Sword God Wine Ancestor

Chapter 844 Accident
Just when Su Bai was feeling a little annoyed, a person came in hurriedly outside the door. He looked up and found that it was the housekeeper Fang Ping ordered to do things yesterday. Seeing his eagerness, something must have happened.

"Master, something has happened!" said the butler.

Fang Ping frowned, put down the hangover soup in his hand, and asked, "What happened?"

The butler didn't say anything but glanced at Su Bai, the meaning was already obvious, even if there were outsiders present, it was inconvenient for him to say.

Fang Ping waved his hand and said, "To put it bluntly, what kind of outsider is Brother Su?"

The butler then said: "Master, the batch of goods we were supposed to arrive yesterday has not arrived. I am worried. I sent people to investigate the situation overnight. They came back this morning and said that the batch of goods was given by the army of the imperial court." Robbed!"

Hearing this, Fang Ping's expression became ugly, and he sighed, "Sure enough, it's a troubled time! Unexpectedly, someone robbed the goods of our 'Spring Water Firm'!"

The housekeeper nodded and said, "The world is too chaotic now, but our shipment is very important, we can't just throw it away!"

"Old Li, needless to say, of course I know the importance of this batch of goods. I'll go and find out the situation later, and then decide what to do!"

Fang Ping nodded, and the butler Lao Li didn't say anything more, turned around and left.

Fang Ping ate much faster, looked up at Su Bai and said, "Brother Su, I wanted to have a good time with you today, but you also saw that something happened temporarily, I have to go and see, Why don't you let Jun Rong go out with you for a walk. Brother Su, I won't let go of your affairs, so don't worry."

Su Bai shook his head and said, "Brother Fang, just go and get busy if you have something to do, don't worry about me, it's about Brother Fang's affairs, do you need my help?"

Fang Ping was about to refuse, but thought that Su Bai's skill was so good, maybe he could really rely on Su Bai, so he hesitated for a while.

Seeing this, Su Bai immediately smiled and said, "Brother Fang, why are you being polite to me? Let's go and have a look together later."

Fang Ping laughed and said, "Okay! Brother Su, you've already said that, so I won't be polite. This time, I might really trouble you."

The two finished their breakfast quickly and left Fang's house. On the way, Su Bai asked: "Brother Fang, just now I heard from Butler Li that the goods were robbed by the army from the imperial court? But I walked all the way and heard From what I saw, it seems that the armies on both sides did not interfere with the lives of the people, why is there a robbery of goods now? Could it be a mistake?"

Fang Ping nodded, and said: "Brother Su, you are right. Before, whether it was the army of the imperial court or the people of the Eleventh Prince, as long as it was not a city on the front line, it was true that Qiu did nothing wrong. This is also Chang'an. The reason why the city is still prosperous. But the armies on both sides are like this, but some people who came out of the army, some are some green forest robbers, and some are even officers and soldiers from small county towns. Anyway, they took advantage of the chaos and attacked the armies on both sides under the banner of robbing all kinds of things. These guys don’t rob everyone. They won’t touch the things of ordinary people. They will only do it when some large-scale goods appear. After investigation, it was found that the guard soldiers of a county town three hundred miles away did it."

"Hey! It's just that even though we know about this, he is a member of the imperial court after all, and the goods that time were not very important, so in the end we can only swallow our anger and let it go, but this time is different, this time the goods It is very important to our Fang family and to the 'Chunshui Trading Company', and it must not be lost!"

As Fang Ping spoke, the expression on his face became more and more solemn, with helplessness and anger in his eyes, and Su Bai also understood what was going on a little bit. He never thought that such a thing would happen again. Sure enough, no matter what age, there will be some Worms are ruining their reputation!
Su Bai frowned and said, "If what happened this time is still the same as last time, what should we do?"

Fang Ping didn't speak. This was what upset him. After all, judging from the current situation, it was likely to be the same as last time. power.

"Let's figure out the situation first!" Fang Ping sighed after a while.

Half an hour later, the two arrived at a mansion. This mansion took up quite a large area, and many people were moving things in and out. When they saw Fang Ping, they all greeted him. This place should be similar to a warehouse.

After waiting for a while, the steward Li led a young man over and said, "Young Master, this is Rong Zi, who belongs to our family, and he discovered the matter."

Rongzi bowed and said, "Hi, young master. My name is Fang Rong. You can call me Rongzi."

Fang Ping pulled a smile on his face, nodded and said, "Rongzi, tell me what you found."

Seeing Fang Ping's impatient inquiry, Rong Zi didn't dare to neglect, and said with a serious face: "Yes, master! The thing is like this, butler Li asked me to go outside the city last night, along the route our goods were transported to find , I went out of the city for about five or six miles, and then I ran into one of our people. I didn't know it at first, but after asking, I realized that it was our own bodyguard. He was injured, so I quickly took him back to the city. On the way, I met Steward Li. On the way, he said that our goods were robbed by the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, and many of us were killed. If you have to be quick, you can escape with your life, and he didn't know how many people survived when he went back to the city overnight to report the news."

Fang Ping nodded slowly, and asked, "How does he know that the other party is a member of the imperial court? Has the other party notified his name?"

Rong Zi said: "Our people said that before the attack, the other party said that the imperial court was fighting and confiscated this batch of goods. Our people refused, so that's why we started. And the other party is indeed wearing soldiers' clothes and armor."

Fang Ping pondered for a moment, and said, "Okay, I understand everything, Rongzi, right? Let Lao Li reward you with something, go down and rest first, you've worked hard."

Rong Zi looked happy, shook his head and said: "There is no need for rewards, it is Rong Zi's honor to be able to do things for you, young master! Just call me if you have anything to do!"

Said he left cheerfully, butler Lao Li said: "Young master, although the bodyguard who came back was not injured, but because he was too tired, he is still resting now, why don't you bring him here and tell you about it? "

Fang Ping shook his head and said, "No need, I didn't see it with my own eyes, it's the same as everyone said, from last night to now, but there are still some of our people coming back?"

The housekeeper shook his head and said, "No, only the bodyguard that Rong Zi brought back."

Fang Ping took two steps back and forth, and said, "I always feel a little strange about this matter, it's a little different from what happened last time!"

The housekeeper frowned and said, "Young master, I also feel something when you say that. Last time... the last time something happened, it seems that the other party didn't kill so much. This time, it seems that they want to kill them directly!"

"That's right, it's this one, so I was wondering, could this not be the person from last time?"

Fang Ping let out a long breath, and said, "Did the bodyguard say where the accident happened? I plan to go and see for myself. By the way, the scene was not damaged, right?"

The housekeeper said, "It's just over a dozen miles away from the east gate on a small hillside. I haven't reported this to the authorities yet. It's hard to say whether the scene has been damaged or not."

If it was really done by people from the imperial court, it would be useless to report to the officials, so the people from "Chunshui Trading Company" did not report to the officials last time.

Fang Ping nodded and said, "Okay, it's not too late, I'll go and have a look now,"

Su Bai who had been silent beside him said, "Brother Fang, I will go with you."

Fang Ping didn't refuse either, and the two of them rode out of the city in a hurry without saying anything.

It was a short distance of more than ten miles, and I arrived soon after riding a horse. It was indeed a small hillside, maybe not even 100 meters away. There was a forest on the top of the hill. The place where the accident happened was at the foot of the hill, which was sheltered from the wind. It should be that it has not been discovered yet, and it still maintains the appearance after the accident.

The two approached, and found that the place was in a mess, with corpses everywhere. Of course, there was nothing left of the goods, only some broken carriages, horses that were accidentally killed, and the flag of the "Spring Water Trading Company" that fell to the ground.

Fang Ping carefully checked the wounds of several people, stood up and said: "It should not be done by the imperial court forces, I mean neither the fighting army nor local forces."

Su Bai frowned, and asked, "Brother Fang, how did you find out?"

Fang Ping explained: "It's very simple. The wounds on the bodies of these dead are too complicated, some are from swords, and some are wounds from knives. If it was done by the imperial court, the weapons are usually unified, so they won't be so messy, and the wounds are also very messy. , Some were killed by a single blow, while others had many unnecessary wounds, this was not done by soldiers, soldiers pay attention to one-shot kills, and such wounds would not be caused.”

Su Bai nodded, he was not stupid, after thinking about it for a while, he understood, it seems that it was not the court's doing.

"If it's not the power of the court, then who is it?"

Fang Ping said slowly: "It's not the imperial court forces, of course it's the real robbers, but who could it be? There are no big bandit forces near Chang'an City, and even if they are big bandit forces, they should give me "spring water" The firm's face is worth it, could it be that it is a foreign, wandering bandit?"

Fang Ping's expression looked a little better than before, as long as it wasn't under the influence of the court, it would be easy to do.

Su Bai shook his head and said, "It may be an external force, but it shouldn't be bandits running around. After all, such a large amount of goods is not easy to get rid of, and they won't rob such things."

Fang Ping's eyes lit up, and he nodded again and again: "Brother Su, you are right! If that's the case, then their bandit den should be nearby, even if it's not nearby, no matter how far away they are, I will find them out! "

Su Bai smiled and said: "Then why are we still standing there, maybe we can get the things back now!"

Fang Ping was stunned, then laughed and said: "Brother Su is right, they definitely can't go fast or far with so much cargo. After all, this happened only last night, let's chase now!"

Fang Ping said that he was about to get on the horse, but he stopped short again, frowning and said: "It's better to be careful, we don't know how many people the opponent has and how strong they are, so let's go back and mobilize the horses first, hmph! What the gangsters did, they will definitely not be able to run away from him, dare to rob my 'Chunshui Merchant''s goods, really eat the heart of a bear!"

Su Bai shook his head and said: "Don't be so troublesome, let's follow up directly. It's not easy to follow up if it's too late. At worst, we don't do it directly. The most important thing is to find their bandit den first."

After thinking about it, Fang Ping felt that what Su Bai said made sense, so he nodded and said, "Alright, then let's follow up and take a look. Brother Su, you are right. It is important to find their bandit den first. As for doing it, it will be sooner or later." thing!"

Su Bai didn't say anything more. In fact, he didn't pay attention to these bandits. They were just robbers. How many people could there be?How high is the martial arts?If he, a martial artist in the innate realm, can't deal with it, then it's really unreasonable, and the other party doesn't have to be such a robber, what's better than this?

The two got on their horses and chased after the traces of the carriage. These robbers may have been too anxious, or because they thought that everyone had been killed and would not be discovered so quickly, so they did not Without cleaning up the traces, it made it much easier for Su Bai and the two to track.

Su Bai found that the gangsters didn't walk along the official road, but they didn't go to the mountains either. There was no road, and he didn't know where to go. Really don't follow it!

The two chased for about [-] to [-] miles, and finally found a new trace. The robbers finally reached a dirt road, and after walking a few hundred meters, a village appeared in front of them. Looking from a distance, you can still see children playing at the entrance of the village.

Su Bai frowned. If they hadn't followed the ruts all the way to this place and thought they were chasing in the wrong place, even now, he wouldn't believe it!
"Brother Fang, did we chase the wrong place? This doesn't look like a bandit den!" Su Bai said.

Fang Ping squinted his eyes, stared at the village in front of him, and murmured: "If there is any mistake in chasing, just go and have a look."

Su Bai pulled him back and said, "Brother Fang, don't worry, if we chase correctly, then this village will not be easy. If we go in like this, won't we be sending sheep to the tiger's mouth?"

Fang Ping pulled the rein, nodded and said, "Brother Su is right, so let's go back first?"

Su Bai shook his head, and said with a smile: "No need, brother Fang, wait here first, you'd better find a place to hide first, I'll go in and see the situation by myself."

(End of this chapter)