Man Bao and the others waited in the small town for a day, and the guards caught up quickly, and at the same time brought back a letter from General Meng.
After seeing it, Bai Shan and the others put it away, packed up their luggage, and went into the desert the next day.
Man Bao and the others had camels. In addition to putting some heavy goods, they also climbed up and sat on them curiously for a while, and then began to feel distressed, "It's so heavy, are they tired?"
"There doesn't seem to be a lot of food for them..."
Da Yu rode a horse and walked aside, rolled his eyes and said, "They are so big, what's the trouble with such a small amount of cargo?"
But Man Bao and the others refused to sit on the camel, and continued to ride the horse after getting off the camel.
After all, only one of them was carried by the horse, but there were still a lot of goods hanging on both sides of the camel.
A group of people headed westward at a steady speed, they were very careful along the way, after all, there was a group of horse thieves staring at them from nowhere in the dark.
Although Nie Canjun sent scouts to check back and forth, no one was found following him.
Manbaodu spent points to let Keke scan it, but found no one, so they could only guess that those people were not near them, at least not close to them.
It's a pity that the information is not easy to circulate, otherwise I can ask General Meng if he has asked anything from those two people.
Alas, Teacher Mo and the others can still contact her at any time across time and space, but it is difficult for them to communicate after only a few days' journey.
Man Bao felt that the sun was getting stronger, so he dismounted and got into the carriage.
The others also switched to the carriage, had some tea and started talking while looking at the yellow sand outside. Heavy Rain didn't even know why they were able to talk so much, it seemed like they couldn't finish talking every day.
However, when traveling in the desert, besides the lack of drinking water, the most feared thing is loneliness, and they are not alone anymore.
The marching team lost contact with the outside world. Not only did Jin Kui'an and the others who hurried from the desert to Shazhou City again couldn't find their traces, but Batur, who arrived in Shazhou City a day earlier than Jin Kui'an and the others, couldn't find their traces either. .
As soon as the three of them arrived in Shazhou City, they first went to a restaurant familiar with their town to inquire about the situation. They wanted to ask if they knew there was Zhou Man and his team, and if they knew they were still in the city. , if they are not there, when is the best time to leave, so that they don't have to go to the Yamen.
Although the mayor said that they are doing a good deed this time, they can ask openly, but...
Thieves are afraid of the government. Of course, they are not afraid, they just don't want to see those officers and soldiers, and they don't like to greet them, so why go to the government office when they can get news at the restaurant
As a result, as soon as they entered, the shopkeeper of the restaurant said: "You really came to find someone, heavy rain and they left."
Batur froze for a moment and said: "I know they're gone, they should have returned to the town by now, shopkeeper, do you know the convoy that Heavy Rain and the others sent into the city? Are they still in the city?"
The shopkeeper looked at him inexplicably, "What did you say, I mean that Da Yu and the others followed the convoy, but didn't say that they returned to your small town. He said that they took the convoy's order and sent them to the Western Regions, so they didn't I know how much they charged, but I think they are very happy, it should be a lot."
The three of Batur were stunned.
Did Heavy Rain actually follow Imperial Physician Zhou and the others
It took Batur almost an hour to figure it out. Not only did he know when they left, but he also knew that Da Yu bought a lot of things from Shazhou City and wanted to sell them in the Western Regions.
It is said that before he left, Yu declared that when he returned from the Western Regions, he would go to Suzhou or Liangzhou to marry a Han Chinese daughter-in-law, and his money should be enough.
The other two partners looked at Batur together, "What should I do?"
Batur wiped his face, "Kurban, go back and tell the mayor that the two of us are chasing them. There are wolves chasing them. We must find them before they catch up."
But in fact, there was no need for anyone to go back to inform the mayor and he noticed the abnormality, because he thought that there was no news about the heavy rain that should return to the town.
If it was delayed on the road, it would be fine if he arrived two or three days later than he expected, but it has been seven or eight days and there is no sign of anyone
The mayor stiffened his back when he thought about the time Zhou Man and the others stayed in his small town, "It won't be self-defeating, are they still staying somewhere in the desert?"
The housekeeper said: "Impossible, there are not many people in this desert, so what's the fun?"
Although there is no oasis as big as their town in other places, it does not mean that there is no oasis. There are still water and people living in other places.
Who knows if Zhou Man will stop like staying in a small town
The mayor became contemplative, couldn't sit still anymore, and said: "Greeting brothers, divide into three teams and go out to find someone, let's forget about Zhou Man and the others, but we have brother No. 20 inside, and we just ran into..."
The mayor paused suddenly, then leaned back on the chair, rubbed his chin and meditated, "I shouldn't be afraid if I run into them. There are only seventy or eighty of them, and there are about a hundred of them in Zhouman. Except for the dozen or twenty unarmed chickens, everyone else should have seen blood on the edge of a knife, plus the heavy rain and the others... "
The butler smiled and said, "Stable!"
The mayor nodded, "As long as they don't have other people, it's safe."
So the mayor took back the order that he had just exported, and continued to retire in the town until the brothers came back.
At this time, the person who was going to deliver the letter to the mayor hid at the gate of Shazhou city and watched Jin Kuian and his party enter the city. Then he pulled the horse out of the city quietly, and took the road back to the desert with fresh water.
As soon as Jin Kui'an and the others entered the city, General Meng knew, "...they said it was a caravan, but they didn't even have a car. It was just that each horse brought something. The soldiers at the city gate touched it quietly when they checked, and it wasn't food. It's wheat bran or something, but they pay the city tax according to the cloth."
"There were seventy-nine people in total, and they all brought weapons. As soon as they entered the city, they found an inn to stay. The humble staff kept looking for someone to watch them. As soon as they stayed, one of them came to them, and they seemed to be familiar with each other. I estimate that they should be the people that Doctor Zhou and the others said."
General Meng frowned and asked, "Didn't they ask outside for news?"
"No, I'm buying water now, and some people are going to get paperwork at the gate. It seems that they will leave tomorrow. General, do you want to detain their paperwork and arrest them for questioning?"
General Meng pondered for a moment, then shook his head slightly, "Don't give them the documents yet, check to see if they are people from inside the customs or from outside the customs, let He Shishi send someone to check their goods."
"Will you startle the snake?"