Chapter 1902: Midnight Fright
Chapter 1902: Midnight Fright
When Wu Liang and Sun Qing saw Huo Changhe personally serving them food, they quickly stood up.
Huo Changhe put the food on the table: "Eat quickly, and finish before Hu San and the others come back."
"Yes."
Huo Changhe returned to the house and had dinner with Yan Ruyu.
"I'll give the prince some drugs to knock them out and find Hu San's paper."
"Okay." Huo Changhe agreed, "You should have a good rest. Getting the paper is a piece of cake."
Although we didn't have to walk in the carriage, the road became bumpy and uncomfortable after a while.
Before they finished eating, Wu Liang and Sun Qing came to bring them tableware.
Everything was tidied up and restored to its original position, and Hu San and Wei Liu also returned.
Wei Liu was still burping, but his condition had improved a lot since he was frightened.
"Third brother, I have to go...sleep. I'm exhausted after a whole day and night."
Hu San was also extremely tired. He was so scared and exhausted that his bones were about to fall apart.
He went to Huo Changhe and Yan Ruyu's room and saw them sitting quietly. He snorted, locked the door and left.
In fact, they didn't need any drugs, they slept very soundly.
Huo Changhe quietly entered the room of Hu San and Wei Liu, who were snoring loudly.
To be on the safe side, he drugged him, waited for a while, and then went to Hu San's bed.
Hu San took off his outer garment and hung it on the head of the bed.
Huo Changhe felt inside his outer garment but didn't see any paper.
Looking at Hu San again, his upper body was naked, wearing only a pair of underwear.
Obviously it's not on me.
I searched in my underwear again, but still couldn't find it.
Where did this guy hide the things?
Huo Changhe's eyes fell on Hu San's pillow.
Could it be...
He reached under the pillow, and just as he touched it, Hu San suddenly raised his hand and tried to hug his arm.
Huo Changhe raised his hand to avoid him in disgust, then grabbed his arm and threw him under the bed.
When I took away the pillow, I saw a folded piece of paper.
Huo Changhe picked it up, turned on the flashlight, shone it on the paper, and his expression suddenly changed.
Yan Ruyu was waiting in the room, her consciousness entering the space and chatting with the abbot.
The abbot talked about trivial matters in the mansion and the eldest lady and others, making her feel that she had not been far away from the palace.
Just when they were talking excitedly, Yan Ruyu suddenly said, "Stop."
The abbot immediately stopped talking.
Yan Ruyu raised her head and looked out the window, where a black shadow quickly passed by.
"Let's talk later."
Yan Ruyu hung up the call, exited the space, held the knife in one hand, and walked to the door.
I gently opened the door and looked to the right, and saw a shadow standing in front of a door.
That was Hu San's room, and at this moment, Huo Changhe was in that room.
At the same time, Huo Changhe also noticed it.
He put the paper back to its place, ignored Hu San on the ground, and walked lightly to the window.
Just as he was about to raise his sword, Yan Ruyu outside had already launched an attack.
The black shadow moved very quickly and lightly like a civet cat. After realizing that he was discovered, he did not hesitate to fight. He just touched the railing next to him with his toes and climbed onto the roof.
Everything else is fine, but this lightness skill is Yan Ruyu's shortcoming.
She jumped onto the railing, swung out her grappling hook, and pulled the rope of the grappling hook onto the roof.
As soon as she landed, Huo Changhe arrived.
But at this time the black shadow had already gone far away.
Huo Changhe sneered and threw out a hidden weapon. The black shadow was hit and staggered, jumped off the roof and fell into the forest behind.
Everything lasted only two or three minutes, and everything returned to calm in a blink of an eye.
Huo Changhe asked, "Are you okay?"
Yan Ruyu shook her head: "It's okay, the black shadow didn't make a move and ran away quickly."
“I don’t know if he was just passing by or came here on purpose.”
The post station was crowded with people of all kinds. Originally, only officials could stay there, but in places like this, in order to make more money, anyone could stay as long as they were paid.
I don’t know if this person is a petty thief or comes here with a purpose.
Yan Ruyu asked, "How is it? Did you find it?"
Huo Changhe nodded: "Let's go back to the house and talk."
He took Yan Ruyu down from the roof and back to the room.
"Indeed there is one. It is a pass."
Yan Ruyu's heart sank slightly. These three words "pass" were not something that ordinary people could use.
"Is it really related to the government?"
Huo Changhe nodded: "It's not just an ordinary government office, it's stamped with the seal of the Rongzhou Governor."
Yan Ruyu frowned.
I originally thought that, as Li Fangshan said, the county government colluded with wealthy businessmen to seize land. This kind of thing is indeed evil, but it is not uncommon.
What she and Huo Changhe had anticipated was that the county government was the highest position, and in the eyes of the common people, the county magistrate was the highest position.
I never expected that it would be the governor's mansion.
Huo Changhe's face was gloomy. "I didn't take the paper and put it back where it was. I was worried about alerting the enemy, so I'll wait until Rongzhou."
"Your Highness is absolutely right," Yan Ruyu agreed. "It's enough for us to know the situation. There's no need to hold it in our hands."
If we take it away now, Hu San will notice it tomorrow morning and will be cautious and alert. Who knows what will happen when we arrive in Rongzhou.
It would be better to remain silent and let Hu San think that they don’t know yet, and then sneak into the inside.
"Your Highness, please don't worry too much," Yan Ruyu consoled him. "The seal of the Governor's Mansion might not have been affixed by the Governor himself."
That’s true, but…it’s unlikely that someone else would stamp it.
For any official or government office, the seal is of paramount importance and losing it is a serious crime.
Therefore, they will be kept carefully.
It is not easy for others to steal it.
What's more, Hu San is the mastermind behind all this, and the commotion he's causing must be quite big. How could the governor not know about it?
Not too possible.
"What is the name of the Rongzhou Governor and his background? Does Your Highness know?"
"I heard he came from quite a prominent family. Both his father and grandfather were top scorers in the imperial examinations. He himself is quite knowledgeable as well. Although he didn't inherit the title of top scorer, he was also a Jinshi."
"The late emperor also praised him. He was originally an official in the capital, but was implicated in the affair between the late empress and the Sima family and was demoted."
Yan Ruyu said, "Even after being demoted, he was still able to become a provincial governor. This shows that he is indeed talented."
"Not really. He wasn't a governor at first, just a minor official. However, he was indeed talented. After only a few years, he became a governor."
Yan Ruyu was also unhappy. How could such a person become bad?
"He's already 64 years old this year," Huo Changhe said. "I never thought he could still do something like this."
Yan Ruyu was silent for a moment: "Let's talk about it after we get to Rongzhou. There might be some misunderstandings."
Huo Changhe nodded, but he didn't say anything. In fact, he didn't hold much hope in his heart.
The two of them rested and didn't say anything else that night.
The next morning, Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe woke up early, took some breakfast, and then went to deliver it to Wu Liang and Sun Qing.
After they had all packed up, they heard some movement from Hu San's room.
The distance is not far and the house is ordinary. If there is a loud noise over there, even if I can't hear it clearly here, I can still hear the general idea.
Wei Liu woke up first, and as soon as he opened his eyes he saw Hu San lying on the ground.
I was suddenly startled and couldn't help but exclaim.
"Third Brother!"
"You're dead, Third Brother!"
He lunged and shook.
There was no way. The two people being killed in the wild that night had shocked and frightened him too much.
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