For several days, people escaped from Kaifeng Mansion every day. At first, the prefectures were still happy and wait-and-see, but at this time, they gradually tasted the strangeness of it.

Every day, the gangsters in the city are still not guarded, are they waiting to sit and wait to be killed? This group of people can make a big fuss in the Central Plains and capture Kaifeng, obviously not a group of fools, or they are plotting something.

Although they were skeptical, no one doubted that this had anything to do with Zhu Yousong, after all, no matter how developed their imagination was, they would never have imagined that the dignified prince would have anything to do with a group of rogues. In their eyes, this is clearly this huge empire, the existence of the top and the lowest, and there are more than 108,000 miles in between.

With doubts, all the governments came to Zhu Yousong's big tent together, Zhu Yousong had long expected that they would definitely come, and he did not panic, and asked people to prepare seats for them with a smile.

"The generals are in a hurry to find this king, is there something important?"

After sitting down, Liu Tinghe, the chief soldier of Huaiqing Mansion, was highly respected, and he was the most prestigious in the provinces, so he stood up and said: "Lord Wang, these days in Kaifeng, there are constantly rogues coming out to surrender, things are abnormal, Lord Wang Ye should be careful that there is fraud in it!" ”

Zhu Yousong is busy receiving the wealth of the Zhou Wangfu these days, and when he heard them say that he had surrendered to Cheng, he had a ghost in his heart, and asked tentatively: "They are all obedient people of my Ming Dynasty, and they were instigated and bewitched by others to go on the wrong path, and now they are repentant, what's wrong?" Besides, in the holy decree given to this king by the emperor today, it is clearly and clearly stated, let this king preach and educate, do less killing, and we as courtiers must not live up to Your Majesty's love for the people. ”

When he heard him mention the Son of Heaven, all the people in the tent stood up as a sign of respect. Liu Tinghe was silent for a while, and said: "Lord Wang, if these people are sincere, they will naturally be happy, but I am afraid that this is a trick made by a "gust of wind". This group of thieves is extraordinary, cunning and treacherous, with the experience of Ning Guogong, the prince must be on guard, he must act cautiously, and don't let them take advantage of the loophole again. ”

Zhu Yousong heard that they only suspected that the rogues in the city were using tricks to surrender, and they did not doubt themselves, so they put their minds at ease. immediately changed his face, and said in an arrogant tone: "Ning Guogong? How can this king be compared to Wei Liangqing's stupid talent, these people have long admired the name of this king, running to tell each other, and they have come to surrender with joy, and they have all changed their ways, you don't still look at them with the eyes of thieves, that makes them feel cold. ”

Liu Tinghe also wanted to say that Zhu Yousong was receiving the wealth of the Zhou Palace, and he was not going to stop fighting for money every day, as the saying goes, cutting off people's wealth is like killing his parents. Zhu Yousong glared angrily, looked at this group of "father-killing enemies" and said: "This king has already said that it is His Majesty's will to educate the chaotic people, you should not be noisy, this king is unwell, you all retreat, each guard his own defense area, and must not leave his post without permission." ”

The general soldiers of the various provinces walked out of Zhu Yousong's big tent worriedly, and the Guide Mansion suffered the most from the "gust of wind", knowing the treachery of this group of rogues, and stomped his feet and said: "King Xiaofu is so arrogant, he doesn't listen to our good words and persuasions, but I'm afraid that sooner or later he will fall into the trick of "a gust of wind" and become the next Wei Liangqing. ”

Liu Tinghe's face was not good, and he said in a deep voice: "He wants to be Wei Liangqing, we can't be Cao Wenzhao, and we will be pulled out as scapegoats when the time comes." ”

Everyone gathered around him and asked, "What is the old general's good plan?" ”

"After a while, the old man drafted a recital and presented it to the court, so that even if he reaps the consequences of his own evil in the future and is victimized by the rogue, there will be nothing to do with us. We only need to follow his orders, guard our own defense area, take care of each other, the rogue in the city really killed out, and it is also the soldiers and horses of Luoyang who bear the brunt, and the rogue who surrendered to Cheng is also in his camp, as long as we work together, the rogue can not help us. ”

"What the old general said is very true, Jiang is still old and spicy, so we won't be like Cao Wenzhao and carry this black pot for him."

The next day, this joint letter of the general army of various provinces in Henan was placed on Wei Zhongxian's table. After Zhu Youxiao fell into the water last time, he suffered from convulsions, became seriously ill, and became more and more serious. Now I can only rely on the "immortal medicine" offered by Huo Weihua, the squire of the Ministry of War, to feel better.

Wei Zhongxian listened to the little eunuch finish reading the chapter, a trace of joy flashed in his eyes, and he said viciously: "King Xiaofu received the holy decree to go to suppress the bandits, so many days without a soldier, but every day to ask for merit, our family also when he really recruited so many chaotic people, it turned out that eighty percent of the people were in someone else's plan, as long as he is defeated, our family will have a reason to treat him for the crime of being a bandit, this chapter is put away by my good life, and it will be of great use in a few days." ”

The little eunuch looked flattering, and said with a smile: "Grandpa Chitose, don't worry, the little one must be kept safe." ”

"If you lose it, our family will peel off your skin, this piece of paper is worth 20,000 hectares of fertile land and millions of silver taels, and you can't afford to pay it."

At this time, in front of the prison of the Criminal Department not far from Wei Zhongxian's mansion, a black and thin man, with tattered clothes and a haggard face, Shi Shiran walked out of the prison. A young student waiting on the side, and a middle-aged man hurriedly stepped forward to support him.

This tortured unseemly man is none other than Cao Wenzhao, who carried the black pot for Wei Liangqing, and his nephew Cao Bianjiao was born in his young life.

Since he was escorted to the capital, Cao Bianjiao brought all the gold and silver from his family to Beijing for activities. But this case involves Wei Zhongxian, who dares to be a little accommodating? In addition, Cao Wenzhao's family did not have much money, he was from a poor family, and he made countless military exploits in the army when he was young, and climbed to this position step by step. He has never been greedy for the salary of the Mo soldiers, and his income is extremely limited.

Although Cao Bianjiao is brave and invincible on the battlefield, in the circle of officialdom in the capital, he is as immature as a newborn and runs into walls everywhere. In desperation, a coffin has even been prepared. Who knows that there is no endless road, just when he was disheartened, a Mr. Zhou suddenly appeared.

This Mr. Zhou has great powers, and the powerful people in the court are familiar with him, and even Wei Zhongxian's No. 1 lackey, Cui Chengxiu, also calls him a brother. Of course, Cao Bianjiao didn't know how much money was spent on the friendship, but he only knew that this Mr. Zhou was willing to contribute money and effort to help him rescue his uncle.

When Cao Bianjiao was disheartened, he suddenly had hope, and he was naturally grateful. After several rounds of running, he finally got a result, and Cao Wenzhao was demoted to a commoner.

Cao Wenzhao, who was originally waiting for death, was surprised and delighted, but after he was released from prison, he realized that it was this middle-aged man who was not good-looking to help, Cao Wenzhao had clear grievances and grudges, and bowed deeply. Zhou Shuye hurriedly helped him up and said: "The general is a hero, how dare you be worshiped by the general and be tormented by the general." ”

"My husband and I don't know each other, I don't know why my husband rescued me?"

Zhou Shuye said with a smile: "It's just an errand run on the orders of my master." ”

Not only Cao Wenzhao, but even Cao Bianjiao knew for the first time that this powerful Mr. Zhou, there was also a master behind him, and he asked repeatedly: "I didn't dare to ask for advice, who saved my life?" ”

"King Fu of Luoyang, Zhu Yousong."