Chapter 191 Suddenly

Author: Yao Jishan

The Cheng family's mother and daughter are officials, which is different from the rough man who runs around the world. They also spend a lot of money to hire the Zhenbei Escort Agency to guard the situation. The one they are looking for is just the word "Antai".

Therefore, Ding Lei never stayed in the wild overnight. He sent people to explore the road in advance every day, booked a clean inn or a richer farmhouse. As long as he walked to the place, even if it was still early, he would stop early to stay.

As a result, the speed of traveling slower and slower.

Ding Lei was not in a hurry at all.

He had already made plans to go home on the Mid-Autumn Festival. After all, this escort was a fat escort that he had never met in ten years, and it was enough for the escort agency to eat for two or three years. So he only wanted to be safe in everything, and then discuss other things.

Eight days later, the autumn rain was drizzling, and the Cheng family finally arrived in Jingxing County.

Jingxing County is also under the jurisdiction of Zhending Prefecture, and is nearly two hundred miles away from Zhending County.

Although the distance between the two places is not far, the official road is intermittent, and some places are still wild roads, which is time-consuming to walk.

Zhenbei Escort Bureau often travels around this area, familiar with everything, but the journey is safe and smooth. On the night of arriving in Jingxing County, he stayed at the largest Jixiang Inn in the city.

The Jiang mother and daughter bought a yard, while Ding Lei and others stayed in the guest rooms, leaving behind people to take care of horses and vehicles, and were safe overnight.

After a stable sleep, Ding Lei never put in the effort.

Before dawn the next day, he got up early, practiced swords in the open space in the backyard of the inn, and then blew two or three sets of punches, sweating all over the body. The sky to the east gradually turned blue and white, and he went back to the house to wash.

While cleaning the face, the door of the house was suddenly slapped and Cao Bin, the loud voice of the wademan Cao Bin also rang:

"Door head, drone head, open the door."

Ding Lei heard the anxiousness in his voice, so he hurriedly stepped forward and opened the door. Cao Bin did not enter the house, but stood by the door and lowered his voice, "The head of the archery, the road ahead has collapsed."

"The road collapsed?" Ding Lei didn't understand for a moment and asked subconsciously.

He has an ordinary appearance, moderate facial features, and he can't see emotions on his plain face, and the same is true at this time. However, Cao Bin has been under his command for many years, but he can feel that he is very surprised at this moment, so he added:

"Yes, the head of the escort, the official road has really collapsed. There are a few people who are rushing to the early road in the store, but now they all retreat. It is said that the official road in front is sinking, and a big hole has collapsed. The soil on all sides is loose. Those who are brave enough to go around and almost fall into the hole."

"There is no dead, right?" Ding Lei frowned.

Cao Bin shook his head quickly: "There is no such thing. But that road is hard to go, and I don't know when to repair it."

When the road collapses, the government needs to send servants to level the road. However, it is now the autumn harvest season, and there is no need to find people to temporarily add labor service, unless the government is willing to spend more money, but this is obviously impossible.

"But someone went to explore the way?" Ding Lei asked again.

Cao Bin said: "Boss Liu has gone. He is fast and he will be back in half a moment."

Boss Liu is the best light skills among the group of stints. Whenever he needs to go and go back quickly, he will volunteer to lead the way.

Sure enough, not long after, Mr. Liu ran back with sweat and reported that the road had indeed collapsed, and the cave was in the middle of the official road outside the city. He measured it roughly and found that the pit was about five or six feet in a radius. The ground around it was quite soft and fragile, and it was growing in a bush. If you were walking, you could barely pass, but the vehicles and horses could not get through.

After hearing this, Ding Lei thought for a while, he said in a deep voice: "I'll go and ask the master's meaning."

It’s not impossible to wait for a day or two, but if it’s ten days and half a month or even longer, then it’s not something that Ding Lei can take charge.

Jiang had also received the news at this time.

The inn is chaotic and noisy, and the world knows everything big, let alone such a big thing?

When the manager Jiang Shun ordered someone to go to the kitchen to see breakfast, he heard about this. He asked the shopkeeper of a business that had returned from outside the city. When he learned that the news was true, he reported it himself.

"Is it impossible to understand the official road at all?" Jiang was a little disbelief for a moment.

Fortunately, she could actually get a big hole on the road. Even though she had some knowledge, she felt it was incredible.

Jiang Shun had followed the tea caravan to and from Hebei two roads, and then said:

"When I was traveling to the commercial road, I encountered a land dragon turning over once. It was really scary. The houses and trees were all shaking, and people couldn't stand, and the roads were twisted and changed. There were holes on the ground, and there were probably some."

The earth dragon turned over and Jiang had heard it. He lowered his eyebrows and pondered, hesitating whether to send a letter to his parents first, so as not to worry about his parents and relatives.

At this moment, the door curtain suddenly lifted, and Mei Xiang walked in hurriedly and said:

"Report to Madam, someone from Taiyuan Mansion has arrived. He has just arrived and is waiting outside. And Head Ding is also outside, saying that he has something to tell his wife."

"Is someone from Taiyuan Mansion coming?" Jiang was really surprised.

Now there is still half a month left before the date agreed between the two sides. Even if the elder brother sent them to welcome them, it will arrive too quickly.

"Who is here?" Jiang didn't care about Ding Lei, but only asked about his parents' family affairs.

Mei Xiang said, "Go back to Madam, Fu Sheng is here to manage the business."

Jiang nodded: "Let him come in first, then say to Ding Biaotou and let him wait and come again."

Fusheng is also an old servant of the Jiang family. When Jiang got married, his family was still in the house. Later, Mr. Jiang didn't know what happened, so he called him back and changed to Jiang Shun to come over.

Mei Xiang responded and was about to go out. Jiang suddenly remembered something and hurriedly called her again: "Slow down. Call someone to go first and say to Jiaoer, tell her not to run around, so she can stay in the house."

The defenses of men and women in the Song Dynasty were not so strict, but girls who were not married were not suitable for meeting men. That was fine, but those who were Ding PaoTou were all men of the world. Jiang's own sons were mostly sent by the servants, so it was rare to meet Cheng Yuejiao, so it was even more necessary to avoid it.

Jiang naturally guessed that Ding Lei was here to discuss the trouble with her. However, her parents' family suddenly sent someone, and she felt a little uneasy, so that she could focus on the matter and postpone the matter of Ding's head.

In the back room of the courtyard, the woman who was passing the message left, and Cheng Yuejiao's cheeks bulged into balls, and her face was full of unhappiness.

She had finished washing and was about to go to the front to pay tribute to Mrs. Jiang, and then stayed in the small garden for a while.
Chapter completed!