Chapter 38 Small Site
When he arrived in front of Gubei Village, Gao Jin found that there were four observatory buildings in the surrounding earthen wall, saying that they were observatory buildings, but in fact they were also arrow towers, with people on the ground guard.
The gate of Gubei Village was opened and there was no one guarding the door. After Gao Jin and Mulan rode in, they found that there were not many people on the street, and the rammed houses around were empty. I don’t know how long it had been idle.
Looking at the Gubei Village, which was very different from what I imagined, Gao Jin quickly realized that this Gubei Village was a black market outside the wall, and its prosperity was due to caravan trading. In the past four years, Mongolia in the south of the desert was in chaos, Tumote's internal struggle, and Camel City fought several battles with Hetao Mongolia. There was no peace outside the pass. Except for those large merchants with strong financial resources, they still dared to go to and from Guihua City to do business, no other merchants had the courage to go out.
There are fewer caravans going out to do business in the frontier, and the horse thieves can only drink the northwest wind. Places like Gubeizhai that rely on black market trade have fallen quickly.
Gao Jin went straight to the center of Gubei Village along the main road at the gate of the city. Mulan said that the Sihai Cargo Store that controlled Gubei Village was opened there. Soon, the two of them arrived in front of the cargo store with the Sihai two-character flags and saw a bunch of tiled houses, and there were also a friend leaning against the guard at the door of the cargo store.
"Brother, I dare to ask when there will be a transaction here." Gao Jin got off the horse and went to a warehouse clerk and asked. When Gubei Village was prosperous in the past, he heard that the market was very lively, but now there were a lot of people everywhere in Gubei Village. If Zhang Gui wanted to sell the stolen goods, he could only find the Sihai Warehouse.
"You..." The inn guy who was sleepy was a little annoyed. He just hadn't said anything about the swearing, but before he could say anything, he found that his palms were heavy. He looked down and saw that there was a white silver horn. His face suddenly burst into laughter and replied enthusiastically, "When the summer is over, it will be lively next month, and caravans from all over the country will come."
"If you have goods to be taken away, then it will be the best..."
"But I think there seems to be no people elsewhere here?"
"In recent years, the Tartars have fought so hard. How many people have the courage to come out to do business? Now, the Tartars are peaceful. When the news spreads, we can make a fuss here immediately."
With money in the way, the mate knew everything and asked Gao Jin to find out a lot of useful news. Then he asked the mate to spread the news on his behalf, and he wanted to meet Mr. Guan.
Gao Jin and Mulan entered the lobby of the warehouse. The lobby was very spacious, and it was tall and deep against the counter on the left, and there was an account room inside that was settled.
Gao Jin and Mulan found a place to sit down in the lobby, and heard the mate say that in late summer and early autumn, the Sihai Freight Shop was the most lively, and caravans from all over the country would come to trade the goods. Please ask Mr. Guan to be a witness. In other words, in this unlawful place, the Sihai Freight Shop seemed to be a place that assumed the responsibilities of the yamen.
Not long after waiting, Gao Jin heard the sound of footsteps and quickly got up with Mulan. Then he saw a tall old man about fifty years old who was about fifty years old. The old man had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a sturdy body, wearing a coarse gray coat, and walking with great steps. He knew he was an old soldier from the army at a glance.
"Meet Mr. Guan!"
"Aren't you afraid of admitting the wrong person?" Looking at Gao Jin in front of him, Guan Qi felt something interesting. The young ape in front of him was obviously a training student, with a smell of blood and a strong murderous aura, but he looked like a military family member.
"Justice Guan is so powerful that he can be so powerful without being angry. Who else can be so powerful except Guan Yu?"
"You can speak." Guan Qi smiled. Everyone likes to listen to good things, especially the young man in front of him, which is quite in line with his eyes. "Tell me, what's the matter with me?"
"I'm down Gao Jin, I'm willing to offer my BMW to Mr. Guan, but I just want to make a good relationship with the Sihai Freight Shop." When Gao Jin came, he rode the white horse that Narentoya gave him. This is why the people in the teahouse outside the Gubei Village just now became greedy.
"BMW? Do you know that you can't talk nonsense!" Although Guan Qi is a slave, he has never seen any good horse in the general's mansion. His eyes narrowed slightly. The guy who had helped Gao Jin pass the message before became nervous. Master Guan is not easy to fool. If Gao Jin deceives Master Guan, he will be in trouble.
"Is it a BMW? Master Guan will know when he sees it." Looking at Master Guan's eyes that were sharper after squinting, Gao Jin replied slowly, without any fear.
"Interesting!" Guan Qi murmured to himself, then followed Gao into the lobby of the warehouse. There was a pile of horses tied at the entrance of the warehouse. Just a glance, Guan Qi saw the white horse without a single hair on his body, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
Such a white horse with divine horse is rare, and even the Mongolians treat it as a treasure. Guan Qi's eyes changed when he saw Gao Jin's eyes. Such a white horse with divine horse that could be sold at a high price in Camel City is a gift. This is not simple in life!
"I don't know that this Marco is still in the eyes of Master Guan."
"It is indeed known as a BMW." Guan Qi stood beside the white horse, touching the shoulder bones and neck of the white horse. He knew some horse-like techniques. Even if he had not ridden this white horse, he knew that this white horse was definitely not much worse than the BMWs in the mansion.
"Brother Gao, you will not receive any reward without merit. If you have anything to do, you might as well tell me." Guan Qi decided to accept the white horse and send it back to the mansion. The young master must like it.
"Master Guan, I have said below that I just made a good relationship with Guizhan and had no other requests." Gao Jin did not mention anything else, and after a few greetings with Guan Qi, he said goodbye and left.
"Master Guan, this?" The guy who followed Guan Qi was stunned. He couldn't understand what this Gao Jin meant, so he came to see the horse.
"He will come back, remember to be a good hospitality at that time." Guan Qi narrowed his eyes and then looked at the several mates in the warehouse beside him and ordered, and said to the accountant at the counter, "Hou San, stop settle the accounts, send someone to inquire. Does anyone know about Gao Jin?"
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"Young Master, why do you want to give the white horse to the Sihai Warehouse?"
After leaving Gubei Village, Mulan could no longer help but be confused and asked, "She didn't understand that such a divine white horse would be given away for nothing."
"Uncle Wei said that the Sihai Goods Store has a big backer. For me, that white horse is nothing but a useless rib. It would be better to use it to test it."
The white horse is too eye-catching. Gao Jin’s current situation is like a child holding gold in a downtown area. As for selling it to the Sihai Warehouse, although it can sell a lot of money, what’s the use of more money for him now?
Then Mr. Guan is the head of the Sihai Warehouse. He is in charge of Gubei Village and sends the white horse out by himself. Mr. Guan will definitely check his origin. At that time, the matter of Zhang Gui intercepting the caravan cannot be hidden, and he can also use this to see what the power behind Mr. Guan is.
In Gao Jin's mind, it is not difficult to kill Zhang Gui in revenge, but the difficult thing is how to end it after killing Zhang Gui!
Mulan listened to Gao Jin's explanation and was filled with mist. At the end, she simply said, "Young Master, what should we do next?"
"You go back to the river valley first. When Wu Yan's injuries are better, you will take them to Gubei Village to stay and inquire about the news about the Heisha Horse Thief. If you encounter difficulties, go to the Sihai Goods Store to find Guan Ye. If he is willing to help, you will rush to the fort village to meet me. I will settle in the dilapidated temple outside the fort village."
"What if Mr. Guan is unwilling to help?"
"Then wait immediately for Wuyan and the others to leave Gubei Village, and hide as far as possible."
Gao Jin said in a deep voice, if Mr. Guan is unwilling to help, after he kills Zhang Gui, he can only choose to flee outside the wall and be a horse thief.
Watching Mulan ride away, Gao Jin falls over the horse's head and heads towards the Hekou Fort. To kill Zhang Gui, someone needs to be in charge, and the children of the uncle's family are his best helpers.
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Two days later, Gao Jin rushed back to Hekou Fort. During the day, he did not dare to enter the fort. He watched Zhang Gui return with his team outside, and then he heard the crying from the fort.
The twenty-seven uncles and uncles in the caravan represent twenty-seven families. The uncles and uncles are the pillars of the family. Now that the pillars have collapsed, the uncles and uncles’ families will only feel more uncomfortable than themselves.
"Zhang Gui, I will definitely make you pay for this blood debt." Gao Jin clenched his fists, stared at the dilapidated earthen enclosure of Hekou Fort, and gritted his teeth and said to himself.
In the evening, Gao Jin took advantage of the night to climb over the disrepaired Tuweizi and entered the fortress. He wanted to find Chen Sheng, who was Uncle Chen's son and one of his best partners in the fortress.
Under the pale moonlight, no one in the fortress had lights except Baihu Mansion. Walking on the familiar dirt road, Gao Jin's heart was not disturbed. When he passed by a family, he stopped because he heard the sound of talking.
"What a sin, why did this Gao family caravan disappear if it is gone?"
"Didn't Zhang Baihu say that he was beaten by a horse thief, he was all given to him by a horse thief..."
"You believe Zhang Gui's words, such a luxurious figure as Gao Dazhe, what kind of horse thief can kill his life? When did something happen to the Gao family caravan for so many years?"
"A Da, you mean, this is Zhang Baihu..."
"You both said less. Mr. Gao is a good person and he is gone. What should I do in the future?"
"Ada, tomorrow Zhang Baihu will let all the officials from all the villages come over. Will you want it again..."
"Hey, good people don't live long. If there are no tall insects in the future, who can still control Zhang Gui?"
In Gao Jin's memory, this family seemed to be a middle-class family in Hekou Fort, with a hundred acres of land, men farmed, and women weaved some local cloth to subsidize their family income. In the past, the father asked Uncle Wei to collect the old cloth woven by the Hu family in the Fort Village. The price was higher than the cloth shop in Shenmu Fort, so most of the people in the Fort Village respected their father very much.
After walking through several families, Gao Jin heard a lot of similar conversations. The people in the fortress were panicked and no one knew what Zhang Gui was going to do tomorrow.
When he was about to arrive at Old Chen's house, Gao Jin stood in the shadow and did not go in. Because he saw the officers and soldiers squatting outside Uncle Chen's yard, he immediately understood that Zhang Gui was afraid that he would arrange manpower at the door of the uncles in the fortress, waiting for him to fall into the trap.
Chapter completed!