Chapter 281 Master, does this road really lead to the county town?
I didn’t expect it to be so serious. I don’t know how many days it will take for me to be able to return.
It was said that the mountains near Daye Temple were closed and pilgrims were not allowed to enter or leave freely. There were also people who were attacked by swarms of gophers and bitten to death.
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Cai was alone at home, feeling distraught.
After much thought, I decided to go to Zhishu School and discuss it with Dabao and Erbao.
How can I let my son make up his own mind?
When she arrived at Zhishu School, Master Lu already knew her and told her that she was there to look for Dabao, so he made concessions for her.
After a while, Dabao came out.
Cai told Dabao about the matter.
"...It's already noon, and they haven't come back yet. I heard that someone was killed by a mole, and Daye Temple has closed the mountain. I'm very worried..."
Dabao asked solemnly, "Who sent the letter?"
Cai said, "It was a monk who said he was sent by Daye Temple. Xiao Yuanbao and the others were trapped in the mountains and couldn't come back for the time being. He said that Xiao Yuanbao and the others had offended a group of gophers and were being targeted by them. I was worried that your sister could only catch ghosts, and there were too many gophers. Would she be in trouble?"
Dabao thought about what happened in Ranki Village last time.
If it weren’t for the good fortune of meeting the elders of the Liao family who happened to pass by, Xiao Yuanbao and the others might not have been able to get out of Luanmu Village.
Last time it was a caterpillar.
This time it's the gopher swarm.
His eyelids have been twitching since this morning, and he always feels that something bad is happening.
Unexpectedly, Cai came to tell her that Xiao Yuanbao was in trouble.
Dabao thought of the worst, "Daye Temple has been closed, it must be very serious, let's go and see what's going on."
If necessary, you can help your sister and the others report to the authorities.
"Okay! Let's go to the outskirts of Daye Temple first to check out the situation. I brought some amulets with me, and also the three Five Emperors coins made by your sister."
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Dabao went back to school and asked for leave from his teacher.
I didn’t tell my second child because I was afraid he would worry.
They went to check on the situation. We don't know the details yet. We will tell Erbao later.
If there is real danger, he will go and let Erbao stay in the school, which will be safer.
The mother and son went to the town and rented a horse-drawn carriage from the Shunli Carriage Company.
Go straight to Daye Temple in the county town.
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Xiao Yuanbao and the others escorted Wang Bushang back to the county town.
The Wang family mansion was built in a very grand manner. Wang, the cloth merchant, was a well-known figure in Kinmen County. Not only did he have branches in Kinmen County, he also had branches in several other surrounding counties and even in the city.
Wang's cloth shop had its own specialized dyeing process, and its business was booming, making a lot of money every day.
When Wang Bu Shang returned home, he invited a doctor to treat the rat bite.
Those gophers are poisonous.
Although the poison is not fatal, everyone who has been bitten will be covered in bruises, and the wounds will rot and itch.
The cut on Wang Bu Shang's face looked particularly scary, and it was starting to ooze pus and turn into yellow fluid.
Screaming in pain.
The big ground rat holds a grudge. If the Wang family does not help capture the mole, there will be no peace for them.
Wang the cloth merchant was afraid that Xiao Yuanbao and the others would go home, so he tried his best to keep them.
Gophers are so arrogant even in the daytime. Night is the best time for them to appear. They will definitely chase after us.
So, Xiao Yuanbao can't leave.
The three of them discussed and decided that one of them had to go back and inform Cai so that she wouldn't have to worry at home.
Sanbao said to Liao Huaiyu, "You go! You drive the carriage back! I will stay and play whack-a-mole with my sister."
Liao Huaiyu said, "You can beat a ghost, but if you stay here, you will be beaten by a mole, right?"
"I watched my sister play whack-a-mole! You are just afraid of snakes, insects, rats and ants..."
"Bullshit, I'm afraid of snakes, but not mice."
The two quarreled.
Finally, start boxing.
Sambo lost.
Sanbao went back to report the news.
Wang Bushang's men did not stop him and specially sent a fast horse to send Sanbao back.
The carriage at Xiao Yuanbao's home was covered with her beloved mushrooms. It didn't run fast enough and driving was very tiring, so it was not as good as the carriage from Wang's Cloth Shop.
So, Sanbao went back.
Xiao Yuanbao and the others are guarding the Wang family.
I asked the Wang family to buy a lot of insect repellent powder. Gophers are also snakes and insects, so insect repellent has some effect.
However, these gophers are as crazy as they are. They don't expect that insect repellent powder can stop the gophers from drilling into the king's land.
Xiao Yuanbao also had the dozen or so gophers she caught put into iron cages.
Placed in the center of the Wang family’s yard.
She bet the gopher would come to rescue them.
Then, some traps were set up near the iron cage, so that if they dared to come to rescue, they would be killed.
By the evening, Daye Temple also sent several martial monks to assist the Wang family.
The monks were all armed with sticks and were fully armed.
Just wait for night to fall, and the ground rats will come.
***
The carriage sped along.
The road was bumpy and Cai felt dizzy and wanted to vomit.
Dabao was also feeling bad. He was worried that his sister had driven the carriage so fast and had underestimated how bumpy the official road was.
"Master, are we almost at Kinmen County?" Dabao asked.
The driver was a new hire at Shunli Car Dealership, and Dabao found him unfamiliar.
After the beheading incident at Shunli Car Dealership, all the previous masters left and were replaced by a new group of people.
The driver was a talkative person. He chatted with Dabao and the others for a few words at first, but when he saw that the mother and son were both in deep thought and unwilling to talk, he shut up.
Now Dabao asked him again.
He smiled and replied, "Not yet. The official road has to go a long way around. We should be able to get there before dark..."
Cai was anxious, "Why is it so far away? Can you go faster? I can handle it!"
He covered his mouth as he spoke, afraid of vomiting.
The coachman said in embarrassment, "The fastest speed a horse carriage can go is this fast. If it goes any faster, accidents are more likely to happen. Safety is the most important thing for us drivers."
Cai agreed, "That's for sure."
There was silence.
The coachman added, "If you really want to go faster, you can take a shortcut. We often drive and know many unknown small roads. We can get to the county half an hour faster. But the small roads are remote and bumpy, so people will suffer more..."
Cai's eyes lit up. "Then let's take the small road. I can handle it! Dabao, what do you think?"
Dabao felt his eyelids twitching more and more violently, and he thought something had happened to his sister.
Caring leads to confusion.
My thoughts are influenced by too many things.
"Okay, let's take the small road."
The coachman raised his whip and drove towards a fork in the road not far away.
The further we go, the more remote it becomes.
It feels like entering a mountain forest, with a winding mountain road.
After walking for a while, Dabao became alert.
"Master, does this road really lead to the county? What kind of mountain is ahead?"
The coachman explained, "The mountain ahead is Woer Mountain. Going around this mountain will lead you to the gate of the county town. I have walked this way many times and it is definitely passable. Every time we rush back to town from the county town, we take this road. Don't worry!"
Dabao's heart skipped a beat.
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