Hearing this answer, everyone had some doubts in their hearts, but after all, it was Mr. Tang's subordinates who went back and forth, and everyone present was always difficult to ask because of various considerations, but Tang Mingyi asked first.

"How can it be so far?"

"Childe, this mountain bandit is calculated."

The subordinates who went back and forth simply explained the reason.

According to the original description in the letter, it is not possible to go far further north from the Lingguang Jun Temple, which is at most a distance of one or two miles, but because the letter specifically states the types of trees, and the two identical trees in many places in the middle are actually far apart, this creates a situation where it is impossible to accurately determine the distance according to what the letter says.

At the same time, the letter only stated the number and direction, but when I arrived at the place, I found that many trees were not due south and north, for example, there were only two trees to the north, one to the west and one to the east, but once you went wrong, you had to go all the way wrong, until you couldn't find the next moment marker, you understood that it was time to turn around.

If it weren't for a large number of people working at the same time, I am afraid that it would not be possible to find the right place in a day or two.

As soon as his subordinates said this, it was already clear to everyone that this was a good way to delay time and conceal information.

These mountain bandits seem to be doing it randomly, but in fact, they must have thought it out.

At the same time, the guard also said that because more than a dozen groups of people acted independently, most of them finally gathered there, and there were those scenes on the spot, which showed that the location was not wrong.

Therefore, everyone did not dwell on this point any more, after the Tongcheng army confirmed that there was no other danger around, they divided the troops into two routes, and the commander of the Tongcheng army took most of the soldiers under his command to stay in the same place and station, and Jin Xuan led the soldiers and some soldiers to the place agreed with the mountain bandits to investigate.

And Tang Mingyi has already obtained a lot of information, and there is no benefit in staying here. So he said that his task had failed, and although he couldn't complain about him and everyone present, he also wanted to hurry up and make a return to Aunt Taishou.

The commander of the Tongcheng army originally wanted to show some politeness and was ready to send two teams of soldiers to escort them back, but Tang Mingyi directly refused, only saying that it was good to concentrate on this matter.

Thus the three leaders led each of them to act separately.

The Jin Inspector and the commander of the Tongcheng Army had their own opinions, and when Tang Mingyi and his party passed by the Lingguangjun Temple to the south, the guards who had stayed here in advance had already packed up their things, and in addition to the ones they found when they came, they found about ten traces that were obviously temporarily inhabited.

Tang Mingyi was taken by him to see these places one by one, the situation was the same as the one they found at the beginning, at that time, they used the name of Orion to prevaricate others, in fact, Tang Mingyi probably had a guess in his heart, that is where the girl who had met twice lived.

The latter places are not close to each other, but they have been simply opened up and cleaned out a place that is only enough for one or two people to sleep, and even some places are covered with blankets, so it is impossible to tell for the time being whether it is the girl's cunning rabbit three holes, or whether there are many people hiding and living here.

It was not easy to do much here, so Tang Mingyi ordered the guards to cover up these traces before continuing on the road.

The rest of them were silent, and no one followed, the guards could finally show their skills with peace of mind, and when they returned to the city, they would be much faster than when they left the city, and when they approached Tongcheng, there would be about half an hour before the city gate would be opened.

There are no homeless people at the North City Gate on weekdays, and even if there are, they generally have to wait until after noon, when there are too many people at the East City Gate, and some people who still have physical strength come here to enter the city.

However, at this time, two or three figures could be faintly seen under the city, probably arriving in advance and waiting to enter the city later.

Tang Mingyi stopped about a hundred steps away from the city gate, but a guard came up and said, "Childe, I'll call the door." ”

Although the guard didn't know the reason, he could also see that his Highness was a little anxious. They hold the waist card that does not lose their position, and the defenders of Tongcheng recognize this.

However, Tang Mingyi only looked at the people who were in twos and threes, and finally shook his head: "Don't be in a hurry at this time, wait for the city gate to open." ”

The guards only felt that His Royal Highness didn't want to show any special case in front of the people, Tang Mingyi did have this in mind, and of course he wanted to show it to Aunt Taishou.

At this time, the people in the distance also saw them, and as soon as Tang Mingyi's words fell, a person walked over to them.

It was too far away to see clearly, but now that it was close, everyone finally saw that something was wrong.

These people are too clean, where do they look like homeless people?

The guards immediately became nervous, and secretly touched their weapons, but the man who came was unconscious, and looked around sneakily as he walked, and when he reached a distance where it was convenient to speak, he finally spoke.

"How many of you, are you going into town?"

The guard only felt familiar, and before he could react for a while, he replied, "I'm going to enter." ”

But as soon as they finished speaking, they remembered how similar this was to the behavior of the people who helped them turn around their identities to obtain road guides when they first entered the city.

Even Tang Mingyi, everyone had a bit of embarrassment on their faces, and the guards gritted their teeth and said "go" several times, just wanting to drive the person away.

But that person didn't give up, and he didn't care about the look on their faces, he only told them how strict Tongcheng was to enter the city, and maybe it would be used in the future if he didn't have to do it at this time, and not only to help enter the city, but also to help introduce what to do after entering the city, and then he couldn't rent a yard, or he could also lead it to stay in a hotel, and so on.

All in all, it is in this Tongcheng, but there are demands, all of which they can't do.

Tang Mingyi was finally annoyed by him, and he didn't bother to speak, so he simply took out the waist card that did not lose his hair and threw it into this person's hand, which meant to show his identity.

However, the man didn't dodge when he saw the waist card, but became more enthusiastic: "A few Lang Jun are doing things for our aunt?" Then this journey must be hard, why do you need to be tired outside the city? I'm going to call a few people and go back to rest. ”

After the man finished speaking, he turned around and made a gesture to the other "people", and he didn't have to guess to know that he probably showed whether these people's business could be done. Then he didn't care about the attitude of the group, and ran back to call them the door.

Tang Mingyi then remembered that the north city gate is now Zheng Tong's business, and any of these people outside the city are ordinary people, all of whom were sent by the Zheng family to wait for business to come to the door. Although he was helpless, he didn't stop him.

Sure enough, after a short time, the city gate officials opened the city gate in advance, and they did not think much about it, and went directly into the city.

(End of chapter)