After a good night's sleep, everyone was very energetic the next day. [Full text reading] Especially the wounds of the two injured senior brothers began to heal.
Zhang Xiaohua also joined Feifan and his escort team. The two corpses left in Zhang Xiaohua's room later caused a sensation in the whole town, but because the murderer could not be found, nothing was done.
Of course, Xiaohua's joining required Wang Rengui's consent. After all, he was the leader of this faraway expedition. In order to prevent everyone from suspecting, Mu Feng could only lie that Zhang Xiaohua was his distant relative and wanted to go together because they met here by chance. Moreover, Zhang Xiaohua knows a little bit of martial arts, which comes in handy now.
When Wang Rengui heard that he was a distant relative of Xiao Mufeng, of course he agreed immediately. The three senior brothers agreed, so it was hard for others to say anything.
After having breakfast like this, the group of seven people set off again.
We walked for another half month and passed several villages and towns along the way. Fortunately, we didn't encounter any large-scale robbers like Woniu Mountain during the rest of the journey. Usually there were three or four robbers at a time. When I saw the seven people in Feifan's group, most of them ran away without fighting. Only a few wanted to give it a try, but they were all scared away by Feifan and Mu Feng's sword skills.
As early as seven days ago, everyone's injuries had healed, so everyone returned to their original positions. After a long journey, everyone was very tired at this time. Only Wang Rengui was riding a horse and it was relatively easy. Brother Li who was pushing the cart was the hardest worker here.
At this time, the extraordinary seven people were almost at their destination. They ate a few mouthfuls of dry food on the way at noon and set off. We will reach Xinglong City in a few days. Now we can only grit our teeth and keep our heads on the road.
Under the blue sky, a homing pigeon flew over from north to south, from far to near, from high to low. It landed impartially on Wang Rengui's right shoulder. It was obviously a homing pigeon from the escort agency.
Wang Rengui untied the roll of paper from the carrier pigeon's lap, spread it out and read it, his face suddenly changed. Fortunately, he was riding in the front, and no one noticed the strange expression on his face at this time.
Wang Rengui put away the small note, calmed down, and then turned to the six people behind him and said: "Juniors, if the escort agency has something to do, let me go back. Anyway, we are almost at Xinglong City. When I am not here, let Mu Feng Let’s lead the team, then I’ll leave it to you all, see you in the escort agency!”
Without waiting for anyone's reaction, Wang Rengui hurriedly turned his horse's head and headed north.
"It seems something happened to the escort agency!" Mu Feng said, looking at Wang Rengui's retreating figure.
Feifei said: "Yes! Looking at the way he is in a hurry, something important must have happened. We need to go to Xinglong City quickly, complete the task early, and go back early."
After several days of traveling, they finally arrived at Xinglong City.
Xinglong City has been one of the main towns connecting the north and the south since ancient times. The transportation here is developed and there are many merchants coming and going. It is the largest town that Fei Fei has ever seen, fully twice the size of Sifang Town.
Xinglong City is surrounded by high walls. There are four gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest. Each gate is guarded by officers and soldiers, and there are also officers and soldiers patrolling the town. There are so many officers and soldiers here, but there is nothing we can do about it. Bandits have been rampant in recent years. As the largest trading mall, Xinglong City has better security. The tax collected here is one-sixth of the country's total tax revenue.
"Stop." As soon as Fei Fei and his party arrived at the north gate, they heard a city guard shouting to them. "Who are you, what are you doing in the city, and what is in the car?" The officer and soldier's voice got closer and closer, and now they were at Fei Fei's side.
"We are from the Sifang Escort Bureau. This time the escort came to Xinglong Town, the contents of the box were sent to Zhenbao Pavilion." Feifei said.
"I don't care where you are being taken. I can't confirm your identity yet. Do you have a pass?" the officer and soldier said, spreading his hands towards Fei Fei.
"Brother Guan, we have a pass." Of course Mu Feng knows what a so-called pass is. After all, it's all about money! After coming all the way, everyone didn't have much money left. Mu Feng reluctantly took out the remaining bits of silver and handed them to the officer and soldier.
The officer and soldier didn't even look at the silver and said, "I think your identities are suspicious. Brothers, let me pry open the box and see what's hidden inside."
Four more officers and soldiers came at once, and it seemed that the one at first was the leader of the officers and soldiers at the north gate. Feifan and the others would never let those officers and soldiers touch the treasure chest. For a while, there was a stalemate between six people and five people.
"I think you are planning to rebel?" said the leader of the officers and soldiers, "take them down for me."
"Master Zhang, wait!" A young man in his fifties or sixties came over.
"Oh! It turns out to be Steward Shi. What's the matter?" The officer and soldier leader named Zhang smiled and said.
"Master Zhang, those people were indeed hired by our Zhenbao Pavilion as escorts, and that box is indeed what we want." The old man named Shi took out five ingots of silver from his pocket and stuffed it into Chief Zhang's hand. : "It's a misunderstanding. These are drink money for you and your brothers."
The man surnamed Zhang was not polite. He stuffed the money into himself and laughed and said: "Butler Shi, you are too polite. I just handled the matter impartially. If it is really the person invited by your Zhenbao Pavilion, I will let him go sooner or later. Yes." Then he shouted to the officers and soldiers surrounding Feifan and the others: "Brothers, it's okay, it was a misunderstanding, please let me go quickly!"
Having money means it's easier to do things. Only then did Fei Fei finally realize what Village Chief Yang meant when he gave him the money.
"Who is Wang Rengui?" Butler Shi asked after entering the north gate.
"Senior Brother Wang, there was an urgent matter at the escort office a few days ago, so he returned on the way. My Excellency, Xiao Mufeng, now I am responsible for the second escort trip."
"Oh! That's it. You guys are about the same number of days as expected. I only waited a few days early at the North Gate. It seems like you newbies are pretty good."
"Thank you very much. We encountered robbers on the road, so we were delayed for a few days." Mu Feng didn't know whether Director Shi really praised them or did it on purpose, so he had to tell the truth.
"Meeted a robber? Are you not injured? Has the treasure box been touched by anyone else?" Butler Shi had a frightened expression on his face, but his eyes were still so calm and composed. It happened that no one noticed his eyes.
"Fortunately, we are fine, and the treasure box has not been touched." Feifei said that he did not want to tell about a mysterious woman who rescued them. As a man, face is the most important thing. How can you say that you were saved by a woman!
Steward Shi took a long stride, walked in front of Fei Fei and the others and said, "That's good! You can call me Steward Shi from now on. Our Pavilion Master wants to see you now, so you can come with me."
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