Bai Erlang was dumbfounded, "I don't know either? No, what if something happens to both of you?"
Bai Shan said firmly: "No accident will happen to us."
Even if something happens to him, nothing will happen to Man Bao. With Uncle Zhou around, there are few people who can hurt her, so he is very relieved.
After driving people out, Bai Shan and Man Bao packed about half of the boxes together, closed and locked them before letting Bai Erlang and the others come in to help stuff stones, hay and leather together.
Even Yin Er was a little skeptical about life, and while clumsily wrapping a large amount of hay in dirty wolf fur and putting it in a box, he asked, "That's it? Isn't it still in the luggage?" What if we want to get a box of gold and silver, but what we get back is a box of hay or stones?”
Bai Shan said firmly: "No, listen to me and you're right."
All right, since the little friends have said so, everyone can only believe it, so the six of them worked together to forge all the boxes, and then pasted them with handwritten seals.
Bai Shan admired his handwriting and was very satisfied, "I'm afraid there are not many such beautiful seal incidents."
Man Bao looked down at his handwriting, and secretly decided that he had to spend more time practicing handwriting, otherwise the gap between the two would become even wider.
The seal was affixed, and everyone opened the door to let the soldiers come in and put the suitcase back on the car.
When the soldiers carried it, they found that some boxes became heavier, and some boxes became lighter. Although they didn't understand the meaning of this, they still didn't ask, and they obediently obeyed the order and put the things on the carriage. tied up.
Naturally, Mr. Zhuang couldn't hide these things. Although Mr. Zhuang was also curious, he didn't ask, but discussed with Master Zhiren about the time of departure.
Jie Chen's injury is getting better. I don't know if it's because the medicine was not enough and the medicine he used was not very good. Now that he has used good medicine, he recovered very quickly.
Although there was still some low-grade fever, the wound was indeed healing, and even a hole as deep as his leg began to slowly grow and shrink.
Man Bao was very happy to see, He Zhiren said: "It's getting better so fast, we can start our journey in two or three days."
Zhiren also breathed a sigh of relief, and more actively discussed with Mr. Nie Canjunzhuang about exploring the way.
Nie Canjun led his people to walk that road in person, and when he came back, he told Zhou Man and others: "It takes two days to bypass their checkpoint, and the shortest distance from them is only about eight miles, that is to say, they ride horses. , you can arrive in a quarter of an hour, so you must be careful when passing by, and don't let them find out."
Bai Shan asked, "When did we pass the shortest distance?"
"It was three quarters before I passed by."
Bai Shan said: "Then let's leave in the afternoon, so it's already dark and it won't be easy to find."
Nie Canjun was surprised. He didn't expect this, and he couldn't help but muttered, "But marching at night may be dangerous."
"Look for a few guides who are familiar with this road. It's cold at night, but it's summer now. No matter how cold it is, the distance of eight miles is not long, but it's not short. They probably won't notice this side at night. We have a lot of people and there is a lot of movement, this is the best way I can come up with."
Nie Canjun thought for a while and couldn't find a better way, so he nodded.
Zhiren and Mr. Zhuang had no objections, so everyone set a departure time.
Bai Shan took out two bolts of better silk cloth to the village head, and asked him to help him ask two more powerful guides to guide them.
The old man looked at the silk cloth in his hand, then turned his head to look at Zhou Man, and finally nodded in agreement. He found two people, one of whom was his eldest grandson, and he said to Zhou Man and the others: "They often go there Herding and hunting, I am most familiar with that road."
Then everyone waited for Jiechen to be able to move.
Man Bao and the others were quite curious about Jiechen, mainly because people in the village said that he was very brave and good at martial arts. At that time, he picked a long stick into the middle of the horse thieves. Shot the villagers with big knives, and beat those horse thieves to pieces.
The village chief's little grandson was chattering and gesticulating, holding a fire stick in his hand. He climbed up the fence of his house and jumped down from it with a loud bang, to show that he had fallen from the sky so violently at that time.
Man Bao and the others can barely understand some of their words now, and with the gesticulation, everyone can communicate smoothly.
Man Bao gestured and asked, "Are those horse thieves going to rob you?"
The little grandson pouted aggrievedly, pointed at the cattle and sheep outside the village, and said, "They want to eat our cattle and sheep, but if the adults don't give them to them, they will kill people with a knife. It's very bad."
Man Bao nodded, thinking they were bad too.
Bai Shan said privately: "If the Anxi Protectorate's Mansion can't wipe out the horse thieves, the village will be wiped out sooner or later."
Man Bao also thinks so, but even Master Zhiren can't persuade the villagers to leave, because if they leave here, they may not be able to live elsewhere.
Migration requires a lot of capital, and the villagers in this village obviously don't have it.
Bai Shan sighed in his heart, he couldn't bear it, so when he left, he gave the old man the remaining silk cloth left by the two horse thieves, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hospitality these few days, these are our presents to everyone .”
The eyes of the villagers who came to Yiyi to bid farewell lit up when they saw them, and they looked at them more cordially.
Of course they don't need these silk cloths, but they can exchange them for food without having to travel very far. They know that there is a big market at Puchanghai, and they can get there in a day on horseback.
Silk cloth can be exchanged not only for food, but also for wine and medicinal materials. There are too many things that can be exchanged.
The village head was also very grateful, thinking of the horse thief not far away, he did not reject Bai Shan's kindness.
If they had no other choice, they could still rely on these silk cloths to leave here and live elsewhere.
Jie Chen's injury can't be too big, so he was carried to the carriage.
Bai Shan generously gave up his and Bai Erlang's carriage, spread out the couch, spread out a layer of bedding, and let Jie Chen recuperate on his stomach.
He is tall and has long legs, so even if he sleeps sideways, he can't put his leg down. Fortunately, the other uninjured leg can be put away, which is better than sitting, and he can barely start.
Bai Shan went to ride in a carriage with Man Bao, and everyone had lunch in the village, and then rested for a while, before leaving after the end of the day.
They walked slowly and tried not to make too much noise, Bai Shan and the others were extremely quiet, just tied up the curtains and looked out the window, or played chess in the car when they were bored.
Man Bao also asked Ke Ke to keep an eye on the checkpoint over there. If they were really discovered, she would know as soon as the horse thieves moved.