The search for Yu Yi in Julu City continues, but he is still nowhere to be found.
On this day, Huang Wenjie dug out the letter again, which was written to him by his old friend Diao Ruxiao, asking him to treat his apprentice Yu Yi well. Later, he promoted Yu Yi to deputy head catcher, and later became master.
Just when he was worried about the Ximen bandits, Yu Yi stepped forward and asked to take the initiative to explore the Cobra Village. In fact, the matter in the Cobra Village was indeed resolved, but it was not Yu Yi who came back to him, but Zhang Jiao.
Thinking of the past interactions with Diao Ruxiao, Huang Wenjie began to wonder if he had wrongly blamed Yu Yi. He walked casually near the county government office and came to the nearby Yuyi Pavilion.
This mansion was originally awarded to the former master Yu Yi. Later, after Yu Yi was deposed, the owner changed hands and was given to Zhang Jiao.
He recalled the day Zhang Jiao met him and described the situation in Cobra Village, without mentioning Yu Yi at all. Later, he told himself that Yu Yi had the intention to rebel. Because he was not reconciled to his position as a mere master, he secretly cultivated power in Julu City. Huang Wenjie didn't believe it at first, but Yu Yi had always been high-profile and a little arrogant. The person monitoring Yu Yi sent information that he and Ye Huatong were very close.
Ye Huatong's father, Ye Xunhe, was a wealthy businessman in Julu City. If he had funding, then the conditions for Yu Yi's rebellion would be established.
Huang Wenjie finally became suspicious, adopted Zhang Jiao's suggestion, found a reason at the banquet, and dismissed Yu Yi. Later, Xiao Ge died tragically. Xiao E was originally the person he sent to monitor Yu Yi at close range, but something unexpected happened. He finally lost his patience and ordered the whole city to arrest Yu Yi.
"Zhang Jiao, you should get used to living here."
Huang Wenjie asked with concern after entering Yuyi Pavilion.
"Excuse me, county magistrate, for caring about me. This place is very good."
Seeing that it was the county magistrate, Zhang Jiao hurriedly welcomed him out, appearing very respectful.
"I just came in through the door and found that the sign on the door still had the words "Yu Yi Pavilion" on it. You have been promoted to master, don't you plan to change your name?"
Huang Wenjie raised his doubts.
"Oh, I just moved in not long ago. Some things may have been overlooked. They will be replaced tomorrow."
Zhang Jiao explained.
"Okay, our Julu should have some dedicated masters, don't you think so?"
Huang Wenjie walked around the hall of Yuyi Pavilion and said.
"The magistrate is right."
Zhang Jiao kept smiling. In fact, he also heard the implication in Huang Wenjie's words. The other party was using Yu Yi's example to remind him not to have any thoughts of rebellion.
"Okay, then you go to bed early and I won't disturb you."
Huang Wenjie nodded to Zhang Jiao, then turned and left.
Zhang Jiao looked at the opponent's back with a sinister smile on his lips.
Yu Yi was just a stepping stone for him, while Zhang Jiao was a man who cared about the world, and he didn't pay attention to a mere giant deer.
"Humph, Yu Yi, Yu Yi? If you don't eat the toast, you'll have to drink wine as a fine. You brought this on yourself!"
Zhang Jiao thought of Yu Yi's situation, and a sinister smile appeared on his lips again, and then disappeared into the dark night.
On the official road, Yu Yi rode between the two brothers, not to mention how happy he was.
Since they had been transporting escorts for a long time and were very familiar with the route to Daoxiang Village, it only took them two days to reach the vicinity of Daoxiang Village.
Looking at the defense facilities at the east entrance of Daoxiang Village and the endless flow of people inside, Yu Yi sighed. It had only been more than a month, and Daoxiang Village was almost unrecognizable. It seemed that the rapid economic development had brought about rapid changes.
"Who is coming?"
The people on the east gate sentry tower spotted the convoy of Zhong Yuan Escort and quickly asked loudly.
"We are from the Zhongyuan Escort Bureau in Julu City. We were entrusted by others to transport supplies to your Daoxiang Village."
Zhong Heng summoned up all his strength and shouted not far away.
"Okay, please stop for now and let me report to our village chief."
The people on the sentry tower said that they got off the tower and went to the village to report the situation.
At this time, Li Qingsheng and Zhang were keeping vigil for Diao Ruxiao in the ancestral hall. After hearing the report from the sentry, they hurried to the east gate.
"Haha, let him go quickly. It's our old village chief who is back. You hurry up and inform the others. We need to take care of him."
Li Qingsheng walked out of the east gate and saw three people riding horses in front of the motorcade from a distance. The man in the middle was Yu Yi, and he jumped up with joy.
"I didn't expect you to come back. What a poor reception."
Li Qingsheng helped Yu Yi succeed and was so excited that he almost shed tears.
"I'm ashamed to say it. Let's go in and talk in detail."
Yuyi felt Li Qingsheng's enthusiasm, and compared with the loneliness in Julu City, his eyes suddenly filled with tears. He was in no mood to say anything, so he just dismounted and walked towards Daoxiang Village.
Entering Daoxiang Village from the east gate, some villagers recognized Yu Yi and cheered, attracting more and more villagers. They automatically stood in two rows to accept Yu Yi's review.
Yu Yi did not expect that he would still have such a high reputation after leaving Daoxiang Village for so long.
According to Yu Yi's request, Li Qingsheng led the escort team directly into the inn and ordered two banquet tables. One table was for the five accompanying people brought by the Zhong family brothers, and the other table was for the Zhong family brothers, Yu Yi, and Li Qingsheng, Huang Shumin, Wu Chenggong, Lei Chunze.
"Come, let's have a drink for Yu Yi's return!"
Li Qingsheng stood up first and raised his cup to propose.
"Okay, welcome our brothers home!"
Lei Chunze also stood up and echoed.
Yu Yi looked at everyone and found that Lei Chunze's muscles had become more developed, which must have been caused by working on iron and weapons every day, while Huang Shumin had become a little fatter. Maybe it was because the living conditions in Daoxiang Village were better and she ate more. As for Wu Chenggong's eyes became brighter, and he could tell at a glance where he must have made a lot of money.
"Thank you for your support."
Yuyi stood up and drank the wine in his hand.
"Yu Yi, why aren't Lin Zhu and Tang Min back? Do they have any other missions in Julu?"
Huang Shumin had long realized that something was wrong. Lin Zhu and Tang Min, who had gone out with Yuyi, had never been seen. She had always been straightforward, so she made inquiries.
The atmosphere was originally quite harmonious, but after the names of Lin Zhu and Tang Min were mentioned, everyone clearly saw Yu Yi's figure trembling, and then he sat down heavily, looking very sad.
"What's going on? You're talking."
Huang Shumin was more impatient. It seemed from Yu Yi's demeanor that he probably judged that the two of them might have encountered something unexpected, but he was not sure, so he pressed for more questions.
Seeing that Yuyi didn't reply for a long time, Zhong Ming on the side seemed to want to answer, but was stopped by Zhong Heng.
