Hu Guiyang was the captain of Guifang, the Jinyiwei Nanshi, and was seconded to the West Factory for services. He heard that he was going to the East Factory, but he was surprised, "Have you been transferred to the East Factory?"

Shi Gui shook his head, "I'm still in the West Factory. Let's go, it's better not to make too much noise."

Hu Guiyang looked at the officers and soldiers and Jinyiwei halfway through the street and smiled and said, "Okay, no trouble. I will tell the people in the yard a few words."

Shi Gui nodded, "Just stand here and say."

Many officers and soldiers were ready to fight, with swords drawn out, guns raised, and more than ten bird guns lit with velvet threads. A little further away, a group of Taoist priests and a group of monks stood in the group, as if they were doing rituals. Such a formation was not like catching a prisoner, but rather like preparing to encircle and suppress a gang of rebellious plots.

Hu Guiyang slowly turned around, turned his back to everyone, and said to the yard: "You two, clean up the house and feed the horses. You are not allowed to move a big cake and a finger. You can use my money to buy some wine and meat, and you are not allowed to touch anything else."

Jiang and Zheng were already scared and nodded barefootly. Dapian was smart, but he was a timid dog. He hid in the utility room without saying a word, revealing half of the dog's head, and his front paws protected several packages.

Hu Guiyang slowly turned to the street again and smiled and said, "Riding a horse or walking?"

"Sit in a sedan chair."

"No, I can get into a sedan chair as soon as I return to Beijing. Do I need me to change into new clothes?"

"No. Don't waste time, go."

A pair of sedan chairs came from the crowd. Hu Guiyang shrank his shoulders and sat on it. The road was bumpy and undulating. He really felt that sitting in a sedan chair was not as comfortable as riding a horse.

The officers and soldiers evacuated, and people from all households slowly walked out, and soon they were talking excitedly.

"Hu Guiyang is causing a big deal, no wonder he has never dared to come back."

"It must be that I am greedy for treasures in Yunyang Mansion."

"He just said in the store that he buried gold and silver, it turned out to be true!"

"Monk, what's going on with Taoist priest?"

...

Hu Guiyang could not hear these comments, nor could he answer the neighbor's questions. He fell asleep in the sedan chair, but he didn't wake up when the curtain was opened. He was in the corner and snoring loudly.

"Wake up." Shi Gui pushed it twice.

Hu Guiyang suddenly woke up, and in a trance forgot where this place was. He raised his fist and pointed it at Shi Guida. After a while, he spoke: "Here?"

Hu Guiyang was led to a small room in the East Factory, which was not like a living room or a prison cell. There was a stool in the middle, and there was nothing else.

"Who am I?"

Shi Guida was the only guard and whispered: "You'd better tell the truth later."

"Of course." Hu Guiyang sat on the stool, looked at Shi Guida at the door, and smiled and said, "You have changed a lot."

"Um."

"Is the beard real?"

Shi Guida nodded coldly.

"Haha, another hundred household in the Zhao family. If this continues, your position will definitely surpass that of your adoptive father. Are you already married?"

Shi Guida was slightly stunned and nodded again.

Hu Guiyang laughed, "I'll just say that you are like the husband of the Gu family now. You won't even have children, right?"

Shi Gui was a little angry, "We haven't seen each other for only half a year, and it's only two months since I got married."

"Sorry, there are no dates in the mountains, I'm confused."

"You have been in the mountains?" Without waiting for the other party to answer, Shi Guida immediately added: "No need to answer, I'll talk about it later."

The door opened, and two acquaintances and two strangers came in one by one. The stranger was obviously a clerk. He set up a simple small table, lay paper and grind the ink to prepare records. The acquaintances were Liang Xiu, Fu of Nansi Town and Baihu Zuozhou.

"Hey, you are not dead." Hu Guiyang said happily, not getting up, "Don't care, I have no malice. If I were to put what I said just now, it would be a good thing to say."

Many people died in Yunyang Prefecture. "Not dead" was indeed a celebration at that time. After several months, they seemed very rude to return to the capital.

It is completely different from Yunyang Prefecture, there is no temptation from external objects such as golden elixirs. Liang Xiu and Zuo Yu were pure Ming officials, loyal to the emperor and focused on themselves.

The two looked at each other, but Liang Xiu spoke, "Hu Guiyang, the captain of Guifang, the Fushi Nanfu Division of Jinyiwei."

"That's right." Even at this time, Hu Guiyang refused to stand up to pay homage to his superiors.

Liang Xiu was not serious about this matter. He glanced at the clerk and saw that they were ready, and continued: "Where have you been after the seventh day of the seventh day of this year?"

“When is today?”

“December thirteenth.”

"No wonder everyone is idle. It turns out that the Chinese New Year is coming soon. Will our Nansi have any rewards at the end of the year?"

Liang Xiu was furious and his bad impression of the captain immediately surged into his heart, "Hu Guiyang, this is the East Factory, not a place where you are so slick."

Hu Guiyang smiled and said, "Okay, ask, I answer, tell the truth, and there is no concealment."

Liang Xiu's anger was slightly reduced, "Where have you been? Why don't you report back to the team?"

"I went around the mountains and didn't return to the team to report because I didn't have a team at all. The lord of the tutor should remember that when I went to Yunyang Mansion alone, I didn't follow the team."

The people Hu Guiyang brought with him had no official status. Strictly speaking, he was indeed alone.

"What are you doing in the mountains?" Liang Xiu had no choice but to avoid that question.

"It's still the same thing, I'm chasing He Baiwan."

"He Baiwan has been killed by you long ago, how can he chase him?"

"It's great. Because I was careless for a moment, I didn't bring back the heads and couldn't prove myself. There are rumors that He Baiwan was not dead and frequently appeared in the mountains. So... it turned out that I was in vain. Now that I have the recognition of the Lord Shun, I can feel at ease."

"What do I agree with?"

"I killed Qin and sinned millions, and I finally live up to the entrusted lords."

Liang Xiu's face turned red and her fists couldn't help but clenched.

Hu Guiyang immediately smiled and said, "Mr. Liang is still practicing magical skills?"

Liang Xiu immediately let go of his hands, "Nothing is the magical power."

Liang Xiu continued to ask, wanting to know where Hu Guiyang had been in the past few months, especially who he had met.

Hu Guiyang couldn't explain clearly. He was walking around the mountains and had no idea where he was. He usually made a living by hunting. Occasionally, he met scattered mountain people, exchanged some salt and wine, and did not ask each other's names.

When talking about wild game in the mountains, he talked endlessly. He didn't know anything else, and he always made mistakes in time, thinking that the change of Yunyang City had only been a few days.

Liang Xiu became more annoyed the more he asked, and said to Zuo: "No need to bother, just torture."

Zuo Yu's thin face remained silent, "I have to do this."

The five people left, Hu Guiyang stood up, paced back and forth, stretching from time to time, without any panic on his face.

Shi Guida returned, stood at the door for a while, and said, "You can't get through the torture of the East Factory."

"I bet they won't use torture." Hu Guiyang still looked dissatisfied.

"You stayed in the mountains for too long and didn't understand the situation here."

"Hey, what's there to know? That's all, longevity, golden elixir, god... I've been wandering around the mountains for ten years, and there won't be much change here after I come out."

A smile slowly appeared on Shi Gui's face, "You are still so smart."

"When I invited me, I made great contributions. Even the monk and the old Taoist took them. No matter how stupid a person is, he can guess what's going on."

"I've told them a long time ago that there aren't too many people."

"No, I'm back, can I still make a big fuss in the capital?"

"Things are still the same, but the division of labor has changed a little."

"oh?"

"The West Factory is responsible for searching for the Jindan, the East Factory and the South Department are searching for the Yiren."

"What is the Inhuman?"

"It is said that on the day of the great change in Yunyang City, you were sober."

"It's okay, at least I know who I am."

"Then you didn't see the stars falling?"

Hu Guiyang shook his head, "It was daytime, and I was hit by a black cloud and could not see anything. When the clouds dissipated, there was nothing in the sky."

"No wonder." Shi Gui chose to believe, "Many people testified, claiming that dozens of red stars were trapped in different places at that time. When they sent people to search, they only saw some strange wreckages, which were shattered at once. Later we found out that there were originally people in the wreckage, but they did not know where to go after they landed."

"I know who it is."

"You know?"

"It's the Wen family. They were all on the Tianji ship at that time, and they must have been sent back to the ground at the last moment. I've seen one of them, the Immortal of Gu. He said a few words to me, and later went to deceive the mountain people and attack the officers and soldiers. I heard that he was defeated, right?"

"Yes, the officers and soldiers were in chaos at that time, and later... they quickly returned to normal. The two sides did not fight much, and the rebels retreated. Most of them accepted recruitment, and a small number of them fled into the mountains, including the immortals in the valley you mentioned."

"Suffer yourself."

Shi Gui was like chatting, and Hu Guiyang also said a lot about some things, but none of them was important.

After almost the same chat, Shi Guida found that he could not ask anything, so he had to say directly: "Where is the golden elixir you took from the Southeast elixir acupoint?"
To be continued...