After discussing for a while, Gao Ziping and Chen Chong took Yang Yongwang and others to hide in the mountains. Ning Chen, Pan Yucheng, and Feng Qi were heading to Yangping County to investigate. They traveled all night. It was almost dawn when they arrived in Yangping County. The three of them found a place to rest for a while. They were going to wait until the sky was completely bright before trying to find a way to get in. There were government officials at every intersection in Yangping County, and the inspection was very strict. They saw Ning Chen and the other two riding horses. The soldiers at the intersection immediately became alert. "Stop, get off the horse!"
Ning Chen and the other two got off the horse and led the horse to the front. The leading officer looked at the three people, "Who are you?" Ning Chen clasped his fists, "Sir, we are from Lingzhou. My name is Wu Wei. I came to Yangping County to visit my elders." "Elders? What elders?" "His name is Zhang Jing. He is in the medicinal materials business. I heard that he was seriously ill, so my father sent me to visit him." Ning Chen made up a story. While speaking, he stepped forward and quietly handed over a silver note. The leading officer looked down and his eyes lit up... Fifty taels. This fifty taels of silver note was borrowed by Ning Chen from Eunuch Quan. Now he is really penniless. The leading officer put the silver note into his sleeve without leaving a trace and asked, "Show me your certificates." Ning Chen and the other two took out the certificates and handed them over. The leading officer flipped through it and nodded slightly. "The certificate is fine! But the county magistrate has ordered that outsiders are not allowed to stay overnight... You can go in if you want, but leave your horse behind and come back before dark." Ning Chen smiled and said, "Thank you, sir!" "Their weapons must also be left behind!" Ning Chen nodded and asked Pan Yucheng and Feng Qizhen to hand over their swords. When they came, their swords were also changed. They were not the standard swords of the Supervisory Department, so they were not afraid of being exposed. "Remember, you must come back before dark!"
"Yes, I obey your orders!" Watching Ning Chen and the other two leave, an officer whispered, "Boss, the county magistrate said that strangers are not allowed to enter Yangping County." "You know shit!" The leading officer took out the silver note, "Open your dog eyes and take a good look. Fifty taels, how many taels are our annual salary?" "This young man is obviously a young man from a noble family. They are here to visit relatives and friends. They will be back at night. Nothing will happen!" ...... Soon after Ning Chen and the other two left, a fast horse galloped over, and the person on the horse was also an officer. When he got close, he turned over and dismounted. "The county magistrate has ordered to pay close attention to strange faces, especially a group of five people, among whom is a young man of sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed like a young man from a noble family." The leading officer's face changed. The visitor saw this and asked, "What's wrong?" The leading officer hurriedly said, "It's okay...Please rest assured, magistrate, we will pay more attention!" The visitor nodded slightly, "Catch them immediately if you see them. If they dare to resist, kill them without mercy!" "Yes!" Watching the visitor riding away, an officer whispered, "Boss, could that young man be the three people we just let in?" "Shut up! Inform the brothers not to mention this to anyone." "Let the brothers get ready...Wait for the three people to come back and catch them immediately. It will definitely be a great achievement then." "Boss, it's great...Even if the magistrate knows that we let them in, he won't blame us. Anyway, we have already caught them and maybe there will be a reward." At this time, Ning Chen and others had already headed straight for the fields outside the city. When they arrived at the place, they looked around and it was empty! Feng Qi was muttering, "There's nothing here?" Ning Chen walked into the field, squatted down and observed for a while, and said, "Every year before winter, the ground will be turned over, and there must be nothing on the surface." As he said that, he began to dig in the ground. After a while, a rotten rod-shaped object was dug out from the soil. Ning Chen took it in his hand and carefully identified it. Pan Yucheng came over, "What is this?" Ning Chen said, "The flower path of the fairy flower." Pan Yucheng looked happy, "So we found the right place?" Ning Chen nodded slightly.
"The climate here is humid, the soil is fertile, and the sunshine time is long in summer... It is indeed a good place to grow fairy flowers." While speaking, he wrapped the flower stem in his hand with a handkerchief and put it in his arms. Feng Qi was scanning the surroundings, "There aren't even 10,000 mu of land here?" Ning Chen glanced at him, "10,000 mu is an exaggeration. If the whole county is planted with fairy flowers, then the whole Daxuan will be full of fairy powder." "Let's go and talk to the people nearby... According to Yang Yongwang, the planting of fairy flowers this year was successful. As long as we find these fairy flower fruits, it will be ironclad evidence." The three visited the people nearby. But the harvest was not great. The people only knew that the fruits grown by the fairy flowers were handed over to the government, but no one knew where they went? Pan Yucheng asked: "What should we do next?" Ning Chen thought for a while and said: "It is not advisable to stay here for a long time. Let's leave first... and then go back to the surrounding counties to have a look." The three returned the same way! When they arrived at the intersection and saw the group of officials, Ning Chen frowned slightly. He lowered his voice and said: "Be careful, something is wrong!" Pan Yucheng and Feng Qizheng nodded, and they also discovered that when these officers saw them, they made the same action, that is, they subconsciously held the handle of the knife. Ning Chen stepped forward with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, gentlemen!" The leading officer stared at Ning Chen, smiling but not smiling, and suddenly waved his hand. The other officers drew their swords and rushed over to surround Ning Chen and the others. Ning Chen frowned, "Master, what do you mean?" "What do you mean? You'll know when you get to the government office...take them down for me." Ning Chen snorted coldly, "Do it!" These government officials know some skills, but they are just the masters of crops... They are not enough to look at in front of them. Feng Qizheng rushed out with a vigorous step, dodged a government officer's knife, and kicked him several meters away. Not to mention Pan Yucheng, he grabbed the white blade with his bare hands and slapped a guard on the head with the long knife, knocking him to the ground. Seven or eight government officials are simply not enough to fight. Ning Chen, like a cheetah, pounced towards the leader. The opponent struck with a knife. Ning Chen dodged the opponent's knife and hit him with an elbow, sending him and the knife flying several meters. He rushed over and picked up the knife on the ground. Before the other party could get up, the tip of the knife was already at his throat.
The leading officer was so frightened that he froze and did not dare to move. Ning Chen looked back and saw that the other officers had been taken care of by Feng Qizheng and Pan Yucheng, and fell to the ground groaning in pain. "You...you dare to fight against the police, you are rebelling..." Ning Chen slapped him on the head with a knife, causing him to let out a scream. "I'm asking you an answer. If you say one wrong word, I'll chop off your head." "Tell me, why did you arrest us suddenly?" The officer said tremblingly: "I, I don't know, not long after you left, the magistrate sent someone to notify you and ordered your arrest." Ning Chen frowned. Immediately, he called Pan Yucheng and Feng Qizheng aside and lowered his voice: "It seems that our identities have been exposed!" The two were shocked, and Feng Qizheng said: "How could it be? We were very careful along the way."