Chapter 2228 Chase
Erge said calmly, "You've only been in Liangzhou City for a few days, so you haven't checked carefully. But if you send someone to investigate carefully, you'll find out. If it's not stolen, I'll take you up the mountain with me. I have only one condition: I want to be the second-in-command of your caravan. I'm telling you this now so that you can prepare in advance, so that you don't get angry and embarrassed when you find out that your things have been stolen when you get to the mountain."
Jin Kuian was a little hesitant. Could it be that he was really awakened?
He turned to someone and said, "Give him a horse."
So the group rode at full speed towards the mountain stronghold.
The mountain was cleared out by Governor Duan and his men, so it is now an empty mountain with no one stationed there.
Erge took them directly to a place. From a distance, he had a bad feeling when he saw the turned-up ground. When he got closer, he looked at the big pit, and the veins on his forehead couldn't help but twitch.
Jin Kuian had a bad feeling and said with a sullen face, "Don't tell me the thing is hidden here."
Erge nodded with a green face, "Yes, a large coffin, which the general prepared for himself. Back then, he placed all the gold, silver and jewelry that he could take away for me in it."
Jin Kuian's face turned grim. He turned around, glared at him fiercely, and said, "Don't you have people in Liangzhou City? Send them out for questioning."
This means you don't believe him.
Erge glanced at him and said, "They are in the city. Do you think anyone can leave the city now?"
Governor Duan has a strict control over Liang Province. Some of his current staff were arranged in the past and seem very ordinary. If they had not done a lot of work for him in the past and he had something on them, he would not be able to order them around at all.
Jin Kui'an asked, "Do you think I can accept a wasted trip?"
Erge was silent for a moment with a sullen face before saying, "I'll contact them."
"I'll give you two days at most, Erge. I brought my brothers all the way to Liangzhou, not to rescue you from prison."
Erge understood that if he could not give the other party enough benefits, his future life might not be much better than that in prison.
Erge waited for a day, and after learning that the government troops had captured Shi Ergou, he pretended to be a herdsman and asked the vegetable farmers in the suburbs and the people in the city to pass on a few words.
They met the person in the afternoon.
It was no secret that Governor Duan found the treasure in the mountains. Not to mention that there were so many soldiers watching at the time. In order to stabilize the morale of the army and let the Liangzhou army know that they now had money and food, Governor Duan would not hide it.
Therefore, if you ask around, you will know everything about this matter, and it is quite legendary.
"I heard that the young lady and young man from the capital are very skilled, able to see through the miasma at a glance. They helped Governor Duan find the treasure in the mountain." The man who was threatened by Erge to leave the city said, "That's all I know. That's all the rumors out there."
"How many treasures did they find?"
“There are only three famous ones.”
"Is there one that is contained in a coffin?"
"Yes, it's a large coffin, made of good wood. The Liangzhou army even carried it back. I heard it's now in the governor's mansion. The soldiers call it the 'Lucky Coffin'. Who knows who will benefit from it in the future."
Erge and Jin Kuian: ...
Jin Kuian glanced at him with a half-smile, "How about giving me a discount?"
The other party was so frightened that he trembled and said he didn't dare.
Jin Kuian sneered and asked, "Where are the gold and silver hidden?"
The other party fell silent, and Erge said, "He's just a pancake seller at the county government office. Do you think he knows where the gold and silver are hidden?"
Jin Kuian frowned and said nothing.
"He doesn't know, but I do," Erge said, "It's either in the governor's mansion warehouse or the garrison warehouse. A small amount should be in Governor Duan's private warehouse."
Seeing his grim expression, Erge said, "There's no way we can get it."
Not to mention that they had already alerted the enemy by robbing the prison, even if there had been no prison break, Jin Kui'an and his men would not have been able to snatch the treasure back from Governor Duan with their limited manpower.
Otherwise, why would there be any need to rob treasure? Looting the city would be enough.
But to save his own life, Erge would not give out just this little bit of information. He turned to Jin Kuian and said, "We were locked up in a tent at the time, but I did hear some news from the commotion outside. After the treasure is found, Governor Duan wants to give some of it to those officials from the capital."
He said, "It's difficult for us to take back the treasures in Liangzhou, but those people are only a hundred or so. It's much easier to snatch things from them."
Jin Kuian narrowed his eyes, "More than a hundred people? What kind of people are there among them? What are these young masters and young ladies like?"
Erge had sent people to monitor them before, so he naturally knew what they were like. "There are six of them, two young ladies and four young men. They are all very outstanding people, especially the young man and the young lady in the lead. Although they are young, the young lady should be Zhou Man, the famous young doctor in the capital. The young man has a close relationship with her. I heard that her fiancé is from an aristocratic family and has a grudge against Tian Khan's brother."
"Is it them?" Jin Kuian asked, "They are also followed by an old man who looks like a scholar. There is also a big and strong man with a beard who is the leader of their guards."
Erg: "...Have you seen them?"
Jin Kuian: "In the desert."
He recalled carefully and found that they did carry a lot of luggage, and there seemed to be a caravan among them.
His heart burned, especially when he thought of the face leaning out of the window. A strange light flashed in his eyes, and he stood up and said, "Let's go after him."
Erge didn't expect him to be so decisive. He thought he would need some persuasion to succeed. He quickly said, "We don't know their itinerary, and it's been so many days..."
Jin Kuian interrupted him: "Where are they going?"
He paused for a moment and then said, "I heard that he is going to the Western Regions."
"That's what they said at the Desert Inn. If they weren't lying, they would definitely be heading to Shazhou," Jin Kuian thought for a moment and said, "No, if we take that road, we'll definitely end up in Shazhou. So, we just need to hurry to Shazhou and find out everything. Even if they leave Shazhou, we'll be able to catch up."
Erge thought about it and felt that Zhou Man and his group had a lot of luggage, so they should be able to catch up. After all, it would take a long time to get to the Western Regions, and Jin Kui'an was more familiar with the area outside the pass.
So Erg nodded.
After the discussion was complete, Jin Kuian said, "Let's follow their trail and chase them directly across the desert. Although that road is not easy to travel, it bypasses Suzhou City. Bring enough food and water, and we'll be faster."
Erg had no objection, so they set off early the next morning.
At this time, Manbao and his team had just finished processing the medicinal materials in the mayor's house. They placed the finished medicines on the shelf and took preservation measures as Zhou Man had instructed.
Ah Man had been working behind Zhou Man and the others for four days and had learned a lot. Zhou Man didn't hide the prescriptions from them and even took the initiative to write them down for Ah Man. He then said, "For conditions like colds and fevers, some medicines are not suitable for pills and can only be used as decoctions, but the effect is better. If you want the prescriptions, I can give you two."
Ah Man couldn't ask for more.
In return for his kindness, he said, "Doctor Zhou, I know a place where you can catch stonefish."
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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