A group of assassins who suddenly appeared in the inn that night, and after Gu Rin's investigation, it was found out that the person behind the scenes was indeed Yao Chen, the county commander of Youxian County.

They had only been gone for three days before Yao received the news and sent someone to assassinate them, which was really unusual.

And You County is more than 100 miles away from the market town where they are located, and it will take a day to rush from there, that is to say, Yao Chen received the news at least the day after they set off, and the help of the prince and his party was not announced to the outside world.

Therefore, who released the news has become a suspicion of this incident.

It's just that this person's identity has only two answers.

Either the court in the capital was buried in the eyeliner, or there was a traitor in their group.

The jury is still undecided.

There are still more than 100 miles left, and since it has been exposed, it is uncertain whether Yao Chen will make a comeback.

And the other party knew that the imperial court reinforcements would definitely erase the evidence of his crimes in Youxian.

So after a night of discussion, Li Qingyuan decided to let Gu Rin and Pei Yun return to Qiaozhuang to dress up, pretend to be a couple who went out to do business, take the waterway first, and send guards around to protect secretly, while Li Qingyuan continued to lead the team to move forward the same way to attract Yao Chen's attention.

It only takes one day and one night to reach You County by water, and it will definitely be able to beat Yao Yi.

And Chen Ershang, who suddenly appeared last night, Li Qingyuan wanted to arrange a home for him in the town, but he refused, saying that he still had relatives in the north, and this time he fled with the intention of defecting to his relatives.

After he said this, Li Qingyuan couldn't keep it anymore, and only gave him a little broken silver and some dry food, and Chen Ershang set foot on the road to the north.

The two people who met in Pingshui also went in opposite directions overnight.

**

Day 2.

The plan agreed upon last night was implemented as promised, and Pei Yungui and Gu Rin took the earliest boat in the morning and left first by water.

There is a Longshui River next to the town, which was built by the emperor of the previous dynasty, which directly connects the towns in the northwest, and is also the fastest and most convenient way for the people to travel to other places.

The sky was shining, and there were already many heads on the docks, probing their brains, holding silver tickets in their hands, waiting for the ship to start.

Pei Yungui and Gu Rin also crowded among the pedestrians.

The boat was prompted, and the crowd suddenly surged, like a huge river, slowly squirming forward.

There were too many people, and as soon as the tide moved, Gu Rin and Pei Yungui could only be pushed forward.

Pei Yungui was petite, and he didn't feel how crowded he was, but Gu Rin's tall body looked a little cramped in this narrow world, with people on his chest and back, and his breathing was a little difficult.

His face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and the air pressure around his body was so low that it could be shocking, but he was surrounded by ordinary people, and he couldn't have a seizure, even if he had a lot of anger in his heart, he could only hold it, so General Gu's mood was even more unkind.

Pei Yungui suppressed a smile, and a pair of dark eyes lingered on Gu Rin's face with interest.

Looking at Gu Rin's deflated, it is fresher than watching any drama.

Gu Rin also noticed Pei Yungui's playful gaze, and glared at the other party with horizontal eyebrows, and was even more indignant in his heart, like a powder keg, it would explode at one point, and it was not pleasing to the eye.

The slow crowd finally walked across the open space of the dock and onto the deck.

There was a man standing on the deck, collecting money.

It was finally Gu Rin and Pei Yungui's turn.

Gu Rin took out the silver money from his sleeve for the two of them to take the boat.

"Two people together?" The man who received the money did not raise his head, and took the silver taels.

"Not bad." Gu Rin also replied briefly.

"Third row by the window."

The person receiving the money quickly quoted a spot, and then passed them to receive the next passenger.

The boarding process went smoothly and was not noticeable. br>

Pei Yungui breathed a sigh of relief.

And they searched for the place pointed by the man who received the money.

He sat down.

On their journey, in order not to be eye-catching, both of them changed their appearances, covering their originally eye-catching facial features, and looked like an ordinary couple.

The number of people on board gradually increased, and the cacophony suddenly filled the cabin.

Pei Yungui looked around, looked at Gu Rin, and whispered: "There are so many pedestrians on the boat heading to You County, presumably the news of the outbreak of the plague in You County has not been released, but Chen Ershang's escape is enough to show that the plague has begun to spill out, and the outside world should not be so peaceful, and You County should be a normal market town."

Her guess was exactly the question in Gu Rin's heart at this moment.

Looking at the full capacity of this cabin, it felt abnormal.

Gu Rin thought about it, so he found a lady who had nothing to do next to her, and pretended to talk, "Auntie, are you also going to You County?"

The eldest lady was bored, and when she saw a young man talking to herself, her itchy mouth instantly became active, her eyes lit up, and she talked to Gu Rin endlessly.

"Aren't you going to Youxian, it's not easy to sit on the boat to Youxian now, I squeezed three days to squeeze up."

There are a lot of pedestrians on the pier, and the markets in Kyoto are not so crowded.

According to the meaning of the eldest mother, could it be that the situation did not happen in the past, but only appeared in the last few days?

This is even more abnormal.

Gu Rin was puzzled in his heart, but his face was still indifferent, he pretended to be unintentional and asked, "Now that spring ploughing is the time when farming is busy, so many people are running to You County, so many fields are not planted?"

The eldest lady pouted, and said clearly, "Childe must be a foreigner, right?"

Gu Rin nodded, "My lady and I are indeed from the north."

"Then you're on the right boat!" The eldest lady danced with her eyebrows: "Where is the money to be made from farming now, the landlord collects a little, and the top collects a little, the grain of that year is not enough to the mouths of ordinary people, and the road of farming is not easy, but the road in Youxian County is smooth and rainy!"

"Oh?" Gu Rin showed a puzzled expression just right, "Why did the eldest lady say this, could it be that there are still gold and silver mountains in You County?"

"More than that," the eldest lady was unfathomable, drawing a long line with both hands on her chest, "There is a merchant gang in You County, which collects us poor people for work, male or female, and has two taels of silver a month!"

Two taels of silver is not a small amount in Daqi, which is enough for an ordinary family's expenses for a year. Class A cabin is crowded, could it be that they all go for the two taels of silver?

But You County is not very prosperous, the only desirable thing is that it connects the Western Regions and the territory, during which there are indeed merchants who stop, but the big merchant gang that gives so many people two taels of silver a month at a time is rarely heard of in Kyoto.

What's more, there is also a plague in You County, how can it be possible to come up with so much money.

Gu Rin had a lot of doubts about the eldest mother's statement in his heart, but he heard her gushing voice and said, "In addition to working to get silver taels, you can also put money into it, and the errand person calls it money to make money."

Pei Yungui leaned against the window, paying attention to the conversation between the two, and when he heard this, he was very curious: "Auntie, what is money making money?"

The eldest lady was very interested and replied, "For example, girl, if you put one tael of silver into it, the next day, the merchant gang will give you two taels of silver, and if you put two taels of silver into it, the merchant gang will return you four taels of silver...... In this way, the more you invest, the more you earn, what is this gold and silver mountain, this is clearly a cash cow! With such a good thing, who would be a serious person who would still farm!"

The eldest lady was radiant, as if she was the next rich man.

Pei Yungui heard some horror in it, and he felt a chill behind him.

This kind of business, when it sounds, is not a serious transaction, but more like the practice of gambling in a gambling house.

"Is such a loss-making business really for the merchant gang?" She was dumbfounded, and immediately poured a basin of cold water on the eldest mother, "What if the merchant gang rolls up your money and doesn't give you back, but runs away?"

When the eldest lady heard Pei Yungui question it like this, she felt unhappy in her heart, she sighed, and said nonchalantly: "How can it be fake, Liu Daniu in the east turned out to be a poor person

Sour sweat, it was because of the money of the Shang Gang that he bought a house and married a daughter-in-law, and the same is true for the Chen family. Girl, I won't be happy if you say that, auntie, if you question the authenticity of the Shang Gang, you don't have to go to You County."

When the eldest lady spoke, she pulled down her face and twisted her neck to look away.

Pei Yungui touched his nose and withdrew his gaze.

Gu Rin glanced at her, and both shook their heads tacitly, both of them saw a trace of helplessness in each other's eyes.

Is there really such a pie-in-the-sky good thing in the world? They do not believe.

What is the purpose of the existence of the merchant gang, and why it releases a large number of baits to attract people from other towns, if you dig deeper, you will definitely be able to get a glimpse of the cat.

In this way, it is even more strange in You County.

Chen Ershang described it as a hell on earth, but in the mouth of the eldest mother, it became a holy place for money.

Whether it is the elixir or the poison in it can only be found out now.

The boat travels all the way west on the river, the waves are surging, the water and the sky meet, and occasionally the egret flies near the water, rowing across the clear water surface, breaking a white wave.

If you don't know that the road ahead of this trip is mysterious and full, it is also a wonderful thing to take a boat on the Longshui River to enjoy the wind.

It's just that Youxian is pressing, and Pei Yungui has no intention of being fascinated by such beautiful scenery.

After a day and a night on the river, the boat finally entered the wharf in Youxian.

The people on the boat rushed down, and the black pressure was overwhelming, and they poured into the gate of Youxian County.

Pei Yungui and Gu Rin crowded into the crowd, squinting their eyes and looking at the towering gate of You County not far away.

From the outside, everything is still normal, but I don't know what's going on inside.

Thinking so, the two of them had already walked to the city gate.

There were bold guards standing at the door, interrogating passers-by one by one.

"All those who came consciously lined up in two lines." A person came from above the city gate, "Pushing and shoving the crowded, You County refuses to accept it."

As soon as the words fell, the crowd in front of the city gate immediately marched backwards like a low tide, and consciously formed two lines.

The people who come are all to make a fortune, as long as they can enter You County to make money, the temporary time consumption at the city gate is nothing, and no one will be unable to get along with the silver.

Pei Yungui and Gu Rin glanced at each other, and also followed the crowd and lined up.