Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 43 years

Liangxiang Zhuangzi

The people surrounding the courtyard gradually dispersed, and the strange quietness returned to the village. In the darkness, a figure climbed out of the window of the backyard, circled around the wall, and led the carriage parked at the back to the door.

"Xiao Yingzi, tell the masters to come out, we have to leave quickly!" Zhang Bao said with a suppressed voice.

"Yes," Li Ying quickly crawled out from under the bed, moved the table in the side hall, and opened the cellar door hidden in the dark.

Shiyue, Niu Hulu, Geng, the three young masters, and Dr. Shangding are all hiding in the cellar.

"How is Su Peisheng?" Shiyue handed Honghui to Zhang Bao. Zhang Bao glanced at Shiyue, pursed his lips and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Su, he can handle it well."

"Eunuch Zhang, take everyone away." Xiao Yingzi helped the masters into the carriage, then turned to Zhang Bao and said, "I'll go to the county town and inform Lord Baylor. If Lord Baylor knew about it earlier, Master would be saved sooner."

"No," Zhang Bao frowned. "This group of people is very clear about our situation. I'm afraid they set up an ambush on the way to the county. I have already discussed with Su Gonggong. Let's go back to the capital directly through the official road. Tomorrow will be when the city gates open."

"I know," Xiaoyingzi looked at the people in the car, then turned to Zhang Bao, "but we only have this car, and when there are too many people, the horse can't go fast at all. Besides, I really don't care about Master."

"Eunuch Li is right," Doctor Ding said from behind, carrying the medicine box on his back. "Don't worry, Eunuch Zhang. I'm with Eunuch Li. I'm a doctor, so I can cover the road. Besides, we are only two people. There will be no suspicion on our heads."

"Here," Zhang Bao looked at Li Ying, then at the female relatives in the car, and gritted his teeth for the last time, "Well, you two, be careful!"

At this time, the capital

When Zhang Qilin fell asleep in the hut in the East Courtyard, he was awakened by a hasty knock on the door.

"Who is it?" Zhang Qilin grabbed a piece of clothing and opened the door.

"It's me, Wang Qin!"

Zhang Qilin pursed his lips and opened the latch, "It's so late, what's the rush?"

"It's a big deal, it's about to happen!" Wang Qin almost knocked open the door with his body, "Look quickly, what is this?"

Wang Qin's lips were purple, holding a piece of messy paper in his hand and trembling in front of Zhang Qilin's eyes.

"Don't move, show me!" Zhang Qilin frowned and snatched the piece of paper, looked at it under the weak candlelight, and was stunned for a while, "This is the harvest of Zhuangzi everywhere, why are Zhuangzi in Liangxiang Is it empty?"

"That's not all." Wang Qin patted his thigh and said, "Ma Lian asked me to drink today because he wanted me to help him hide Liangxiang. I asked him the reason, and he only said that he was ordered by his superiors. I set When he couldn't speak, he poured him wine, and when he was half drunk and half awake, he told me that Zhuangzi in Liangxiang was controlled by someone sent by the elder brother early in the morning, just waiting for Lord Belle to pass."

"What?" Zhang Qilin's eyes widened, and he felt a chill rushing towards his face.

The long night was not over yet, there was another gunshot in the dark field, Cao Zhuo pulled the curtain of the carriage, but the inside was empty.

"Scatter for me! Make sure to find them before dawn!"

"Yes!"

"Grandpa Su, what shall we do?" Xu'er and the girls followed Su Wei and Ku Kui and hid behind a large haystack.

"Not far ahead is Sanbeile's Zhuangzi," Su Wei pursed his lips, looking at the dark south, "As long as we run over, they won't dare to arrest people in full view."

"But, we don't know who this group is?" Kukui lowered his voice.

Su Wei breathed a sigh of relief, and poked his probe outside, "With He Zhou here, it must have something to do with the elder brother. The fight with us in Liangxiang is probably related to the master's investigation of the House of Internal Affairs. Whether it is the king of Zhijun or the prince It depends on whether we have the fate to know."

"They're coming!" Xu'er screamed, and it was too late for others to cover her mouth. Cao Zhuo pointed behind the haystack, and a group of people quickly surrounded her.

On the official road in Liangxiang, Xiaoyingzi and Ding Qi were out of breath, they had no horses, they had to rely on two feet, it would probably be dawn before they reached the county town.

"Our Zhuangzi is too remote, otherwise we won't be controlled by others," Ding Qi said, panting heavily, still carrying the medicine chest.

"Liangxiang is originally a small grain farm," Xiaoyingzi frowned, trying to move her legs as fast as possible, "If it weren't for the fact that Lord Baylor came to Liangxiang for something, we wouldn't come here every ten or eight years." .”

"Oh, brother Honghui is still ill, so I don't know if this journey will be a toss or break," Ding Qi wiped the sweat from his brow.

"I hope the masters are all right," Xiao Yingzi pursed his lips tightly, "I hope my master is well."

On the official road leading to the capital, the wet ground was still wet, and it started to rain again. Zhang Bao wiped the water off his face and drove the carriage without stopping.

The female family members in the car were all pale and kept silent. In order to deceive the world, Shiyue's maid Xu'er, Niu Hulu's maid Mulan, Geng's maid Qingya and even several servants of the young masters wore clothes. Putting on the cloak and getting into Su Peisheng's carriage, I don't know how many people will come back after this trip.

"Ahem," an unusual cough broke the silence in the car.

Shiyue touched Honghui's forehead in her arms in the dark, and turned pale with shock, "Honghui has a fever again, and there seems to be a rash on his face!"

"What?" Mo Yaqi's eyes widened, and he touched Hong Hui's body.

"Ouch, you can't touch Big Gege," Geng Shi hugged Mo Yaqi in time, and Ilha started crying directly beside him.

"Don't be afraid, Princess, we will be entering Beijing soon," Zhang Bao shouted from outside the car door.

Shiyue pursed her lips, and held Hong Hui tightly in her arms, hoping that her body temperature could make the child feel better.

In the originally pitch-black wilderness, little fires lit up, and Su Wei and his party were surrounded behind the haystack.

Su Wei was still holding a musket, but it was a pity that the gunpowder was gone, but Cao Zhuo was not happy about it.In the light of the fire, the so-called family members showed their true colors. Under the exquisite cloak was the attire of a girl, and among the dozen or so people, none of them looked like Sibeile's heirs.

"Eunuch Su, what a plan," Cao Zhuo clenched the whip in his hand, Su Wei raised the corners of his mouth, and whipped him.

"Eunuch Su!" Ku Kui was pressed to the ground by three or four people, and a fat man stepped on one hand fiercely.

Su Wei touched the burning welt on his face, looked at Cao Zhuo for a while, "Do you know who you are working for?"

"Of course I know," Cao Zhuo raised his head, and lowered the whip in his hand again.

Su Wei spat out a mouthful of blood, and looked at Cao Zhuo with mocking eyes, "Then do you know that you screwed up?"

Cao Zhuo tightened his body, and the hand that clenched the horsewhip did not move for a long time. Su Wei turned his head to look at the little maids behind him, and took a step towards Cao Zhuo. He Zhou is an idiot, you are not much smarter than him."

The sky was slightly bright, and the Chaoyang Gate of the capital had just opened, when a group of people came from the long street and rushed to the outskirts of the city.At the same time, the city gate of Liangxiang County had just opened, and two dusty men stumbled into the city.

Zhang Bao's carriage was full of crying, Hong Hui's rash developed quickly, and his whole body was already burning hot by the time the sun came into the light.

"Stop, stop!" Yi Erha knocked on the car door, crying and shouting, "Stop the car quickly, Honghui can't take it anymore!"

"Honghui, Honghui," Mo Yaqi struggled in Geng Shi's arms, Geng Shi just hugged her blindly, but his face was full of tears.

Zhang Bao looked back at the situation in the car, then at the city gate that was close at hand, gritted his teeth and raised his horsewhip again.

"Zhang Bao!" Zhang Qilin was the first to see Zhang Bao driving the carriage in the team leaving Beijing, and Zhang Tingyu, Chang Lai and others quickly tightened their horse ropes.

The two groups met at one place, and Zhang Bao handed the carriage to Zhang Qilin, "Hurry up and send Elder Brother home for treatment, and I will take the others to Liangxiang."

"Okay, be careful," Zhang Qilin led a few people back to Beijing in a carriage.

Zhang Bao, Zhang Tingyu and others galloped all the way to Liangxiang.

On the other side, in Liangxiang County, after hearing the report from Xiaoyingzi and Ding Qi, the fourth elder brother turned pale, "Which direction did Su Peisheng go, and how many people did he bring?"

With snot and tears all over Xiaoyingzi's face, and the dust on his head, he whimpered and said, "Master, Kukui, and a few injured guards, and the rest are Xu'er and the others. Master said they are going to the third elder brother Zhuangzi ran away, and asked Eunuch Zhang to take the masters back to the capital directly along the official road."

"Master, this slave will take someone to protect the little masters," Fu Nai said, cupping his hands from the side.

The fourth elder brother pursed his lips, nodded and said, "Okay, you take a few people to chase after Zhang Bao, and the rest follow me to find Su Peisheng."

"Master Baylor, you can't do this," the workshop steward knelt down and said, "I'm taking someone to look for it. You can't go, it's dangerous."

"Shut up!" Brother Si's eyes were cold, "It's okay that this matter has nothing to do with you, if it does, I will let your whole family be buried with you!"

Zhang Tingyu and Chang Lai's team first met Fu Nai who was chasing Zhang Bao. After the group met, they turned their horses to find the fourth elder brother.At the same time, this incident has already alarmed Liangxiang Zhizhou and Shuntian Prefecture Governor, and a large number of guards and Jiading began to arrest this group of thieves who dared to murder the emperor's family members.

The fourth elder brother took his own people and searched back and forth three times along the road from Zhuangzi to the third elder brother Zhuangzi, but they couldn't find anyone. It was almost dark again.The fourth elder brother didn't drink a drop of water all day, Chang Lai and Zhang Tingyu were as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

"Master, you should eat something at least, or you won't be able to take it anymore," Zhang Bao said while holding the tray.

"I can't eat any more," the fourth elder brother sat on the side of the road, holding one hand firmly on his knee, "tell them to eat quickly, and then go find me after eating, let's go east this time."

"Master," Zhang Bao plopped down on his knees, "Eat something, at least drink some water. This servant will lead someone to look for it. I will search inch by inch. I will definitely bring Su Gonggong back!"

"No," the fourth elder brother was in a daze, looking up into the distance blankly, "he is waiting for me, he is waiting for me to find him, I have to go in person, you can't find him."

At night, there were torches outside the city of Liangxiang County, and the guards were arresting the thieves, but the people under the fourth master's family vaguely knew that their primary purpose was to find that Eunuch Su.

"Master, we are already six miles to the east," Chang Lai said while riding on the horse, holding a torch and looking around.

"Go further east," the fourth elder brother shook his head, stopped the dizziness in front of his eyes, tightened the horse rope and continued to move forward.

Zhang Tingyu and Chang Lai looked at each other, and quickly ordered others to follow.

This night, there was no rain, and the sky was full of stars and moon, but it was a pity that none of the people in the wilderness looked up.

"Master, it's not an option to go on like this," Zhang Bao rode to the side of the fourth elder brother, and stretched out his hand to support the slightly swaying figure of the fourth elder brother.

The fourth elder brother swallowed, his lips were already dry, "They didn't enter the third brother's village, they must have been caught halfway. Those people messed up and didn't dare to return to Beijing, and they couldn't go to the official road, so they could only go straight Go east. Su Peisheng is in their hands, and he will definitely find a way to interfere. If we go further east, we will not be far from Daliangzhuang on the outskirts of Beijing."

"Master is right," Zhang Bao's eyes lit up, "Eunuch Su is quick-witted and will definitely lead them to Daliangzhuang."

The sky was getting brighter, Cao Zhuo and his party pressed Su Wei and Ku Kui to shuttle along the path in the forest, and Xu'er and the little girls were almost unable to walk after stumbling.

"Can you be a little sympathetic?" Su Wei glared at the guard who pushed Mulan almost to the ground.

"Shut up! Don't play tricks on me," Cao Zhuo swung his whip at Su Wei. Su Wei was so taken aback that he turned his head and said sneeringly, "I'm desperate, and I'm still resisting. I'm saying you servants It's so strange, I still follow him up to now, and I don't know how I died when I turned back!"

"Shut up," Cao Zhuo just wanted to do something again, but there was a sound of hooves behind him.

"Let's go, let's go," Cao Zhuo beckoned his subordinates to speed up.

Su Wei pursed his lips, and walked slowly into the group of girls, "How fast are you, you old, weak and disabled soldier, you can run faster than other soldiers? Find a place to hide for a while."

Cao Zhuo turned his head and glared at Su Wei, and looked around, but saw a farmland not far from the forest, in the farmland there were several huts where farmers looked after the land, and there was still smoke from cooking.

"Let's go, let's go there!" Cao Zhuo raised his horsewhip, and ran to the hut first, Su Wei pursed his lips secretly, and then ran to the field.