Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

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The four climbed over the wall again, without disturbing the buddies and others in the inn.Looking at Gu San's desperate attitude, it is obvious that he has already planned to let go of the Fengling Inn that has been in operation for decades, and leave it alone.

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Not long after Gu Sansi left, two figures came in from the wall of the backyard, their movements were clean and neat, and they appeared in the open space in the courtyard in an instant.

It was Zhao Jiuchou and Guo Ye who seemed to have jumped over the wall and left just now.

Zhao Jiuchou glanced at the accountant's room. The candles had been extinguished and the door was wide open. It was obvious that the room was empty.He couldn't help but gave a thumbs up and praised Guo Ye: "Your Excellency, you are still wise, how do you know that Gu San and the others will leave soon?"

Guo Ye shrugged his shoulders and said very easily: "Nonsense, we know they are such a confidential and important matter, how can he stay calm? If my buddy is right, Gu San will definitely rush back to his old lair of the Yellow River Gang, maybe It is not known whether the plan mentioned by Scar Liu will be carried out ahead of schedule."

Zhao Jiuchou naturally also heard what Dao Scar Liu said. The plan he mentioned was that the Yellow River Gang would enter Ruzhou County, kill officials and steal money, and rescue the victims.

But from his point of view, if Gu San and the others really helped the victims, that would be a good thing. At least the money for disaster relief would be used in real ways, and they wouldn't be corrupted by those corrupt officials who were corrupt and devoid of conscience.

So, he said: "My lord, didn't you accept the task of Mr. Gao to investigate the case of embezzlement of money and ink for disaster relief? The Yellow River Gang, my subordinates have also heard of it in Fenglingdu. They help nearly a thousand people, and they are the largest gang along the Yellow River. Guild, how about we just pretend that what happened tonight didn’t happen?”

Guo Ye also knew what Zhao Jiuchou meant, but he didn't express his opinion immediately. Instead, he yawned, shook his hands in a rather sleepy manner, and said, "It's not urgent. It's late. Let's rest first. Tomorrow morning, my official This Yushitai monitors Yushi, and as an imperial envoy, he is ordered to go to Ruzhou to check the situation of the relief money."

After all, dragging his tired body with his hands behind his back, he slowly walked out of the backyard of the inn, came to the lobby and went up the stairs to the second floor.

He left Zhao Jiuchou alone in the backyard, in a daze.

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The moon is setting and the stars are sinking, and the sun is rising in the east. It was still snowing heavily yesterday, but today is a sunny day.

Snow, stop!

Early in the morning, Zhenniang called hot water, knocked on Guo Ye's door, and then entered the room to wait for Guo Ye to wash up.

While wiping his face with a towel, Guo Ye took a sneak peek at Zhenniang. It was quite normal, as if he had completely forgotten what he did to her lightly last night.

Well, Guo Ye thought, if you want to pretend to be confused, just pretend, there is still business to do, and you can't allow yourself to be distracted.

After washing, Guo Ye handed the towel back to Zhenniang, and asked casually, "Has Zhao Jiuchou woke up?"

"Sir, here I come!"

Before Zhenniang could answer, Zhao Jiuchou strode into Guo Ye's room energetically and greeted Guo Ye.

But what he said next stunned Guo Ye again.

I saw him taking advantage of Zhenniang's opportunity to turn around and go out with the wooden basin, approached Guo Ye, and said softly: "My lord, I just asked the staff downstairs just now. Guess what? Mr. Gao Shilian and his two followers Already checked out and left."

Guo Ye hummed questioningly, and said, "Let's go? Why didn't Mr. Gao know what to say? Damn, you don't respect your partners at all!"

Then he asked Zhao Jiuchou, "When did Mr. Gao leave and where did he go?"

Zhao Jiuchou replied: "The guy said that the three of them dressed in casual clothes and left in the gray sky. As for where they are going, you should be able to guess, my lord, right?"

After saying that, he pointed in the direction of Ruzhou with his hand.

Guo Ye suddenly realized that he had to go first, grandma, this old man Gao was really not generous enough, he left as soon as he said it.

But thinking about it, I already promised him that he would go to Ruzhou in a showy manner, so as to attract firepower, it is natural for him to sneak into Ruzhou as soon as possible.

After having a rough idea in mind, he asked again: "That old ghost Gu San probably hasn't returned to Fengling Inn, has he?"

Zhao Jiuchou shook his head, saying no.

After listening, Guo Ye sat back on the round stool, put on his boots, and yelled at Zhenniang in the next room: "Zhenniang, Zhenniang, bring the white scholar's uniform made by Mrs. Xiuxiu herself. , and also, bring along the folding fan that Zhiru's second wife entrusted someone to buy from Yizhou Mansion, brother, I want to dress up well..."

Zhenniang replied from a distance in the next room: "Your official, wait a moment, come here!"

Zhao Jiuchou heard that Guo Ye wanted to dress up. He was wearing a scholar's uniform and a folding fan. This meant that he was going to transform into a handsome gentleman and a romantic student.

Then he asked: "My lord, do we have to set off in the morning and go to Ruzhou?"

Guo Ye hummed, suddenly thought of something, and ordered: "Jiu Chou, you go to Zhenniang's place to get two ingots of gold, and go to Fenglingdu to hire a carriage. You need a good horse and carriage, and don't want to be shabby for Bala. Do you know? Also, to recruit a few Guanzhong swordsmen as followers, two ingots of gold may not be enough, um, go ask Zhenniang for four ingots, go, hurry up!"

"What do you mean? My lord, what are you doing?"

For a moment, Zhao Jiuchou couldn't really react to Guo Ye's thinking jump.

Guo Ye replied: "It's very simple. People rely on clothes and horses. If we don't buy some clothes and go to Ruzhou in a good way, who will take care of us when we get there? Have you ever seen Mr. Shun alone? , walking from Chang'an to Longxi? Is it shabby or not?"

Zhao Jiuchou understood Guo Ye's meaning, nodded his head and said, "Yes, that's the truth. Imperial envoys can't be shabby when they go on tour. This subordinate will do it now..."

After saying that, he hurriedly turned around and went out, went to the next room to ask Zhenniang for gold.

Chapter 359

The weather cleared up, and a fiery red sun was shining in the sky. On the official road from Fenglingdu to Ruzhou, the snow gradually melted, and the road was full of mud.

The wheels of the car creaked and rolled on the muddy road. Guo Ye and Zhen Niang were in the same car, and Zhao Jiuchou rode his horse along the side of the car.

As for the few Guanzhong swordsmen he recruited, they also rode on horseback lazily basking in the sun while slowly driving ahead.

Starting from Fenglingdu, it's nearly a hundred miles to Ruzhou. If you hurry up, you should be able to catch the gate of Ruzhou and advance to the city at dusk.

It's a pity that the carriage can't run too fast on this muddy official road, and the official road is full of potholes due to disrepair for a long time.

Guo Ye thought, the ground is full of mud, and the terrain is uneven. If he ran too fast and overturned the carriage, it would be bullshit.

Immediately, he let the sabers who opened the way ahead slowly, and it took two full days to drive a hundred miles before arriving in Ruzhou.

When the group of them arrived outside Ruzhou City, they realized something was wrong.

Because the closer they got to Ruzhou County, the more corpses on both sides of the official road became more frequent.

Looking at most of the corpses on the side of the road are ragged, yellow and muscular, skinny, obviously starved to death.

As for the few corpses, they couldn't see how they died.Because these corpses have basically begun to rot and smell, and the corpses are covered with white wriggling maggots...

The desolate official road, the desolate Ruzhou county town is ten miles away, and there is no wild dog to be seen, let alone a living person.

"Yuck~"

"Vag..."

The four Guanzhong swordsmen who opened the way ahead sat on their horses, each feeling nauseated, covering their mouths and retching.