Chapter 168 Return to Beijing

It was already dawn when Ning Chen woke up.

He didn't wake up naturally, because the first thing he did when he opened his eyes was to lie on the bedside and vomit.

The copper basin on the ground was almost full of his vomit.

After vomiting, Ning Chen lay on the bed, his eyes dull.

He drank too much last night and didn't even know why he came back?

Boom, boom, boom! ! !

There was a knock on the door.

"Come in!"

Ning Chen said weakly.

The door opened and Pan Yucheng walked in, then he covered his nose, frowned, his eyes were disgusted, and the smell in the room was a bit unpleasant.

"Are you OK?"

Ning Chen said weakly: "He's not dead yet!"

Pan Yucheng walked over, opened the window, and then came back and poured a glass of water for Ning Chen.

Ning Chen struggled to sit up and leaned against the bed, took the tea cup and took a few sips.

As a result, the next second, I was lying on the bedside and vomited again.

"Old Pan, you are such a fucking bastard!"

Ning Chen vomited and cursed.

Pan Yucheng raised his eyebrows slightly, "What do you care about me?"

"Stop pretending to be stupid. I just figured it out... You asked me how I drank last night? I said it was normal... You, the uncle, tried your best to get me drunk. Don't tell me you didn't do it on purpose?"

Pan Yucheng's lips raised slightly, "Now you react? Yes, I did it on purpose."

Ning Chen raised his head and stared at him.

"Who told you to be mean-mouthed?"

Ning Chen smiled bitterly in his heart, this shady guy.

"Get up, I'll help you over, eat something, make your stomach feel better!"

Ning Chen ate something and felt better.

He secretly greeted Pan Yucheng's family in his heart!

Near noon, Ning Chen and others set off.

He handed the two memorials he wrote last night to the two scouts and asked them to secretly send them back to the capital... There was no need to rush, just two days before they arrived in the capital.

Then, under the watch of Liang Jingwu, the army left Beilinguan.

When I return to Beijing this time, I will keep everything simple.

Ning Chen only brought King Zuo Ting and Kong Yongchun with him.

Those prisoners were all left in Beilinguan and guarded by Liang Jingwu. There was no need for them to be taken back to the capital.

Kong Yongchun's family members were all detained in Beilinguan.

Naturally, the cattle, sheep, and horses were also left behind.

After leaving the city, Feng Qizheng and Chen Chong left behind with a team of troops and two carts of gold and silver treasures.

They will escort these gold and silver treasures to Beijing after Ning Chen.

Ning Chen lay on Diao Chan's back, his hands and feet hanging limply, as if his body had been hollowed out, and he looked half-dead.

"Xiao Chen, are you okay?"

Wu Tiezhu followed up and asked with concern.

In private, he would still call Ning Chen Xiaochen.

Ning Chen shook his head feebly, "No, not good at all...I just want a bed now to have a good sleep."

Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he stared at the two prison cars.

One contains King Zuoting.

One car held Kong Yongchun.

When Kong Yongchun first saw King Zuo Ting, his whole body collapsed, as if he were mourning for his heir.

It turned out that Ning Chen was not bluffing him, but actually captured King Zuo Ting alive.

Kong Yongchun knew that he was dead this time, and his whole face was ashen.

"Pause!"

Ning Chen shouted.

The army stopped.

Ning Chen turned over and dismounted, then walked over and asked someone to open the prison cart, pulled Kong Yongchun out of the prison cart, and sat in himself.

This scene shocked all the soldiers.

"General Ning, what are you doing?"

Yuan Long and others opened their mouths, and everyone was dumbfounded.

Ning Chen pointed at Kong Yongchun and said feebly: "Keep an eye on him...and then move on. Don't disturb me. I need to take a nap!"

Ning Chen lay directly in the prison car and fell asleep.

All the soldiers looked at each other in disbelief... This is a prison car, used to detain prisoners.

General Ning is really unique and informal!

Ning Chen waved his hand, "Keep going, no one disturbs me...or I'll reward him with thirty military sticks!"

The army moved on.

Ning Chen lay in the prison car and fell asleep!

Prince Zuo Ting looked at Ning Chen with complicated eyes... This young man made him fear and admire him at the same time.

If Daxuan had a few more monsters like this, it would be really scary!

Ning Chen slept until the afternoon and didn't wake up until the afternoon.

He sat up, yawned, stretched... and finally regained his energy!

Yuan Long approached, "General Ning, would you like something to eat and some water?"

"Give me the water bag!"

Ning Chen took the water bag and drank a few gulps.

"General Ning, we have been walking for a few hours. Why don't we let the soldiers stop and rest for a while?"

"Have you never rested?"

Yuan Long shook his head.

You said that whoever disturbs your sleep will be rewarded with thirty military sticks. Who dares to wake you up? He could only move forward with his head down... Yuan Long complained in his heart.

"Go down here with the order, take a rest, eat something and then go on your way."

"yes!"

The army stopped.

Ning Chen jumped out of the prison car.

"Yuan Long, do you still have the snow suit you wore when we attacked the Royal Court of Beidu?"

Yuan Long nodded, "Yes! Many people are reluctant to throw it away and carry it with them."

After traveling back and forth for a month and rolling on the ground every day, those snow uniforms were already in disrepair...but there were still many soldiers who survived.

Ning Chen said: "Go find me a few pieces and lay them out in the prison car... The broken boards are too hard and my back hurts when I sleep on them."

"General Ning, do you still want to sleep in the prison car?"

Ning Chen smiled and said, "Isn't this more comfortable than riding a horse?"

"You are our commander-in-chief. Isn't it appropriate to stay in a prison car?"

"What's inappropriate? We've all slept in the snow-capped mountains and meadows. What's the big deal about sleeping in prison vans? The prisoners go in and call for prison vans. I'll call for military vehicles when I get in. Don't talk nonsense and hurry up. This is an order."

Yuan Long had no choice but to accept the order and leave.

"Wait a minute, bring Kong Yongchun to me first!"

"yes!"

Kong Yongchun was brought to Ning Chen.

Pan Yucheng also followed.

Ning Chen narrowed his eyes and looked at him, "Master Kong, do you want to chat?"

Kong Yongchun’s face was ashen and silent!

He knew he was dead this time!

Ning Chen asked: "I saw a little boy in your house that day, about five or six years old. Who are you?"

Kong Yongchun remained silent.

Ning Chen said calmly: "If you collaborate with the enemy and betray the country, you will definitely be beheaded and there will be no chance of survival."

"Master Kong should know something about me, right? You should know that I am deeply favored by His Majesty."

"But if Mr. Kong cooperates with me, and with His Majesty's favor towards me and his great achievements in defeating the Beidu Royal Court, it shouldn't be a problem to ask Your Majesty to pardon some people."

"Master Kong is wrong, but what's wrong with children of this age? Your Majesty is a benevolent king. If I open my mouth, he will definitely give me some thin noodles."

Kong Yongchun's eyes regained some sparkle, which was the light of hope.

Ning Chen continued: "Master Kong's fault alone has affected all nine clans, and no blood will be left at all at that time... I wonder how you can face the ancestors of your Kong family when you go underground?"

"Now, I am the only one who can keep your Kong family alive... As for the person behind you, if he knows that you are not doing things well, he may be implicated. It would be good if he doesn't kill your whole family."

"Master Kong, think about it carefully. The journey is long. Master Kong is slowly thinking about it. Do you want to cooperate with me? Think about it and come to me at any time."

After Ning Chen finished speaking, he had people take him down without giving Kong Yongchun a chance to speak.

Pan Yucheng looked at Ning Chen, "You want to use your military exploits to exchange for the lives of some members of the Kong family?"

Ning Chen smiled.

Pan Yucheng continued: "Yes! The children are innocent, what's their fault?"

Ning Chen turned to look at him, "Do you know what I saw that day?"

"What?"

Ning Chen said: "I went to visit Kong Yongchun that day, but I didn't see anyone... When I left, I heard screams and crying coming from the courtyard. I climbed up the wall and saw an unforgettable scene."

"Several maids were crawling on the ground, barking like dogs... A boy of five or six years old, holding a cane, kept beating them severely, and laughed harshly from his mouth."

"Next to him, there were several women in gorgeous clothes who were laughing and applauding the boy from time to time."

"Old Pan, some children are children, and some children are devils. They are born bad. What is in their bones cannot be changed."

"I will indeed ask your Majesty to pardon some people, but only the maids and servants. There will definitely not be a member of the Kong family among them."

After Ning Chen finished speaking, he stood up and stretched, "I'm hungry, go get something to eat!"

Pan Yucheng looked at Ning Chen's back and fell into deep thought, then smiled silently.

...

Five days later, the army boarded the ship in Chenzhou.

Going back is against the current, so the speed is two or three days slower than when we came.

Ning Chen is so bored that he fishes every day with his homemade fishing rod.

That day, he finally caught a fish, which was quite big.

Ning Chen was so happy that as soon as he caught the fish in his hand, Yuan Long hurriedly came to report that it was Kong Yongchun who wanted to see him.

Ning Chen was stunned for a moment. The fish tail in his hand slapped his wrist hard, then slipped out of his hand and fell into the water and disappeared.

Rubbing the wrist that was sore from the fish tail, I was so angry... Damn it, just run away, and I gave him a big butt bag.

Seeing Yuan Long snickering, Ning Chen became even more angry.

"It's all your fault. I managed to catch a fish, and you have to compensate me." Ning Chen threw the fishing rod to him, "You come to catch it, but if you can't catch it, you jump into the water and bite the hook."

Everyone in Yuan Long was dumbfounded!

Ning Chen came to the room where Kong Yongchun was detained.

"You're looking for me?"

Kong Yongchun stared at Ning Chen, "If I cooperate with you, can you really help me save some people?"

Ning Chen said calmly: "I can swear that if I can't save some of the people in your Supervisory Army Mansion, there will be a thunderbolt from heaven and I will die badly!"

Kong Yongchun fell silent.

After a while, he nodded heavily, "Okay, I believe you!"

Ning Chen sneered, "Besides trusting me, do you have any other option? Who else can you count on? In this situation, who else can help you except me?"

Kong Yongchun gritted his teeth, looked at Ning Chen and said, "The person who ordered me to harm you is the Zuo Xiang. The Zuo Xiang also ordered me to kill the seven Daxuan generals."

Ning Chen looked calm and said indifferently: "I have already guessed this. Tell me something I don't know...for example, what evidence is there? It can prove the left prime minister."

"Secret messages... I keep all the secret messages sent to me by the left minister."

Ning Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, "Where is the secret letter?"

"In the capital!"

Ning Chen looked at him suspiciously.

Kong Yongchun said: "These secret letters were supposed to be burned after reading them, but I kept an eye on them. What the Left Prime Minister asked me to do was a capital crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason... I know too much, and I'm worried that one day the Left Prime Minister asked me to do it." If you meet, kill me and silence me.”

"So, I asked people to secretly take these secret messages to the capital... If something happens to me one day, these secret messages will be sent to the Supervision Department."

"I just didn't expect that the left prime minister didn't touch me, but I fell into your hands."

Ning Chen sneered in his heart, he was indeed a fucking old fox.

"Where is the secret letter in the capital?"

Kong Yongchun hesitated for a moment and said: "The Liu Family Cloth Shop is located in the Western Market in the outer city. The shopkeeper is my housekeeper's son, named Liu Chuanzu!"

Ning Chen nodded slightly, and then asked: "Are those secret letters written by Prime Minister Zuo himself?"

Kong Yongchun shook his head, "No! The person who wrote the secret letter is Butler Ding of the Prime Minister's Mansion."

Ning Chen's face darkened slightly, "Then these secret letters are of no use, and the Prime Minister can blame it on Butler Ding."

All he has now is supporting evidence, and there is no evidence that can directly prove the left prime minister.

Ning Chen asked patiently: "Do you have any other evidence?"

Kong Yongchun shook his head.

Seeing Ning Chen's ugly face, Kong Yongchun hurriedly said: "I am a disciple of the Left Prime Minister, and I can testify against the Left Prime Minister face to face."