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  Just as everyone was chatting and laughing, a sudden shout came from the outer guard: "Bandits!"

  Then a mournful cry came from the small hill beside, and the man who had been watching was killed by the horse thief.

  The camp was suddenly in a state of panic, and everyone had long known that this road was difficult to walk, but they never expected that on the first night, they would be attacked by horse bandits. In the midst of the chaos, someone shouted loudly: "Put out the fire! Extinguish the torches!"

  This shout made all the merchant teams react immediately, firelight is to expose their own strengths and weaknesses.

  Everyone extinguished their torches and bonfires, and Pang Xi whispered in Chen Yuan's ear: "What to do?"

  Chen Yuan didn't know what to do either. Although the seven merchant teams had joined forces for safety, they could only intimidate small groups of horse bandits. After all, having seven teams meant there were seven different minds at work, and when the real horse bandits came charging in to rob them, these carters and partners would be no match for them.

  Just as Zhang Yuan was thinking, the voice from earlier spoke again: "Everyone stay calm, guard the front entrance, don't mind the goods on both sides. I'll go out and take a look to see which group of bandits it is, if we can buy our way out with money. If not, we'll fight to the end!"

  Chen Yuan immediately echoed: "Good, since the shopkeeper is so righteous, we are willing to obey."

  Then he lowered his voice and said to the people around him: "Someone has taken the lead, let's take a look at the situation first."

  Apart from Chen Yuan's caravan, the other teams also responded one after another. In the middle, a torch lit up, and under the torch stood a merchant dressed as a scholar in his forties.

  That man clasped his fists in all directions: "Brother has left, and I hope you can tightly guard this entrance. If we cannot negotiate, we will have to fight a fierce battle."

  From his calm demeanor when speaking, it can be seen that he is a man who has been on the battlefield.

  After finishing speaking, that person only brought a follower with a torch out of the camp. Their merchant group still had people in the camp and immediately began to organize their defense.

  Chen Yuan followed the formation arranged by others and led his men with knives over.

  To be honest, these people set up a defensive formation that left all the merchant teams speechless, because they left the most dangerous place, where the entrance was located, to themselves. Chen Yuan's team had a few more people and were arranged beside them, responsible for supporting and protecting.

  When others take the initiative to shoulder the heaviest burden, naturally no one else will say anything.

  Chen Yuanneng heard what the leader of the merchant caravan was saying to the bandits outside.

  Only two people stopped fifty paces in front of the camp, and one of them shouted loudly: "May I ask which mountain friends are here? I am Wang Lun from Shaanxi, and I often take this road. If any of you masters are short of silver, don't bother to use force, just say a word to me! I hope you all report your mountain head, so as not to hurt the harmony."

  A horseshoe sound stopped in front of the camp, and the horse bandits did not respond at first. After a while, someone said: "The great name of Wang Zhuang has been heard by me for a long time, and I have always wanted to make friends with him. It's just that today is not the right time, and it's inconvenient to report to the mountain head! Since it's Wang Zhuang who came out, I don't want to take action either. How about this? You hand over one person, and I'll let you pass immediately?"

  Wang Lun said: "No matter what, you are willing to give me this face, Wang Lun is grateful! Dare to ask who you are looking for? What does Zhang look like?"

  He said: "His name is Yelü Niegulu, as for what Zhang looks like, there is a portrait here, Wang the shopkeeper can take it."

  As he spoke, a painting roller flew towards Wang Lun. In the dark of night, that painting roller came with great speed, if Chen Yuan was standing there, he would have been hit for sure.

  Ke Na Wang Lun, however, was very carefree and with a wave of his hand, he grabbed the painting and said to the bandit leader: "Boss, just wait for a moment, I'll go in and find it right away."

  Nima bandit agreed: "Alright, I'll give you a stick of incense time. Someone, light the incense."

  Everyone heard their conversation and people looked around to find Yelü Nigulu, to hand him over to the horse thieves.

  Chen Yuan turned his head and looked at Yelü Niegulu: "Ninth prince, found."

  Yelü Nügu's face turned ruthless: "I knew it, that Yelü Shu Bao won't die, he must not let me return safely!"

  Chen Yuan sat down and took a deep breath: "Do you know what I'm thinking?"

  Yelü Nügu's forced smile: "Brother Chen wouldn't think of handing me over, would he?"

  Chen Yuan nodded: "I have this idea."

  Yelü Niegulu shook his head: "It's better not to think like that, otherwise you'll die as soon as you arrive in Yanjing, and I guarantee it won't be a pretty sight."

  Chen Yuan smiled: "Still the same words, don't scare me. If I don't hand it over, maybe I won't even make it to Yanjing. When I get to Yanjing, I'll die a terrible death. At least after those bandits leave, I can still choose whether to go or not."

  Yelü Niegulu finally understood that Chen Yuan was not intimidated, and his tone immediately softened: "Brother Chen, I promised you that my Anbao would be safe with me! I agreed that if we arrive safely in Yanjing, whatever you want, I'll give it to you. If you want to do business, I'll help. If you need money, just name a figure!"

  Chen Yuan shook his head: "I did say that An Bao was on me, but I didn't promise to guarantee his safety. Now it's too late, I would never risk my life for an empty promise. I make money so that I can live a better life, but if I lose my life, what's the point of having money?"

  Two people were holding each other when a torch was thrown in front of them, flashing it on both their faces. Chen Yuan didn't wait for the person to see clearly and shouted from afar to Wang Lun: "Wang boss, stop searching, they're here!"

  Wang Lun ran over a few steps, took that portrait and looked at it again, then looked at Yelü Niegulu, finally confirming that there was no mistake, it was this person.

  Yelü Nieru slowly got up, Wang Lun's eyebrows furrowed: "Is that Yelü Nieru?"

  "Yes."

  "Are you hurt?"

  "Uh-huh."

  Wang Lun said, "It's not easy for us to travel with goods. No matter what grudges we have between us, I don't want to implicate all the merchant teams here. I also don't want to offend anyone. Don't blame us either, just now I heard them asking us to hand over the person."

  Yelü Niegulu nodded: "I heard that, shopkeeper, you hand me over, I won't resent it, but I'm worried that the business in Liao State will be affected later."

  Wang Lun smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry about it, we businessmen value a clever move. I won't let them down. Now, look at the road ahead, do you see the river behind? Although the current is very rapid, there's still hope to wade through. Let's go now, when we reach halfway, I'll tell them that they've escaped. After that, it doesn't matter how we deal with them here. As for whether Wang Zi can escape or not, I'm also powerless."

  Yelü Niegulu immediately understood that this was the only way to survive. Ping said, "Don't mention this small river, even the Yellow River itself can be crossed." But now with injuries on his body and being alone, he would certainly not be able to escape.

  Chen Yuan knew his predicament but didn't care at all and said immediately, "Ninth Prince, don't hesitate anymore, take some time to escape with your life."

  Wang Lun pointed at Chen Yuan and said: "Chen Boss, let's go!"

  Chen Yuan's expression was frozen on his face, and Wang Lun grabbed Chen Yuan's collar: "This is what you guys brought upon yourselves, don't blame me for being ruthless. If Chen the shopkeeper had just been smuggling goods, brothers would now be fighting side by side, I wouldn't do this. But you've brought other things to everyone's attention, we're only risking our lives for money, please forgive me, Shopkeeper Chen!"

  Chen Yuan was stunned and at a loss for words, after a moment he said: "Boss Wang, can't you be more flexible?"

  The words had just been spoken, and Wang Lun hadn't said anything yet, but someone from the other merchant groups shouted: "No way! They can't stay here!"

  Wang Lun smiled: "Master Chen, this is also what everyone thinks."

  Chen Yuandong took a deep breath and looked at Yelü Niegulu, saying: "Alright, let's go together."

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