The team escorting Cao Huachun was quite smooth at first, and soon the capital was in sight, but the escort team did not dare to relax their vigilance at all, and the martial saints Ai Lianchi, Mu Renqing, and Kongkong Dao and all the martial arts masters were on duty in shifts day and night.

Cao Huachun saw it in his eyes and was moved in his heart, and he secretly decided that if he could see the emperor, he must inform the emperor of the real situation and minimize the misery of life.

But as the distance from the capital is getting closer and closer, the situation is getting more and more severe, and the inventory is getting tighter and tighter, as long as it is from the direction of the Central Plains, the inventory is extremely careful. Fortunately, many of the people accompanying him were Hebei people and spoke authentic Hebei dialect, so they successfully passed the investigation and saved a lot of unnecessary trouble.

On this day, they arrived in Daxing County, Daxing has a branch of Xu Ji Side Inn, they want to go to Xu Ji Side Inn to rest, but when they came to the front of the inn, they saw that the inn had been sealed, and on the outer wall of the inn, a wanted notice was pasted, the content of which was Yu Xiang's rebellion, calling on people from all walks of life to hunt down key criminals, and heavy rewards, Yuxiang's head was worth 10,000 taels, Yu Xiang's three ladies were called thieves, and they were also labeled with a reward of silver: Miss Xu San was worth 5,000 taels, and the red lady and Chen Siyi offered a reward of 4,000 and 2,000 taels respectively.

There was a large group of people standing in front of the wanted notice, and there was another person who shook his head and scolded loudly: "Yuxiang, this guy is not as good as beasts, he beat those defenseless refugees to death, there is no humanity, I saw him riding a horse, and trampling to death a woman holding a child who had just completed the moon and the child together, the means were extremely cruel, and he actually trampled this adult and child into a pulp, which was unbearable, but the murderous demon Yuxiang didn't blink his eyes." ”

The crowd of onlookers was agitated by this person, gritted their teeth one by one, and scolded Yu Xiang one after another, scolding everything, and there were endless ugly words.

Ai Lianchi and Kongkong Dao people were very calm, but Mu Renqing had a hot temper, and he was about to stand up and speak, but was stopped by Ai Lianchi.

I never thought that one of the children accompanying me spoke: "Governor Yu Xiang is a good person, why do you slander a good person?" ”

Hearing this, the eyes of the onlookers couldn't help but look over, and everyone saw a tiger head and a tiger-brained child, dressed in short clothes, with short shaved hair on his head, looking like a monk, but the clothes were not monks, Mu Renqing saw that it was his apprentice Yuan Chengzhi.

Several soldiers standing next to the notice walked towards Yuan Chengzhi to interrogate him.

Mu Renqing was afraid that he would expose everyone's identities and cause a big deal, so he slapped Yuan Chengzhi a few feet away, and scolded loudly: "You rabbit cub, talking nonsense, don't go back to your family, look for death." "Mu Renqing's move is usually used when teaching Yuan Chengzhi's martial arts, this move is called 'Shadow Companion', it seems to be a heavy fight, but in fact, the force is extremely ingenious, just gently throwing Yuan Chengzhi out.

Yuan Chengzhi was confused and fell out for a long distance, and after listening to the master's words, he immediately understood the meaning of the master's words, got up, performed light skills, and ran away in a puff of smoke.

However, the soldiers are not fools, they feel that Yuan Chengzhi and Mu Renqing are in the same group, and they have checked the identities of Mu Renqing and several others, but they have not found any flaws.

At this time, a person who looked like a non-commissioned officer came over, looked at Mu Renqing and his party carefully, and when he saw Cao Huachun, his eyes lit up, but then he waved his hand and said: "Disperse, disperse, don't watch if you have nothing to do, there are clues to report to the court in time, there are many rewards, after speaking, turn around and leave." ”

Ai Lianchi and the others had long been secretly lucky, and once they were found out, they would kill these people on the spot. But seeing that the non-commissioned officer didn't seem to recognize their identities, he didn't make a move.

In the afternoon, there were obviously more soldiers patrolling the streets, and Ai Lianchi and the others were doubly careful.

They stayed on an inconspicuous remote street, the name of this inn was Guiduan Inn, Cao Huachun was tired from a long day, finished dinner, and went to bed early.

Not long after dark, Mu Renqing's disciple Sun Xiaogang carried a cloth bag, threw it on the ground, and said, "I tied up the man during the day, this person's name is Zhang Tairi, and he is a Manchu dog." ”

Everyone thought it was strange and asked why.

It turned out that during the day, everyone was in front of the Side Inn, and was disturbed by the young and vigorous Yuan Chengzhi, which attracted the officers and soldiers to investigate, and Zhang Tairi took advantage of the chaos to sneak away, but this Xiao Gang, very smart, secretly followed Zhang Tairi until Zhang Tairi returned to the inn, and quietly discussed with his comrades about continuing to smear Yu Xiang tomorrow, and discussed how to get out of the customs and rush to Shenyang. Their words were heard by Xiao Gang, who was lying on the roof, and Xiao Gang took advantage of their unpreparedness, entered the house and killed them all, and arrested Zhang Tairi.

When everyone heard Xiao Gang say this, they couldn't help but take a breath of cool air, the martial saints Ai Lianchi, Mu Renqing and the empty Dao people combined, and decided that the empty Dao people would take Xiao Gang and Yuan Chonghuan to send Zhang Tairi to Henan, and set off immediately, in case the night was long and dreamy, and could not be delayed, and took Yuan Chengzhi back by the way, the officers and soldiers had already paid attention to Yuan Chengzhi, and it was very dangerous to take him by his side.

At this time, I suddenly heard movement outside the house. The Mu people hurriedly blew out the oil lamps in the house, grabbed their weapons, and jumped out of the window.

After a while, he came back and said to everyone: "Quick, take Zhang Tairi away, some martial arts people outside have been cleared by me, but our identities may have been leaked." ”

Kongkongdaoren, Xiao Gang and a few others, carrying Zhang Tairi and Yuan Chengzhi, left in a hurry.

Ai Lianchi and Mu Renqing packed up their things and urged Cao Huachun to leave quickly.

But where do you go in the middle of the night? Cao Huachun was a little reluctant, he packed up his things, he had the emperor's gold medal in his hand, and he thought that even if he was recognized, with the gold medal in his hand, the officers and soldiers would not dare to do anything to him, because he didn't take what Ai Lianchi said seriously.

However, his friction delayed the precious opportunity to escape. After a while, I heard that the torches outside the inn were bright, as bright as day, and the officers and soldiers had surrounded the inn, and thousands of archers outside the house drew their bows like the moon, facing the inn.

Ai Lianchi stomped his feet in a hurry, obviously unable to run away.

I only heard someone outside the house shouting: "Be bold against the thief, come out and surrender quickly, if not, it will be regarded as your stubborn resistance and refusal to surrender, and you will correct the law on the spot." ”

There were many merchants staying in the inn, and several guests raised their hands to walk out of the inn and shouted: "The official is merciful, we are accommodation merchants, not thieves, please verify our identity." ――”

Without waiting for this man to finish speaking, he only heard a person who looked like a non-commissioned officer say: "They are all traitors, don't listen to their nonsense, don't want to get away with it, and release arrows!" As soon as the words fell, they heard a rain of arrows whizzing, shooting them like hedgehogs. Several people died on the spot.

Cao Huachun could hear it clearly and see it clearly, and he was so angry that he trembled. He pulled out the gold medal and was about to go out.

Ai Lianchi hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Lord Cao, they obviously want to kill people and kill their mouths, and they can't go out." ”

Cao Huachun said: "I also have this idea, but they have already besieged the inn layer by layer, and it is not a pity for me to die, but I can't cause so many martial arts heroes to suffer with me." I have the emperor's gold medal in my hand, see who dares to touch me? If I could go and persuade them to retreat, the mighty men would be spared death. ”

Seeing that Cao Huachun was reasonable, Ai Lianchi and Mu Renqingyi decided to let Cao Huachun go out and give it a try.

Cao Huachun took out the gold medal, opened the door, and said loudly: "I am Cao Huachun, and I am holding the gold medal given by the Holy Emperor today. ”

At this time, a person walked out of the soldiers, who was holding a Xincun brand pure steel sword, and came to Cao Huachun's side.

Cao Huachun recognized this person as the non-commissioned officer he saw at noon, and Cao Huachun asked domineeringly: "What is your surname, why did you come to the inn, there are search documents." ”

The non-commissioned officer was asked a little weakly. Although Cao Huachun didn't know them, he knew Cao Huachun's origins, he had seen Cao Huachun's portrait in private, and kept Cao Huachun's appearance in his heart, otherwise he wouldn't have recognized Cao Huachun at noon, and told his boss quietly.

At this moment, a person walked out of the soldiers, looked at Cao Huachun coldly and said, "Let me see your gold medal to see if it's true or not." ”

Before Cao Huachun could reply, he snatched the gold medal from Cao Huachun's hand, glanced at it and said, "It's obviously a fake court official." As soon as the words fell, the person who came snatched the sword from the hand of the non-commissioned officer next to him, and stabbed Cao Huachun in the chest with a sword, Cao Huachun's eyes widened, pointed at this person and said: "Li Dexian, you are so ruthless-"

The person who came sneered and kicked Cao Huachun hard in the chest, Cao Huachun fell straight back, his eyes open, and he died of despair, not blinking his eyes.

Li Dexian said loudly: "The store is full of rebels, setting fire to the store, and killing them." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a rain of rockets, and the roof on the window door was set on fire, and the shopkeepers tried to run out of the store, but as soon as they went out, they were all shot to death.

Ai Lianchi said secretly: "It's so ruthless Li Dexian." They had to use the dining table as a shield, open the door, and break out. The rockets outside flew like locusts, and some other martial arts people blocked Ai Liancheng and Mu Renqing in the middle, and these people were shot by arrows one after another and died on the spot.

Under the cover of these martial arts people's lives, Ai Lianchi and Mu Renqing rushed into the officers and soldiers at a very fast speed, they used what they had learned in their lives, one left and one right, left and right bows, and the soldiers who were blocking the front died one after another, and they finally opened a bloody road and broke out of the encirclement.

The two jumped on the roof and disappeared into the vast night, the other martial arts people who escorted Cao Huachun this time, except for a few people who had left with the empty people before, Ai Lianchi and Mu Renqing, the other martial arts people all died in the inn, and their condition was too tragic to describe.

Cao Huachun's body was ceremoniously buried, along with the bodies of several martial arts people, was sent to the capital, Yang Sichang gave Chongzhen a fold, saying that Cao Huachun was killed by someone with a Xincun brand sword, and the Daxing defenders tried to rescue him, but failed, and Cao Huachun was martyred. After investigation, the murderer was Yu Xiang's new guard. Emperor Chongzhen was so angry that he gritted his teeth and slammed his fist on the table, he regretted it at the moment, feeling that he had raised the tiger himself and harmed Cao Huachun, and he vowed to avenge Cao Huachun.

Chongzhen issued an order to ask the imperial army to fight to the death with the new guard army at all costs.

After receiving the holy decree, Chen Xinjia breathed a sigh of relief, and the stone hanging in his heart finally landed. Secretly glad that Li Dexian was sent to Daxing, otherwise Cao Huachun returned to the capital and met the emperor, all lies would be exposed, and now the imperial army and the new guard army He was so radicalized that he was incompatible, he could fish in troubled waters and escape this catastrophe, he couldn't help but be secretly proud of his careful deployment.