"Wise and brave, really good and talented, His Majesty's eyes are like torches, far-sighted, and he didn't choose the wrong person. The fastest and most stable update is to see the latest chapter of Perfect World. When Li Yuntian left the imperial tent, Yang Rong looked at his back and couldn't help but praise Jin Youzi.

"I hope he can live up to His Majesty's trust and deliver the holy decree to the crown prince safely." Jin Youzi frowned and said, his expression was extremely strict, Li Yuntian's fate is unknown, and anything can happen before the overall situation is decided.

"God will bless me." Yang Rong's face became solemn when he heard this, and he said slowly, his eyes were a little confused, as if he was thinking about something.

At noon, two fast horses galloped out of the camp gate, and the two knights on the horses were dressed as captains, with two yellow backguard flags tied to their backs, and one of the leading captains was carrying a yellow cylinder, which seemed to be the royal herald who entered Beijing to deliver news.

The Northern Expeditionary Army and the capital relied on the heralds to communicate, because it was done by the emperor, so the heralds used the yellow back guard, known as the royal heralds, to distinguish them from ordinary heralds.

The captain with the yellow cylinder on his back was nearly thirty years old, named Niu Lao Wu, an experienced old herald, and the young captain who followed him was burly and handsome, none other than Li Yuntian, who was named Zhou Shan at this time, replacing a herald who accidentally "had diarrhea" before leaving.

In order to have a good relationship with Niu Lao Wu, Li Yuntian specially honored him with a piece of broken silver weighing two taels and hoped that Niu Lao Wu would take more care of him on the road, which made Niu Lao Wu much more enthusiastic about him.

According to the regulations, if there is no urgent official business, the royal herald travels 180 miles a day, and in case of urgent business, he has to travel 300 miles, 400 miles and 600 miles a day, and the highest is 800 miles, which is commonly referred to as "800 miles urgent".

In order to avoid suspicion from the outside world, this time Li Yuntian and Niu Lao Wu rushed back to the capital at a speed of 180 miles a day, which undoubtedly made the trip much easier.

The Yumu River is more than 2,000 miles away from the capital, and they can reach the capital in ten days.

The post stations of the Ming Dynasty were usually thirty miles apart and were not restricted by administrative divisions, but were set up according to traffic conditions.

The post station is usually divided into three parts, namely the post station, the station and the shop.

The post is the transportation organization for the government to receive guests and arrange government materials;

The station is an organization that transmits important documents and military information, and is dedicated to the military system;

The shop is led by the local department, the state and county governments, and is responsible for the transmission of official documents and letters.

The voucher used by the post station is the survey and the fire plate, all the need to the post station to transport cars, horses, people and goods must see the "postal symbol", the government uses the survey together, and the military department uses the fire card.

There are extremely strict regulations on the use of postal symbols, and there are specific tasks for the protection of crossings; Ma handed the official document and added the fire ticket of the military department; If the pick-up and delivery of each post station along the way is to arrive in the capital from outside or pass to each other outside, it is necessary to fill in the continuous list.

It is worth mentioning that once the official document is marked with the words "immediately fly", then it must travel 300 miles a day.

For a few days, Li Yuntian and Niu Lao Wu did not encounter any unexpected situations, and shuttled through the various post stations along the way calmly, but the situation changed suddenly when they were about to enter the boundary of Shanxi.

In the evening, after eating at the post station, Li Yuntian and Niu Lao Wu returned to the room to rest as usual.

The post station is usually in a relatively remote place, the nightlife is scarce, and the two of them are on official business, even if they have fun, they can't find it, and it is important to rush the next day after recuperating their spirits.

Li Yuntian had just laid down and had not fallen asleep, but he could only hear a commotion in the post station, as if a lot of people had broken in.

"Listen, everyone, and assemble in the courtyard to assist in the search for the Tatar spies." Just as he was listening intently to the movement, a rough voice sounded from the courtyard.

Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly, the Tatars had long fled into the desert and disappeared, where would there be Tatar spies in Datong Mansion, and the death of Emperor Yongle was leaked out, and those people wanted to search for passers-by from the direction of Yumu River on the grounds of Tatar spies.

"***, the Tatars have long since run away, these guys are just full of food and have nothing to do, tossing around." Niu Lao Wu scolded and wore his clothes.

Li Yuntian put on his coat quietly, subconsciously reached out and touched the waist of his coat, and the edict to the prince was sewn into his waist clothes.

Soon, the people who lived in the inn gathered in the courtyard with grumbling mouths, including officials who came and went, idlers in the neighborhood, and a few secret prostitutes with heavy makeup.

A group of sergeants with torches surrounded the courtyard, judging from the costumes, it should be the people of the local guard, and the leader was a lean hundred households, squinting at the people in the courtyard.

Under the order of the lean hundred, the people at the scene were clearly divided into three parts, which were south, north, and local.

The locals were immediately let go, those who went north were sent away after showing their identification documents, and the rest of those who went south were questioned strictly, not only to verify their identities but also to search their belongings.

Someone just complained a few words and was punched and kicked, and the rest of the people had to obediently shut their mouths when they saw that the situation was not good.

"What's in there?" A sergeant walked over with the yellow cylinder and handed it to the lean hundred, who glanced at the seal at the beginning of the barrel lid and asked Niu Lao Wu quietly.

"An official document sent back to the capital." Niu Lao Wu had already stilted his lean hundred households unpleasantly, clasped his hands on his chest, and looked at him coldly, "Those who demolish it are all over the house!" ”

"There are many disturbances, and I still look at Haihan." The face of the lean hundred households was cloudy for a while, and he saw the sergeant who brought the yellow cylinder bowing slightly to him, and then smiled and handed the yellow cylinder to Niu Lao Wu.

After speaking, the lean Baihu waved his hand and led the sergeant in the courtyard to leave.

"These bastards!" When he returned to the room, Niu Lao Wu couldn't help but curse, the house was turned into a mess, and his and Li Yuntian's clothes were thrown all over the ground.

Fortunately, those sergeants knew that the two were royal heralds, and they did not dare to touch their belongings, otherwise the two would have lost a lot of money.

The expression on Li Yuntian's face was a little grim, and now he could be sure that the news of Emperor Yongle's death had either leaked out, or the King of Han had already suspected it, and then asked the sergeants of Shanxi and Hebei to strictly investigate the people who went south, like him and Niu Lao Wu were the focus of attention.

Fortunately, he had taken precautions and sewed the edict into his clothes, otherwise things would have gone bad.

After entering Shanxi, Li Yuntian found that there were some more checkpoints along the way, and the sergeants of the local guard post strictly checked the people who went south, whether they were officials, businessmen, or ordinary people, and the belongings they were carrying were opened and searched in public, and the atmosphere was a little tense.

Li Yuntian didn't know at this time that the news of Emperor Yongle's death on the fifth day after he left could not be hidden.

After all, Emperor Yongle is the king of a country, and it is rare to not show up for five consecutive days, which has made the accompanying ministers of civil and military affairs feel strange, and several nobles who are martyred are concerned about the safety of Emperor Yongle, and are worried that Emperor Yongle will be accused of being accused, so they are ready to risk their lives to break into the camp to see Emperor Yongle.

As a result, Ma Yun, the chamberlain, had to convene Yang Rong and Zhang Fu and other important civil and military ministers to discuss the matters after the death of Emperor Yongle, and finally decided not to mourn secretly, so that Yang Rong, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and Haishou, a servant, would take the lead in returning to Beijing to pass on the will to the prince and let the prince ascend the throne.

Although there are very few people who know about this matter, the exact news of Emperor Yongle's death inevitably spreads, so both Shanxi and Hebei have strengthened the investigation of pedestrians entering the capital.

Every night when they stayed at the post station, the local guard would send people to the post station to strictly check and search the people in the post station and those who went south, whether men, women, old or young, in the name of arresting Tatar spies, but no one dared to touch the yellow cylinder that Niu Lao Wu carried.

On this day, Li Yuntian and Niu Lao Wu came to Datong Mansion, an important town in Shanxi, and stayed in the post house of Datong City, which is an important town in the north and a barrier in the north of Daming.

The conditions of the post house are much better than those of the post house, the accommodation conditions are excellent, and the two of them can take a hot bath comfortably.

Datong City is more than 700 miles away from the capital, which means that Li Yuntian will arrive in the capital in four days, as long as he hands over the edict on his body to the prince, then his task will be over.

Soon after the two returned to the room after taking a shower, the door was pushed open, and a stout man with the appearance of a thousand households led several sergeants in.

"The two of them have worked hard from afar, and the two of them will not work for the rest of the matter, and the official will send someone to pass the official document back to the capital for the two of them." Zhuang Shi Qianhu smiled at Li Yuntian and Niu Lao Wu, "The two of you will stay in Datong City first, and the official will let you accompany you to take a good look here, and then leave when the Northern Expedition army arrives." ”

"This adult, it doesn't seem to be in accordance with the rules, right?" Niu Lao Wu was quite surprised when he heard this, he had been a herald for ten years, and he had never encountered such a bizarre thing.

"Don't worry, our Datongwei will issue you an official document and take over your task." The strong Qianhu had already prepared, took out an official document from his arms and handed it over.

Niu Lao Wu can be a commanding soldier and is naturally literate, he couldn't help but be taken aback after glancing at the content on the official document, the official document said that he and Li Yuntian were unable to perform the task because they had a bad stomach, so they were taken over by Datongwei, and the back was covered with the seal of Datongwei.

"A little thought, if it's not enough, just ask." Seeing that Niu Lao Wu's face changed, Zhuang Shi Qianhu stretched out his hand and took two money bags from the sergeant behind him, threw them to Niu Lao Wu and Li Yuntian, and said with a smile, "Although Datong is not as good as the capital, it also has a different scenery. ”

Niu Lao Wu checked the money bag, feeling that there were more than a dozen taels of silver, and there seemed to be a silver ticket in it, he made a quick decision after pondering for a while, and handed over the yellow cylinder to the strong Qianhu.

Obviously, Zhuang Shi Qianhu is determined to win this yellow cylinder, and now that the formalities are complete, Zhuang Shi Qianhu is from the first salute and then the soldiers, there is no need for him to persevere, otherwise he can only ask for hardship.

Seeing that Niu Lao Wu was so knowledgeable about current affairs, Zhuang Shiqianhu smiled and said a few words of greeting, and strode away with the yellow cylinder.

Li Yuntian frowned and looked at the back of the strong Qianhu, it seemed that the situation was even worse than he thought, the King of Han actually cut off the connection between the Northern Expedition army and the capital, did he have to be trapped in Datong City? One