Lord of Earth Fiend

Chapter 202
Ten miles into the pavilion, Chen Jin and Su Jin said goodbye.

We can no longer send it away, and if we continue to send it away, we may have to leave the jurisdiction of Zhongzhou Prefecture.

Finally, he waved his hand, said "take care", and began to say goodbye.

Su Jin took the piano, sat in the pavilion, plucked the strings and played music. The music was lingering and expressed her longing.

Before one has gone far, longing has arisen.

Listening to the indistinguishable sound of the piano, Chen Jin suddenly sang loudly: "Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, the green grass stretches to the sky..."

Su Jin was fascinated by this song: Husband, this song is my last song...

Bah, now we are saying goodbye, what is the word "absolute"?

In another carriage, Su Xiaocheng stood up after listening to the song. When he heard the sentence "At the end of the sky, in the corner of the earth, half of my close friends are scattered", he couldn't help but burst into tears.

It is so well written that it should be regarded as a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation.

The Su family has such a son-in-law, and the family lintel is bright.

……

The journey from Zhongzhou to the capital was not short. In addition, in winter, the weather was cold and rainy, so the carriage could not run very fast.

In this season, the physical advantages of monks are fully demonstrated.

For example, Chen Jin has practiced to the point where he is immune to cold and heat. He can just wear a cotton robe and is not afraid of the cold at all.

In contrast, Su Xiaocheng had to burn charcoal in the car to keep warm so that he could sleep.

The Su family paid great attention to this trip to Beijing and prepared three carriages of supplies for Su Xiaocheng, as well as more than a dozen strong guards and long entourage.

A mighty team formed.

Coupled with Su Xiaocheng's status, whenever he reaches a town along the way, he can stay safely and receive a warm welcome from local officials.

If they were in a hurry, Chen Jin and Gu Leyou could ignore each other and drive north directly, which would be more than twice as fast. But they were not in a hurry, and it didn't matter if they took a little longer on the road. They were all practicing anyway.

What you see along the way can be regarded as experience, which is very beneficial to your mind and vision, and is actually helpful for practice.

The wind, frost, snow and moon, the worldly feelings, pass by in time, and before you know it, December is over and January is almost here.

"Gu Daxia, we will spend the night in Feiyangdu Town in front of us tonight, cross the river tomorrow morning, and walk for a few days before entering the capital city."

Chief Su followed Su Awu and said.

Along the way, they all called Gu Leyou "hero", which was more pleasant and grand than "swordsman".

Gu Leyou listened and found it very helpful.

Originally, the other party wanted to drive his horse and drive for him, but Gu Leyou refused.Chen Jin has too many secrets and doesn't want to let them out.

Chen Jin and Chen Jin had no objection to Su Xiaocheng's itinerary. It was their first time going north, but Su Xiaocheng had been there several times and was familiar with the roads.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with following him, and you can save yourself a lot of trouble.

Feiyangdu Town is a medium-sized town. Relying on the Tiandu River, it has become a hub for people traveling from south to north, and its development and operations are quite lively.

There is a posthouse in the town.

Su Xiaocheng revealed his identity, and the group stayed at the post house.

With so many people, the only ones who could actually stay in the room were Su Xiaocheng and Chen Jin.One of them went to Beijing to resume his job, and the other went to Beijing to take the exam, and enjoyed relevant preferential treatment in the legal system.

Chen Jin didn't mind sharing a room with Gu Leyou and just making multiple bunks, so it wouldn't be in the way.

In fact, sitting on the floor and meditating all night is quite easy.

"Master Gu, my master has a cough again."

Su Awu hurried over and said.

While on the road, Su Xiaocheng contracted a cold and fell ill. He saw a doctor and took medicine, but nothing happened.

In the end, Gu Leyou gave him a Jingyuan Pill, and he actually got better.

Jingyuan Pill and Fenghan are naturally not symptomatic, but after taking this medicine, it can improve a person's physical fitness and mental outlook.

The man's health was basically healed, and some of his ailments were naturally cured.

After taking one pill, Su Xiaocheng knew that Jingyuan Pill was a rare and good medicine and always wanted to take a few more pills.

But Gu Leyou said: "This pill has very strong medicinal properties, so don't take too much."

There is another unspoken subtext, "Master Su, you are already your age, so you should take it easy..."

It's a good thing to regain our glory, but it's not enough for someone who has high morale every day.If something goes wrong, it will be troublesome.

Now he came to ask for medicine again. He said that he had a cough again. Calculating the time, but it was quite a while, so I gave him another medicine.

After sending Su Awu away, Gu Leyou said: "Scholar, the food in the post house is too bad. Let's go to the town and see what's delicious."

"it is good."

The two of them left the post house and walked leisurely.

At the beginning of the lanterns, people are coming and going on the slightly narrow streets, and the night market is bustling.

Judging from their clothes, most of these people are people from the martial arts world, carrying swords and other weapons with them; there are also many literati who must also be here to take the exam.

"Hey, it smells so good! Alpine Goat Manor, this one is great."

Gu Leyou had a good nose and strode into a restaurant on the right.

It seems that this restaurant specializes in mutton, and it is full of aroma.

There are already many diners inside, eating meat and drinking wine.

He found an empty seat and sat down: "Boss, cut ten pounds of mutton, a basin of good soup, and some good wine, and bring it up too."

Gu Leyou now looks more and more like a wealthy businessman rather than a Taoist priest. He has not worn Taoist robes for a long time.

Ten pounds of meat for two people is quite a lot.

However, it is not surprising that wealthy people in the world are extravagant when it comes to food and drink.

The store owner was very quick and it didn’t take long for the food and wine to be served.

Gu Leyou ate a large piece of meat first. It tasted good. At least he could be sure that it was real mutton and not selling dog meat.

Take another sip of wine and the drink will seem sloppy, but don't force it.

Due to the short stay in Zhongzhou and the restrictions on medicinal materials, Duobao wine was not brewed.

So along the way, I could only drink ordinary drinks.

"Tsk, tsk, I'm telling you, it's impossible to go to the capital now."

At the table next to me, three big men were getting drunk, and one of them suddenly said.

"Lao Wu, are you drunk, are you talking nonsense here?"

"I'm not drunk... I just came out of the capital. Fortunately, I escaped quickly..."

"Also."

The other two men, one on the left and one on the right, picked him up, covered his mouth with their hands, and dragged him out.

There was a ding, and a piece of broken silver was thrown down to settle the bill.

There were many people eating and drinking in the store. After hearing each other's words, they all looked at each other with surprised expressions.

The most annoying thing about that man's words was that he only said one sentence and was muffled by his companions.

It says that "you can't go to the capital", but why exactly is "you can't go"?
It's like a hook hooking a person's appetite. If it can't go up or down, I really want to know.

"Could it be that he was drunk and made some incomprehensible remarks?"

Gu Leyou said.

He has seen too many drunkards. As long as this person drinks too much, he will talk nonsense and all kinds of crazy things will come out.

Chen Jin pondered and said: "It may come out of nowhere, but it may not have a root cause. It's better to be careful."

Gu Leyou blinked: "We are always very careful."

Chen Jin also smiled.In fact, they had already expected that the situation in the capital would not be calm, but a stirring whirlpool.

But even so, Chen Jin would not back down and turn around.

That's not his character.

What is the use of learning a sword?
Just keep moving forward.

Chen Jin wants to see the whole world, from Lingnan to Jiangnan, and then to the northern capital.

After eating the meat and drinking the wine, the two of them walked back to the post house side by side.

As soon as I entered the gate and came to the yard, I realized something was wrong.

There were several more prison cars in the already messy yard, and there was one person in each prison car.

Each of these prisoners had disheveled hair and dirty faces. They were basically tortured to death, with their heads hanging down.

Chen Jin glanced at it, then walked quickly over, returned to the room, sat down, and his expression was obviously different.

"what's wrong?"

Gu Leyou felt strange. He had never seen Chen Jin look like this before.

Chen Jin said in a deep voice: "You didn't recognize it?"

"Recognize what?"

"Ma Shengshen, brother Shengshen is sitting in the prison car."

"what?"

Gu Leyou suddenly stood up and screamed.

Chen Jin waved his hand, indicating that he should keep quiet so as not to alarm others.

Gu Leyou couldn't hide his shock: "Scholar, did you read that correctly? How could Boss Ma become a prisoner?"

Chen Jin sighed: "I also hope to admit my mistake, but when I passed by just now, I glanced at him, and he glanced at me, and we recognized each other."

At that time, Chen Jin was no less surprised than Gu Leyou now. This fact was too sudden and he was caught off guard.

In his mind, he has only a handful of true friends. Gu Leyou is one, and Ma Shengshen is the other one.

Although Ma Shengshen is serious in speech, has a rigid face, and looks like he doesn't recognize his relatives, he is very good at making friends.

Because he is principled and moral.

These two points alone are already more than most people.

In this world, people's hearts are full of ghosts, ungrateful people abound, and there are countless people who forget their loyalty for the sake of profit...

Ma Shengshen is simply a breath of fresh air.

Chen Jin had thought many times that one day Ma Shengshen would leave Lingnan and reunite with him in the Central Plains.

However, given Ma Shengshen's temperament, he has to guard his beloved wife Axiu, so it is probably impossible for him to leave Lingnan.

So the thought of a reunion was just a thought.

I never expected that I would meet him again here.

And in this way…

What on earth happened?

You know, Ma Shengshen has already entered the fourth level of martial arts, and he can definitely be regarded as one of the top masters.

Gu Leyou guessed: "Could he be involved in the fight between the inner factory and the patrol department?"

Chen Jin's eyes flashed: "With his sword skills, even if he is besieged by the Neichang Tiqi, he can still fight his way out."

Gu Leyou smiled bitterly and said: "But with his temperament, he probably won't resist if something like this happens. He is too honest and too disciplined."

"No matter what, let's rescue people first."

"You want to do it in the post house?"

Chen Jin said: "We have this plan."

Gu Leyou said hurriedly: "Scholar, don't act rashly. We all live in the post house. If something happens, we will easily attract suspicion. It is better to wait until we set off tomorrow morning and then kill and kidnap people on the road."

"But leaving the town is just a matter of taking a boat across the river."

"It doesn't matter. The other party is escorting the prison car to cross the river and enter Beijing."

Hearing this, Chen Jin calmed down and thought for a while: "You said that after Brother Shengshen was escorted to Beijing, would he also be imprisoned?"

The word "prison" seems to have some kind of terrifying magic power, which makes people feel horrified when they listen to it.

Gu Leyou replied hesitantly: "Probably not. Doesn't it mean that the prison is for those guilty officials and scholars? Although Boss Ma has extraordinary martial arts, his identity is just a head catcher."

Speaking of this, he paused: "But I can't say for sure. Over the years, people captured from all over the country and escorted to Beijing are said to be sent to prison. These batches are like dumplings, and no one knows What are you arresting for? Interrogation and questioning? I don’t believe it. The power of the inner factory is overwhelming, and they can do whatever they want. It’s easy to convict a person, so why do they need to be interrogated in court?”

Chen Jin said: "Maybe it's a legal requirement?"

"Haha, the King's Law does exist. The key point is that when you look at the behavior of the inner factory, do you see any sign of following the King's Law?"

Chen Jin was silent, he had seen Tiqi kill people like killing ants, without any mercy or hesitation.

Although most of those people are ordinary people.

But when the ministers and Confucian scholars became prisoners, their status would not be much different from that of the common people, or even worse.

After all, once convicted, the entire clan will be implicated.

Su Xiaowen's case was framed by others and was not handled by the internal factory himself. It was not the same thing, so the case could be overturned.

If the internal factory comes to take the person, I have never heard of him being able to turn over.

Gu Leyou said: "The more I think about it, the more I realize that this matter is strange. There must be some ulterior secrets hidden in it."

Chen Jin glanced at him: "Even if there is a secret, we have no way of investigating. Unless we are caught and go deep into the tiger's den, we can find out the truth."

Gu Leyou's eyes bulged when he heard this: "In that case, I would rather be kept in the dark forever. Who wants to be sent to prison? Isn't this asking for death?"

While the two were talking, there was a knock on the door. They opened it to look, but it was Su Xiaocheng who came to visit: "Shou Heng, Master Gu, can you see the prison car parked in the yard?"

Chen Jin asked: "I saw it, but I don't know whose family suffered the disaster."

Su Xiaocheng sighed: "That's an internal case handled by the factory. I'm here to remind you not to meddle in other people's business. It's not something we can get involved in."

"Uncle Su, is the inner factory really able to cover the sky with one hand now?"

Su Xiaocheng didn't want to talk about this topic, so he just gave a few words of advice and then went back to his room to rest.

Early the next morning, everyone got up early, skipped breakfast, packed their bags, left the inn, went straight to the ferry, and then boarded a large two-masted ship with people and cars.

After waiting for a long time, the boat did not leave. Su Xiaocheng sent someone to ask, but the other party said they would still be waiting for guests.

After waiting for another half an hour, the guest arrived late. It turned out to be several prison cars released by the police from the inner factory.

When Su Xiaocheng saw it, he secretly cried out for bad luck: He couldn't hide away even if he wanted to, and there was no other way.

Fortunately, the two teams are not in the same place, so there is no need to face each other.

The big ship sailed towards the other shore.

Although the Tiandu River was wide, the boat was not slow. After a quarter of an hour, it arrived at the ferry on the opposite side.

When the ship was docked, the passengers disembarked one after another.

Su Xiaocheng wanted to leave quickly, so he urged the captain of the guards to follow them, and when they landed on land, they would immediately ride on their horses and whip their whips.

Compared to the prison van, their team was naturally much faster.It didn't take long for him to leave the other party behind.

Su Xiaocheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Gu Leyou drove the car, and the car was moving very fast, but he knew in his heart that the car behind him was empty.

Chen Jin had already left the team and went to rescue Ma Shengshen.

　The plot of this book is not straightforward, and the development of the story is generally difficult to guess, but in fact, it has been foreshadowed in the previous chapters. Thank you for your support!
　　
　
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