novelaction Chapter 1046 Huge Amount of Silver Notes
Chapter 1046 Huge Amount of Silver Notes
Traveling was a very boring thing. Ever since Jiang Yaozu clearly refused to go to the Zhang residence, the old man had a cold face, crossed his arms and leaned against the carriage, no longer speaking to him.
Seeing this, the others patted Jiang Yaozu's arm and decided not to speak to him anymore.
Jiang Yaozu gave a wry smile, not taking these matters to heart. He was mild-mannered and rarely argued with others in the clan, much less explicitly refused anything. This time, his resoluteness was unusual, so it was easy to imagine that his uncle was unhappy.
However, he knew that his uncle was not a bad person. He was shrewd and opportunistic, but not mean. He should be fine in a while.
With this thought in mind, Jiang Yaozu calmed down and casually looked around. Suddenly, he saw a figure in a grove of trees not far from the official road.
He swayed and then collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.
"Uncle, look! There's someone over there!"
Most of the people were dozing off, resting with their eyes closed, and upon hearing this, they all looked in the direction he was pointing.
"Hey, it really is!"
The old man's eyesight was failing, and he couldn't see clearly. He grabbed the sleeve of the person next to him and said, "Where? Where? I can't see it?"
"It's right there, in the small woods to the right. It's lying on the ground now. Should we go take a look? Judging from the clothes, it looks like the group of people who were walking in front of us earlier, the ones dragging the suitcases," Jiang Yaozu said clearly.
Upon hearing this, the old man immediately thought that there might be a robbery ahead, since his cartloads of brocade were quite valuable!
It might be beneath the notice of the wealthy, but it would be enough for an ordinary family to eat and drink for over a decade.
Let's not end up benefiting the bandits who rob us on the road.
"Come on, let's go take a look. Cover all the goods on the truck properly, and make sure it's packed tightly," the old man urged.
Everyone immediately perked up and, not daring to be careless, quickly gathered the goods back together. Then they left the main road, went along the field ridge, and circled around into the woods.
We arrived in no time.
As the old man approached, he took a closer look and found that they were indeed the same group of people from before. They were covered in blood and knife wounds, clearly having been in a fight. They lay motionless on the ground, and it was unclear whether they were dead or alive.
The old man, a seasoned merchant, was quite bold and fearless. He stepped forward, first kicking the man with his foot. When there was no reaction, he poked him with a twig. Still no reaction. Only then did he squat down, hold his hand in front of the man's nose to check, and then lowered his hand. "Thank goodness, he's not dead yet, he's alive!"
"Someone come and lend a hand, turn him over and take a look."
Jiang Yaozu stepped forward and turned the person over, but the person still did not wake up.
The old man shook the person, hoping to wake them up and ask them what was going on, but the person didn't react at all.
After carefully examining the injuries, the old man applied the medicine he carried with him and wrapped the wounds with a strip of cloth. Whether the other person lived or died depended on fate, but he had done his best anyway!
Seeing that the other person was still unconscious, the old man, as was his habit, wanted to search the person's body to see if there was anything that could prove their identity.
Jiang Yaozu hesitated for a moment, "Uncle, isn't this inappropriate?"
“What’s wrong with that? We saved his life. Let me check his identification documents and travel permits. That way, we’ll have something to say when we report to the authorities,” the old man said as he searched him.
Then they felt a bulging object in the other person's arms. When they pulled it out, everyone's eyes widened. It was a stack of silver notes, each one worth 100,000 taels!
How much money is that, my God!!!