After a while of rest, more than 500 people set off again. Fortunately, one person had two horses. The horse was light and fast, and gradually it had been dozens of miles away from Kyoto. When we got here, we were far away from Kyoto and were sparsely populated. In front of us was already a low hill, and there was a continuous forest at the foot of the mountain.

Chen Kefu and his party did not walk on the official road, but a small road. At this time, they needed to climb over this hill. Shubao and Yaojin brothers led more than ten brothers to lead the way, and Chen Kefu and others followed. Once they entered the mountain road, the mountain road was uneven, and with the snow on the road, everyone could no longer walk quickly, so they had to walk slowly.

The mountain road was difficult to walk, so Chen Kefu and his party could only move forward slowly, but they didn't know that the original road would be discovered in the afternoon. At this time, the first troops to leave the city to pursue him were only about an hour later than him. Unlike Chen Kefu's team, he was not moving fast. Those who were chasing were all brave soldiers who were like wolves and tigers, who fought desperately along the way to pursue him.

Although the Special Service Department has set up suspicious soldiers from the 19th Route, what they did not expect was that almost one-third of the people in the entire Eastern Capital have left the city to chase Chen Kefu.

All the military and civilians combined have a total of 300,000 to 400,000, and about 10% of them have horses.

Hundreds of thousands of people were like a net withdrawn from the East Capital, and they were all in all directions from the East Capital. It was like a comb. After such a dense combing, the suspect soldiers were found and pursued. The suspect soldiers led away most of the pursuers, but there were still many people constantly searching. Many people even ran wildly and rushed to further distance.

After Pei Yun returned to the mansion, he immediately dispatched all the family generals and servants in the mansion, led by his second son Pei Ming and dozens of family nephews, and rushed directly to the Hulao area of ​​the border between Henan County and Xingyang County. According to Pei Yun's idea, Chen Kefu's defection must return to Liaodong and return to Liaodong was the fastest.

Pei Ming, the son of Pei Yun, was indifferent to the suspicious teams along the way, and he did not believe that Chen Kefu would be discovered so easily. Like his father, he firmly believed that Chen Kefu must have been heading towards Huzhu. Along the way, he took three hundred knights to catch a small road and headed straight to Xingyang.

"Young Master, the servant who was exploring the way forward, said that he had just discovered that there were fresh traces on the road ahead, which were a large number of horse hoof marks. According to his observation, a team of thousands of horses was likely Chen Kefu's men." A child of the Pei family stepped forward to report to Pei Ming.

Pei Ming took out a hand scroll from his arms, which was a symbol of the suspicious team sent to him by the Imperial Guards.

He took out and looked at the nine-way land suspects marked on it. No team was heading in this direction.

"Can it be the pursuing troops of the imperial court?"

"It's possible, but maybe xing is very small. We didn't stop for a moment, and it was a small path. It's unlikely that thousands of imperial soldiers would walk this path, unless they found something." Pei Ming smiled at the corner of his mouth. That means it's very likely that Chen Kefu was in front?

I was told to order me, and everyone accelerated, and we immediately chased after me. No matter what, half of us would be likely to catch up with Chen Kefu. If Chen Kefu was really the case today, I would not only avenge my brother, but also pick up a marquis. Chase!" Pei Ming was less than thirty years old, who was originally one of the five-ranked generals in the Imperial Guard, but last time he was out of the Imperial Guard, and he is now idle at home. If Chen Kefu could be captured this time, he would be promoted to three levels in a row and be named a marquis. Not to mention the gold and silver rewards, even if he was promoted to three levels, he would be a third-rank purple robe official.

More than 300 people seemed to have taken big tonics. When they heard Chen Kefu was in front of them, they all roared. They grabbed the horse's belly and ran wildly. In a short while, they had already rushed into the mountain road, chased after him for a while, and finally saw a group of people in front of them from afar.

"Report to the second young master, I found a group of about 500 people in front of me, all of which were one and two horses, without the banner of the court!"

Pei Ming's eyes were filled with excitement and said loudly, "The court's pursuers cannot be matched with two horses. This must be Chen Kefu and his group. Brothers, kill them, capture Chen Kefu alive, and get promoted and make money at this moment. Kill!"

With Pei Ming taking the lead, the rest of the servants also bravely moved forward, as if the more than 500 people in front of them had turned into golden coins in their eyes.

As soon as Pei Ming and others appeared, Chen Kefu and others had already discovered it. Only three hours after leaving Kyoto, the other party had already chased after him. This surprised Chen Kefu and couldn't help but frown. The appearance of these people means that the court had discovered him in advance and discovered it very early. This means that there were pursuing soldiers all the way, and there must be more pursuing soldiers elsewhere.

"Let the array and meet the enemy!" At this time, there were no more veterans of the Liaodong Army in the team, and Qin Qiong became the commander.

With a command, dozens of generals and schoolmen, Cheng Yaojin, Luo Shixin, Yuchi Gong and other dozens of generals and schools had already called nearly 400 elite guards to quickly form a defensive round formation. Chen Kefu and the family scholars surrounded the round formation. The three hundred guards transferred by the Special Service Department were basically veterans who had served in the Liaodong Army. The veterans who had been through the battle formation were well-trained and immediately responded quickly when they heard the order.

"Raise your lord! Put the strings!" Several more commands sounded, and the guards took off the crossbow next to the saddle and snatched the arrows. Although Chen Kefu returned to the Central Plains, in order to avoid trouble, he only brought bows and arrows, but did not bring crossbows. However, the Special Service Department had amazing energy in the Central Plains. They had already transported a large number of crossbows from Liaodong to store them in a secret stronghold outside Luoyang City. This time, the guards Chen Kefu left Beijing, and the guards were not only equipped with armor, but also equipped with Liaodong's archer crossbows.

Although Pei Ming there was a fifth-rank imperial guard officer, his identity as an imperial guard officer was only obtained by his father's identity as a close minister. Although he was much stronger than his dead elder brother Pei Sui, he was still just a noble son. He was good at art and elegance, but he had never experienced real combat with real swords and guns. At this time, he led dozens of Pei's children and led 300 servants in the guard house to charge forward like a swarm.

Two hundred steps, one hundred steps!

"Cross crossbow arrows, let it go!"

Qin Qiong roared, and the other generals and schoolmen also ordered arrows to be fired and yelled out. The Liaodong Army guards were locked in the eyes of the servants who were shouting wildly, and the jailers who were charging forward gently knocked their fingers. A crossbow arrow left the string with a sound of breaking through the air and stabbed into the target's body.

For the opponents of the Liaodong Army, they did not have any pressure to deal with these insignificant servants in front of them. Even none of them used continuous shooting crossbows. Everyone was confident and shot one arrow in an orderly manner.

Faced with the sudden shooting of crossbow arrows, the servants in public even forgot the action of holding the wooden shield in their hands to block them. They just watched the crossbow arrow roaring in horror and finally stabbed into their bodies. The powerful crossbow arrow brought them all down from the horse's horse's hooves and were stomped on the mountain road.

After three consecutive crossbows of four hundred people were shot, there were only a few left of the three hundred Pei family and servants. Before they could react, they could only let the war horses lead them to the fallen people in front of them and continue to send them to the Liaodong guards to die.

"Don't leave any one to kill!"

Looking at the remaining dozens of lucky people who were not dead under the rain of arrows, Qin Qiong calmly gave the order.

"Clang! Clang 1 clang!"

After one handful of swords after another, the Liaodong guards on the outermost side looked cold and jumped out, harvesting their last lives like the god of death.

"Wow!"

Qin Qiong threw Pei Ming, who was trembling all over, in front of Chen Kefu's horse, "Master, he said he is Pei Yun's second son."

Chen Kefu looked at the person in front of the horse and could indeed see Pei Yun's shadow in his eyes.

However, although he disliked Pei Yun's character, Pei Yun was still capable. He never thought that his son was so incompetent, so he shook his head and said, "Tell me, why are you chasing me? If you say everything you know, I can give you a pleasure! If you don't want it, I will let you know what it means to feel worse than death!"

"Mr. Chen, please spare me. I said, I will say everything, don't kill me." Pei Ming begged with a pale face, "It's Duke Tang, the son of Duke Tang, found that Lord Chen ran away with his people in the morning.

So Li Yuan went to the palace to report to the emperor, and His Majesty issued an order to capture Lord Chen alive, and be awarded a marquis, rewarded 10,000 gold coins, collected 10,000 mu of land, and promoted the official position to three levels. As soon as the news came out, half of the men in Kyoto came out of the city to hunt Lord Chen, and the young man became greedy for a moment, so he brought his servants with him. Please spare his life, the villain would never dare to do it again."

Chen Kefu nodded to Qin Qiong, Qin Shubao raised the crossbow arrow in his hand and shot it into Pei Ming's eyebrows.

Luo Shixin took the guards back to the front of the formation, "Master, I have checked them all, there is no survivor."

Chen Kefu looked at each other and felt a little heavy. "Everyone, everyone heard what he said just now. I didn't expect that the emperor actually discovered us in advance. Now, only by rushing forward can we rush back to Liaodong first and set off!"

The team set off again, but this time everyone consciously accelerated the speed. Fang Xuanling rushed forward and rushed to Chen Kefu. He looked at Li Xiuning in the team and said, "Why did Li Shimin and Li Yuan do this?"

With a sneer, Chen Kefu smiled and said, "Everyone flew when the disaster comes. This is just a human nature. Speaking of which, I was involved in the Li family. He did this just to protect himself. There is nothing right or wrong!"

Having said that, Chen Kefu was still very uncomfortable. If Li Yuan had just done this, he would have felt better. But Li Shimin discovered this first and told Li Yuan, which made him feel very uncomfortable. Thinking about the time, he took care of Li Shimin like his brother, and trained him from a playboy to both civil and military. But he never thought that Li Shimin was the first person to treat him like this.

Everyone rode their horses wildly, and after more than an hour, they rushed to a small river, and Chen Kefu ordered the horse to drink and rest. Calculate the time, it was already afternoon. It was dark early in the first month, and it was about to be dark at most. Chen Kefu sent Cheng Yaojin and dozens of people to disperse the warning. After only a quarter of an hour of rest, he would have to travel overnight. Although he was tired from traveling day and night, he knew that hundreds of thousands of people were searching for them, and everyone was just taking such a great risk to camp here.

Chen Kefu was a little tired and was eating dry food. This was not physical fatigue, but mental fatigue.

A squeaking footsteps came from the snow, and Li Xiuning, dressed in men's clothes, walked to him and sat down, "Husband!"

Chen Kefu felt the coldness of being held by her hand as if she was crying. He looked up and saw that Li Xiuning's eyes were red and swollen, obviously because he had just cried for a long time.

Judging from her appearance, Chen Kefu also understood that it must be what Pei Ming said before. It was hard for her. On one hand, she was her father and brother, but on the other hand, her husband. Now that her father and brother have betrayed her husband, she, the person who is sandwiched in the middle, is the saddest.

"I'm sorry!" Li Xiuning said softly.

Covering the cold hand in his arms, Chen Kefu smiled and said, "We are husband and wife, why bother to say sorry. In fact, the most difficult thing about this is you. This incident was completely accidental. It was also because I had implicated my father-in-law. They did this for the sake of the Li family, and I can understand. Madam doesn't have to be sad anymore. Now my father-in-law is fine, and we are fine, and everyone is fine."

The sky gradually darkened, the north wind was howling, and everyone's heart was extremely heavy.

Several black dots appeared in the snow in the south, gradually showing their figure, but they were the people who went to explore the way. Chen Kefu patted Li Xiuning's back and helped her carefully tie the cloak.

"It's time for us to get on the road!"

Before Chen Kefu's voice fell, Qin Qiong, who was standing on a stone holding a thousand-mile mirror, shouted, "Warning! There is an enemy situation!"

Hearing this voice, Chen Kefu's face changed, and he ignored everything else and took off the Qianli Mirror to look. The black spot that had been clearly visible in the Qianli Mirror, but it was Cheng Yaojin and others. However, there were only three people left at this time. Moreover, the three of them were clearly seen in the Qianli Mirror that the three of them were galloping wildly, and one of them had a white feather arrow inserted on the armor. Behind them, a black line was rushing like a tide.
Chapter completed!