marriage contract

As soon as these words came out, the surroundings instantly fell into a dead silence, which formed a sharp contrast with the lively scene in the distance.

Third Master Ma swallowed his saliva, held his head full of thunder, and stumbled, "What is that, third child..."

"What did you just say?" Gu Chengzhi's expression did not change, but his eyes were dark and deep, staring straight at Mr. Ma.

Shao Yan on the side looked at this and then that, but he had no intention of opening his mouth at all.

Zhu Ning silently wiped his face, as if he heard the thunder that exploded above Gu Chengzhi's head.

And as the person that Ma Sanye wanted to "borrow", Chu Junyi was very embarrassing there.

"No, third son, listen to me!" Third Master Ma explained bitterly, "I just want to ask Sixth Master Chu to come with me, and I'm not in a hurry to go back to you after Miracle Physician Yu gets married."

"No!" Gu Chengzhi refused without hesitation. He knew that Ma Sanye's trip to Beijing was not only for Yu Ji's sake, but also to go to Huagang Mountain, so it was even more impossible for him to agree. .

Ma Sanye was not surprised at Gu Chengzhi's refusal, but he couldn't allow him to decide this matter, so he had no choice but to say with a bitter face: "It's not that I want Sixth Master Chu to go, it's the emperor who wants Sixth Master Chu to go." , I'm just doing what I'm told."

This time, Gu Chengzhi's face was really dark.

"The emperor asked Wei Xibo to bring me a letter, saying that he would bring Sixth Master Chu with him when he went to Huagang Mountain..." Third Master Ma unconsciously looked at Zhu Ning.

Zhu Ning was dumbfounded, and quickly said, "I don't know!"

"It's that letter, the letter other than the imperial decree." Ma Sanye reminded.

Zhu Ning: "..."

In fact, I really don't blame Zhu Ning for this matter, he knew the content of the imperial decree, but even if he had a hundred courage to hand over the letter that the emperor asked him to hand over, he would not dare to open it without authorization, it would be a matter of losing his head.

Here Ma Sanye and Zhu Ning felt like brothers and sisters, while Chu Junyi pulled Gu Chengzhi aside and tried to persuade him in a low voice.

Since it was the emperor's will, they shouldn't disobey the order, maybe there is something they can use him for.

Gu Chengzhi also understood this truth, but he really didn't want Chu Junyi to pass by.

Seeing that the two of them had almost talked, Mr. Ma took out the letter dictated by the emperor and written by Jin Rong.

Gu Chengzhi's face darkened again, and he dragged him elsewhere by the collar of Mr. Ma.

In fact, Ma Sanye also thought about whether to kill the person first and then tell Gu Chengzhi after abducting the person, but for the sake of his own life, he endured that thought and honestly discussed with Gu Chengzhi.

After fulfilling all kinds of requests made by Gu Chengzhi, he patted his chest and promised to send him back to him intact.

The team quickly assembled, Chu Junyi got into the carriage, leaned over to the window and waved to Gu Chengzhi.

Gu Chengzhi slowed down his expression, nodded slightly, and watched him leave.

As the team went further and further away, Gu Chengzhi turned around, looked at the subordinates behind him, and said coldly: "Let's go!"

With Gu Chengzhi's approval, Ma Sanye can be regarded as relaxed.

It's just that when Chu Junyi looked at him, he always showed a half-smile expression, which made Mr. Ma's back a little hairy.

"I wanted to invite me to go with you, but I ended up discussing it with Chengzhi, ha ha." Chu Junyi smiled with a smile on his face.

Ma Sanye's expression froze, and beads of sweat were about to fall from his forehead.

After that, Chu Junyi didn't pay much attention to him, and let Mr. Ma sit on the saddle without saying a word to him.

This time, he was really dumb and couldn't tell if he was suffering from eating Coptis chinensis. It wasn't that Ma Sanye wanted to ignore Chu Junyi. If Chu Junyi said it, he would definitely tell Gu Chengzhi.

Zhu Ning just followed suit, just watched and didn't talk the whole time, and chatted with Chu Junyi occasionally, which was supposed to relieve the boredom.

Yaoxian Valley is located in a remote place, it is not convenient to enter and exit, and there are many guests coming and going, so the place of worship is not in the valley.

The Yu family chose a villa not too far from Yaoxian Valley. This villa is under the name of Yu Ji, and he wants to marry his bride here.

The Yao family sent people here as early as the marriage was settled, and rented a house as the bride's foothold.

Carrying the dowry, laying out the decorations, welcoming the relatives, worshiping the hall, toasting, making a bridal chamber, a series of things to do, it is extremely cumbersome, but Yu Ji enjoys it.

But during the bridal chamber, Yu Ji grimaced, clutching four bottles in his hand, and shouted sharply: "Whoever dares to come in and make a bridal chamber, let me see if I don't smash him to death!"

Those who want to have a bridal chamber: "..."

Since Yu Ji's medicine bottles were all carved out of the same mold, everyone didn't know what the medicines in his hands were for, so they had to return in resentment in order to avoid accidental injury.

Seeing that the people who wanted to have a bridal chamber all left with their heads bowed, Yu Ji nodded in satisfaction, and happily entered the bridal chamber.

After welcoming the relatives, there were no outsiders. After all, toasting tea, going to the family tree, returning home, recognizing relatives, and the full moon were all the affairs of the Yuyao family and had nothing to do with others.

Counting the days, Mr. Ma found a free time to say goodbye to Yu Ji, and then led the team to leave.

Chu Junyi and Zhu Ning accompanied him, but their positioning was quite vague, especially Chu Junyi, he didn't know why the emperor asked him to come here, could it be that he wanted to be prepared?

It is impossible to hide the fact that the emperor sent more people to the Shu area, but before sending people on a large scale, there were people who secretly checked.

Chu Junyi felt very fortunate that the army in Shu was still under the emperor's control, otherwise the situation would have been worse.

The prefects and county magistrates of several prefectures and counties around Huagang Mountain were escorted to Beijing. When the emperor sent an order to come here, he changed the officials, at least in a short period of time, nothing would happen.

The army has begun to search the mountains in batches, trying to find the dens hidden in the mountains, but they don't know whether they are looking in the wrong direction or those people are hiding. The result of searching the mountains is that they can't find anything.

Among the officials sent by the emperor, the highest official was surnamed Xia. After learning about the situation, Master Xia went to the local herb collectors, hoping to get their cooperation.

Lord Xia briefly explained the matter, and then told them that the ore veins in the mountains can only be controlled by the imperial court, but the metal ores picked up by the herb pickers do not need to be handed in. After the gold mines are mined, they voluntarily choose to hold them in their hands. Some ores are handed over to the local government and compensated based on the quality of the ore, or you can keep it yourself if you don’t want to hand it over, and the government will not interfere.

This news directly exploded in the crowd, and the common people are not stupid. When they heard the words of the official, they first thought of those officials who were escorted to Beijing. Those officials had also seen the ore in their hands, but They all said it was worthless, that's why they were so convinced of the gold shop's statement.

The common people have a kind of innate respect for officials, saying that parents are officials and parents are officials, and officials should love the people like children, so they will naturally be loved by the people.

The officials here get along well with the common people, so the common people have never doubted what the lord official said. Who would have thought that they would lie about this matter, and they have been lying for so many years.

Some people complained about the previous officials, while others regretted not picking up more.

But Master Xia immediately said that they don't know the situation in the mountains. If they can't find the ore lode, then the ore in their hands is a pile of scrap iron, which is useless. It is illegal to smelt gold privately. If it is discovered, it will be the whole family It's over.

His meaning is very clear, either you help the army find the mine veins, so that the imperial court mines gold mines, and the ores in your hands can be exchanged for silver at the government; The hot potato can only be preserved and cannot be used. If you dare to smelt gold privately, prepare to die with the whole family.

The people made a decision after discussing for a while, and there was nothing to hesitate about this matter. Before, they thought that those ores were ordinary stones and could not be sold for money. Now that they know that those ores can be exchanged for silver, everyone is naturally very happy.

This kind of free money should not be in vain. Compared with those officials who cheated them out of conscience, this Lord Xia is really good.

The people who have been cheated by the trusted officials for so many years have also recalled it. No wonder the previous officials and lords did not squeeze their property. It turns out that most of them are in the mountains.

Although we will not be able to pick up ores from the mountains in the future, each family has left a lot of ores because the children like them, and they can always be exchanged for a few taels of silver.

Because Mr. Xia persuaded the people, the army got the guidance of the herbal pickers who had been in the mountains all the year round, and the next thing was much easier.

And Lord Xia was quite satisfied with this, he flicked his sleeves and went back to deal with official business, there were not many things here, and the emperor was still waiting for an answer.

Being ordered to help and wanting to help from the bottom of your heart are completely different attitudes. The herb pickers really want the army to find the ore veins, and then exchange all the ore at home for silver.

Moreover, the army's attitude towards the herb pickers was very good. It was as if they hadn't seen them stealing two pieces of ore once they went into the mountain, and the herb pickers were more active in helping.

The team led by Ma Sanye also joined in, and Chu Junyi was naturally brought in too.

The herb picker who showed the way to their team was quite familiar with him. He was the one who brought Chu Junyi and Yu Ji into the mountain.

The herbal picker's eyes widened when he saw Chu Junyi, which made Chu Junyi very embarrassed. At that time, he was still lying.

After receiving Chu Junyi's apology, the herbal picker quickly waved his hands. He could see that Chu Junyi's status in the team was not low, and he might have caused this incident.

The herbal picker didn't tell what he had misunderstood, so Chu Junyi couldn't guess what he was thinking, and could only sigh that this man was really honest.

It was indeed Chu Junyi who told Gu Chengzhi about the mine veins, and then watched them pass the news to Beijing, but it was a misunderstanding that their status in the team was not low.

Chu Junyi just had a good relationship with Mr. Ma, but he didn't have much contact with other people in the team. The people around him were all his own people, and Mr. Ma treated him very politely, which made him pick medicine. People have that illusion.

When I came to the mountain where the herb collectors said "there are monsters", the surrounding area was desolate. I didn't see any monsters, but there were some weird ones.

Ma Sanye asked people to search around, and the final result was that there was no trace of people living there.

"What do you think?" Ma Sanye turned around and asked Chu Junyi.

Chu Junyi looked around, and said lightly: "It's too clean."

Ma Sanye smiled, raised his eyebrows and said, "I think so too."

There is no trace of human habitation, which means that no necessities for human life, including food residues and excrement, have been found here.

It is normal for a place without human habitation to not have those things, but it is too much to go too far. There is not even a single weed on the ground under your feet, which is too abnormal.

Weeds are very tenacious plants, as long as they are given a chance, they can break through the ground. It is difficult to find a place in this deep mountain that is so clean that there is not even a single weed. It's really not that big.

This time the house traces were cleaned up very thoroughly, but it was a pity that it was done too thoroughly. At first glance, it was clear that no one had lived here, but after careful consideration, all kinds of things were wrong.

Chu Junyi stared at the mountain wall in front of him for a long time. For some reason, he always felt that something was wrong.

Walking to the mountain wall, Chu Junyi stretched out his hand to feel for it, wondering if there might be a mechanism that could open the mountain gate with just a touch.

Third Master Ma glanced at him, seeing him groping endlessly on the mountain wall, he couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth.

But before Mr. Ma turned his head away, he saw Chu Junyi swaying for a while, and then disappeared in front of his eyes... No, it didn't disappear, he fell down!

Ma Sanye rushed to the mountain wall in three steps at a time, and saw a bottomless hole where Chu Junyi was standing just now, but before he jumped down, the hole opened up again. It became like the ground.

"Fuck!" Ma Sanye with a dark face, punched the mountain wall.

"Monsters! There are monsters! Sixth Master Chu was taken away by monsters!" the herb collector shouted in horror, his face pale.