After receiving Cao Bianjiao's letter, Huang Degong immediately gathered troops and horses to rush to Xuzhou, waiting to meet Cao Bianjiao, he may disdain other people's words, but Cao Bianjiao has kindness to him, he Huang Degong is not a person without conscience, Cao Bianjiao is a handsome, he admitted.

"Dashuai ......" north of Xuzhou, Huang Degong, who had been waiting for three hours, finally waited for the arrival of Cao Bianjiao and his party, and hurriedly dismounted to greet him.

Cao Bianjiao galloped on his horse, came to the city gate, turned over and dismounted, stepped forward to help Huang Degong, who bowed and saluted, patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Hushan, after many years, is it good?" ”

"Thanks to the great marshal's thoughts, the merit is still okay, for more than a year, the Jianghuai area is very peaceful, those thieves have long been beaten by the marshal and fled, how dare they come back!" Huang Degong also grinned, thinking of the days with Cao Bianjiao, he still longed for it.

Cao Bianjiao looked at him and still got acquainted with his sturdy body, nodded and said: "This time I came back from Beijing City, brought back the two highnesses Yongwang and Dingwang, and prepared to escort the two highnesses to Nanjing and support King Ding's accession to the throne, so the safety of the two highnesses is very important, I only have 5,000 armor soldiers around me, with your team, I can rest assured, I have asked Weng Zhiqi and Zhu Wende to lead the army down the river to Wuhu, after arriving in Nanjing, my heart can be regarded as steady!" ”

Huang Degong was also surprised after listening to Cao Bianjiao's words, he didn't expect Cao Bianjiao to come back from Beijing City, but it was beyond his expectations, when he listened to Cao Bianjiao's calculations, he also knew that this matter was very important, and there could be no mistake.

"Dashuai, Huaifu Lu Zhenfei is in Xuzhou, do you want to say hello to him?" Huang Degong also said what he knew at the moment, Lu Zhenfei was here, it was to prepare to take over, as early as when Li Zicheng attacked Ningwu Pass, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen ordered people to inspect Jiangnan and prepare to respond, so Lu Zhenfei moved from Huai'an to Xuzhou and was ready to respond at any time.

Cao Bianjiao also thought about it, he didn't know much about Lu Zhenfei, but his official reputation was not bad, and at that moment Cao Bianjiao also whispered to Huang Degong: "You go and inform Lu Zhenfei and let him prepare to take over!" The emperor has been martyred! ”

"This news has been known, don't hide it from the marshal, now the entire Nanjing court is a mess into a pot of porridge, the Donglin party people are shouting for Lixian, recommend King Lu, but Han Zanzhou and other ministers advocate supporting King Fu, recently I have heard some rumors, saying that it is to establish a virtuous family, to support King Gui, all say that the prince and King Yong, King Ding, they have been martyred, so those ministers of the Nanjing court are busy competing for the merit of the policy."

"Let's fight! Let's fight! The bamboo basket is empty, all of them are selfish and self-interested people, what the first emperor said is exactly, Wenchen should be killed, Donglin Party, a group of people who sell their reputation and reputation, don't care about them, we open the way with soldiers and horses, you open the way in front, we go directly to Nanjing! ”

Cao Bianjiao is not disdainful of these courtiers in Nanjing, in terms of integrity, they may still have something to be remarkable, but in the matter of selfless seeking the country, I am afraid that all of them are hypocritical people, Cao Bianjiao looks down on these people, whoever obeys him Cao Bianjiao, then who is his own person, as for the rest, Cao Bianjiao will not pay too much attention to it.

The group entered the city of Xuzhou, and Huaifu Lu Zhenfei also got the news, and rushed to see the driver.

"The sky is endless, my Daming, the two highnesses can escape, it is really my blessing of the Ming!" Lu Zhenfei also bowed to the ground, but also full of excitement, at this moment, Nanjing City was busy fighting for who would inherit the unification, but he didn't expect that King Ding and King Yong had already arrived in Xuzhou, and he Lu Zhenfei also didn't expect that he didn't usher in the emperor and the prince, but he still ushered in King Ding and King Yong, which can be regarded as living up to the emperor's trust.

"Lu Qing's family doesn't have to be polite, get up and talk! Xiao Wang and Brother Wang were in the hands of thieves, and they were already determined to die, but they didn't expect General Cao to be loyal and brave, and led people to rescue Xiao Wang and Brother Wang from the hands of thieves. ”

"General Cao, please accept Lu Mou's worship, this worship is to thank the general for the sake of Daming Sheji!" Lu Zhenfei also looked at Cao Bianjiao at the moment, bowed to Cao Bianjiao, and expressed his gratitude, he is a person who does not form a party or seek personal gain, and only thinks about serving the country, but seeing that the country is in danger so far, it is also heartbroken, and now there is finally a turnaround, which is also a relief.

Cao Bianjiao hurriedly stepped forward to support Lu Zhenfei, and said with a smile: "Lord Lu is serious, isn't Cao a Ming courtier?" Cao received the grace of the first emperor, and he should repay the Ming Dynasty with death, this is not the matter of Lord Lu alone, but the responsibility of all the Ming courtiers, Cao is duty-bound! ”

"Before the martyrdom of my father, I had personally drafted an edict and crowned General Cao as the general soldier of Huguang and Ning Guobo, which shows my father's trust in General Cao.

"Your Highness, rest assured, the ministers will definitely repay the country with death!" Cao Bianjiao and Lu Zhenfei also bowed together, expressing their hearts, Lu Zhenfei is sincere, Cao Bianjiao will have to carry something else, but Cao Bianjiao still likes this child of Dingwang, although he is only twelve or thirteen years old, he has a bit of bearing.

"General Cao is still in charge of the escort matter, Lu Aiqing, you will assist."

"Obey Your Highness's command!"

After placing King Yong and King Ding, Cao Bianjiao also came to the outer hall with Lu Zhenfei, the current situation is complicated, Cao Bianjiao also wants to figure out, who can be wooed, who does not have to be polite, this requires a degree, only if you understand the situation, can you be confident, otherwise it is a blind man touching an elephant, that is not Cao Bianjiao's style of acting.

A few days ago, when the news of the martyrdom of the first emperor came, Nanjing became a pot of porridge, fortunately, several adults in Nanjing City can grasp the balance, so that Jiangnan did not cause a big commotion, now it is mainly in support of the two sides of King Fu and King Gui, the people who previously supported King Lu have no voice, it is said that the idea of supporting King Gui is the conspirator of Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, and Shi Kefa, the secretary of the military department, and has been responded to by Gao Hongtu and others, These Donglin Party members, in fact, as long as they are not King Fu, it doesn't matter who they are, in the face of major events, they don't care about the overall situation of the court, which is really embarrassing! ”

"It doesn't matter, there will be someone to settle accounts with them, for the country and the public, since the name will be passed down through the ages, for their own personal gain, will also be stinking for 10,000 years, they want to be loyal or to be a fake minister, then it depends on their own choice, I will wait in Xuzhou for a night, tomorrow by water through Yangzhou to Nanjing, this way do not alarm anyone, Xuzhou is an important place, I think Lu Daren still has to leave some people to stay here, thinking that Jianghuai is the first to drive, what do Lu people think?"

"General Cao doesn't have to worry, Xuzhou is my jurisdiction, and I will definitely send someone to garrison it!" Definitely won't let the traitor go any further south! ”

"That's hard!"

After the two talked about some major things, they also went back separately, although Cao Bianjiao felt that Lu Zhenfei was a good person, but this person was afraid that he would not be used for himself, and he didn't want to be too close to him, just have a little friendship.