Like Wei Zaode, Chen Yan was only allowed to take out some carry-on luggage. As for his money, he only had a few dozen taels of silver. These were all the expenses of his family of more than thirty people.
At this time, Chen Yan looked sad and said to Wei Zaode: "How can this little money be enough? It is estimated that before we leave Beizhili, my family and I will die of cold and hunger on the roadside!"
Wei Zaode also had tears in his eyes, and was about to sigh when he was scolded by the Jin Yiwei Baihu next to him: "I said you two are not done yet. Do you think that by pretending to be miserable here, you can make a turn for the better? I'll just tell you You, His Majesty is very dissatisfied with you two. If I can spare your lives, go and burn incense when you go back. If you stay here, you want to wait for death!"
"Besides, Your Majesty is kind and has left you all with dozens of taels of silver. Which ordinary people can afford to spend dozens of taels of silver? This is already a huge fortune. You two still want to be like before. Such fine clothes and fine food? Don’t even think about it!”
Chen Yan said loudly: "This Baihu is right. As long as we can survive, we will have a chance to make a comeback. When the time comes, all the upright and virtuous people in the court will definitely help!"
Wei Zaode nodded heavily, then clasped his fists and said, "Then let's say goodbye. We must exchange letters in the future to try to get back together!"
"good!"
Wei Zaode was from Tongzhou, North Zhili, and he was walking along the official road to the east of Beijing. Chen Yan is from Jingyan County, Chengdu, Sichuan. It is a long way to go and he doesn’t know when he will arrive.
After Wei Zaode and Chen Yan said goodbye, they separated in their carriages and horses, one facing south and the other facing east, along the official road.
Travel further and further.
The Jinyiwei Baihu looked at the two people's carriages and horses, and said with a sneer to the subordinates around him: "This scholar is troublesome. How destitute he is, and he is still so verbose!"
The eyes of a small flag officer of the Imperial Guard flickered, and then he said with a smile: "The adults will go back first, and the younger ones will go and make a pot of wine for the adults. After I go back and call for help, we can also have a drink?"
"Haha, this is the best!"
After everyone left, the little flag officer of the Jin Yiwei came to a grocery store inside the city gate and said to the shopkeeper inside: "The king of heaven is the same as the tiger of earth."
The guy immediately put away the smile on his face, looked around and saw no one else, so he said: "Pagoda suppresses the river demon."
"Haha, it turns out that Lord Jinyiwei is also a colleague of the Zhenfu Division!"
The flag officer nodded and said, "Go and deliver the news: Wei Zaode and Chen Yan have just left Beijing and returned to their hometowns!"
"good!"
The guy said: "Don't worry, Boss Wu has made arrangements. These two old dogs can't escape."
At this time, someone came over to look at the goods. The clerk immediately put on a smile and handed a wooden box to the little flag officer of Jinyiwei. He said: "Haha, sir, look at this. The carving is very good. Buy it back, no matter what it is." It’s suitable for giving as a gift or for personal use!”
The small flag officer of Jinyiwei carved a wooden box, gave the money, and left the grocery store. When no one was around, he opened the box and saw ten Shandong silver coins inside. The little flag officer's face suddenly burst into laughter. The secret intelligence department was generous with its actions, and then went off to drink while humming a ditty.
At the same time, the clerk at the grocery store had already sent the message, and preparations had been made outside the city.
The two teams of people quickly received the news and immediately chased away east and south.
Forty miles east of Beijing, Wei Zaode was riding in a carriage with a sad face. The wife and two concubines beside him were still crying, which made Wei Zaode very upset.
"That's enough! It's not over yet, I've been crying all the way, what's the use!"
Although his wife was already in her forties, she still had her charm. Her eyes were red and swollen from crying, and she blamed him: "Can't I be a stable official in the court? I have to offend Duke Nalu. That's our fault." Can you offend someone? It's better now, the Holy One has used him as a scapegoat and driven him home to farm."
"What's wrong with farming? My ancestors were originally farmers and educated!"
"Now, who knows how to farm, or the two incompetent sons at home? The young and old in this family can't even distinguish seedlings from weeds!"
"you!"
Wei Zaode angrily rebuked: "A woman's opinion! It's really a woman's opinion!"
At this moment, the carriage suddenly stopped, and Wei Zaode was caught off guard and fell directly into the arms of the two concubines.
"What happened? Why did you stop?"
Wei Zaode was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger, so he opened the curtain and got out of the car. At this time, the two sons and some family members in the carriage behind also got out of the car and looked forward.
I saw that the originally dilapidated official road had been completely cut off at this time, and a trench two battles wide was blocking the front, making it impossible for carriages to pass.
Wei Zaode was furious when he saw this. Ever since he left Beijing, he had never encountered a good thing!
"Who did this? Under the bright sky, there are people who are digging into officialdom and want to rebel!"
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As soon as they landed, everyone saw a group of ferocious horses rushing out of the woods in front, and in a blink of an eye, Wei Zaode and the others were surrounded.
"Ah! We encountered a thief!"
"Master, what should I do?"
"We have no money, so let's ask a hero to help us."
Wei Zaode's family members suddenly became a mess and started shouting noisily on the official road.
A knight stepped forward, drew his sword, and slashed Wei Zaode's wife who screamed the loudest to death.
"ah!"
Wei Zaode shouted: "I am an official of the imperial court, you are rebelling!"
"Official of the imperial court? Haven't you been demoted to civilian status and asked to go home and farm?"
"What!"
Wei Zaode was stunned for a moment, and then said with a sad smile: "Can't you let me live?"
The leading knight stopped talking nonsense. With a wave of his hand, the cavalry rushed forward and killed all the Wei Zaode family.
Then someone placed a flag on Wei Zaode's body with the words "Treacherous officials in Donglin, causing harm to the country and the people".
"Walk!"
The cavalry team rode away, and a moment later, only the bodies of Wei Zaod's 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 moved forward slowly in the cold wind. Chen Yan's heart was very heavy. He didn't know how long the journey would take. The whole family only had a few dozen taels of silver to spend. What to do?
At this time, Chen Yan felt regretful and might as well borrow some money from Wei Zaode. Anyway, his hometown was in Tongzhou, which was very close.
Suddenly, the carriage stopped. Chen Yan lifted the curtain and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Master, there is someone blocking the road ahead. I'm going to take a look."
"Um.
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Chen Yan put down the car curtain and continued to worry about his future, but suddenly he heard a scream from outside, which made Chen Yan tremble and hurriedly asked loudly: "What's wrong, what happened!"
At this time, a strange voice came: "Master Chen and his family, please get out of the car!"
"who is it?"
Chen Yan got out of the carriage tremblingly, and all the family members also got off the carriage, getting close together in the cold wind.
I saw a dozen people holding sharp knives blocking the way ahead, and a dozen people also flashed out from 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 said bluffingly: "I advise you to leave quickly, lest anyone see you and report to the official!"
The leader who blocked the road was a burly man. He laughed and said: "Haha, this place is so remote. There is no one around. There are only two groups of us in the cold wind. Who is going to complain?" ?”
"I am the chief minister of the cabinet. Although I have resigned and returned to my hometown now, it is not something you thieves can do. Don't do stupid things, lest you incur the crime of killing the nine tribes!"
"The chief minister of the cabinet? He is just a Donglin traitor! Sun Chengzong was also from the Donglin Party, but he fought on the battlefield and guarded the border for the country. What a hero he was. Now you Donglin Party members only know that They are fighting for power, excluding others, and are not responsible at all, they are all traitors!"
The man said contemptuously: "Don't say you have been dismissed from office, even if you are still the acting chief minister of the cabinet, killing you would be like killing a dog!"
Finished, that man
No more nonsense, he waved his hand and ordered, and everyone went directly to kill people.
Chen Yan stopped talking and suddenly realized that he was slashed in front of his face and fell into a pool of blood. He still yelled with all his strength: "It's your Majesty, or Liu Yan!"
A man added another blow and chopped off Chen Yan's head: "You are still talking nonsense, I will let you talk nonsense!"
In the blink of an eye, Chen Yan's whole family was killed, and these men also took out a flag saying "Donglin traitor, causing harm to the country and the people" and placed it on Chen Yan's body.
"Let's go back and do business!"
Two days later, the news that Chen Yan and Wei Zaode's family were killed spread throughout the capital. Emperor Chongzhen was shocked when he heard the news. Who did this?
So Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly summoned Chen Xinjia and asked directly face to face: "Do you know about Chen Yan and Wei Zaode?"
"I only found out this morning."
"Who did it? Is it Liu Yan!"
Chen Xinjia subconsciously wanted to deny it, but then he was stunned: was it Liu Yan?
Seeing Chen Xinjia stunned, Emperor Chongzhen also understood and felt a sense of fear in his heart, saying, "Liu Yan is demonstrating to me!"
"Your Majesty, if it is really the person Liu Yan killed, the Donglin Party members will not let it go. They will definitely rise up and cause trouble. Then the situation that has just been calmed down will worsen again. Your Majesty should make preparations in advance."
"What preparations should I make?"
Emperor Chongzhen said angrily: "Do you still need me to defend Liu Yan?"
Chen Xinjia smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, if you protect Liu Yan now, you are protecting the overall situation. After all, those Donglin Party members have no ability to destroy Li Zicheng, nor can they maintain the stability of the capital, let alone
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 ask Liu Yan to send troops immediately to rescue Hong Chengchou?"
Chen Xingjia said: "I also want to rescue Mr. Hongge, but according to the time calculation, even if Liu Yan leads the army, it will be too late. Mr. Hongge's troops have been out of food more than a month ago, and they can't support reinforcements. Arrived.”
"Then we have to save him too!"
Emperor Chongzhen said angrily: "Immediately give Liu Yan an order to send troops to Xinzhou, immediately!"
The next day, there was a big discussion between the DPRK and China.
The court hall was filled with memorials for impeaching Liu Yan for killing innocent people and being cruel and unjust.
However, Emperor Chongzhen said nothing and watched the Donglin Party members making a fuss with cold eyes. In the end, he just said: "Retreat from the court!" and left the hall directly, leaving the civil and military officials of the court standing there in astonishment.
After the court meeting, Chen Xinjia left the city with an order ordering Liu Yan to send troops to Xinzhou and rushed towards the new army guard camp.
