The initial result of the discussion was that the Yangzhou prefect went back to raise money, while Lin Qilong expressed his gratitude that he would stay in the Ming army camp as a hostage. Lin Qilong loudly promised Mu Tan in front of the captured imperial guard officer that the Ming army would definitely get the money to redeem the body and asked them not to destroy Shunzhi's body no matter what. If the Qing side made a comeback, the Ming army could kill Lin Qilong to vent their anger.

After the Yangzhou prefect left, the Ming army locked Lin Qilong and the officers of the Imperial Guard. Although they had never seen Lin Qilong before, some people in the Imperial Guard heard that the current Governor of the Valley Transportation was strong at the time, but Lin Qilong in front of him had a white beard. He took off his hat and saw that the braid behind his head was also white.

"Oh, I heard that the emperor's funeral, my hair and beard turned white all of a sudden." Lin Qilong explained to the inmates, and then promised: "Don't worry, I have ordered all the salt merchants to be slaughtered. If I still can't make up enough money, I will even sell my property and have to make up enough money."

Although he was very dissatisfied with the river officers and soldiers not serving the king in time before, the officers of the Imperial Guards are now moved by Lin Qilong's loyalty. Soetu couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity that Lord Lin's daughter."

"As long as the emperor's dragon body can be kept safe, what is a mere daughter?" Lin Qilong replied sternly. He said that when the royal army attacked the bandits in the future and avenged the emperor, he would naturally let his daughter commit suicide.

On the contrary, the Imperial Guards said that this kind of heroine who sacrificed herself to feed the tiger would be ordained as a monk. The prefect of Yangzhou still had two nieces, who happened to be a nun with Lin Qilong's daughter, and could have a look after her. Of course, if Miss Lin had to show her ambitions with death, the court would definitely not forget the honor she gave her.

Compared with Jiang Guozhu and Zhang Chao, Lin Qilong's situation is undoubtedly more dangerous, because his strength is the most limited. If the Qing Dynasty wants to hold Lin Qilong accountable, it is undoubtedly much safer to take down Lin Qilong than to take down Jiang Guozhu. Even if he is not responsible for the safety of Gaoyou. Lin Qilong himself is unwilling to die, and other governors cannot stand by death. Therefore, the governors reached an agreement with Deng Ming. After shooting Shunzhi, Deng Ming sent orders to Jiang Guozhu and Liang Huafeng to commit suicide, but the great contribution of redeeming the body must be handed over to Lin Qilong. When completing these transactions, the governors of Jiangnan will also mobilize all forces to promote it, so that everyone in the world will know that Lin Qilong's contribution to endurance of humiliation. The Qing court, which would have been passive because of the sudden death of the emperor, naturally it is even more impossible to punish "loyal ministers" like Lin Qilong at this time, not to mention that he is a very light responsibility.

The Imperial Guard soon discovered that Mutan was indeed Deng Ming's confidant general. After receiving Lin Qilong's "daughter" and Yangzhou prefect's "niece", Mutan quickly persuaded Deng Ming to "change his mind" and announced to Lin Qilong and the Imperial Guard again that he would still keep his promise and return the body of Shunzhi, but Deng Ming needed Yangzhou to hand over gold that could "can fill all the cabins of a warship."

The Ming army, who continued to retreat towards the Yangtze River, led Lin Qilong and the Imperial Guards to act together. Lin Qilong seized the opportunity to force the Imperial Guards to make great efforts to protect Shunzhi's body. Deng Ming did not want to kill these prisoners, but hoped to release them to further dismantle the enemy's fighting spirit; while the governor of Jiangnan made up his mind to protect these Imperial Guards before Deng Ming launched an attack, because most of them were the children of princes and ministers. When Lin Qilong saw Mu Tan, the latter handed over a list of prisoners to the other party. Seeing that there were so many important figures among the prisoners, the Governor of the Valley was also very happy.

Before leaving Beijing, Emperor Shunzhi appointed Sony and Oboi to assist in the administration, and also allowed Suksaha and Ebilong to command the subsequent ban brigade. In the case of the emperor's sudden death, these four people would almost certainly become the assistants of the empress dowager. In addition to Sony's third son, one of Oboi's nephews, and Ebilong's son-in-law, there were countless sons and nephews of other important officials of the upper three flags. Although there were many children of the upper three flags who died in battle, the more so the important officials would cherish the survivors. In theory, the emperor's guards would be punished for the death of the emperor, but at this critical moment, the Empress Dowager probably did not have the courage to kill all the hundreds of important officials in one breath.

Lin Qilong tried to ask Soetu and others to assist in his work, and also to help the court find some excuses to deal with them leniently. Once the prisoners of the Imperial Guards were pardoned, it would be even worse to be punished by the Governor of Jiangnan.

Lin Qilong personally entered the Ming army as a charity. The Yangzhou prefect was busy copying the homes of salt merchants in Fuxian on both sides of the canal. No one went to send military rations or horse materials to Suksaha and Ebilong. The entire Ming army returned to the Yangtze River and met with the Shuiying. The subsequent 15,000 Qing troops had not even arrived. Moreover, Gaoyou and Huai'an were in chaos at this time. The Yangzhou prefect asked the government officials in these places to act in a unified manner in the name of raising ransoms. The river officers and soldiers also received a warrant from the Governor of the Grain Transport before leaving, asking them to cooperate with their work. In order to quickly raise funds, rules were even set. All officers and soldiers involved in the raid and clerks of the government could just take 20% of the reward.

Suddenly, the area was filled with chaos, with officers and soldiers like wolves and tigers, and wealthy businessmen scrambling to escape. After a big fuss, the news of the emperor's death spread like wings. Not to mention the local officials and gentry, even Suksaha and Ebilong were shocked and suspicious, and their troops were shocked three times a day. In this kind of chaos, let alone chasing Deng Ming, even how to control the troops and raise food and grass became a problem.

The Ming army retreated to the Yangtze River along the way with the emperor's corpse. It is said that Yangzhou kept sending ransoms, but the amount required by Deng Ming was still far from enough. Every time Deng Ming was furious and claimed to chop Shunzhi's corpse and Lin Qilong into meat sauce, Mu Tan would help the prisoners of the Imperial Guards, persuade Deng Ming to charge additional interest and relax the time limit.

Soon, Jiang Guozhu's envoy was added to the group negotiated with Deng Ming. After hearing that the emperor died, Nanjing also expressed his willingness to help repay part of the ransom. According to the prior agreement between Deng Ming and the governor of Jiangnan, Lin Qilong must have the great contribution of risking his life to redeem the emperor's body, but everyone had to share the credit for the cancellation of Shunzhi's body, so not only Jiang Guozhu's Nanjing had to "share" part of the ransom, but even Nanchang, Jiangxi had to "bear" a little.

Now the news of the emperor's death in battle has spread throughout Jiangnan. In addition, the officialdoms and gentry in Jiangnan both heard that Jiang Guozhu had received a false order to commit suicide. At that time, the governor of Jiangning was a little suspicious. After severance, he discovered the flaw and captured Deng Ming, who had been swearing to death with Deng Ming. Zhou Peigong, who had been vowing to death, also received the same false order. This flaw was also noticed. Zhou Peigong was sad and immediately sent an envoy to Deng Ming's military camp and sweared to heaven that as long as Deng Ming keeps his promise to receive the ransom and return the body of the previous emperor, the 30,000 Hunan troops would never stop them from leaving.

The closest success of the false decree operation was probably the one given to Liang Huafeng. Because he intercepted Deng Ming with Zhou Peigong, Deng Ming also sent him a copy in order to create chaos. After receiving the imperial edict, Liang Huafeng cried to the sky and shouted, "The king wants his minister to die, but the minister has to die." He wanted to draw his sword and commit suicide on the spot. Fortunately, he was held by his personal soldiers. At that time, some people in the Liang army had doubts about the authenticity of the imperial edict and persuaded Liang Huafeng to say: The emperor handed over the power of the military and horses in Jiangnan to the general, and he had great trust. How could he suddenly send a stupid imperial edict to take the general's life? Liang Huafeng must reply and ask again.

But Liang Huafeng refused to listen, but instead pursued death. He was dragged into the tent by his loyal subordinates and started to monitor him. He submitted a memorial to confirm his holy intention. During this period, Liang Huafeng was still seeking death in the tent, yelling his subordinates to destroy his "fame of loyal ministers". If the news of Shunzhi's death spread rapidly, Liang Huafeng might have committed suicide inexplicably.

When many people lamented that Liang Huafeng's loyalty seemed to be above Jiang Guozhu and Zhou Peigong, Governor Jiangning was furious about this matter. After Admiral Jiangnan, who was unable to seek death, rushed back to Nanjing, Governor Jiangning immediately summoned him into the Governor's Office and scolded him sternly: "Didn't it be agreed that all three of us must see through the false order? How dare you act in such a play? Are you going to sell your official and Lord Zhou to invite you to name it?"

"Governor, please calm down, calm down." Liang Huafeng quickly defended: "The General of the Mo did not have this intention in advance. It was indeed a thought afterwards. It felt something was wrong. If all three people saw through this false intention in a perfect way, then it would be too stupid to use this trick. Will the court think that Admiral Deng is stupid? Obviously not. Why did Admiral Deng suddenly become stupid? It must be to cover us. So the General of the General of the Modify thought that Admiral Deng's strategy would be successful, and it was very close to success. This would be reasonable."

"Hmph." Jiang Guozhu thought about it. What Liang Huafeng said was indeed reasonable. When discussing the aftermath with Deng Ming, everyone was not very sure whether he could kill Shunzhi. It was also very difficult to transport food and grass to the Ming army without attention, so some things were not considered too carefully. However, despite this, the governor of Jiangning was still angry: "Since that is the case, why didn't you quickly report it inappropriately, and you still had the intention to sell your official name to get it? Where is your integrity?!"

Liang Huafeng knelt down on the ground and cried out: "The governor clearly saw that Mo Zong, a vulgar and uncivilized martial artist, did he have such a delicate mind? It was indeed when the order entered the military camp that Mo Zong suddenly felt something was wrong. He hurriedly arranged it, and almost broke it up."

"Well, get up." Jiang Guozhu walked around the lobby twice and said to the chief general: "Mr. Zhou wrote yesterday and said that he heard that Lin Qilong sent a daughter to Admiral Deng. This matter is very inappropriate."

"What's wrong?" Liang Huafeng said carelessly: "This must be fake. He just wants to act for the imperial guards."

"I also thought so at the beginning, but Lord Zhou asked me in the letter, what if it was really done?"

"Really..." Liang Huafeng thought for a moment and suddenly turned angry: "Did Lin Qilong send his real daughter to Admiral Deng? This guy is so cunning! He wants to take the opportunity to get in touch with Admiral Deng, and he is not afraid of the court's pursuit..."

"I don't know whether it's true or not, go and check it out immediately! Is it his real daughter or a thin horse I bought from Yangzhou?"

Liang Huafeng still had some subordinates in Yangzhou, so he took the order and left in a hurry.

Jiang Guozhu thought to himself: "There is no suitable daughter in an urgent situation, but there are two nieces who are waiting for the word "Boy". Can Lin Qilong send his daughter to the tiger's mouth for the emperor's body? I am also a loyal minister. Can't I send my niece?"

"The Governor's family is all in his hometown. If Governor Lin sent his real daughter, it must have been planned. Governor may not be able to do it. But I am different. My wife and daughter are by my side." Liang Huafeng also thought in her mind when she left the Governor's Office: "I gave it to General Mu on the excuse, and then took it away by Admiral Deng. This is completely reasonable... In order for the emperor's body to return safely, what is the point of my family suffering some grievance?"
Chapter completed!