It was late at night, and the cold wind mixed with the water vapor of the Dingjiang River not far away, wetting Jincheng, and there was a sticky and wet feeling everywhere. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the spring, the temperature difference between morning and evening is still a little big, and the curfew is added, at this time in Jincheng, even the big families who don't care about the curfew are closed early, and no one goes out to look for flowers and willows.

Dark clouds obscured the sky, and the city was silent.

The door of a large mansion opened at this time, and with a creak, the middle-aged servant came out with the fat old man and the lamp.

The lantern was covered with paper, and there was a large character written on it. Looking behind the lantern again, the fat old man breathed three times in one step, it was Zhizhou Gan Wenyao who had only been humiliated by Fang Haoze once during the day.

"Master, the carriage has been prepared in advance, and the officials of the curfew tonight have also greeted you in advance, ensuring that you will not meet anyone when you go out this time. ”

"Well, be careful. Gan Wenyao nodded, looking majestic and majestic. "Now that the Seventh Prince is in Jincheng, if some rumors go out, my official career will not be good. ”

Gan Wenyao said, and looked at the carriage in front of the door uneasily. Seeing that this carriage was slightly smaller than a normal carriage, covered with black felt cloth on the outside, and the style was also very ordinary, without any special markings, he couldn't help but bow his head.

The servant graciously helped Gan Wenyao into the carriage, and then blew on the lantern to extinguish it.

Suddenly there was no light, and there was darkness in my sight, and then, only the sound of the carriage was heard from here, and it drove all the way to an unknown distance.

It was about two quarters of an hour before the carriage stopped.

The servant lit the lantern again, and the light came back again, and the light was swept away, but this was in front of an ordinary house in Jincheng. The door is not high, the style is not obvious, and the small courtyard door looks very cramped.

"Tuk tuk!" the servant got out of the car and knocked on the door.

Almost at the same time as there was a knock on the door, the door opened. "Is it Master Gan?"

"My lord is in the car, bother to lead the way. The middle-aged servant answered, and then turned around and came to his carriage: "Master, the door is open, and I will help you get out of the carriage." ”

Until this time, Gan Wenyao, who was as fat as a meat ball, didn't speak, so he helped his servant and got out of the car with great difficulty.

Gan Wenyao led his servants to follow the person who opened the door before, and then entered the courtyard gate.

Within a few steps, a few people passed through the shadow wall. There should have been a passage in the back, but bizarrely, this passage was not a civil engineering, but a winding waterway.

The surface of the water is sparkling, and although it is at night, I don't know what stones are paved under the water, and it is always shining, and the courtyard is bright.

Although from the outside, this small courtyard is very inconspicuous, but when you enter the door, it is actually a cave.

With this waterway as the centerline, there are walls on both sides, and it is not until the end of the waterway that a wide open door can be faintly seen. Because it's a little far away, it doesn't seem very clear.

Judging from these few details alone, this small courtyard is extraordinary, hiding a huge space in a small courtyard, using a lot of extraordinary power.

"Master Gan, please come in. The leader called.

Gan Wenyao's face became serious at this time, nodded, and followed the leader into a small boat. The three men stepped on the deck, and the boat swam to the end without a paddle.

"The last time Master Gan came to us, it should have been almost ten years. It was only at this time that the leader spoke, and his voice was very clear, as if he was a teenager.

"Well, I remember you led the way last time. Gan Wenyao replied, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: Ten years ago, this person was a teenager, and ten years later he is still a teenager.

This thought flashed through his mind, and he forced himself to stop thinking about it, and in the blink of an eye, the high gate in the distance arrived.

But when I got to the door, it wasn't on the ground. Originally, this waterway extended all the way to the inside of the gate, and when it reached the door, it was like entering a lake, and there was water on all sides.

The door is a tall space, and in the middle of it is a sculpture that radiates light that illuminates the temple. Around the sculpture, there is a piece of land, and there is a hut in the corner.

The boat did not stop until it reached the ground at the foot of the sculpture, and Gan Wenyao got off the boat himself without commanding.

When I looked closely, there was a middle-aged woman kneeling next to the huge sculpture. Bathed in the light of the sculpture, his demeanor is dignified.

"Mrs. Xiang, Master Gan has arrived. The leader shouted, and then took Gan Wenyao to Mrs. Xiang's back.

The Xiang lady turned a deaf ear and still knelt down. He muttered something in his mouth, and after a long pause, he kowtowed to the sculpture a few more times. Then he respectfully accepted the salute and stood up.

"Master Gan, I haven't seen you for many years, if it weren't for the old body to send you a message, I'm afraid you still don't want to come to this secret place. ”

At this time, the Xiang lady turned to look at Gan Wenyao, her voice was vicissitudes, but her eyes were bright and her teeth were bright, and her skin could be broken by blowing, which looked very weird.

"This official has been promoted to the governor of Wuzhou for many years, and he is busy with official affairs, so he can no longer come to visit your old man as usual, and I hope to forgive my sins. Gan Wenyao replied, with a hint of jealousy in his voice.

"Back then, the Water God Temple funded you to study and become an official since you were a child, and I didn't want you to do anything, I just hoped that you would be good at reading the Water God. But over the years, your official position has become higher and higher, but you don't take us old friends seriously anymore. ”

Mrs. Xiang snorted and said lightly.

"This ......," Gan Wenyao was about to open his mouth to explain.

"You don't have to explain, we have seen a lot of mortals. At this time, since I have called you over, I naturally have something to ask for your assistance. Although you have now reached the third-grade official position, the cause and effect of your body are too involved, and the water god can't do anything about you, but there is always a family. ”

Mrs. Xiang interrupted Gan Wenyao's words, and then glanced at her coldly and said, "Before, we thought you were dispensable, and we didn't want to bother looking for you. But now that the water god is in trouble, you can't shirk it this time. ”

When Gan Wenyao heard this, a layer of sweat appeared on his forehead: "Mrs. Xiang, you want me to suppress the new water control inspection, and I will do it, but the other party is too shrewd, and I will slowly plan it in the future." ”

"That kid is also the one that the water god pointed out to us to monitor, is it simple to be regarded as an enemy by the water god?" Mrs. Xiang snorted coldly: "I just wanted you to test a thing or two before, and the most important thing is to ask you to stir up the water control plan this time." ”

"According to the news received by our Water God Temple, this time the water control plan led by the Seven Princes actually wants to set up a blockade at the Tianlin Gorge Pass and reopen a new river, which is a great harm to our Dingjiang Water God. Mrs. Xiang continued to talk non-stop.

"It is inconvenient for the water god to take direct action against the mortals, and at this time, the water temples everywhere have taken action, because the Seven Princes have set up their offices in Jincheng, and you are a key part of us here. ”

"Well, whatever arrangements you have, I'll try to cooperate. But there is one thing, you can't assassinate the Seven Princes and so on. Gan Wenyao was emboldened at this time and said loudly.