Chapter 377 What Was Supposed to Come Finally Came

Early in the morning, Chen Guanlou set off with people escorting the prisoners and goods.

It's both people and goods, so it's slower than before. I walked dozens of miles and hundreds of miles in one day, and it was thanks to the good weather.

I am on the road every day, rushing to the next station to rest.

Chen Guanlou was on a business trip. He had official documents in his hand and it was only natural for him to rest at the inn at night. People in the business and escort agencies were not so lucky in the past. The inn only accepted public servants, not private clients. Unless a high-profile family like Pingjiang Marquis Mansion comes to visit with a name card, the inn will only accept them.

Thanks to Chen Guanlou, people from the business and escort agencies can also live in the inn this time. Not to mention the convenience, the key is safety. No thief would think twice and come to the inn to rob.

The good weather lasted for a few days. On the fifth day, when they rested at Niujiaoshan Station, it started to rain heavily in the middle of the night. By the second day, the rain showed no sign of letting up. The roads became muddy due to heavy rain.

An experienced old man said that this rain might last for another two days.

Everyone is trapped in the inn.

Niujiaoshan Station is relatively remote. This season has not yet reached the busiest time for official work. When the grain is harvested in autumn, it will be the busiest time of the year for official work. By then, the official roads were filled with civil servants delivering official documents.

In the post station, in addition to Chen Guanlou and his party, there were also several officials and their family members, both large and small.

Chen Guanlou and his party had the largest number of people. There were more than a dozen people from the escort bureau and a dozen from the gang, plus the jailers and the prisoners in the prison vans, there were nearly forty people, all of them men, not even a female mosquito.

Several officials were accompanied by their female relatives, and I met them during dinner. They were very beautiful.

Chen Guanlou specifically told the people under his command to take care of their eyes and hands and feet. They were not allowed to look at things they shouldn't, and they weren't allowed to think about things they shouldn't have. If someone can't control himself and acts recklessly, don't blame him for being rude.

The people in the escort agency are the most honest. They go out to make money. They always take the initiative to avoid trouble and pay attention to being kind and making money. People who work in business are prone to impulsivity. On the first day of departure, Chen Guanlou showed off his skills and established his authority in front of Daxing. Several jailers were all brought out by him, and no one dared to listen to him.

Therefore, everyone was safe and sound after being stuck at the inn for two days.

It rained heavily for two days in a row. On the third day, the rain finally subsided. However, the road was washed away by rain and muddy. It was not exposed to the sun for a day or two, making it impossible to walk at all. People can walk, but vehicles cannot and will get stuck in the quagmire.

Not in a hurry, Chen Guanlou decided to wait for the weather to clear and the roads to dry before continuing.

On a rainy day, it gets dark early, so everyone has nothing to do, so they have dinner early and go back to their room to rest.

He couldn't sleep and thought about people's affairs whenever he had free time.

He didn't pick up anyone in Suizhou. He thought someone would contact him halfway, but no one came in contact with him. Could it be that the butler deceived him?

However, if they are just escorting a few crooked 'generals' who got it from who knows where, there is no need to let him go on such a long trip under the banner of Tianlao.

There's something weird everywhere!

He also secretly pried open the cargo boxes, two boxes in total. A box contains normal goods, which can be sold for a large price. One box indeed contained taboo swords, guns, arrows and crossbows.

Everything else is easy to say. Bows and crossbows are forbidden items by the imperial court. Once they are found out, it will be the crime of rebellion and the whole family will be killed.

The Hou Mansion transports bows and crossbows so unscrupulously, and can even be called fair and just. They are really not afraid of death, and they are really big-hearted. I am really not afraid that when I pass the checkpoint, I will be found out, and the charge of rebellion will be placed on my head. The whole family, old and young, will have to go to the execution ground.

Is it arrogance, arrogance or arrogance?

The key is that with so much cargo and so many prohibited items inside, the Hou Mansion did not send anyone and only asked him to be responsible for escorting it. Do you really think that his skin in Tianlao is invincible?

Ask people, which yamen would give Tianlao face these days? It's ridiculous to tell anyone.

There is a checkpoint ahead. He did not use the banner of the Hou Mansion, and the chief steward also said to try not to use the name of the Hou Mansion. If the tax collectors at the checkpoint are in trouble, his skin in Tianlao will be useless.

He really couldn't figure out the butler's calculations.

While I was thinking wildly, there was movement outside.

Smoke!

Oops, after waiting for so many days and hoping for so many days, there is finally something happening.

He pretended to be swooned. Yard after yard, room after room, they were all opened and searched. No property, no swords, no valuables, no documents and books, just people.

"No, no... none of it."

"Is the news wrong?"

"Several other routes have failed and no one has been found. As mentioned above, the person is probably hiding on this road."

"Everything has been checked and no one has been found. Is the information accurate?"

"We started from Suizhou and stared all the way, but found nothing unusual. But someone was bitten to death from above and hid here. What should we do now?"

"Catch someone and ask them carefully. If you examine them carefully, you will definitely find out the problem."

"Catch who?"

"That jailer, he is the leader. I heard he is from the Chen family, so he must know about it."

"OK!"

Chen Guanlou was caught, and a pungent smell woke him up.

He opened his eyes in a daze and looked around. This was the lobby of the inn. In the post station, dozens of people were all knocked unconscious, even the postmen at the post station were no exception. I guess the animals in the hay shed were also fascinated.

The light was dim, and he squinted his eyes and looked ahead.

Only three people were seen, but there were five auras. One of the auras was like an abyss, quiet and long, and it was a rare master, at least with the strength of the eighth rank.

Eighth rank!

Who on earth could attract an eighth rank master?

Who exactly was the mansion going to transport? Perhaps the secret would be revealed tonight.

"Where are the people? Hand them over."

"Who are you? Do you know that this is a post station? Those who live here are all government employees and are on official business."

"Stop talking nonsense and hand them over."

"My dear fellows, I advise you to stop immediately. I don't know who you are looking for. I am a jailer in Tianlao, responsible for escorting prisoners. As long as the prisoners are safe and my people are all fine, I will pretend that what happened tonight never happened. Otherwise, you act so recklessly and alarm the local Jinyiwei, and you will definitely be in trouble."

"You dare to be stubborn when you are about to die. Hand them over."

"Who?" Chen Guanlou asked sternly, "I don't know who you are talking about? I believe you have all seen the prisoners I escorted. Is there anyone you want among them?"

He was tied to a chair and could not move. The three people hiding in the shadows were led by a bearded man, and the people who interrogated him were always bearded. The other two did not speak.

As for the two hidden auras, one was on guard outside the house, and the other was drinking in the yard.

"Hand over Ning Zecheng."

"Who is Ning Zecheng?" Chen Guanlou was confused. It was really the first time he heard this name.

"Don't pretend! You are a member of the Chen family, how can you not know Ning Zecheng?"

Chen Guanlou was confused, "I am indeed a member of the Chen family, but I am not from the Marquis' Mansion. Should I know this Ning? Who is he, what is his identity, and what does he do? Can you tell me?"