Qu Aofeng took the child out of the mountain hut, at this time he was at a loss, he didn't know where to go, after all, a man, with a child, how to feed it, at this time the child cried nonstop, presumably hungry, Qu Aofeng took the child to the bazaar, fortunately there was some broken silver with him, bought a few steamed buns, or walked aimlessly, suddenly thought that the child didn't know what his name was, and said: "I didn't think to ask for a moment just now, the previous name can no longer be used, I'll help him come up with a name, what's the name, .... Oh, yes, so be it, my wife's surname is Shen, she has lived with me for many years, and she has no children, this is the wish of her life, and she will meet her wish today, then this child will be surnamed Shen, and his name will be Jiannan, I hope that when he grows up in the future, he will practice his skills, be able to guide the sword and achieve a career, well, Shen Jiannan, a good name. ”

Saying that he didn't feel hungry in his stomach, he walked towards the main road, came to the town, found a restaurant to come in and eat some food, found a corner table and sat down, ordered a few side dishes, and ate, and suddenly heard the guests on the table next to him talking, only to hear them say: "Have you heard, two days ago the court coup, Dongchang Cao Gonggong secretly sent someone to kill the prince in order to make Yingzong's younger brother the emperor." ”

Another said: "Yes, I heard that there was a hero on the rivers and lakes who saved the little prince, and now notices are posted all over the city to arrest this person." ”

Another person said: "I heard that this person's name is Qu Aofeng, and he is very good at martial arts, and he beat the brocade guard at that time." ”

When Qu Aofeng heard this, he was undecided and amused, but after thinking about it, the notices were all posted, and it must be difficult to get out, and he didn't care about eating at this time, so he got up and ran outside the store. At this time, I saw that there were many officers and soldiers on the street, searching for suspicious pedestrians, and all the men were interrogated one by one, holding portraits and comparing them carefully.

Qu Aofeng walked on the street, looked around, and saw that the walls on the street were all posted with notices to catch himself, and he couldn't help but feel funny, walked to a place, stopped to watch, and smiled silently: "Haha, the painting is not bad, it is a little similar to myself." ”

At this time, many people have come up to see, after all, it is a character in the rivers and lakes, and the dress is different from the elder, which naturally attracts a lot of attention, and the people who watch it don't feel that they all look at Qu Aofeng, and they all speak, saying: "This person is too similar to the person in the portrait, could it be him." ”

When Qu Aofeng heard this, he realized that his outfit was too conspicuous, so he immediately lowered his head, hurriedly left the crowd, and then came to the farmhouse compound, stole a few clothes casually, found a quiet place to change his clothes, and continued to walk with the child.

He Tianshu and Chen Heng returned to the palace and told Cao Jixiang what happened, Cao Jixiang was shocked, and immediately sent a lot of masters and troops from the East Factory and the West Factory to track down Qu Aofeng in all aspects, He and Chen led the way, and the next time inside and outside the capital, there were people from the imperial court, as long as it was a man with a two-year-old child, all intercepted and checked, Qu Aofeng came to the gate of the city, saw the soldiers guarding the city one by one, and thought that it was difficult to get out of the city, what to do, and couldn't think of a way for a while, so I had to retreat to the city to find a broken temple to hide, There is no internal response in the city, and there is no foreign aid outside the city, and there is a child alone, it is very difficult to get out, meditate, and think of a way, since the officers and soldiers check a man with a child, why not find a woman, let him take the child out of the city, and mix it out by himself, so he came to the farmhouse to find a peasant woman, gave some silver, and told him how to do it, the woman took the child to the city gate, and came to the city gate The officers and soldiers really checked, the woman said: "The official is convenient, the child's father is working in a foreign country, and yesterday I received news that his father suddenly died of illness, I'm going to collect the corpse with my child. ”

When the officers and soldiers defending the city heard about such a funeral, they were not discouraged, and hurriedly said: "Hurry up and go." ”

The woman took the child out of the city smoothly, Qu Aofeng went out of the city alone It was naturally very convenient, he came to the outside of the city to round with the woman, took the child, thanked the woman, and the woman returned to the city alone, returned to the city gate, and was intercepted by the officers and soldiers guarding the city and asked: "Stop, didn't you just say that you collected your husband's body, why did you come back so soon, why is the child gone." ”

The woman prevaricated left and right, but she couldn't make any sense. The officer and soldier said: "It must be in collusion with that arrogant wind, take it for me, and chase it immediately." All the officers and soldiers chased out of the city, at this time Qu Aofeng was not worried about the woman coming back alone, secretly followed back and hid in the dark to watch, as expected, the woman was held by the officers and soldiers, and could not take care of a lot, stepped forward, came to save the woman, and the officers and soldiers fought, it took a lot of twists and turns, the woman was rescued, sent to a safe place, and left with the child, but when he left, there were already many pursuers behind, Qu Aofeng walked through the streets and alleys, one would take the east road, one would take the west road, and finally get rid of the officers and soldiers, and he was tired and panting, Sitting in the corner to rest, looking at the child in his arms, he smiled silently, and said in his heart: "Child, for you today, I Qu Aofeng is chased by people without shame, if you grow up, don't forget my righteousness to you today, he learns first-class martial arts every day, and does not forget to eliminate harm for the people, and I will not save you in vain." ”

After thinking about it, he is a man after all, how can he raise this child, if this child follows him, whether he can live is still a question, his ability is really limited, or do what he can, give this child to someone else's house. By the way, the woman just now was not right, and the couple had no children, so they must not treat this son badly. After thinking about it, he turned back to find the woman, came to the woman's house, saw that the woman was washing clothes, and said with a smile: "How is my sister-in-law?" The woman said: "Hero, it's not out of the city, why did you come back again." ”

Qu Aofeng said: "I want to hand over this child to you for adoption, I don't know if my sister-in-law is willing or not?" The woman said: "Our family is poor, if the hero doesn't dislike it, leave it to me, we don't have a child, we will treat him like our own son." ”

Qu Aofeng thanked him: "Thank you, sister-in-law, I will send the child support on time, and when the child grows up, I will come to him to teach him martial arts." ”

The woman said, "You can rest assured." Qu Aofeng said: "It is not advisable to stay here for a long time, so as not to be seen by others, and I will leave." ”

In the court, the emperor's younger brother Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne under the recommendation of Cao Jixiang and other powerful ministers, it was for Emperor Jingtai, pushing through the old and bringing forth the new, promulgating the edict, amnesty to the world, reducing taxes for the people for three years, civil and military gathered in the temple for a hundred days, shouting long live, Cao Jixiang withdrew, took out the holy decree and read: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said, I, ascend the throne today, celebrate with the whole world, up and down the capital, singing and dancing for three days, I should work hard to govern the country, plan for the longevity of the Ming Dynasty, the Mongolian tribes also drove straight into the army first, and took away the former Emperor Yingzong, which is imminent, Yingzong secretly sent a will, by me to the throne, not long ago, according to reliable news that Yingzong has been secretly murdered in the county, I Ming soldiers, the national shame will not forget, he will wave his army to the north one day, level Mongolia, today divided hundreds of officials, Cao Jixiang for the east and west factories Jinyi Wei Governor of the governor, Yu Qian for the military department of Shangshu, He Tianshu, Chen Heng for the Jinyi Wei deputy commander, Shi Heng for the Zhenshuo general, the commander of the Beijing division of 30,000 soldiers and horses, Xu Youzhen for the deputy capital of the imperial history, Qin this. ”

The crowd shouted long live long live long live, and Cao Jixiang said: "Emperor Qibing, the first emperor Yingzong's youngest son Qing Wang Ye suddenly disappeared, and the old slave thought that he should be found as soon as possible, so as not to be left in the rivers and lakes, after all, the royal descendants should be taken back to the palace to take care of them." ”

Emperor Jingtai said: "What Cao Qing's family said is extremely true, Prince Qing is the son of my imperial brother and my imperial nephew, so I will order Jinyiwei to search all over the country to find Prince Qing." Shi Heng said: "Your Majesty, the minister heard that someone in the court was premeditating harm to Prince Qing, and the two maids who served the prince the night before yesterday were killed in the prince's room. ”

Emperor Jingtai said: "There is such a thing, why no one reports it." Cao Jixiang said: "Back to the emperor, the old slave thinks that this matter should be handed over to the criminal department, and besides, it is only two maids, so there is no need to make a big move, let the emperor worry about it." ”

Yu Qian stood up, glared at Cao Jixiang, turned to face the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, there are traitors in the court, and the court is trapped in injustice, and the emperor ascends the throne today, the first thing to do, the old minister thinks that it is to eradicate the traitorous party, purge the Qing Dynasty, and open up the way of speech, so that the outspoken loyal ministers dare to speak out...... ”

Emperor Jingtai said: "Who is the traitor that Yu Aiqing is talking about? Yu Qian angrily pointed at Cao Jixiang and said: "Just like this kind of eunuch, it should be eliminated immediately." Emperor Jingtai asked: "Cao Aiqing is not at fault, why does Yu Aiqing hate him so much that he has to treat him to death." ”

Yu Qian said: "This person does all kinds of evil, and the two maids who were killed by him the night before yesterday were killed by his subordinates." ”

Cao Jixiang panicked and scolded back: "Yu Qian, you are spewing blood, the old slave, I haven't been out of the house the night before yesterday, and I haven't seen anyone, how can I instruct others to kill people, you say that I have to show evidence for killing." ”

Emperor Jingtai said: "Yes, Yu Aiqing, do you have any evidence." ”

Yu Qianxin said: "What I see can't be regarded as evidence, there is no human and material evidence, and it is difficult to sue him." replied: "I haven't got the evidence for the time being, but what I saw with my own eyes, Cao Jixiang wants to deny, and I have nothing to say." ”

When Cao Jixiang heard that Yu Qian had no evidence, he had a plan, and said viciously: "Yu Qian, you have no evidence, you are guilty of falsely accusing a good person, the emperor should arrest him and put him in prison, punish him for his crimes, and return the old slave to innocence." ”

Xu Youzhen came up and hurriedly played: "The emperor is gracious, what Lord Yu said, it may not be groundless, and it is just a suspicion, suspecting that people are not guilty, and it is excusable, as the so-called don't do bad things on weekdays, and are not afraid of ghosts calling the door in the middle of the night, if Gonggong Cao is really enforcing the law, why care about what others say about you, you have a clear conscience, everyone is a minister in the same hall, and it is not good to hurt the harmony." ”

Yu Qian was about to speak, but Xu Youzhen hurriedly dragged him to make a look, trying not to rush in. Cao Jixiang said: "Your Majesty, you have to call the shots in this matter." ”

Emperor Jingtai said: "Lord Xu is reasonable, everyone is a colleague, and they are all my right-hand men, it's not good to hurt the harmony, I think this matter is just like that, Cao Aiqing, you also have to pay attention to your words and deeds, and be careful to let others seize the handle." ”

Cao Jixiang understood the meaning of Emperor Jingtai's words, nodded hurriedly, and stopped talking.

The early dynasty finally dispersed, the hundred officials retreated, Yu Qian and Xu Youzhen walked on the road, Xu Youzhen blamed Yu Qian and said: "Why is Lord Yu so reckless today, if it weren't for the new emperor ascending the throne today, wouldn't you be punished." ”

Yu Qian said: "I know that the emperor and Cao Jixiang are the same dog, plotting to ascend the throne, and secretly killing the prince, I also want to see what the emperor does." ”

Xu Youzhen said: "Lord Yu, Xu also heard a little, and he also knew that Cao Jixiang was not a good thing, but this matter can't be said clearly, today you said it in public, so that Cao Jixiang lost face, he will definitely trouble you in the future, you can't guard against this kind of villain." ”

Yu Qian paused and said: "Hey, it's all my fault for being reckless for a while, and today I thank Lord Xu for speaking out, I secretly followed Cao Jixiang, and I obviously heard him whispering to the two commanders that he wanted to kill the prince." ”

Xu Youzhen asked in surprise: "If there is such a thing, then ..... the prince?" ”

Yu Qian said in a low voice: "When I heard this, I immediately found a friend of mine in the rivers and lakes, and asked him to come and join me after saving the prince, and now the prince should be in a very safe place." ”

Xu Youzhen sighed: "Thanks to the adults, they left a legacy for the emperor. ”

Yu Qian said: "Cao Jixiang's holy decree of the first emperor I think it is fake, the first emperor was imprisoned, how could he send someone to bring out the holy decree, refuse my estimate, this holy decree should be forged by Cao Jixiang and Emperor Jingtai, but you and I due to the tension of the war, the affairs in the palace are all in charge of Cao Jixiang alone, and our forces can no longer change this fact." ”

Xu Youzhen said: "Now there are only two things we should do, one is to find the whereabouts of the prince, and the other is to try to rescue Yingzong and let Yingzong return to the court." ”

Yu Qian hesitated and said: "It is already difficult to rescue Yingzong, not to mention the return of the dynasty, the Manchu Dynasty was bought by Cao Jixiang, and the Ying Zong took it back, I am afraid that the situation is very dangerous, if Emperor Jingtai learns that Yingzong is still alive and threatens his throne, he will definitely find an opportunity to assassinate, but I am afraid that Emperor Jingtai is now covering the sky with one hand, and secretly communicating with Mongolia first, then Yingzong is definitely dead." ”

Xu Youzhen said: "The court is not with Cao Jixiang and General Shi Hengshi, with him in the court Cao Jixiang does not dare to be too presumptuous, as for the communication you said just now, I think it is unlikely, and the first hijackage of Yingzong is nothing more than to let my Ming take something in exchange, we give him something and he will return to my Yingzong, if the communication Jingtai Emperor promised to give something first, but it was a dead man who came back, which made it difficult for the world to understand." ”

Yu Qian said: "Yingzong is estimated to be in no danger to his life at present, it seems that Emperor Jingtai has not promised him any conditions, it is difficult to guarantee that he will agree in the future, Lord Xu, the affairs in the palace will be handed over to you, you also have to be careful to watch out for Cao Jixiang, go to the front line in the next place, and listen to the movements on the Mongolian side." ”

Xu Youzhen said: "Lord Yu, rest assured, Xu will contain Cao Jixiang in the palace, and he won't dare to do anything wrong with me." ”

Cao Jixiang shouted several times from behind, ran to the two of them, breathed a deep sigh of relief, and said solemnly: "Lord Yu," the emperor asked me to pass on an oracle to you, and also hijacked Yingzong to swagger and deceive everywhere, and the emperor ordered you to go and intercept it quickly, and there must be no mistake. ”

Yu Qian said: "Please ask Gonggong Cao to reply to the emperor, this official will do his best to rescue Yingzong, and drive him back to Mobei first." ”

Cao Jixiang said: "That's good, Lord Yu take care all the way, and the old slave will wait for Jiayin." Then he turned and went back.

Yu Qian returned to the barracks, all the soldiers were happy, and they all said that they also hijacked Yingzong to provoke before the camp, and the guards were ready to fight, and everyone was ready to fight, and they couldn't bear it.