Bai Shan tied the horse to the back of the cart, let it run for a rest, and sat in the cart by himself.
Daji also took over the job of the coachman, tied his own horse behind, and then drove the carriage away.
The guards of the Bai family brought out by Zhou Man rode their horses to keep up. The group walked for less than a quarter of an hour before it was dark.
Zhou Man had already prepared, without her ordering, the guards lit torches and set off on the road. Lanterns were also lit on both sides of the carriage. Two horses walked in front, and Daji could barely see the road with the torches they were holding.
The group of people didn't walk very fast, they just walked for an hour, and then stopped after half the distance, and found a flat place on the side of the road to stop and sleep.
Bai Shan was sweating all over during the day, and he felt a little uncomfortable at the moment, so he could only wipe his neck with a wet handkerchief, and when he saw the guard following in the line in a low-key manner, he raised his chin at Zhou Man, "You Didn't you let him go?"
"Isn't he looking for a way to go back and return alone? So I left him."
Well, if we go into the city together tomorrow, either he and Guo Cishi, hello, hello, everyone, are still in harmony; or if he welcomes the other party's anger, it will indeed implicate the guards.
Bai Shan withdrew his gaze, and said to Zhou Man, "We will leave early tomorrow."
Zhou Man looked at him happily, so you are not afraid, not worried
Bai Shan tapped her nose and said, "It's better to let go of enemies than tie them up, so hurry up and rest."
He and Daji had gnawed dry food in the car, so they didn't need to eat anymore. They lit the fire, drove the mosquitoes away, and then got in the car and went to lie down.
Lying in the car is indeed better than lying outside.
Before dawn the next day, Zhou Man was woken up by Ke Ke.
So she stretched out her hand to push Bai Shan.
Bai Shan got out of the car with a dazed expression, looked at the stars hanging in the dark sky, and doubted Zhou Man's judgment, "Is it Yin's time?"
Zhou Man nodded affirmatively, "Yes!"
"There is no hourglass, how do you know?" Bai Shan felt that he had just closed his eyes and slept for less than a quarter of an hour, how could it be Yin's hour
Zhou Man insisted, "It's Yin's time, wash your face and go."
Traveling in the dark is slower, and they have to get up right now if they want to reach the gate of the city before it opens.
Bai Shan wiped his face, but still woke up the crowd, and they marched forward holding torches.
Facts proved that Zhou Man's time was very accurate. When they arrived outside Qingzhou City, the stars in the sky were already sparse, and the sky was slightly brighter.
There were also some people waiting outside the city. Some of them brought vegetables and other things into the city to sell early in the morning, and there were also caravans that didn't have time to enter the city yesterday.
Bai Shan and the others parked their carriage outside, seeing that the city gate hadn't been opened, they breathed a sigh of relief.
When the time came, the sky became brighter, the city gate opened, and Bai Shan and his carriage immediately headed for the small gate next to it.
The officers and soldiers guarding the gate stared slightly when they saw the uniforms of all the yamen servants on the other side, and stepped forward to check their origins.
Bai Shan opened the curtain, greeted the back, and the guard stepped forward and said to the city guard with an incomprehensible expression, "This is Beihai County Magistrate Bai, who entered the city under the order of the governor."
The city guard immediately let him go.
After entering the city gate, Zhou Man looked at Bai Shan, "Are you going directly, or..."
Bai Shan was struggling, "Although it seems that I am sincere in going to see Governor Guo like this, it is too embarrassing, and is Governor Guo getting up at this time?"
Zhou Man made a decisive decision, "Then let's go to the station first."
Bai Shan also thought so, but he still asked the guards and guards to go to the governor's mansion first, "Just say that I will come to visit Governor Guo and the nobleman afterwards."
The guard said: "Otherwise, I'll go together after the adults wash up?"
Seeing that he was so worried, Bai Shan didn't want to embarrass him, so he nodded and told him to follow, and then asked the guards to send a post to the Governor's Mansion first.
A group of people went to the station first.
At this time, there were only a few business travelers who spent money to stay in the inn. Although Bai Shan and the others came too early, Yi Cheng still warmly received them.
Bai Shan couldn't bear the smell of sweat on his body, so he said to Yi Cheng, "Let the kitchen fetch us two buckets of hot water, and put the rest away first, don't worry."
Yi Cheng was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Aren't you going to eat first?"
This obviously came overnight, aren't you hungry
Hungry is hungry, but Bai Shan doesn't like the food at the post station, he would rather go out to eat buns from the small stall outside, but he can't talk to them like that, so he said with a smile: "No hurry, wash first, let's eat. I'm going out to meet people in a while, so it's okay to eat outside."
The kitchen was also limited in manpower, and when Yicheng heard that they were not eating in the station, he was also happy, and immediately promised to prepare hot water for them immediately.
Bai Shan and Zhou Man took a bath and washed their hair.
Xibing took out their official uniforms and carefully smoked them, and then took out the accessories they could wear...
Putting on their fragrant official uniforms, Bai Shan and Zhou Man finally felt alive and refreshed.
When he was in a good mood, he became generous, turned his head and said to Zhou Man, "Give me some money."
Zhou Man: "Are you out of money?"
Bai Shan: "What do I do with my money when I go to the countryside? I don't have much left."
Zhou Man went to look at Xibing, and Xibing went to the box and took out a box, opened it, and there were two hanging coins and several fat silver ingots in it.
Bai Shan glanced at it and said, "Just give me a penny."
Xibing took a sling of money directly.
Bai Shan took it and took it out to Daji, "Let everyone go out and have a good meal. You have been tossing a lot this night. We can just bring two people with us, and let the others catch up on sleep."
Daji took the money and agreed, and distributed it to everyone.
Bai Shan looked at the time, it was completely bright outside, the streets gradually became crowded, but because it was still early, there were not many people coming and going.
Bai Shan muttered while getting on the horse, "I don't know if Governor Guo has woken up..."
Governor Guo in the governor's mansion is not only awake, but also very energetic, because he didn't sleep all night!
He can't sleep!
Surprise at first, then fear, and finally anger.
I was frightened because so many nobles suddenly came to Qingzhou city, they said they were inspectors, but when they heard the time when they left Beijing, it was obvious that they didn't stop along the way and came directly to his Qingzhou. Could he not be afraid
The anger lies in the fact that Bai Shan didn't come to Qingzhou City until after sunset and the city gate was closed. He didn't think much of him as the governor, did he
Where did all the humility and friendliness go
Under various emotions, plus the sudden arrival of the nobleman, security, food, clothing, housing and other things needed to be arranged, he didn't sleep all night.
Of course, his staff did not sleep either.
So Bai Shan's guard sent a post to the governor's mansion, and he knew it within a quarter of an hour.
I heard that Bai Shan was really going to the countryside, because he missed the person who went to look for him, and walked too far, so it was slow to return to the city. After receiving the news yesterday, he drove all night and waited outside the city gate early in the morning up.
He entered as soon as the city gate opened, but because he was in a state of embarrassment after traveling all night, it was not easy to come to see Governor Guo, so he went to the post station to wash up first.
Guo Cishi's face finally looked better, knowing that the other party didn't do it on purpose, he finally regained some face, but he still sat and waited seriously, and he waited for half an hour.