Ministers and others get married by decree

Yuan Zhen was helped up in a daze, staring blankly at the corpses all around, his lips trembling.

The other three looked at each other, and one of the elders slapped Yuan Zhen hard on the cheek.

"Third, if you don't want to die, we have to follow now!"

Yuan Zhen was sobered up by his slap, looked at his colleagues who were like brothers, and looked around.

Another person held his shoulder and said in a low voice: "Third brother, we have to catch up, otherwise, who knows if Xu Changshun will blame him afterwards? As long as he stays alive..."

Yes, as long as you stay alive.

Yuan Zhen was finally fully awake.There are strange things everywhere tonight, Xu Chang Shunming pretends to have ghosts in his heart, and all he does is murder and silence, they are on board a thief ship!But even if it's a thief ship, they can't jump off halfway, otherwise they will become scapegoats for no reason!

"Brother," he looked at the cavalry that disappeared at the end of the road, "I'm worried that we won't be able to return to the city."

"That's why we have to follow up," the senior deputy envoy shook his head: "They can go forward at most another twenty miles, there is the Guangtong Post Station, and the lodgers have all grades, no matter how bold he is, he will not Dare to make a move. About the person he is looking for is within twenty miles. We will follow him and be on the same boat as him. All five must die."

"If we go back and report to Tong Zhao about this—" he said halfway, knowing that it was not feasible.

Now it seems that Zhao Tongzhi should not be with Xu Changshun, but this also means that Zhao Tongzhi has no soldiers in his hands, so what's the use of a weak scholar?

Yuan Zhenshi was not reconciled, and gritted his teeth: "It's really not possible, let's go out from the west gate and go to Cangzhou Mansion by detour!"

The senior deputy envoy sighed: "It's too late, not to mention that the person guarding the west gate is Xu Changshun's cronies, even if we can go out, he will condemn one of us as a deserter as soon as he comes back, and it will be death."

Several people were silent.

After a while, the boss wiped his face: "I have been in the army for more than ten years, I am not as good as a farmer..."

The four kowtowed to the corpses on the ground with a heavy heart, and then mounted their horses to chase after the large army.

No one knew about the thrilling scene outside the city, but the guess of the old deputy envoy was quite correct.Qin Fengchi was in a hurry, but he couldn't reach Guangtong Station in a short time.If he was an ordinary spy, Xu Chang Shun might have caught up with him and killed him on the spot.

Next to the official road are six hundred miles of grass and trees, and thousands of pagoda tree willows.Qin Fengchi was dressed in black night clothes, standing high on the locust tree, his head and face were covered with a black scarf, only his eyes were exposed.He looked down at the road 20 meters below, and his whole body was attached to the thick tree trunk, blending with the night trees.

Under his eyes, the ghostly cavalry team galloped by, and he didn't notice that there was a person hiding in the dense forest on one side.

The night wind blew head-on, Qin Fengchi inhaled slightly, and his body paused.

He smelled a faint smell of blood.

For some reason, the first thing that came to Qin Fengchi's mind was neither Qin Song nor Gu Jiuniang, but Chu Lou.

He quickly dispelled this inexplicable thought.

Chu Lou should be locked in the prison in Fucheng at this time. Although he may be frightened, his life is safe.Compared with Chu Lou, he should be more worried about his apprentice. Qin Song left Fucheng earlier than him and was rushing all the way to Guangtong Post Station to meet the people from Jiufu Yamen; he should be more worried about Gu Jiuniang. But he hasn't received much training, so he doesn't know if he can escape safely; even he himself is still avoiding hunting in the wild, isn't it worth worrying about?

Qin Fengchi thought about these things casually, feeling bored.He imagined Chu Lou's reaction when he found out that he was missing, and regretted that because he didn't know Chu Lou well, he really couldn't predict the other party's reaction.

Is it general anger, or extreme anger?

He recalled the first meeting a few years ago, pondered for a moment, and felt that such a substitution was not appropriate.After all, no matter what, he is better than those dudes like Chen Chen. Chu Lou will not be angry with him like that, right?

Furthermore, Chu Lou still regarded him as "Miss Qin", and he always had to be more tolerant towards a girl.

The corners of Qin Fengchi's lips curled up involuntarily, and there was a bit of evil in his eyes.

Another stick of incense passed, and finally there was movement in front of him again.

Qin Fengchi didn't move, just sniffed lightly.

The smell of blood in the wind suddenly became stronger, as if a bloody battle had just happened.

His gaze was slightly concentrated, until a team wearing dark black and red-edged capture uniforms appeared on the official road, and then he slowly relaxed.

This team is neat and uniform, and it is easy to count, there are 1000 people.In the middle of the team were hundreds of people dressed as government troops, all tied back and forth with ropes. They turned out to be the light cavalry team that passed the official road before a stick of incense.

Only then did Qin Fengchi laugh, and he squeezed his fingers and let out a long whistle, like the sound of a night owl.

The man on the black horse at the front of the line raised his hand, and the line stopped immediately.

This person was dressed in red narrow sleeves, a black belt, and a black gauze cap. He was about thirty years old, with a tall and strong figure, thick eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and a gentle temperament.I saw him holding a knife in his right hand, reining in his left hand, and holding an iron ruler across his waist. With such equipment, he still has an inexplicable literary air.

It is the leader of the Yamen of the Nine Mansions, known by people in the Jianghu as impermanent——Zhao Yiqing.

Zhao Wuchang was exhausted all over his body, and the corners of his brows and eyes were full of weariness.He looked up at the dark cliff and dense forest, got off his horse, and sighed.

"Commander Qin?" When he opened his mouth, his voice was very hoarse.

Only then did Qin Fengchi jump down, falling to the ground like a cloud of blue smoke without sound.Although the rest of the arresting officers were mentally prepared, they were still taken aback by the other party's sudden appearance, and all took a step back, but when he pulled off the hood that covered their faces, everyone couldn't help but gasped.

The legendary Commander of the Eagle Feather Guard is tall and tall, with a beautiful face, a pair of peach blossom eyes that are affectionate even without smiling, and she looks like a beautiful woman!With such a face, instead of going to the Yiluan Division to serve as the emperor's guard of honor, he actually became an eagle dog?

"Zhao Tongdai," Qin Fengchi said coldly, "You are late."

Zhao Yiqing couldn't help but wryly smiled, and cupped his hands at him: "Zhao has been traveling day and night, and killed a few horses before he will catch up." He paused, and then said, "Your little apprentice was almost killed by these people. Hack and kill, I have placed him in the post station, I am afraid that he will have to cultivate for a few days before he can recover his spirit."

Qin Fengchi responded casually, pulled out from his pocket, took out a few ledgers wrapped in coarse cloth and threw them to him.

"Everything you want is here."

Zhao Yiqing unwrapped the package and checked it. Seeing that it was indeed the account books of private salt, his frowning brows finally relaxed a little.

He raised his head and smiled at Qin Fengchi: "This time, I owe you a lot."

In the past year, their Jiufu Yamen has investigated the lack of salt tax in the household department to the local [-]th Road, dispatched no less than a thousand capable arresters, and caught a lot of small fish and shrimps, but they still couldn't catch the big ones.

It was not easy to find the top of the Tianjin Mansion, but because of the collusion of Chen Danian, He Fengxian, and Xu Changshun, the government, merchants, and military forces, they controlled the whole mansion like an iron barrel, and several waves of people in the Nine Mansion Yamen failed to find any conclusive evidence. I'm afraid of scaring the snake.Their Jiufu yamen are in charge of criminal prisons and arresting thieves, but the top spies in the whole country are all at Yingyuwei, so they had no choice but to ask Qin Fengchi for help.

"Let's not talk about favors, one was caught here," Qin Fengchi nodded to Xu Changshun who was tied up, "there are still two more in Tianjin Mansion."

"Zhao can't take care of it anymore, the most important thing right now is to send the account book back to Beijing," Zhao Yiqing got on his horse and looked at Qin Fengchi, "One of my subordinates sneaked into Tianjin Mansion, and the arrest warrant is also with him. "

He held the rein and looked at Qin Fengchi, apologetic: "I have to trouble Commander Qin to take my group back again, and arrest the imperial court."

Qin Fengchi frowned: "Are you taking credit for it?"

Zhao Yiqing smiled wearily, and said helplessly, "Why do you talk about giving up? Without the help of Commander Qin, Zhao has not been able to do business for a long time." He winked at the subordinates beside him, "Tonight, all of us will listen You send, you are welcome!"

The arresters hurriedly said in unison: "Everyone is at your command!"

Qin Fengchi looked at them coldly, and thought about it: Anyway, he planned to go back to save people, and now he has a group of thugs to help, which just saves him trouble.He didn't suffer no matter what, so he didn't make a sound.

Zhao Yiqing waited for a few seconds, seeing that Qin Fengchi didn't sneer at him, didn't refute or reject him, and didn't draw a knife or throw a hidden weapon at him, he couldn't help being overjoyed, feeling that he had hit a big luck today, he turned around and ran away in a hurry.

Qin Fengchi watched his old opponent go away, and when he turned his head, he saw the rest of the policemen staring at him with sharp eyes, and couldn't help frowning, feeling a little unhappy.When the policemen saw his frown, they thought of all kinds of legends in Beijing, panicked behind them, and hurriedly stood up.

"Who's leading the team?" he asked.

The first arrester hurried out of the team and saluted him: "Subordinate Gong Qiancheng, Deputy Qianhu."

Qin Fengchi nodded, and walked up to the group of soldiers.

This group of people had their mouths gagged and their arms bound, and they were surrounded in the middle, kneeling in a ball.The person at the front was Xu Changshun, and he was also the one in the most embarrassing situation.Xu Changshun knelt with his head down like a bereaved dog, his hair was in a disheveled bun, and his body was covered with blood. He didn't know whether it was his own or someone else's.He didn't say a word, and the other soldiers still wanted to beg for mercy, but he just knelt there with his head down, like a sculpture.

Before Qin Fengchi walked up to him, he smelled a strong smell of blood.

"Did you use the knife?" He asked Gong Qiancheng beside him.

Deputy Gong Qianhu nodded and shook his head again, struggling to say: "This... we don't know if it counts or not, that is, we drew our swords when we bumped into each other head-on, but except Xu Changshun who resisted desperately, the others surrendered without much resistance. It's gone." He looked down at these soldiers, all staring at him pleadingly, feeling very uncomfortable.

They are all subordinates, if the leader goes the wrong way, all the people under him will suffer, so where can they go to reason?

He pointed to the four people kneeling behind Xu Changshun, and the rest of the government soldiers surrounded them: "These four are Xu Changshun's four deputy envoys, they suppressed the soldiers from the beginning, and none of them resisted."

Qin Fengchi looked at these four people. Two of them were relatively young, in their twenties, and the other two were in their thirties. From their appearance, it could be seen that they were old military households.

These four are the Yuan Zhen brothers.

Their 400-strong Qingqi galloped all the way, but fortunately they never met any civilians who were driving at night.Less than two miles away from Guangtong Post Station, Yuan Zhen finally knew who Xu Changshun was going to arrest... Who would have guessed that the other party was actually a spy of Yingyuwei!

Xu Changshun cut off the spy's horse's legs with two sabers, and saw that the spy was completely dazed, so he raised his knife and got off the horse to kill him.

Yuan Zhen went limp all over when he saw the spies' black gold Yesa who was wearing eagle feather guards.Eagle Feather Guard, that is the eyes and ears of the officials!It is the eagle dog of the imperial court!

At that time, he flew down from the horse, hugged Xu Changshun's leg and shouted: "My lord! Absolutely not! This is Yingyuwei's spy, you can just listen to the sky, kill him, that is rebel--!!"

Xu Changshun was so red-eyed that he kicked him over.What Eagle Feather Guard or Nine Mansion Yamen, if this spy is not intercepted and destroyed to destroy the evidence at this time, his whole family will be dead by then!

The rest of the government soldiers faced each other in horror and could hear clearly.No matter how stupid they were, they knew that if Xu Changshun was not stopped, when the court was charged with rebellion, none of these people present would be able to live.Yuan Zhen got up and pulled out his own knife.

He figured it out, even if Xu Changshun was killed and confessed, it would be wiser than letting Xu Changshun go crazy.Even if he dies in the end, at least the four hundred people present will survive!

That is to say, Zhao Yiqing brought people in time, otherwise the scene might become an infighting among the garrison, and Yuan Zhen would also be suspected of murdering the Shangguan.