Yellow River, he hurriedly ran for a distance, and before it was dark, he found an inn to stay. There was only one horse-drawn cart, and three people were pulling. Confucius weighed two people alone, which was equivalent to pulling four people.

Uncle Nangong Jing and Fang Zhong, although they are still children, they are both big men, and they are as big as short adults.

One night without words, the next day, Confucius still did not wait for the cornerstone, and after breakfast he went on the road. But! He was not in such a hurry as yesterday, he no longer shouted at the horses, and let the horses go as fast as they could.

Midday! I found a wine shop early, asked for wine and food, and ate and drank. Other than that! He wrote a signboard and asked Fang Zhong to insert it on the side of the official road, prompting Fang Jishi who was chasing him.

Confucius estimated that around noon today, Fang Jishi might chase after him.

He didn't know that Fang Jishi didn't chase after him, he didn't come at all.

After lunch, Confucius sat in the wine shop for a while before he came out slowly and drove the carriage in the direction of Luguo. Skepticism as you go: how is that possible? In-law him? He didn't come back, and he didn't say hello to me?

No way? What will happen to him?

If something happens to him, then? Who in the world still has a sense of security?

Someone who can clean up his in-laws' house, I'm afraid? Not yet born!

As he was walking, he came to a deserted place. Confucius's heart was stunned at that time, and he had a bad premonition. When he came, he noticed that this area might be deserted because of the war.

According to his knowledge of history, it seems that there were two small vassal states in succession. Because they were not subject to the rule of the Chu state, the king led his people to rebel. Outcome! They were all killed by the army of Chu. Kill all those who resist, including their people! Not "slaughtering the city" but "slaughtering the country".

In these two small countries, those who took refuge in the Chu State in advance avoided their harm.

So! In this section of the official road that I have passed through now, there are no people for dozens of miles, not even inns and other places.

"Wow!"

That's it! There was a crow cry in the wilderness. In the midst of such a quiet wilderness, it was frightening to suddenly hear such a wail.

"Drive!" Confucius instinctively raised his horsewhip and sped up.

The horse seemed to sense danger, so he raised his hooves and ran.

Cross the plains and enter a section of the canyon.

Soon after the carriage entered, Confucius had a premonition that something was wrong. When he came, he noticed that the road in the canyon was not wide and curved. So! It's secluded here. Even if someone follows behind, if you turn a corner, you won't be able to see the person in front of you.

"Drive!" Confucius raised his whip again and shouted.

After turning a corner, Confucius finally found that his premonition had come true.

Not far ahead, the official road was blocked by a tree branch. Behind the branches, there were several veiled men riding tall horses.

"Hahaha! ......" The robber couldn't help but laugh when he saw this.

"Hahaha! ...... "This is the moment!" There was also a smug laugh behind him.

"Who is coming! Interesting! Strip your clothes off! Just leave a pair of pants! Get lost! ”

The man in front of him rode over the pile of branches, came to Confucius's carriage, raised the long knife in his hand, and shouted.

"Don't think about running! Take it off! Otherwise! Die! Behind the carriage, someone threatened again.

Confucius jumped down from the carriage, looked backwards, backwards, left and right, and asked, "Isn't there room for negotiation?" ”

Needless to say, the situation before and after is all robbers. The robbers rode on good horses and held broadswords or swords in their hands. Both sides! Not to mention, there are cliffs on one side and slopes that you can't climb up on.

"Nope!"

"Look? Is there still room for negotiation? ”

The robbers on either side replied.

"That? Can? Released two children! They are still children, they are not yet adults, they have not yet married, and they still have their parents and elders at home, can they be let go......"

"Looks!" One of the robbers sneered, "You're still very kind-hearted!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense to him! You are deliberately stalling for time and waiting for a miracle to happen! Do it! ”

"Do it! Lest you have too many dreams at night! ”

A few robbers said, urging their horses forward, ready to fight quickly.

Confucius was not good, so he didn't talk nonsense. One turned, picked up the whip, and waved it in defiance.

(End of chapter)