After everything was arranged, Pei Yuan and the others began to continue to walk forward with the team, when the team went out of the city, the people in the city were in the middle of the road to say goodbye, and the depressed anger when they came was gone, and now the jubilant appearance made Pei Yuan and the others very happy.

But Qi Zesheng's treatment was not so good, the people threw rotten vegetable leaves at him, and even a half-year-old child threw a dead mouse at him, and Qi Zesheng, who was handcuffed and shackled, screamed a lot.

When the troops were resting at a post station in the back, Pei Yuan and the others received a letter from King Heng, Shi Xiangjie saw Pei Yuan's brows furrowed, and hurriedly took the letterhead and opened it: "Is the situation over there already so grim?" No wonder they are urging us to hurry away. ”

"After this meal, we will leave after a rest, according to this situation, I am afraid that we will have to spend the night outside." Pei Yuan said with a serious face.

"Well, it's like going to war again, and this year has all passed on the road." Shi Xiangjie laughed.

The large army began to speed up the pace, but they still couldn't get to the next post station in a hurry, as Pei Yuan expected, they needed to set up a tent in the field to spend the night, they simply suffered this kind of hardship outside, but no one complained, they all worked hard to set up a tent.

Pei Yuan arranged some people on night duty, and Qi Zesheng took care of them, but the guards who guarded him at night were too tired to travel for days, so they accidentally fell asleep in the second half of the night.

Qi Zesheng took out a small silver needle hidden in his hair, turned it two or three times in the shackles on his feet, and the chains that were clasped together snapped open.

The shackles on his hands were not very convenient to open, and Qi Zesheng was worried that he would wake up the guards guarding the guards, so he inserted the silver needle back into his hair and crept out.

But in the woods with black lights and blind fire, it may not be possible to figure out the direction during the day, and at this point in time, I don't know the southeast and northwest, Qi Zesheng only cares about running away and doesn't look at the road, and the wind is blowing at night, and there are suddenly a few wolf howls in it.

Qi Zesheng stopped, listened carefully, and immediately stood on end with a body of hair, it was really a wolf howl, it didn't seem to be one, he reacted and ran away, and because of the movement brought by running, the wolf was attracted faster.

The sound of the wolf's howl was getting closer and closer, Qi Zesheng ran in a panic, just wanted to quickly get rid of the sound behind him, he ran and ran, and suddenly saw another little light in front of him, and he didn't look carefully, he just felt that he must be saved, so he suddenly accelerated his speed and rushed over quickly, and when he reacted, the steps under his feet could no longer be stopped.

A wide, long river meandered through the edge of the woods, the surface of the water reflecting the light of the moon, and the surface of the lake sparkled like a handful of broken silver.

Qi Zesheng disappeared only when he found out early the next morning, and the guards drooped their heads to confess to Pei Yuan, losing a prisoner was not a small matter, but Pei Yuan felt sorry for them It was indeed hard work along the way, and he didn't say anything.

It's just that they didn't expect that when the team walked out along the forest and walked to the downstream of a nearby river, they would see Qi Zesheng's body lying next to a big rock downstream, if it wasn't blocked by the big stone, I am afraid it would float farther.

Shi Xiangjie stepped forward to check it and said to Pei Yuan: "I should have been unconscious before I went into the water, so I would be drowned, looking at the wound on my forehead, it is estimated that I hit the stone." ”

Yuan Yang leaned in to take a look and shook his head: "I can't escape, it seems that God can't get used to seeing such a person alive, so he found an opportunity to clean him up." ”

"There's no need to waste time on such a person, we have to continue on our way, this person will take him out first and find a place to throw it away." Pei Yuan commanded loudly, took the lead in beating the horse and continued to move forward.

Yuan Yang hurriedly brought two small soldiers to pick up Qi Zesheng's body, so as not to pollute the river water, and when he passed by the mass grave, he threw it directly.

Qi Zesheng's story was somehow spread, and almost all the towns along the way began to open granaries one after another to relieve the people, and no one dared to make a mistake under their noses for the two who were about to pass by their towns.

Pei Yuan and Shi Xiangjie rushed all the way over, and the scene they saw was as if all the people had been rescued, and they probably guessed the reason in their hearts.

Shi Xiangjie looked at the captain of the city guarding the city who was trotting towards them in front of him, and said to Pei Yuan with a smile: "You said that there was only one corrupt official along the way, Qi Zesheng?" Or did they all learn to be obedient all at once? ”

"At least on the surface, it looks good, the situation can be stable for the time being, and it is not in vain that we will bring Qi Zesheng to justice." Pei Yuan also laughed, and then said in a deep voice, "However, when we come back from King Heng, we still have to do a good investigation, and take this opportunity to pull out all the tumors in the imperial court." ”

The captain of the city guard here had already arrived in front of the two of them, and bowed his hand and said, "The lower official has seen the prince and the general." ”

Shi Xiangjie nodded: "General Ben has come all the way, and you have managed this place very well, but we must not slack off in disaster relief, if we find out in the future that you are all doing superficial work, then the end will only be the same as Qi Zesheng." ”

"The lower officials don't dare, the lower officials will definitely treat the people well, and they will never dare to do anything to oppress the people and bend the law for bribes."

Pei Yuan nodded with satisfaction, the front was urgent, and they couldn't stay here for long, after admonishing the captain who was guarding the city, Dai wanted to hurry.

In order to meet King Heng as soon as possible, the team began to rush with the stars and the moon, Shi Xiangjie chatted with Pei Yuan casually on the way to relieve the sleepiness: "The princess stays in the capital alone, there will be no danger, I heard Jiahui and Xiang Yuan say that since we came back from the border, Shen Xiang's life has been very difficult." ”

Pei Yuan counted the time, Shen Jiahe should have discovered the gold medal by now, and the people above who have the gold medal to protect her can't trouble her, as for if someone else wants to make some small moves behind their backs, those secret guards in the Yuan Pavilion are not vegetarians.

"It's going to be fine, I have arranged all the things of Jiahe before I came, as for my father-in-law," Pei Yuan paused for a moment before saying, "My father-in-law has been immersed in the imperial court for many years, and he will not know less about the emperor than me, so he should still be able to deal with it." ”

No matter how bad it is, when it really can't be solved, Shen Jiahe will also take out a token to save their family.

The team traveled for three days and nights to join King Heng, and people were sleepy and tired along the way, and when they arrived at the destination, many people sat directly on the ground and couldn't get up for half a day.

King Heng looked at the sluggish army, and the anger in his heart suddenly exploded: "You came so late, this king doesn't care, but you brought such a team of men and horses to this king, you look back for yourself, where is there to go to the battlefield." ”

Shi Xiangjie didn't get off the horse, sat on the horse and looked at King Heng condescendingly, and snorted coldly: "I think we are slow, you can do it yourself if you have the ability, what do you want to do with the court, you have the ability to be angry at us, but you also have the ability to be angry at those riotous people!" ”

King Heng frowned, and looked at Shi Xiangjie angrily: "When you are called General Shi, do you really think that you are a general, you are still far away from your father, and you lose your temper in front of this king, Shi Xiangjie, you are really bold!" ”

Pei Yuan looked at the two helplessly, so he had to pull King Heng aside first and explain to him: "The road is not easy to walk, there is mud everywhere, it is indeed a lot slower than usual, after meeting the town managed by Qi Zesheng, in order to deal with the mess he left behind, it was also delayed for two days. We never stop traveling day and night, that's why they do. Pei Yuan looked at the soldiers.

Shi Xiangjie sneered: "Speaking of which, Qi Zesheng is still under King Heng's family, what's the matter?" We cleaned up the mess for him, which is equivalent to cleaning up the mess in the Hengwang Hui, the king of Heng is really well managed in the coastal towns, the bottom two are not a thing, that Qi Zesheng was caught by us and wanted to escape, but he drowned in the water, God really can't stand it. ”

"Shi Xiangjie, you have something to say to this king, don't be weird there, Qi Zesheng is just a dog under this king, and he is so far away, how can this king manage him." The anger in King Heng's eyes was even greater.

Shi Xiangjie sneered again, and when he was about to speak, Pei Yuan coughed heavily: "You just don't say a few words, the most important thing now is to solve the problem in front of you." ”

King Heng waved his hand: "Forget it, this king knows the hard work of the soldiers, let's arrange for them to rest for a while, otherwise they won't have the strength to do things." ”

"Come on," the Heng Dynasty's own personal guards beckoned, "take them down to make arrangements first, give them a meal, and then let them rest and rest." ”

Shi Xiangjie watched that all the people under his command were taken away and arranged, and the anger in his heart was a lot less, and the reason why he was angry with King Heng was also because he couldn't see his soldiers suffering and being wronged, so he said a few words.

Pei Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at King Heng: "Let's find a place to understand the situation in front of us first." ”

King Heng nodded, and then looked at the two of them: "You don't have to rest?" ”

Shi Xiangjie arched his hand: "Thank you King Heng, the two of us can still survive, let's talk about it when this stubble is over!" ”

In this way, King Heng and Shi Xiangjie no longer cared, this kid who grew up under the wings of General Shi didn't seem to be very bad, but he was really anxious because of the predicament in front of him, so he couldn't hold his anger.

Taking the two of them to his own council room, King Heng roughly said the situation in front of him: "The rebellion of the people is still caused by the serious disaster, and those people in the later period oppressed the people and did not treat them well, which caused the current bad situation, but to be honest, the crux is still us, and the officials and the people can't complain about them." ”

"King Heng means to sympathize with them, but once it involves rebellion, it stands to reason that it will be exterminated." Shi Xiangjie looked at him and said.

"That's right, but there seems to be something strange about this matter, these rebels were originally unrelated, but then for some reason they suddenly approached, and among them it was as if someone was fanning the flames, and deliberately gathered these people." King Heng frowned and said, he originally intended to arrest this person, but there was no countermeasure.

Pei Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "In that case, we still have to persuade peace." "He can't bear to hurt those people, life has been so miserable, if they really want to arrest people for the reason of rebellion, they will bring disaster to the whole family.

King Heng nodded in agreement: "I think so too, but I'm just worried that the invisible person inside will be a demon and sabotage our peace talks." ”

Pei Yuan's fingers buckled on the table, and said in a deep voice: "You just send someone to negotiate peace, I believe that the people who are willing to negotiate peace still account for the majority, and arrange for someone Qiao Zhuang to go in to stop them, find out the person who opposes it, and then directly arrest that person." ”

"Good idea, I'm really made a big deal by these things, why didn't I think of this trick." King Heng slapped the table and settled the matter, "The next thing is to arrange the people to negotiate peace, this king is going to go to negotiate with them in person, and when the time comes, I will ask Shi Xiangjie and you to arrest people." ”

Seeing that Shi Xiangjie and Pei Yuan both nodded, King Heng hurriedly shouted to the guards standing aside and ordered: "You understand what King Xian said, you can do this matter with Xiao Liuzi, and when you catch someone, this credit is not small." ”

The guards took the order and left, and King Heng sent someone to take Shi Xiangjie down to rest, but when Pei Yuan also followed outside, King Heng grabbed his sleeve.