Chapter 1307: Temptation
Deputy Tang was startled.
That was true. It was another advantage the locals had. Xie Chun, Black Skin, and Baldy were all locals. If things really went wrong and they fled deep into Mount Dajin, how could the officials pursuing them know the terrain as well as these locals?
But Tang was an outsider, with no advantage of local knowledge. On the contrary, it was a weakness he could never make up for.
Even if Xie Chun let him go out for a walk every day, how many days could he wander around, and how much of the terrain could he learn?
The locals had lived here for twenty or thirty years, even thirty or forty. Mount Dajin might not exactly be their backyard, but it was still part of their daily lives. Of course they knew it well.
So he really had been careless. He hadn't seriously considered such a crucial issue at all.
He'd been worrying every day about what to do if the boat capsized, but all that worrying had been pointless.
Fortunately, the woman had opened his eyes with a single remark.
Thinking of this, Deputy Tang suddenly found the rather plain-looking woman before him a little more appealing. Her features even seemed to come into sharper focus.
"You're right. That makes a lot of sense. So they'd already planned an escape route. Mount Dajin is their escape route. And I'm an outsider, heh..." As he spoke, Deputy Tang grew visibly agitated. He felt he was being excluded far too much.
Seeing that she'd stirred up Deputy Tang's emotions, the woman discreetly fanned the flames. "And it's not just because you're an outsider. I'm afraid they might also use your New Recruit Camp... You could end up..."
"End up what?"
"I'm worried you'll