Chapter 155: The Pit
Almighty Cultivation Supreme
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 dazed, "My family ......"
"Excuse me?"
"Your Excellency won't let me please."
"Then you can go in and see you off."
Master Lin hurriedly entered the house, and as soon as Hu Guiyang walked to the door of the courtyard, he heard crying from the house.
The dozen or so officers and soldiers outside had already put their knives into their sheaths, as if they expected this moment, and stood silently, not entering the house to check or ask questions.
The others were already ready, Fan Dajian selected the best horses in the post station, Yuan Mao went to sign the official document, Yicheng and the others hid in the house, and did not open the door, Yuan Mao had to stuff the official document into the door, and then send it to the door after the seal was stamped inside.
Seeing Hu Guiyang coming, Yuan Mao asked, "Who is there over there?" It doesn't look like a petty official. ”
"Yuan Jie."
Yuan Mao was even more surprised, "Lord Yushiyuan? How did he ...... Why do you just take these people? ”
"Hmm."
Hu Guiyang walked forward, and Yuan Mao quickly followed, "What did Lord Yuan say?" ”
"He asked me to return to the capital and not go to Yunyang Mansion."
Yuan Mao was stunned, and was left behind by Hu Guiyang, and hurriedly chased after him, "Then let's ......"
"Why don't we have to go to Yunyang Mansion even more."
Yuan Mao sighed lightly, knowing that this adventure was inevitable no matter what.
The horizon has been brightened, everyone got on the horse and set off, the official road is relatively simple, they came from the south, the northeast direction to Nanyang, and the westward journey can go straight to Yunyang Mansion.
The group hurried for more than half an hour, gradually slowing down, and when the weather was getting hotter and hotter, they could only move slowly, trying to find the shade of the trees on the side of the road, and no one would speak.
Around noon, the team stopped to rest, and Zhang Wuchen complained: "The capital is hot enough, it's even hotter here, and you can't sweat it, it's really going to kill people." ”
No one had an appetite, so the horses were fed forage, and everyone hid under the trees to drink water or wine.
Qian Gong walked over, wiped his forehead, frowned, and said, "The official in the post station is Lord Yuan?" ”
When Yuan Mao was talking to Fan Dajian, Qian Gong heard it, so he came over to ask.
"Yes."
"This is strange, the original lord is the imperial history of the right capital, and he is in a high position and power, how can he be reduced to only bringing a dozen people back to Beijing? And hide your identity from the station? ”
"I don't know." Hu Guiyang didn't have time to ask more about it, and Yuan Jie had already fainted.
Qian Gong laughed, thinking that Hu Guiyang didn't want to tell the truth, "It seems that Lord Yuan seems to have escaped." Why did those robbers chase after Hara-sama? And unpretentious......"
"I don't know all these things, I just want to get to Yunyang Mansion as soon as possible. Since Lord Yuan has left, the officials who stayed behind should be the prefect and the commander of Yunyangwei, do you know both? ”
"When the prefect Wu Yuan was an official in Beijing, he went to visit Lord Shaobao, I met him once, he should remember me, and there is a letter from Lord Shaobao, and Captain Hu has an official document from Xichang, he will definitely fully cooperate. The commander's name is Zang Lian, and he is still a local garrison, I have heard of him, but I haven't seen him, so there should be no problem. ”
The prefect and the garrison are one and the other, not subordinate to each other, usually controlled by the imperial history, Yuan Jie is gone, Yunyang Mansion is equal to no supreme official, Hu Guiyang must deal with Wu Yuan and Zang Lian respectively.
Zhao Aqi, who was in the distance, suddenly said loudly: "Someone has caught up behind." ”
Qian Gong's face changed, "Funiu Mountain bandits? ”
Hu Guiyang walked to the middle of the official road and looked behind, "It's Lord Yuan's servant." ”
Qian Gong breathed a sigh of relief.
Master Lin and more than a dozen officers and soldiers quickly caught up, they ran in a hurry, all of them were tired and sweaty, their faces were red, and they ignored others, until Hu Guiyang was in front of them, jumped off the horse, and saluted at the same time.
"Hara-sama...... Passed. Master Lin's expression was gloomy.
"By the way." Hu Guiyang said perfunctorily, he had never had anything to do with Yuan Jie, so he had nothing to say.
"Captain Hu, where are you going?"
"Of course it's Yunyang Mansion, we're on the right path, right?"
"The path is right, but the decision is wrong." Master Lin raised his voice slightly, attracting the attention of the others, "Did Captain Hu forget the reminder of Lord Yuan?" Don't go west, return to Beijing immediately. ”
Hu Guiyang said with a smile: "I haven't forgotten, but I am not a subordinate of the original adult, I am the captain of the Jinyi Weinan Division, seconded to the West Factory to do things, and I only listen to the orders of the West Factory." ”
Fan Dajian, who was walking here, pouted to Yuan Mao beside him, in his eyes, Hu Guiyang was not an obedient lieutenant who obeyed orders.
"Lord Yuan is not ordering you, but reminding you in his private name: Don't go to Yunyang Mansion, it's very dangerous."
Before Hu Guiyang could squeak, Qian Gong said: "No, Yunyang Mansion has just been set up, and the imperial court has vigorously supported it, and there are at least 8,000 officers and soldiers stationed there......"
Master Lin shook his head, "It doesn't matter how many officers and soldiers there are, others may be fine when they go to Yunyang Mansion, but you can't." ”
"We ...... What's so special? Qian Gong looked at the other people in the group, all of them were normal, only the three women were slightly abrupt.
At this time, everyone had gathered, and Master Lin also glanced around, "I know why you are going to Yunyang Mansion, I don't hide it from you, you are late, the people from Dongchang and Nansi have already arrived first, and everything that should be taken has been taken, and you have found nothing when you arrive at Yunyang Mansion." ”
Zhao Aqi believed it and stomped his feet, "If I knew this, I should have ridden a horse and traveled by land, and it took a lot of time to take a boat, but this time it's okay, there is not a single golden pill left." ”
Hu Guiyang took it seriously and asked, "What do you mean by 'things that should be taken'?" ”
"Jindan." Master Lin immediately replied, "It's luck that you didn't get the golden pill, the golden pill is poisonous and will cost the user his life." ”
Zhao Aqi snorted and expressed disbelief.
"Including Hara-sama?" Hu Guiyang asked.
Master Lin sighed lightly, "That's right, in the past year, Lord Yuan has taken seven golden pills successively, and the results are ...... Alas, it's useless to talk too much, in short, you should know that you are lost, don't go to Yunyang Mansion again, and return to the capital immediately. ”
Qian Gong hurriedly said: "I am about to go to Yunyang Mansion, how can I say that I will retreat?" You say that Jindan is poisonous, and if we don't eat it, it's ......"
Hu Guiyang said to Master Lin: "You are not right. ”
"What's wrong?"
"Since Dongchang and Nansi have taken away the golden pills, what danger is there for us to go to Yunyang Mansion? It should be safer. ”
Master Lin was stunned, he ran in a hurry, and he wanted to persuade these people to return, but he didn't notice the inconsistency in his words, "This...... There may be some left, more toxic......"
"What really happened in Yunyang Mansion? Master Lin, we have come all the way, and it is impossible for me to turn back with a few lies. ”
Master Lin hesitated for a moment, "I'll only say it to you alone." ”
"These people have been with me for a long time, if Yunyang Mansion is really in danger, they should listen to it."
Fan Dajian stepped forward, "Captain Hu is too right, it's okay to take risks, but you have to take risks clearly." ”
Master Lin hesitated for a while, and then said to the soldiers who came with him: "You guys retreat first, this matter has nothing to do with you." ”
The soldiers led their horses into the distance.
Master Lin looked at the more than ten people in front of him, "You all want to know?" ”
Even the three retinues brought by Qian Gong nodded.
"Let's go under the tree."
He Wu madman urged impatiently: "The danger of fart is so bad, is it worth beating around the bush like this?" ”
Master Lin still walked under the tree and raised his hand to fan the wind near his neck, "It's really hot this year." If you want to know the truth, okay, I'll tell you the truth, but it's just what I've seen and heard, or if it's missing, don't ask me, it's useless to ask me. ”
Master Lin followed his own adults to Jingxiang the year before last, and after a visit and investigation, Yuan Jie suggested to the imperial court to set up Yunyang Mansion on the spot, recruit nearby displaced people, and turn them into Ming people.
This trick worked very well, the city was built, and a large number of displaced people did not have to leave their houses and fields, of course, they were willing to settle down and join them, and occasionally some displaced people made trouble, and they were also suppressed by officers and soldiers.
The strange thing happened in the Fuzhi Yamen of Yunyang Mansion, probably in the first month of last year, a deep pit suddenly appeared in the backyard of the yamen overnight, slightly larger than the wellhead, and the inside was bottomless.
No one in the Yamen heard any strange noise, let alone seen a strange scene, and the pit appeared out of thin air without any warning in advance.
Yuan Jie was worried that the spread of this matter would cause panic, so he issued a strict order not to leak the matter of the deep pit, and built a shed to cover the deep pit.
Master Lin lived in the backyard, and for a while, he was so scared that he couldn't sleep, but gradually got used to it, after the pit appeared, there was nothing unusual, everything was as usual, he even dared to go to the side and look down at the pit, except for a deep black, he didn't see anything.
During the first month of this year, Master Lin found that the original adult had changed a little, obviously he was an old man in his fifties and sixties, but his face was getting more and more red, his steps were getting lighter and lighter, and he was quite interested in women.
It was a temporary responsibility to take care of Jingxiang, so Yuan Jie went to work alone and did not bring his family, but since the beginning of this year, the city of Yunyang Mansion is in full swing, but he ordered someone to buy young women, saying that there is a lack of people around him to serve, which is quite inconvenient.
Master Lin was surprised, but he did not advise, for a local official, it is not out of line to buy two maids.
Ten days ago, Hara-sama's physical condition deteriorated sharply, and he no longer had the vitality he had before, and he often fell into panic at night.
Master Yuan came to Master Lin and said to him, "My life is short, and I must return to the capital immediately." ”
Yuan Jie also asked Master Lin to seal the pit with wood and stone, claiming that there were bad things in the pit, and he had just come into contact with the things in the pit and had taken seven or eight so-called golden pills, and he became what he is today.
At this moment, there were rumors that the displaced people in the mountains were going to rebel again, but Yuan Jie insisted on leaving, and did not even give some explanations to the prefect and the garrison in person, leaving only two letters, which could only be handed over to the civil and military officials after he left.
Yuan Jie quietly went on the road with a small number of entourage, his illness became more and more serious, and finally collapsed at the post station.
As soon as they left Yunyang Mansion on their front feet, two teams of people from Nansi and Dongchang had already arrived, and it was said that they had occupied the Fuzhi Yamen, and it was likely that they were heading for the deep pit.
"I didn't hide it, that's the way it is, my family has passed away, and before he died, he said to me that the deep pit harms people, Nansi and Dongchang are irreparable, but Hu Xiaowei and others should not be innocent, so they sent me to chase you."
After listening to this story, everyone was skeptical, only Hu Guiyang was shocked, although the symptoms were not exactly the same, but some changes in Yuan Jie were the same as those of his father-in-law Zhao Ying.