The wind and rain did not stop all night, at dawn, the rain gradually became lighter, Xie Gongzi took people to watch from the Lou Boat Lookout, and found that there was no trace of the rebels, and the group raised the sail and went straight to Huaiyang Wharf. Shen De had already led people to wait at the dock.

After the three cargo ships docked, two people came out of the compartment of the cargo ship loaded with cloth, it was the king of Xiping and the king of Qinghe. The two of them bowed their hands to Xie Rui: "Thanks to the wisdom and courage of Gongzi Xie and the Chen family, we saved our lives", Xie Rui and Shen De hurriedly knelt down with all the sergeants.

Xie Rui led everyone to escort the two princes back to the mansion. When Xie Qian saw the two princes coming, he frowned and then greeted each other with a smile. The two princes thanked everyone one by one, and told everyone about the destruction of Jinling City, the killing of the emperor, and the robbery of the rich businessmen of the princess. Liu Xian, the king of Xiping, was forty-five years old and was familiar with Xie Qian, and Liu Jian, the king of Qinghe, was twenty-five years old, but he was Chen Hongyi's apprentice. After everyone cried and comforted for a while, Xie Qian made his words clear: "If today's son is in trouble, the country cannot be without a king for a day, two virtuous kings descended from the sky, and the dog brought a jade seal, we should support the new monarch to succeed to the throne as soon as possible, and order the world to recover Jinling and dominate the world", Shen De and Wufu had to agree, but Xie Rui coughed: "Since the jade seal and the prince are in Huaiyang, why not wait for Chen Hongyi, the governor of Jingzhou, Wang Xiantun, the cavalry captain and other important ministers who escaped from Jinling, to arrive and then elect a new monarch, if my father and I support the new monarch at this time, What will the people of the world and the generals with heavy armies think? And what will be done? King Xiping and King Qinghe got up almost at the same time, and said that they were so talented that they did not dare to succeed to the throne.

On the sixth day of the seventh month, Chen Hongyi returned with his army, and before leaving, he set up a wooden sign by the Li Shui, which read: "All gentlemen are exempt from delivery." After Hou Tianzhou learned that Chen Hongyi had withdrawn his troops, he was ready to cross the river to pursue, but he couldn't build a boat for a while, so he had to scold Chen Hongyi by the Li River and then withdraw his troops and return to Luoyang in the west.

Chen Hongyi led the army back to the city, but picked up Liu Jie, the king of Qi, Xiao Ding on the left, Lu Feng, the leader of the army, and Yuan Kang on the way.

Xie Qian greeted this cadre in the government again, and wept and comforted again. This time, Xie Qian didn't mention the matter of supporting the new monarch, but looked at Chen Hongyi and wanted to see Chen Hongyi's calculations. Clinker Chen Hongyi didn't speak, and looked at the three princes again. Liu Jie, the king of Qi, is the same brother of the first emperor, the most noble, he looked at everyone and spoke first: "It all depends on your efforts to rescue, this king is grateful, and after we work together to recover Jinling to avenge the first emperor, everyone will be crowned marquis", although the words did not mention the matter of being called the emperor, but the emperor was really ready to be rewarded. At this time, Da Honglu Yuan Kang changed his face and said: "The first emperor still has a son-in-law King Jin in Jinling, I should send someone to rescue the King of Jin, support the King of Jin to ascend the throne, and order the world to recover Jinling again", the left servant shot Xiao Ding stood up: "The country is the elder monarch, the King of Qi is the same mother and brother of the first emperor, his status is noble, known as a virtuous name, the King of Jin is only a three-year-old child, how to preside over the overall situation, Da Honglu is so confused", Yuan Kang also stood up: "The left servant shoots just to establish a meritorious service, I take the etiquette as the priority, although I offend the princes and adults, But everyone in the world knows that I am right", Xie Qian made a conciliatory gesture at this time, and Lu Feng, the leader of the army, also came to persuade Yuan Kang to return to his seat. Chen Hongyi, who had not spoken, laughed: "Didn't you adults say that you were bent on killing thieves and going to the national disaster together when you were eating soup cakes with your hands a few days ago? Why did you enter the city today and start a mess by yourself? I think it is not too late to discuss the matter of supporting the new king, and it is not too late to discuss it when the marshal Wang Xian arrives, the king of Qinghe is my beloved disciple, but at this time, in the face of great rights and wrongs, I will not support the king of Qinghe, but wait for the important ministers of the court to discuss it, and make the people of the world convinced." The rest of the people then remembered that the current Huaiyang City is all Chen Jiajun, if Chen Hong has the intention of supporting the king of Qinghe, it is difficult to say whether the lives of others can be saved. So everyone praised Chen Hongyi for his high style and brightness, and it was clear that right and wrong were righteous. Chen Hongyi smiled: "Chen Mou also has a word, no matter which prince ascends the throne and becomes the emperor in the future, other princes Chen will also protect him, Chen Mou doesn't want our Liang to fight in the same room anymore."

The princes thanked Chen Hongyi again, but Liu Jian, the king of Qinghe, was not very happy.

After nightfall, Liu Jian ran to Chen Hongyi's big tent and asked Chen Hongyi about the day. Chen Hongyi looked Liu Jian up and down, and sighed: "You are confused, do you think that the master can help you ascend the throne with thousands of soldiers and horses and a Huaiyang City?" You are just the nephew of the first emperor, and there are hundreds of people with the same identity as you, and when the time comes, all the righteous armies will support a prince, and the world will not be more chaotic, and now the fire dragon clan is fighting each other in Mobei, and when some of them come out to unify Mobei, they will enter the Central Plains. I know these are big truths, and I'm going to tell you about my selfishness. I said in public today that I don't support you, no matter who becomes the emperor in the future, he will not kill you, and I can still claim to be a loyal servant, and I can still protect you with thousands of soldiers and horses. rashly supporting a new monarch does not necessarily get glory and wealth, but often in a different place. In this world, we must rely on strength to defeat it, and we must also rely on the interests of etiquette and law to win people's hearts, which is not what our master has now. It is better for you to be a virtuous king for a lifetime than to be a short-lived son for a few days." After listening to this, Liu Jian knelt down in front of Chen Hongyi and said that he would follow Chen Hongyi to live in the barracks. Chen Hongyi refused: "In this extraordinary period, if you are in my military camp all day long, other princes and ministers will mistakenly think that I want to support you, and when the time comes, it will cause internal strife and let the rebels benefit the fishermen, and they will mislead the country and the world." As for your safety, I will send fifty men with you at your disposal."

Liu Jian had no choice but to agree to Chen Hongyi and take fifty people, including Li Xiaofei, to the mansion in the city.

Li Xiaofei led the horse to Liu Jian, and as soon as he walked into the city, he heard the neighing of horses in the distance outside the city. Li Xiaofei looked back and saw countless torches coming from far and near towards Huaiyang City. Li Xiaofei hurriedly closed the city gate with the soldiers of the same team and ascended the city tower.

At the same time, Chen Hongyi also saw a long line of torches in the distance in the camp outside the city, so he ordered 3,000 steps to rush over.

The sound of torches and horses' hooves approached, and I saw that the leader was a cart pulled by eight horses, with a yellow umbrella cover on it, and a general next to him pointed to the city with a white scarf on his head: "The new emperor has arrived, quickly open the city gate and take over." On duty on the city tower was Zhang Sheng, Zhang Sheng glanced at it and replied loudly: "The last general is ordered by Lord Chen to guard the city, and nothing else is known, if there is no Lord Chen's token, he will not dare to open the city gate without his token."

"You are so bold, I am Wang Xian, Chen Hongyi was my pawn back then, don't talk nonsense, open the city gate quickly", Zhang Sheng did not answer, turned back to the city guard sergeant and said: "Be careful and guard, guard the city gate."

Wang Xian was furious, drew his sword and shouted: "Give me to attack the city!" ”