In the dead of night, Yinreng did not notice that a guard had disappeared quietly for nearly two hours.
The next day, the team set off early.
To thank the head of the village for his hospitality, Yinreng asked Dachun to give him ten taels of silver.
Although it is not much, it is enough to cover their family's expenses for half a year.
The village head stood at the intersection with his sons, watching the horses go away, and sighed,
"If only all officials were as kind-hearted as this young master..."
"Father, you were saying yesterday that the young master had a greasy face and was not a good person!"
The village head's face darkened and he glared at his son who was speaking.
"Get lost! Don't judge a book by its cover, do you understand? Hurry up and get to the fields and plant the rice! If you're late, I'll break your legs!"
Chen Sanlang shrank his neck and ran away.
Although Yinreng chose to take small roads, his speed was not slow. Every time he arrived at a county town, he would choose one or two villages to stay overnight.
Most of the people in remote villages are simple and honest, but their living standards are barely enough to make ends meet. In villages close to the county town, the gap between the rich and the poor is quite obvious.
Not only that, many people saw Yinreng dressed in gorgeous clothes and wanted to get close to him.
In order to find out information, Yinreng would occasionally show some good attitude, but most of the time he was scared away by Dachun's cold face.
Everything went smoothly during the first half month of the investigation, but later on, local officials must have received the news and warned the wealthy families and officials around the county town to temporarily curb their arrogance.
Therefore, in his later journey, Yinreng never directly encountered scenes of petty officials or servants of wealthy officials oppressing the people.
But they have been rampant in the village for a long time and their reputation is there. As long as you spend a little money to ask the local beggars, you can find out everything clearly.
More than 20 days later, when Yinreng was about to arrive in Huai'an, he received a shocking piece of news -
The third prince was being hunted and his whereabouts are unknown.
Now, Yinreng no longer dared to go to Huai'an, and went directly to the Suqian Palace by water.
He actually didn't really like the third brother's self-righteous character, but he didn't hate him to the point of wishing him dead.
The third prince is the only one who is interested in taking over the throne. If something happens to him, who will help him share the pressure?
Is it possible to rely on the boss's nonsense?
He didn't know if it was his illusion, but Yinreng always felt that there was a solemn and murderous atmosphere all the way back to Suqian.
Two days later, he successfully arrived in Suqian.
I also met Yinyou at the dock who had also rushed back after hearing the news.
"Second brother! Third brother..."
Yinyou's still young face was full of worry.
Yinreng patted his shoulder and whispered something soothing,
"Don't worry, it'll be okay."
However, in reality, he was not sure either.
This southern tour had never happened in the previous life, and the incident of the third brother being hunted down had never occurred.
The literary gathering here is still being planned, and the streets should be bustling with activity, but now they are deserted.
Even if there were pedestrians, they were all in a hurry.
Yinreng lifted the curtain and looked for a while, then put it back down and sighed heavily.
Yinyou heard his sigh, lowered the curtain, and turned back to look at him.
"What's wrong, second brother?"
"The storm is coming..."
Yinreng murmured something and then closed his eyes.
Yinyou didn't know the reason, but he could guess some of it.
Ever since Longkodo appeared that day, he had a premonition that the White Lotus Sect in Jiangnan had far-reaching implications, and the old man's trip to Jiangnan must have been due to this reason.
The old man released the news of holding a literary gathering and asked them to secretly investigate the administration of officials. No matter how you look at it, it seemed like he was laying bait.
But the question now is what role the old man played in the hunting down of the third brother.
Yinyou frowned in confusion, but when he saw that Yinreng was obviously unwilling to say more, he stopped asking.
The carriage swayed for a quarter of an hour and stopped at the gate of the palace.
The two went to meet Kangxi first.
Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the two were safe and sound. He then comforted them with a few words and let them go back to their residence to rest.
After coming out of Kangxi's bedroom, Yinreng carefully recalled his every expression and every word, without missing any details.
Finally, they came to the conclusion that Kangxi was really worried about Yinzhi's disappearance, and Yinreng's heart sank completely.
Could it be that the old man didn't place the bait properly and tricked Yinzhi into it? !
This is really my father!
Much more vicious than my stepfather.
In his previous life, he was given poisoned wine, and it could be attributed to the fact that he threatened the old man's position, but the third brother did not threaten his position.
If something really happened to the third brother, he didn't believe that the old man could sleep peacefully for the rest of his life!
Yinqi and Yinzhen had not returned to the palace yet. Yinreng had just asked Kangxi about it and learned that they were still on the way and would arrive safely in a day or two at the latest.
"Second brother..."
When they reached a fork in the road, it was time for the two to go their separate ways. Yinyou called out to Yinreng, waking him from his thoughts.
"What's wrong?"
"I... am still a little worried about Third Brother."
A strong sense of uneasiness appeared on Yinyou's face.
Yinreng knew at a glance that he was influenced by Kangxi.
After all, Kangxi had a sullen face, and anyone who saw it would feel that things were not going well.
Yinreng then spoke to comfort her,
"Don't worry, good things will happen to you. The Emperor has already sent troops to search and rescue him. Your third brother will be fine."
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