Early the next morning, Chai Yan had just gotten up and before he had time to wash up, there was a knock on the door outside.
"Chai Yan, are you up?" It was Hang Baiqiu's voice.
Chai Yan yawned and went to open the door. As soon as Hang Baiqiu saw him, he said, "Let's go to the county government office!"
"Why are you going to the county government office?" Chai Yan asked.
Hang Baiqiu replied: "Didn't you ask about the businessmen of Uhra Country yesterday? I'm also curious about where those people are. Let's ask the Teng County Magistrate. He must know!"
"Sir Hang, didn't we agree yesterday? Let's take a rest and watch the changes... Why did you change your mind as soon as you woke up?" Chai Yan said in surprise.
Hang Baiqiu said confidently: "Who said I changed my mind? I've had enough rest, and now I'm idle. Why don't I go and find out the specific situation? Isn't that okay?"
Chai Yan shook his head and said: "You are just idle and miserable, right?"
"Stop talking nonsense!" Hang Baiqiu glared hard at Chai Yan.
Chai Yan said: "But I haven't..."
"But what? It's my mother-in-law's... let's go!"
Chai Yan wanted to say that he hadn't brushed his teeth yet, but Hang Baiqiu couldn't wait to pull him out of the room.
The two of them left the inn and walked towards the Mishan County Government Office. There were many vendors setting up stalls along the road, selling a variety of goods.
While walking, Chai Yan suddenly stopped in front of a stall and picked up the products with great interest.
Hang Baiqiu walked forward for a while and suddenly found that no one was around him. When he looked back, he saw Chai Yan picking things at the stall, and immediately said angrily: "What are you doing? Let's go!"
"It'll be ready soon..."
Chai Yan turned his head and responded, then quickly picked two fluffy things and put them to his nose and smelled them. After making sure they were fine, he paid the silver.
Hang Baiqiu looked at it from a distance, not knowing what he bought.
When Chai Yan ran to Hang Baiqiu with the things he bought, Hang Baiqiu looked a little unhappy: "What are you buying?"
Hang Baiqiu looked at Chai Yan's hand while asking. It turned out that Chai Yan bought two fluffy fox scarves, one with pure white fur and one with yellow fur.
"Sir Hang, here's this for you. It's too cold here, so don't catch the cold again..."
Chai Yan gave the pure white fox scarf to Hang Baiqiu, and wrapped the yellow one around his neck. After feeling it for a while, he said happily: "Not bad, not bad, so warm!"
These words immediately made Hang Baiqiu feel warm in his heart, and his face could not help but feel a little hot, and he was embarrassed to surround him immediately.
Chai Yan added: "Don't worry, I smelled it carefully just now and the scarf doesn't have any smell, otherwise I wouldn't buy it."
Hang Baiqiu immediately remembered Chai Yan's little move before paying the money. It turned out that he was smelling if there was any strange smell. Hang Baiqiu couldn't help but secretly sigh that he was much more careful than himself.
After hesitating for a moment, Hang Baiqiu put the white fox scarf around his neck, and immediately felt much warmer.
Then, the two came to Mishan County Yamen.
After Hang Baiqiu stepped forward and showed his badge, the government officials at the door quickly nodded and bowed in greeting. The next moment someone came in to report to the county master.
It didn't take long before the Fuji magistrate came out to greet him in person.
What Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu didn't expect was that the magistrate of Teng County was actually very young. Judging from his appearance, he was definitely no more than thirty. He was good in all aspects, but his appearance was a bit ordinary.
The magistrate Teng Mian, dressed in the official uniform of the seventh rank, came forward and bowed his hands to Hang Baiqiu politely: "Teng Mian, magistrate of Mishan County, has met the envoy!"
After the two parties exchanged greetings and got to know each other, Magistrate Teng welcomed them into a side hall.
As he walked in, Chai Yan found that the Mishan County Government Office was very dilapidated. The degree of dilapidation was something Chai Yan had not expected. In Chai Yan's opinion, some houses were completely dilapidated.
After the three people sat down in the hall, Magistrate Teng sighed helplessly: "Sir Hang, the weather has gradually become colder in recent days, and the hunters at the foot of the mountain are unwilling to enter the mountain. I have sent people to persuade them many times.
To no avail, there is really no way..."
Hang Baiqiu immediately said: "Tengzhi County has misunderstood. The two of us are not here to summon the Orions..."
Teng Zhixian was puzzled: "Isn't this the case? Then what is the reason why the Hang Secretary came here?"
Hang Baiqiu immediately explained his intention and asked about the escape of the two lions and the whereabouts of the merchants from the Uhela Kingdom.
Tengzhi County Road: "Sir Hang, the official is not very clear about how the two lions escaped. I only know that the lions escaped and ran into the Mishan Mountain. They have been there for half a month and their whereabouts are unknown...
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Then, Magistrate Teng added: "As for the businessman from the Uhela Kingdom, after the official heard that the lion had escaped, the Western Region businessman turned around and ran north that day. Probably because he was afraid that the government would accuse him, he fled back to the Uhela Kingdom.
Gone."
"That's unreasonable!" Hang Baiqiu got angry after hearing this.
At this time, Chai Yan suddenly approached Hang Baiqiu and said a few words. Hang Baiqiu nodded, turned around and asked: "Tengzhi County, are those animal cages used to transport lions still there? We want to take a look...
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Fujizhi County replied: "Half a month ago, two lions suddenly went crazy at night and broke through the cages to escape. Those damaged cages were abandoned!"
"Where was it abandoned?" Chai Yan suddenly asked.
Hearing this, Teng Zhixian turned to Chai Yan and said seriously: "In a village at the foot of Mishan Mountain, about fifty miles straight north from the county seat..."
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About an hour later, Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu appeared on horseback outside a small village at the foot of Mishan Mountain.
The village in front of us is called Majia Village, which is the village where the two lions escaped that night. The broken animal cage was abandoned near this village.
As soon as they entered the village, they saw a group of familiarly dressed people. They were the subordinates of Di Chu and Pu Junxiong, and Sun Xingba was among them.
Di Pu and his two men led a team to Majia Village early in the morning, an hour earlier than Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu. They also brought a new iron animal cage to the village.
At this time, the village was in a commotion, and the screams and cries of women and children could be heard endlessly. It seemed that Di Pu and his subordinates were ordering their subordinates to gather the strong men in the village into the open space at the entrance of the village.
Hang Baiqiu frowned and couldn't help but said, "What are they going to do?"
Immediately afterwards, Hang Baiqiu threw the reins to Chai Yan and walked quickly towards the open space.
"Sir Hang, don't be impulsive..."
Chai Yan couldn't stop Hang Baiqiu at all, so he had to lead the horse and follow him quickly.
Di Chu and Pu Junxiong were talking in the open space. When they turned around and saw Hang Baiqiu walking towards them, they couldn't help but frown slightly.
"How did she know this?" Pu Junxiong was a little confused, wondering who told her the news about coming here?
After two breaths, Pu Junxiong cast his eyes on Sun Xingba. Apart from him, Pu Junxiong could not think of anyone else.
Di Chu looked calm and said nothing, waiting for Hang Baiqiu to approach step by step...