The castrated beggars were a group of mobs. When they encountered a sneak attack, they immediately scattered.

The sneak attacker was not like the officers and soldiers. Hu Guiyang also wanted to escape, but he was stopped by several knights after he was stopped by the house after a few steps.

"Person Hu, how did you come out?" One person jumped off his horse and quickly came forward.

When this person approached, Hu Guiyang recognized him, "Chen Qianyuan?"

"It's me. I thought it would be better if Captain Hu was fine, just go with me."

"Can you send me back to the city?"

"The court clearly wants to kill you, why are you going back? Come with me to hide."

Hu Guiyang shook his head, "No, I have to go back, maybe someone will help me."

"Oh, Captain Hu is really infatuated. Then follow me back to the city and hide for a few days."

"Thank you." Hu Guiyang bowed and took a few steps and added: "I thank you for taking me back to the city, not for you to come and save people. When you see it, I came out by myself."

"Haha, I haven't seen each other for several years. Captain Hu hasn't changed at all. Everything has to be said so clearly."

"If you don't explain it clearly now, you can't argue it clearly when you repay favors."

Chen Qianyuan still laughed loudly, asked his companions to give up a horse for Hu Guiyang, then greeted everyone and galloped away.

Along the way, people kept leaving the team, and they greeted Chen Qianyuan before leaving. Not long after, only four people were left.

In a small alley, four people dismounted and the horses were handed over to two people. Chen Qianyuan and Hu Guiyang walked, and were walking around in the dilapidated alley in the south of the city. It was already dawn and pedestrians appeared on the road, but Hu Guiyang still couldn't recognize where he was.

The two entered adobe house and Chen Qianyuan said, "Has the Captain Hu thought about it? Do you really want to go back to the city?"

"You have to go back, and you know why."

"Retrieve the divine jade?" Chen Qianyuan showed a meaningful smile on his face.

"If it weren't for it, Brother Chen wouldn't have taken the risk of saving me, right?"

"Haha, Captain Hu just doesn't want to believe that there is a true friendship in this world. But you are not right. Without the divine jade, I will save you too. For nothing else, Captain Hu saved everyone's lives in Yunyang Prefecture."

"I didn't expect someone would really thank me for this."

"I am obsessed with the great changes in Yunyang. Everyone at that time was still alive. The more I investigated, the more I believe that Captain Hu had turned the tide."

"Enough. How do you know that I was kidnapped by the castrated beggar?"

"Hey, Jiang Yun fell on me for the crime of kidnapping. How could I not know? What's funny is that Jiang Yun specializes in reselling official documents to make money, but he thinks that his subordinates and those eunuchs can keep it secret for him. Haha. Captain Hu knows who Jiang Yun is?"

"The master of the Taoist scriptures is known as the 'Nanjing Bai Mengchang'."

"He didn't hide it, but this 'Mengchang' is not in vain. He has made corrupt officials and married bandits, and has done many things that are harmful to the world."

"Brother Chen used to be a corrupt official or a bandit?"

Chen Qianyuan once joined the Nidao and was also one of the friends Jiang Yun made.

"I'm the one who's blinded by him."

"I am considered a corrupt official." Hu Guiyang said seriously, "I have eaten a lot of food for officials in my own room."

Chen Qianyuan was stunned for a moment and smiled and said, "In front of Captain Hu, there is no concealment. Well, you are a corrupt official, I am a bandit."

"Corrupt officials meet bandits, we can talk."

"Haha, don't worry, Captain Hu or go to the city?"

"right."

"Okay, let's wait a moment, I'll go out and arrange it. Let's talk after entering the city."

Chen Qianyuan came back soon, "After the arrangement is done, I have to feel sorry for Captain Hu."

"I can bear the grievance."

There was a mule cart pulling goods outside, full of large baskets of fruits. Hu Guiyang curled up and hid in one basket. It was not hidden, but unless it was deliberately searched, no one could find any abnormalities.

Hu Guiyang was just an ordinary lieutenant in Jinyi. His kidnapping was not a major event that caused a sensation in the capital. It was extremely smooth when entering the city, and no officers and soldiers even asked the truck to stop.

After coming out of the basket, Hu Guiyang jumped and jumped, moving his legs and feet well, "If I had known this, I would have entered the city openly."

"You must be careful." Chen Qianyuan went directly to the city, one step ahead of Hu Guiyang.

“Where is this place?”

"Nancheng Bingmasi Barracks."

"I just said that this place doesn't look like an ordinary house." Hu Guiyang was surprised, "It seems that you have many friends."

"In the capital, there are no fewer friends than Jiang Yun. This small courtyard is a free house and no one lives in it. Captain Hu can hide here for at least three days, and then we will change places."

When the two entered the house, the wine and meat were ready. Chen Qianyuan smiled and said, "A few years ago, letting Captain Hu hide in the deserted courtyard outside the city. He was not well received. This time he was in the city and there was no delicious food, but there was no less hot wine and cooked meat."

"That's enough." Hu Guiyang ate and drank for a while, filled his stomach first, and then said, "It's time to talk."

"Where is the God Jade? Captain Hu will take it himself, or will I take it for you?"

"Let me clarify first, the divine jade is not yours."

"Of course, the divine jade belongs to Captain Hu."

"It doesn't belong to me, that thing should not appear among mortals. If the Tianji Ship wants to return, I will serve it with you. I will not give it to anyone other than that."

"Prince Hu is concerned about the common people and does not want mortals to be tempted again. I can understand. To be honest, I just want to take a look at the divine jade, and it is useless for me to get the divine jade. I don't know the method of taking out divine power at all."

"This is the truth, but I can't repay you for helping me so hard."

Chen Qianyuan smiled and said, "Person Hu never used the Tianji Ship as a divine ship, but some people believe it and firmly believe that the divine ship will come back again. Can Captain Hu understand?"

"There are so many people in the world who believe in God and Buddha. The Heavenly Ship is nothing more than another kind of god and Buddha, and I can understand it."

Chen Qianyuan was not satisfied with this answer, "Hehe, the divine ship is not 'nothing'. I have never seen the gods and Buddhas with my own eyes, but I have seen the divine ship with my own eyes. This is more convincing than all the monks, high Taoists and all the scriptures in the world combined. I don't just believe, I have feelings, as if... it seems to have a connection with the divine ship, very weak, intermittent, but always there."

"You should be able to talk to those castrated beggars."

"Hey, they are just a group of fools. They have never seen the magic ship, so how can they believe it? They are just having another dream of becoming awesome. We can't talk about the same thing."

Chen Qianyuan is a person who is used to wandering around the world. He rarely has quarrels with others, but he does not give in to the matter of the Divine Ship and must fight according to reason.

He truly believes.

Hu Guiyang smiled and said, "You believe it, I don't believe it, and I don't force each other, what if I don't force it?"

"But Captain Hu admits that he has seen the magic ship with his own eyes?"

“There is no denial.”

"That's enough. Just now, Captain Hu said that he would return the divine jade to the divine ship. This is also my idea, and it is something I should do and must do. I have a feeling, and the divine ship prompts me to help you."

"Didn't the God Ship say something clearly?"

"Of course not. If you say it too clearly, you will lose the meaning of testing."

Hu Guiyang knew that he could not convince Chen Qianyuan to change his opinion, so he nodded and smiled: "No matter what, your 'firm belief' is more reliable than 'friendship'. I will believe you once, please help me."

"I only need a specific address. Even if I have the guards of the palace, I can take out the divine jade without knowing it."

“It’s here.”

"The guards are stricter than the palace?"

"No, I lost the divine jade."

Chen Qianyuan opened his mouth and was stunned, and his whole body was frozen there.

Hu Gui coughed, "I thought I was hiding well, but the result was that the mantis stalked the cicada and the oriole was behind. I was a mantis, the divine jade was a cicada, and the jade thief was an oriole..."

Chen Qianyuan finally recovered, his expression changed several times, and finally he squeezed out a smile, "Person Hu really loves to joke."

"No kidding, the day Jiang Yun sent me out of the city, I just discovered that Shenyu was missing."

"Who is the jade thief? Is Jiang Yun?"

"It is possible that he betrayed me to the castrated beggar, maybe just to cover up his eyes."

"But what does he want Shenyu? He was not even present when Yunyang changed drastically."

"He said he wanted to use earth fire to destroy the divine jade, and even the place was found."

"Haha, it's all nonsense. How could the divine jade be destroyed by the mortal fire? He either developed greed, stole the jade first, and then looked for a method to steal divine power, or held it in his hand and wait for the price."

"Who else can cost more than the emperor?"

"The people of the Jianghu have another view on the price, and even the emperor may not be able to afford it."

Chen Qianyuan stood up and paced back and forth. He had to take a look every time he passed by Hu Guiyang. After a few times, he finally couldn't help asking, "Is he really lost?"

"The immortal Gu Zhong saw me take away the divine jade with his own eyes, but I didn't admit it in front of him. You are the first person to hear the facts."

If you admit that you once possessed the divine jade but did not hand it over, you have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. There is no need to lie about losing the jade.

Chen Qianyuan sighed and continued to pace, and then stopped a few times, "How could he lose it?"

"I thought it would be safe to hide under my boss's nose, so... I still thought it was too simple."

Chen Qianyuan endured his complaints, "I guess Captain Hu had no choice, so he couldn't hide the divine jade at home."
To be continued...