Xiao Shangzi looked at the golden light in Hu Yunqing's eyes, and only then did he understand why the emperor asked him to come over with fifty thousand taels.
"This kid Chongzhen is quite impressive."
Hu Yunqing took the money and walked back to the house.
"Master Hu, there is still a letter that you haven't read yet."
After watching Hu Yunqing walk into the yard, Xiao Shangzi, who was standing there, saw that the letter was still in his hand, but Hu Yunqing did not take it away, so he hurried into the yard.
"Oh, I forgot."
Hearing Xiao Shangzi calling him, he took the letter handed to him and sat on the recliner.
"Master Hu, is there anything you want to tell your Majesty?"
Xiao Shangzi stood beside him and waited until Hu Yunqing finished reading before asking in a low voice.
"Go back and tell Chongzhen that this Yuan Chonghuan cannot be killed. Shanhaiguan will send his trusted followers there to play a supervisory role."
What was written in the letter was Chongzhen's plan to send troops this time, and his intention to let Hu Yunqing enter the court to assist him.
"The slave must have conveyed it, uh, does Mr. Hu have anything else?"
Hearing that Hu Yunqing didn't mention the matter of entering the court at all, he came to Chongzhen this time to let Xiao Shangzi watch Hu Yunqing's reaction.
"No more for the time being. I have something to do recently. Please tell him not to bother me!"
He put the letter away and put it in his arms, glanced at Xiao Shangzi and said.
Before Xiao Shangzi could say anything, Hu Yunqing entered the room and closed the door directly.
"let's go!"
Xiao Shangzi had no choice but to take people back to the palace.
"how's it going?"
Chongzhen, who had been waiting outside the palace, saw Xiao Shangzi coming back and walked over quickly and asked.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Hu asked me to bring you a message."
"Sir Yuan Chonghuan cannot be killed. Shanhaiguan has to send his cronies there."
Xiao Shangzi quickly told the emperor what Hu Yunqing had told him.
"This is all a mess. Why should I kill Yuan Chonghuan? Besides, Shanhaiguan is guarded by Wu Sangui and the slave builders are fighting among themselves. Nothing will happen in a short time."
After hearing these two sentences, Chongzhen was stunned and did not fully understand the meaning of these two sentences.
"By the way, didn't he say anything else?"
In the end, most of the letter contained words of solicitation, with only a few strokes describing the plan.
"Your Majesty, that's all Master Hu said. He also said that he has things to do these days and won't let us bother him."
"Okay, a letter has just arrived. Wang Chengen will enter the city at the east gate in the evening. You can bring some people to greet him. Don't make any mistakes and take him directly to the imperial prison."
In the evening, Wang Chengen would escort the guilty minister Hong Chengchou back to the capital. Now there was a turmoil in the capital, and he was afraid that the Shanxi merchants and the capital's party would jump over the wall in a hurry.
"According to the order."
When Xiao Shangzi heard that the master was coming back, the joy on his face was beyond words.
A team of carriages and horses walked on the night road.
"Father-in-law, I finally saw the capital."
A member of the Jinyi Guard Baihu said, pointing to the city with lights on in the distance.
"That's great. Don't worry, everyone. I will definitely ask you for credit after I see His Majesty."
Wang Chengen also had a smile on his face. After traveling for a month, he finally returned to the capital safely.
He turned around and looked at Hong Chengchou in the prison car, and found that the other man just had his eyes closed, not knowing what to think about.
"Everyone, hurry up. As long as we hand over the people, our mission will be completed."
The group of people headed towards the capital. While walking, the Jin Yiwei at the front fell directly from his horse.
He fell to the ground.
"alert!"
When Wang Chengen took a closer look, he found an arrow on his body. He pulled out his knife and looked nervously at both sides and shouted.
"kill!"
Just as everyone looked at the surrounding woods, dozens of people sprang out from the grass and rushed towards the escorting team.
"Kill Hong Chengchou quickly!"
Seeing that something was not going well, Wang Chengen should have come to rescue Hong Chengchou, so he quickly ordered his men to kill Hong Chengchou.
If Hong Chengchou is allowed to escape, it is very likely that he will win over his former subordinates and rebel. Thinking of this result, Wang Chengen cannot care about it until it happens, and he can only avoid the trouble first and then later.
"The capital is not very far from here. Go to the city quickly and call for reinforcements. The others will keep an eye on me!"
Although Wang Chengen and others are all good players, there are too many people on the other side.
"Hong'er!"
Hong Chengchou, who had been keeping his eyes closed and concentrating, was already waiting for punishment. He didn't expect that someone would come to save him. When he saw the person who was being hacked clearly, he shouted excitedly.
This was the first time they had seen each other before being arrested. Seeing that his son was still alive, Hong Chengchou couldn't stop his tears from flowing down.
"Brother, I'm here!"
Hong Chengyu slashed a Jin Yiwei to death, looked at Hong Chengchou in the prison car and shouted.
"Stop it all!"
Seeing that the situation was not good, Wang Chengen would definitely be annihilated if this continued, so he quickly jumped into the prison car, put a knife on Hong Chengchou's neck, and shouted at the people fighting around him.
Everyone looked at Wang Chengen. Hong Chengyu led his people to retreat a few steps. They were here to save Hong Chengchou today.
"Eunuch Wang, as long as you agree to let my eldest brother go, I will give you whatever you want."
"That's right. After we keep our word, after my father and son raise an army, we can still get along well with each other when we enter the capital. The prince, please think carefully."
Hong Chengyu opened his mouth and offered Wang Chengen generous conditions.
"Master, I'm here to save you!"
Just after raising the conditions, Xiao Shangzi rushed over with the Shenji Battalion. He happened to see Wang Chengen being surrounded, shouted, and rushed over on horseback with a knife.
"Wang Chengen, let my brother go quickly!"
Looking at the troops coming to support him, he pointed a knife at Wang Chengen and shouted.
If the people are not rescued, they will most likely not be able to leave here.
"you dare!"
Hong Tao watched as Wang Chengen swung his knife and chopped off his father's head. It was too late to rush over to save him, and a human head rolled down from the prison car.
"I am going to kill you!"
Hong Tao watched his father's head fall in front of him. Even Hong Chengchou never thought that he would die in this way.
"Tao'er, go quickly!"
Hong Chengyu watched his eldest brother's head fall to the ground, and he was also very sad and angry. Xiao Shangzi and his men had already rushed towards him. If he didn't leave, it would be too late, so he had to pull Hong Tao, who was already red-eyed, to leave.
"No, I'm going to fight them!"
Hong Tao threw Hong Chengyu away and continued to rush towards the prison car with the knife.
Wang Chengen had a calm face and just watched Hong Tao's actions quietly. The guards in uniform all around rushed towards the prison car and did not let Hong Tao move forward at all.
"ah!"
Hong Tao, who was going crazy, felt his neck was hit, and his eyes went black and he fainted.
"Hurry up and carry it away! Evacuate!"
Hong Chengyu didn't want to talk nonsense, so he knocked the person unconscious and carried him away.
