Gui Yuan

Wei Yao and Ning Qing walked out of the dense forest, met Bai Dingguang who received the news, and waited quietly at the foot of the mountain for Zhao Min's news. Logically speaking, their pursuit speed is not slow, and they should be able to catch people soon, but the two waited. There was no one in sight for half an hour, and they all had a bad premonition in their hearts.

In the carriage, Wei Yao asked: "You went to find Zhao Min after you ran out of the dense forest?"

Ning Qing was taken aback, then smiled and said: "It's also a coincidence that Zhao Min and Tian Cheng are heading to the saltpeter mine on the mountain with their troops. It didn't take me long to run into them, so I came here for emergency."

Ning Qing remembered something and asked: "They brought a lot of soldiers and horses. That's why you asked them to return to the imperial capital before?"

Wei Yao nodded and admitted: "The situation in Changzhou is turbulent, and it is not appropriate to have no troops. I asked Zhao Min and the others to bring some people back to the imperial capital, and they will be stationed in the forest outside Changzhou City in case of emergency."

Ning Qing tilted his head slightly to look at him, his eyes were full of admiration: "Zhao Zhuo still has a vision, and it really came in handy."

After another hour or so, the sky gradually darkened. The weather has been bad these days, and it seems that there will be heavy rain in the evening.

Ning Qing glanced casually from the carriage, and saw a group of people headed by Zhao Min and Tian Cheng walking towards them. Their expressions were not very good, and the soldiers who followed were also downcast. Ning Qing didn't see Fei Tian and Lin Rong. , I guessed it in my heart, looked away, and got out of the carriage with Wei Yao.

Zhao Min walked up to them, bent down and saluted, and said, "This subordinate is ineffective in handling affairs, and I lost my follower."

"Where did you lose it?" Wei Yao asked.

"Out of the dense forest, there was no one there. We searched the area twice more carefully, but still found nothing." Zhao Min said with his head down.

There was a dull thunder in the dark sky, and raindrops fell immediately.Wei Yao looked at the dark group of people in front of him, the raindrops hit their shoulders, and soon wet his clothes, he paused and said: "Go back to take a bath first, change your clothes, and come to my room to discuss rescue after dinner. Human way."

Zhao Min and Tian Cheng both nodded and saluted him.

When he returned to Baifu, Bai Dingguang blamed himself for this matter, so he came here to plead guilty: "If the lower officials send some troops to the general, the general will not fight alone."

Ning Qing said: "Master Bai would not have thought that such a thing would happen. Besides, it is even more ostentatious to have a few officers and soldiers by his side. I don't know how many masked people there are. If they go, they will be captured in vain. Instead, the gain outweighs the loss."

Not long after Bai Dingguang left, their conversation was interrupted by a knock on the door, it was Zhao Min and Tian Cheng.

Seeing them, Ning Qing smiled slightly: "It's quite early, take a seat."

Zhao Min sat down with Tian Cheng, and told Wei Yao what happened after they chased them out in the afternoon.

"After the general gave the order, we chased after it, but the strange thing is that the large group of people seemed to disappear out of thin air, and we couldn't find a trace." Zhao Min blamed himself, "We are incompetent, and we don't know How did they escape?"

Ning Qing pondered for a moment, then looked at Wei Yao and said, "Zhao Zhuo, the whereabouts of the saltpeter mines hidden by Zhan Guiyou and Xu Yang are still unclear. I think there must be a special passage leading down the mountain from Xiaowei Mountain. Maybe this group of masked people also escaped through this."

Wei Yao also thought that this was the most feasible way for the masked man to disappear for no reason. He said to Zhao Min and Tian Cheng, "Take people to search the mountains tomorrow morning and see if you can find Fei Tian and his whereabouts."

After Wei Yao explained a few more words, Zhao Min took Tian Cheng away and went to the station outside the city overnight, intending to leave there directly tomorrow morning.

Ning Qing sat back on the armchair in front of the desk alone, thought for a moment, and was stunned for a moment. It was Wei Yao's hand on his shoulder that brought him back to his thoughts.

"Are you worried about their safety?"

Ning Qing glanced at him and said, "Fei Tianri and Brother Lanyu called out, and I really hit it off with him, so I was naturally worried about him; as for Lin Rong, he was with me since childhood, and he sympathized with him. Brother, if something happens to him, how can I have the face to go back alone."

Wei Yao nodded slowly.

Ning Qing thought of Fei Tian, ​​and smiled again: "Fei Tian is quite clever, and the journey from Xingchuan to Yanzhou was difficult and dangerous, and he has survived it. I believe he will not die so easily, and Lin Rong is used to Give in, the two of them should be able to delay for a while."

Hearing this, Wei Yao also showed a slight smile: "The two of them are indeed the easiest to survive."

And at this moment, the two people who were "easiest to survive" were being tied together like a bundle of twists. Looking up at the masked men who were staring at them fiercely, they always felt that they were in danger of being angered and silenced. .

The leading masked man looked at Fei Tian and Lin Rong, all he could think about was how to deal with them.It was all good before, as long as Wei Yao can be caught one step further, this kind of opportunity can't be met, but people are messed up, several people died, but only two servants were arrested, it is really not worth it .

A subordinate next to him whispered, "President Park, what should we do with these two people?"

Fei Tian was quite crazy in the battle before, but now he is being restrained, he can only be obedient, as soon as he feels the unfriendly gaze from the leader Park, he immediately hangs his head with Lin Rong and pretends to be dead.

Pu Yu has long been familiar with people like them who are greedy for life and afraid of death, with contempt in his eyes, he said: "These two bags are also a burden, let's kill Qingjing."

Lin Rong couldn't pretend anymore when he heard this, and hurriedly raised his head and said, "Brother, think twice. We, it's still useful to keep us."

Fei Tian followed the conversation and continued: "Yes, I am good brothers with Mr. An and Mr. Ning. We have a life-long friendship. This one next to me is Mr. Ning's personal servant. They will never let us go, you Keeping us may come in handy when necessary, and threaten them."

Pu Yu has lived for so many years, has captured many people, and has a lot of blood on his hands, but he has never seen such a spineless person. Is there really someone who will teach the kidnappers to use themselves to restrain a good brother?The world is full of wonders, if such a thing is really Wei Yao's good brother, he can cut off his head and use it as a stool to kick.

Pu Yu was too lazy to talk to them, so he moved his head and signaled his subordinates to do it.Seeing that his trick didn't work, Fei Tian was a little flustered: "No, no, you'd better think about it, don't rush to do it!"

Lin Rong wanted to cry without tears and echoed: "Yes, let's think about it again..."

Pu Yu felt that the two of them were chattering too loudly, so he took two white cloths and stuffed one in each of them, turning their unspoken words into muffled sobs.

"It's finally clean, don't delay the next thing, do it!"

Hearing the words, the four subordinates separated two by two and lifted him up one by one from the left and the other from the right. Fei Tian naturally did not give in, and he had regained some strength just now. Imprisonment, but the clothes were wrinkled a lot, the neckline was torn open, the red string inside leaked out, and the white jade pendant on the red string was particularly eye-catching, Pu Yu was attracted by this thing at a glance.This jade pendant actually looks familiar, the jade is warm and smooth without any variegation, it is definitely not something that is circulated in the market, the carving on the jade pendant is exquisite, if you look closely, it seems to be a dragon carved.

Pu Yu was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Stop!"

The subordinates didn't know what happened, and they let go of him when he yelled, and retreated to the side.Pu Yu walked up to Fei Tian, ​​took off the cloth in his mouth, stroked the jade pendant with one hand, felt the unevenness of the jade pendant, and it became heavier on the back, and asked, "Where did you get this thing?" of?"

Fei Tian had just narrowly escaped death, and he still hasn't figured out why he suddenly cared about a jade pendant, but as long as it can divert his attention, it's a good thing not to stare at their little lives.He said: "I have carried it with me since I was a child. It is something like an amulet."

Hearing this, Pu Yu raised his head and looked at him with complicated eyes, like doubt or disappointment: "Are you sure it's your thing?"

Fei Tian thought to himself that this man was really strange. Since he could remember, this jade pendant had been hanging around his neck. Could it be his or someone else's?"It's mine," he replied.

Not sure yet, Pu Yu didn't dare to jump to conclusions, he pointed to Lin Rong, turned around and said to his subordinates: "Continue to tie him up."

After all, let the two drag Fei Tian out with him.

Fei Tian hurriedly asked, "Where is this going?"

No one answered him.He turned his head and glanced at Lin Rong. Lin Rong still had a cloth stuffed in his mouth, and he cast a precious look at him when he was in danger.

After going out the door, Fei Tian could see the surrounding environment clearly. They were in a dilapidated courtyard in a deep mountain and old forest. The place where they stayed should be a woodshed. Now he was led through the middle courtyard to the opposite room. A few days ago, Pu Yu ordered his subordinates to stay outside the house, and he dragged Fei Tian, ​​who was not very cooperative, into the house.

As soon as Fei Tian saw the decorations in the room, his legs and feet were a little weak. He didn't dare to make a sound, and said softly: "We have something to talk about. You can just ask directly. Can you stop the torture?"

Pu Yu was stunned for a moment, and then realized that this room had tortured people before, and there were some tiger stools, charcoal basins, branding irons, finger clips and other instruments of torture. Fei Tian was obviously frightened by these things.He patted Fei Tian and said, "No punishment, don't worry."

Fei Tian finally relaxed a bit, and saw Pu Yu groping through boxes and cabinets, not knowing what he was looking for, and after a while he found a small red box, like a woman's powder box, when he opened the lid, there was some red powder, I don't know what it was thing.Pu Yu poured another bowl of clear water from the teapot, poured some powder from the box into the bowl, the water turned red, Fei Tian realized that the real body of the red powder was actually cinnabar.Thinking of Zhan Guiyou's death, he was shocked and asked, "You, are you going to poison me to death?"

He thought to himself that this person is really vicious, and he was going to kill him after playing for a long time. If he had known this, it would be better to be chopped off by a knife just now, and he would die of pain after drinking this thing.

He thought to himself, Pu Yu understood that he was thinking wrong again, but right now he didn't have the heart to talk to him.Pu Yu walked up to him with a bowl of water in his hand. In Fei Tian's panic, he stretched out a hand towards his neck. Fei Tian subconsciously closed his eyes. He took off his jade pendant, and dipped the jade pendant into a bowl of water with cinnabar in it.He was also curious about what kind of weird behavior this was, and after a while, Pu Yu picked up the jade pendant by pulling the red string.

Not knowing exactly what he saw, Pu Yu was shocked at first, then looked at Fei Tian, ​​stepped forward a few steps, knelt down suddenly under his panicked expression, and saluted: "See Your Highness!"

Fei Tian was still tied up by Wuhuada, staring blankly at the "kidnapper" kneeling in front of him, and at the jade pendant he held in his hand, he was surprised to find that the original snow-white jade pendant was stained with some red liquid, and the liquid turned into A "Lv" word.