A large wave of officers and soldiers chased after them from the city.
The moon was bright and the stars were numerous, making it exceptionally bright.
Even at night, the paths outside the city remain clearly visible.
Even so, the officers and soldiers still carried torches, and the area outside the city was instantly brightly lit, as if it were daytime.
Lin Wenyao couldn't even spare time to observe mourning for his father; he was seething with anger and determined to catch Jing Zhe and his gang.
Previously, he not only had to wait for the letter of appointment, but also for the end of his mourning period, and forcing Lin Tong and the others to change their tune and convict Qingliang Yixia. But after what happened tonight, none of that mattered anymore.
Daring to rob the government office, even the innocent become guilty!
Moreover, the number of young ladies had increased from one to two. Lin Wenyao became more and more excited as he thought about it. He looked up and saw several people riding horses and galloping towards Mangshan.
"Mangshan?"
Lin Wenyao frowned in thought, then immediately relaxed.
He had been wondering who else, besides the four major sects, would dare to rob the government office so boldly and with the strength. If it was the bandits of Mangshan, then it would make sense.
He came from Jingzhou. Although he had never met them, he had heard of the infamous Mangshan bandits. Even his father, Lin Yuanqing, was very wary of them. When he came to Yongzhou, he took a long detour just to avoid Mangshan.
This shows how terrifying the bandits of Mangshan Mountain were!
Lin Wenyao had never encountered this before, and he was very excited, so he spurred his horse to catch up.
When he saw the group riding horses straight up Mangshan Mountain, Lin Wenyao excitedly shouted, "Men, chase after them!"
But none of the officers and soldiers listened to him; when they arrived at the foot of Mangshan Mountain, they all stopped on their own.
Go to Mangshan to chase after someone?
Are you sick in the head?
Seeing that everyone had stopped, Lin Wenyao was very dissatisfied.
Thinking that they saw him as just the son of a prefect and couldn't command them, he gritted his teeth and said, "To be honest, my appointment letter will be issued in the next few days. From now on, I will be in charge of everything in Yongzhou! If you dare to disobey me, do you still want to work in the yamen?"
After hearing this, the officers and soldiers looked at each other in bewilderment, but did not move.
Although being a government official can provide a living, the prerequisite is that you have to be alive to do it!
If it were that easy, the imperial court would have sent troops to wipe out all the bandits in Mangshan long ago. Why would they still be around now?
After two consecutive orders went unanswered, Lin Wenyao was about to lose his temper when a lean constable stepped forward and stopped him, whispering, "Young Master, there's no need to rush the bandit suppression!"
"They've all vanished without a trace, aren't you worried yet?"
Lin Wenyao vented his anger on the lean constable, and cursed at him.
"Young Master, please calm down! You haven't been here with the Master from Jingzhou for very long, so you may not be familiar with the bandits of Mangshan. Mangshan is a treacherous place, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It's not easy to attack even during the day, let alone at night. A direct assault would be like throwing an egg against a rock!"
"If that's how you put it, I might as well just run back to the city and become a coward, and forget about getting revenge!"
Lin Wenyao said through gritted teeth.
"How dare I?"
The lean constable then analyzed for him, "Although Mangshan is difficult to attack, it's only because the people are not united and there aren't enough troops! As far as I know, there are only about two hundred bandits on Mangshan. If you, young master, mobilize all the more than a thousand troops in the city, capturing them will be a piece of cake!"
After hearing this, Lin Wenyao didn't say anything, but his eyes lit up.
Seeing this, the lean constable continued, "Besides, there's only one road in and out of Mangshan, so we're not worried about them escaping! Young master, you can send someone to guard this place first, while the rest of you return to the city to rest and recuperate. Tomorrow morning, we can gather all the city's troops and attack Mangshan!"
"Alright, we'll go with your plan!"
After thinking for a moment, he whispered, "If I can really win them over, then when I'm tired of playing with them, I'll let you have some fun with me for a few days!"
"Thank you, young master... but that's not necessary..."
I want to, but I can't.
Upon realizing this, the lean constable burst into tears.
...
"They've caught up?"
"No."
Hanhan looked back and said smugly, "Young Master thinks too highly of them. Even if you lend them a few loads, they wouldn't dare to come up Mangshan Mountain to chase people in the middle of the night!"
After running for a long time, we were not far from the mountain village.
"If you can't catch up, then why don't you put me down!"
The difference between carrying Lu Li and being carried by Hanhan is too great; only Jing Zhe can truly understand the feeling behind it.
"oh."
Hanhan agreed and put Jing Zhe down.
"I'm going down too!"
Chen Mo also spoke up.
Lu Li looked up and saw the mountain stronghold right in front of her. Without thinking twice, she put Chen Mo down and jumped down herself.
He handed the reins to Hanhan and instructed, "Dahan, go back and arrange a private room for Miss Chen."
Then he said to Jing Zhe, "Come on, I have something to tell you."
Before anyone else could react, Lu Li had already taken Jing Zhe's hand and started walking forward.
...
Mangshan, Lu Li's boudoir.
The furnishings were simple, clean, and tidy, completely different from the girl's boudoir that Jing Zhe had imagined.
What surprised him most was that the room's layout and furnishings were exactly the same as his own room. When he saw that even the bed was made up the same way, he couldn't help but wonder:
Could it be that the room I was staying in was originally Lu Li's?
You should leave first thing tomorrow morning!
Lu Li sat down and got straight to the point.
"..."
From the moment he arrived at Mount Mang, Jing Zhe's mind was filled with thoughts of how to escape to Jingzhou, but he was quite surprised when he heard Lu Li say those words.
After thinking for a moment, she asked in a deep voice, "Big sister, are you worried about me?"
"..."
Lu Lichen remained silent for a moment before saying quietly, "Didn't you always want to go to Jingzhou? Now that you're being allowed to leave Mangshan, you should be happy!"
Jing Zhe did not answer, but instead said again, "You're worried about me, aren't you?"
"..."
Lu Li fell silent again.
"You're afraid that Lin Wenyao will lead the city's soldiers to besiege Mangshan tomorrow, and that I'll be in danger if I stay here, so you're telling me to leave quickly, right?"
This time, Lu Li did not avoid the question. Looking into Jing Zhe's eyes, she calmly said:
"Yes."
“There are more than 200 people on the mountain now, but compared with when we first came up the mountain a few years ago, apart from Da Han and Fatty who often come down the mountain to train, most of them have been slacking off for too long. If Lin Wenyao mobilizes the entire city’s forces to attack the mountain, our chances of winning are not high.”
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