Shendou Continent

Chapter 53

After the garden poetry meeting, King Huai got to know Hu Wenyong. He heard that he was a juren at the age of 23, and he also admired him. He said that if he is interested, he can work in the mansion, be an assistant or a resident, and it will not delay him at ordinary times. Continue to study to prepare for the next year's scientific examination.Hu Wenyong thanked the prince naturally, and said that he would go home to discuss with his family, and hoped that he would have the opportunity to visit alone another day.Duke Huai nodded in agreement.In this way, Hu Wenyong and Duke Huai are in contact, and the next step will be easy.

Of course, Hu Wenyong is still very happy about winning the first prize for today's Ci.When he happily returned to the inn with King Huai's reward, he found that Lin You, Dai Ming and others had been waiting for a long time.Lin You and the others first praised Wen Yong for his son Wen Caifei, and then began to inquire about his contact with Duke Huai. They heard that the communication went well, and they will be able to visit again in the near future. Everyone is very happy. This garden poetry meeting Participation was not in vain, as expected, Hu Wenyong still has some tricks.Fengxuan Xiaodong also heard about Hu Wenyong's wonderful performance today, and his eyes were very appreciative, especially Fengxuan, who repeatedly praised Master Changshi for having a good son.

On the second day, Hu Wenyong wanted to strike while the iron was hot and go to meet King Huai alone.He got up early and headed to Duke Huai's mansion. Before leaving, he asked Lin You for the princess' gold medal as a token.When he arrived at Duke Huai's mansion, he handed over a name card to the guards, hoping to see Duke Huai. After the guards reported back, they told him that Duke Huai would leave the city early in the morning and would come back in about three days, and asked him to come back in three days.It's also unfortunate, but a good meal is not afraid of being late, so wait another three days.

In the past few days, Lin You had almost recovered. He and Dai Ming went to the outside of Huaizhou city together to inquire about the situation of the bandits near the hillside where they met the bandits that day.In order to deceive the public, they disguised themselves. Both of them wore bamboo hats with the brims of their hats lowered as much as possible. They also changed their clothes, from white robes to green robes that did not attract attention.

After inquiring, they also basically found out the number and dens of this group of bandits.There were about 40 bandits, and the leader was a Brahma fighter with a soul power of over [-]. It was estimated that he was the leader who rushed to the inn to attack and kill them that day.In addition to this enemy leader, there is a second-in-chief who has just entered the Brahma Realm, a dozen or so Dharma-realm fighters, and some questioning mirrors and entry-level fighters.The few people who attacked and killed Lin You that day were basically their main force, probably to vent their anger on the bandits who were beaten on the hillside, but they didn't know that this time they encountered a hard nut to crack, and stealing chickens would not hurt them. rice.I heard that one of their Lawland fighters died in an operation in the city recently, and Dai Ming and the others probably were the man who was stabbed in the belly of the inn, and it was very likely that he bled to death on the way back.

According to a mountain dweller, they have their own backing forces in the Northern Governor's Mansion, and these days they have been coming and going more frequently than usual, and I don't know if they are going to do something again.Mountain people and passers-by merchants are often harassed by these bandits, and they hate this group of people, but they have a backer in the Northern Governor's Mansion, and the local government will turn a blind eye to them, as long as they don't provoke If it's on your head, you can't see it.So everyone try to detour as much as possible and ask for blessings.

It's not that bandits don't have eyes, and they don't touch people related to the court. The people in the Northern Governor's Mansion will also remind some important officials not to move. They are still a little bit cautious, but there are a few people like Lin, who really don't care. .So that day, they, a Dharma fighter, led a group of younger brothers to come forward to ask for money, but they didn't expect to be severely beaten. Given the banditry of this group of people, they naturally wanted revenge.While they sent people to track down Lin You and the others, they went back and asked the eldest brother to lead a team to retaliate, and they only thought that the eldest brother was a group of idlers from outside, with only one Brahma realm and one Dharma realm fighter, and asked the eldest brother to bring people to serve as brothers. They are in their early years, so there is the one in the back inn.

After finding out the situation, Lin You and others returned first, intending to make a long-term plan.With so many people, the two of them alone may be hard to wipe out, and if they go deep into the bandit's lair alone, if they fall into the trap, it will be even more dangerous. We'd better wait until we see Duke Huai first, maybe there can be a helping hand.

The three-day period over there has come, and Hu Wenyong got up early again and rushed to Duke Huai's mansion, bringing the gold medal to ask to see him again.But this time, after the guard communicated again, he told him that the prince was not free and asked him to come back another day.

"Another day?" Hu Wenyong muttered inwardly, how many days is this next day?
"I'm just waiting for the order to pass on the message." The guard who sent the message was straightforward and replied directly.Hu Wenyong had no choice but to thank the guards, but his doubts did not diminish.After three days of agreement, he suddenly changed his mind, I'm afraid there is something mysterious about it.If you wait like this, it is probably in vain.However, it was impossible for the time being. For the present plan, we had to go back to the inn for further discussion.

Arriving at the inn, Hu Wenyong came to the room to find Dai Ming, Feng Xuan and Lin You, and told them about today's situation.Everyone, look at me and I look at you. After a while, Feng Xuan said: "During Wen Yong's visit last time, Duke Huai had to leave the mansion for something, which is understandable. The agreed three days is also a normal reaction, but this time, I didn't even agree on the next time, and I didn't say to send someone to look for it, I'm afraid there is something strange."

"Repeatedly breaking appointments, even a prince shouldn't, and I haven't heard that Duke Huai is such a capricious person. On the contrary, he is close to scholars. According to what Wen Yong said before, Duke Huai recognizes him. It really shouldn't be allowed." Deming also said aside.

"It's a little strange to think about it." Lin You also said.

Everyone thought about it carefully, and felt that there was a possibility that was greater.Perhaps Wen Yong's request for an audience was not delivered to Duke Huai, and it is unknown if someone blocked it on purpose.Duke Huai's status is special, so it's hard to guarantee that there is no emperor around him or the eyeliner of the Northern Governor's Mansion. Wen Yong's background is unknown to them, and some people may not want him to meet that Duke Huai.Who is the person who stopped it?The door guard is obviously unlikely.Then the guard is the steward of the palace or the leader of the guard.The situation of the management of the palace is unknown, but the guard leader was appointed by the imperial court. If it is them, it is quite possible.If this is the case, then we must find a way to bypass them and send the news to Duke Huai.

With the rough deduction results, the next step is how to crack it.It seems a bit difficult to get in touch with Duke Huai through normal channels.However, there might be a way to deliver the news of Wen Yong's request to see King Huai. Lin You and Dai Ming are both high-level fighters now, so it is not impossible to go to the palace to send a message.However, acting rashly is also afraid of self-defeating, and the guards of the palace are not for display, let alone such a sensitive Huai Palace.

"By the way, gold medal!" Hu Wenyong suddenly remembered something.

Hearing Hu Wenyong's words, Lin You and Feng Xuan's eyes lit up.

"I'm writing a note, Brother Lin and Brother Dai, both of you, please sneak into the palace, one will set up a trap to distract the guards, and the other will find a way to deliver the gold medal and the note to the prince, in this way, the prince will definitely meet me! "Hu Wenyong continued, and the others roughly guessed it.

In this way, it was agreed that two people in Lin would deliver the card, and Hu Wenyong wrote a note with a single sentence: "The old friend will see you tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)