"Mu Jing, I'm your mother!" Lu Jin couldn't stop shaking his head and cursing along the way, "Why did you want to drag me into the water when you assassinated King Gui?!" ”

According to Xu Feihu, now that King Gui is dead, the assassin is the woman he Lu Jin brought into the palace. Now he jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't wash it, what else could he do except escape?

Last night, he and his family ran nearly 40 miles south along the Guijiang River, until they were so tired that their legs cramped before they could rest for a while. Fortunately, he has a lot of old acquaintances near Wuzhou, and no one stopped him all the way while the changes in the city have not yet been reported.

At dawn, he ordered his henchmen to buy horses at the post station near the left, and continued to flee south, hoping to enter Guangdong along the lower reaches of the Guijiang River, and then find a way to go to Shaozhou Mansion, or to survive.

Less than half an hour after he set off, a large group of pursuers arrived, distinguishing the traces on the ground, dividing them into two ways, and continuing to chase closely.

On the other hand, in the city of Wuzhou, everything is even more shocked.

When Chen Ke learned that something had happened to King Gui's Mansion, he immediately transferred thousands of men and horses overnight to surround the palace, and then ordered the four gates of Wuzhou City to be closed, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, and at the same time the whole city was sold.

By noon the next day, Ding Kuichu, who was suppressing the officers and soldiers in Liuzhou, also got the news and was immediately shocked.

Now Guangxi's "broken house" is leaking rain everywhere, if King Gui, the biggest card in his hand, has another problem, this situation will really be out of control.

He hurriedly handed over the military affairs to the adjutant general, and then led the people back to Wuzhou in a hurry.

"Have you searched the city carefully?"

"Back to the Governor's Hall, my subordinates sent 5,000 soldiers and horses to search several times, but there was no trace of King Gui."

Ding Kuichu hurriedly said: "Didn't he escape from the palace?" ”

Chen Xuan hurriedly said: "But it may not be, some soldiers will report to the future, saying that before and after the incident last night, Lu Jin pretended to have urgent military affairs and went out of the city. ”

Ding Kuichu heard the words as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, and said sharply: "King Gui must have been taken away by him taking advantage of the chaos, and he will quickly send troops to chase him!" If you live to see people, you have to see corpses when you die! ”

"Yu Du Tang, his subordinates have sent people to trace him overnight, and he will never let him escape."

"Okay, good ......" Ding Kuichu lowered his head and thought about it, and then ordered, "It's not enough, immediately transfer troops to guard the border between Guizhou and Guangdong, be sure to check carefully, and don't let anyone leave." ”

"Subordinates obey orders."

As soon as he finished speaking, a guard came with a letter to report, "Yu Governor's Hall, Zhen'an Mansion is urgent." ”

Ding Kuichu opened the envelope and took out the paper in it to look at it. It was reported by the garrison of Zhen'an Prefecture near Yunnan that 5,000 soldiers and horses from Shadingzhou had entered the Gui realm, and the general Tang Guest, the commander of the army, asked for grain, grass and silver salaries.

Ding Kuichu knew that Shadingzhou was entrenched in Yunnan, and there was no calculation of accumulating money, and the soldiers and horses under his command were extremely well-equipped, and the combat power of these 5,000 troops was enough to cover more than 10,000 of his own people.

With the reinforcement of this Dian army, it is possible for him to wrestle with the imperial court. But now the king of Gui, whom he used to command the heroes, is gone. If Sha Dingzhou learns of this, he will definitely withdraw his troops and horses and give up joining forces with him.

No, we must find a way to stabilize Sha Shi first. Ding Kuichu frowned and groaned, since he couldn't find King Gui by himself, it was difficult for others to know his whereabouts.

Right! King Gui is just a signboard, whether he is true or not?

As soon as he thought of this, he immediately summoned Chen Ke and ordered: "You return to Wuzhou immediately and spread the news, only to say that King Gui's mansion is on fire, King Gui has suffered some minor injuries, and needs to recuperate for a few days, but it doesn't matter."

"Gather the people of the royal palace and set up another place as the royal palace, so that they will still act as usual."

Chen Xuan was also shocked when he heard this, but he still arched his hand and said, "My subordinates obey the order!" He thought for a moment and then asked, "There should be a 'King Gui' in this mansion......"

"You go and find a person with a similar figure and appearance to fill it, so that your henchmen can serve you left and right, and let others get closer."

"My subordinates understand."

After Chen Ke returned to Wuzhou, he immediately transferred a large number of soldiers to guard the border of Guangxi, beware of Lu Jin's escape to Guangdong "with King Gui". The city of Wuzhou was suddenly relieved.

Lu Jin fled all the way to the Yongning area in the southeast of Guangxi, but saw that the border to the east was densely guarded, and he could not leave Guidi at all.

At the same time, the number of pursuers behind him was still increasing, and there were about 2,000 at this time, and they were surrounded and intercepted in multiple ways, which made him miserable, but he could only continue to flee with his head bored.

And Zhu Youlang was in Wuzhou City at this time, and the dilapidated mansion where he was hiding was less than two hundred steps away from the palace that had been burned to ashes. But only the day after the fire broke out in the palace, a soldier came here to take a quick look, and no one came after that.

It's the so-called dark under the lamp. Who could believe that King Gui, who they could not find in almost all the southeast of Guangxi, was actually next to the palace, right under their noses.

……

In a village in Majiang County, Wuzhou Prefecture, more than a dozen farmers are gathering in the field for lunch.

"Eh, did you hear that?" A square-faced man said with a mysterious expression, "The imperial court wants to change to a 'single tax'. ”

"What is a single tax?"

"You don't even know that?" Fang Face poured saliva and said, "In the future, the government will only levy four percent tax, and all other taxes and donations will be banned!" ”

"Really?"

"Impossible......"

Fang Yan said seriously: "Naturally, it is true, it is said that Guangdong has implemented it." Maybe it won't be long before we get here. ”

"Hey, I heard that Ding Lao'er is going to fight with the imperial court, and Guangxi is thankful that it doesn't increase its endowment."

Square Face sighed, "Who says it's not?" I hope that the imperial court can win the battle quickly......"

"Silence, you don't want to die?!" Immediately, someone gestured around and saw that there were no strangers, so he said, "Lao Zhang, who are you listening to?" ”

"Li Dazi in the east of the village."

At this time, Li Dazi was also talking about the "single tax" with flying eyebrows, and he heard the farmers around him nodding frequently.

Then he talked about the imperial court's disaster relief in southern Fujian and Chaozhou, and hundreds of people died and survived, and the imperial court also exempted the disaster area from taxes for two years. By the way, he also briefly popularized potatoes and sweet potatoes.

"Hey, if it weren't for the rebellion surnamed Ding, I'm afraid we would be much better off now."

He finally summed up, under the pretext that there was something at home, he turned around and went to the next village, waiting for the opportunity to publicize according to the announced arrangement. And what he had just said was quickly spread everywhere by the villagers.

This Li Dajizi, formerly known as Li Dai, was a policy officer under the newly established Ying Policy Department of the Propaganda Department, specializing in spreading rumors and creating public opinion on the enemy.

There are no less than five or six hundred policy officials like him in Wuzhou, Liuzhou and other places, which has greatly affected public opinion in Guangxi.

Of course, in addition to people like Li Dai, who are in charge of the countryside, there are other policy officials who are in charge of different groups of people.

At this time, in the Wangxing Pavilion, the most prestigious restaurant in Liuzhou City, there were twenty or thirty students holding a poetry meeting. However, after a few poems, everyone gathered around Zhao Xiucai and listened to him talk.

"The Propaganda Department, that is alongside the six departments of the original court. You should also be able to imagine how many seats need people in this huge new establishment. ”