readx; After Zhu Youzhen's brigade set off from Qinwangzhuang, they first went to Xi'an to meet Wang Chengen, Zhu Cunqi, and Zhu Yiluo's chariots, and then marched to Tongguan, the first stop of the journey. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although Zhu Youzhen and Zhu Cunqi's car battle was close to each other, and the distance was only a few feet, there were many people, and Zhu Youzhen didn't have a chance to say anything to Zhu Cunqi. Only when there was a short break, did she have the opportunity to ask Li Zhenyan to go over and say a word, telling Zhu Cunqi to rest assured. But Zhu Cunqi was still silent, and seemed to have no reaction to Zhu Youzhen, which made Zhu Youzhen not embarrassed.

By this time it was already winter, and the bitter northwest wind roared over the fields, and the earth was frozen as steel. Zhu Youjian knows that we are now in the "Xiaoice River period" in history, and the temperature is generally low, especially in winter. Looking at the bleak Guanzhong Plain, he couldn't help but worry, he didn't know how many poor people would run out of food or even starve to death, and he didn't know if Houjin would take advantage of the freezing of the river to invade Liaodong again.

There was nothing to say on the road, although Wang Chengen and Zhu Yiluo wanted to visit the mountains and rivers, but in this harsh winter, there was no scenery to enjoy, so they did not delay the trip. When camping at night, Yan Ling and Chen Wuled the special combat team members who pretended to be servants of the palace to protect the big tent of Zhu Youzhen and others tightly in the middle, and Lin Youkun's Qin Wangwei on the periphery. In addition, Xie Sheng also sent a reconnaissance company, pretending to be passers-by or farmers, to set up a sentry post more than ten or even dozens of miles away from the camp to guard against all possible dangers.

At this time, Li Zhenyan went to accompany Zhu Cunqi and slowly enlightened her with gentle words. Zhu Cunqi knew the holy decree, and there was no possibility of changing it, and he had no hope at all for Zhu Youzhen's plan, and was even afraid that Zhu Youzhen would offend the apocalypse. Therefore, no matter how Li Zhenyan persuaded her, Zhu Cunqi could not smile, but he was obviously emaciated in a few days.

Zhu Youjian was only in a solitary tent, repeatedly considering the various situations that might arise and how to deal with them. Camping in the wild on winter nights, even if the tent is blocked from the wind and the quilt is thick, it is still cold, and sometimes he is so cold that he can't sleep, so he will simply put on his clothes and get up and hesitate in the camp for a long time.

Only the red lady seems to be carefree, and whenever she goes, she first releases carrier pigeons to fly around to familiarize herself with the environment. When Zhu Youzhen was wandering, she didn't leave an inch, and sometimes naughtily slapped Zhu Youzhen's frozen hands.

In less than three days, the brigade arrived at Tongguan. Tongguan is more than 200 miles away from Jingyang, and the whole journey is about 2,000 miles. At this rate, Zhu Youzhen can rush to Beijing at the beginning of December, and if everything goes well, he can indeed embark on the road back before the end of the year, which also makes Zhu Youzhen and Li Zhenyan feel a little more at ease.

Of course, Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi Province stationed in Tongguan, brought Zhu Youzhen and his party into the city very ceremoniously and treated them with wine. Wang Chengen and Zhu Yiluo had nothing to do in their hearts, and they drank so much that they were dazed; But Zhu Youzhen couldn't drink at this time, and finally survived until late at night, so he secretly discussed the good luck of this trip with Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting sighed and said, "Your Highness doesn't listen to the ministers and insists on going, so you can only take more precautions." On the way, it is good to say that the minister can send Zuo Guang to lead a battalion of men and horses to escort His Royal Highness, at least through the entire territory of Henan. When you arrive in Zhili, there are fewer bandits there, and you don't have to worry about it. It's just that after arriving in Beijing, you must beware of Wei Zhongxian's secret harm. ”

"You said this whole thing, could it be Wei Zhongxian's conspiracy?" Zhu Youzhen asked nervously.

Sun Chuanting shook his head and said: "Dong Kewei, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, is not a eunuch, and it is true that the iron tree blooms and the Lingzhi is born, and the saint must want to take this opportunity to boost the morale of the government and the opposition, but this is not from Wei Zhongxian's arrangement." However, the county lord's marriage to Wei Liangqing must be a thief. The minister is worried that the saint has not been in good health recently, but he is still desolate and playful; Wei Zhongxian himself is a eunuch, although he is not a shallow disaster, but it is still difficult to shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. But now that he is vigorously supporting Wei Liangqing, his heart is very worrying. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Youzhen suddenly came to his senses and said, "Mr. means that Wei Zhongxian may have the intention of usurping the throne?" He doesn't have a son himself, so he plans to train Wei Liangqing as his successor? ”

"Exactly!" Sun Chuanting said worriedly, "The saint has no heirs so far, but recently there have been rumors in the market that Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family are secretly discussing and want to raise a few babies outside the palace. Once something happens to the saint, it is assumed that the baby is the flesh and blood of the saint, so that a new king can be established. When the time is ripe, you will abolish the puppet emperor, establish yourself as the king, and usurp the Ming Dynasty! Although it is a rumor, it is shocking, and it must be guarded against! ”

Zhu You listened, and his heart was even more blocked. But knowing that the situation is already in danger, the apocalypse still favors Wei Zhongxian, no matter how anxious others are, it is useless, this dead knot, whether it is Sun Chuanting or Zhu Youzhen, there is no way to untie it!

The next day, the team set off to continue the journey, and Sun Chuanting really sent Zuo Guangxian to escort him along the way. The crowd went all the way east from Tongguan, through Hanguguan and Luoyang to Zhengzhou, and then from Zhengzhou to the northeast, and arrived at Daimyo through Anyang. This journey, Zhu Youzhen has already gone through it once last year, the difference is that he went to Dengzhou to ask for relatives at that time, although he was also a little apprehensive, in general, he was still full of expectations. But now Zhu Youzhen is in a heavy mood and full of confusion about the future!

Tongguan and Daimyo are thousands of miles apart, and this journey has been half a month, and the weather is getting colder and colder. On the day of the winter solstice, it also snowed heavily, making the journey even more difficult. Fortunately, he rushed to the city of Daimyo on the same day, and the prefect Lu Xiangsheng got the news and led the Tianxiong army to pick it up from afar.

I haven't seen him for more than a year, and Zhu Youzhen also wants to catch up with his brother-in-law well. But after thinking about it, Lu Xiangsheng didn't know his identity, and it was not beautiful to see people talking about it at this time, and it was not beautiful to cause trouble. Therefore, he had to pretend that he was unhappy, refused Lu Xiangsheng's visit, and entered the line early to rest.

It snowed heavily for five days, and they couldn't hurry, so everyone had to stop. One day, Zhu Youzhen was bored, and suddenly saw the red lady running to hand him a letter excitedly, and said expectantly: "Lord, look! ”

When Zhu Youjian looked at it, he saw that it was a letter sealed with fire paint, and an iron ring was tied with a thick wire at one end. He was surprised, "What is this?" ”

But when he opened the envelope and unfolded the stationery, Rui'er's beautiful handwriting immediately caught his eyes!

"It's... This was sent with carrier pigeons? Zhu Youzhen was overjoyed, and he couldn't even say a whole sentence!

"That's right, my lord, the day after I arrived in the daimyo, I released the carrier pigeon." Seeing that Zhu Youzhen's face bloomed with a smile that she hadn't seen for many days, the red lady was also sincerely happy, "Although it is snowing heavily, the pigeon still returned to Qinwangzhuang without dishonoring its mission, and brought back the letter from the mother!" ”

At this moment, Zhu Youzhen felt that he was no longer alone. Yes, he is not fighting alone, in this time and space that does not belong to him, there are many people who breathe and share his fate now! With them as a companion, what is there to be afraid of?

So Prosecutor Zhu You laughed and said, "Go and inform the county lord and Zhenyan, we don't have to wait for the snow to stop, let's go now!" ”