There is a caravan, not unusual, the strange thing is that in this place, there is no village in front of the village and no shop in the back, the caravan is coming at this time, and the road is about to be closed by heavy snow, where to go.

Walking towards the north, everyone knows that facing north is the vast desert, this is not the way to go at all, either to the west is to go to the Western Regions, to the east is to return to the Central Plains, to the south is to go to Guzang, all normal, what are you doing facing north? Would a normal caravan do that?

Duan Ping is a very realistic person, I don't think that many people will be idle and have nothing to do with so many people, horses, and camels to the Gobi Desert for vacation when it is about to snow heavily and enter the middle of winter, so these people are definitely not normal caravans.

Since they are not caravans, and they are not armies or scouts, then there is only one possibility, they are horse thieves.

Duan Ping told Duan Ye this conclusion for the first time, and at the same time, the derivation also thought so, after analysis, everyone agreed with this opinion, Duan Ye naturally had no reason to believe it, the question was, what to do.

Duan Ye glanced at everyone, and everyone said that it was just a handful of horse thieves, no problem.

Duan Ye thought about it, these people around him, Duan Ping and others did not say, even those soldiers, some of them were Duan Ping's clan relatives, they all selected people with strong martial arts and absolute trust, and some of them were carefully selected from the Jiuquan Army, counting the number of people who were about the same as them, Duan Ye was naturally not afraid of a battle.

"Okay, guys, those horse thieves see what they are going to do, if they don't embarrass us, that's it, don't worry about them for now, if they dare to do something to us, we'll kill them, um!" Duan Ye introduced the situation a little, and then said Yin Measure.

The distance was not far away, in order to avoid startling the snake, everyone did not respond loudly, but nodded silently, Duan Ye saw the blazing heat in their eyes.

The distance was close, and the two groups of centaurs could almost see each other's faces clearly, Aksu's horse walked in front, he walked up to Duan Ye with a smile and a smile, and bowed respectfully to show that he was not hostile, and Duan Ye also bowed slightly.

Aksu said with a sneer on his face in fluent Chinese: "Hello, friend from afar, I am a businessman Aksu from the country of poison, I just went to Guzang to trade some of my goods, I didn't expect to meet you here, in order to show my respect, I am willing to give you a good Kangju domestic carpet!" ”

After speaking, Aksu waved his hand lightly, Kuduke came over with a bundled carpet, Duan Ye signaled, Duan Ping took it carefully, and Duan Ye also smiled and said: "Thank you for your generosity, Brother Aksu, we are merchants from Qiuzi after trading, my surname is Duan, and I am preparing to go back to Chang'an, this is our return trip, in order to show our gratitude to you, please also accept my gift!" ”

At this time, Zhang Meng also came over with a fine Shu brocade, and Aksu happily took it personally, stroked the smooth satin, and said in a loud voice: "Sure enough, it is the best Shu brocade, it is smoother than the girl's skin, Brother Duan, you are so generous, it is my honor to be friends with you!" ”

Duan Ye looked at Aksu's sincere smiling face, it was difficult to associate him with the horse thief, but the problem was that Aksu's other companions were silent, but although their hands were not pressed on the hilt, they all sat straight and tense, obviously ready to strike at any time.

And there were several knights, and the quiver behind them was full. Although the caravan was out and needed to protect itself, it was also necessary to protect themselves, but since Duan Ye had a preconceived belief that they were horse thieves, it seemed suspicious now.

For example, in that Kuduk, there is actually a small black and red patch on the saddle, which is obviously bloodstains, and a merchant will not have this kind of trace, and their team is not as compact as a normal businessman, but slightly scattered, presumably when encircling and annihilating, they can have the strength to prevent someone from escaping the net, although those knights on the periphery are also looking at Duan Ye and the others with a smile on their faces, but they always look outside as if they were unintentional, just like looking at the wind.

As for the fact that they didn't attack at the beginning, it was probably because Duan Ye and the others were quite numerous, and if they attacked directly, the merchants' horses were generally good, and it would be difficult to catch them all, so there would be trouble, and Aksu and the others were also used to launching surprise attacks at close range, so he was very confident in him and his sons.

Aksu and Duan Ye exchanged a few words, Aksu has made up his mind to solve this caravan, they are too rich, there are so many Shu brocades on their horses, oh my God, those Shu brocades can let their horse thieves take advantage of this to recruit troops and horses, and become the most powerful one in the Gobi, enough for everyone to have three horses, two good knives, and they can also renovate their own cottages, and they actually brought so much porcelain, those old nobles favorite decorations from the mysterious East, as for those pearls, agate, alas! Opposite this young businessman. Although he pretended to be mature, he was still very tender, and he didn't say a few words to bring out all his old bottoms.

At the same time, Duan Ye also made up his mind to get rid of them, Duan Ye's sense of smell was very keen, he already felt that this group of people had bad intentions towards him, Aksu's eyes were a little too hot when he looked at him, Duan Ye was sure that Aksu was not a who didn't like men, so there was only one possibility, that is, he regarded himself as a prey.

"Hehehe, Brother Duan, this is a good place to go now! I go there every year, it is the most suitable place for a caravan like ours to rest, and the old men there also like your goods in the Central Plains the most, you only need to bring some porcelain, calligraphy and painting with you this time, oh, and silk, and you will become the richest merchant in your hometown! Aksu said with a smile, in fact, he was just talking about it, he had been robbing all his life, where had he been to the country of Danger, but his subordinates were not fully ready, and Kuduk faintly gestured to him, and he said this, by the way, it was delayed for a while.

"Oops!" Duan Ye seemed very interested: "Thank you Brother Aksu for telling me such an important news, but I don't know, how is the tax collected in the rich and hospitable country of Danger now?" ”

Aksu was stunned for a moment, he just made it up casually, and he didn't know where the country of Danger was at all, where did he know how to collect taxes, and how could this person take it so seriously, but seeing Kuduk's hand lightly touched the saddle on the right side of the saddle, Aksu knew that they were ready, and his heart was settled, so he smiled and said: "The taxes of this country of dangerous beard, Brother Duan shouldn't ask me!" ”

"And who should I ask?" Duan Ye smiled happily.

"Go and ask Hades in hell!" Aksu roared as he drew his sword from its sheath, its light shining.