Sure enough, there was a large crowd of people coming this way, and a dozen or so hunters on tall horses were waving whips in their hands, shouting and scolding incessantly, and driving about sixty or seventy people over. The sixty or seventy men were all men, all of them were tied together by ropes, ranging from fifteen to sixty years of age, all on foot, in rags, with straw or cloth shoes on their feet, and with marks of whipping on their bodies and faces, and all of them hung their heads.

Obviously, this is indeed the official government driving a group of newly caught strong men past here.

The first one with a meaty face looked at it, raised his whip and pointed at the tea pavilion, and shouted: "There is a tea pavilion over there!

Another catcher whispered, "Boss Hu, there's nothing to eat in the tea pavilion, right?"

The Hu boss said dissatisfiedly, "I don't know if there is nothing to eat? The question is can you find another place to eat and drink now?"

Another catcher said yes again and again, and said no more.

When this group of people came to the tea pavilion, the old man could only come forward, bowed down and said, "Uncles, if you want to drink tea, please sit!"

Boss Hu glanced at it and asked the old man condescendingly, "Is there only a big bowl of tea?"

The old man replied, "Yes, sir!" the little old man only has a big bowl of tea here, and some peanuts and melon seeds, nothing else!"

Boss Hu snorted, pointed at the old man with a whip and said, "No wonder you are so old and you are like this bird! If I were you, I would not only sell big bowls of tea, but also food and noodles, both to eat and drink, and I am afraid that I will not be able to make money?"

The old man bowed and said yes. Boss Hu asked again: "Let me ask you, has anyone ever drunk tea with you today, especially the young and strong?"

The old man said, "No! No one has come to drink tea these days, and it has hardly opened!"

Boss Hu snorted and said, "Then you're going to be busy now!"

The crowd quickly ordered the fifty or sixty "strong men" to stop on the side of the road and rest on the spot. There were two catchers in front and behind to supervise them, and the rest of the catchers got off their horses and sat down, ready to drink tea. A group of people shouted and drank, asking the old man to bring melon seeds and peanuts first, and asking the old man to lead the horse to feed the grass. The old man couldn't help it, he was busy running forward, the windmill was spinning, and the group of fast catchers were chatting with melon seeds and peanuts, talking about the harvest of catching strong men in the past few days.

Ling Ye and the others didn't go far, so they hid on a small hill not far away and watched this side. Seeing the old man hunched over and spinning like a spinning top, Xiao Yao sighed: "It's really embarrassing for this old man to serve such a large group of officials!"

Ling Ye looked at the strong men sitting on the side of the road, and said slowly: "I think those people are more pitiful. They were bound by ropes, driven by this group of officials and lords, and they must have been hungry and tired. But now the officials are drinking tea and chatting, but they can only sit down on the spot, and they don't even give a sip of water, which is worse than livestock!"

Xiao Yao immediately said: "Young Master Ling, then let's put down these fast arresters and save these people?"

Que Wan'er objected: "Don't be impulsive, it's useless." Today we saved them, and tomorrow the arrester will probably be able to catch them. Their home is here, their livelihood is also here, where else can they run? If they can outrun, monks can't run away from the temple, you've always heard of it, right? When the time comes, the officials will seize their families and strangle them, and they will only be even worse. We saved them today, but in the end we only hurt them even worse!"

Ling Ye nodded silently. Xiao Yao looked at the poor group of strong men, and couldn't bear it in her heart, and sighed: "Miss, I also know that you are very reasonable, but just watching it like this and not reaching out to help, it is really not a taste in my heart!"

Que Wan'er said: "Xiao Yao, there are some things in this world, it is better to stand by and watch than to mix! For example, if two people quarrel, you go to mix blindly and help one of them, when the two of them are reconciled, they will bite you together!"

Xiao Yao sneered: "Miss, these officials and the arrested strong men are not husband and wife!

Que Wan'er glanced at her: "I just want to make it clear, it's better to stand by and save people by watching this matter!"

While the two girls were talking, Ling Ye had been watching those strong men, and said quietly: "They are going to move!"

When those strong men were caught, they were already full of humiliation, but now they are tired and thirsty, and they are drinking tea and chatting, but they are treated like animals, and they are naturally full of resentment. Seeing that there were only four people supervising them now, some of the strong men in this group looked at each other and decided to take the opportunity to escape.

Only a few of the strong men were untied at first, but slowly more and more. There was a rather strong man in the group who seemed to have a lot of prestige among the group, and everyone looked at him, waiting for his eyes to sign.

The man shook his head slightly, meaning that the time has not yet come, don't act rashly!

At this time, the four catchers were also served tea by the old man, and they were holding the tea bowl and drinking tea with their necks up. Whoever travels for half a day is sure to be thirsty, and everyone wants to drink a bowl of hot tea.

The man nodded heavily, opened his mouth, and silently uttered four words: "It's now!"

The four strong men who were drinking tea on their necks suddenly roared and jumped up, and two or three people pounced on the catcher who was drinking tea on his horse. The four catchers were concentrating on drinking tea, and they were caught off guard for a while, and they were directly knocked down, screaming and falling off their horses.

The man jumped up and shouted, "Run, everyone!"

All the strong men jumped up from the ground and ran away. The man shouted again, "Don't all run together, run separately!"

Boss Hu and the others were drinking tea there leisurely and happily, and when they suddenly saw such a change, they were all taken aback, they didn't want the tea, and they jumped up one after another. Boss Hu glanced at it, brushed the ground and pulled out his waist knife, and shouted: "If you run away, I want you to look good!"

The crowd ran to the grazing horses and got on their horses in a mess. After all, these people are not stupid, and they know that they can't catch up with so many people who are already running ahead with just two legs.

By this time, the strong men had already scattered and ran away. The man ran as fast as he could, turning around to watch the crowd flee. When his face was facing Ling Ye's side, Ling Ye and Que Wan'er snorted at the same time, and said in unison: "Niu Dali!"

Isn't this man the same Niu Dali who led a group of peasants to besiege Prince Gong in the eastern suburbs of the imperial capital? Unexpectedly, he escaped the pursuit of the wind falcon last time and fled here, but now he has been captured again.

You can't escape the chains of the empire anywhere!