The leader didn't speak, just twisted the wine glass in his hand and played for a while, then he stood up and turned to the table next to him. He whispered to the girl: "Miss, it is not safe in this mill mountain, and there are often strongmen who rob money and kill people, so we should take a detour." ”

The girl looked like she was about sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a pale yellow dress, and her appearance was handsome and quite eye-catching.

She stopped the chopsticks in her hand and looked at the team leader who asked her opinion, "Uncle Li, you are tolerance, is it possible that those bandits still dare to rob tolerance?"

"Miss doesn't know, this group of bandits is really rampant, and in the cases that have been discovered so far, at least twenty or thirty people have been killed, and I don't know how many other undiscovered cases there are. Although we are tolerant, with the viciousness of the bandits, we can't guarantee that they will really attack us. ”

The girl in yellow heard that this group of bandits had killed so many people, and she couldn't help but be a little scared in her heart, "Father's birthday is imminent, if you take a detour, I don't know if you can arrive on time?"

Li Bantou thought for a while and said: "This Mopan Mountain is not long from south to north, and it is enough to cross the past for about a day, but it extends three or four hundred miles to the east, and if we make a detour, it will probably take more than ten days." ”

The girl lowered her head and counted the time, and then said with some hesitation: "Uncle Li, if you delay for more than ten days, you may not be able to catch up with your father's birthday, this is ......"

"I think it's better for us to take a detour, although it will be delayed for a few days, but it's better to be safe, as long as we speed up on the way and rush more every day, it is still possible to arrive before the big birthday. And if we walk from the Mopan Mountain, we may encounter that group of thieves who kill people without blinking, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to protect the safety of Miss at that time. ”

The girl looked at the two choices in front of her, and for a moment it was a little difficult to decide.

If you walk from the mountains, you may encounter bandits, and you will be worried about your life, but if you choose to bypass Mopan Mountain, you may not be able to catch your father's birthday banquet. Such a choice was too difficult for the young girl, and she was always thinking about it.

After a while, she opened her mouth and just wanted to say that she chose to take a detour, but then she thought of her father's love for her all the time. So she changed her words and said, "That...... Why don't we go out of the mountains?"

As soon as the words came out, she regretted it, she often heard people talk about these bandits killing people without blinking, if it was really bad luck to meet it, I am afraid that a woman like herself will end up with a life worse than death.

Thinking of this, she suddenly shuddered, turned her head to the old woman next to her and asked, "Aunt Zhang, where do you think it is more appropriate to go?"

"Miss, the old body thinks that what Li Bantou said is reasonable, although the detour will take more time, but it is safer this way, otherwise how will the old body explain to the old lady in the event of an accident. If we hurry up, we may not miss the master's birthday. Moreover, there is a reason for it, even if it is really wrong, the master will not blame the young lady if he knows it. The old woman next to her said.

"Since Uncle Li and Aunt Zhang have said so, let's take a detour. It's just that there's really no other way to do both?" the girl in yellow asked hesitantly when she heard both of them suggest a detour.

This Li Bantou actually didn't want to take a detour, but he was forced to maintain the safety of the girl, so he made such a decision.

At this time, when she heard the girl ask if there was any other way, she thought of one thing in her heart, turned her head and said to her subordinates: "This Mopan Mountain is the main road between the north and the south, and there are often business travelers passing by, so you go and check if there are any big caravans to pass through in the past few days." ”

The remaining three officials heard the leader's order, and after agreeing, they left the restaurant and went to the town to inquire about the news.

After arranging these, Li Bantou turned his head to the girl in yellow and said, "Miss, wait a minute, if there is a large group of business trips to pass through in the past two days, we can go with them, so that it will be much safer to enter the mountain, and there will be no need to go around for ten days." ”

When the girl in yellow heard that there might be other methods, she showed a happy look on her face, and after a while, she said to Li Bantou: "By the way, Uncle Li, I heard you say that the bandits in this mountain have killed twenty or thirty people, why does the government ignore it and let them rob their wealth and kill them here?"

Li Bantou smiled bitterly, "Miss doesn't know, although this Mopan Mountain is not big, but it is connected to the vast Hengduan Mountain Range to the west. Last year, the government also sent troops to encircle and suppress them, but when these bandits saw that the government was coming to suppress them, they hid in the Hengduan Mountain Range, leaving the officers and soldiers to search in the mountains in vain for several days without finding their traces. ”

"Oh, I see, no wonder they dare to be so rampant. When I get home, I will definitely ask my father to send more soldiers to the future, and I will definitely exterminate this gang of bandits. The girl clenched her fists and said.

The three of them ate and waited at the restaurant, waiting for the return of the servants.

Not long after, an errand ran in and said to Li Bantou: "Chief, I inquired, but it is really lucky, there happened to be a caravan spending the night in the town yesterday, preparing to enter the mountain today." They had a large team, numbering about fifty people, and there were more than twenty guards alone. The lowly told them who we were, and they agreed to take us with them. ”

When the girl in yellow and Li Bantou heard this, they immediately showed a look of surprise, "I wonder when they plan to go on the road?"

"They are now packing up their goods and are about to enter the mountain after loading their cars, so we have to hurry to meet them." ”

Hearing this, they didn't care about the unfinished meal, and left the restaurant after hurriedly settling the bill.

Luo Yin heard all their conversations beside him, and he also cared a little about the group of bandits. Listening to their conversation, there were as many as twenty or thirty merchants who were killed by the bandits, and this was only discovered, and I don't know how many others had not been discovered.

For such a wanton murderous thief, I didn't hear it, but I didn't hear it, since I let myself meet it this time, I must not stand by and watch, otherwise how can I be worthy of my conscience.

With his mind set up, he got up and settled the account, followed the group of servants, and prepared to go with them to the caravan for a ride.

The head of the Li Ban drove the girl in yellow and the old woman out of the restaurant, and led by the official to an inn on the east side of the town.

I saw that more than a dozen carriages outside the inn were ready to go, and a group of people were waiting there, including two of Li Bantou's subordinates.

Li Bantou got out of the carriage and came to the leader of the caravan, and thanked them for allowing a few of them to go with him. After some pleasantries, Li Bantou's carriage joined the convoy.