The cowardly drivers and servants had fled the tussle quickly, return afterwards only when the easy victory was apparent. These amateur bandits are no match for the authentic, former highwaymen Ma Joong, Chiao Tai and clever thief, Tao Gan all reformed, by Dee, working for the law now, the judge also does his part very well indeed, the other man Sergeant Hoong an intelligent, long serving family retainer, is too old to play. On the way after a long, slow, dull journey to his new post in Lan-fang, just over the next ridge, the astute magistrate Judge Dee from the Imperial capital, Chang'an (Xi'an), has four horse drawn carts, three wives, an unknown number of children, four trusted lieutenants, drivers, servants and ten highwaymen who ambush the entourage, in a small valley from the cover of a forest, below the hills of remote northwestern China, on the border with barbarian hordes who roam across the river.
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