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Yuan Mao never thought of himself as an ordinary entourage, and even the word "cronies" was a bit demeaning to his identity.

Unlike many slaves who changed their surnames after entering the palace, Yuan Mao did have the surname Yuan, and Yuan Bin was a worthy relative, Yuan Bin once said in public that this was his own nephew, whether public or private, he could be called "uncle." ”

Yuan Mao had never called it that, but in his heart, he regarded Yuan Bin as a dear person, and he ran to serve before and after the saddle, without complaining, but felt that it was an honor.

Yuan Bin is full of children and grandchildren, and no one can be as infinitely trusted as Yuan Mao and stay by his side at any time.

Yuan Mao regarded Yuan Bin's opponent as an enemy, which is why outside the Jinyi Guard's yamen, he rushed up to reprimand Hu Guiyang.

"Lord Yuan trusts you so much, regards you as Zhao Ying's successor, and is even willing to introduce you to the court elders." Yuan Mao said as he walked, his tone was very stern, "But you betrayed this trust and almost left!" ”

Hu Guiyang listened with a smile, he didn't take it seriously at all, and he didn't explain, at most.

His smile was always so out of place, and the more Yuan Mao looked at it, the more angry he became, and he stopped, "Don't you want to explain?" ”

Hu Guiyang also stopped and said in surprise: "Right here? In front of a street full of pedestrians? I thought we had to be careful. ”

"Where are we going?" Yuan Mao looked left and right, it was just dark, but there were more and more pedestrians on the street.

"A good place."

At the beginning of the lanterns, Hu Guiyang took Yuan Mao back to the Hutong of the company.

Yuan Mao recognized it when it was still far away, "You don't want to take me to that kind of place, do you?" ”

Hu Guiyang smiled: "It seems that you are very familiar with this place, and you should be a frequent visitor." By the way, after arriving at the place, we are all surnamed Yang, and we are called cousins. ”

"Why are you here?"

Hu Guiyang smiled even more happily, "It's because everyone can't think of it." Have you seen that Erlang Temple? Not far from my own home, my father-in-law used to arrange for me to contact a few pimples in this area, I simply moved in, my father-in-law specially issued a strict order, if I step into the spring courtyard, which leg will be broken, both legs will be broken, and both legs will be broken. ”

"Zhao Ying is a qualified Nansi Baihu." Yuan Mao said coldly.

Hu Guiyang continued: "Zhao Jiayizi couldn't guess that I dared to stay here, according to my estimate, at least three days safe. Stand in the way for me, and a few people in this area recognize me. ”

The two came to Ren's house, and the bustard greeted them warmly, but gave a "bad news": "It's really unfortunate, a regular guest came, saying that he was going to go south by boat in two days, and he wanted to see the durian girl today, I was so good to say it, I really couldn't wipe off the face, I really didn't mean to shake the two sons......"

Hu Guiyang pretended to lose his temper and finally compensated for it with a sumptuous banquet.

In the small garden building, He Wu was already waiting, "Why did you come back?" The family didn't know what was going on, so they always came to find 'Third Brother Yang', but they were all sent away by me. ”

The wine and food were delivered quickly, and He Wu Madman sent one to his sister, came down to eat, and after eating, he put the bones on a plate and took them out to feed the dogs, not at all interested in the two people at the same table and their conversation.

Yuan Mao didn't eat much, he only cared about one thing when he came here, "You really didn't catch the demon fox and use it to frame Lord Yuan?" ”

"Tell me first, how is the message you have gathered?"

Yuan Mao had previously received a task to collect the details of the victims of the demon fox case, "It's almost. ”

"And then? What do you see in this? ”

Yuan Mao didn't squeak, his eyes were cold.

"If you don't believe me, why do you come with me?" Hu Guiyang asked with a smile.

"I'm here to listen to your explanations, not to report back to you."

"Okay, I'll do it first. To put it simply, here's the thing, more than ten years ago, there was a traitor leader named Wen Tianwang, and there was also a demon named Gu Zhongxian, who believed that they could use boys and girls to sacrifice and recruit real heavenly soldiers and generals. After an unsuccessful attempt at Jingxiang, they fled to the Broken Teng Gorge and tried again on the Sacrificial Peak. ”

"Hmm." Yuan Mao's expression remained unchanged.

"This time, they believe that the recruitment of the gods has succeeded, but it is not the heavenly soldiers and generals, but the 'son of the ancestral god', which is possessed by a certain boy and will not appear until ten years later."

Yuan Mao still didn't speak, and gently played with the wine glass in front of him, as if he didn't realize it.

"But who is this possessed boy? Hearing that the Heavenly King was dead, Gu Zhongxian had an idea, thinking that the person who could be killed must not be the target he was looking for, so he kept killing people. ”

"Similar to your stepfather Zhao Ying's thoughts."

Hu Guiyang nodded, "But my stepfather will never kill people at will, and would rather spend his efforts to collect evidence little by little, and then arrest people after confirming that it is correct." ”

"Next, what do these things have to do with the demon fox?"

"It's your turn, if I'm not mistaken, you've found evidence among the victims of the Demon Fox case."

Yuan Mao's expression softened slightly, "I don't know if this counts as evidence, the victims in the Demon Fox case have all been to Broken Teng Gorge in the past ten years, some are generals, some are merchants, and several of them must have climbed the Sacrificial God Peak - the commonly known name is the Nine Stories Building, which was once the last stronghold of the traitors, and there were countless casualties when it was breached. Most people go there just to see the scenery and feel emotional. ”

"And the leader of the Five Elements Sect?"

Yuan Mao was a little surprised, "It turns out that you have already ...... That's right, among the victims were five sect masters, the sect leaders were their own names, and in the eyes of the imperial court, they were the leaders of craftsmen. ”

"They've all been to the Sacrifice God Peak too?"

"I have been, three of them participated in the Battle of Broken Teng Gorge that year, and the other two went afterwards to help the officers and soldiers build the camp."

"That's right."

"What's right?"

"Gu Zhongxian claimed that the Divine Son was possessed more than ten years ago, but he waited so long to find it, one is to cultivate strength, and the other is to lack grasp. This time, he not only has to find the Son of God, but also destroys the dragon vein, and uses both prongs to seize the world. ”

"Take over the world?"

Hu Guiyang didn't laugh, "For a group of people who believe in the possession of the Son of God and believe in the dragon vein, seizing the world is just a trivial matter. ”

Yuan Mao lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and said, "It's just a group of charlatans......

"Charlatans? Can't you see it? Charlatans have succeeded in convincing many people, but those who do not believe are in the minority. ”

Yuan Mao thought for a while, "Those brothers of yours, Hu Guishen and Hu Guimeng also believe it?" ”

"I don't know, but the things they did were indeed beneficial to Gu Zhongxian."

"Aren't they afraid that they are also the target of the Valley Immortal?"

"Maybe it's because they're scared that they give in."

Yuan Mao got up, "I'm going to report these things you said to Lord Yuan, and then make a decision." ”

Hu Guiyang shook his head, "When you go back, maybe I will be in a different place, or I will be persuaded to act as your enemy from now on." ”

Yuan Mao sat down slowly, "What are you going to do?" ”

"I want you to find a way to contact Wang Zhi, and I want to see him by tomorrow night at the latest."

Yuan Mao stood up again and said sharply: "That's impossible, although they were both reprimanded, Wang Zhi deserved it, my family was framed, the governor of the former government of the palace, and the minister of the imperial court, how could he collude with the eunuchs?" ”

Hu Guiyang waited for him to finish, and then showed an untimely smile, "That's why I want you to go, Lord Yuan can't collude, you can." ”

Yuan Mao slapped it heavily on the table, "Yuan is a good man, don't do such despicable deeds." ”

"Well, Lord Yuan has been innocent all his life, and he has probably never done anything to be foolish, but if, I mean, Lord Yuan accidentally falls into the sewage ditch, do you want to jump in and save him? It's going to get dirty and you can't wash it off. ”

"Of course." Yuan Mao understood what Hu Guiyang meant, so he had to sit down again, "Why do you have to contact Wang Zhi?" Since you know that it is the fairy in the valley who is doing the trouble, find him out and bring him to justice, won't you have it? ”

"It's not that simple, Gu Zhongxian came prepared this time, although there are many people sent by the government, there are places that they can't manage and dare not manage."

"You mean...... He hid in the palace? ”

"Is there a safer place in the world than a palace? I just can't help it, otherwise I'm going to have to go in and hide. ”

Yuan Mao shook his head in disbelief, "The demon Li Zilong sneaked into the palace last year, and he just wandered around the edge, how much trouble did he cause?" There's no way someone is getting in again, right? ”

"This is the problem we want to find out with the help of Wang Zhi, time is pressing, it is impossible to investigate little by little, we must start from the most suspicious place."

Yuan Mao was silent for a long time, "You don't want me to discuss it with Lord Yuan?" ”

"You can discuss, but this is equivalent to transferring the burden to Lord Yuan, he must consider his identity, status and reputation, think about it, and delay the time."

Yuan Mao was silent for a while, "If something goes wrong in this matter, I will be the great sinner of the Yuan family." ”

"Yes, if something goes wrong, I'm dead, you're a sinner." Hu Guiyang was also not comforted and admitted it directly.

"Who am I?" He Wu Madman came back at some point, hugged the dog and asked.

"You're a fool."

"Fisherman? Fishing? ”

Hu Guiyang ignored him and looked at Yuan Mao.

Yuan Mao still refused to answer directly, but said another thing, "Lord Yuan has been in charge of Jinyi Wei for many years, and he is deeply favored by the first emperor, and when he first ascended the throne today, he was also very loving, and more than ten years have passed, but he suddenly transferred Lord Yuan to the former military capital governor's mansion, and he was promoted and degraded, do you know why?" ”

Hu Guiyang shook his head, although there are many rumors, they are not accurate.

"Because Lord Yuan has lived too long."

"That's the reason?"

"It may not count for others, but it is a burden to Lord Yuan. Lord Yuan is in charge of the Jinyi Guard, directly in charge of Nansi, looking for demon immortals for many years, thanks to your father-in-law, nothing has been found. ”

"Catch a lot of liars."

"For Nansi and Lord Yuan, this is nothing. And here's the problem, the first emperor who wanted immortality died young, and the person who found the art of immortality for the first emperor lived to the age of antiquity. By the time the son of today notices this, Lord Yuan will have a 'sin'. ”

"Someone has changed His Majesty's mind and persuaded His Majesty to pay attention to immortality." Hu Guiyang understood the meaning of Yuan Mao's words.

"So you should understand how difficult it is for us, right?"

"So you should understand, why do you have to win over Wang Zhi?"

Yuan Mao got up, "If something happens, I will bear it, you will bear it, and you must not affect Lord Yuan." ”

Hu Guiyang also stood up and raised his wine glass, "Of course." ”

It is already so difficult to convince a person, Hu Guiyang admires that Gu Zhongxian, who has never met before, can pull so many people over.