Chapter 11 Get the Qincha Zhimu out of danger

Chen Yufeng said with a smile: "If it weren't for the fact that you were a chaplain today, you wouldn't be worthy of my threat, and the necks of the people I have killed are harder than yours." But I can do what I say. Lord Qincha, if you want to investigate the case here, we will actively cooperate, and we will give you enough face outside, so that you can come with dignity and let you leave with dignity. If you're short of money, we're not uninformed, and we'll take some with you when we leave. If you're looking for trouble, don't blame us for being polite. Killing people is not a big deal for the kiln people. ”

"You, you, this is going to rebel, do you know? Did you kill those people in the kiln? Chincha asked.

Before the Qin sent to Yaogang, Chen Yufeng had them arrested and the people who passed the information to them outside, and after the interrogation, they were all killed and buried far away.

For such a question, Chen Yufeng could only smile and not answer. said: "My lord, I know that it is not appropriate for you to be an official in the capital, and we all know that there is a mutual tilt in the officialdom. Your errand is not good inside and out, and if you don't get it, you will go, the emperor is not happy, and he will find a reason to destroy your entire family. So we might as well have the best of both worlds. ”

Qin Cha was really shocked by Chen Yufeng's words, Chen Yufeng said the truth, this matter made the emperor really dissatisfied, and he would kill himself for any reason, saying: "I came to investigate the case by order, you don't let me see the account book, isn't this an obstacle for Ben Qincha?" ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Can adults tell from the account books whether we are rebelling? Is there anyone who cares about our money? ”

"This ,.." Chin Cha couldn't answer.

To say that the ministers of the court knew very well that they couldn't find out anything about it here, so no one wanted to come, so they found such an unlucky guy who was usually confused.

However, no matter how confused a person is, he can understand Chen Yufeng's words.

When Chen Yufeng went out, he said, "My lord, I hope you can close the case within three days." ”

"What? It's over in three days, what kind of line is this? I can't explain it when I go back. "Qin Cha is a little anxious.

Chen Yufeng asked: "Then my lord, how long do you think you need to be appropriate, and we can arrange it for you." ”

"You, you, you're just too much."

Chen Yufeng didn't speak.

Lord Qin Cha Song had no choice but to say, "It will take at least five days." However, no matter what the ledger is, you will have to send a few copies. ”

The situation of Qin Cha in Yaogang was quickly notified to Zhang Zhimu in Beijing. At this time, the tunnel had been dug under Zhang Zhimu's house, and it was necessary to wait until the evening when Zhang Zhimu personally opened the tunnel entrance.

Yang Yulin has always been very excited, because the opening of the tunnel means that she and Zhang Zhimu can go out, here for more than a month, although she can still go to the street to go shopping when she is accompanied by someone, but most of the time she is bored here, and she has nothing to practice and play time, unlike Zhang Zhimu who has books to read every day is like a vacation. However, after a long time, Yang Yulin couldn't stay at all.

In the evening, according to the agreement, Dong Jichang quietly came to Zhang Zhimu's room. After turning on the lamp, Dong Jichang asked Zhang Zhimu to help, pushed the big bed away, lifted a floor tile on the ground, stretched out his hand and twisted it, and a large piece bounced up along the brick and brick joints on the ground, Dong Jichang lifted it with his hand, it turned out to be a wooden door. Under the wooden door was a staircase built of blue bricks, and Dong Jichang held a lamp and led the way down to the basement. In the basement, Dong Jichang used the lamp in his hand to light up the lights on the wall, and the basement soon lit up, except for some musty smell, the inside was kept very well. Dong Jichang found a brick on a wall, took out a thin needle, and poked it in a small hole next to the brick that no one noticed, "click", the brick popped out, Dong Jichang stretched out his hand and twisted in the brick hole, and a door opened along the brick crack on this wall. Behind this door is dirt. Obviously, this is the place where the tunnel is filled, Dong Jichang used the shovel in his hand, a spade and a spade began to dig the soil, and it didn't take long to dig through, Zhang Zhimu took a look through the light, and there were two musketeers from the kiln on the opposite side, showing their heads. The two musketeers also recognized Zhang Zhimu and wanted to jump up happily, but they didn't dare to make a sound, so they waved directly. Zhang Zhimu also beckoned to them, and then pointed to the soil in front of him. The soldiers on the opposite side understood that they were going to dig all the tunnels in front of them. At this time, Ouyang He, Liu Yun, and Li Zhi, who heard the news, all came here. After Zhang Zhimu greeted them, they withdrew first, otherwise the excavation work would not be possible. With two-way efforts, the tunnels were soon all dug through.

Zhang Zhimu asked Yang Yulin and Dong Jichang to return to their original room to guard, so as not to cause anything, and followed Liu Yun to their courtyard.

Ouyang He's meaning, he will leave as soon as dawn, and he can't wait at all. Zhang Zhimu said to wait and see.

Ouyang He said: "Tongguan Ningde has come out with news, Sun Chuanting has sent troops, although the progress is quite smooth now, but it is difficult to say what the next step will be." It's the end of August, and we're starting to prepare ourselves. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Wait a day, I want to think about how to tell the emperor about this, we still can't turn the other cheek with the court now, but we also have to give the emperor a step." But I can use this time to bring the antiques from my yard over, and they are all priceless. ”

Ouyang He didn't understand Zhang Zhimu's decision, and they had no choice but to do it.

After Zhang Zhimu returned to the courtyard where he lived, he told Dong Jichang to try his best to transport all the useful things to this room, and then transport them out of the tunnel.

Dong Jichang said: "Zhang Dongjia, don't worry, I have been ready for a long time." A few boxes will be enough to hold the antiques, a few more boxes will be able to put the books down, and in a little half a day, the things will be transported. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "It's still some time before dawn, so let's hurry up and get these, just send them to the basement and let Liu Yun and them transport them away." ”

Yang Yulin was a little unhappy and said: "You are a money fan, and now you still have the heart to get antiques." But she still helped organize things.

Unable to alarm the other servants, their actions were carried out quietly. Yang Yulin said: "We just need to get things into our house, and let Liu Yun and them move the rest." It's faster this way. ”

Until dawn, Zhang Zhimu and the others transported all the antiques and books in the courtyard.

At this time, Zhang Zhimu and Yang Yulin went back to the room to sleep. Even Li Jing didn't find out about this night's action.

Zhang Zhimu, who woke up from a sleep, was lying here a little embarrassed, whether to go or not to go now.

The advantage of going is that you can get out of danger immediately, and you can block the defense of Li Zicheng when you return to Yaogang, but if you fall out with the court like this, then the strategy you have formulated will be meaningless. The premise of his strategy is not to fall out with the court.

Zhang Zhimu felt that he still couldn't go, he had to wait, it was best to see Emperor Chongzhen again.

After getting up, Zhang Zhimu asked the Imperial Forest Army outside the door to inform the prince that he had something to see him.

Soon the prince came over, and Zhang Zhimu estimated that the place where the prince lives now must not be far from here.

Seeing Wang Gonggong, Zhang Zhimu said, "Wang Gonggong, I'm going to trouble you." You go and tell the emperor that I have something to see him. ”

The prince said: "Let's not talk about any trouble between us, now the emperor is the trouble." The whole capital said that the emperor detained you in the capital in order to plot your property. You said that the emperor is not troublesome, are you going to see the emperor now? ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I can't wait here, I told the emperor why he didn't let me go." Our family is not in a hurry to die, and if they make something bad, it will not be good for anyone. Besides, Governor Sun Chuanting has already marched south to fight against Li Zicheng, and I may be able to help a little, which is a major matter related to the safety of the imperial court. Pass my word on it. ”

The prince sighed and said, "Alas! You're still worried about the safety of the court! He shook his head and left.

In the evening, the prince came back and said, "The emperor said, you better calm down and wait, because the imperial court has already brought people to the kiln, and they will come back to understand the situation." ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that it was useless to say anything now, and the emperor was not in a hurry, but he had no time to wait. I decided to leave tonight.

Zhang Zhimu informed Liu Yun of the decision through the tunnel, and at night, Li Jing led people to tie up all the servants who stayed here, gagged their mouths, and told them that this was to protect them, otherwise they would be implicated. The servants all said, "Understood."

When most of Li Jing's people left, when Zhang Zhimu went down to the basement, he didn't expect the prince to come with people in the middle of the night. Zhang Zhimu knew that the prince must have smelled something.

Li Jing and Yang Yulin insisted on letting Zhang Zhimu go first, but Zhang Zhimu knew that even if he left like this now, he would not be able to leave the capital.

Just signal everyone not to panic and see what's going on.

Li Jing opened the door and let Wang Gonggong and the others in.

The prince asked, "I said, why did it take so long for you to open the door?" ”

Li Jing said: "Who doesn't sleep in the middle of the night? ”

Wang Gonggong said: "Is Zhang Dong's family here?" I have an urgent matter to see him. ”

"Mr. Zhang is sleeping at this time, can't you wait until dawn to talk about something?" Li Jing said with a yawn.

"Humph! It will be too late by dawn. The prince muttered.

Then he turned to the people who came with them and said, "You have shown me outside, and you are not allowed to come in without me, do you hear?" ”

The men said yes and scattered.

Wang Gonggong said to Li Jing: "Boy, take me to see Zhang Dong's house." Come on, don't be stubborn, hurry up! ”

Li Jing had no choice but to lead the princess to Zhang Zhimu's door, and Li Jing knocked on the door with her hand.

Zhang Zhimu was inside and said, "Come in!" I've been listening to you for a long time. ”

Wang Gonggong and Li Jing entered Zhang Zhimu's house, and Yang Yulin and Zhang Zhimu were already sitting there with their clothes dressed.

When the prince came in, he sat down on a chair, picked up a pot on the coffee table, and shook it. Feeling that there was water, he drank it to his mouth for a while, put down the pot and said, "Alas! It's so painful. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Look at your little bit of interest, if you have something, talk about it quickly." ”

The prince said, "The fact that you are leaving today has been revealed." Someone has already sent the letter out. ”

Zhang Zhimu was shocked, but he didn't show his face, and said, "What are you talking nonsense, where am I going to run away?" ”

"Well, some of those servants are our men, and he has already sent the letter for your today. Don't I know everything" Wang Gonggong saw some movements in Li Jing's hand, and hurriedly said: "Boy, don't mess around, just wait a while and be on hand." ”

Zhang Zhimu motioned for Li Jing not to move.

The prince said: "If you don't leave today, you can't do it, you will go out before dawn in a while, and when everyone does not react, you will go out as soon as the city gate opens." Alas! You can't wait any longer! Give the emperor a little space. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Since the prince has said this, I won't hide it from you, as soon as I heard that the imperial court sent someone to the kiln today, I was afraid that something would happen." You also know who the people are in the kiln, and if you don't get it right, you will be in trouble if you do something to the Qincha. I see that I am here, and the emperor is also very embarrassed, if I leave, some things will be easier to do. I have a letter to the emperor here, so you can bring it to the emperor. ”

After Wang Gonggong took the letter, he said to Li Jing: "Boy, when you start for a while, be accurate. ”

Li Jing smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't let you suffer." ”

waited until it was almost over, and the prince said to Li Jing: "Boy, come on." Then close your eyes.

Li Jing went over and knocked the back of the knife on the back of the prince's neck, and the princess fell with his head tilted. Li Jing came over and tied the princess with a rope, gagged his mouth again, and put him on the bed.

Li Jing and Yang Yulin followed Zhang Zhimu down to the tunnel, and Li Jing turned around and covered the bed on the entrance of the cave. Zhang Zhimu, Yang Yulin, and Li Jing came to another courtyard under the response of Liu Yun's people. When he arrived at the courtyard, Zhang Zhimu saw that the personnel here were all neatly on standby, and the horses were all carrying chews for fear of making a sound. Ouyang He asked Zhang Zhimu to hurry up and get into the car. Seeing that several glass carriages had been prepared in the courtyard, Zhang Zhimu sat on the carriage according to Ouyang He's arrangement. After Liu Yun led people to block the entrance to the cave, they all came to the courtyard, the sky was white, Ouyang He said to leave now, and when he reached the city gate, the city gate was opened. Li Jing took a carriage to open the road in front, and Zhang Zhimu and the others were afraid of attracting the attention of others, so they set off in several groups and went straight to Chongwenmen. When they arrived at the Chongwen Gate, the Chongwen Gate had just opened, and the carriage of Zhang Zhimu and others just drove out of the city gate. Today's gate army felt a little strange, and asked there: "I said, what festival is it today?" Why are so many people out of town in a hurry? ”

The other said, "No, I don't know what's going on." ”

How did they know that most of the people here were from all over the place.

These people also walked out of Yongding Gate under the strange gaze of the gate army.

Zhang Zhimu and Ouyang He didn't expect that today's events would go so smoothly. According to the agreement, Meng Si'er had already brought 500 people to answer in front. The more than 1,000 people did not stop, and the whole team rushed forward according to the planned route as soon as possible.

In the courtyard where Zhang Zhimu originally lived, those brocade guards who came with Wang Gonggong, because Wang Gonggong ordered them not to be allowed to enter the house, these people were all guarding the courtyard according to the order, but until dawn, Wang Gonggong had not come out, these people felt that something was wrong, so they tried to knock on the door, but there was no sound in the door. The men had no choice but to smash the door open. After smashing the door open, these people were stunned, it turned out that the prince was tied up with a lot of flowers, and there were still things in his mouth, and he was thrown on the bed, unable to move.

After Jin Yiwei let go of the prince with seventy-eight feet, the prince scolded loudly: "You are all fucking dead people, why did you come in for so long?" ”

These brocade guards have this nest in their hearts, and they say that you didn't let us in, but now it's good, but you blame us for your own losses. But I didn't dare to say it when I thought about it.

The prince said, "Hurry up and get the bed out of the way." ”

The brocade clothes moved the bed open. The prince said: "There is a tunnel under this bed, hurry up and take a pickaxe to open it." ”

The brocade guards took pickaxes for free and made great efforts, dug the tunnel, and just lit the lamp, the prince seemed to suddenly remember and said: "Go and inform the Imperial Forest Army, don't let Zhang Zhimu go out of the city." ”

A brocade guard ran out to inform the Imperial Guards.

The prince led the people down to the tunnel, and chased them until they reached the front, and they were stopped because the tunnel in front of them had been blocked.

The prince shouted, "Go back quickly, and see where this direction leads." ”

Of course, Wang Gonggong finally led people to find the courtyard where Zhang Zhimu and they went out, and in that courtyard, they found many traces left by horses.

They inquired, chased to Chongwen Gate, and asked if they saw anyone out of the city early this morning, and the few men who opened the door said: "Every day when the city gate is opened, there are people coming in and out, but today there are a lot of them, but I don't know if there are any people you are looking for." ”

After hearing this, the prince led people to chase them to Yongding Gate, and asked the same set of words. A brocade guard said to the prince: "My lord, let's go back to the emperor and let the emperor send someone to chase after us, just a few of us, it's useless to catch up." ”

The prince did a lot of play, "Alas! Let's go back! ”

Ouyang He and Liu Yun designed and arranged the retreat route to go straight to Jingjing Pass (Tumen Pass) in the shortest time, because this is the closest route back to Shanxi, and if the imperial court sends someone to notify Zhang Zhimu to intercept here, it will also send fast horses to take the nearest road, so that it depends on who is faster.

For the sake of safety, Ouyang He asked Li Jing to lead people to break off, and if he found someone galloping forward, he would stop him immediately. Not to mention, when Zhang Zhimu and the others arrived at Jingjing Pass, Li Jing really stopped the two officers and soldiers who delivered the letter, searched them out of them and gave them to the Jingjing Pass garrison, and ordered them to intercept the letters of Zhang Zhimu and others.

Li Jing told the two people who sent the letter: "If your superiors know that you have been stopped and the letter has been lost, you will lose your head if you don't get it back well." Well, I'll knock you both unconscious in a moment, and I'll give you back the letter. When you wake up, continue to send your letters. How about we not delay the two of us? ”

The two hurriedly nodded in agreement.

In this way, Zhang Zhimu and others successfully got out of the customs. After passing the Niangzi Pass, Ouyang He stopped the car. Let everyone take a break. At this time, he came to Zhang Zhimu's car and said to Zhang Zhimu: "Mr. Zhang, after this difficulty, you will definitely have a long journey!" ”

Zhang Zhimu also got out of the car and said, "This time, thanks to Mr. Ouyang for coming to plan, and thanks to the brothers for their hard work. If you want to say Pengcheng Wanli, it should be our Yaogang people who can go Pengcheng Wanli together. From now on, we have to see how the imperial court reacts. If the imperial court completely turns against us, the strategy we have formulated before will have to be adjusted. ”

"Don't worry! Mr. Zhang. The imperial court just has the intention of turning against us, and it doesn't have that power. They know that if they want to deal with us, they can't do it without putting a lot of effort into it. But how much strength do they have to deal with us? Ouyang He said.

Zhang Zhimu nodded and said, "What Mr. Ouyang said is true." In the letter I left for the emperor, I also strategically said that if I had an anti-heart and united with Li Zicheng, then Li Zicheng would have become a big climate a long time ago, and why would I be banned in Beijing. ”

"Haha! Mr. Zhang's words are wonderful, and this is also a warning to Emperor Chongzhen, let them not force us too much. Otherwise, we have many options to choose from. However, the silver we promised to lend to the court still had to be borrowed. It is appropriate to spend one or two million silver every year to let the emperor guard the border for us. After Ouyang He finished speaking, he laughed happily with Zhang Zhimu.

At this time, the two of them felt really relaxed.

Hearing the report of the prince, Zhang Zhimu had already left the city, and Emperor Chongzhen was in a very complicated mood. When he took the letter left by Zhang Zhimu, his hands trembled a little.

After reading Zhang Zhimu's letter, Emperor Chongzhen's mood relaxed a little, and there was no hint of complaining in the letter, although this reason for not saying goodbye was a bit far-fetched. What the letter said was that when he knew that the imperial court had sent someone to Yaogang, he was afraid that his family would cause trouble, and he couldn't see the emperor if he wanted to, so he had no choice. In addition, he was a little worried about Sun Chuanting's war in the south, and he wanted to give him some support when he went back. However, there was no dissatisfaction in the letter, and he promised to get together the second amount of silver used by the court as soon as possible after returning and send it to the emperor. This made Chongzhen's heart feel very comfortable. But there was one thing that Chongzhen felt a little harsh. In order to explain his loyalty to the imperial court, Zhang Zhimu made many explanations, among which he even said, 'If I really have the intention of rebellion, if I join forces with Li Zicheng, what will happen', which made Emperor Chongzhen feel threatened. But thinking about it again, from Zhang Zhimu's standpoint, no one wants to be placed under house arrest here, if Zhang Zhimu is really forced to be anxious, then he really unites with Li Zicheng, and the consequences are really unimaginable. Although Emperor Chongzhen is very uncomfortable now that Zhang Zhimu is gone like this, he also has a sense of relief, otherwise Zhang Zhimu's affairs have always made him very entangled. Let him go, no; If you don't let it go, you can't do it. This time he went on his own, so let's go.

Emperor Chongzhen asked the prince next to him: "Zhang Zhimu is gone, you also have your credit, right?" ”

The prince hurriedly knelt down and said, "The slave should die, as soon as I entered the house, I was beaten down and tied up." ”

Emperor Chongzhen sneered and said, "Don't think that you show me acting, I don't know." You wait, if Zhang Zhimu's money can't arrive before the end of the year, I will cut off your head and settle the accounts together. Get out of here! ”

After the prince went down, Emperor Chongzhen was thinking there, why was it so coincidental that there happened to be a tunnel in that courtyard? Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen himself was happy.

Zhang Zhimu's departure, the most nervous are those ministers. After they got the letter, they immediately ordered people to spread the message everywhere, notify all the passes, and resolutely intercept Zhang Zhimu. They also knew that when Zhang Zhimu went out of the city, he was a fish into the sea, and there was nowhere to find him. It's just to catch up with others, can the officers and soldiers beat others now?

However, after learning that there were many Zhang Zhimu's men and horses who had quietly entered Beijing, they were all scared in their hearts, they knew that these kiln gang people were all powerful stubble, and if they attacked themselves in the capital, it would be very dangerous. Afterwards, they were all afraid, but fortunately, these people just wanted to rob Zhang Zhimu and didn't attack them.

Zhang Zhimu, who continued to set off for Yaogang, met a team of ministers returning to Beijing on the way, and Zhang Zhimu asked everyone to let go to the side of the road and asked the team of ministers to go first. The minister saw the procession on the side of the road, and he recognized it at a glance as the procession of the kiln gang. But he didn't want to deal with the kiln people now, so he pretended not to see it and left.

Zhang Zhimu and the others let go of the team of the ministers and continued to rush back. What Zhang Zhimu didn't expect was that there was great news waiting for him.

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Calculus formulas, tables of chemical elements; Conquer Japan in the east and attack Mayi in the south; Penicillin, syringe. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".