Chapter 2171 Heard
In the evening, the medicine shop delivered two jars of brewed wine. Manbao opened them, took a look, and then sealed them. "The medicine is good, and the wine smells good too. Let's soak it first. The longer the better."
So they stuffed the wine inside the luggage so that it could interact well.
They had to get up very early to set off, and they all got up before dawn the next day. This made the postmaster, who was used to them getting up late, feel uncomfortable for a while. You know, they had been getting up at noon for several days when they stayed here.
Well, except for the day we climbed the Great Wall.
Fortunately, they told the postmaster the time they would get up before going to bed last night, so the postmaster got up early to prepare breakfast for them.
When court officials stayed at post stations, there were clear regulations on the family members they could bring with them, the dishes and quantities they could eat at each meal, and the amount of food they could take away.
The larger the post station, the more it abides by this rule, and those who exceed it must pay.
Therefore, when Manbao and the others were having breakfast, their manager went to settle the accounts with the postmaster and make up for their extra expenses in the past few days.
After eating and drinking their fill and taking a lot of things, everyone set out from the post station and headed out of the city. They had only walked a short distance when they met Guo Tian and others who came to see them off.
Both sides were surprised. Bai Shan said: "I didn't expect Brother Guo, Brother Yue and Brother Quan would come to see us off."
Brother Guo and the other two: ...We didn't expect you to get up so early.
However, they would not say this out loud. The three of them followed them out of the city. When they arrived at the city gate, they found that Governor Duan and his son were already waiting there.
The group escorted them out of the city. Governor Duan welcomed them to come again. Duan Chengze, Guo Tian and the other two stood together and looked at them enviously, wondering when they would be able to go out and study like them.
However, studying abroad not only requires solving safety issues, but also financial issues.
After all, not everyone can travel like Zhou Man and his friends, who are not only protected by officials and soldiers of the imperial court, but also enjoy free food and accommodation at the post station.
Even Duan Cheng would worry about money if he was away for too long, let alone Guo Tian and the other two.
Manbao waved goodbye to them and left Liangzhou City happily.
Governor Duan sent two yamen runners to lead the way. They said, "The road ahead is difficult to walk on. Sir, I'm afraid you've taken the wrong path."
In the afternoon, after the sunset came out, they arrived at the intersection where the road needed to fork. Manbao and the others finally understood why Governor Duan sent someone to guide them.
I saw a road ahead, which was covered with grass but still visible as wheel axles. It went along a green mountain and went deep into the mountain, with no sight of where it would go.
However, the two yamen runners turned around and pointed to a grassy area nearby, saying, "There's a small path leading there that can be used by carriages."
Manbao and the others got out of the car and stared at the grass very seriously. Bai Shan even squatted down and stared at the grass pretending to understand, but after a while he had to give up and asked, "How does this look like a road?"
The yamen runner said, "Few people walk here. Even the merchants who pass by frequently don't know about it. Only people like us who often come here to graze our livestock occasionally come here, so we know a little about it."
The two yamen runners said, "This road is longer. It goes around to a lush grassland, so many herdsmen go there to graze their livestock. It takes nearly a day longer to connect to the official road than this one. However, since you are not going to Suzhou City, you can add another day to the journey and take the official road in the other direction. That way, you will only be delayed by half a day."
Mr. Zhuang squinted his eyes and looked for a while, then asked, "But what's wrong with this official road? Why can't we take this road?"
The two yamen runners laughed and said, "There's nothing wrong. There are just some horse thieves in the mountains who come down from time to time to disturb the merchants passing by. Our lords have fought them off several times, but they are cunning. Every time the troops come, they hide in the mountains. Although this mountain is not big, the forest is dense, so it's not easy to find them in the woods."
This is the disadvantage of the plain. Looking around, except for two or three low mountains here, the rest is flat grassland. Soldiers can see them as soon as they arrive, making it impossible to sneak around.
Moreover, the horses of the horse thieves on the grassland are all good, so it is really not easy to wipe them all out.
And if one escaped, he would bring back a whole bunch of people after a while. The yamen runners would lead them on the way while complaining, "I don't know where they get so many people from. Every time we chase them away, they come back with a whole bunch of people after a year or two."
Bai Shan and the others decided not to take the car. The road was a bit bumpy, and it was better to ride a horse than a car. Lian Yin Huo rode on a horse, letting it stomp forward.
Because the road was bad, everyone walked slowly. Bai Shan looked up at the dense forest on the mountain and said, "The most important thing for recruiting soldiers is money. It's the same with bandits. The ones who escaped can recruit soldiers because they have money, right? If we take away all the things they have hidden, they have no money. Even if they escaped, they won't be able to recruit people, so they will naturally stop."
"That's right, sir," the yamen runner said with a smile, "our masters also think so. That's why we went into the mountains to look for things during the two bandit suppression operations. But this mountain doesn't look very big, so it's not easy to find the hidden place, so..."
Manbao's eyebrows moved and she reined in the horse. When she stopped, everyone stopped as well, and the carriage behind them also stopped.
Bai Shan turned to her and asked, "What's wrong?"
Manbao didn't know how to tell them, so he paused, then simply said "hush" and asked them quietly, "Did you hear any sound?"
Everyone fell silent, listening attentively. Bai Shan asked uncertainly, "Bird chirping? Are you trying to catch a bird? You can tell this is a bird you haven't seen before?"
Manbao not only likes flowers, plants and trees that he has never seen before, but also likes insects, fish, birds and animals that he has never seen before. No, it should be his father-in-law who likes them.
Manbao: "...You think too little. I'm asking if you heard anyone calling for help."
Everyone perked up as soon as they heard it, tilting their ears to listen. After a while, everyone shook their heads. Even Yin Huo couldn't help but question, "Did you not sleep well last night?" That's why you're hallucinating...
Manbao said: "No, my ears are fine."
But she also pricked up her ears and listened carefully. Well, she didn't hear anything, but what Koko said could not be wrong. It seemed that the person was still far away from them.
Bai Shan tried hard for a long time but couldn't figure it out, so he gave up and winked at her, "Did you figure it out, or did your father-in-law figure it out?"
Manbao blinked, and Baishan understood that it was his father-in-law's ability.
Bai Erlang and the others watched them argue quietly, and when they finished, they asked directly, "Is there anything you can't just say?"
Bai Shan said, "Okay, now that we hear someone calling for help, we can't just ignore it, right?"
Everyone: ...We didn’t, we didn’t hear it.
But Bai Shan had already turned around and ordered the guards to go to the middle to find General Nie, and then asked Man Bao, "Can you tell how many people there are?"
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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