Chapter 2241 Covering
Although Zhou Man and his friends brought a lot of luggage, Dayu never thought that there were cloths, gold, silver and jewelry in them. He just thought that they were things they needed for daily life. After all, he knew very well how fussy and indulgent they were over the past month.
At this time, the person who was being muttered by the heavy rain was camped not far outside the town.
The night in the desert was a bit cold. Jin Kui'an took a sip of liquor and stood on the sand pile looking at the lights in the distance.
Erg added a log to the fire, clapped his hands, and walked over to him, also staring at that place, and asked, "Do you suspect they are in there?"
Jin Kuian took another sip of wine, trying to calm down the anger in his heart, but he found that he seemed to be getting angrier and angrier.
He clenched the wine flask in his hand and said expressionlessly, "All this time I've been wondering where we missed them. When we got back to the Desert Inn, I remembered that we were in such a hurry to catch up with them that we didn't stay overnight at the Desert Inn or enter this town. Instead, we went straight around and chased them."
"The people at the Desert Inn said they entered the desert and didn't look back, nor did they leave. That means the route we followed was correct. There were no traces of them along the way, which only means we were ahead of them."
Whenever he thought of this, he felt a burning regret in his heart. If he had just entered the town, he might have found them.
Erg had the same suspicion, but… “Are they still in town now?”
Jin Kui'an said: "It doesn't matter if they are there or not, as long as we can get their information, that's fine."
He said, "I don't believe they could just vanish out of thin air. As long as we know the time they left, we can roughly infer where they are now, so we won't have to worry about not finding them."
He moved his fingers, looked at the scattered lights in the distance and said, "Actually, it's best that they're not in this small town. The people there are not easy to mess with."
"Brother, the cakes are ready."
Jin Kui'an then turned back to have dinner, and after he turned around, a sand pile in the distance began to move quietly, and two people quietly returned to the town to report in the dark.
"...We were far away, so we couldn't see clearly, but we listened carefully. There were quite a few people, probably dozens of horses, no carts, and no cargo. They looked like bandits, and they looked like they were not to be trifled with."
The mayor drank a bowl of milk tea and frowned, "Why did the bandits come to our place? What? Do they want to rob us?"
The investigators were also unsure, saying, "Is it because life is tough out there that they're taking this risk?"
The mayor glanced at him and said, "Go and inform the brothers to meet at the town entrance tomorrow morning. Select two more teams to guard outside tonight. If they get close, sound the alarm immediately."
"yes."
Jin Kui'an knew the origin of this town, and also knew that the person in charge of the town now was his colleague, so he did not do anything that would cause misunderstanding. After dawn, he sent someone to the town entrance to announce that they were just passing by and wanted to go into the town to have breakfast before leaving.
The news was passed down layer by layer to the mayor, who curled his lips. Who would believe that they were just here for breakfast?
But the mayor still let people in, "Just ask them to come and order food for three people, and we will send it to them after it's ready."
If there is anything to say, three people are enough.
Jin Kui, who had originally planned to find someone to inquire about the situation after entering the town, settled down for a moment. After all, he couldn't afford to waste time, so he took out a silver ingot and placed it on the table. After ordering a bunch of worthless breakfast, he said, "Brother Wu, I want to ask you something."
The mayor glanced at the silver ingot that was pushed in front of him, smiled, and said, "No problem, no problem. You are such a distinguished guest. If you have any questions, just ask. I will definitely answer them if I can."
Jin Kuian asked, "Wasn't there a caravan of more than a hundred people that came to town some time ago? They weren't merchants, but officials from the imperial court."
He paused and said, "But there was a small businessman among them."
The mayor was slightly surprised, but remained expressionless as he tilted his head and looked at the butler. "Is there such a convoy? I haven't been involved in the affairs of this town for a long time, so I really don't know anything about it at the moment. I'll have someone check it out right away, but why are you asking about this?"
He said, "This is someone from the government office. If something happens to him outside, what if it gets us involved..."
"Don't worry, Brother Wu, this matter won't implicate you. This is a grudge between us and them."
The mayor smiled, twirled the teacup in his hand, and asked, "Did they commit any crime against you?"
Jin Kuian said with a gloomy face: "They snatched some things from me, I have to take them back."
The mayor curled his lips and said, "You must be kidding! If other government troops could do that, how could Zhou Man and his group of enjoyable and playful kids take the risk of robbing a group of horse thieves?"
I'm afraid they have something that Jin Kuian likes, so he went to so much trouble to find them.
The mayor pondered for a moment. According to the schedule, people should have arrived in Shazhou early, so they should have returned halfway by the heavy rain, right?
The mayor took a sip of tea and understood what was going on.
So when the housekeeper came back from outside and whispered a bunch of nonsense in his ear, he said to Jin Kui'an with a pensive look on his face, "There really is such a group of people, but they left a long time ago."
Jin Kuian asked quickly, "How long have they been gone?"
The mayor smiled and said, "It's been a long time. They've only been here for two days. If you count carefully, they've been walking for about thirty days. I heard they're going to the Western Regions. They should be arriving soon, right?"
Jin Kui'an was stunned. "How is this possible? We chased them all the way and didn't see them..."
The mayor finished his tea and said nonchalantly, "Doesn't that just mean they've gone far? Hey, brother, you've got too much time. Thirty days or so. The desert sand has wiped out every trace. If it's nothing special, there's really no point in looking. Otherwise, you're planning on chasing them all the way to the Western Regions?"
Jin Kuian's eyes turned cold, and he clenched his fists and said, "I'm already in the Western Regions, so nothing is impossible."
The mayor's brow twitched slightly, and then he remembered to ask, "By the way, where are you from?"
Jin Kuian curled his lips and said, "Don't worry, Brother Wu, my people and territory are all outside the Great Wall. I won't compete with you for territory."
Mayor: ...I am even more worried. Those people should have left the city by now, right?
It's really unlucky, even though it has little to do with him.
The mayor pondered this for a moment, feeling that he might lose a long-term partner, especially since Zhou Man and the others had promised him that they would visit him in the town when they returned from the Western Regions. Perhaps they could even leave him a few more prescriptions then...
Thinking of this, the mayor was too lazy to argue with him anymore and waved his hand, saying, "The person you're looking for has gone far away, so I won't keep you here. There are a lot of young people in this town, all full of youthful energy. I'm worried that if they get together, something bad will happen."
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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