The army has no commander, and no matter how elite and skilled the troops brought by Hu and He are, they are no match for Yuan Qianshan's three thousand cavalry.

But he was also very tenacious, with a tenfold disparity in strength, but he managed to hold on for most of the day.

He was surrounded and killed by Yuan Qianshan, and no one surrendered until the end of the battle.

That night, Jiang Zhou took Jifu back to Jiang's house.

"Lord Ji, do Hu and He intend to drive you to Jiangdu?"

Jiang Zhou listened to Jifu's story about his fate.

From fiercely opposing the second prince, King Qin, to deploy troops from the northern border, to being imprisoned by King Qin Luo Zhi, to being rescued from the prison, and then sent out of Yujing to escape to Yangzhou.

"good."

Jifu nodded and said: "If these two people didn't do this intentionally, it would be difficult for me to leave Yujing for a single life with my own strength. What's more, Yujing and Yangzhou are tens of thousands of miles apart. How can I have such magical powers?"

"Not only are these two people deliberately indulgent, but does Young Master know who the person who saved me is?"

Jiang Zhou shook his head, this was exactly what he wanted to ask.

Yan Xiaowu was also curious and said: "Yes, that prison was a desperate place. Ten out of ten people who went in came out lying down, nine of them were out of breath, and even if the remaining one could breathe, he had to

Even if you have your skin peeled off, Master Ji, you are really lucky."

Jifu shook his head and said, "It's not that I'm lucky, it's that someone doesn't want me to die."

Yan Xiaowu asked: "What? That kid, the second prince, worked so hard to get you in and then let you go?"

Jifu said sternly: "Even if the King of Qin is at fault, he is still in charge of the country. The Fifth Young Master should not say bad words. This is extremely disrespectful."

"..."

Yan Xiaowu curled his lips and muttered something like "Old stubborn..." in a low voice.

"Although the King of Qin intended to indulge me, the people who actually took me away from Tianlao were not the King of Qin's party."

Jiang Zhou asked: "Master Ji, do you know who he is?"

Jifu said: "Although I haven't seen him, I have a guess that he is from the Changle Party."

Yan Xiaowu was surprised and said: "The Changle Party? That coquettish person from Changle... uh, is she Princess Changle?"

Although he changed his tune quickly, Jifu still frowned. In front of Jiang Zhou, Jifu was not easy to preach, so he could only pretend to be ignorant and said: "Not bad."

"I've thought about it a lot, and I can't think of anyone except Princess Changle and her party who can do this and have the motive to do it."

Jiang Zhou said: "Why does Princess Changle do this?"

Jifu shook his head and said: "Young Master is unaware of something. Ever since His Majesty went into seclusion, things have been changing in the capital. Especially after Tsukasa left the capital, he lost his last restraint. It can be said that the demons are dancing wildly."

"Not only are the princes and the ministers in the court fiercely fighting, but the noble families in the capital and the generals in the army are also fighting overtly and covertly, alas..."

Jifu sighed heavily: "While Your Majesty is still here, these people are already thinking about changing their banners and changing their families."

Jiang Zhou puzzled: "It is inevitable for princes to quarrel with each other. However, although Princess Changle is favored by His Majesty, she is a female, so what are they fighting for? Is it possible that she still wants to fight for the heir apparent?"

Of course he doesn't really don't understand.

The Queen was nothing new to him.

But in Daji, this is an extremely ridiculous thing, and it is difficult for the world to accept it, and it is even less likely that Confucianism will tolerate it.

If she really succeeds, it will be truly groundbreaking.

Hearing this, Jifu showed hesitation on his face: "This...I don't understand it either. It's just that no matter what, a woman must not covet the great treasure. Otherwise, how can the laws of heaven be tolerated? How can human ethics exist?"

"..."

You really are not afraid of a "divine fist" falling from the sky. The power of that thing is not much worse than that of a divine beast...

Jiang Zhou secretly complained.

Jifu continued: "Having said that, the person in the capital who is capable of this and has the most motivation is definitely Princess Changle."

Jiang Zhou said: "Why is this?"

Jifu said: "Because the land of Nanzhou and Yangzhou is of vital importance to the Changle party, we cannot allow it to be lost."

"If I die like this, it will be difficult for the officials of the Tianguan Mansion to withstand the attacks of the King of Qin and his party. After the King of Qin's party clears the obstacles in the Tianguan Mansion, the next thing they have to deal with is the last supporter outside Zhong Zai, which is you, the young master. "

Jiang Zhou smiled and said, "I'm afraid it's not that important."

Jifu shook his head and said seriously: "Young Master, please don't belittle yourself. Young Master is far away in the south of the world. Perhaps you don't know that there are many people in Jade Capital who recite Young Master's prestigious name."

"Even Zhongzai has the help of Shaoshi's reputation. If he were not worried about having you as his right disciple, Zhongzai's life in the court would probably be ten times more difficult than it is now."

"Even the world's heroes often have the reputation of Master Mu and come to the tomb to be slaughtered."

Jifu paused and said, "Young Master, do you know He Chongtian?"

Jiang Zhou nodded and said, "We have some friendship."

Jifu said with a smile: "That's it. This man is a hero of the green forest road in Yangzhou. Before Zhongzai sent troops to the northern border, he had widely posted hero posts to recruit heroes from all over the world to rush to the northern border to help. This big leader of the crane led all the rivers and lakes in Yangzhou. The Taoist heroes rushed to Yujing to surrender to the army, saying that they were inspired by the young master."

"In addition to him, there are many people who came to invest because of their reputation. Among these heroes, Tsukasa has been of great help."

"If this is not the case, even if Tsukasa wants to send troops to help the northern border this time, he will suffer from the lack of available people. I don't know how much time it will be delayed?"

When Jiang Zhou heard this, his thoughts started to turn.

It turns out that He Chongtian ran away to join the army?

No wonder.

After taking back Jiangdu, he also thought about finding a few useful people.

He Chongtian was one of them, but He Chongtian rejected him at that time, saying that he had a place to go.

Jiang Zhou only thought that he had some strange thoughts, maybe like those "rebels", they took advantage of the chaos in the world to take a gamble.

With his prestige and power as the leader of the seventy-two counties in Liangjiang, it is not that he has no power to fight.

But I didn't expect it to be like this.

Li Dongyang's previous letter asked him not to enter the capital. Perhaps it was not just that he didn't want him to fall into the whirlpool of the capital, but it was probably also to keep him out of the situation and to have some deterrent effect.

Jifu said: "Young Master is now standing in the south of the sky and plays a decisive role. Even among the princes in the court, there are still many people who are unwilling to admit it. Many of them are disapproving of Young Master, but they cannot completely ignore the name of Young Master." .”

"This is also the crux of the problem that the King of Qin and his party want to deal with the young master. Once the young master is gone, the tombs of Guxuan North will really be at the mercy of the King of Qin."

"But Princess Changle will never sit back and watch Yangzhou fall into the control of King Qin. It is precisely for this reason that the Manchus sent me out of the capital and secretly escorted me all the way here."

Jiang Zhou heard his praise, but he didn't show any pride. He just smiled slightly and said, "In that case, why did Mr. Ji want me to enter the capital?"

At the same time, I was also thinking in my mind.

Going to Beijing?

That is impossible.

He is the king and hegemon in Yangzhou, why should he go to Beijing to be his grandson?

but……

Although he himself was too lazy to move, Yu Jing and his party were probably really necessary.
Chapter completed!