Chapter 136 All the way to the west
Qin Xiao smiled, but he knew why Manager Dou looked worried.
The Tian Dou family were obviously regular visitors to Tangren City. The White Wolf King sent people to burn Tangren City and captured a lot of people. The news was not blocked. The people who ran back from there must have reported the news, and the Tian Dou family knew it.
Although the Tian Dou family had already made preparations for this time to leave the customs, but the bad news came. It is common sense that the plan for this time to leave the customs will be cancelled immediately.
However, Yuwen Chengchao wanted to use the caravan travel as a cover to go to Gudau to find out what happened.
Even though the Tian Dou family was unwilling to accept it, they had no choice but to face the Yuwen family. If they could not follow the Yuwen family's wishes, then the business of the Tian Dou family would be over.
Manager Dou looked bitter, obviously worried that he would encounter an unexpected accident after leaving the customs.
"Don't worry, you two, this time the eldest son will lead the team in person, and there will be no problem." Qin Xiao smiled and said, "Since we are ordered to come out of seclusion, no matter what the circumstances, we will at least protect the two of us."
When Manager Tian heard this, he immediately stepped forward, grabbed Qin Xiao's wrist and sighed: "School Wang Qizhe, I feel truly at ease when you say this. Along the way, we rely on you to take care of you."
Manager Dou also stepped forward and bowed, "I'm sorry, Wang Qizhai."
Ning Zhifeng looked up at the sky and said, "Someone, let's go to the backyard first, we should be ready there."
Several people came to the backyard directly. Qin Xiao saw that there was a fragrant oath in the yard. Pangyu and others were all in the yard. Yuwen Chengchao was standing next to the fragrant oath and was talking in a low voice to Liu Wenxuan.
Liu Wenxuan was dressed in coarse cloth. If Qin Xiao hadn't known his identity, he would look like a teacher from a certain academy at first glance.
As soon as Qin Xiao and others came in, everyone looked at each other. Yuwen Cheng nodded to Qin Xiao, Qin Xiao bowed and looked at Liu Wenxuan, and happened to meet Liu Wenxuan's four eyes. Although Liu Wenxuan also had a faint smile on his face, Qin Xiao always felt that this person had a strange aura and bowed.
Every time the trade bank goes out of seclusion, in order to ensure safety along the way, it will set up an altar to worship.
Not long after, many people gathered in the yard, some familiar with Qin Xiao and some who had never seen before.
Ning Zhifeng introduced several more important people to Qin Xiao, one of whom was the leader of the escort of the trade bank, named Ling Zixiao. Before, the caravans of the trade bank came out of customs, and he was mostly led by him. This man was over 40 years old and looked quite old. According to Ning Zhifeng's introduction, Ling Zixiao was very familiar with the situation outside the pass and could almost be said to be the best guide for the caravan.
The person who presided over the sacrifice was the shopkeeper of the trade dealer. In fact, behind Longhe trade dealer is the Yuwen family, the shopkeeper of the trade dealer, that is, the servant of the Yuwen family.
Burning incense and offering wine, everyone worshiped the world according to the rules, and everyone present drank a bowl of wine. Then the shopkeeper of the trade bank took off a rolled flag from the altar and opened it. It was the word "Longhe". Qin Xiao knew that this should be the flag of the caravan. With this flag, others could know that this was the caravan of the trade bank.
Those who are new to this may not understand the key points, but Qin Xiao is smart and knows that the flag of Longhe Commercial Bank is coming out. At least in Xiling, everyone knows that the Yuwen family is behind it. When those bandits and horse thieves see this flag, they will definitely not dare to rob the Yuwen family's caravan unless they really don't want to live anymore.
The shopkeeper of the trade bank handed the flag in his hands to Yuwen Chengchao. Yuwen Chengchao took the flag, turned around and handed it to Fat Fish, and said, "Hang the flag!"
The fat fish took the flag carefully and turned around.
"I hope everything will be safe and smooth this time when I go out of customs trade." Yuwen Chengchao said solemnly: "After setting off, everything will follow the rules. Everyone knows the rules, so I won't say much. If anyone breaks the rules, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Qin Xiao thought to himself that you understand the rules, but I have never come out of seclusion. I don’t know anything about the rules of the caravan.
In addition to the trade deal, Yuwen Chengchao led his men to a carriage in an alley. The carriageman and the carriageman were all ready. The fat fish had already inserted the flag into the car in the front.
At this moment, I suddenly heard the sound of a cart mill not far away. Qin Xiao looked over and saw a big cart coming here. This cart was different from the more than twenty carts that were transported in front. It was a cart for riding. Although the cart was not gorgeous, it was very spacious and could sit at least five or six people.
Qin Xiao was a little surprised and wondered if someone else was going to ride in a carriage?
Yuwen Chengchao was used to riding horses and traveling as a guard commander, so it was naturally impossible to ride a carriage. Qin Xiao swept around and found that the two shopkeepers Tian Dou seemed to have their own mounts, and it didn't seem like they were going to ride a carriage.
He was wondering in his heart that the carriage had stopped. The coachman jumped out of the carriage and ran to Yuwen Chengchao, whispering a few words. Yuwen Chengchao nodded slightly and said nothing more.
"There is a woman in the car." Ning Zhifeng, who was standing next to Qin Xiao, obviously saw Qin Xiao's doubts, leaned close to Qin Xiao's ear and whispered: "The eldest son is going to deal with the troubles in Tangren City this time, and he must contact the White Wolf King. We have known for a long time that the White Wolf King likes women, so the eldest son has asked someone to prepare a few beauties and give them to the White Wolf King when he has the chance."
Qin Xiao then realized it.
He sighed in his heart that in this world, women can give each other as gifts, just like goods.
Although Yuwen Chengchao was grand and heroic, he was a clan of a clan after all. In his eyes, he would not look up to women.
Suddenly, when he heard a gong, Yuwen Chengchao finally said, "It's time to set off."
Everyone got on their own horses. When they got on the horse, Geng Shao and others under Qin Xiao were obviously moving neatly and straight, which was obviously much better than the bodyguards of more than a dozen trading firms.
The caravans have nearly a hundred people together, and the team is not small.
Yuwen Chengchao did not take the lead, but let Ling Zixiao, the bodyguard leader of the trade bank, walk in front with several bodyguards, while Qin Xiao led Geng Shao and others in the palace behind the White Tiger Camp.
After the convoy set off, it was already bright.
Walking in the city, people on both sides occasionally look at each other, but most people don’t care.
There are caravans traveling every year in Fengganfu City, and there are many more spectacular teams than this time, so people are commonplace and don’t think there is anything strange.
The carriage that Ning Zhifeng said was riding in the beauty was at the end of the team, with a truck convoy in front of it, Yuwen Chengchao walking in the middle, Tian Dou and the two shopkeepers followed Yuwen Chengchao, and Pang Yu and others were on both sides of the team.
The accompanying guards are all cavalry, so they are not worried that the enemy will attack from both wings. After all, once the enemy is discovered, the cavalry can rush to the guards on both wings at any time. Moreover, in Xiling, everyone is still very relaxed. After all, the flag of the Yuwen family is not just a fool.
Longhe caravans rushed out of Fenggan Prefecture City and headed westward.
Qin Xiaoyao looked around, looking endlessly. The team may still be of some size in the city, but after leaving the city, it seemed extremely small between heaven and earth, and a drop in the ocean.
He couldn't help but think in his heart that it would be a good thing if Udha and the Tang Dynasty really lived in harmony and traded and each side made their own profits.
Through such trade, merchants can not only make huge profits, but also pass on their own customs and cultures. The coachman, porter, or even bodyguards can make a living, which should be said to be the result of everyone's joy.
But he knew that after the news of the burning of Tangren City was spread, before the matter was clear, there might not be any caravans in the pass, and perhaps the caravans of Longhe Trading Trading are the only team that are preparing to leave the pass.
Although Qin Xiao found what happened in Tangren City very strange, he knew nothing about the situation there, and he was even more unfamiliar with the arrested shopkeeper Bai of Maple Leaf Tower. What is the hidden secret? He couldn't even think of it even if he wanted to break his head.
However, Qin Xiao was very sure of something.
The shopkeeper Bai from Maple Leaf Building cannot be as simple as the shopkeeper of the restaurant.
The Yuwen family even sent Yuwen Chengchao, the eldest son, to deal with this matter, which shows that he cared about Manager Bai very much. Moreover, Qin Xiao also knew from them that Manager Bai was the confidant of the old Marquis of Changyi and obviously had a certain status in the Yuwen family. Such an important person has been staying in the Udha Khanate for several years, of course it is not easy.
He believed that Manager Bai might have used the Maple Leaf Building as a cover. In fact, the Yuwen family arranged the eyes and ears in the Udak Khanate. The biggest task was to pay attention to the movements of the Udak Khanate and report to the Yuwen family at any time.
Although the Xiling clans were domineering in Xiling and had extremely terrifying control over this land, Qin Xiao also understood that the ambitious new Khan of Udha, Nalusheng, must have been a shadow shrouded in the heart of the Xiling clans.
The Xiling clans must always pay attention to the movements of the Udha Khanate in order to be prepared to deal with it.
Among the team, the one who caught Qin Xiao’s attention the most was Liu Wenxuan.
Liu Wenxuan is the deputy commander of the White Tiger Camp. Logically speaking, since he followed the team west, he should be the position of the deputy commander. However, this deputy commander Liu not only did not assume the responsibility of the deputy commander, but also dressed differently from others. He wore coarse clothes and rode an extremely ordinary horse, which was very inconspicuous in the team.
Riding a horse in the team, Liu Wenxuan looked around from time to time, as if he was enjoying the scenery along the way. This time, everyone had their responsibilities, but Liu Wenxuan was like a tourist following the team.
But Qin Xiao knew that he was definitely not a tourist.
And he believed that Liu Wenxuan must be carrying an unknown task this time.
The caravan walked for a day without any haste. At night, he found a slightly higher place to camp. There was a stream nearby, which could replenish the water source.
Yuwen Chengchao ordered the team to surround the carriage, and immediately formed a barrier. Everyone set up tents in the circle and came to find Qin Xiao, asking Qin Xiao to divide the more than 20 guards with him into two shifts, taking turns to work at night.
There are many trucks, and after being fenced, there is a large open space in the middle, and it is very easy to set up a dozen tents.
More than a dozen porters and coachmen live in a tent, just as they can have a place to sleep.
There were also mailmen in the team who were responsible for feeding horses. When everyone was eating dry food, several mailmen went to feed the horses separately.
However, Qin Xiao's black bully was unique and the servants did not dare to approach, so they could only feed them by Qin Xiao himself.
The carriage was parked in the corner and no one came to disturb him.
Qin Xiao took the initiative to guard the night and ordered Geng Shao and others to guard everywhere, carrying bows and knives, without any relaxation in Xiling.
It was late at night and most people in the camp had already fallen asleep.
Qin Xiao walked around the camp and suddenly heard a faint sob, frowned, closed his eyes, and soon heard that the crying sound came from the carriage.
He was a little surprised and couldn't help but approach the window, walked to the window, and asked in a low voice: "What's going on?"
The sob immediately stopped. Since Qin Xiao knew that there was a woman inside, he stopped crying, so he didn't care. He looked up at the sky. Ye Lang and Xingxu stretched, walked forward a few steps, and suddenly saw a figure standing by a car. With the moonlight, he saw clearly that the man's coarse cloth clothes were actually Liu Wenxuan.
In the middle of the night, Liu Wenxuan had no one. When he saw this guy, Qin Xiao felt his scalp numb and turned around to leave. Liu Wenxuan said, "Thank you for your hard work." He didn't turn his head.
Qin Xiao saw him looking up at the sky, then looked down at a thing in his hand. Qin Xiao was a little surprised and couldn't help but approaching. He saw Liu Wenxuan holding something in both hands. Under the moonlight, the thing was shining with a golden light, and he didn't know what it was.
After getting closer, he found that Liu Wenxuan was holding a round copper piece in both hands, but the copper piece was densely filled with runes. He couldn't see clearly what it was. He couldn't help but ask: "Liu... Commander Liu, what is this?"
Although Liu Wenxuan was just the deputy commander, Qin Xiao understood that as long as Yuan Shangyu was not around, it would be best to remove the word "口" when referring to him.
"Have you seen it?" Liu Wenxuan finally glanced at Qin Xiao and smiled and said, "This is a compass used to detect Feng Shui."
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