"Wait?" Pan Zhi was a little confused, "Brother, it's better to believe that this matter is true than to believe it is not true. After all, we have to be on guard."
Xia Shang nodded: "We have to be prepared, but we are not in a hurry. It's not a big deal to stay in Shili County for one night. I will give you money to take care of buying everything we need for this trip. We
Depart the next day.”
Seeing that Xia Shang insisted on going his own way, Pan Zhi had no choice.
After Pan Zhi nodded, Xia Shang gave him a thousand-tael silver note, and then said to him: "I still have something to do. Let's meet at the post house in the evening."
After saying that, Xia Shang was about to leave.
Pan Zhi held a big bill in his hand, with a look of disbelief on his face. Seeing that Xia Shang had walked several steps, he hurriedly said: "Brother, are you just leaving like this?"
Xia Shang turned around: "What else do you want?"
"No...brother, if you give me so much money, aren't you afraid that I will take the money and run away?"
"Since you asked that, I believe you are not that kind of person. Moreover, when you faced those masked men just now, you didn't leave me alone and ran away, which proves that you are not a person who breaks your word."
Pan Zhi was rarely moved. He had met many people in the world, but this was the first time he could be so confident in giving him a huge sum of one thousand taels.
But he didn't know that these one thousand taels were nothing to Xia Shang. Even if he really took the money and left, it would not be considered a loss to Xia Shang.
Pan Zhi firmly promised that he would prepare supplies and wait for the Xia merchants at the post house, and then went to the county town to purchase supplies.
Xia Shangze left the city by himself, not knowing what he was doing.
Pan Zhi held the banknote in his hand and felt very comfortable. He had never seen so much money in his life. He was also confident when purchasing things. No matter what he bought, he didn't even need to ask the price.
But after he just bought a few things, Pan Zhi suddenly thought of a question.
His mission is to protect the safety of Xia Shang. Why is he purchasing things here alone now?
What if those people who are concerned about Xia Shang's money appear again without you around?
Pan Zhi quickly returned to the place where he parted with Xia Shang and searched around, but Xia Shang had already disappeared.
The three Japanese pirates just now were being burned. Pan Zhi looked at the thick smoke rising from the fire and frowned: "Brother, it's really not that I didn't protect you well this time, it's really because I found them."
Not up to you."
Pan Zhi was not very optimistic about what happened to Xia Shang, and was really worried about whether he would show up at the inn at night.
However, Pan Zhi did not give up the task given to him by Xia Shang. He only regarded it as helping Xia Shang complete the task. If he still didn't see anyone in the inn the next day, then it would not be a bad idea to leave with the remaining money.
And no faith.
Xia Shang didn't have Pan Zhi by his side, and it was true that someone couldn't hold himself back any longer.
Xia Shang first returned to the post house, picked up his horse, and then headed back to Shili County.
But this time Xia Shang did not return to Shili County, but bypassed Shili County and went to the northeast of Shili County.
Following the traces left by the horses' hooves, at least three groups of people were following him on the road covered with yellow sand.
…
After walking for about half an hour, we arrived at an unknown mountain sandwiched between mountains. There were cliffs on both sides. When we looked up, we saw a wonder like a line of sky.
"stop!"
A shout came from behind Xia Shang.
Xia Shang looked back and found a team of four chasing after him twenty meters away.
Xia Shang didn't pay attention and had no intention of stopping.
In the rear team, a man threw off the reins, jumped forward on the horse's head, performed superb Qinggong, and rose and fell three times in the void. In the blink of an eye, he was five meters in front of Xia Shang, and then shouted loudly: "Stop!"
Following his voice, a huge wave of air rushed toward Xia Shang.
The horse was frightened, neighed and raised its hooves, and immediately stopped moving forward.
Xia Shang was thrown by the horse and almost fell off.
After Xia Shang stabilized his horse and saw the person in front of him clearly, he frowned slightly.
He had seen this person before. He was the skinny middle-aged man sitting at the same table with that unruly woman in the inn.
At this time, the other party saw that Xia Shang had stopped, and a proud smile appeared on his face.
The three companions behind him also caught up and blocked Xia Shang's way.
Xia Shang glanced at the four of them and knew why they were here. He slowly relaxed his mood and asked calmly: "You are still chasing after us here? Is it possible that if you look at your woman, you will gouge out my eyes?"
"Boy, are you confused about the situation or are you just pretending to be stupid? If you are serious, hand over all your money as soon as possible to avoid damaging your delicate skin."
"Oh, it turns out it's because of money! Then I know
Yes, but can just a few of you grab it?"
"Hahahaha..." The skinny middle-aged man laughed arrogantly, "Brat, do you think you can escape from the four of us by yourself?"
"What I mean is that the people who want to rob me don't know you four. There are many people around who are watching me. Why are you four so uncontrollable?"
Hearing what Xia Shang said, the skinny middle-aged man's expression darkened, thinking to himself, this kid knew we were following him all along?
Speaking of being impatient, the middle-aged man himself admitted that he was a little impatient because he saw the banknote Xia Shang gave Pan Zhi and knew that this boy was much richer than they thought.
They followed all the way, and they could actually take action long ago, but they realized that there were more than four of them following this kid, and wanted to wait until they were farther away and with fewer people following him before taking action.
I saw that between the two mountains, the terrain was very narrow, which was the best time to take action, and it seemed that there were no other pursuers around.
That's why I took action.
But what Xia Shang just said was that there was someone else?
Is this kid just talking nonsense, or has he really noticed something?
The skinny middle-aged man was still thinking when the woman behind him called out: "Uncle Dong, if you talk nonsense to him, just kill him. Not only does he have silver, but he also has gold silkworm armor!"
When it came to the Golden Silkworm Armor, Uncle Dong finally couldn't help it. He shouted low, tiptoed, and flew towards Xia Shang lightly. He turned his claws into one hand and aimed at Xia Shang. No matter what Xia Shang did,
Dodge, he will never stop until Xia Shang is caught with this move.
Xia Shang did not move or defend himself. Instead, he yawned.
"You bastard, how dare you underestimate me!"
The skinny middle-aged man was furious and was about to strengthen his true energy when suddenly a sword light fell from the sky like a bolt of lightning.
"Uncle Dong, be careful!" the woman reminded loudly.
The skinny middle-aged man is no ordinary person. His kung fu is superior to that of Pan Zhi. The moment he senses danger, he stops immediately, forcibly changes direction, reverses the movement of his true energy, and narrowly avoids a sword falling from the sky.
Although he managed to escape, it was not easy for the skinny middle-aged man. The ninja rushed back with anger and took more than ten steps back before he could stand firm.
Xia Shang was also startled by the sudden sword strike, and his eyes widened suddenly, feeling that the sword was unusual and definitely not an ordinary figure in the world.