The carriage came quickly and stopped in front of the Xiao family's gate. A young girl jumped out of the carriage and rushed to the Xiao's family's gate, knocking on the door loudly.
He's not knocking on the door, he's smashing the door. The force is strong enough to make people think he's here to cause trouble~
The person who came was none other than Jiang Xiangyuan.
"Open the door quickly." Jiang Xiangyuan didn't care much at this time. She banged the door with all her strength, as if she was afraid that she couldn't hear anything inside. Zhuang Ming stood behind him without stopping, and a look of anxiety appeared on his usually calm and gentle face. color.
After a while, the Xiao family's concierge turned on the light.
In the room in the inner courtyard, Xiao Ming came out of the space. She had just tidied up the space. Now food was planted in the space. She used the food to make seeds for next spring plowing, as well as fruit trees in the space. She often goes to the mountains to collect herbs. When she encounters medicinal materials that are not in the space, she will throw them into the space and plant them. As she goes back and forth, there are more things planted in the space, which looks messy because of the special nature of the space. All the plants grow quickly, so she spends time taking care of them every day.
After washing, Xiao Ming was getting ready to go to bed, when Mother Yi's voice sounded outside the door.
Mother Yi held an angry lantern and stood outside the bedroom and called softly: "Is the girl asleep? Miss Jiang is in a hurry."
Jiang Xiangyuan? Xiao Ming is inexplicable~
The hall was brightly lit. Xiao Ming, Xiao Han, Yi's mother, Song Shi, Yi Feng, Ming Shu, and Xia Zhongquan, Shi Tingyu, Xia Wu, and Xia Xiaoba from the Xia family gathered together. Everyone was silent, obviously everyone I was shocked by the news brought by Jiang Xiangyuan and Zhuang Ming.
Jiang Sihai and Shi Dahe are missing~
The famous Sihai escort agency, Jiang Sihai and Shi Dahe, who are highly skilled in martial arts, were attacked on their way to escort the escorts. Their goods were robbed and all contacts were lost.
This news is too exciting.
In the past two years, the escort agencies around the world have grown bigger and bigger, and both the black and white parties have taken care of them. Who has the courage to rob their escorts?
The eldest brother disappeared, Jiang Xiangyuan cried so much that Zhuang Ming was helpless. The eldest brother and the second brother were in trouble far away in the northwest, and he was beyond his reach.
Northwest~~~, Shi Tingyu's eyes darkened, and Xia Zhongquan and his son looked incomprehensible.
"When did it happen? How long have they been missing?" Xiao Ming asked. Jiang Sihai ran to the northwest. It was two months ago, or Jiang Xiangyuan told her.
"I just received the flying pigeon message from the brothers in the northwest stronghold today." Zhuang Ming said, the brother who desperately escaped back brought the news, otherwise he who was far away in Pingcheng would not know that something big happened between his eldest brother and his second brother. It was a letter passed down by Fei Ge, the brother in the northwest stronghold. The content was concise. The eldest brother and the second brother encountered a strong enemy, were injured and captured. They were looking for rescue without a trace and were in urgent need of support.
The incident happened ten days ago. The eldest and second brother disappeared and their lives and deaths were unknown. Zhuang Ming was still calm at the moment and analyzed: "Dingguohou Mansion has been guarding the northwest for so many years. But three months ago, the northwest Jun Yishuai, that area is not peaceful."
Although the northwest frontier is a bitter cold land with difficult conditions, it has the largest fur goods distribution center. Nearly 60% of the fur and dry goods in the entire Dayue Dynasty came from the northwest. Therefore, many large and small trading houses go to the northwest every year. , bringing precious spices, silk and other goods from the Central Plains in exchange for northwest specialties. The journey is long and risky, so protection is indispensable. Escort transportation is their best choice. As a large and powerful company, Sihai Escort Agency Of course, they will also get involved in the escort business in the northwest. They go to the northwest several times every year. On the one hand, they want to guarantee the goods, and on the other hand, they also purchase goods to supplement their own business. Because the goods are important and the quantity is large, every day Each time, the eldest brother and the second brother personally escorted him.
But what Zhuang Ming didn't expect was that the eldest and second brothers, who had always come back safely before, had an accident this time. Not only were the goods robbed, but people were also missing. When the Northwest Army just changed its master, this Zhuang Ming felt an unspeakable resentment in his heart. In the past, when the Shi family of the Dingguo Marquis Mansion was in the northwest, the bandits there did not dare to take the risk, but as soon as the Shi family left, the place became chaotic.
When gods fight, mortals suffer. This is just a competition for politics and power. The Shi family retreats to maintain peace, but it is the common people who suffer.
Shi Tingyu's eyes darkened. He didn't expect that in just three months, the northwest would be in chaos. The bandits openly robbed the roads, harmed the people, killed people and robbed goods. Not only him, but everyone in the Xia family also felt uncomfortable. They were there. The place where generations have paid, where they shed blood and shed tears; where countless tombs of heroic souls are buried, but now the northwest has become a place of trouble.
The loss of the Xia family may be a kind of sadness of not being in their position and not pursuing their political affairs. The cunning rabbit dies, the lackeys are cooked, the birds are gone, and the good bow is hidden.
Everything changed so quickly. The prince was impeached by the imperial censor because of the eldest prince's affair. The court officials squeezed him and handed over military power in the northwest. Murders and looting occurred in the northwest, which had always been prosperous and peaceful. This must be said to be a coincidence of timing. .
Xia Zhongquan clenched his fists, and the treacherous ministers were in power, causing trouble in the world.
Shi Tingyu's thoughts suddenly changed in silence. He was thinking more. Today, the Northwest Army is managed by Shi Yansong, the escort general appointed by the Holy Emperor. Shi Yansong acts in a low-key manner and never makes friends with any civil servants or military officials. He is dedicated to Leading the battle, he can be regarded as a neutral, but why such an accident occurred in the northwest under his rule, and he didn't know what happened.
"What are you going to do?" Xiao Ming pulled the grieving Jiang Xiangyuan and asked. This was the first time she had seen Jiang Xiangyuan crying and helpless. Jiang Xiangyuan had always had a very ordinary temper, as if she didn't care about anything. Heart, it seems that she is really anxious this time something happens to Jiang Sihai and Shi Dahe.
"Third brother and I are going to set off to the northwest to rescue the eldest and second brother tomorrow." Jiang Xiangyuan raised her head and stated the purpose of her trip. Her mother's old illness relapsed because of her eldest brother's incident. Now the only person in the family who can take charge of the family is As for Jiang Mingsheng, she automatically ignored him. He was a helpless nerd who had no other use than being able to read.
Sure enough, he is a scholar with no other use. Jiang Xiangyuan laughed at herself, thinking of the little brother at home, who seemed to be very powerful and great when seen on weekdays, but after learning that the eldest brother and second brother had an accident today, she was frightened and only knew how to do it. I was walking around in circles at home, thinking about what to do and what to do.
She must go.
"Going to the northwest?" Xiao Ming nodded, as if he already knew that Jiang Xiangyuan would definitely go.
Jiang Xiangyuan turned her attention to Shi Tingyu and said, "I don't know if Brother Shi plans to take over this business and rescue my eldest brother and second brother. You have the final say on the price." At this time, Jiang Xiangyuan took out a share of the business. With the momentum of being the master of the family, he started talking about business with Shi Tingyu.
It was not without reason that she asked Shi Tingyu for help. She had heard her eldest brother and third brother discuss more than once about this mysterious Shi Tingyu, who was highly skilled in martial arts and had a mysterious identity. He was not an ordinary person. She had seen Shi Tingyu with her own eyes in the Xiao family. Another thing about Tingyu's martial arts skills is that Shi Tingyu is also a bodyguard. There is nothing in the world that cannot be done with money, and there is no person that cannot be hired with money. In her heart, as long as there is enough price, there is nothing that cannot be done. .
Xiao Ming~
There seems to be nothing wrong with asking Shi Tingyu to help. Shi Tingyu is also an escort. He admitted at the beginning that he took on some difficult tasks, but Xiao Ming felt that something was wrong no matter how he thought about it. !
If it’s not harmonious, it must be because the painting style is wrong!
No matter how she tried, she couldn't connect Shi Tingyu with the escort.
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