Early the next morning.

The merchants were released as scheduled, and the stockade specially washed their clothes, how they looked when they came, and how they looked when they went.

Song Che, Guo Shuyun, and Kui Jin, accompanied by more than 50 militiamen, set off to the border of Daliang with more than 20 Liang merchants, as well as more than 30 heads of Hala Shao and his main subordinates.

Xu was eager to go home, and the merchants never shouted tiredness all the way, and the speed was much faster than when they came.

In the afternoon, the girder pass came into view.

It's finally time to go home, and the merchants are excited.

Guo Shuyun and others had heavy faces, once upon a time, Daliang was also their home, until one day they became outcasts.

A child who is abandoned by his mother will have some resentment in his heart, right?

"Whoever comes, stop quickly!"

This team is about seventy or eighty people, and there are horses and weapons, so the defenders of the pass naturally have to be ordered to stop.

Representative Kuijin stepped forward and replied:

"We are the villagers of Yanshan Fort, the horse bandits who ransacked the field have been killed by us, and the captured Liang merchants have also been rescued, look, they are all here!"

The Liang merchants hurriedly raised their arms and shouted:

"It's us! I am Huang Million, Lord Huang Shicao Huang of Xiliang Mansion is my brother-in-law! ”

"I, I, I...... Wang Dafu! The king of the Tea Horse Division is my sworn brother! ”

"Let us in! We're going home! ”

doesn't even need Song Che's relationship, these old businessmen who are mixed in the shopping mall, who doesn't know some high-ranking officials in Xiliang Mansion?

In the past half a month, the incident in the field has been in an uproar, and the defenders of the pass did not dare to slack off, so they hurriedly let the team enter the pass.

Coincidentally, the general guarding the pass happened to know the businessman named Huang Million.

"Oh, Boss Huang, you guys are back, do you know that after the robbery of the field, the entire northwest was almost turned upside down!"

"Yes...... yes, I'm ...... Does my yellow million have such a big hand? It is worth the Xiliang army to come out. ”

"Anyway, it's good for you to come back, go back to Xiliang City quickly, go and report peace to Prime Minister Ma, so that we soldiers can have a few days of leisure!"

If there are acquaintances, it will be easy to do, not only will they be released, but they will also send a special team of 500 soldiers to escort the merchants all the way to Xiliang.

In the evening, arrive at Xiliang City.

Since the merchants entered the customs, the pass sent scouts back to the city to inform the news, when Song Che and they came to the city gate, the relatives of the merchants, the people of Xiliang City, tens of thousands of soldiers, gathered under the city gate, divided the road and lined up beside the road.

I don't know, I thought I was going to welcome a king and a general.

"Brother-in-law!"

"Boss!"

"Father!"

Liu Xiang'er, Nangong Yue, Dina and other relatives of the businessmen rushed away in tears.

"Brother-in-law, I thought I wouldn't see you anymore!" Liu Xiang'er threw herself into Song Che's arms and cried.

Nangong Yue, Lu Jingxiang and other female swordsmen also wiped their tears and blamed themselves, "I'm sorry boss, it's all our incompetence to blame you, you were caught by horse bandits, you must have suffered a lot during this time......"

Facing the crying family members, Song Che didn't feel emotional in his heart, but he became the one who comforted him: "You see, I've gained weight, am I like a hard-working person?" ”

"That's right, my brother-in-law is so smart, even if he is caught in the bandits' den, those horse bandits have to treat you as a treasure!"

That's quite nice!

"Let Jean, let Jean, Master Ma is here!"

A column of officers and soldiers cleared the crowd, and then, I saw a carriage driving to the side of the merchants and stopped, followed by a sturdy young man escort, still a familiar face, Liu Chao.

Liu Chao is the son-in-law of Xiliang Taishou, and there should be no one else sitting in the car that he can escort with him.

Guo Shuyun, Kui Jin and other village militia immediately became nervous.

The door of the car opened, and an old man dressed in a purple and gold robe, nearly sixty years old, with crane hair and a childish face, stepped out of the carriage, worthy of being a border passer, with a pair of old eyes full of energy.

Guo Shuyun clenched the reins, her eyes buried in hatred.

The old man glanced at the merchants and said, "Excuse me, who is Song Che, Boss Song?" ”

Song Che responded lightly.

The old man beckoned slightly, led Liu Chao and the officials of Xiliang Mansion to Song Che together, and bowed his head:

"Xiaguan Ma Wei, the civil and military generals of Xiliang Mansion, see Boss Song."

Song Che changed his salute and said with his hand: "The old minister, the lords, and the generals, Song is just a businessman, so there is really no need to be polite." ”

"Boss Song is too modest, and he blames the lower officials for their unfavorable governance, so he asked the horse bandits to attack the field, causing you to be frightened and suffered, and the lower officials should admonish themselves to the Beijing Division, and ask His Majesty the Emperor to punish him."

It could be seen that he was really afraid that this matter would reach the emperor's ears.

The most surprising thing is Guo Shuyun, she was still worried that Song Che's relationship was not strong enough yesterday, and she couldn't handle Xiliang Taishou, and now seeing Ma Wei respecting Song Che as a guest, all the worries in her heart also disappeared, and she looked at Song Che with more and more admiration and admiration.

He said it could be done, then it could be done.

"Hey, His Majesty the Emperor will not punish you, but will reward you, come on, old man, Song is going to give you a big gift today!"

Song Che pulled Ma Wei to the carriage loaded with human heads, and violently peeled off the white cloth covering it, and the heads of the bandits such as Hara Shao appeared in front of him. The man was killed yesterday, and the day in June was too hot, and although he had tried his best to prevent embalming, he still emitted a foul smell, but he could still see his face clearly.

"It's ...... Hara less! ”

All the civil officials and military generals in Xiliang Mansion were shocked.

Ma Wei was very surprised and said in disbelief: "Boss Song, this bandit has been messing around the northwest for several years, burning, killing and looting, and doing all kinds of evil, how did you kill him?" ”

Song Che smiled and waved his hand, "The old minister said that he laughed, how could a certain businessman in Song who can only do business kill the bandits?" ”

He raised his hand and pointed at Guo Shuyun and the others, "Thanks to the compatriots in Yanshan Fort for killing these bandits and rescuing us from Hara Shao." ”

"Oh?" Ma Wei's eyes swept to the villagers, and he couldn't help but wonder: "Yanshan Fort can be in the territory of Daliang?" The old man has governed the northwest for decades, but he has never heard of such a fortress. ”

Guo Shuyun looked a little overwhelmed.

Kui Jin calmly replied with a smile: "Master Ma, we were in the country, and later Beiliang was ceded to the Hu people, and we were not willing to be ruled by the barbarians, so we dragged our families and moved to the western hills, where we lived in a simple place all year round, and lived in poverty and happiness;

To tell the truth, Lord Ma, on the night of the robbery, the villain also stayed in the field, but fortunately I was born with a foreign face, so I was not taken away by the horse bandits;

The Yanshan Fort where the villain is located, seventy or eighty miles away from the Hala Shao tribe, used to purchase salt and other necessities, and dealt with horse bandits more or less, and on the night of Hala Shao's ransack, I recognized a few familiar faces;

The villain originally wanted to come to Xiliang Mansion to inform, but unexpectedly, the Xiliang army blocked the border that night, and I couldn't go in, so I had to go back to the village;

The night before yesterday, Hala Shao escorted Liang Shang, and happened to borrow from the front of our village, and six or seven hundred well-trained militiamen in our village intercepted and killed the horse bandits in one fell swoop and rescued Boss Song and others; ”

At this point, he turned his head and looked at Song Che with a smile: "On the day of the Yanchang, I had done business with Boss Song, and I was also a partner, and with this friendship, I sent them back." ”

Song Che smiled and nodded, not bad, not bad, a combination of fiction and reality, true and false, this lie is woven just right.