Fu Xiaoguan and his party walked leisurely on the Jinniu Ancient Road.
The fourth prince, Yu Wenshu, went towards Minshan in fear.
The news of Xue Dingshan's surrender was now being spread widely in Jiannan and Nandao, so he naturally knew about it.
In the end, I lost!
As expected, I lost again!
Fortunately, I ran fast and did not go to him, otherwise, this head on my neck would probably be covered with lime and on the way to the capital.
The April sunshine was warm, but Yu Wenshu couldn't help shivering and was still afraid.
He was only twenty-four years old this year, in the prime of his life, and was a prince, but now he had become a stray dog, with unkempt hair and a smelly body, but he didn't even dare to buy a piece of clothing.
He pawned his waist badge in Rongzhou City and got two hundred taels of silver - of course he knew it was a big loss, the waist badge was worth at least one thousand taels of silver!
But he didn't dare to bargain, and was even afraid that the shopkeeper would report him to the authorities.
Now, the two hundred taels of silver were in his arms. He wanted to buy a set of clothes several times to wash off the dirt, but he gave up in the end because he was the safest in his current state.
After three more days of walking, we will reach Huangyangji.
Huangyangji is located at the foot of Minshan Mountain. It is the only way for the Jiannan Road to enter Minshan Mountain, and it is also the starting town of the long Minshan Ancient Road.
In Huangyangji, he hid three thousand personal guards and the twelve masters of Yuhuatai who were brought from Jinling to Xirong.
He originally kept these people as a backup, fearing that they would have a way out after failure. He hoped so much that he would never have to use this team, but now it has become his last hope.
The hope was naturally not to rebel again, but to return to Xirong with these three thousand personal guards, so that at least he would not be eaten alive by the chieftains of Xirong.
Next, I entered the Western Rong and took the last of these people to rob the gold mine in Minshan. My father would definitely send a large army to the Western Rong to suppress the bandits, but the Western Border Army now no longer exists. It would take at least a year to rebuild the Western Border Army.
This year was enough time for him to escape from Xirong with a large amount of gold and go...
Where to go?
He definitely couldn't stay in the Yu Dynasty, nor could he go to the Wu Dynasty. That bastard Fu Xiaoguan was the prince of the Wu Dynasty, and the Yi Kingdom...
You still can’t go to Yi Country!
Fu Xiaoguan was the governor of Wofeng Road, which bordered the Yi State. The Yi State was frightened by the attacks of the Yu Dynasty. If Fu Xiaoguan asked the Yi State for someone, the Yi State would definitely hand him over.
Go to Fan State?
It seems that only going to Fanguo would be a little better.
Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered that the Third Brigade of the Divine Sword was participating in this battle. He frowned. If the Third Brigade of the Divine Sword entered Minshan, his three thousand people would not be enough to fill their teeth!
Damn Fu Xiaoguan!
How to deal with this?
Yu Wenshu's spark of hope extinguished again. He pondered over it, believing the chances of the Divine Sword Brigade entering Minshan were extremely high. Furthermore, given their marching speed, they were likely already in Wenshan. If he charged in headfirst with 3,000 men, he'd be giving them a welcome appetizer.
no!
He suddenly stopped, looked at the setting sun, and changed his mind after ten breaths.
Can’t go back to Xirong!
He turned and left. As dusk deepened and the lights began to light up, he arrived at Yunlai County—the most remote county in Jiannan West Road, nestled beneath the Yun Mountains. It was covered in snow for at least four months of the year, and shrouded in mist for at least six months. It was practically isolated from the outside world, yet it had a large floating population.
There is an animal called musk deer on the Yunshan Mountain. The male musk deer has something called musk on its body. It is an extremely precious medicinal material and also an extremely precious spice. It is sold at a high price. Therefore, there are many hunters in Yunlai County and many traveling merchants coming and going here.
Merchants not only purchase musk, Yunshan also produces many extremely famous Chinese medicinal materials, such as Gastrodia elata and Polygonatum sibiricum.
This was a place where good and bad people mixed together. The mountains were high and the emperor was far away. The county government set up here was basically useless - the people here were tough and the poor farmland didn't produce enough to feed the villagers. Collecting taxes? Go to hell!
What if taxes cannot be collected?
It is unknown which county magistrate of Yunlai County came up with a brilliant idea - to collect entry and exit taxes from merchants.
Not much. Those who are not local residents of Yunlai County who enter or leave the city have to pay two taels of silver each, and local residents who enter or leave the city have to pay ten cents.
With this tax revenue, the operation of the county government was barely supported, but it was impossible for the county magistrate to do much more.
The current magistrate of Yunlai County is Zhuo Liuyun, who became a Jinshi in the eighth year of the Xuanli reign. On the twelfth day of the first month of the ninth year of the Xuanli reign, he was exiled to Jiannan West Road and served as the magistrate of Yunlai County.
Yu Wenshu naturally didn't know this little guy.
At the moment when the city gate was about to close, he paid two taels of silver and entered Yunlai County, deciding to stay there for a year, or even longer!
In short, he had to wait until the Moon Worship Sect was completely destroyed by the Third Brigade of the Divine Sword or the border troops, and until the news of the hunt for him had died down, before leaving here and heading for the State of Fan. As for the gold mine in the Min Mountains, he now understood that life was more important than money!
Before his death, Chen Zuojun said that the wealth of the previous dynasty was buried under the Confucius Temple, but the person who held the key was only known to be the Grand Elder of Cemen. It was not known whether the last word "Si" was the word "Shi", or perhaps it was the final hissing sound of pain that made her gasp for air.
In short, this matter has now become an unsolved case, but the information obtained is very important. At least it has been confirmed that the treasure really exists and its specific location is also known.
He needs to take a long-term view.
As for his and Chen Zuojun's daughter, Yu Yixi... his heart trembled. After all, she was his own flesh and blood, but he couldn't care about her now.
Putting these thoughts aside, he went to a clothing store and bought two sets of inner and outer clothes. Then he went to an inn, asked for a room upstairs, took a comfortable bath, changed into clean clothes, and felt refreshed all over.
He asked the inn's waiter to bring food to his room and ordered a pot of wine. He had a delicious meal and drank a pot of bland and bitter wine. All this, plus the city entry tax, cost him five taels of silver.
Next, we have to find a way to make money.
He has first-rate martial arts, and it is not difficult for him to make money by working as a security guard... eliminated, after all, I am a prince.
Being a martial arts instructor is a dangerous thing to do, as it is too dangerous to show up in public.
After much thought, he decided to become a hunter, hunt musk deer, and sell musk to traveling merchants.
This job is safer and makes money faster.
Thinking of this, he lay on the warm bed. A wave of tiredness came over him, and he finally fell asleep peacefully.
He didn't know that the jade pendant he had pawned in Rongzhou four days ago was now in the hands of a spy from the ant colony.
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