Qin Sixteen rode a pony, located at the back of the team, looked at Cheng Ziyi, who was nervous, and took the lead in asking, "But what has changed?"

The team of the horse gang is not short, and the weather is in the middle of summer, Cheng Ziyi is already sweating profusely, but he can't care about wiping his sweat, and directly panting and replied: "Pavilion...... Master, the road ahead was surrounded by the defenders, and they said that they would inspect the goods of passing merchants, otherwise they would not be allowed to pass. ”

"Hmm......" Qin Sixteen scratched his head, he was not very good at this kind of thing, he thought that with Cheng Ziyi and the people of the horse gang, there should be no problems along the way, but he didn't expect to really encounter a roadblock.

"Can't the people of the horse gang get over?" Cheng Ziyi, who was squinting and panting, Qin Sixteen turned his head to Tiangu, who was waiting on the side, and said in a deep voice, "Call Captain Liang of the horse gang over, let's discuss what to do!"

When Tiangu came over with Liang Guli, Cheng Ziyi had just eased up, Qin Sixteen's face was a little gloomy, and he was in no mood to go around the bend, so he said directly: "Captain Liang, how do you think this matter should be resolved?"

Liang Guli, as a member of the horse gang, failed to ensure the smooth flow of the road, and felt ashamed at the moment, bowed his head and said: "Master Cheng, the city lord of Ruize City is determined to find a deviation on the road, and I have no choice." There is only one official road to Tiansheng, and if you take a detour path, the horses and axles will not be able to bear it. ”

"I think...... I think, it's better to let them inspect the goods!" When he said this, Liang Guli was already full of shame, and he didn't dare to look at anyone in the Cheng family's caravan at all.

Qin Sixteen, a young brother who had just come out of Tiansheng City not long ago, how did he know how to deal with this kind of thing, and immediately turned his head to look at Cheng Ziyi. However, this time Cheng Ziyi also disappointed him, and when he saw Qin Sixteen turning his head to look at him, he actually avoided his gaze.

Cheng Ziyi still has some ability, but that is only the ability of Mr. Shujiao, following Qi Ling in the Dark Key Pavilion, he has always been popular and spicy, and the money is so much that he can't use it up, where do you need to run the business by yourself and deal with the soldiers who defend the city.

"Captain Liang, this officer and soldier is not just as simple as opening it to see, I really want them to check, and when we pass the customs, we don't know how much the goods will be intercepted!" Just when the scene was about to fall into embarrassment, Tiangu, who was standing on the side, suddenly interjected.

Unlike Cheng Ziyi, who stays by Qi Cheng's side all the year round and only points fingers at the killers, Tiangu has been on missions outside all the year round, and he has never seen any scenes, and he immediately broke through the greasy place of the officers and soldiers checking the goods.

Qin Sixteen threw an appreciative look at Tiangu, Tiangu handled it very skillfully, the things in this wooden box are not visible, if he shows too much attention to the box, no one will be allowed to touch it, even if he finds a way to pass this level, it will arouse the suspicion of the Ma Gang.

And now, Tiangu focused the contradiction of the problem on the interception of goods by the officers and soldiers, not only clarified the key to the matter for Qin Sixteen, but also successfully confused the people of the horse gang, making them think that their side was reluctant to get the goods, so they refused to inspect it.

Knowing the cause and effect, Qin Sixteen knew how to be flexible, only to see him jump off his horse, walk to Liang Guli's side, pat him on the shoulder and said: "These officers and soldiers are just for money, and I also ask Captain Liang to communicate with the brothers of the horse gang in this Ruize City, let us meet the commander of this Ruize garrison, we have our own way to deal with it." ”

Liang Guli was already at a loss, and now he has to let his employer pay for customs clearance, and he is even more reluctant to go. Although it was not easy to meet the commander of the city guards, Liang Guli still agreed to it.

In the branch hall of the Ruize Ma Gang, Liang Guli owed a lot of favors, and finally with the help of the local hall master, through the recommendation of a well-known squire in the city, he took the line of Yan Kang, the deputy commander of the Ruize garrison. Although he is the deputy commander, he can also ensure the smooth clearance of this Cheng family caravan.

Qin Sixteen wanted to leave the gold and silver to guard the Dark Key Pavilion, so he asked Cheng Ziyi to take Tiangu to take Tiangu to take care of it, and by this time, the entire horse team had been leaning on the side of the road for more than four hours.

Doing this kind of thing, Cheng Ziyi's efficiency is quite fast, and in less than half a burnt of incense, he returned to Qin Sixteen's side with a smile on his face: "Master, it has been ordered, and when the caravan in front of us is checked, we can clear the customs directly." ”

Qin Sixteen nodded, although it was a little late, but the situation in Ruize City was complicated, so he informed Liang Guli, and after leaving the territory of Ruize City, he would find a place to sleep overnight.

At the same time, in the big tent of the defenders in Ruize City, the deputy commander Yan Kang played with the gold nuggets in his hand, and said with some playfulness: "Old eight, what do you think of this Cheng family caravan?"

As soon as the words fell, a personal soldier who was accompanying Yan Kang stepped forward, walked in front of Yan Kang, and saluted respectfully: "General, I heard from the brothers outside the city that this caravan of the Cheng family has dozens of pallet cars for transporting goods, which is considered a medium-sized caravan. ”

"A medium-sized caravan transporting goods from the south to Tiansheng City to pick up leaks, how many silver taels do you think they can earn?" The smile on Yan Kang's lips became even bigger, and he asked again.

The pro-soldier named Lao Ba thought for a while, and then slowly replied: "General Hui, even if it is a resale of illicit salt, the amount of these dozens of carts is only a profit of two or three thousand taels of silver." ”

Yan Kang stood up and began to walk around the big tent, muttering to himself as he walked: "Three thousand taels of silver is converted into more than three hundred taels of gold, but they sent me two hundred taels of gold this time, what does this mean?"

Lao Ba followed behind Yan Kang, always holding his ears and not daring to slack off, and when he heard Yan Kang ask again, he hurriedly replied: "It shows that the value of the goods in the box is far more than two hundred taels of gold!"

Hearing his satisfactory answer, Yan Kang laughed loudly, and casually threw the gold ingot in his hand back, and the eighth man hurriedly took it, and saluted Yan Kang with his back to him with trembling hands: "More generals!"

The rest of the soldiers in the tent all looked at Lao Ba with envy, and a gold ingot could be regarded as a windfall for them.

"Old eight, give the order!" Yan Kang sat back on the main seat in the tent, and said with a straight face, "Half of the goods of this Cheng family's caravan will be cut off for me, and after the interception is successful, it will be transported directly to my house without unpacking." ”

"Order!" The eighth child who had harvested the gold was already full of excitement, and he quickly ran out of the tent after answering the call, like the wind under his feet.

"Since I accepted your gold and promised to let you go, I will naturally not break my word. Yan Kang picked up another ingot of gold on the table and played with it, causing the eyes of the soldiers behind him to glow, "As for how far you want to let go, I haven't said it!"

It's not that Yan Kang doesn't want to eat all of this Cheng family's caravan, but he is afraid that his actions are too big and will attract the attention of others, and only half of the goods will be detained, no one will doubt it, as long as he will share some benefits to the commander and the city lord at that time.