My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 52 Zhang Xun’s Confusion (Part )

Mayi, Zhang family’s fortress, and the owner’s back residence.

"Father, it has been almost two months since Lu Yi and Uncle Zhang Jia led the team out of the border. They said they would return within a month, but now they have not arrived yet. I am very worried!"

Zhang Xun admired Lu Yi's character but was also worried about his uncle's safety. The frontier was dangerous and this was their first time out of the frontier. Zhang Xun was worried that something might happen to him on the way.

"Son, let alone you, your father is also having trouble eating and sleeping right now. This is a cargo worth one million dollars. If you include the cost of setting up a fleet, it will be more than two million dollars!

"But these are the coffin boards that my Zhang family has accumulated for generations!"

"Not only did our clan leader invest a lot of money, but other branches also invested a lot under my father's persuasion. If anything happens to the caravan, the clansmen of the branches can drown us father and son with just a spit!"

As Zhang Xun spoke, he actually shed tears of regret.

"Alas, I don't know what got me into Lu Yi's trap at the beginning. I was actually bewitched by his words. People say that ghosts bewitch the mind, but in fact, ghosts can't compare to human greed!"

"If God gives me another chance, I would rather be an honest merchant and never listen to the instigation of people like Lu Yi to take risks in business!"

"As a father, I no longer expect to make money. As long as I can protect my capital, no! Even if I lose half of it, I will accept it!"

"Father, brother, after all, Lu Yi risked his life to go out to the border to do business for our Zhang family. Can you two say something auspicious?"

Zhang Wan'er also looked worried.

Because she missed her lover whom she had been separated from for a long time, she, who had always been gentle in character, rarely got angry, leaving Zhang Shang and his son Zhang Xun looking at each other in surprise.

"Alas, daughters are really money-losing goods. You haven't even married yet, but you've already started to turn your back on me. I raised you with great difficulty, and now you're blaming me for a stranger whom I've only met for a few days? It really hurts me!"

When Zhang Shang saw that the warm and cozy little cotton-padded jacket he had held for more than ten years began to leak, he felt a chill in his heart and burst into tears.

"My lord father, that's not what I meant... Well, I won't pay any attention to you." It was not good for Zhang Wan'er to explain, nor was it good not to explain. She turned around and left the inner hall in shame and anger.

"Hahahaha..." Zhang Liao, who had been silently looking at the bamboo military book in his hand, suddenly laughed heartily when he saw this.

"Why are you laughing, third brother?" Zhang Xun knocked Zhang Liao's little head angrily.

"Brother is bullying me again!" Zhang Liao immediately covered his head and waved his fists in resistance.

"First tell me why you are laughing. If you explain it well, I will apologize to you." Zhang Xun said while touching Zhang Liao's little head.

"I laugh at my father, my eldest brother and my second sister for being so concerned!"

"Oh? What do you mean?" Zhang Shang was stunned when he heard that, stopped crying and asked in surprise.

"My clan has lived in the frontier for generations, and we have heard about the various forces in the grassland north of Mayi. On the grassland north of Mayi, two hundred horse bandits are already a lot. Brother Lu Yi is not only famous for his bravery, but his subordinates Gao Shun, Hao Meng, Cheng Lian and others are also famous warriors. Not to mention that he has a fierce man like his second brother Lu Bu by his side. In addition, there are sixty carefully selected knights who obey his orders. If there are really horse bandits, the ones who will die will definitely be the horse bandits!"

"Moreover, the most powerful Zade tribe only has 800 soldiers. Even if they found the caravan and wanted to rob it, they can't send out all of them. They have to leave half of their men to guard the nest, so there are only 400 people at most. Even if Brother Lu Yi and others are defeated by the Zade tribe, they can't be wiped out. One or two people will always escape."

"Although the agreed return date has passed and the caravan has not received any news, I think that no news is the best news."

"Maybe something happened to the caravan outside!"

Although Zhang Liao was young, he loved reading since he was young.

He was particularly fond of studying military books, so his analyses were very logical and even Zhang Shang and Zhang Xun had to be convinced.

"Hearing what Third Brother said, maybe the delay in the caravan's return is not a bad thing!"

Zhang Xun felt relieved after hearing this. "But even so, if I don't see the person alive or the body dead, I will never be able to rest in peace!"

Zhang Shang still had a gloomy look on his face.

"In that case, I will bring some people to search for them. If anything happens, I can also provide assistance."

Zhang Xun thought for a while and said.

"Brother, I want to go with you!" Zhang Liao's eyes lit up when he heard this and he couldn't help but shout.

"Your elder brother is going to do some serious business. Besides, it's very cold and dangerous outside the Great Wall. Why are you, a child, joining in the fun? Be careful that you might be taken away by a wild wolf in the middle of the night!" Zhang Shang was worried about Zhang Liao's safety when he heard this, so he threatened him immediately and then agreed with Zhang Xun.

Little did he know that his beloved son would become very famous in the original history. He could stop children in Jiangdong from crying at night and make the childhood of several generations of children in Jiangnan complete.

"Xun'er, what you said is very much to my liking. You just need to bring more people and be careful about everything. If it is really impossible, you still have to put your own safety first!"

"I got it!" Zhang Xun did not delay any longer and immediately gathered fifty men and horses in the fort, took some dry food and chased in the direction of the Great Wall.

Zhang Xun was anxious, so he and his group traveled light. They left the territory of Mayi in just one day and arrived at the Mayi Great Wall Pass in another day.

He was just about to make up a reason to bribe the gatekeeper Huang Yi to let his group pass through the border.

From afar, I saw the military officer Huang Yi walking out of the pass with a middle-aged man dressed as a businessman, talking and laughing.

"Who is this middle-aged businessman? How could Huang Yi, who always values ​​money, take him so seriously and personally accompany him through customs?"

"When did such a person appear in my Mayi territory?"

"Hmm? That's not right!" After getting a little closer, Zhang Xun was suddenly stunned, and then he began to rub his eyes vigorously.

"Young Patriarch, what happened to you? Did the sandstorm blind you?"

Seeing this, his companions stopped their horses and looked at him with concern.

But Zhang Xun didn't have time to answer his subordinates at this time, but looked suddenly towards the pass.

"Oh my god, isn't that my uncle Zhang Jia?"

"Why did he come back alone?"

"Besides, Huang Yi is a high-ranking and powerful commander of a pass, so why would he treat him with such courtesy?"

Zhang Xun suddenly felt that the world outside Zhang’s Fortress was a little crazy.

The uncle who he had been with day and night had undergone such an amazing change in just two months after leaving the dock.

It seems that the caravan must have had some adventure in these two months!
Thinking of this, Zhang Xun had no time to greet his subordinates and immediately rushed towards Zhang Jia and others.

As he galloped on his horse, he kept waving his empty left hand excitedly and muttering to himself.

"Uncle, my nephew is here!"

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(End of this chapter)