"Empty car?" Wei Yunlan and Zou Yun exclaimed in surprise.
Whether Zou Yun saw it with his own eyes or heard it from the officials, there was no doubt that all the food in the post station had been stolen.
In order to prevent someone from tracking them, they deliberately moved the grain halfway, leaving only a team of empty vehicles continuing to travel east, so as to conceal the whereabouts of the grain.
The guard of Tianshu Pavilion who was sent to follow the group was named Chen Yan. He was originally working in Yu Department and was a member of Yu Qi's team. His light body skills and concealment skills were all taught by Yu Qi. Although he was fooled and did not know when the food was transferred, he knew the origin of the group.
"They are all from Prison Tiger Village."
"The Tiger Prison Camp?" When did the Tiger Prison Camp appear?
"After they changed out of their official uniforms, they returned to the mountain stronghold. I didn't follow them into the mountains, but I wrote down their location, which was about fifty miles east of the entrance to Yandu Gorge."
On his way back, Chen Yan also asked around in the area about the "Prison Tiger Village".
"It's a mountain stronghold that was established not long ago. Several of the leaders in the stronghold are refugees who fled here from other places. There are nearly 200 people in the stronghold now. I haven't heard that they do any robbery, so the government didn't spare any manpower to deal with them."
"Let's tell Lord Xue about what's happening here first." Wei Yunlan suggested.
I don’t know if it was because she “destroyed” the Xiayun Village of the Tang brothers, but there suddenly appeared such a Qiuhu Village in the Xiakou County area.
Regardless of the purpose of establishing the Prison Tiger Camp, and regardless of whether they have committed any evil deeds, they should not be forgiven lightly just for touching the disaster relief grain.
What's more, the location of Qiuhuzhai is too close to villages such as Hanjia Village to the east of the gorge. If they really start robbing in the future, the villagers of Hanjia Village and nearby villages will be the first to bear the brunt.
Zou Yun solemnly took note of the events of the Prison Tiger Village, wrote them down in a secret letter given to the secret department of Tianshu Pavilion, and released the falcon that the team brought with them.
After passing Xiakou County, we are not far from the entrance of Yandu Gorge.
On the road north of Xiakou County, Wei Yunlan and his group met Tang Hai, who had been waiting there to lead the way for them.
Just at noon, a group of twelve people arrived at the gorge.
"The weather is good today, so we can travel as fast as possible while it's still light and stop to rest after dark," said Wei Yunlan.
"It gets dark early in winter..." It gets dark even earlier in the north. Although it is noon now, there are only two hours left before it gets dark.
Wei Yunlan naturally knew what Zou Yun meant.
They couldn't travel far in two hours. The darkness lasted long in winter, and they didn't need to stop to rest for so long. They could clearly continue their journey at night.
Shaking his head slightly, Wei Yunlan said, "Listen to me first. The dangers in Yandu Gorge are unknown. It is too dangerous to travel at night. For the sake of safety, we should not rush in."
It was not that she was worrying unnecessarily, but in her previous life, she had heard from the man who had escaped death from the caravan sent by the Marquis of Jinyang Mansion to Yandu Gorge that the environment in Yandu Gorge was dangerous, the terrain was complex, and there were many wild beasts that were not often seen outside and were elusive.
The people who died in their caravan died in all sorts of ways.
One went out to collect firewood, got lost and never reappeared.
Some of them were stuck in the mud and couldn't be pulled out no matter how hard we tried.
Some were crushed to death by rocks from landslides, bitten to death by poisonous insects, or even entangled to death by vines...
All in all, in a place like this, you can never be too careful!
Just after entering the gorge, Wei Yunlan asked everyone to stop for a while after going around a rock to a slightly hidden location.
"The mountain road is difficult to walk on, so let's change the horses' horseshoe nails first." Wei Yunlan took out the things that had been prepared long ago from the box in the carriage and handed them to the guards of Tianshu Pavilion.
"Wearing this will prevent the horse's hooves from slipping on the road. It will be safer. Please help me."
"Miss Wei also prepared this?" Zou Yun asked in surprise.
Wei Yunlan nodded, and then took out twelve palm-sized, square oil-paper packages, "This is the insect repellent powder prepared by the family doctor. Apply it behind the ears, wrists, ankles, etc. every day to keep mosquitoes away. The insects in the mountains are poisonous, and a bite is no joke. You should apply it once in the morning and evening, just in case."
This paper bag is basically enough for half a month.
In addition to the disguises he carried with him, Wei Yunlan also had a lot of other things in his space.
These were all prepared by Doctor Yu in the past few days. He stayed up many nights for this. Thanks to the fact that Fourth Miss Bai followed Wei Yunlan away, now he can have a few days of sleep in peace.
In addition to horseshoe nails and insect repellent powder, Wei Yunlan took out two packages from the cupboard under the seat.
The two large bulging bags were actually filled with ropes, including a thin rope about seven or eight feet long, with a strap sewn on one end and a grappling hook on the other.
Zou Yun and others were very curious, "What is this used for?"
"If you tie it to your arm, if you get stuck in the mud or encounter other unexpected situations, you can use the grappling hook to grab the ground or other places to avoid getting stuck all of a sudden. I was also inspired by a girl in Beiguan City who was good at using a whip..."
It was a pity that she was in a rush, and she only thought of preparing this on the first day. Otherwise, if she had informed the Tianshu Pavilion's craftsmanship department of her idea earlier, they would have made something more refined and useful.
Wei Yunlan prepared a total of twelve such rope grappling hooks, just one for each person.
Zou Yun held the horseshoe nails, oil paper bag and rope, and couldn't help but look at her with admiration, "Miss Wei is really well prepared!"
These are all practical things that can be used in Yandu Gorge. If Miss Wei had not prepared them in advance, they would not have thought of such detailed things.
This trip was made possible thanks to the company of Miss Wei.
The master asked them to take good care of Miss Wei, but now it seems that it is still unclear who will take care of whom...
Apply insect repellent and replace horseshoe nails.
The team is ready to go.
Tang Hai walked in front to lead the way for everyone. The road just after entering the gorge was relatively easy to walk on. Except for the increasingly towering mountain walls on both sides, which brought people an endless sense of oppression, nothing happened.
After walking for about a mile, Tang Hai pointed to the paths on both sides going up the mountain and said, "Look, Master, if you follow the path on the west, you will reach the original location of our Xiayun Village, which is behind the forest above."
Wei Yunlan looked in the direction of Tang Hai's finger, but for a moment he couldn't tell which specific location he was in the dense vegetation.
"Let's keep going." Wei Yunlan retracted his gaze and was about to go back into the car when he suddenly saw Heiyun still standing outside, looking in the direction Tang Hai had pointed.
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