When Ye Chengwei woke up, it was already afternoon, and he was groggy and dizzy.

He got up with difficulty, and as soon as he opened the door and walked out of the house, he saw Ting An and Lu Xiuyuan coming in from the corridor.

"Your Excellency."

"Childe."

The two said in unison: "Are you awake?" ”

Ye Chengwei stared at the two of them in a daze, recalling the situation before falling asleep, Obviously, he put the sweat medicine into the porridge of Hua Rujin, why did he faint?

He was so anxious that he hurriedly called the store and asked sharply, "What happened to Miss Hua?" ”

"Miss Flower?"

The shopkeeper looked confused.

"Oh, it's the boy who followed my family."

Ting An explained.

Only then did the store know that it was a young lady, no wonder the two were so ambiguous.

But what kind of trick are these two people playing, and how can they use sweat medicine on each other, it's really puzzling.

After hesitating for a moment, the shopkeeper replied in a panic: "My lord, the little one wanted to explain to you in the morning, but the young lady Hua was very clever, and she changed the porridge bowl while you weren't paying attention, and the adult didn't want the small one to be more mouthy, and the little one could only watch with tears as the adult drank the bowl of porridge that you had sweat medicine on. ”

"You"

Ye Chengwei was so angry after knowing what was going on, but after thinking about it, he couldn't seem to blame the store.

His eyes sank, and he asked in a solemn voice, "Where did Miss Hua go?" ”

The shopkeeper raised his eyebrows and thought for a moment: "Looking at the direction of the carriage, it should be to the Chujiang Temple." ”

Hearing the Chujiang Temple, Ye Chengwei's face became even more gloomy, and he hurriedly ordered Lu Xiuyuan and Ting An: "Prepare your horse and enter Baitou Mountain." ”

knew that this Nizi was so persistent, why did he stop her.

Now if she falls into the hands of the Inspection Department and Jiang Fang's gang, I'm afraid she can only be arrested as a sacrifice.

When I hurried to the foot of Mt. Paektu with my people, it was almost evening.

The officers of the Inspection Department saw that no one dared to stop Ye Chengwei, but they just respectfully called "Lord Ye", and obediently let go of the way.

The gang of people from the Jiangfang Captain's Mansion relied on being Cao Jiang Yushi's subordinates, but they stopped in the middle of the road stiffly: "Ye Zhi County, this is the important place of Jiang defense, there is no order to Cao Jiang Yushi before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and idle people are not allowed to approach." ”

"This is not on the Chu River."

Ye Chengwei's eyes were pale, and he decisively pulled out his saber and pointed directly at the leading young general: "The hand of the Jiangfang Lieutenant's Mansion is inevitably too wide." ”

Lu Xiuyuan also hurriedly took out the card ticket jointly issued by the prefect and the inspection department, and explained with a serious face: "My lord is ordered by the prefect and Han Tong of the inspection department to thoroughly investigate the big and small cases in Jiang'an County, and please let him enter the mountain." ”

The little official of the inspection department hurriedly went to the little official of the Jiangfang Lieutenant's Mansion and whispered, the man looked at Ye Chengwei again with an embarrassed face, and his tone suddenly softened a lot: "Lord Ye, there is nothing suspicious in this Baitou Mountain, but the ceremony of sacrificing Jiang is imminent, we dare not slack off, according to the rules, we need to maintain order in the mountain before the sacrifice." ”

After a pause, he added: "And tomorrow's sacrificial tributes will be sent to the temple, and we don't dare to be careless, if we let the idle people wait into the mountain and rob the tribute, I'm afraid that Lord Ye can't afford it." ”

"It's nonsense."

Seeing that this person was still deliberately obstructing, Ye Chengwei felt more and more that this case was inseparable from the people of Jiangfang, so he directly forced the officials to get out of the way with his sword, and instructed Lu Xiuyuan: "Spread the county order, from today onwards, the inspection department and the two county officials of Jiangling City and Jiang'an County will jointly take over the sacrifice of Baitou Mountain." ”

Glancing at the people from the Jiang Fang Captain's Mansion, he said in a more cold tone: "As for you, where are you going back and forth?" ”

Although it has formed a bond with the local military and government, it has reached a moment of necessity.

It is reasonable to say that this matter is not under the control of Jiang Fang.

They just meddled in the matter on the Chu River.

Lu Xiuyuan nodded understandingly, and with a straight face, he gestured to the Jiang Fang officer: "Please." ”

The people of the Inspection Department were already dissatisfied with the Jiang Defense Captain's Mansion's interference in the affairs of Baitou Mountain, and at this time, they got Ye Chengwei's order, and they also echoed: "Brother Yu, please don't embarrass me." ”

Seeing that the momentum was not right, the people from the Jiang Defense Colonel's Mansion had to leave in disgrace.

For the sake of today's plan, we can only quickly inform Cao Jiang Yushi of the matter before we can make a decision.

Ye Chengwei led the servants into the mountain, came to the Chujiang Temple, repelled the people from the Inspection Department and the Jiangfang Captain's Mansion, and let the officials of the two counties completely take over the temple.

But thinking that Hua Rujin rashly entered the mountain, it must not be to visit the temple.

If she wanted to investigate the case thoroughly, she would definitely trace the cause of the deterioration of the river, and the movement could only be along the river.

After sitting in the temple and muttering for a long time, he suddenly raised his head and commanded Lu Xiuyuan: "What the Jiang Defense Colonel's Mansion just said has to be guarded against, you immediately send people into the mountains to search, and all the idlers you meet will be arrested and brought to justice." ”

Lu Xiuyuan felt that he meant something, and asked cautiously: "What if Miss Hua?" ”

As soon as his words fell, Ye Chengwei glared at him like a cold pool: "Then tie me back." ”

Lu Xiuyuan was frightened and hurriedly left.

Hua Rujin, the old beggar, and Shu Jinxuan climbed along the steep mountain wall for a long time, and made a long detour in the thorny jungle, only then did they completely bypass the Chujiang Temple, and only in the evening did they find a family in the mountain.

After tossing for most of the day, Shu Jinxuan was already hungry and thirsty, thinking that his cousin was naturally the same, and took the lead in going to Orion's house to knock on the door.

What came out was a simplely dressed girl, who hurriedly bowed her hand respectfully and said: "Under is a passer-by who entered the mountain, passing through here, lost in the mountain, can you stay here for a night." ”

With that, he hurriedly took out a large ingot of silver from his bosom and handed it to the girl.

The woman had lived in the mountains all the year round, and had never seen such a handsome son, and she was fascinated by it for a while.

"This young lady?"

Shu Jinxuan raised his voice again for some reason.

Hearing the sound of talking outside, a white-haired old man staggered out on crutches, looked at the three people outside the door and the silver in Shu Jinxuan's hand, and then signaled: "The humble house is simple, if you don't give up, go in and rest." ”

As he spoke, he secretly pulled the corner of his granddaughter's skirt: "Yaya, go and prepare tea for the guests." ”

"Grandpa, I'll go."

When the little girl heard the sound, she reacted, and turned back to the house shyly.

Shu Jinxuan stuffed the silver into the old man's hand, and was about to introduce it, when Hua Rujin stepped forward and explained to herself: "I am the cousin of this son, and I went into the mountains with my master to collect some medicinal herbs. ”

"I see."

The old man held the ingot of silver in his hand, and replied with some panic: "It's just a night's stay, and I don't need this lot of silver." ”

"It's okay, it's really abrupt to disturb rashly, the old man will accept it."

Shu Jinxuan persuaded respectfully and politely.

In this way, the old hunter was willing to accept the money and led the three of them into the door.

Hua Rujin looked around, although the whole house looked very simple, but there were eight or nine thatched houses, which were very spacious.

In such a big house, from beginning to end, only the old man and the woman named Yaya were seen, which made people curious.

After she sat down, she stared at the old man and the shy maid while drinking warm water, and asked casually, "Old man, why don't you see Yaya's parents?" ”

At the mention of this, the old man and the maid both looked gloomy for a while, and began to hang their heads and sigh.

(End of chapter)