Chapter Forty-Eight
The goods of the Cheng family's caravan slowly passed through the checkpoint, and the soldiers guarding the pass were very cooperative, and almost never touched the loaded carts, and they were directly released. However, the team of more than 200 people is indeed a bit long, and it will not be possible to pass the narrow level at once for a while.
Lao Ba stood aside, staring at the Cheng family caravan that was passing through the customs with thief eyebrows, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, and he himself was very curious about the contents of this box.
If it was in normal times, Yan Kang would have explained the matter, and he really wouldn't dare to mess around. But this time is different, the contents of the box may be more expensive than gold, although Yan Kang asked him not to open the box after intercepting half of it, but when he intercepted it, he secretly reached in to get some, who can know?
At this time, Qin Sixteen was still at the end of the caravan, and with so much wealth to pass, only himself, the great grandmaster, could rest assured. Cheng Ziyi and Liang Guli, the captain of the horse gang, were at the front of the team to help count the goods, and Tiangu was arranged at the customs clearance of the checkpoint to deal with it when he encountered small troubles.
Nearly half of the team had already passed, and there was no trouble, and Qin Sixteen's hanging heart was also relieved a little, and he breathed a sigh of relief. It's a pity that his breath hasn't been relieved yet, and there is a sudden change in front of him.
The old eight toes walked to the customs clearance with a high spirit, and Yihui stopped one of the trucks with a horsewhip in his hand, and shouted: "The back half is transported back to the city, Deputy Commander Yan said, he will personally inspect it!"
The atmosphere at the scene took a turn for the worse, Tiangu stood aside with his hands parted, and at any time he could pull out the dark sword in his sleeve and start killing. Cheng Ziyi and Liang Guli, who were in front of the team, were also shocked when they heard this, and hurriedly ran over to inquire about the situation.
Liang Guli arched his hand at Lao Ba and said politely: "Master Bing, didn't Commander Yan say just now that he can let us go?"
"Yes, when Commander Yan opened his mouth just now, I remembered that this soldier was also in the big tent. Seeing the face of the eighth child, Cheng Ziyi also recalled his identity, it was a personal soldier in Yan Kang's big tent, they had only met not long ago.
Lao Ba showed a scornful smile: "Ruize City has its own rules, and we don't check the first half of the goods, it's for the sake of Deputy Commander Yan's face." As for the latter half, it must be checked one by one according to the orders of the city lord. ”
Hearing this, Liang Guli's old face turned red all of a sudden, he had spent so much effort, but it was such a result. owed a lot of favors, so that the employer broke the bank, but in the end, what was waiting for was the other party's all-you-can-eat.
Liang Guli, as an escort, is normal to be speechless at this time, and the gangs in the rivers and lakes do not have the confidence to go against the officials.
Cheng Ziyi's brain turned, and he felt that there was something wrong with the money he was spending, could it be that the other party was too little?
Immediately, he put on a flattering smile again, took out a large piece of silver ingots and stuffed it into Lao Ba's hand: "If Commander Yan is not satisfied with the gift of the other party, we can still send it again, please trouble the soldier to report it again!"
For a businessman like Cheng Ziyi, Lao Ba is not as polite as an ordinary soldier guarding the pass, although he accepted the silver ingot, the contempt on his face was not at all, and he sneered: "No need, Deputy Commander Yan is busy with official business, and he has no time to see you, so hurry up and drive the car to the city." ”
is different from Cheng Ziyi, who is not known for some reason, Tiangu, who is used to going south and north, was clear about the cat in it as soon as Lao Ba stopped the car, and the other party clearly took both money and goods, and what effort did it take to explain.
"This ......" Cheng Ziyi's face was embarrassed, and he turned his head to look at Qin Sixteen, who was slowly coming on a pony, "Master, what should I do now?"
Although Qin Sixteen came slowly, he listened to most of their conversations, and he already understood the situation at the scene in his heart. However, he didn't pay attention to Cheng Ziyi, but looked at Tiangu who was standing aside.
Sensing Qin Sixteen's gaze, Tiangu's heart was also a little weak, although he knew that Qin Sixteen seemed to him at this time, it was impossible to see through his great grandmaster-level combat power, but he still couldn't help but worry.
Seeing that the caravan in front of him was motionless, and had no intention of transporting goods into the city obediently, the eighth child began to lose his temper again, threw a whip on the ground, raised a puff of dust, and shouted: "What's the matter? If you still want to resist, you can't resist, I don't think you are transporting goods at all, but military resources to support Tiansheng's rebels." No matter how hard it is, we will not only detain the goods, but also people have to stay and check it well!"
As soon as these words came out, the gang members of the horse gang instantly became in a commotion. There are some things that Liang Guli, as the captain, is difficult to say, but the gang below is different, they are ordinary horsemen and foot power, how can they have any intention of maintaining the signboard of the horse gang.
"Captain, my mother-in-law is about to give birth and is waiting for me to return after this trip. ”
"Yes, my wife is not in good health, and I can't be away from home for too long. ”
"It's a big deal, I don't want the wages for this trip, people can't afford to be here. ”
"Grandma, this is taken by the defenders, how can it be so good to come out?"
"Brother Liang, you say this ......"
Although the gangsters under his hands were shouting endlessly, Liang Guli still gritted his teeth and did not speak out at this time. It is the responsibility of him, the captain, to make trouble, and it is his face that is lost. If he messes up, it will be the face of the whole caravan.
Different from the chaos of the horse gang, the Cheng family's caravan's own guards were all as usual at the moment, and there was no trace of fluctuation in their eyes, but the Cheng family guards scattered throughout the team also turned their heads to this side at this time.
What they were concerned about was neither the arrogant pro-soldier Lao Ba, nor the dilemma of the horse gang captain Liang Guli, but Qin Sixteen, and at this moment, all the Tiangang-level killers all looked at Qin Sixteen.
Regarding the chaos of the horse gang, Lao Ba just watched coldly, feeling that the heat was about the same, and he was about to start reaping his own benefits.
"Get out of the way!" Lao Ba flicked another whip, and directly knocked off the linen covering the box, revealing the seal at the mouth of the box.
Seeing the seal, the eighth child became more excited, and flicked another whip. I only heard a "pop", accompanied by a miserable scream, and a bad luck horse gang covered the blood marks on his face and collapsed to the ground in pain.
The gang guarding the cart of goods hurriedly scattered and stood at a distance to watch, lest they themselves be affected by the whip of the old eight. Liang Guli was silent, just pulled away the brother who fell to the ground, and also stood a little farther away.
Qin Sixteen still didn't speak, he just stared at Tiangu who was standing on the side, with no joy or sadness on his face.
"Hey, hey, hey......" At this time, the eighth child had already climbed onto the cart, and was about to tear open the seal on the box with a wicked smile. After earning a lot of gold and silver in vain, and now there is a box of goods in front of him, waiting for him to touch it, Lao Ba feels that he is already the luckiest person in the entire Ruize City today.
But as the saying goes, luck sometimes comes and goes. If a person's good fortune accumulates too much, or if it comes all at once, then his bad luck is not far off.