Chapter 226 - The Long Way Back
In everyone's subconscious, the door of the Gu Mansion, which should be a mess, is closed, and the silence is like a dead house.
The courtyard where Gu Tiefang lived was empty, and there was not even a coffin.
Entering the room, there were only three people inside, Gu Xuyu, Gu Xuhao and an old man.
The bloodshot eyes of the Gu family brothers stared at Gu Tiefang, who seemed to be asleep, Gu Xuhao's fists were clenched tightly, as if his whole body had been lifted, and his posture was a little weird;
The old man lifted Gu Tiefang's eyelids again, looked at them carefully, and finally shook his head.
Knowing the results of the examination, Gu Xuhao asked again unwillingly: "Doctor Shui, what disease did my father pass away for?"
"Alas-I can't see that Prime Minister Gu's body is as usual, and it stands to reason that he shouldn't die. ”
"Can't you find out what kind of poison you have?"
This is the umpteenth time that Shui Wujian has been suspected this morning, and his temper has risen a little, so he got up and walked out: "Everything is normal, what kind of poison can it be? As for the results of the examination of all the utensils in the study, I will order someone to send them within a day." ”
Gu Xuyu followed closely and accused the old man: "Doctor Shui, please don't mind, the second brother has a lot of mood swings today, I will definitely take him to the door to apologize another day." ”
Shui Wuji's face looked much better, and he waved his hand: "Lord Gu is polite, Lord Gu still has a big matter, so there is no need to send it." ”
Gu Xuyu sent Shui Wuqian to the gate of the courtyard, and once again made a compilation towards Shui Wuji: "There are too many things today, I will definitely come to the door with my second brother to thank you another day." ”
Shui Wufeng still waved his hand, got on the sedan chair and left.
Gu Xuyu watched the sedan chair disappear from sight before turning back to the courtyard, and his lips that were trying to hold up were pressed together again.
Before he entered the room, he heard the man's suppressed crying from the room, the corners of Gu Xuyu's eyes were sour, and tears gathered uncontrollably in his eyes.
Walking into the room, Gu Xuhao knelt beside Gu Tiefang's bed, dragging the quilt with both hands, his head against the wall, and a very low whimper came from there.
Gu Xuyu used all his strength to take a deep breath, walked to Gu Xuhao's side, and patted Gu Xuhao's back: "There is nothing abnormal about my father's body, which shows that my father is definitely Ma Zheng's hands and feet, we can't mess with ourselves now, finding evidence is the most important thing." ”
"Woo-woo, but how to find evidence? Doctor Shui couldn't find anything unusual. ”
"You also know that Ma Ruyi is a human being, if he is so easy to catch us, he will not be him! But Ma is the last person my father has ever seen, and this is enough!"
Gu Xuhao raised his head too hard, tears flowed, looking at Gu Tiefang's expression that would never change again, he gritted his teeth: "Yes! I'll write an impeachment letter now!"
After saying that, he struggled to get up and was about to run outside.
Gu Xuyu took Gu Xuhao's hand, and Gu Xuhao turned his face: "Can't you even write an impeachment letter?"
"No! it's useless to fight with them, what we have to do is to kill with one blow and just in case, I said in case, start arranging it now, in addition to the third brother, we must also leave some Gu family fire!"
Gu Xuhao's nose tightened, pursed his lips and nodded.
......
Looking at the curling smoke rising between black and white on the mountainside in front of him, Yang Fengqing slapped the belly of the Baiyun Divine Horse hard: "Run!"
"Phew-"
Walking in the woods all the time, the speed of the White Cloud Divine Horse was very slow, and at this time, after getting Yang Fengqing's order, the White Cloud Divine Horse screamed happily, spread his legs and ran forward.
Qiu Zitong in Yang Fengqing's arms hugged Yang Fengqing tightly, hoping that her ass could stay away from some horses.
Then her face became even more bitter, and she obediently sat back on the horse's back, and clamped it tightly.
But her calves were too short to clamp.
She didn't speak, biting her lip to endure the pain coming from her ass.
After a while, a stone arch appeared in front of it. When he saw the three words on the stone gate, Yang Fengqing's face changed greatly, and he exclaimed: "Hefeng Town?!"
"Master, what's wrong with the name Zephyr?"
Yang Fengqing recalled that dream-like experience, and didn't know where to start, so he had to say nonsense: "A town that has some connections with me, but I remember that the location of that town should not be here!"
Yang Fengqing couldn't see it in the days of Hefeng Town, but his eyes were always normal before he went in. There is no road to Zephyr, but there are several passages here.
"No matter, go in and have a look. ”
When he met the first people in the town, Yang Fengqing knew that he was right, this Hefeng Town was not the Hefeng Town he had been in before.
"That town is also called Zephyr?"
With a flash of inspiration in his mind, Yang Fengqing rubbed his temples: "I use fake names, what's so strange about them pinching each other's place names with me?" But I still hope that she never knows my real name." ”
"But I still want to see them again, and ask what happened after that day, ahhhh
Yang Fengqing was haunted by what happened after that coma, but he was riddled with many things, and he couldn't go to Hefeng Town, who he couldn't even figure out how to go now, for that incident.
"Master, what are you talking about?"
Qiu Zitong felt as if he had heard some little secret from Yang Fengqing, turned his head, and asked very seriously.
Yang Fengqing looked ahead, there was a stall selling steamed buns: "No, I'm thinking about something." I went to buy some steamed buns and asked how to get there. ”
After speaking, without waiting for Qiu Zitong to ask again, Yang Fengqing dismounted and pulled the Baiyun Divine Horse to the stall.
The number of people in the town should only be a few thousand, and the location of this town is relatively remote, so they all have cautious and wary eyes for Yang Fengqing's appearance.
Yang Fengqing walked to the stall and directly threw down a tael of silver, and the face pulled by the stall owner immediately turned into a happy look of seeing his eldest cousin who had been missing for many years: "Son, the small buns here are less than a tael of silver, wait for me for a while, and I'll go and steam a few more baskets." ”
"No need, I'm here from Kaiping City, I accidentally scattered with the guards, and I don't know how to go back, you tell me where this is and how to get to Kaiping City. ”
"Ahh
"I'll go by land!"
"Ahh
Yang Fengqing held his forehead, he just found someone to ask for directions, and he could ask a chatterbox: "Stop! You just need to tell me how to go by land!"
"Okay, okay. ”
The middle-aged man glanced at Yang Fengqing, obviously not understanding Yang Fengqing's approach: "The land route will go out from the south of the town, follow the road, and it will merge into the avenue for twenty miles, there are many people on the avenue, and the son only needs to ask those people, and it is easy to find the way to Kaiping City." ”
"Good. ”
Yang Fengqing picked up the steamed buns and stuffed them into the bag he brought, and couldn't help but ask before leaving: "By the way, is there a town called Hefeng Town in Post County?"
The man saw that Yang Fengqing only took more than ten steamed buns, and he was happy, and when he heard Yang Fengqing's inquiry, he was stunned for a moment before he hurriedly responded: "No, Post County is twenty-one towns, and there is only one Hefeng Town." ”
"Hmm. ”
In Qiu Zitong's smiling gaze, Yang Fengqing turned on the horse's back: "Go!"
Not long after Yang Fengqing left, the man scratched his head: "Why do you always think that I should have seen this person somewhere?" But how can I recognize the son who can throw out a tael of silver at will?"
......
Sure enough, as the man said, after the White Cloud Divine Horse ran twenty miles from the south of the town, a large avenue appeared in front of him.
There is a small inn at the fork in the road, and there is a shed in front of the inn.
If it's summer, there may be a few pedestrians in the shed to cool off and drink a few sips of tea.
It's late autumn now, and there's not even a person making tea in the shed.
Yang Fengqing was about to run from the front of the inn, and suddenly pulled the reins: "Huh-"
"Master, what's wrong?"
Qiu Zitong is now looking forward to seeing Qiu Hongshen and Qiu Pengpai more and more.
Yang Fengqing dismounted, and also hugged Qiu Zitong off the horse: "Aren't you tired? Let's rest for two hours." ”
Qiu Zitong was about to reply that he was not tired, but he saw another look in Yang Fengqing's eyes, so he nodded: "Mm-hmm." ”
Yang Fengqing looked at the inn where Xiao Er hadn't come out yet, so he had to pat the Baiyun Divine Horse and point to the stable: "There is grass there, you go by yourself." ”
The Baiyun Divine Horse obediently walked into the stable, no matter how many times he watched this similar picture, Qiu Zitong still felt incredible.
Danfeng's eyes are bright, just like the White Cloud Divine Horse is a particularly fun thing.
Yang Fengqing took Qiu Zitong's little hand and walked into the inn, behind the cashier table by the door, an old man fell asleep on his stomach, his saliva flowed all over the table, Yang Fengqing's original intention to order some wine and food was gone in an instant.
Yang Fengqing patted the table: "Shopkeeper, is there a guest room?"
"Huh?"
The old man looked up suddenly, his eyes were quick and clear, and when he looked at the two of them, his head was like a woodpecker pecking wood, and he nodded quickly: "Some of them, objectively want a first-class room or a second-class room?"
"First class. ”
Yang Fengqing directly threw a tael of silver to the old man: "I don't want anything else, just don't disturb me." ”
The old man's eyes were aimed at Qiu Zitong again, and he squeezed his eyebrows at Yang Fengqing: "Hehe, the little one understands, the little one understands." ”
Yang Fengqing didn't bother to bother with him and say anything, so he stretched out his hand and pinched the key rope with his thumb and forefinger.
I don't know if the silver taels given by Yang Fengqing are indeed enough or because there are very few tenants in this inn now, the room that the old man gave Yang Fengqing is the third room on the right side of the third floor of the three-story inn.
Open the door and go in, there are no bells and whistles in the room, and it is important to be tidy.
Qiu Zitong, who hadn't slept on a serious bed for two days, didn't want to rest at first, but when he saw the bed, he limped to the bed.
Lying directly on the soft bed, he hummed in a daze: "Hmm-it's still comfortable to sleep on the bed, it's too painful to ride a horse's ass, and it's too rocking to ride a boat." ”
Yang Fengqing walked to the window and opened the window, which happened to be opposite the fork in the road.
Walked to the table and took out some wigs from his arms, as well as the things he used to glue the wigs: "With Zitong and Baiyun Shenju by your side, if you encounter someone who intercepts it, it is impossible to dodge, it's better than nothing." ”
Two hours later, Yang Fengqing, who had become a man with a thick beard, picked up Qiu Zitong, who was still sleeping, and walked over the window.
After a while, the White Cloud Divine Horse ran out of the inn and merged into the avenue.
......
Soon after Yang Fengqing left Chiyuan City, Ying Xuemei also led the accompanying officials back to Beijing.
Yang Fengqing only has two people, and the team led by Ying Xuemei cannot be compared.
What slowed her back to Beijing even more was that suddenly there were more local officials trying their best to keep her, and many officials accompanying her admonished her, saying that she should go to inspect in order to be sympathetic to the people's feelings.
Ying Xuemei didn't go to all, but she didn't go at all, and chose a few places to stay for a while.
Two days have passed, and Ying Xuemei and her party have not yet arrived at the Zhenqian Dam.
Finally left from a dedicated city lord, before Ying Xuemei had time to breathe a sigh of relief, Dongfang Xiong hurriedly ran outside her carriage: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent letter from the capital!"
Ying Xuemei's leaning back body stood up again: "Present it!"
"Yes. ”
Dongfang Xiong walked into the carriage, and the two palace maids in the carriage lifted the bead curtain, and Dongfang Xiong handed the letter in.
Ying Xuemei glanced at the cover first: "Gu family?"
After opening it and looking at it, Ying Xuemei's face was as black as carbon ink: "Speed up, if anyone dares to delay the speed of returning to Beijing for any reason, they will be decided!"
"Yes!"
......
There were many carriages at the back of the team, these were the carriages of the officials who came with Ying Xuemei, and Ma Ruyi, Xian Yongwang and others were among them.
Before Ying Xuemei received the letter, Xian Yongwang and Che Pengtao had already silently walked into Ma Ruyi's carriage.
No one knows what they said inside, but when they left, the solemnity on the faces of Xian Yongwang and Che Pengtao was gone, only relaxation and pleasure remained.