On June 19, Wen Zhenmeng's coffin was funeral.

According to the rules, as a grandson-in-law, Zheng Xunrui needs to pass the first seven years before he can leave, as for Wen Qiankang, it will take three years to keep the spirit, but fortunately, Wen Qiankang has no official position, and the spirit will not be affected.

Advocating Confucianism and Cheng Zhu Lixue, the Ming officials and scholars, for the wake is very important, if the official's parents died of illness, the official must resign from the official to keep the spirit for three years, called Ding worry, Zhang Juzheng, who was the first assistant of the cabinet, because after the death of his father, there was no Ding worry, still in the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, attacked by almost all court officials.

Zheng Xunrui's time is actually very tight, the matter of Sichuan's extermination of the Liukou has reached the most critical moment, he wants to leave Suzhou as soon as possible and rush to Kuizhou, but since he returned to Suzhou to attend Wen Zhenmeng's funeral, he will do things according to the rules, and he will not be able to leave Suzhou until at least after the first seven days.

Wen Zhenheng has a month's vacation, which is approved by the emperor, and Wen Zhenheng, as his younger brother, also does not need to keep a vigil.

In a few days in a row, Zheng Xunrui and Wen Zhenheng had a lot of exchanges, and the two talked about a lot of topics, and Wen Zhenheng, who may be the governor of Shaanxi, admired Zheng Xunrui in his heart, and felt that although Zheng Xunrui was not very old, he was decisive, calm and wise, and had extraordinary courage.

After Wen Zhenmeng's death, Zheng Xunrui and Wen Zhenheng's relationship was not very good, they thought of the things in the court, and thought of the upcoming attack of the Donglin party, although it was said that Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Donglin party, also came to worship and mourn Wen Zhenmeng, but it was obvious that Zheng Xunrui was not very interested in them.

However, a few days have passed, and Zheng Xunrui's situation has improved slightly. When Wen Zhenheng talked about the things in the court and his own worries, Zheng Xunrui always said that the problem was not big, which made Wen Zhenheng feel strange and slightly relieved. After all, he knew that as long as it was something that Zheng Xunrui was sure of, there was generally no problem.

On June 25, a letter came from the Kuizhou government.

Zheng Xunrui has been away from Kuizhou for more than half a month, and I don't know what the situation of the battle to exterminate the Liukou is, and whether Zhang Xianzhong has suffered a heavy blow. Li Zicheng, who is active in the Banzhou area, how long can he struggle.

Zheng Xunrui looked at the letter carefully in the study, and Wen Zhenheng came in.

Seeing Zheng Xunrui reading the letter, Wen Zhenheng felt that it was not the right time to come in, and turned around to leave.

"The third master doesn't have to be taboo. This is a letter from the Kuizhou government, talking about the extermination of the rogues. ”

Hearing that it was a matter of exterminating the Liukou, Wen Zhenheng nodded and sat down.

"Qingyang, I don't know if Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and others were captured by the Zheng family."

Zheng Xunrui shook his head.

"It's not so easy to capture them alive, after Zheng Jiajun was in charge of exterminating the Liukou again, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong became smarter. He never took the initiative to attack, but hid in the shadows to avoid fighting with the Zheng family's army. Even when there was infighting between Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, when Li Zicheng led his rogues to flee to Banzhou, they were desperately fleeing, regardless of Sun Kewang, who was being attacked by the Zheng family's army. ”

Hearing Zheng Xunrui say this, Wen Zhenheng spoke again.

"I'm in a hurry, I shouldn't have asked. Qingyang is the nemesis of the Liukou, not for long. You will be able to completely exterminate the rogues. ”

Zheng Xunrui sighed.

"I know what the third master thinks. What I have a headache now is this matter, don't talk about the adults in the court, I'm afraid that the emperor thinks that the Zheng family army can completely exterminate the rogue in a short period of time, in fact, where is it so simple, the Zheng family army soldiers have overcome many difficulties and adapted to the requirements of mountain and forest warfare, they have done their best, Kuizhou Mansion is full of lofty mountains and mountains, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and others, just find a place to hide, Zheng Jiajun can't find them. ”

"Qingyang, I really think that Zheng Jiajun can fight quickly, I'm afraid there are more than one person who thinks like me."

"That's what I'm worried about, in fact, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng are at the end of the road, they can't struggle for long, before I came to Suzhou, Zheng Jiajun had already laid out his pockets, just waiting for Zhang Xianzhong to get in, and the letter I received also said about this matter."

Wen Zhenheng nodded slightly, a smile appeared on his face, he knew that what the letter said must be good news.

"Zhang Xianzhong can't support it, from the mountains of Liangshan, planning to break through, this time he didn't have such good luck, he suffered a heavy blow from the Zheng family's army, more than 10,000 rogues under his command, and lost seven or eight out of ten, unfortunately, Zhang Xianzhong fled into the mountains again."

"That's good, even if Zhang Xianzhong escapes into the mountains, he won't be able to hold on for long, Qingyang, in fact, I think that the Zheng family army can enter the mountains to pursue."

"No, the terrain of Kuizhou is too special, after the Zheng Jiajun entered Kuizhou, it took a long time to adapt to this special terrain, almost all of Kuizhou Mansion is a sparsely populated place, an endless mountain, it is very simple to hide a few people, and the army can not be searched when it enters the mountains."

Wen Zhenheng did not insist on his own point of view, and he was not familiar with military matters, so naturally he would not speak casually.

"Qingyang, are you in a hurry, thinking about going to Kuizhou as much as possible."

"I have such an idea, but things have come to this point, even if I don't go to Kuizhou, there will be no accidents, but on the side of the imperial court, I'm afraid there will be some movement."

"Why did Qing Yang say that?"

"The emperor issued an edict in March, asking me to exterminate the Liukou before June, and now it is late June, and I still haven't been able to exterminate the Liukou, presumably there are already people in the court who are ready."

Wen Zhenheng's face changed slightly, he heard Zheng Xunrui say it for the first time, since there is such a holy decree, it indicates a possibility, even if Zheng Xunrui really exterminated the rogue, because he did not follow the requirements of the holy decree to exterminate the rogues within the specified time, and did not get any commendation, if he was not careful, he was likely to be impeached.

"Qingyang, this holy decree is not simple."

"I know, isn't there someone who doesn't want me to make meritorious contributions, even if the Zheng family army exterminated the rogues, don't think about getting a reward, and I don't want to be promoted."

Wen Zhenheng sighed.

"Are you going to endure it like this?"

A smile appeared on Zheng Xunrui's face, but it was a sneer.

"Bear with it for the time being, I won't put up with it in the end."

"Qingyang, I think you should go back to Kuizhou earlier, I didn't know that there was such a holy decree, the Zheng family army is exterminating the Liukou, you return to Suzhou to mourn, the imperial court is afraid that it will already know, there will definitely be someone who will make a fuss about this matter, the first seven days of the eldest brother are still two days, you don't have to wait, I will explain to my sister-in-law if there is anything."

"Third master, I don't need to do this, if I really do this, I'm afraid some people think I'm really scared, if I hadn't taken the overall situation into account, I would have been rude to the Donglin Party a long time ago, they did too much."

has been in Shaanxi for so many years, of course Wen Zhenheng knows a lot of things that Zheng Xunrui has suffered, in fact, he used to have a good understanding of the Donglin Party, but after seeing the Donglin Party people enthusiastic about party struggle, his views have completely changed.

"Qingyang, you better get ready, let's set off the day after tomorrow, there are not many things at home, you are the governor of the five provinces, responsible for the extermination of the Liukou, if you stay in Suzhou for too long, it will cause discussions, the eldest brother knows these things underground, it is difficult to be peaceful."

On June 27, the first seven ended.

The Wen family specially set up a banquet, Wen Zhenheng specially said to clean up Qi and Wen Qiankang and others, he and Zheng Xunrui are going back, can not delay too long, Qi also expressed understanding, Zheng Xunrui as a grandson-in-law, presided over the funeral, and insisted on the end of the first seven, it is not simple, although the family is still shrouded in a sad atmosphere, but Qi made a special request at the banquet, Wen Zhenheng and Zheng Xunrui must leave, they are all court officials, if they always stay in Suzhou, I am afraid that they will be blamed by the emperor, Wen Manshan is also going back, don't stay in Suzhou all the time, after all, you have a family, and your family needs to be taken care of.

Zheng Xunrui was also ready to return to Kuizhou, and the soldiers who followed him to Suzhou had already been packed.

Zheng Xunrui's love is still good, these days he has been thinking about how to completely exterminate the Liukou, in fact, the key to exterminating the Liukou is to kill or capture the leaders of the Liukou, that is, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and others, capture the thief and capture the king, if Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and others escape, it will not take long, the Liukou will spread and ravage again.

Xu Wanghua and Zheng Jinhong were strictly implemented in accordance with his deployment, the battle of Liangshan killed nearly 8,000 rogues, Zhang Xianzhong suffered a heavy blow, it can be said that he didn't hold out for a long time, but what made him a little strange was that there was no intelligence from the direction of Banzhou, Li Zicheng had already been trapped and fighting, could it be that after such a long time, he was still insisting, this should be unlikely, Li Zicheng is not a god after all, no food and no soldiers, how can he persist in Banzhou.

Early the next morning, Zheng Xunrui, Wen Zhenheng and Wen Manshan and others left Suzhou, Wen Zhenheng and Wen Manshan were on the same road, they both rushed to Xi'an Fucheng, and Zheng Xunrui went to Kuizhou Fu.

Wen Manshan's love was not very good, but when she parted, she still held back her tears, probably because she didn't want Zheng Xunrui to worry, Wen Zhenheng's love was better, and kept telling Zheng Xunrui to pay attention to her body and return to Xi'an Mansion as soon as possible.

On June 30, the crowd arrived in Nanjing.

Zheng Kaihua has been waiting, he knows that Zheng Xunrui will not go home, and the two meet outside Nanjing.

After arriving in Nanjing, Zheng Xunrui and the others walked a different route, he had to enter Huguang from the direction of Luzhou in Hezhou, and then to Kuizhou in Sichuan, Wen Zhenheng and Wen Manshan from Chuzhou and Fengyang, into Henan, and back to Shaanxi. (To be continued)