Chapter Seventy-Four: Rushing Back to Beijing at Night

Running all night, running sleeplessly, is to rush to the capital as soon as possible, after passing the Juyong Pass for more than an hour, the mounts fell to the ground one after another, convulsions and foaming at the mouth. Everyone in the Zhongzheng line turned over and jumped down from the horses that were about to fall, standing on the ground and looking back, everyone looked at Han Yueqiu, Han Yueqiu whispered: "It seems that we can only wait for tomorrow morning to find horses and continue to hurry." Qu Xiangtian said: "Second senior brother, this is absolutely impossible, the soldiers are fast, and the sooner we arrive in the capital, the sooner we will be effective." ”

Gao Huai sighed: "But even if we gallop on foot until dawn, we will just be able to reach the capital, not to mention that we still have to take the remains of the fifth senior brother, so the speed will be slow, it is better to find the horses at dawn and set off again." Qin Rufeng stepped on the ground fiercely and shouted loudly: "Gao Huai, this time I agree with Lao Qu's words, even if the soldiers are fast, even if they run to death, they must quickly rush to the capital to prepare early, Beijing must be a mess, even if it is an extra hour, it may be the key to victory or defeat." ”

Gao Huai sighed and said, "Why don't we leave the body of the fifth senior brother first and take it after the war is over?" "Don't even think about this, you and I both know that we have to send it to Master before all the spirits of the corpse disappear, so as to see how the fifth senior brother died in battle, and the eternal soul seal also needs to dare before the spirit disappears." Zhu Jianwen suddenly spoke.

Qu Xiangtian nodded and said: "Not only that, if the army also attacks this place first, no matter where the corpse is buried, it will definitely be trampled by thousands of troops, and if you are lucky, you can't find the corpse, if you are unlucky, the corpse may be damaged, the fifth senior brother is good to us, we can't let him die without a corpse." ”

Gao Huai shook his head and said, "Of course I'm not that ruthless and unrighteous person, but I have to hurry up and take the fifth senior brother with me, how is this good." Han Yueqiu picked up Du Hai's body without saying a word, and then ran in the direction of the capital, saying as she ran: "Take turns carrying it, I'll come first." The crowd followed.

When the sky was bright on 18 August, the city gate officer of Desheng Gate on the northwest side of Beijing received a report from the soldiers that several extremely fast horses were approaching the city gate they were guarding.

The city gate officer looked at him, and then said to himself, "It's a deserter from Tumu Fort again." As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes widened, and he stared at the front, for he saw that something was wrong, these knights were too low, maybe they were just empty horses that did not ride people, but he never expected that there were seven fast runners getting closer and closer, and he could not believe his eyes, in his impression that no one could run so fast.

The seven people also carried a person on their backs, swapping backs in a rapid rush, no matter how fast they were, they didn't stop at all. The city gate manager ordered the city gate to be guarded, but he was not sure whether these people were human or ghost.

And on the inside of the city gate, a fast horse also rushed to the city gate, and went straight to the top of the city tower along the stone stairs of the city wall, but the soldiers stopped but were whipped by their horses, and they were about to get angry and wait to see the people on the horse. When the gatekeeper heard the sound on the stone staircase, he exclaimed, "Who is coming, who dares to be so presumptuous?" ”

When the city gate officer turned around, he was almost knocked down by the tall horse, and hurriedly dodged. The city gate official couldn't help but be angry and stretched out his hand to pull the horse, but he was stunned by a whip that cut his head and covered his face, and the man on the horse said loudly with a sharp voice: "Open the city gate quickly, the military department has an order from your lordship." He said and threw a token over it.

The city gate officer received the token at a glance but it was the order of the military department, since the military department Shangshu Kuang Yu followed Zhu Qizhen to go to the war, the military department squire Yu Qian took over all the affairs of the military department, after the defeat of the Tumubao army, Kuang Wei died in battle, Yu Qian was officially in charge of the power, although he was not promoted to the military department of Shangshu, but the real power is in the hands of the token and then collected, just like Shangshu.

The city gate official looked up, but he was startled, because the people on the horse were also very large, and the current eunuch Jin Ying was also. Jin Ying turned over and dismounted and jumped on his feet and shouted, "Hurry up, why are you stunned, open the city gate quickly." The city gate officer hastened to give the order, and the city gate was opened and stood in a solemn formation to greet the distinguished guests.

The city gate official did not do anything wrong, because the people who could move Yu Qian's order and Jin Ying personally came to give the order could not remember who it was except the emperor city gate official, but he had already heard a little about the news that Emperor Zhu Qizhen was captured, so he had to call the person who came a distinguished guest. Jin Ying was made to laugh and cry by the city gate official, so he had to command sharply: "Quickly prepare seven horses to lead outside the city gate, and don't delay." So saying, he turned on his horse and ran down the stone steps to the gate of the city to meet him.

Those who were shocked by the city gate officials were Han Yueqiu and the others, and it was Du Hai who was carrying them on their backs alternately, everyone had reached the limit of their bodies, but they were still galloping, not only to defend the capital, but more importantly, Du Hai's gnosis was getting weaker and weaker, and he had to be quickly put into the soul coffin in the house to be preserved.

The men who were running saw the gates suddenly open, the soldiers lined up, and seven horses were waiting for them at the gates. The closer people who hope to come, the easier it is to laxative, and Qu Xiangtian and the others are no exception, and they cheered a few times before they were excited. They did not heed the surprised gazes of the surrounding sergeants, and as soon as they arrived at the city gate, they turned over and embraced Du Hai's corpse in the sky, and in front of the seven horses, a eunuch in regular clothes rode a horse and screamed, "Follow me." As he spoke, he rode his horse and whipped towards the mansion of the Zhongzheng lineage.

Han Yueqiuqu Xiangtian and the others followed closely, and gradually disappeared from the sight of the city gate official, who wiped his cold sweat and said to himself: "What kind of person is this, with such a big face." ”

The eight horses that flew like they arrived in the house, and then Fang Qingze took Du Hai's body, and several people rushed into it, Jin Ying was old after all, and he was not as strong as Han Yueqiu and the others, and he lay on the ground as soon as he got off the horse, but he still bent his body and staggered into the door.

Mr. Shi took Cheng Fangdong and Shi Wentian and his wife to greet each other quickly, Fang Qingze hugged Du Hai and knelt on the ground at once, Han Yueqiu and others also knelt down one after another, and saw Mr. Shi's bloody men shed tears one after another: "Master, Du Hai is gone." ”

Shi Fang nodded, covered his face with his cuffs, and then was silent for a moment and said with a little choked up: "I know, I already knew, I am sorry for you for the teacher." Then they couldn't hold it back, and everyone cried together.

Mr. Shi took Du Hai's body, walked to the Valhalla step by step, and then put Du Hai into the soul coffin, which was made of white jade and golden silk nanmu, engraved with countless rune patterns, and a set of ice jade pillows and gold silk bedding were placed at the bottom of the coffin. Du Hai was put in the coffin of the soul of the town, and Mr. Shi wept and read silently: "The coffin of the soul, the tears of the world, the supreme law, the immeasurable Buddha, the soul is broken here, temporarily retained, such as the next life, but also the continuation of the fate, eternal casting, wait a little, eternal love, yin and yang trick." After finishing reading, the air in the hall suddenly plummeted, and there was a faint green smoke on the coffin of the soul suppression, Du Hai's face was suddenly covered with a layer of cold frost, and Cheng Fangdong and Han Yueqiu worked together to cover the coffin.

On one wall of the Valhalla coffin facing the soul hall hung a small sign made of various materials, which was engraved with the eight characters of birth, with a solemn meaning, Mr. Shi wiped his tears, and then turned to everyone and said: "You guys take a rest first, I still have important things to discuss, and I will attack in a while, and the people of heaven and earth will interfere in politics." ”