RPAGF Chapter 486: After a Woman Disguised as a Man is Exposed 17
Chapter 486: After a Woman Disguised as a Man is Exposed 17
The person who came to visit was a wealthy businessman from Ping'an Town. The goods he was escorting were rare animal furs worth thousands of gold, as well as precious medicinal herbs and so on.
It will be sent to a place called Huaicheng in the south and consigned to a business called Qihuoju. The escort fee is generous, and one can earn five hundred taels of silver in just one trip.
So after everything was ready, Liu Cheng led a team consisting of several escorts and porters, which was as long as the eye could see, and set off in a mighty manner.
This trip took away nearly half of the escort company's personnel, and the destination was far away. If everything went well, it would take at least two months for them to return.
During this period, Chu Yuan led the guys in the escort agency to take on a few small orders, all of which were errands of delivering silver or escorting people to nearby towns.
The mountain roads around Ping'an Town are winding and prone to robbery by mountain bandits. If the wealthy people in the town need to travel far away or deliver goods, they are still willing to find an escort agency and spend a little money to ensure their safety.
Of course, the escort agency's business cannot always be done safely, especially for an escort agency like Zhenji that has little reputation in the world, and the bandits from all over the place will not care about it.
There was a convoy that was transporting silver for a money house. At that time, the chief escort Liu Cheng had gone to the south, and the former chief escort Ji Tianxiong also took over a personal escort mission to escort a local gentry to visit his relatives, and neither of them was in the escort agency.
Chu Yuan saw that the amount of money to be escorted was not that much, so he simply sent two escort leaders to escort the goods together. However, he did not expect that something unexpected would happen.
The escort agency was robbed by bandits not long after it opened. This was not a good sign.
Fortunately, although the things were lost, the people returned safely, and the details of the bandits were found out clearly, including which mountain they were on and which leader was leading them.
It would not be an easy thing to do if her things were robbed, so Chu Yuan did not summon his bodyguards and went into the bandits' lair alone.
Still taking advantage of the dark night and strong wind, Chu Yuan caught a tongue on the mountain and had someone bring her all the way to the room of the second in command. It was a coincidence that the second in command, like her, was also a woman dressed as a man.
If it was something else, Chu Yuan could still let her go because they were both women, but her escort agency had just opened, and this blind man was looking for trouble for her. This was intolerable, and this matter must not be taken lightly.
So Chu Yuan took the tongue he had caught and brought it to the bedside, pointing at the water tank in the room: "Go, splash it on her to wake her up."
The man was trembling and didn't dare to move. Chu Yuan knocked him out with a knife and said, "What a waste." Then he took out a dagger and slapped the second in command on the face.
To be able to become a bandit leader, this man must have some skills. Before he even opened his eyes, his hand had subconsciously blocked Chu Yuan's wrist.
"who?"
Chu Yuan smiled and said, "Second Master is so forgetful. He just robbed my Zhenji Escort Agency of its money during the day, and he forgot about it at night?"
"So you are from the Zhenji Escort Agency. The money is easy to deal with, but this dagger...would you like to take it first?"
Chu Yuan is not a three-year-old child who can be fooled by a few words. She put away the dagger, and a pill popped out of her hand and fell directly into the mouth of the second in command.
The second in command, who was originally fearless, suddenly changed his expression: "What did you give me to eat!?"
"It's nothing, just poison. You've heard of my reputation, Chu Yuan. Now I'll let you know that making poisons and detoxifying them are my specialties. If you dare to rob my escort, you'll bleed to death."
Hearing the words "bleeding from all seven orifices", the second in command finally began to get scared. They became bandits just to make a living, and they were good at fighting and killing, but detoxification was totally beyond their capabilities.
At this moment, she also realized that she might have offended someone she couldn't afford to offend.
"Please spare my life! You can take all the escorts we robbed today. From now on, when we see the flag of Zhenji Escort Agency on this road, we will go around it. How about that?"
Chu Yuan came here not just to take the silver away: "No matter what, take me to see your boss."
The second in command tried to sit up from the bed, and was frightened after the slightest movement. Her body was sore and weak that she had difficulty even walking a few steps.
This also forced her to believe in the poison-making ability of the person in front of her. Knowing that this person was not easy to mess with, the second in command simply gave up the idea of resistance and could only obey Chu Yuan's orders.
Soon, Chu Yuan followed suit and fed the poison into the boss's mouth. Now, the two bandit leaders fell into her hands and had no power to resist.
The eldest boss knew what was happening: "It was us who were blind and robbed your escort agency of its money. We will follow your instructions."
"The boss is the one who knows how to talk. I don't mean to be your enemy, but my Zhenji Escort Agency was robbed not long after it opened. It would be embarrassing if it gets out to others. It will affect my business in the future."
The eldest leader was very respectful: "Yes, yes, your Excellency is right. If there is any place where our Niutou Village can be of use, we will definitely do our best to remedy the situation."
Chu Yuan nodded in satisfaction: "Since the big boss has said so, I can't hold on to it anymore, so please beat the gongs and drums along the way, and then send the escort money back to the Zhenji Escort Agency for me.
Remember, you must shout loudly along the way: Niutou Village is inferior in skills, Zhenji Escort Agency is unrivaled."
This... Now, no matter whether it is the boss or the second in command, they all lowered their heads and remained silent. This method was really too embarrassing. They had never done such a shameful thing since the establishment of Niutou Village.
"Why, do you feel ashamed? Of course you feel ashamed. The reputation of my Zhenji Escort Agency has been damaged because of your Niutou Village's robbery. Naturally, you Niutou Village must be responsible for this. Earn back this reputation for me."
Chu Yuan did not wait for them to reply, and continued: "Actually there is another way. Do you remember the poison you just took? Bleeding from all seven orifices is not a joke.
If you are not willing to choose the first option, tomorrow morning the two leaders of Niutou Village will be killed in the village, and the news of their tragic deaths will spread all over the streets. By then, I can get back the advantage of Zhenji Escort Agency, what do you think?"
After these words were spoken, the two men in front of him stopped pretending to be dead and rushed to say, "Please spare my life, please spare my life! We choose the first option."
The big boss said seriously, "Tomorrow morning, I will personally lead people to deliver the silver from your escort agency to you. Every hundred meters along the way, I will loudly shout the slogan you just said."
Chu Yuan nodded slightly: "That's good enough. This is the antidote. After taking it, you will not be poisoned for three days and will be able to move freely. When the silver is sent back and I am satisfied with the way it is sent back, I will give you the complete antidote."
The two heads rushed to take the antidote, and after feeling their strength restored, they kowtowed to Chu Yuan in unison: "Thank you for not killing us."