Being fooled by fierce beasts to travel through the beginning is fleeing famine

Not only the surrounding neighbors, but also the mayor of the town had also told them in advance not to spread the news before the county government issued the notice. Therefore, their previous investigation was done secretly, and not everyone in the town knew about it. .

In fact, at that time, I asked several nearby households, and the mayor also knew about it, so when the two men arrived, several neighbors were very alert. Not only did they not find anything strange, they also fell into the ditch.

I originally wanted to take another look, but because I was "trapped", I felt relieved and went directly to knock on the door of Guaizi's yard.

Of course, before knocking on the door, I walked around the yard and found that there was really no problem before knocking on the door.

Moreover, they didn’t directly say they were here to pick up “goods”, but when asked in the yard, they said they were here to meet relatives.

Fortunately, the few officers who were stationed here had changed into plain clothes, so they went to open the door directly, otherwise the other party would definitely run away immediately.

Even so, the other party was suspicious, because the official who opened the door was a stranger. It wasn't until the official said that he was a newly hired thug that the other party thought he was a newly hired thug, and then there was no doubt that he had entered the yard.

The two of them were captured as soon as they entered the courtyard. However, after a few officers interrogated them, the other party said nothing and only insisted that they were here to find relatives.

That's why they took the person back to the county government office and planned to put him on trial again. After all, the yard didn't have all the torture instruments in the county government dungeon.

Now he is in the county dungeon and is being interrogated. The kidnappers are also being interrogated again, and there are five thugs. As for whether anything can be found out, I don't know.

As for the abducted children and girls, those who knew where their homes were were sent back after registration. Those who did not know where their homes were had to wait until someone from home found them.

Because the kidnapper hasn't found out if there are any other slaves, he can't issue a notice for a while, so as not to alert the snake and make people run away, he can only find it secretly first.

Qingyan and the others stayed there for another two days, and the girls and older children were basically sent home.

Although the reputation of those girls may be a hindrance, the problem is not that big. After all, it is not that strict now where you have to commit suicide or get married if your feet are exposed. Nowadays, it is relatively friendly to women.

For example, it is normal for a woman to show up and do business, or for a widow to remarry.

What's more, those girls were found from kidnappers and were not sold. They disappeared for a short time and had official servants to help explain. Although there were some rumors, it was much better than finding them from buyers. .

There are only two parents in the family who are not good friends. Before anyone else said anything, they looked down on their own daughters. They didn't say anything nice and even cursed.

There was nothing the officials could do about this. After all, they were biological parents, and they couldn't be arrested for this. They could only think that the girl was in bad luck.

By the third day, there were only five or six children left at the county government office who were too young to know where their homes were.

Among the people who came to the county government to report the case, none of them were really looking for their children. I don’t know whether these children are not from this county, or whether the adults in their families did not think of reporting the case to the government. They were looking for the lost children by themselves. Anyway, this Things just froze there.

Qingyan and the others couldn't help, and they couldn't remain in a stalemate here. Seeing that the children were well arranged, they felt there was no need to wait any longer, so they simply left.

Moreover, in the past two days, some clues have been obtained from the kidnapper and the two buyers. People have been sent to investigate, and some children and girls should be recovered.

The children are okay, most of them are boys. Their parents and relatives will only be happy when they come back, but not necessarily the girls. Not only will they not be able to get married when they come back, whether they can come back is a question.

It’s just that unlike later generations, transportation is convenient and communications are developed, and local officials can also be asked to help. Here, you can only go with official documents, because the places where they are sold are often relatively far away, and the officials can’t find the place. must.

However, Qingyan and the others did not wait here. They just packed up and left in the bullock cart.

Perhaps it was after the time for the lantern festival and the Shending Mountain sacrificial activities. There were obviously fewer people on the road. I walked all day without meeting a few people.

When they entered the space to rest at night, Daxiong and Xiaohong came over for a rare occasion. Seeing Xiaohong who had not changed much, Qingyan was a little confused. She was not pregnant. It had been another month and she still didn't show it.

She thought this and said it unconsciously. All of a sudden Chou Chou looked at her.

Qingyan said a little puzzled: "Why are you all looking at me?"

Chou Chou asked directly: "Do you know how long a horse's pregnancy is?"

Qingyan thought for a while and said hesitantly: "...Five or six months?"

Chou Chou, Jin Yang and Huang Jin all held their foreheads at the same time, "The pregnancy period of a horse is eleven months, which is one or two months longer than that of a human. Xiao Hong is now less than three months pregnant. It is normal for her not to show her pregnancy." ."

Qingyan opened her mouth wide, "Huh? Isn't it the same as pigs and sheep? I always thought it was the same as them. It takes so long, so why is Big Bear so nervous? It made me think Xiaohong would give birth soon. It’s over.”

Big Bear came close to Xiaohong, tilted his head and rubbed against her, and looked at Qingyan with a stern look on his face.

Qingyan was too lazy to look at its worthless appearance, and even less bothered to see them getting tired and crooked. She just hit the mandarin ducks with a stick and said: "Since there is still so much time, then you can go out and pull the cart tomorrow and let the rhubarb rest for a while. We can also Speed ​​up and get there early.”

The big bear was dumbfounded now. He just came back to see them, so why was he still caught?

Qingyan ignored the disbelief on her face and decided happily. Xiaohong was pregnant and it wasn't her pregnancy, so she couldn't continue to be lazy and not work.

After having a hearty meal in the evening, we went back to the house to sleep. The weather is nice these days, so we can travel more, and when it rains, we can take a rest.

After breakfast the next morning, they pulled the reluctant bear out of the space.

After going out, Big Bear felt much better, not as depressed as before.

After asking it, I found out that the big bear thought it was still snowy outside or it was raining in winter. Not only did it want to be lazy, but it also wanted to be comfortable in the space where it would be like spring all year round. It didn't expect that they had come so far.

The climate here is not much different from that in the space, it's just a little humid at most.

Yes, the temperature where they are now has risen to ten or twenty degrees. If they are traveling under the sun during the day, the temperature is very suitable, neither cold nor hot.

Moreover, there is no less green grass outside than inside the space. At most, there is just a little less spiritual energy, so the big bear adapts quickly. The speed of horses is still much faster than that of cattle, especially since the roads here are paved with stone slabs and relatively flat, unlike the dirt roads in the north, which are full of potholes, so the speed is not so bumpy.

In one day, they traveled more than 60 miles more than they drove the oxcart before. Not only did they keep driving, they stopped to let the bear drink water and eat some grass. They also made lunch, otherwise they would still have to go. Further away.

After driving for two more days, they arrived at a place called Cloister Town.

They had just passed through a county town before and bought some local snacks and some unique things there, so they were not planning to stop here.

It's just that this town spans both sides of the road. It can also be said that the road they are taking now passes through the middle of the town, so even if they don't stop, they have to pass through the middle of the town.

But they didn't expect that when they reached the center of the town, they would be stopped.

What stopped them was not a robber, but a mother and daughter. The mother and daughter were dressed in tatters, and their thin clothes could not hide their thin bodies.

But although the clothes are tattered, they are not dirty. It may be because they are patched one after another and washed too many times, and they have many burrs, so they look tattered.

But he is still clean, and his body, face and head are also very fresh, so he doesn't look like a beggar, but just like someone who has a very poor family.

After being stopped by them, the carriage naturally stopped. Qingyan's consciousness came out, and she was a little confused for a moment.

The mother and daughter rushed out. First they opened their arms to stop their car. When they saw their car stopped, they plopped down and knelt down in front of the car.

The one driving the bus today was Jin Yang, and now the three of them took turns driving the bus, basically sitting in the carriage and playing with Yuan Bao.

Jin Yang looked at the mother and daughter blocking the front and asked directly: "Who are you? Why are you blocking our way?"

The woman who is the mother looks like she is in her twenties or thirties, and the daughter is about six or seven years old.

When asked by Jin Yang, the little girl was a little overwhelmed and hid behind her mother.

The woman kowtowed to the carriage and then replied: "Young Master, please forgive my mother and daughter for being rude. The young lady did not block the Young Master's way for no reason, but had a ruthless request." .”

Jin Yang saw that she had something to say, and it was not easy to be blocked in the middle of the road with pedestrians coming and going, so he gestured to her and drove the carriage to the side of the road.

Then he said to the woman: "You can speak now."

The woman quickly continued: "I see that the young master is going east from here, and I would like to ask him to take us a ride. We will go to the next town, which is more than ten miles away.

Don't worry, Master, we won't be riding in the carriage, we can just follow you. I just ask Master to slow down a bit. "

Jin Yang did not respond, but turned around and asked Qingyan what she meant.

There were only three people in the car, Jin Yang Qingyan and Yuan Bao. Chou Chou and Huang Jin returned to their space. Chou Chou returned to his own space, and Jin Yang returned to Jin Yang's space. They both went in to practice.

When the three of them change shifts, the other two no longer accompany them outside. They go back to the space to stay, so they don't have to squeeze in with Qingyan outside. After all, the carriage is so big, and they can't change back to their original forms and stay outside. It's too inconvenient.

In fact, Qingyan can also enter the space, but she prefers to look at the scenery along the way outside. Although it is a bit bumpy, the stone road here is much better than the dirt road in the north, at least there are no potholes.

In addition, the temperature here has increased. It is around 20 degrees during the day. There is no rain and the sun is shining warmly on me. It is not much different from the space.

Only then did the woman realize that there was someone else in the carriage. She had seen no movement in the carriage and thought it was just the man driving the carriage.

He quickly added: "I'm sorry, madam. The young lady didn't know that madam was here. She didn't ignore her on purpose."

"Sister-in-law, you don't have to be like this. Since the place you want to go is only a dozen miles away, and you don't want to hitchhike, why don't you just walk there yourself?"

Qingyan waved her hands indifferently and asked curiously.

The woman did not hide anything and said directly: "To be honest with you two, after leaving this town and walking eastward, there is Tianjing Mountain about seven miles ahead. Because there is water on both sides, the only way to get there is through the mountain.

But there is a group of bandits on the mountain who often come out to rob passers-by. They don't just rob rich people, but they won't let them go if they encounter them. If they can't rob money, they will kill people to vent their anger!

We, mother and daughter, came here to celebrate the Chinese New Year and pick up my mother-in-law. We were lucky not to encounter her when we came. However, we only heard after we arrived that the whole family walking behind us had been killed.

We were about to go back at that time, but we didn't dare to leave after hearing the news. We have been waiting here for more than ten days, and we still haven't waited for anyone who wanted to stop by. We just saw the young master driving a carriage to go there, so Just try your luck and see if you can get a ride. "

Qingyan was a little confused, "Since there are robbers over there, you can't guarantee safety by following us. Maybe the target will be more obvious by then."

A trace of shame flashed across the woman's face, and she said with a blush: "I heard that those robbers would let people go as soon as they were happy when they got some money. They would kill people to vent their anger only when they couldn't get any more money..."

A flash of confusion flashed across the faces of Jin Yang and Qingyan at the same time. It was because they had a carriage and they must be rich, so they wanted to take advantage of it.

It can't be said that the other party is scheming. After all, judging from the other party's clothes and thin appearance, it is obvious that they have no money. If they go alone, as long as they meet the robbers, they will die. If they follow them, they may have a chance of survival.

The reason why I haven't been able to make it for more than ten days is probably because I haven't met anyone traveling the same way, and I haven't met anyone rich, at least they don't look like rich people, and I haven't taken any risks.

In this case, let's walk together. It's only a dozen miles anyway, so it's not impossible to go along the way.

Besides, they are not afraid that the robbers will come, but they are afraid that they will not come. It would be best if they all come, so that they can be caught in one fell swoop.

"In that case, sister-in-law, please go and call your mother-in-law. Let's hurry up now. We should be able to reach the next town before noon."

The two women were surprised when they heard what she said, especially the woman. She thought she had said that there were bandits on the road, so the other party would not go there or take a long detour.