coobybook Chapter 243 Bandits appear
Chapter 243 Bandits appear
"Missing?!" Before Shang Wan could do anything, Shi Tou jumped up in shock.
Shang Wan glanced at him and said, "I'm here. If you have nothing to do, go to the study and study. There will be a small test in the academy tomorrow. If you don't do well, be careful that the teacher will punish you."
Shitou immediately covered his mouth, indicating that he would not shout or scream anymore and asked to be heard.
Shang Wan: "Recite for one more hour at night."
Stone:"……"
Woo!
After packing up his brother, Shang Wan poured Madam Shu a cup of cold tea and said, "Don't be anxious. Talk slowly."
"How can I not be anxious?" With her hand on the teacup, Madam Shu had no intention of drinking her herbal tea at the moment.
"Half a month ago, Tan Zhang sent a message saying that the caravan had entered the territory of Fengxiang Prefecture. They bought some good goods in the south and planned to stay in Fengxiang Prefecture for a few days, sell some goods and then continue to go north.
Calculating the days, the caravan should have moved to another place. I didn't receive any news from the caravan, so I sent a letter to ask. Unexpectedly, there was no news at all.
Several days have passed and there has been no news from the caravan, so I couldn't sit still and came to discuss this with you."
As she spoke, Madam Shu's expression, which had eased a little, turned ugly again, and worry appeared on her brows again.
They had invested a lot of money in this caravan. If they lost everything and even the caravan, Shang Wan didn't know what to do, but they were afraid that their Lancang Company would have to disband.
After hearing what Madam Shu said, Shang Wan's brows slightly frowned. But she knew that being anxious would not solve anything.
She asked, "Have you sent someone to Fengxiang Prefecture to inquire?"
"Of course." Madam Shu nodded and frowned, "But we didn't get much information. Someone saw the caravan leave Yimen Town and it was said to be heading to Baoji County, but no one saw the caravan enter Baoji County."
"They disappeared on the way to Baoji County." Shang Wan tapped the table with his fingers, wondering whether the caravan ran away on its own or was robbed by someone?
Suddenly, a hand was stretched out in front of Shang Wan and waved. Shang Wan raised her eyes and saw Shi Tou winking at her vigorously.
This is an eyesore!
Shang Wan's eyes twitched: "If you have something to say, just say it. I didn't ask you to be mute."
Shitou immediately put down his hand that was covering his mouth and said, "Sister, there are bandits in Baoji County right now. Our caravan might be robbed by them."
"How do you know?" Shang Wan and Madam Shu asked almost in unison, both looking at the stone.
Shitou blinked his eyes. "It's all spread in the academy. One of my classmates is from Fengxiang Prefecture. His family is in Baoji County. His family sent him a message, asking him not to go home recently, lest he be robbed by bandits."
Madam Shu frowned: "The government doesn't care about the bandits causing trouble in the mountains?"
Shitou shrugged. "We did, but the soldiers didn't find the bandit camp. The government can only post notices to remind passers-by to be careful of bandits. It's best to travel in groups and don't carry too much property to avoid being targeted by bandits."
His classmate was so scared that he didn't dare to go home, and said that he would take over the academy as long as the government didn't catch the bandits.
The caravan had both people and goods, and in the eyes of the bandits they were a group of fat sheep.
"There are quite a few guards in the caravan." Madam Shu held onto a glimmer of hope, "It won't be that easy to be robbed, right?"
Bandits are extremely vicious and cruel. If a caravan is really robbed by this group of bandits, there will probably be heavy casualties, and it is hard to say whether it can continue to trade in the future.
If this is true, all investments will be wasted.
"I heard that the bandits are very powerful and numerous! How can the guards be as numerous as the bandits?" Shitou ruthlessly shattered Madam Shu's expectations. "Besides, the guards have to protect those people in the caravan who can't fight. They are restricted in their hands and feet. The bandits don't have this concern."
Madam Shu: “…”
Must she accept the reality now that the caravan was robbed by bandits?
Believe it or not, I’ll cry for you to see!
"We must find the bodies, alive or dead. Regardless of whether they were robbed by bandits or not, we must find the caravan back." Shang Wan said, "I will go to the county magistrate to get a pass to Baoji County."
Those bandits must be tired of living if they dared to rob her caravan.
Of course, if the caravan was not robbed but took the opportunity to run away... Shang Wan sneered, she would make the entire caravan regret this choice for the rest of their lives.
"I'm going too!" Shitou and Madam Shu said at the same time.
Shang Wan looked at Madam Shu and asked, "Do you know martial arts?"
Madam Shu shook her head.
Shang Wan: "If you don't know how to fight, just stay put and wait for news."
Madam Shu: “…”
"Sister, I know martial arts!" Shitou raised his hand actively.
After the New Year, her sister invited two martial arts masters from the martial arts school in the city to teach him and Xiaohuan martial arts, and even Lu Chengjing learned a few moves.
Shitou felt that he now had the ability to fight the bandits.
Shang Wan asked a soul-searching question: "Isn't there going to be a test tomorrow?"
Stone:"……"
Shang Wan patted his head and said, "Just focus on your studies. I can handle your sister."
Shitou pouted. Could he say that he just wanted to fight?
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An hour later, Shang Wan came out of the farm leading a chestnut horse.
Less than three meters behind him, there were a man and a dog following behind him, both of them sneaky.
Shang Wan: “…”
She's really not deaf.
She turned around and looked at the little baby who hid his chubby body behind the black dog, "The legs are exposed."
Yuanyuan, carrying a small flower bag on her back, puffed up her cheeks and looked down at her short legs.
Oops, I forgot to lift my legs.
The little hand patted the big black dog in front of him, "Xiao Hei, why don't you remind me."
Xiao Hei: "..."
It has forgotten too.
The big black dog rubbed its head against the baby in a flattering manner, implying that now that we have been discovered, why not go back?
Even after packing her small bag, Yuanyuan certainly didn't want to go back just like that.
She wants to help her mother!
"Mom, Yuanyuan wants to go!" The little baby decisively gave up following her, rushed over, hugged his mother's thighs and acted coquettishly and cutely.
The big black dog also ran over, sticking out its tongue and wagging its tail at Shang Wan.
Shang Wan looked down at the two and asked, "Are you really going?"
The man and the dog nodded in unison.
"Help mother!" Yuanyuan waved her short arms.
"It's to help." Shang Wan bent down and picked him up, pinching his cheeks, "Only one of you and Xiao Hei can go."
Yuanyuan immediately waved at the big black dog, "Go back."
Xiao Hei: "..."
No, didn’t we agree to go fight together with our friends?
"Hurry up." Yuanyuan urged, her little baby voice sounding anxious.
Xiao Hei whimpered in grievance and walked away, looking back every few steps.
Shang Wan thinks that if Xiao Hei were a human being, he would have buried his head and cried for making such a careless friend.
"Let's go!" Yuanyuan, who was carried by her mother to sit on the red horse, waved her little arm very imposingly, as if she was commanding thousands of troops to march out.
Shang Wan patted her little head amusedly, and drove his horse to Baoji County according to the markings on the map.
A quarter of an hour later, two stealthy figures came out of the woods, leading horses.
Xiaohuan stretched her neck to look into the distance and said confidently, "Sister didn't notice us and walked away with Yuanyuan."
"Hurry up and catch up, or you'll get lost." Shitou jumped onto the horse and grabbed the reins to urge him.
"We can't lose it. Let's follow the horse hoof prints." Having said that, Xiaohuan immediately mounted the horse, whipped the horsewhip and ran out.
"Hey, wait for me!" Shitou shouted softly and chased after him on his horse.