Chapter 001: Escape

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The winter in the south of the Yangtze River was rainy, and it was even worse in Quanzhou in the first year of Jingyan of the Great Song Dynasty. Although the rain had stopped in the early morning, the deep humidity had risen, shrouding the wilderness in mist, and a team of two four-lifted yellow sedan chairs slowly marched slowly on the narrow and muddy country road, stretching for miles. In addition to many chamberlains and palace maids playing honor guards and officers and soldiers wearing armor and carrying bows and knives, there are more village warriors wearing cloth shirts and holding various weapons, but they all look panicked, and the team looks disorganized and nondescript, and there is no so-called prestige at all.

"Dou Xing, is there any news from the official family?" The soft sedan car curtain at the beginning was lifted, and the bead curtain hung down, and only a graceful middle-aged woman could be seen sitting in it.

"Yu Niangniang, General Cai sent someone to investigate, saying that after being separated that night, the official family was escorted by Zhang and Lu, two privy envoys, out of the east gate from the Hanjiang River into the fungus river to Dongshizhai, and we are going to meet the official family." The inner servants of the province who walked in the sedan chair all knew Dou Xing and said.

"Alas, it's good for the official family to get out of danger, and the slave family can rest assured." The Queen Mother nodded and asked, "What about the casualties of the righteous and brave after the break, and how many returned?" ”

"Niangniang, according to the returnee's report, ** Jinshi, Wenxinlang Xu Hanqing and his wife led thousands of townships to bravely block the Pu family's pursuit of soldiers in the bitter tomb for seven days and nights, and the Yuan army arrived, and they were defeated, and led the remnants of the army to retreat to Jijiazhai; Led by Cai Qiao, Cai Ruoshui, and Huang Xianyao, the Zong Yong Righteous Warriors were responsible for leading the other part of the chasing soldiers, feinting defeat and leading the troops into the pit of Qiaopu, due to the disparity in strength, the righteous army had to retreat while fighting, with countless casualties along the way, and they had returned last night, and now there are less than 1,000 people left. Dou Xing said with a gloomy face.

"If I, the Great Song Dynasty, are such loyal ministers and righteous soldiers, why is this so!" The Queen Mother was silent for a long time before she said, now that the old Queen Mother and the emperor have surrendered, the officials are no longer afraid to resist, and they have surrendered to the enemy, and the people are mostly indifferent to it, sitting back and watching the country fall into the hands of foreign races. Although they knew that it was a hopeless battle, they still rushed forward without hesitation, which was a rare move.

"Don't be sad, mother, with these loyal people, there is hope for the restoration of the country!" Dou Xing saw that the queen was angry, and hurriedly comforted him.

"Hmm." The Queen Mother nodded and asked, "How is Qilang today, is he better?" ”

"Niangniang, His Royal Highness King Wei is much better today, I slept very well last night, I ate something in the morning, and I fell asleep in the sedan chair." Dou Xing replied.

"Qilang has always been well-behaved in the past, why did he suddenly become so irritable, just talking nonsense, how people don't know, if there is anything, how to mourn the family to the first emperor......" The queen mother said and shed tears, the first emperor gave birth to seven sons, but four died young, and the five sons were taken away by the Mongols after only two years on the throne. Now that her eldest son has ascended the throne, she was separated again when she broke through from Quanzhou, and now she only has her youngest son by her side, but she is suffering from hysteria, which makes her exhausted.

"Your Highness is just a little frightened, it's fine, it's okay to rest for two days, and the Queen Mother doesn't have to worry too much." What can Dou Xing do now, he can only comfort with good words, but think about the Pu family's sudden rebellion that day, sending troops to slaughter the Quanzhou Zongzi who greeted him, thousands of people fell to the ground in a blink of an eye, it was really corpses all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river, he was scared to pee his pants, how can a five-year-old child who grew up in the deep palace not be afraid when he sees it, even if he is crazy, it is normal.

"Why did you stop, is there another enemy army ahead?" As he spoke, the team moving forward suddenly stopped leaving, and the Queen Mother asked in a trembling voice.

"Don't worry, wait for the little one to send someone to ask." Dou Xing also replied with an anxious face.

"Yu Niangniang, the spies came to report, yesterday due to the tight Tartars, the official family has left Dongshizhai under the protection of Deputy Envoy Zhang and the army, and went to Nan'an to prepare to go to Zhangzhou Shuiying, we can't go any further." Before Dou Xing could send someone, a military general came from the front of him, jumped off the horse without waiting for the horse to stop, and saluted the sedan chair.

"Bitter, bitter and ......" The Queen Mother couldn't help but cry out when she heard this, the road in front had been blocked, and there were enemy troops in hot pursuit, wouldn't it be a place of death.

"General Cai, how is this good?" Dou Xing also panicked and asked urgently.

"Niangniang, big official, now we can only turn south to Nan'an to meet Your Majesty." The general thought for a moment and said.

"Alas, then listen to General Cai's arrangement!" The Queen Mother also had no idea, and now she can only do so, and said with a sigh.

"Yes, Niangniang, even if the lower officials are broken, they will ensure the safety of Niangniang and His Royal Highness." The general saluted again, and the group turned around and quickened their pace south, trying to get rid of the enemy before they could catch up......

"Damn, is this a sedan chair or a Lantern Festival!" The sedan chair suddenly accelerated, slammed into a shock, and the person who was sitting in it and was almost thrown out of the sedan chair by the violent shaking, but he didn't get angry, but he muttered helplessly, grabbed the sedan pole with both hands and tried his best to stabilize the round body, but the two little short legs couldn't reach the bottom of the sedan car, and the body was still swaying from side to side like a rootless ping, and it was very hard.

For a while, the people in the sedan chair were about to vomit, but the attendants who accompanied them still kept urging them to go fast, but the sedan curtain had been dropped, and the people in the sedan chair could only see the back of the sedan chair man through the opening of the uncertain gap, and heard its heavy footsteps and wheezing, and could not see the situation outside at all, but it was obvious that the atmosphere had become extremely tense, and the sedan chair driver had changed from a fast walk to a trot.

"The cavalry of the Tartars is catching up!"

"Protect the Queen Mother, Your Highness first!"

"The rear team stops moving forward and blocks the Tartars!" ……

"Fast, fast, ......fast" The urging sound outside the sedan chair sounded again, the sedan chair driver accelerated his pace again, and ran violently, and the accompanying soldiers and villagers also sheathed their knives and wound their arrows, and the battle was about to break out.

"It's over, it's over, I'm afraid I won't be able to get out today!" The thunderous sound of the horse's hooves hitting the ground was getting closer and closer, as if it was coming to him in an instant, and the faces of the people in the sedan chair were like ashes, and their lips trembled, "If I am caught by the Tartars, am I pretending to be pitiful, or am I a tough guy?" Alas, it is estimated that after they knew their identity, I am afraid that they would not listen to themselves, and they would have gone up and cut off their heads in two and exchanged them for silver......"

"Oops!" Just when the people in the sedan chair were thinking wildly, the sedan chair that was advancing rapidly suddenly stopped, and his body leaned forward suddenly, he couldn't hold it anymore, and rolled out like a meat ball, and fell on his stomach. The situation in front of him was so frightened that he almost fainted, the sedan chair man under him was hit by an arrow in the neck, the blood flowed sparsely, his mouth and nose sprayed blood foam with his breathing, and a pair of eyes stared at the boss, and his hand dragged the arrow shaft to try to pull it out.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, you have shocked the king, the little ones deserve to die!" A group of people saw the person in the sedan chair fall out, and instead of coming forward to rescue His Royal Highness, who was already frightened and half dead, they knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty.

"When is it, still talk about these false courtesies, quickly help His Royal Highness the King of Wei to get into the sedan chair." Finally, there was someone who understood, an officer stepped forward and shouted loudly, and a group of people woke up like a dream and stepped forward to help His Highness up, and then stuffed him into the sedan chair indiscriminately, and the officer grabbed a man and asked him to replace the injured sedan chair driver and hurried on the road, as for the injured man abandoned on the side of the road, and no one cared about his life or death.

'Gege ......' curled up under the sedan chair His Royal Highness's teeth chattered, holding the chair cushion trembling, so many days he was the first time to look at death so closely, a person was over in a blink of an eye, and he couldn't remember whether the little yellow door carrying the sedan chair was called Fuzi, or Shunzi, just remembered that he was very strong, and he loved to laugh, every time he traveled, he would carefully lower the sedan chair and kneel on the ground to support him on the sedan chair, but a stray arrow instantly made it disappear in the world, no wonder the child would be scared to death by this bloody scene.

The two arrows of 'Aggressive ......' nailed to the seat through the sedan curtain, causing His Royal Highness to shrink back in fright, blocking the chair cushion in front of him, as if this could block the constantly flying arrows. And there were a few screams outside the sedan chair, the sedan chair landed again, and soon it was lifted again, and after a few steps, it fell and lifted again, just like a roller coaster, and finally fell and did not move, obviously the sedan chair driver was all finished.

"Heaven and earth, God, Buddha, Queen Mother, Jade Emperor, which of you is playing with me like this?" His Royal Highness shrank into the sedan chair again, but he had already resisted the sedan wall, and there was no way to retreat, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and wail, but none of the people he named replied to him, even if he sent a smile and a like!

"A misstep becomes a thousand years of hatred, and being a person again is attached to such an unlucky child, why was he not careful when he walked, but who the fuck knew that sending a courier could be fatal!" At this moment, the fight outside the sedan car has begun, and the clanging sound of weapons colliding, the popping sound of piercing into the human body and the tragic howl of the dying person are all resounding, which makes people palpitate. His Royal Highness regretted it, but there was nothing he could do......

There was a loud bang, and His Royal Highness felt that the sedan chair was like being hit by a train, and he flew out as if he was sitting on a catapult chair, somersaulting in the air and falling on all fours. He saw that his palanquin had been smashed to pieces by the Tartar war horse, the flesh and blood of the palanquin men were twitching on the ground, the generals who protected him had joined the battle group, and several chamberlains were holding hands in front of him, trying to stop the galloping war horses.

"Damn, they should be playing eagles and catching chickens, can they stop it!" His Royal Highness wanted to hurry up to this dangerous place, but his legs were weak and he couldn't struggle at all, so he stepped on his calves in vain, screaming loudly in horror.

And at this moment, a Tartar cavalry broke through the barrier of the escort general, and immediately found a high-value target that was still struggling on the ground, and rushed over to this side with a war knife.

"It's over, even the unlucky prince can't do it this time......" His Royal Highness saw that the horse's hooves with the big mouth of the bowl were about to kick on his pink little face, and he instinctively raised the chair cushion that was still in his arms, wanting to block the falling horses' hooves, so as not to be reincarnated again The gods would not recognize him, but he knew very well in his heart that this thing must be able to block it!

"Get out!" Just when His Royal Highness was about to wait for death unwillingly, he suddenly heard a loud roar, and a big man suddenly rushed over with oblique stabs and hit the horse fiercely, and the Tartar who was struggling to hit the horse and the horse was knocked to the ground. With one blow, the big man didn't stop, bent down and picked up His Royal Highness, clamped it under his armpit and ran away......

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