Master Daoyan's death was a big deal for Zhu Di, but for others, even Zhu Di's generals, it was nothing. This may reveal the brutal truth that when you die, there are often only a few, if not none, people who can grieve for you.

The next morning, Zhu Di was rewarded, Zhu Neng, who went to Juyong Pass to investigate, was ambushed, lost 3,000 cavalry and fled back, but did not find out anything about Juyong Pass.

After asking Zhu Neng, Zhu Di understood what was going on.

"The last general led 10,000 cavalry to Juyong Pass last night, intending to pick up the sergeants who had fled back. When he arrived at Huairou and approached Zi, he sent scouts to Juyong Pass, and then ordered the soldiers to camp and rest. ”

The scout quickly reported that there was nothing unusual at the south entrance, and that there were no stragglers who had fled back. Juyong is locked inside the ditch, and he needs to go into the ditch to investigate, and it is estimated that he will not be able to return until tomorrow afternoon. ”

"The last general felt that it was wrong at that time, even if the Juyong Pass was breached, then the last general rushed all the way, at least he should have seen the soldiers who escaped, and there was no one at the south entrance, which means that someone blocked all the deserters at the south entrance."

"The last general immediately pulled out the camp and retreated, but it was a little late, cavalry appeared on all sides, it should be Li Yuan's Guards cavalry army, the last general desperately fought out of the encirclement, met the cavalry of the soap flag in Changping, fought a big battle, and fled back to Beiping."

Zhu Di frowned and thought for a while, and said, "That means that the news of your trip to Juyong Pass was either leaked or guessed?" ”

"It is unlikely that the leakage will be made, the last general will be cavalry, and they cannot be faster than the last general, and arrange an ambush in front of the last general; So the biggest possibility is that they guessed it, but there is also a problem with their arrangement, and if the soap flag is closed at the same time, the last general may not be able to come back. ”

"That is to say, when Xu Huizu attacked Juyong Pass, Li Yuan near the south entrance got the news and blocked the south entrance, so no one fled back?"

"The last general thinks so, too."

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said, "Zhang Fu! ”

"The last general!"

"Quickly find Li Bin's messenger, he wants to live."

"Alive?"

"Go!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Neng immediately understood something, looked at Zhu Di's uncertain face, and said in a low voice: "What does the prince mean, that messenger Zhang He has a problem?" Could it be that the military newspaper is fake? ”

"No," Zhu Di shook his head: "The military report should be true, Li Bin's handbook king still recognizes it, it doesn't look like it's a forgery, the messenger is not sure yet, let's wait a minute." ”

......

After a quarter of an hour, Zhang Fu reported: "That Zhang He is gone, it is said that he left the camp in the morning, and he has not come back yet." ”

Zhu Di slapped the table: "Zhang Fu, immediately send an order to go down, search the whole city, and you must catch this Zhang He." ”

"Yes!"

Looking at the back of Zhang Fu leaving, Zhu Neng said with some confusion: "If this Zhang He is from the imperial court, then why did he send a real military report?" ”

Zhu Di lightly pressed the knuckles of his fingers, made a "click" sound, looked up at the roof, and then said: "Shihong, this king thinks that he has two purposes, the first is to lead our army to check and wait for an opportunity to attack our army; The other is that now the gate of Beiping is closed, and it is impossible to enter and exit the city, this Zhang He must have sent some news or order to the spies in the city. ”

"But, Lord Wang, we don't have any evidence to prove that this Zhang He is a fine work, there is no need for him to run away at all, because no one has escaped back except him." Speaking of this, Zhu Neng was suddenly stunned.

"Yes, Shihong, you also thought about it, he was the only one who escaped back, is this normal? 20,000 troops, all captured, not a single one left, how much effort does it take? The reason why they want to catch them all is that Zhang He is a fake messenger, and as long as a second person returns, it is possible to debunk his identity. Even now, for a day or two at most, we will suspect him, so he has to run quickly. ”

"It's too risky to do this, not only did you send us a military newspaper for nothing, but also folded a dead soldier."

"This is what this king is worried about, the court spent such a big price to send a person in, what is it for?" Zhu Di fell into deep thought and muttered.

......

In the end, Zhu Di summoned Jin Zhong and muttered for a long time before letting him leave.

After Jin Zhong went out, he immediately went to the Yamen of the Political Envoy, and then Ru Yu ordered people to draw pictures on various streets in the city to arrest the thieves who stole the precious jewelry of the palace, and awarded a heavy reward, and those who were captured could even be commuted to death.

Master Daoyan's body was cremated that night, and the next morning, his disciple Fa Neng himself placed it in the stupa, and then the monks sat around the stupa and chanted the Diamond Sutra. The whole ceremony was solemn, and everyone present couldn't help but slow down their breathing, lest they disturb the quiet scene.

By noon, the ceremony came to an end for the time being, and all the pilgrims got up and left, some went to the cafeteria to taste the food provided by Keeshouji, and some left Keeshouji, perhaps returning in the afternoon, or maybe not coming back.

Among the pilgrims was a veiled, graceful and graceful woman, accompanied by a pretty maid and an old man, and a handsome man dressed in white and holding a folding fan. The woman went out and got into her own carriage, the maid followed, the old man walked, the man in white rode on a horse, and the group rushed home leisurely and comfortably under the warm noon sun.

Along the way, especially at the entrance of the alley, most of the pedestrians gave way to the carriage and behaved respectfully. Some aunts also chanted: "Thank you Guanyin Niangniang for your mercy, the war is in chaos, and you can also reward the old woman with a bite to eat, may Guanyin Niangniang live a long life!" "May Guanyin Niangniang live a long life!" “......”

Listening to the pious chatter on the side of the road, the woman in the car sighed, turned around and sniffed the maid: "Lanxiang, is our food still enough?" ”

"It's not much, the young lady is too kind-hearted, at this time, she also uses grain to settle wages, and now the imperial army is besieging the city, the city gate is closed, and it is impossible to transport food."

"How long can that last?"

"If it is based on the current scale, it will be no problem this month, but I am afraid that it will be next month."

"Then you go to the 'He Family Shop' tomorrow to take a look, in the entire Beiping City, I'm afraid only their family can have food."

"Well, but their food is too expensive, and we don't have much money."

"Let's buy some first, and I'll figure out the rest."

"......, okay!" Lan Xiang hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement.

This beautiful woman is the former saint ------ Liu Qingyin of the White Lotus Sect in Jiangbei, she has been in Beiping for four years, and has not returned to the main altar, and later heard that the general altar cleaned up many of her old subordinates, she was angry and stepped down from the position of the saint, the main altar master Lin Guodong quickly agreed, and the senior brother Lin He, who had been secretly in love with her for many years, was also quickly recalled, it is said that he married a wife when he went back, and his son is probably almost a year old now.

Liu Qingyin was disappointed, so she put her mind on her textile workshop, she paid close attention to the movements of Beiping, so she bought a large amount of raw silk and other raw materials in advance, and also stored a lot of grain, so in the case of the imperial court embargo, her workshop was still open, and she was able to settle her wages with grain. Because the scale of its workshop is not small, and it mainly provides cloth for the military and makes cotton clothes and single clothes, so when collecting grain, the political envoy Si Yamen opened its net to it, and the collection was not much, plus some of the grain she had hidden in advance, it barely supported to this day.

In the past two years, Peng Ziyun has been by his side almost all the time, and has not returned to Jiangnan much, and has also used his relationship to help her solve a lot of food and raw material problems, and even introduced some more advanced technologies and machines in Jiangnan, which has helped her a lot.

Liu Qingyin knows Peng Ziyun's thoughts, and he is not too young, so it is time to get married. But I don't know why, I was a little taboo about his identity as the young master of the White Lotus Sect, she just wanted to live a plain life now, and she didn't want to fight and kill.

But things in the world often backfire. After Liu Qingyin returned home, as soon as he took a sip of tea, he saw Amber hurriedly walking in from outside, he walked in front of Liu Qingyin, and said in a low voice: "Miss, there are people outside asking to see!" ”

"Who?"

"Jin Zhong!"