After feeding the exiled criminals, she was forced to reveal herself

Due to the appearance of Wang Chong, the commander of the Jingwei Mansion, Xiong Jiushan had to change the route with his team, abandoning the original plan of going straight to the official road, and heading in the opposite direction to the west mountain.

As someone from Gaojia Village said before, taking a detour from the Xishan side can shorten the journey to the station ahead by half a day.

But I don't know if other changes will happen later, so Xiong Jiushan doesn't dare to think about things for the better.

What Wang Chong wanted was slightly different from that of Li Zhouquan, the magistrate of Songjiang County. With Xie Yuchuan's verbal agreement, Wang Chong was very happy and took his troops to set off with the exile team.

With Wang Chong's status, he naturally would not go with the criminals. He asked his men to inform Xiong Jiushan and invited Xie Yuchuan to his car to discuss matters.

Of course Xiong Jiushan would not have any objection to the commander's command. Even if he was troubled in his heart, he would not show any dissatisfaction on his face.

So Xie Yuchuan, at the invitation of a captain, got into Wang Chong's carriage ahead.

The troops from the Jingwei Mansion were in front, and Wang Chong specially asked a few clever villagers from Gaojia Village to lead the team.

Now that we have come to Gaojia Village, we might as well go up and have a look. The villagers in this village should be more familiar with the road into the mountain. Wang Chong felt that the conditions were suitable for all parties today and he would not miss the opportunity.

He can't let others get ahead of him.

The mighty exile team followed at a certain distance, and the Min family caravan followed at the end. The people in the caravan were unusually quiet today.

The people Wang Chong brought were not many, more than twenty cavalry, but they all looked so solemn that they were not easy to mess with.

There were not many complaints among the prisoners today. Everyone was silent and followed the people in front.

Businessmen do not want to get too close to officials when they have nothing to do, and they are prone to conflict. The main reason why they can "get close" to the officers and soldiers escorting the prisoners is really for the sake of safety.

Min Zhong thought that it would be safer to go north on the same road, but Wu Liang also said that following a man from the government would only last for a while, and over time it would become a piece of fat in the mouth of the official.

Min Zhong thought so, and after the two of them made up their mind to pass Panlong Ridge and exit the customs, they separated from the exiled team on an excuse.

However, when they set out early in the morning, something unexpected happened again.

Manager Min didn't know what was going on, and Wang Chong's status was unusual, so he didn't dare to send people to the front to find out what was going on.

But even if he could inquire, the ordinary interpreters would be confused and not understand the reason.

He couldn't ask Xiong Jiushan, so he asked Wu Liang to pass on the message. Everyone must be careful today.

The men and horses of the caravan tried their best to put away their presence and followed quietly behind.

Xiong Jiushan is troubled now and has no mood to care about others, let alone the Min family's caravan.

Xie Yuchuan, a refugee, was invited into the car in front of him by Wang Chong. He couldn't supervise him and had no idea what they were talking about in front of him. This made him feel a little tormented.

The old government officer beside him asked cautiously: "Sir, will Commander Wang take Xie Yuchuan away, will nothing happen?"

Xiong Jiushan's face was dark, "Just watch it."

"Don't worry, sir. The rest of the Xie family are still in our hands. Xie Yuchuan will definitely not dare." The old Yamen officer pointed out the key point.

Xiong Jiushan nodded.

Xie Yuchuan naturally has no intention of escaping, and he still has this assurance. That's not what he's worried about now, he's worried about Wang Chong!

He brought more than 20 of his subordinates here specifically to look for someone, and they had such an attitude towards Xie Yuchuan. Thinking of Li Zhouquan's appearance in the Songjiang Prefecture, the two of them were about the same.

He was worried that what Wang Chong wanted would delay the team's schedule.

He raised his head and looked at the western mountains in front of him, frowning.

Looking at Wang Chong's posture, he was preparing to enter the mountain. Xiong Jiushan had a headache.

Early in the morning, Gao Shusheng kept whispering in his ear that it would be more appropriate to go around Xishan Mountain, and that being courteous for nothing was either committing adultery or stealing, so he chose another path. The disappointment on the faces of the Gaojia villagers flashed across his face, and when he caught it, Xiong Jiushan became even more certain that Xishan was unusual.

No shortcut is as safe as the official road.

Wang Chong appeared unexpectedly and got involved with Xishan again. Xiong Jiushan was angry as he walked away with his knife in hand.

The most taboo thing about escorting a prisoner is extraneous matters. If he had known that this business trip would be so troublesome, he really shouldn't have taken this trip in the first place.

But what happened was that he had no choice but to let Wang Chong do whatever he wanted.

In the carriage, Xie Yuchuan and Wang Chong sat on opposite sides, with a coffee table in the middle with tea and snacks on it.

Xie Yuchuan raised his eyebrows slightly, glanced twice, and then raised his eyes to look at Wang Chong.

Wang Chong smiled and said: "Young general, don't think too much. I, Wang, have something to ask for. It will take some time to get there. You and I might as well just chat and have tea."

Xie Yuchuan's eyes relaxed, and Wang Chong felt happy.

Ma Yuan sat with the groom in front of the carriage. The carriage was spacious and comfortable. A curtain covered the conversation between the two people inside, making it unknown to outsiders.

The carriage swayed as it moved forward, and Ma Yuan's legs hung in front of the carriage, lowering his head and counting with his fingertips repeatedly.

The results are different every time...

He calculated several times but couldn't figure it out, so he simply gave up and stared blankly ahead, feeling surprised and happy.

One should never be attached to matters concerning divination.

If it fails once, it will be repeated again and again, and even God will be unhappy.

He just calculated a few more times and found that the results were becoming more and more confusing to him.

"Oh, this is something God doesn't let me, Ma Mingji, know too much about." He muttered to himself.

At first, he seemed to have discovered a secret by chance, but soon he stopped sensing it.

Is the "respected god" of the Xie family still there?
He even doubted whether the changes he felt before were just his imagination.

But he quickly rejected the idea.

He still has confidence in himself when it comes to ghosts and gods, otherwise he wouldn't have been so valued by Wang Chong all these years.

He asked the gods about things, but he couldn't find out.

He asked about entering the mountain, and sure enough, as long as he didn't ask the gods, his power came back!

The Gaojia villagers led the way towards the foot of the Western Mountain.

On the other side, after the exile team left the village, Gao Li immediately selected several young and strong villagers to take a shortcut up the mountain to inform those who had gone first.

Not long after Wang Chong and other large troops left, two of the villagers who set out to invite people before dawn ran back to the village, wheezing and panting.

"Li Zheng! Li Zheng! Something's wrong! Something happened to Sister-in-law Huaihua!"

Gao Li was waiting for others to get up in a hurry, picked up the exhausted villager who was lying on the ground and asked anxiously: "What happened to Huaihua? What happened? Why are you two back, and where are the others?"

Several young people who were about to enter the mountain looked at each other in confusion. Seeing the strange expressions on the faces of the villagers who came back, they couldn't help but become nervous.

The villager gasped for air, and after he calmed down a little and was able to speak, he hurriedly said to everyone: "We went into the mountain early in the morning. We planned to rush to Laoshan Temple early to pick up Sister-in-law Huaihua when she came down the mountain, but when we arrived, Sister-in-law Huaihua was not there at all. It’s over at the old temple!”