"Brother," Fu Fu glanced at Erge and whispered into Jin Kui'an's ear: "We have looked for all the inns in the city. Without them, no one like this would even stay here."
Jin Kui'an couldn't help but look at Erge and asked with a stern face, "Are you sure they are going to the Western Region?"
Erge's heart sank, but his face remained calm as he asked: "Since you saw them at the Desert Inn, you should know that the road will lead to Shazhou. Have you heard about it? They have already arrived in Shazhou.
Or have you left?"
"No," Jin Kui'an said with a gloomy look, "They didn't arrive in Shazhou."
Erge was stunned for a moment and then said: "It's impossible. If they want to go to the Western Regions, they have to go to Yumen Pass. Otherwise, they have no way to go. And since they have been to the Desert Inn, they will definitely come to Shazhou. Did something happen to them on the way?"
Jin Kui'an also hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said: "There are quite a few of them, and the desert is not very big. We won't get lost, there will be no storms, and there won't be any traces on the road if something happens."
He paused and then said: "In addition to going to Shazhou, that road can also go to Suzhou."
"But why are they going to Suzhou?" Erge asked doubtfully: "If they are going to Suzhou, the other way is closer, right? There is no need to go through the Desert Inn."
"There is another possibility. They still wanted to come to Shazhou, but first turned back and took another road. The official road goes through Suzhou."
Ergo then raised his eyes and looked at him with doubts in his eyes.
Jin Kui'an did not explain, but said: "Didn't you say they are cautious people?"
Ergo asked: "Did you threaten them when we were at the Desert Inn?"
Jin Kui'an sneered and did not answer. Instead, he lowered his eyes and thought for a moment before saying: "Leave three people and follow me from the official road to Suzhou. It would be best to meet them on the road. Now from Suzhou to Shazhou
The area is unsettled, and if we deal with them on the road, the government won't think much about it."
Jin Kui'an quickly made up his mind. They were already several days behind them, and if they didn't hurry up, they might really lose them.
That's a lot of gold, silver and jewelry.
Ergo naturally went with them.
Before leaving, he said to the rich man who stayed behind: "If you encounter them coming back before we come back, don't take action first, find a way to find out about them, and if possible, get into their ranks," Jin Kui'an said with a deep look.
Said: "In short, we must get the gold and silver on them."
"yes!"
Jin Kui'an and his people quietly left Shazhou and changed their way to Suzhou, but the quietness he thought was not the quietness.
As soon as he left, Shazhou Governor He immediately contacted General Meng at Yumen Pass, saying that those who needed to be on guard turned back and ran away.
After sending someone to deliver the letter, Governor He felt something was wrong, "Who are those people, and why did they run back again?"
He frowned and asked, "Are you looking for someone?"
"Sir, do you want to send someone to Suzhou to tell me?"
Governor He sighed, "Can our people get to Suzhou now?"
The master paused and said nothing.
He Jishi gritted his teeth when he thought that the road was now cut off, "I don't know who spread these nonsense rumors. If you go and let people go out to refute the rumors, Your Majesty will be at peace, Xiazhou will be fine, and the Central Plains will be stable, so that everyone can
Be more honest."
"yes."
Governor He had been busy refuting the rumors early in the morning, while Man Bao and the others had just gotten up at this time.
She stuck her head out of the car window, yawned, retracted her head and closed the window, and then she and Zhou Liru helped each other comb their hair before jumping out of the car.
The two of them took a small wooden basin and went to Steward Li to get water for washing. Because there was little water in the desert, the water for washing was only enough to wet the handkerchief, and the excess was gone.
The disgraced Heavy Rain and others sat aside and watched, turning their heads in confusion. What happened if they didn't wash their faces for a day? It was normal for them not to wash their faces for half a month when they were in the desert.
Therefore, Heavy Rain took the lead in refusing the water provided by Guanshi Li, saying that they only needed to drink and nothing else was needed.
Manager Li glanced at them approvingly, then turned around to share the water with the young master and the others.
They don't have to be just right, Young Master and Miss Man can use more.
The group of people had been busy for half an hour. The sun had risen quite a bit, the cold air had disappeared, and it started to feel a little warmer before everyone started on their way.
Du Yu couldn't help but ask Zhou Man and the others, "How many days do you plan to walk to Shazhou like this?"
Man Bao said: "We have calculated that we can arrive in about twelve to eighteen days."
"There's a long enough gap between you."
Man Bao said: "There is no way, no one knows what we will encounter on the road."
Heavy Rain: "Don't worry, we calculated before going out, we won't encounter a sandstorm."
"I mean, I don't know if we will meet any interesting people, interesting things, or interesting objects on the road. If so, we may need to stay longer."
Dayu: ...I feel like the mayor made a mistake and should have agreed on a time with them. Otherwise, what if they encountered a place as interesting as their town on the road and had to stay for ten or twenty days?
Isn’t it too difficult to earn one hundred taels of silver?
They still had to be divided among twenty people, and that one person was... Da Yu counted them on his fingers, and found that he couldn't figure it out, so he simply didn't count it. There shouldn't be many anyway, otherwise the housekeeper would definitely envy them when they went out.
Since he wasn't envious, then their trip was a loss.
It’s okay to lose a little, but how can you lose so much?
So Heavy Rain urged Zhou Man and Bai Shan to speed up and reach Shazhou within ten days.
In fact, it is possible. If you have to march in a hurry, you can arrive in seven or eight days.
But Manbao refused because there were an old man (Mr. Zhuang) and a young man (Zhou Liru) in the team.
Heavy Rain turned to look at Mr. Zhuang, who was looking out with the window open, and looked at Zhou Liru, who was riding a horse in front. He was speechless for a long time.
The group of people walked forward slowly, replenishing water when they encountered an oasis, and trying to get some good things when they saw them. Occasionally, they ran far away to catch a gerbil, so the team had to advance an hour early.
Stay and wait for them.
The heavy rain made him lose his temper along the way. Finally, half a month later, he saw the city gate of Shazhou, and he was almost in tears.
finally reached!
It’s finally here! This is also what Manbao and the others want.
Seeing the tall city gate, everyone screamed excitedly. Manbao even threw the curtain hat up and caught it when it fell. She buckled the curtain hat, lifted up the gauze scarf and
Pointing his finger in front of him, he said loudly and passionately: "Chongya - let's enter the city!"
This caused people not far away to look back at them in shock. Someone had already rushed into the city to warn them.
Nie Canjun:......
He had to change into his official uniform to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.
When Bai Shan and others saw it, they couldn't help but laugh at Man Bao.
The people on the city gate saw it from a distance. They twitched their lips and turned around to ask their colleagues, "Does this look like an enemy attack? Those young men looked like they came from a noble family or a powerful family. How could they be bandit?"