Before noon in the afternoon, Mao Xin had already had lunch early and came to Huang Zicheng's mansion.

It's still early until the end, but Mao Xin can't wait.

Just now he came all the way, there were more and more officers and soldiers on the street, and they were arresting people everywhere.

Whoever was taller and stronger, and who looked younger, was taken away.

Mao Xin even saw that a tall man in his forties was also arrested.

At this time, he was sure that someone had indeed discovered the king of Gaoyang County, and the imperial court was also arresting him.

Now let alone escape, it's difficult to even go out, the body of the king of Gaoyang County will be discovered as soon as he comes out.

But fortunately, the city of Nanjing is very large, and the officers and soldiers did not move so quickly, and there were no officers and soldiers in many places in the city in a short period of time.

So Mao Xin is very anxious, and he must find Huang Ying as soon as possible.

Otherwise, by this time tomorrow, the whole city will definitely be full of officials and soldiers, and then the officials and troops will probably dig three feet into the ground and find out the king of Gaoyang County.

He waited anxiously outside the Yellow Mansion for a while, seeing that it was getting closer and closer to the end, but there was no movement at all.

He thought about wanting to climb over the wall to get in, but he was afraid that he would be arrested and miss Zhu Gaoxu's big event.

Just when he was entangled, squeak, the gate of the Yellow Mansion finally opened.

Two slender figures walked out of the mansion gate, not who Huang Ying and Chunxiao were.

Mao Xin was overjoyed, and hurriedly approached carefully from the side, and when Huang Ying left the Huangfu for about a hundred steps, he immediately chased after him.

"Miss Huang, Miss Huang."

Huang Ying looked back and saw Mao Xin, first stunned, and then reacted, this is Zhu Gaoxu's subordinate.

"Ah, it's you."

"Miss Huang, say a few words here." Mao Xin said anxiously.

Chunxiao glared at him and took a few steps back helplessly.

Huang Ying hurriedly came to the corner of the roadside, which happened to be in the shade of a tree.

"Qi Tai refused to sue for peace, and together with Xu Huizu, he persuaded the emperor, and the emperor temporarily repented and sent people everywhere to arrest the king of Gaoyang County."

"Ahh Huang Ying covered her mouth, her face showing anger: "This-this nasty Qi Tai." ”

Although she doesn't know about state affairs, she also knows that her father never scolds people, but at home, she often scolds Qi Tai in private, and the two are famous rivals.

"What now? Is Goyang King safe? Huang Ying reacted violently, and her expression was anxious.

She dreamed last night that the two sides were talking about peace, and then she married Zhu Gaoxu, but she didn't expect that it was only one night, and the situation changed drastically, and she hated Qi Tai and Xu Huizu to death for a while.

"King Gao Yang needs Miss Huang's help." Mao channel.

"What can I do?" Huang Ying hurriedly asked.

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As the night grew dark, Zhu Gaoxu stood alone in the courtyard, looking at the moon in the sky, waiting for night to fall.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the population of Jingshi was about 700,000, and it is estimated that it is close to one million now.

There are countless houses and shops in the inner and outer cities, and it is obviously impossible for the officials and soldiers to search him out in a short time.

So he got through it safely today.

But in the long run, once Emperor Jianwen determines that he is in Beijing, he will inevitably increase the search and arrest.

In the afternoon, Mao Xin came back and reported to Ding Yi that the city was already full of officers and soldiers, and only one gate of Zhengyang Gate was opened at the gates of the inner city, and this gate was also opened to mobilize soldiers and horses from outside the city.

So today there is a steady stream of soldiers and horses coming in from outside the city all day long.

Those who joined the search and arrest, in addition to these soldiers and horses inside and outside the city, there were also the officials who were quick to catch and the idle brocade guards, with a total of more than a few thousand.

Today, the main thing is to search the streets, set up strongholds everywhere, and when pedestrians pass by, all the tall men are arrested.

With such efficiency, Zhu Gaoxu estimated that starting tomorrow, he would have to go door to door and search houses.

Zhu Gaoxu pondered that there were 500,000 houses in the city, and tens of thousands of horses searched one by one, and the search would be completed in a few days.

If he was allowed to do this, he would definitely divide the whole city into several districts, one district after another.

But in such a popular search, the opinions of the common people must be very great.

According to Zhu Gaoxu's estimate, as long as he can persist for ten days without being caught, the imperial court will doubt the authenticity of his entry, or think that he has left Beijing, and then it will slowly slow down the search and arrest, and will only strictly investigate at the city gate.

Therefore, he must ensure that he will not be arrested for at least ten days in this house.

The house he bought was quite close to Sanshanmen, just in the middle of Nanjing City, and whether the officials and soldiers searched from the north to the south or from the south to the north, they should not come immediately.

According to the news from Mao Xin today, the officers and men gathered at Jinchuan Gate and Zhengyang Gate, and searched from the north and south sides at the same time.

So Zhu Gaoxu can hold on for a few days.

In the afternoon, he wandered around the house for a long time, but he couldn't find a place to hide.

The only thing he could hide in was a well, but there was water in it, and it was quite deep, and he couldn't hold his breath in it for a few minutes.

The only hope now is Huang Ying.

That night, Zhu Gaoxu slept very unsteadily, although he knew that he would not be able to find this side in a short time, but he was always half-asleep and half-awake, for fear that he would sleep halfway, and suddenly the door was kicked open and a team of officers and soldiers rushed in.

Early the next morning, Huang Zicheng dressed at home and prepared to leave the house.

Madame was very happy to see him, and couldn't help laughing, the master seems to be in a good mood today?

Huang Zicheng laughed: "Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Gaoyang County, is in Beijing, and he is blocked by us, if we want to catch him this time, King Yan will cry." ”

This will have to be Zhu Gaoxu's presence, and he will refute it immediately, so that King Yan will not cry, even if his three sons are dead, he will not surrender.

"No wonder the streets are full of officers and soldiers." Mrs. Huang said, "I still want to go out to incense today." ”

"Don't go to the street if you have nothing to do, although you don't catch ordinary people, but it's a bit chaotic outside during this time, and you stay at home."

"Got it, sir."

Huang Zicheng left the house very early, and Huang Ying got up early after Huang Zicheng left the house.

The little girl Chunxiao was standing in front of Huang Ying with red eyes, looking reluctant.

Huang Ying decided to help Zhu Gaoxu, and Chunxiao wanted to betray her master and report Zhu Gaoxu.

"What are you going to do with me?" Huang Ying glared at her angrily.

Chunxiao held her mouth: "Of course Chunxiao doesn't dare, but if someone finds out, we will be miserable." ”

"There's something Miss Ben is responsible for." Huang Ying straightened her chest.

Chunxiao thought to herself, what's the use of carrying it, if something really happens, I will definitely be unlucky, and I want to persuade it again.

found Huang Ying glaring at herself fiercely.

She grew up with Huang Ying since she was a child, and she knows that her young lady is gentle and weak on the surface, but she is actually quite strong in her heart.

You can see that she goes out with a short sword, you know that this is a little lady who dares to take a sword and fight with people.

Huang Zicheng failed to introduce Xungui's children several times before, except for the scene of Zhu Gaoxu on the street back then, and Huang Ying's own decisive refusal.

"Hey" Chunxiao had no choice but to say: "I was born as a young lady's person, and I died as a ghost of young lady, of course follow Miss, I only hope that I will be arrested in the future, if I am beheaded, Miss can give me my favorite osmanthus lamb." ”

Fluttering, Huang Ying was laughed, and she propped up her waist with her hands and said: "You also know that you are my person, and in the future, I will marry the king of Gaoyang County, and you will also be the girl who accompanies the bed." ”

"I don't want him, he's so strong, I can't stand it." Chunxiao blushed and said.

The two masters and servants finally unified their minds and helped Zhu Gaoxu together, after all, Chunxiao may marry in the future.

As soon as it was dawn in the morning, Chunxiao left Huangfu and came to a rice shop first.

That's right, Zhu Gaoxu told Chunxiao about Yao Guangxiao's rice shop stronghold.

Zhu Gaoxu thought that if he was arrested, he would not care if King Yan could not succeed, at least he would drag Yuan Yi and them into the water.

There is Mao Xin waiting in the rice shop.

Seeing Chunxiao, Mao Xin asked her to wait, and then went out of the rice shop alone.

He circled the street and came back in a rented carriage.

Chunxiao got into the carriage.

Mao Xin drove the carriage to the east, and before he had gone far, he encountered a team of catchers.

"Stop, who's in the carriage?"

Mao Xin hurriedly pulled up the curtain, and the catchers stretched out their heads to take a look, and when they saw Chunxiao inside, they didn't say much, and quickly let them go.

All the way to a certain shop, the carriage was stopped five times, sometimes by Jinyi guards, sometimes by fast catchers, and sometimes by archers of the inspection department.

The officers and soldiers have not yet searched this side, so the officers and soldiers are still relatively rare.

The carriage stopped at the back door of a carpenter's shop.

Chunxiao hurriedly got out of the car and entered the store.

After a while, Chunxiao went out again, followed by a man in his forties.

The man's name was Uncle Hai, and he was a carpenter.

He walked around the carriage and asked strangely, "How about making a board?" ”

"Yes." Chunxiao pointed to the carriage: "It's the same size as this carriage, spaced into two pieces." ”

It turned out that Mao Xin wanted to make a board, which was similar to the internal size of the carriage, and then spaced into two areas, the front and back.

This carriage is relatively large, it was carefully selected by Mao Xin, it is about one zhang long, as long as there is a space of 70 centimeters in the back, Zhu Gaoxu can hide in the back.

Uncle Hai thought for a while: "You can do it, I measure the size, how long will it take?" ”

"The sooner the better, I'm sorry for you." Chunxiao exclaimed sweetly.

This kind of is a rectangular plank, but Chunxiao asked for a handle at the back, which is very simple.

But Mao Xindao said that there was one side that should be similar to the inner panel of the carriage, and move the carriage seat forward.

Uncle Hai nodded, and it took more than an hour to do it.

Most of the Jingshi are class craftsmen, and those who don't have their turn to sit on duty must have good craftsmanship.

After Uncle Hai finished it, Mao Xin picked it up and put it in the carriage, and it was really similar to the original board at the back.

After leaving the carpenter shop, Mao Xin immediately said to Chunxiao: "You go to the back, squat in the back, don't make a sound, hold the handrail with your hand, put the board upright, don't move." ”

"Ah" Chunxiao had a bitter face, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say anything, and got into the carriage honestly.

The seat of the carriage has been moved forward by Uncle Hai by seventy centimeters, this is taking into account Zhu Gaoxu's figure, otherwise thirty centimeters is enough to hide a spring dawn.

Chunxiao squatted sideways in the innermost, holding the board for the interval with one hand.

From the outside, the carriage was empty.

"Driving" Mao Xin pulled the carriage all the way to the direction where Zhu Gaoxu was, and deliberately greeted those who were being searched and arrested by officers and soldiers.

The road was checked several times, and many people opened their eyes and found no one, so they were immediately released.

But when approaching the Sanshan Gate, he met a group of brocade guards.

A brocade guard opened the curtain and looked in, but he didn't see anyone, but he didn't immediately put down the curtain, he looked around, and seemed to feel that the carriage was a little different, but he couldn't tell.

The carriage seat has been moved forward by seventy centimeters, and the space inside certainly looks smaller.

He showed a hesitant expression on his face, but Mao Xin was not afraid, he asked Chunxiao to hide, just to test and see if anyone could find out, even if it was found out, there was no crime in hiding a little girl, it could be said that the two eloped.

"Let's go, let's go, there's a big tall guy over there, quick." Suddenly, another brocade guard shouted.

The brocade guard hurriedly lowered the curtain, turned around and ran away with the people.

Mao Nobunaga breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, it was still a bit dangerous.

(End of chapter)