Before dawn, Hu Guiyang was woken up by a knock on the door, got up and dressed dizzily, walked out of the room weakly, yawned and said, "So early? ”

"Well, everybody's waiting outside." Shi Gui replied.

"You're going too?"

"Yes."

"Congratulations, Wei Li has finally arranged a job for you. Wait a minute, I'll wash my face and sober up. ”

Hu Guiyang didn't wake up the servant, he filled the water from the tank, washed his face and rinsed his mouth in the courtyard, and then went back to the house to dry it, and went out with a small bag, and he was really energetic, "Where are you going to have breakfast?" ”

"Eat dry food on the way."

"Miserable." Hu Guiyang stood there and looked around, "I have to remember this place." ”

"You've lived here for more than ten years."

"It's only a few days to be my home." Hu Guiyang looked at Shi Guida, and suddenly wanted to tell him the truth about his father-in-law's death - this is just the so-called truth, except for the words of the old mother, there is no corroboration.

"Let's go, don't make everyone wait."

Hu Guiyang smiled, "Yes, it's important to get down to business." ”

There were a lot of people waiting outside, nearly fifty Jinyi guards, all on horseback, led by Nansi Zhenfu Liangxiu, and there were even 100 households left.

Hu Guiyang was very surprised, and arched his hand: "The top allows Zuo Baihu to wear the crime and make meritorious service?" ”

Zuo Yu didn't squeak, among all the people, he was the only one who didn't wear an official uniform, like a criminal who fell into the hands of Jinyiwei.

Others didn't answer, Liang Xiu was already impatient and urged the horse to walk, and Hu Guiyang hurriedly got on the horse to follow.

They were the first to go out of the city, not by water, but by land, without hastening their horses, but without stopping, and without resting when they passed the post station.

At about noon, the procession finally stopped, ate and drank in a roadside pavilion, and after a quarter of an hour, continued on the road.

Before Hu Guiyang got on the horse, he whispered to Shi Gui: "Tomorrow we will walk slower, it is estimated that Liang Zhenfu can only hold out for one day." ”

Liang Xiu was relatively weak, and his short practice career did not leave any benefits, and the half-day rapid march had made him panting like a cow and his face was as red as blood.

That night, everyone rested in a post station, did not even eat much, washed their feet, and all fell asleep, leaving the horses and other chores to the post station to undertake.

Early the next morning, Hu Guiyang got up first, ate a full meal, and found an empty skin bag, filled it with water for later use.

Liang Xiu was desperate, this day was another rush, in the afternoon, the speed involuntarily slowed down, and when he arrived at the post station, it was already the second watch.

Everyone else can rest, but Liang Xiu can't, and he has to listen to the news sent by the captain in front.

The captain obviously sent good news, just arrived on the fifth watch, it was still completely dark, Liang Xiu woke everyone up, only gave a short time to wash and eat, and then set off again, everyone else was sleepy and tired, only the calming adults were full of energy, and the fatigue of the past two days was swept away.

Hu Guiyang leaned over and arched his hand, "Lord Liang." ”

Liang Xiu's expression was cold, he deliberately didn't look at Hu Guiyang, urged the others to move quickly, and waited for a while before saying, "Hmm." ”

"Even Zuo Yu can make meritorious contributions, isn't it time to give me the other half of the antidote?"

Hu Guiyang ate a certain elixir from Lingji Palace, it has no effect for the time being, but it is a hidden danger after all, he has found an antidote from Zuo Xuan's body, it is said that it can only solve half of the toxicity, and the residual poison can only be removed after seeing He Sanchen, and the antidote is still in Lingji Palace.

"The antidote is not with me, if you can make meritorious contributions, the superiors will naturally not see you die."

Liang Xiu was about to leave, but Hu Guiyang stopped him and said with a smile: "Don't lie to me, my lord, seeing that you are a hundred times more energetic, you must have taken the medicine of Lingji Palace, right?" ”

Liang Xiu spit out two words: "Get out of the way." ”

Hu Guiyang didn't ask for an antidote, but he confirmed one thing, Zuo Yu and Lingji Palace had been forgiven, and he was still a hostage in the hands of Nansi.

The trip lasted only half a day, and he deviated from the official road and entered a manor.

The manor is not big, the location is remote, the owner does not live here, and the farmer is watching the head of the village and more than a dozen peasant families, and now it is full of officers and soldiers transferred from the neighborhood inside and out.

The people in the village were so frightened that they didn't dare to show up, only Zhuang Tou'er came out to receive the officers and soldiers, and he couldn't tell which yamen they came from.

"Yesterday afternoon, that person suddenly broke in, claiming to be a fairy descending to earth, asking us to supply wine and food, if we don't give it, we will fight, and we will tear down the house and tear down the wall, that domineering, how can it be like a fairy? Stronger than a robber......"

"That person" came and went, hid in the nearby mountains, and the Jinyi guards who were tracking behind found here, and immediately transferred troops over, blocked several mountain roads, and sent a few people into the mountains to search, while waiting for the arrival of Nansi Zhenfu.

Liang Xiu inquired carefully and confirmed that the fugitive was indeed in the mountains, and was a little dissatisfied, "Since you are in the mountains, why are you still staying here?" All go to search the mountain, and the people in the village will also go, I don't want to see any idlers again! ”

Jinyiwei Zhen sent a speech, and the local generals did not dare to disobey, so they had to order the whole army to march, this time to search the mountains inch by inch.

Liang Xiu said that he didn't want to see idlers, or to stay some, Hu Guiyang was one of them, as long as He Sanchen didn't show up, there was nothing to do with him, he simply found a spare room, went to sleep on the kang and clothes.

It was evening when he was woken up, Hu Guiyang went out of the house to check, it turned out that there was another group of Jinyi guards, listening to them, the factory Gong Shangming was on the way, and he could arrive in the middle of the night.

In order to recover Shenyu, Dongchang spared no effort to take advantage of Wang Zhi's exit from Beijing to re-establish the advantages of the factory.

Hu Guiyang looked for some cold food to eat, and there was nothing to do, so he wandered around the Zhuangzi, and before he finished half a circle, he was stopped by Shi Gui, "Go to the grass hall in front, Liang Zhenfu will look for you." ”

The grass hall was exposed on all sides, and Liang Xiu chose this place as the Chinese military tent in order to show that he was suffering with the soldiers.

An officer was replying to him, asking for a halt to the search, "Thousands of people have entered the mountain, and since noon, the grain of rice has not entered, is it possible to ......?"

Liang Xiu's face sank, "Did you see me eating?" ”

The officer was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "No, the lord has been in command, but it's just ......"

"Did you see my men eating?"

The officer was even more frightened, shook his head and said "no".

Hu Guiyang came in at this time and interjected: "I have eaten two steamed buns and a few pickles, but no one told me that I can't eat them?" ”

The officer was embarrassed, so he could only pretend not to hear, Liang Xiu's face turned red, he wanted to justify, but he felt that he had lost his official authority, so he had to pretend not to hear, and said sharply: "Pass the order, continue to search the mountain, after catching people, the whole army will be rewarded, and if you can't catch people, the whole army will be punished." ”

The officer took the order and left, Hu Guiyang smiled and said, "Oh, I accidentally said the wrong thing, but no one really told me......"

"Stand aside." Liang Xiu said coldly.

Hu Guiyang stood beside Zuo Yu, smiled at him, and whispered, "Have you eaten?" ”

Zuo Yu ignored him.

Hu Guiyang said again: "Will you happen to ask for the antidote from Lingji Palace and bring it with you?" ”

Zuo Yu stood there like a log, unaware of the people around him.

Hu Guiyang had to shut up, he was called to actually have nothing to do, just to stand in the sight of the Lord Zhenfu.

There are people in the mountains who keep sending news, most of them have no substance, nothing more than where to search, Liang Xiu has never even seen the mountain, so naturally he can't understand where the "where" is, every answer is urging, and occasionally there is news of confrontation, which proves that Chen Xun is in the mountains and has not escaped.

Nearly three watch days, two Jinyi lieutenants galloped into the village, reporting that the factory Gong Shangming was about to arrive.

Liang Xiu immediately straightened out his clothes and led everyone out of the village to greet him.

The team brought by Shang Ming was even larger, there were hundreds of captains in Jinyi alone, and the officers and soldiers of the Beijing Guard were several times this, and the sound of horses' hooves came from afar, which was quite powerful.

As soon as Liang Xiu saw the factory father, he immediately knelt on the side of the road, and his subordinates also knelt down one after another, leaving only Hu Guiyang to stand out from the crowd, taking a few steps back and not being with everyone.

"Got someone?" Shang Ming asked, sitting on his horse, looking at the little fire in the mountains in the distance.

"Come on, I'll ......" Liang Xiu was ready to talk, intending to give himself a small credit, but was interrupted as soon as he said a few words.

"You've been staying in the village?" Shang Ming asked.

"Yes, the subordinate is here to command Soushan, waiting for the arrival of the factory duke."

"I didn't send you out of Beijing to wait for me, but to let you lead a team to arrest people, and the prisoners are in the mountains, seven or eight miles away, but you are enjoying Qingfu in the rear? In that case, what use do you want? ”

Liang Xiu's face was flushed, "Yes, yes, the lower officials are greedy for enjoyment for a while, which disappointed the factory father, I will go to the mountains immediately, where are the officers and soldiers, I will never come back to see the factory father." ”

Liang Xiu got up, looked for a horse in a hurry, and wanted to go to the mountains to search for people in person.

The captains all followed, and Hu Guiyang was no exception, looking at Liang Xiu's anger and not daring to refute, he couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic to this boss, and even understood why he wanted to seduce Shang Ming's fake wife.

Thousands of soldiers and civilians had already leveled the road, and Liang Xiu led people to ride to the mountains, angry in his heart, and did not dare to declare it, so he could only urge his subordinates sternly.

Hu Guiyang was not the first person to discover the anomaly, but he was the first to shout out, "Is there a fire in the mountain?" ”

Nearly 1,000 people searched the mountain, and the torches were dotted, but one piece was connected together, and it was rapidly expanding.

Liang Xiu was shocked, "Who set the fire?" ”

No one could answer, Liang Xiuyang whipped his horse, ran faster, and it didn't take long to catch up with a group of retreating officers and soldiers.

"I'm Nansi Zhen Fu Liangxiu, who set the fire on the mountain?"

The officers and soldiers stopped, and one of them stepped forward and said, "Lord Hui, it was a criminal who set the fire." ”

Liang Xiu said angrily: "Nonsense, the fire is obviously in the middle of the torches, could it be that Chen Xun ran to the middle of the officers and soldiers to set fire?" ”

"Well, maybe, I don't know."

Liang Xiu raised his whip and hit it, and the soldier dodged and ran into the crowd, "If you don't run, you will all be burned to death!" ”

The officers and soldiers dispersed in a hurry, and dozens of brocade guards couldn't hold back their bullets at all.

Liang Xiu was shocked and angry, taking care of one thing and losing the other, he circled around the place, urging the horse to continue to the mountain, at least he had to figure out whether Chen Xun had been caught.

The fire on the mountain grew, and the fleeing officers and soldiers gathered in groups, and the thrown torches lit more places, and just after reaching the foot of the mountain, Liang Xiu was stopped by several officers.

"My lord, don't go into the mountains, it's dangerous!"

"What about people? What about human offenders? "Liang Xiu only cares about one thing.

No one answered.

"Keep searching the mountain, don't stop!" Liang Xiu jumped off his horse and pumped wildly, the officers did not dare to dodge, so they had to shout and order the soldiers to turn around, but no one obeyed the order at all, occasionally someone stopped, glanced at the fire, and then looked at the running companions, and immediately stepped forward, even if the emperor was there in person, it could not stop them from fleeing for their lives.

Liang Xiu wanted to enter the mountain in person, but was stopped by his lieutenant.

The fire spread so loudly that no one could enter, but many people were trapped on the mountain, screaming.

Liang Xiu struggled for a while, and finally gave up, letting the captains lift him to his horse, and turned around in despair.

The fire on the mountain is getting bigger and bigger, the people under the mountain are getting more and more chaotic, Shang Ming was also surprised when he saw the fire, he brought a lot of people, lined up in formation, and forcibly stopped the officers and soldiers who fled, but he couldn't do it if he wanted to drive them back to the mountain, and even the Jinyi guards were also yang and yin, and they didn't dare to really go to the mountain.

Liang Xiu was most afraid of seeing the factory father, but he had to see him, and knelt down and said: "Chen Xun set fire to the mountain, and he was trapped, so he definitely couldn't escape." ”

This is not so much the truth as Liang Xiu's hope.

"People are not important, things are important...... What about Hu Guiyang? ”

Liang Xiu turned around, but he didn't see that annoying subordinate, and Shi Guida and Zuo Yu disappeared together.