"Chief Canglang, listen, let your people leave quickly. We, the Wang family, will not give you any less of the tolls you want."
"Easy to say, easy to say, I will let them leave now. However, one head is now worth ten taels of silver. Besides, you also have hundreds of people here. I will give you a discount, how about one thousand taels of silver?"
One thousand taels of silver is equivalent to half a year's turnover of the palace. This is simply a big deal.
"Chief Canglang, we passed by here ten years ago. At that time, you only charged fifty copper coins per head. Now you just charge one thousand taels. It's too much."
"You said it was ten years ago, but now supplies are skyrocketing. What can fifty copper coins buy?"
"But you can't just double it more than ten times."
"You have no choice. If you want to pass by and leave money or heads, we can send you on your way."
"Chief Canglang, please don't bully others too much. Let me make peace with you first. Our adults are going to Beijing to take office. If you delay our schedule, the imperial troops will get involved here sooner or later."
"Who doesn't know that the war in the imperial court is tense. Not to mention mobilizing troops and horses, even if you can send dozens of people, it is extremely difficult. Besides, your master is about to be buried, so why do you want to be an official in the court?"
"What did you say!"
"Swish, swish, swish..."
There were several sounds, and multiple guards drew their weapons at the same time.
"Gu Changshou, I think you are upright and in the prime of life. How much can you do if you follow an old man to the court? Why don't you join us Canglang? With your abilities, you are more than enough to be the second in command."
"Chief Canglang, don't think you can bully others because you have a large number of people. I have followed Mr. Wang through life and death. I have never seen any storms. Even if you want to antagonize us today, you will never come back."
"Haha, it's ridiculous. Although we only have fifty people, we are all good players. Wherever we go, even if there are a hundred people in your palace, more than half of them will die."
There was silence at the palace. After a long time, Wang Yi's voice came from a dark brown carriage: "Give me the money."
"Sir." Gu Changshou jumped off the horse, walked to Wang Yi's dark brown carriage, lowered his head against the carriage and said, "Sir, I'm worried that they will tear up the ticket after accepting the money."
"They don't dare." Wang Yi said calmly: "This group of horse thieves usually plunder the money of passing merchants on this road, and they have not done anything extraordinary. If they really dare to collect money and tear up tickets, they will lose their money." If you lose your reputation, you will destroy your future. Besides, this is not the only way to Cangzhou."
"My lord, that's what you said." Gu Changshou turned around and shouted to the guards behind him, "Prepare money."
It was crowded and kept busy.
The Wang family sent a dozen servants to take out the silver coins from their carriage and handed them over to the horse thieves.
After receiving the silver, the horse thief made way for the Wang family's horse captain to drive straight in.
"Sir Wang is really happy." Canglang Bandit Leader laughed loudly: "Let's retreat."
As quickly as he came, he left quickly. In the blink of an eye, horse thief No. 50 left cleanly.
One person from the Wang family died. Overall, there was no loss. However, this farce planted an uneasy thought in everyone's mind.
The team rested for a moment, then started slowly and continued towards the lonely desert.
Not long after the horse thieves left, Lin Jingzhe used a little bit of his consciousness to scan around.
His consciousness can be enveloped within one mile, which is considered the strongest compared to other Qi training monks.
In the pale yellow desert, sitting on a sturdy Przewalski's horse was a cunning horse thief. The horse thief always controlled the speed of the horse to be thirty feet away from Wang's horse team.
"Sure enough, they didn't come here for tolls." Lin Jingzhe frowned and withdrew his consciousness.
"I'm going out." He shouted to Xiaoli who was huddled in the corner, and without waiting for her to reply, he leaned forward and opened the hood of the car.
"Makoto, let me do it."
"I'm not looking for food."
"Well, then I'll accompany the real person."
"You want to follow me when I go to relieve myself?"
"Ah." Xiaoli's face suddenly turned red.
Lin Jingzhe shrugged and walked out of the carriage.
I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been teasing him over and over again in Star Observation for a long time, and now even my words have become frivolous.
"Uncle Wang, there is something I want to talk to you about."
He came to Wang Yi's carriage and spoke slowly.
"Ah, it's Nephew Lin." Wang Yi looked out the car window, looking excited.
"Um."
Lin Jingzhe got into the carriage. In addition to Wang Yi, there was also his daughter Wang Luoyi in the carriage.
"Dad, my daughter, please go out first." Wang Roy lowered his brows, looking shy, looking like a lady.
"No hurry, no hurry, let me introduce you." Wang Yi took his daughter's hand and said, "He is the fellow disciple who I have always mentioned to you, who practices with your elder brother."
"Dad, I know." Wang Roy lowered his head and tugged at the corner of his clothes, looking at a loss.
"So what do you think of him?"
"Ah!" Wang Luoyi's cheeks suddenly turned red, and his hand holding the corner of his clothes tightened, "Yi, Yi'er doesn't know what daddy is talking about."
"Haha." Wang Yi smiled heartily. He was particularly satisfied with his daughter's appearance at this time.
"Ahem." Lin Jingzhe coughed a few times, interrupted him, and said, "Uncle Wang, I have something to tell you."
"No rush, no rush." Wang Yi smiled and said, "What do you think of my daughter?"
Lin Jingzhe was speechless. This serious-looking old man was actually promoting his daughter.
"Very good." He said casually. Compared with Fairy Lin in his dream, he felt that the women in this world were just about the same.
When Wang Roy heard his response, his cheeks became even redder.
When Lin Jingzhe saw this, if he didn't break the deadlock, the old man might just carry his daughter to his bed, so he cleared his throat and said: "Uncle Wang, those Canglang thieves have sent out surveillance, I'm afraid they have bad intentions. "
"Seriously?" Wang Yi frowned. He naturally believed in his methods. After all, the methods shown by the female fairy back then were extremely mysterious and powerful, and the disciples he taught would not be any worse.
"Seriously." Lin Jingzhe nodded affirmatively.
"You suspect they're looking for an opportunity to do something?"
"Well, if they didn't have that intention, they definitely wouldn't send out surveillance."
"Those thieves, if I had military power, I would definitely send troops to wipe them out."
"Uncle Wang, how long will it take for us to leave this desert?"
"If we go at our current speed, it will definitely take more than ten days."
"Too slow." Lin Jingzhe frowned and said, "If this is the case, Canglang will definitely launch a sneak attack when our consciousness is weak and we are sleepy."
"Nephew Lin, what can you do?"
"I don't have a solution, but I can still do it to keep you guys safe."
Wang Yi was silent for a moment, and suddenly said to Wang Luoyi beside him: "Xiaoyi, go and ask Gu Tongwei and your third brother to come over."
"Yes, daddy." As a woman, Wang Royi naturally could not interfere in these matters.
Shortly after Wang Luoyi left, the rear hood of the carriage was opened, and two figures peeked out.
"Dad."
"grown ups."
"Please come in quickly. I'll discuss anything with you."
The two of them entered the car one after another. The originally spacious space became slightly crowded.
"Sir, what are you doing with your subordinates?"
"There are some important things I want to tell you." Wang Yi immediately told them that the Wang family's team was being followed by the Canglang bandits.
"Do you two have a good way to avoid the crisis here?"
Gu Changshou glanced at Wang Shiliang but did not speak.
On the other hand, Wang Shiliang glanced meaningfully at Lin Jingzhe, who was sitting opposite him, and said, "Master, how did you know that we were being followed?"
Lin Jingzhe was stunned for a while. How should we talk about the methods of our immortal family? Even if you say it, would you, a mortal, be willing to believe it?
"Besides, how did you learn about the clues that even our Gu Tongwei didn't find? And..."
"Nonsense." Wang Yi interrupted his words and said: "He is your eldest brother's younger brother. He has mastered the methods of the Immortal family. Naturally, Cang Lang's tricks cannot be hidden from his eyes. Besides, when the immortal aunt accepted your eldest brother as her disciple, , you can also see with your own eyes the immortal methods used by the immortal girl."
"Dad, that's a clever trick. How can there be any immortal methods or immortals in this world?"
"You kid, how can you be so rude?"
"Dad, since you think I'm so unreasonable, then I'll just leave." After saying that, Wang Shiliang pushed the hood of the car and was about to go out.
"Wait a minute." Lin Jingzhe called to him.
"what."
"Don't you want me to prove some immortal methods to you?"
"Haha, what's so good about these little tricks?" Wang Shiliang said with a disdainful smile.
"Okay, then I will show you the magical powers in this world."
After Lin Jingzhe finished speaking, he took out a piece of talisman paper from his sleeve, held it in his palm, murmured something in his mouth, and suddenly reached out to Wang Shiqi's back.
With a "Peng" sound, the two people disappeared from the small car hood.
"Young Master." Gu Changshou reached out and grabbed the place where the two disappeared, but still found nothing. It was empty. It seemed that the two of them had never entered this small carriage.
"Big, my lord."
"Let them toss it around. The methods of the Immortal family are mysterious and unpredictable. If I were still young, I would definitely give up on inheriting the position of patriarch and practice the Immortal methods like my eldest son."
"Don't you need immortal roots to practice the immortal method?"
"Yes, but who knows if I have immortal roots? Even if I have immortal roots but no immortal destiny, it's just a dream, and I can rest in a locust tree."
"That's what my lord said."
"Tell me, do you have any ideas? Can you help our Wang family escape from the hands of Canglang's thieves?"
"I didn't think of a perfect solution at the moment." Gu Changshou paused and said: "However, I do feel that the Canglang thief is acting strangely here, and he must have been ordered by someone else."
"You mean the group of people who framed us back then?"
"Your Excellency, you really know the truth."
"If that old thing takes action, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to walk completely to Cangzhou." Gu Changshou sighed.
"My lord, don't you have Taoist Lin to help you?"
"Nephew Lin just told me that he can only protect a few of us at most, and we haven't had much contact with him. I can't tell if he is my son's junior brother."
"Besides, even if he is my son's junior brother, he may not risk his life for a few of us unrelated mortals."
"Sir, do you mean to tie him to us?"
"That's the intention, but it still depends on Yi'er's ability."
"Young lady is naturally beautiful, smart, and has a gentle personality. She will definitely be able to achieve good things with Taoist Lin."
"I hope so." Wang Yi sighed, "It would be great if my son was here. I wouldn't have to do this kind of shameless thing and sell my daughter for glory."
"Sir, the term selling a girl for glory is inappropriate."
"What's the difference?" Wang Yi sighed: "Ten years ago, we lost once. If we lose again this time, our Wang family will never be able to turn around..."
