When I received the summons from Jingzhong, five days had passed.

Xu Ruyi frowned and carefully read the letterhead in his hand three times under the lamp and candle, making sure that every word was deeply engraved in his mind, and then lit the letterhead on the table, his face was cloudy.

In the end, Dao Yan succeeded, although one of Zhu Di's three sons died in the end, but for Beiping, even if two died, it didn't matter, as long as there was a successor left, the military heart could be stabilized.

Fortunately, there are still some arrangements for the future, and the plan to put a long line to catch a big fish, until the fish is hooked or the line is broken, everything is still unknown.

"A bunch of self-proclaimed clever bastards. Scolded hatefully, Xu Ruyi slapped the table with some irritability, deliberately controlled the force, and the table was still intact.

Yun Zheng's guess is good, Xu Ruyi is indeed very dissatisfied with Li Caiyu's arrangement, and obviously has a chance to keep Zhu Di's three sons, but he "stands by" for the so-called big fish.

No matter how big a fish is, how can it compare to Zhu Di's sons?

In the end, it would be fine if Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaochu could be brought back, but what if they were really allowed to escape? For Dao Yan, the black-clothed prime minister in history, Xu Ruyi felt that no matter how overestimated, it would not be too much.

"Tuk tuk. ”

There was a knock on the door, interrupting Xu Ruyi's musings.

"Who?"

"Overseer, it's me, Fang Tianyou. ”

"Come in. ”

Fang Tianyou pushed open the door and walked in, took the door with his hand, came to Xu Ruyi, and knelt on the ground: "Overseer, you are looking for me." ”

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Xu Ruyi's face gloomy, and Fang Tianyou knew that he was in a bad mood, so he made the etiquette more thoughtful.

"Well, get up. ”

"Thank you, Lord Governor. Fang Tianyou stood up and hung his head silently.

Coughing lightly, Xu Ruyi said: "It's a matter of Shaolin, our family originally wanted to take you directly to the Demon Knife Gate to get your son back, but now things have changed a little." ”

"Overseer. Fang Tianyou's face changed, and he was about to speak, but was interrupted by Xu Ruyi raising his hand: "Don't worry, it's just a few days of delay, you will definitely do your business well before returning to Beijing, you can rest assured." ”

Hearing this, Fang Tianyou was relieved, hesitated slightly, and said respectfully: "Overseer, I don't know what happened in Beijing?"

"Hmm. Xu Ruyi nodded: "Of the three dog sons of King Yan, one died and two ran away." ”

"Huh?!" Fang Tianyou was taken aback, his face full of disbelief: "This, how is this possible?"

After all, it is the head of the East Factory, and he still has a certain understanding of the guard arrangement of the three Zhu Gaochi brothers in Beijing, and the soldiers and horses of Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Zongren Mansion respond to each other, and it is simply impossible to save the three people from Beijing.

"Nothing is impossible. Xu Ruyi waved his hand and said: "According to the analysis of reliable news in Beijing, they may have to go northwest through Ganzhou, go out of Longmen Pass, and take the opportunity of the imperial court and the Saiwai market to escape back to Beiping by detouring through the grassland." You know what's going on in this way, so your son's affairs can only be put aside for the time being, and we'll talk about it when we get those dogs back. ”

"The Overseer doesn't need to say much, his subordinates understand. ”

At this moment, there was another knock on the door, and this time it was Nangong Caiyun who came in, holding a secret letter in his hand, and said "Overseer" and presented the letter.

Xu Ruyi stretched out his hand to take it and looked at the fire paint seal, it was an internal letter from Tianmen, not from the East Factory.

"What's going on here. Xu Ruyi sighed, rubbed her temples with a headache, tore open the envelope, took out the letter paper and read it.

After reading the letter, Xu Ruyi raised his head and looked at Fang Tianyou with a little playfulness: "Maybe it's the will of heaven, I was thinking about running to the magic knife gate, but I didn't expect your son to catch up with him." ”

"What??" Fang Tianyou was a little confused.

"Nothing. Xu Ruyi smiled and shook his head: "It's nothing, it's just a guess, I'll talk about it then." ”

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The rain was falling loudly, bringing a little coolness to the hot and dry weather of Biansai. The rain is not too heavy, bring a hat and put on a coat, and the inside will not be too wet.

At the door of another Yuelai inn, a carriage stopped, and the young man who was driving the car jumped out of the carriage and shouted loudly: "Little Er, four people, two upper rooms!"

"Okay, objectively, you can wait for a while, and the small ones will be arranged. The characteristic Northwest rough emphasis sounds unique.

The curtain of the car was lifted, and three people came down from the car one after another, two women and one man, counting the son who drove the car before, the four people stood together, just two pairs, the handsome man and the beautiful woman, it was really a perfect match.

"This is Ganzhou?" Shen Hongxian stretched lazily, her beautiful figure was visible at a glance, and Gu Yue really lost her mind.

Ganzhou, according to today's location, is probably the area of Zhangye, Gansu.

More than ten miles further north, there is Longmen Pass. Out of Longmen Pass, theoretically speaking, it can be regarded as walking out of the realm of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, this Ganzhou city is a key town in the northwest border.

Traders come and go, enter and exit customs, connect the Silk Road in the Western Regions, although Ganzhou is geographically remote, but there is no desolate atmosphere at all, but it is full of vitality.

"Guest, you have come at a good time. The shopkeeper saw that Gu Yuezhen had a luxurious temperament, and he thought that it was not an ordinary family, so he put down the work at hand and greeted him: "In two months, it will be the day set by the imperial court to exchange markets with the Tartars every year, and when the time comes, the merchants from the Western Regions, outside the Saiwai, the Central Plains, and all over the world will gather here. Where did the guests come from? But you want to do some business?"

"Shopkeeper's. Gu Yuezhen stepped forward and arched her hand, and took out the words that had been prepared for a long time: "The four of us are traveling together, and there is actually nothing to do when we come to Ganzhou, purely because I heard that the mutual market here is lively and prosperous, so I want to come here to open my eyes and see for a long time,"

Speaking of this, Gu Yuezhen stretched out his hand and took out a "hundred taels" silver ticket from his arms: "These are you who are betting on the shopkeeper first, and the expenses of these days will go from here, and we will settle it again if there are more and fewer returns?"

"Good, good. The little brother is really a cheerful person, happy, happy. The shopkeeper took the silver ticket, smiling and running eyebrows: "You guys have a good rest first, the villain will arrange the meal, will you come down to eat in a while or will I ask Xiao Er to send it to a few of you?"

"Let's come down and eat. Shen Hongxian replied: "When you come out to play, you always have to listen and watch more, it's boring to be bored in the room." ”

"That's right, shopkeeper. Ouyang interjected on the side at this time: "Is there any fun place in this Ganzhou City?"

"Sister Ouyang," Fang Jun leaned closer and said with a smile: "Where do you want to play, I'll accompany you?"

"I don't need you to accompany me. Ouyang rolled his eyes and ignored it.

"Little girl, if you're looking for something fun, you're in the wrong place. The shopkeeper explained with a smile: "This place in Ganzhou, either grass or sand, and few trees, where can it become a scene? But this place is connected to the Western Regions, the grassland, and the boundary of my Ming Dynasty. Merely... ”

The shopkeeper seemed to suddenly remember something, his face changed, he looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "Play in this Ganzhou city, but you must bring your friends, you must not be left alone, otherwise... ”

"Why, is the security in Ganzhou City so bad?" Ouyang was a little stunned when he heard this, and asked at this moment.

"The same cannot be said. The shopkeeper thought for a while and explained: "In the past, there was actually nothing, but this is not a mutual market to open, at that time, as long as there are goods, there is no worry about finding a buyer and making money... ”

"And people, as it happens, are also a kind of goods. The coquettish voice of the listener was crispy, and several people turned their heads to follow the voice, only to see a bewitching figure outside the door carrying a bamboo basket across the threshold.

The white and tender almond face, wearing a pink embroidered gold branch line leaf Shu brocade sleeve shirt, mopping the floor of the beige pinched teeth trimmed colorful flowers and grass pattern green leaf skirt, wearing a green carved silk brocade. Plump and oily green silk, the hair is chic and chic to turn the knife bun, the light and slow cloud temples are inserted with magnolia flowers through the jade flowers, the skin is like clotted fat on the hand wearing a bracelet with a red gold longevity lock, the waist is tied to the waist, a sachet is hung on it, and the feet are wearing red shoes, and the whole person looks thick and peachy.

Before the shopkeeper could speak, a familiar diner in the lobby greeted him: "Yo." Gu Da shopkeeper, I came early enough today!"

"Boss Gu, what do you want to buy today?"

"Boss Gu, let's have some food together?"

The woman surnamed Gu looked around and smiled, waved her hand slightly, and said: "Okay, okay, it's all old neighbors, look down and don't look up, do what you don't do, come to my place to drink when you have time back, I'm doing something fun for you." ”

"Okay!"

"Thank you Gu Da shopkeeper~"

The woman turned back to the innkeeper and said, "How is it, the wine that the old lady wants is ready?"

"Ready, ready. The shopkeeper nodded again and again, and his eyes seemed to be a little afraid?

"How much water did you mix?"

"One to three. The shopkeeper gestured.

"Hmm. The woman nodded with satisfaction, raised her hand and patted the shopkeeper's head: "Good, find a few people to help me move to the car, there is still something in the store, so I won't have more ink here with you." ”

The woman looked to be about twenty-five or sixteen years old, but the shopkeeper was at least forty miles away. But the movements of the two of them are as if the woman is the elder of the shopkeeper, but the two of them move naturally, and the surroundings look like they are accustomed to being common.

"Don't worry, it's all wrapped up in the villain. The shopkeeper's voice echoed.

In a moment, the wine jar was in order, and the woman did not linger, but with a whip, she soon disappeared at the end of the street.

"Shopkeeper, who is this?Looking at the good popularity, why do you seem to be afraid of her?" Several people went up to clean up the room under the guidance of Xiao Er, Gu Yue really couldn't bear the nature of gossip, so she urinated and went downstairs to chat with the shopkeeper.

"You said that woman from Fang Cai? Her name is Gu Yunyan, and she is the owner of the Happy Forest outside the city. The shopkeeper's voice was very low, as if he were talking about something secret.

"Happy Forest, what is that?" Gu Yuezhen wondered.

"Happy Forest, it is an inn located outside the city of Ganzhou, which is very close to Longmen Pass, and it is only two or three miles. ”

"An inn, what about you, the shopkeeper... ”

"The guest officer doesn't know," the shopkeeper said with a wry smile: "That Happy Forest is a mix of an inn and a gambling house, in fact, it is in tatters, just a few rooms, and it is opened in the kind of place outside the city where birds don't, it stands to reason that it will not take three days to close, but now you have seen the objectivity of people wearing gold and silver, do you know what is the reason here?"

"Uh... Gu Yuezhen scratched her head: "Why." ”

"I don't know. The shopkeeper's stall hand: "But the villain knows one thing, in this one acre and three points of land from Ganzhou City to Longmen Pass, her Gu Yunyan's words are better than Emperor Laozi's words, whoever she wants to die, who can't live." ”

"Really?" Gu Yue really couldn't believe it, how could such a delicate woman have such a great ability?

"Really. I'll tell you something, and you'll understand. The shopkeeper's eyes flickered: "Three years ago, when this Happy Lin first set up the sign, no one took it seriously, after all, it was opened outside the city, and it had nothing to do with us." I can't buy and sell.

But after a while, somehow, Feng Lisha, the biggest horse bandit leader in Ganzhou, took a fancy to this Gu Yunyan, and threatened to carry her to bed within three days, and guess what?"

"What's wrong?"

"Horse bandits who came and went without a trace, more than 3,000 horse bandits, even with that wind and sand, all died overnight, and the corpses were thrown on the other side of the Heishui River, good guys, that miserable, there are few people, the intestines and stomachs are all over the ground, and the water of the Heishui River is so bloody that it can't be drunk, and it took almost a month for the government to clean it up. ”

"Yes, what did the government say?" Gu Yuezhen asked again. After all, thousands of people died, even if it was a horse bandit, there must be an explanation, right?

"The government didn't say anything, as if it didn't know anything. The shopkeeper squinted his eyes and said: "This is the most famous time, at the beginning, everyone thought about whether it would be just a coincidence, but one after another, anyone who is embarrassed by the happy forest, or a little disrespectful to Gu Yunyan, within three days, the custody will die, and it is still that sentence, the government seems to have not seen it." ”

"So she is in collusion with the government?" Gu Yuezhen guessed.

"It's hard to say, but anyway, in this Ganzhou City, don't mess with her. ”

"Well, thank you for the tip. Gu Yuezhen arched her hand, and took out another ingot of silver and handed it over. [.]