The verdicts have been handed down one after another, and the execution of each government is also strong, and there are only three of the five major families in Jiangnan left in an instant, no, two to be exact.

After Xie Yan was exiled, although Xie Hong supported him, he also showed decline, and now the Lin family and the Zhou family are the only ones in Jiangnan.

Fortunately, the Shang family only implicated his branch in this Shang Ping's matter, and the rest of the houses were not affected, but the Shang family was originally from a reckless background, except for Shang Ping's branch, and no one was an official, at most he only served as a small official under the jurisdiction of Suzhou Mansion.

Shang Ping's biggest impact on them was that the banner that could be pulled fell.

The Zhao family was much more miserable, and they were all questioned within three suits, even if Emperor Liang was generous and only cut off the two eldest sons of Zhao Jie and Zhao Sheng, but their punishment for exile was still very heavy.

Because in their opinion, they are innocent, and they don't know anything Zhao Jie did.

But the laws of this era will not pay attention to these, and if you enjoy the convenience brought by Zhao Jie when he is prosperous, then you will have to bear the consequences of his mistakes together.

In addition to these two, the officials involved in Zhao Jie's cooperation were also found out one by one under Shang Ping's confession, and the verdict was made one by one.

Among them, the officials in the south of the Yangtze River have the most, followed by the officials in the border area.

It is not for nothing that the Liaoguo in Jiangnan is wreaking havoc, and it is not without reason that Zhao Jie can transport things out of the country.

It can be said that Shang Ping offended a lot of people this time, and what is even more unfortunate is that most of them were exiled to Dingzhou like him.

The fourth prince, who vaguely knew some of the grievances between the two families, thought silently that he must not offend Lin Qingwan in the future, really.

Exiled to the same place as these people, he didn't believe that Shang Ping could still be fine.

He put the case file away, handed it to the guard, and said, "Seal it up." ”

"Your Highness, Lord Lin asked Zhao Sheng if he had any news?"

The fourth prince frowned and asked, "Is there no trace yet?" ”

"No, the road from Jiangnan to Gangneung, regardless of the official road, has been searched, and there is no trace at all." The guard said, "Will they not go to Gangneung?" Or just a diversion? ”

"Zhao Sheng has brought several people, it is impossible that there is no trace at all, and then send someone to investigate, and be sure to find out the person alone."

Lin Qingwan was also talking to Yi Han about this, "The fourth prince sent so many people out but there was no trace at all, he wouldn't go to Jiangling and divert to other places, right?" ”

Yi Han thought for a while and shook his head and said, "No, Zhao Sheng is nothing without Zhao Jie and the Zhao family, he will definitely go to Jiangling to join Zhao Jie first." ”

"And how will he go?" Lin Qingwan frowned and said: "Zhao Jie has committed suicide now, as long as he hears the news, he will not go to Jiangling again, he hides in the mountains, I am afraid that he can really hide from him." ”

At this time, Zhao Sheng was taking two relatives over the mountains and mountains.

The four princes ordered the counties to arrest him, and sent a lot of soldiers and horses to search, the official roads were all checkpoints, and even the trails were arranged with officials, and everyone had a portrait of him, not to mention riding horses, and those who were better dressed had to be checked and checked.

Running and fleeing along the way, the guards who had been following him died, wounded, and lost, and in the end, only two of them followed him.

What can he do, he is also desperate.

I had no choice, I lost my horse, put on makeup, and pretended to be an old man and rushed to Gangneung with my legs, but the further west I went, the stricter the search became.

Hardly walked for less than two hours to meet a group of people to inquire, the rumors were loud, and Zhao Sheng's suspicion was already heavy, after the search became stricter and stricter, he finally didn't even dare to go to the trail, and began to choose the direction to take some interconnected paths between villages.

Sometimes it is inevitable to go over the mountains and mountains, so he lacks teeth and drinks less, and he is exposed to the wind and sun, he dies of sunburn during the day, and it is cold in the mountains at night, Zhao Sheng predictably fell ill under such a physical and mental blow.

The two relatives didn't dare to ask for a doctor, so they casually found a cave in the mountain to live in, and went to dig up the medicinal herbs and boiled them for him.

I went to a nearby village to steal some rice and noodles, stayed up for two days, and continued to hurry when I was better.

At the end of the day, they rarely even saw people, let alone the news outside, so until this time, Zhao Sheng still rushed to Jiangling unswervingly, and did not know the news of Zhao Jie's suicide.

Even if someone told him, he wouldn't believe it, and his eldest brother was not a person who could kill himself for his family.

And he has run to the Chu State, Zhao Sheng feels that with his eldest brother's scheming and things in his hands, he will definitely be very safe in the Chu State, and the degree of reuse will not be lower than that in Daliang.

So with hope, Zhao Sheng rushed towards Jiangling with grief and ambition despite his grief and anger.

One day, after eating rice balls wrapped in wild vegetables, Zhao Sheng pointed to the map and said, "We should have entered the Jiangling territory, and the rest is to find a way to go to the Chu State." ”

The two relatives couldn't read the map, but they believed in the second master very much, and with hope and excitement in their eyes when they heard the words, they finally walked to Gangneung!

Zhao Sheng carefully rolled up the map and put it away, this map was a military map given to him by his eldest brother, and the area around Jiangling was depicted particularly carefully, so he could recognize the place.

Zhao Sheng ambitiously pointed to a mountain in front of him: "When you cross this mountain, you can see the Great Chu on the opposite side, and then we will find a way to get there." ”

So the two of them escorted Zhao Sheng up the mountain excitedly, but they didn't go far before they met a black face.

Both sides were taken aback, the three of them didn't expect that there were still people in this barren mountain range, and the other party was black, wearing a short coat, and even the eyeballs were black, no, the eyeballs were originally black, and it was his eyes that were shining, so that people could see that this was a person.

And Qiao Chong was even more stupid, he didn't expect to meet Zhao Sheng here.

There was a wail in my heart, didn't I say that he was dead, how could he still be alive?

He tried to remain as quiet as possible, thinking about how long it would take for his brothers to come over if he howled miserably.

He knew Zhao Sheng, after all, this person had to come to see the general every year, at least once, at most three or four times, as a personal soldier in the outer tent, he had seen Zhao Sheng more than once.

He is also the general's younger brother, and he adheres to the psychology of not offending the big guys, but he remembers the other party's appearance firmly.

So even though Zhao Sheng was a little embarrassed at this time, he still recognized the other party at a glance, but he was no stranger to the people who followed him on both sides.

If he only recognizes "Zhao Sheng" alone, he can still comfort himself that the world is so big, this "Zhao Sheng" may be fake, but he knows all three, then it is not magical.

It can only show that these three people are the three people he knows.

Zhao Jie and the three of them were on guard, their eyes were secretly exchanged, and they were about to kill people without doing anything, anyway, they were in the deep mountains and old forests, and they were about to arrive in Chu State, what were they afraid of?

Just as he was about to move, he saw Qiao Chong standing up slowly, holding the belt of his trousers and asking, "You are also here for convenience?" Hurry up, the centurion won't be able to find anyone to get angry for a while. ”

Zhao Jie's face changed and asked, "Centurion?" ”

"yes, forgot what you were here for?" Qiao Chong buttoned up his trouser belt, patted his arm and got up and said, "Hurry up, don't think that we will help you work when you go back later, and your share will be completed by yourself." ”

After that, he had already gotten up and taken two steps to the left, and the two relatives looked at Zhao Sheng hesitantly.

Zhao Sheng's eyes were already shining with a cold light, which means that there was not only him in this mountain, but also other people?

And it could also be officers and soldiers.

He gave the two relatives a look, and the three of them were about to act, when a shout came from behind the bushes, "Brother Qiao, are you okay?" ”

Qiao Chong saw that their arms were tense, and after hearing this shout, he didn't want to think about it, so he jumped out with all his strength, jumped over the bushes and ran, and shouted: "Come on, Zhao Sheng is here, the opportunity for brothers to make meritorious contributions has arrived!" ”

Zhao Sheng's face changed greatly, and he didn't want to turn around and run.

The two relatives didn't have time to chase Qiao Chong, so they ran away with Zhao Sheng.

The brothers who followed him were still squatting on the ground, not moving, and when they saw him running over, they smiled and asked, "Brother Qiao, where is this singing?" ”

Qiao Chong slapped him on the head and said angrily: "What are you singing, it's really Zhao Sheng, you really want to quarry here for the rest of your life, hurry up and chase after me." ”

Tao Gan frowned, "What nonsense are you talking about, didn't Zhao Sheng die early?" ”

"How do I know?" Qiao Chong shouted: "But that's Zhao Sheng, I know everything that turned into ashes, there are only three of them, do you want to go or not?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, although they didn't believe it, but they quickly picked up their tools and got up, they were able to save their lives all because of Qiao Chong, so now everyone is willing to listen to him.

Qiao Chong also grabbed a hammer and shouted: "Let's go, divide into two teams, he ran towards that side just now, we surrounded it in a roundabout way, this mountain is a quarry, and the east is a hollowed out cliff, he can't run away." ”

Although Tao Gan didn't believe it, he was unwilling to give up this opportunity and took the initiative to lead a team.

The two teams split up in pursuit.

There are two quarries in this mountain, during this time, Qiao Chong and they are all quarrying in the mountains, and occasionally go to the mountains to hunt some wild things to replenish oil and water, so they are more familiar with this mountain than Zhao Sheng.

And they fled in a hurry, not hiding their tracks at all, Qiao Chong pinched the hammer and followed the traces all the way.

Seeing Zhao Sheng's back from a distance, he roared, threw the hammer and smashed it, but did not hit Zhao Sheng, but smashed a personal entourage behind him down.

Everyone didn't look at him, and went straight to chase Zhao Sheng.

Tao Gan also saw Zhao Sheng in a roundabout way, unlike Qiao Chong, he used to be Zhao Jie's henchman, not only did he know Zhao Sheng, but Zhao Sheng also knew him.

The two sides were stunned when they met, and then Tao Gan shouted: "Second master, run to me, I will protect you!" ”

Zhao Sheng was not stupid, seeing that he was surrounded on both sides, he turned around and ran forward.

Seeing that he was not deceived, Tao Gan felt slightly sorry, so he shouted: "Brothers, take him, we have made a great achievement, and leaving the quarry is just around the corner!" ”

The soldiers who were sent to the quarry all made mistakes, and when they heard the words, they screamed and ran towards Zhao Sheng.

So Zhao Sheng and a relative fled for their lives in front, followed by more than forty people.

Almost without suspense, he was caught, no, pounced on to be exact.

One person knocked down Zhao Sheng, and everyone pounced on him one after another as if they had seen a baby, tired layer by layer, and almost crushed Zhao Sheng to death.