Chapter 44: Trouble at Qinglong Mountain

At night, everyone in the Hua family put their weapons next to their pillows. In addition to sending half of the people to patrol, someone who was resting in the house had to be awake and on duty to prevent someone from sneaking into the house at night.

Hua Kai rarely did not practice the [Big Dream Visualization Method] tonight. When practicing the [Big Dream Visualization Method], he would automatically fall into a deep sleep. If he encountered danger and could not wake up, it would be a big trouble.

In the first half of the night, Grandpa Hua Xing led the team to patrol, and the yard where the caravan rested was quiet and silent. In the second half of the night, Hua Kai was practicing the [Quiet Heart Sutra] when he heard Yu Jun outside the house shouting "There are thieves and bandits."

Everyone in the Hua family hurriedly got out of bed, picked up the weapons around them and ran out of the house. Hua Kai just got up and heard a shout of killing outside the house.

"Er Zhuang, you stay to protect Kai'er, and the others will support me!" Hua Xing said and went out with his weapons. Hua Kai knew that this was not the time to show off. He quietly waited for the result of the battle outside the house. Er Zhuang stood by Hua Kai with a nervous look on his face and held his weapons.

After a few minutes, Hua Kai heard the shouting and killing outside the house getting louder and louder. He lay on the gap in the wooden wall and looked out. He saw Yu Jun fighting with a master of Qi training. The master of Qi training had reached the 8th level of cultivation, but he was in danger. The willpower of learning from the various schools of thought was super strong, and his combat power was much stronger than that of the same level. Seeing that the enemy was about to die, a long spear pierced the chest of the bandit in a blink of an eye. Hua Zichen looked at the bandit who had fallen to the ground, turned around and killed the other bandits beside him.

The enemy did not expect that the Hua family caravan would be so powerful. The fifth uncle and grandfather killed another bandit in Qi training. At this time, the Han family master had arrived. At this time, the bandits saw that the situation was hopeless and quickly evacuated. Seeing this, the Han family did not chase them anymore, and the crisis was resolved.

Surprisingly, when the Hua family was attacked, Qinglong Village and other caravans were quiet, and no one came to support. When Hua Xing, Yu Jun, and Hua Zichen returned to the room, the heads of the four families including the Tai family also came in.

"Grandpa, have the enemies retreated?" Hua Kai asked.

"They all left. Tonight, four Qi training realm came and we killed three of them. I believe they also know how powerful we are and will not dare to have any unreasonable thoughts about us in the future." Hua Xing's clothes were stained with blood. These bandits were extremely fierce. He killed more than a dozen tonight.

"I just saw the Han family came to support, why did they leave so quickly! How are our casualties?" Hua Kai asked.

"This is Panlong Eighteen Bends. We should just pretend that this incident tonight did not happen. The Han family left when they saw that our crisis was resolved. There were only a few injured in our family, but no one was killed. However, all four of their families suffered casualties... This time, your fifth uncle killed three Qi training masters from the other side, which is why our losses were so small."

Hua Xing couldn't help but look at his youngest son behind him. In the past, when he competed with Hua Zichen in the martial arts field, Hua Zichen was always suppressed. He didn't expect that he would be so powerful in the real battle.

Yu Jun also looked at Hua Zichen with a cautious expression. As the highest level in Huajiabao, he failed to kill a Qi training master from the other side tonight. All the enemy masters died under Hua Zichen's gun. This gave him a new understanding of Hua Zichen. When they fought just now, Hua Zichen transformed into a shadow, which confused the bandits. He didn't see it clearly in the dark just now, but Yu Jun knew that if he faced Hua Zichen, he might not be his opponent.

Hua Zichen stood beside Hua Kai, without a trace of blood on his body. Hua Kai saw that his righteousness value had dropped by more than 30 points. Just now, he used his own righteousness and magical powers to quickly kill three masters of Qi training, but this state could not last long.

"Kai'er, just now the Han family told me to deal with the bodies quickly. We will go out normally tomorrow. I will deal with the bodies quickly with the housekeeper Hua Fu now. Chen'er, you go to settle the wounded, and Yu Jun, you stay here to protect Kai'er and don't leave the room." Hua Xing took Hua Fu and the other four families of the Tai family away. After a while, the fifth uncle came back to report the results of the battle tonight.

Five people were injured in Huajiabao, one of whom was seriously injured. The other four caravans were injured more than 30 people and 6 people died. This was not a small loss for them.

In addition, 26 bandits were killed, including 3 in the Qi training realm and 4 in the Qi dynamic realm. It can be seen that the opponent is not weak. But the spoils collected were pitiful. In addition to more than 30 weapons, there was nothing else.

Grandpa came back from dealing with the corpse in the middle of the night, but Qinglong Village ignored him. Hua Kai couldn't understand what kind of existence Qinglong Village was. When he woke up the next day, everything was normal as if nothing had happened.

After leaving Qinglong Village, the merchant group continued to set off. The injured people of the Hua family caravan were arranged in the carriage and didn't have to work for the next few days. After the bandages last night, they were all fine. Except for the seriously injured who had to lie in the carriage for a while, the others would be alive and kicking in a few days.

The other four families were not so relaxed. They hastily cremated the deceased of the family, took some ashes home and handed them over to the family of the deceased. The seriously injured had to occupy a carriage position, and the slightly injured could not get off the carriage and walk. The four caravans could only pile the goods on several carriages, but this was very dangerous in Panlong Eighteen Bends.

After walking for more than an hour in the morning, Hua Kai saw that the four caravans were a little unable to move. In order to leave the Qinglong Village quickly, the Han family walked a little faster in the morning. At this time, the housekeeper Hua Fu came to Hua Kai.

"What's wrong with Grandpa Fu? I saw that Grandpa was a little unhappy when he came back just now." Hua Kai just saw Grandpa and the "Advanced Emergency Team" passing by the Hua Family Caravan, and whispered something to the housekeeper Hua Fu.

"Well... In the morning, the Tai Family and other four caravans found the master and said that they hoped we could help them take care of some wounded people. Our carriages are stable and suitable for the wounded to ride, but the master did not agree." Hua Fu said.

The Hua Family Caravan has sold 8 large jars of fine wine, and it is very easy to free up 4 carriages now. It stands to reason that it is okay to help them, but in this environment, it has become difficult for everyone to protect themselves. Who is willing to take a few seriously injured patients?

Sitting in the carriage, Hua Kai was still thinking about the wounded of the Tai Family and other four caravans behind him. Judging from the bumpy situation of their carriages in this mountain, if they continue to bump like this, the seriously injured may not even be able to pass the Panlong Eighteen Bends. At this time, Hua Kai saw Grandpa riding a horse and stopped him.

"Kai'er, what's the matter?" Hua Xing has lived in Guang County for decades. After all, the wounded from the four families have fought with the Hua family. Now that the Hua family ignores him, he feels a little guilty. After all, human life is a big deal.

"Grandpa, I just thought about it. The four caravans including the Tai family want us to help transport the wounded. I think we can help!" Hua Kai said.

"Kai'er, Grandpa knows that you are soft-hearted, but you can't be soft-hearted when doing business abroad. If we help others without a bottom line, others will not be grateful to us. Instead, they may think that our family is easy to talk to, which has become our weakness!" Hua Xing taught Hua Kai.

"We can put forward our conditions, such as when our family needs it, they send a family master to help us once, as long as it is within their ability." Hua Kai said softly.

Hua Xing knew what Hua Kai was going to do at once. He thought about it and nodded gently.

"Kai'er, Grandpa knows you are not a reckless person, but the bandits in Hutuo Mountain are much more complicated than you think. Even if we can find their lair, we can't do anything to them as long as they escape into the mountains." Hua Xing reminded his grandson.

"Grandpa, I know. Tell the four families that we can help each of them take care of two seriously injured people, but they have to send their own people to take care of the wounded. We can provide meals for the wounded, and they must go back when the seriously injured can get out of the ground and follow the team." Hua Kai said to his grandfather.

Grandpa personally brought the message to the four caravans behind him. If the Hua family helped them take care of the wounded, it would be equivalent to saving two main members of their family. After hearing Hua Xing's request, the four families agreed and said that as long as their family had the ability, they would send their family's Qidong Realm masters to help when the Hua family needed it.

The Hua family stopped and vacated four carriages to wait for the arrival of the wounded from the four caravans. Hua Kai ordered Wei Baotou to light a fire. He planned to cook some spiritual rice porridge for several seriously injured people. If Hua Kai let them die as soon as they arrived without special treatment, then his good intentions would be bad.

Hua Kai always carried the few kilograms of spiritual rice he bought from the Ju State Market last time. The spiritual energy in this spiritual rice is sufficient and most suitable for the wounded to absorb. In addition to one seriously injured person in his family, there were a total of 9 seriously injured people. Hua Kai gave Wei Baotou 40 grains of spiritual rice. About 4 grains of spiritual rice are just one tael, and these 40 grains are one kilogram.

While cooking porridge, the fragrance of spiritual rice drifted into the air, and everyone in the Hua family couldn't help but take a few deep breaths.

This spiritual rice is as valuable as gold in Guang County, and it is even more scarce here. Although everyone didn't know what was cooked, they all came over with great interest.

"What are you doing? Get out of the way! This is something that can save the lives of the seriously injured." Hua Kai said as he took out a few pounds of wild beast meat from behind. It was the wild beast meat that he treasured in a small space. It was fresh when he just took it out, and it was chopped into small pieces with a knife and put into the pot.

When the spiritual rice and wild beast meat smelled the best, the Tai family caravan finally arrived. After thanking the Hua family again and again, they left the two most seriously injured soldiers and left reluctantly in the rich aroma of meat and rice.

The Hua family stopped to wait for the injured and boil spiritual rice to save the lives of the seriously injured. They will catch up soon with their pace, but the Tai family dare not rest. If they can't keep up with the Han family, they may be eliminated.

When the last family of wounded arrived, Hua Kai saw that one of the wounded was about to die. He hurriedly asked someone to put the wounded on the ground and secretly asked Butler Hua Fu to squeeze out a few drops of blood. Although Butler Hua Fu's blood did not have the effect of quickly recovering injuries, it could at least save lives at the most critical moment and had a weak recovery effect.

After feeding the 9 seriously injured people with spiritual rice, the eyebrows of the injured who were originally frowning in pain seemed to relax a lot. Hua Kai gave the remaining spiritual rice porridge to the 4 lightly injured people at home, which was conducive to their recovery.

Seeing that the injuries of the 8 newly arrived seriously injured were stable and they could still bear lying on the carriage and the merchant caravan was moving, Hua Kai ordered the caravan to hurry up.

The addition of 8 wounded did not have much impact on the pace of the Hua family caravan. When it was time for a lunch break, Hua Kai surpassed the caravan that had walked in front of him in the morning and returned to the third place in the caravan.

In the following days, the Guangxian merchant group did not encounter any more problems. The several wounded soldiers taken care of by the Hua family were gradually out of danger. Hua Kai gave all the seriously injured soldiers 1 liang of spiritual rice and 1 liang of wild beast meat every day, which made all the seriously injured soldiers recover from their injuries every day. When everyone walked out of Panlong Mountain on April 10, 4 wounded soldiers were able to get off the car and walk by themselves, so they had to return to their own caravan.

Seeing the reluctant eyes of several wounded soldiers when they left, Hua Zichen's original idea that his nephew was too kind was gone.

Thinking carefully, Hua Kai gave the other seriously injured members of the caravan spiritual rice and wild beasts to eat. The Hua family only paid less than 10 gold spiritual rice and wild beasts. What would these seriously injured members say about the Hua family when they returned to their own team?

How dare the four families forget the kindness of the Hua family in the future? After returning to Guangxian City, Hua Zichen believed that it would not take long for this matter to spread to all parts of Guangxian City. In the future, if the Hua family wants to become a noble family, it will not only need the recommendation and assessment of the Han family, but also the recognition of most families and noble families in Guangxian. This move is indeed high.

Hua Zichen was not the only member of the Huajia caravan who had this idea. As the injuries of the Huajia caravan members improved, everyone saw the change in their attitude towards Huajiabao. When had Huajiabao been respected like this by the families in Guangxian City?

…

After nearly ten days of winding and twisting, when everyone found that they had walked out, they all shouted happily. In front of them was an endless grassland. In the distance of the grassland were rows of gray yurts, and soldiers on horseback were seen everywhere outside the yurts.

Seeing the arrival of the caravan, a cavalry regiment of hundreds of people came towards the Guangxian caravan. They checked the identities of the Han family, then looked at the road permits of the other 11 families, checked all the goods, and then let them go.

Entering the grassland, the view in front became endless, the road became flat, and the carriage ran very briskly on the avenue. Hua Kai heard everyone's warm cheers.

At this time, Wei Baotou found Hua Kai again. He told Hua Kai that Linhu Kingdom was not actually a country, but was composed of four large tribes. The Aohan tribe that the Hua family had visited before was one of the four major tribes of Linhu, and it was the closest large tribe here. They were still about 400 miles away from the Aohan tribe, which meant that they had only walked 1,600 miles out of a total of 5,000 miles to the Huhan tribe!

What made Hua Kai happy was that the speed of the carriages increased by more than double when they arrived at the grassland, and the Hua family caravan could rotate two horses to pull the carriages, so the caravan ran very fast, and 30 miles in an hour was not a problem.

And there was no need to worry about being ambushed by bandits on the grassland. If there were bandits, you would be fine as long as you ran fast and were not caught up. If you were caught up, you could hold your position and not be broken by the other party. So everyone was relieved when they arrived here, and the caravan moved forward quickly on the grassland.