In the evening, the drug store delivered two jars of brewed wine. Man Bao opened the seals and took a look before sealing them. "The medicine is good medicine, and the wine smells good too. Let's soak it first, the longer the better."
So they stuffed the wine into the innermost part of their luggage to let it interact well.
They had to get up very early before starting the journey, and they all got up before dawn the next day. This made Yi Cheng, who was used to them getting up late, not used to it for a while. You must know that they lived here for several days, but they only got up at three o'clock in the morning.
Well, except for the day when we climbed the Great Wall.
Fortunately, they told Yi Cheng the time they would get up before going to bed last night, so Yi Cheng got up early to arrange breakfast for them.
Imperial officials lived in the inn, and the family members they could bring with them, the dishes and quantity they could eat at each meal were clearly defined, and the number of takeaways was also stipulated.
The larger the inn, the more it will comply with this regulation, and you will have to pay for the excess.
So while Manbao and the others were having breakfast, their steward went to settle accounts with Yichen and make up for their extra expenses in the past few days.
After eating, drinking, and grabbing a lot, everyone left the inn and headed out of the city. After walking a short distance, they met Guo Tian and others who came to see them off.
Both sides were surprised. Bai Shan said: "I didn't expect that Brother Guo, Brother Yue and Brother Quan would come to see us off."
Brother Guo and the other three: ...We didn’t expect you to get up so early.
However, they would not say this. The three of them followed them out of the city. When they arrived at the city gate, they found that Governor Duan and his son were already waiting at the city gate.
The group of people sent them out of the city, and Governor Duan welcomed them back. Duan Cheng and Guo Tian stood together and looked at them enviously, wondering when they would be able to go on a study tour like them.
However, study tours not only have to solve safety issues, but also money issues.
After all, not everyone can travel like Zhou Man and others, not only protected by the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, but also free food and accommodation at the inn.
Even Duan Cheng would worry about money if he went out for too long, let alone Guo Tian and the other three.
Manbao waved goodbye to them and left Liangzhou City happily.
Governor Duan sent two government servants to guide them, and they said: "There is a section of road ahead that is difficult to walk. I am afraid that you may take the wrong path."
In the afternoon, after the sun had set, they arrived at the intersection where the road needed to branch. Man Bao and the others finally knew why Governor Duan sent someone to guide them.
I saw a road in front of me, although there was a lot of grass, but I could still see the axles of the wheels. It went along a green mountain in front, and went deep into the mountain, and I couldn't see where it was going.
However, the two government officials turned around and pointed to the grassy area next to them: "There is a small road that can go by horse-drawn carriage."
Man Bao and others got out of the car and stared at the grass seriously. Bai Shan pretended to know how to squat down and stared at the grass. After a while, he had to give up, "Doesn't this look like a road?"
The yamen servant said: "There are very few people walking here. Even some merchants who often pass by don't know about it. We here often come here to graze cattle and occasionally come here, so we know a little bit about it."
The two government officials said: "This road is longer. It goes around a lush grassland, so many herdsmen go there to graze. To get to the official road, it takes nearly a day longer than this main road.
But if you adults don’t go to Suzhou City, you can walk for one more day and go around the official road in another direction, which will only delay you for about half a day."
Mr. Zhuang squinted his eyes for a while and asked, "But what's wrong with this official road? Why can't we take this road?"
The two government officials laughed and said, "There's nothing wrong with that. It's just that there are some horse thieves in the mountains. They come down from time to time to disturb the merchants passing by. Our Lords have suppressed them several times, but they are cunning. They hide in the mountains every time the soldiers and horses come. Although this mountain
It’s not big, but the forest is dense, so it’s not easy to find them in the forest.”
This is the disadvantage of the plain. As far as the eye can see, except for the two or three low mountains here, there is a plain grassland. Soldiers and horses can see it as soon as they arrive, and they cannot sneak at all.
Moreover, the horses and thieves on the grassland are all good, so it is really not easy to wipe them all out.
And as long as one person escapes, he will be able to bring back a group of people after a while. While guiding them, the Yamen servant complained: "I don't know where they recruited so many people. Every time they beat them away, it will take a year."
Half a year later he brought another group of people back."
Bai Shan and the others no longer wanted to ride in the car. The road was a bit bumpy. It was better to ride in a car than to ride a horse. Even Yin Yue sat on the horse and let it kick forward.
Because the road was not good, everyone was walking slowly. Bai Shan looked up at the dense forest on the mountain and said, "The most important thing you need to recruit soldiers and horses is money. The same is true for bandits. Those who escape can recruit soldiers and horses only because they have money, right?"
?Everything they hid was stolen, they had no money, and even if they escaped, they wouldn’t be able to recruit people, so they naturally died down.”
"Young Master is right," the officer said with a smile, "We adults think so too, so we went into the mountains to look for things during the two campaigns against bandits. But the mountains don't look big, and it's not easy to find a place to hide things."
,so……"
Manbao frowned and reined in the horse. As soon as she stopped, everyone couldn't help but stop, and the carriage behind them also stopped.
Bai Shan turned around and asked her, "What's wrong?"
Manbao didn't know what to say to them, so he paused, simply "shushed" and asked them in a low voice, "Did you hear anything?"
Everyone fell silent and listened carefully. Bai Shan said somewhat uncertainly: "Birds chirping? Do you want to catch a bird? Can you tell that you have never seen this bird before?"
Man Bao not only likes flowers, plants and trees he has never seen before, but also insects, fish, birds and beasts he has never seen before. No, it should be his father-in-law who likes them.
Man Bao: "...You are overthinking it. I am asking if you have heard anyone calling for help."
When everyone heard this, they immediately became energetic and listened hard. After a while, everyone shook their heads together. Even Yin You could not help but question, "Did you not sleep well last night?" So he was hearing hallucinations...
Man Bao said: "No, my ears are very good."
But she also pricked up her ears and listened carefully. Well, she didn't hear anything either, but what Keke said was definitely correct. It seemed that people were still far away from them.
Bai Shan was serious for a long time but didn't catch it. He simply gave up and winked at her, "Did you catch it or did my father-in-law catch it?"
Man Bao blinked and Bai Shan understood that it was his father-in-law's skill.
Bai Erlang and others watched their lawsuit quietly, and when they were done, they asked directly: "Is there anything you can't say directly?"
Bai Shan had already said: "Okay, since we hear people saving lives, we have to ignore them, don't you think so?"
Everyone: ...We are not, we did not hear it.
But Bai Shan had already turned around and ordered his guards to find Nie Canjun in the middle, and then asked Man Bao, "Can you tell that there are more people than there are?"