In the forest beside the official road.

Qiao Zheng, the head of the Ministry of Justice, listened to the Yamama report: "No Zheng Ruzong was found in the caravan leaving the city."

Qiao Zheng frowned. According to the information found by Wei Yuanchen, Zheng Ruzong pretended to be "Manager Xiong". He saw that "Manager Xiong" left the Zhuangzi with the caravan. Could it be that Zheng Ruzong disguised himself halfway and acted separately from the caravan?

It's so cunning.

However, the people who have followed Zheng Ruzong for several years should not let Zheng Ruzong go, right?

Qiao Zheng couldn't help but smiled at this. He had so many expectations for "people in the market". Perhaps it was because of Yan Tan's case that he had to re-examine those people.

Qiao Zheng said: "I hope I can hold the person smoothly this time." It is best to get more evidence.

After Qiao Zheng said that, he spit out the hay leaves in his mouth. What's the matter? Wei Yuanchen was restrained at home, but in the end, the Ministry of Justice still had to use those people in the market.

And those "people" were wearing pairs of pants with Wei Yuanchen, and helped Wei Yuanchen investigate the case one by one, like filial sons and grandsons who were filial to their elders.

Wei Yuanchen was silent for many days. He thought he was frustrated in the case of Prince Huai's Mansion, but he secretly investigated other clues behind his back, so in the end, they lost this game.

I don’t know what my uncle was thinking, so I kept watching coldly. Seeing Wei Yuanchen walking in front of them, my uncle was not in a hurry.

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Zheng Ruzong walked patiently for another hour, and while resting beside the official road, he heard people around him coming to report.

"The things were shipped away."

Zheng Ruzong nodded. Although most of the wealth they accumulated through smuggling were transported to the northern border, some of them were not available for sending them away. These things were very important to the northern border and meant more troops and military funds.

The court investigated the case of the Censorate and found the Zhang family. It was not easy to restrain the money in the future, and they could not lose any more.

Zheng Ruzong sighed as he thought about it. He had lost so much that he didn't know how to explain to the master.

"Are you going home or getting married?"

Zheng Ruzong felt someone leaning over, and Zheng Ruzong felt a stern in his heart. He raised his eyes and looked at the man carefully. The man looked about the same age as him, with black and yellow skin and rough. He obviously often walked outside, wearing coarse cloth clothes and carrying a large wooden box. There was a string of bells hanging on the wooden box, which made people know that he was a peddler at a glance.

The peddler walked around the streets and wanted to sell the items in his box all the time. That's probably why the peddler came forward to talk to him.

Two old men of similar age stand together, looking ordinary and natural to outsiders.

Zheng Ruzong made himself look casual, and he followed the peddler's words and said, "Take a relative."

The peddler nodded: "Do you want to take the water route or keep on the official route?"

Zheng Ruzong did not answer. Even if he was chatting, there was no need for him to disclose his whereabouts to a peddler.

The peddler's eyes were on Zheng Ruzong for a moment, and then said, "I see that you don't have much stuff, and there is no inn before moving forward. I still have some dry food here. Do you want to buy some?"

As expected, he wanted to sell things to him, Zheng Ruzong waved his hand: "I brought the cake."

The peddler was not angry and continued to smile, "The Lantern Festival has just been over, why are so many people in a hurry to travel?"

Zheng Ruzong patiently said: "Didn't you leave Beijing too?"

The peddler had a smile on his face, and he looked very friendly: "I'm going out of Beijing to do a big business. I changed money to buy a house so that the old women in my family could enjoy it together."

Zheng Ruzong smiled slightly in his heart. This is what ordinary people think. They are short-sighted and busy with food and expenses all their lives. They always feel that they will get rich, but in fact that that day will never come.

"Do you have a way?" Zheng Ruzong said indifferently.

A pirate's eyes flashed. He looked at Zheng Ruzong and said, "Yes, this time it will definitely work. I have been in charge of this journey for five or six years, and finally I waited for the opportunity. Finally, I haven't been in vain for a long time."

Zheng Ruzong looked at the peddler's appearance and seemed to be experiencing the most proud moment in his life. He was such a fool. The peddler had no idea what was going on at this moment. He was still immersed in his little interests and could not see clearly for the rest of his life.

It is even harder for a wise man to be happy because he can see further and be more sober. When he followed the prince to discuss the affairs of the world in the garrison, he saw through the political situation and knew that the man on the throne would not let the prince and Daning go.

They all knew that the prince was more suitable to sit on the throne than the current emperor. Unfortunately, the prince was the youngest son of the late emperor. When he was an adult, the current emperor won the Wei family and relied on the empress dowager to win the favor of the late emperor. The prince was weak and could not compete with the current emperor, so they came up with a plan, openly being suppressed by the emperor, secretly hiding his strength and waiting for the opportunity.

One day, the world belongs to the prince.

So what if he gave up his identity as a general in the garrison? What he wanted was never this small official position. He was a commander, a unique commander in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Even his descendants were firmly in the position of Minister of War, and the soldiers and horses in the world were under the control of his Zheng family.

When Zheng Ruzong thought that when he arrived here, a group of soldiers passed by.

The peddler looked at the officers and soldiers who had left: "What happened? Is there a problem? After coming out of the city, I encountered several groups of people."

Zheng Ruzong's expression remained unchanged, as if these things had nothing to do with him, but his sharp eyes saw the soldiers clearly. The team was mixed with yamen, who should be from the Ministry of Justice, who arrested the criminals of the Ministry of Justice.

I wonder if the Zhang family father and son and Qiu Hai can escape successfully.

Zheng Ruzong calmed down his emotions. Anyway, the court was not looking for him. If something happened to Qiu Hai and the Zhang family, he would have to wait until the Lord sent troops before avenging them.

Finally, he reached the fork in the road, Zheng Ruzong slowed down and watched the peddler who had just spoken to him and the people on the official road gradually drifting away.

Taking advantage of the lack of people on the road, Zheng Ruzong turned around and walked into the forest. Now he wanted to change his roads to Tongzhou to take the waterway. The more frequent the roads changed, the fewer clues left. This is his experience of walking for many years.

"Maintain the business," the entourage chased forward and reported, "Just just now, the court pursued troops divided into two groups, continued to search along the official road, and went to Tongzhou Wharf."

Zheng Ruzong was shocked.

The follower continued: "There are checkpoints on the official road. I heard that Tongzhou Wharf will be sealed. From now on, everyone will not be allowed to pass."

In other words, can’t you go to Tongzhou? You need to change your path.

Zheng Ruzong frowned, then he was forced to change his way and could not go south any further. He asked the Zhang family and Qiu Hai to go south all the way, and they would meet officers and soldiers in the south, so he could only go northwest.

Such a coincidence? Those people seemed to know what he was going to do.
Chapter completed!