In the backyard of Zhai's house, a Dongchang fan found that there was a problem with the rockery, and after it was knocked down, a secret passage was found. After entering the secret passage, he found the gold room of the Qin prisoner Zhai Tang, which was full of gold, silver and jewelry. And Qin prisoner Zhai Tang hid here, holding a lot of ingots on his body, but his lips were chapped, and he shouted "thirsty, thirsty, thirsty" as soon as they met.

In the crowd in the square, the Qin prisoner Wang Dayu, who was identified by his family, was wearing a green coat and a small hat, which was a little better than the other Qin prisoner Liang guest who had been arrested, at least he was not dressed in women's clothes.

When the city was broken last night, he happened to be patrolling the warehouse, and he was not in his own house. However, he did not escape because of this, and when he knew that the report could be exonerated from crime, his confidants immediately exposed him.

However, the other two Qin criminals, Fan Yongdou and Huang Yunfa, still did not find it, and the investigation of the personnel in the square continued.

This personnel investigation is not just an investigation of the eight major Jin merchants. Even other merchants who do business in the city must also be investigated, and those who engage in acts of exile will not be spared.

Listening to the advice of his subordinates, Hong Chengchou's brows finally wrinkled.

It has been confirmed before that when the army attacked the city, the eight Jin merchants were all in Zhangjiakou Fort. However, so far, there are still two Qin criminals, one of whom is still the main culprit, and they have not been found.

Hong Chengchou knew that for these eight Jin merchants, the emperor hated them to the core. These two people must be caught.

He was thinking about it, when suddenly another soldier rushed to report that he had found a secret passage in Fan Yongdou and Huang Yunfa's mansion, which was very long and led to the outside of the city.

"This is because I know that I am guilty and I am afraid that one day I will be punished, so I dug such a long secret passage?" Hong Chengchou couldn't help but sneer when he heard this.

You must know that the foundation of the city wall is very deep, and the price to pay if you want to dig under the city wall is not usually high.

After finishing speaking, Hong Chengchou turned his head to look outside the city, his eyes were slightly cold, and he immediately ordered: "Order, send part of the cavalry to the outside of the city, make a little louder, search for this official, and drive these snakes and rats out!" ”

He didn't have much to worry about, he had already thought of this possibility in advance, although it wasn't necessarily a secret passage, but in order to prevent them from escaping, he had already laid a net, and he didn't believe that these two Qin criminals could escape.

With his order, the cavalry drove out of the city, starting from the side of the city wall, from near to far, searching in all directions.

On a remote hill about ten miles away from Zhangjiakou Fort, there is a group of Heavenly Sons who are lurking here. The soldiers took turns scanning everything around them, while the others were resting.

"You said that 20,000 troops surrounded a castle, and the people inside should be unable to fly, we guess it's a waste of energy, right?"

"Who knows, since the Governor has an order, we will have to guard it until we receive a new military order."

"These Jin merchants, they are really losing money, they actually do business with our mortal enemies of the Ming Dynasty, and they also sell military supplies strictly prohibited by the imperial court, this courage is really fat!"

"No, the money they earned was all stolen from our Daming. Do you say that if they take that money, their conscience will not be troubled? ”

"Conscience? Oh, their consciences have been eaten by dogs! Damn, fortunately, the emperor is wise enough to find out these Jin merchants, otherwise, we would still be fighting with Jianyu in a daze! ”

“……”

Obviously, for those Jin merchants who were captured, these Ming soldiers were all resentful. The person who was protected by him stabbed in the back, this kind of behavior, compared to the hatred of Jianyu, is even more excessive.

Suddenly, a soldier on duty shouted, "A brother from the hussar battalion has come out, and it seems that a Qin prisoner has escaped." ”

Hearing this, the other soldiers who were resting and chatting also went over to look. Sure enough, they found that in the distance of sight, there were faint horsemen searching around. Obviously, it should have been a Qin prisoner who escaped to make such a move.

Immediately, these Ming soldiers were invigorated at night, and there were originally two people on duty to look out, so there were immediately two more people, and eight eyes stared in all directions, searching around like eagle eyes.

Not to mention, about a quarter of an hour later, suddenly a soldier on duty pointed in one direction and said in a surprised voice: "Look, there are people over there!" ”

The other three soldiers on duty turned their heads to look when they heard the sound, and sure enough, they saw three people hiding from the cavalry soldiers who were searching in the distance, sneakily hiding in places where the cavalry was inconvenient to walk, and while bending down to walk, they also looked up at the Ming soldiers in the distance from time to time.

"Needless to say, there is definitely something wrong with those three people!" One of them clapped his hands excitedly and said, "And our military order is that as long as it is a person, it will be arrested." ”

The leader Xiaoqi nodded, and immediately ordered: "Leave the two of you to continue watching, and the others, follow me over to arrest people." ”

At this time, the three of them didn't know that they had been discovered, and they were still stealing down the distant horsemen, and then continued to run with their heads down.

"Is there anything to eat, is there any water?" Suddenly, the man walking in the middle sat on the ground and looked up and asked the other two.

The man walking in front of him turned his head when he heard the sound and saw him sitting on the ground, so he hurriedly said: "Master, if I remember correctly, there is a small river not far ahead, you can drink some water, and as for food, you don't have anything to bring." On my side, there are only a few broken silver and copper coins. ”

The man behind also said: "Master, I only have broken silver and copper coins here, and there is no place to buy food here, so I can only endure it for the time being." ”

Hearing this, the man sitting on the ground couldn't help but sigh and said, "If I knew this, when I escaped, I should have brought something to eat." ”

Speaking of this, he sighed again, and then sighed: "Before the development in the early years, it was not unheard of to have eaten and slept in the open. I've never felt so tired, hungry and panicked as I do today......"

Speaking of this, he suddenly found that saying this would hit the confidence of these two family members, so he didn't dare to say the word panic, and immediately changed his words: "But don't worry, when we escape, 20,000 taels per person, master, I will never break my word." ”

Hearing this, the two family members were obviously excited, and the leader immediately said: "Don't worry, master, go to the front and drink saliva first." After avoiding those horsemen, the villain will give the master a rabbit pad to cushion his hunger and ensure that it is delicious! ”

"Yes, just those horsemen, don't try to catch us. Although rest assured, the two of us have followed the master for many years, and we will definitely be able to take the master out. When the other person heard this, he immediately followed suit.

These two people, if they weren't his henchmen, wouldn't have escaped from the secret passage with him. Therefore, he also knows these two henchmen and knows that they both have some skills.

Thinking so, he nodded and said, "Okay, master, I'm naturally relieved, we will definitely be able to escape, right!" ”

"Yes, don't worry, sir!" The two housekeepers replied almost in unison.

But at this moment, another voice sounded: "Yo, are you so sure?" Where does the confidence come from? ”

Hearing this, the three of them were as frightened as rabbits, jumped up, and when they heard the sound, they saw that eight Ming soldiers had surrounded them. Three of them also pointed their bows and arrows at them, and if they dared to move, it was estimated that the arrows would be able to summon them.

As soon as they saw this, the faces of the three people turned green. No matter how they were, they didn't think about where these Ming soldiers came from?

"Ladies and gentlemen, we ...... We're just passing by, we're really not bad people! The old man's mind was bright, and he immediately begged for mercy.

As he spoke, he also said to the other two: "All the military masters are working hard, take out all the broken silver on your bodies, so you have to honor the military masters!" ”

When the two family members heard this, they understood in their hearts, nodded hurriedly, and then wanted to make a move.

However, as soon as the two of them moved, they felt a pain in their feet, and then they saw two arrows nailed to their feet, and the feathers of the arrows were still trembling.

"Ahh There were two screams, and the two family members couldn't help but fall to the ground, holding the arrow and crying wolf.

The soldiers of the Ming army have actually been lurking for a while, and they have already heard the conversation between them, how can they believe that they are ordinary people. These two strong men with strong martial arts want to make a move, and they will naturally not be polite.

As a night of non-collecting, the sense of smell of danger is much sharper than anyone else.

This sudden situation almost scared the old man to pee. Subconsciously squatting on the ground with his head in his hands, his legs and feet trembling involuntarily.

The cavalry in the distance, seeing the movement here, had already come this way.

"Say, Who are you? What is your name? ”

Xiao Qi didn't react after saying that, so he stretched out his foot and kicked the old man, kicking him face to the sky, and at the same time sneered: "You dare to bribe us with broken silver, it's really bold!" ”

Hearing this, the old man was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized, hurriedly got up again, looked up at the small flag, and said with flattery: "This military master is a grass people, and he shouldn't insult the military master with broken silver." I have a lot of silver, you can as much as you want, ask the military masters to raise their noble hands, let the grass people a horse, as much silver as you want, the grass people can give it! ”

When the little flag heard it, he also fell, what he just said just now was just a relay of what they had said before, and he didn't have any other thoughts, but when this person spoke, he seemed to think that they were too little.

When the old man saw their demeanor, he understood it wrongly, so he hurriedly said: "Caomin's surname is Huang, his name is Yunfa, and he can be regarded as a big business here, and money is really not a problem, how about 20,000 taels per person?" Or, 30,000 taels? ”

With a little expectation, Huang Yunfa, one of the eight major Jin merchants, looked at the small flag, and then looked at the others, thinking in his heart, how much silver is your monthly military salary, and I will smash tens of thousands of taels, it's no problem, right?

That Xiaoqi was stunned for a moment, looked at each other with a few other comrades, and then asked with a look of disbelief, "Are you Huang Yunfa?" and Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, the one with the same name? ”

Hearing this, Huang Yunfa didn't answer yet, and his two family members thought there was hope, so they hurriedly replied: "Yes, our master is one of the most famous Jin merchants, Huang Yunfa Huang is a master with a lot of money, no, no, no, there are countless family wealth, and he will definitely be able to pay you the military master's silver." ”

"Yes, don't worry, you military masters, I, Huang someone, do business, and I am honest!" Huang Yunfa felt a little more confident in his heart, and his expression became a little calmer and said, "As much as I promised to give you military masters, it must be as much, and I will definitely not be in arrears!" ”

As soon as he finished saying this, before he could say anything else, he saw this Xiaoqi and the other Ming soldiers suddenly laughing together, as if they were laughing happily.

When Huang Yunfa and his two family members saw him, he was stunned at first, and then he laughed too, whether he was laughing or not, they all laughed with him anyway.

In their opinion, these military men knew that they could make a fortune, so happy!

But suddenly, the little flag suddenly laughed, his face was serious, and he shouted coldly: "It's really effortless to break through the iron shoes and find nowhere to get it, do you know that you Huang Yunfa is the emperor's condemned criminal, and you want to use silver to bribe us?" ”

Huang Yunfa, who was just about to stand up, heard this, his feet became weak, and he suddenly fell to the ground again. He didn't expect that he would be condemned by the emperor or a conspiracy to commit a crime. I was so stupid as to take the initiative to say my identity just now, it's over, it's all over......

Not far away, the sound of horses' hooves had been heard, and the cavalry soldiers had arrived.

At the same time, on the outer side of the Great Wall, there was a mountain pass, and five people came out, leading the horses, standing still, and then looking back behind them, for a while, the person in the lead, his expression seemed to be a little complicated.

"Master, stay in the green mountains without worrying about running out of firewood." A man who looked like a butler persuaded the leader, "It must be inevitable for the imperial court to send troops on such a large scale, but we still escaped, and one day, we will come back." ”

"Yes, sir!" Another person also said, "With the friendship between the master and the Qing Dynasty, and the family can take refuge, we will not be sent there when we go to Liaodong." ”

"Yes, Lord Fan is on the side of the Qing Emperor, but he is a red man, and he will definitely speak for the master." Another family member also followed suit.

This master, needless to say, is naturally Fan Yongdou who escaped. The way back he left for himself was that once something happened, he would get out of the customs and flee to Liaodong. Therefore, he even prepared horses and food in the mountains, and this time, he really used it.

Turning his head and seeing that there were still family members who wanted to speak, he immediately shook his head and said, "Don't worry, Liaodong, in fact, I have all the arrangements, and there is a house." The Qing Emperor also promised that I would be welcome at any time. Just ......"

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look in the direction of Guannai again, and then sighed before saying: "The foundation of many years is gone, and the family is still there, I don't know what will happen?" Forget it......"

Speaking of this, he suddenly perked up a little and said: "The old ones don't go, the new ones don't come, I, Fan someone, will come back one day!" ”

After finishing speaking, Fan Yongdou took the lead in turning over and riding his horse, and said to those family members without hesitation: "Go, go to Liaodong!" ”

Then, with a sound of "driving", he rode his horse, slowly accelerated, and went to the grassland, the target, Liaodong.

When his family members heard this, they all turned over and got on their horses, followed behind their masters, and galloped on horseback.

Far away from the mountains behind him, there is an endless grassland in front of him, and the view is no longer blocked, and there is no end in sight.

However, Fan Yongdou, who was running in front, suddenly strangled the horse under his crotch, braked suddenly, and looked ahead in amazement regardless of the horse's pain and neighing.