Hu Guiyang opened the door, took out the small stick alone, pulled off the clip from his feet, "Come with me."

"I was not the one who spoke just now. I didn't even know where the Temple of Heaven is." Xiaotanzi said with a sad face.

"There is no way, who makes you smarter? Smart people like to find smart people to do things." Hu Guiyang smiled, put down the stick, closed the hole door, and shouted: "It's warmer inside, you can stay for a while."

The little stick was limping and trying to escape, but Hu Guiyang slowly caught up, "Do you want help?"

"You already know the location, why are you so burdened with me? You can't be smart enough to be a food, let alone a weapon."

Hu Guiyang grabbed one of Xiaoban's arm and smiled and said, "I like you, and the more I see you, the more I like you."

The little stick was stunned for a while and said tremblingly: "You, what do you mean? I will never do some things if I beat you to death."

"Haha, then let's kill you."

Xiaotanzi was shocked and quickly laughed: "You are not that kind of person, I can see."

"Which kind of person isn't it?"

"Uh... let me say goodbye to my father. If I find out that I'm missing, he will be sad."

"Look at you, you don't look like someone who often stays by your father's side. How long will it take for him to discover it?"

The little stick held it in for a long time, "The longest time is ten days."

Hu Guiyang laughed, "You lead the way."

The two entered the fire, and Xiaotanzi laughed and scolded others all the way. He wanted to run away and scream several times, but Hu Guiyang used a little force on his hand and changed his mind.

"Dad! Dad! Old monkey!" Xiaotan shouted from a distance, Hu Guiyang would not let him get too close.

"Come on, someone will give me a bottle of wine." The old monkey greeted.

"You drink your horse's urine. I'm going to go somewhere else with my friends to drink hot wine!"

"Little bastard, why don't you take me away?"

"If you can come over, I will take you there!"

"I, I crawl over and break your head..."

The old monkey scolded him, and the little stick cursed him back, and as Hu Guiyang got farther and farther away, the father and son stopped talking only after they could not hear each other.

After walking in the dark for a while, Xiaoban sighed, "Listen to my father's voice, my energy is getting worse day by day. I don't know how long I can last and whether I can survive this winter?"

"I think it's so bad. Your father has bad legs and feet but loves to brag. He has dirty mouths and is cruel. He probably either was assassinated by his accomplices or was caught by the officers and soldiers and would not suffer."

Xiaotanzi wanted to win some sympathy, but when he heard this, he turned his head and stared at Hu Guiyang, "I am worthy of being a lackey in the West Factory, and I am ruthless to the poor."

"I am a minion, not a lackey. Huo Shuangde, who was killed by your father, is the lackey." Hu Guiyang corrected.

"Is Huo Shuangde your friend?"

"Ha, he thought, I don't want to, we are the opponents."

"Then my dad is also venting his anger for you."

"I don't appreciate it."

Hu Guiyang dragged his little stick back to the mule cart, but saw only the coachman Ma Erlang, and asked in surprise: "Where is the other one? Where is Yang... Feng?"

"He said he wanted to go inquire about the news and asked me to stay here. He also said that if Mr. Hu comes back, please wait a little longer."

"None of these... guys are fuel-efficient lamps." Hu Guiyang almost said the word "woman". He stood there in place and had no choice. The place was too big and the night was dark. Looking for someone was like looking for a needle in a haystack, unless this person attracted attention everywhere like a small stick.

After waiting for a while, Ma Erlang said, "Why don't I go and look for it?"

"Don't, you'd better stay, so as not to find you later."

"I'm fine, he...is not suitable for this kind of place."

Hu Guiyang looked at the coachman, unable to see clearly in the darkness, but he could roughly see that Ma Erlang was very anxious, "Did you see it? Or did she tell you?"

"Hmm? I... I guessed it."

"Then you don't have to worry. Miss Yang is bold and careful and will not happen."

"Girl?" Xiaotanzi immediately grabbed the topic, "A girl comes here, and sheep enters the tiger's mouth. No, sheep enters the wolf pack, we can eat her until she doesn't even have bones left."

Ma Erlang was shocked, but Hu Guiyang was not in a hurry. He raised his hand to touch the top of the little stick and smiled and said, "If Miss Yang cannot come back, I have to send you to the West Factory to let you also feel what the tiger and wolf nest looks like."

Xiaotanzi's face changed. He had framed the master of the West Factory, so he was most afraid of the West Factory. He smiled awkwardly: "Just kidding, half of the people here don't have any carts. How about taking a girl?"

Ma Erlang was a little relieved, while Hu Guiyang smiled but said nothing.

Xiao Stick whispered: "Hu Guiyang."

"Um."

"Don't you want to arrange a way out for yourself?"

"What way out?"

"Wang Zhi won't always be in power. What will you do without him and the West Factory support?"

"You mean you guys will enter the palace to take power?"

Xiaotan nodded, "I know you don't believe it now. In a few days, you can't believe it."

"Someone told me it was five days."

"At most five days." Xiao Stick said affirmatively.

Hu Guiyang thought for a while, "This is really a problem. The current situation is chaotic, and any changes are possible."

Xiaotanzi laughed and said, "So many people entered the palace, guess who will be favored in the end and become a new powerful official?"

"It must be a mature and polite person."

"Bah, that kind of person is the life of guarding the warehouse. Is Wang Zhi very steadfast? Is Shang Ming well-educated and polite? He must be a person like me, smart, able to speak, have the eyesight, and dare to do things..."

The little stick brags to himself, and he is already half a powerful official.

Hu Guiyang interrupted him and said seriously: "Yes, shameless people like you are most likely to climb to a high position. If I offend you today, I will inevitably be retaliated in the future..."

"You still have a chance to correct..."

"I might as well kill people to silence them and eliminate future troubles forever."

Xiao Jianzi and Ma Erlang were both surprised. Xiao Jianzi sat down on the ground. Ma Erlang said carefully: "He is still a child..."

"Don't be fooled by appearance, he may not be younger than you."

Ma Erlang was even more surprised. He looked at him a few more times. Apart from his overly mature speech, he could not tell that he was a person of equal age.

Hu Guiyang just scared Xiao Jianzi and didn't really do anything. After waiting for a while, Xiao Jianzi stood up and patted his butt, "If you don't believe it, forget it, wait and see."

Someone came over, and Ma Erlang immediately met him, and stopped after a few steps, "It's her."

Yang Caixian is back. Although she tries hard to imitate the man, she still involuntarily shows her posture as a woman when walking in the snow.

She didn't know that she had been recognized, so she ignored Ma Erlang and came directly to Hu Guiyang. She was stunned for a moment when she saw the stranger.

"I invited helper." Hu Guiyang said.

Little Stick sneered, without refuting.

"It's true that it's related to Prince Dan." Yang Caixian said.

"What did you find out?"

"These people are going crazy. They all say that Prince Dan has received the emperor's personal order. A few days later, it officially created the Gods' servants' association, replacing the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and respecting Gods' servants. From then on, whether it is the eunuch in the palace or the ministers in the court, they must first join the association..."

"This is true." The little stick inserted.

Yang Caixian glanced at him and continued, "It is said that the Gods' servants will hold a great ceremony to pray for the gods in the Temple of Heaven, and tens of thousands of people will participate at the same time..."

"Look, I didn't lie to you, it's the Temple of Heaven." Xiaotanzi said again.

Yang Caixian said in confusion: "Prince Dan is a murderous demon, how can he get the power?"

"Prince Dan is a demigod, not a demon. It must make sense for him to kill people..."

Yang Caixian was furious, "Even if you are full of gods, it's not right to kill people randomly!"

The two of them disliked each other when they met on the first day of the New Year and glared at each other. Yang Caixian even forgot to hide his voice.

Hu Guiyang advised: "If you take their words seriously, you don't have to investigate the case with me. It's better to join the association directly."

Yang Caixian jumped into the carriage, "I just don't understand what's wrong with the world. Good people are short of life, demons are dancing around, even the emperor... Hu Ziwei, have you met the emperor at Zhao's house?"

Hu Guiyang nodded and got into the car with a small stick.

The little stick laughed smugly, but Yang Caixian felt like he was hit hard and said for a while: "You should tell me earlier."

“Is this important to you?”

"The emperor has been pulled over by Prince Dan, so why are we still fighting for? Brother Tong's unjust death seems to be avenged."

Hu Guiyang said to Ma Erlang: "Go back to Hengxingpu."

Ma Erlang changed his usual enthusiasm and drove the train silently because it was dark and he walked slowly.

"I'm not here to avenge Tong Feng." Hu Guiyang said to Yang Caixian opposite.
To be continued...