"This time the responsibility lies with me, I was careless!" Liu Zhifei said guiltily.
A long-planned bandit suppression almost involved Ning Ran, casting a shadow over what should have been a fruitful bandit suppression trip.
The third team hurriedly returned on the second day. The fifth and seventh teams have not yet returned. However, the news that the Shaking Sky Sect has launched a bandit suppression in Mengyu County has spread, and it is not just the Shaking Sky Sect. The Tianlang Sect in Lingzhang County and the Kailing Sect in Huyao County also launched massive bandit suppression operations.
By the second day, almost everyone in the market had already heard the news, which made all businessmen in the market panic.
Because judging from the news coming in the past two days, except for the huge results achieved by the unexpected unified action of the three parties on the first day, the results on the second day were very few. On the contrary, border defense monks from the three sects were injured from time to time. News came, and there was still news that caravans were robbed and killed by bandit cultivators from time to time. It can be seen that those bandit cultivators did not disappear because of the joint encirclement and suppression by the three sects.
Although the presence of bandit cultivators is obviously extremely sporadic, and most of the bandit cultivators mainly harass, they usually grab a handful and leave. The losses of most caravans are not too serious, but this time those bandit cultivators are no longer They robbed and killed the caravans or merchants returning from the market, but they also started to attack the caravans that came from other places for inquiries.
Things have become more and more wrong. Not only are there more of these bandit cultivators, they also seem to be a little too courageous. The border defense cultivators from the three counties are jointly operating. How big a momentum is this? There are actually bandit cultivators who dare to commit crimes against the wind
Businessmen from all walks of life participating in the market are already panicking, and various messages have been spread everywhere. Some even think that the market itself is a conspiracy, a dark way for some forces to harvest various cultivation resources, and the target is straight. Refers to the three major sects that undertook this market exchange.
In a warehouse in the middle of the market, several martial arts monks from Xishan Village gathered together to discuss when to leave the market.
"Although robbers have been rampant these days, after all, most caravans can still travel safely. Now our Xishan Village caravan has four or five martial arts monks accompanying it, and Mr. Muramasa is a monk in the late martial arts realm. Even if you are unlucky enough to encounter a robber, you can still fight, right?" Shi Nansheng said.
An Xia shook his head directly and said: "It's true that you have the strength to fight, but judging from the news, the robbers now no longer want to rob the entire caravan, but rush up to grab a handful and leave!"
An Xia shook his head as he spoke: "Although our caravan is not as big as when we came here, it still has more than ten large cars. Once we encounter robbers, they will not fight with us, but will use surprise attacks to fight. They smashed a few large vehicles, grabbed some things, and ran away without even giving us a chance to fight. Even if we wanted to pursue them, I was afraid that the remaining vehicles would just be in vain. "
"That's right, don't leave the market at this time. Only the market is the safest!" A voice suddenly sounded in the room, but it was Shi Jingxuan who had never spoken.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Shi Nansheng glared at him, and Xu Sanniang on the side said: "If you don't leave, the rent of this warehouse is very expensive. If you stay for two or three days longer, you will have to pay nearly a thousand jade coins. Let's I only earned so many jade coins from this trip to the market. If I stay for two more days, I’m afraid I’ll lose all the jade coins I earned!”
Shi Nansheng asked Yang Tianggang, "Brother Yang, is there any news from your master?"
"Yes, yes, isn't Yang Junshan here
Border Guard Team? Since he was able to spread the news before, we can ask him about their patrol route, and then agree on a time to leave the market at a time similar to the caravan's route back to Wasteland Town. In this way, we can Can't we just let the border guard team escort us all the way? Shi Jingxuan said proudly.
"you shut up!"
The others were speechless, and Shi Nansheng couldn't stand listening anymore, so he couldn't bear it and drank.
"No news has come back yet. The entire border defense team is now under martial law. Every village and town has its own children in the border defense team. I have also inquired about the caravans in other villages, but no news has been returned from the border defense team. The previous message was only sent back by the border guards before they had carried out their mission!"
When Yang Tiangang spoke, he glanced at Shi Jingxuan without trace. Shi Jingxuan panicked for no reason, and his whole face turned pale.
An Xia sighed: "In the past few days, most of the caravans in Tuliu Village were robbed after leaving the market. One of the warrior monks in the village was killed and one was injured; the caravan in Tumeng Village was also robbed. If it weren't for Meng Shan's three I got the news here and returned to the market in time when the situation turned bad. I'm afraid it wasn't as simple as losing two trucks of supplies. "
Just when everyone was at a loss what to do, Yang Qianhai suddenly knocked on the door and came in, saying: "Third uncle, there is news from outside."
Yang Qianhai didn't mention it, but Yang Tiangang knew that he was talking about the latest news from Yang Junshan, and he quickly said: "Show it to me quickly!"
Shi Jingxuan watched Yang Tiangang eagerly open a secret talisman using a specific spiritual method. His eyes flickered for a moment, and then he heard Yang Tiangang let out a sigh of relief and said: "Everyone, we will set off back to Wasteland Town tomorrow and inform Meng Shan." , and caravans from several other villages in Huangtu Town, we will leave via the road from Huangshan Town early tomorrow morning!"
An Xia frowned and said: "It's just a matter of informing Tumeng Village. Although the caravan only has a few large cars and there is still Mengshan, a martial artist monk, to support the formation, the other villages have not organized decent merchants at all." The team is scattered. If we notify them, they will be distracted on the way and the journey will be delayed. "
The other people obviously did not agree with informing the monks in other villages. Yang Tianggang thought for a while and said: "Then just inform Meng Shan. If others know and are willing to follow, they can follow."
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Because of Ning Ran's injury, everyone in the second team rested for a day on the second day and were sent out again on the third day. This time Ning Ran did not accompany him.
But this time before leaving the stronghold, Liu Zhifei revealed the patrol route to everyone in advance, and Yang Junshan once again informed Huniu, who had been lurking in the nearby mountains and forests, through the golden orchid seal, asking her to send Bao Yu'er, and Yang Junshan took advantage of the loopholes in the stronghold's defense formation to reveal the patrol route to Bao Yu'er, and asked him to pass the news to Yang Tiangang, who had been waiting for news in the field.
At this time, near a sand dune in Huangsha Town, Chang Sunxing carefully avoided the attention of the warrior monks in Shatian Village and sneaked under a sandstone behind the village.
After several days of secret investigation, Chang Sunxing finally determined that a family treasure in Mengyu County should be under the sandstone of the dune behind Shatian Village in Shaqiu Town.
However, during the past few days of investigation, he also found out that the Muramasa Masahiro of Shatian Village was a very prestigious late martial artist monk in Shatian Town, and Shatian Village was the most powerful village in Shatian Town. In order to Without being noticed, he has been patient