An hour before dawn, Cheng Ziyu embarked on the road to leave Beijing.

Naturally, she didn't leave the way she came, but followed the Dark Soldiers through their old entrances and exits.

I first climbed a mountain, then penetrated a cave, and walked a very difficult dark passage, and the exit turned out to be an empty tomb.

The tomb was built in a farmstead, and here, it was completely out of the southern suburbs.

This was also the most comfortable way they chose for her, but it still made her grind a foot of blisters. But she limped and didn't say a word, and once again let the guards look up to her.

In the farmstead, a caravan that had arrived last night had stopped here.

Cheng Ziyu stepped forward and kowtowed to the old lady in the caravan. That person is naturally the Queen Mother who has entered the Qingyun Nunnery to retreat and pray for blessings.

In the farm, after Cheng Ziyu dressed up, she became a mediocre-looking little woman.

accompanied by Xia Wei and Liu Er, who did not have Cheng Ziyu, and did not have Aunt Fang beside the Queen Mother.

There are the emperor's nine princes and the king's son Qitai.

As soon as everyone had gathered, they formed an ordinary medium-sized caravan and headed east with their horses and goods......

The first purpose of their trip was to find Zhu Changzhe.

It is said that the day before yesterday, Cheng Ziyu returned to Chuxiu Palace after stabilizing the queen and the crown prince.

The emperor came out of the bath in a better spirit, and the two talked for a while.

The situation is critical, Cheng Ziyu does not beat around the bush, and only says everything in her heart:

"The top priority is to find King Zhe and quickly set the general trend. That's the way to go. If they want to get what they want, they can only go on the same road of rebellion as Zhu Changjue. But that road, for the old people like General Bai and the Xiao family, they may not be willing. ”

"Having said that, Ke Zhe'er's whereabouts are hard to find......"

"Your Majesty, I want to try. First, I am familiar with Jiangnan. I've been there. It was the territory of King Zhe, and if King Zhe was hiding there, he might have thought of contacting me after knowing that I was gone.

Secondly...... Zhu Changjue hates me to the core, if he wants to take revenge, if he wants to take Li Chun, he will definitely not let go of my Jingxi Cheng family. But I have deployed my henchmen and guards in the Cheng family early in the morning, and so far I have not received their distress signals, and Zhu Changjue has never threatened me with them, so I think that everyone in my Cheng family should have fled. ”

When the emperor saw it, he immediately understood why Cheng Ziyu was worried about this and disturbed that, but he didn't ask him for bail or anything like asking him for bail from the Cheng family in Jingxi. It turned out that she had already coped with it.

"When King Zhe discussed the object with the old man, he went to Jingxi and Chengjia Mountain Zhuangzi many times, except for Hong Ze, he is probably most familiar with Jingxi."

Cheng Ziyu deeply suspected that the reason why Zhu Changzhe bought a house in Jingxi for some reason was for real reasons. She also wondered if Zhu Changzhe had discovered something after entering the painting and going south, and would he be with the Cheng family?

For Cheng Ziyu, her family is still in Jingxi, and she can't wait to go south.

She couldn't keep her family in her previous life, and she can't leave them behind in this life!

But the emperor thought much more deeply.

After a while, when the emperor opened his eyes, he responded to Cheng Ziyu's request and gave a number of plans. Including asking her to leave with the Queen Mother.

"Next, it's a race against time!"

These are the exact words of the emperor. "It is not certain who is chasing and intercepting whom, who is the yellow finch and who is the cicada. Many forces are contending, although it is dangerous, but there are also many opportunities.

But if I don't fall for a long time, sooner or later I will be suspected by them, and sooner or later Zhu Changan will find that the prince has stopped acting. At that point, he will definitely fight hard.

I was not only worried that Bai Heng would be forced to Liangshan by him, but I was also afraid that he would simply collude with the Beiban to attack in a desperate situation. Then at that time, even if I can stabilize the prince and them, even if I can unite the old clan to fight the enemy together, I may not be able to hold the capital.

So Ziyu, right now, a large part of my hopes are placed on you. You must quickly find the Philosopher King and bring him back quickly before I fall or can't hold on!

It is indeed my fault that the situation has fallen to this point. Ziyu, if there was something wrong with it in the past, you can bear with it. I know in my heart that my days are numbered. All we can do now is buy you more time. I apologize first, and thank you again. ”

The emperor replaced the wine with tea and poured himself three cups.

Cheng Ziyu looked at his gray sideburns, old face, and irretrievable decay, and naturally knew that what he said was true.

The crown prince and the queen, they are not fools. They have already committed a capital crime, how can they not spare a hand?

As long as the throne is not given to them, how can they come up with an antidote? At most, it will be remission, and it will certainly not be possible to eradicate the toxicity. And...... In order to ensure their success that day, the poison they chose must not only be domineering, but also have to avoid the possibility that the imperial doctor can solve it. Therefore, Cheng Ziyu suspected that it was very possible, and there was no antidote to eradicate this poison.

In their previous life, their poisoning score was light, and after the prince fell, Tian Wanyi must have also withdrawn her hand, so she was not discovered. But what about this time? Looking at Tian Wanyi's current situation, you know that this poison is not easy to solve.

The emperor probably didn't live long.

Cheng Ziyu inevitably sighed.

For the emperor, the heart is clearly high and powerful, but my life is up to me, and this kind of pain is a great punishment for him! was proud all his life, but ended up being poisoned by a parent-child; worked hard all his life but was raised by his parents and daughters; has been planning for a lifetime, but in the end, he can only wait for the end of fate to give a verdict; All his life, he aimed to become Emperor Ming, but he didn't protect himself late, and it became a complete joke......

Such an ending is the real punishment for him, right?

It's coming, and it's planted headlong, it turns out that in the past and present life, the emperor's life is nothing more than this!

Cheng Ziyu's complicated feelings of hatred for the emperor finally dissipated at this moment. You can sum up this emperor with four words!

However, although the emperor's character is not very good, his ability and ambition are still outstanding.

He gritted his teeth, prepared four holy decrees in a row, and made a request to Cheng Ziyu.

Burdened by the situation, Cheng Ziyu had no choice but to respond.

On the other hand, how could the king, who had been paying attention to the palace, not notice all kinds of strangeness for the first time?

The Queen Mother asked her to take the child home, saying that she was going to worship the Buddha. And the king went to find Cheng Ziyu but found that the person was a fake, so she went to ask to see the emperor.

The Emperor saw her.

It just so happened that Cheng Ziyu was also there.

The emperor told the king that Cheng Ziyu had another place to go and a mission. Next, she needs to continue to cooperate with acting in the cold palace every day.

The king was so keen, although she couldn't think of their plan, it didn't prevent her from begging the emperor to let the queen mother take her children to "worship the Buddha" together.

"Nope." As soon as the king spoke, the emperor refused. The Queen Mother and Cheng Ziyu have big tasks on their bodies, and it is too troublesome to have a child by their side. Moreover, Cheng Ziyu was also pregnant, which was too heavy.

Wang could only cast his eyes for help at Cheng Ziyu.

Cheng Ziyu knew her fears. She was afraid that once Zhu Changan made a move, that child would inevitably bear the brunt. He is a man who is bent on being an emperor, how could he come up with such an eldest son as a roadblock? If this child loses the umbrella of the Queen Mother, if she returns to King An's Mansion, she is afraid that she will not be able to keep it.

In her opinion, it is the best policy for the child to follow the Queen Mother and wait until the situation is stable before returning to Beijing!

Cheng Ziyu was still soft-hearted and helped intercede. She hinted that if the emperor had no children to rely on, it would not only be dangerous, but also easy to ask Zhu Changan to make a fuss, and he would become a bitter master by painting Zhu Changjue according to the gourd painting, slandering the court for killing his wife and children, but adding a reason for the other party to rebel...... In addition, if "Qitai" is in Qingyun Nunnery, it is easier to hide people's eyes.

The emperor thought that he still wanted to use the king, and Cheng Ziyu was also reasonable, and after asking the queen mother what she meant, he responded......

When there were only two of them, Wang knelt down in front of Cheng Ziyu.

"Ziyu, I handed over the child to you. Once again, I owe you a favor. As long as I can, I will work hard and do my best to help stabilize the situation. Help you take care of several mansions in the capital. ”

Cheng Ziyu nodded. Childish and innocent.

"I promised you, and I will do my best to save the child. But I can only do my best, not guarantees. "No one can predict the crisis. At present, the situation is changing rapidly, and it is still unknown whether the boundary in the south of the Yangtze River has been chaotic......

In this way, Cheng Ziyu quietly left.

In Beijing, "Cheng Ziyu" is still in the cold palace to "cooperate with the investigation". She was still kept under strict guards, and from time to time the Holy Guards would come to interrogate her......

Wang would bring soup and water to see her every day, and when he came out, he would occasionally sigh, and occasionally wipe his tears with red eyes.

But even so, I heard that Cheng Ziyu still fell ill...... The saint seemed to be angry with her, and did not send the imperial doctor to see her. Whoever mentioned the county lord in the palace couldn't help but sigh.

Liu Er was allowed by the Holy God to bring in some change of clothes every two days. And Xia Wei took the people from the General's Mansion to help the Cheng family and Cheng Ziyu inquire about the news every day, running around, helping to wander, and "fighting" to find clues to rescue the master. They also sent a team of men to Jiangnan to try to rehabilitate the Jingxi Cheng family.

The more positive they are, the less likely they are to be suspicious to others. This is the reason why Cheng Ziyu didn't take them away.

Similarly, Aunt Fang stayed in Qingyun Nunnery to "accompany" the Queen Mother to retreat and worship the Buddha, holding "Qitai" to block the occasional people who asked to see the Queen Mother......

Qitai is only half a year old, and it is the time of the day. The child found was a little similar to Qitai, and even the old lady of the Xiao family, who went to Qingyun Nunnery to offer incense, did not notice that the child had changed......

Indeed, with Mama Fang and "Qitai" there, even if no one can see the Queen Mother in retreat, no one suspects that the Queen Mother is not in the nunnery at all.

Thanks to everyone's good play, no one in the entire capital found that a few important people were missing in the past few days, and no one associated the imprisoned Cheng Ziyu with the Queen Mother of the Buddha......

In the first guard, there were a total of two thousand and eight dead soldiers. The emperor took half of it. Among the remaining 1,400 people, there were 400 dead soldiers, like Xin Wei and others, who were asked by Cheng Ziyu to separate and go south, and after finding Queen Zhe to escort her into Beijing, they could not find news such as Bentai Lake.

In this way, there are still 1,000 dead soldiers and 2,000 eight Jingwei left.

Cheng Ziyu transferred 600 Jingwei and 200 dead soldiers to the southwest. is not only to detective the situation, but also to bring a letter to Li Chun. If Li Chunzhen is surrounded, then their task is to help the Zhou army break through with all their might.

There were 800 dead soldiers and more than 2,000 elite soldiers left, and she left them all.

Without him, she wants to protect the safety of the Queen Mother and the Four Holy Decrees. Since she has a conjecture about the location of King Zhe, she has enough troops to better rescue and protect.

The Queen Mother was in a bad mood and handed over all the leadership to Cheng Ziyu.

Cheng Ziyu didn't get too entangled, so she decided to sail south, and quickly planned a plan to go east to Tianjin Port and then go south.

Although the ship is slower than the ship, the northwest wind has risen, and the daily speed of the wind may not be slower than that of the car. Cheng Ziyu has calculated, when the speed of the ship is downwind, it is about thirty to fifty miles, conservatively calculated as thirty miles, ten hours, if there is no delay, it can travel three hundred miles a day. If you go at full speed day and night, even if you subtract the supply stops, it will take no more than seven days at most, and you will definitely be able to reach Jiangnan.

This is the reason why she gave Xin Wei a ten-day period earlier. As long as there are no accidents, whether or not they can find King Zhe, in ten days, they will meet at the Queen Mother, and her manpower will be expanded.

In addition, the ship has a large carrying capacity, and the target is not too obvious, which can save physical strength to the greatest extent and avoid the inconvenience of staying all the way, which is relatively safer......

The three thousand dark people were separated by Cheng Ziyu. Among them, 2,000 were used by her as an advance to find the way, and 500 people followed from afar, pretending to be two caravans as the protection of the palace.

The remaining 500 people followed them openly or covertly.

More than 200 people, who were relatively peaceful in appearance and bearing, were selected in advance as fellow relatives, caravan men, entourage subordinates, and merchants along the way.

Many of the dead soldiers were obviously evil, and they were too murderous to pretend to be thugs. Cheng Ziyu simply selected them all and organized them into a team of dart masters, wearing a sword and a gun to help escort the goods.

Due to the accident in the East China Sea and the south, many caravans have recently asked the dart bureau to help escort them, so outsiders who are not surprised will not pay too much attention to them.

As for the goods, it was arranged by the emperor from there. The emperor himself has private property as a businessman, and this time he directly transferred one to Cheng Ziyu. From paperwork, documents, ships to convoys, fleet stewards, and even the configuration of the ship, they were all prepared by the emperor.

Therefore, as soon as Cheng Ziyu and the others arrived at the Tianjin wharf, they were successfully loaded. It only took less than half a day to quietly leave the port.

Their fleet consisted of one medium and large vessel and two small cargo ships.

Their cargo is relatively miscellaneous, and the composition of personnel is also chaotic. And the more scattered it is, the more inconspicuous it is.

Most of the remaining 2,500 people in Jiawei rented sand boats, either front or back, far or near, targeting Cheng Ziyu's fleet to protect them secretly, and relying on the advantage of the small speed of the ship, they docked from time to time to transmit or receive news.

There are also a small number of guards distributed on passenger ships that also depart from the port of Tianjin to Jiangnan......

Everything went smoothly.

Just one point: Since getting on the boat, Cheng Ziyu's morning sickness reaction has been particularly severe. I vomited in the morning, vomited after eating, vomited when I was hungry, and lost weight in a few days.

The accompanying imperial doctor prescribed medicine was not good, she was still mentally exhausted, and she only felt alive every day.

Fortunately, she is not the only one who is seasick, so she is not so obvious.

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