Empire's Morning 16: Northland Bandits
More than a dozen carriages of the caravan quietly left the North City, and most of the people thought that this was an ordinary escort and delivery, but only the city lords Zhao Heng and Lin Fang knew the importance of this mission.
Zhao Heng successively released seven or eight troops, just to confuse others' sights, while Lin Fang took the red pine cone, followed the caravan, and quietly left the Beibei City and went to Xianyang.
A few days after leaving the northern city, there have been no accidents so far, but it has given Lin Xu a glimpse of the customs of the Qin country, the northern border is close to the demon clan, so the human race here, both men and women, are a little rude, and the northerners speak more straightly, and they don't like to beat around the bush, which is very in line with Lin Fang's appetite, so along the way, Lin Fang looked at the scenery along the road vigilantly, and introduced the culture of the north to Lin Xu.
Through Lin Fang's introduction and narration, Lin Xu was able to understand the situation in the north, northerners are good at drinking, almost all of them are addicted to alcohol, every household loves to hide good wine, and alcoholism is prone to accidents, so after the northerners have drunk, the two of them stand up directly and learn martial arts is a very common thing, which also develops the character of the northern people.
Straight, belligerent, became a label for northerners.
Northerners are also very popular with the army to join the army, which is also the origin of the Qin State's brave and good fighting, and the Northern Army.
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Hengliang Mountains, here are usually few people pass by, not only because the mountains here are steep, the mountains are rugged, often some people enter the mountain, they lose their way, and then disappear inexplicably, but also because this is the place where there is a famous thief in the north - the cottage of the safflower marten.
The safflower marten is not a wandering demon clan cultivator, he is a living person, an out-and-out bad guy, the safflower marten not only has the strength of the ground level, but also has gathered a large number of outlaws to work for it, known as the three thousand people to the outside world.
At this time, in the big village of the Hengliang Mountains, the lights are bright, some strong men are drinking wine and eating meat, some people are whistling at a small number of women in the cottage, their eyes are glancing at their naked flesh, and in a place where there are few people in the side hall, several people are gambling.
"Small, small, small,"
"Big, big, big. ”
The voice of the side hall was chaotic, and several people around were also playing hotly, led by a shirtless man, the man opened his eyes wide, and slowly opened a bowl, only to see five or six soybeans in the bowl, seeing this situation, people in the side hall suddenly sighed, of course, there were a few people who were happy.
At this time, a man of short stature ran up to the man and whispered into the man's ear.
"What, there's a big deal?"
When the shirtless man heard this, he stood up and exclaimed.
The short man nodded and responded, "Yes, the three masters, that's what the informant at Yamashita said." ”
After the short man finished speaking, he looked at the strong man in front of him, this person is the thief in the north of the Hengliang Mountains, the third in the ranking of the leopard, different from the boss safflower mink's high force, the second cottage think tank, the third leopard does things vigorously.
Tong Leopard touched the scar on his face and asked again: "What else did the informant under the mountain say?"
The short man immediately replied: "Brother Yamashita said that this time he did a good job, and it was several times the usual profit." ”
"Okay, this ticket is done!"
Tong Leopard shouted loudly, and suddenly there was silence under the table, and several people looked at Tong Leopard in confusion.
Tong Bao picked up his shirt from the table, walked from the side hall to the main hall of the cottage, the short man followed behind Tong Leopard, and suddenly said eagerly: "The third master, I look at this matter, or report it to the big master and the second master." ”
Tong Leopard suddenly turned his head and looked at this person coldly, without saying a word, the man quickly stopped and closed his mouth, he knew that he had said the wrong thing.
"Are you saying that without my eldest brother and him, I wouldn't be able to do anything?"
"The villain didn't dare, and his subordinates thought it was better to say it to the second master. ”
Tong Leopard roared angrily: "Stop!"
Not only the short man, but also all the people in the lobby looked at the second master in the cottage.
Tong Leopard said with an unconvinced face: "This matter has to be mentioned again, the eldest brother is in retreat, this time I must do something to show them that I am not a reckless person." ”
Tong Leopard came to the center of the hall and shouted to everyone: "Brothers, there is a fat sheep down the mountain, how about we go down and have fun?"
"Play, play, play......"
"Listen to the three!"
"Master Leopard, whatever you say is what you say. The people in the hall picked up their weapons and shouted.
Seeing this, Tong Leopard laughed and said, "Hahaha, that brother, let's copy the guy and set off." ”
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More than a dozen carriages traveled through the Hengliang Mountains, Lin Xu looked up at the mountains of the Hengliang Mountains, the distant mountains were continuous, just like a giant dragon flying to the sky, the mountains overlapped, the peaks were accumulated, like waves rushing, and the waves were empty......
Lin Xu said happily to Lin Fang: "Brother Lin, what kind of mountain is this, why is it so high!"
"This is the Hengliang Mountains, the mountains are not high, but they are easy to defend and difficult to attack,"
Lin Fang also looked at this mountain range, but unlike Lin Xu's excited face, Lin Fang was a little worried.
Lin Xu also noticed Lin Fang's face, he saw Lin Fang's uneasiness, and asked Lin Fang strangely, "Brother Lin, what's wrong with you?"
Lin Fang put away the sadness on his face and said to Lin Xu: "There are some outlaws living here, and there may be some trouble this time. ”
"Trouble?"
Lin Fang looked at the mountain range and explained to Lin Xu: "Here lives a big thief of the Zhao State in the past, who often killed the army of the Zhao State that transported supplies, and now that the Seven Kingdoms are unified, this person has not done anything out of the ordinary, for the sake of helping the Qin State in the past, the big man of the Qin State did not do things too desperately, and left him alive." ”
When Lin Xu heard Lin Fang's words, he suddenly understood: "Oh, I understand, Qin Guo has the ability to sweep away this gang of bandits, but for the sake of some previous circumstances, he didn't do anything. ”
This big thief often sniped the transportation convoy, which was equivalent to indirectly helping Qin Guo's favor, if Qin Guoqiu settled the account, it would be obvious to unload the mill and kill the donkey.
"Well, that's pretty much the reason, I don't know why Cai Fatzi took this road,"
After saying this, Lin Fang seemed to have a new problem, and his face was a little strange.
Then he whispered, "Could it be that the fat man betrayed us?"
Lin Xu thought for a while, and then shook his head: "Probably not, businessmen value integrity, if so, I'm afraid no one will do business with them in the future." ”
Lin Fang still has self-confidence in this point.
"That fat man is a businessman, and businessmen pursue profits, and if this batch of goods can arrive in Xianyang earlier, there is a lot of room for profits to rise. ”
Lin Xu knows some ways of doing business, although the Lin family's business has never been handled by himself, but it can be regarded as a familiar thing, after all, for some businessmen, a chance to double their profits is a very worthwhile risk.
Whether it is in the last world or here, the merchant really has a brain, and he looks at the fat man as harmless to humans and animals, but how can he be the leader of a caravan with a simple mind and developed limbs.
After hearing this, Lin Fang suddenly realized, and looked at Lin Xu with a smile: "Oh, it turns out that I almost forgot that Brother Lin was also engaged in business at home before. ”
Noticing Lin Fang's strange eyes, Lin Xu generously admitted something: "Brother Lin said that he was laughing, I used to talk nonsense." ”
"Hahaha, Brother Lin, I already knew this. ”
Lin Fang didn't continue to ask, after all, everyone has their own secrets.
When the two of them were talking, the caravan had already walked to the middle of the mountain range, and there were mountains on both sides, and even Lin Xu knew that this was the best place to set up an ambush, just to collect the net.
The mountains on both sides seemed to cooperate with Lin Xu's thoughts, and a few figures flashed in the mountains for two weeks, and the shadows were sufficient, but it was just a few breaths of time, and many figures came out, on the mountainside, holding a crossbow aimed at the caravan people, seeing this situation, the caravan team immediately stopped, staring at the mountainside with a wary face.
Cai Long put it away at this time, with a trademark smile on his face, he walked ahead and shouted at the mountain: "I don't know if it's the one in charge of the mountain, come out and see ......."
The fat man's voice rang out in the hollow, but no one answered the man on the mountainside.
At this time, a strong man walked out in front of the caravan, holding a big ring knife in his hand, and walked directly to the caravan, with a scar on his face, looking extremely hideous.
When Cai Long saw this person's appearance, a smile appeared on his face again, and he said happily: "It turned out to be the three masters of the cottage!"
Tong Bao also saw Cai Long at this time, and laughed and said: "Oh, it's Cai Fatzi, it's really a big water that washed the Dragon King Temple!"
If an outsider doesn't look at his face, just by listening to the sound, the person feels very familiar, but the scar on his face destroys the person's image.
Cai Long looked at this person with a smile on his face: "Then the third master, what do you think of today's incident?"
"Hahaha......"
Tong Leopard first laughed, then put away his smile, and said sharply to Cai Long: "The goods are left, and people can leave ......"