Originally, Gu Hongchao's caravan was seriously injured by the arrows, and there were not many of them.

Now Xie Xuanye rushed up with dozens of personal guards, running and fleeing, and few could muster up the courage to resist.

In less than a quarter of an hour, all the men of the caravan were subdued.

Only ten people survived, eight of whom were Beidi people and two were Dawu people.

Xie Xuanye ordered the body to be disposed of, and Luda led a team of guards to search nearby for half an hour to see if he could catch the escapee.

The rest of the men followed him back to the mountain village with the goods and the captives.

Lift the curtain of the most elaborate wooden carriage in the convoy and look inside.

In an instant, Xie Xuanye's brows furrowed, and his originally slightly relaxed face was instantly gloomy and tense.

The guards next to him saw that the commander's face suddenly became bad, and said with concern: "Commander, what's wrong?" ”

Xie Xuanye put down the carriage curtain, shook his head, and advised: "This carriage was sat by the master of this Beidi caravan, and it was very pickled, and everything except food was taken out and burned!" ”

Although the guards felt strange, they immediately complied.

Two quarters of an hour later, Xie Xuanye returned to the courtyard of the village chief's house with his guards.

Qin Shuhuang heard the movement and immediately came out to greet him.

At a glance, I saw that Xie Xuanye was followed by several carriages.

She walked up a few steps quickly, and couldn't help but look Xie Xuanye up and down, and saw that his face was as usual and his clothes were all in good condition, so she relaxed and asked, "How is it?" Are you and your guards hurt? ”

Xie Xuanye smiled slightly, "Your Highness, don't worry, the arrows we used first in the dark, the people of this Beidi caravan were frightened by us, many of them ran away, and the guards lost their fighting spirit." After our men passed, they were quickly subdued, and only a few of them were slightly injured, and they would be fine after taking medicine and resting. ”

Hearing Xie Xuanye say this in person, Qin Shuhuang was relieved.

Liu Renci, who was following along, also had a smile on his face, and asked Ah Hai to take someone to help the guards unload the supplies on the carriage.

It didn't take long for the results to come out.

Ahaile came in and reported, "Back to Your Highness, Master, most of the goods in this Beidi caravan are grain, and there are even a few bags of japonica rice, flour and salt, and the rest are mostly some miscellaneous grains, jerky, and all kinds of furs and coarse cloths in the goods. ”

In total, the food alone is enough for them to eat for a month!

Liu Renci nodded with a smile when he heard this, glanced at Qin Shuhuang, and said, "Tell me to go down, starting tomorrow, everyone will resume three meals a day, and let the kitchen cook more food for everyone in the evening." ”

With enough food, naturally the people in the team will no longer starve.

Qin Shuhuang added: "Select some grain, furs, and coarse cloth for the old village chief, and let the old village chief send them to the villagers in the village." ”

First, to reassure the villagers and understand that they will not rob the villagers of their food; Second, they were able to avoid the snowstorm, after all, they borrowed the villagers' houses, which were used as a thank you gift to the villagers.

Xie Xuanye said: "We have captured ten captives, eight of whom are from Beidi, and the remaining two are from Dawu, who were locked up in the firewood room by their subordinates. In the past two days, the subordinates will interrogate them one by one, and after the interrogation, they will be taken to Xia Gongcheng to deal with them together. ”

As long as it is the Beidi caravan on the border, there are few who do not persecute the people of Dawu, and they are not wronged to kill them all.

And this group of people passing by in such weather is particularly strange, and it really needs to be interrogated strictly.

When they arrived in Xia Gong City, Xu was that these people were still useful, even if they were useless, they could be sold as slaves to the rich merchants of Beidi in exchange for some silver.

The old village chief didn't expect Qin Shuhuang's party to get so much food and goods.

After he gave the food and other things given by Qin Shuhuang to the villagers, the entire small mountain village slowly let go of their defenses.

In the evening, the kitchen made steamed buns, and the old village chief also presented a jar of sauerkraut to make steamed bun stuffing for the kitchen.

When the buns were steamed, everyone was given two steamed buns stuffed with sauerkraut and bacon.

Add a bowl of white rice and a bowl of roasted pork with dried vegetables.

On such a cold winter night, under the heavy snow, eating steaming food, I only feel happy.

Tonight, everyone felt very satisfied, and they slept with a smile on their lips.

However, when Shilan was lying in Tongpu, her brows were still slightly furrowed, and Qin Shuhuang saw it and knew that she was worried about He Yutian who was going to the county seat.

She patted Shilan's hand lightly, "If He Yutian doesn't come back tomorrow, I will send someone to look nearby, the snow is a little light tonight, and the road will not be as difficult as before." ”

Shilan nodded, "Thank you, Your Highness." ”

The lights in the room where the woman was resting were extinguished, but Xie Xuanye walked out of the firewood room with a cold face.

Luda was still interrogating the Beidi people in the firewood room, but he didn't ask much news, but he only knew that there were two leaders of this team, one was named Batu and the other was Bao San.

Batu is a native of Beidi, and Bao San is a dart master in Aocheng.

When they arrived, Batu didn't know when he had already run away with his men, and Bao San was the first to be shot by an arrow, and his body was already cold.

Xie Xuanye walked to the dark place under the eaves of the courtyard in three or two steps, and the dragon armor flashed out from the side.

Xie Xuanye glanced at him and asked coldly, "Have you found someone?" ”

Long Jia's face was ashamed, "Master, there is no ...... But the subordinates were sure that the person who escaped was Gu Hongchao. ”

After speaking, he presented a piece of jade pendant to Xie Xuanye.

This was picked up in the snow near the caravan, the jade pendant was of high quality, and there was a Gu character in the middle, which was a jade pendant often worn by Gu Hongchao.

Xie Xuanye's eyes were gloomy, and he took the jade pendant, "You go and rest." ”

Gu Hongchao, you'd better hide better and don't let him find out, otherwise, he will never spare him!

Xie Xuanye thought in his heart.

Early the next morning, a dog barking suddenly sounded outside the courtyard of the old village chief's house.

Hearing this voice, Xia Dan, who was sleeping in the room, rushed out as soon as possible wearing a cotton jacket.

Everyone immediately followed behind Xia Dan.

The old village chief opened the courtyard gate and immediately saw a dozen dogs and the injured He Yutian.

He Yutian didn't care about the wound on his arm, and shouted anxiously: "Quickly bring Xia Shan in, he is more seriously injured than me!" ”

Xia Dan saw Xia Shan who was tied to the sleigh at a glance, and cried and pounced, "Dad! Father! What happened to you! Wake up! ”

Qin Shuhuang came out of the room with Shilan.

Soon, He Yutian and Xia Shan were taken to the hall of the old village chief's house.

Seeing that the two were injured, Qin Shuhuang immediately calmly instructed Shilan, "The quilt is spread on the ground, and let Xia Shan lie on the quilt." ”

Rao is worried, seeing that He Yutian was okay except for the injuries to his arms and legs, Shilan was relieved and asked people to do things according to Qin Shuhuang's instructions.

The pale face of Xia Shan was laid flat on the futon.

Qin Shuhuang asked He Yutian while taking Xia Shan's pulse, "Where is his injury?" ”

He Yutian couldn't bear to say: "Two knife wounds in the back, one knife wound in the abdomen, and two knife wounds on the right leg......"

Speaking of which, He Yutian couldn't bear it anymore......