"The emperor has an order to send Wei Zhongxian to the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum to guard the mausoleum." Baihu's face was full of seriousness, and he finally put on a majestic posture in front of his subordinates, "You have to take care of him on the road, and escort him to the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum to hand him over, understand?" ”

"Yes!" The two of them clenched their fists at the same time.

"Good!" Liu Baihu also seemed relieved, he beckoned, and motioned for these brocade guards to rush out of the crowd with Wei Zhongxian.

This group of brocade guards comprehended and stopped the crowd one by one, leaving a passage for Qi Wang, Liu Songping and Wei Zhongxian.

So, these two brocade guards took Wei Zhongxian out of the city gate and embarked on this long journey.

Along the way, the crowd kept shouting and scolding, but Wei Zhongxian kept looking indifferent and stood obediently between the two people.

He knew in his heart that he would never come back.

"Wei Zhongxian!" At this moment, Qi Wang couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, and whispered in his ear, "Since we are responsible for escorting you, we will naturally take good care of you, but you sinner, don't fail to recognize your situation, Hugh will take a big deal in front of us, you know!" ”

"Yes, our family is sinners...... Sinners ......" Wei Zhongxian was startled at first, and then muttered to himself. "Where do you dare to put on a show? I don't know what this little brother is called? ”

"My name is Qi Wang!" Qi Wang replied categorically, "Don't call me little brother, don't give me a ......."

"Father-in-law Wei, he is Qi Wang, he is my nephew, my name is Liu Songping, both of us are Xiaoqi, everyone will take care of each other along the way." This is, Liu Songping interrupted Qi Wang's words, "The young man has a big temper, please bear with me." ”

"Third uncle?" Qi Wang wanted to say something more, but Liu Songping suddenly pulled Qi Wang's sleeve fiercely, so he had to stop first.

Wei Zhongxian looked at the two uncles and nephews, and then looked at Liu Songping, as if he understood something.

"Well said, well said...... Our family has now fallen to this point, where is the qualification to be angry with Tiqi? ”

At that moment, it suddenly became dark, as if there had been a solar eclipse.

He subconsciously looked up and found that the sand in the wind was everywhere, like black smoke, obscuring the sky and the sun.

As a sign of farewell, this is indeed quite unlucky.

"Isn't it true that the heavens are unknown?" He sighed and muttered to himself.

The sand fell into his eyes and stirred up a tear, which slowly dripped to the ground without anyone seeing.

In this way, the three of them walked out of the capital gradually and distantly.

After walking for a few hours, it is now considered the boundary of Beizhili, and it stands to reason that this is the district of Gyeonggi Shouseon, where the henchmen of the imperial court are, but it is desolate along the way, and it is not very popular.

The grass and trees are withered and yellow, the wind and sand are whistling, and it is even more shocking than in the capital.

Since the end of Wanli, disasters have been frequent in the north, either drought or flood, coupled with the fact that the situation has not been peaceful in these years, Zhao Jin has been even more raging a while ago, and all kinds of disasters have been forced, and the originally prosperous Gyeonggi has been tossed into the current appearance, which is really sad to look at.

"I only hate that the imperial court can destroy the thieves in Xuzhou and Jianzhou as soon as possible, and return the world to peace!" Qi Wang thought to himself.

"Father-in-law Wei, there seems to be a post station in front, why don't we rest first?" At this moment, Liu Songping asked Wei Zhongxian next to him kindly, "It seems that we have been gone for a long time, and it is not too late, it is time to rest." ”

"Thank you." Wei Zhongxian didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

His face was already ugly now, and he could see that the exertion had exhausted him.

In any case, Wei Zhongxian is over fifty years old, and he is already an old man in this era, even though he has been well maintained all these years, his body is still inevitably aging, and he is pampered on weekdays, where can he adapt to such a long journey?

He had wanted to take a break for a long time, but because he was guilty, he refused to pull down his face and plead, Liu Songping's proposal was exactly what he wanted.

So, the three of them walked for a while, came to the inn, and knocked on the door.

An old post man opened the door.

"We are Jinyi Guard, we were ordered to run errands, please make it convenient." Liu Songping showed his waist card to the other party, and then the three of them walked straight over.

Because it is located in Gyeonggi, the scale of this post station is not small, and there are many rooms, so I arranged rooms for three people casually. Looking at this scale, it can be imagined that in the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty, this post station must have been extremely busy with people...... It's just that now it's a depression, and I can't see the busyness of the past at all.

After verifying their identities, the guards didn't say much, just helped them pack their luggage, and then led them to the room.

Their faces were very solemn, and their speech was plain, and they couldn't see much politeness.

This is not surprising, as soon as they came to power, they restricted the factory guards, so their fear of the factory guards may have faded a lot. Of course, no one has dared to say goodbye to them in person, but the attitude is much colder.

But...... This attitude is too strange, as if I am worried about something.

"This old man ......" Qi Wang couldn't suppress his curiosity, and directly asked the oldest of them, "Do you dare to ask what happened in the neighborhood recently?" Why are your faces so sad? ”

"Returning to the ...... of the old post man" The old post man was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly, "Actually, there haven't been any major incidents in the neighborhood recently, the world has not been peaceful these years, and there is chaos here, we are all used to it, but ......"

"Just what?" Qi Wang immediately asked.

"It's just...... I recently heard bad news...... "The old post man was full of worry, "I heard that the imperial court is going to abolish the post stations in various places and send us away!" ”

"Eliminate the station?" Qi Wang was stunned for a moment.

He was just a small person in Beijing, and he naturally didn't know much about the major policies of the imperial court, so he was a little surprised to hear it.

"Yes, I heard that the above has already decided, and it is rumored that there is a nose and eyes, it seems that it can't be faked......" The old post man smiled miserably, and the wrinkles on his face were pulled together even more, "So don't blame me for waiting for this ugly face, I'm really worried!" Take me as an example, I'm already in my fifties, I've been here all my life, and I rely on the money and food I received here to support my family on weekdays...... I don't know, I don't know what to do! ”

Hearing the old post guard say this, the other post guards also looked sad, obviously they also had relatives in their hearts.

Only then did Qi Wang understand that it turned out that their attitude was so bad today not because they hated Jinyiwei, but because they had encountered such a problem.

"Imperial Court ...... There is always a perfect way for the court to act, and since the court has this plan, it is natural to ...... Naturally, there are countermeasures to deal with the aftermath, you are all people who do errands for the imperial court, and the imperial court will not embarrass you too much. In the end, he had to comfort them.

The old post man nodded slightly, but his expression was very reserved, obviously not believing in the statement that "the imperial court will definitely settle you after the abolition of the post station".

"Nonsense! What nonsense! What a foolishness this is! ”

At this moment, Wei Zhongxian, who had already entered the room and was sitting on the bed, also heard their answer, and then jumped up from the bed in anger and walked to the door.

"How can there be such nonsense? The post station is the foundation of the country's transmission of news, and if it is hastily abolished, how much trouble will it be added to uploading and disseminating!? The post guards are also people of the imperial court, most of them still know some things in the world, some are still strong, and they are rashly dismissed, they have no food and clothing, will they not add chaos to the court, isn't this forcing them to rebel against the Ming Dynasty? Monkey business...... What a nonsense! The imperial court has just injured its vitality in the Zhao Thief Rebellion, where can it be so nonsense! ”

Everyone was stunned, and looked at the old man with a sharp voice in a daze and roared loudly, grieving for the Daming Jiangshan that was no longer under his control.

"The above means that the state affairs are difficult now, and the imperial court is nervous, so I want to abolish the post station and save the imperial court some ......," the old jailer said subconsciously.

"Confused! The ancestors set up the post station in order to envelop those powerful people, let them shoulder their shoulders, consume their energy, and let them have something to eat, so as not to do evil! Even if there are unusable ones in it, it is enough to eliminate the indiscriminate ones in them. Why deliberately cut them all! ”

As he spoke, Wei Zhongxian paused.

"Just ascended the throne and was so nonsense, the ministers of the imperial court...... Are all the officials crazy? Why didn't anyone advise him? After eating the Zhu family's Yulu for nothing, is there no one to do things?! Wei Zhongxian's anger did not subside, "If our family is still there...... We must make them all look good! ”

"Grandpa Wei, be cautious!" Liu Songping finally reacted, and hurriedly grabbed his sleeve and signaled him to stop talking.

"Wei Zhongxian, you still dare to say such things!" This is Qi Wang's reaction, and he hurriedly shouted at him, "The great affairs of the imperial court are also something that you, a sinner, can discuss?" You still dare to slander, do you still have a king in your eyes! Shut up! ”

Under his scolding, Wei Zhongxian finally slowly recovered his composure from his anger, and finally even looked a little desolate.

"Yes, once a son of heaven and a courtier, our family can't discuss the big politics in vain......" Wei Zhongxian shook his head lightly, smiling bitterly and sadly, "It's just that this Zhu family is ...... This Zhu family is in the world...... This Zhu family is ...... in the world."

He said several times, but he couldn't say any more, and turned back to the room, his back was stiff, his steps staggered, and he looked extremely sad.

This sudden turmoil ended abruptly when Wei Zhongxian returned to the room, and he left on his own, but the few people left behind had to look at each other.