Chu Xintian stood at the entrance of the corridor and the flower hall. They can't hear anything. What did Lu Weichuan, Lu Yuan, and Zhao Hui say to these two officers and soldiers. Then they sent each other off, and the two officers and soldiers were sent away by Steward Lu.

Seeing the officers and soldiers leaving, Lu Weishui led Chu Xintian to continue walking towards the main hall, followed by Lu Weishan.

"Father, eldest brother, what's wrong" Why are the officers and soldiers here" As soon as Lu Weishui walked up to him, he asked him with concern.

Chu Xintian also noticed that at this time, Lu Weichuan's face showed a tired look.

But when he saw Chu Xintian, a smile of surprise appeared on his face.

Since the elders were all in front of him, Lu Weichuan just looked at Chu Xintian and smiled, but he didn't come up immediately.

Lu Yuan was interrogated by his daughter. Instead of answering right away, he sighed and said, "It's too cold outside." Let's go inside. ”

A group of people followed into the main hall.

"Big brother, what's wrong with you this time" Lu Weishui was anxious and anxious to ask.

Everyone sat down, and Lu Weichuan said, "It's not a big deal, it's just that I passed by Heihuling and met a bandit."

Lu Weichuan didn't finish speaking, in addition to the two people Lu Yuan and Zhao Hui already knew, Chu Xintian and Lu Weishan, and Lu Weishui, the three of them were stunned, and Lu Weishui was even more excited.

"Ah, have you ever met a bandit?"

Although the world is still peaceful now, there are always some people who will fall into the grass and occupy the mountains as kings, and those mountain bandits will rob property, kill people and set fires, and do everything.

Lu Weichuan met a mountain bandit, and he must have experienced life and death. At this time, he said it easily, but those who heard it were worried.

Chu Xintian was the same, although she was very worried, she was lucky to see Lu Weichuan come back intact.

"That's why the officers and soldiers came back with their eldest brother," Lu Weishan asked.

Lu Weichuan nodded and told everyone that he had encountered a mountain bandit.

Heihuling is only more than 100 miles away from the county seat, near Shunde Mansion, and I have never heard of mountain bandits there before.

It is the first month of the Lunar New Year. Lu Weichuan, who had been in the northeast for a few days, was anxious to come back, so he took a shortcut from the foot of Heihuling.

I never thought that after walking for a few miles, I could hear the sound of horses' hooves in front of me, and it was Chinese New Year's Eve. On such a small road, no one was walking, but there was the sound of horses' hooves, and Lu Weichuan felt that something was wrong.

But it was too late to escape. Soon they were attacked by mountain bandits.

This time, Lu Weichuan took five people to the Northeast. Three are good at kung fu.

However, they were surrounded by more than a dozen mountain bandits.

Lu Weichuan knew that the bandits on the mountain were outlaws, so he greeted everyone and didn't come with the mountain bandits.

Fortunately, the bandits only robbed them of their goods and silver, and did not hurt anyone.

But even then, it's a terrible thing.

Lu Weichuan hurriedly withdrew and went to Shunde Mansion to report to the government.

After listening to Lu Weichuan's story, everyone felt cold and afraid.

Generations of the Lu family have known how dangerous this trade route is.

If you encounter bandits, you will not be kidnapped, you will only lose your belongings and silverware, which is a blessing in disguise.

"Big brother, you go back to the northeast. You're selling wild ginseng, right, they're stealing all the goods."

Lu Weichuan smiled bitterly and nodded.

This time, he collected a lot of wild ginseng in Baiyun Mountain and spent thousands of taels. In addition to the money and chariots and horses he carried, he also lost two thousand taels of silver.

And that's not even counting the profits from selling wild ginseng, as well as the cost of two months of time.

"Money and goods, these things outside the body, if they are gone, they are gone, and the most important thing is that everyone comes back safely. It's better than anything else. If you die, what's the use of all that money and goods? Lu Yuan comforted.

"Yes, it is best that Weichuan can come back safely," Zhao Hui also said.