The square-faced man said: "I don't know who the other party is. He is not from our county government. He is said to be sent from the military camp. They are all wearing military uniforms and holding sabers."

Mo Wen asked some more specific details, and then said: "Okay, you can go."

The square-faced man was surprised, "Ah? Are you letting us go?"

Mo Wen raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is it possible that you still want us to treat you to dinner?"

As his voice raised, a threatening and murderous aura came out, and his voice became shriller.

The square-faced man was even more certain that this was a eunuch from the palace. He was so frightened that he got up and called his brothers to retreat into the forest.

They scrambled to carry their injured companion on their backs and headed into the woods.

However, as soon as he got into the forest, he ran out again.

"It's bad! It's coming! The man who captured the young man is here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a hundred or so men wearing military uniforms and holding broadswords emerged from the woods and rushed towards the bandits.

The square-faced man ran to the carriage, knelt down and begged: "My lord, your lord, please save us!"

Others also knelt down and said, "My lord, please help me. They don't look like soldiers. They are simply more cruel than bandits."

Before Dongming Ziyu could say anything, those people surrounded them.

Dongming Ziyu frowned slightly as he observed the so-called officers and soldiers from the car window.

Shangguan Ruoli wiped his wet hair with a cloth and looked at the officers and soldiers, "Their military uniforms are at least the old military uniforms that were phased out three or four years ago."

After Jing Yu became emperor, he made several improvements to the military uniforms.

Dongming Ziyu nodded and said: "Fake."

Shangguan Ruoli remembered that in Xuanzhou, the King of Qin teamed up with the Sun family to harm the people and opened a silver mine in Lianshan.

So, he said: "It seems that they need strong labor. Is there a silver mine nearby? The local officials arrested the people for secret mining?"

With so many people leaving without ever returning, it would have been impossible without the deception of local officials.

Dongming Ziyu put the sleeping Ling Yu on the blanket and said, "It makes sense. Just ask someone to check it out."

While they were talking, the leader of the "soldiers" outside had already pointed his knife at An Yi, who was protecting the bandits, and said with a ferocious smile: "You can't protect yourself, but you still want to protect these bandits?"

An Yi was not stupid, and sneered: "You are not soldiers, are you?"

The expressions of those "soldiers" all changed.

The leader said in a stern tone: "You accomplices of the bandits are still so arrogant, arrest them all and take them away!"

These people are all tall and powerful, and they are just right to take back to work.

Dongming Ziyu said calmly: "Leave a few alive and don't let anyone escape."

Then, when the screams started, the bandits were dumbfounded, and they were secretly glad that they had a good attitude just now and saved their lives.

There were a few practitioners among those "soldiers", but they were still far from Dongming Ziyu's personal guards. In a few seconds, there were corpses lying on the ground.

Without harsh words in secret, some "soldiers" would put down their weapons and kneel down to surrender.

Dongming Ziyu originally wanted to keep alive, so he didn't kill the twenty dozen prisoners.

The man with the square face was so frightened that his legs became weak. He wiped the rain off his face and said, "My lord, the rain is getting heavier and heavier. Why don't we go to the cave where we are staying to take shelter from the rain and interrogate these people at the same time?"

Mo Wen asked Dongming Ziyu in the carriage in a low voice. Dongming Ziyu glanced at Ling Yu, who was sleeping soundly.

The rain hasn't stopped yet, and they will get wet when they get out of the carriage.

Shangguan Ruoli stuck his head out and looked at the sky, "The rain doesn't look like it's going to stop, and it's not safe for the carriage to take the mountain road. It's better to stay in their cave. It also saves them taking these prisoners into the city to scare off the enemy."

Dongming Ziyu didn't want to walk on a mountain road on a rainy day, not to mention it was getting dark and walking at night would be even more dangerous.

He said: "Okay, don't think about following me to explore the road first."

The errand work was usually done by Mo Xiang. Mo Xiang responded and called a few guards and bandits to press the prisoners up the mountain.

Dongming Ziyu had the body disposed of and asked secret guards to check the situation around the mountain forest to ensure safety.

After waiting for a while, Mo Xiang came back and reported: "Master, their cave is a bit narrow and the environment is dirty. I found a small cave nearby. Master and Mrs. Bai went to that cave to rest."

Dongming Ziyu was very satisfied and picked up Ling Yu who was sleeping.

Shangguan Ruoli put an oilcloth raincoat on him, he held Lingyu in his arms and covered him tightly with the oilcloth.

Shangguan Ruoli packed up his things, put on his oilcloth raincoat and got out of the carriage, and went to call Bai Qingqing and his daughter.

A few guards were left to watch the carriage, and the group used Qing Kung Fu to go up the mountain. Bai Qingqing didn't know Kung Fu, but it was the easiest thing to do with a maid who knew Kung Fu on his back.

When we arrived at the cave that Mo Xiang was looking for, the cave had been cleaned and blankets had been laid out for sitting and sleeping.

Zi Yan spread Ling Yu's small mattress on the blanket and put a small pillow on it. Dongming Ziyu put Ling Yu down and covered her with a small quilt.

Bai Qingqing took out some insect repellent powder and took Wang Mingmin to sprinkle the powder around the cave to prevent snakes, insects, rats and ants from crawling in.

The guards came over carrying boxes containing stoves and food, and began to bury the stove at the entrance of the cave for cooking.

Shangguan Ruoli wanted to have barbecue, so Dongming Zijin sent a few secret guards to hunt.

The secret guards shot a wild boar, two robes, several hares, pheasants, etc., and cleaned them in the stream and brought them back.

Fortunately it is summer, otherwise it would be difficult to find even a stream in the mountains in the north.

Everyone started working together, and soon the aroma of rice, barbecue, and stew began to spread.

Gradually, some old people and children poked their heads in the rain outside the cave.

A bold woman came over and asked the barbecue guards, "I know you are good people, can you give the children something to eat?"

When the guards saw that they were sallow and thin, old and young, they felt pity for them and went into the cave to ask for instructions.

Ling Yu woke up when she smelled the fragrance, rubbed her eyes with her fists, leaned into Dongming Ziyu's arms, and yawned delicately.

When Shangguan Ruoli saw this, he said, "I'll go see what's going on."

Dongming Ziyu used his big hands to comb Ling Yu's pigtails and said "hmm".

Shangguan Ruoli pouted, "Daughter slave, when Ling Yu gets married, let's see how uncomfortable you are!"

Hum hum!

With a sour groan, Shangguan Ruoli came to the entrance of the cave.

The old man and the child who were waiting there saw a very beautiful woman coming out of the cave. For a moment, they thought it was an immortal practicing in the mountains who had come out.

The noble and unparalleled aura made those adults bend their knees and kneel on the ground.

Shangguan Ruoli asked the leading woman, "You men are hiding in the mountains, why do you follow them into the mountains too? Don't you have any fields at home?"

The woman hurriedly said: "Those people use the household registration to arrest the young men. If the men in the family hide out, they will bring people to make trouble every day, beat, smash, and rob, and even arrest the young children. We cannot survive in this disaster, so we can only hide."

Come into the mountains."

Have a household registration?

This shows that this matter is indeed related to local officials.
Chapter completed!