The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 218
At the top of the west mountain at sunset, the sunset glow complements each other red.

The brilliance of the sky covered the entire grassland with a layer of golden red.

On the endless plain, there is a big tree dyed golden red by the sunset, standing alone in the sunset.

under the tree.

Xue Pan with his arms wide open, sat on the saddle blowing the wind, looking at the western sky in a trance.

It has been more than two months since I left Beijing in mid-April.

It was these dozens of days of eating, drinking and sleeping in the open that made Xue Pan's whole spirit change drastically!
Although he was a little thinner and a little haggard, Xue Pan's body was also a little more mature and sophisticated, and his black and white eyes were a little more stable and sharp.

At this moment, Xue Pan looked at the bright red sunset in the sky, but couldn't help but think of his sister and mother at home.

Well, there is also the maid Xiangling who he bought after a lot of trouble, and now he doesn't know what is going on at home...

It turned out that because she thought that Xue Pan was going to go far away, Aunt Xue did not stop Xue Pan shortly before departure, and let Xue Pan take Xiangling away from her, and took Xiangling into the room as a passer-by. maid.

But just a few days after getting Xiangling, Xue Pan left Shenjing, so naturally he misses her very much now.

……

Just feeling sad, Xue Pan's servant came over, holding a bowl of broth and a piece of dry biscuit in his hand.

"Master, the meal is ready. You have been tired all day, so hurry up and eat some while it's hot!"

Xue Pan reached out to take the food. Immediately, the smell of the mutton in the soup was like a day in the sun. Xue Pan, who was hot and irritable at the moment, almost vomited it out.

Can you still eat this shit?

"Is it Li Si's cooking again today?"

Xue Pan scolded: "This grandson is becoming more and more economical! Now even when we cook our own meals, we don't even want to add more seasonings. The broth is so fishy, ​​how can everyone eat it?! "

"Master Li's craftsmanship can already be regarded as good!"

The boy laughed and asked again, "As for why he put so little seasoning, don't you know why?"

This little servant has been by Xue Pan's side since he was young, and after traveling all the way all these years, his relationship with Xue Pan is naturally different from others.

Naturally, unlike the other servants, he was submissive in front of Xue Pan.

And Xue Pan couldn't help but look a little embarrassed when he heard the boy's words, and said: "I originally wanted to keep all the seasonings we used, but those herdsmen really gave too much!

When we do business, we can't make things difficult for money, can we? "

After finishing speaking, Xue Pan smiled and looked into his own motorcade.

When he came out of Shenjing, Xue Pan brought [-] carts of sea salt and [-] carts of tea cakes, which were the most urgently needed items on the Saibei grassland.

From departure till now.

The time on the road is not counted. In fact, the real trading time is no more than five or six days at most.

But it was such a short time, and most of them still used the method of barter, but Xue Pan's [-] truckloads of goods were still sold out quickly by nearly [-]%.

The empty mule carts were filled with all kinds of special products on the grassland.

Xue Pan made a rough estimate that the value of these items replaced so far has exceeded the value of his sixty carts of salt tea by more than three to five times!
Xue Pan looked at the truckloads of goods and narrowed his eyes as he smiled.

what is this?
This is a great sense of accomplishment!

In contrast, Xue Pan only felt that the sense of accomplishment that his family had obtained by fighting cocks, walking dogs, and domineering in the past was not even worthy of carrying shoes now.

It was also at this time that Xue Pan's thoughts finally completed a complete transformation...

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The moon is slowly rising, and the dew on the grassland is getting heavier.

Night Breeze howled, back and forth across the open field.

Under the thick trees where everyone lives, several bonfires exude a warm orange light.

Dozens of horse-drawn carriages formed a formation, and the outermost one was a heavy and clumsy salt cart.

Inside, there are vehicles loaded with tea and grassland specialties.

The bonfire gradually dimmed, and the hour passed for a while, and the people in the convoy also fell into a deep sleep.

…………

Suddenly, the sound of horseshoes sounded in the distance.

"Master Xue Pan, wake up quickly!"

A low and rapid voice woke Xue Pan from his deep sleep.

In the haze, Xue Pan asked: "What's wrong?"

"Call everyone up, someone is robbing our things!"

The one who spoke was none other than Saijia, the follower of the system sent by Jia Jing to leave the fortress together with Xue Pan.

"Root our stuff?"

The whistling wind in his ears and Saijia's words woke Xue Pan up instantly, "It seems that the salt and tea cakes in our caravan were missed by someone! It really is the wealth that touches people's hearts!"

Xue Pan was not surprised by this, and then asked in a deep voice: "By the way, how many of them are here?"

"It's estimated that there are nearly two hundred people!" Sai Jia said excitedly, "It's been more than a month since I came to the grassland, and today someone is finally willing to rob our convoy!"

Xue Pan couldn't help being speechless when he heard the words.

Co-authoring Saiga is looking forward to someone coming to rob him every day? !

Seeing Xue Pan's speechless expression, Sai Jia just grinned and didn't take it seriously in his heart. He just ordered: "Master Xue Pan just guard the chariot formation, and I will take the horse archers dispatched by the master to fight against the enemy. This time, we will definitely make this group of people come and go!"

After all, following Saijia's whistle, twenty cavalry archers rode up.

Stepping into the hazy night, covered with silvery moonlight, the horse archers took out their short hardwood bows, lined up in neat formation, and greeted the enemy.

And Xue Pan hurriedly called everyone in the convoy to stand beside the vehicle with their weapons in hand.

The light from the bonfire became dimmer.

"Dam thump!"

"Dam thump!"

The orderly hooves of the cavalrymen made the attackers know immediately that their whereabouts had been revealed.

As a result, this group of people no longer controlled the sound of their own horses' hoofs, and also urged their horses to rush towards the convoy at a fast pace.

As for the twenty or so riders, including Sai Jia, who came up, the leader was directly ignored.

I have nearly [-] cavalry, facing more than [-] cavalry, it is probably just a matter of charging!

"Drive! Drive!"

Amid the crisp sound of the horsewhip, the distance between the two sides gradually approached.

Just when the two sides reached more than two hundred steps, before the group of attackers could react, a series of bowstring tremors sounded.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

With a howling sound, the sharp feather arrows landed directly on the assailant.

Suddenly attacked, more than ten cavalrymen fell down in the team of the attackers.

Immediately afterwards, the bowstring rang again!
Another group of cavalry fell to the ground...

"Damn it, it's so far away, and it's in a dim night, but the other side is still so accurate. Could it be that the twenty or so people on the other side are all good archers?"

The leader couldn't help cursing.

Afterwards, when the third batch of cavalrymen fell off their horses, the hearts of the leaders were already in distress.

"Charge! Charge!"

"Kill all the cavalry in front of you!"

Two roars in succession opened the prelude to the charge.

The attackers all clamped their legs into the horse's belly, and their normal running speed suddenly accelerated. With sharp whistles in their mouths, they charged towards the group of cavalry archers.

"Cavalrymen, attack freely!"

Seeing that the formation on the opposite side had completely disintegrated, Sai Jia also ordered that the many cavalrymen under his command be free to play and attack freely.

Twenty cavalry archers dispersed instantly...

(End of this chapter)