Chapter 2279 Let’s go together from now on
General Guo was relieved. Lieutenant General Nie had finally found something. "The village is near Tingzhou. It takes three or four days to get there from Xizhou. If we ride horses, we should be able to get there in three days, but..."
He paused and said, "No one is willing to lead us."
Manbao: "Is it because we didn't pay enough?"
"No," said Lieutenant General Nie, "There are rumors out there that the area around Danshi Village is cursed by the gods, and no one wants to go there."
He said, "Ever since the news of the Crown Prince's poisoning spread, the Protectorate has sealed off the village. Few people can leave, and even fewer can get in. After finding out the location, I thought about asking someone who knew the way to lead the way, but as soon as I told them to go to Danshi Village, they would refuse, no matter how much money I offered."
Manbao was speechless for a long while, so Bai Shan frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "Then let's find out the way and go there ourselves."
He turned to look at Daji and said, "Daji, you go with General Nie."
He didn't plan to take General Nie and the others with him, he only planned to take Daji and a few guards with him.
General Nie originally had objections, but when he heard that Mr. Zhuang and the others were not going, he accepted the arrangement.
They began to purchase things, including drinking water for the journey, as well as large quantities of rice, flour, and local cloth. They only planned to bring one carriage, so all the things were loaded on the carriage. In addition to the interior of the carriage, a lot of things were tied to the roof, the belly, and the back of the carriage.
Da Yu and the others who rented a house across the street saw them and immediately ran over to ask, "Are you leaving?"
"No, I'm out on official business." Manbao remembered that he hadn't seen them for several days. He didn't expect that they actually lived across the street. He couldn't help but wonder, "Why do you live across the street?"
Heavy Rain said, "We're going to be staying here for a long time, so it's not cost-effective to stay in an inn. So we rented a yard."
Manbao figured it out and asked, "Aren't you going home?"
Heavy Rain sighed, "Aren't there a lot of horse thieves on the road? That's why we want to wait for a while. If you've finished your business by then, we can go together. You can pay less for the return trip."
Manbao: "...Are you afraid of horse thieves?"
Weren’t you horse thieves before?
Moreover, the goods they had to carry were not much. If they were spices and gems, which were small and easy to carry, they could be put in boxes and stuffed into their arms. They looked like they were not easy to mess with, so unless the horse thieves were blind, they would not bother them.
She thought they would go back after selling the goods.
They had indeed prepared for the heavy rain, but...
Da Yu sighed deeply, leaned forward and whispered, "It's not the horse thieves that are scary, it's the soldiers. According to reliable information, as soon as people like us set out on the road, they will be directly hunted down by the soldiers as horse thieves. There will be no chance of capture. They will just chop off our heads and count them as military merit. Naturally, these gems and spices we brought will become theirs."
So it’s safer to follow Zhou Man and the others. At least we won’t be treated as horse thieves and hunted down.
Bai Shan thought about it for a moment and said, "So, it should be you who pay for our protection, right?"
heavy rain:……
He turned and walked away. "Forget it, just pretend I've never been here. When the trade route opens and more people come along, it'll be the same whether we go there again or not."
He just didn't believe that the Anxi Army could suppress the bandits until next year.
Bai Shan stopped him with a smile, "It's just a joke. You can go with us, but we haven't decided on a return time yet. So, you can go find Manager Li. After all, we came together, so we can go back together. We can look after each other."
It's about taking care of each other, not being employed.
Da Yu also understood, but he was still quite happy. He thought about it and said to himself: Although there is no money for escort, they will be less troubled by the officers and soldiers when they return, and it should be easy to enter the customs.
With the important matters finally settled, Dayu finally had time to care about them. He leaned against the wall, shaking his legs, and asked, "Are you going on a long journey? It just so happens that we've sold a lot of goods. Do you want us to escort you?"
Bai Shan declined. He didn't even have all his guards with him, so he didn't need them at the moment.
Da Yu was very curious, "Is there really a prescription for preventing and treating smallpox in Anxi?"
How come he had never heard of it?
Bai Shan said calmly: "If you ask carefully, you will get some news."
"You guys are going out now just to find out about this?"
Bai Shan smiled and didn't explain further.
The next day they left the city. Bai Erlang and his men escorted them to the city gate. As their carriages drove away, Bai Erlang exclaimed, put his shoulders on the necks of Liu Huan and Yin Huo, and called out to his friends, "Let's go, let's take a walk around Xizhou City."
Zhou Liru turned around and said, "Take me with you!"
Bai Erlang agreed, "Okay!"
Liu Huan hesitated, "That's not good. Some places are not suitable for girls to go."
Zhou Liru said, "Why not go? Don't you just want to go to the dance hall?"
Liu Huan: "...How do you know?"
"I heard you talking to Second Young Master Bai."
Liu Huan immediately stopped talking and turned to look at the other two friends.
Yin Huo said, "Just go."
It’s not like I haven’t seen it before. I still have ten of them at home.
Bai Erlang didn’t think there was anything wrong with Zhou Liru going to these places. Hadn’t Manbao been playing with them like this since he was a child?
Subconsciously, where they can go, their aunt and nephew can naturally go too.
Only Liu Huan hesitated for a moment, but he quickly put his worries aside. The four of them did not return to the yard, but went out to play directly.
As soon as General Nie turned around, they had run away. He shook his head. Without Mr. Zhuang coming, they had no restraints. What a shame.
The guards and servants who followed them did not think there was anything wrong, and headed towards the entertainment venue as heroically and confidently as their masters.
At this time, Bai Shan and Man Bao were wearing veils and heading north. Tingzhou was north of Xizhou, a more desolate place.
However, that place did not reach Tingzhou, it was just close to Tingzhou.
The place where the meteorite fell was not very far from Danshi Village. Manbao remembered what the two villagers who were sent to Beijing said that year. At night, a particularly bright star fell from the sky, and then shattered into three fireballs in mid-air. The whole earth shook when it fell.
They rushed out of the house in fear and looked into the distance, only to see a fire in the direction of the desert.
It was in the desert, but the fire burned for two days before it stopped. Later, the noble lord who was in charge of their area found a sinkhole and found an extremely beautiful huge gem in it.
In Danshi Village, there were craftsmen belonging to a noble lord who were conscripted to carve gems. At that time, the noble lord said that as long as the gems they presented could be favored by the king, he would reward them handsomely.
At that time, the craftsmen wanted to be released from their craftsman status or move to a better place to live.
See you at 9pm
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
