readx; Hong Chengchou received the news that the new annexed army mutined and robbed Cheng Ji's life, and immediately led the standard battalion to chase after him, but Dou Mingwang and they had already gone far. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 After running west for dozens of miles, he thought that Dou Mingwang was the leader of the thieves under Lao Huihui's subordinates, and said with a sigh: "His grandmother's, if it weren't for the brother's righteous anger and timely reminder, our group would have all folded in Xiangyang City!" What are the plans of the brothers now? ”

Because the number of troops was too small, Dou Mingming didn't want to make extraneous branches, so he couldn't help but smile and hugged his fist at the leader of the thieves and said, "Now we should hurry up and report to the palm of the plate, and say goodbye." The mountains are high and the rivers are long, and when he meets every day, he will definitely have a good time with his brother to eat and drink and play money. ”

After parting ways with the thieves under Zhang Xianzhong, Dou Mingwang was able to pay tribute to Chengji's fate. At this time, Cheng Ji's life had long since lost the panache of a first-class officer, and the official uniform, official hat and jade belt had already been stripped off by the jailer, and the cloak was very embarrassed, and it was only after a while that he said with palpitations: "I didn't expect Zhu Yousong and Hong Chengchou to collude with thieves to rebel!" I really regret that I shouldn't have listened to General Dou's words, but the general went into the city to save the official It was too risky, and if he lost, the official would be even more guilty. ”

Next, the two hurriedly discussed countermeasures, and unanimously decided to immediately send a message to Jingshi Feige to report the change, and then return to Yiling to observe the movements of the rebels. Because Dou Mingming's troops are too small, if you want to rely on these 500 people to fight against tens of thousands of Hong soldiers and hundreds of thousands of thieves, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and it is better to guard the entrance of the Xiajiang Road to prevent the rebels from entering Sichuan from here. In case the rebels lead a large army to attack, the only way to do this is to burn the plank road and retreat into Sichuan.

Just when the three carrier pigeons in Dou Mingwang's army fluttered their wings and flew into the sky, thousands of miles away in the Fusi Prison in Jingshi North Town, Zhu Youzhen and Rui'er had been guarding the dream of saying a word all night.

After yesterday's Tanzhe Temple Incident, Li Dingguo and Hao Yongzhong led 2,000 iron horsemen to surround Tanzhe Temple, temporarily detained all the monks and pilgrims, investigated them one by one, and found out more than 20 hidden White Lotus disciples from the pilgrims. As for the lotus root Zhixu and others who came to participate in the Wusha Conference, they really didn't know about it after investigation, but they were just used as props by the White Lotus Sect, so they were released immediately after being comforted.

Mengyi, the key figure in this assassination, and the captured White Lotus Protector, returned to Beijing with Zhu Youzhen's Luan Jia and were imprisoned.

The commander of the Jinyi Guard made Yan Zhengang interrogate the Dharma protector first, but as expected, there was not much valuable information from his mouth. Because the White Lotus Sect has always been extremely secretive, even internal members are mostly one-line contacts. This Dharma protector was only responsible for firing the cannon, and he didn't know where the Hongyi cannon came from, how it was transported, how the entire assassination plan was arranged, and even who his upline was.

It seems that the breakthrough in the case can only be placed on Mengyi. But she is the queen's biological mother and the mother-in-law of the current saint, who dares to judge her?

Zhu Youzhen also knew that Yan Zhengang and others were in trouble, so he went to the cell with Rui'er. Mengyi has been sealed all over her body since she was executed, and she was locked up with iron chains, and it is naturally impossible to hurt people again, she also held the heart of death without saying a word, just crying silently. As the saying goes, mother and daughter are heart-to-heart, Rui'er saw that her heart was like a knife in her eyes, and after obtaining Zhu Youzhen's consent, she walked into the cell to comfort her.

But Mengyi was so determined that she didn't spit out a word, no matter how Rui'er persuaded her, she just cried and didn't say anything. Even if Rui'er persuaded her to tell Lei'er's whereabouts first, Mengyi only shook her head. Rui'er served the hot soup with her own hands, and fed her with a spoon with a bowl, but she didn't turn her head and ignore it, making Rui'er at a loss and sad.

In this way, the stalemate lasted for most of the night, Yan Zhengang and others persuaded the emperor and the empress to go back to the palace to rest first, but Rui'er insisted on refusing to leave, Zhu Youzhen felt sorry for his wife, so he naturally stayed with her. Although this cell is already the best in the prison, it is dark and damp after all, and Rui'er is afraid that Mengyi will be cold, so she sits beside her and hugs her tightly. Zhu Youzhen was afraid that Rui'er would be cold, so he squeezed to sit down beside her, and then fell asleep in a daze.

I don't know how long it took, maybe it was the fifth watch, Mengyi suddenly said: "Duanjun, aren't you afraid that I will break free from the chains and take your life?" ”

Zhu Youzhen woke up suddenly, and said with a smile: "If Shi Tai can break free from the chains, I will already be dead, so why wait until this time?" In addition, Rui'er is also here, although I don't know martial arts, but she is my queen, I want to protect her, if she doesn't leave, I won't leave. ”

Meng Yi fell silent again after hearing this, but there was a very remorseful look between her eyebrows, obviously moved by the sincere feelings between Zhu Youzhen and Rui'er. Zhu Youzhen suddenly had an idea, got up and muttered a few words to Yan Zhengang, and Yan Zhengang immediately took the order and left.

At this time, Rui'er fed Mengyi soup again, Mengyi hesitated for a moment, and finally took two sips. Rui'er was overjoyed, ran to the kitchen and made a few delicious meals by herself, and as soon as she entered the cell, she heard the sound of footsteps outside, and then a short and fat man like a leather ball broke in, first saluted Zhu Youzhen in a hurry, and then said to Mengyi in a trembling voice: "Xiaoyi, I didn't expect it to be you!" ”

As soon as Meng Yi saw this person, his face immediately changed greatly, he closed his eyes tightly in pain, and choked up: "You... Don't come to see me, get out! ”

But the man said sincerely, "Although you and I have been separated for many years, how can I not come to see you now?" As the saying goes, a husband and wife are blessed for a hundred days! ”

As soon as these words came out, Humpty Dumpty, Mengyi, and Rui'er cried together, and Zhu Youzhen's eyes were also red. As for the others, they have long been far away, for fear of hearing something they shouldn't have heard.

It turned out that this Humpty Dumpty was none other than Rui'er's father, Xiaoyao Bo Zhou Kui.

Since Zhu Youzhen quelled the rebellion of the eunuchs with thunderous momentum, Zhou Kui was rewarded with 50,000 taels of silver for his great achievements, and concurrently led the commander of the soldiers and horses of the five cities, and the governor of Jinyi Weizuo. However, the latter two positions are fictitious titles, because Zhu Youzhen knew that his old father-in-law was greedy for money, so he just asked him to get two more copies of the money under his name, and the specific affairs were entrusted to others.

Zhou Kui, under the admonition of his daughter, also kept to himself, and rarely went out of the house, but spent a lot of money to buy calligraphy, paintings, antiques, and vassals. However, he didn't understand this, he bought a lot of fakes, and tens of thousands of silver were ruined in a few months, and when the money was not enough, he borrowed it from Yan Ling, so that Rui'er would be reprimanded after knowing it.

But at this time, he took out a gold necklace from his arms, handed it to Mengyi, and choked up: "This is sixteen years ago, I made a special trip to the gold shop in Hangzhou to call you. Although you said goodbye, I have kept this necklace so that I can wear it for you one day. Let's put it on and try it, does it look good? ”

At this time, Mengyi had already cried into tears, and shook his head again and again: "Brother Kui, I don't deserve to wear this necklace, I'm sorry for you!" ”