"This is not the most humiliating thing." The man spoke again.

Li Rui was already very angry after hearing what was said before, and he never expected there would be a sequel.

"What else did they do?" Li Rui asked.

The man took a deep breath and spoke slowly, "Before leaving, the woman said something about giving them compensation, and the guard leader directly threw five copper coins to the Zhang family."

He raised one hand, his eyes were angry, and he gritted his teeth and said word by word: "Five copper coins!"

"Beasts!" Li Rui cursed, "These beasts."

Su Yin couldn't help but take a deep breath and suppress the anger in her heart.

"When we left, the Zhang family dug graves beside the official road and buried their family members. Alas, you see, in this world, good intentions don't bring good rewards." The man sighed, "You should also be more vigilant in the future, don't be kind, or you will get into trouble."

Li Rui nodded gratefully, "Uncle, you are right. We will make a note of it."

"We won't bother you any more."

After finding out the truth, Su Yin and Li Rui returned to their camp.

On the way back, Li Rui was in a very low mood.

Su Yin noticed, "What's wrong?"

"If it weren't for you this time, we might have been the ones in trouble. Don't you think I'm too immature to have thought about other things?"

At that time, they thought that if the other party was the county magistrate's daughter, they could not afford to offend her.

If they offended the other party, they would be in trouble, but they didn't expect that the consequences of keeping her would be equally dangerous.

Su Yin said, "You were right at that time. People usually say that good deeds are rewarded, but sometimes the help of the lower-ranking people is taken for granted by the higher-ranking people, and they don't think of it as a favor. Do you understand?"

Li Rui pondered over what she said, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense.

"You are right."

As soon as the two came back, everyone asked about the Zhang family.

They told everyone the truth about what had happened to the Zhang family, and many people's foreheads were bulging with anger after listening to it.

“That’s too much!”

"How can they be such gangsters?"

"Why do I feel that these people are more disgusting than those gangsters?"

Disgusting, a very apt adjective.

The bandits were straightforwardly evil, but Xu Lanzhi and his crew were vicious and disgusting.

Yang Dashan said, "If we encounter this kind of thing again in the future, don't be kind. It's not easy for us to come this far, and we are about to reach Shangjing City. Don't lose your life at this critical moment."

Everyone nodded continuously.

"Remember all of this." Butcher Yang reminded everyone.

The next six days were a safe journey. The closer we got to the capital city, the more carriages and horses we saw. Many of them were merchants' vehicles. Refugees were rarely seen, and only one or two groups of people could be seen occasionally.

After another five days' journey, they would reach Shangjing City.

As soon as the sun went down, the group looked for a place to set up camp.

Whenever she has free time, Su's mother can't help nagging.

"Yinyin, why hasn't your father come yet? It's been five or six days, how come he hasn't arrived yet? Did something happen to him?" Su's mother was very worried.

"Mom, don't worry about Dad. He's very powerful now and he will definitely not let anything happen to him."

Su Yin was also a little worried. Logically, he should have arrived.

Either he was delayed by matters in Linzhou Prefecture, or he was delayed by something on the way.

At the same time, Su Xiaozhong was carrying a bag on his back and riding a high-quality horse, and he was galloping all the way.

After leaving Linzhou Prefecture, he abandoned the carriage, sent the driver back, and rode his horse alone all the way.

Every day, they start their journey before dawn and look for a place to rest after dark.

He rushed for sixteen days but didn't even see his daughter's convoy.

He thought that with his speed, he would be able to catch up on the thirteenth day. However, he had been walking for sixteen days and still hadn't seen him.

The skin on his thighs was all rubbed raw and he suffered a lot along the way.

Su Xiaozhong couldn't help but wonder if they had taken the wrong road and that was why they didn't meet.

My daughter has never been to the capital, so it is normal for her to take the wrong road. But considering how smart she is now, it seems unlikely.

It was getting late today, so Su Xiaozhong found a place to rest.

He had just built and lit the fire when he heard the sound of horse hooves on the official road and a team of carriages stopped not far from him.

Judging from the posture, she was preparing to camp out next to him.

Su Xiaozhong observed the situation of that team without any expression. Everyone had a lifeless look on their face and a gloomy look between their brows.

There aren't many people, but they have quite a bit of property.

After observing them, Su Xiaozhong felt that they posed no threat and stopped paying attention to them.

Just as he was eating dry biscuits, an old man walked towards him.

Su Xiaozhong looked up at the other person, staring at him warily, even though the person coming was an old man. "Old man, what's the matter?"

The old man trembled and said, "I lost my fire starter, and I want to borrow a light from you, young master."

Su Xiaozhong glanced at his family behind him, then turned his gaze back to the old man.

"Sure. Come and get it, old man."

The meaning is very clear, you can come, but others can't.

The old man heard the hidden meaning and nodded repeatedly. He didn't think there was anything wrong with the other party's behavior.

After the old man got the fire, he did not bother Su Xiaozhong anymore.

Su Xiaozhong finished the last bite of the dry biscuit, leaned against a tree, closed his eyes and prepared to rest.

“Wuwuwu…”

A low cry was heard, and Su Xiaozhong opened his eyes and looked towards the team.

Crying late at night is very scary.

Su Xiaozhong regretted not moving.

Just as he was complaining in his heart, he vaguely heard the sound of conversation coming from the other side.

"Don't cry."

"It's our fault that we are stupid and not as smart as the girl from the Su family. Otherwise, we wouldn't have suffered such a disaster."

Su Xiaozhong accurately captured the name "Miss Su".

He became interested and walked towards that direction.

When the Zhang family saw Su Xiaozhong coming, they looked at him warily.

"What's the matter with this gentleman?"

Su Xiaozhong immediately smiled naively, "Don't be nervous. I just heard this lady crying and mentioned a Miss Su. Who is this Miss Su?"

When Old Man Zhang saw that he was asking about this matter, he did not hide it.

After listening to the old man's narration, Su Xiaozhong was sure that it was his own daughter.

After asking some more questions, Su Xiaozhong realized that his daughter was just in front of him.

The Zhang family was delayed for half a day because of burying their family members, but they were still trying to catch up with Su Yin and his group.

From this, I can infer that I am not far away from them.

After Su Xiaozhong thanked the other party, he prepared to walk a little further to see if he could catch up with his daughter and the others tonight.

“Da da da”…

With the help of moonlight, Su Xiaozhong hurried all the way. After riding for about an hour, a fire appeared in front of him.