After being tortured like this, no one can feel at ease tonight.
The next day, shopkeeper Gao went to the backyard to find Yuan Gang. He stayed up all night and said with a tired smile, "My boss, the third young master has been found. Everyone can rest assured."
He did not come to the tofu restaurant on time for the opening today and has been waiting for news at Huyan's house. After all, Huyanwei's travel expenses were provided by Yuan Gang.
Yuan Gang asked: "Where did you find it?"
Shopkeeper Gao: "Oh, I didn't run too far. I was caught two hundred miles away. It was said that I was chased and hid in a haystack in a pasture. I was found and brought back this morning. Alas.
Oh, what a shame, he's covered in grass clippings, why bother!"
Yuan Gang was speechless. He didn't know how to say Hu Yanwei was good. It was too useless. He was captured now. Why run if he didn't have the ability?
As everyone knows, the Huyan family really didn’t know where Hu Yanwei had run away at first, but this incident alarmed the emperor. How could Haoyun Tu let Hu Yanwei run away? He immediately ordered the school affairs desk to find the person and quickly
Hu Yanwei, who went to a ranch to exchange horses on the way, was targeted.
The school affairs desk did not arrest anyone directly. Hao Yuntu also wanted to save face. How could he forcefully arrest someone who was unwilling to marry his daughter and come back to marry his daughter.
Anyway, someone quietly sent the news to the Huyan family, leaving the Huyan family to decide on their own.
The Huyan family immediately issued a military order and mobilized the nearby heroic cavalry troops to round up Huyanwei in the direction of his escape.
Thousands of cavalry swept across, just to capture Hu Yanwei, and the target location was clear, and there were monks to cooperate with him. Where did Hu Yanwei go, a lonely bereaved dog? Just like that, Hu Yanwei was captured!
Shopkeeper Gao took out three gold tickets with a face value of one thousand, "My boss, the money the third young master lent you, the general will return it to you, and the third young master's debt will be settled."
Yuan Gang took it, and the receipt was still on him. He took it out and gave it to Shopkeeper Gao, and asked: "What should I do if I catch him?"
Shopkeeper Gao sighed and said, "It's so miserable. As soon as the person is captured, the general gives an order and he's served with a family meal. The third young master is beaten until he cries like a ghost and howls like a wolf and says he won't dare to do it again. I guess the third young master will be gone in the short term."
I want to stay and walk, let alone run away. Alas, boss, I have nothing to do, so I’ll go and get busy first.”
Yuan Gang nodded silently...
Not long after, a piece of news came out, causing a sensation throughout Qijing.
It is said that during the early dynasty, General Huyan Wuhen suddenly proposed to the emperor in front of all the officials, and asked to marry the eldest princess Hao Qingqing for his son Huyanwei. The emperor agreed in front of all the officials.
Golden words are spoken in jade words, but you have no words to say, and the boat is already done.
As for the parties concerned, neither the man nor the woman has the right to refuse!
But for some people, that's not what they focus on.
Among the white clouds, Su Zhao and Qin Mian stood in front of a map. Qin Mian pointed at the map and traced eastward, "Looking at the route, it is obvious that he is leaving Qi and returning to Yan!"
We received news here that someone accidentally saw Niu Youdao and Tianyumen disciples in disguise on the way. After learning the news here, they immediately asked people in that area to investigate, and sure enough they found that there were disguised Tianyumen disciples.
disciple.
"I knew that thief was cunning!" Su Zhao gritted her teeth, not daring to express her suspicions. The current results confirmed her suspicions, and she said decisively: "Immediately contact the superiors and ask other people in the hall to cooperate.
Intercept him at all costs! Once he escapes back to Qingshan County and tries to touch him again on their territory, the organization will have to pay a heavy price, and he must not be allowed to escape!"
She had wanted to kill Niu Youdao for a long time. This time she got permission from her superiors, so she naturally tried her best.
"Yes!" Qin Mian agreed and left quickly.
However, not long after leaving, Qin Mian hurried back and said: "The cattle thieves are treacherous. They are still misleading us by going east. Others are going west." A secret letter was shown in his hand, "It said the cattle thieves are treacherous.
The thief has already left our jurisdiction, and it’s too late for our manpower to rush us, so let’s stop acting rashly to avoid being exposed!”
"Going to the west?" Su Zhao was surprised: "Have you confirmed it?"
Qin Mian: "If the superiors can directly issue instructions to us, they must have reliable information, otherwise they will not directly let us terminate the operation!"
Su Zhao looked at the map again, "You went west, where did you end up?"
"The details were not disclosed, only the reasons were given for us to terminate the operation. However, since it can be said that we are far away from our jurisdiction, it is too late for our people to rush there. The cattle thief should be approaching the seaside. Once he is allowed to
After escaping to the sea, there are places where you can hide at any time. If you want to find him again, there is basically no hope." Qin Mian pointed at the direction of Qi State's sea area.
When Su Zhao heard that Niu Youdao had gone to the beach, Su Zhao was immediately frightened, worried that Niu Youdao would take action against those war horses.
But then I thought about it and realized that I was overthinking it. The war horses from Beizhou had already gone to sea. What use would Niu Youdao have if he ran away now? What's more, the fleet has always been in contact with this place and the fleet has already gone around the north.
After leaving, the current position of the fleet has long been far away from the coast of Qi State.
Furthermore, it is unlikely that Niu Youdao knew about those war horses.
The greater possibility is that Niu Youdao already knew that Xiaoyue Pavilion was going to deal with him. He knew that Xiaoyue Pavilion was very powerful and it was not safe to go anywhere by land, so he wanted to escape by sea.
After thinking about this, Su Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a little bit resentful, "I betrayed Linghuqiu and ran away secretly, leaving us confused about what happened. Then I released him and Linghuqiu and fell into the hands of the imperial court."
The news on the Internet was used as bait to attract our attention, and we continued to cover his escape. Now another one has appeared and gone east, and he actually fled west. This thief is truly extremely cunning!"
Qin Mian sighed: "Yes! The chain set designed by this thief seems simple, but in fact it is extremely clever. Every link has been carefully arranged, and every aspect is well concealed. He has been sneaking away from us for so long, but he still can't do it.
After seeing through him, he forced us to pull us by the nose, pulling us back and forth. We were so confused that we couldn't concentrate on chasing him. This time, if the higher-ups hadn't grasped the situation in time, we would have been able to concentrate.
If he had the strength to rush to the east to pursue him, by the time the situation was solved, he would have already escaped from the sea."
She also raised her eyes and looked at the map, "We should be almost at the beach. I hope we can make it in time this time, otherwise we will be in real trouble!"
Su Zhao sneered, "It won't be a big trouble, at most it will make him proud for a while!"
Qin Mian remained silent, as the stakes were too high and Wei Chu couldn't tell her about his fake death.
Why did the higher-ups want to strangle Niu Youdao in Qi State at all costs?
The reason is very simple. Even Linghu Qiu doesn't know about it. Niu Youdao naturally doesn't know yet that Wei Chu faked his death. Wei Chu is a member of King Jin. As long as Niu Youdao is still in Qi State, Niu Youdao won't dare.
It's a random statement, but if Niu Youdao is allowed to leave Qi State and leave King Jin's sphere of influence, who can guarantee that Niu Youdao will not mention this to others? Will Wei Chu still be alive by then?
The sunset over the grassland is a glorious scene at the end of the world.
Herdsmen on horseback wave long poles to drive cattle, sheep and horses into the pen.
In the distance, five cavalrymen came galloping all the way and ran towards this side. It was Niu Youdao and the five men.
The horse gradually slowed down and merged with the herds of cattle and sheep. He asked who was the owner of the pasture, naturally to change horses.
A little girl pointed to the old man standing on the wooden platform by the fence in front. That was the ranch owner.
When the five people were trotting past on horseback, a man carrying a long pole ran over and stopped the five people with the horizontal pole.
The five of them stopped their mounts and looked at him, while the other party was also looking at the five of them carefully.
Niu Youdao smiled and asked: "Why did this friend stop us?"
The man stared at him for a while and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you should be Niu Youdao."
As soon as these words came out, the five people were calm on the surface, but they were shocked inside.
Niu Youdao touched his beard on his cheek, narrowed his eyes and asked, "We don't understand what my friend said."
The man reached into his arms, took out a token, and showed it to the five people. The token was engraved with a sinister eagle with a pair of menacing eagle eyes.
Guan Fangyi twitched the corner of her mouth, looked at Niu Youdao's reaction, and found that Niu Youdao didn't seem to recognize him, so she drove her horse closer and whispered: "The person from the school affairs desk."
"This must be the matchmaker!" the man asked, slowly putting away the token in his hand, and suddenly said in a solemn tone: "Your Majesty has a decree, please take a short rest, and return to the capital tomorrow to discuss important matters!
"
Now that the other party's words had reached this point, Niu Youdao understood that the whereabouts he thought were secret were actually under Haoyuntu's control all along. He asked slowly: "Is there something important we want to discuss?"
"It wasn't mentioned above, and it's not my place to ask. We have prepared a resting place for you, please come!" The man extended his hand to invite you, turned his mount and led the way.
The four people on the left and right looked at Niu Youdao.
Niu Youdao tapped the horse's belly with his heels and followed him, observing the surrounding environment at the same time.
The four of them looked at each other and had no choice but to follow.
When they arrived at the ranch, there was indeed a prepared tent for them to rest, and food and drink were prepared in the tent. Apparently, they not only knew their movements, but also figured out when they would arrive.
After checking what he was eating and drinking and confirming that there was nothing wrong, Niu Youdao ate and drank in silence.
He didn't expect that he was already on the last leg of the journey, and it would only take half a day at most to reach his destination. Just when he thought he could escape smoothly, who would have expected that someone from the school desk would appear and call them to stop? What was going on in his mind at this time
a lot of.
Guan Fangyi was muttering and complaining, wanting to go back again, working so hard for so many days in vain, and so on.
When they were done eating and drinking, Niu Youdao gave Guan Fangyi a look, and the latter got out of the tent with him, and walked together in the pasture bathing in the afterglow of the sunset.
Someone was carrying a sheepskin water bag to feed the livestock. Guan Fangyi's eyes suddenly lit up, "It's so dirty. I'm going to ask them for some water to wash it off."
Niu Youdao stopped him, "Let Xu Laoliu and Uncle Chen get to know the people here. If there are no monks and no backup to stop us, we can leave immediately after dark!"
Guan Fangyi, who had just taken two steps, stopped and turned around, astonished: "You want to resist the decree?"
Niu Youdao: "Resist the decree? Are you stupid in Qijing?"