Ren Ning stood outside the tent chatting with You Meng without going in.
He wasn't going to go in either.
Like Youmeng, he knew it in his heart.
Since I am just a guest passing by to help out, and not the master of the Kailun tribe, I will not act as my substitute.
The reason why he stayed to help was of course because the three clan leaders had helped him. In addition, Kai Lun had always been close to the Yunchui Empire, and it was his duty as a Yunchui scout to help them survive.
Not long after, the three clan leaders and their party changed tents.
They came over to invite the two of them, and then Ren Ning and Youmeng walked in.
After a while of pleasantries, the three clan leaders pointed to a place in the north of the map.
"The horse thief confessed. He said that if he comes here this time to take back the people who were arrested last night, he needs to get here at sunset to meet up with the other horse thieves."
He looked up at Ren Ning: "Brother Ning, what do you think we should do?"
Ren Ning frowned, "This map is too crudely drawn. Chief of the three tribes, if you are so careless, no one will know where it is."
Ahem!
A group of people looked strange and coughed desperately.
Allen stood up to help his clan leader, "Brother Ning, the horse thief said he is about fifty miles northwest of Kailun."
Ren Ning's brows were still furrowed.
The northwest is a large direction, and it is also a wide area. Just like that map, it is still unclear where the detailed location is.
He looked at the sky.
"It's getting late now. With your horse power, it will take a long time to come and go. My horse runs fast, so I will go alone to check the situation first."
The tent full of Kelun people were very depressed, but Ren Ning said it was true, and they were unable to refute it.
Allen's face was full of worry.
"Brother Ning, this is too dangerous. There are more than seventy horse thieves. If you happen to run into them head on, you'll be in trouble."
Ren Ning smiled and shook his head: "It's not troublesome. My horse runs fast, and it's easy for a person to escape."
Others suddenly became even more depressed.
Just say that our Kailun horses are a burden.
Ren Ning didn't explain either.
He chuckled and continued: "I think it's better for you to stay in Kailun."
"Given the ability of this group of horse thieves, they should come to retaliate. Some of the horse thieves have probably broken into pieces and sneaked around the tribe. If everyone leaves, they will take the opportunity to come in and kill people and set fire to them."
"This has to be guarded against."
Everyone was shocked and started talking about it.
The little depression I had before was immediately forgotten.
Ren Ning didn't waste any time.
He wanted to check out the situation, and people couldn't stay outside for that long.
Furthermore, Kailun can grow from a small tribe to more than 30,000 people. The three patriarchs are not idiots and can always find ways to protect themselves.
After saying a few more words, he led Zhui Feng out who was well fed and drunk.
Ren Ning asked the three clan leaders for a pot of arrows, and in the blink of an eye, they disappeared on the northwest horizon.
With Chai Feng's strength, fifty miles was indeed not a long journey, and he arrived there in no time.
Because it had been exposed to fires and floods, there was a flat and sparse grassland in front of us. There was no place to hide for miles around, and it was clear at a glance.
Ren Ning looked around and saw that it was still early before sunset, so he drove his horse and ran towards the high point to the west.
He touched the quiver on his back.
Before leaving the fortress, he took three cloud-piercing arrows with him.
If you have no choice, you can launch into the sky and ask for help from Yunzhui scouts lurking around you or from passing caravans.
However, the current situation is unclear, so don’t waste it yet.
Once you reach the highest point, you can have a commanding view of everything.
It's just that he and his horse have become the focus of attention from far and near.
But Ren Ning was not afraid at all.
He has a telescope and can spot the horse thief before he can see him clearly.
Time passed quickly and the sun had set in the west.
Ren Ning kept looking around with his telescope, but he didn't see anyone at all.
He waited a while longer.
Until the sun completely set in the west and the surroundings became quiet, the horse thief was still not found.
Ren Ning did not wait any longer and decisively mounted his horse and left.
drive!
His goal continues westward!
Running Deer Tribe!
Kai Lun frowned and frowned upon such a dirty thing as poisoning the water source.
Then kill the person who came up with this dirty idea.
It took some time to travel two hundred miles. When Ren Ning arrived at the Benlu tribe, the sky was already filled with stars.
The clatter of horse hooves just approached.
"who?"
A guard stood up and stopped Ren Ning with open hands.
He had a weapon on his body, but he didn't hold it in his hand, and he even burped.
Ren Ning jumped off his horse and walked over anxiously.
"Brother, I am a caravan guard passing by. Someone in the caravan is seriously ill and would like to come over to ask for some medicine. I wonder if you can help find a doctor from your tribe?"
After saying that, he stuffed a few coins into the opponent's hand without any reason.
Benlu is a large tribe, and it is very common to encounter this kind of thing.
The guards were not surprised either.
Seeing Ren Ning's downcast appearance, he was about to speak a warning, but after squeezing the copper plate in his hand, he just muttered a few times.
"We don't need copper coins..."
Even so, he happily put the copper plate into his pocket.
Xiliang is in short supply of various minerals, and copper plates are indeed not in circulation.
But from time to time Benlu would have caravans from Yunchui passing by, and copper coins could be traded with the caravans. It was also money to them.
Despite accepting the money, the guard did not take him in, but called another guard.
The two of them chattered non-stop about how their legs were broken while standing guard at night, but there was nothing good they could do.
With a pained expression on his face, Ren Ning took some more coins and gave them to them.
"Two brothers, saving lives is like putting out fire, so do your best. When our caravan passes by here tomorrow morning, we will definitely come in and thank your noble tribe for your life-saving grace."
The two guards' eyes lit up.
At this time, most of the caravans heading east were from Yunchui, who were anxious to go home for the New Year.
The Benlu tribe, like Kailun, is already very close to the Yunchui border. The caravans returning all the way are eager to return home, and they usually don't come here intentionally when passing by.
Recently, there were fires and heavy rains, and the running deer was also very unlucky. Now it was looking forward to exchanging some things with the passing caravans for the winter.
"Brother, can your caravan really come over?"
The two guards looked like different people, and they instantly became cheerful and smiling.
By the firelight, they looked carefully at Ren Ning and his horse.
Ren Ning couldn't see anything yet, but Zhui Feng made the two guards' eyes light up.
Nice horse!
The best horse in a million!
The two knew what they were selling, but they quickly became alert.
A guard can ride such a good horse. What kind of caravan is this?
cough!
Ren Ning coughed.
"Actually, this is not my horse, but the master's. Our caravan is in the south, still far away from the deer tribe. The master asked me to ride his horse over to buy some medicine."
No wonder, it turned out to be the owner's horse.
After hearing what Ren Ning said, the two of them lost interest.
However, when they heard the word "south" at the end, they became anxious again.
To the south of Benlu and further east is the Kailun tribe.
Since they are not welcome here, the caravan will probably go directly to the Kailun tribe tomorrow morning, since it is on the way anyway.
"Brother, I'm sorry." The two of them laughed and explained quickly.
"Some time ago, Yanchui Fortress sent a large army to the west. A little to the west of our tribe, they fought with the Xiliang army until the sky was dizzy. Therefore, seeing the Yunchui people here will inevitably make them think more. But we are by no means unwelcome.
It means caravan."
Well!
Ren Ning was noncommittal.
He said vaguely: "We are just a passing caravan."
One of them nodded: "We at Benlu welcome caravans the most."
"Brother, let's go!" The other man turned sideways quickly, "I will take you to the best doctor in the tribe."
"Thank you." Ren Ning was overjoyed and quickly thanked him, "Our caravan has its own doctor, but we just didn't pay attention during the long journey and missed one of the medicines."
He told me the name of the medicine.
It's really an ordinary medicinal material, at least the two guards have heard of it.
They looked at each other.
"Brother, if you only need this medicine, I'll go find the doctor and get it for you."
He suggested: "Why don't you take this opportunity to talk to our clan leader about the situation of the caravan? Anyway, you will be coming tomorrow. We can prepare in advance. Maybe we can trade something by then."
"this……"
Ren Ning raised his head and looked anxiously at the sky, then at the sincere guard in front of him, and didn't hesitate for long.
"Okay, I'm going to pay a visit to the noble clan leader. But I'm just a guard, I can't be a master..."
The two guards looked at each other proudly and said, "It's okay, brother, just take the message back to the caravan."
Who would believe that he is just an ordinary caravan guard who can ride such a tall horse like his master?
The two of them didn't believe it.
They called someone else to replace them, and then they happily split up.
Half an hour later, Ren Ning took the medicine and disappeared into the night with a smile on his face.