Chapter 412: Insufficient Guards and Encounter Bandits (Fifth Update)
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Yuan Qingmei originally thought that the young man would more or less cover it up, but she didn't expect that the other party would admit it directly.
You know, although the caravan needs temporary guards to help them, they also don't want their own guards to be in trouble.
In case trouble comes to them, their caravan will naturally be in trouble as well.
"This friend! But if your enemy comes to the door at that time, I'm afraid there will be no ...... for our caravan."
Li Benzheng was just halfway through his words when he heard a bang.
I saw Zhang Rang piercing the steel gun behind his back to the ground.
This time, the entire gun head was pierced under the floor tiles.
Although Li Benzheng was a martial artist in the Sigang Realm, he knew that even if he was himself, he would not be able to pierce a steel spear so deep on the floor tiles at once.
Although the other party is a three-flower realm, his real combat power may be stronger than his own.
"I know the difficulties of your Yuan family's caravan. Again, I have our difficulties. Isn't it nice for people like us to huddle together to keep warm? Besides, if there is no one to escort, when the time comes, when we go back together, your Yuan family will not only face the cynicism of other caravans, but also have to be manipulated in times of crisis. Anyway, it's all internal and external troubles, so what if you add me?"
Li Benzheng didn't pay much attention to Zhang Rang's words.
However, I feel that it is of great benefit to them to have Zhang let someone with such strength join.
If this person's strength is stronger than his own, then even if he is the only one hired guard, it won't be too much of a problem.
Even if the other party's strength is not as good as his own, but with the kung fu just now, this person's strength will not be too weak.
"Miss, I think you can consider it. After all, we really need someone else now!"
Yuan Qingmei nodded, "Since that's the case, then thank you Zhang Shaoxia." I just don't know what Zhang Shaoxia is called. ”
Before Zhang Rang called himself Zhang, Yuan Qingmei naturally knew that his surname was Zhang, but she didn't know what his name was.
Zhang Rang naturally can't use his real name, and if he uses his real name, he will inevitably be noticed.
At least not yet, he can't reveal his real name.
"I'm the most polite person and I know how to be humble. So the name is Zhang Youli. ”
When everyone heard this, they all pouted, and the name was a fake name when they heard it.
But after all, people are being hunted down by the enemy now, and it is normal not to say their real names.
"On the way back to the north, I rely on Zhang Gongzi a lot. ”
Yuan Qingmei arched her hand towards Zhang Rang, and Zhang Rang nodded.
In the next few days, Yuan Qingmei spent a lot of money to hire six more guards.
Two of them were the Ponzi brothers, who were well-known in the Hanguguan area and specialized in accepting employment from others.
Brother Pang Feilong, younger brother Pang Feihu.
These two people are both cultivators of the Nine Layers of the Sanhua Realm, and they are also famous in the Hangu Pass area, but the fees are a little dark, so the general caravan will not hire them unless they are forced to do so.
And this time, the price offered by the two was even more expensive than usual.
But Yuan Qingmei was worried that something would go wrong along the way, after all, before she left Yuan Jiacheng, several brothers of Yuan Jiacheng began to fight openly and secretly for the position of heir.
And whether it is the Jin family or the Bai family, they are their brother's mother's family.
The people in the north are fierce, and although there are some patriarchal people, they are not as serious as those in the Central Plains.
Even many of the leaders of the martial arts family's rivers and lakes are women.
Therefore, even though Yuan Qingmei doesn't want to compete for the position of the heir of Yuan Jiacheng, she will still become an obstacle in the eyes of others.
This is also the reason why I brought people out to do business this time.
But even so, the Jin family and the Bai family still squeezed themselves along the way.
So the way back is not safe.
Counting Zhang Rang and hiring seven guards, Yuan Qingmei was relieved.
Finally, all the caravans were ready, and they agreed to set off together.
More than a dozen caravans walked together, although the escort force was still their own people to protect their goods, but there were so many people along the way, and they also took care of each other.
Therefore, in the first three days after crossing the Dayu crossing and crossing the Yellow River to the north, nothing really happened.
On the fourth day, everyone came to the area of Liangyu Mountain.
Liangyu Mountain is not a mountain, the name is Liangyu Mountain.
It's not two mountains, it's two mountains.
Liangyu Mountain is a group of mountains with Dayu Mountain and Xiyu Mountain as the main peaks.
A dozen caravans either took a detour for an additional five or six days, or entered from Baipoyu, then passed between Zhongtiao Mountain and Fangshan Mountain, and finally came out of Xuehua Mountain.
This time, in order to go back faster, everyone naturally chose to go through the mountains.
After all, the purpose of everyone spending money to hire guards is to save a little time on the road, go back early, and make a lot of money by selling first-hand goods before other business trips arrive.
"Miss Yuan, there is Baipoyu in front. If you encounter something on the road, you will immediately send someone to Zhao's house for help. I, Zhao Zihan, will definitely personally bring someone over to help!"
Just approaching Baipoyu, Zhao Zihan rode on a horse and led people to the Yuan family caravan at the back of more than a dozen caravans, and specially came to care about Yuan Qingmei.
Yuan Qingmei, who was riding on a horse, arched her hand towards Zhao Zihan, "Thank you Zhao Gongzi for your concern, I also hired some guards this time." It's not going to happen. ”
Zhao Zihan glanced at the Pang brothers and smiled faintly, "If it's okay, it's naturally best." If something happens, remember, come to me. ”
Zhao Zihan said, and left with a few of his subordinates.
The several martial artists who followed behind Zhao Zihan were all in the Sigang Realm, and when they saw that Zhang Rang, the Pang brothers and the other four guards were all in the Sanhua Realm, their faces were full of ridicule and sneers.
After Zhao Zihan and the others left, the people of the Zou family came over.
"Miss Yuan, this time our Zou family was jointly suppressed by several other families, so we could only go by ourselves, but I didn't expect you to be excluded too. In that case, why don't you go along?"
Zhang Rang glanced at these people from the Zou family.
The Zou family's caravan totaled more than thirty people, more than a dozen of whom were hired guards, and among them was a martial artist from the Sigang Realm.
It can be said that the Zou family's guard force is much stronger than that of the Yuan family.
Seeing that the old man of the Zou family looked like he was seeking protection, Zhang Rang frowned.
However, Yuan Qingmei is in charge of this kind of thing, and she is just a person who accepts employment, so it is inconvenient to say anything.
He sat down in the carriage and continued to follow.
But just after the more than a dozen caravans led by the Zhao family passed through Baipoyu, the people of the Yuan family and the Zou family had just walked here when they heard the sound of a gong.
Whew-
Countless arrows shot out from the vicinity in an instant, and then with a hula, forty or fifty bandits rushed out from around.
"I opened this mountain, I planted this tree! I want to pass by from here, and leave behind to buy road money!