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

"Let's get through this crisis first, and don't be too ambitious, my girl. Okay, let's just make the plan like this for now." The plan to welcome the bride is a good idea at the moment. County Magistrate Tian began to feel a little sleepy and thought about solving other problems slowly later.

"Then shall we go to the town to find a bodyguard tomorrow?" Tian Yuze asked.

"Go, it's better to have more people. We can't just rely on the people we just met today. Although the Tian brothers are really thoughtful, we still need to make more preparations and be on guard against others." County Magistrate Tian said sternly. "Okay, it's too late, let's all go to bed."

On the next morning, the bandits had already rushed to Dali Mountain to set up camp overnight, and sent people to the direction of Dali Village to look for the Tian family.

County Magistrate Tian had already talked to Lao Xu in the morning about this escort mission, and explained that they had been targeted. They had not thought of involving Lao Xu before, but their plan still needed Lao Xu's help.

County Magistrate Tian and his companions had just gathered and were ready to set off for Dali Town. Dali Village was far from Dali Town. If they walked there in the morning, they would arrive around noon. It would be much faster for them to drive a horse-drawn carriage. Dali Town had a relatively large population because there was a river here, and the people could take a car to the upstream and downstream areas. There were always foreign merchants coming to the town to sell goods, and some people would hire some guards or escorts because they were short of manpower. There was only one escort agency in this town, and there were more in the county town.

Not long after they drove into town, Tian Er appeared, and several people walked aside to confirm the information, "Greetings, Master, Miss."

"Get up, what does the intelligence say over there?"

"Master, this is the intelligence information given over there." Tian Er said as he handed a note to County Magistrate Tian.

"Dad, what do you mean?" Tian Xing'er was still young and not tall, only about 3 feet . The little guy was only about the height of her father's waist, so she couldn't see the message even if she wanted to.

"It says here that this group of people are not from this area. They just came a while ago, probably a few days before your father received the demotion order. There were only about 10 people at the beginning, and later they seemed to have recruited a group of robbers from the surrounding area and gathered together. They acted very organized, and the robbers all listened to the first group. They were divided into two groups to guard there at the beginning, and probably they all waited for the official road after they knew we were going to take the pipeline. Since they came to this area, they have never attacked passers-by, so they should be targeting your father and me."

"Dad, when did you become so hated? That man must be the one who caused you to be demoted. He deliberately demoted you to the north where the journey is long, so that he could rob and kill you along the way." Tian Xing'er listened to the information her father said and wondered if it was done by the people from Hu County. But what exactly did her father do to offend them so much?

"Your father is a decent person, and he has never done anything to harm others." Magistrate Tian said unhappily. He himself had no clue. Currently, the only information he had was from the man surnamed He and the prefect. But without direct evidence, he had also offended the other party. It was a bit of a waste to kill him like this. He felt that he was not that important.

"Then Dad, how strong are those people?"

"I told you, this is a gang of bandits, but there isn't anyone powerful among them. It's just that the dozen or so people leading them might be a little difficult to deal with. Well, let's go, everyone is waiting."

Soon the three of them returned to the team. Lao Xu brought County Magistrate Tian and his party to the escort agency where Doubao was. Doubao didn't have any martial arts, so generally the big escorts would not take him with them. Only some unimportant small escorts would ask him to run errands and transport goods.

Old Xu came to the door of the escort agency and asked someone to help pass on a message to Doubao. Doubao came out not long after. "Second Uncle Xu, why are you here? Is there something wrong?"

"Let me introduce him to you. This is Magistrate Tian. He is going north to take up his post. He is worried that the journey might be dangerous, so he wants to hire an escort from your escort agency. Please tell your escort leader. We will be waiting for you here."

"Ah, magistrate, I pay my respects to you." Doubao was about to kneel down, but Magistrate Tian stopped him immediately. "No need to be so polite. I'm just here to find a bodyguard. You don't have to tell me that I'm the magistrate. Just say we are merchants going to the north to see if we can take on the escort."

"Okay, County Magistrate, wait for me to report back immediately." Dou Bao turned around and ran back to find the escort leader. Because of the plague, the entire Lin'an Prefecture and the surrounding business were affected. Their escort agency has been a little slow recently and has not received any decent work. The last time he escorted the convoy, it was him who went to deliver the newly imported fruits and vegetables to the county magistrate's daughter, Mr. Li, who was married to another county. They are almost like deliverymen, but if they don't take any work, there will be no work at all. The escort agency doesn't know if it can continue. Recently, I heard that the escort leader and his team are interested in going to other places, disbanding this place, or leaving a few people as a foothold. Now there is this order from the north, which must cost a lot of money, and the escort agency can survive again.

Dou Bao was so happy thinking about it that he smiled all the way. When he arrived at the martial arts training room in the back hall, he saw Chen Biaotou and smiled foolishly, "Greetings, Biaotou."

"What's the matter?" Recently, Chen Biaotou has been practicing by himself when he has nothing to do. He said that he was afraid that his hands would become rusty.

"Boss, there's business coming to us. My second uncle Xu brought a merchant to visit us. They said they were going to the north and asked if we could take over their escort.

"What? Where are they? Come on, go and invite them in." When Chen Biaotou heard that there was a business coming, he became much more energetic. He even straightened his clothes and prepared to go to the main hall to meet the other party.

Soon, Magistrate Tian and his companions were ushered in. After exchanging pleasantries, the two sides introduced their names. Magistrate Tian then explained the purpose of their trip, "Captain Chen, this is it. We want to pay you to escort our convoy northward, but this trip is somewhat dangerous. We may have been targeted by someone."

"As long as the money is enough, we will have no problem." Suddenly the escort leader came in from outside. The escort agency had no business for a long time, and the escort leaders had been looking for ways out recently. They didn't mind taking on some dangerous escorts. The chief escort leader also specially called him back when he saw that there was business coming, because usually the second escort leader would come to negotiate the price.

"Oh, who is this?" County Magistrate Tian asked when he saw the escort leader suddenly appear in the hall.

"Oh, let me introduce you to Brother Tian. This is Zhou Biao, the second escort leader of our escort agency. He usually handles our escort business. I am usually responsible for transporting the escorts."

After the introduction, County Magistrate Tian and Zhou Biao greeted each other and then continued to talk about business.

"Brother Tian, ​​where are you going in the North? We charge according to the value of the dart, the distance and the degree of danger."

"Okay, our trip is mainly heading north, but you just need to send us out of the Jiangnan area. We also have another team of friends from the escort agency. This brother Tian Zhenwei is mainly responsible for our escort. He has 30-40 people under him and we need another 30-40 people. That's why we asked you to come. You are mainly responsible for assisting them, but this escort is dangerous, and we can't tell you for the time being. Only after you are sure, we can slowly tell you the details. But please rest assured, we need so many people mainly because we want an extra layer of protection. According to our current intelligence, we should have enough manpower."