Chapter 355: Gaining Momentum
Hu Guiyang opened the door, took out a small stick alone, and ripped off the clip on his foot, "You go with me." ā
"It wasn't me who spoke just now, I don't even know where the Temple of Heaven is." The little stick said with a sad face.
"No way, who makes you smarter, smart people like to find smart people to do things." Hu Guiyang smiled, put down the small stick, closed the door of the cave again, and said loudly: "It's warmer inside, you can stay a little longer." ā
The little stick was limping and trying to escape, but Hu Guiyang slowly caught up, "Do you want to help?" ā
"You already know the location, why are you taking me with such a burden? Wisdom cannot be eaten as food, let alone used as a weapon. ā
Hu Guiyang grabbed one of the arms of the little stick and said with a smile: "I see you pleasing to the eye, and the more you look at it, the more pleasing it becomes." ā
The little stick was stunned for a while, and said in a trembling voice: "You, what do you mean?" There are some things that I don't even do. ā
"Haha, then let's kill it."
The little stick was taken aback, and quickly laughed: "You're not that kind of person, I can see it." ā
"Not what kind of person?"
"Uh...... Let me say goodbye to my father, he will be sad to find out that I am missing. ā
"Look at you, you don't look like someone who is always by your father's side, how long will he find out if you're missing?"
The little stick held back for a while, "The longest time is ten days." ā
Hu Guiyang laughed, "You lead the way." ā
When the two entered the fire, the little stick still laughed and scolded others all the way, and several times wanted to run and scream, but Hu Guiyang changed his mind with a little force on his hand.
"Daddy! Father! Old monkey! The little stick shouted from afar, and Hu Guiyang didn't let him get too close.
"Come on, someone will give me a bottle of wine." The old monkey beckoned.
"Drink your horse urine, I'm going to drink hot wine elsewhere with my friends!"
"Little bastard, why don't you take me away?"
"If you can come over, I'll take you!"
"IāI'll crawl over and smash your skull......"
The old monkey scolded bitterly, the little stick scolded back, and followed Hu Guiyang to drift away, and the father and son shut up after they couldn't hear each other.
After walking for a while in the dark, the little stick sighed, "Listening to my father's voice, the air is not as good as day by day, and I don't know how long I can last, can I survive this winter?" ā
"I've seen enough of choking, your father has bad legs and feet but loves to brag, his mouth is dirty and ruthless, it is estimated that he was either assassinated by his accomplices, or he was caught and killed by officers and soldiers, but he will not suffer."
The little stick wanted to win some sympathy, but when he heard such words, he turned his head and glared at Hu Guiyang, "He is worthy of being a lackey of the West Factory, and he is ruthless to the poor." ā
"I'm a minion, not a lackey, Huo Shuangde, who was killed by your father, is a lackey." Hu Guiyang corrected.
"Huo Shuangde is your friend?"
"Ha, he thought, I don't want to, we're the opposite."
"Then my dad is angry with you."
"I don't appreciate it."
Hu Guiyang dragged the small stick back to the mule cart, but only saw the coachman Ma Erlang alone, and asked in surprise: "What about the other one?" Poplar...... What about abundance? ā
"He said that he was going to find out the news and let me stay here, and said that if Master Hu came back, please wait a while."
"These ...... Guys, none of them are fuel-efficient lamps. Hu Guiyang almost said the word "woman", standing in place with nothing to do, the place is too big, the night is deep, trying to find someone is like looking for a needle in a haystack, unless this person is like a small stick everywhere to attract attention.
After waiting for a while, Ma Erlang said, "Or, I'll look for it?" ā
"No, you'd better stay, lest I'll have to look for you later."
"I'm fine, he ...... Not suitable for this kind of place. ā
Hu Guiyang looked at the coachman, his expression was not clear in the dark, but he could roughly see that Ma Erlang was in a hurry, "You can see it?" Or did she tell you? ā
"Huh? I...... That's what I guessed. ā
"Then you don't have to worry, Miss Yang is bold and careful, and nothing will happen."
"Girl?" The little stick immediately grabbed the topic, "A girl comes here, that is the sheep into the tiger's mouth, no, the sheep into the wolves, we can eat her to the bone." ā
Ma Erlang was taken aback, but Hu Guiyang was not in a hurry, raised his hand to touch the top of the small stick, and said with a smile: "If Miss Yang can't come back, I will have to send you to Xichang, so that you can also feel what the tiger wolf's lair looks like." ā
The little stick's face changed, he had framed the master of the West Factory, so he was most afraid of the West Factory, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Just kidding, half of the people here don't have a handle underneath, how can you take a girl?" ā
Ma Erlang was a little relieved, and Hu Guiyang smiled and said nothing.
The little stick whispered, "Hu Guiyang." ā
"Hmm."
"You don't want to give yourself a back road?"
"What's the back road?"
"Wang Zhi won't always be in power, without him and Xichang's support, what will you do?"
"You're saying you're going to go into the palace and take power?"
The little stick nodded, "I know you don't believe it now, and in a few days, I can't help but believe you." ā
"Someone told me it was five days."
"Five days at most." The little stick affirmed.
Hu Guiyang thought for a while, "This is really a problem, the current situation is chaotic, and it is possible for anything to happen." ā
The little stick smiled and said: "With so many people entering the palace, who do you guess will be able to gain favor and become the new eunuch in the end?" ā
"It must be an old-fashioned and well-informed person."
"Phew, that kind of person is the life of guarding the treasury, is Wang Zhi old and serious? Does Shang Ming know how to read and give gifts? It has to be someone like me, smart, talkative, eye-catching, and ...... to do things."
The little stick boasted to himself, as if he was already half a powerful eunuch.
Hu Guiyang interrupted him and said, "That's right, a shameless person like you is most likely to climb to a high position, I offended you today, and I will inevitably be retaliated against in the future......"
"You still have a chance to correct ......"
"I'll just kill people and get rid of the troubles forever."
The little stick and Ma Erlang were taken aback, the little stick sat down on the ground, and Ma Erlang said carefully: "He's still a child......"
"Don't be fooled by appearances, he may not be younger than you."
Ma Erlang was even more surprised, and looked at it a few more times, except for speaking too maturely, he couldn't tell that this was a person who was about the same age as himself.
Hu Guiyang only scared the little stick, but didn't really do it. After waiting for a while, the little stick stood up and patted his buttocks, "If you don't believe it, forget it, wait and see." ā
Someone walked over, Ma Erlang immediately greeted him, and stopped after a few steps, "It's her." ā
Yang Caixian is back, although she tries to imitate a man, but when she walks in the snow, she still can't help but show the posture of a woman.
She didn't know that she had been recognized, so she ignored Ma Erlang, and came directly to Hu Guiyang, and was stunned for a moment when she saw the stranger.
"The helper I hired." Hu Guiyang said.
The little stick sneered and did not refute.
"Sure enough, it has something to do with Prince Dan." Yang Caixian said.
"What did you inquire?"
"These people are about to go crazy, and they all say that Prince Dan has received the emperor's personal decree, and a few days later, he will officially establish the Divine Servants Association, replacing the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and respecting the divine servants alone. From now on, whether it is a eunuch in the palace or a minister in the court, he must first join the ......"
"It's true." A small stick inserts a sentence.
Yang Caixian glanced at him and continued: "It is said that the Divine Servants Association will hold a prayer ceremony at the Temple of Heaven, and tens of thousands of people will participate in it at the same time......"
"Look, I didn't lie to you, it's the Temple of Heaven." The little stick interjected again.
Yang Caixian said in confusion: "Prince Dan is a murderous demon, how can he gain power?" ā
"Prince Dan is a demigod, not a demon, he must be justified in killing people......"
Yang Caixian was furious, "It's all god, it's not right to kill people indiscriminately!" ā
As soon as the two first met, they hated each other and glared at each other angrily, and Yang Caixian even forgot to hide his voice.
Hu Guiyang persuaded: "If you take their words seriously, you don't need to investigate the case with me, it is better to join the club directly." ā
Yang Caixian jumped into the carriage, "I just don't understand, what's wrong with the world, good people have a short life, demons dance wildly, and even the emperor ...... Captain Hu, did you see the emperor in Zhao's house? ā
Hu Guiyang hummed and got into the car with a small stick.
The little stick laughed proudly, but Yang Caixian was like being hit hard, and only said after a while: "You should have told me earlier." ā
"Is this important to you?"
"The emperor has been co-opted by the crown prince Dan, what are we fighting for? It seems that Brother Tong's revenge for his unjust death can never be avenged. ā
Hu Guiyang said to Ma Erlang: "Go back to Hengxingpu." ā
Ma Erlang changed his usual enthusiasm and drove the car silently, because it was dark and he walked slowly.
"I'm not here to avenge Tong Feng." Hu Guiyang said to Yang Caixian on the opposite side.
"I know, but you have to find out the truth, if you have the truth, you can take revenge, but ...... If even the emperor is on the side of Prince Dan......"
"Maybe Prince Dan is unlucky, and he loses his divine power like me, then he is a useless person to the emperor."
Yang Caixian shook her head, "Haven't you heard?" Among the remaining twenty-five strangers in the Zhao Mansion, Prince Dan and Li Xingtian were among them. ā
"I still have to screen the five god generals, choose one of the five, Prince Dan's luck may not always be good."
"Hah, where did the luck come from? Everything was arranged. Yang Caixian became cynical, "Even if there are only three strangers left, it will be Prince Dan, Li Xingtian and the emperor, and the so-called luck is simply a lie." I really don't understand, why can't someone as smart as Roche see through it? ā
"The authorities are obsessed."
Yang Caixian fell silent, and when she reached Wuque Hutong, she raised her head, "Luo has asked me a lot about Manju Spring. ā
"Isn't the full pot spring made by her?"
"But she doesn't use it much, unlike us, and she has to drink with her guests a lot." Yang Caixian glanced at the small stick, "Is it convenient to say?" ā
"Convenient, he can't run away in my hands."
"Huh?" The little stick was taken aback again, and did not dare to speak more.
"I guess Luo wants to do something with Manju Chun, and she will never be deceived by Prince Dan for no reason."
"What does she want to do?"
"I don't know, but ...... She was particularly concerned about the cause of Zhu Jiutou's death. ā
"It is said that Zhu Jiutou committed suicide."
"That's what I heard, and I also heard that he took a large amount of Manju Chun before he died, and combined it with some other medicines, and Roche was more interested in this."
"Women are not easy to mess with." Hu Guiyang muttered in a low voice.
Hengxing was paved, and there were few soldiers patrolling the alleys outside the city, and the mule carts were not interrogated along the way.
Ma Erlang said goodbye and wanted to return the extra car money, but Hu Guiyang didn't ask for it, and Yang Caixian also said: "You keep it, you must have recognized me, so ......"
"I'm not going to say anything." Ma Erlang rushed home.
"He won't betray me." Yang Caixian said with certainty.
The little stick sneered again.
Hu Guiyang stepped forward and knocked on the door, but the door opened, "The buzzing worm actually left the door for us." ā
Yang Caixian was a little puzzled, "Weng Yuyu won't pick up guests tonight?" How can you not latch? ā
Hu Guiyang didn't say a word, he threw the small stick in, and the little stick screamed, followed by the sound of tables and chairs falling, not like a trap.
Only then did Hu Guiyang push the door and enter the store.
The little stick sat on the ground and cursed quietly, and the light suddenly turned on, and he immediately shut up.
"I guess you'll come back." Gu Zhongxian, who was sitting in the corner, said with a smile.
"Is there anything you didn't guess?" Hu Guiyang asked with a smile.
"I didn't expect you to lose your powers." Gu Zhongxian stood up, "Come over and let me see, I'm afraid there is a problem here." ā