Zuo Menggeng's guards were hired by Li Zichu at great expense to become Jinyiwei spies. He also threatened to kill Zuo Menggeng's family if they didn't comply. He initially didn't believe it, so Li Zichu had his neighbor killed and showed him the neighbor's mistress's delicate hands.
The guard was so frightened that he agreed immediately. From then on, Zhao Xiaofei would know everything that the Zuo family father and son did.
The man from Jiujiang was a yamen runner in the Governor-General's Office and had been a secret agent for the Imperial Guard for many years. Upon hearing that the capital had fallen, he thought he could finally escape his status as an Imperial Guard agent. However, Li Zichu, following a list of names, sent someone to find him and asked him to continue serving the Ming Dynasty. He had no choice but to agree.
The two received the task at the same time and were asked to work together to rescue Yuan Jixian and leave Jiujiang.
Zuo Menggeng's guard was Liu Jiakang, and his yamen runner was Chu Wen. Both were in their thirties, with elderly parents and young children to support.
Liu Jiakang secretly obtained Zuo Menggeng's token and copied it, then Chu Wen used the fake token to enter the dungeon. The dungeon was guarded by only seven or eight jailers, with two soldiers from Zuo Liangyu guarding the entrance. The other original jailers, Liu Jiakang had already fed them with silver. Only the two guards at the entrance were frequently replaced and could not be bribed.
When he arrived at the prison, Yuan Jixian was placed in solitary confinement in a better cell.
Chu Wen took out the key and opened the cell door. Yuan Jixian lay in bed without moving for a moment. Chu Wen called out from behind, "Master Yuan!"
Yuan Jixian turned over and asked, "Who are you? What's the matter?"
"Sir Yuan, we were sent by the court to rescue you!" said Chu Wen.
"The imperial court? Which imperial court?" Yuan Jixian asked, fearing that the Dashun would send someone to persuade him to surrender. But Li Zicheng probably didn't have that chance; he was currently preparing for his coronation ceremony in Xi'an. He had no business being in Jiangxi.
"We were sent from Nanjing. Lord Kenan asked us to come and rescue you! Lord Kenan has already arrived in Chizhou and will arrive at the city of Jiujiang soon!" said Chu Wen.
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