manynovel Chapter 172: Guarding the Slope
Chapter 172: Guarding the Slope
Everyone moved forward slowly, and the order of the team was arranged in a certain order.
The one walking in front was the scout who was sent out to explore the way ahead.
Next came the leading escort, and behind the leading escort was the large group of escorts, including Yang Qing, who was now arranged in the front middle position of the team.
The monks accompanying Huang's Trading Company this time were roughly divided into two groups. One group should belong to the original forces of the trading company. They were arranged in the middle and rear sections of the team, to escort and monitor the entire team.
Those like Yang Qing who were arranged at the front were all hired foreign monks. Once any situation occurred in front of the team, they were in the best position to respond.
The progress was good on the first day, and we only encountered one attack from sharp-tusked wild boars and one from blue-maned wolves.
Before Yang Qing could even take action, the battle was over.
Huang's Trading Company is considered an old caravan in Miao territory. They had planned several routes before setting out, and now they are taking the safest route they have chosen.
That day, they walked less than a hundred miles before resting.
In Miaojiang, there are not many evil spirits, so there is no such thing as bunkers. The leader of the escort team chose a stone slope with its back against the rock, and began to call on his porters to build a temporary camp.
After Yang Qing and his group of monks got off their horses, several staff members who were responsible for serving them led the horses over and started feeding them grass.
One of the bodyguards even brought two toilet-like objects and placed them behind the tree.
"Masters, if you need to go to the bathroom, please use these two toilets."
“Tsk!
It's in the middle of nowhere, can't you just find a tree to solve the problem? Why go through so much trouble?
You guys at Huang Ji Business are too particular.”
Among Yang Qing's group of foreign monks, a burly man with a scar on his eyebrow joked.
“Master, you don’t know that those who travel in Miao territory are not afraid of encountering ferocious beasts. The worst that can happen is a fight.
What we fear most is being followed far behind by those ferocious beasts.
Once they follow us, it means our whereabouts are exposed, and the ferocious beasts are gathering their accomplices, preparing to gather strength to annihilate us in one go.
Therefore, in order to prevent being tracked by ferocious beasts, we will clean up all traces of our movements, and going to the toilet is particularly important.
Many of those ferocious beasts have a keen sense of smell. If you find a place to relieve yourself in the mountains of Miaojiang, you may be targeted by the ferocious beasts. If you are not careful, the entire caravan may be destroyed.
Therefore, please consider the overall situation and don’t make things difficult for us.”
This escort was just an ordinary warrior. When facing a cultivator, he could only lower his posture and try to comfort him.
"Tsk! It's boring. I'd better do a fast during this period of time."
The man with scarred brow grumbled a little after hearing this, but did not refute the escort again.
He also knew that if anything went wrong on his side, the entire caravan would be affected.
Ignoring the excitement over there, Yang Qing found a tree to lean against, waiting for the next arrangement.
Sure enough, after a while, the shopkeeper Huang came over with several monks. Judging from their aura, the strength of these monks would not be too weak. They were the monks that their Chamber of Commerce had been worshipping for a long time.
"Thank you for your hard work!"
Shopkeeper Huang first greeted everyone with a smile, and then changed the subject and said.
“Although the road we have chosen has deliberately avoided the places where some ferocious beasts live, we still need to send people to guard the surrounding areas of these 100,000 mountains at night.
The people standing next to me are all masters with their souls reaching five to six spirits. I have temporarily arranged them to be team leaders, responsible for guarding several areas around us.
They will select some players from among you in a while, and I'll trouble you all to work harder then."
Everyone nodded when they heard this. After all, this is what they were paid to do.
"Okay, then let's start dividing into groups."
After Shopkeeper Huang finished speaking, he turned to the monks next to him and said, "I'll leave that person to you. You can choose yourselves."
"Okay! Don't worry, shopkeeper."
"it is good!"
Then the men looked at each other, and one of them spoke first: "Then I'll go first. The south slope where I'm stationed is facing our camp, and has the largest range."
"Okay, Brother Fan, please."
This person seemed to have a high reputation in normal times, and no one objected when he spoke.
Then he walked into the crowd, looked around, and pointed out six or seven people.
However, when the captain surnamed Fan looked at Yang Qing, his brows obviously frowned, as if he didn't understand why Manager Huang would recruit a guy with arms wrapped in bandages into the team.
Afterwards, the captain surnamed Fan selected his men, said hello, and left with his temporary subordinates.
The captains of the next two groups of selectors, after seeing the bandage on Yang Qing's arm, deliberately ignored him.
As the number of people continued to decrease, when the last captain Yan Hongyuan came to select people, most of the ones with good looks had been selected.
At this moment, Yan Hongyuan's face looked a little ugly. He didn't expect that the people in front of him would not even leave any decent talents for him.
Although these monks were hired, no one knows your own cultivation level. Choosing people is like opening a blind box, and it depends on a bit of luck.
However, the strength of one's own strength will still affect its temperament and appearance to some extent.
Just like what is left to me now, either a young man with a nervous look on his face, or a troublemaker with a crooked mouth and slanted eyes, who looks like a dishonest gangster.
What’s even more outrageous is that there are even disabled people!
Thinking of this, Yan Hongyuan glared at Yang Qing unconsciously.
This look made Yang Qing confused. You were the one who was forced to choose the last person, and only some scraps were left. What does it have to do with me?
"Come with me, we are responsible for defending the dense forest in the west."
After saying this, Yan Hongyuan left without looking back.
Several people followed Yan Hongyuan into the dense forest in the west, and then Yan Hongyuan began to arrange the tasks.
"Our mission tonight is to clear this small patch of dense forest first to prevent any large ferocious beasts from lurking in it.
Then they divided into groups and took turns to monitor and prevent other ferocious beasts from approaching.
In short, we must ensure the safety of this area to the west."
After saying that, Yan Hongyuan pointed at Yang Qing and said, "Boy, I don't know how you got into this team, but seeing that your hand is injured, your throat should be okay, right?
You go ahead and explore the way, and we will clear the way behind you. If there is any danger, remember to shout loudly. "
As soon as these words were spoken, there was immediate laughter. It seemed that Yang Qing was being used as bait.
Especially those who looked shifty, they joined in the fun.
"Don't be afraid, brother. Remember to shout if there is any danger!"
"Yes, yes. If you learn to call for help in a female voice, maybe we can come faster. Hehehe!"
Yang Qing simply chose to ignore the ridicule from these "teammates" and turned around to dive into the darkness of the dense forest.
A few months ago, when I was a night watchman, I did such dirty work. Now it doesn’t matter if I am looked down upon because my arms are wrapped in bandages.
Anyway, the journey is still long and I don’t know how dangerous it will be. I just hope they don’t have to ask me for help when the time comes.