Cao Guozhang is a senior Donglin party, and since Zhou Yanru wants to go to Sichuan, it means that Sichuan must be ready to stand on its own.

Thinking of this, Lu Xiangsheng immediately ordered someone to quickly inform Hong Chengchou, the governor of Shaanxi, and asked him to immediately lead his troops to Hanzhong and Longnan, the gateways of Sichuan, to be stationed in order to deter the armies in Sichuan, so that these generals would not dare to follow Cao Guozhang to rebel.

At the same time, he also ordered He Huchen and Du Wenhuan, who were still suppressing Zhang Xianzhong in southern Shanxi, to suspend the suppression of bandits, and instead led a large army to Ankang through Hancheng and Xi'an to station in Ankang to deter Hubei.

The next day, the third day after Zhou Yanru fled.

In the evening, before Lu Xiangsheng's order reached Hong Chengchou, Qin Shuhuai's order arrived at the Shaanxi Governor's Yamen in Xi'an.

Qin Shuhuai's opinion was even bolder than Lu Xiangsheng's, and he asked Hong Chengchou to directly lead troops into Sichuan, and at least bring more than 30,000 troops to be stationed in Guangyuan or Bazhong.

Hong Chengchou was very hesitant after receiving the letter.

On the one hand, he is short of troops. There are only about 100,000 troops in Shaanxi, of which more than 70,000 are stationed in the south, and the main defense is the Demon Sect that is now entrenched in the south of Gansu. Although there is no movement of the Demon Sect now, if these 30,000 troops are withdrawn, there will only be 40,000 left in southern Shaanxi, what if the Demon Sect comes to attack at that time?

The strength of the Demon Sect soldiers, Hong Chengchou, had been taught, and he knew that with more than 40,000 officers and soldiers, he was no match for the Demon Sect at all.

On the other hand, it was fine for his soldiers to move back and forth in Shaanxi, but to enter the territory of Sichuan, he needed an order from the imperial court. Now that he has neither a holy decree nor an order, he has transferred troops into Sichuan without authorization, and when people refuse, they have nothing to say - this matter is not in accordance with the rules in the first place!

He was very entangled in his heart, thinking that Hou Ye was an understanding person, why didn't he want to think about this layer?

After thinking about it, I finally understood.

What Hou Ye wants to know is whether Sichuan will be opposed. If Sichuan does not rebel, then even if there is no order from the imperial court, as long as he enters Sichuan in the name of chasing the remaining bandits, Cao Guozhang will let him in. If Sichuan wants to rebel, then even if he has an order from the imperial court, Cao Guozhang will not let him enter Sichuan.

As for the Demon Sect, since Hou Ye is sure to transfer troops into Sichuan, the Demon Sect should not attack.

So he immediately ordered to transfer 30,000 troops from Baoji and Hanzhong, led by He Renlong, and immediately rushed to Guangyuan.

However, he still instructed He Renlong that if Guangyuan City did not let them enter, then they should not break in, and first retreat to Ningqiang County, which is not far from Guangyuan but is located in Shaanxi, and then wait for him to report to the imperial court before making plans.

That night, on a small road near Xiangning County in southern Shanxi, five horse-drawn carriages hurried by.

The carriage was loaded with goods and looked like a procession of running merchants.

The convoy consisted of more than a dozen people, all of whom were sturdy men.

In the middle was a large carriage, and the curtain of the carriage was tightly covered.

The convoy deliberately avoided the official road and chose the bumpy trail instead. However, although it is a trail, the speed of the convoy is not slow.

After a while, a healthy horse chased after him, ran to the side of a thin middle-aged man at the front of the convoy, and said in an eager tone, "Elder, there is news from the capital that my brother who is in charge of spreading the message was intercepted by Qin Shuhuai three days ago, and there is not one person who can leave the city!"

The middle-aged man frowned suddenly, then raised his hand and signaled the convoy to stop.

The middle-aged man dismounted, walked to the big carriage in the middle, bowed his hand respectfully, and said, "Zhou Xiang, my subordinates have something important to report." ”

It turned out that this was the Zhou Yanru horse team that everyone couldn't find.

The one sitting in the carriage was Zhou Yanru.

And the thin middle-aged man outside was Zhou Yunhuai, the elder of the Dark Cloud Sect.

He is the younger brother of Zhou Huai'an, the sect leader of the Dark Cloud Sect.

Zhou Yanru lifted the corner of the sedan curtain and asked in a panic, "What's the matter?"

Zhou Yunhuai said, "Zhou Xiang, Qin Shuhuai seems to have an internal response in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the brother in charge of the transmission of my sect has not left the capital, so there will be no one out of ten!"

Passing on the skull, naturally it is about passing on the "Rebellious Minister Qin Shu Huai Xu"!

Zhou Yanru was shocked when he heard this, and immediately walked out.

"Does the Prime Minister have an internal response?"

"Yes, I'm afraid there is a response. ”

"This, how is this possible?" Zhou Yanru muttered to himself, "Could it be Chen Shang?" Only Qian Qianyi and Chen Shang know about this matter, and Old Man Qian Qianyi understands that he will never take refuge in Qin Shun. ”

At this time, the person who came to report the news just now immediately said, "Zhou Xiang, it is reported that Chen Shang has been arrested, and Chen's mansion has already been raided, and it is said that the Chen family may be beheaded all over the house!"

Zhou Yanru's eyelids lifted suddenly, and then his eyes slowly looked at the carriage.

Inside the carriage were the two of his favorite beautiful maids. When he fled from the secret passage, he didn't even bring his own wife, but only these two maids.

Zhou Yunhuai immediately glanced at the two strong men beside him, and the two strong men understood, and immediately jumped into the carriage and dragged the two maids down.

Zhou Yanru's thin body trembled slightly, he pointed at the two and said, "Chunmei, Chunxiang, is it you?"

The two strong men immediately pulled out their bright knives and put them on the necks of the two maids.

Mei's maid said calmly, "Master, what do you think?"

Zhou Yanru couldn't believe it, and he didn't want to believe it.

His trembling hand waved weakly, and he said, "It's not you, are you, right? I know it's not you." Chunmei, you and I still have children!"

Zhou Yunhuai said loudly, "Zhou Xiang! Don't you still understand that the matter has come to this point? There were only you, Mr. Qian, Chen Shilang, and the two of them present that day! Since Mr. Qian and Chen Shilang are impossible, who else is left? Could it be that you yourself said it to Qin Yi?"

Chunmei and Chunxiang knew that they would not escape death, and they both laughed out loud.

The laughter was terrible, like a ghost crying.

Zhou Yanru was cold.

He hunched over and took two steps backwards with a vague step, like a shell that had been drained of vitality in an instant.

He muttered, "Why? Isn't the old man good enough for you? Even if we don't have kindness, at least we have no grievances, right? Why do you want to hurt the old man?"

The laughter stopped abruptly.

Chunmei said faintly, "Zhou Yanru, we really have no grievances with you! But your student Lin Qimin still remembers, right? Thanks to your teaching, when he was the commander of Wuqiao County, Hejian Prefecture, he first arrested my father with the order of forced donation, and then forced my mother to raise money to ransom people, my mother borrowed all over the relatives and neighborhoods, but only half of the money was raised, I wanted to send it to ask Master Lin to slow down first, but I didn't expect Lin Qimin, a brute, to still order someone to beat my father, and actually beat him to death!"

Zhou Yanru recalled carefully, and couldn't think of who this Lin Qimin was. Because he has too many students, anyone who has entered Donglin, or the class of students he invigilated, can be called his students.

He was puzzled, "Then Lin Qimin deserves death even if he is guilty, but what does this have to do with the old man? The old man is all over the world, how can he ensure that all of them are people with both ability and political integrity?"