Chapter 101 I'll see which way you go
Luo Xiran is not the kind of person who would do anything to uphold justice.
The more he said this, the more certain Yun Zhao became that the person who sent him was Wei Jingchen.
Listening Rain Pavilion is a place where only interests matter. The fact that he specifically sent Luo Xiran here means they must be acquaintances.
"So, brother, you're a really nice person!"
"Of course!"
Luo Xiran nodded, shamelessly admitting it.
The people around him couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.
This young master is really shameless!
While they were talking, the officers had already tied up the thugs.
"Sir, what should we do with them?"
Before Yang Jingyan could speak, Yun Zhao suddenly looked up and asked, "Uncle Yang, should we hand him over to the prefect?"
These words immediately reminded the officer standing nearby.
"My lord, just now we tried to stall them by mentioning the Fifth Prince, but they said they were from the prefectural government of Yangling Prefecture!"
"The prefect's man?"
If Yang Jingyan hadn't seen the account books, he might have believed it to some extent.
After reviewing the account books, Yang Jingyan was convinced that a mere prefect of Yangling Prefecture could not possibly have managed such a large operation.
This must involve a lot of complex issues!
Yang Jingyan's heart skipped a beat, knowing he was powerless to handle the situation, and he immediately gave the order.
"Take the men and head back to Yangguan County immediately!"
"yes!"
The officials quickly loaded the remaining medicinal herbs onto a cart, then tied up the thugs and Doctor Yu, and bound them to the back of the convoy.
Yang Jingyan nodded slightly to Luo Xiran and the others.
"I will never forget your life-saving grace. I am the magistrate of Yangguan County. If you need anything..."
"You may send someone to find me. I will do everything in my power to help you!"
Yun Zhao raised his hand: "Me too! Me too!"
They didn't take Yun Zhao's words to heart, simply nodded, and left without taking anything with them.
Yang Jingyan didn't dare to delay and quickly left with the remaining medicinal herbs.
Not long after they left, Luo Xiran and the others, who had just left, suddenly turned back.
"Quickly, clean up the traces!"
The group acted quickly, erasing all traces of Yang Jingyan's departure.
"Someone's coming! Let's go!"
The lookout ran back, and the group immediately left.
Luo Xiran and her group disappeared into the forest, and a group of people jogged up to them.
Dressed in official uniforms, they quickly surrounded the burning warehouse.
"search!"
At his command, everyone dispersed.
After a long while, I returned after searching around.
"Sir, there's no one here!"
The visitor was Yang Xian, the prefect of Yangling Prefecture.
"Didn't find Yu Qing?"
Yang Xian glanced around, his expression growing increasingly grim.
They arrived too late; the entire warehouse was almost burned down!
At this point, putting out the fire would be futile.
"Even Chen Ba couldn't be found!"
Logically speaking, Chen Ba was in charge of guarding the warehouse, so he should be here on weekdays.
"Sir, do you think they might have all burned to death inside?"
An official asked.
"Dozens of brothers, just burned to death like that?"
"Look around, see if there are any tire tracks or anything like that!"
Yang Xian didn't believe that dozens of people would burn to death inside.
"My lord, I just checked, and there is no such thing."
Just as Luo Xiran had predicted, Yang Xian would investigate the traces of their departure.
"No tire tracks? That's impossible. Wasn't the magistrate of Yangguan County here looking for medicinal herbs?"
If they hadn't come here, why did Chen Ba burn down the warehouse?
The fire subsided, which made Yang Xian even more puzzled.
"So many medicinal herbs, and it only took half an hour to burn them?"
Something's not right, something's not right!
"Quickly, put out the fire! I need to inspect it!"
At a command, everyone rushed to put out the fire.
The fire burned everything, and with everyone working together to put it out, the fire was brought under control in no time.
Ignoring the scattered flames, Yang Xian lifted his official robe and rushed into the fire.
As he expected, there were only traces of burned medicinal herbs on the edges of the warehouse.
Apart from the fallen roof beams, there was no trace of medicinal residue in the center of the warehouse!
He then quickly ran into the small room.
There wasn't a single trace of books being burned on the bookshelf!
Yang Xian's mind went blank for a moment.
"It's over..."
The ledger has been taken!
Yang Xian rushed out, his face deathly pale, and shouted, "Go after them! Even if it means killing Yang Jingyan, we must get the ledger back!"
"yes!"
The officials quickly brought horses and chased after them towards Yangguan County.
"Young Master Luo, should we still go after them?"
The group emerged from the woods, their complexions not looking too good.
"Tsk, what a hassle. Let me tell you, my young master, I'm very expensive~"
Luo Xiran smugly stroked her chin, took out a nine-section whip from her waist, and skillfully flicked it out with her wrist.
With a "snap," it grabbed a tree branch and then leaped away.
When the officials from Yangguan County arrived at the fork in the road, Yang Jingyan suddenly stopped them.
"This way!"
"Sir, the shortcut is this way; going that way will take an extra day!"
The officials wondered if their superiors had lost their minds in their haste and taken the wrong route.
“With all this stuff we’re pushing, they’ll catch up to us in no time. The mountain roads here are complicated, let’s go this way!”
Yang Jingyan was worried that the prefect of Yangling Prefecture might really be in cahoots with Chen Ba and his gang.
When the prefect sees the warehouse on fire, he will surely lead his troops to hunt them down.
"The master is right, let's go quickly!"
The officials hurriedly pushed the wooden cart around.
Yun Zhao followed behind them, walking slower and slower until he reached the very back of the group.
Yang Jingyan came from humble beginnings, and traveling in the mountains and fields was his forte.
So he led the way, and everyone was only concerned with escaping, so no one paid any attention to Yun Zhao.
Seeing that the tiger was about to make a sound, Yun Zhao quickly covered its mouth.
"Shh, keep your voice down! Let's go!"
Fearing that the tiger might habitually respond to her, Yun Zhao held the tiger's mouth tightly, not daring to let go for even a moment.
After the others had gone far away, the tiger carried Yun Zhao back to the fork in the road.
Seeing the messy footprints and tire tracks on the ground, Yun Zhao jumped off the tiger's back.
"Wait for me!"
She took out a broom from her spatial storage and cleaned up the traces leading to the other road, leaving only the traces of their journey towards Yangshan Pass.
Then he took out a bow and arrows and rope from his spatial storage, climbed up and down, and made a simple trap.
Just as Yun Zhao squatted down to tie the rope, he suddenly noticed a stone on the ground that was different from the other stones.
She walked over quickly, picked it up, and realized that the stone looked a lot like a mineral!
"Wow, was this left by Chen Ba or Doctor Yu? These scoundrels are really clever!"
After thinking for a moment, Yun Zhao decided to move the stone in another direction.
"Hehe, let's see which way you go~"
After saying that, she led the tiger into the woods.
Before long, the sound of horses' hooves could be heard in the distance.
They've really caught up with us!
Yun Zhao pressed down on the tiger's head and hid even further into the shadows, afraid of being discovered.
The clatter of hooves approached, and a dozen or so cavalrymen came in pursuit, followed by running infantry.
Yun Zhao was startled.
Thanks to Yang Jingyan's keen insight, he led them away in advance!
With so many people chasing us, even with Luo Xiran and the others there, it won't be easy for us to escape!
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