When Ye Chengkui woke up, it was already afternoon. He was groggy and felt 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.
"grown ups."
"Son."
The two said in unison: "Are you awake?"
Ye Chengguan stared at the two of them blankly, recalling the situation before falling asleep. He obviously put the Mongolian sweat medicine into Hua Rujin's porridge, why was he the one who fainted?
He was so anxious that he called the store owner and asked sternly: "What happened to Miss Hua?"
"Miss Hua?"
The store owner was confused.
"Oh, he is the young man who is following my lord."
Ting'an explained.
Only then did the shopkeeper realize that it was a young lady. No wonder the two of them were so ambiguous.
But what kind of tricks are these two people playing, and why are they using perspiration medicine on each other? It's really puzzling.
After hesitating for a moment, the store owner replied with fear: "Sir, I wanted to explain to you this morning, but Miss Hua was very smart and changed the porridge bowl while you were not paying attention. You don't want me to talk too much.
The younger one could only watch with tears as the adults drank the bowl of porridge that you had drugged yourself with."
"you"
After Ye Chengkui understood the whole story, he was so angry that he couldn't blame the store owner.
His eyes darkened and he asked solemnly: "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 heading to the Chujiang Temple."
Hearing the Chujiang Temple, Ye Chengguan's face became even more gloomy, and he quickly ordered Lu Xiuyuan and Ting An: "Prepare your horses and enter Baitou Mountain."
If he had known that this girl was so persistent, why would he have stopped her.
Now if she falls into the hands of the Inspection Department and Jiang Fang's gang, I'm afraid she will have no choice but to be captured and used as a sacrifice.
When we hurried to the foot of Baekdu Mountain with others, it was almost dusk.
When the officers of the Inspection Department saw that it was Ye Chengguan and no one dared to stop him, they just respectfully called "Master Ye" and obediently made way.
The group of people from Jiang Fang Xiaowei Mansion, who were subordinates of Cao Jiang Yushi, blocked the road in the middle of the road: "Ye Zhixian, this is an important place for Jiang defense. There is no order from Cao Jiang Yushi before the Mid-Autumn Festival. No one can wait."
near."
"This is not on the Chu River."
Ye Chengguan's eyes flashed, and he decisively drew out his sword and pointed it at the leading young general: "Jiang Fang's hand may have been stretched too wide."
Lu Xiuyuan also quickly took out the ticket jointly issued by the prefect and the inspection department, and explained with a serious face: "My lord has been ordered by the prefect and the inspection department Han Tongsheng to thoroughly investigate all cases in Jiang'an County. Please let me go to the mountain.
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The clerk of the Inspection Department hurriedly went to the clerk of Jiangfang School Captain's Mansion and whispered something. The man looked at Ye Chengguan again with a troubled expression, and his tone suddenly softened a lot: "Master Ye, there is nothing suspicious in Baitou Mountain."
However, the ceremony for offering sacrifices to the river is coming soon, and we dare not neglect it. According to the rules, we need to maintain order in the mountain before the sacrifice."
After a pause, he added: "Moreover, all the tributes will be delivered to the temple tomorrow. We don't dare to be careless. If some people are allowed to enter the mountain and steal the tributes, Master Ye will not be able to bear it."
Get up."
"That's complete nonsense."
Seeing that this man was still deliberately trying to stop him, Ye Chengguan felt more and more that this case was inseparable from Jiang Fang's people, so he directly forced the clerk to get out of the way with his sword, and then ordered Lu Xiuyuan: "Pass this to the county magistrate, and I will
Starting today, the Inspection Department, together with the officers of Jiangling City and Jiangan County, will jointly take over the matters of worshiping at Mount Paektu."
He glanced at the people in Jiang Fang's mansion and said in an even colder tone: "As for you, go back and forth from wherever you are."
Although there was a conflict with the local military and government, it had reached a point of no choice.
Due to emotions and reasons, this matter is not under Jiang Fang's control.
They just used the incident on the Chu River to intervene.
Lu Xiuyuan nodded understandingly, and with a straight face, he motioned to the young official Jiang Fang: "Please."
The people from the Inspection Department were dissatisfied with Jiang Fang's office interfering in the affairs of Mount Paektu. Now, after receiving Ye Chengguan's order, they also echoed: "Brother Yu, please don't embarrass us."
Seeing that the momentum was not right, the people from Jiang Fang's mansion had no choice but to leave in despair.
For the current plan, we can only inform Censor Caojiang of the matter quickly before we can make any decision.
Ye Chengguan led the officers into the mountains and came to the Chujiang Temple. He repelled the people from the Inspection Department and Jiang Fangxiaowei's Mansion, allowing the officers from the two counties to completely take over the temple.
But thinking that Hua Rujin went into the mountain rashly, it was definitely not a visit to the temple.
If she wanted to thoroughly investigate the case, she would definitely trace the cause of the deterioration of the river water, and the movement could only be along the river.
After sitting in the temple and meditating for a long time, he suddenly raised his head and told Lu Xiuyuan: "Jiang Fang, the captain's office, just said that we have to be on guard. You immediately send people into the mountain to search, and arrest all the people you encounter."
Lu Xiuyuan felt that what he said meant something, and asked cautiously: "What if it's Miss Hua?"
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Ye Chengguan stared at him like a cold pool: "Then tie him back to me."
Lu Xiuyuan was startled and hurried away in response.
Hua Rujin and the old beggar, Shu Jinxuan climbed along the steep mountain wall for a long time, and took a long detour through the thorny jungle. Only then did they completely bypass the Chujiang Temple, and only arrived at the Chujiang Temple in the evening.
I found a family in the mountains.
After struggling for most of the day, Shu Jinxuan was already hungry and thirsty. Thinking that her cousin would be the same, he took the lead in going to Orion's house to knock on the door.
The person who came out was a girl in simple clothes. She hurriedly and respectfully raised her hands and said: "I am a passerby going into the mountains. I passed by here and got lost in the mountains. Can I stay here for one night?"
After saying that, he quickly took out a large ingot of silver from his arms and handed it to the girl.
The woman had lived in the mountains all year round and had never seen such a handsome young man before. She was fascinated by him for a moment.
"This lady?"
Shu Jinxuan didn't understand why and called out again with a higher volume.
Hearing the voices outside, a white-haired old man hobbled out on crutches. He looked at the three people outside the door and the silver in Shu Jinxuan's hand, and then gestured: "This is a humble house. If you don't give up,
Just come in and have a rest."
As he spoke, he secretly tugged at the hem of his granddaughter's skirt: "Yaya, go and prepare tea for the guests."
"Grandpa, I'm going right away."
When the little girl heard the sound, she reacted and turned around shyly and returned to the house.
Shu Jinxuan put the silver into the old man's hand and was about to introduce it when Hua Rujin walked forward and explained: "I am the cousin of this young master. I went to the mountains with my master to collect some medicinal materials."
"I see."
The old man held the ingot of silver in his hand and replied with some panic: "It's just a one-night stay, there is no need for this much silver."
"It doesn't matter. It's too rude to interrupt so hastily. I'll accept it, old man."
Shu Jinxuan advised respectfully and politely.
In this way, the old hunter was willing to accept the money and led the three people through the door.
Hua Rujin looked around. Although the whole house looked very simple, it had eight or nine thatched huts and was very spacious.
In such a big house, we only saw the old man and the woman named Yaya from beginning to end, which made people curious.
After sitting down, she drank warm water while staring at the old man and shy Yaya, and asked casually: "Old man, why don't you see Yaya's parents?"
When this matter was mentioned, both the old man and Yaya's faces turned gloomy, and they began to lower their heads and sigh.