Traveling through the emperor, overthrowing the empress dowager at the beginning

At dusk, the setting sun is as red as blood, and its afterglow is spread over the vast earth.

The Zhen family's huge convoy slowly stopped and set up camp by a sparkling river.

A large number of servants were busy setting up tents and moving goods.

The whole process seems chaotic, but there is also a certain order.

Soon, a huge tent rose up in the center of the camp.

Inside the tent, Zhen Shao, the head of the Zhen family, was sitting at the table, carefully fiddling with the abacus and seriously calculating the losses, revealing a distressed expression from time to time.

Beside him, Cui Yan, the head of the Cui family, kept persuading him.

"That envoy sent by the court is a bastard! How dare he attack my sister! Brother Zhen, leaving the north is absolutely the right decision. Don't worry about the losses. If you lose your life, what's the use of money?"

Hearing this, Zhen Shaowei sighed and continued fiddling with the abacus.

Cui Jia and the Zhen family were old friends. The government envoy even dared to touch Cui's sister, and he also heard that Yang Dechang had been deposed.

The emperor really seemed to be planning to take action against the aristocratic families.

All these made him extremely worried, so after Cui Yan's hard persuasion, he decided to move his family south.

"Brother Zhen, after everything is settled, isn't it time to discuss the marriage between our two families?"

Cui Yan suddenly said again.

Hearing this, Zhen Shao hesitated for a moment and then nodded.

His daughter has indeed reached the age to get married.

"By the way, it seems like many traveling merchants have sent you letters asking to meet you. It seems they want to join your caravan. Would you like to meet them?"

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When Zhen Shao thought about the loss he had suffered this time, he had no mood to meet these traveling merchants.

And just as the two family heads were discussing matters.

In another tent, Zhen Shao's daughter, Zhen Jiaoxue, was leaning against the headboard, quietly reading a bamboo slip.

She was wearing a light blue brocade dress, with a graceful figure, dignified temperament and skin as white as snow.

Her long hair fell on her shoulders like a waterfall, and her every frown and smile exuded a noble and proud temperament.

As if he was born with pride.

Suddenly, a maid holding a candle beside her whispered, "Miss, you have been reading this book for a long time. Would you like to take a break?"

Zhen Jiaoxue shook her head slightly, her gaze still fixed on the bamboo slips.

Suddenly, the maid said again: "Miss, I heard that the master and the master of the Cui family just discussed your marriage with the young master of the Cui family, and the master agreed."

Upon hearing this, Zhen Jiaoxue's face suddenly changed and she threw the bamboo slips down.

"What? Dad is confused?"

Zhen Jiaoxue jumped off the bed with her bare feet.

The maid was startled by her reaction and hurriedly helped her put on her shoes. She said, "Miss, I'm afraid the master is almost asleep. Why don't you come back to see him tomorrow?"

"Shut up! It's fine that I can't decide my own marriage, but if I marry the young master of the Cui family, the Cui family will definitely take advantage of the opportunity to interfere with the Zhen family's business and management in Hebei. Now we have almost lost our foundation in Youzhou and Liaodong, and the losses are heavy. How can we let the Cui family take a piece of our meat?"

After saying that, Zhen Jiaoxue stood up and hurried out with her maid.

But not long after they walked out of the tent, the soldiers responsible for guarding the entire camp suddenly fell into chaos.

Four hundred imperial guards, divided into four directions, have already charged into the camp.

These imperial guards were dressed in civilian clothes, but they were all elite soldiers and had very sophisticated weapons in their hands.

The three hundred soldiers guarding the convoy were caught off guard and were caught off guard by the sudden attack of the imperial guards.

Fear spread like a plague.

Many of the Zhen family's soldiers were panicked and fled in all directions.

Enemy attack! Formation!

Someone who looked like an officer shouted, but his voice was quickly drowned out by the chaotic scene.

Faced with the murderous imperial guards, the private soldiers raised by the Zhen family did not last a single round and were dispersed.

At this moment, Zhen Jiaoxu heard the shouts and screams, her heart sank suddenly, and her pretty face turned pale in an instant.

She quickly ran back to the tent and crawled under the bed with the maid. She hugged the maid and shivered, but she didn't dare to stay outside anymore.

After Zhen Shao rushed out of the tent, he immediately asked someone to notify his family soldiers to gather over.

However, the Imperial Guards advanced at an extremely fast speed.

After making inquiries from many sources, they already knew the location of the Zhen family's main camp, but they did not rush over. Instead, after defeating the Zhen family's soldiers, they surrounded the entire camp.

At this moment, Zhen Shao and the children of the Zhen family were all panicked. They looked at the imperial guards around them in horror, not knowing what to do.

But in this chaos, Cui Yan did not panic.

He leaped out first, and in the tone of a green forest hero, he raised his fist and asked loudly: "Who are you? Which army are you from?"

Hearing this, Ye Chen came out on horseback.

He looked at Cui Yan and said coldly, "Master Zhen, have you read the letter I sent? Since you haven't replied to me, I have no choice but to bring my troops to see it myself."

He wrote to Zhen Shao thinking of using courtesy first and then force. If this guy had been more sensible, perhaps there would be no need to send troops.

But now it seems that this guy is very ignorant.

Zhen Shao was shocked when he heard Ye Chen's words.

Ye Chen suddenly frowned, thinking that the guy on horseback did not look like the head of the Zhen family. The imperial guards had described the appearance of the head of the Zhen family to him before, and he did not look like this.

He looked at Cui Yan who was riding a horse, and said in a steady and powerful voice: "Aren't you the head of the Zhen family?"

Hearing this, Cui Yan, riding on his horse, looked calm and said in a steady tone: "No, I am the head of the Cui family."

There is a hint of confidence and calmness in his eyes, as if he can remain calm in the face of any situation.

When Zhen Shao saw Cui Yan's performance, his originally nervous mood relaxed a little.

He felt that Cui Yan, as the head of the Cui family, would be able to handle the situation.

After all, these strong men who suddenly appeared were most likely bandits, and the Cui Yan family had been officials for generations and had accumulated great power in the north.

These people definitely wouldn't dare to mess with Cui Yan.

Zhen Shao said in his heart.

However, when Ye Chen heard that the other party was the head of the Cui family, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

He waved his hand and ordered, "Capture it!"

In an instant, several imperial guards moved quickly and rushed towards Cui Yan like lightning.

Before Cui Yan could react, he was pulled off his horse by the imperial guards and pinned to the ground.

When Zhen Shao saw Cui Yan being captured by the imperial guards in an instant, his eyes widened.

His body trembled involuntarily, as if frightened by an invisible force.

Ye Chen looked at the people around him and shouted, "Everyone present, drop your weapons and surrender. Get out of here. I will not kill innocent people!"

His voice was like a loud bell and thunder.

When the family soldiers who had retreated to the side of the Zhen family heard this, they did not hesitate for long and dropped their weapons.

Zhen Shao looked at the scene in front of him, his eyes twitched, and he felt completely desperate.

Cui Yan's face was filled with rage. He shouted, "Who are you? How dare you stop my convoy? Do you know who we are?"

Hearing this, Ye Chen raised his chin slightly, looked at Cui Yan sternly, and said slowly: "Shuck his mouth."

After Cui Yan's mouth was stuffed, Ye Chen looked at the Zhen family members in the camp.

"Master of the Zhen family, get out here!"

".promise."