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

Zhou Biao looked at the escort leader and saw that he nodded. Seeing that the escort leader agreed, he agreed to the escort trip and quoted a price. Both parties agreed, wrote a contract and sent it to the yamen.

Seeing that it was getting late, Lao Xu took the others to buy wedding clothes, sedan chairs, matchmakers, etc.

County Magistrate Tian brought Tian Zhenwei and others back to the Zhen'an Escort Agency to discuss tomorrow's plan with the chief escort.

"Chief Escort, Second Chief Escort, we need to plan tomorrow's plan together to see if there are any omissions. In addition, we also need to inform you of some of the current situations."

"Please speak, Master Li," the chief escort asked

"We are being followed by a group of bad guys. They should be hiding in the Dali Mountain area. We have sent people to check and we will have news later today. If nothing goes wrong, they should be there. We will set out from Dali Village tomorrow and send people to meet you. You just need to follow us closely, but we will need about 30 people. We do not plan to confront them head-on for the time being. You will know the specific plan tomorrow."

"Okay, then we'll wait for you there tomorrow."

"Just pack up at the escort agency. I'll have Brother Zhenwei come over to meet you, around noon tomorrow, big brother."

"Okay, we'll listen to you." The chief escort had no problem with it.

After discussing, the group separated. Lao Xu hadn't bought the things yet, so County Magistrate Tian helped to buy them in the next few days and asked the store to deliver them to Dali Village before dark. Lao Xu also bought the gifts for tomorrow. They planned to disguise the carriage luggage as betrothal gifts and the wedding carriage tomorrow, pretending to go out from Lao Xu's house to pick up the bride. Lao Li followed them to the town, and when they arrived in the town, Lao Xu left on his own, and they would continue to leave the city. If they were not discovered by the other party near Dali Mountain, everyone would be happy, but if they were discovered, they would attack from both sides with the escorts of Zhen'an Escort Agency, and the mantis would catch the cicada while the oriole was waiting behind.

On the other hand, the people sent by the bandits to investigate Dali Village did not dare to enter the village during the day, fearing that they would be discovered by the villagers, and they just stayed outside. They needed to confirm it as soon as possible so that they could go back and report.

Magistrate Tian and his entourage drove a horse-drawn carriage back with a bunch of goods. Magistrate Tian sat in the carriage, and the driver of the Tian family and Lao Xu sat in the front of the carriage. They did not notice the person hiding on the roadside, but the other party discovered them.

Zhang San, the person on guard, asked Li Si to go back and report first, and he continued to watch here. He needed to go into the village tonight to confirm the other party's situation.

When night came, Zhang San sneaked into the village and found a house with bright lights on, noisy voices inside, and several carriages parked at the door. Zhang San did not dare to act rashly. Just as he was about to leave the area, he was hit from behind with a club and fainted. The one who hit him was Jiang Jin. Their escort agency has always been known for its caution, and Jiang Jin is more sensitive to danger than others. His elder brother has sent people to guard the village entrance for the past two days, and it was his turn tonight. When he saw someone sneaking around at night, he followed and knocked the other person unconscious.

"Master Tian, ​​this man is acting suspiciously. I wonder if he is the group you mentioned." Jiang Jin dragged Zhang San into the yard.

Everyone in the courtyard was shocked to see a man being thrown into the field. Magistrate Tian reacted quickly. "We have never seen this man before. Let me have someone tie him up and interrogate him."

"Okay, if you need anything, remember to come to me," Jiang Jin said, and then he left.

"Someone tie him up and put him in a corner." Magistrate Tian ordered, "I'm sorry, Old Xu. It's my fault. I should have told you in advance. I scared you."

"It's also your fault, Lord Butian. It's all the fault of these bad guys. Don't take it to heart. Before the plague, everyone in the surrounding counties was grateful to you and Doctor Ge. I'm only doing what I can. I'm going to find Muramasa and ask him to find a few people to watch the village entrance tonight to prevent anyone from coming in."

"Lao Xu, no need. We are already causing trouble for your village by being here, and we also led them in indirectly. It's our fault. How dare we trouble you again? My men have just gone to guard the village entrance. Those guards are very skilled. Don't worry. You just stay here. You see, our carriage and betrothal gifts for the bride are not ready yet, and we still need your help." County Magistrate Tian stopped Lao Xu immediately. On the other side, the guards arranged by Tian Rong were already on duty outside the village.

"Okay, then I'll help you with these." Lao Xu said as he went to help get the betrothal gifts and wedding car.

Not long after, the head guard Tian Wu came to report the results of the interrogation to Magistrate Tian: "Sir, the man confessed. He said that they were recruited here by a group of unknown outsiders, who promised to buy our lives at a high price and take our property for themselves. So their leader led them here, and since they failed to ambush us before, they moved to Dali Mountain. This time they sent people here to confirm whether we are in Dali Village. Their number is roughly the same as the information we got before, about a hundred people. However, there are only 50-60 people in Dali Mountain at present."

"Oh, what about the rest of the people? Do they know where to go?" asked County Magistrate Tian.

"He doesn't know clearly. He only knows that the two sides don't know each other. They acted separately at the beginning, and now they don't know each other's situation." The captain of the guard replied.

"Does he know whether they are planning to attack Dali Village?" County Magistrate Tian continued to ask.

"They said they wouldn't, and they didn't dare to act rashly. They just wanted to pretend to be robbers who killed people and robbed them. They didn't know anything else." The captain of the guards replied.

"Okay, take him with you tomorrow. We can't let him escape. We have to wait until we successfully escape and then send him to the authorities." Magistrate Tian ordered.

"Sir, why don't we report to the police? Now that we have witnesses, the county magistrate here should help us stop those thieves." asked the captain of the guard.

"I'm afraid they have already sent people to guard the county government office. If we report it to the authorities now, it will not only alert the enemy but also put us in a passive position. Well, let's act according to the original plan." County Magistrate Tian analyzed calmly.

Early the next morning, Lao Xu took many villagers and County Magistrate Tian and others to pretend to be a wedding party and went to the county town, while Tian Zhenwei and others set out half an hour later to find people from the Zhen'an Escort Agency.

As the team approached Dali Mountain, County Magistrate Tian and his companions began to feel nervous. The louder the band played in the front, the more nervous everyone became. However, they were surrounded in the inner circle, and the guards pretending to be villagers on the side were talking and laughing, covering up the expressions of County Magistrate Tian and his companions.

Lin'an City at the same time

While Tian Yuyu was preparing for the exam at home, he sent people to investigate the plague in Hu County. The old woman who was caught by Tian Yuze and his men at that time was used in the cowpox experiment and survived successfully. She was kept locked up afterwards. Tian Yuze said that he was torturing her slowly and almost forgot about her completely. She starved to death in the woodshed. It was also the fate of this old woman that Tian Yuyu discovered her existence when he casually asked about her when he took over the household affairs. The old woman was also afraid of hunger and took the initiative to confess other details.