Chen Lai left Nanjing on the British merchant ship Alice. In order to hide his eyes, Chen Lai not only braided his braids, but also shaved off his once proud hair again. He was preparing to go to Shanghai first, and then change the boat to the north. Qing'an, the Minister of Rites of the Qing Dynasty, also traveled with Chen Lai.

The biggest advantage of riding a foreign ship is that it is easy to pass. Unless an emergency occurs, the Taiping Army's river defense checkpoints along the way generally do not carefully check the identity of passengers on the ship. The Alice, which has been traveling on the Yangtze River channel for many years, has long been familiar with the Taiping Army checkpoints along the way. Basically, the Taiping Army checkpoints are just perfunctory on board the ship, and then immediately wave to let go. So Chen Lai specially picked this boat to avoid the Taiping Army's identity being unexpectedly revealed by the Taiping Army along the way.

As expected, when Chen Lai passed by Guazhou, Zhenjiang, the checkout soldiers under Taiping Army General Ye Yunlai did not check the identity of the passengers on the ship. They just walked around the cabin to check whether there were any banned goods, and waved their hand to let the Alice pass.

Regarding this situation, Chen Lai not only did not blame the soldiers of the Taiping Army in Zhenjiang for their perfunctory attitude, but on the contrary, he was very glad that because Zhenjiang was too close to Nanjing, no one dared to guarantee that the soldiers of the Taiping Army here might recognize Chen Lai, who was an official in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, who was guarding the Heavenly Marquis.

However, after passing Ye Yunlai's army, Chen Lai was relieved. Because the Taiping Army Minister Wu Ruxiao of the downstream was fighting abroad for many years, except for some middle and senior generals, grassroots soldiers generally could not recognize Chen Lai. Therefore, Chen Lai not only did not need to hide in the cabin and dare not show up, but also dared to climb on the deck with the Qing Dynasty secretly envoy Qing'an to browse the scenery of the Yangtze River. After talking about the yard of the Bada Hutong, he went to the yard of the Bada Hutong to check the service quality of the Qingfengyue place.

The Wu Ruxiao Army patrol ships I met along the way did not pay much attention to the Alice. When I passed by Jiangyin, where the Wu Ruxiao Army command was located, several Taiping Army sampan boats stopped the Alice and asked to board the ship for inspection. British captain Willen came forward to negotiate. For safety reasons, Chen Lai and Qing'an were not allowed to return to the cabin for a while. However, even so, Chen Lai still believed that the Jiangyin Taiping Army would definitely not carefully check the identity of the passengers in the cabin, and it was still easy to pass the Jiangyin level.

Unfortunately, Chen Lai miscalculated this time. Not long after he returned to the cabin, there were shouts outside the cabin that Taiping soldiers asked all passengers to open the cabin door for inspection. At the same time, the sailors on the boat also knocked on the door one by one, asking the passengers to open the cabin door. When knocking on Chen Lai's cabin door, the follower was forced to open the door. Chen Lai also quickly asked the Han sailor who knocked on the door: "What happened? Why is it so strict?"

"I heard that Jiangyin received a tip here, and there were important works from the capital hiding on our boat, so we had to check it carefully." The sailor replied casually.

Chen Lai was shocked and almost thought that Qing'an had accidentally exposed his identity, so he quickly walked out of the cabin to check the situation. However, when he only took a look in the cabin corridor, Chen Lai's face turned a little pale. The Taiping general who led the team to search the cabin actually happened to be Cai Xiande, the general who knew him!

Fortunately, before Cai Xiande could see Chen Lai, the frightened Chen Lai quickly retreated to the cabin, lay on the bed and pretended to sleep, and whispered to the entourage and said that he was sick and had an infectious disease, hoping to get through it. As a result, at the critical moment, Chen Lai was also very charitable, and the Taiping Army soldiers actually found a passenger in his cabin next door that might have been a detailed work by Wu Jun.

"June, you misunderstood. I didn't come from Hubei. I was on a boat in Anqing. This is the road that your Anqing Yamen drove for me!"

"Get out of your mother! I can recognize whether this road is true or not! Come and take this Wu thief out! Carefully search his cabin!"

Listening to the disputes and searches coming from the cabin next door, Chen Lai felt relieved and thought he could escape the disaster. Unfortunately, after a passenger suspected of being a Wu army was found, Cai Xiande, who was responsible, led the crowd to Chen Lai's cabin. The followers rushed forward to negotiate and presented the real road routes issued by the Taiping Army in Nanjing. However, Cai Xiande still refused to give up and shouted, "Those who are sleeping in the bed, get up and be inspected."

"Jun Ye, he is sick, it is malaria and it can be contagious."

The entourage quickly spoke up, but the threat was useless. Cai Xiande still asked the Taiping soldiers to force Chen Lai off the bed and let him face him. Chen Lai quickly lowered his head, but it still had no effect. Cai Xiande only looked at him and said coldly: "Mao Tianhou, why don't he say anything when he sees old friends? I remember we were drinking together a few days ago, why did we forget the last time so quickly?"

"Cai..., General Cai." If you really can't hide it, Chen Lai could only look up and say hello, and forced a little smile and said, "I haven't seen each other for a few days, can General Cai be safe?"

"The blessing of protecting the Heavenly Marquis is pretty good." Cai Xiande's smile was a bit ferocious, and he smiled and said, "Guo Tianhou, are you going there? Why are you braided with braids?"

"Under the secret order of King Dong to go to the Shanghai Concession to handle some political affairs in the Kingdom of Heaven." Chen Lai replied with a gritted bullet.

"Oh, then please show the edict of the Eastern King." Cai Xiande said coldly.

Fortunately, out of caution, Yang Xiuqing gave a secret edict to ask Chen Lai to go to Shanghai to handle the mission. However, after reading the secret edict, Cai Xiande refused to give up and asked directly: "Mao Tian, ​​please explain if you have something to do. Our officials of heaven go to the Shanghai Concession to handle the mission. It seems that they can go directly to the concession without disguising themselves? Why did you go to Shanghai to handle the mission by the imperial edict? Not only did you not take the military ships of our heavenly kingdom, but you also braid the Qing demon's braids? Dress up as Qing demon?"

"This..." Chen Lai had no choice but to pull Yang Xiuqing out as a shield and said, "This is the arrangement of the East King. I want to dress up as a Qing Yao to do some secret matters."

"Please protect the Heavenly Lord to show the secret edict of the Eastern King to prove that this is the arrangement of the Eastern King." Cai Xiande asked again.

"This is the oral order of the King of Eastern life, and there is no secret order." Chen Lai continued to defend himself.

"Then there is nothing to do." Cai Xiande shrugged his shoulders and said, "Where is the responsibility, please get off the boat and land on the shore, and go to our Prime Minister Wu to explain. Only when Wu Cheng agrees with you can let you go."

After saying that, Cai Xiande waved his hand, and the Taiping soldiers he brought immediately stepped forward to capture Chen Lai. Chen Lai was shocked and bluffed: "Cai Xiande, you are so brave. I am going to Beijing for a secret order by the King of Dong to handle the work. You dare to take me. Do you know what the charge is?"

"Of course I know, at the least, beheading, and at the worst, five horses dismembered." Cai Xiande said coldly: "But it is not possible. This is an order issued by Prime Minister Wu himself. In the end, the general must act according to the order and take it away!"

"Let go! Let me go! Cai Xiande, it's still time for you to let me go now, otherwise my brother-in-law will definitely take your life! Let me go, let me go!"

No matter how hard Chen Lai struggled and shouted, it was useless. Cai Xiande, with a gloomy face, still asked the Taiping soldiers to block Chen Lai and Chen Lai's entourage and escort off the ship. At the same time, Cai Xiande also asked someone to search Chen Lai's cabin carefully, not letting go of any items in the cabin, and soon found the letter documents hidden in Chen Lai's luggage.

It was only after being taken to the Jiangyin Wharf that Chen Lai discovered that Wu Ruxiao, the commander of the Jiangyin Taiping Army, was waiting for him on the wharf early, and his face was even more gloomy than Cai Xiande. Chen Lai, who was stuffed with linen in his mouth, screamed and asked to talk to Wu Ruxiao, but Wu Ruxiao ignored him at all.

Chen Lai was still scattered. After a while, Qing'an, the secret envoy of the Qing court, was also taken to Jiangyin Wharf by Cai Xiande. As a result, when Wu Ruxiao pulled off the linen from Qing'an's mouth with his own hands, Qing'an immediately shouted: "Why are you arresting me? I am just an ordinary merchant, why are you arresting me?"

"Ordinary merchant?" Wu Ruxiao sneered, "No, right? Lord Qing'an Qing, the right assistant minister of the Qing Yao Rites Ministry, how could you become an ordinary merchant as a second-rank minister?"

Qing'an's scream came to an abrupt end, and his eyes were full of fear and horror when he looked at Wu Ruxiao. Chen Lai was also stunned, but Wu Ruxiao had a cold expression and coldly took Cai Xiande and searched for documents and letters from Chen Lai's cabin. He quickly found the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom letter with gold thread borders from it.

"Woooo..., can't..., can't..."

Chen Lai was shocked when he saw this, and quickly whimpered and stopped Wu Ruxiao from viewing the Book of China. Unfortunately, Wu Ruxiao didn't look at him at all. He just opened the Book of China and looked at the contents carefully. Then Wu Ruxiao's face changed quickly, and his hands holding the Book of China began to shake slightly.

"Prime Minister Wu, is it true..."

Cai Xiande asked nervously, but Wu Ruxiao did not answer. He just finished reading the Guoshu with a blue face, then closed the Guoshuo suddenly and glared at Chen Lai with a blue face. Chen Lai, who knew what kind of virtue Wu Ruxiao was, began to feel distressed and subconsciously avoided Wu Ruxiao's gaze. However, Wu Ruxiao suddenly kicked Chen Lai directly in the stomach, kicked Chen Lai so hard that he flew into the air, vomited blood, and fainted on the spot.

"Take them back to the city! The entire army is ordered to prepare for war in martial law! Ask all the commanders and generals of above-level levels to come to see me!" Wu Ruxiao shouted with a blue face.

On that day, the Jiangyin Taiping Army suddenly entered a state of full preparation for war, and all the generals of the division commander and above also gathered in Wu Ruxiao in the Prime Minister's Mansion in Jiangyin City. When Wu Ruxiao showed in public the iron evidence that Yang Xiuqing colluded with the Qing court to betray the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the generals of the Jiangyin Taiping Army also roared, and everyone was angry and hated Yang Xiuqing's collusion with the enemy and treason. Some even shouted directly: "Prime Minister Wu, raise an army to clear the king's side, kill Yang Xiuqing! Help the Heavenly King to restore the throne!"

"We follow the Heavenly King against the Qing Dynasty because Manzhou is unrighteous and Hu dogs are rampant. The Tatar monster Hu occupied our Chinese land, killed our Han people, and defiled our Chinese women. They are extremely evil and evil. Hu's crimes are perpetrated! Long live the Heavenly King to launch the banner of righteousness, to eliminate the evil spirit, to clear the China, to get rid of the disasters in Manzhou, and to relieve China's sufferings!"

He recited the main content of the anti-Qing manifesto issued by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was reviving. Wu Ruxiao, who was loyal to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, couldn't help but shed tears, and shouted even more angrily: "Who knew that Yang Xiuqing, as the Eastern King of Heaven, imprisoned the Heavenly King, first imprisoned the Heavenly King for long live, and then secretly communicated with Qing Yao to sell the Heavenly Kingdom, and lent the way to the Luosha Qing Yao to kill my anti-Qing friendly army. In order to seek wealth, he actually formed a secret alliance with Qing Yao to help the evil, help Qing Yao to poison our Chinese people, and kill our heavenly soldiers! If Yang Jie does not kill, the heavenly Kingdom will be betrayed by him! If Yang Jie does not kill, the millions of heavenly people will be harmed by him!"

"Brothers, the country and country of heaven are not easy to come. We have killed each sword and shot, and we have sacrificed the lives of countless soldiers! Until now, we are still fighting with the Qing Yao army, and soldiers are still dying every day. Every day, the soldiers of the Heavenly Kingdom sacrifice their heads and blood to fight to the death with the Qing Yao Hu Gou!"

"As the Eastern King of Heaven, Yang Xiuqing did not think about how to avenge our soldiers, nor how to eliminate the Qing demons and restore China, but he actually colluded with the Qing demon court in secret, deliberately creating an excuse to start a war with the Yue Xiao demon, forcing the Yue Xiao demon to start a war with us again, and exchange the lives of our Heavenly soldiers for the Qing demon court's survival! Can we agree?!"

"cannot!"

The Taiping Army generals present roared neatly. Although some of them were false and echoed, most of them were still from the bottom of their hearts. After all, the Taiping Army generals who could get to the level of the division commander or above were the old Taiping Army with the strongest will and the hardliners who were brainwashed by the anti-Qing education of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

"I can't!" Wu Ruxiao yelled with tears in her eyes and shouted: "Brothers, I have made up my mind to raise an army to attack the traitor Yang Xiuqing, rescue the Heavenly King, and help the Heavenly King restore the throne! Who is willing to follow me?!"

"We are willing to follow Prime Minister Wu to the death!" All the Taiping generals present responded and shouted together: "Prevent the traitor Yang Xiuqing and help the Heavenly King restore the throne!"

Even if he is tough, Wu Ruxiao is not a reckless man who just acts resolutely. While resolutely decided to raise an army to attack Yang Xiuqing, Wu Ruxiao sent a large number of messengers as soon as possible to contact the generals of Taiping Army from all over the country to show evidence of Yang Xiuqing's rebellion and turn the Qing, tell them their decision to raise an army to attack Yang Xiuqing, and also urged the generals of Taiping Army from all over the country to follow their example in order to raise an army to attack Yang Xiuqing, rescue Hong Xiuquan, and regain Hong Xiuquan to the leadership position.

No matter how slandered as a barbarian bandit, he could walk from a small mountain village in Guiping County, Guangxi to occupying half of China. If there were no real loyal and brave righteous men in the Taiping Army, no one would believe it. So when Wu Ruxiao's proclamation was spread, after sending people to Jiangyin to see Yang Xiuqing's iron evidence of Tongqing's treason, Ye Yunlai, who led his army to guard Zhenjiang, immediately became the first Taiping Army general to raise an army to respond to Wu Ruxiao.

In addition to being the closest reason for Ye Yunlai's rebellion, there is another key reason. In history, Ye Yunlai was surrounded by the Hunan Army for two years. He did not waver at all until the food was exhausted and the city was destroyed. He swears not to surrender. His soldiers would rather die than surrender, either die in battle or jump into the river, and died heroically, and almost no one surrendered.
Chapter completed!