Lin Qingwan was not in a hurry, the Zhong family had been operating in Hongzhou for many years, and Zhong Ruying was able to enter the southern Han capital before Su Zhang and Zhao Jie, how could he be incompetent?

  So she turned around and returned to the flower hall, letting people carry both of them in. Only then did she raise her chin and say: "Speak from the beginning, how did you meet the messenger from the Zhong family?"

  Lin Qingwan suspected that this group of fools had been deceived, and even walking on the official road could get lost, what else was impossible?

  As they spoke, Lin Qingyan's face grew increasingly solemn, and she couldn't help but take them seriously.

  They set out with six people from Suzhou and headed to Yangzhou. They stayed there for three days, visited two gentlemen, and then continued northwest.

  Halfway through the trip, they would visit famous scholars, make friends with officials and gentry, of course, they came to travel, but more often they would come into contact with ordinary people.

  Sometimes watching people dig wells, sometimes asking about farm work and crops, staying for 7 or 8 days is also a common occurrence.

  They deviated from the official path by walking randomly, but these six people were all proud sons of heaven, confident in the map provided by their families and their own intelligence, so they chose a general direction and set off.

  They passed through countless small villages, and they would also ask for directions, but most of the peasants had never left their hometowns in their lifetime, so they only knew the name of the county town. So when it came to what Xuanzhou or Luzhou were, they didn't recognize them at all.

  And they said it was a small county town, but Luo Yu and others couldn't find it on the map of Shan Mountain.

  It doesn't matter, Beijing is in the northwest direction of Suzhou, so walking towards the northwest will never be wrong.

  Then they didn't even bother asking for directions anymore, just following their instincts as they walked.

  They wandered around like this until they finally found a relatively large town and decided to stop and rest for a while, only to learn from passing merchants that their direction was somewhat off.

  They were supposed to go to Xuanzhou, how did they end up in Chizhou?

  However, a few fools discussed it and thought that going to Chizhou was also good. They happened to go to Ezhou on the way.

  To know that Ezhou often produces outstanding people, although the relationship between Jiangling Prefecture and Daliang is a bit tense now, they still want to make friends with several people in Jiangling Prefecture in their hearts.

  Lin Qingwan looked at them with a face full of admiration for Jiang Ling's talented son, and could only silently look at them with a foolish gaze.

  "What's next?"

  "When we were heading to Ezhou, we ran into a group of people chasing and killing two men. Those two men happened to be wearing the military uniform of my Da Liang," Zhou Tong glanced at Shang Mingjie and said: "Those two men had clearly avoided us, but this idiot Shang Mingjie took the initiative to rush over and rescue them."

  "I haven't seen those two people before, but I recognize the clothes they're wearing," Shang Mingjie looked at Lin Qingwan and said: "When General Zhong lived in my aunt's house, I saw her bodyguards wear them."

  Lin Qingwan furrowed her brow, "Are you certain you haven't mistaken me for someone else?"

  Zhou Tong and Shang Ming Jie exchanged a glance, and finally Shang Ming Jie pulled out a small package from his bosom and opened it for Lin Qing Wan to see. "Those two were injured too severely, we entrusted them to a local hunter, and Lu Yu and the others took the official documents and split into two groups, just to spread the news."

  Lin Qingwan opened the cloth package and saw that it contained a folded letter. As soon as she opened it, she saw Zhong Ruying's official seal, and her heart skipped a beat. She grasped it tightly and asked, "Who would dare to intercept her message, not fearing to miss the opportunity for war and lose the city of Daliang?"

  Zhou Tong and Shang Ming Jie also shook their heads, they didn't know either. "However, that group of people was extremely reckless, we fled south all the way, they chased us all the way, we revealed our identities but they still wouldn't let us off, it's clear that the power behind them is not weak."

  Lin Qingwan looked at them suspiciously, "With just the two of you, if they were to recklessly pursue and kill, would they be able to catch up to you?"

  This is also one of the reasons why she doesn't quite believe them.

  Can these two fools escape from a group of assassins?

  It's been a long time since the master returned, and after struggling to get out of bed, Lin found the washing basin and Silver Spring, who immediately entered the house and knelt down. "Lin lady, my young master really didn't lie, that group of people were indeed chasing us to death. Fortunately, my young master got lost and wandered aimlessly, so he was able to slowly shake them off."

  Yin Quan nodded heavily, "It's also our good luck. Every time we were about to be caught up, we would encounter a fork in the road. Since we had revealed our identities earlier, they must have guessed that we wanted to return to Suzhou, so they chased us all the way to Suzhou. However, Shang Er Ye, who was leading the way ahead, didn't know the way. In short, he kept getting lost, and by the time they realized their mistake and turned back to chase our trail, it was too late."

  Xian Yu proudly said: "Moreover, my young master doesn't matter whether he runs on the official road or walks on a small path, he gets lost. Let him choose left or right, if he chooses left without thinking, then right is definitely correct; If he first chooses left and then chooses right, then the right side is still wrong; If he thinks deeply and chooses right, then the right side is still wrong."

  "And every time the wrong direction was different, we ran and ran and ended up back near Chizhou, directly circling around, it was because of this that we were able to escape with our lives from those killers. So his family's young master was very angry about Shang Er's getting lost, but he wasn't angry, although they always got lost, they survived after all."

  Lin Qingwan closed her wide-open mouth, although she knew she would get a foolish answer, but she couldn't help asking: "How did you guys come up with this rule?"

  Yin Quan smiled, "It was my young master who discovered that Shang Er's young master would always get lost and then deliberately let him choose the route, only to ask for directions again, repeating this process for over a day, choosing the route six times before finally figuring it out."

  Lin Qingyuan: "Hehe!"

  What an idiot!

  She felt she couldn't ask anymore, "Where did the people chasing you go?"

  "Haven't you already been chased out?"

  Lin Qingwan looked at them with a compassionate and pitiful gaze, saying: "That is the post station sending official documents, you are mistaken."

  "They must still be behind us," Shang Ming Jie shouted: "They won't leave too far, really Lin Auntie, several times we felt they could catch up."

  "Then we deliberately took a wrong turn and shook them off." Xǐ yàn gave a complacent glance at Yín Quán, "This is all thanks to our young master's credit."

  "Alright, you all go down and rest first."

  Lin Qingwan had them carried away and called Yi Han over, saying: "Pick a few people to follow the road they came from to search for them. If you can bring people back, then bring them back."

  "Does Grandma believe their words?"

  "Not very convinced," Lin Qingyan said, although she had doubts in her mind, but Zhong Ruying's self-confidence still took the upper hand, "but to be on the safe side, we should still be more cautious."

  Yi Han nodded and turned around to make arrangements.

  Shang Mingjie and Zhou Tong were carried all the way back to their room, where Dr. Xu felt their pulse and stroked his beard, saying: "You're young, that's good; you're just a bit hungry and tired. No need for medicine, just take a bath, eat some food, and get some rest."

  He turned around and opened the medicine box, took out two bottles of medicine for them, "Just apply some more medicine and it'll be fine."

  He looked at the two people's thighs and smiled: "Being young is good, but you also need to take care of yourself."

  Shang Mingjie and Zhou Tong both blushed, feeling that their originally numb legs were now burning with pain, and they probably wouldn't want to ride horses for a long time.