"What's going on outside?" asked a burly man in the lead.
"Just like the letter sent by Lao Liu, County Magistrate Luo followed Princess Ping'an's instructions and left half of his men to search for people in the county town, while the remaining half left immediately."
Skinny Monkey chuckled and said, "Brother, God is helping us! Miss Lu disappeared at the perfect time."
"The timing of the disappearance is one thing, but the most important thing is that the damn princess now knows how to use her power to pressure others and give us benefits for free." The burly man also laughed, "The number of people is half of what it was before, so this deal will be too easy! When we get the goods, exchange the money, and make the deal, we will have a good time for two or three years!"
When the others heard the eldest brother's words, they all praised him for his wisdom and intelligence, and even took advantage of his happiness to ask for more rewards.
"Why are you in such a hurry? Once the deal is done, won't you be left out?"
The burly man spat, "Stop talking nonsense, all of you. Hurry up and pack up and leave the city. Join up with the third and fourth brothers and see if the ambush is ready."
"Hide your belongings well when you leave the city, don't let those dogs smell anything!"
"Don't worry, bro!"
After everyone responded, they quickly got busy.
After about a meal's time, they started to go out one after another.
Several people were divided into several groups, some disguised as hunters coming to the city to sell furs, some disguised as peddlers, and some disguised as farmers coming to the city to sell grain...
In short, everyone dispersed to avoid attracting attention.
The burly man and the skinny guy pretended to be farmers coming to the city. They wore cotton hats that farmers often wear in winter, and carried a wicker basket on their backs with some sundries in the basket. They pretended to be timid and cowardly.
The two of them walked around the street, and when they saw that it was almost time, they walked along the alley towards the city gate.
The two men walked hurriedly, trying to keep their heads down, and did not notice a scholar walking towards them from the alley on the side.
The scholar bumped into the skinny monkey hard, and the skinny monkey was caught off guard and stumbled and fell to the ground.
The scholar also sat down on the ground, looking at the books scattered all over the ground, feeling extremely distressed, "My books, my words..."
"How did you walk to bump into me like this? This is a rare copy of an ancient book and a newly written article. If you stain it all, you can't afford the compensation!"
The scholar complained angrily while packing his things.
The complaining skinny monkey was so angry that he subconsciously rolled up his sleeves and gave the skinny scholar in front of him a good beating, so that he could know why the flowers were so red!
But when he just showed a fierce look on his face and hadn't even shown his fist, the scholar grabbed his clothes first, "What's the matter, do you want to hit someone?"
"Someone come quickly! Someone is trying to bully a weak scholar like me!"
"I am a scholar, I read the theories of Confucius and learn the knowledge of saints, but you treat me like this and even beat me up when I disagree with you. Is there any law in this world?"
The way she sat on the ground and cried and raged made her look like an unreasonable shrew.
The skinny monkey was so angry that he raised his fist to hit the scholar's hateful face.
"Are you crazy?" The burly man hurriedly stopped him and whispered, "The police are all looking for people nearby. If you cause trouble now, we won't be able to leave the city."
Then the business will be delayed! The skinny monkey suddenly came to his senses, suppressed the anger in his head for the time being, and tried to push the scholar away and leave.
But the scholar saw the slender fingers were like iron clamps, pulling his clothes desperately, and he said, "It's not that easy to leave!"
"What on earth do you want?" Skinny Monkey was so angry that he just wanted to get rid of this scholar who seemed to be a bit mentally unstable.
"You've damaged my books, you have to pay me compensation!" the scholar said, "You have to pay me two taels of silver, otherwise I'll take you to the magistrate and let him judge for you!"
Sure enough, he was just trying to extort money! Skinny Monkey was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
First, I was angry because this scholar was so shameless.
Second, he was angry because he was clearly a robber and bandit, but today it was someone else's turn to do evil to him.
But as my eldest brother said, we can’t let any trouble happen. Besides, the scholar’s shouting has already attracted many people. If the yamen runners come, it will really delay the business! The skinny monkey took out a silver ingot from his arms and threw it to the scholar, “Let me go!”
The scholar was overjoyed to see that the silver was heavy, weighing more than two taels. He put it in his mouth and took a bite, and found that it was real silver. He immediately broke into a smile, loosened the skinny monkey's clothes, and did not even bother to pick up the dirty books on the ground. He left happily.
Seeing the scholar's greed for money, the skinny monkey spat on the ground, "Disgusting thing!"
"Hurry up!"
After the burly man said this in a deep voice, the two men hurriedly ran towards the city gate.
There were many more guards at the city gate today than usual, but looking at the missing person notice posted at the gate, the two guessed that it was probably because they were looking for Miss Lu.
When the guards at the city gate saw that the burly man and the skinny boy were only carrying wicker baskets and had no place to hide people, they asked them a few questions and then let them go easily.
After the two of them successfully left the city, they headed east according to the established plan.
It is early winter now. The low shrubs and grass on the ground have all turned yellow and dry. Combined with the cloudy sky today, the sky and the earth seem even darker.
The burly man and the skinny monkey didn't care about anything else and just walked quickly.
After walking for two hours, the two arrived at a courtyard.
The courtyard looked shabby, but the walls were extremely high, the door was tightly closed, and the faint sound of horses neighing could be heard from outside.
The burly man arrived at the door, looked around, and when he found nothing wrong, he reached out and knocked on the yard door.
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
As soon as the voice fell, someone opened the door a crack, and after seeing the two of them, he quickly opened the door and welcomed them in.
There was a commotion in the yard at first, and then it quickly became quiet.
The sun gradually sets, the sunset fades, and night falls.
Magistrate Luo was leading all the people, transporting dozens of carts of food and fodder, traveling at night.
It was cold at night and walking was slow, especially since it was already the second half of the night. Since they started in the afternoon until now, everyone looked sleepy.
County Magistrate Luo also yawned several times at this time. After hesitating for a moment, he ordered everyone to stop and rest on the spot.
Ahhh, thanks to the leader "Panni" for the reward~ Thank you for your support~(′｀)
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