In the middle of the dense forest, a road winds into the distance. Dozens of carts, loaded with goods, made their way through the dense forest.

"Lord Shizi, if we pretend to be a caravan like this, can we really lure out those bandits?" In the caravan, a man turned his head and asked the man next to him.

"Yuewu, what do you call me? Didn't you ask you to call me a young owner? Are you afraid that others won't know, we are from the official family, right? Shen Xin frowned and looked at Shen Yuewu beside him. This stupid boy, how many times has he said it, why can't he remember?

Shen Yuewu scratched his head a little embarrassedly and smiled. "Young owner, I forgot. I will change, and I will definitely change it in the future. He hurriedly assured. But, you said we'd been gone for almost two days, right? Why is there still no movement? ”

This Shen Yuewu is the second child of Shen Zhong's family, and he has always been better than Shen Xin. This time Shen Xin went out of Beijing on an errand, he had to follow, Shen Xin had no choice, so he had to take him.

But this kid, I don't know who to follow, his kung fu is very good, but he is always reckless, and he never uses his brain to do things. Shen Xin has emphasized how many times, this time when they come out, they want to pretend to be a caravan, and the big guys have to call Shen Xin the young owner. But Yuewu couldn't remember it, he was almost sad to death Shen Xin.

Shen Xin glared at Yuewu, "If you kid can't remember it anymore, turn around and go back to Beijing immediately, I don't dare to keep you." He threatened.

"Don't, don't, young owner, I can remember, I can remember." Shen Yuewu hurriedly pleaded.

"Okay, then you shut up for me. You are so noisy, even if there are bandits, they are afraid of you and dare not come out. Shen Xin glared at Yuewu and said.

Since the year before last, it has been rumored that there are bandits who often haunt this Taihang Mountain, robbing merchants who come and go, and the imperial court did not pay much attention to it at that time. Last year, there was a severe drought in Guanzhong, and the people were seriously affected, and many people could not cover their stomachs. After Emperor Zhaowu learned the news, he sent people to Guanzhong to send food and wages to relieve the victims. But he didn't expect that in this area, the food and salary were robbed by bandits.

Emperor Zhaowu was furious and ordered Lin Zhouwei to send troops to encircle and suppress, but he did not find a large number of bandits, and only cleared two or three small villages. In the end, there was no choice but to transfer food and salary from elsewhere and send it to Guanzhong. But after two or three months, I heard again that the Hutou Village had reappeared, robbing merchants and so on.

Shen Xin and Shen Fang both served in the Praetorian Guard, and they were not particularly busy errands anyway, so Shen Xin asked for an order to bring people to encircle and suppress the bandits in Taihang Mountain. Shen Xin was smart, and with his subordinates, he pretended to be a merchant to explore the way in front as bait, and followed the team from a distance behind. As long as you find a trace of a bandit, find a way to eliminate it.

They came out of the capital and walked all the way to this side, and it took seven or eight days of hard work. When he came to this area the day before yesterday, Shen Xin obviously felt that someone seemed to be watching them here. Probably, it's the spies of those bandits and bandits. Come to think of it, they want to figure out the situation on their side, and once they are sure, they will take action.

"Keep the word, everyone is a little vigilant, loose on the outside and tight on the inside, don't show me on your face." Shen Xin whispered to an entourage beside him.

"Yes, Shaodong." The man said yes, and then walked to the back, whispering to the people behind him.

In the mountains and forests, there is silence, and such silence makes people feel a little weird. Everyone was secretly vigilant in their hearts, but they didn't show it on their faces at all, but laughed and laughed. "Hey, I said Lao Wu, this time we accompanied the young owner to the west, back and forth, can we earn 50,000 taels back?"

"If I could, the big guys would be able to share a lot of money. In that case, I will redeem the little lady in Baihualou when I go back and take her home as a concubine. A man said this deliberately.

"Li boy, you don't have anything else in mind, do you? All eyes are women. If you don't die on a woman's belly one day, you'll be chosen. The man in the back said loudly.

"What do people live for? Eat, drink and have fun, I'm working so hard to make money, isn't it just to live a comfortable life? If you have money and don't spend it, it's all turtles. "It's called Li Xiaozi, so he won't mind other people's teasing, he said very proudly.

Shen Xin heard it in front of him, and he couldn't help laughing, these people are all lip service. Li Tie's family, but there is a beautiful daughter-in-law, the relationship between the two is very good, so he will not marry any concubine. Shen Xin smiled, then looked up at the sky, it was almost noon, it was time to rest and eat.

"Let's stop and rest for a while, let's eat something and walk for another three or four days, and then we should get to the place." Waiting for this batch of goods to be delivered, I asked the big guy to go to the kiln. Shen Xin said deliberately.

The crowd all laughed, "Young Dongjia, this is what you said personally, you can't deny it." ”

"Naturally, it can't be denied, don't worry, words count." Shen Xin smiled very proudly.

At this moment, suddenly from the woods on both sides, a lot of people suddenly came out. "Hahaha, you don't have to think about the kiln, when you get to the territory of our Hutou Village, don't want to take anything away. Brothers, come up together and grab this deal, and we will be able to eat and drink well again this year. ”

Among the people who came out of the woods, there was a man who looked like he was about thirty years old, five big and three thick, with a sideways face, and he didn't look like a good person. He pointed to the goods behind Shen Xin and the others, "Don't move his grandmother, Lao Tzu is optimistic about your batch of things." All stay for Lao Tzu, maybe you can still let you live, otherwise, Lao Tzu will let you die one by one without a place to be buried. ”

Shen Xin looked at the other side, there were about a hundred people, all with weapons in their hands, greedily staring at the goods behind him. Shen Xin secretly made a gesture to prevent the big guy from moving.

He took a few steps forward and threw his hand at the bandits opposite. "Ranking heroes, I am just a businessman who travels, and behind me are just some ordinary goods, even if the heroes take it, they have to bother to resell it. Why don't you do this, here, there is still some silver, you heroes take the money and leave, and leave the goods here, okay? ”

Shen Xin's tone was very appropriately tinged with some trills, which made people sound like he was already very scared and just barely kept his composure.

At the moment, I don't know how many bandits there are in this area, and if I rashly kill these people, I am afraid that it will startle the snake and make these bandits hide again. Previously, the imperial court sent people to encircle and suppress, but they couldn't find the nest of Hutou Village at all, Shen Xin this time, mainly found out the specific location of Hutou Village, so as to facilitate the eradication.

These goods behind them are smeared with some special spices, as long as these bandits take the goods away, then they can follow the vine, find the lair of these bandits, and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

However, you have to play a full set of acts, and you can't just throw down your things and run back as soon as you see these bandits? That's why Shen Xin is performing like this.

"Fuck you, for since you entered this territory two days ago, our brothers have had their eyes on you. The guys behind you have said that you can earn at least 30,000 or 40,000 taels by selling this batch of goods. Haha, if it is together with the principal, it will not be more than 100,000 taels? Boy, you're a fool, aren't you? The person on the other side snorted, not agreeing with Shen Xin's words at all.

"A good man, a good man spares his life, this is all the money of our family, so I will point to this batch of goods to turn over. Good man, please, leave us the goods. Shen Xin said deliberately.

"Don't talk nonsense from grandma, quickly throw down the goods, turn around and leave, grandpa can spare your lives." If you don't know the times, hum, today in this great mountain is your burial place. The big man waved the big knife in his hand and threatened Shen Xindao.

As the big man was talking, he heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the back of the caravan, and listening to this movement, I am afraid that no less than a hundred people came.

Shen Xin wondered in his heart, who is this? Although his subordinates followed all the way, without their own orders, these people would never dare to appear without permission. So, who's behind it? Reinforcements from bandits, they plan to attack on both sides?

Shen Xin wondered, and the bandit leader on the opposite side was also wondering. They came only after asking the owner of the village, and they were the ones who came. Could it be that the boss is not at ease and has sent someone to answer again? Can't you?

The bandits all looked up into the distance, and in a short time they saw many people coming from behind on horseback. The first person, apparently a woman, dressed in red, with a red turban wrapped around her head, rode a red horse, like a red cloud, and quickly rushed towards this side.

When the bandit leader saw the woman, he secretly screamed in his heart, "The master of Tang Zhai is here today, I don't know what advice he has?" Could it be that the owner of Tang Village also heard that a big fat sheep was passing by and wanted to come to get a piece of the pie? As he spoke, he made a gesture to let the people behind him quietly leave and run back to report the news.

The woman in red rushed over, came to Shen Xin's side, and pulled the reins hard. The galloping horse stopped at once, its front hooves raised high, and then fell again.

"Li Hu, you don't want to do good things, do you? You've intercepted a lot of merchants lately, and you're targeting these people again, right? You are so rampant, aren't you afraid that the government will find out and send people to encircle and suppress you? The woman's face was like frost, and she asked in a cold voice.

"Yo, Master Tang Village, you really have a lot of things to worry about, what does the matter of our Hutou Village have to do with your Qingyun Village? You Qingyun Village has the ability, you don't have to rob the house to live, but we can't do it in Hutou Village. If we don't rob them, we'll starve to death." The bandit leader here said with a mocking face.

"Master Tang Zhai, the first few **** have already stirred us up, and we have lost a lot. How? Stirring up again today? Qingyunzhai, when did it become a lackey of the imperial court? ”