At midnight, Su Song arrived outside Du Zhongxiao's residence and whispered loudly: "Brother Du, is there anything wrong today? Since you don't come, why not ask someone to inform me. I have been waiting there for a long time."

After saying that, he saw that the door was closed and there was no sound inside. After thinking for a while, he pushed the door and entered the room, and saw Du Zhongxiao tied there at a glance.

Su Song was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to take out the rag that blocked Du Zhongxiao's mouth and asked, "What's going on?"

Du Zhongxiao took a deep breath and said, "Two thieves came last night. They took the booklet I wanted to present to the court, so they tied me here. Brother Su loosened me for me and quickly reported to the officials. Those thieves lived not far from here."

Su Song hurriedly untied Du Zhongxiao, helped him sit up, and asked in detail about the incident.

After listening patiently, Su Song said, "What's the use of these people getting the booklet? If the imperial court continues with the will, there is no place in the world where they can make money with this method! Even if it is far away in the northwest, which foreign country dares to take them in!"

Du Zhongxiao sat down and was stunned for a while, and suddenly said, "Of course there is a place to dare to take it in. Brother Su, don't look for Dangxiang people!"

Su Song was surprised: "You mean, those thieves want to surrender to the Party?"

Du Zhongxiao took a deep breath: "It's useless to guess. Brother Su, let's go out to see together. The northwest guests who live nearby are still here. Those thieves said they are from the northwest, and maybe they have something to do with them."

Just now, Du Zhongxiao suddenly remembered the legend related to Zhang Yuan that he had heard in his previous life. It was said that Zhang Yuan went to the northwest to be named Zhang Yuan, and was highly valued by Yuanhao and had a high status. This person is quite capable and left some legendary stories. One of them was that after he arrived in the northwest, he sent someone to the Song Dynasty to pick up his family and leave calmly. Two days ago, people living nearby from the northwest, but Zhang Yuan's family was there.

After leaving the room with Su Song, Du Zhongxiao went to the inn next to him, found Yang Zhu and Lu Kai who had not left yet, and asked, "Two days ago, Peng Tiejie from the northwest had a drink with us. I wonder if the person is still there?"

Yang Zhuo said: "Peng Tiexia went to the northwest with Zhang Yuan's nephew to lure Zhang Yuan. How could he stay for a long time? He left the city with the people of the Zhang family early this morning and headed to the northwest. Calculate the time, he had already left the city and might have passed the Bajiao Shop."

Du Zhongxiao said: "There is something strange about this. I was hit by a thief last night, which is related to people from the northwest. If the two of you have nothing to do, what about going to report to the officials with me? This matter involves the treasonous thief Zhang Yuan, so don't be careless."

Yang Zhu and Lu Kai discussed it, but there was no objection. At this time, the court investigated Dangxiang's spies very strictly. Since it was implicated, it could not be avoided. Otherwise, it would be related to Dangxiang in the future and affect the future of the two.

But Wu Kejiu was carried out of the city by Ma Da, Niu Er and others, and walked a few miles away. He said, "Tell me, where are you going? If you are acting in the army, you will not see you wearing military uniforms and you will not see any officials handing over it, which makes me feel uneasy. My cousin is in the capital, can I ask me to ask someone to tell my cousin that you should not worry about your family?"

Ma laughed and said, "Little brother, don't worry. What we do is a secret military matter, so naturally we cannot let outsiders know it. When you arrive at the place, you have an official position and then send a letter to your family. What a glorious thing! Many of us, what can happen on the road? Just hurry on the road with peace of mind."

The more Wu Kejiu thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, and he was panicked. However, the few people around him were as fierce as if they were so seldom of humans, and they did not dare to speak up to resist, so they had to follow him. When the sun rose, the group had already arrived at the octagonal shop.

Looking at the stall selling food on the roadside, Wu Kejiu said: "I'm really hungry when I leave the city early in the morning, so I might as well eat something."

Niu Erdao: "The road here is long and there is no delay. We can bring dry food and just eat a few bites to satisfy our hunger."

Hearing this, Wu Kejiu became more and more panicked, feeling that these people were not as good as those on the official side. However, there were not many pedestrians on the road, and the people around him were watching him tightly, so he couldn't find a chance to escape. He had to press his mind and slowly think of a solution in his heart.

After passing Yuetai Town, I saw a group of officers and soldiers coming towards me. Although the armor was not clear and it looked a little scattered, the official army undoubtedly did not.

Wu Kejiu was overjoyed when he saw it, holding his breath, and waited only to approach, and then rode his horse to the team there. Although these people around him were vicious, Wu Kejiu wanted to come, he would never dare to rush to the imperial guards.

The two sides were getting closer, and Wu Kejiu took a breath and was about to ride out. However, he didn't expect the horse in front to take the lead and saluted to the official army with his hands crossed and said loudly: "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Yu! There are so many people here, how can you come here?"

An officer rode his horse forward and returned the gift to Ma Da: "Isn't it bad luck? When I passed Zhengzhou, I actually took an errand and sent some things to Zhongmu County. The people and the others had already arrived here, so they simply came to welcome their brother."

Wu Kejiu saw behind him that Ma Da and others were brothers and brothers with the official army, and he couldn't help but feel suspicious again. Could it be that these people are really soldiers from the northwest? Can they really win the official position when they go there? If this is the case, it would not be a bad thing.

There were thirty or fifty officials coming, and they met with Ma Da, Niu Er and others, and turned around and headed westward.

Ma Da and Yu Hou walked together and whispered: "Mr. Yu Hou, you are entrusting with Xu Ming, how could you get an errand?"

"Don't mention it. When I met a eunuch in Zhengzhou, I wanted to transport goods to Zhongmu County. I was probably selling goods for profit by myself. We happened to be met by his people outside the city, and wrote a document and forced it to come over. This is the hinterland of the Central Plains, and I dare not turn against them, so I had to go for them. When we arrived in Zhengzhou, we had to go back and pay back the letter before we could set off with you. Otherwise, we would be unable to fly if we wrote documents for a few prefectures and counties. This is their personal matter, and it is even more difficult to deal with than what is worse than the official family."

When Ma Da heard this, he was amused and laughed. Zhang Yuan chose these people to come to pick up his family. Some pretended to be in Beijing, while others pretended to be small troops returning to Beijing from the northwest to work. They passed through the states and counties, and followed the rules, and nothing happened.

At this time, Jingxi Road was not peaceful. Dangxiang chaos broke out. Zhang Hai in the southern part of Shaanxi Road started a rebellion and turned to Jingxi Road. This kind of small group of imperial guards from Shaanxi Road was not uncommon. The people sent by Zhang Yuan did not enter the city and had forged official documents on them, so they were safe and sound. It was not until near Zhengzhou that he met a central envoy who came out to do business. He regarded them as real imperial guards and sent them to deliver private goods to himself. These people were afraid that they would be seen through, so they had to send the things to the place for the eunuch, took the back text and went back to hand in the service. Zhongmu was not far from Feng, so he came over.

From Kaifeng Prefecture to Xijing Henan Prefecture, there are many imperial guard camps in prefectures and counties, with a large number of troops distributed. However, the affiliation of these troops is complicated, and even the Privy Council is difficult to clarify them one by one. As long as you don’t cause trouble, it is not difficult to pretend to be an army and take advantage of the situation. Of course, once your identity is exposed, you will have no way to escape, and there are heavy troops stationed in almost every direction.
Chapter completed!