Chapter 101: Coercion
The route to send off the bride is fixed, and the distance traveled every day is also fixed. There are already people preparing for each camp in advance. When you arrive, you just need to check in directly.
Of course, the warning needs to be taken over by the Thunder Army led by Chen Zhenrui. For the court, it is necessary to be wary of Deng Shu's escape or being robbed by those loyal to the Deng family.
Deng Shu's marriage this time was forced to the court, and for Deng, isn't it the same? If someone loyal to Deng's family let Deng Shu take it away, it would be another great event. I'm afraid that Xiao Qiang will take advantage of the situation at that time. You must know that Deng Hong's most iron-knitted confidant Dai Shulun is now missing, and the elite forces among the sand ants, the intelligence agency that Deng Fang had run for many years also disappeared overnight with Dai Shulun's disappearance. This made the sand ants that Prince Ma Yue took over completely become an empty shell, and he has not recovered yet.
The intelligence work that the Qin people have been exposed is almost completely at a standstill.
Anyone can do something that blames others. Therefore, the Ma imperial court had to take care of it. In order to prevent any troubles from happening halfway, a thousand Thunder Army were drawn out for Chen Zhenrui to lead the escort.
The reason why Chen Zhenrui was chosen was naturally because he had betrayed once. Even if that time was a subconscious action, it was simply unforgivable among the Deng family's core team, and Chen Zhenrui had no way out.
In fact, this is true. After Deng Hong was imprisoned, Chen Zhenrui himself had been assassinated several times. If he hadn't cared carefully, he would have been on the street.
The camping site did not choose to be in any town, but was specially selected in an open place outside the city. Under such terrain, any assassin or raider could not approach the camp under the nose of the Thunder Army. If you attack for a strong force, Chen Zhenrui would not think that the sand ants would be so stupid. Even if they could gather a large number of people, it would only be a joke in front of the Thunder Army's battle formation.
After patrolling the camp again, confirming that everything was normal, the guard and defense were tightly matched, Chen Zhenrui returned to his barracks with exhaustion.
Trembling and walking on thin ice is a reflection of his current state.
Finally, I could take a break and take a nap. In the second half of the night, I would have to get up again to inspect. Although the Thunder Army was strict in discipline, I would not be too careful about this task. As long as Deng Shuping was sent safely to Hulao Pass, he would have completed more than half of his mission. As for the other half, he did not feel that he had any possibility of completing it.
It would be great that Ping An could return to Yongdu. For the rest, what do you think about doing so much, just spend one day! Daqin, I don’t know what it will become in the future.
He took off the knife and placed it on the table. When he was about to lie down with his clothes, his personal soldiers poked his head in.
"General!"
"What's the matter?" Chen Zhenrui was so excited that he stood up. "A person came from outside the camp, saying that he was General, your former friend, who lived in Huocheng. I heard that you were going to Hulao Pass. I thought you could meet for a while, but I didn't want you to stay outside."
"My friend?" Chen Zhenrui's face suddenly sank. "I have no friends in Huocheng."
"The man said that he had just moved to Huocheng this year. He knew that the general could not trust him easily, so he asked the young man to come over with a token and said that the general would definitely remember him when he saw him." The personal soldiers were startled and held up a small box.
Chen Zhenrui took a deep breath and snatched the box. Naturally, he had no friends in Huocheng. The people who came were probably the Sand Ants. What do they want to do?
When I opened the box, there was a small bracelet in addition to a piece of paper.
Chen Zhenrui's face turned snow-white in an instant.
He recognized the bracelet, which was a steel bracelet he polished with his own hands. When his son was ten years old, he gave him as a gift. Here is the bracelet, where is the son?
He picked up the paper with trembling hands, which was a line of tender handwriting on it, which was also from his son.
"Dad, it's great that my son is with his grandparents."
With a jam, Chen Zhenrui's hands clenched into fists, and the joints slammed.
Seeing Chen Zhenrui's appearance, the personal soldiers also changed their faces: "General, that person has bad intentions? The young man will take people to take him down."
Taking a deep breath, Chen Zhenrui waved his hand, his face gradually returned to normal, "No need, it's indeed my former friend, but I haven't seen him for many years, and I haven't remembered it for a while. Fortunately, there is this token. You go and invite him in!"
"Yes, general!" The personal soldiers turned around and ran out hurriedly.
Chen Zhenrui sat down with a little weak legs. They used to assassinate themselves many times, but they never harmed their family. Now, even such methods have been used. Do they want to rob Deng Shu away?
What should I do?
The curtain was lifted up again, and a middle-aged man walked in with a smile.
"Brother Chen, Brother Chen, I haven't seen each other for a few years, why don't you come?" The visitor walked forward intimately, hugged Chen Zhenrui, and patted him on the back vigorously. The situation was like a couple of friends who had not seen each other for many years suddenly reunite. "If I hadn't heard from the county magistrate that you were the one who led the team to send marriage this time, I wouldn't have thought it would have been?"
Chen Zhenrui, who was hugged, smiled bitterly, waved to the personal soldiers standing at the door of the tent, and signaled to the personal soldiers to go out.
The curtain was put down again, and Chen Zhenrui said in a deep voice: "Okay, stop acting."
The laughter of the visitor kept letting go of Chen Zhenrui and took a step back. He opened his mouth and made a loud laugh, but there was no smile on his face and eyes. His strange appearance made Chen Zhenrui feel terrified for a while.
"Chen Zhenrui, do you still remember me? What we have seen is at the city gate." The man's voice lowered, but changed into another tone, and he was like two people with his ancestors.
Chen Zhenrui shook his body, his eyes straightened, pointed at the other party, and said stutteringly: "You, are you Shulun Dai?"
Dai Shulun smiled coldly: "If I were you, my voice would be smaller. Otherwise, if people outside listened, I might not die, and your family would really not be able to survive."
"The disaster is not as good as the family. If you want to kill me, I admit it. But you shouldn't kidnap my family so blindly!" Chen Zhenrui said angrily: "At that time, I didn't mean it, I was just confused for a moment."
He hugged his head with both hands and said in pain.
"If it weren't for this important matter, we wouldn't have touched your family. I, Dai Shulun, weren't so shameless, but this time it was different. There should be no accidents, because we only have this opportunity." Dai Shulun said decisively: "As long as you cooperate with us well, I will keep your family safe and sound."
"Cooperate with you?" Chen Zhenrui's voice was angry: "You have to take away the eldest lady, and then, I will be killed by the emperor. How can I be safe and have nothing to say?"
Dai Shulun looked at the other party and sneered: "Emperor? Don't worry, the emperor may not be able to sit in this seat in no time!"
"Are you going to rebel?" Chen Leirui said tremblingly.
"Rebellion?" Dai Shulun smiled: "It's indeed a very interesting thing, but now we are not interested in doing it."
"What the hell are you going to do?" Chen Zhenrui said angrily.
"We do want to take the young lady away." Dai Shulun's words made Chen Zhenrui fall into despair again, "But you can still send your bride to Hulao Pass."
"What do you mean?" Chen Zhenrui was completely confused by the other party: "Miss has left with you, who else can I send?"
"It's very simple. The real lady will leave, but there will still be a fake lady who will be sent to Hulao Pass to marry the boy named Xiao." Dai Shulun said.
"You, what do you want to do? I can't hide this for a long time. Xiao Qiang has met the eldest lady." Chen Zhenrui stuttered: "Li Dai Taozun can deceive for a while, but not for a lifetime."
"Who is going to cheat him for the rest of his life?" Dai Shulun sneered, "Chen Zhenrui, don't worry, this fake lady looks 70% or 80% similar to the real lady, and we just need to hide it from this period of time. Before the wedding, Xiao Qiang, the father-in-law, had the nerve to see his daughter-in-law. When he really saw the lady's appearance, it should be the second day after the wedding!"
"Substitution? But those two nannies were sent from the palace, and they met the eldest lady every day." Chen Zhenrui said.
"We will solve these two nannies by ourselves." Dai Shulun smiled and said, "You only have to let us send the fake lady in and replace the real lady. As long as we do this, our family will be sent to a safe place. I think it's a bit convincing to me, Dai Shulun."
Chen Zhenrui looked at the other party calmly: "Dai Shulun, you really won't hurt my family?"
"I will let you go after this." Dai Shulun said lightly. "Okay, it's time for you to make a decision now."
"I, I promised you." Chen Zhenrui said tremblingly.
"Very good." Dai Shulun looked at Chen Zhenrui, "When we camp tomorrow night, we will bring people here, and you will open a hole in the defense line."
"Isn't that tonight?"
"This place is still too close to Yong, so you have to go a little further." Dai Shulun smiled. "Chen Zhenrui, the Great Qin Kingdom is over. I believe you can see this too. Do you have no idea about the future?"
"What else can I have? It's just a day to live!" Chen Zhenrui said disheartenedly. After this incident, he was afraid that he would run away with his family. The fake lady would eventually be seen through.
Chapter completed!