Outside the city gate, Prime Minister Xu, Madam Xu, Young Master Xu, Hu Mengyao, and Lin Sayu all came to see her off.
Uncle Chen, Aunt Chen, Uncle Gu, and Aunt Gu are all here.
What surprised her most was that the eldest and second daughters of the Wan family were also there.
She didn't tell them that she was leaving today. It was probably Lin Sayu who told them.
After she revealed last time that she wanted Mrs. Lin to propose to Miss Wan as soon as possible, the relationship between Miss Wan and her has improved a lot.
Xia Tian quickly got off the carriage, blinked, and said with a smile, "Why are you here?"
"We're here to see you off." Madam Xu smiled and stepped forward, holding her hand. "Godmother has prepared some snacks for you on the road, as well as two cloaks. The weather is starting to get cold, so make sure you keep warm on the road."
"Thank you, godmother." Xia Tianhui held Mrs. Xu's hand.
"Wenjin couldn't come out, so she asked me to say goodbye to you properly. Godmother will be waiting for you to come back."
"Got it, godmother." Xia Tian felt warm in her heart, "You and godfather should take care of yourselves too."
"Yeah, you too!"
Shen Nian was also talking with Prime Minister Xu and Master Xu.
Xia Tian said a few words to Mrs. Xu before walking up to Hu Mengyao, Lin Sayu and the two Wan sisters.
"Sister Xia, you are leaving and you didn't even come to say goodbye to me!" Miss Wan Jingyi pouted and complained.
"Oh! I'm sorry." Xia Tian quickly apologized.
"Sister Xia, don't listen to this girl's nonsense." Miss Wan Jingshu stepped forward, "We just heard Xiaoyu say that you were leaving today, so we came to see you off."
It was indeed Lin Sayu who told them.
Xia Tian felt a little embarrassed. "Thank you for coming to see me off. When I come back, we can reminisce about the past."
"Don't make new friends over there and forget us old friends." Hu Mengyao squeezed forward and hugged Xia Tian.
Lin Sayu also echoed from the side!
Xia Tian hugged them gently before reluctantly parting.
"Don't worry, I won't forget you. I'll write to you when I get there."
"Well, be careful on the road."
"Got it, you guys take care of yourselves too!"
Finally, he gave a few words of advice to Uncle Chen and Aunt Chen, and Uncle Gu and Aunt Gu, and said goodbye.
Aunt Chen also prepared some dry food for them to eat on the road.
Two sets of cotton shoes and cotton clothes were also prepared for her, Ningxiang, Ningxue and others.
Xia Tian asked Ningxiang to take people to move all the things onto the carriage.
After giving a few more careful instructions, he finally said goodbye to everyone and got on the carriage.
Mrs. Xu and the others waited until the carriage had gone far away before getting on and returning to the city.
In the summer, they headed south and walked for most of the day. At noon, when they took a break by the roadside, they looked at the wilderness scenery outside, and their originally depressed mood instantly improved.
Although she doesn't know what awaits them ahead, she believes that as long as they work hard, everything will be solved!
Along the way, they tried to travel as fast as possible during the day and stayed at post stations or inns in the city at night. Occasionally, when they were in the middle of nowhere and there was no shop nearby, they would just spend the night in the carriage or by the woods.
I originally thought that nothing would go wrong on the way to take up my post, and that as long as I hurried, I would definitely arrive on time.
Finally, when they were about ten days away from reaching Linzhou, they encountered a group of bandits in the evening.
They had been very low-key all the way, and the journey was relatively smooth. Moreover, the people they saw along the way seemed to be living and working in peace and contentment, and the towns were quite prosperous and lively.
Although the southern city suffered from drought in the first half of the year and many refugees fled to other places, the situation has been brought under control now and there should not be many bandits left.
However, there were only more than twenty bandits, and with Mu Chen, Mu Feng and Mu Lin around, they were quickly dealt with.
Originally, Chen Nian had sent someone to notify the nearby authorities and wanted to hand the person over.
He was going to Linzhou to take up his post, and it was impossible for him to bring these bandits with him.
"Sir, please spare my lives, sir, please spare my lives." When the bandit leader heard that they were going to be handed over to the local authorities, he immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
"You can't live a good life, but you insist on being a bandit. What's the point of begging for mercy?" Mu Feng stepped forward and kicked the bandit leader.
"Please spare our lives, sir. We were instigated by someone. If we knew that you were passing by, we would not dare to rob you even if we had the courage." The bandit leader kowtowed continuously.
This group of bandits have been lingering in the mountains here all year round, usually robbing wealthy businessmen passing by, and never touching ordinary people or government officials.
Therefore, the government has not made any progress in suppressing the bandits. Every time they receive a report, they rush over a few times, but if they can't find the person, they just drop the case.
Therefore, they have been living in peace with the government officials over the years.
"Tell me, what's going on?" Mu Feng kicked him again.
The bandit leader quickly confessed everything, "Someone tipped us off that a group of wealthy businessmen were going to pass through here, and that you were carrying a lot of gold, silver, and jewelry, so we were tempted."
"Who tipped you off?" Shen Nian asked in a deep voice.
Many people knew that he left Beijing to take up his post in Linzhou. Who wanted to kill him?
Liu has been exiled, and the Lingxiu Marquis' Mansion is no longer the same as before. He shouldn't come to cause trouble for him again, right?
As for Chen Ke, without Lingxiu, the Marquis's Mansion is just a decoration. I believe he does not have the ability to do it.
As for the others, he doesn't have any enemies with anyone, right?
Shen Nian was lost in thought, but had no clue.
"We don't know. We don't know him." The bandit leader quickly defended himself. "The man is in his thirties. He looks like a scholar and is very refined."
"Then how did you get to know him?" Mu Feng asked.
"We are, we are..." The bandit leader muttered, his voice becoming smaller and smaller.
"Hurry up and tell me." Mu Chen shouted angrily from the side.
The bandit leader shuddered, "He told us that when we were robbing them."
After saying that, he secretly raised his eyes to glance at Shen Nian’s expression.
It turned out that just yesterday, when they went out to rob, they originally thought that the man was a wealthy businessman, but it turned out to be a scholar. They let him go after he tricked them, which led to what happened today.
Mu Feng and Muchen asked a few more questions, but seeing that they couldn't get anything out of them, they simply waited for a while. When the government officials arrived, they handed the bandits over to them.
After a delay, it was getting dark. Fortunately, the nearest town was only seven or eight miles away. Everyone got on the carriage and tried to get to the town.
On the way, Xia Tian saw Shen Nian frowning and comforted him, “Brother Shen, don’t think about those things, maybe that bandit was just talking nonsense?”
"It's unlikely," Chen Nian analyzed. "That bandit couldn't have lied. I just don't know if the person who instigated them just said that to get away, or if he said it on purpose."
“That’s true.” Xia Tian grabbed Shen Nian’s hand, “But don’t worry, it’s useless to think about it now. We will reach Linzhou in ten days or so. Let’s see what happens.”
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