On her wedding night, she went into exile with her pharmacy arsenal

Chapter 1540: Heaven-Swallowing Land

Governor Cao looked at the map with a look of fondness in his eyes.

"This map was drawn by me personally. I was suppressed by Shen Huaixin a few years ago and had nothing to do. My wife encouraged me to go out for a walk near Youcheng."

"I visit some villages, understand the people's sentiments, and draw maps. I can't take care of other things, but I can still draw maps for some small matters and cases in the villages."

“So, it took me more than a year to draw this picture.”

Yan Ruyu was slightly surprised and couldn't help but exclaim.

"Your Excellency is very perseverant and what you have done is very meaningful."

"This king thinks so too."

Governor Cao was recognized and smiled happily.

"If your Excellency agrees, I would like to make a copy of the painting. Can I borrow it for a few days?"

Governor Cao immediately agreed: "Of course, no problem."

Yan Ruyu slid her finger slowly across the map, heading northwest.

"The Land of Swallowing the Sky, what kind of terrain is this? It can swallow the sky, so it should be a mountain pass or some very imposing place."

Governor Cao was muttering to himself while looking on the map.

"I drew this map after walking through every place myself. I really can't remember what the Heaven-Swallowing Land is."

Huo Changhe had been in the northwest for a long time and was more familiar with Shencheng. He was relatively less familiar with Youcheng and knew even less about the surrounding villages.

He also looked at maps, finding inspiration in the place names marked on them.

This is more of a metaphor than an exact name.

His eyes followed the line upwards and an inconspicuous village name appeared in his field of vision. He reached out and clicked on it.

Yan Ruyu's fingers landed on that spot at the same time, and they smiled at each other.

Governor Cao came closer to take a closer look: "Wujiazhuang?"

"What kind of swallow is this..."

He suddenly had an idea: "Koutianwu, the land that swallows the sky!"

“It’s actually that simple.”

Yan Ruyu smiled and said, "It is precisely because it is so simple that people will ignore it. If it is just a word puzzle, I am afraid there is no need to guess it at all."

"What about Mu Dong's family?" Governor Cao thought along this line of thought, "Mu, Dong, could it be... Dong?"

Huo Changhe said: "Let's go to Wujiazhuang first. We will have the answer when we get there."

"it is good."

Governor Cao immediately gave orders, and ten constables and six yamen runners disguised themselves and headed straight for Wujiazhuang.

Huo Changhe and Yan Ruyu followed, and Governor Cao also wanted to follow, but he was not very good at riding a horse.

"Your Excellency does not need to go. You should stay and manage the affairs of West City."

Governor Cao had no choice but to nod and agree. He secretly made up his mind that when the weather got warmer, he would learn how to ride a horse well and turn his impotence into a certainty.

Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe lagged behind a little and were not in a hurry to move forward. The chance to make meritorious service should be left to these constables and runners.

Huo Changhe suddenly said: "Yu'er, do you feel that we have begun to believe in the Goddess of the Sky Eye?"

Yan Ruyu was stunned.

She understood what Huo Changhe meant.

For example, this time, before they knew it, as soon as they heard that the Goddess of Heaven's Eye had appeared and given a prophecy, they immediately decided to set off without even thinking about whether it was true or not.

Yan Ruyu was secretly surprised. If Huo Changhe hadn't reminded her, she would not have realized that she was only focused on finding the flaw of the Goddess of the Sky Eye, but was led by this obsession.

"Your Majesty is right," Yan Ruyu laughed to herself, "It seems that it is very difficult to stay awake at all times. Anyone can be fooled."

Huo Changhe said: "It's not like I've been fooled. At least I need to figure out what's going on."

Wujiazhuang is not far from Youcheng, only about thirty miles away. It is a medium-sized village with about a hundred households.

When the two of them arrived at the entrance of the village, a constable had already entered the village to find the head of the village and inquire about how many villagers in the village had the character "Dong" in their names.

Taking advantage of this time, Yan Ruyu entered the space with her consciousness and searched for the old sundries that she had originally loaded into the space from the palace storehouse.

Everything had been categorized long ago, and property, food, clothes, and some sundries were placed directly in the small storage room.

I went to search the utility room. I hadn't been there for a long time so I didn't have much impression of it before. But now I see there are quite a lot of things.

It's a mess. Needless to say, half of it is due to the silver ingots. He loves to collect things, but he can't bear to throw them away.

After searching for a long time, I finally found two cloth rolls. They were indeed the cloth banners used by the Red Lotus Sect. There were also large golden characters on them: "Red Lotus Sect."

There is also a lotus flower logo.

Yan Ruyu took the cloth banner to the open space outside, unfolded it, and placed it together with the red one she had just obtained today.

You may not notice anything when you look at them alone, but when you put the two pieces together, you can see the difference.

Although the original piece has aged in age due to age, the words on it look more powerful, and the lotus on it is about 80% similar, but there are still some differences if you look closely.

However, this doesn’t mean anything. What if they are not written by the same person?

There is more than one person in the Red Lotus Sect who can write.

For example, some universities will invite many senior professors to write the admission letters with brushes for the sake of a sense of ceremony and to make the freshmen feel valued and aware of the school culture.

There is no guarantee that they will all be in the same font.

Yan Ruyu looked at the two fabrics carefully again and was comparing them when she heard Huo Changhe calling her.

After exiting the space, I saw that the constable who had come into the village to inquire had returned.

"There are seven people whose names contain the character 'Dong'. Two of them live in the center of the village, three live in the south, and two live in the west."

"We will split into three groups. After two quarters of an hour, whoever is sure of the situation will send out a signal arrow, and the others will come to support us."

Because we are not sure how many people there are and whether we can capture them successfully, even if we are sure, we will stay put for the time being and wait for support before taking action.

Huo Changhe had no objection to their arrangements and immediately acted according to the plan.

Yan Ruyu had no hope for the two households in the center of the village. There were trees in the south of the village, so the possibilities for the three households were relatively greater. As for the two households in the west of the village, one had an old man who was alone at home all year round, and the other was a young couple with a child.

It seems that the old man's family is also a possibility.

In contrast, Yan Ruyu decided to go to the south of the village.

She and Huo Changhe did not go in, but waited for news in the woods.

"Your Majesty, do you think this is a coincidence?"

"Yes," Huo Changhe nodded, "although I still don't know how they made this coincidence happen."

"You mean, you don't believe we can catch the remnants of the Red Lotus Sect here?"

"That's not the case. What I mean is that we can catch him here. The prediction made by the Goddess of the Sky Eye today should come true. As for how it will come true, that's what we need to find out."

What's the point of arresting a few remnants? They have long been lost and have become a trend.

Only those who manipulate them from behind, give them directions, let them come here to arrest people, and lead them by the nose are the ones they want to catch.

Yan Ruyu smiled slightly: "So, the prince has other plans?"