Half an hour later, Chai Yan and Gui Yuan came to the county government office after hearing the news.
Chai Yan went to see Situ Zhou, and Yuan Yuan went straight to the inner courtyard to find Situ Jing. She knew that Situ Jing must be worried about Cheng Jiu's safety.
After passing through the county government hall and arriving at the official room near the second hall, Chai Yan saw Situ Zhou with a serious expression.
"Dong dong..." Chai Yan gently knocked on the door frame of the office room.
Situ Zhou looked up and saw that Chai Yan was coming. He stood up quickly and said, "Master Chai, you are here. Come in and sit down."
Chai Yan stepped into the room. After sitting down, Situ Zhou recounted the general situation of the attack on Ge Hong and his party. Chai Yan listened carefully and did not interrupt Situ Zhou in the middle.
After finishing speaking, Situ Zhou said: "Anyway, this result has far exceeded expectations. It seems that I am really too worried, or Mr. Chai, you know people well, Ge Hong and the others can indeed be trusted."
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Chai Yan then said: "Master Situ, there is something I haven't told you yet..."
"What's the matter?" Situ Zhou asked.
Chai Yan told Ge Hong the reward he had promised. After hearing this, Situ Zhou said, "Master Chai, it turns out that you have been intending to win people's hearts for a long time!"
"Did you see it?" Chai Yan didn't hide it, with a smile on his face.
Situ Zhou said seriously: "To be honest, if the five Ge Hongs can serve beside Lord Chai, their future will be limitless!"
Chai Yan smiled slightly and said nothing.
Then, the two of them talked about the matter of providing pensions for the deceased government servants.
Situ Zhou said that because Shi died in the line of duty, the county government would pay a pension of one tael of silver to the family of the yamen servant on time every month, and he would also personally give 10 taels of silver to express condolences.
Chai Yan was not a stingy person, so he immediately gave Situ Zhou fifty taels of silver notes and asked him to deliver them to the deceased's family on his behalf.
After talking about the attack on the mining team, Situ Zhou told Chai Yan another piece of news, saying that Liu Xiaowei had sent people from the front line to suppress the bandits and ordered the soldiers stationed in Ganquan County to rush to Lintai Mountain immediately to fight with the enemy.
They meet.
Chai Yan asked curiously: "Is the suppression of the bandits by Lieutenant Liu going smoothly?"
Situ Zhou said: "The people who came back said that Liu Xiaowei led his troops to suppress the bandits quite smoothly. At present, Lu Dang and the bandits have been retreating steadily and have been forced into Lintai Mountain. Because they need to search the mountain, I have the things on hand.
We are very short of troops and need reinforcements immediately!"
Chai Yan nodded, thinking that he would have to tell Master Gu about this news later. He always asked about the situation of the suppression of bandits, so he had to report the news now.
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At the same time, in a restaurant in Yaozhou City...
Ge Hong and the five accompanying officials were drinking and eating meat.
Just over an hour ago, they delivered three large boxes of mineral gold to the government office, which was considered a successful completion of the escort mission.
This meal was specially prepared by Ge Hong to reward everyone. Although there was a sneak attack by some gangsters on the way, it was a near miss.
Towards the end, everyone asked Ge Hong when he would leave for the return journey. After being away for so long, everyone was eager to return home and hoped to go home and see their relatives one day earlier.
Ge Hong had thought about this problem for a long time, and immediately said: "Have a rest for one night, and as soon as the city gate opens tomorrow morning, everyone will set off to go home!"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone burst into excited cheers, causing other guests to turn around and look around.
After dinner, Ge Hong settled everyone in an inn near the restaurant, and then he prepared to go out on the street.
Just after leaving the inn and walking a few steps, Cheng Jiu's voice came from behind: "Where are you going, brother?"
Ge Hong glanced back and said: "Go to the drug store and have a look. We have almost used up the medicine for golden sores. We can't stop using it on the way back!"
After speaking, Ge Hong asked Cheng Jiu: "What are you doing out here?"
Cheng Jiu walked towards Ge Hong, smiling as he walked: "I'm afraid you'll get lost, so I'll go with you."
"Come on!" Ge Hongcai didn't believe Cheng Jiu had this purpose and asked, "Tell me, what are you doing?"
"Okay, don't ask, let's go..." Cheng Jiu didn't want to say anything, and just urged Ge Hong to go to the street.
Next, the two of them went to the street. Because they were not familiar with the situation in Yaozhou City, they had to inquire about nearby pharmacies while shopping. A passerby told them that there was a Rende Pharmacy not far ahead, and the medicine there was good.
The price is also very reasonable.
After walking for half a quarter of an hour following the guidance of passers-by, Ge Hong and Cheng Jiu finally arrived in front of Rende Pharmacy.
"I wish there would be no disease in the world, so why bother with the medicine on the shelf?"
Ge Hong read softly the couplet hanging at the door of the drug store and couldn't help but admired: "Well, what a good couplet!"
Cheng Jiu didn't understand couplets and had no interest in them, so he urged Ge Hong to go in and buy medicine.
Ge Hong just took two steps into the medicine shop, but found that Cheng Jiu had not followed him. When he turned around, he saw that he was looking at a shop opposite.
"Yurongzhai?" Ge Hong understood it as soon as he read the name of the shop opposite.
Ge Hong said seriously: "I knew you had other thoughts when you came out... Okay, don't be stunned. Go buy whatever you want. I'll meet you here later!"
Cheng Jiu was very happy: "I know, brother!"
After saying that, Cheng Jiu quickly ran into Yurong Zhai.
Ge Hong shook his head and smiled, then turned around and entered Rende Pharmacy.
The moment Ge Hong entered the lobby of Rende Pharmacy, a tall man came out carrying a medicine bag and met Ge Hong.
The man had just walked a few steps out of Rende Pharmacy when he suddenly stopped, turned around and stared at Ge Hong's back, his brows furrowed and his expression full of questions.
Soon, a look of surprise appeared on the man's face, and then he turned his head and ran away quickly.
Ge Hong didn't know what was happening behind him. He was still asking the waiter at the counter carefully about the best medicine for gold sores.
In about a quarter of an hour, Ge Hong bought the golden sore medicine, and also bought some medicinal materials that could help relieve the itching of iron throat wounds. When he paid the money and was about to leave with the medicine, suddenly the door of Rende Pharmacy suddenly
A group of government officials appeared.
The man who came with the government servants was the man who had just passed by Ge Hong. He was actually a local policeman who had just taken up the post more than half a month ago. He had just seen the arrest warrant for Ge Hong not long ago.
Portrait, I didn’t expect that today, when I wasn’t on duty to go out to buy medicine, I actually bumped into him!
The man led the government officials straight into the drug store. He glanced at Ge Hong, pointed his hand and said, "Brothers, this is the man!"
Ge Hong was shocked and wanted to run away for a moment, but he did not escape in the end.
Ge Hong tried his best to appear calm and asked: "Brothers, what's going on?"
A yamen servant immediately took out the portrait of Haizhu, compared it and said sternly: "Yes, the facial features are very similar, it should be him... Brothers, take this person back to the yamen!"
At Yurongzhai across the street, Cheng Jiu bought two gifts for Situ Jing and Xiaohuan. Just as he was walking out of the shop, he happened to see a group of government officials taking Ge Hong away.
"Made, how could this happen!" Cheng Jiu was shocked and couldn't help but cry out in a low voice.
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