Without waiting for Wei Yunlan to finish his words.
Zou Yun had already climbed out of the window, using his body skills to the extreme and rushing towards the post station.
Her black dress quickly blended into the night, and her speed was so fast that she completely disappeared from Wei Yunlan's sight in just a few seconds.
Wei Yunlan looked in another direction and saw that the grain transport team had completely left his sight. In the dark night, he could only vaguely hear the sound of horses' hooves drifting in the distance.
Not long after, there was a creaking sound near the window. The window, which had been closed by the wind, was half opened from the outside. Zou Yun flipped over and fell back into the house from the eaves.
"How is it?" Wei Yunlan asked anxiously.
The next moment, he saw Zou Yun's face illuminated by the kerosene lamp and understood.
My heart skipped a beat. "Something happened at the post station?"
Zou Yun nodded, his eyes full of solemnity, "When I went there, more than 30 people in the entire post station, including the postmaster, were knocked unconscious."
"Those people who just left were impersonated by others!"
Let's not talk about the postmen and miscellaneous clerks for now. The postmaster of the post station is an official.
He broke into the post station at night, pretended to be an official, and stole relief grain.
That group of people just now were really brave!
"Sister Wei, are we about to set off?"
Fourth Miss Bai had already put on her winter clothes obediently. She walked to the window, looked out at the pitch-dark night, then looked at Wei Yunlan and Zou Yun standing by the window, and asked in a daze.
"No." Wei Yunlan shook his head and soothed her softly, "Azhi, go back and lie down first. We will set out at dawn."
Although she was worried about the grain, she never thought of changing her schedule and leading everyone to catch up. Since the other party dared to rob the government's disaster relief grain, it must have been well prepared. Seeing that there were only 20 to 30 people on the surface, no one could predict how much support they actually had behind the scenes.
But Wei Yunlan knew that he couldn't just watch the relief food being stolen.
"Zou Yun, can your people contact Lord Xue, the commander of the Desolate State?"
Zou Yun was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Of course you can." After all, Xue Lian was one of their "own people."
"Then send someone quickly to follow that group of people, note the route or destination where they transport grain, and inform Lord Xue to send troops to capture them." Wei Yunlan ordered urgently.
Without saying anything more, Zou Yun immediately sent people out.
Although they had decided to set out at dawn the next day, with this incident, no one could sleep well.
Except for Miss Bai Si, who was still unclear about what had happened, her head touched the pillow and soon she began to snore softly.
Wei Yunlan was not sleepy at first, but due to the effect of the steady snoring, her eyelids gradually became heavy, and she fell asleep soon.
The next day it was just dawn.
The people living in the inn were awakened by several screams.
It turned out that someone at the post station woke up and discovered that the post station had been robbed and the relief grain, vehicles and horses had all been stolen!
Among the thirty or so people in the entire post station, only a few clerks in charge of the kitchen and cleaning woke up and immediately called the people from the inn to help.
Those who need to report to the police should do so, and those who need to see a doctor should do so.
Early in the morning, the whole inn became noisy.
"Miss Wei, are we on the road now?" Zou Yun asked in a low voice, looking out the window at the team of officials arriving outside.
"Wait a moment. If we leave now, we will most likely be stopped and questioned by the officials. It is better to wait until the situation stabilizes, or until the officials ask about the situation at the inn, before leaving." There is no need to rush for an hour or two.
The only thing they had to do on this trip before leaving Dayong was to be "steady".
Especially when you are about to enter Yandu Gorge, you must avoid creating any unnecessary troubles that will attract attention.
Just like other guests staying in the inn, Wei Yunlan brought his people downstairs, found an empty square table to sit down, and ordered a table of breakfast.
Although an accident occurred today, it did not delay the inn's kitchen from preparing breakfast.
In just a moment, the steaming mutton soup, baked pancakes, sweet fried cakes and sweet paste were served on the table.
The breakfast in the north is not as exquisite as that in the south or Beijing. But the advantage is that it is large and substantial. After drinking a bowl of hot soup, the whole body will instantly feel warm.
Just then, two officers walked in from outside.
He asked with a straight face, "Are all the people in the room staying in this inn last night?"
The shopkeeper, who was counting beads on an abacus, came out from behind the counter and nodded, "Yes, yes, everyone sitting in this room is a guest who stayed in the inn last night. The two waiters are also staying in the inn. It is Chef Liu, who is in charge of purchasing in the kitchen, who lives in a nearby town."
The two officers looked at each other calmly, and one of them questioned the waiters and the cooks and waiters in the kitchen. The remaining officer cleared his throat and asked the guests who were having breakfast in the room with a serious face: "Did you hear any noises or see anyone last night?"
The room fell silent, and even the sound of dishes and chopsticks stopped.
Those who were glanced at by the officers lowered their heads and looked at the food on their tables.
Miss Bai Si, who was sitting next to Wei Yunlan, suddenly turned her head to look at Wei Yunlan, and Wei Yunlan nodded imperceptibly.
Then Fourth Miss Bai put down the sweet fried cake she had taken a bite of and whispered, "There are a lot of sounds of horse hooves running past."
The officer immediately looked towards their table and saw that the person who spoke was a young girl. He frowned slightly and asked, "Did anyone else hear the noise or see anyone suspicious?"
Perhaps because of what Fourth Miss Bai had just said, someone in the room started to speak up: "I had a stomachache last night, and when I got up to go to the toilet, I happened to hear the noise."
"I leaned against the window and looked out. At that time, a team of carriages and horses passed by the inn. This is the official road in and out of Huangzhou and Qingzhou. There are often teams traveling overnight. I didn't think much of it at the time..."
"Hey, sir, to be honest, I took a look at that time. I saw that the group of people were wearing the clothes of postmen. I thought that the government was in a hurry and had to travel overnight. Who would have thought..."
Who would have thought that the person wearing official clothes could be a fake?
"Did you see where that group of people went?"
"East!" Several people who heard the noise in the middle of the night or got up to check gave the same answer.
After asking questions, the officer left the inn.
Not long after, Wei Yunlan and his party packed their bags and left the inn.
Just as they were on the road, they saw the guard who was sent out in the middle of the night rushing back on horseback.
"Lost?" Zou Yun asked in surprise.
“I didn’t lose him.”
"But that group of people were so cunning that they moved the food away at some point on the road. I was following a team of empty vehicles!"
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