There was indeed a tea stall on the road, so they had a hot meal at the tea stall at noon. After finishing the meal, they planned to take a rest before setting off, when they saw two horses running towards them. The man on the horse was carrying a big bag

I dismounted my luggage, asked the store owner for two pancakes and a bowl of soup, and then sat on a chair outside to eat.

Heavy rain and others couldn't help but squint their eyes to look at them, and Nie Canjun and Manager Li also looked over.

Bai Shan and Man Bao noticed something was different in the atmosphere and turned their heads to look over. After staring at the two people, Bai Shan frowned and said, "I seem to have seen them before."

Man Bao looked around and felt something looked familiar. Just as he was about to ask Ke Ke, the two men got up and walked towards Manager Li with the cooking cakes. She looked over and stopped asking Ke Ke.

With Fu and his companions behind him, he originally didn't want to approach Manager Li so early, but he had no choice. Their gaze was too compelling, and he always felt that if he waited any longer, they would suspect his identity.

The two of them approached Manager Li and asked to go with them, saying that they also wanted to go to the Western Regions, but the journey was far away and there were only two of them, so...

Manager Li looked them up and down and remembered, "Are you two of the people who came to see me the day before yesterday?"

Fu humbly responded "Yes" and begged Manager Li, "My family is in urgent need of money, so we can't risk going to the Western Regions at this time. Please intercede with the adults and let us follow the team. Don't worry."

, we will follow from a distance and will never disturb the adults."

This kind of thing is actually not uncommon. Some scattered traders will rely on large caravans for safety, while some traders who are short of money will give a gift to the large caravans and then follow them from a distance without asking them.

As long as I can follow you, it will be fine.

But these two people’s excuses...

Steward Li glanced at their horses, nodded, stood up and said, "I'll ask our master."

He leaned into the ears of Bai Shan and Man Bao and whispered: "Shortly after we arrived in Shazhou the day before yesterday, when the younger one went out to replenish rice and flour ingredients, a group of people came up to us and said they wanted to follow our convoy to the Western Regions.

"

He said: "The younger one felt that there were quite a lot of people in our convoy, and it would be cumbersome to bring more people, so he refused. These two people were among them at the time, but I didn't expect that they would come to us today, and they said they were poor at home.

, urgently need money..."

He glanced at their horses and whispered: "But I think this is completely an excuse. If the family really needs money urgently, they should sell the horses. What's the use of going to the Western Regions to make money at this time?"

Manager Li meant to reject them.

Bai Shanze frowned and asked, "Where did you see them? Why do I think they look so familiar?"

Nie Canjun on the side immediately said: "Mr. Bai, I also think they look familiar, but they shouldn't have been seen in the past two days."

Manbao asked Keke: "I also think they look familiar. Keke, where have I seen them?"

Keke filtered them out and said: "In the Desert Inn."

At the same time, Bai Shan also lowered his voice and said: "I think I saw it in the Desert Inn. Yes, it was in the Desert Inn. The group of people who had a conflict with us in the bathhouse were not with you outside the store that evening.

Wrestling? I've seen him in the crowd."

Although he didn't seem to take action, the person was indeed there.

Nie Canjun was stunned and said in disbelief: "No, are they here for revenge? Are they so petty?"

Du Yu, who was sitting at the next table, couldn't help it anymore and came over to ask, "What are you talking about? Can you speak louder? I can't even hear you."

Everyone glanced at him and said nothing.

Bai Shan paused and asked, "Do you think those two people look familiar?"

Dayu curled his lips and said, "I've never seen them before, but I'm familiar with their smell."

He said: "Their smell now is the same as ours before."

No explanation was given, but everyone understood, this is a horse thief!

Man Bao perked up and couldn't believe it, "Do we look so easy to rob?"

Dayu thought for a while and then said: "It's strange. Usually even if you want to rob, you won't come to the door so early, and you will take such a big risk to follow him in person. Isn't their person here?"

The two rich people were a little anxious. They were far away from Zhou Man and the others. They could only see them muttering together, but could not hear the specific content.

There was no way, there were so many people in their convoy, these people were surrounded from the moment they got off the horse, and they couldn't get close at all.

Bai Shan glanced at them and said to Manager Li: "Promise them, ask for some money from them, expose their lies directly, and say that you don't believe that their family is in urgent need of money, but they want to follow us to the Western Regions to make money. In this case,

Just show some sincerity."

Manager Li was startled and whispered: "Master, isn't it good to let them follow?"

Bai Shandao: "It's even worse if you don't let them follow you. It's easier to control them if you put them under your nose."

After speaking, he looked at Nie Canjun and whispered: "Nie Canjun, please let the scouts take a look back and forth to see if anyone is following us."

Nie Canjun responded.

Manager Li went and came back soon with ten taels of silver, handed it to Bai Shan and said, "Master, I asked each of them for five taels of silver."

Bai Shan took the silver and saw Bai Erlang looking at it intently, so he gave one to him and the other to Man Bao.

He nodded and said, "Give them a location close to our carriage."

That's the middle position, so the two missing people behind won't be noticeable at all.

After the convoy started again, two scouts went out to the front to investigate openly. Two more scouts quietly dropped behind. They quietly pulled their horses into the forest and waited until the convoy was far away and could no longer see them before they mounted their horses and left.

, return to the direction of Yumenguan to investigate.

Although there is unrest outside Yumen Pass, there are still inns and people on the stage.

It's just that the inn is very small and can't accommodate more than a hundred of them. Fortunately, it's summer now, so it's not very cold at night, but there are just a lot of insects.

Man Bao and others lived in the inn, while others were stationed around the inn to be on guard.

The two people ate and drank separately from them. Manbao looked at them from upstairs, then turned and went to the kitchen. After taking a look at the mutton soup they ordered, he added something to it.

The cook on the side:......

Manbao hissed at him and said, "Don't tell anyone."

The cook didn't tell anyone, but told Yi Cheng.

Yi Cheng thought of their exit documents and official seals, gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, just stay in the kitchen and don't go out."

Then ask another waiter to bring the soup out.

The most common soup here is mutton soup. The soldiers and guards also have two large buckets of mutton soup. Those who want to drink it can go and get it themselves.
Chapter completed!