"It's coming, oh my God, it's a train, it's so big!"

"You say that the emperor can see us, and I don't know if the emperor knows about us, if he does, how much will he reduce our punishment, and will he let us go home directly?"

"It's hard to say, after all, we only caught a small leader, let the female leader run away, if we catch the female leader, maybe we can go home directly."

With the sound of a gas whistle, the speed of the train slowly decreased.

On the side of the train tracks, Zhang Kejian and his party watched the prisoners and the train whispered discussions.

The captives kneeling on the ground saw the train slowly coming from the night, and their mouths opened in shock.

"Monster monster, Buddha Mother is right, this is really a monster, this is not only a demon array, but also a big array for monsters to walk."

"No wonder the Buddha Mother was attacked by him just now, such a big figure must be very powerful."

The uninformed believers were so frightened that their legs and stomachs began to weaken when they saw the smoke billowing above their heads and a huge monster with bright eyeballs.

Some timid people are even wondering if the ruthless court will throw them directly to the monsters to stuff their teeth.

"Whoa!"

As the train slowly moved forward at the speed of a human trot, the carriage of the fourth section was opened, and Zhu Zhangui, with dozens of guards, jumped down from it, and then raised the survival flashlight and shook it at the front of the car.

The front of the locomotive, which received the signal, slowed down and began to slowly pick up, heading for Jinan Station, which was ten miles away.

"It's my nephew!"

Zhang Kejian, who was a little unable to open his eyes because of the steam, squinted at the people who got out of the car, and shouted excitedly after seeing the people clearly. explained to a few people around him, and hurriedly greeted him.

"Big nephew, you're here!"

Zhu Zhangui nodded, and walked towards the captive under the crowd of people.

"Big nephew, what did the emperor say about his old man."

Following Zhu Zhangui, some anxious second generations didn't dare to ask Zhu Zhangui how the emperor rewarded them, so they could only instigate Zhang Kejian, the uncle, to ask.

Zhang Kejian's heart was also like a cat scratching, and after confirming that Zhu Zhangui's expression was okay, he cautiously probed his mouth.

He was more afraid of this nephew than he was of his brother-in-law.

If he committed something, his brother-in-law Zhu Chupang would say a few words to him and beat him a few times.

And this nephew is different, as long as he dares to violate the laws of the imperial court, he will be beaten at the lightest, and if it is heavy, he will be thrown directly into the bottom of Jinyi Wei Prison, and live with those death row prisoners for a few days.

So for this nephew, Zhang Kejian is both respectful and afraid.

Zhu Zhangui glanced at him.

"The emperor didn't say anything, just asked me to be in charge of this matter."

Zhang Kejian and the others were a little disappointed in their hearts, could it be that they had made such a great contribution, and the emperor directly ignored it?

Although they are guilty, they are also the first batch of people to discover the thieves, and they are still a group of people who have been arrested.

Alas, if I had known this, I wouldn't have been so desperate just now.

Although the second generation all have martial arts by their side, there are many enemies after all, although no one died because of this, but they are all injured.

Touching the pain on their faces, a group of people fell into depression.

What Zhang Kejian and the others wanted to ask, Zhu Zhangui naturally knew it in his heart.

Whether the people who were arrested and killed were the White Lotus Sect or not was just the one-sided statement of Zhang Kejian and others.

In case the imperial court designated these people as the White Lotus Sect, and it turned out that it was Zhang Kejian and others who deliberately framed or misunderstood, then the imperial court would lose face.

Therefore, when Zhang Kejian and others are rewarded, only when the identities of these dead and prisoners are determined can we decide how to change the reward.

The group accompanied Zhu Zhangui and came to the side of the prisoner.

Glancing at the corpse next to him, as well as the prisoners who were being guarded by the other second generations, Zhu Zhangui stepped forward with an unchanged expression and checked whether there were any traces on the corpse.

According to the records of the imperial court, when the White Lotus disciples entered the religion, they would use incense to imprint the lotus mark on their bodies to represent that their bodies were like white lotuses and were not stained with dust.

According to the old man, Lao Zhu has this mark on his body.

As for where to print, it's all up to you to decide, as long as it's physical, you can burn it wherever you want, even if it's printed on the big brother, as long as you're not afraid of pain, you can do it yourself.

Hu Yu next to him held a flashlight, helping Zhu Zhangui illuminate the light, while being vigilant against the dozen or so White Lotus Sect captives and the surrounding environment.

The appearance of White Lotus Sect members here means that the surrounding area is a place where the White Lotus Sect often wanders.

According to the report, a wave has been repelled in front, and those people may return at any time, so caution is the first priority.

"Sure enough, yes!"

Zhu Zhangui, who was looking at the corpse, stopped, and looked at the back of the neck of the corpse in front of him, and the surging lotus mark frowned.

Maybe when it was hot, the hands-on person couldn't do it, and the traces of the lotus were crooked, but it could still be seen that it was a lotus.

"Big nephew, it's right that they are the White Lotus Sect, before they fought with us just now, they shouted some slogans, I noticed that something was wrong with them as soon as I heard the first one, and then when I thought about their slogans, I remembered that they were members of the White Lotus Sect."

Zhang Kejian, who was squatting aside, never forgot to show his merits.

If you don't show your merits, you can't do it, his punishment is the heaviest in the second generation present, plus he is the leader of the organization of the treasure banknote, and he is also a relative of the emperor, so he is blamed for a direct crime plus one degree.

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't make a big mistake, and it was deliberately guided by the prince, Zhang Kejian would probably have to work for the court until he died in this life.

He really needed credit to atone for his sins.

Zhu Zhangui ignored him, examined a few more corpses, and waited until he found the white lotus mark before he stood up and walked towards the captives.

There were more than 30 captives, all of them skinny and tatteredly dressed, and at first glance they were caused by long-term lack of food and malnutrition.

When these people saw Zhu Zhangui dressed luxuriously, coupled with the names of the second generations just now, they understood that this was His Royal Highness the current Emperor Taisun and the helmsman of the future Ming Dynasty.

As an important detaine, Liu Jun, when he saw Zhu Zhangui, he was very emotional, and he didn't listen to the roar of struggle, and wanted to fight with Zhu Zhangui.

"Kneel down for the fuck!"

Seeing that this guy is not honest, how can the second generation be polite, and picking up the scabbard is a whip.

Liu Jun, who was beaten, ignored the beatings of the second generation, gritted his teeth and roared, and crawled towards Zhu Zhangui little by little with his hands that were still intact.

"Stop!"

Zhu Zhangui raised his hand to stop the beating of the second generation, and looked at Liu Jun, who was pressed to the ground by the guards.

"I'm curious about what the local government has done to make you so resentful of the court."

"Huh!"

Liu Jun sneered, staring at Zhu Zhangui with blood-red eyes.

"It's not the court that I hate, it's you!"

Now Zhu Zhangui was even more puzzled.

He didn't know the person in front of him, and he didn't seem to have any enmity with this person, and the entire land of Shandong had a great hatred with him, that is, the Kong family and those grain merchant families.

But the Northern Confucian family is already dead, and the people on the Southern Confucian family are bent on inheriting the position of Yan Shenggong, not to mention offending the imperial court, it's too late to tie the knot.

Besides, the two have never interacted with each other in the first place, and it is impossible for the people of the Southern Confucian family to fall out with the imperial court for the people of the Northern Confucian family.

In this way, the rest is the family of grain merchants.

Although the imperial court was liquidated in the later period, all these guys were raided, and the family members were also assigned to Nuergandusi.

But after all, in such a big family, there must be someone in the field, and it is normal that they are not caught.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhangui didn't ask Liu Jun again, asking a guy who was carried away by hatred a question, and only then would he have a ghost if he could get an answer.

With a wave of his hand, the guards pressed it aside and gagged it, and Zhu Zhangui looked around the remaining captives and locked his gaze on a middle-aged man.

The reason why middle-aged people are chosen, not young and old.

There are two reasons for this.

First, although young people are easy to fool, they are rebellious and stubborn, they have not experienced the beating of society, and their minds are full of the word righteousness, and it is difficult to change what they believe.

The elderly are no longer afraid of life and death, and coupled with the influence of faith in their hearts, it is difficult to ask useful clues.

It's not the same in middle age.

Middle-aged, there are old and young, and any one can pinch the lifeblood of chess.

asked the middle-aged man to be brought out, Zhu Zhangui sat opposite him, took off the kettle on his waist, and handed it over.

Such a move stunned the middle-aged man who was ready to grit his teeth and say nothing, ready to die at any time.

"Uncle is thirsty, drink!"

Zhu Zhangui smiled and raised the kettle in his hand.

Hearing this uncle, the middle-aged man glanced at Zhu Zhangui, and the indifference in his eyes disappeared slightly.

"Is it because life at home is not good, you embarked on this road."

The middle-aged man didn't accept it, Zhu Zhangui didn't say anything, smiled and put the kettle next to the middle-aged man, and began to chat with him, and also used the honorific when facing the elders.

is so kind and kind, coupled with Zhu Zhangui's age about the same age as his son, the middle-aged man's expression is much more relaxed.

After all, the middle-aged man is a flat-headed ordinary man and has no professional training, Zhu Zhangui made a few actions and a few heart-warming words, and he pried open his heart little by little.

Coupled with Zhu Zhangui's noble identity, when facing him as a thief, not only did he not speak coldly and condescendingly, but spoke to him in a gentle and gentle voice as if he were an elder, which made the middle-aged man feel respected for the first time.

The middle-aged man sighed and nodded.

"This year's drought, my parents are starving to death, for the sake of the two children in the family, my family voluntarily sold to the prostitution, and I haven't heard from me for a long time now, I don't know if it's dead or alive."

As he spoke, tears flowed from the eyes of this Shandong man.

"Your Royal Highness, the family really can't get by, and the little grain that my family sells can only keep our grandfather from starving."

"But just last month, the chief of the security came down and said that he was going to collect taxes, saying that it was the tax increased by the imperial court's northern levy, and he forcibly took away my family's little grain."

"My little cub couldn't be angry, scolded him a few words, was taken away by them directly, and was seriously injured for the crime of contempt for the court, if it weren't for the help of the Buddha mother, my cub would not be able to be saved."

"His Royal Highness, the grass people are honest with you, if there is a good day, who will do such a head-killing thing, the grass people are really cornered."

"Although my little cub's life was saved, but because I didn't have money to buy medicine, now my body is pus and smelly, yesterday my 12-year-old daughter found me and said that I should sell her and treat her brother."

"I..."

Speaking of this, the man finally couldn't help it, covered his head and cried.

There was helplessness in his cry, a resentment for the injustice of the court and heaven.

He should have had a good family, but because of the taxes of the court and the disasters from heaven, he was directly shattered.

Zhu Zhangui stepped forward silently and patted the man's shoulder.

"Uncle, I'm sorry for you!"

Zhu Zhangui's whispered comfort and patting on the shoulder made the man seem to have found the backbone, and he threw himself on the ground and kowtowed to Zhu Zhangui.

"Your Royal Highness, I beg you, the grass people have done this rebellion, the court will admit whether they kill their heads or exile the grass people, please be merciful and reach out to save my son, keep my daughter, the grass people are willing to be cattle and horses in the next life, and repay your kindness."

The man kowtowed vigorously as he spoke.

The scalp slammed into the gravel, cutting one after another, and dark red blood flowed out.

Zhu Zhangui pursed his lips, stepped forward and pulled him up hard.

The man's words made Zhu Zhangui feel a little uncomfortable, all this should have been what the imperial court should do, but now it made a Shandong man who stood up to the sky and begged for alms from the court on his knees.

This is the incompetence of the imperial court, and it is also the sin of the royal family.

"Don't worry, uncle, this time I, Zhu Zhangui, will not return to Beijing if I don't completely solve the matter in Shandong. I will do my best to save your son, and your daughter will not be sold, I promise you. Pulling up the uncle, Zhu Zhangui took him and walked in front of the captives.

Looking at the faces in front of him, either indifferent, or ignorant, or moved, or touched, Zhu Zhangui said loudly.

"No one is born with the desire to rebel, they are forced to embark on this desperate road by various circumstances."

"The family experience that my uncle just said touched me a lot."

"As a member of the imperial court, I feel deeply ashamed. It was our royal family who did not fulfill the rules set by my grandfather and take care of the people of the world. ”

"All this is the result of our royal dereliction of duty, and it is also the result of lax supervision by the imperial court."

"In this regard, after the Shandong matter is resolved, I will return to the imperial court and suggest to the emperor that all the civil and military ministers of the entire royal family issue an edict to apologize to the people of the world."

Zhu Zhangui's words made the captives who were originally indifferent and ignorant also feel a little moved.

The grandiose grandson, saying these words in front of them, is naturally not idle and boring, playing with them ordinary people.

The future heir of the Ming Empire, the grandson of the emperor, has said this step, and the resentment towards the court in their hearts has gradually been alleviated a lot, of course, there are still some people who are still indifferent.

They had been brainwashed by the White Lotus Sect, and they didn't believe anything the court said, they all felt that it was a lie that the court had deceived them.

Seeing that the expressions of some prisoners were relaxed, Zhu Zhangui continued to hit the railway while it was hot.

"I won't say anything here, justice may be late, but it will never be absent to cover up the incompetence of the imperial court yamen and the dereliction of duty of not being able to protect the people."

"You go back here and tell those who are oppressed, wronged, and wronged to go to Jinan Mansion."

"In five days, this grandson will set up a court there to redress your grievances and support you as the master of your house."

Some of the captives stood up and looked at Zhu Zhangui with a serious expression excitedly.

"After you go back, don't be afraid of those officials and security chiefs, you can hold the Taizu Great Edict and go to Jinan Mansion in a group."

"Whoever dares to stop you, you will take them down and press them in front of me, I will not ask any reason, I will directly order them to be beheaded."

"If any of the officers and soldiers dare to stop you, you can shout at those soldiers and tell those soldiers who are blocking you that the emperor's grandson is waiting in Jinan Mansion, and whoever dares to stop the people who complain will be dealt with as rebellion."

"Don't worry about the officers and soldiers jumping off the wall in a hurry, you can tell them that they will escort you to Jinan Mansion, and they will not be held accountable for their merits!"

After speaking, Zhu Zhangui waved his hand at the second generation and arched his hand at the captives.

"Go back, I'll wait for you in Jinan Mansion."

The scene was deathly quiet.

Prisoners, look at me, I'll look at you, it's unbelievable that Zhu Zhangui let them go like this.

They are members of the White Lotus Sect, but they are the rebels who want to rebel, and they are the number one target of the imperial court. If this imperial grandson doesn't kill them, he even wants to let them go, isn't he afraid that they will never return, or continue to join the White Lotus Sect to make trouble.

"You're really letting us go!"

The man standing next to Zhu Zhangui looked at Zhu Zhangui with some hesitation.

Zhu Zhangui smiled and nodded at him.

"Although I, Zhu Zhangui, am not a gentleman, I am not a villain either, and a mouthful of spit can still be guaranteed."

As he spoke, he took out two small bottles from his bosom and handed them to the man.

"This is a medicine to treat your son's wounds, granules are taken orally once a day, and the powder is sprinkled on the wound and bandaged."

Hu Yu on the side, afraid that the man would not know the effect of this medicine, added.

"Uncle, don't underestimate these two bottles of medicine, on the Jingshi side, each of these two bottles of medicine is worth a thousand taels, and it is the kind that has no price, but it is the best medicine for swelling and knife wounds, we have so few soldiers who have died of injuries in the past two years, and they all rely on these two treasures to save their lives."

"As long as your son still has a breath left, he will definitely be alive and kicking within half a month."

"This..."

Hearing Hu Yu's introduction, the man's heart trembled.

With such a valuable thing, the imperial grandson didn't even blink his eyelids, so he gave him this thief who was still against the court an hour ago.

More than 2,000 taels of silver, his ancestors can't earn so much money combined.

Such a great kindness, I am afraid that he will not be able to repay it if he gives up his life.

The man wanted to refuse, but thinking of his son who was swollen and dying at home, the man's hand couldn't let go of the two bottles.

With tears of excitement in his eyes, the man looked at Zhu Zhangui who was smiling at him.

Is this really the high imperial grandson, so kind, so loving the people like a son, if he becomes an emperor in the future, the people of the world will be blessed.

The illiterate man didn't know what words to use to be grateful, so he could only kneel on the ground and keep kowtowing.

Zhu Zhangui pulled up the kneeling man again and said seriously.

"Uncle, this is a medicine, some people can't bear it, there will be unknown dangers, you have to think about it before using it."

The man was nervous for a moment, and hurriedly asked.

"Dare to ask Your Highness how much risk it is!"

"One in 10,000, one in 10,000 people may not be able to withstand this medicine, of course, there may be 100,000, this is not accurate!"

The man's nervous heart relaxed.

"In this way, the grass people can rest assured, if my cub doesn't carry it, then I can only blame him for his bad life, he can't enjoy this blessing, and God wants to take him away."

"Uncle, don't say that, I see that your heavenly court is full, it is a great blessing, I guess my brother will not be so unlucky." Zhu Zhangui praised with a smile and arched his hand at the man and the captives.

"Everyone, it's getting late, we'll see you in Jinan."

The man didn't speak, knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

The captives, who saw this scene in their eyes the whole time, hesitated for a moment, and also knelt on the ground with the man, and bowed to Zhu Zhangui.

Zhu Zhangui walked sideways, dodging this salute, and then smiled and asked the captives to get up and hurry back.

The captives left, and no one cared about the unlucky believers who died left, and Liu Jun, who was not asked about the whole process.

"Big nephew, you let them go like this, they are anti-thieves, isn't it too cheap for them."

Zhang Kejian, who witnessed the whole process on the side, saw that the prisoner he had captured was let go by his eldest nephew in a few words, and he was unwilling for a while.

This is all his credit, this is let go, and there will be no proof in the future, how can he show credit to the emperor.

Zhu Zhangui didn't pay attention to this uncle, like Hu Yu made a look.

Hu Yu nodded slightly, took off some clothes from the corpse next to him, and after quickly changing them, he and a few guards disappeared into the grass next to the railway, heading in the direction where the captives had left.

After Hu Yu and the others left, Zhu Zhangui said to a guard: "Pass on the emperor's edict, within 5 days, all officials at or above the county level in Shandong will go to Jinan Mansion to stand by, and those who arrive late, no matter who they are, will be dismissed and investigated on the spot!" ”

"The garrison generals of the county towns in various places have strengthened their vigilance since they received the order, and if there is any disturbance, they will immediately close the city gates, if they are attacked by the White Lotus Sect, those who lose the city and lose their land will be killed!"

After giving the order, Zhu Zhangui pulled a horse in the hands of the second generation, a beautiful turned over on the horse, and went to Jinan Mansion with a high drink. Only Zhang Kejian, who he didn't care about the whole process, and a group of people of the second generation were left in the same place.

"Brother Zhang, what should we do?"

The second generation, who had no horses, looked at Liu Jun, who was gagged next to him, and then looked at the corpses all over the ground, and looked at Zhang Kejian with a sad face.

Zhang Kejian was also depressed.

"What else can I do? Bury the body and bring this bastard back to Jinan Mansion! ”

Saying that, he was still a little angry, and raised his foot and kicked Liu Jun a few times.

On the other side, the freed captives quickly shuttled through the desolate fields.

One of the men, holding his hands on his chest, was tightly guarding something?

"Stop!"

When they arrived at an intersection, a leading man who did not have any expression when Zhu Zhangui was speaking, raised his hand to make everyone stop.

The captives stood silently at the intersection, silently watching the man who spoke.

The man who spoke turned his head to look at the dozens of brothers behind him, and focused on the middle-aged man who was covering his clothes.

The middle-aged man ignored him, and only looked to the side silently.

"What do you think?"

glanced around at everyone, and the man who spoke spoke asked what everyone thought.

But all you get is a silent silence.

"Alas!"

The man who spoke sighed and waved his hand at everyone.

"Let's go back to our respective homes first, and I'll go to the Buddha's mother first, tell her about what happened today, and ask her about her plans."

The captives dispersed from the junction and went in different directions.

It's just that the leading man shouted to the middle-aged man with medicine in his arms.

After the others left with complicated expressions, the leading man said to the middle-aged man with a vigilant face.

"Old hoe, the Buddha's mother was also injured today, you should have seen it."

The middle-aged man called the old hoe took a few steps back with the medicine in his arms.

"What do you want to do? This is my son's life-saving medicine. ”

The leading man stepped forward slowly, "Can your son's be compared with the Buddha's mother, the Buddha's mother is the reincarnation of the gods, and she is a great existence that leads everyone to turn over and be the master." Your son is just an ordinary person, useless to the world, and besides, he has become like that, you really think that this medicine can save him. ”

"Obedient... Give me the medicine, and as long as the Buddha's mother's injuries are healed, I will beg her to let her take action and heal your son with mana. ”

The middle-aged man snorted coldly, turned around and was about to run.

"We all know where your house is, you still have a daughter, don't want her to have an accident!"

Looking at the old hoe that was about to run, the leading man didn't chase it, but just threatened with a sneer.

The old hoe, who was about to run, heard this threat, his body trembled, and he glared at the leader viciously.

Finally, under the cold and ruthless eyes again, he roared angrily, took out the medicine in his arms and threw it, turned around and ran towards the man.

The man sneered, flipped the two medicine bottles in his hand, and turned to go to other places.

In a barren grass in the distance, Hu Yu squinted at the scattered team and the scene just now, muttered for a while, and whispered to a few people around him.

"Lao Yang and I are going to talk to that guy, and you follow the others to find out the situation." knocked on the walkie-talkie Hu Yu hidden in his arms, and said quickly: "If you have any information, report it immediately, if you can't contact others, go back to Jinan Mansion and report to Your Highness." ”

Then he pulled two bottles out of his bosom and handed them to one of the guards.

"His Royal Highness said that he wanted to save his son's life, and now that his mission has been completed, then his son's life must be saved, you will catch him later, follow him to his house, personally treat his son, and by the way, see if you can find any breath from his mouth."

A few people quickly dispersed, following different people.

Hu Yu and Lao Yang followed closely all the way, and at dawn they came to a mountainous area, and found traces of human activity.

The leading man who grabbed the medicine last night said a few words to the shopkeeper of a tea shed, and after the other party searched, he walked down a small village in the mountains.

And all of this was seen by Hu Yu Lao Yang, who was following behind.

Finding the base camp suspected to be the White Lotus Sect, the two looked at each other and smiled slightly, and slowly retreated to a hidden place.