Five days later.

Ye Cheng arranged everything in Jingzhong, and left Yujing in a carriage.

In addition to the five shadow guards, there was also one person with him.

Bai Yulang.

Still riding the old black donkey upside down.

This person is extremely light, and he is the best secret agent.

Of course, Ye Cheng didn't really only take them with him when he left Beijing this time.

The Overseer and the Black-clothed Guard had already passed in advance, and many people had already passed.

This trip to the six southeastern states will definitely not go so smoothly.

I'm afraid some people don't want him to pass either.

As soon as he left the gate of Yujing City, a carriage chased after him, and there were three guards with weapons on horseback to follow.

"Master Bai."

The carriage window was lifted, revealing a delicate and shy face.

Ye Cheng, who was sitting in the carriage, heard a familiar voice, and also lifted the curtain and looked at the people in the carriage.

It turned out to be Su Yuzhu, the shopkeeper of Qingyuan Building.

In the past two years, Ye Cheng has occasionally gone to Qingyuan Building with Bai Yulang to drink.

Over time, I became familiar with Shopkeeper Su.

Su Yuzhu didn't know that he was a eunuch, let alone that he was the master of the Secret Martial Mansion, but he only thought that he was the son of a powerful family.

"Shopkeeper Su, where are you going?"

Bai Yulang said with a smile.

"I'm going back to Xinyang County, Weizhou.... Ye Gongzi, are you also there? ”

Shopkeeper Su was very surprised when he saw Ye Cheng in the carriage opposite.

"Shopkeeper Su, the bandits in Weizhou are in trouble, you go back at this time, it's not safe, right?"

Ye Cheng responded.

"Ye Gongzi, there are bandits in not all places in Weizhou, and the Xinyang County I want to go to is relatively safe."

Su Yuzhu said, "I don't know where Bai Ye and Ye Gongzi are going?" ”

Bai Yulang didn't answer, but looked at Ye Cheng.

"It's also Weizhou, but it's not Xinyang."

Ye Cheng said with a smile.

"Then we can go all the way."

Su Yuzhu chuckled.

Ye Cheng smiled and didn't say anything.

Bai Yulang wanted to speak and stopped.

Along the way, it will not be calm, he is worried that he will involve Shopkeeper Su.

.....

Yujing, Xishan Hongyuan.

This is a huge garden, built by a giant merchant in Yujing at great expense.

Next door to Hongyuan is the famous Shenwu Academy in Yujing.

At this moment, in a bamboo pavilion on the shore of the Purple Lake in Hongyuan, there are two old men in brocade robes playing against each other.

The chessboard is already inseparable.

"I heard that our majesty has sent the little eunuch with the palm print of the superintendent to the southeast."

A black-bearded old man with a black chess piece suddenly said.

He sat there with thick eyebrows and big eyes, thick bones, sitting cross-legged like a dragon and a tiger, clasping the skin of the fingers of the chess pieces, but as bright as white jade.

"Hehe, it seems that our majesty is really unavailable."

The old man on the opposite side had gray hair, but his face was ruddy, but there were two sarcomas on both sides of his forehead, as if his head was born with horns, and there was a disdainful smile in his tone.

"We can't say that, we can't take this son lightly, if he really investigates something, I'm afraid it's not good."

The black-bearded old man said.

"Then he won't be able to go to the six southeastern states."

The old man with sarcoma on his head seemed to be holding a pearl of wisdom, "We have to let Your Majesty understand a truth, the world is not his family, thirteen years ago, we sat on the throne for him, and made such a great effort, now it is time for us to harvest." ”

"That's right."

The black-bearded old man on the opposite side chuckled, and then slammed a piece on the chessboard.

......

Ping'an Town.

This was originally just a small town on the border of Yuanzhou, but it is a necessary way to enter Weizhou.

After crossing the Yan River in front, it is considered to have entered the territory of Weizhou.

In the evening, Ye Cheng and his party settled at the post station here.

Today is the eighth day after leaving Beijing, and in one more day, you can arrive at Yuming County, the first stop that Yecheng is going to reach.

Yuming County, although it is not the capital of Weizhou, is extremely important, there are many iron ore mines, high quality, easy to excavate, is an important source of iron ore in Qianguo.

Due to the chaos of the bandits, the operation of the iron mines here was difficult, and the refined iron ingots that were supposed to be transported to the major arsenals of the imperial court in Zhongzhou have dropped significantly, and now it has seriously affected the production of weapons in the imperial court.

This is not a trivial matter, and the relationship between the production of weapons and the security of the country is at stake.

The first stop in Yecheng was to find out the true situation of the iron ore mine in Yuming County.

If it's really because of the bandits, it's just that the mining is difficult, but if it's for other reasons, it's troublesome.

This time, Ye Cheng went to the six southeastern states to investigate as a secret envoy of the heavens, which can be described as a heavy responsibility.

In the station.

Ye Cheng, Bai Yulang, and Su Yuzhu sat together and ate dinner.

"Shopkeeper Su, after crossing the Yan River tomorrow morning, we will go separately."

Ye Cheng said.

"The little woman took the liberty to ask, where are Bai Ye and Ye Gongzi going to Weizhou?"

Su Yuzhu asked curiously.

"Yuming's side."

Ye Cheng said.

"Yuming? I heard that the bandits over there are making a lot of trouble, Bai Ye, Ye Gongzi, you have to be careful. ”

Su Yuzhu said.

"Don't worry, we've been prepared."

Ye Cheng said with a smile.

"Yes, that's what I'm thinking about."

Su Yuzhu chuckled.

Bai Ye is the eldest prince of Baiguo Mansion, and Ye Gongzi, although he doesn't know his true identity, it is estimated that he has an extraordinary background, such a person must have a strong guard around him when he goes to a chaotic place like Yuming County.

Those few unsmiling guards knew at a glance that they were extraordinary.

......

The next morning.

The group came to the dock.

On the wide river, there are only a few ferries of various sizes.

Due to the rebellion of bandits in the six southeastern states, the danger factor of the trade routes in each state has greatly increased, and the caravans between the two states have also been greatly reduced.

Before the bandits, there were many more ferries here, and there was an endless stream of business travelers.

Instead, there are refugees who have fled to the north.

Since Ye Cheng and his party had horses and carts, the ordinary small ferry boat could not be loaded at all, so they directly called a big ferry.

This ferry is not small, and it is usually used to load caravans across the Yan River.

So it was very loose to load two carriages, a few horses.

Because it was a chartered boat, the big ferry didn't have to wait for anyone, and after the carriage and horses were loaded, a few shirtless and muscular men shouted the trumpet, shook the oars, and slowly sailed away from the dock.

When the big ferry boat sailed slowly to the center of the river, several big men on the boat suddenly jumped into the river almost at the same time, and soon disappeared.

This scene stunned Bai Yulang, Su Yuzhu and others.

Ye Cheng also looked calm, although the few big men just now were obviously just ordinary people, but he still vaguely sensed that their expressions were a little abnormal.

Now it seems that my hunch was right.

At this time, two small ferries came from the front and rear quickly.

On top of these two small ferries, there were more than two dozen figures.

All of them were armed.

Eyeing.

"Protect your lordship."

The five shadow guards immediately surrounded Ye Cheng in the middle.

The task given to them by His Majesty is that they can die, and Ye Cheng must not have any mistakes.

......

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