After nightfall, Zhang Quan led the caravan directly into the dense forest of the Dead Mountain.

The number of the caravan of the Chu family is only about 100 people, and the strength to resist the bandits is not strong, but Zhang Quan and they are all old men of this caravan, they are experienced, and if they can't resist, then hide, the mountain is so big, with their experience, they can completely bypass those bandits, and completely sweep away the traces behind them, and leave the mountain unharmed.

Even if they were unlucky and were found by bandits, they would be very decisive and throw down the goods and run.

Although those robbers robbed money and killed people, they were extremely ruthless, but compared with killing, robbing money is the most important, so once this situation is encountered, those bandits will definitely go to snatch the goods they left behind, and Zhang Quan They can also escape calmly.

It is inevitable that the caravan will encounter this kind of thing, as long as it does not happen often, the Chu family will not blame it, and the loss will come back after a few more trips.

Looking up at the sky, Zhang Quan whispered to the people in the caravan: "Walk a little further, there is a small cave ahead, let's go there to rest." ”

But at this moment, a voice came laughing: "No need to go, if you want to rest today, just rest here!"

As the sound came, torches were raised, and the sonorous sound of the blades being unsheathed was heard, and the surrounding bandits appeared in front of their eyes.

Zhang Quan's expression changed suddenly, what the hell is going on?

This road was the one he had only recently prepared to take, and there were no bandits' cottages nearby.

The most important thing is that even if he is really unlucky enough to meet the bandits by accident, he can detect the slightest movement, and these bandits clearly seem to know the route of their caravan and are waiting for them here!

"Run!"

Zhang Quan shouted directly, and directly urged the horse to turn around and run, as did the rest of the stewards and the people of the caravan, they didn't have time to think so much at all.

However, it was a little different from what they expected, the quality of these bandits could be compared with that of the officers and soldiers, and in the face of the goods they left behind, these bandits didn't even look at them, and killed them directly.

Moreover, a few of these bandits with strong martial arts are staring at the stewards of these caravans, and they turn a blind eye to the ordinary warriors of those caravans.

Seeing that the stewards in their caravan were all chased by those bandits and killed one by one, Zhang Quan's heart couldn't help but become anxious.

He gritted his teeth, pulled out a dagger, and stabbed it on the horse's rump, and the horse neighed in pain and sped up.

But at this moment, a heavy sword flew from a distance and smashed directly at Zhang Quan.

Although Zhang Quan is the caravan manager, he has only practiced some superficial fist and foot kung fu, and he has been able to manage the caravan over the years, relying on his own means, not martial arts.

The heavy sword smashed him, and he subconsciously turned around and raised his arm to block, but his arms were directly shattered, and he spit out a mouthful of blood and fell off the horse.

Behind him, Ma Kuo walked over slowly, picked up Zhang Quan with a frightened look on the ground, and whispered in his ear: "Zhang Quan, right?

The moment he heard this, Zhang Quan's eyes were filled with horror.

understood, he understood everything, the second son of their Chu family actually colluded with bandits to rob and kill his own caravan!

But at this time, Zhang Quan had no time to be resentful or regretful, because Ma Kuo had already taken out a dagger, stabbed it into Zhang Quan's chest, and twisted it as much as possible, so that Zhang Quan, who was already struggling to breathe, was thrown to the ground.

Ma Kuo shook off the blood on the dagger, waved his hand at the rest of the bandits, and said, "Go, open the goods, and see how the meeting gift from Gongzi Chu is." ”

Early the next morning, a news came from inside the Chu family's mansion that the Chu family's caravan had been robbed and killed!

There were more than 100 people in the entire caravan, not only all the goods were lost, but also more than 20 people, and the most important thing was that none of the more than 20 people, including the three stewards of the caravan, escaped.

The Chu family has been a merchant for so many years, and only during the beginning of the period was because they were not familiar with the path of the Dead Mountain, so they caused great losses, and in the past few years, there has never been such a thing.

In the courtyard of the second lady, Chu Sheng's face had a hint of gloom: "Mother, do you think this matter will have anything to do with Chu Xiu?" Steward Zhang and they just offended Chu Xiu, and something happened here. ”

The second lady also looked gloomy and said: "I don't know, it stands to reason that Chu Xiu shouldn't be so bold, if this matter is known to the master, even if he is the master's own son, the master will abolish him."

Besides, even if he had the courage, he didn't have the whole energy, and the bandits on the Beibi Mountain were unruly, how could they listen to him? Last time, I invited out a small cottage that was not in the stream, and it cost 10,000 taels of silver, where did Chu Xiu get so much money?

Before there is evidence, don't go out and talk nonsense about this matter, otherwise it will make the master unhappy. ”

Chu Sheng nodded, but at this time he suddenly said, "Otherwise, we will dig up all of Chu Xiu's subordinates and ask them if they know any clues?"

The second lady snorted coldly and said: "After Chu Xiu came back from the Nanshan mining area, he became a lot more cautious, and those subordinates before him were sent to the Nanshan mining area by him after returning to the Chu family, and now there is no one to find at all, and the only one who follows him is Gao Bei."

However, that person is his confidant, and since Chu Xiu has kept him by his side, he will not be afraid of us digging him. ”

Chu Sheng's face showed a hint of unwillingness, his opponent all along was Chu Kai, the boss of the Chu family, but he didn't expect this Chu Xiu to suddenly appear and cause him a lot of losses.

The second lady waved her hand and said, "Okay, don't complain, the master will let you go to the discussion later, say what you should say, don't say what you shouldn't say." ”

Chu Sheng nodded, turned around and walked out.

The caravan is not big, but it is not small or small, but because such a thing has not happened for many years, it also alarmed Chu Zongguang, and brought some stewards and Chu Xiu and their sons to audit.

In the conference hall, Chu Xiu sat there without the slightest expression on his face, but Chu Sheng glanced at Chu Xiu occasionally, not knowing what he was thinking.

The caravan members below who had survived the death still had frightened expressions on their faces and recounted what had happened that night, but unfortunately there was nothing of value.

They don't even know each other's bandits, they don't see their appearances, those bandits kill people when they see them, they just care about running for their lives, where can they care about this?

Chu Zongguang waved his hand a little irritably and said: "Okay, okay, I have memorized the lessons this time, be careful next time, disperse, I will go back to retreat." ”

At this time, Chu Xiu suddenly stood up and said, "Father, now that the caravan is leaderless, I am willing to lead the caravan to go to the Dead Mountain again." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned, including Chu Xiu's three brothers.

Since the Chu family established a family in Tongzhou Mansion, in addition to some overt and covert fights with other family forces, the number of people who have died in the caravan is the second.

Just like this time, if you are unlucky enough to foresee the bandits, then whether you can survive or not depends on luck.

Therefore, even if they manage the caravan, they will never go with the caravan, at most they are responsible for deploying the caravan's goods and so on.

Chu Zongguang frowned and said, "What kind of mess are you adding? I don't have any experience at all, how can you lead the caravan?"

Chu Xiu said in a deep voice: "Right now, the caravan is panicking, if there is no person of sufficient weight to lead, when will they be able to set off again?"

Other things can be delayed, but my Chu family's pharmacy can't be delayed, and some medicines in the pharmacy will be out of stock if they are not purchased back.

As a descendant of the Chu family, the child is inspiring to take the lead, so I also ask my father for permission. ”

Chu Zongguang frowned, he didn't seem to expect Chu Xiu's consciousness to be so high.

But after thinking about it, he still said, "Then you can go, be careful." ”

Chu Xiu arched his hand and walked out amid the puzzled gazes of others.

The other three Chu Xiu's brothers didn't care about him, this kind of thankless, and even dangerous thing, they wouldn't do it for nothing.

The people in the caravan before were all concentrated in a small courtyard, and dozens of people were dejected, being pointed at by the people of the Chu family who came and went.

Speaking of which, this time they were indeed a nest, they were robbed as soon as they entered the mountain, things were not saved, and a lot of people died, and even some people were afraid and did not dare to go to the caravan anymore.

Chu Xiu walked in separately from the crowd, and the group of people were also listless, only a few people stood up and arched their hands at Chu Xiu and said, "I've seen the second son." ”

Glancing at everyone, Chu Xiu said, "Pack up, the caravan will set off again and head to Yan Kingdom." ”

As soon as they heard this, those people immediately became anxious, and immediately someone said: "Second son, we have just had an accident, why do we have to cultivate for a while, and think of a countermeasure before leaving? What if we enter the mountain and are robbed by bandits again?"

The people of the other caravans also chimed in, they were really scared.