In fact, not only did the leader of the dead soldiers come from the Guo family, but all the dead soldiers were trained by the Guo family.

The Guo family once funded Emperor Taizu's uprising, and his daughter was also made a concubine, and some children in the family also entered the court as officials. At the most beautiful time, the Guo family was the head of the Shandong family. How many old families and scholarly families that have been handed down for more than 100 years have all been trampled under their feet, and no one dares to touch their tiger whiskers.

But the good times didn't last long. In the end, the Guo family's background is still a little thinner, and the children who have served Taizu have been able to enter the court as officials, but after them, there are fewer and fewer children of the Guo family. If you are a little better, it is good to be able to take the Jinshi exam, but you have to start with the seven-grade sesame official. The more peaceful the years, the more you become an official in a rich and peaceful place, the more difficult it is to move up. However, these children are still complacent about their lack of fat, and they do not want to forge ahead. When the older generation dies or dies, the Guo family's momentum plummets. If it weren't for the fact that there were still Concubine Guo Shu and King Ying in the palace, and they were quite favored, which made outsiders still a little jealous, the Guo family would have been stepped on by other families a long time ago.

The Guo family also realized this, and hugged Guo Shufei and King Ying's thighs more and more. They believe that when King Ying ascends the throne, the Guo family will regain its glory.

But King Ying lost his position. Not only was he unconvinced, but the Guo family was even more unconvinced. They tried their best to fight for the throne of King Ying, how could they be willing to end up with such a result? If the person who got the storage position is really good, it is just that the temperament of the first emperor is learned......

In fact, Emperor Taizu was very disappointed in his two sons, although the eldest son was mediocre, and the favored King Ying was not a good seedling. So he went directly to observe the grandchildren. The first emperor had already given birth to several sons at that time, the older king of Yanling and the king of Guangping had already married famous ladies, and the following were almost at the age of starting a family. Although they have different temperaments, they have a few people who have passable IQs, and the Guangping Wang brothers are especially outstanding. In contrast, King Ying had just gotten married at that time and had no children yet, so he was naturally at a disadvantage. Emperor Taizu felt that he was not long in life, so that the future succession of the throne could be smoothly transitioned. He chose the grandson of King Guangping as the future crown prince, and specially instructed his eldest son to have an accident if King Guangping had an accident. And which child should be chosen to succeed to the throne - of course, whether the first emperor remembered it or not, whether he did it or not, that is another matter. Although he claims to be a filial son. But he often did things that disobeyed his father's commands. Although he himself does not admit it. And King Ying's hope of seizing the throne was naturally cut off.

King Ying and the Guo family naturally refused to accept this fact, and tried in every possible way to persuade Emperor Taizu to change his mind. It's a pity that he didn't wait for Emperor Taizu to change his mind, he passed away suddenly, the first emperor succeeded to the throne, King Ying's hope of winning the throne from the right way was disappointed, and the Guo family's momentum was also declining. They can only change their old way of doing things, and plan to use some conspiracy. In addition to raising funds for acting. In addition to making friends with civil and military officials and honorable emperors as strong reinforcements, the Dead Soldiers Organization was also established at that time. King Ying's goal in Beijing is too big. The imperial houses under their names are all imperial gifts, and the people inside don't know which force is the eyes and ears of the force, so those unsightly things are handled by the Guo family. In order not to be noticed, the Guo family placed the base of the dead soldiers' activities on the Guo family's manor in Shandong, and also selected people from the domestic slaves. The leader of the dead soldiers was one of them, and he also had his family enslaved in the Guo family. Such a person, the Guo family can rest assured.

The Guo family and King Ying are blood alliances, and they naturally have an inseparable relationship. King Ying trusts the Guo family and also relies on the Guo family, and the things that are inconvenient to do, the things that are unseemly, and the things that offend people by spending money are all thrown to the Guo family to do. The Guo family has never let him down, and his requirements for the Guo family are getting higher and higher. But the strength of the Guo family has always been limited, and there are things that the power of the clan cannot do. But thinking of the scenery after King Ying ascended the throne, they stubbornly survived. In order to raise more funds and gather more private troops, they began to put down their bodies and secretly contact the clans in Shandong and Hebei to attract reinforcements. When Emperor Taizu was an official in Shandong, he had a tough style, and he fought all the way to the north, and he also touched the interests of many big families. These people did not benefit from his accession to the throne, and naturally they were dissatisfied with him. The Guo family made a lot of promises, collected a lot of property, and attracted many forces, and felt that they had a great chance of success. Who knows, before all the preparations can be used, King Ying will be defeated!

King Ying was defeated, but the belongings taken out by those big families had already been taken out, and their names were also included in the secret list by King Ying. The Guo family fell overnight, and other families were also terrified. However, the imperial court did not investigate their movements afterwards, and there was no part of the Guo family's confiscated property that they took out, so they could only infer that the Guo family still had a backhand. Among the women and children of the Guo family who were exiled to the southwest, there were more than 20 men under the age of 15, half of whom died on the way, but half of them died. Maybe they can use what their elders have hidden, make a comeback, and at least live a life without worrying about food and clothing. But will the owner of the property be willing? There is also that secret list, which is also a sword hanging over their heads at all times, once it is discovered by the imperial court, it will be the end of bankruptcy.

Many of the servants of the Guo family who were sold by the government fell into the hands of these families. They threatened the remnants of the dead with their lives, ordering them to hand over their names and the whereabouts of their belongings. The dead soldiers naturally knew who the things were, but that person was well hidden, and there were still many people under him, he was a diehard loyalist of the Guo family, and he had also received the grace of King Ying, and he would never hand over what he had in his hand if he didn't see the bloodline of the Guo family or the bloodline of King Ying. The dead soldiers whose relatives were threatened had no choice but to go to Beijing full of resentment to find the son of King Ying. There is no way, the bloodline of the Guo family is far away in the southwest, under close surveillance, and no one knows the specific location of the place, so it is naturally more convenient for Gao Ju to do so. If it really can't be done, they can only go to the southwest to try their luck again, and ask those big families in Shandong to be more accommodating.

After listening to the complaints of the dead soldiers, Gao Ju already understood what was going on. There was some sadness in his heart. What did his relatives do? But that didn't mean he felt sympathy for the dead. He said to them in a cold voice, "This is not the reason why you framed me for killing my mother!" My mother and I have never gained any good, nor have we harmed you. Ending up like this, aren't we more wronged than you?! ”

The leader of the dead smacked him: "Shut up! You Lao Tzu has hurt so many people, and you still have the face to be wronged?! Be obedient. You can also suffer less. Rest assured, when we hand you over to the man who keeps your belongings, he will arrange for you and will not cause you to suffer. But if you're not honest, we're not going to be polite along the way! ”

As for the death of Princess Ying, they are not afraid that the person who keeps the property will blame it. That person was from the Guo family. The Guo family has long had an idea about the position of King Ying's concubine, but unfortunately Emperor Taizu opposed the marriage of close relatives, so the matter did not come to pass. But they had long thought that they would wait for King Ying to ascend the throne and send their two daughters to the palace as concubines, how could they have a good impression of Zhang, who occupied the position of concubine but couldn't help at all and was sick and weak all year round? But Gao Ju is different, he is the eldest son of King Ying. It is also the blood of the Guo family.

The leader of the dead was thinking in his heart. Which way to go back to Shandong next, and how to hide his whereabouts along the way, so many people died, and there were fewer people than he originally planned, it seemed that he had to rearrange.

On the way, they kept going around in circles, and in the middle of the way, they changed carriages again, and everyone bandaged their wounds and changed their clothes. He hid his weapons and disguised them. Gao Ju has been cooperating very silently. He never said a word more, he did whatever he was told to do, and his clothes were changed. Although the leader of the dead did not like him, he was a little relaxed when he saw that he was so honest.

It was getting dark, and they finally came to a hidden ruined temple. This is the place they have agreed with their companions in advance. It is surrounded by dense mountains and forests, and it is deserted, and there is no fear that anyone will find out. This ruined temple was originally one of the secret strongholds of these dead soldiers when King Ying was not bad in the past. After repeated investigations, they confirmed that this place had not been discovered by the imperial court, and only then did they dare to open it again. In the temple, there were some medicines, dry food, water, clothes, silver taels and spare road guides, and there were two carriages and several good horses in the backyard, which were left to be guarded and answered. Some of their companions also have a foothold in the outer city, responsible for finding out the news in Beijing, the movements of the imperial court, and some are responsible for cleaning up the aftermath. When they had joined up with their companions, they would go to a small wharf and head south on a pre-arranged private boat.

They waited a long time. There was firewood and dry food in the broken temple, and they simply changed the medicine for the wound, ate a full meal, and rested for a while. Gao Ju was pulled out of the carriage by them and entered the apse of the ruined temple. There he ate two tasteless loaves of bread, drank cold water, and took a nap against the wall. He once thought that he would not be able to sleep in this environment, but he did not expect to fall asleep so soon. When he heard the movement of the carriage outside, he came to his senses, and his whole body was in good spirits. Everyone went out to see their companions, and he was the only one left in the apse, and there was a person in the hall who was responsible for keeping an eye on him, but the man also craned his neck to look at the movement outside the hall at this moment, and did not stare at him. Gao Ju looked at the approaching firelight outside, and smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth.

It was the companions of the dead who came. They hurried out of the city in the evening and went straight to the ruined temple. They could have come faster, but the officers and soldiers of the imperial court set up roadblocks on the way out of Beijing to strictly check the passing pedestrians, vehicles and horses, and they were delayed.

The leader of the dead soldiers was a little nervous when he heard this: "Do the officers and soldiers suspect you?" ”

"Nope." Someone replied, "I was dressed like a farmer, claiming that my home was outside the city, and that I was working in the city during the day, and that I would go home when it was dark." They asked a few questions, looked at what we looked like, and let us go. Another said: "We have never met with the people of the court before, and they will not suspect us." ”

The leader of the dead soldiers felt a little calmer, and sneered: "If they want to track us down, it's just a car that follows us, how can they suspect you irrelevant people?" ”

The men on both sides talked briefly and rearranged the contents of the three carriages. Knowing that many people had fallen, many people showed a look of pathos on their faces.

"We'll take care of their home urine in the future." One of them whispered, "The leader said, let's hurry away at night, and board the ship at dawn." lest the imperial court react and track it down to the dock, we will be in trouble. ”

Everyone said yes, turned around and got into the car, ready to leave. Someone went into the temple to take Gao Ju out, and found that he was missing, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. Asked the person in charge of surveillance, he said with a pale face: "The prince just said that he wanted to relieve himself, but I thought that there was no door in the backyard, and the wall was so high, and he couldn't get out, so I didn't follow." But when they went to the backyard to look for someone, they saw nothing but darkness, not even half a figure.

The leader of the dead suddenly felt that something was wrong, and immediately ordered: "Hurry up and get in the car, let's go!" "Gao Ju is lost, they can go to the southwest to find the Guo family again. But if their lives are lost, there is nothing.

Everyone hurriedly got on the carriage and got on the horse, and was about to leave. Suddenly, a large number of officers and soldiers appeared in front of the ruined temple, blocking their way, and then quickly surrounded them. The surrounding walls were also filled with soldiers armed with torches and bows and arrows. A black-clothed young man dressed in a military uniform, holding a sharp sword in his hand, rode a tall horse, and slowly walked out from behind, his expression calm and indifferent.

The leader of the dead looked at each other and recognized that this was a member of today's funeral procession, Gao Zhen, the prince of Guangping. What's going on? Haven't they been freed from their pursuers? All his companions were convinced that no one was following them, so why could the prince of Quang Binh still find this place and lead his troops to surround them?!

The leader of the dead turned pale, as if he sensed something, his eyes widened suddenly, and he saw Gao Ju also riding a horse and walking out from behind Gao Zhen.

Gao Ju looked at him calmly, with mockery and hatred in his eyes: "I'll tell you honestly, my mother is not dead. Fang Yishan recruited everything. How did you pick such a soft egg? They already know where your lair is out of town, and they're chasing after your accomplices. It is useless to spare you how many circles you make on the road. And the reason why they let you go for a long time and chase you here is just so that I can ask who is behind you. ”

With a fierce hatred in the eyes of the leader of the dead soldiers, he drew a sharp blade from his waist, and before he could make the next move, several screams sounded in the air, and he instantly became a hedgehog. But he was still unwilling, and tried his best to point the knife in his hand at Gao Ju, until he couldn't hold on anymore and fell down.

This action seems to be a signal. The dead men let out a scream of grief and rushed forward with their swords. Almost at the same time, Gao Zhen raised his hand high and waved it decisively, and the rain of arrows suddenly overwhelming the sky.

An encirclement and suppression began. (To be continued......)