Qingzhou Tiger Leaping County county town, north city gate entrance, lined up a long queue.

  Because the search is too thorough, it's very slow.

  At the city gate, Teng Qing Shan was being stared at by one of the guards.

  Teng Qing Shan grunted, using all his strength to lift the two boxes off the horse's back. With a "clunk" and another "clunk", he set them down on the ground. Teng Qing Shan couldn't help but smile wryly: "My boxes are too heavy." As he spoke, he opened the lid of one of the boxes, revealing rows of neatly arranged tea bricks inside.

  "Hmm?" The soldier saw it was a tea brick and his brow furrowed.

  "It's all tea bricks in here, it's a real hassle to get them out. And even more of a hassle to put them back in. Brother, help me out and I'll treat you to a meal." Teng Qing Shan said.

  Hyōe took a glance at the few people standing in the distance supervising and steeled himself.

  "Shut up." Heizo shouted at Tsumakichi, "Quickly, dump out both boxes for me!"

  "Are you all out?" Teng Qing Shan glared.

  Hyōe's face was icy cold: "This trunk of yours has a surface made of tea bricks, but who knows what's inside. Quickly, dump everything out. Otherwise, please go spend a few days in prison."

  "I'm falling, I'm falling."

  Teng Qing Shan lifted up a trunk, and with a "whoosh", he turned it upside down. However, the opening of the trunk was facing downwards, close to the ground. Teng Qing Shan's mouth was still moving as he said, "Brother, if I were to pour everything out like this, not only would it be time-consuming, but also many tea bricks might scatter all over the place." With a cautious expression, Teng Qing Shan slowly shook the trunk, pouring out all the tea bricks.

  "Clang!" The empty box was placed aside.

  That soldier immediately looked at the empty box and tea bricks, and shouted: "The other one, hurry up."

  "Go, go." Teng Qing Shan opened the second box, and inside it was a clothes chest. Others didn't know, but Teng Qing Shan knew clearly... the life-saving items were in this clothes chest! Whether it was the Revolving Cannon or the Opening Mountain Divine Axe, they were all things he had to bring with him.

  He lifted up the trunk with one hand.

  A large number of tea bricks and the trunk fell down together, Teng Qing Shan quickly opened the trunk as well, inside were just some clothes and other miscellaneous items.

  Hyō looked around, and also pushed the piled-up tea bricks to one side, fearing that the Kaito god axe or the Rinne gun might be hidden underneath. As for the clothes chest, he only poked at it with his weapon, but didn't notice anything.

  "That woman, carrying a large bundle on her back, come here." Hebei suddenly turned his head and shouted at 'Tan's wife'.

  Mrs. Tan, who was holding Xiao Tan's hand, was startled: "Me?"

  "Everyone must be inspected." Hyōei said coldly, and Tan's wife could only reluctantly remove the packages from her body.

  "Brother, can this tea brick be loaded now?" Teng Qing Shan said with a bitter face.

  Hyō also understood the distress of the merchant in front of him, and it was indeed a troublesome thing to pack so many tea bricks. He casually checked Tan's package and said, "Hmm, hurry up and finish packing the tea bricks. The sooner you finish, the sooner you can leave. Don't block the city gate and cause trouble."

  After checking, this soldier went to check others, leaving only Tung Ching-shan painstakingly loading the tea bricks into two chests.

  "Qin Uncle, I'll help you." Little Tan He also helped with the packing, and Mrs. Tan hurried over as well.

  Eight hundred tea bricks, although previously handled with care by Teng Qing Shan, still had over a dozen damaged. However, these scattered tea bricks could still be used to make tea. The three of them worked together and soon filled two boxes completely. Teng Qing Shan then placed the clothes box into the larger one.

  Load two chests on the Red Flame Horse.

  "We're leaving." Teng Qing Shan took Tan's wife and son, walking towards the city gate, at this moment no one stopped them.

  From inside the city gate to outside the city gate, it's only a dozen or so zhang distance, but it makes Teng Qing Mountain feel very comfortable.

  "It's finally out." Teng Qing Shan had a hint of a smile on his face, "Just now, if we were discovered... I'm afraid I would have to take the luggage, Xiao Tan He and his mother, and quickly escape at the first opportunity." With Teng Qing Shan's strength, taking Tan He and his mother with him wouldn't make much of a difference.

  With the strength of the city gate guards, Teng Qing Shan can easily rush out.

  But if we really make a move, the consequences will be very serious. First, our identities will be exposed, and secondly, Mrs. Tan and her son may also suffer from unjustified disasters.

  "Old Zhou." Teng Qing Shan had already seen the merchant caravan at the city gate and laughed as he called out.

  "Oh, Brother Qin Wei." The robust old man standing in front of the merchant group, wearing a thick leather coat and a leather hat, greeted warmly. "Today, the Xiangyang Palace is arresting someone, searching the entire city, even leaving the city is such a hassle. Especially for us merchants...Brother Qin Wei must have suffered too."

  "Can't be helped?" Teng Qing Shan shook his head and said helplessly, "Two boxes of goods, all have to be taken out. When it's time to load them again later, you'll have to do it yourself."

  "You're fine, just two boxes. Our Hu's merchant group has a total of ten carts of goods. Those guards were stubborn and didn't give us any face. They made us unload all ten carts of our goods." The leader of the caravan, Old Zhou, looked very angry. "So many guards and merchants together loading cargo, it took us a good while."

  Zhou Lao suddenly saw another merchant approaching the city gate: "Qin Wei brothers, I won't chat with you anymore, I'm going to pick someone up."

  "Old Zhou is busy." Teng Qing Shan led his men and entered this merchant group.

  The caravan was mainly led by the Hu family business, and many scattered merchants joined in. The scattered merchants also had a number of guards. In addition to paying commissions to hire guard teams, this would make the entire caravan even stronger. There will be many guards.

  In less than half an hour, all the merchants have gathered.

  "Alright, everyone's here. Our caravan's final destination is the royal city of Yuzhou - Yucheng. Let's set off!" With a loud shout from the leader of the caravan, the entire group began to move forward in an impressive manner.

  This time, there were nearly three hundred merchants in the caravan itself, and the guards exceeded five hundred people.

  A merchant caravan of eight hundred people! It's much larger than the one that entered the partnership on Qing Mountain last time.

  ……

  Tick-tock! Tick-tock!

  Hong Qingshan's Vermilion Fire Horse was ambling along leisurely because of the cargo carts, so the merchant group couldn't possibly move too quickly.

  In the morning hours, there was still unfrozen snow on the official road, which also made the temperature very low.

  "Xiao Yao Mountain!" Teng Qing mountain looked at the mountain range in front of him, Xiao Yao Mountain was just a few miles outside the north gate of Hu Yue County, and it could be clearly seen as soon as he left the city. The scope of this Xiao Yao Mountain is slightly smaller than Da Yan Mountain, about 20-30 miles around. However, due to its beautiful scenery, it was chosen by the founder of Xiao Yao Palace as the place to establish the sect.

  Keep moving forward, half an hour later.

  "That horse whinnied, but it said that after leaving the city gate, it's ten miles away." Teng Qing Shan carefully looked around, "I've been out of the city for about ten miles too."

  Mrs. Tan and her son, who were arranged by Teng Qing Shan to sit in the truck, also noticed their surroundings.

  A moment——

  Teng Qing Shan's eyes locked onto a peasant wearing a cotton-padded jacket and a tattered hat, crouching on the side of the official road by the field ridge. Because he was lowering his head, the tattered hat covered more than half of the peasant's face, and under the disheveled hair, his eyes occasionally glanced over here.

  "Xiao He, Lady Tan, come here." Teng Qing Shan immediately rode his horse to the side of the official road.

  Tan He and Mrs. Tan also knew that in a ten-mile radius, Ma Jin Xiao would be waiting for them. They too saw the broken farmer and were suspicious of him as well, but when they heard Tan Qing Shan's shout, they rushed over together.

  "Qin Wei brothers." The merchants nearby shouted, "Something's up?"

  "It's nothing, don't wait for me, I'll catch up later." Teng Qing Shan shouted.

  Those merchants also saw that Teng Qing Shan's horse was a 'Red Fire Horse', which ran much faster than the merchant group, so they didn't stop for Teng Qing Shan alone and continued to move forward.

  Ah! The farmer squatting on the ridge stood up and walked over.

  "Master!" Xiao Tan He suddenly saw clearly the person who came, and excitedly ran over. Ma Jin Xiao also smiled and hugged Xiao Tan He tightly.

  Ma Jinxiu walked over with the child in her arms, smiling at Tun Qing Shan: "Qin Wei brother, this time, thank you so much."

  "You're dressed like this, I almost didn't recognize you." Teng Qing Shan sighed.

  "Haha, I'm just a mountain man after all." Ma Jin said with a smile, "No trouble on your way out of the city this time?"

  Hong Qing Mountain shook his head and said, "Nothing big, just the city is catching someone, each street has soldiers guarding, and the city gate is also guarded by soldiers searching." Little Tan He, who was being held by Ma Jin Xiao, also nodded and said, "Yes, Uncle Qin's cargo boxes were all turned over by the soldiers."

  "It seems that the capture is quite strict." Ma Jinxiang had a thread of worry in her heart, "Did you see the wanted poster for the carefree palace?" Ma Jinxiang stared at Teng Qingshan.

  "I see." Teng Qing Shan smiled and said, "Brother Ma, you rushed off in a hurry last night. I thought you had gotten into big trouble and were being pursued by the Carefree Palace. But looking at this portrait, it doesn't look like you at all. It seems I was wrong."

  Ma Jin Xiao revealed a hint of a smile: "I did get into some trouble yesterday, so I left in the middle of the night. However... I didn't go to provoke the Xiangyang Palace." Ma Jin Xiao also noticed that his disciples, Xiao Tan He and Madame Tan, didn't show any surprise, apparently... that portrait definitely didn't resemble him.

  Ma Jin let out a sigh of relief in her heart.

  "Ma Ge, what are you planning to do from now on?" asked Teng Qing Shan.

  "Me?" Ma Jin Xiao looked around the surrounding mountains and fields, shook his head and smiled, "I'm preparing to take Little He back to my hometown of Ma Family Village! I can also teach the younger generation of the Ma clan. If nothing unexpected happens, I'll spend most of my life in Ma Family Village."

  Ma Jin Xiao sighed: "Outside for too long... don't want to run far away again."

  "Qin Wei, brother, Ma Family Village is just thirty miles north of here. You can ask around and find out. If you ever want to look for me or see Little He, just go there." Ma Jin Xiao said with a smile.

  "Uncle Qin, you must come next time." Little Tan He also said repeatedly.

  Hong Qing Shan smiled and patted Xiao Tan He's head, nodding: "Don't worry, wait until your uncle finishes his own business. If there is a chance, he will definitely go."

  "Then, Qin Wei, you hurry on your way. I'll take Little He and Madame Tan back to the Ma family village first." Ma Jinxiang bid farewell to Teng Qingshan, and led the mother and son along the rural path as they walked away.

  Looking at the back of Ma Jin Xiao and the others, a smile appeared on Teng Qing Shan's face.

  "Spend the rest of his life in Majiazhuang? A congenital strongman, not even forty years old. He is willing to stay in his hometown. Teach and protect his people, live a peaceful and safe life." Teng Qing Shan was also moved by Ma Jinxiu's decision in his heart. Peace is bliss! If he could live a quiet life with his family, he would be satisfied too.

  "But my path is different from Ma Jin's!"

  "I and Qinghu Island are destined to have a downfall." Teng Qing Shan jumped onto the Red Fire Horse, "Charge!"

  Chi Huo Ma immediately spread out his four hooves and chased after the merchant caravan in front of him.

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