After the steward of the Latu family left, Chai Yan came back happily and sat down again.
Just for a moment, Chai Yan's mood was completely different, and his appetite also increased. He immediately picked up the bowl and started eating with big mouthfuls.
Jimo Qiao came closer and asked in a low voice: "Who is this person named Latu? Why do they even dare to ask for the horse bandit's horse?"
Chai Yan stuffed something in his mouth and asked while chewing: "You ask me, who should I ask? I don't know that Latu either... Hey, who cares, we can sell the horse anyway
Just go out and stop meddling in other people's business."
Jimo Qiao thought about it, nodded and said nothing more.
But Cheng Jiu frowned and said, "Why do I feel like something is wrong about this?"
Chai Yan turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"
Jimo Qiao and Yu Tie also looked at Cheng Jiu and stopped moving.
Cheng Jiu glanced behind him, then lowered his voice and said: "Brother, don't you think this man named Master Latu knew about our horse sale too quickly?"
Cheng Jiu's words immediately stopped Chai Yan's eating movements.
Chai Yan put down the bowl and fiddled with his chopsticks while thinking: "It's true what you said. We didn't arrive in the town for an hour, but we notified a horse dealer, and he was scared away in the blink of an eye.
How come Master Latu knows about it?"
Jimo Qiao said: "There is something wrong with this. The horse dealer must have told the Latu family after he returned."
Chai Yan nodded to Cheng Jiu and said, "Yes, can't it be like this?"
Cheng Jiu frowned, shook his head slowly and said, "Isn't that a coincidence?"
Jimo Qiao didn't think it was a coincidence, and immediately said: "Don't be suspicious. How big is this Jubao Town? We drove such a large group of horses in. Many people must have seen it, even if it wasn't the horse dealer who told the Latu family
Yes, it could be someone else, maybe someone on this street said it."
Cheng Jiu thought for a while, nodded slowly and said: "Okay, even if junior sister is right about this point, it was the horse dealer who told the Latu family, but there is still another place where I have doubts!"
"Where?" Jimo Qiao asked.
Chai Yan also said: "You say."
Cheng Jiu said seriously: "If the horse dealer told them, then the Latu family must know that these horses have the marks of the horse bandit gang. In other words, they clearly know that the origin of these horses is not right. In this case,
Why didn't they take the opportunity to lower the price, but instead agreed early to buy it at the market price of thirty-two horses?"
Chai Yan immediately said: "Yes, this is unreasonable! Oops, I was so happy just now that I actually ignored this place!"
Jimo Qiao frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "They didn't give us the money right away. By quoting this price, do they want to stabilize us first and prevent us from selling the horse to someone else?"
Chai Yan said: "No, have you forgotten how the horse dealer was scared away just now? These are the horses of horse bandits, and ordinary people may not dare to ask for them."
Cheng Jiu nodded and said: "Yes, so I wonder if this guy named Latu saw that there are only four of us, so he is planning to cause trouble!"
Chai Yan suddenly laughed: "Hahaha, even if they didn't hold it in and planned to do something bad, do you think we would be afraid?"
"Hahaha..." "Hahahaha..."
When the three of them heard this, they also laughed.
Chai Yan patted the table and set the tone: "Anyway, let's go there early tomorrow morning. If there are any traps, we will clean them all up just like we did today!"
"Yes, it's all taken care of!" Cheng Jiu nodded heavily, and then added: "It just so happens that I haven't had enough fun today!"
These words seemed to speak to Yu Tie's heart, causing him to nod and say "hmm" repeatedly.
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After dawn, Chai Yan and the others got up, washed up, ate some breakfast, and prepared to set off to the pasture to the east.
Just as he was packing his things, the innkeeper came over with a smile, cupped his hands and said, "Exian, the guy forgot to mention just now that you haven't paid for the fodder for the horses yet."
"Oh, how much is the total? I'll give it to you right now." Chai Yan said as he took out a cloth bag, which was full of money looted from the horse bandits.
The shopkeeper said politely: "Go back to Immortal Chang, a total of five taels of silver."
"I'll go, five taels?" Chai Yan was very surprised: "It's more money than the four of us can live in a hotel and eat and drink!"
The shopkeeper mistakenly thought that Chai Yan wanted to bargain, and immediately explained anxiously: "Xian Chang, you have almost thirty horses. Such many animals have almost eaten up all the fodder in our warehouse overnight. Five
Two taels of silver is already the cost price, it's really not much."
Chai Yan hurriedly said: "Don't get me wrong, shopkeeper. It's not that I don't want to pay, I just didn't expect these beasts to be so edible. My God, if we don't sell them quickly, who can afford to raise them?"
With that said, Chai Yan took out a five tael silver ingot and paid it to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper took the money with a smile, and then said some auspicious words before walking away.
A quarter of an hour later, Chai Yan and the others led the horses and left the inn, heading towards the pasture to the east of the town.
Not long after Chai Yan and the others left, a motorcade came to the town, with royal flags planted on every car.
As soon as the people in the town saw the royal flag on the car, they all knelt on both sides of the road and worshiped.
It turned out that this convoy was a missionary convoy led by Ahudala, the second prince of Muyue Kingdom.
Ahudala set out from the capital later than Chaiyan, because Chaiyan was delayed for some time on the way, so Ahudala caught up with him, but he didn't know yet that Chaiyan and others had just left this street.
, both sides are just working on the front and back legs.
Seeing his people bowing and kneeling before him, Ahudala suddenly became excited.
Ahudala stuck his head out of the car window and kept waving to the people on the roadside. The people on the roadside also responded one after another. The atmosphere was very harmonious and harmonious.
During this period, Ahudala's motorcade also passed by the inn where Chaiyan and the other four had stayed.
The shopkeeper stood up and looked at the carriage team going away, and couldn't help but murmur in a low voice: "I wonder if the second prince has invited reinforcements during this trip to the prosperous country? If not, then... alas!
"
The shopkeeper sighed heavily, turned around and walked back to the inn.
Ahudala's motorcade continued along the street and stopped when it reached a large open space in the town.
Because the convoy came through the night, they needed a short rest and routine supplies in the early morning, so they would stay in Jubao Town for about two hours.
Ahhudala stuck his head out of the car window and looked at a snack shop on the street: "I haven't had breakfast from my hometown in these days. I really miss it!"
The attendant on the side heard this and immediately said: "If the second prince wants to eat, I will go and buy it now."
Ahudala nodded and said: "Okay, go buy it quickly, remember to give a small reward, and don't disturb the people!"
"Yes, Second Prince." The attendant responded respectfully and turned around.
While Ahudala was waiting expectantly for the early delivery from his hometown, Chai Yan and his four men gradually approached the pasture to the east with their horses.
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PS: I have recently been following Lao Pan's "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Labyrinth of Longling", and the section of the Hanging Soul Staircase was particularly impressive. As an original work, I am very satisfied with it, and it is very enjoyable to watch. If you haven't seen it, you can check it out. Highly recommended. At the same time, I am also looking forward to the arrival of the next "Yunnan Worm Valley".