Chapter 49 The Taiping
As soon as dawn was dawn, Cai Yong's carriage and horse slowly drove out of Yingchuan.
When Xun Shuang and others learned the news, Cai Yong had already left Yingchuan, which made Xun Shuang and He Yong stamped his feet and beat his chest.
The sun rises from the horizon, and the sky is cloudless.
The carriages and horses followed the Yingshui official road. At about noon, they left the territory of Yingchuan and turned into the territory of Yin of Henan. From this, they went southeast and could reach Guancheng in about one day, and then continued to move forward. They could reach Chen State in three or five days, which was considered to enter the territory of Chenliu.
Cai Yong did not stop at Yin in Henan, nor did he visit Wang Yun in Henan, but instead took a boat to cross Yingshui.
When the burly boy passed by Henan Yin, he couldn't help asking: "Teacher, aren't we going to visit Lord Wang?"
Cai Yong was closing his eyes in the car to rest. He heard the boy's words, and then shook his head after thinking for a while.
"Zi Shi is indeed talented, but he is narrow-minded and used conspiracy. Moreover, this person is a member of the Qingliu Party, so it is better not to get too close to him. Yuan Tan, it is not because the teacher is timid and afraid of things. The Ten Eunuchs are now in the limelight and are inseparable from the general. Although the prince's intention is good, it is just that it is difficult to accomplish great things and finally make wedding dresses for others. We are now taking refuge and not being involved in right and wrong. It is better to return to Chenliu's hometown early."
"Students understand!"
The burly boy nodded and immediately urged the carriage and horse to hurry up.
After passing Yingshui, the group took a break in the inn, and after lunch, they set off immediately and headed towards Chenliu. There was nothing wrong with the journey. In the evening, the carriage and horses arrived at a place called Fuxi Mountain, which belonged to the branch of Songshan.
To get to Guancheng, you must pass through the canyon of Mount Fuxi.
It was getting late at this time, and the burly boy asked Cai Yong again: "Teacher, it's getting dark this day. Why don't we rest outside the mountain tonight and rush back tomorrow morning?"
Cai Yong walked out of the car and looked up at the sky.
"It's midsummer now, it's dark. I think we'd better take another trip... After passing Fuxi Mountain, there's Guancheng Station. If you stay here tonight, you can only sleep in the wilderness. Yuan Tan, let's take another trip."
The burly boy thought for a while, nodded and agreed, urging the carriage and horse to speed up.
Fuxi Mountain is not big, and the mountain road is not particularly rugged. If you follow the normal speed, you can pass within one hour.
But unexpectedly, while rushing, the shaft suddenly broke.
Although it was not the car that Cai Yong was riding in, in Cai Yong's opinion, the items on that car were more precious than his life.
The car was filled with book simplified books, which were collected by Cai Yongqiong throughout his life.
The shaft of the car broke, causing the ox to fall on the road, and Shu Jian was scattered all over the ground. Cai Yong was so distressed that he immediately jumped out of the car and shouted loudly: "Stop, stop... Yuan Tan, hurry up and find someone to pick up Shu Jian."
The burly boy knew the teacher's preferences very well. Seeing this, he knew that if he didn't pack up the book, he was afraid that Cai Yong would not leave. He ordered someone to clean up and walked up to Cai Yong and said, "Teacher, where is this book? This car obviously cannot be used."
"Put it in my car, in my car!"
Cai Yong squatted on the ground, picked up Shu Jian and brushed the dust on it with his sleeve, looking heartbroken. The burly boy nodded and asked someone to transport Shu Jian in the car to Cai Yong's car. Instead of picking up Shu Jian, he walked to the broken ox cart, squatted down, and checked the fracture of the shaft. He was shocked when he saw it.
At least two-thirds of the fracture of the shaft as thick as an arm is flat, and it is obviously cut through by someone secretly.
Only one-third of the naturally broken parts.
It is caused by the bumps passing by the mountain road when the car is moving, especially when passing through the bumps.
The burly boy clearly remembered that before he set out from Yingchuan, he had carefully inspected the vehicle. The shaft was intact and there were no scars. If so, the shaft might have been touched on the way.
Along the way, the car almost never stopped.
The burly boy recalled carefully that when he was crossing Yingshui, he left the car war; and when he was having dinner at the inn, he left the car war. If someone had done something, it might be that something went wrong in these two places.
The inn was opened by the official, and it is unlikely.
The only possibility remains...
A burly boy had a bad premonition in his heart. He hurriedly walked to Cai Yong's side, attached himself to Cai Yong's ear and whispered the problem he found. Cai Yong's face also changed. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Yuan Tan, what should we do?"
"Teacher, we have two roads now. One is to abandon these car battles, we set off on the road lightly and pass through the Fuxi Mountain Canyon. When we arrive at the station, we will be safe; the second method is to pack up the book and exit the original road and find a safe place to rest. After dawn, we will find more people to pass through the canyon together."
The burly boy hesitated for a moment, "But the second method is not safe. If we exit the valley, we can only sleep in the wilderness. God knows what will happen... After all, there is no village in front of the village and no shop behind us, so it is easy to get into trouble."
Cai Yong hesitated for a moment, looked at the book on the ground, and was unable to make up his mind for a moment.
It is undeniable that the first road that the burly boy said was the safest. As long as he arrived at the inn, he could be guaranteed. But these books were all treasures he had collected with great effort. It would be a pity to abandon it in the wilderness like this.
Seeing that Cai Yong didn't say anything, the burly boy said softly: "Teacher, although the calligraphy is precious, it is a dead thing after all. The green mountains are left, so you are not afraid of burning firewood. As long as you are alive, you can re-collect and organize them. But if you are gone, who cares about these calligraphy? Besides, don't you still have copies of her seal carvings left with your junior sister?"
Cai Yong thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Yuan sighed that it was reasonable, abandon the car and we quickly passed through the canyon."
With a command, the followers immediately took action. The burly boy secretly observed but did not find any strange manifestations of these followers. He felt a little uneasy. The burly boy and others surrounded Cai Yong and advanced into the mountains. The group of people kept moving. Before dark, they finally passed through the canyon and found an inn not far away.
This inn is not far from Fuxi Mountain Pass. In addition to one post official, there are twenty servants.
Although Cai Yong was dismissed from his official position, he was a master of the emperor after all, and he carried a gold medal given by the emperor. In addition, he was a famous scholar in the world, and the post officials did not dare to neglect the slightest. They immediately ordered people to clean the room so that Cai Yong and others could calm down.
This place is about 180 miles away from Guancheng.
Safety is safe, but Cai Yong still felt distressed by the books he had discarded.
During the meal, he even begged the post officer to pack up the book after dawn. It was better to pack up as much as possible than to throw it away all of them. The post officer agreed to Cai Yong's request and asked Cai Yong to rest assured.
After dinner, Cai Yong lay on the couch and sighed.
Sometimes I blame myself for being timid and afraid of death, and sometimes I worry that the scriptures will be destroyed, and I don’t rest until late at night.
Cai Yong fell asleep, but the burly boy, who was a student, did not fall asleep.
Even though he arrived at the inn, he still felt uncomfortable. He had a intuition that he always felt that something was abnormal.
But what is wrong?
The burly boy couldn't say it. He couldn't sleep until the second half of the night. When the sound of tied up came from the Diao Dou at the post station, it indicates that it was already the beginning of the day. The burly boy suddenly sat up and listened with his ears. He seemed to hear a hustle and bustle sound. Some people walked back and forth, and from time to time, some people lowered their voices and talked softly.
"Hurry up, hurry up... pile up all the firewood here."
"Mr. Huang, please stop urging me, don't worry. We put drugs in the wine, and everyone should be asleep now and there will be no problems. If you get hot later, we will be done, don't worry."
"Don't worry, how can I rest assured?"
The voice was very small, but the burly boy understood.
It was indeed a drink for dinner, but because he was not at ease, it was useless. Cai Yong felt sorry for the books and had not touched the wine. But the followers seemed to have drunk a lot and had a rest early.
The burly boy quickly got up and stayed at the bed, walked to the window, and looked out through the gap between the window edges.
I saw dozens of people in the yard outside the window. The head was the postman, but at this time he was wearing a scholar's outfit and a high crown, which was very different from the previous appearance. Dozens of servants also changed their clothes and yellow turbans on their heads, and they looked like they were from some organization. Outside the yard, there were torches shaking, and there were obviously many people.
Not good, it's really dangerous.
The boy turned around and woke Cai Yong up.
"Teacher, it's not good, someone wants to kill us!"
Cai Yong was sleeping in a daze, but when the boy said this, his sleepiness immediately disappeared, "Who, who wants to kill us?"
"I don't know yet!"
Cai Yong woke up completely and walked to the window and looked outside through the gap. There were a lot of firewood outside the room. Seeing that they were all ready, the postman nodded and signaled his subordinates to throw the torch on the firewood, preparing to burn Cai Yong and others to death.
Bang, the door suddenly opened.
Cai Yong stood at the door of the room, and the young man beside him held a sword to protect him.
The people in the yard were obviously surprised. But they quickly calmed down and the post officer dressed in a scholar walked forward.
"Mr. Bo Ji, student Huang Shao, I'm here to greet you."
This is a name I have never heard of before, and Cai Yong is very unfamiliar with it.
However, he kept his calm and reached out to let the burly boy stand behind him and took a step forward.
"Huang Shao, who wants to kill me?"
Huang Shao seemed to respect Cai Yong very much and bowed slightly, "Mr. Bo Ji is a great scholar in the world and respects the world. Although Shao is not talented, he respects him very much. If it were not... Shao Shi would not want to hurt him. Since the teacher asked, Shao would tell the truth. The person who wanted to kill the husband was the two masters, Feng Xu Feng and Xu Feng, and Shao was just following the order."
Cai Yong's heart skipped a beat and he smiled bitterly.
I thought I would be safe after leaving Luoyang. But I didn’t know that those eunuchs didn’t want to let him go, so they even killed them all.
Looking back at the burly young man, Cai Yong said, "Huang Shao, Yong Guan, you are also a scholar. Since the Ten Constables want my life, Yong has nothing to say. However, Yong has something to ask for... Yuan Tan is just a person who follows me to study, and has no grudges with the Ten Constables, but he is just burdened by Yong. If you are still a scholar, please let me go, as a student."
"Teacher..." The burly young man was furious, "Gu Yong is not talented, but he knows that the world, king, king, teacher, five constants of heaven, earth, how can he abandon his teacher and live alone? If Gu Yong escapes, how can he face the world? If he faces his junior brother and sister? Teacher, if you still treat Gu Yong as a student, don't say this again. Huang Shao, with Gu Yong here, don't even think of my teacher."
The long sword pointed at Huang Shao, and Gu Yong shouted loudly.
Huang Shao showed shame and bowed to Cai Yong, "Sir, it's not that Shao refused to agree, it's really impossible!"
As he said that, he raised his hand and shouted, "Light up!"
Dozens of torches were thrown out and landed on the pile of firewood, immediately igniting the raging flames. Gu Yong pulled Cai Yong with one hand and stepped out of the room, "Don't want to harm my teacher's life, Gu Yong is here!"
The servants pulled out their swords and prepared to stop Gu Yong. At this moment, a sound of horse hooves came from afar.
Immediately afterwards, someone asked loudly: "Why did the inn ahead go to the water? What are you all standing there for? Why don't you go in to put out the fire?"
The sound echoed in the night sky like a thunder.
Cai Yong was excited and grabbed Gu Yong, "Yuan sighed, don't be anxious, we have saved, we have saved!"
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I saw some inexplicable people and some people insisted on comparing "The Evil Man" with other books. Do you think it is interesting? Do you think it is interesting to pick up the anger and scold other authors. Are you watching the fun next to me?
Chapter completed!