Chapter 8 Robbery
The caravan has set off for five days, but because there are too many people and heavy goods and the horses are diarrhea, they can't walk much every day. Mr. Pei sat in the carriage and listened to the sound of Miss Wang playing the piano in another carriage in the distance, and felt comfortable.
However, Pei Lu said inappropriately: "Young Master, the road is bumpy and our wine has broken more than a dozen jars. What should we do?"
"You are also here to disturb my son and I'm enjoying the piano?" Mr. Pei was furious: "It's broken, it's broken. Can't I break up just a few dozen jars of wine?"
Mr. Pei is a typical dandy young man. Pei Lu dared not speak. In fact, he was very surprised that other merchants were all trafficking military items such as leather. The Southern Dynasties were scarce. It would be profitable to transport them to Jiankang. However, the young master transported these five trucks of strong liquor, which were fragile and difficult to transport. Even if they were transported to Jiankang, it would be completely unprofitable.
However, Pei Lu didn't dare to say much. In fact, he didn't know that Mr. Pei's original intention was not to sell wine. He joined the Dachang Chamber of Commerce and transported wine to Jiankang, just to walk with Miss Wang.
The wine of this Hu people was spicy and easy to get drunk. Mr. Pei himself didn't like to drink it. But now he suddenly had an idea and said, "It's better to drink it than to break it. Pei Fu and Pei Lu, bring a jar of wine and we go to find the fake monk."
Of course, the fake monk that Mr. Pei mentioned was Zhang Chi. At this time, Zhang Chi was about to go. Since the caravan set off, Zhang Chi and Santong learned riding skills. Although they are not considered masters of each other now, they don’t have to worry about falling off when riding on the horse.
Looking at the mountain view, I was indeed a relaxing and freehand painting than I had hiking over mountains and rivers a few days ago. At this moment, a carriage rushed up and stopped in front of his horse. When the curtain of the carriage was pulled out, a fat and fat head was stretched out, which was Mr. Pei's head.
"Mr. Zhang, the mountains are long and the road is far away, and there is no girl here to sing a small song. It's very boring. I have some good wine here, so why not come up and have a few drinks together? "Mr. Pei knew that Zhang Chi was good at drinking, so he held a jar of wine outside the curtain of the car and shook it, seducing him.
"I'm afraid you're not drinking this wine for nothing, right?" Zhang Chi asked.
"Young Master Zhang is smart, so it's not a waste of drinking. In fact, as long as you teach me a poem every day, I have all the wine here, so keep it and let Mr. Zhang drink enough." Mr. Pei laughed.
This is naturally not a problem. Zhang Chi has never thought about how to exchange poems for wine. Zhang Chi has loved ancient poetry since he was a child, and there are countless poems in his stomach. Now he has free wine, so how can he not drink it? He turned over and got off the horse and jumped onto Mr. Pei's carriage.
The wine of the Hu people is strong wine, which is spicy in the throat, but it is exactly the same as Zhang Chi's taste. Before traveling through time, Zhang Chi was used to drinking Erguotou. Now, after traveling through time, he drank the rice wine at the banquet of the Dachang Chamber of Commerce that day, and he felt very uncomfortable.
"Does Mr. Pei want to learn a few poems to seduce Miss Wang?" Zhang Chi said while drinking.
"Seduction?" Although the words were very unpleasant, they hit Mr. Pei's thoughts: "Mr. Zhang really lives up to the name of a great talent, and he hits the point of saying a simple word."
"I wonder what strategy Mr. Pei has?"
"To be honest, I have already thought about it," said Mr. Pei with a confident smile. "There are many famous businessmen and scholars accompanying the Dachang Chamber of Commerce this time, and Ms. Wang's family is a prominent Qinhuai clan. Her father is also an important minister in the court. She may not take me seriously. The most urgent task is to attract Ms. Wang's attention. Ms. Wang is above the top and values talent, so I want to learn a few masterpieces from the young master. If I can recite it in front of Ms. Wang, I will definitely succeed."
Mr. Pei used his hands together and talked freely.
Zhang Chi admired Mr. Pei for coming up with such an idea. However, Miss Wang was extremely smart, and such a trick might not arouse Miss Wang's interest.
"If it's someone else, it might be useful. But if it's Mr. Pei, you may not work." Zhang Chi went straight and made Mr. Pei's five orifices so angry that he smoked.
"If you don't try, how do you know?" Mr. Pei was full of anger.
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The sun has set, and everyone has begun to unload the carriage so that the horse can rest well for a night and will have more energy to continue rushing tomorrow.
Miss Wang ordered the followers to set up a tent, walked out of the carriage, rode a horse, and came to a hillside near the camp and looked out.
The sunset has set, and Miss Wang always feels that the sunset passes the fastest. It is still the sunset just now, but the sky will darken in a blink of an eye. In an instant, Miss Wang sighed, as if she was a little moved.
Miss Wang actually knows that she is mostly unhappy. She is too good at calculating, just like playing chess. Others may only see things within ten steps, but she always asks herself to coordinate the whole game and make no mistakes. It’s a pity, how can people defeat nature sometimes?
These days, when she laughed the most, Miss Wang thought to herself that every time she saw Zhang Chi's ridiculous appearance with short hair but wearing monk's robe, she wouldn't help laughing. As she thought, Zhang Chi's image of arrogance appeared in front of her again, especially her eyes that seemed to never wake up.
"Miss Wang is so interested, and she is looking at the scenery."
When Miss Wang turned around, she saw a fat and fat face. Mr. Pei shook his head and learned about Zhang Chi's expressions and movements at the banquet that day, but he learned inappropriately. At this time, he also rode a horse and followed him.
"Young Master Pei seems to be very interested, too." Miss Wang was unwilling to say more, and looked into the distance again and said perfunctorily.
"The piano played by the lady today is really nice."
Mr. Pei waited for a long time but didn't see Miss Wang talking. He was a little embarrassed. He cleared his throat and said, "The beautiful woman's piano sounds are coming in the sky, half of the breeze and half of the clouds. This song only comes in the sky, how many times can I hear it in the world?"
Miss Wang was originally worried, but at first hearing this sentence, she was indeed a little surprised, and then she looked at Mr. Pei. However, when she saw Mr. Pei shaking her head, she couldn't look like a beautiful poem that she could write.
"Awesome, young master, I have something even better." When Mr. Pei saw Miss Wang looking at him, he immediately felt energetic and said in his heart.
After coughing twice, Mr. Pei continued, "I wish to be a zither in my life, and I have to use my jade man's slender hands and make a sweet voice on my robe skirt. I will be proud of my death."
After saying that, he grinned and smiled.
Of course, this was what Zhang Chi taught Mr. Pei. Zhang Chi used it when he told him to ask him to court him in a gentle manner. However, at this moment, he saw that Miss Wang finally looked at him, and his heart was very moved. He could not care much about it. He wanted to pour out all the things he knew in his stomach immediately. Regardless of whether the timing was correct, he recited the two poems he had learned today.
Miss Wang seemed to have guessed that this poem was not written by Mr. Pei, but she did not point it out. Instead, she suddenly smiled mysteriously and said, "It turns out that it is a pride for death?"
"Of course." Seeing that Miss Wang seemed interested, Mr. Pei quickly said confidently.
"I'm afraid that when things come to an end, you dare not say that." Ms. Wang said.
"Miss Wang, don't trust me Pei Juncai. I am willing to do anything for Miss Wang, and I will never refuse." Mr. Pei naturally knew that this was the critical moment of expressing love and could not retreat.
Miss Wang looked at Mr. Pei's big ears and fat heads, and felt very funny. She held back her smile and said, "Listen."
Mr. Pei pricked his ears and was a little confused, so he said, "What are you listening to?"
Mr. Pei was secretly wondering what Miss Wang asked him to listen to, but immediately afterwards, he heard the horse neighing and the people shouting.
Looking up, Mr. Pei was really scared and almost fell off his horse. Wherever he saw, there were dark people and horses, all waving their swords and guns, and they came from afar. They were still several miles away, but they felt that they were murderous. Looking at the momentum, I was afraid that there would be a thousand people.
"What are they doing?" Mr. Pei had seen such a scene before, and asked with a trembling heart.
"They are here to rob the horse." Miss Wang said with a smile.
The bandits were like black clouds, and they were pressing over from the horizon. Mr. Pei was so scared that his face looked like earth, and he was speechless. Miss Wang said, "What are you doing when you are still stunned? Come back to the team quickly."
After that, he rode his horse down the hillside.
Manager Li was sweating profusely at this moment. Seeing Miss Wang turn around, he immediately came up and asked, "The thieves are coming to rob the horses. There are at least a thousand people, and we only have five hundred guards, which can we fight against?"
In fact, he was also in a hurry to seek medical treatment at this time and had long lost his backbone. Perhaps Miss Wang had to say one thing to do her best to make him feel at ease.
"I can't stand it." Miss Wang replied calmly.
Manager Li never expected that Miss Wang's answer would be so concise. He was stunned and didn't know what to do.
"If you only rely on these five hundred guards, you will naturally be unable to compete with them." Miss Wang said slowly.
When Manager Li heard Miss Wang's words, he seemed to be intentional, and immediately found a life-saving straw: "Miss has an ambush?"
"These war horses are my ambush." Miss Wang pointed to the more than 3,000 war horses in the distance and said.
Storekeeper Li Ruzhang Er was completely confused and asked: "Without so many riders and only had war horses, how can he be an ambush?"
Miss Wang did not answer and turned to Du Ximing and said, "Link all the carriages and horses on the periphery to prevent the chaotic fight from hurting the caravans. The guards were divided into two teams, leaning on the mountain to form a horn, one team resisting the enemy, and the other team flanking to prevent the enemy from rushing over the carriages and horses from hurting the caravans."
"Yes." Du Ximing shouted loudly and went to command the operation.
The guards were divided into two teams by Miss Wang, and the caravan and the horse team were stationed not far apart. Seeing everyone dispatched, Zhang Chi felt that Miss Wang was indeed expected to be the enemy's first in everything, as if she had known that there would be such a battle here today. The soldiers, generals, chariots and horses were waiting for the battle where he should have been. Just a simple adjustment had formed a situation of resisting the enemy.
Facing at least thousands of bandits, five hundred guards were not afraid at all, and they all got on the horse. You could tell at a glance that they were well-trained, which was definitely not comparable to those of ordinary guards guarding the house.
Although there were many bandit soldiers, like black clouds, most of them were infantry, coming from afar. When they were close, everyone was secretly shocked: There were not only more than a thousand bandit soldiers, and there were endless streams of followers, afraid that there would be thousands of people.
At this time, everyone had already gotten on the horse. Manager Li was so scared that his legs trembled, and he couldn't sit steadily on the horse's back.
Seeing that there were many enemies, Daoxuan said to Zhang Chi: "If the situation is urgent, don't run around, remember to follow me."
Chapter completed!