On the road south of Shanxi, Chen Mingyu and more than a dozen anti-traitor team members rushed to the south with the heads of the heads of the seven families and Fan Yongdou's father and son.

"Drive!"

Along the way, there were Jinyi Wei secret agents and people from the anti-traitor team from all over the country to prepare horses, Chen Mingyu and others kept changing, striving to send the heads of Fan Yongdou and the other seven people to Nanjing City in the shortest possible time before the Qing army along the way reacted to the blood sacrifice of the military flag of the Northern Expedition!

"Bang!" Suddenly, the war horse neighed, and one of the anti-traitor team members on the horseback flipped off the horse with Fan Yongdou, and the horse foamed at the mouth.

Carrying two people for a long distance in a row, the horse could not stop the fatigue and died suddenly on the spot.

Fan Yongdou got up from the ground and spat out a mouthful of mud in his mouth, looking miserable and embarrassed.

"Sir, take a break!" Fan Yongdou is a traitor and wealthy businessman, he is used to enjoying it, how can he stand running away with Chen Mingyu and others, he is already pale, vomiting and diarrhea.

"Hmph, prisoner under the stairs, if you dare to say more, there will be no mercy!" Chen Mingyu looked sideways with cold eyes, full of murderous intentions.

The anti-traitor team members who fell to the ground from their horses with Fan Yongdou also quickly got up and pressed Fan Yongdou with their hands again.

Fan Yongdou's face turned pale, his body trembled, he didn't dare to say more under the fear of death, although he could predict his fate, but people always have a fluke in their hearts, it is better to die than to live, before being killed, Fan Yongdou always wants to win that line of anger, in case he arrives in Nanjing City, he finds that he is still useful, and the Ming Emperor suddenly does not kill him, it is not necessarily, with such a fluke in his heart, Fan Yongdou will grit his teeth and persist no matter how hard he works.

After all, the other seven people with him had all turned into pale heads coated with lime and salt, and only he was still alive, and he didn't dare to provoke Chen Mingyu no matter what.

"There is a transfer place ten miles ahead, this place is not suitable for a long time, take him and go!" Chen Mingyu ordered.

Immediately, another member of the anti-rape team took Fan Yongdou and the anti-rape team member to continue running.

Dozens of miles away from them, tens of thousands of Qing troops in Taiyuan City pursued fiercely, but unfortunately Chen Mingyu and others had already premeditated and kept changing horses along the way, how could the Qing army in Taiyuan City be able to catch up with them all the way.

Hundreds of miles south of Taiyuan City, the Taiyuan Qing army stopped here.

"Newspaper"

"General, there is no trace of the thief, and he can no longer continue the pursuit!" The Qing army scouts came to report.

The faces of the generals of the Qing army in Taiyuan turned black, and their teeth were about to be crushed, Fan Yongdou and other eight imperial merchants were the people who the regent said to pay attention to, and now these eight people were wiped out under his rule, such a thing, the regent would definitely not spare him if he knew it.

"Back to the army!" Although the general of the Qing army in Taiyuan hated, the thieves were too cunning and the pursuit was hopeless, so he could only return to Taiyuan City to deal with the aftermath and strive for leniency from the regent.

On October 22, Chen Mingyu and others returned to Nanjing.

"Your Majesty, the last general Chen Mingyu disobeyed the Holy Hope and brought back the eight traitors, seven of whom only brought back their heads, and the Fan family's father and son were captured!" Chen Mingyu knelt down on one knee in front of Zhu Ci and told Zhu Ci about the harvest of this mission.

"Good! Great, you actually captured two people alive, you have a great achievement! Zhu Ci's face was full of joy.

Originally, he only asked Chen Mingyu to come back with the heads of the eight traitors, but Chen Mingyu not only brought back the heads of seven people, but also captured two people back, and there are still three days left before the date of the Northern Expedition.

Zhu Ciji personally ordered the heads of the seven people to be preserved, and put Fan Yongdou and his son, who were captured alive, into the heavenly prison for use on the day of the Northern Expedition three days later.

The next morning, Zhu Ciji announced the Northern Expedition on the 25th.

"Your Majesty, all the war materials such as grain, grass and weapons have been transported to Jiangbei, and everything is ready!" Li Yan, the secretary of the military department, made a performance.

"Good! During this period, the cabinet will assist the prince to supervise the country, and I hope that you will abandon all prejudices, and unite as one, so as to restore the country and drive out the Tartars as their own responsibility, and do things seriously. Zhu Ci's face was solemn, and it could be seen that he attached great importance to the Northern Expedition and did not allow any accidents.

"Your Ministers obey!" Of course, Qian Qianyi and the other courtiers saw Zhu Cihe's determination and did not dare to raise any objections.

Under the leadership of Zhu Cijiao, the Ming monarchs and ministers can be said to be united in preparing for the Northern Expedition, which is a great moment, and it is the moment when the Ming Dynasty can really prosper, and no one dares to slack off at this time.

That night, Zhu Ciji, like the previous two personal expeditions, had dinner with the harem queen, the queen mother and the extremely concubines.

Lanxiang and Begonia two personal palace maids, in the years ago has been Zhu Ci into the room, the two women have served Zhu Ci for several years, from the beginning of the palace maid to finally get what she wanted, become Zhu Ci's concubine.

Zhu Cijiao is also as promised back then, there will only be five women in this life, and after receiving the orchid begonia, he will be completely palmed in this regard, no matter how beautiful and moving the palace maid next to him is, he will not provoke.

The fifth daughter also knew Zhu Ci's intentions, in short, the entire harem was extremely peaceful, which was rare in all dynasties.

"Queen, tomorrow I will personally go on the Northern Expedition, and the queen will have to worry a lot about the affairs in the palace." Zhu Ci said softly.

"Please rest assured that the concubines and the extreme sisters will wait patiently for the emperor's return!" The queen and the other five daughters gave Zhu Ci a reassuring smile.

In terms of the queen mother, since Zhu Ci went south to ascend the throne and knew that Chongzhen hanged himself in the coal mountain, the queen mother has been chanting scriptures and praying in the Buddhist hall all these years, and rarely comes out to walk around.

The shock in Zhu Ci's heart failed to make up for it, nominally the queen mother was his mother, but in fact, the mother-son relationship had not been cultivated much, which had to be said to be a shock in Zhu Ci's heart.

On October 25 of the first year of Zhongxing in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Ci swore in the Northern Expedition outside Nanjing, and hundreds of thousands of troops were neat and ready for battle.

In the prison, the prison car that has been prepared is waiting for Fan Yongdou and his son, the heads of the eight families, only Fan Yongdou is still or, the other seven have all become heads.

The sound of chains and the door opened.

"Fan Yongdou, Fan Li, wait for it to come out!" The jailer said to Fan Yongdou and his son.

"Dad, is the emperor going to see us!" Fan Li looked at Fan Yongdou in panic.

Fan Yongdou's heart was also not calm, he had long expected his possible fate, but after all, it was not yet the last moment, he did not give up, he also hoped that the emperor finally wanted to see their father and son, and nothing else.

At the same time, the title of Zhu Cizhen was also changed from Emperor Ming to Emperor, which further illustrated the panic of the father and son.

The jailer sneered, how many prisoners are dying, and there are still thoughts of luck, Fan Yongdou and his son are not the first, and they will not be the last.

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