Wu Qingtao and Wang Yuan rode slowly on horseback, and only after leaving the town did they wave their horsewhips to speed up.

When he arrived at a place where there was no one, Wu Qingtao asked Wang Yuan to take the large package and put it in the ring, leaving only a small part for Wang Yuan to take with him to hide people's eyes.

After all, Wang Yuan is now Wu Qingtao's confidant, Wu Qingtao also trusts him very much, and Wang Yuan is also one of the few people who knows that Wu Qingtao has a space spare.

Along the way, Wu Qingtao also met some caravans, some of which had more than a dozen carriages to transport goods and hired dozens of guards. Some had only three or four carriages and seven or eight guards.

Wu Qingtao could also see that there were almost no cultivators in these guards, and they were basically some strong people. It can be seen from the way they walk, the calluses on their hands, etc., that there are some warriors. But it's not much.

Wu Qingtao also understood that although the Five Elements Gate was not famous in the mainland, it was also famous. With the Five Elements Gate as the core, radiating thousands of miles around, whenever there is a great traitor, there will definitely be a disciple of the Five Elements Gate to take action and suppress it with thunderous means. Therefore, within the scope of the Five Elements Gate's care, there were very few things that cultivators did evil.

That's why many caravans are trekking through mountains and rivers, as long as they watch out for some wild beasts and beasts. After all, the price of inviting martial artists is high, and they are generally reluctant to do so, let alone cultivators.

During this period, Wu Qingtao and Wang Yuan revealed the identities of the disciples of the Five Elements Sect, but they still concealed their names and walked with a caravan.

The caravan was carrying tea, three carts, two carts of supplies, and a carriage where the owner of the caravan lived.

Six carriages, no difference from the outside. The reason why the owner is hidden in the carriage is because many thieves will try to shoot the owner before looting, causing the caravan to be leaderless, and then come forward and incite a few words, those hired guards are not loyal in the first place. When they see that the owner dies and can't get the money, they are often reluctant to fight with the thieves and leave directly, and the thieves will not stop them.

If they don't kill the owner first, the owner may be sparing money for the sake of his own property and life, and let the guards and bandits fight each other to protect themselves.

After all, under the heavy reward, there will be brave men, and at such a juncture, I can't help but feel distressed by those owners. When the money is gone, you can make it again, and when the people are gone, there is nothing.

Therefore, when the disciples of the Five Elements Sect meet a regular caravan traveling with them, they will sometimes travel in groups, first, to escort the caravan for a while, and secondly, to obtain some information from it.

After all, this kind of caravan that travels south and north still has a lot of guidance for what is happening on the mainland.

The caravan of Wu Qingtao's companions is not large, but the transportation is the best tea bricks, and the owner of the caravan sent Wu Qingtao two bricks of good Lianyun tea that night, worth dozens of taels of silver, if it is in modern times, it is equivalent to hundreds of yuan a tael of tea, and ordinary families are reluctant to drink it in ordinary times.

Of course, there are better tea bricks in the caravan, but there shouldn't be many, and if you can send two bricks of Lianyun tea, it is still for the sake of the face of the Five Elements Gate, and it is estimated that the owner of the caravan is also distressed.

After following the caravan for five days and walking more than a hundred miles, Wu Qingtao also learned about many anecdotes that had happened on the mainland recently. Although the owner of the caravan rarely showed up, he often invited Wu Qingtao and the two to dine together in the carriage. Wu Qingtao also had a good impression of this.

"Two adults, we will arrive in Qingshan Town early tomorrow morning. Zhou still has a lot of thanks to the two adults, and the villain has slept very comfortably these days. "The caravan owner's surname is Zhou, a famous tour. As the name suggests, people especially like to travel in the mountains and rivers. Coming out to be a businessman is not just for a livelihood.

"Where is it, there has been a lot of disturbance these days, it should be that we thank Shopkeeper Zhou. Wu Qingtao said.

"Don't you know, my lord, a businessman like a villain, comes out to run for at least a month, and you must be vigilant at all times, and it is only a few days to be able to sleep peacefully. It is a blessing for the villains to be able to walk with two adults. If a businessman like a villain encounters a bandit, he will inevitably have to spend money. Fortunately, the Five Elements Gate is virtuous, remembering the sufferings of the people, and managing the surrounding area in an orderly manner, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment. Every time the villain passes near the Five Elements Gate, he has to bow and worship, and his heart is always reciting the great kindness of the Five Elements Gate. Zhou You's heartfelt words, Wu Qingtao was also deeply touched after hearing it.

"That's nature, and my master always teaches me to suffer the people's suffering, and worry about the people's worries. Cultivators like us only have one more cultivation than ordinary people, but this naturally has an extra responsibility in our hearts. We just remember the teachings of our teachers and do our duty. Wang Yuan said as he poured himself a drink, with a smug look on his face.

Wu Qingtao looked disdainful when he heard this, and said in his belly: You are embarrassed to say this as a guy who takes people with a lot of hands and eats people with a soft mouth?

The two bricks of Lianyun tea were accepted by Wang Yuan. Wu Qingtao, under the teaching of Crimson Lotus, Hongyun Ancestor and Grandpa Mao, naturally couldn't do this kind of thing to take the people with a stitch.

Of course, Wu Qingtao still has to accept things other than needlework.

In the south, caravans generally rush early in the morning and at dusk, the sun is too hot at noon, sweating a lot on the way, physical exertion is large, and there are only a few days at night to rush by moonlight, and the target is too obvious to keep burning torches, and it is easy to attract bandits and wild beasts.

You know, not all beasts are afraid of fire.

Of course, this is only the itinerary in the summer, and in the autumn and winter, you will travel during the day and rest at night.

In the evening, the caravan men began to pull the wagons into the woods, feed the horses, and clear a clean and open area around the wagons to prevent poisonous snakes, insects, ants, and the like from piling up leaves on the ground. Then they picked some broadwood and spread them on the ground as beds, gathered dry wood to make a fire, and sent men to find water, and two or three good hunters went into the depths of the woods to look for prey.

These were all familiar things, and in a short time a fire was made, and a few jugs of sweet water were brought back, and two pheasants and a harre, and a wild boar with fangs, but not too big. But it's still enough points.

Wu Qingtao and Wang Yuan both meditated outside a few days ago to replace sleep, but if they want to carry out a mission tomorrow, they naturally have to rest well.

Therefore, Wu Qingtao and Wang Yuan also accepted the kindness of the shopkeeper Zhou, and after eating and drinking, they went to rest in the carriage.

Many businessmen will take a few concubines with them when they are in a hurry, and even if they are out of the house, they have to do the clouds and rain. But fortunately, I have a family around the world, and I usually like to play in the mountains and rivers, and my control over myself is still relatively good. Sometimes I bring a concubine who has just been recruited into the door, but this time I didn't.

Otherwise, Wu Qingtao would be embarrassed to spend the night in the carriage.

Sprinkle some realgar, sulfur, castor beans and other substances mixed together to grind the powder around to repel snakes and insects.

The guards ate on game, nibbled on dry food, and drank a few sips of wine to keep themselves warm from the cold at night.

Today is the twenty-fifth of August, there is no bright moonlight, the woods are dim, the place where the fire does not shine is pitch black, it is late at night, everyone has already fallen asleep, even the three guards who keep watch are fighting with their noses, until they doze off.

It's autumn, but it's still very hot in the south. Although the woods in August were not as noisy as in June, there were some small sounds that surrounded them, but they were all snoring and the crackling of some of the wood in the fire that had not dried out.

Among the three guards who kept vigil, one looked a young man in his early twenties, looking sleepy, bored and looking around in the dark in a daze, distracted, and sometimes picking up a piece of firewood and throwing it into the fire, which was even more light.

The young man seemed to have seen a few sneaky figures in a trance, walking around the woods, but they disappeared in the blink of an eye. So he put his finger in his mouth and rubbed it on his eyelids, rubbed it again, and threw a piece of wood into the fire, from which came another crackling sound, and the light of the fire seemed to shine a little farther away. The young man shook his head, turned his head, and looked at it intently, only to see a little cold light appear in front of him, and then enlarged, and then there was a blood hole in the place where the hall was sealed, and even a speeding arrow could be seen through the hole.

The sound of breaking the sky came from all directions, and Wu Qingtao woke up from his cultivation as soon as possible, and in an instant, he grabbed a sharp arrow that shot through the carriage from the outside.

Wang Yuan noticed that he was a little slower, but his reaction was not slow, and he raised his hand to shoot off a few sharp arrows.

Immediately afterwards, there was a burst of fire outside the carriage, and there was a commotion, and Wu Qingtao understood that it was a sneak attack by bandits.