eunuch

Chapter 67
Five days later.

After Ye Cheng arranged everything in Beijing, he left Yujing in a carriage.

In addition to the five shadow guards, he also brought one person with him.

Bai Yulang.

Still riding the old black donkey backwards.

This person is extremely light-hearted, and he is the best spy.

Of course, Ye Cheng didn't really bring only these few with him when he left Beijing this time.

Both the military supervisor and the black guards have already passed many people ahead of time.

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

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

Not far from the gate of Yujing, a carriage chased after him, followed by three guards with weapons on horseback.

"Master Bai."

Opened from the carriage window, revealing a delicate and shy face.

Ye Cheng, who was sitting in the carriage, heard the familiar voice, opened the curtains, and looked at the people in the carriage.

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

In the past two years, Ye Cheng and Bai Yulang would occasionally go to Qingyuanlou to drink together.

Over time, I became acquainted with Shopkeeper Su.

Su Yuzhu didn't know that he was an eunuch, let alone that he was the head of the Miwu Mansion, and only thought that he was the son of a certain powerful family.

"Shopkeeper Su, where are you going?"

Bai Yulang laughed.

"I'm going back to Xinyang County, Weizhou to prosecute Mr. Ye, are you there?"

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

"Shopkeeper Su, there are gangsters in Weizhou making trouble, it's not safe for you to go back at this time?"

Ye Cheng replied.

"Young Master Ye, not all places in Weizhou have gangsters. Xinyang County, where I'm going, is relatively safe."

Su Yuzhu said, "I don't know where Master Bai and Mr. Ye are going?"

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

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

Ye Cheng laughed.

"Then we can travel together."

Su Yuzhu smiled lightly.

Ye Cheng smiled and didn't say much.

But Bai Yulang hesitated to speak.

This journey will not be peaceful, he is worried that shopkeeper Su will be involved.

Yujing, Xishan Hongyuan.

This is a huge garden, which was built by a great businessman in Yujing at a huge expense.

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

At this moment, in a bamboo pavilion by the Purple Lake in Hongyuan, there are two old men in brocade robes playing chess.

The chessboard is already inseparable.

"I heard that our Majesty has sent the eunuch with the handprint of the military supervisor to the southeast side."

An old man with black beard holding a black chess said suddenly.

He has thick eyebrows, big eyes, and thick bones. He sits cross-legged like a dragon crouching on a tiger. The skin of his fingers clasping the chess pieces is as radiant as white jade.

"Hehe, it seems that our Majesty really has no one to use."

The old man on the opposite side had grayer hair, but his face was rosy, but there were two sarcoid bumps on both sides of his forehead, as if he had horns on his head, and there was a disdainful smile in his tone.

"You can't say that, and we can't underestimate this son. If we really let him investigate something, I'm afraid it's not good."

The old man with black beard said.

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

The old man with sarcoid head seemed to be holding wisdom pearls, "We have to let His Majesty understand that the world is not his family. 13 years ago, we put so much effort into securing the throne for him, and now it should be our harvest." It's time."

"That's the truth."

The black-bearded old man on the opposite side chuckled, and made a move on the chessboard.

Ping An Town.

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

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

In the evening, Ye Cheng and his party settled down at the inn here.

Today is the eighth day after leaving Beijing, and in one more day, you will arrive at Yuming County, the first stop in Yecheng.

Although Yuming County is not the state capital of Weizhou, it has an extremely important position. There are many iron ore farms scattered around. They are of high quality and easy to dig. They are an important source of iron ore in Qianguo.

Due to the chaos caused by the bandits, the operation of the iron mine here was difficult. The refined iron ingots that should have been shipped to the imperial court's major arsenals in Zhongzhou dropped sharply, and now it has seriously affected the imperial court's weapon production.

This is not a trivial matter, the relationship between weapons production affects the country's security.

The first stop in Yecheng is to find out the real situation of the iron mine in Yuming County.

If it is really because of the gangsters' chaos, it is fine to make mining difficult, but if it is for other reasons, it will be troublesome.

This time, Ye Cheng went to the six southeastern states to investigate as a secret envoy for the sky survey, which can be said to be a heavy responsibility.

In the station.

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

"Shopkeeper Su, we have to part ways after crossing the Yan River tomorrow morning."

Ye Cheng said.

"Little girl, I would venture to ask, where are Master Bai and Mr. Ye going to Weizhou?"

Su Yuzhu asked curiously.

"Yuming's side."

Ye Cheng said.

"Yu Ming? I heard that the gangsters are making a lot of noise over there. Master Bai, Mr. Ye, you should be more careful."

Su Yuzhu said.

"Don't worry, we've already prepared for it."

Ye Cheng laughed.

"That's right, that's what I thought too much."

Su Yuzhu chuckled lightly.

Lord Bai is the eldest son of the Baiguo Mansion, and Mr. Ye, although he doesn't know his real identity, he probably has an extraordinary background. If such a person goes to a chaotic place like Yuming County, he must have strong guards around him.

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

the next morning.

A group of people came to the pier.

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

Due to the chaos of the bandits in the six southeastern states, the risk factor of the commercial routes in each state has greatly increased, and the caravans between Yuanwei and Weizhou have also been greatly reduced.

If it was before the gangsters made trouble, there would be many more ferries here, and there would be an endless stream of business travelers.

Now more of them are refugees fleeing to the north.

Since Ye Cheng and his party had horses and carts, ordinary small ferries couldn't carry them at all, so they directly called a large ferry.

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

So it is still very loose to hold two carriages and a few horses.

Since it was a chartered boat, the big ferry didn't have to wait for anyone. After loading the horses and horses, a few shirtless, muscular men chanted, rolled up the oars, and slowly drove away from the pier.

When the big ferry slowly sailed 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 shocked 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 strange.

Now it seems that my hunch was right.

At this time, two small ferry boats quickly attacked from the front and back.

On top of these two small ferry boats, stood more than twenty figures.

All with weapons.

Covet.

"Protect adults."

The five shadow guards immediately surrounded Ye Cheng.

The task His Majesty entrusted to them is that they can die, and Yecheng must not make any mistakes.

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(End of this chapter)