Yang Feng never talked about personal affairs in his letters. Han Ruzi knew nothing about his physical condition, but Chao Jing saw that Yang Feng was even thinner, his face was sallow, and he had an obvious sick look.
Chao Jing arrived in Yunmengze a month ago and found Yang Feng in a military village that was not long ago.
The summer of Yunmengze is completely different from that of the capital. It is shrouded in mist from morning to night. The swamps and plants everywhere spray out water vapor like a race. The surface of the skin is moist to the touch almost at any time. Chao Whale grew up in the lake. Growing up in Bianyu Village, it is difficult to adapt here.
Junzhai is built on a hill, more than 30 miles away from the county seat, which is not too far, but the road is rough and difficult. Since the beginning of summer, the plants have grown wildly. Always want to take advantage of people's unpreparedness, swallow the narrow path, and regain the lost ground.
Before he reached the stockade, Chao Jing was already dizzy and looked back frequently, for fear that the road behind him would suddenly disappear without a trace, and he would never find his way home again.
What's even more terrifying is that the mosquitoes rushed towards the face, provoking the outsiders with a reckless attitude and declaring that they were the owners of this swamp.
"Fortunately, Huangpu's election will start in winter." Chao Jing could hardly imagine how a large number of troops would fight in such an environment.
Most of the soldiers in the military village were locals, with dark complexion and gloomy expressions, and they were not polite to the "imperial envoy".
The ground in the village was not much better than outside. It had just rained in the morning, and the ground was so muddy that it could almost stick the shoes off.
The few followers who followed Chao Whale rode on their horses and looked around, but couldn't find a clean place to dismount. Chao Whale didn't care, so he jumped down and stepped on the mud to a wooden house. An officer pointed it to him, There is the residence of "Eunuch Yang".
A young man approached. He was not tall, but he was very strong. He didn't look like a soldier, but a countryman who had entered the military camp by mistake.
"Are you Chao Whale?"
"Are you Du Chuanyun?"
The two pointed at each other and said their names in unison, stunned and laughed at the same time.
Du Chuanyun knew that Chao Jing was coming, but Chao Jing had heard many things about Du Chuanyun from Zhang Youcai, and recognized it as soon as he saw it.
The two exchanged a few words, and Du Chuanyun said, "It's good if you come, I can leave, this ghost place is really not for people."
"Hey, why are you leaving?" Chao Jing asked in surprise.
"I'm not from the government, why do you want to stay here? Everyone left long ago. I saw that Yang Feng was sick and took care of him for a few days. He didn't appreciate it and drove me away every day. Wait, it's alright now, I'll leave it to you, I'll leave, there will be a period later."
Chao Jing and Du Chuanyun hit it off at first sight, "It's better to stay for one more day, let's sit together and have a few glasses of wine."
Du Chuanyun strode away, waved his hand, and said loudly, "Another day, wait until I go to the capital."
Du Chuanyun jumped on a horse and shouted to the entire stockade: "I'm leaving, who else owes me a gambling debt, please bring it here! If you don't have any money, don't be a tortoise, come over and say 'Master' Walk slowly', I'll take your favor, even if it's a debt repayment."
A large crowd of people hula-up from all directions, surrounded Du Chuanyun like weeds, and startled the guests from the capital. It was unexpected that so many soldiers could be stuffed into a small stockade.
"Go slowly, sir."
"Master comes often."
The cries came one after another, and Du Chuanyun was greatly satisfied. With a whistling sound, he rushed out of the crowd and left the village.
Chao Jing stood at the door of the wooden house, stunned at this scene, and murmured, "I have to admit to Zhang Youcai when I return to Beijing, this guy is really a character."
Chao Jing knocked on the door, but there was no response, so he pushed the door and walked in.
The windows of the house were all open, but it was useless, and it was still so stuffy.
Yang Feng sat on a bamboo chair with his back to the door and looked out the window.
This is not the reunion after a long absence, but the two of them are not too familiar to be called friends, Chao Jing never cared about etiquette, walked over, turned to look at Yang Feng, and smiled: "Yang Gong, Your Majesty sent me to visit you. ."
Yang Feng was either outside the immortal objects, or sleeping with his eyes open. He sat there motionless, without blinking his eyes. After a while, he said, "Is he still the emperor?"
"Hey, Duke Yang, what are you talking about? Of course it's still the emperor, he hasn't changed."
Yang Feng took a deep breath, as if slowly waking up from a dream, grabbed a sword leaning on his leg and handed it to Chao Jing, "Bring this to Your Majesty."
Chao Jing received it and asked in confusion, "What is this?"
"Taizu's sword."
"Oh." Chao Jing didn't dare to pull it out to check, but immediately felt that the sword in his hand was much heavy, "Yang Gong has found it, this is a great achievement."
"Yeah." Yang Feng didn't seem to take Taizu's sword seriously.
"That's great, I don't have anything to say. Eunuch Yang, come back to Beijing with me. Your Majesty has been thinking about you."
"What are you going to do back?"
"Uh... Yang Gong has done this, he can do whatever he wants, and His Majesty will definitely agree."
"it is good."
Things were obviously going well, but Chao Jing always had the illusion that he didn't seem to find the right person. It wasn't Yang Feng sitting here at all, but this was indeed the one who served Yang Feng, a different eunuch, even if he had only seen him before. After a while, Chao Jing will not admit his mistake.
"Then... when do you leave?"
"random."
"The journey from here to the capital is not too short, can Duke Yang's body be able to take it?"
"can."
"The day after tomorrow, Mr. Yang can clean up."
"it is good."
Chao Jing really had nothing to say, so he had to leave the room and live in the next room. He didn't fall asleep one night. When he woke up the next day, he became more and more dizzy and regretted waiting for another day. He knew that Yang Feng was so good at talking. Time to go.
He went to see Yang Feng again, only to find that Yang Feng had nothing to pack and was still sitting there with a book in his hand.
"Yang Gong is reading." Chao Jing said with a smile.
Yang Feng was still the same as yesterday, his reaction was extremely slow. After waiting for a while, he closed the book, and after a while, he said, "Is everything okay, Your Majesty?"
"very good."
"No one opposes Your Majesty anymore, right?"
"Of course, with so many examples in front of us, Yun Mengze is one of them. Who would dare to oppose the emperor." Chao Jing felt that Yang Feng's words were strange.
"Well, Your Majesty should be a little more confident."
"How many points?" Chao Jing felt that Yang Feng was crazy, "Your Majesty is the most confident emperor I have ever met."
"How many emperors have you met?"
Chao Jing was speechless, "Hey, I'm definitely not as knowledgeable as Duke Yang. Can I leave tomorrow?"
"can."
"Do you have anything to prepare for Mr. Yang? I'll ask someone to clean up for you."
Yang Feng shook his head.
Chao Jing waited for a while. Seeing that Yang Feng was silent, he turned to leave, and Yang Feng suddenly said, "King Ying hasn't found it yet."
"Let others find it."
"The King of England is out of the world, easy to be used by traitors, and a threat to His Majesty."
Chao Jing scratched his head, "It's not as good as before, even if King Ying wanted to rebel, no one would support him, now the world is at peace, His Majesty has settled down in the country, and no one can cause trouble, Duke Yang may put a hundred Heart."
Yang Feng really didn't speak this time.
Life in the military village is extremely boring and boring. Looking around, there are swamps, plants and mosquitoes everywhere. Chao Jing hired sergeants to gamble a few times. He thought he could easily win money. Chao Jing lost more and won less, lost 100 taels of silver, and stopped playing the dice, and admired Du Chuanyun even more in his heart.
I thought that I would be able to return to Beijing safely, but something happened that night. A group of assassins sneaked into the stockade, set fire on one end, and assassinated the other. The target was Yang Feng.
It was the Chu army who defeated the Yunmengze bandits, but the Jianghu people hated Yang Feng even more.
Yang Feng used an alliance leader meeting to hold off Luan Banxiong and others, and used the methods of the rivers and lakes, so he was even more hated.
The generals in the village were usually rambunctious, but when they were attacked, they responded quickly, splitting up to fight fires and save people.
Chao Jing was shocked. At first, he thought that the target of the assassin was the "imperial envoy". He hid in the house and did not dare to go out. When the situation outside was stable, he went out to ask and found out that these people were here to kill Yang Feng.
A total of more than ten people, all desperate robbers, wanted to avenge Luan Banxiong, half of them were killed on the spot, and the other half were captured alive and taken to the door of Eunuch Yang's house.
Yang Feng came out, and the assassins yelled at him as soon as they saw him.
Yang Feng didn't reply, he didn't speak at all, he waved his hand lightly, which was lighter than the action of driving away mosquitoes.
Chao Jing was frightened, and it was not until then that he realized that the generals in the village had great respect for Yang Feng, and when they killed people, they rushed to do it and did not want to be left behind.
Chao Jing couldn't sleep anymore, so he simply found someone to drink. He lost money during the day, his popularity increased greatly, and many people came. While drinking and chatting, Chao Jing intentionally led the topic to Yang Feng.
The soldiers regarded Eunuch Yang as a half-demon and half-immortal figure, and it was said that Yang Feng often went out of the village in the middle of the night and returned at dawn. Someone somewhere died of a strange disease.
Chao Jing certainly didn't believe that Yang Feng knew magic, but he was still extremely surprised.
Early the next morning, he didn't want to stay any longer, so he ordered someone to pack up and knocked on the door to invite Yang Feng to go on the road.
Yang Feng kept his promise and mounted his horse out of the village. More than 500 soldiers and soldiers lined up on both sides, prostrate on the ground, and sent Eunuch Yang off silently, much more respectful than the "imperial envoy".
In the county seat, Yang Feng joined the subordinates brought out from the capital, a total of more than 50 people, and went back to Beijing together.
Yang Feng's physical condition is indeed very poor. He can't walk too fast, and often has to stop and rest, but whether on horseback or in bed, he always holds a book and reads it extremely seriously.
Chao Jing was illiterate and was not interested in reading, so he never asked about the content of the book, but thought that Yang Feng was a strange person, and it was even more incomprehensible that he could be appreciated by the emperor.
There were still three days away from the capital, and Yang Feng's condition suddenly worsened, and he was admitted to the inn.
Chao Jing immediately came to Lang Zhong, and Lang Zhong prescribed several tonics, but he couldn't say why.
This stop lasted for three days, and Yang Feng slowly improved. He never complained or called for pain. No matter how uncomfortable he was, he would endure it silently. Even in the face of Lang Zhong's repeated inquiries, he only replied "OK". Character.
But he said he was on his way again.
Chao Jing was only looking forward to sending Yang Feng safely to the capital. Of course, he was very happy. He spent the money to hire the best sedan chair in the area. For the last part of the journey, he was going to carry Yang Gong back.
Early the next morning, Chao Jing went to invite Yang Feng, but there was no response when he knocked on the door. He was already used to it, so he pushed open the door and went in, only to see Yang Feng lying motionless on the bed, reaching out to probe, no longer breathing.
There was the book beside the pillow, Chao Whale was interested in the book for the first time, but after opening it, he found that the book only had the cover, back cover, and three pages in the middle, and the rest was missing.
He remembered clearly that Yang Feng was reading a thick book on the road.