After entering the city, Qin Shuai returned directly to Qin's house, but at this time, there was a group of people in front of the gate of Qin's house who were busy, loading boxes of goods onto the car, as if they were about to leave.

Seeing this scene, Qin Shuai's expression suddenly became gloomy. Recently, there have been no caravans in and out of the family, only one caravan leading to the Malan Empire, so these people don't need to ask to know who it is. But the problem is that now this caravan is under his own control, and as a result of his absence, these people are ready to set off, and it is really like Li Chong said, the people in this caravan probably did not intend to listen to themselves from the beginning.

"Who let you go. Qin Shuai asked with a gloomy face. A caravan steward in his fifties trotted over, with a humble smile on his face, and saluted Qin Shuai: "The villain Yang Chaodong is a caravan steward, and he has seen the third son. ”

This Yang Chaodong's attitude is not arrogant, and it is even a little low, but Qin Shuai still said coldly: "Who is in charge of this caravan now?" Yang Chaodong smiled and said: "Of course, it belongs to the third son." ”

Qin Shuai's eyes looked directly at Yang Chaodong, and said senran: "Since it is under my control, who allowed you to load the goods and set off now? How much silver was sold in the last batch of goods, what did you bring back, and what are these goods ready to be transported, have you discussed these with me?"

Yang Chaodong lowered his head and put on a humble posture and said: "The third prince, please forgive the sin, but at that time, the third prince was not in the Qin Mansion, and the villain couldn't find anyone to discuss, so he went to inform the head of the family, and only left after getting the consent of the head of the house." Time waits for no one, and if you delay the time of the caravan, it will be silver that will be delayed, but the third son, don't worry, the villain has been in charge of the caravan for so many years, and there has never been a little mistake. Of course, if you are really dissatisfied, then wait for the villain to come back this time and let the third prince deal with it. ”

At this time, there were already many people from the Qin family surrounded by the Qin family's gate, and everyone looked at Qin Shuai with playful eyes. Idiots can see that although Yang Chaodong's attitude is low-key and humble to the extreme, it is clear that he will not give Qin Shuai face, and he will not give him the opportunity to meddle in the caravan. However, compared with the arrogant road steward before, although Yang Chaodong is only the caravan manager, he travels south and north, and his attitude is very sleek. Now in front of everyone, his attitude has been lowered so low, and he is also talking about the interests of Qin Zongguang and the entire caravan, what can Qin Shuai do to him? There is no reason to beat him? He is not a road steward, he was caught by Qin Shuai because he said the wrong thing. Besides, even if Qin Shuai was really crazy enough to do something to him for no reason, someone would stop him in public, and Qin Shuai might even lose his position as the caravan manager because of this matter.

Qin Shuai's eyes showed a hint of coldness, he walked over and patted Yang Chaodong's shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Steward Yang, right? Very good, you did a good job, I just hope you don't regret it." ”

A hint of pride flashed in Yang Chaodong's eyes, and he smiled humbly: "Thank you for the compliment, the third prince, for doing things for the Qin family, the villain will never regret it." ”

Qin Shuai said lightly: "It's good that you won't regret it, Steward Yang, I wish you all the best." ”

Yang Chaodong frowned, why did the four words 'go all the way' sound so awkward? But he didn't care, he was already a person from the second son's side, and he was destined to be not a person from the third son who was not favored, and if he was offended, he would be offended, no big deal. The rest of the Qin family members who were watching also secretly smiled and shook their heads, this Qin Shuai was still a little tender, and he was speechless when he was squeezed by an old fritter like Yang Chaodong. After the crowd dispersed, Qin Shuai directly took Li Chong back to his courtyard with a gloomy face. As soon as Li Chong wanted to say something, he saw Qin Shuai's gloomy face instantly return to normal, and he asked Li Chong: "Can you inquire about the route of the caravan?" Li Chong was stunned for a moment, and then nodded and said: "Of course you can, every time the caravan sets off, it must be kept in the Qin family, so that we can estimate where the caravan has arrived at each time, and once we return after the overtime, we have to look for it, this thing is not a secret, it is easy to see." ”

Qin Shuai took out a piece of paper, wrote a letter, drew a strange mark on it and handed it to Li Chongdao: "Go and get the route map of the caravan, put it in the tea shop about two miles north of the city, and hand it over to the shopkeeper of the tea shop." ”

Although Li Chong was honest, he was not stupid, he could probably guess what Qin Shuai wanted to do, which made him shudder. But he is already a person from Qin Shuai's side, and he can only do what Qin Shuai asks him to do, otherwise, he will already feel the consequences from Qin Shuai's ruthless way of acting.

At this time, Yang Chaodong's caravan had already left the city, and one of the stewards came to Yang Chaodong's side, frowned, and said: "Old Yang, you offended the third prince to death today, but I have heard people say that how the third prince dealt with the road steward in the family discussion, after the third prince came back from the Nanshan mining area, he is different from the previous third prince." ”

Yang Chaodong didn't care and said: "Of course I know, but don't forget, we have received a lot of benefits from the second son's side over the years, including the time we were deceived once, and we bought a bunch of fake medicines, but the second son and the third lady helped us cover up that matter." We are all descendants of the Qin family, but it is not certain who the Qin family will be in the future, since we have already stood in line, then don't be half-hearted, if something happens, the third lady and the second son will help us carry it down. Just like today, I can't find fault with my attitude, he Qin Shuai dares to kill me? The Qin family is a big family, since it is a big family, then we have to talk about the rules, as long as we don't break the rules, then Qin Shuai can't move us. The steward nodded, but still felt a little uneasy in his heart.

After nightfall, Yang Chaodong led the caravan directly into the dense forest of Dangyang Mountain. The number of the Qin family's caravan is only about a hundred people, and the strength to resist the bandits is not strong, but Yang Chaodong and they are all old men of this caravan, they are experienced, and if they can't resist, then hide, Dangyang Mountain is so big, with their experience, they can completely bypass those bandits, and completely sweep away the traces behind them, and leave this Dangyang Mountain unharmed. Even if they were unlucky and were discovered by bandits, Yang Chaodong and they were very decisive to throw down the goods and run. Although those robbers robbed money and killed people, they were extremely ruthless, but compared with killing, robbing money is the most important, so once this happens, those bandits will definitely go to grab the goods they left behind first, and Yang Chaodong They can also escape calmly. It is inevitable that the caravan will encounter this kind of thing, as long as it does not happen often, the Qin family will not blame it, and the loss will come back after a few more trips. Looking up at the sky, Yang Chaodong whispered to the people in the caravan: "Walk a little further, there is a small cave ahead, let's go there to rest." ”

But at this moment, a voice came laughing: "No need to go, if you want to rest today, just rest here!"

As the sound came, torches were raised, and the sonorous sound of the blades being unsheathed was heard, and the surrounding bandits appeared in front of their eyes. Yang Chaodong's expression changed suddenly, what the hell is going on? This road is what he has only recently prepared to take, and there are no bandits' cottages nearby. The most important thing is that even if he is really unlucky enough to meet the bandits by accident, he can detect the slightest movement, and these bandits clearly seem to know the route of their caravan and are waiting for them here!

"Everyone hurry up, don't want the goods!" Yang Chaodong suddenly shouted, and directly urged the horse to turn around and run, and the rest of the stewards and caravan people did the same, they didn't have time to think so much. However, it was a little different from what they expected, the quality of these bandits could be compared with that of the officers and soldiers, and in the face of the goods they left behind, these bandits didn't even look at them, and killed them directly. Moreover, a few of these bandits with strong martial arts were staring at the stewards of their caravans and killing them mercilessly. Ordinary warriors of those caravans, they turned a blind eye. Seeing that the stewards in their caravan were all chased by those bandits and killed one by one.

Yang Chaodong's heart couldn't help but become anxious. He gritted his teeth, pulled out a dagger, and stabbed it on the horse's rump, and the horse neighed in pain and sped up. But at this moment, a short sword flew from a distance and smashed directly at Yang Chaodong.

Although Yang Chaodong is the caravan manager, he has only practiced some superficial fist and foot kung fu, and he has been able to manage the caravan over the years, relying on his own means, not martial arts.

The short sword smashed him, and he subconsciously turned around and raised his arm to block, but his arms were directly shattered by the smash, spit out a mouthful of blood, and fell off the horse directly. Behind him, Zhu Gui walked over slowly, picked up Yang Chaodong on the ground with a frightened face, and whispered in his ear: "Yang Chaodong, right? Qin Ye Qin Gongzi asked me to bring you a message, Yang Steward, go all the way!" The moment he heard this, Yang Chaodong's eyes were filled with horror.

Understood, he understood everything, the third son of their Qin family actually colluded with bandits to rob and kill his own caravan! But at this time, Yang Chaodong had no time to be resentful or regretful, because Zhu Gui had already taken out a dagger, stabbed Yang Chaodong in the chest, and twisted it as much as he could, so that Yang Chaodong, who was already struggling to breathe, was thrown to the ground.

Zhu Gui shook off the blood on the dagger, waved his hand at the rest of the bandits, and said, "Go, open the goods, and see how our Qin Ye gave us a meeting gift." ”