It turned out that this old man was Yuan Hui.

At the end of last year, when Zhu Di, the king of Yan, decided to go south and fight the imperial army in Linjiang, he also consulted Yuan Heng's opinion. Yuan Hui immediately divined a hexagram, and the hexagram showed good luck. So Yuan Hui took Hu Ying and followed the Yan army to the south.

Hu Ying followed Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and was born and died all the way, fought a lot of tough battles, and made a lot of achievements.

After Zhu Di, the king of Yan, ascended the throne, in order to investigate the traitorous party, he immediately restored the Jinyi Guard, and Hu Ying was awarded the Jinyi Wei Thousand Households for his merits, which was the fifth grade. In addition, Zhu Di ordered Chen Ying, the inspector of Beiping, to go south as soon as possible, and took up the post of Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to try the case of traitorous party.

Because of this, Yuan Hui predicted the celestial phenomena many times before to help the Yan army win, and was awarded the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple in the fourth grade.

However, Yuan Hui was not satisfied with this, he hoped to be able to pay homage to the prime minister. After hearing that Zhu Yunwen had fled, he volunteered and took his apprentice Hu Ying to Beijing to track down Zhu Yunwen's whereabouts. If Zhu Yunwen can be caught or killed, it will be a great achievement, and there will be a foothold among the many heroes of the appeasement.

Hu Ying asked, "Master, where should we inquire next?" ”

Yuan Heng pretended to pinch his fingers, and then said categorically: "Go to Huai'an." ”

Hu Ying was stunned and said: "Huai'an is still in the hands of Mei Yin, the commander of the horses, this person has not yet been attached, how can he go?" ”

Yuan Jue said: "Mei Juma has 400,000 troops stationed in Huai'an, threatening the back road of the Beijing Division, the emperor must have measures, I think it should be appeased." Besides, when you left Beijing, the emperor allowed you to act cheaply. If you don't enter the tiger's den, you and I will go to Huai'an, maybe we can not only recruit the horses, but also catch the traitorous party, killing two birds with one stone. ”

Hu Ying arched his hand and said, "Obey the teacher's orders." ”

The moon in the sky is like a hook, the night is hazy all around, a carriage is galloping on the dark official road, a lantern with the word Sun is hung on the roof of the car, Yuan Xiaowu sits firmly in front of the car, waving the horsewhip from time to time, driving the two horses to gallop.

Zhang Shixing sat side by side with him, and when he saw that his face was resolute and he didn't say a word, admiration arose spontaneously in his heart.

In the evening today, Xiao Wu suddenly came to the small courtyard and loaded everyone into the carriage, but did not go out of the east gate to the canal wharf, but went directly out of the north gate and galloped to the north.

When Zhang Shixing and others saw it, they were shocked and asked why.

Xiao Wu briefly told Hu Ying that he had discovered their traces and that Mr. Qin had pretended to be everyone and went to the dock.

After Zhu Yunwen heard this, he couldn't help but nod his head again and again and praised: "Mr. Qin, the little fifth brother is really a righteous man." If everyone in the world is like you, why worry that the swallow thief will not be destroyed, and the society will not be restored. ”

Xiao Wu said lightly: "I did this for Wang Yushi." You are on the list of traitors, and you must also be a friend of Wang Yushi, he is loyal and upright, but he died tragically at the hands of the rats, which makes me regret it for life. Therefore, I would like to do something for his fellow believers to make up for my guilt. ”

Huang Zicheng said: "Little Wu, it's good when we get to Huai'an Mansion." The world is still ours, and there is no need to hide and hide like now. ”

Zhang Shixing asked: "How far does Xiao Wu have to go to Huai'an Mansion and when can he get there?" ”

Xiao Wudao: "Yangzhou is 300 miles away from Huai'an, if you rush overnight, you can arrive tomorrow evening." ”

Zhang Shixing said: "Then there is the fifth brother of Lao, the great grace is not grateful, and when we arrive in Huai'an, we will definitely thank each other." ”

Xiao Wu said: "You are Mr. Qin's friend, and it is also within my duty to help you, so you don't need to thank me." When you meet Mr. Qin the other day, you should thank him more. ”

Zhang Shixing nodded and said: "Mr. Qin is really a master of the world, his talent is ten times stronger than me, if he can help us, great things can be done." ”

There was nothing to say all the way, and the next evening, their carriage arrived at the south gate of Huai'an.

Huai'an Mansion is located at the intersection of the Huai River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, located in the north and south of the key point, for the Beijing division barrier, Caoyun Governor stationed here.

When Mei Yin led the army to resist the Yan army, the general military palace was arranged in the Yamen of the governor of Caoyun.

Zhang Shixing and his entourage saw that there were no soldiers guarding the city gate, they felt a little strange, and when they entered the city, they saw that on both sides of the street, every household was hung with white paper lanterns, and the filial piety curtain was lowered, and they were even more surprised, could it be that something big happened in this Huai'an Mansion, and there were people in every family?

When they came to the Yamen of the Governor of Caoyun, everyone saw that they were hung with black cloth and white flowers on the lintel, and under the reflection of the white paper lanterns on both sides, it was very miserable. Even the guards at the gate were dressed in linen and filial piety, with a sad face.

Zhang Shixing hurriedly jumped out of the car and asked, "Mei Kui Ma Xue?" ”

The guard glared at him and said, "Who are you, talking nonsense here." ”

Zhang Shixing said: "If this is not the case, why is Huai'an Mansion full of filial piety?" ”

The guard looked him up and down and said, "Where did you come from, you don't even know such a big thing as the national funeral, the first emperor died." ”

Zhang Shixing woke up suddenly, it seems that they are a little late, whether it is true or not, the news of Zhu Yunwen's death has spread all over the country, which makes them how to deal with it.

Zhang Shixing hurriedly said to the guard: "Please say that the original Jinyi Guard and Zhang Shixing visited Mei Concubine." ”

The guard stretched out his hand and said, "Where's your waist card?" ”

Zhang Shixing said with embarrassment on his face: "I came in a hurry, and I didn't bring a waist card." ”

The guard said, "What about your name?" ”

Zhang Shixing was embarrassed again, and said: "I didn't bring a name post." ”

The guard said disdainfully, "You don't have a waist card or a name tag, how can I give you a gift?" ”

Since Zhang Shixing walked everywhere on his own, He had been so angry that he couldn't help but be angry and scolded: "Dogs look down on people." Then he rushed up and grabbed the guard's wrist and twisted him behind his back, the guard screamed in pain, and the rest of the guards at the gate saw that the situation was not good, and each armed with a knife and a gun, surrounded Zhang Shixing.

Sheng Yong and Xiao Wu in the car also hurriedly jumped out of the car, ready to help Zhang Shixing.

At this moment, a person walked out of the door, with three locks of long hair, clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and also wearing heavy filial piety, and shouted to everyone: "Who dares to make noise in front of the General Soldier's Mansion, don't you want to die?" ”

Zhang Shixing looked up and recognized this person as Shi Huang Yanqing, the governor of the Horse Mansion, so he stepped forward, bowed down and said, "Mr. Huang, I know Zhang Shixing in the Jinyi Wei of Xiayuan, and I have come to visit Mei Horse. ”

Huang Yanqing looked left and right, and saw that there were no idle people, so he hurriedly walked down the steps, supported Zhang Shixing, and said in a low voice: "Zhang Tongzhi, why are you here?" We haven't seen each other in years. ”

When he saw Sheng Yong and Xiao Wu, he was a little angry, so he asked, "These two are your friends?" ”

Zhang Shixing nodded and said, "I still have some friends who want to see Mei Yuma." After that, he walked to the front of the car and helped Zhu Yunwen and the others out of the carriage one by one.

That Huang Yanqing saw Huang Zicheng, Huang Zhan, Wang Shu and others in the dark night, because he was once a doctor of Guozijian, and he often had contacts with these poets and wines, so although it was late, he recognized them at a glance.

He hurriedly stepped forward and shook the hands of several people one by one, and said excitedly: "Why are you all here?" ”

Huang Zicheng and others sighed: "Brother Huang, it's really hard to explain. ”

Huang Yanqing turned around and saw Zhu Yunwen again, he looked familiar, but when he saw Zhu Yunwen's dress, he didn't dare to recognize him, so he hesitated in place.

Zhu Yunwen took a step forward, put his hands together and said, "Amitabha, the poor monk has seen Dr. Huang. ”

As soon as Huang Yanqing heard the voice, he finally confirmed that the bald monk in front of him was the Emperor Jianwen in his heart, tears flowed down his eyes, and he was about to kneel down and kowtow, Huang Zicheng held him up and said in a low voice: "This is not the place to talk, we have seen Mei Yuma and talk about it." ”

Huang Yanqing suddenly woke up, wiped away his tears, and led everyone into the house, Huang Yanqing turned back to the guards and said: "Without my order, no one is allowed to enter or leave tonight, and those who violate the order will be beheaded." ”

The guards stuck out their tongues in fright.

Huang Yanqing led everyone to the lobby, only to see the filial piety curtain hanging low in the hall, surrounded by paper, in the middle of the incense case, on the incense table for a god tablet, the tablet is written on the position of the emperor of the Ming God Sect.

Under the incense case, a person knelt in front of him wearing linen and filial piety, crying so much that his voice was hoarse.

Huang Yanqing ordered him to retreat left and right, and then hurriedly stepped forward to help this person up, and said happily: "Master Horse, who do you see coming?" ”

It turned out that this person was Mei Yin, he turned around and saw a group of people standing under the hall, one of them was a bald monk, but he was very familiar between his eyebrows.

He hurriedly walked down the hall, came to Zhu Yunwen, and looked carefully. Zhu Yunwen smiled bitterly and said, "Uncle, don't come to harm?" ”

As soon as Mei Yin heard this, he confirmed that he was Zhu Yunwen, so he knelt on the ground with a thud and cried: "Wechen has seen the emperor, Wechen is incompetent, which has caused the fall of the Jingshi and the loss of the country, please surrender your majesty." ”

Zhu Yunwen hurriedly helped him up, and said warmly: "What is Qing's crime? It was my improper use of people and my misbelief in Li Jiujiang, which caused the overall situation to collapse, which is all my fault and has nothing to do with you. ”

Mei Yin said with tears in her eyes: "There is news from Jingshi, saying that Your Majesty died and died by self-immolation, so the minister and Huang Changshi privately gave Your Majesty the nickname and the temple number, and ordered the whole city to wear filial piety, Your Majesty will not blame Weichen." ”

Zhu Yunwen smiled and said, "This just shows that you are loyal, how can I blame you?" ”

Huang Yanqing said: "Mei Yuma, this is not the place to speak, please go to the inner hall to talk in detail." ”

After Mei Yin heard this, he hurriedly brought everyone to the back hall and ordered his cronies and guards to guard the wind outside, and no one was allowed to enter.

Mei Yin asked Zhu Yunwen to sit down, knelt down and kowtowed again.

Zhu Yunwen helped him up and said with emotion: "When this time is in danger, I can see my loved ones, and there is hope for the recovery of the country." ”

Mei Yin stood on the ground and didn't talk.

Sheng Yong felt a little strange, so he asked: "Mei Yuma, now that Your Majesty has escaped alive, coming to Huai'an, you have 400,000 troops, when you raise your arms, the world's Qinwang soldiers will be able to restore the rivers and mountains in one fell swoop, such a big thing, why don't you say a word?" ”

Mei Yin sighed and said, "Sheng Hou, you don't know something. My 400,000 troops are newly recruited, can only defend the city, can not field battles, so when the Yan army went south, I guarded the city, not let the Yan army cross the Lei Chi step, who knew that they actually bypassed Huai'an, straight into Yangzhou, Sheng Hou and failed to resist the Yan army, so the Beijing division fell. When His Majesty died, the news of the new emperor's accession to the throne came, the army's spirit was dispersed, and the 400,000 troops under my command were scattered, and they all returned to their hometowns. ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and they said: "I waited for a lot of hardships to come here, and I didn't want this to be the result." ”

Mei Yin's face was painful, she took out a handkerchief from her arms, handed it to Zhu Yunwen, and said: "The monarch is dead, the minister is dead, the monarch is alive, and everything is subject to His Majesty's arrangement." ”

Zhu Yunwen took the handkerchief, and saw that it was red, and it was written in blood: "Husband, return quickly, otherwise the life of the whole family will not be guaranteed." ”

Zhu Yunwen looked at it, sighed, and said, "Please return the horse, I will think about it again." ”

After Mei Yin heard this, she burst into tears, and everyone sighed.

At this time, Huang Yanqing took a step forward and said: "The minister has a plan, which can save the situation." ”

When Zhu Yunwen heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Huang Qing, please speak." ”