Xie Yunhan recalled Ye Wenxue's resolute and calm gaze, and his hand unconsciously clenched.
"No, we're not going to Qingxu Town. Go tell Chief Escort Yang to turn around and head straight for Tanzhou City."
The guard was dumbfounded: "But what about Constable Zheng...?"
Xie Yunhan's hesitant gaze gradually hardened:
"I will personally apologize to Constable Zheng once things have settled down."
With the lives of about twenty brothers in the team tied to his shoulders, Xie Yunhan dared not take any risks lightly.
Seeing his unwavering resolve, the guard had no choice but to agree.
The guard jumped off the carriage and went to the front, where he happened to see several men dressed as farmers talking to Yang, the head镖师 (bodyguard/escort).
"...Have you seen a thin, frail widow with five young children?"
Without much thought, Yang Biaotou knew that the widow the man was referring to was Ye Wenxue.
He became more cautious and pretended to be ignorant.
"A widow? Children? In this chaos of war, what woman would dare to run around with several young children? You must have made a mistake."
He Laowu and his men searched back and forth along the road pointed out by the village head for two days, but they couldn't find any trace of Widow Cheng and her family.
With the decision of whether to flee the famine or find another way out to be made today, he was anxious, and this was evident on his face. Without blinking, he said in a gruff voice:
“No mistake. That widow is my sister. She’s stubborn and refused to remarry after her husband died.”
"She threw a tantrum a few days ago and ran away from home. Her family has been worried sick about her and the children."
"If you see her, please tell me. I just want to know where she is staying now and whether her place is safe."
Hearing the sincerity in his words, Yang Biaotou thought he should say a few words to help the family reunite.
Besides, what this man said makes sense.
A woman running around outside with several children must be driving her family crazy with worry.
Even when life is peaceful, I can't rest easy, let alone now that there's chaos and turmoil everywhere.
If it were his daughter who had run away from home and disappeared, he would probably not be able to sleep for nights on end, worried that she was not eating well, not dressed warmly, and not sleeping soundly.
Just as Yang, the head镖师 (bodyguard/escort), was about to speak, a guard walked up to him and raised his voice:
"Brother Yang, who are you talking to?"
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