Chapter 60: Change
Zhu Qing didn't sleep peacefully, he had never felt so irritable, and in the early hours of the morning, something really happened.
Just as Lin Bai got up and was about to go to the capital to say goodbye to Zhu Qing, he got such a reply, "You don't have to go." I'll go. Zhu Qing said helplessly.
"What? Big brother, I promised you not to drink anymore and make mistakes, can't you? Lin Bai asked suspiciously.
"It's not for this reason, the capital is urgent, the capital has changed, the supervision ambassador can't come, and he wants me to go to the capital in person." Zhu Qing said and packed up.
"What's going on?" Lin Bai asked.
"To be exact, something happened to Tongguan, the emperor drove to Tongguan in person, it is said that he was betrayed by a traitor, and now he is trapped in Tongguan by Li Zicheng." Zhu Qing said, his expression was solemn, he never thought that the emperor would drive the expedition in person, let alone that there was a traitor around the emperor.
"What?!" Lin Bai was also taken aback.
"So, the master asked me to go back and discuss how to rescue the emperor." Zhu Qing said, walked out of the door, outside, it was dawn.
"My ......, my lord?" Hearing that this matter was very important, Miss Yuan, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, asked.
"Come up, I'll send you to the capital." Zhu Qing stepped on the wind chasing horse, hesitated, and still stretched out his hand to Miss Yuan.
"Big brother?!" Seeing that Zhu Qing and Miss Yuan were about to leave, Lin Bai wanted to say something, but he didn't say it after all, maybe he was worried about Miss Yuan, but he should be more worried about Zhu Qing, he had never seen such a complicated expression on Zhu Qing's face.
"Give me a good home." Zhu Qing said, "driving", riding a wind-chasing horse, carrying Miss Yuan, and heading towards the capital. At this time, the sky is bright.
The wind chasing horse is not a wasted name, it is a veritable wind chaser!
At first, Miss Yuan was embarrassed to hug Zhu Qing, but when the chasing horse galloped up and flew sand and stones, Zhu Qing drank her very unceremoniously, "Hold me!" Do you want to fall to your death? ”
This drink, Miss Yuan didn't feel the slightest grievance, but she felt very excited in her heart, she hesitated, and suddenly hugged Zhu Qing's waist tightly from behind, she had never been in contact with a man so closely, no! She suddenly felt her heart beat faster, and her little face was still so hot under the wild blowing of the west wind!
Zhu Qing was different, and told Miss Yuan to hold herself tightly and then drive the horse vigorously, "Drive, drive!! "Almost all of them are in horse language, and I haven't spoken to Miss Yuan. If it was placed in normal times, in the past, and was held by a handsome girl, Zhu Qing would probably not be able to hold it for a long time. I don't want to think about what his eyes were like when he saw Chen Yuanyuan and Li Xiu'e at the beginning. But at this moment, he didn't think anything wrong.
He just wanted to rush to the capital as soon as possible and meet with Kill Feng and others to discuss the rescue of Emperor Chongzhen.
The chasing horse ran all the way, and the distance that usually takes half a day to reach was now driven by Zhu Qing for three hours. Zhu Qing rode a horse into the capital, but was stopped by the city gate guards, Zhu Qing took out his waist card, and the city gate guards hurriedly bowed down and saluted, opened the gate and let him go.
The wind chasing horse marched into the city of Beijing with its head held high.
"My lord, I'll go down here, the alley around the corner is my grandma's house." Entering the city, Miss Yuan said softly, she was a little scared.
After Zhu Qing heard this, he immediately grabbed the reins of the horse, and with a "whoosh", the chasing horse immediately stopped.
Zhu Qing led Miss Yuan to get off the horse, "Be careful, if I don't come back within three days, you can go back to Shanhaiguan to find your father by yourself." Zhu Qing admonished.
"No, Brother Qinglong, you must come back, you will be fine, you promise Yuan Ruo that you must come back safely." It turned out that Miss Yuan's name was Yuan Ruo, and her name was still good, if it was usual, Zhu Qing would be poor, but at this moment, he nodded, "Don't worry, I'll be fine." "Goodbye, drive!" Zhu Qing didn't entangle Yuan Ruo too much, he knew that there were still very important things waiting for him.
So, he whipped his whip and continued to run forward. In a few moments, Zhu Qing had already arrived at the Bird Cat Villa. This is the mountain villa of Suzaku, and it is also a post station where Killing Wind comes to the capital from Tianjin, so it will inevitably become a gathering place for Jinyiwei.
"Big brother." Hearing the neighing of horses outside the door, the white tiger and the Suzaku rushed out to take a look and barked. Zhu Qing turned over and dismounted, tied up the chasing wind, hurriedly walked into the hall, nodded to the white tiger and the two of them, and then met the master Killing Wind and Liu Qingfeng.
"Qinglong meets the two adults!"
"You're finally here. Get up and talk about it. Killing Wind has always been not very rigid about etiquette, and said.
"Yes." Zhu Qing got up and sat on a chair in the hall, "What the hell is going on?" ”
"The emperor was going to drive the expedition in person, and we returned from Tongguan to greet us after we got the news, but we didn't expect to receive it, and the emperor was missing. Last night, Li Zicheng sent someone to report that the emperor was under their control. If the emperor wants to be safe, let General Sun Chuanting hand over Tongguan and withdraw from Kaifeng. Killing Wind said.
"Tongguan can't be handed over, if Tongguan is lost, Kaifeng is not guaranteed, if you withdraw from Kaifeng again, then the capital will not be guaranteed!" Zhu Qing still knows a lot about the history of the late Ming Dynasty, not only that, but he also studied the military fortresses of the Ming Dynasty and the geographical trend. Naturally, I know this principle.
"However, the emperor is important." Liu Qingfeng said.
"Who protected the emperor to Tongguan?" Zhu Qing asked.
"Ghost fire." Killing Wind said lightly.
"Hmph, I knew they had ghosts, but I didn't expect even the emperor to dare to do it, are they trying to usurp the throne?" The White Tiger's temper has always been impatient.
"Don't talk nonsense." The killing wind stopped him.
"That's right, I believe it wasn't the ghost fire who did it, without the emperor, who did he and the prince rely on? Just think about it. Zhu Qing said.
"Who could that be?" Suzaku asked.
"What did General Sun Chuanting say?" Zhu Qing asked.
"General Sun didn't believe that the emperor was kidnapped, so he resolutely refused to agree to sacrifice the city." Liu Qingfeng Road.
Zhu Qing nodded after hearing this. The crowd thought about it.
"In this way, we do it in three ways. Lord Liu and Baihu all the way, me and Suzaku all the way, and Qinglong alone, tracked down from the north, south, and center. Know the Tongguan collection. Killing Wind said.
"Why don't you call Xuanwu back?" White Tiger asked.
"Xuanwu and the two Zhenfu went to the south. Recently, there have been frequent pirates along the coast. They couldn't come back for a while. Killing Wind said.
"I'm afraid it's not as simple as a pirate." When Zhu Qing heard that something had happened along the coast, he shook his head and added.
"What do you mean?" The crowd was puzzled.
"I met a Japanese coward in Jinzhou a few days ago. They came from the sea. I suspect the Woko are coming back. Zhu Qing analyzed.
"Hey, Daming is really not peaceful." Liu Qingfeng sighed.
"Anyway, at present, find a way to find the emperor first, and rescue is important. Act now! Killing Wind said decisively.
"Yes!" Everyone took action according to the assigned tasks.
The wind-chasing horse had just rested for a while, and was led out by Zhu Qing.
"Good horse." Killing Wind looked at it from a distance and couldn't help but praise it.
Zhu Qing smiled, stepped on the horse's back and galloped away.
Zhu Qing rode a wind-chasing horse to Tongguan, secretly checking the emperor's clues all the way. But knowing that he doesn't have any eyebrows when it's dark, the emperor is not an ordinary person, and if he disappears, he can't ask about people, even if he inquires, who knows? It's okay if people don't think you're crazy.
When there was still a long distance from Tongguan, it was dark, Zhu Qing had just arrived in Kaifeng, and as a last resort, Zhu Qing had to stay in Kaifeng for a while, and Kill Feng and Liu Qingfeng and others had nothing to gain, so they had to rest temporarily on the road.
The inn where Zhu Qing stayed was larger, and it was a mixed bag. A fight with Shanhaiguan, after all, it is a guest who enters and exits Tongguan, and it is always a little unusual. Zhu Qing consciously chose a more remote room, which is not only suitable for observing the entire inn, but also seeing the situation on the street. As a brocade guard, he is still aware of this.
Put away the packing Zhu Qing to the stable to feed the chasing horse, a day of running, chasing the wind needs to replenish enough energy to continue to rush tomorrow.
Just when Zhu Qing was feeding the horses in the stables in civilian clothes, two people suddenly came in with two horses, probably not long after entering the customs. The two chatted as they walked.
"It's really strange, usually the sheep road has been conceded, why not let it at this time?" One of them said.
"Who knows. It's a mess. It's normal to have more rules. The other chimed in. The two put away the horses and said to Zhu Qing, "Please help our horses add some good material." ”
My good girl, how superb Zhu Qing's cross-dressing skills are, and he was stunned by passers-by to think that he was a stableman?!!! However, this is not the point, the point is that Zhu Qing actually nodded. Because these two people undoubtedly revealed a shocking secret to him! Sheep Road, is the left side of the Tongguan Road, is generally open, even when the war is the most tense has not been closed, now this Tongguan has not started the war, the Sheep Road has been closed, this matter must be strange! So, Zhu Qing suddenly had an idea and rushed to Yangdao overnight!