The Taoist priest at the door turned over and jumped up at Hu Guiyang, but before his feet left the ground, he fell to the ground, with a bang, and smashed quite hard.

"I've had an experience, don't move yet, don't worry, just lie down for a while." Hu Guiyang persuaded that he had been manipulated by the Heavenly Machine Technique, and his muscles and bones were sore for several days.

The Taoist priest was about to get up, and the merchant on the bed spoke: "Listen to Captain Hu, he won't harm you." ”

The Taoist priest did not move, lying quietly, trying to regain his sense of the body.

Qian Gong sat up under the window, confused, but did not squeak.

Hu Guiyang had to explain a few words, coughed, and pointed to the corpse above his head, "Wen family." ”

"Assassins?" Shang Luo slowly got out of bed, found that he was fine, and felt a little at ease.

"Assassins, kidnappings, bad intentions, but it's not a problem now."

"There's Captain Rauhu on guard all night." Shang Gong arched his hand.

"Do your duty." Hu Guiyang returned the salute and decided not to mention Third Sister He.

The Taoist priest finally stood up, his face pale.

Shang Yan slowly walked out a few steps, looked up at the corpse, frowned slightly, and Hu Guiyang immediately said, "Please change the room." ”

"Okay, you guys...... Clean up. Shang Luo ordered the Taoist priest and Qian Gong to follow Hu Guiyang out of the house.

In the courtyard, He Wu madman was practicing boxing, he didn't know Shang Zhen, and he didn't care who this old man was, while his fists and feet were flying, he said to Hu Guiyang: "It's all your fault, the dwarf scolded me all night." ”

He Wu was talking about his dream, Hu Guiyang ignored him, and directly took Master Shaobao to his room, closed the door and asked, "My lord has figured it out?" ”

Shang Zhen nodded, "Actually, it's very simple, the four characters 'Yu Yu people come' must come from "Liezi", the original text says, '400,000 li east of Zhongzhou to get Yu Yu country, people are one foot five inches long." ’”

"Yes." Hu Guiyang still didn't hear why.

"'There is a man in the Northeast Pole who is called a slanderer, nine inches long. There are spirits in the south of Jing Zhi......'" Shang Zhi recited downward.

If the other party was not Lord Shaobao, Hu Guiyang really wanted to shut him up, he usually admired scholars, but he was not interested in listening to someone recite an ancient text that he had never even read.

Shang Chen was full of interest, as if he had forgotten that there was still a corpse lying in his room, and the He Wu madman outside exclaimed, he didn't care, and continued to carry it down until this sentence: "'...... Habitat comes and goes. ’”

"If you can't think of it, forget it." Hu Guiyang thought that Shang had forgotten the original text.

Shang Shi smiled and shook his head, "You still don't understand? ”

"I don't read much, so I can't understand 'Zi Yue'."

"Hehe, this is not 'Zi Yue'...... I'll recite it again. ”

"No need, Lord Shaobao has something to say, the more I listen, the more confused I become."

"How many words are there from 'a person is one foot five inches long' to 'perching and coming'?"

"This ...... More than a hundred words. "Hu Guiyang hasn't checked.

"About seventy-five words, I don't have the original book in my hand, and my memory may be missing, but it won't be too bad."

"Adults have a good memory...... Hu Guiyang patted his head, "'People are coming' is here!" ”

"Well, east of Zhongzhou, there are about seventy-five characters from 'people' to 'come', and this is the location of Danyuan."

Hu Guiyang was dumbfounded, and after a while, he said, "Lord Shaobao actually thinks it's simple? ”

"A little word game, you can't serve the court, you can't appease the people, it's really useless, Yuan Jie ...... Alas, don't mention it. ”

Hu Guiyang didn't want to mention it, "So the meaning of 'the people who are coming' is to take care of the seventy-five east of the Yamen, and then what?" Seventy-five what? Seventy-five steps? Seventy steps? Seventy-five zhang? Seventy-five miles? ”

Shang Chen took out the small wooden stick handed over by Yuan Jie, "Like what?" ”

Hu Guiyang looked at it carefully for a while, "There is a decoration at the top, like a ...... A small cane? ”

"Well, so it's seventy-five zhang, between seventy-three and seventy-seven zhang, after all, I don't have the original book in my hand, it's all from memory."

"Hey, no wonder Lord Yuan is willing to believe me, this kind of riddle, I can't guess it if I want to break my head. Seventy-five zhang east of the Fuzhi Yamen, it should be the prefect's yamen, which is really simple. Hu Guiyang shook his head and smiled bitterly, the answer was simple, so he had to cover it up.

"I'll go to the prefect's yamen with you."

"Is it okay for you?"

"Wu Yuan was recommended by Yuan Jie to be transferred to the prefect of Yunyang, it should be worth believing, and I can only trust him, otherwise I won't be able to do anything here except guess riddles."

"Then let's go after breakfast."

Hu Guiyang went out of the house to find a servant to prepare a meal, and asked Fan Dajian to go to the prefect's yamen to report first, only saying that Captain Hu asked to see him, and did not mention the discussion.

He was busy, and He Wu Madman blocked him under the porch and asked in a low voice, "Has the third sister been here?" ”

Hu Guiyang promised to tell the truth, nodded and said, "Well, I've been here." ”

He Wu Madman sighed, "As soon as I saw the corpse of the Wen family, I knew it...... Did the third sister mention me? ”

"I mentioned it, but she's in a bit of trouble now, and she can't come to you yet, let's go a few days." Hu Guiyang comforted.

He Wu Madman didn't say anything more, his face was depressed.

Hu Guiyang didn't have time to care about him, hurriedly had breakfast, and took Shang Zhen and others to the prefect's yamen.

Because there was a riot in the north, there were more soldiers on the streets, and there were fewer people in the city, and there was not a single one to be seen at this time, and the whole city was like an empty barracks.

Walking on the street, Hu Guiyang visually inspected that seventy-five zhang to the east from the Fuzhi Yamen was indeed the prefect's yamen, not to the center, it should be a courtyard on the west side, and a piece of houses in the middle belonged to each department.

There was an accident in the north, and the prefect was also very busy, Wu Yuan did not receive the visitors for a long time, Fan Dajian whispered to Hu Guiyang: "I have already reported it, the prefect does not want to see you, it has nothing to do with me, it is you who took all the responsibility on yourself too early, and the prefect can't ask you now, so naturally you have to put up a fight." ”

"I don't blame you." Hu Guiyang was not in a hurry, and yawned, but unfortunately there was no bed in the concierge for him to sleep.

It was past noon, and the scribe of the torture room who had taken Hu Guiyang into the city came over and asked the visitor to go to the side hall, "Captain Hu, forgive me, the prefect is so busy that he can't even eat." ”

"It just so happens that we haven't had lunch either." Hu Guiyang said.

"Uh-huh." The scribe did not dare to answer.

The last time Hu Guiyang met the prefect was in the study, but this time it was changed to a side hall.

The side hall is next to the lobby, which is rarely used in normal times, and the reception of the Jinyi lieutenant here is neither formal nor intimate.

Shang Zhen didn't do much disguise, just let Qian Gong and the Taoist priest walk in front to cover it a little, few people in Yunyang Mansion knew the cabinet chief assistant who had just been appointed to the imperial office, because of this, he was stopped outside the side hall, and the scribe said politely but firmly: "The prefect only saw Captain Hu alone." ”

Wu Yuan didn't even want to see this person, for him, the trouble of pacifying the yamen was over, and it had nothing to do with him how the factory guards wanted to toss, as the prefect, his duty was to calm the chaos and calm the people, and he would rather respect and stay away from the ghosts and gods.

But this Captain in Jinyi has helped after all, he doesn't have to get up, he has to give a little smile, "Why does Captain Hu have time to come to me?" Are there enough soldiers to be deployed? ”

Of the 100 soldiers, only five people were left to protect the courtyard, Hu Guiyang didn't mention it, and said with a smile: "I'm here to ask for help." ”

"Captain Hu does things for the West Factory, what do you say about 'asking'? If you ask, you don't have to look for me, the people below will do it. ”

"This must be approved by the prefect himself."

"Oh, please." The smile on Wu Yuan's face was a little stiff.

"What is the prefect's yamen west cross-courtyard for?"

"The west side is owned by the Torture Chambers and other divisions."

"It's not that piece, the west cross courtyard connected to the backyard."

Wu Yuan's face sank, "What is the purpose of Captain Hu asking this?" What did someone say to you? Anyway, Wu has a clear conscience. ”

Hu Guiyang didn't expect the prefect's reaction to be so big, "You know? Why didn't you tell me in the first place? ”

"I ...... What does this have to do with you? No matter how wide the West Factory is, you can't put your hand in my backyard, right? What does this make for the system? ”

Hu Guiyang finally came to his senses, "Lord Wu, let's not talk about the same thing. ”

"You...... What are you talking about? ”

"There is probably something unclean hidden in the West Courtyard."

Wu Yuan's face turned the color of pig liver, "Hu Guiyang, how dare you be so rude!" ”

The misunderstanding became deeper and deeper, Hu Guiyang was completely inexplicable, and said with a smile: "Forget it, I can't speak, let's talk to you with someone else." ”

"No need to change, Captain Hu, please go back, I'm very busy today, and no one wants to see me." Wu Yuan directly issued an eviction order to Captain Jinyi, indicating that he was really angry.

Hu Guiyang was also angry, and his mind turned quickly in a fit of anger, "Lord Wu raised a woman in the West Cross Courtyard, right?" Rest assured, Xichang does not investigate this kind of thing, Master Wu is an official for thousands of miles, and it is inevitable that he will be lonely, I can understand that the 'unclean thing' has nothing to do with the woman. ”

"It's irrelevant...... Wu Yuan was embarrassed, "Captain Hu...... Who do you want me to meet? ”

"Wait a minute."

Hu Guiyang walked out of the hall, first asked the merchant to enter, and then said to Fan Dajian: "It's good that Yuan Mao is here, I really don't know how to talk to the official, the first two times were fine, but this time I offended people again." ”

Fan Dajian was not surprised, "It's normal, there is also a garrison, when you offend him too, the case will almost be closed, and we can return to Beijing, I'll wait." ”

Hu Guiyang laughed, causing the scribe to look sideways.

Without a few words to enter the hall, the prefect Wu Yuan trotted out all the way and said to the scribe: "Take Captain Hu to the West Garden." ”

The scribe, who was a close confidant of the prefect, knew who lived in the West Garden, and said in surprise, "My lord, the West Garden...... That ......"

"Don't be verbose, go immediately, empty the West Garden, and from now on, the West Garden will belong to Captain Hu."

The adult's expression was stern, how dare the scribe ask again, even claimed that it was, led the way, and led Hu Guiyang and the others to the West Cross Courtyard behind.

Wu Yuan didn't follow, and turned back to the hall.

Qian Gong and the Taoist priest stayed outside the hall.

Hu Guiyang thought about saving some face for the prefect, and said to Fan Dajian: "Go back and call everyone else and leave a message for Yuan Mao." ”

Fan Dajian was ordered to leave, and Hu Guiyang followed the scribe to the West Garden alone.

The scribe didn't understand what was going on along the way, and at the gate of the West Garden, he decided to be cautious, "Please wait here for a while, and I'll go and invite the idle people in the garden away." ”

"Okay." Hu Guiyang only wanted to check the place, and was not interested in the people inside.

The scribe entered the garden and did not come out for a long time, presumably because the hostess was pampered and coquettish, and did not want to move.

Hu Guiyang didn't want to wait any longer, and directly pushed the door in, the West Garden occupies a large area, it is a garden, dotted with pavilions and pavilions, obviously carefully arranged.

In a small building not far away, there was a fierce noise of women, Hu Guiyang shook his head, turned around, and saw a pair of bright eyes among the flowers.

The eyes disappeared in an instant, and only the flowers flickered.

Although it was a glimpse, Hu Guiyang was very sure that the person hiding in the bushes was a dwarf.