Hearing Li Zhi's words, Cui Changwu was stunned and said, "The Holy Lord has just returned to Beijing, and the Holy Body is tired, so it is better to rest for one night and then go out." ”

Li Zhi looked at the sky outside the hall and stood up: "It's okay, it's not too late today, I'll come when I go." ”

The hundred officials looked at each other for a while, not understanding who Li Zhi was going to see. Some people guessed, but they weren't sure if they were right, so they just kept silent.

Li Zhi strode off the throne, looked at Li Laosi, and said, "Li Laosi, you can drive for me." ”

Li Laosi bowed and nodded, and said, "Subordinates obey orders." ”

Han Jinxin hurriedly ran up and said, "My subordinates are leading the way for the saint." ”

Li Zhi nodded, and walked outside the Forbidden City with Han Jinxin and Li Laosi. Walking behind the Jinshui Bridge, Li Zhi jumped into the passenger seat of the jeep. Li Laosi sat in the driver's seat, and Han Jinxin sat in the back seat to guide Li Laosi.

The guards of the Forbidden City Praetorian Brigade hurriedly followed and drove twenty heavily loaded jeeps out of the garage. Each jeep has a Gatling machine gun on it, and eight heavily armed Tiger Warriors sit in the back, which can basically take out thousands of ordinary thieves.

Ten jeeps drove the road in front and ten in the back to ensure Li Zhi's safety.

Li Laosi said casually: "If the saint goes to see a sinner like this, I'm afraid it will make it difficult for the magistrate to do it." The magistrate really didn't know whether to offer such a deposed emperor or treat him as an ordinary person. ”

Li Laosi is the most loyal person to Li Zhi, and he has made great achievements, so some things can be said very casually. Even if Li Zhi decided to meet someone, he dared to oppose it.

Li Zhi looked at the road ahead and said, "It's okay, I believe that the magistrates of Daqi will be measured." ”

Li Laosi nodded and said no more.

Out of the outer city of Beijing, Li Zhi asked curiously, "Where does he live?" ”

Han Jinxin replied: "Back to the saint, he lives in a small town seventy miles west of the capital. Although the population of that town is small, it is the only town in the vicinity of a dozen miles. Living there, the price is relatively low, and the rent is easy to deal with. ”

In fact, there was already a matter of renting in the Ming Dynasty, and there are many records of rental transactions in the "Golden Bottle Plum" and "The Outer History of Confucianism".

Li Zhi asked, "Is it a rented house?" ”

Han Jinxin leaned on the back of Li Zhi's chair and replied, "Yes, Shengshang, it seems to be a small courtyard." ”

Li Zhi stopped talking, and only let his body rise and fall with the bumps of the vehicle.

The newly built asphalt road on the outskirts of Beijing has only two lanes, but it is far easier to walk than a dirt road. Although there are a lot of merchants on the road, when they see the convoy of the Son of Heaven coming and the merchants are all going to both sides, the convoy can still drive at a speed of more than ten kilometers per hour. About two hours later, Li Zhi saw a deserted town.

The town is in the middle of two hills, next to a small river, and is not on a major transportation route. There are only about 20 houses in the town, mostly grocery stores selling meat, vegetables, ironware and clothes, apparently for the nearby farmers. A few peasants wander the town's roads, seemingly picking up their daily goods.

After two years of management by Cui Changwu and Li Huan, the peasants on the outskirts of Beijing seem to be richer than before. At least the farmers in these towns don't seem to have malnourished dishes.

Han Jinxin thought for a while and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to block the town?" ”

Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "No, Han Jinxin, you take the guards to wait for me outside the town." Don't go in. ”

Han Jinxin hesitated: "Your Majesty, this... This isn't good. After hesitating for a while, Han Jinxin still said bluntly: "After all, this is the abolished emperor, if he is angry and desperate with His Majesty, I am afraid that it will be dangerous without the presence of the guards." “

Li Zhi shook his head and said, "No need, I have my own measure." “

Han Jinxin thought about it, didn't dare to say more, buried his head and jumped out of the car, and guarded the road outside the town with the guards. Li Laosi drove the jeep on, and finally drove the car to a small and dilapidated courtyard.

Li Zhi looked outside the courtyard for a while and found that it was a small courtyard with a single family. The gate of the courtyard is not wide, that is, the size of the door of ordinary people's houses. There is a small courtyard in front with a well in the courtyard. Behind it are three brick houses, all of which are a little old, and there is some moss on them.

As soon as the car stopped, Li Zhi saw an old farmer with a sickle walking out. The old man was holding a piece of yellow paper on which a letter seemed to be written with a brush, and the old man carefully blew the ink with his mouth, hoping that the ink would soon dry.

After walking a few steps, the old man shook his head and said, "It's more expensive..."

As he spoke, the old man accidentally raised his foot and kicked the tire of Li Zhi's jeep.

Li Laosi frowned and looked at the old man coldly.

Over the years, Li Laosi didn't know how many big battles he had commanded, and the corpses he had killed were mountains and seas of blood, and there was a terrifying murderous aura on his body. His glaring frightened the old man into losing his thoughts all of a sudden, and ran away as soon as he threw the letter away. He took great steps, and in a moment he ran out of the town, without looking back.

Li Zhi smiled, jumped out of the car, and picked up the old man's stationery.

On the letterhead is a letter written in block letters, which was written by an old man to his son who was working in Tianjin. In fact, in the era of brush characters, the official official font has always been block letters. Li Zhi later saw some ancient holy decrees in the museum, and the characters on them were extremely neat, and they were even better than the italic characters printed in later generations.

The calligraphy on this letter paper is also extremely neat and beautiful, as if it shows the calligrapher's calligraphy level.

Li Zhi nodded and said, "This is a good errand to make a living. “

Li Laosi turned off the car and jumped out of the car to open the door for Li Zhi. Then Li Laosi escorted Li Zhi into the courtyard.

In the courtyard, an emaciated figure was chopping wood by a well. Li Zhi took a closer look, and only then did he see that this person was Wang Chengen, the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor and the eunuch of Bingbi.

Wang Chengen didn't seem to be malnourished, and he was obviously full on weekdays. It's just that his mental state is a little trance, and every time he chops wood, he has to stand in front of the axe for a while, not knowing what he is thinking.

Li Zhi shouted with his hands behind his back: "Wang Chengen! “

Wang Chengen looked at Li Zhi in surprise.

He first looked at the gorgeous Tianzi costume on Li Zhi's body, and then began to pay attention to Li Zhi's face. When he saw clearly who Li Zhi was, an extremely panicked expression appeared on his face.

He suddenly let out a piercing scream, rushed to the house behind the courtyard, and shouted, "Master! Run! Run, sir! “

The master in Wang Chengen's mouth is obviously the abolished emperor Zhu Youzhen.

Very few deposed emperors in history have escaped the fate of being poisoned. When Wang Chengen saw Li Zhi, he thought that this son of heaven was finally coming to take Zhu Youzhen's life. Although he also knew that Zhu Youzhen had no way to escape, he still subconsciously asked his master to struggle for the end.

Wang Chengen's shouting was enough for everyone nearby to hear. The other townsfolk in the vicinity looked at the courtyard curiously. But there was no movement from the people in the room.

Li Zhi only looked at Wang Chengen quietly.

Wang Chengen called for a long time, only to find that his call had no effect,

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