Disastrous year!Before the whole family is wiped out, a little blessing falls from the sky!

The guard who was chatting with him was a flatterer. He pretended to be surprised and asked quickly, "Why did the leader say that? I looked at those people as ordinary people, not vicious."

Sure enough, the leader's conversation became more lively, and he responded with a cold snort, "You are just a stupid boy, you have only been out and about a few times, what can you tell!

"Although the big man driving the car didn't speak, his left hand was always hidden on his lower back. There must be a hidden weapon or something like that hidden there. If something goes wrong with us, a flying knife will be thrown at us immediately.

"And that old man said he was delivering something to the host's house, but the car was empty. He was lying!"

The young guard kept nodding his head as he listened, thinking carefully that the big man was indeed on guard, but the old man lied...

"Chief, how do you know that the old man lied? The doors and windows of the carriage are closed, and you can't see inside!"

The leader raised his finger and pointed at the ruts beside him, "Look at these ruts, the front is deeper than the back! If there are three people sitting on the front shaft and the cargo is pulled behind, then the ruts should be deeper at the back and slightly shallower at the front.

"But now it's obviously deep in the front and almost negligible in the back. That of course means there is no cargo in the compartment, or there isn't much in it."

The young guard suddenly realized it. He bent down to check the ruts carefully while sitting on the horse. As a result, he couldn't distinguish the depth of the ruts. He found a good thing!

"Oops, there's a purse here!"

The young guard jumped down quickly, picked up his purse, and felt even happier when he held the bulging inside.

"There is money in this purse!"

Because of the snow, the dirt road was not very spacious. When the guard stopped his horse, the convoy behind him inevitably stopped.

The guard leader glared angrily and scolded, "Why don't you come up quickly and let everyone wait for you!"

The young guard shrank his neck and smiled awkwardly. He was just happy to pick up the purse and forgot that there was a convoy behind him.

He quickly got on his horse and handed the purse to the leader, "Chief, look, we are rich!"

The leader took it, and before he could take a closer look, the carriage behind him opened the window, and a middle-aged man asked, "What happened?"

The leader of the guard quickly picked up his horse and walked over, saying, "Shopkeeper, it's nothing serious. The boy in the team picked up a purse on the roadside, and it looks quite full."

As he spoke, he handed over the purse and said, "I don't know who was careless and threw the luggage on the road like this."

The middle-aged man looked through it briefly and said, "Could it be that it fell from the carriage that just passed by..."

Halfway through, he suddenly stopped and shouted loudly, "Bring the torch over here, hurry up!"

Everyone was startled, and someone immediately brought a torch close to them.

The middle-aged man looked through his wallet carefully, and the more he looked at it, the worse his face became.

"This is our family's purse, the nine-petal lotus that my sister loves to embroider!"

The guard leader was a little confused and responded smoothly, "Shopkeeper, why is our family's purse here!"

This sounded awkward, but the shopkeeper understood it. He was none other than Chen Zhao who had returned from the south.

When the Zheng family was burned to the ground, no one survived except Chen Ruiyang, and naturally everything was gone.

The reason why he thought it was something from home was because the lotus on the purse was different from the eight petals of the ordinary lotus pattern, but had one extra petal. When he was traveling all year round, his sister was worried and unwilling to stop him, so she could only wait for him to come back soon at home while sewing clothes, shoes and socks, and embroidering purses for him.

As for Jiujiu Guiyi, the embroidery pattern used by my sister is mostly a nine-petal lotus, hoping that he will be safe and return soon.

Now, apart from the few clothes and supplies left around him, only his nephew Ruiyang has this purse.

Could it be that Ruiyang went out and lost his wallet while passing by?

wrong!

Chen Zhao suddenly remembered another thing. The old man of the Tai family rescued Ruiyang from the hands of human traffickers because he was looking for Zhuzhu.

My sister at home was very grateful. Not only did she prepare gifts with her own hands, but she also gave me many things she had sewn by myself. For example, purses filled with gold and silver coins were given to several children of the Tai family...

"What did you say about the car that passed by just now? I didn't hear clearly. Please tell me more carefully!" Chen Zhao looked at the guard leader with a serious look on his face.

The guard leader didn't know the reason, but he didn't dare to neglect. He told all about the abnormalities and ruts about the three people, and finally concluded, "Shopkeeper, do you suspect that those three people did something bad, or is it related to our family?"

The leader of the guard was a subordinate who had been with Chen Zhao for many years and knew very well what happened to Chen Ruiyang. He lowered his voice and asked again, "Shopkeeper, is something wrong with the young master?"

Chen Zhao shook his head and replied, "It may not be Ruiyang, it could be someone from the Tai family, or someone familiar with the Tai family!"

"Then what should we do? Report the news to the Tai family immediately?" The leader of the guard subconsciously looked at his own convoy and frowned.

This time they brought a lot of valuable goods, and if they stopped rashly and offended the Jianghu people, if there was an oversight, they would suffer huge losses.

Chen Zhao didn't care about this and responded, "We must go to report the news to the Tai family, but we can't ignore this side. If there is really a Tai family in the carriage, we must stop it, otherwise we will go south on a forked road. It’s hard to track.”

After that, he ordered, "Immediately take your purse and go to Tai's house and ask if there are any family members living outside. Then you personally lead people to follow the carriage at a distance. It is best to find out where the carriage is staying and what is in the carriage." What is it! I will continue to move forward with the convoy, find a suitable place to camp, and contact you at any time."

"Yes, from the shopkeeper." Although the guard leader did not agree, he did not refute.

It is the duty of a servant to obey orders. And for so many years, the shopkeeper has acted steadily and rarely made mistakes in judgment.

Soon, the two guards were on horseback carrying their purses and galloping along the road in the direction of Tai'an. The leader of the guard selected four good men and quietly went back to the road.

The convoy walked slowly, around the top of the mountain, and after confirming that the fire was no longer visible in the distance, they immediately chose a sheltered mountain nest to set up camp.

All the carriages were connected end to end to block the cold wind, the remaining snow in the middle was cleared, dead branches were set up, and the bonfire was lit.

It stands to reason that sleeping outdoors at night is a chore, especially on a winter day like this.

But almost all the people in the convoy were brought out by Chen Zhao. They followed him in and out of the grasslands and the north and south of the Wei Dynasty. They had experienced all kinds of difficulties, but they didn't find tonight unbearable.

Chen Zhao was worried and couldn't guess whether something happened to the Tai family.

The most important reason why he could go to Jiangnan without any worries was that his nephew was taken care of by the Tai family.

The Tai family really treats their nephew as well as their own children, and they don't just pamper him. They sincerely teach him by praising his good qualities and punishing his mistakes. (End of chapter)