Mao Wenlong swore in front of Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan that he would never let go of anyone related to the kidnapping, which made the two girls feel a little relieved.

The fatigue and fright of these days made Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan both tired, and after getting off the mountain, the two fell asleep in the carriage. This gave Mao Wenlong an opportunity to cover up Li Xiu's aftermath.

It was not easy to go back this way, at least it would take nearly ten days, and Li Xiu's body would definitely not be able to escort back like this. Besides, Mao Wenlong didn't want Li Xiu to be seen after his death, so before returning that day, he ordered someone to cremate Li Xiu's body directly, and then went back with her ashes.

Hong Chengchou also led people to search on the river at this time, Mao Wenlong did not wait for him to come back, and he didn't want to let go of those who escaped by chance, so he simply let Hong Chengchou and Haoxiao continue to search on the Yellow River.

But he directly ordered to set off and slowly walked back to Ye County.

A sudden accident was still in danger in the end, but unfortunately Li Xiu died tragically in this incident, in order to save Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan. Her death and her kindness are all remembered in my heart, and she will not be allowed to die in vain.

Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan slept for a whole day, and when they woke up, Mao Wenlong handed Li Xiu's ashes into their hands: "This is Li Xiu's ashes, we can't send her body back for burial intact, cremation is the only thing we can do at present." ”

Chen Lan silently took Li Xiu's ash jar, held it in his arms, and didn't know what he was muttering, but the corners of his eyes were already full of tears.

Hong Ziyan was no better, both of them looked sad, and they didn't say anything for a long time.

Mao Wenlong turned around and got out of the carriage, so that the two of them were immersed in sadness, as long as they could cry, Mao Wenlong had nothing to worry about.

On the evening of the ninth day, Mao Wenlong and the others finally returned to Ye County, and learned that Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan were safe and sound, and the people left behind in Ye County were relieved. They didn't dare to imagine what would Mao Wenlong look like if something happened to Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan?

That night, after Mao Wenlong and others returned home, they rested early, and held a grand funeral for Li Xiu early the next morning. Halfway back to Mao Wenlong, he had already sent someone to inform Li Dahu in advance.

Li Dahu also arrived in time today, and when he learned that his daughter had died, he did not blame Mao Wenlong, let alone blame Chen Lan or Hong Ziyan.

Since Li Xiu was sent by him to Mao's mansion as a girl early in the morning, he has been mentally prepared. Although Li Dahu was very sad when his daughter died, he was also proud of her, and the glory of the old Li family was even more sublimated because of Li Xiu.

The funeral lasted for a whole day, and it was also the first woman in Ye County to hold such a grand funeral. Li Xiu also became the pride of the hearts of the women of Ye County, which Mao Wenlong did not expect.

After burying Li Xiu, Mao Wenlong called Li Dahu to the study and said bluntly: "I will avenge Li Xiu's revenge, and I will not let go of all the people involved." ”

Li Dahu still had a little sadness on his old face at the moment, and he nodded silently. He believes that Mao Wenlong will do what he says, there is no doubt about that.

Mao Wenlong saw that Li Dahu was in a stable mood, so he continued: "This spy involves the eagle dog Dongchang of the imperial court, and it is obvious that it has nothing to do with Chongzhen. According to investigation, the person in charge of all the spies in Henan is a eunuch named Gao Qiqian, who is in charge of the Daimyo's Mansion. ”

Li Dahu was slightly shocked, and then hesitated and said, "Does the general army want to directly attack the Daimyo's Mansion?" ”

Mao Wenlong showed a sinister smile: "Yes, not only do you want to conquer the Daimyo's Mansion, but don't even want to escape from this high dive." ”

Li Dahu hesitated for a moment, and suddenly asked: "Chief soldier, my subordinates have a request that I don't know whether to talk about or not?" ”

Mao Wenlong seemed to expect Li Dahu to say this, and he said indifferently: "You and I don't distinguish between each other, it doesn't hurt to say it directly." ”

After Li Dahu heard this, he continued: "The subordinates asked the general army for orders and went to help attack the Daimyo's Mansion, and the subordinates of Gao Qiqian wanted to cut them down personally. ”

Mao Wenlong didn't hesitate, nodded and said, "Accurate!" ”

Shanxi is still in chaos, and nearly 100,000 Dongjiang troops are steadily advancing under the leadership of Cheng Zuo. Wherever the Dongjiang army went, the imperial army was defeated and retreated, and it was not an opponent at all.

Although Chongzhen constantly transferred troops from all over the country to Shanxi to assist in the defense of various cities, he still failed to recover the disadvantage under the strong attack of the Dongjiang Army. This made Chongzhen feel that the slightest crisis was constantly approaching.

And Gao Qiqian, who was in command of the kidnapping of Chen Lan in the Daimyo's Mansion, had already received the news on the fourth day after the failure of the matter. He didn't expect that the well-planned plan would not succeed.

This made Gao Qiqian very angry, and directly cut off the head of the big cow that finally ran back. Then put all the faults on Da Niu, and then write a book of oil and vinegar from the beginning and end of the matter and report it to Chongzhen.

After dealing with the aftermath, Gao Qiqian did it very carefully, arranged everything that day, and was about to evacuate, but suddenly found that the entire Daimyofu City had been surrounded by the Dongjiang Army that had quietly arrived.

Before he could find out the truth, the Dongjiang army began to launch a fierce attack on the day it arrived, and the Daimyo's mansion was suddenly in dire straits, and it was possible to be broken by the Dongjiang army at any time.

Gao Qiqian roared at the prefect of the Daimyo Mansion and the generals of the defending army: "Can any of you tell me when these Dongjiang troops came to the Daimyo's Mansion, why didn't we even receive any news before?" ”

In the face of Gao Qiqian's angry roar, none of the prefects and generals in the army dared to say a word, and they all pretended to be dumb.

Gao Qiqian's anger did not subside, but increased, and I saw that he suddenly pulled out the Shang Fang sword that Chongzhen gave him, and easily stabbed the front general to death with a sword, which scared everyone present.

"No matter what means you use, this time you must defend the Daimyo's Mansion City, if you dare to have a little difference, he will be your example." Gao Qi Qianqian made a hideous face, pointing at the general who was stabbed to death by his sword.

"We will sacrifice our lives to defend the city and live and die with the Daimyo's Mansion City!" Everyone no longer dared to be dumb, they absolutely believed that if Gao Qiqian did not get a response again, he would inevitably kill a few more people.

Finally waiting for a satisfactory answer, Gao Qiqian withdrew his sword and said coldly: "Now I will personally go to the city tower to supervise the battle, remember what you just said." ”

After throwing down a few words of threat, Gao Qi left immediately, he didn't want to stay in the Daimyo's Mansion City anymore. Those defenders who have no combat power, Gao Qiqian can't believe it at all, and if he wants to save his life, he still needs to rely on himself.