Taiyuan City, the Palace of the Prince of Jin.

When King Zhu Qiugui of Jin got up to have breakfast, he asked, "Where is the Crown Prince? Why didn't you come out to eat?"

The chief steward of the palace replied: "Go back to your lord, the prince did not return to the palace last night."

"What, the prince hasn't come back. This prodigal dared to stay overnight in a brothel. It's getting more and more outrageous. Get him back immediately!" King Zhu Qiugui of Jin shouted angrily. It turned out that he knew that the prince went to the brothel to have a taste of something new, so he didn't care. He didn't expect that it would develop to the point where he dared not return home at night.

After a while, the butler came back in a hurry and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, something bad has happened. The prince is missing."

"It's gone. Isn't it at Wanchun Tower?"

"The people at Wanchun Tower said that a group of people claiming to be from the palace came last night and took the crown prince away," the chief steward said.

"People from the palace, when did the king send someone to take care of the crown prince?" Zhu Qiugui wondered.

"Your Majesty, the prince has been kidnapped. We need to find him quickly." The butler realized at this time.

"Ah, hurry up and go to Song Xian, the governor of Shaanxi, and order him to find the prince quickly. How did they manage the place? They actually let thieves enter the city and kidnap the prince. I must impeach him." King Zhu Qiugui of Jin said angrily.

Taiyuan, Governor's Mansion.

Governor Song Xian was looking through documents at his desk. It was an official document from the imperial court ordering them to cooperate with Shaanxi in annihilating Lin Feng. It also strictly ordered them to block the entry and exit of Jiazhou's goods and strangle the rebels economically.

Early this morning, an urgent report came from Linxian County in the west, saying that Jiazhou rebels had come to attack the city and were difficult to resist. They implored the governor to send troops to rescue them.

But Song Xian can't make a meal without rice. As a governor, the only army he directly controlled was Fubiao, with about a thousand people in two battalions. He could only supervise the defense of Taiyuan City.

In the past few years, all the guardsmen of Shanxi Dusi who could fight a little have been transferred to participate in the encirclement and suppression of rogue bandits. Most of the remaining soldiers are old, weak, sick and disabled. The key is that they have no military spending and cannot be transferred now.

When Song Xian was lamenting the difficulty of government affairs in his heart, the door of the public room was suddenly pushed open, and Bo, the governor's master, ran in in a panic.

Just as he was about to reprimand him, Lord Bo said, "Sir Futai, please report urgently from the west city gate. A group of thieves have kidnapped the prince of Jin and left the city."

"What!" Song Xian stood up in a hurry, forgetting his words of reprimand.

"Sir, it was a group of thieves who kidnapped the Crown Prince of Jin. There were probably dozens of them, but they were well-equipped and very powerful. The city gate guards had a brief fight with them and killed or injured forty or fifty people." The boss continued to report. road.

"Do you know who he is?"

"It should be Lin Feng's Zhenming Army. The city guards went out to pursue for more than ten miles before encountering the Jiazhou rebels. In order to prevent the city gate from being lost, the city guards withdrew." The city guard's report was also very artistic, and it was obvious that he was fighting. But it turned into taking the overall situation into consideration.

"What is their intention in kidnapping the Crown Prince of Jin?" Song Xian wondered.

"Master Futai, the chief historian of the Jin Palace is here, probably to inquire about the kidnapping of the prince." The guard at the door came in to report.

"Please come in." Song Xian couldn't help it, he had to face it if something happened.

"Governor Song, the prince asked you why local governance is so chaotic that thieves openly entered the city and kidnapped the prince. The prince asks you to find the prince as soon as possible, otherwise you will be impeached by the emperor." Shi, the chief of the Jin Palace, said unceremoniously. .

"Please also ask the chief minister to report to Prince Ming. I will immediately organize manpower to rescue the prince. It is necessary to ensure the prince's safety." Song Xian promised.

"Okay, then I will wait here for your letter." Shi, the head of Prince Jin's Mansion, will not leave. He must wait to find the crown prince, otherwise he will have to be scolded by Prince Jin when he goes back. It is better to stay in the Governor's Mansion.

"My lord, my lord, someone has sent a letter outside the door, marking it for you to open." The guard came in again and reported.

"Where did the letter come from?"

"The signature is Zhenming Army."

"Submit it." Song Xian knew for sure, it must be about the crown prince.

He took the letter and read it, and sure enough it was written about the Crown Prince of Jin.

Lin Feng said in the letter that since the Taiyuan government abused the law and implicated innocent people, arresting Li Xiongzhen and members of the Feng family, the Zhenming Army arrested the Crown Prince of Jin. If the Taiyuan side wanted to ensure Zhu Shenxuan's safety, they were restricted to noon. Send the Li family and Feng family captured by Taiyuan Prefecture to twenty miles west of the city for hostage exchange, otherwise don't blame the Zhenming Army for being rude.

"Governor Song, is this about the crown prince?" Shi, the chief of the Jin Palace, asked immediately.

"It's about the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince is safe now. Lin Thief proposed to exchange hostages." Song Xian replied.

"Exchange for whom?"

"They say they are family members of the rebels captured by Taiyuan Prefecture."

"Then change it quickly."

"It's a serious crime to release a rebel family member privately." Song Xian said worriedly.

"You, are the lives of these people as important as the life of the Crown Prince? If something goes wrong with the Crown Prince, the prince will definitely impeach you on charges of trapping the feudal clan. Please ask Governor Wang to think clearly." Chang Shi threatened.

"Well, for the sake of the safety of Prince Jin, I will make this concession and exchange with them. However, this exchange requires careful planning. We cannot let him go and the prince will not come back. At least we must first confirm the identity of the prince. Safe." Song Xian said.

"Of course, Governor Song should be more concerned about the exchange of hostages. Our palace just wants the prince to return safely." Jin Wang Changshi said.

"Don't worry, Chang Shi. Since Thief Lin has made a request, he will definitely not harm the Crown Prince. When the time comes, I will personally go to welcome the Crown Prince back." Song Xian replied.

"Then thank you Futai. We in Prince Jin's Mansion are waiting for your good news." After Chang Shi said this, he hurried back to report to Prince Jin.

As soon as Shi, the chief minister of the Jin Dynasty, left, Song Xian took people directly to the Taiyuan government office.

When Prince Gongzhen, the prefect of Taiyuan, heard that Governor Song was coming, he hurriedly came out to greet him and said, "Why did Mr. Futai come in person without notifying him so that his subordinates could come to greet him?"

"Don't do this. I heard that you arrested the family of the traitor Lin Feng?" Song Xian asked.

"Not counting Lin Feng's family. Two families were arrested. One is the family of his deputy Li Xiongzhen, and the other is said to be the family of Lin Feng's fiancée." Wang Gongzhen replied.

"What do you mean by rumors? Don't you understand this?"

"Well, the main reason is that the Feng family used to have an engagement with Lin Feng. Later, when they saw that Lin Feng had taken a job in Fugu, they canceled the engagement with him."

"Then why did you arrest me? You guys are really looking for trouble."

"I heard that the daughter of the Feng family was deeply in love with Lin Feng. Even if she was asked to write a letter to sever ties with Lin Feng, she would not write it, so she was arrested."

"Oh, there are these women, are they okay in prison? Lin Feng captured the Crown Prince of Jin and asked to exchange hostages with us." Song Xian said.

"This subordinate really doesn't know. I'll find someone to ask quickly." Wang Gongzhen said nervously. "If you are looking for someone else, just go to the prison, have a look, and then take him out." Song Xian's style was rather straightforward and he went directly to the prison.

"See, I've met you two adults." The head of the government prison saw the governor and the prefect arriving at the same time, and immediately knelt down nervously to greet them.

"Are the two families of prisoners related to the rebel Lin Feng okay?" Wang Gongzhen asked.

"Okay, that's okay, no, but..."

"Say, why are you hesitating?"

"Hui Fu Zun, the people in the Li family are okay. The girl from the Feng family was harassed by Mr. Li yesterday and wanted to commit suicide by hitting the wall. We rescued her and she was a little injured." The prison boss replied. The master is here, and he doesn't dare to lie.

"Where is Mr. Li?" Wang Gongzhen asked.

"That's Li Fubin, the son of Li Tongzhi's family." the prison leader responded.

"He's a shitty young man. He even went into the prison to harass female prisoners. What do you do for food? Why did you let him in?" Wang Gongzhen immediately swore when he heard this. If this affected the exchange of hostages, he could not be saved. When the prince comes back, all the officials of Taiyuan Prefecture will have to finish it.

"Master Li, oh, no, it's Li Fubin. He took advantage of Master Tongzhi's name, so I didn't dare to stop him. But after the Feng family girl hit the wall, I still persuaded Li Fujin to leave." The cell leader explained.

"Let's go take a look first." Song Xian said.

The group immediately went to the prison cell of the Feng family's mother and daughter in the government office. They saw that Feng Ziyi's forehead had been wrapped in white cloth and blood was oozing out. It seemed that she was seriously injured.

Fortunately, the collision position was relatively high and could be covered with hair in the future. It should not damage the appearance too much, otherwise Lin Feng might not give up.

After seeing this, Song Xian became so furious that he forced a woman in the prison to hit the wall and commit suicide. He could imagine what this Li Fujin did here.

In order to appease the Feng family's mother and daughter, he personally stepped forward and said: "Madam, I am Song Xian, the governor of Shanxi. The government prison is poorly managed and let a bunch of dudes come in and bully Miss Feng. We will punish her severely after we find out. Please relax."

"Ah, Mr. Futai! Why are you here?" Mrs. Feng is also a family member of an official after all, and she knows that the governor is the largest official in Shanxi.

"I have found out that you have nothing to do with the rebel Lin Feng. I originally planned to let you go. However, Lin Feng captured the Crown Prince of Jin and wanted to force the court to let you go. I also asked Madam to persuade him to make sure you don't make a mistake. If you make another mistake, you will also be charged with harming the Crown Prince of Jin." Song Xian advised.

"Please rest assured, my lord, my husband and I have always been loyal to the imperial court. If given the opportunity, we will definitely persuade him to release the crown prince." Feng's mother agreed.

"That's good, that's good. Come on, let Mrs. Feng's family go immediately, and take the Li family with them, and let's go to the west of the city together." Song Xian ordered.

"Yes!" Wang Gongzhen and others took the order.

In order to facilitate the exchange of hostages, Song Xian personally brought two thousand elites from the governor and Shaanxi Dusi to the west of the city to replace them.

He first sent people to the Zhenming Army, and after checking that the Prince of Jin was okay, he agreed that the two armies should be separated by five miles and set up an exchange platform in the middle. Only three people from each side were allowed to come to exchange with hostages.

In order to smoothly exchange people for the Li family and the Feng family, Lin Feng thought about it and agreed.

However, when it came to the exchange, Feng Ziming, Feng's father, claimed that he would not go to Lin Feng, saying that he was an official of the imperial court and could not commit crimes.

This made Governor Song very satisfied, and he personally promised that he would go to Lin Feng to be regarded as a recruiter sent by the court and would definitely not surrender to the enemy, so Feng Ziming reluctantly agreed.

The hostage exchange between the two parties went smoothly. It was useless for Lin Feng to keep the Crown Prince of Jin. Killing him would only add to his revenge. There was no need at all.

For the Shanxi governor's office, these prisoners were not very important. If they were changed, they would be changed, as long as the prince was safe.

Since the Zhenming Army did not have many troops this time, only two battalions with more than a thousand people, they had just occupied Linxian and needed to consolidate it, and they did not have the strength to occupy Taiyuan.

The soldiers and horses in Taiyuan were able to defend the city, but they did not dare to fight in the field. They were afraid that if the field battle failed and Taiyuan was lost, it would be a big deal.

Therefore, both sides showed great restraint and completed the hostage exchange amicably.

After Feng Ziyi and the others walked back from the exchange point for about 20 minutes, Lin Feng saw the wound on Feng Ziyi's forehead and thought it was caused by torture in Taiyuan Prefecture. He immediately became furious and prepared to lead his troops to hunt down the people in Taiyuan.

Feng Ziyi immediately stepped forward to stop him and said, "Brother Lin, my injury is none of their business. I injured myself. It's nothing serious now. Let's go back first."

He then explained why he was injured. After hearing this, Lin Feng said with anger in his eyes: "This Li Fubin is really looking for death. Xiaoyi, don't worry, I will definitely avenge you."

Then he touched her forehead lovingly and said, "Silly girl, didn't I tell you to put your own safety first in everything?"

"I don't. I know Brother Lin will definitely find a way to save me." Feng Ziyi said firmly.

"Let's go, let's go back to Jiazhou first." Lin Feng said, and took the opportunity to meet Feng's father and Feng's mother.

When Feng's mother saw that Lin Feng had indeed come to rescue Zi Yi, she felt that he was still very reliable and good to her daughter. The mother-in-law liked her son-in-law more and more.

Feng Ziming was different. He felt that Lin Feng had forced him to become a traitor and a traitor, so he naturally had a cold face and didn't give him a good look.

Then Lin Feng went to meet Li Xiongzhen's family first. He couldn't forget his friends when he was in love, and he didn't care about his good gay friend's family.

"Uncle Li, if you are frightened like this, just go to Jiazhou from now on." Lin Feng said.

Li Linquan looked at Lin Feng, whom he hadn't seen for a year, and now he was commanding thousands of troops. He said with emotion: "Yuanshan, now he has become the commander-in-chief of one side. It's amazing."

"It's all the result of the support of the brothers, especially Xiong Zhen. He has gone to Luoyang now. I will get him back as soon as possible."

"It's okay, it's okay, it's still important." Li Linquan responded.

"Lin Feng, I suffered a lot this time when I was imprisoned, and our Li family's property in Taiyuan is also ruined. Please compensate us as soon as possible." Li Xiongxing interjected on the side.

Lin Feng hadn't heard anyone dare to call him by his name for a long time. His eyes widened and an intimidating aura naturally emerged. Then he said: "Xiongxing, how do you want to compensate me?"

Li Xiongxing was glared at and felt frightened, but he still had the courage to say: "Of course I will lose money."

"It's nonsense. You still haven't apologized to Governor Lin. You can call the Governor by his name." Li Linquan is not a child, and he naturally knows that Lin Feng is no longer what he was back then.

"Uncle Li, it doesn't matter, we are all members of our family. However, Xiongxing needs to be tempered. He cannot grow up all the time, so as not to worry Xiongzhen." Lin Feng said meaningfully.

"Yes, it's time to practice. I will listen to you Yuanshan in everything." Li Linquan replied quickly.

"Xiaoyu, I will leave Li Xiongxing to you. He must be trained well and he must become a qualified Zhenming Army soldier in one month." Lin Feng explained.

"Understood!" Fang Xiaoyu said.

From then on, Li Xiongxing began a month of miserable training and beatings, but he was able to get rid of the bad habits of his playboy.

(End of this chapter)

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