In the afternoon, clouds and rain from the far north poured down on the border of Shaanxi and Sichuan. Fortunately, Zhu Qing and his entourage had been prepared for a long time, and in the face of the sudden heavy rain, the troops coped with it easily and orderly, and even the prisoners were not caught in the rain.

"It's raining so hard, I don't know when it's going to stop." Xuanwu held up the oil-paper umbrella and said.

"Why don't you rest here first? Wait for the rain to light up before heading out? Suzaku asked.

Zhu Qing looked up at the sky and shook his head, "This rain can't stop for a while, it's going to be dark soon, and you have to rush to the post station in front to accommodate so many people." ”

After Chongzhen's decree, there are not many post stations left in the country, except for a few post stations in the provinces where the military situation is more urgent, the rest have all been abolished! Zhu Qing said that the post station ahead was in Shaanxi. It is said that after Li Zicheng's toss, the Shaanxi post station should become the target of the public, and it is also the first to be abolished, as for the appearance now, just because the army has been recruited, the situation in the southwest is unstable, and the imperial court must have the support of the post station to obtain information about the southwest in time. As a result, a new batch of post stations was restored.

Since Zhu Qing was not allowed to stop, the troops had to continue to advance. However, in order to prevent unpredictable situations on rainy days, Zhu Qing sent internal guards to explore the way, and by the way, let the post station prepare for it.

Although it was relatively difficult for the troops to march forward in the rain, the soldiers did not want to slow down at the thought that there would be hot water and hot food when they arrived at the post station. Zhu Qing led the way in the front, while Xuanwu and Suzaku advanced with the team in the middle and back sections, beware of Xin Tianzheng and others taking the opportunity to escape in chaos.

In a hurry, the troops finally entered Shaanxi before dark and rushed to the post station. And the rain was still falling. Everyone was glad to have listened to Zhu Qing's words, otherwise they wouldn't know where or how to spend the night tonight.

"The last general greets all the generals!" The stationmaster led his troops out to greet him. After a brief negotiation, Zhu Qing ordered all the soldiers to stay at the post station and arrange the soldiers and prisoners......

Zhu Qing and his entourage have just arrived in Shaanxi, and Kaifeng has already begun to get busy.

Liangshan, Huzi and the others were busy, personally preparing to welcome Zhu Qing.

"The actions are all neat for me, the general has entered Shaanxi, and will soon arrive in Henan, the army is triumphant this time, if anyone is lazy, see if I don't deal with it by military law!" Huzi was more anxious, and he was quite excited when he heard that Zhu Qing's class had returned to Kaifeng to pass through Kaifeng.

As for Li Zicheng, since Kaifeng settled down, he has led his troops back to Shaanxi, and this time he wanted to feel that the post station would personally greet Zhu Qing, but it is said that a mysterious person appeared in northern Shaanxi and had already led the team to chase him. Before leaving, send someone to send a letter to the stationmaster, be sure to receive Zhu Qing and his party, and if there is any neglect, remove him directly!

It can be seen how high-standard reception Zhu Qing and his entourage received at the Shaanxi Post Station. But this is not what Zhu Qing wants, he only hopes to make the trip as soon as possible and return to the capital. Because in the past two days, there has been no news from Shanhaiguan again!

After spending a night at the Shaanxi Post Station, Zhu Qing gathered his team and set off at dawn the next day. The stationmaster led his troops to personally send Zhu Qing to the county office at the next stop, but Zhu Qing did not enter the county office, and the county magistrate and others could only go out of the avenue to see him off. After a simple meeting and the transfer of horses and equipment, Zhu Qing led his troops to continue north.

The next few days seemed to be peaceful, but Zhu Qing was not at ease with this calm. The anxiety in their hearts urged them to speed up their progress, and even when there was no rain, they hurried all night.

Within three days, the troops entered Henan. The border of Henan seems to be very peaceful, after all, there are heavy soldiers of the imperial court stationed here. As soon as the troops entered Henan, Huzi had already personally brought people to Luoyang to greet them. This made the Jinyi guards, who were both day and night, breathe a sigh of relief, after all, Xin Tianzheng was waiting for the prisoners to sleep when he was in a hurry, but the Jinyi guards couldn't, they had to take turns guarding the prisoners, and they didn't dare to relax in the slightest.

The arrival of Huzi and others relieved the tense pressure of Jinyiwei for days.

"General, I heard that your squad is still in court, and the last general has been waiting here for a long time, what do you need from the general, just give orders." Huzi goes straight and doesn't care about those red tapes, which is very much in line with Zhu Qing's meaning, except for the etiquette in his heart, Zhu Qing is very disgusted by the flattery on the table. This may be an important reason why he does not dominate even if he has high achievements, because he is not used to the way of officialdom, so he rarely forms parties for personal gain, especially for those civil officials, who are almost inaccessible.

"How is Kaifeng lately?" Zhu Qing's first sentence took the lead in caring about Kaifeng. After all, Kaifeng is the front gate of the capital, and if Kaifeng is good, at least it means that the front door of the imperial court is safe.

Huzi nodded, "General Yu, on the whole, the form is quite stable, and the land reform is also continuing to advance. But ......"

"But what?" Xuanwu asked. After all, Xuanwu had been stationed in Kaifeng before, and when he left, Kaifeng had not yet had any problems, and now he had only been away for a while, and he suddenly heard a sentence of "but". The situation that can come out of the tiger's mouth is generally not small. Because small situations will be solved by him.

Huzi glanced at the people around Zhu Qing, and Zhu Qing glanced at the guards knowingly, signaling them to retreat first, leaving only Xuanwu and Suzaku and the others.

"Someone found Aunt Zhong passing by the ironsmith shop ......," Huzi said softly.

"Aunt Zhong often delivers meals to the shopkeeper Yuan, and it's not strange to pass by the ironware shop." Xuanwu responded.

Zhu Qing and the others also nodded, but looking at Huzi's demeanor, they felt that things were not so simple.

"This time it's to enter the Divine Machine Hall." Sure enough, as soon as Huzi's words came out, everyone was stunned and looked at each other. It shows that this matter is not ordinary.

"The Shenji Hall can only be entered at the level of the deputy general of the Iron Cavalry Battalion, Aunt Zhong won't knowingly commit it, right?" Suzaku wondered.

Zhu Qing nodded, he paced a few steps, "Although Aunt Zhong is very familiar with everyone, she never walks around easily, not to mention that the regulations are very clear, could it be that she accidentally made a mistake?" "Zhu Qing still knows Aunt Zhong very well, she and Zhong Er should be both responsible people.

"I was also strange at the time, so I pretended to run into her, and she said that she had accidentally made a mistake, and then I sent someone to observe for a few days, and indeed I didn't find anything abnormal." Huzi replied.

Zhu Qing nodded, "I hope it's just accidentally passing by." ”

"But I still have to guard against it." Xuanwu said coldly.

"Okay, let's go back and observe this matter again, hurry up and meet with the magistrate, change some horses and continue to hurry, and strive to arrive in Kaifeng before dawn after tomorrow." Zhu Qing gave the military order to continue on the road, and after a little rest, the troops rushed to the county government to change horses and equipment, which had been arranged before Huzi came, but fortunately, the main road also happened to pass near the county office. The troops are also much less tossed.

After handing over the prisoner to Huzi, Jinyiwei was indeed much more relaxed, and he was not as tired as a few days ago.

With Huzi's response, the troops continued to march towards Kaifeng with all their might. Sure enough, I entered Kaifeng before dark the next day!

Kaifeng is really heavily guarded, and after entering Kaifeng City, almost everyone feels much more relaxed, and they don't have to worry about accidents in Kaifeng City.

Liangshan, Li Yufeng and others had already come to the city gate to greet Zhu Qing and his party.

Under the earlier arrangement of Liangshan and Huzi, Kaifeng City was even more boiling, and the people of Kaifeng took to the streets one after another to welcome the triumphant army. Liang Shouren even invited a lion and dragon dance performance to show his support for the imperial court.

Liang Shouren is the richest man in Henan, and his dispatch has set an example for the merchants and landlords, and Zhu Qing understands very well that a series of new policies such as land reform are inseparable from the support of these people, regardless of whether they are out of their own hearts or not, such a public move can at least inspire the people.

Zhu Qing led his troops into Kaifeng City, and he felt like he had returned to his hometown. This is the glory that countless soldiers have bought with their lives and blood, and this glory belongs to all.

Different from the entrance of Jinyiwei, when Xin Tianzheng and others entered the city, they were greeted by rotten vegetable roots and rotten eggs, and they would not throw away anything they could eat. Some people even scooped up the mud on the ground and threw it at it. The traitors and thieves trapped in the prisoner car screamed. Everyone has to pay the price for their actions, this is the price that Xin Tianzheng should pay for treason and defection to the enemy, and it is far from that.

"Qinglong, I'm afraid the people will be angry if the trouble continues." Suzaku was more delicate and persuaded Zhu Qing.

Zhu Qing nodded and glanced at Xuanwu, who beckoned to Liangshan and the others, and Liangshan stepped forward to stop the people from throwing things. Huzi and the others took the opportunity to quickly drive the prisoner car across the street and went straight to Kaifeng Mansion. Behind him, the people of the whole city were still indignant, Xin Tianzheng and others were like rats crossing the street, it can be said that everyone shouted and beaten!

The troops finally entered Kaifeng Province. Shopkeeper Yuan, Yuan Ruo and others were already waiting to greet them in front of the mansion. However, Aunt Zhong is not among them!

"Aunt Zhong didn't come?" Xuanwu asked softly in Zhu Qing's ear vigilantly.

Zhu Qing nodded, "You can take a look later." Saying that, Zhu Qing walked to the door of the mansion with a smile on his face, and greeted the people in the mansion one by one, after all, they hadn't seen each other for many days, and these people had heard that Zhu Qing had an accident in Zigong, and they were worried before, but now they met, and they were very emotional.

When everyone was very happy to see each other, suddenly a person walked out with a teapot, it was Aunt Zhong.

When Suzaku helped Ning'er enter the door, he just caught a glimpse, so he gently touched Zhu Qing and motioned for his Aunt Zhong to appear.

Zhu Qing nodded without changing his face, and was about to hint at Xuanwu when Aunt Zhong suddenly walked over.

"General, I've finally brought you back. When we all heard about the situation over there, we were all worried to death. Come, drink a bowl of hot tea to catch the wind. Aunt Zhong said and poured a bowl of tea for Zhu Qing.

This is Aunt Zhong's usual job, and she pours tea all the way, so it is not surprising that this is not surprising.

However, Huzi's intelligence made Zhu Qing, Xuanwu and others have to be on guard. Just as Zhu Qing was hesitating, Chen Yuanyuan suddenly walked over and snatched the tea bowl, "Hey, hurry all the way, I'm dying of thirst......"

"Hey......?" Before Zhu Qing could stop him, Chen Yuanyuan had already gulped down the tea in the bowl.

Everyone couldn't help but stare at Chen Yuanyuan. I'm worried that something will happen to her if she drinks this bowl of tea!

But after Chen Yuanyuan finished drinking, he looked left and right in a daze, and wondered, "Why are you looking at me like this?" ”

"Oh, it's okay, everyone looks at your anxious look, curious, just curious......" Zhu Qing smiled, took the tea bowl in Chen Yuanyuan's hand and handed it to Aunt Zhong.

"Aunt Zhong, pour me another bowl." Zhu Qing smiled.

But Aunt Zhong was still staring at Chen Yuanyuan and didn't come back to her senses.

"Aunt Zhong......?" Zhu Qing screamed a few more times before Aunt Zhong suddenly came back to her senses.

"Huh? …… Oh, good...... This will pour ...... for the general," Aunt Zhong said, taking the tea bowl from Zhu Qing's hand.

At this moment, Zhu Qing and Aunt Zhong looked at each other!

This look?! ……

Zhu Qing was suddenly shocked in his heart, this look was so familiar!