The convoy heading to Shezhao is beckoning. In addition to spending money to hire experts, it will also recruit scattered guests like this.
At the end of the night, after Xu Dao, several more people joined the convoy.
Before dawn the next day, Xu Dao secretly counted the number of people and found that the total number of people in the convoy reached more than a hundred, and all of them were strong and strong, carrying knives and guns, and looked tough.
Coupled with the mules and horses that individuals carry with them, as well as the carriages that join them, the entire team becomes quite large. If they fall in the wild, they only need to move the carriages horizontally and form a circle. Even if they encounter a small group of rioters, they will be difficult to defeat.
Open the mouth.
However, on the way to Shezhao, there were no insurgents or bandits, but countless wolves, tigers, leopards, and even monsters. Although such a team looked strong, it was not a guarantee.
It is worth mentioning that Xu Dao waited until the motorcade set off and did not see the Taoist who was good at "catching ghosts and hiding foxes". He only saw the other Taoist boy.
The little Taoist boy had a delicate appearance, with a hint of charm in his eyebrows. He occasionally stepped down from the carriage and was caught by Xu Dao. There was no sign of spiritual practice on his body.
But for the large carriage, Xu Dao used his aura technique and could see a red light burning out of the carriage, as if the entire carriage was on fire.
"The energy and blood are astonishing. Could it be that there is a Taoist cultivating the body inside?" Xu Dao guessed in his mind.
But the other party never showed up, and food and other things were also delivered by the Taoist boy. Xu Dao paid attention for a few times and then looked away.
Cars rattled and horses rustled.
The entire convoy left Zhuangzi and walked on the mountain road, with horses carrying goods and people carrying bows.
Xu Dao rode a donkey and staggered among them. Because he deliberately restrained his breath, except that his face was much more handsome than others, he was ordinary.
In the entire convoy, only the maid who had previously kept accounts was a woman. The others were all rough men, and few people paid attention to him.
We meandered all the way into the mountains. Because the mountain roads were narrow and sometimes we had to cut through the mountains, the team was stretched into a long snake and the walking speed was not very fast.
Fortunately, there are experienced escorts and agents in the convoy, and spies are released from time to time to keep an eye on the surroundings for the convoy.
Xu Dao was among them and saw the leader of the motorcade.
The other party was very young, only about twenty years old. He was carrying a long sword on his back. It was not the thin sword worn by rich young men, but a broad sword held in both hands. He also had a strong body shape, with bulging temples on his head, and obvious signs on his body.
Has a lot of strength.
The escorts in the convoy, as well as the maid, all called this person "Young Escort Leader". He was also a capable person, and occasionally he would personally lead several escorts to the front of the convoy to explore the road.
However, when the convoy completely entered the mountains, surrounded by mist and gloomy wind, the young escort leader stayed peacefully in the team, just arranging things and sending his bandits and others out to explore the road.
Seeing that everyone in the team looked very experienced, Xu Dao felt a little relieved.
Although he knew that the Shezhao tribe was located southeast of the White Bone Temple, he only knew the direction and did not know the specific route at all.
And with an experienced convoy scouting the way for him, and so many people blocking the way, he probably wouldn't run into the monster's lair.
On the first day on the road, when it was still dark, the convoy found an open space to set up camp.
Most of the carriages were placed outside the camp, connected end to end, to protect the people and horses inside. These carriages were specially made, with thick hardwood boards on both sides of the carriages, and boards could also be supported on the top for people to block.
Rain, stampede.
After Xu Dao ate the dry food, he had nothing to do. He looked around the carriage and saw many knife marks, arrow holes, and dried brown blood stains on it.
After setting up camp, several fires were lit in the team. At a fire near Xu Dao, someone was talking in a low voice:
"I heard that the whole family of the young escort leader was dead, and he was the only one left. But who did he offend?"
There was a swordsman with tangled hair next to him. He squatted in front of the fire to warm himself and said without raising his head: "I offended a big shot in the county. I didn't have much way to survive, so I simply sold my family property and bought a few large cars. I thought...
Let's go to Shezhao and have a try."
Seeing that the swordsman was well-informed, Xu Dao also joined in. Everyone else's eyes turned to that man, and someone else asked: "Do you dare to ask if the news about the existence of a Taoist in the team is true?"
When the swordsman heard this, he sneered and said, "Of course."
He raised his head, with a big scar on his face, and a mocking look in his eyes: "You guys, you guys, you don't even know this clearly, how dare you take this road?"
When the others heard the swordsman's words, their faces were half clear and half dark, but no one said anything to refute. Xu Dao sat warming himself by the fire, and when he saw everyone was silent, he stopped asking questions.
Soon, Xu Dao knew the meaning of what the swordsman just said.
Because just when the motorcade became quiet and had not been resting for long, someone in the team screamed: "Wolf! Wolf!"
Xu Dao was leaning on his donkey, sleeping with his hands folded in his sleeves.
With the sound, the donkey rolled and stood up from the ground. Xu Dao also turned over quickly and sat on the donkey's back. He reached his head and looked outside the team, and immediately saw pairs of green eyes around the team.
Twenty figures were floating around the convoy like will-o'-the-wisps.
Although wolves in the wild like to stay in groups, they usually don't number more than ten, and twenty is already a lot. Moreover, it is still the first night for the whole convoy to enter the mountains, and they are killed by the wolves before they have walked a few miles.
It's blocked.
"Boom!" A gong was struck, and several butter-watered torches were lit and inserted into the two walls of the team's carriage, illuminating the surrounding area.
When the wolves saw the torch, they all retreated silently, just looking at the convoy from a distance through the darkness.
At this time, an old escort stood up and confirmed that there were only wild wolves biting around. They all breathed a sigh of relief and secretly cursed: "It's just a bunch of wolf cubs, what are you afraid of!"
However, the old escorts did not reprimand them too much. They just extinguished a few torches and ordered most of the people to continue resting. However, they deployed new manpower, making the convoy more alert.
There was a stalemate like this all night. Except for some brave old escorts, the rest of them could not get a good rest, for fear that wild wolves would pounce on them and drag them away.
But even so, when the convoy woke up at dawn early in the morning and began to break camp and set off, someone immediately screamed:
"Where are the people? Where was the fat man last night?"
The convoy was suddenly startled, and immediately there were old escorts walking around with knives. Only a few hundred meters away, they found half a pair of pants stained with blood...