Xiang Yunting had been waiting in prison, waiting for Zhen Yingjia to come and rescue the family from prison. But as time passed, the day of escorting back to Beijing was getting closer and closer, and the person Xiang Yunting was looking forward to never appeared. Until this time, Xiang Yunting had not found out that his imprisonment was related to Zhen Yingjia, or maybe he had already discovered some clues, but he just didn't want to think about it deeply.

On the seventeenth day of the winter month, Xiang Yunting did not wait for the Jiangnan Tu Emperor to rescue him, and the whole family was shackled and set off for the capital. Xiang Yunting lowered his head in despair, the shackles on his body made him unable to move his legs, and he dragged his feet to the ground and walked step by step. Everywhere the Xiang family went, the people smashed the prepared rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs at them one by one, scolding while smashing them. Suddenly, an old man in tattered clothes suddenly rushed out of the crowd and spat a mouthful of thick phlegm on Xiang Yunting's face. The old man was quickly driven aside by the officers and soldiers, and he still kept scolding Xiang Yunting. Xiang Yunting walked numbly, he no longer had any illusions at this time, he finally realized that no one would come to save him this time, he had only a dead end.

Xiang Yunting's family took the dry road to Beijing, and when they left Yingtianfu, the group entered the intersection of the three mansions, where the mountains were high and the forests were dense, and the mountain bandits were very rampant. Often people who pass by here unfortunately encounter mountain bandits, and they can only admit it, because those mountain bandits hide in the mountains and forests after robbing things, and there is nowhere to find them.

On this day, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and it didn't go far before it snowed. Xiang Yunting was wearing only a thin prison uniform, and a pair of worn cloth shoes on his feet. He walked on the official road with difficulty, his teeth were shivering, and just when he wanted to open his mouth and beg the officers and soldiers who escorted his family to give him some warm clothes, a group of mountain bandits suddenly rushed out from the mountains on both sides, and the road before and after them was blocked in just a moment.

The leading officers and soldiers spoke: "Heroes! We are escorting the court recidivists into Beijing by the emperor's order, please make it convenient for you! ”

"Humph! Less! Hand over the people to me! The bandit leader said.

"You are so bold that you dare to come and rob the prisoners! Who gave you the guts? ”

"Lao Tzu said, leave people behind, you can go! Otherwise, don't blame Lao Tzu for being polite! ”

"I'm sorry, but it's impossible to do it!" Before they finished speaking, the mountain bandits fought with the officers and soldiers who escorted Xiang Yunting's family at the signal of the leader.

Xiang Yunting stood in place and watched the two sides of the fight, he had always been blind, he didn't expect that at this time, a group of mountain bandits would appear in such a place to rob prisoners.

The purpose of this gang of mountain bandits is very clear, that is, to take Xiang Yunting away. When the officers and soldiers who were escorted were all entangled with the mountain bandits, two people set up Xiang Yunting on the left and on the right, and ran away without saying a word. When the leading officers and soldiers found out that something was wrong, Xiang Yunting was no longer visible, and the mountain bandits saw that they had successfully taken Xiang Yunting away, so they gradually withdrew from the battle, and the leader of the mountain bandits said before leaving: "Lord Xiang is kind to our brothers, we are just to repay the favor, the officials have offended!" ”

Xiang Yunting was rescued by the mountain bandits, and the officers and soldiers who escorted him were worried, the main culprit was gone, what was the use of these Xiang Yunting's family members bringing them back to the capital? But they didn't dare to let Xiang Yunting's family go privately, and after a few people discussed, they sent a person back to Jinling to report the news, and asked King Yan to send troops to arrest Xiang Yunting, while the others continued to go to the capital. This time, they no longer took the dry road, but chose to board the ship at the nearest pier and rushed all the way to the capital.

Xiang Yunting thought that he could finally escape the catastrophe and finally pick up a life. Who knows, when the two mountain bandits took him to the deep mountains, they cut off his shackles, then sprinkled some animal powder on him, and lit his acupuncture points to make him unable to move. Xiang Yunting was not stupid, he knew that these mountain bandits were not here to save him, they were here to ask for his life. Xiang Yunting wanted to open his mouth to ask why the two mountain bandits did this, but he couldn't open his mouth at all. The two bandits didn't say much, just smiled cruelly, and quickly hid in the trees. Only a tea time passed, and a colorful tiger came out of the dense forest, knocked Xiang Yunting down with a sudden blow, and broke Xiang Yunting's neck in one bite! Xiang Yunting's eyes were open, there was fear and incomprehension in his eyes, and in the end, only a gloom remained.

King Yan listened to the report of the officer and soldier who rushed to Jinling to report the news, and sneered: "I know! Go down and rest first! ”

After the officers and soldiers who reported the news left, King Yan's staff asked, "Doesn't the prince plan to send troops to arrest him?" ”

"Catch? Where to catch? But it's still going through the motions! Do you think about who proposed to take that route at the time? ”

"It's Jinling garrison Lu Wanjiu...... He is Zhen Yingjia's diehard! ”

"This king has long known that Zhen Yingjia will kill people and destroy his mouth, and he will never let Xiang Yunting arrive in the capital alive to be tried!" King Yan glanced at the staff proudly.

King Yan didn't say it, in fact, these were all what Lin Ruhai told him. Lin Ruhai said that Zhen Yingjia would definitely not attack Xiang Yunting in Yingtianfu, nor would he kill Xiang Yunting's entire family, he would only let people rob Xiang Yunting and kill Xiang Yunting silently, so that no one would think about him, and he would not have to worry about Xiang Yunting revealing his affairs. Zhen Yingjia didn't believe Xiang Yunting at all, otherwise he wouldn't have taken his life, so he wouldn't believe that Xiang Yunting would be tight-lipped about him. The best way to keep a secret is to let the people in the know disappear, since Zhen Yingjia has determined that Xiang Yunting has different intentions for him and wants to replace him, then he will not leave this disaster for himself.

King Yan didn't believe Lin Ruhai's words at first, but when he knew that Lu Wanjiu proposed to take the dry road, King Yan knew that Zhen Yingjia was really going to make a move on Xiang Yunting. Sure enough, Lin Ruhai really made a calculation, Zhen Yingjia bribed the mountain bandits to do this, and did not forget to add another major crime of colluding with the mountain bandits to Xiang Yunting, so that no one would think that Xiang Yunting was wiped out. Perhaps, even Xiang Yunting's family will think that Xiang Yunting abandoned them and fled for his life alone.

Zhen Yingjia is indeed powerful, he can have such a great prestige in Jiangnan, and his means and scheming are by no means comparable to ordinary people. King Yan slandered in his heart: The literati are really terrible, and with his own thoughts, he can't play with Zhen Yingjia, the fox! However, Zhen Yingjia, the fox, met Lin Ruhai, a hunter, and coaxed Zhen Yingjia to be polite to him. Well! He was a little excited about what kind of person his Mi'er would become in the future.

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