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Chapter 387 My son is also a slave with three surnames
Inside the big tent, the air was silent.

There was only the sound of Zhu Yuheng's breathing gradually getting thicker while holding two tokens.

"Switch to Li Zhengyan and fight for another big one..."

He muttered to himself for a moment and swallowed.

Zhao Rushi glanced at the night outside the tent with a panicked expression, turned around and urged:

"Most of the [-] soldiers and horses brought by the eldest son are from Hongzhou. They surrendered with the governor and the son. They can easily be brought back to Hongzhou City."

After speaking in a low voice, the lame man stopped talking and looked outside the tent again worriedly.

Zhu Yuheng came to his senses and walked over to put down the curtain. He tried to keep a calm tone and gave a few instructions to the secret guards outside. He then returned and hurriedly pulled Zhao Rushi deep into the tent, behind the private curtain.

His mouth was dry, he held his father's beloved jade ring tightly in his hand, and asked in a hoarse voice:

"If you really want to switch to Xunyang City...don't you want to give up Xunyang City? If you really want to switch to such a good opportunity, why don't you offer the city to me..."

Zhao Rushi shook his head and sounded regretful:

"The situation at the Governor's side is different. There are many people in Xunyang City, and there is a female historian who is in the way. The news cannot be hidden. Most of the soldiers who formed the former army are from Jiangzhou, Southeast Yang and Huai, so it is difficult to instigate rebellion.

"Li Zhengyan and Yunmengyue Nu made too much noise. When the matter became urgent, the Governor had no choice but to take his personal guards and run away with him. The Governor only cared about the young master, so he rushed to notify the young master with a special order, for fear that the young master would delay the window. Expect.

"The official ship in Xunyang was burned, a tragedy occurred in Xunyang Prince's Mansion, and the governor disappeared again. I don't think Jiangzhou City has reacted now. At the latest noon tomorrow, all counties in Jiangzhou will receive the news. The female history supervisor is sure He will come quickly with his order and take away the fish talisman from the eldest son. There is roughly half a day left!
"The governor's intention is that the eldest son should first go to Hongzhou and surrender, join Cai Qin for reorganization, and then take advantage of the chaos to see if he can capture Jiangzhou, or wait for Li Zhengyan and the governor to gather with the main force, and then make a long-term plan.

"By the way, before the general left, the governor hurriedly muttered to himself when giving instructions. Li Gong destroyed the whole family of Xunyang Palace and framed the imperial court and the Wei family. He was trying to steal the great cause of restoration. He may not necessarily have to capture Jiangzhou, but he may have to He turned to cross the river and led his army northward... I don’t know what it means.”

Zhao Rushi's tone was slightly doubtful.

Zhu Yuheng, who was bowing his head in thought, couldn't help but move his eyes, and opened his mouth to speak, but before he could speak, Zhao Rusu shook his head, patted the back of Zhu Yuheng's hand that was holding the jade ring and felt hat tightly with his palm, and said worriedly:

"It's almost dawn, the eldest son, prepare quickly. There are still important things to deal with at the end. The governor's concubine and some loyal family members of the bodyguard must be moved away. Just like the last time they defected, eldest son, our Hongzhou City See!"

The lame man did not stay too long. He bypassed the night patrol soldiers and left with a slightly splayed figure. His figure disappeared in a hurry into the deep dark night.

From sending a message to Zhu Yuheng to leaving in a hurry and with a worried look, it took no more than a quarter of an hour.

He came in a hurry and left in a hurry. He didn't waste a quarter of an hour and didn't give the latter a chance to ask more questions.

After sending away the guards at the entrance of the Chinese army's tent, only Zhu Yuheng's figure was left with a confused figure.
A close acquaintance came running up and reported with a wink. The charming little lady had been waiting in the sleeping tent for a long time, but she was quickly sent away by Zhu Yuheng.

At this moment, he was not interested in finding a young lady to change into autumn clothes.

The urgent news brought by his father Xin Zhao Ruzhi, as well as the two hot tokens in his hand, made Zhu Yuheng uneasy.

"How could such a big thing happen suddenly... Is it true... Li Zhengyan has a tripod sword... It looks like a scroll... Wait!"

He put his hands behind his back and wandered in place, lost in thought:

"Is that Peach Blossom Spring painting actually a tripod sword? I heard Yue Ziang mention it once when he was drunk, saying that it was a Peach Blossom Spring painting. I didn't study it carefully at the time. I guess Yue Ziang didn't know the details. I didn't expect it to be so deep. No wonder Li Zhengyan dared to Come to rebel...

"There are also the Yunmeng female cultivators. Li Zhengyan, Wei Shaoqi, and Du Shuqing seemed to have diverted from Longcheng. They first went to Yunmengze, which was called a sightseeing tour, and then went to Hongzhou City... After connecting, everyone Connected...that's it...that's true."

Thinking about this, Zhu Yuheng, who had been close to the rebels Yue Ziang and Du Shuqing, soaked his shirt with cold sweat.

The night breeze was chilly, but his tense heart suddenly relaxed a little.

At least it is not completely unfounded now. Sometimes people just need a reason to convince themselves.

Zhu Yuheng licked his dry lips, Zhao Rushi's words echoed faintly in his ears.

"My father said that Li Gong did not necessarily want to take Jiangzhou...or cross the river to the north...could it mean that Kuang Fu's army would no longer continue to advance eastward along the Yangtze River, wasting away in the southeast, and would no longer seek to occupy Jinling and divide the river to rule.

"Instead, just like the other feasible route that my father analyzed that night, cross the river directly to the north, advance with great fanfare, straight to Luoyang, the eastern capital, and make a gesture of attacking Huanglong, signaling to the world that he is willing to rescue Qian, and lead Are responses from all directions disrupting Hebei and Shandong...

"My father once said that in the dispute between the north and the south, he would definitely choose the north. Li Zhengyan's move must be in line with my father's wishes. In addition, since the Xunyang Prince's Palace was gone, Kuang Fu's army could freely raise the banner of revenge, so he said that he would go to Luoyang and King Qin would save the remaining Gaozong's bloodline king, Ling added a picturesque cauldron sword...

"It seems that my father is not only coerced by Li Zhengyan, but he may also be tempted. After all, Kuang Fujun's side has a better ceiling. It is indeed better than being subordinate to others and eating the leftovers of the Wei family. If it can be done..."

Zhu Yuheng lowered his head and murmured, his expression dark and unclear for a moment.

After a while, the armored young man stopped slowly, turned his head and glanced at the water clock clepsydra in the corner.

It's almost dawn.

……

After the lame man left the forward garrison on the outskirts of Fushui County, he put his hand on his chin, took off a bronze mask, and stuffed it calmly into his sleeve.

His expression was no longer as anxious as it was when he was in front of Zhu Yuheng.

Ouyang Rong lowered his head and looked at his feet.

This kind of gait that no one recognizes when walking is the result of studying it for a long time on the way here. He just showed it well.

The mirage mask can only disguise the appearance, but the walking habits cannot be completely restored, so Ouyang Rong imitated it carefully.

It’s strange, I’m used to walking, but it seems like I can’t get over the horoscope. What’s going on?

Ouyang Rong shook his head speechlessly.

After a while, he came to a reed field by the river under the stars and the moon.

Board a hidden boat and sail down the river back to Jiangzhou.

Ouyang Rong rushed back without stopping. On the river, he raised his head and looked at the white fish belly in the sky.

It took a total of one day and two nights from asking for leave and walking into the palace with Qin in hand to returning now after finishing the work.

Now, by treating the other person with his own way, the conspiracy has been completed, and he can actually go back slowly.

The reason why I returned without rest is just to keep my promise:

Today, Jiangzhou's former army went out for battle, and Ouyang Rong said that he would personally send Zhu Lingxu on his way.

Returning to the cabin, he checked the merit points. That day, he laid out swords in a restaurant on Longcheng Street, met the ritual conditions, and after collecting Zhao Rushi's fake body, he consumed [-] merit points.

Now, there are more than 600 merits left in the merit tower.

Ouyang Rong nodded slightly.

When I meet my old friend Zhu Lingxu, I won’t need the Cauldron Sword and the Purple Mist of Merit, so I can save a fortune.

There was no words all the way, and finally, we arrived at Xunyang City before noon.

Just like before he left, the huge Xunyang City was calm and peaceful.

On the streets, peddlers, merchants, monks and Taoists all went about their own ways.
The defenders on duty at the west city head changed their defenses as usual.

Everything is as usual, except for the turbulent aftermath of the Ding Sword massacre in Xunyang Prince's Mansion.

Before Ouyang Rong entered the city, he put on the mask again and transformed into a young woman with extremely thin lips. This was the female worker's fake body that Liu Zian sacrificed and left in the mask when he was in Dragon City. Ouyang Rong is now skilled in using it.

Sure enough, women's clothing only has zero and countless times

He reluctantly dressed as a woman again, bought a piece of pancake on the street, ate the pancake silently, and waited in a certain alley.

After a while, Princess Wei Mei's luxury motorcade passed by the market, and she was taking the palace's maid out to buy something in the east market.

The figure of the thin-lipped woman blended in.

He returned to Prince Xunyang's Mansion with the crowd.

There is peace in Xunyang City.

Until the afternoon, a piece of urgent frontline news began to reach Xunyang City through various channels...

In the lobby of Jiangzhou.

Zhu Lingxu received the news first.

Early this morning, Zhu Yuheng led [-] forward troops to defect and join Cai Qin's army in Hongzhou.

Looking at the latest military information in his hand, an old face was a little confused.

The first reaction was to make a ridiculous joke.

"How is that possible? It's simply ridiculous! It's fake, it must be fake. Go and arrest the person who sent the message quickly and clean it up from top to bottom. There are traitors who are rebels and are smuggling in, pretending to spread military information!"

He sneered, threw away the military letter, picked up the teacup, and took a sip of tea.

The officer next to him looked embarrassed, stuttered a bit, and provided a more detailed witness statement.

Zhu Lingxu still shook his head and sneered.

At this time, a guard suddenly ran in, leaned into Zhu Lingxu's ear, and lowered his voice:
"Commander, General Zhao died. On his way back to report on his duties, it happened at noon yesterday... on the streets of Longcheng County..."

Zhu Lingxu's hand was unstable and the teacup fell to the ground.

Crackling-!
The whole place was silent, and all the officers looked sideways.

Zhu Lingxu looked at the fragments of the tea cup, suddenly raised his head, and said to the guard who reported the message:
"Go and report the murder of General Zhao to Governor Wang and Chief Ouyang. This is a matter within their authority. Although I am very sad and angry, my duty is to focus on military affairs."

After speaking, he bent down and picked up the military information document that had just been dropped on the ground. He lowered his head and looked at it again. After a moment of silence, he smiled faintly and calmly said to the generals in the lobby:

"This Cai Qin is quite powerful, and he is a deceiver in military intelligence, but does he really think he can deceive me? Hey, don't panic, the arrangements for today remain the same, and we will go out as usual in the afternoon.

"I don't know when this news came out. It's too coincidental to have this news come today. Isn't it just to disturb the morale of our military, lead the imperial supervisors to doubt this general, delay the expedition, and win them over?" Time for reinforcements?
"Haha, just like our eight thousand soldiers and horses but claim to be a hundred thousand king's army, Cai Qin and others also played the trick of attacking with troops, but they are nothing more than a fool."

Zhu Lingxu curled his lips and shook his head:
"Let's do this, someone, go and call the female historians. I will be waiting for her here. Some things must be explained clearly, otherwise the morale of the army will be unstable."

Zhu Lingxu raised his head and said righteously.

All the soldiers looked at each other and said, "Go back."

Zhu Lingxu was calm and composed, watching them leave one after another, drinking tea patiently and waiting.

After lighting a stick of incense, a military camp clerk ran into the lobby in small steps, ready to report military affairs, but his expression was stunned.

Seeing that the lobby was empty, I couldn't help but look around blankly.

Where's the steward?
A quarter of an hour later.

The back door of Zhu Lingxu's new house opened, and the housekeeper's servants watched a beautiful concubine who was favored by the master go out in a carriage for an autumn outing.

The carriage was very low-key and traveled alone, passing through the market and heading towards the west city gate.

In the car, there was a burly "beautiful concubine" wearing a black gauze curtain hat.

The owner of the curtain hat bowed his head tightly, with fists as big as sandbags clenched on his knees.

The burly body hidden in the woman's clothes was constantly trembling.

"Could it be that Yu Heng's old ways have sprouted, and he refuses to repent and defect to Li Zhengyan... It's impossible, there's no way Yu Heng can betray me, it's absolutely impossible...

"Zhao Ru died yesterday, and Yu Heng rebelled this morning. It seems so coincidental that there must be a connection."

Zhu Lingxu was frightened and confused, and a voice came out from the gap in his mouth:
"Yu Heng will not betray me. It can only be someone who falsely spreads the news, possibly through Zhao Rushi's mouth, but why would Yu Heng be gullible?!

"It's over, it's all over... Yu Heng mistook me... Yu Heng mistook me!"

Zhu Lingxu trembled all over, and his old face looked sad and haggard under the curtain.

The matter was urgent, he sensed the crisis, and without any time to think about it, he slipped out immediately, put on this woman's clothes and escaped.

The carriage was a little bumpy as it drove towards the west city gate. Zhu Lingxu's heartbeat in the carriage was so fast that it seemed like it was about to jump out of his chest.

This is both panic and nervousness, as well as renunciation and anger.

As a former military commander, he had full authority to take charge of the counter-rebellion military affairs on the front line before the arrival of the Jiangzhou Road March Commander. However, the eldest son who led the vanguard on the expedition defected halfway!
This is an unheard-of example among the thousands of wars that have occurred since the founding of the People's Republic of China in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and even in the Great Qian Dynasty!
The old empress who was sitting alone at the highest place in the Luoyang court would definitely be furious when she found out.

The two kings of the Wei family who recommended him will be deeply implicated, so no matter how innocent Zhu Lingxu explains, even if he severs the father-son relationship with Zhu Yuheng, it will be useless.

There is no denying it.

So if you don’t run now, when will you wait? At present, only the Kuangfu Army in the southwest can reluctantly accept him.

Zhu Lingxu was sweating profusely and his mouth was dry. He carefully opened the car curtain and glanced outside the car. He looked at the west city gate that was getting bigger and bigger in front of him. When he was about to pass by, he breathed a sigh of relief and lowered the car curtain.

But the next moment, a curious and kind voice came from the top of the city:

"Where are you going, Master Zhu?"

I saw a figure of a young man with a weak crown who happened to be on duty for the city defense, slowly walking down the city with a waist sword in his hand, followed by a group of melon-eating people:

"Why is Mr. Zhu wearing women's clothes in broad daylight? Could it be that he has a weird habit of wearing women's clothing? Coincidentally, I also have a friend who also has this private fetish. I have the opportunity to introduce him to Mr. Zhu.

"However, when women's clothing is not good, it's strange. Didn't you lead the army to go on an expedition in the afternoon? Master Zhu didn't prepare the military affairs well, how could he change his clothes and leave alone?"

Having said this, Ouyang Rong, who walked down the city with his sword in his hand, sounded a little admiring:
"Wait a minute, are you going to defeat Hongzhou alone with your bare hands? Well, that's probably not the case."

He looked around and asked in a probing tone:
"Could it be that Hongzhou Cai Qin surrendered, so the general manager went out alone without any soldiers? Hmm, have you received any news from the front line?"

Zhu Lingxu's body stiffened. After a while, he slowly opened the car curtain and was immediately met with Ouyang Rong's calm gaze, as well as the strange looks from Xie Lingjiang, Yan Liulang, Chen You and others among his entourage behind him.

Even though he had been a domestic slave with three surnames several times, Zhu Lingxu was still calm and composed. His blood suddenly surged and his face turned red.

It was just like the pork livers that the pork sellers put on the chopping board in the market just now, ready to be slaughtered.

(End of this chapter)