At noon on the second day, after Xue Laoer and Zhang Hong led their troops back, Zhou Shixian finally ordered the army to set off.

Zhang Hongzhe continued to lead the Wu of the Wei and Weiying and dozens of Jinyiwei of Xue Laoer to control the three military leaders and tens of thousands of boatmen.

Emperor Chongzhen, Empress Zhou, and Princess and Ministers finally returned to the familiar carriage, and the happiest ones were Empress Zhou and Xiao Zhaoren.

Compared to the bumpy carriages and horses, Queen Zhou was actually less used to the shaking of boats, but she was always unwilling to let the prince-consort do anything because of her own problems, so she endured it all the way.

Xiao Zhaoren likes tall horses. When he sees a horse, the little girl can jump up happily, which is even happier than making fun of Zhou Shixian’s pastry.

However, although everyone in the convoy relaxed a lot because they entered Nanzhili, Zhou Shixian obviously noticed the abnormality of Emperor Chongzhen.

Especially in the past few days, the other party seemed to want to interfere in the matter of going south, but because he had not found a good reason, he just whispered a few words when Zhou Shixian greeted him, but he didn't say much yet.

Zhou Shixian knew that the other party was an indecisive and suspicious person, so he kept serving him carefully.

At this time, it is not when his body is shocked and his domineering spirit is revealed. He has to use another method to be gentle to a stubborn person like Chongzhen.

He actually knew that as Emperor Chongzhen re-sitted in the Dragon Court, he would be subject to more restrictions.

But in the current situation, Zhou Shixian still had to use Chongzhen to innovate the bureaucratic system of the Ming court and revitalize this 300-year-old dynasty, so he had to continue to deal with the other party.

After all, the local forces in the southern provinces are so complicated. With Zhou Shi's qualifications and strength, if he stands directly at the front desk, it will be difficult to plot against others and he will not be able to find anyone to take the blame.

And he has no time to deal with these things slowly now.

In order to keep a distance of thirty miles from the boatman team behind, the convoy only travels forty miles a day, and it will take about the third evening to arrive in Huai'an City.

Zhou Shixian's confidant, who was willing to do his horse and was three horses alone, Wang Chaodong, the chief flag of the Jinyiwei, took Ni Yuanlu's six-man team and set off yesterday evening. Now he should have arrived at Huai'an City.

As for one man and four horses, another Jinyiwei who also spared no effort, they could travel more than 400 miles in three days to report to Nanjing.

This is an extremely clever time difference. If something happened in Huai'an, Zhou Shixian could occupy another small city. He only needed to hold on for two days. Shi Kefa could lead the Nanjing Jingzhan to arrive, and he could also order the Ming army near Huai'an to wipe out the rebels. He could speed up to 300 miles and arrive in one and a half days.

Zhou Shixian's marching was full of fanfare, and many people would definitely choose to wait and see. When the time comes, they would have the motivation to send troops.

Instead of becoming rebels, they were burning their way.

Whether Shi Kefa believes or not, he will inevitably lead his troops north. This is not a question of whether he believes or not, but a question of morality and loyalty. Zhou Shixian asked Emperor Chongzhen to write an imperial edict to him.

In the evening, Wang Chaodong and Ni Yuanlu finally arrived in Huai'an City. Lu Zhenfei seemed to have made arrangements. When the city gate heard that it was the Jinyiwei, it immediately let it go. Someone took them in to see Lu Zhenfei.

Seeing this, Ni Yuanlu was overjoyed. It seemed that Lu Zhenfei was looking for Chongzhen. After all, rebellion was a crime of great rebellion and was the most unbearable stain for all the literati and moral literati of this era.

However, when they entered, the welcomed person did not take them directly to see Lu Zhenfei, but took them to the side room, saying that Lu Zhenfei was meeting with his distinguished guests, Eunuch Lu and General Liu.

When Ni Yuanlu heard this, she knew something bad. It seemed that someone was a step earlier than them. She immediately asked the welcome person to find a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and wrote a secret letter to Lu Zhenfei, so that the welcome person could send it immediately.

Seeing that Ni Yuanlu's words and deeds showed extraordinary demeanor, the Jinyiwei was respectful to him and did not dare to neglect at all, so he hurried away.

In the study, Lu Jiude and Liu Zeqing looked at each other, and then said to Lu Zhenfei:

"Sir Lu, you also know the current situation. There are bandits in the north and the east, and the situation in the south is turbulent. If the country has no king for another day, you and I will do nothing. Wouldn't the Ming Dynasty be destroyed?"

"Eunuch Lu, be careful of your words!"

Lu Zhenfei was also quite excited. If Lu Jiude had arrived two days ago, he might have supported King Fu. After all, according to the order of ethics, it should be the most legitimate Fufu vassal.

But the dynasty came east two days ago, so the situation was different.

The time Lu Jiude wasted was to recruit Liu Zeqing. The other party had now joined the camp of blessed blessings and immediately advised: "Master Lu..."

However, before he could speak, the butler of the Lu Mansion who was greeting Ni Yuanlu knocked on the door and came in.

Then, a thin civil servant quickly took the secret letter and specifically avoided Lu Jiude and Liu Zeqing's gaze.

Lu Jiude looked at Lu Zhenfei and was happy, and immediately thought to himself that he was going to be bad. It seemed that he was one step late, and Lu Zhenfei had already received news.

Seeing this, Lu Jiude recalled Lu Zhenfei's delay and perfunctory approach just now, and no longer asked anything. He immediately bowed his fists and said goodbye, "Since Lord Lu is troubled by something important, then our family will say goodbye first. But please consider what our family just said carefully."

Then he turned his head and looked at Liu Zeqing and said, "General Liu, let's go!"

Liu Zeqing was originally brought by Lu Jiude. Although he was confused at this time and didn't know what happened, since Lu Jiude had spoken, he could only follow Lu Jiude.

The two walked out of Lu Zhenfei's study together. After walking a few steps away, Liu Zeqing looked back and confirmed that the people in the study could not hear it. Then he asked, "Father-in-law, is this?"

"The situation suddenly changed. Lu Zhenfei surrendered to King Lu. He is short-sighted. Where did King Lu come from?"

Lu Jiude made up casually, saying that he could not let Liu Zeqing notice the truth, otherwise the other party would not have followed him.

"That......"

Just as Liu Zeqing was about to ask something, Lu Jiude quickly interrupted: "Be careful that there are ears in the walls, let's talk about it when you go back."

"yes!"

The two of them immediately walked out of Lu Mansion. Lu Zhenfei's governor Wang Hui, the governor of the Governor of the Model Battalion, personally sent him off. What Liu Zeqing didn't notice was that Lu Jiude secretly gave a wink at the other party.
Chapter completed!