"Big brother, he said Wang Er Mazi, is that person Wang Er Mazi? These merchants are the most treacherous, and their words cannot be trusted. Maybe after we leave, he will kill this horse bandit himself, and take the head to the government to receive the reward! ”

Many of his men did not believe.

The Hunter Leader also cast a skeptical look.

Song Che pointed to his long caravan and said, "Guys and gentlemen, do you think I need to do this business of licking blood from the edge of a knife?" ”

He added: "Whether he is a horse bandit or not, you can take out the portrait and compare it with each other." ”

The hunter leader was suspicious, took out the portrait again, and compared it back and forth with the man.

"Hey, you pull your hair up and show your real cheeks to show him that you're not a bandit." Song Che said to the man.

The man glanced at Song Che and ruffled his messy hair, revealing a sallow cheek, his eyes were deep-set, his lips were cracked, and it seemed that he hadn't eaten food for a long time.

"Well, you can see it now, right? The portrait is with small eyes, and he is with big eyes; The portrait has thick lips, he has thick lips, and the portrait has thin eyebrows, and he has thick eyebrows...... It's not like that at all! Even if you cut off his head and bring it back to the government, you won't be able to get a tael of silver, so why bother so much to kill an innocent life by mistake? ”

It's not that Song Che deliberately wants to deceive people, it's that this portrait is so rough that you can't see anyone at all, but the hunter leader is convinced of it.

According to what Song Che said, the hunter leader carefully compared the portrait and the man again, and finally scolded, "It's really unlucky, I've found the wrong person again!" ”

He tore the portrait to shreds and beckoned his men to leave in a rage.

"You...... Why save me? The man asked with a hoarse throat.

Song Che glanced at the long loess and said with a smile: "In this desolate land, there is also a human touch, I will save you for no other purpose, I just don't want someone to die innocently and tragically." ”

With that, he tore off the water bag from his waist, took out a piece of beef jerky from his bosom, shook his hand and handed it to the man, then walked back to the caravan, beckoned to continue leaving.

The man froze in place, watching the caravan pass through completely, before he took a big bite on the jerky.

Two days later.

The caravan walked through the desolation and into the bustling terrain.

Xiliang City has finally arrived.

If the cities in the south of the Yangtze River are generous girls, then the cities in the northwest are five big and three rough men, they are not beautiful, but they must be strong enough.

The soldiers guarding the city, standing on the moat in columns, with firm and sharp eyes, seem to tell all those who enter the city: Don't try to get by, I'm always staring at you!

Song Che's caravan inspected for half an hour when he entered the city, which shows that Xiliang City is strict with outsiders.

After entering the city, Song Che originally wanted to go to the official post to stay, but unexpectedly it was already occupied by tea merchants.

Tea merchants who came to the northwest could only cooperate with the imperial court to conduct an exchange of tea and horses through the government, and exchange tea for mules and horses.

Song Che had no choice but to find an inn that looked decent to stay in.

If you want to ask Song Che about his evaluation of Xiliang City, he only has two words - rough.

There's never any frills here, just practicality. For example, in this inn in front of you, the grease on the table has reached the level of shiny, whether you drink tea or drink, you use a big ceramic bowl, and the food is relatively single, flatbread, garlic, and a large lump of beef and mutton with belt and bones, which are civilized and cut with a knife to eat, and if you are rough, you will pick it up and gnaw it directly.

All kinds of people walked on the street, leading mules, camels, horses, and pulling all the way, which can be described as stinking.

"Drive! Drive! ”

"Spread out!"

Suddenly, a column of cavalry galloped by, and the dust kicked up like a smoke screen slammed down on the shops on both sides of the street.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper hurriedly lowered the door curtain to prevent the dust from drifting into the customer's food.

"Hey, Xiao Er, what's going on outside? Why did the cavalry gather so much? Song Che asked curiously.

"As soon as you see the guest officer's attire, you know that it is from the middle, right?" Xiao Er said with a smile: "It was sent out by the Xiliang Army to suppress the bandits, and they come back every three or five times, so we are not used to seeing them." ”

"How? Xiliang City is heavily guarded, and you dare to be a bandit? Song Che asked again.

Xiao Er said: "It's not outside Xiliang City, it's the north bank of the Liang River, close to the Beiliang area, since Beiliang ceded to the Hu people, many remnants of the soldiers have fled to the desert and grassland to become horse bandits, they are familiar with the terrain, robbed the money and ran into the desert, the government wants to cure them, but they can't help it,

Therefore, you guest officers who come to do business, it is better to take care of a few more bodyguards, if you want to go to the field, go with those tea merchants, they have a special army escort, it will be much safer. ”

The field is not located in Xiliangcheng, and if you want to go to the field, you have to walk more than 30 miles to the north, which undoubtedly increases the risk of the trader and gives the horse bandits a chance.

Although the Hu and the Great Liang have ceased war, the after-effects of the war are still in this land. At present, even the inside of the customs is so chaotic, how can the Western Regions outside the customs still be able to go?

"Boss Song, what can I do? The value of our goods is so high, we will definitely be targeted by horse bandits! ”

Only then did he hear that Tang Hulu was full of fear, and if he really wanted to see the horse bandits, he would not be scared to death directly.

Song Che scolded in his heart: Can you still have a crow's mouth? If it weren't for you, the old Persian fox, fooling me into going to the Western Regions to make a windfall, Lao Tzu wouldn't have crossed the girder to come here to eat tuotuo meat!

"Don't worry about Boss Tang, tomorrow we will bring a cart of cloth first, and follow the tea merchants to the market to see the market, if the price is moderate, we will sell it in the market, it doesn't matter if you make less money."

"Well, that's all there is to it."

If you want to trade in the market, you must first go to the government to go through the formalities, value the goods to be sold, then pay the commercial tax and money, and finally issue a road guide voucher to enter the market for trading.

That night, Song Che and they spent it in the inn.

Early the next morning, he and Tang Hulu each ordered 300 horses of silk, loaded two carriages, and went to the official to go through the admission procedures.

Too many people will attract attention, this time to the field, Song Che only brought Nangong Yue and Lu Jingxiang, and two young men, Tang Hulu is about the same number.

The other guys stayed at the inn to guard the goods, while the female swordsmen did their old job, secretly spying on Xiliang Mansion.

In fact, Song Che didn't believe that Ma Wei would have the heart of rebellion, he was already the emperor of the soil in Xiliang, as long as he didn't stimulate him, he shouldn't make any trouble, right?

However, the emperor's thinking is different from that of ordinary people.

When a person becomes an emperor, his ambition will become bigger and bigger, his suspicion will become heavier and heavier, and over time, he would rather kill the wrong person than let it go.

Historically, most rebellions have been forced.