Although Yang Guang asked to secretly pursue Chen Dongfu, the news of Chen Kefu's defection from Beijing spread throughout Kyoto as the wind. In less than two hours, even the boatwoman on the Luoshui in Kyoto knew that the Left Prime Minister of the dynasty, the newly appointed Grand Marshal of the North Modao, and Chen Kefu, the military affairs of the 15 counties of Liao, Liaodong and Wei, had already defected from Beijing after rebellion.

At first, nine and a half of the people who heard the news did not believe it. Just yesterday, Chen Kefu held a grand wedding in the capital. Not only did he marry the legitimate daughter of the prime minister Nayan Duke of Tang, but the emperor issued an order to give the marriage, which was jointly organized by the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Heavenly Prison. The lively scene is still a festive atmosphere in the capital. With Chen Kefu's favored by the emperor and such power, how could he plot against and defect? ​​Everyone who hears this news is sniffed and no one believes it.

However, when the Jinwu Guards and several large battalions in Kyoto and the Imperial Guards received the emperor's orders and began to pursue Chen Kefu, the nobles of the major families in Kyoto believed it first, and Chen Kefu's Liao Duke's mansion was soon blocked by the Imperial Guards, and even the rest of the Chen Kefu tribe in the capital were searched one by one, more and more people began to believe it.

I don’t know who started to spread rumors that the emperor had an order. If Chen Kefu was captured alive, he would be awarded a marquis and rewarded 10,000 gold coins and 10,000 mu of land. If he had no official position, he would be promoted to a fifth-rank official. If he had less than the fifth-rank, he would be promoted to a third-rank official. Even those subordinates who captured Chen Kefu were worth 100 gold coins, regardless of life or death.

Hearing this news, the whole of Kyoto was crazy. I heard that Chen Kefu escaped in a hurry, and at this time he was only more than an hour away from Kyoto, and there were only more than one hundred people around him. Everyone was moved. Even if he caught a guard of Chen Kefu, he could exchange 100 gold coins and 100 gold coins, which was a big number. Now in Kyoto, one hundred gold coins can be exchanged for 100 guan copper coins at Sihai Money House, and one hundred guan coins for 130 moldy meat, and if he exchanged for white money, he could directly exchange 200 guan.

This is 200,000 yuan. Even if the money is not worth it, based on the current price of rice of 50 yuan, it is a total of 4,000 yuan rice. This is enough for a family of five to eat for 30 years. This is a huge wealth.

What's more, in the eyes of those noble families with many family members, it is not impossible to catch Chen Kefu if they are lucky. Taking Chen Kefu is a marquis, with tens of gold coins and tens of acres of fertile land. For a moment, the Dongdu City was in a state of turmoil and affection. Not only did the noble families mobilize and equip all the family members and servants, but ordinary families also led the donkeys in their families with axes and kitchen knives, and made an appointment to catch Chen Kefu in groups.

Outside the city gate of Luoyang, there were crowds of people, and people leaving the city lined up in a long queue. Even the foreign officials who had not yet returned to the Beijing Chaoji could not help but take their guards out of the city to find Chen Kefu.

The Li Shimin brothers had nearly 200 members, all of whom had horses, and dozens of others including Li Shimin and others were armored, bows, arrows, horses and lances, and equipped. Even the servants under their subordinates were holding wooden shields, carrying horizontal swords, and riding war horses. The group roared out and chased eastward. However, their team was not the largest group among all the civil armed forces.

Yuwen Shu, Pei Yun, Yu Shiji, Lai Hu'er, Pei Shiju, Liao Wang Yang Lai, Censor Gao Zhen and other ministers all sent a huge team of servants. The largest number of Liao Wang Yang Lai personally led the team, with nearly a thousand guards leaving the city. The rest, such as the Yuwen family, Pei family, etc., also had two or three hundred people riding war horses and weapons.

In addition to these messy spontaneous bounty hunters, black-clothed iron guards, cavalry troops, and Yulin troops,

The Xiaoguo Army, Jinwu Guard and other Kyoto Imperial Guards sent cavalry to dispatch. The generals of the foreign soldiers and soldiers from outside the city also received orders to dispatch the most elite cavalry to pursue. The Henan Prefecture and other yamen also sent their own constables and soap squads to chase with iron chains and rulers.

The people along the way soon discovered clues, and finally gathered together the five commanders of the black-clothed iron guards. Sima Dekan and five others led a cavalry to pursue him. Sima Dekan looked at the hand roll on his hand, his face was extremely sensational. The hand roll recorded information about the return of each fast horse. Less than two hours after the city gate opened, the people chasing him had found the marks of ten suspicious people. What made him even more a little headache was that there were suspicious fleets in several rivers near Luoyang that had just left.

He looked carefully at the marks on the hand roll. Each horse represents a horse team and each boat represents a fleet. Now there are nine horses on his hand roll, ten like it. Except for the teams that are not heading west, there are team traces in the north, east and south directions.

"The commander, pass the whereabouts of some suspicious teams solved on this hand scroll to various search teams, whether they are the guards, the guards, or the constables. Whether this marquis is the guards, the guards or the constables, the marquis only requires the capture of Chen Kefu in the shortest time. The marquis always passes everyone, Chen Kefu must live, as for the others, life and death!" "Yes!" Dozens of commanders each copied a hand scroll and rode their horses to send orders in all directions.

At this time, on the ninth day of the first lunar month, the land of Henan is still in spring. Although it is not as cold as Liaodong, the land of Henan is also howling north wind. After the New Year, it has just snowed heavily in Henan. Although it has melted a lot, the mountains and fields are still covered with snow. Fortunately, it has not rained, and it is still possible to walk on the road.

Chen Kefu and his team of five hundred people moved eastward on a hidden road specially designated by the Special Service Department. There were brothers from the Special Service Department to help them sweep away the traces. This was also the reason why Sima Dekan's men only found the traces of nineteen people on the water and land when they were investigating.

When they first left the city, it was still bright, and Chen Kefu and his group ran wildly, and they were very fast. However, after a while, Chen Kefu and others were fine, but some of the female members in the team could not support it. Li Xiuning, Yang Jier, Changsun Wugui and others were better. They used to ride horses, but they could still hold on even though they were tired at this time. However, Changsun Wugui's aunt, several cousin sisters and cousins, as well as Luo Lin's mother, young brothers and sisters, were unable to support it. They were originally young, and they barely rode horses for an hour, but they could no longer hold on at this time.

"Everyone gets off the horse and rests for a quarter of an hour, drinks some water and eats some dry food." Seeing that those people could not keep up with the team, Chen Kefu had to order a pause.

Qin Qiong sent a few guards to explore the way, walked to Chen Kefu and said, "Master, we have not left Henan County yet, we are still very dangerous. There are many children in the team and we cannot move quickly. If this continues, it will definitely be delayed a lot of time. As the generals see it, it is better for the generals to take their brothers with them first, and the generals will take dozens of brothers to protect their families and rush to the road." Luo Lin also nodded, "Masters, time is precious now, and we cannot delay for a moment. Masters, you can go first as Shubao said. There are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers and millions of people in Liaodong waiting for you to go back and preside over the overall situation as soon as possible, so let me leave here.

Of course, Chen Kefu understood what everyone meant. He couldn't take these Furu with him and could not drive at full speed. Even if he had two horses, it would be in vain. He could not make much trip in a day. But if he had to make up his mind to leave these people, he could not make a decision. The Furu in the team was his woman or his family members from Kyoto, such as Luo Lin and Changsun Wuji, who came from the school in Kyoto, and their son and husband followed him, how could he leave them alone?

"I can't leave them behind!" Chen Kefu shook his head.

"Chen Lang, you are wrong. We are so many people together now, and the speed is slow, which is the most likely big goal to discover. If we separate, Chen Lang, you can take more people away. For the dozens of us, we will have to leave a dozen guards, and then disguise it, which will be safer." Zhang Chuchen, dressed in a personal guard, said softly.

After Hongfu girl followed him, she wanted to avoid letting Yuwen Shu know that he had kidnapped the people from the Yuwen Mansion, so Chen Kefu always arranged her in the Chen Mansion without being known. This time she left, Chen Kefu directly dressed her up as her own personal soldier. Fortunately, Zhang Chuchen was a singer, but he knew some huā boxing and embroidered tui, and he was also good at riding. He spoke and walked with graciousness. After changing into armor, no one noticed it.

Fang Xuanling also advised, "What they said is right, Grand Marshal, the most important thing at the moment is that you will return to Liaodong as soon as possible to take charge of the overall situation. Otherwise, if Liaodong loses, what's the use of even if we all run back to Liaodong? Shubao is right, the fewer the number of people, the less likely it is to be discovered. Grand Marshal doesn't have to worry too much. Aren't there any brothers from the Special Service Department on the way to support him?" Chen Kefu thought for a while and said, "I think this is how we are in Henan County, which is too dangerous. We will not separate for the time being. We will wait until we leave Henan County and arrive in Xingyang County first, and then we will consider whether we should leave separately."

Changsun Wuji was silent for a while, "Master, in fact, after arriving in Xingyang, we can ask the brothers of the Special Service Department to arrange the families of the old and weak in a secret place first. Let us go back to Liaodong first, and when the general appears in Liaodong, I believe that the Central Plains will be much safer along the way. Then let the brothers of the Special Service Department send their families secretly to Liaodong."
Chapter completed!