Dad, we are so stable, should we do something?

Magistrate Tian and his family got off the carriage and rested beside the pipeline. This place was open, so they arranged for their servants to light a fire and cook. At today's speed, they had to hurry to have a chance to reach the next county. Magistrate Tian changed his mind and decided to take a small road through the village. He could even stay overnight in the villagers' homes. He was familiar with this place. It was still under the jurisdiction of Lin'an Prefecture, and the security in Jiangnan had always been good. They still had a long way to go, so there was no need to rush. "Tian Rong, please arrange it. Let's take a small road instead. It's too tiring to rush like this. We'll stay in the village tonight. Do you remember the old Xu's family where we camped before? Take some people with you to ask Old Xu to talk to the village chief to see if they can arrange for us to stay for one night. We'll pay. Please get up and come back soon. We'll cook a meal here and wait for you to come back."

"Yes, sir. I'll arrange it right away."

Soon, Tian Rong took a few people on horseback to explore the way ahead.

On the other side, Tian Xing'er, Tian Yuze and other kids were playing with Master Jiu.

"Master Jiu, catch it quickly." Tian Yuze kicked the ball out.

As soon as Jiu Ye saw the ball fly out, he ran to chase it. They had played several rounds, but this time the ball flew a little far. Jiu Ye ran in the direction where the ball flew, and when he was close to it, he did not bite the ball back, but ran directly to the right of the ball, and then he began to smell the smell along the way.

"Master Jiu, you are disobedient again." Tian Fuer shouted to Master Jiu with a smile, because he was like this when playing with Master Jiu before.

The ball was in front of Tian Xing'er, so Tian Xing'er prepared to pick it up, otherwise Jiu Ye would run around again. When he approached to pick up the ball, Jiu Ye suddenly started barking in one direction in the forest, "Woof woof woof."

Hearing the sound, Tian Yuze and Tian Fuer also came over. Tian Fuer said, "What's wrong with Master Jiu? You're yelling again."

Tian Yuze also came over at this time. He looked in the direction where Jiu Ye called out, and then made eye contact with Tian Xing'er. They both understood what each other meant. After a while, Tian Xing'er smiled and said, "Jiu Ye is just timid. There must be some small animals in the forest that scared him. Let's go." Then she walked over and hugged Jiu Ye, touching his head, "Don't call anymore. There are so many of us here. What are you afraid of? It's just a little rabbit or something. Okay, let's go. We've been playing for a long time. I'm a little hungry. Let's go back for lunch. Going out too early in the morning and eating breakfast too early will make you hungry quickly." Tian Xing'er signaled to Tian Da who was not far away from her, and Tian Da quietly left.

Tian Da was the most capable guard among the dozen or so guards Tian Xing'er had bought. Tian Er was second, and the others were ranked in order. The main reason was that Tian Xing'er found it troublesome to name them, and she couldn't remember them, so this name was easier to remember. She also named the guards she arranged for her eldest brother in this way. Her eldest brother Tian Yuyu and sister Tian Fu'er thought there was nothing wrong with it, so they used the names she gave them. But her second brother Tian Yuheng and Tian Yuze both disliked the names, so they gave them other names themselves.

"Yeah, I'm hungry too. Come on, Fu'er, go back quickly. It should be almost noon. I can smell the fragrance of rice."

"Fourth brother, you must be hungry. Why can't I smell any rice? They are cooking downwind, but you can still smell it." Tian Fuer said while teasing his brother.

A few of them walked back, talking and laughing. After washing their hands, they walked to the fire. Tian Xing'er coquettishly hugged County Magistrate Tian's arm and raised her voice to ask, "Dad, what are you looking at? Let me see too." She whispered, "Dad, there are people in the forest, and they seem to be watching us."

"I haven't read much, just some miscellaneous books. If you want to read, go ahead. She's such a grown-up girl, why are you acting like a spoiled brat? She'll be 10 next month, so she'll be a grown-up girl. We can get married in a few years." Magistrate Tian also responded, and quietly asked, "Have you sent someone to take a look?"

"Well, I asked Tian Da to watch over there." The two of them stared at the book as if they were reading it seriously.

"Master, lunch is ready." At this time, a servant came over and called them to have lunch.

"Come on, don't gather here, go to your mother's house for dinner."

Everyone quickly gathered at the dining place. "Is Tian Da not back yet?" Tian Yuze asked in a low voice. He saw his sister's gesture to Tian Da.

"He hasn't come back yet. I don't know when he will come back. That person should have left." Seeing that Jiu Ye was so lively now and didn't react to the other side, Tian Xing'er guessed that the person should have left.

After everyone finished their meal and rested for a while, Tian Rong came back. "Master, I have already told Lao Xu, and their village has agreed, and the room has been arranged,"

"Okay, you guys eat first, we'll leave later."

"Thank you, sir."

After lunch, the Tian family gathered around the fire, chatting all the time. When Tian Rong and his friends finished their meal and rested, they saw that Tian Da had not returned yet, so they prepared to set off first. Now that the sky was clear, they could see traces of the carriage. Not long after the carriage left, Tian Da quietly returned to the team. He approached Tian Xing'er's carriage and knocked. Tian Xing'er stuck her head out and said, "How is it?"

"Miss, I followed that person back to their gathering point. Judging from their attire, they are a group of robbers. There are about a hundred of them. They are waiting at the corner ahead of us. From the direction we are going, that position is a blind spot, so they can't see anyone, but they can see us. There are about 10 of them waiting there. Later, I heard their conversation, which means that there are some people at the other end. The person just now was also sent by them to find out where we are. At present, they don't know that we are going to take a different road."

"Okay, go tell my father and let everyone be mentally prepared."

After knowing that someone was lying in ambush ahead, County Magistrate Tian ordered the convoy to speed up and take the path ahead to enter the village.

"Sister, are there robbers here?" Tian Fuer and Tian Xinger were in the same carriage and also heard the conversation just now.

"I'm not sure yet. It's possible, but I remember Uncle Fu and the others said before that there are almost no bandits in Jiangnan area. If there are any, they are only in twos and threes, not on a large scale. There are so many this time, which is a bit unusual. But luckily, Dad had already prepared to change the route, otherwise it would be very dangerous."

"Then if they didn't wait for us, would they enter the village?"

"I don't think so. The village ahead is also a big village. It's still the busy farming season. There are people in the fields. They don't dare to chase in."

"That's fine, but what if the other party follows us after we pass this place?"

This question stumped Tian Xing'er. Yes, these people knew that they would be here today, and they arranged so many people to wait. They might not be real bandits. Although they also had hundreds of servants to protect them, there were also a lot of old and weak people, and none of them knew martial arts. Since Tian Xing'er had never seen any big bandits for a long time, and had only heard of some small fights, it was the first time for her to be among so many bandits. She was immediately afraid and didn't know how her father and brothers would deal with it. Thinking of this, Tian Xing'er really began to think seriously, "If those people follow us all the time, we have to find a way to deal with them. Otherwise, they are in the dark and we are in danger at any time. Let's discuss it with my father later." The more Tian Xing'er thought about it, the more she felt that she should kill those people first. If she left them alone, she would be worried every day.