On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, a heavily covered black carriage was escorted by more than 50 yamen officers and soldiers to leave the yamen of the political envoy of Zhejiang.

I don't know who leaked the news, but not far from the car, a group of people had already blocked their way, and the first few old people shouted at the leading officials: "Lord Lu is innocent, he has been fighting for many days for the people of Hangzhou, and he doesn't even care about his life, how can he collude with the Japanese robbers?" I hope that the adults will not wronged the good official and return him a clean slate! ”

"Yes, this general, Lord Lu, he is a good official, how could he do such a thing?"

"Lord Lu is innocent, he must have been framed......"

The number of the people gathered more and more, and soon the whole road was blocked, which made the servants who escorted the carriage feel a little nervous, and many of them showed their weapons, for fear that these people would be impulsive and commit the act of robbing the prisoners.

That official was Huang Qinru's cronies in the yamen, and he was working hard for a long time, and when he saw this, he was also slightly heartbroken. But he couldn't tell people to drive the people away, so he could only explain to them according to his temperament: "Fellow villagers and elders, your feelings are naturally understood by the officials. He was deeply admired by the official before he was sentenced to Lu Tong, not only the official, but also our Huang Fangbo, who also respected him. However, human favor is human favor, and national law is national law, since there is a big case, and it has a lot to do with his Lu Tong judgment, we must find out clearly, so as to convince people's hearts. It was precisely because he knew that Lu Tong might have wronged him in his sentence that for the sake of prudence, Master Huang ordered his official to escort Lu Tong to the capital. Please don't stop it, this is not only for the national law, but also for the Lu Tong judgment! As he spoke, he bowed his hand again and again, and lowered his posture very low.

When these people heard him say this, their attitude softened a little, but there were still some people who did not forgive themselves, and refused to give way no matter what they said, so they only tried to let the government release Lu Zhen and return his innocence.

This made Zhuang Fennian's brows wrinkle tightly, and in the end, he had to give a look to the cronies around him, and pointed to the carriage behind him.

The man understood, hurried back to the front of the carriage, lifted the curtain, and whispered something inside. Subsequently, the curtain of the car was completely opened, revealing Lu Jin, whose face was a little pale inside, but there was no torture equipment.

Seeing that someone suddenly appeared in the car, although most of the people had never seen Lu Jin's appearance, they still made everyone calm down quickly.

Lu Zhen solemnly bowed to everyone, and then said emotionally: "Thank you folks for speaking for me Lu Jin." However, Lu Zhen was framed by a traitor this time, but it is not a few words from you who can return my innocence. Only when the case is investigated and who is behind the scenes is found out, can the guilt be cleared. Therefore, I hope you don't want to stop it, just let Lu Zhen go to the capital to redress his grievances. "Say it again deeply!

Now that Lu Zhen himself showed up and said so, those conspiracy theories were self-defeating, and the people finally gave way after hesitating for a while. It was only at this time that Zhuang Fennian and the others breathed a sigh of relief, if there was a civil uprising because of this, or if Lu Jinzhen was pulled out of the car, their responsibility would be great.

Therefore, when they saw that the crowd gave way, they did not dare to slack off, and they hurried quickly to ride their horses, and passed through the passage let by the crowd, and went towards the city gate.

But the people did not disperse because of this, but followed closely behind the carriage, and before they were sent out of the city gates, they were relieved again and again, until it was evening, and the last group of people dispersed. And Lu Zhen and the others have also entered a small post station in front of them to rest.

After these people dispersed, they naturally went home, but among them, two or three people took advantage of the darkness to meet in one place, and after some discussion, one of them was left to touch back to monitor the station, and the other two went straight back to a seemingly ordinary manor.

In the hall of this manor, Duan Feng brought more than 20 men in strong suits and waited here for several days. After taking over Wu Miao's task, Duan Feng had already selected these capable subordinates to go out of the city and wait first, and he really felt a little impatient.

As soon as they saw these people coming, the spirits of these people were lifted: "Lu Zhen is out of the city? ”

"Exactly. Moreover, this time they were on the land route, and the carriage had already entered the front post station to rest. We've left someone there to keep an eye on, so there shouldn't be any surprises. "Someone is busy reporting.

"Good!" Duan Feng was overjoyed when he heard this: "Since he didn't take the waterway, then we have more opportunities to start!" "If you take the canal route and want to attack Lu Zhen and his party on the water, you obviously have to have a more careful plan, and even have to find some helpers, but the situation is much simpler by land.

Just when everyone echoed and laughed, a cold young man sitting next to Duan Feng frowned: "Why don't they take the waterway?" Don't have other plans, right? ”

"What can this be? Can they still not know the prophet that we will not be able to do it? Although it is safer to take the waterway, it is much slower, so Lu Zhen must not have much time, so he chose the land route! Duan Feng said, glancing at him: "Second brother, don't think too much." ”

This is Duan Feng's brother Duan Rui, seeing this, he said: "I just feel that this matter looks too smooth." By the way, are you sure that Lu Jinzhen is really in the car? Don't fall for his plan to repair the plank road and secretly cross Chen Cang. ”

This also made Duan Feng's heart move, and he quickly returned his gaze to the person who came. The man hurriedly said: "Two adults, but please rest assured, the little one is staring at the carriage in the city, and Lu Zhen has shown his face before, so he can't be wrong." As he spoke, he told him about the siege of the people in the city before.

"Hmph, I didn't expect him to be quite popular with the people." Duan Feng was dissatisfied.

"If it weren't for that, he would have fallen into the hands of his father-in-law, and he wouldn't have had so much trouble." Duan Rui explained, but the look on his face was still not relaxed: "But I still feel that this matter is not so safe, everything is too smooth." ”

"Isn't it good that things are going well? Do you have to watch me mess around to be happy? Duan Feng glared at his brother angrily.

"That's not what I meant......" Duan Rui hurriedly explained two sentences, which eliminated his brother's dissatisfaction. But Duan Feng said again: "Since this is the case, then let's do it, and we will go and kill Lu Zhen and the others tonight!" ”

His words were agreed by everyone else, and these people were already impatient: "Yes, let's rush there, even if it is the official post station, there are no guards there, enough to kill them cleanly!" ”

"No!" Duan Rui spoke out again to stop him, and seeing that everyone was looking at him dissatisfied, he hurriedly explained: "What if this is a trap set by someone? But how do we respond? It's only half a day's journey from Hangzhou, and if Huang Qinru and Lu Jin collude together and set a trap for us, we will be in the middle of it at this time! ”

Duan Feng was a little dissatisfied at first, but after listening to this explanation, he also showed a thoughtful look: "Your concerns are not completely unreasonable. It's just that, in this way, we look ahead and look backward, can't we still attack him? ”

"Of course not. The younger brother's meaning is to hold on for a few days, waiting for them to be farther away from Hangzhou, and when there is no way to rescue the soldiers, it is not too late to find another opportunity to start. It's a long way to go to the capital, and some of them are dangerous places for us to set up ambushes, so why go to a post station at night to increase the risk and trouble for yourself? ”

After calming down, Duan Feng also had to admit that his brother was much more thoughtful than himself, so he nodded: "Okay, just do what you want." I want to see if he Lu Zhen is really that powerful! ”

Staring at Lu Jin, it was not only Duan Feng and them all the way, at the same time, Bai Lian was also listening to his subordinates passing the news back, and they were one layer more than Duan Feng and them: "You mean that there are still people staring at the team escorting Lu Jin?" ”

"Yes, although they covered it up well, they couldn't escape the eyes of their subordinates." This is a man who looks honest and has no difference from the peasants in the countryside, and he has also mixed in with those villagers before.

After Bai Lian pondered for a moment, he laughed: "If I'm not mistaken, it should be Wu Miao's people who can't hold it and send it." This eunuch is a bit of a guts, and he dares to do such a thing. ”

"Dharma protector, then let's ......"

"Let's see. This journey from Hangzhou to the capital can take more than half a month, and there are opportunities. This Lu Jin's face is really big, not only do we want to take his life, but even Wu Miao has sent someone to ......" Speaking of this, his face suddenly sank, and the smile quickly disappeared.

This change made the hearts of several people around him tighten, and I don't know what problems this resourceful sect protector saw from it.

Bai Lian's hand kept tapping lightly on the table, and thoughts quickly swirled in his mind. The more I thought about it, the more I felt that there was a problem with this matter - no, it all seemed to be too smooth, but would Huang Qinru, or Lu Jin, really be so careless?

Knowing that Wu Miao wanted to put him to death, would they leave Hangzhou in a hurry? And only escorted him to the capital for such a long distance with such a meager force? Isn't he afraid that someone will take risks and attack him halfway?

Bai Lian has carefully studied what Lu Zhen did before, this is a guy who plans and then acts, and he will never put himself in such a dangerous situation. Even if he really wanted to go to the capital to avenge his grievances, he would make more careful arrangements, and even wait for the capital to come to the capital.

No matter how you look at the sudden escort to the capital this time, it seems that there is a hidden purpose!

Finally, Bai Lian's beating fingers stopped suddenly: "Next, we just need to keep up with Lu Jin, don't be in a hurry to do it first, and then let's see!" He obviously saw more deeply than Duan Rui.

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