I have just been promoted to Qianhu, and I was shocked to hear that this is a Liaozhai!

Chapter 49 The missing caravan

in front of the hall.

After hearing Du Wanshan's words, Zuo Dao was stunned for a moment.

He had just thought that he would finally have some leisure time, but he didn't expect that trouble would come to his door while the thoughts were still in his mind.

Zuo Dao frowned and said, "What happened?"

Du Wanshan said: "The day before yesterday, merchants from other state capitals came to report that they had lost contact with a caravan."

"At first, they just thought that the caravan was unfamiliar with the road and got lost. They only reported it to the government, gave them some tea money, and asked a group of soldiers to search along the road."

"But then, until yesterday, not only was the lost caravan not found, but even the group of soldiers disappeared."

"The local government felt something was fishy, ​​so they sent someone to notify the local [-]-household office."

Hearing this, Zuo Dao couldn't help but widen his eyes and said: "Don't tell me, there is also a problem with the Hundred Household Office."

Du Wanshan looked bitter and said, "Your Excellency, you are really wise."

"After receiving the report, hundreds of local households led people to follow the case and followed the route the group of merchants took."

"Early this morning, the Jinyi Guard stationed at the local Baihu Station reported that a distress signal from the Jinyi Guard was found over a hill near the outskirts of Shiwanda Mountain."

"The remaining Jinyi guards in the Hundred Households did not dare to act rashly, so they sent a message to Linya City."

After listening to what Du Wanshan said, Zuo Dao felt that he felt a little bad.

Isn't this a classic case of Calabash Baby saving grandpa?

He had said before that before the techniques and equipment from Kyoto were brought down, he would be notified of any evil spirits encountered in order to reduce casualties.

It seems that the Jin Yiwei here still wanted to do something too much, but instead of getting it done, he did it to himself.

Zuo Dao stood up and asked Zhao Hu to invite the physical Buddha, while Zhang Long went to prepare his horse.

Then Du Wanshan was asked to guard the Jinyiwei Yamen to prevent any accidents.

He took the physical Buddha, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu towards the mountain where the Jin Yiwei's distress signal was found.

That mountain is close to the outskirts of Shiwanda Mountain, and not far below the mountain is the local garrison of hundreds of households.

As far as he knew, the place had always been peaceful and few things happened.

Even in today's world where demons and ghosts appear in endlessly, there are almost no demons committing crimes.

How could something like this suddenly happen?

And he was still a little curious as to why this group of merchants took that road.

Could it be that they took a long detour from the foot of Shiwanda Mountain to the vicinity of Linya City?

The three cavalry were running all the way.

It was not until evening that we arrived at the Baihu Station where the report had been made.

Nowadays, the lights in Baihusuo are brightly lit, and there is a depressing atmosphere everywhere.

After all, Baihu here brought several general flags to follow the traces, but they disappeared into the mountains.

This morning, when the sky is getting brighter.

They found a distress signal over the mountain.

You don't need to think about it to know that Baihu and the others must have encountered some danger in the mountains.

A hundred households immediately sent a message to Linya City, informing them of what happened here.

In the lobby of Baihusuo.

Zuo Dao looked at the hundreds of trial households reporting in front of him and asked, "Are those merchants still there?"

Hearing this, Shi Baihu immediately spoke: "I have asked them to stay in the inn and not move around. If you need it, I will send someone to call them." Zuo Dao nodded slightly and said, "The leaders of the generals Just call."

Hearing the words, Shi Baihu responded immediately, then turned around and gave a few instructions to the Jin Yiwei on one side.

After hearing this, the man immediately ran out of Baihusuo.

Soon.

Then Jin Yiwei led several potbellied merchants into the hall.

Those people looked at Zuo Dao who was sitting above him, and immediately knelt down and said, "I have met Mr. Qianhu before."

Zuo Dao looked a little surprised and said: "You do have some eyesight."

One of them said: "We traveled all over the country and traveled to various places to do business, relying on these two tricks. I wonder if Master Qianhu summoned me here, but because of the disappearance of the caravan?"

Zuo Dao said: "Tell everything you know, without hiding anything."

Hearing this, the man said, "We are all traveling merchants. Although we do not all belong to the same company, if the route is the same, we will travel together."

"The lost caravan belongs to a local business in Youzhou. Before we left, their leader talked to us and said he would take us on a shortcut."

"We wanted stability, so instead of agreeing, he took a shortcut with his caravan."

"We originally agreed to meet up the day before yesterday, but we couldn't find any sign of them. We were anxious, so we reported to the official."

Hearing this, Zuo Dao narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Where did their local caravan from Youzhou come from?"

After hearing this, several people opened their mouths and started talking.

Some people say they are from Qingzhou, while others say they are from Kyoto, covering almost half of the Wei Dynasty.

This made Zuo Dao look a little ugly, and said: "You said that you have traveled to various places, but I don't know what is there in Youzhou, which is located in a bitter and cold place, to bring you here."

The person who spoke first heard the words and said with a smile: "Sir, what I am waiting for is not Youzhou, but the nearby Shiwan Mountain."

"There are many Miao people living in these [-] mountains. Only a very small number of them will go down to do business. The rest are waiting for me and other traveling traders in the mountains."

"We go to Shiwanda Mountain almost every six months to exchange some things with the Miao people in the mountains."

"This group of Miao people have a lot of good things in their hands. They can exchange for old rare medicinal materials, furs of ferocious beasts, and some good treasures."

"This time we originally agreed to go to a nearby Miao village, but when the agreed time came, the caravan did not come."

"They still had our stuff there, so I had no choice but to report it to the authorities."

Another person said: "We originally wanted to ask their company to ask for it, but their company refused to accept the debt and insisted on us reporting it to the official."

"In order to report to the official, we also spent a lot of money."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the person beside him.

Zuo Dao looked at the people in front of him, and after understanding the situation in detail, he asked the local village elder who was more familiar with him to ask questions.

After confirming that the caravans were not lying, they were allowed to leave.

After a few people left, Zuo Dao moved his muscles slightly and determined the place where the signal was found with hundreds of trial households here.

Then he took Zhang Long and Zhao Hu into the mountain.

After all, to be able to send out a distress signal to hundreds of Jin Yiwei households, they must have encountered an extremely dangerous situation.

If you miss a stick of incense, an accident may occur.

The three of them walked all the way into the mountains, moving extremely fast even at night.

After a while, they arrived halfway up the mountain.

Zhao Hu shrugged his nose slightly and whispered: "Sir, have you smelled a very strong aroma?"

(End of this chapter)