Hu Guiyang walked out of the room and said to Master Lin who was waiting outside: "What happened in Yunyang Mansion?"

"Nothing happened." Master Lin looked confused, "My adult..."

"Are you a doctor?"

"Sir, please don't ask."

"Then you go in and see you off."

Master Lin hurried into the room. As soon as Hu Guiyang walked to the gate of the yard, he heard crying sounds coming from the room.

More than a dozen officers and soldiers outside had already put their knives into the sheath, as if they expected this moment, and stood silently, not going into the house to check, or asking questions.

The others were ready, Fan Dajian selected the best horses at the post station, Yuan Mao went to issue official documents, Yi Cheng and others hid in the house, and refused to open the door. Yuan Mao had to stuff the official documents into the door and waited for the stamp inside before sending them out of the crack.

Seeing Hu Guiyang coming, Yuan Mao asked, "Who is there? It doesn't look like a little official."

"Yuan Jie."

Yuan Mao was even more surprised, "Master Yudu Censor Yuan? Why... why did he bring these people?"

"Um."

Hu Guiyang walked forward, Yuan Mao quickly followed, "What did Lord Yuan say?"

"He told me to return to the capital and not to go to Yunyang Prefecture."

Yuan Mao was stunned and fell down by Hu Guiyang and hurriedly chased after him, "Then we..."

"Where should we go to Yunyang Mansion more?"

Yuan Mao sighed lightly, knowing that this adventure will never be avoided.

The sky was already bright, and everyone set off. The official road was relatively simple. They came from the south and headed to Nanyang in the northeast. They could go west to Yunyang Prefecture.

The group of people rushed for more than half an hour and gradually slowed down. When the weather got hotter and hotter, they could only move forward slowly and try their best to find the shade of trees on the side of the road, and no one wanted to speak.

At around noon, the team stopped to rest. Zhang Wuchen complained: "The capital is hot enough, it is even hotter here, and I can't sweat but can't come out. I really want to kill people."

No one has an appetite, let horses eat grass, and everyone hides under the trees to drink water or wine.

Qian Gong came over, wiped his forehead, frowned and said, "Is the official in the post station Lord Yuan?"

When Yuan Mao talked to Fan Dajian, Qian Gong heard it and came over to ask.

"right."

"This is strange. As the right censor, Lord Yuan was in charge of Yunyang Prefecture, and had a high position and a powerful position. How could he be so powerful that he only brought a dozen people back to Beijing? He also had to hide his identity from the post station?"

"I don't know." Hu Guiyang fainted before he had time to ask more things.

Qian Gong laughed, thinking that Hu Guiyang was unwilling to tell the truth, "It seems that Lord Yuan seems to be running away. Why do those robbers chase Lord Yuan? And Wen Buhua..."

"I don't know all these things. I just want to arrive at Yunyang Prefecture as soon as possible. Since Lord Yuan left, the officials who left behind should be the prefect and the commander of the Yunyang Guard. Do you know them?"

"When the prefect Wu Yuan was an official in Beijing, he visited the Young Master Bao. I saw him once, and he should remember me. He also wrote a letter from the Young Master Bao. Hu also had the official documents of the West Factory. He would definitely cooperate with him. The commander was named Zang Lian, who was still a local garrison. I have heard of him, but I have never seen him, so there should be no problem."

The prefect and the garrison were both civil and military, and were not subordinate to each other and were usually controlled by the censor. Once Yuan Jie left, Yunyang Prefecture was equal to having no supreme commander, and Hu Guiyang had to deal with Wu Yuan and Zang Lian respectively.

Zhao Aqi in the distance suddenly shouted loudly: "Someone is catching up with you behind."

Qian Gong's face changed, "Funiu Mountain robber?"

Hu Guiyang walked to the middle of the official road and looked back, "It was Lord Yuan's entourage."

Qian Gong breathed a sigh of relief.

Master Lin and more than ten officers and soldiers quickly caught up. They ran in a hurry, all of whom were sweating profusely, their faces flushed, and they ignored others. They jumped off their horses and bowed at the same time.

"Master Yuan... is over." Master Lin looked sad.

"As for the sake of mercy," Hu Guiyang said perfunctorily. He had never had any contact with Yuan Jie, so he had nothing to say.

"Where is Captain Hu going?"

"Of course it's Yunyang Mansion. We are on the right path, right?"

"The road is right, but the decision is wrong." Master Lin raised his voice a little to attract the attention of others. "Did Master Hu forget Lord Yuan's reminder? Don't go west and return to Beijing immediately."

Hu Guiyang smiled and said, "I haven't forgotten, but I am not a subordinate of Lord Yuan. I am the captain of the Jinyiwei Nanshi. I was seconded to the West Factory for business and only followed the orders of the West Factory."

Fan Dajian, who was walking here, curled his lips to Yuan Mao beside him. In his eyes, Hu Guiyang was not an obedient lieutenant who obeyed the orders.

"Mr. Yuan did not order you, but reminded you in his private name: Don't go to Yunyang Mansion, it is very dangerous there."

Before Hu Guiyang could speak, Qian Gong said, "No, Yunyang Prefecture has just been set up, and the imperial court has vigorously supported it. There are at least 8,000 officers and soldiers stationed..."

Master Lin shook his head, "It has nothing to do with the number of officers and soldiers. It may be fine if others go to Yunyang Mansion, but you can't do it."

"What's so special about us?" Qian Gong looked at the others who were walking with him. It was normal for them to be all of them. Only the three women seemed a little abrupt.

At this time, everyone had gathered, and Master Lin also glanced around, "I know why you are going to Yunyang Prefecture. I'm going to be too late. You are late. The people from Dongchang and Nans have arrived first. You have taken away all the things you should take away. You will get nothing when you arrive at Yunyang Prefecture."

Zhao Aqi believed it and stamped his feet, "If I had known this, I would have rode a horse and took a land route. I would have been delayed by taking a boat. This time, there is no golden elixir left."

Hu Guiyang was serious and asked, "What does 'thing that should be taken' mean?"

"Golden Pill." Master Lin replied immediately, "It is luck that you didn't get the Golden Pill. The Golden Pill is poisonous and will make the person who takes the food lose his life."

Zhao Aqi yelled and said he didn't believe it.

"Including Lord Yuan?" Hu Guiyang asked.

Master Lin sighed softly, "That's right, in the past year, Lord Yuan took seven golden elixirs in succession, but the result... Alas, it's useless to say more. In short, you will return to the road. Don't go to Yunyang Mansion again, and return to the capital immediately."

Qian Gong said anxiously: "I'm going to Yunyang Mansion soon. How can I just retreat? You said that the golden elixir is poisonous, so we don't eat it..."

Hu Guiyang said to Master Lin: "You are wrong."

"What's wrong?"

"Since the East Factory and the Nansi have taken away all the golden elixirs, what are the dangers we have to go to Yunyang Prefecture? It should be safer."

Master Lin was stunned. He ran anxiously and wanted to persuade these people to return, but he did not notice the inconsistency in his words. "This... may be some left, and it is even more toxic..."

"What happened to Yunyang Mansion? Master Lin, we came from all the way, and it is impossible for a few lies to make me look back."

Master Lin hesitated for a moment, "I will only say to you."

"These people have been with me for a long time. If Yunyang Mansion is really in danger, they should listen."

Fan Dajian took a step forward, "Person Hu said this sentence is too right. You can take risks, but you have to take risks clearly."

Master Lin hesitated for a while and said to the soldiers who followed him: "You retreat first, this matter has nothing to do with you."

The soldiers led their horses to the distance.

Master Lin looked at the more than ten people in front of him, "You all want to know?"

Even the three followers brought by Qian Gong nodded.

"Let's go under the tree and talk."

He Wu urged impatiently: "Is the danger of being so big is worth it?"

Master Lin still walked under the tree and raised his hand to fan the wind near his neck, "It's so hot this year. You want to know the truth, okay, I will tell you the truth, but this is just what I see and hear, or what I have missing. Don't ask me, it's useless to ask me."

Master Lin followed his elders to Jingxiang two years ago. After some visits and inspections, Yuan Jie suggested to the court that Yunyang Prefecture should be set up on the spot, recruit nearby refugees, and turn them all into Ming people.

This trick works very well. When the city is built, a large number of refugees do not have to leave their houses and fields. Of course, they are willing to settle down and submit. Sometimes some refugees may cause trouble and are suppressed by the officers and soldiers.

The strange thing happened in the Fuzhi Yamen of Yunyang Prefecture. It was probably last month that a deep pit suddenly appeared in the backyard of the Yamen overnight, slightly larger than the wellhead and deep inside.

No one in the Manchu Yamen heard a strange noise, nor did he see a strange scene. The deep pit appeared out of thin air, without any warning in advance.

There was no government office in Jingxiang area for many years, and miscellaneous roads among the wanderers were prevalent. Every family believed in ghosts and gods. Yuan Jie was worried that this matter would cause panic if it spread, so he issued strict orders not to leak deep pits to the outside, and built a shed to cover the pit.

Master Lin lived in the backyard. At first, he was afraid of not being able to sleep, but gradually got used to it. After the deep pit appeared, there was nothing unusual. Everything was as usual. He even dared to look down at the pit, except for a deep black ball, and saw nothing.

During the first month of this year, Master Lin discovered that Lord Yuan had some changes. He was obviously an old man in his fifties and sixties, but his face became more and more blushing, his steps became lighter and lighter, and he was quite interested in women.

The custody of Jingxiang was a temporary responsibility, so Yuan Jie took office alone and did not take his family. However, since this year, the city of Yunyang Prefecture is in full swing, but he ordered people to buy young women, saying that it was a lack of people around him, which was quite inconvenient.

Master Lin was very surprised, but did not advise him. He would never be out of order for a local official to buy two maids.

Ten days ago, Lord Yuan's physical condition took a sharp turn for the worse, no longer had the energy he had before, and often fell into panic at night.

Lord Yuan asked Master Lin and said to him: "I'm not long after my life, and I must return to the capital immediately."

Yuan Jie also asked Master Lin to seal the deep pit with wood and stone, claiming that there were bad things in the pit. He had contacted the things in the deep pit and took seven or eight so-called golden elixirs, and he became what he is today.

At this moment, there were rumors that refugees in the mountains were going to rebel again, but Yuan Jie insisted on leaving, and did not even give some explanation to the prefect and the guard in person. He only left two letters and could only hand them over to the civil and military officials after he left.

Yuan Jie quietly set out on the road with a few followers, and his condition became worse and worse. He finally fell down at the post station.

As soon as they left Yunyang Prefecture, two teams of Nansi and Dongchang arrived. It is said that they had occupied the Fuzhi Yamen and were probably heading for that deep pit.

"I didn't hide it. That's how it is. My elders have passed away. Before he died, he told me that he was hurting people in deep pits. Nansi and Dongchang are irreversible. But Hu Xiaowei and others should not die innocently, so I will be sent to chase you."

After hearing this story, everyone was half-believing and half-doubted, only Hu Guiyang was shocked. Although the symptoms were not exactly the same, some of the changes in Yuan Jie were exactly the same as those of his adoptive father Zhao Ying.
Chapter completed!