Chapter 187 Tracking
Qiao Yang reined in his horse and stopped in front of the two of them. He immediately dismounted and looked at Su Ying happily, "Madam Su, you are here too."
Su Yingen said, "What are you doing here?"
Qiao Yang said, "It's about selling charcoal. My eldest brother said he wanted to ask Uncle Meng to bring some people with us."
Mengzi was surprised and asked, "Your elder brother asked me to go?"
"Yes uncle, big brother said that it would be more reassuring for you to follow him." Qiao Yang would never say that it was because Hu Wei didn't trust him. He couldn't lose face in front of Madam Su!
Mengzi agreed without any hesitation, "Okay, when are you going?"
"We'll set out at night."
Mengzi nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take people there at night."
"Thank you, Uncle Meng."
Su Ying said, "There should be another batch of charcoal coming out today. If Uncle Meng has a car, please help haul it and sell it."
"Okay, no problem."
After agreeing to Su Ying, Mengzi asked people to go to the northern district to collect vehicles, both ox carts and horse carts were used, and all the charcoal was loaded onto the vehicles.
That night, just after four o'clock in the morning, Mengzi brought a team to the Tiger Camp, and Qiao Yang and the others were already waiting.
Hu Wei looked at the people brought by Mengzi and nodded with relief.
"Brother Meng, thank you for your hard work on this trip." Hu Wei walked forward and said.
Mengzi waved his hand and said, "Now we are all focused on Tiger Camp, so there is no need to be so formal."
Hu Wei pulled Mengzi aside and said, "When Madam Su and I were pulling the cart back earlier, Madam Su ran into her old enemy. That person is not someone to be trifled with. He has been leading people to search for Madam Su's whereabouts for the past few days. That's why we had to set out in the middle of the night because we were afraid that the other party would find out something."
Mengzi understood as soon as he heard it. He did not ask who Su Ying's enemy was. He just said that he would bring everyone back safely.
Hu Wei patted Mengzi on the shoulder and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Brother Meng."
Mengzi clasped his fists towards him, walked to the front of the team, jumped on his horse, and said, "Let's go."
Because they were traveling in the dark, they did not walk very fast, but fortunately Mengzi was very familiar with the road, so it was not too difficult to walk.
When the sky was just beginning to turn pale, they finally left the northern wilderness.
Once you reach the northern wilderness, your view becomes much broader.
Su Ying had already given Zhang Liang's contact information to Qiao Yang, and Qiao Yang had sent someone to leave a message for Zhang Liang yesterday.
So as soon as the pass was opened, Zhang Liang and his men were waiting there.
Zhang Liang's eyes fell on Qiao Yang who was walking beside Meng Zi. Seeing that he had a red cloth on his head, he walked up to him and asked, "But is it the Second Young Master Qiao?"
Qiao Yang glanced at Zhang Liang and dismounted, "How many children does Madam Su have?"
Zhang Liang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Two, one boy and one girl, the boy is bigger."
Qiao Yang nodded in satisfaction, so as not to mistake him for someone else. "Is it Master Zhang?"
"Mr. Qiao, you can just call me Zhang Liang."
"Mr. Zhang, you are too polite. This is our batch of goods. Mr. Zhang, please take a look."
Mengzi also got off his horse. It would be better for them to not stay here for long and it would be better to fight quickly and decisively.
Zhang Liang nodded slightly and went forward to inspect the goods. He found that this batch of goods was better than the last time. "There is no problem with this job. I will still give you the same price as before, four taels of silver per cart. Is that okay with you?"
The price is the same as last time. Zhang Liang did not give them less money just because the person who came was not Su Ying. He is an open-minded man.
"Then there will be more Master Zhang."
"I know that Madam Su wants food, so I prepared enough rice for you early in the morning. The price of rice may increase a lot in the next period of time, so I bought it for Madam Su first. You can take the rice back first. You can use charcoal to make up for the missing silver next time."
"Why, the price of rice has gone up?"
Zhang Liang nodded. "My friend in the South sent me a message last night saying that there is friction on the border between Chu and the South again. The situation between the two countries has become tense again. Chu has not reacted yet. When it reacts, the price of grain at the border will definitely increase."
"The Chu State and the Southern State have already ceased fire, so why are there frictions again?" Mengzi frowned. Fortunately, they had stockpiled enough rice, otherwise they would have starved again this winter.
Zhang Liang had no idea about these national affairs. "I don't know. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to have a good relationship with the Southern Kingdom. You should take your things and go back as soon as possible."
"good."
Zhang Liang had the rice and grain brought over, and after unloading the bags one by one, he loaded the charcoal.
Mengzi looked at the rice on the cart. The value of rice far exceeded that of charcoal. If Zhang Liang did not trust Su Ying, he would not have allowed them to pull the rice back in advance.
"Thank you, Master Zhang. We have to hurry on our way, so I'll take my leave now."
"Thank you very much. Next time you deliver the charcoal, just leave a message for me one day in advance."
"good."
Both parties bowed and said goodbye, then left.
One cart of charcoal was exchanged for one cart of grain, which made Mengzi and his friends feel much more relaxed on the way back. Everyone just wanted to go back quickly to burn more charcoal and exchange it all for edible grain.
"Everyone stop and take a rest in front before continuing on your journey."
Mengzi suddenly stopped and said.
Qiao Yang said, "Uncle Meng, let's go back early. If we walk faster now, we might be able to get back before dark."
Mengzi shook his head and said, "No one slept last night, so we don't have much energy today. Let's take a break." After saying that, he asked everyone to stop.
Qiao Yang had no choice but to dismount and find a place to lie down. At least his thighs were sore from being rubbed.
Mengzi got off the horse, holding a water bag, and slowly walked around all the vehicles.
When he walked to a car in the middle, Mengzi suddenly drew the sword from his waist and stabbed quickly under the car!
"ah!"
Suddenly a scream came from under the car.
In a moment, a figure suddenly jumped out from the ground.
When everyone heard the noise, they ran over vigilantly.
When the other party saw that his whereabouts were exposed, he turned around and wanted to run, but Mengzi would never give him a chance to escape. He swung the sword in his hand and flew out.
"ah!"
The opponent's leg was stabbed by the saber and he fell to the ground in pain.
Seeing this, the others rushed forward and arrested the man.
"You little bastard, you're so bold that you actually dared to steal our car! Tell me, who sent you?" Qiao Yang kicked the other person in the heart, and the man fell down and there was no movement.
Qiao Yang pulled the person up and checked, but he was dead!
"My, when did my Kung Fu become so powerful..." Qiao Yang was a little overwhelmed, but also a little excited. He actually kicked someone to death! ?
Mengzi shattered his fantasy, "He hanged himself."
(End of this chapter)
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