The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 617
Aruna only felt that her physical strength was constantly being lost from the wound on her left arm. Just as the sound of horseshoes in her ears began to fade away, she finally saw a few fast boats parked on the river in the distance, and Meng Zhengfa was excited to herself. wave.

She felt relieved, this time, in order to kidnap the little emperor of Nanming, the dark lines planted by the Qing Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River almost came out. If she missed it, she would definitely not have the strength to do it again in the future, and she would have no chance to rescue her tribe again.

When she got to the side of the boat, she gritted her teeth and said to Meng Zhengfa: "The big thing is done, you set sail!" Then she signaled to a subordinate behind her, "Ente Heng, hand him over to him, and the others will stop here with me." Chasing soldiers..."

A Jianlu soldier got off his horse and boarded the ship, and handed over the baby hanging on his chest to Meng Zhengfa, who was Taizheng Emperor Zhu Linyuan.

Meng Zhengfa glanced at the little emperor and was immediately overjoyed, that's right!It is the Son of Heaven!At this moment, he seemed to have seen the scene of himself pointing the country and looking down on the world at any time, and his heart couldn't help beating wildly.

He ordered his subordinates to put Zhu Linyuan away carefully, and excitedly said to Aruna: "A bodyguard has made a great contribution! Now just wait for Huang Shilang and his family members to arrive, and then immediately pull out the anchor and go west."

"Don't wait! Let's go now!" Aruna took a breath and shouted, "I can't delay the pursuit for too long!"

She knew that the generals of the Meng family who were supposed to stop the pursuers were taken away by the Ming army for some reason. Not only did they fail to buy time for themselves, but they also delayed her for a long time. Now the Ming army may chase them at any time.

This is where the head of the Nanming Kingdom is located, and the Ming army was suddenly attacked just now, and it was too late to gather troops, so I succeeded.When they reacted, at least 4000 troops from the imperial camp plus the Nanjing garrison arrived in an instant, and their own people would be overwhelmed in an instant.

"But, didn't we agree at the beginning..."

Huang Jingfang, Peng Li and others left the city very late because they needed to support them in Nanjing.And Meng Zhengfa was afraid of being discovered by others, so his family members did not go with him.It is still far from the agreed sailing time, and what he has done this time is a speculator's business. If he leaves like this, these people will surely die.

Seeing that he was still hesitating, Aruna jumped onto the boat in a few steps, put the horizontal knife on Meng Zhengfa's neck, and shouted: "Go!" As soon as the words fell, her eyes darkened and she passed out.

……

Yale sent people to repeatedly inquire, and after confirming that General Jin and the imperial camp had captured all the gangsters who hijacked the emperor, he carefully protected the second lady and came to the river.

From a distance, Mu Zhiqing saw Jin Wu anxiously shouting around, "Have you found it?!" But seeing the soldiers shaking their heads, she felt something was wrong.

"General Jin, how is the situation?"

As one of the core generals of the Polu camp, Jin Wu knew of her relationship with the assistant king, so he cupped his hands and said anxiously: "These people are actually captives! They just raided the imperial chariot and robbed the emperor... ..."

"Jian captive?!" Mu Zhiqing's heart sank, how could there be a large group of captives near Nanjing?
She asked again: "I left Gao Wenrong and others behind, and then I found the nearby Xiangyong to stop them on the way, but I didn't stop them?"

"It turned out that those people were arranged by Mr. Mu. It's just that the captives were very cunning and used a baby that looked like the emperor to trick the queen mother, but the queen mother didn't recognize them for a while and let them go."

"Has the Son of Heaven been found?"

Jin Wu lowered his head and sighed, "Not yet, probably..."

Mu Zhiqing frowned, thinking to herself, could it be that the emperor was snatched away by the prisoner?No, what's the use of them wanting a baby in swaddling?When building the fortress, Daming had proved to the world that even if the emperor was captured, he would never compromise. So what exactly did Jianlu want to do?
While she was contemplating, a soldier came on horseback and cupped his hands to Jin Wu, saying, "General, stop Master Huang, Minister of Rites, Master Peng, Officer of Military and Horse Division, and others nearby, and they all came with their entire families." .”

Mu Zhiqing's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly said to Jin Wu: "General Jin, quickly interrogate these people on the spot!"

"But, they are all court officials..."

"As I expected, they are planning to flee with their family! Therefore, even if they did not participate in the kidnapping of the emperor, they must be involved."

"but……"

"General Jin, don't delay any longer, the longer the emperor disappears, the harder it will be to find him!"

Jin Wu also felt that what she said was reasonable, so he ordered Huang Jingfang and others' followers to be interrogated first.Seeing that the boat that picked them up was gone, these people thought it was a failure, and soon confessed that they wanted to flee to Tianxing Mansion with their master.

Huang Jingfang, Peng Li and others couldn't deny it, and they scolded Meng Zhengfa thousands of times in their hearts, but they had no choice but to tell the whole story about how they plotted to kidnap the emperor, how they sent the emperor to Fujing, and pushed the empress dowager down.

Jin Wu was shocked when he heard the words, and asked Huang Jingfang, "Why do you want to take a boat here when you go to Fujian?"

"Meng Zhengfa only said that there are too many troops stationed in Yingtian Mansion, and he wants to take a boat to Chizhou Mansion first, and then enter Xianxia Pass via Huizhou and Quzhou."

Jin Wu immediately cupped his hands to Mu Zhiqing, "I'll go back to the city and report to the imperial court. Hurry up and send the letter to Quzhou Mansion, there should be time to stop the traitor Meng Zhengfa!"

"Wait a minute, general!" Mu Zhiqing stopped him, and said puzzledly, "As far as I know, Meng Zhengfa is not from Fujian, why did he coerce the emperor into Fujian?

"Besides, there are still seven or eight hundred miles from Huizhou and Quzhou to Fujing. If the imperial court sends troops to pursue, Mengshi will have no reason to escape. He can plan carefully to rob the emperor, but how can he think of not doing so?"

Jin Wu was also taken aback, "Then where are they going to take the Holy One?"

Mu Zhiqing frowned and thought for a while, then said: "The Son of Heaven disappeared near here, and with Huang Jingfang and others' confession, the thieves should have fled by boat. The most urgent thing is to get the navy to pursue them as soon as possible.

"In addition, the matter is of great importance. General Jin quickly dispatched a fast horse to report to His Royal Highness the Assistant Prince, and asked him to return to Yingtian Mansion to preside over the overall situation."

Jin Wu nodded again and again, first sent three groups of people to Ningbo to ask the assistant king for emergency, then cupped his hands to Mu Zhiqing and said: "Then I will go back to the city and let the Ministry of War issue a document to transfer the navy and warships."

"It's too late," Mu Zhiqing shook her head and said, "As soon as the Ministry of War agrees to the procedure, the Navy may not be able to leave until it gets dark. General, follow me to the mouth of the Longjiang River first."

The mouth of the Longjiang River is where the navy stationed to guard Yingtianfu.When she got on the horse, she saw a woman lying on the ground beside her and crying, "Master, even if you don't care about your concubine, how could you even have the heart to leave your friend here..."

She pointed to the woman and asked the officer beside her, "Who is this?"

"Master Hui, it's Meng Zhengfa's concubine's room, and the one next to him is his eldest son Meng Zepeng."

"Why didn't you try them just now?"

"This is just a concubine and a seven or eight-year-old child, so..."

Mu Zhiqing thought about it for a while, then cupped her hands and said to Jin Wu: "General, let's go to the navy to warn the police first, and you will order these two people to be strictly interrogated. Meng Zhengfa may have deceived everyone..."

(End of this chapter)