Because he was asking the merchant questions just now, there were several people around him protecting him. Even if they were separated, the merchant would not be in any danger at this time.
"General, what should I do? Are they going to kill me?" The merchant could see clearly that those people were determined to kill him. So the merchant's fear suddenly increased.
Thinking that this businessman might have betrayed Chen Yalan before and handed Chen Yalan's information to these people, Xu Mao was very angry, but he couldn't say anything harsh at this moment.
“You yourself
"If you know why they want to kill you, what good will you get from cooperating with them? I advise you to turn back now, as the sea of suffering is boundless." Xu Mao said, suppressing his anger.
The battle came to an end.
After returning to the city, Xu Mao sent spies to gather information everywhere.
"Report, General, I found that there seems to be something strange in a nearby village. A lot of strangers have come to that village recently." A spy got the news and came back to report to Xu Mao.
After Xu Mao inquired about the matter clearly, he also felt that this village was indeed a bit strange.
On the official road, a man dressed in silk and satin was on his way with several servants and several carts of goods.
"It's getting late, we need to find a place to rest." The man in the lead said to the people behind him.
This person was none other than Xu Mao, who was disguised as a businessman. When he discovered that there was something wrong with the village, Xu Mao came up with this idea.
He felt that since these people had problems, their purpose must be to obtain more property or food.
All the people in the world who make money and do grain business are merchants, so he pretended to be a merchant who was passing by here to transport goods.
Just when he arrived at the village, Xu Mao said this, and then asked the people around him to go to the village to ask if they could stay there for one night.
It turned out that there was an inn in this village. It must be said that this surprised Xu Mao a little.
But now that they have an inn, they don’t have to stay in other people’s rooms, which is perfect.
So Xu Mao took these people to book a few rooms, and then put his carriage and goods in the backyard.
"Boss, how come there is an inn in your village?" In order to show his ignorance, Xu Mao asked this question specifically.
The innkeeper chuckled after hearing Xu Mao's words and said, "This is your first time passing through here, sir. No wonder you didn't know us. Merchants often pass through here, so we opened this inn, hoping to do some small business and earn some money to supplement our family income."
Xu Mao suddenly realized something and said, "Oh!" "So that's how it is. To be honest, this is actually my first business trip."
When the shopkeeper heard this, he immediately said that it was fate.
At night, because it is a small village, there are not many lights here after dark.
However, Xu Mao and the others did not go to sleep immediately because they had something to do, but were silently waiting for something.
Sure enough, not long after dark, some people quietly appeared in the inn.
Those people quietly went upstairs and came to the room of Xu Mao and others.
The knife was inserted into the crack of the door, and the latch was quietly moved away. Soon the door was opened.
Xu Mao and others were pretending to be fast asleep at this time. Seeing that the other party had no intention of killing them, they did not wake up until the other party caught them, then they pretended to be scared and screamed.
"Who?"
“Help!”
"Why are you screaming? If you scream again, I will kill you." Someone threatened them viciously.
"Please let us go, we are just merchants passing by. I will give you whatever you want, as long as you don't kill me." Xu Mao's people were very tactful and immediately pleaded for mercy.
Although these robbers did not know who Xu Mao and his men were, they were very cautious, fearing that they might be generals or soldiers from the enemy country.
"What merchants? Don't you know there is a war going on recently? How dare you run around at this time? I think you are not merchants at all, but soldiers." The robber asked tentatively.
The captured people were stunned by this statement, and they immediately said, "How is that possible? If we were soldiers, why would we risk our lives to do business and make some money in such a war-torn country? You know, money is the easiest to make in such a situation. If it weren't for making money, why would we risk our lives?"
As they spoke, someone choked up quietly.
Seeing their appearance, they really didn't look like generals or soldiers, so the robbers felt a little relieved.
"Since you're here to do business, I'll let you go, but you have to keep your goods." Their target was the goods, not their lives. If they killed anyone, their disappearance might attract the enemy's attention. If that happened, they would be exposed, and the loss would outweigh the gain.
Those people thought that as long as they offered them a chance to live, they would be grateful and hand over the goods immediately.
But what they didn't expect was that after hearing this, these people showed a sad look on their faces: "Master, it's not that we don't want to hand over the goods to you, but if we go back empty-handed, we will definitely be beaten to death by the boss when we go back."
When those people heard this, their faces immediately turned fierce: "Why don't you take the road to heaven, and break into hell when there is no door? Since you don't want to hand over this cargo, then I have no choice but to kill you and take it for myself."
As they spoke, the group of people in black immediately stepped forward to take action and get rid of the people on the ground.
The man on the ground saw this and immediately said, "No, no, sir, listen to me. If we don't bring the goods back, we'll die. So we're thinking about whether we can stay with you, sir. At least we can save our lives."
After hearing this, the leader of the men in black thought about it and wondered whether they could be easily recruited given their identities.
So the leader of the men in black didn't let his men lock these people up.
Xu Mao was locked in a cellar. After entering, Xu Mao began to look around, and then he found a child curled up in the corner.
After thinking about it carefully, the businessman was looking for a child, and the child in front of him seemed to meet all the conditions of the child they were looking for.
So Xu Mao came to the child. When the child saw a stranger approaching him, he was so scared that he hid in the corner.
"Who are you? Don't come near me, stay away from me." But the corner was so small that the child had nowhere to hide, so he had to pretend to be fierce and shout at Xu Mao.
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