Fan Dajian's source is Dongchang.

Dongchang sent a person named Zuo Pre to lead the team to arrest He Million, this person is also from Jinyiwei, has been working in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and there are more news channels than the entire Zhao family, that is, he sent someone to send a message to Fan Dajian, reminding him to be more careful after the ship turns into the Yangtze River.

Most of the waterways are relatively safe, there are post stations and military camps not far away, and no robbers dare to rob openly, but there are always some sections of the river where the mountains and rivers are high and the water is urgent, and the officers and soldiers cannot take care of them, and the brave water thieves often take small boats to take risks in the turbulent current.

Hu Guiyang had no choice but to take precautions, and inquired in advance to understand that every time he passed through a dangerous section of the river, he would rather wait a while than set off together with multiple ships.

There was no danger along the way, and Fan Dajian was even a little weak because of this, "The news I got is indeed so, and it also said that these people have been following us for a long time, contacting many gangsters along the way, and they want to wipe us out...... Why is there no movement at all? Is it because we are well prepared, so we don't dare to show up? ”

Hu Guiyang didn't think so, and at an unknown ferry port, he suddenly ordered everyone to abandon the ship and go ashore and take the overland route to Yunyang Mansion.

There were official posts at the ferry, which provided some horses, and a few donkeys and mules could be purchased from the nearby bazaar, which was enough for them.

Everyone else is accustomed to Hu Guiyang's whims, and only the newly joined Qian Gong is difficult to accept, "Why do you want to go by land?" Although it is faster to ride a horse, it is very unsafe to pass through several poor mountains and mountains in the middle. ”

Hu Guiyang had already given the order to set off an hour later, and smiled at Qian Gong: "I always take a boat, my legs are weak, change to the land route, and recover my strength." If we do encounter robbers, we can only use our fists when we stand on land. ”

"Think about it again, Captain Hu, the boat you are on is flying the banner of Lord Shaobao, and it is unimpeded on the river, and everywhere you go, there will be officers and soldiers to escort you, and you don't need to show your strength. Hugh listens to the rumors in the rivers and lakes, let's take the waterway. ”

"You take the water route, we take the land route and meet in Yunyang Mansion."

Qian Gong really got on the boat in a fit of rage, but when Hu Guiyang and his party set off on time, he still asked for horses from the post station and followed with several entourages.

The speed of travel by land was much faster, it took only one day to go through two post stations, and in the evening they stopped at a post station, from which to the west is Yunyang Mansion, to the northeast is Nanyang, backed by a small town, there are more than 100 households in the town, and there is a guard station, garrisoned by hundreds, it is a very safe place.

When they arrived at the station, it was already dark, and everyone hurriedly checked in, preparing to leave early tomorrow morning.

There are boatmen pulling fiber on the waterway, and they have to ride horses and gallop on their own on the land, the speed is fast, but it is also exhausting, at the end of the day, everyone has a sore back and legs, eat a little cold food casually, and after washing, they have fallen down to sleep, here is the official post, there is no need for them to keep vigil.

Hu Guiyang was also very tired, he fell asleep when he turned his head, and he dreamed of sacrificing to the gods, and he also dreamed of a group of children playing, among them, He Sanjie'er, her appearance when she was a child was similar to now, but she was shorter, He Wu Maniac, Shi Guida and others were there, but there was no Hu Guiyang, he didn't know where he was, and he felt lost in his dream.

As soon as Fan Dajian's fingers touched the quilt, Hu Guiyang was awakened, turned over and sat up, and startled Lao Dao, who was holding an oil lamp.

"Hey, it's me."

Hu Guiyang rubbed his eyes, "It's still midnight, right?" ”

"There's something I don't think is right." Fan Dajian has been trying to prove himself useful lately.

Hu Guiyang put on his clothes and asked while putting on his boots, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's not a big deal, but there is a cross-courtyard on the east side of the post station, which is protected by a group of soldiers, I asked the people in the post, they don't know who is in the courtyard, and they said that they came the day before yesterday, because someone was sick and has been stranded so far."

"The day before yesterday? The day before yesterday, we were still on the water, and we didn't decide to go overland. No matter who lives in the courtyard over there, it has nothing to do with us. ”

"Hey, aren't you so suspicious? There must be an official document to enter the official post, the identity and name must be clearly written, and the post station must be reported on time, but they don't even know who lives in the courtyard! ”

"Probably because they don't want to reveal it."

"Hehe, am I so good? After you had rested, I paid for the kitchen to make a table of wine and food, and invited a few of the servants in the post to eat, and they were very happy, and they knew everything about me, and I knew everything about me, even which horse in the post was stronger, and whose wife was not in the right way. ”

"Get down to business."

"Oh, they really don't know who lives in the courtyard, those people are carrying official documents, they are all soldiers of Yunyangwei, saying that they are going to transport a batch of special products to the capital, but one of them is obviously a civil official, but his name is not in the official document, don't you say strange?"

"They're from Yunyang Mansion?"

Fan Dajian nodded, and the light of the oil lamp swayed, "They took the hard road back to Beijing, obviously they were in a hurry, there may be something strange about it, late tonight, let's set off a little later tomorrow, it only takes half an hour, I can inquire and understand." ”

Hu Guiyang scratched his head, he didn't think that this matter would be related to the investigation of the case, but Fan Dajian rarely took the initiative so much, he couldn't refuse, "Okay, I'll give you half an hour tomorrow, be careful, don't offend the people in the government." ”

"Ha, I can't imagine that such a thing would come out of your mouth. Don't worry, as long as I say that I am a real person in Lingji Palace, and then read a few verses, say a few flattering words, and toast a few glasses of wine, I can make anyone say nothing to me. ”

Fan Dajian held the oil lamp and said goodbye confidently.

Hu Guiyang had already put on his boots, sat for a while, and found that he was completely sleepy, so he simply didn't get into bed, pushed the door out, and stood under the porch to blow the wind.

It was hot and humid in the house, and once you woke up, it was even more unbearable.

It was a clear night, looking up, you could even see the thin clouds in the sky, there were no frogs in the post station, but there were cicadas, denser than the water, as if there were countless cicadas hidden in the dark, only listened for a while, Hu Guiyang ignored the continuous sizzling sound, but felt very quiet.

It was so quiet that you could even hear the sound of horses' hooves in the distance.

Pedestrians in the middle of the night?

Soon, the sound of horses' hooves became louder and louder, overpowering the chirping of cicadas, like a approaching thunderstorm, and the ground trembled slightly.

According to this momentum, it is possible that hundreds of horses are galloping at the same time.

Someone was awakened by the sound of hooves, and the first person to jump out was Wen Kuyu, who seemed to be sleeping in her clothes, and rushed out as soon as there was a sound, with a short knife in her hand.

He Wu Madman and Zhao Aqi also walked out of the room, one shouted, "What sound? Is it going to rain? Another shouted: "Get up!" Watch out for earthquakes! ”

There was a long whistle outside the inn, followed by more whistles, mixed with all sorts of strange shouts.

Even the most inexperienced person can tell that it is a gang of robbers.

Hu Guiyang was taken aback, he temporarily decided to take the land route instead, and he didn't reveal any signs before, but he was still seen through by the robbers.

More and more people walked out of the room, some of them didn't even get dressed, Qian Gong was one of them, and while putting on his clothes, he ran to Hu Guiyang and complained eagerly: "What am I talking about? ”

"Don't worry, it's not necessarily for us." Hu Guiyang didn't believe that the Jianghu people who were following him could plan a robbery so quickly.

"Can't be wrong, who else could it be?"

Fan Dajian came over and pushed Qian Gong away, "Let Captain Hu make a decision." With that, he winked at Hu Guiyang, and at the same time shook his eyes to the east.

The east cross courtyard was blocked behind a row of side rooms, and Hu Guiyang couldn't see anything.

The officials and servants in the post station also came out, all of them panicked, and the post man could only say one sentence: "Impossible, how can we have robbers here?" ”

The sound of horses' hooves waned slightly, the strange whistle gradually stopped, and someone slammed the door.

Yi Cheng's face turned pale with fright, and he pushed a subordinate official to answer the door.

The little official had never experienced such a thing, and he stopped at the door step by step, and asked in a trembling voice, "Who?" ”

"Don't care who it is, open the door for Lao Tzu."

"You, you are so bold, dare to break into the official post at night, are you not afraid, not afraid of officers and soldiers? We've got tens of thousands of troops here......"

"You speak." The people outside, and then another person spoke: "Listen to the people inside, I am, I am Deputy Qianhu Feng, Feng Pu, hurry up and open the door, if you don't open the door, the old men outside will kill me, and they will bloody the post station and the whole town......"

As soon as these words came out, all the people in the post station were discolored, they all knew that this Feng Pu was the general in the station, commanding two or three hundred troops, and he was the biggest reliance here, but he didn't expect to be captured by a strongman.

Yi Cheng was so anxious that he spun around in place, and the little official at the door asked: "General Feng, you know that there is no gold and silver treasure in the post, what the old man wants, we will give it with both hands." ”

It was the robber who spoke, "You have a group of people living here the day before yesterday, we want to meet, and if we don't open the door again, we will set it on fire." ”

Fan Dajian whispered: "It's not the robbers attracted by Captain Hu. ”

The people on Hu Guiyang's side had already gathered together, and he let Zhao Aqi and He Wulunatic stand in the front row, himself and Fan Dajian and Yuan Mao in the center, Zhang Wuchen, Qian Gong and the three attendants in the back of the palace, and the three women all entered Hu Guiyang's room.

Hu Guiyang didn't want to cause trouble, but he couldn't be unguarded.

The sound of slamming the door was louder, and Yi Cheng was already frightened, and motioned to the little official to open the door latch, "It's not that we are derelict in our duties, even General Feng can't, why should we block the car with our mantis arms?" ”

Seven or eight officers and soldiers hurriedly ran from the side of the East Cross Courtyard, and the leader said sharply: "Don't open the door, the one who opens the door will be killed!" ”

But the little official was only willing to listen to the post officer's order, and did not stop, but accelerated his movements, and pushed the door latch up in a few clicks.

With a bang, the door opened, and the little official turned around and ran, standing with Yi Cheng and the others.

Dozens of people poured in outside the door, holding on to the open fire, occupying half of the courtyard, and someone pointed a knife at the post and the guests, "It's none of your business, go back to the house and stay honest." ”

Yi Cheng and the others couldn't ask for it, and immediately squeezed into the nearest room.

Hu Guiyang thought about it for a while, and also beckoned his people to retreat into the house.

"Shall we just give in?" He Wu madman doesn't care how many people there are on the other side, he just wants to fight.

"There are a lot of people on the other side, and if there is a real fight, what should your sister do?"

With this sentence, He Wu madman immediately obediently entered the house.

The door was hidden, and Hu Guiyang stood at the door, able to see the situation outside.

The officers and soldiers had already retreated to the East Cross Courtyard, facing an enemy dozens of times their own, but did not give in, showing their weapons to fight, and the robbers shouted and cursed, but did not immediately attack.

No matter who lives in the East Cross Courtyard, they can't last long.

"This official is really good, and he actually offended so many people." Fan Dajian whispered, and he also squeezed at the door to peek out.

"Let the immortals come in, let the immortals come in first." The robbers at the gate suddenly got out of the way, and under the light of the torches, a man walked slowly into the inn.

The man had a wide robe and big sleeves, leading a donkey, no different from the Wen family's outfit, the only special feature was that there was a long sword hanging from his waist.

Hu Guiyang immediately closed the door, thinking that he had really made a big mistake, avoiding the waterway, but bumped into the Wen family on land, without the help of the officers and soldiers of Yunyang Mansion, their small group of people was by no means the opponent of the robbers.

Fan Dajian also saw it, and whispered in horror: "Don't let him see us." ”