While Old Lady Ye was feeling upset at home because of what Ye Changnian said, Pei You, Fan Yizhou and others were already strolling by the river.
The moon is barely visible at the beginning of the month, let alone moonlight.
Several people were holding lanterns and strolling along the river in the dark.
They just relied on the fact that they were all martial artists and could swim, so they could climb out even if they accidentally fell into the river.
Most people who practice martial arts have sharp five senses.
As a few people were walking, they all felt that there seemed to be some strange smell around them, and some people couldn't help but start twitching their noses.
Fan Yizhou already frowned.
But he was young and had too little experience among the guards of Prince Rui's palace, so he didn't dare to speak casually.
Finally, Pei You couldn't help it anymore and asked in disgust, "Which of you farted secretly? This stench keeps coming over here, it's enough!"
Hearing Pei You say this, another older guard also laughed and said, "That's right, maybe you ate too much last night and your stomach can't take it? Hurry and find a place to squat for a while!"
But the remaining four younger guards looked at each other in confusion and shook their heads to indicate that it was not them.
Fan Yizhou thought for a moment and said, "Could it be that someone used manure on their farmland?"
This seemed to make sense, so a few people didn't take it seriously.
But after walking forward for a while, the smell still came from time to time.
Pei You couldn't tell why, but he always felt that something was wrong.
The crops in Rongxi Village are all on this side of the river, but the smell seems to be coming from the direction of the river.
Could it be the farmland on the other side?
Thinking of this, Pei You subconsciously walked to the riverside, raised the lantern in his hand, and tried to see if he could see the situation on the other side.
But the sharp-eyed Fan Yizhou suddenly said, "Brother Pei, it seems something has been washed down the river."
He said nervously, "It stinks so bad, could it be a corpse?"
But the others didn't even look at it and just shook their heads.
Pei You said: "This is just the beginning, corpses stink much worse than this.
"Besides, this smell is the smell of horse and cow dung..."
He suddenly paused when he said this.
Then he quickly stretched out his arm to bring the lantern to the surface of the water and observed it carefully.
Although it is very common to use manure on crops, it must be fermented fertilizer, otherwise the crops will be "burned" to death.
But the stench you just mentioned was actually the smell of fresh animal manure.
Moreover, after being diluted and flushed by the river water, it still emitted a smell that they all found very stinky, which showed how large the amount was.
Pei You soon saw clearly that there was indeed a lot of livestock feces washed down in the river.
Livestock manure is a good thing for the people in the village whose ancestors have been farmers.
You know, even when rural families divide their property, manure is distributed as an important item of total assets.
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for the villagers to dump livestock manure into the river.
The source of this matter should be in the mountains upstream.
But Rongxi Village is the village at the end of this side of the mountain. How could there be so much livestock manure in the mountains?
Unless someone is hiding some secret in the mountains...
Thinking of this, Pei You became completely alert, wavering between going into the mountains to find out what was going on and rushing back to the palace to report the news.
The other people also gathered at the riverside at this time, looking at the various filth that was constantly being washed down by the river, each of them with a solemn expression.
Only Fan Yizhou didn't understand what was going on, but he felt the oppressive atmosphere and didn't dare to ask too many questions, or even breathe too hard.
Of course, this is mainly because the closer you get to the river, the more noticeable the stench becomes.
After seeing the situation in the river clearly, Pei You suddenly blew out the lantern and several people squatted down on the spot.
Fan Yizhou hurriedly squatted down and saw several other people talking in low voices face to face.
"This matter is too strange, there must be something wrong."
"Pei Tou'er, this place is too close to the capital, we must take it seriously. It's better to kill someone by mistake than to let him go!"
"Yes, Pei Tou'er, although we are not your men, we are all from Prince Rui's Mansion.
"You are the most senior among us, and we all obey your orders!"
"Yizhou, can you please ride back to the capital right now to report the news to the prince?"
When Fan Yizhou heard this, he scratched his head anxiously.
"Brother Pei, what did I say to the prince? Did he say there was a lot of shit washed down the river?"
Unexpectedly, Pei You nodded. After realizing that Fan Yizhou couldn't see him, he said, "Yes, that's what I said. Let's go!"
Fan Yizhou was full of questions.
If Pei You was the only one there, he would definitely ask directly.
But there happened to be guards from other teams in the palace, and all four of them looked like they knew everything, so he really couldn't ask.
"Brother Pei, is this true? Then, I'll go back now?"
"What's true or false? Even if I dare to make fun of you, I wouldn't dare to make fun of the prince!"
Fan Yizhou thought about it and realized the same thing, so he hurriedly got up and ran back to Ye's house along the path he remembered. He found Mrs. Ye and Qingtian, said hello, and then hurriedly got on his horse and left.
"Hey, why are you in such a hurry to go back?" When Mrs. Ye chased out, Fan Yizhou had already disappeared into the night on his horse.
She had no choice but to turn back, unable to help but mutter, "This kid is so impatient. I wanted to bring him some food and water, but before I could even say anything, he rode away on his horse."
Mrs. Ye looked at Fan Yizhou's anxious expression and asked worriedly, "Why are you rushing back to Beijing overnight? Could something have happened?"
Mrs. Ye said in a very relaxed manner: "Don't worry, nothing will happen.
"If there really was any danger, they would definitely come back together to protect Qingtian. How could they abandon Qingtian and go back to Beijing alone?
"Something must have been discovered in the fields, so we must return immediately to inform Prince Rui."
After hearing Mrs. Ye's analysis, Mrs. Ye's second sister-in-law immediately felt that it made sense, and her heart, which had just been lifted up, calmed down again.
She laughed and said to herself, "That's right, I think too much and always scare myself!"
Just as the two sisters-in-law chatted for a while and went back to their rooms, Pei You on the riverside had already discussed the result.
Pei You and a guard went into the mountains overnight to find out what was going on.
But the main purpose is to gather information, so it is better to lose it than to wake it up.
The other three guards immediately returned to the Ye family to protect Qingtian's safety.
After everyone had reached an agreement, they stopped talking.
Several people silently bumped their fists in the dark, then split into two groups and took action separately.
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