Chen Yan, like Wei Zaode, was only allowed to bring out some of his luggage, and as for the money, it was only a few dozen taels of silver, which were all the entanglements of the more than 30 people in the family.

At this time, Chen Yan's face was sad, and he said to Wei Zaode: "How can this bit of silver be enough, it is estimated that before I leave Beizhili, I and my family will freeze and starve to death on the side of the road!" ”

Wei Zaode was also teary-eyed, and was about to sigh, but was reprimanded by the Jinyi Wei Baihu next to him: "I said that the two of you are still finished, thinking that if you pretend to be miserable here, you will have a turnaround?" I will also tell you that Your Majesty is already very dissatisfied with the two of you, and if you can spare your life, go back and burn incense, and stay here and don't leave, I want to die! ”

"Besides, Your Majesty is merciful, and you have left a coil of dozens of taels of silver, which ordinary people can come up with dozens of taels of silver? This is already a lot of money, and you two still want to be as good as you used to? Don't think about it! ”

Chen Yan said loudly: "This hundred households is right, as long as we can save our lives, we will have a day to make a comeback, and when the time comes, all the righteous and virtuous people in the court will definitely help!" ”

Wei Zaode nodded heavily, and then clenched his fists and said: "Then let's say goodbye, we must exchange letters in the future, and then try to make a comeback!" ”

"Good!"

Wei Zaode was a native of Tongzhou, Beizhili, and walked along the official road to the east of Beijing. And Chen Yan is a native of Fujingyan County, Chengdu, Sichuan, and he has a long way to go, and he doesn't know when he will be able to arrive.

After Wei Zaode and Chen Yan parted, they each rode their chariots and horses separately, one facing south and the other facing east, along the official road

Go farther and farther.

The brocade-clothed guard Baihu looked at the carriages and horses of the two, and said to the subordinates around him with a sneer: "This scholar is troublesome, what has he become, and he is so verbose!" ”

A little flag officer of the brocade guard had a flickering eye, and then said with a smile: "The adults will go back first, and the little ones will go to make a pot of wine for the adults, and go back to call a messenger, let's have a drink?" ”

"Haha, that's the best!"

After everyone left, the little banner officer of the brocade guard immediately came to a grocery store inside the city gate and said to the men inside: "The king of heaven covers the tiger. ”

The guy immediately put away the smile on his face, looked left and right, and saw that there was no one else, so he said, "Pagoda Town River Demon." ”

"Hehe, it turns out that this Lord Jinyi Wei is also a colleague of the Zhenfu Division!"

The little flag officer nodded and said, "Go and deliver the news: Wei Zaode and Chen Yan have just left Beijing and have returned to their hometowns!" ”

"Good!"

The guy said, "Don't worry, Boss Wu has already arranged it, these two old dogs can't run away." ”

At this time, someone came to see the goods, and the guy immediately put on a smiling face, handed a wood carved box to the little flag officer of Jinyiwei, and said: "Hehe, my lord, look at this, the carving is very good, whether you buy it back for gift or personal use, it is very suitable!" ”

The little flag officer of Jinyi Wei carved the box, gave the money, and left the grocery store, and opened the box where no one was, only to see that there were ten Shandong silver coins inside. The little flag officer's face suddenly bloomed with a smile, and the Secret Intelligence Department made a generous move, and then hummed a little song and went to drink.

In the meantime, the guys at the grocery store have already sent the news out, and it has been prepared in advance outside the city

The two teams soon received the news, and immediately chased after one east and one south.

Forty miles east of Beijing, Wei Zaode was riding in the carriage with a sad face, and the wife and two concubines around him were still crying, which made Wei Zaode not upset.

"Enough! It's endless, I've cried all the way, what's the use! ”

Although his wife is in her forties, she is still charming, her eyes are red and swollen when she cried at this time, and she blamed: "Can't the master be a stable official in the court, do you have to offend Nalu Guogong, is that the person we can offend?" Now it's okay, I was used as a scapegoat by the saint and driven home to farm. ”

"What's wrong with farming, my ancestors were originally cultivators and heirlooms!"

"So now, will the old man farm, or will the two unsuccessful sons in the family farm? This family is old and young, and they can't even tell the difference between seedlings and weeds! ”

"You!"

Wei Zaode angrily rebuked: "Woman's opinion! What a woman's opinion! ”

At this moment, the carriage suddenly stopped, and Wei Zaode was caught off guard and fell directly on his back into the arms of the two concubines.

"What's wrong, why stop!"

Wei Zaode had no place to vent his anger, so he directly lifted the curtain and got out of the car, and at this time, the two sons in the carriage behind him, and some family members also got out of the car and looked ahead.

I saw that the official road, which was already dilapidated, had been completely dug up at this time, and a two-battle-wide trench was blocked in front, and the carriage could no longer pass.

Wei Zaode was angry when he saw this, since he left Beijing, he hadn't encountered a good thing!

"Who did this, Lang Lang Qiankun, there are people digging up the official road and wanting to rebel!"

Voice

As soon as they landed, everyone saw a fierce team of horses rushing out of the woods in front of them, and in the blink of an eye, they surrounded Wei Zaode and the others.

"Ahh A thief! ”

"Sir, how is this good."

"We don't have any money, so let's ask the good man to raise his hand."

Wei Zaode's family members suddenly became a mess, and they shouted noisily on the official road.

A knight stepped forward and drew his sword and slashed, directly hacking to death Wei Zaode's wife, who screamed the most.

"Ahh

Wei Zaode shouted: "I am an official of the imperial court, you are a rebellion!" ”

"Imperial court officials? Hasn't he been demoted to the people and let you go home to farm? ”

"What!"

Wei Zaode was stunned for a moment, and then said with a miserable smile: "Can't you let me live?" ”

The knight at the head stopped talking nonsense, and with a wave of his hand, everyone in the horse team rushed forward and killed all of Wei Zaode's family.

Then one person placed a flag on Wei Zaode's corpse, on which were written the eight characters "Donglin traitorous ministers, disaster to the country and the people".

"Let's go!"

The horses rode away, and a moment later, only the corpses of the Wezaod family and the empty carriage were left in the cold wind.

At the same time, Chen Yan's family also rushed to Liangxiang, the carriage slowly moved forward in the cold wind, Chen Yan's heart was very heavy, I don't know how long it will take to go this way, the whole family only has a few dozen taels of silver, what should I do if I spend it all?

At this time, Chen Yan regretted in his heart, it was better to borrow some silver from Wei Zaode, anyway, his hometown was in Tongzhou, and the distance was very close.

Suddenly, the carriage stopped, and Chen Yan lifted the curtain and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Master, there is someone blocking the road in front, so let's go and take a look."

"Hmm.

”

Chen Yan put down the curtain of the car and continued to worry about his future in his heart, but suddenly he heard a scream outside, which frightened Chen Yan directly, and hurriedly asked loudly: "What's wrong, what's wrong!" ”

At this time, an unfamiliar voice came: "Please get off the bus with Lord Chen and his family!" ”

"Who is it?"

Chen Yan trembled and got out of the carriage, and all the family members also got off the carriage one after another, leaning together in the cold wind.

I saw more than a dozen people with sharp blades in front of me blocking the way, and more than a dozen people flashed out on both sides and behind the official road, surrounding Chen Yan's family.

"This, this Lang Lang Qiankun, what do you want to do!"

Chen Yan bluffed and said: "The old man advises you to leave quickly, so as not to be seen and reported to the official!" ”

The leader of the roadway was a burly man, who laughed and said at this time: "Haha, this place is so remote, there is not even a single person around, there are only two groups of us in the cold wind, who will sue the official?" ”

"The old man is the head of the cabinet, although he has resigned now and returned to his hometown, it is not up to you thieves to move, don't do stupid things, so as not to provoke the crime of killing the nine clans!"

"The first assistant of the cabinet? It's just a Donglin traitor! At the beginning, Sun Chengzong was also born in the Donglin Party, but people fought on the battlefield and fought for the country, what a hero he was, and now you Donglin Party people, one by one, only know how to fight for power and profit, exclude and, there is no half of the responsibility at all, all are traitors! ”

The man said contemptuously: "Don't say that you have been dismissed, even if you are still the acting head of the cabinet, Lao Tzu will kill you like killing a dog!" ”

After that, the man

stopped talking nonsense, waved his hand and ordered, and everyone went up directly to cut people.

Chen Yan stopped these words, and suddenly came to his senses, was slashed in front of him and fell in a pool of blood, and still roared hard: "It's Your Majesty, or Liu Yan!" ”

A man made up for it again and directly cut off Chen Yan's head: "It's fucking nonsense, I'll let you talk nonsense!" ”

In the blink of an eye, Chen Yan's family was killed, and these men also took out a flag of "Donglin traitors, disaster to the country and the people" and put it on Chen Yan's body.

"Let's go, go back to the errand!"

Two days later, the news that Chen Yan and Wei Zaode's family were killed spread throughout the capital, and Emperor Chongzhen was shocked when he heard the news, who did this?

So Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly summoned Chen Xinjia and asked directly in person: "Do you know about Chen Yan and Wei Zaode!" ”

"The minister also found out early this morning."

"Who did it? Isn't it Liu Yan! ”

Chen Xinjia subconsciously wanted to deny it, but then he was stunned: Is it Liu Yan?

Seeing that Chen Xinjia was stunned, Emperor Chongzhen also understood, and a trace of fear surged in his heart, and said, "Liu Yan is demonstrating to me!" ”

"Your Majesty, if it is really the person Liu Yan killed, then the Donglin Party will not give up, they will definitely rise up to make trouble, and the situation that has just calmed down will deteriorate again, Your Majesty should also prepare in advance."

"What are I going to do?"

Emperor Chongzhen said angrily: "Do you still want me to defend Liu Yan!" ”

Chen Xinjia said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, to maintain Liu Yan now is to safeguard the overall situation, after all, those Donglin Party members are not capable of exterminating Li Zicheng, nor are they capable of maintaining the stability of Gyeonggi, let alone the ability."

To stabilize the world, His Majesty can only rely on Liu Yan now. ”

Emperor Chongzhen still had a trace of luck in his heart, and said: "I can temporarily suppress the Donglin Party, but can I let Liu Yan immediately send troops to rescue Hong Chengchou?" ”

Chen Xinjia said: "The minister also wants to rescue the old Hongge, but according to the calculation of time, even if Liu Yan leads the army, it will be too late, the old Hongge department has run out of food more than a month ago, and they can't support the arrival of reinforcements." ”

"Then I have to save it!"

Emperor Chongzhen said angrily: "Immediately give Liu Yan an order and let him send troops to Xinzhou, immediately!" ”

The next day, the DPRK and China held a big meeting.

The court impeached Liu Yan for indiscriminately killing innocent people and brutal and unscrupulous chapters were piled up with Emperor Chongzhen's book case, and there was also a lot of noise in the court.

But Emperor Chongzhen didn't say a word, and watched coldly at the noisy people of the Donglin Party, and finally just said: "Retreat from the dynasty!" He left the hall directly, leaving the Manchu civil and military forces standing in place, stunned.

After the end of the court meeting, Chen Xinjia went out of the city with an edict ordering Liu Yan to send troops to Xinzhou and rushed towards the New Army's personal guard camp.