Zhou Xun carefully untied the ropes that bound Li Yan.
He tore off a piece of cloth from his body and bandaged Li Yan's injured hands.
After everything was settled, Li Yan gradually calmed down and looked Zhou Xun up and down: "Are you okay? How could they let you go so easily?"
Zhou Xun told Li Yan what had just happened.
Li Yan sighed: "Fortunately you are smart, otherwise..."
Zhou Xun leaned against the wall and said to Li Yan, "We are safe for now, but we still need to find a way to escape!"
Li Yan nodded and said, "Tomorrow, while you're seeing Mr. Li, take a good look at the terrain here. Then we can discuss how to escape!"
Early the next morning, Manager Chen arrived at the county government office early and finally met the county magistrate after bribing the yamen runners with one or two taels of silver.
The county magistrate listened to Manager Chen's statement listlessly, yawning and saying, "Children are naughty, too. How about this? I'll send two people to go back with you to look for them!"
After saying that, he asked someone to take Manager Chen out of the county government office.
The yamen head, who had received the silver, patted Shopkeeper Chen on the shoulder and said, "It's not that I won't speak for you. Look, the county magistrate has spoken. I'll find two people for you. You can take them around and have a look!"
After saying that, he ordered his men beside him: "You two follow Shopkeeper Chen back to help find that person!"
Shopkeeper Chen had no choice but to take his men back to the inn.
The Yang brothers, who had been waiting for a long time, saw Shopkeeper Chen and hurried forward to ask, "What did the county magistrate say? Do you have any countermeasures?"
Shopkeeper Chen shook his head and sighed, "Just give me two people!"
Yang Dalang said to Shopkeeper Chen, "Then let's take the officers to the teahouse and ask."
The group came to the teahouse they had visited yesterday.
There were not many people in the teahouse in the early morning, and Yang Dalang walked in first.
The teahouse owner saw the yamen runners coming and immediately stepped forward to greet them respectfully, "Why are you here, gentlemen? Please come in."
Yang Dalang asked, "Have two handsome young men come to your teahouse for tea these past two days?"
The shopkeeper thought for a moment and shook his head: "Sir, I don't care. How about I call the receptionist to ask him?"
Yang Dalang nodded.
The shopkeeper went to the backyard and called over the boy who served tea and water.
When the young man saw the yamen runners coming to his door, he had already hidden in the backyard. Now that he was called by his boss to answer the runners, he couldn't help feeling frightened and panicked.
The young man was obviously guilty and stammered, "No... no..." Then he immediately lowered his head, not daring to look directly into Yang Dalang's eyes.
Yang Dalang had also been a yamen runner. He knew the boy was lying when he saw it, and he immediately shouted, "I see you won't cry until you see the coffin. Do you want to experience what it's like to be in jail?"
The teahouse owner noticed his young waiter's abnormality and kicked him: "The master is asking questions, why don't you speak up!"
The young man was kicked by his own shopkeeper and collapsed to the ground. He grabbed the corner of the shopkeeper's clothes and said with a sad face: "Sir, I don't want to go to jail. I will tell you everything!"
The young man confessed everything about how Wang Er bribed him and tricked Li Yan into going through the back door.
Yang Dalang immediately led his men to the back of the teahouse to check the situation.
There is only a narrow alley behind the teahouse. Because it is a dead end, few people pass by here.
Yang Dalang found two obvious wheel tracks at the entrance of the alley and roughly imagined the situation in his mind.
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