They suffered a lot along the way. Because they could not reveal their identities, many of them did not dare to see a doctor in Wuyi Mountain at the beginning and caught a cold and lost their lives.
I don't know how much was lost along the way.
In the end, there were only about thirty people left who successfully arrived in Datong.
Thinking of this, the man's eyes were slightly red, and his face was full of hatred: "How many of our brothers died? The prince... suffered a lot of suffering and humiliation. It's not us who want to rebel, the prince was framed and had to rebel. They didn't leave the prince any way to live, and killed him all... If we don't seek justice for the prince, we swear we are not human beings!"
Xue Changshi stood up, walked around the desk and quickly approached the man. He bent down and solemnly helped him up. He sighed and said, "The prince died miserably. All of us have been deeply indebted to him. If we do nothing, we would be unworthy of being his subjects. At this point, life and death are no longer a concern. I will not say any other words of thanks. I will just say that everything we do now is for him to go to the underworld one day, so that he can say to the prince with a clear conscience that his brothers have tried their best to avenge him!"
The man's Adam's apple moved up and down rapidly as he spoke passionately and nodded with tears in his eyes: "Master Changshi is right! We have survived many dangers and saved our lives just to avenge the prince! No matter what the price is, we are willing to do it!"
All the people in the vassal state of King Jin were loyal, and with the help of Xue Changshi, who won people's hearts, most of them would obey his orders. After the death of King Jin, Xue Changshi led them to escape from heavy encirclement and avoided being hunted down by hiding their identities. They then followed Xue Changshi's lead even more.
After saying this, the man wiped the tears from his face and said calmly to Xue Changshi: "Everything you asked has been done. The weaving master in Yangzhou regards his daughter as important as his own eyes. This daughter still needs to be sent to her maternal grandfather's house. If they lose her, what can they use to form an alliance with Xu Anying in the future? They will definitely investigate it strictly!"
Xue Changshi had already warned him that after some small fights that caused the Ping An Escort Agency to lose many seemingly insignificant escorts, he finally made a big move and targeted the daughter of the Yangzhou weaving manufacturer.
He had been lurking in Yangzhou for a long time, bribed the father-in-law of the Yangzhou Weaving Bureau, learned the date when the Yang family's daughter would go to Beijing, made preparations along the way, and at the right time, kidnapped her, and sent her directly to the outside of the Great Wall through the route they had already opened.
When he said this, his brows were a little gloomy: "But Changshi, aren't we being too bold? If they follow the clues and find us..."
Xue Changshi sneered, his eyes sinister: "How could they find us? Isn't our cooperation with the outside world enough? We gave them 300,000 taels of tea, as well as silk, women and horses. Now we have given them this important gift. They will only protect us and will never betray us."
He was someone who was close to Chu Jingxing before. He knew about the Xie family through Chu Jingxing and the Xiao family. When he was at his wits' end, he finally thought of the Xie family's history of making a fortune and decided to make use of it.
The Xie family no longer had any contact with the people outside the Great Wall. The Tatars outside the Great Wall had been planning to support another Xie family, but they had not found a suitable replacement.
He was in Wuyi Mountain, using some of the connections and jewels left by the King of Jin, and after much difficulty finally gained the support of the Tatars, and began to plan to eliminate the Xie family step by step.
So far, everything has been going very smoothly.
They did everything they wanted to do - they kidnapped Xie Liangcheng and let everyone in the world know that the young master of Ping An Escort Agency was missing. Then they ordered Ping An Escort Agency to drop escorts in various places, and then transported these lost escorts to Datong, and finally to the outside of the Great Wall.
They also deliberately left a tail so that people who investigate later can trace this line and know where these people went.
This was a very vicious, yet absolutely efficient scheme, which was enough to destroy the Xie family, the Wei family standing behind them, and Shen Chen from all hope of recovery.
Maybe even more than that.
Whenever he thought of this, Xue Changshi felt the taste of blood in his throat become even stronger. His real master died at the hands of Wei An and Shen Chen, and his later master, Prince Jin, also died at the hands of Shen Chen and Prince Linjiang.
These people would not leave him any chance to live and would force him to death.
He wanted to let them know what true madness meant, and let them have a taste of the fear of waiting to be plotted against in the open, not knowing what tricks the other party was going to use to kill them.
Xue Changshi's expression became more and more gloomy, and finally he coughed and cleared his throat: "When the time comes, they will only stand up and point out that it is the Xie family who provided them with all these conveniences and unscrupulously plundered the people's wealth in the Great Zhou and sent it outside the Great Zhou. They are not stupid. Don't they know that it will not be good for them if we fall?"
It's all empty talk. The real money is right in front of them. For the barbarians outside the Great Wall, that's the most important thing. As for this little favor for them, do they care
The man heard the deep meaning in his words, smiled and nodded: "You are right, we have already arranged it a long time ago, and we have done it step by step. We have never done anything reckless. The loss of the escort at Ping An Escort Agency started half a year ago. At first, they just paid the money to settle the matter, so of course they didn't notice any problems. As for the loss of the young master, it is even more unclear..."
Xue Changshi returned to his desk and sat down, staring at the unfinished letter on the table. After a while, he asked him, "When you came, was there any movement at the Yangzhou Weaving Bureau?"
"Got it." The man answered quickly: "As soon as the person was lost, the news spread back to Yangzhou, and Hong Xinyuan immediately reported it to the authorities and began to mobilize his connections to find the person... But we were faster and had already sent the person away before they tracked him down."
Xue Changshi raised his eyebrows. He was not afraid that the matter would become a big deal, but he was afraid that it would not become a big deal. Since the action of the Yangzhou Weaving Bureau had made such a big fuss, it would be even better.
Only when everyone's attention is focused here and the people in the court notice that there are people inside the country who are making money for the Tatars and engaging in smuggling and even human trafficking, the consequences of this matter will become more serious.