Chapter 1 Changed your surname? My name is Zhu Wenzhe
"Wake up, wake up, go with the end, hurry, it's too late if you don't leave"
In my sleep, I felt someone hold my shoulder, keep shaking, and the strength increased, as if to remove my arm, I suddenly felt a fire in my heart, and while straightening up, I kept massaging my arm, which was numb from my sleep.
"Got to the place? Just call me, why is the service so good, how much is it? ”
"What money is not money? It's all this time, and I still need money! Don't you want money and don't want to die!? ”
Well? Want money or don't want to die? What's the situation? Did I run into a robber? Now that the social security is so good, I haven't heard the news of a taxi robbery for many years, did I run into it? I rubbed my sleepy eyes vigorously, huh? Where am I? This is not Zhangjiawan, and even, this is not in a taxi! There are all kinds of antique Chinese classical furniture around, I looked to the left, only to see a six-foot-wide agarwood bed leaning against the wall, hanging next to the bed is a silk treasure Luo tent, the tent is embroidered with pearls and silver thread begonia flowers, the wind is moving, like falling clouds and mountains and the sea of illusions. The couch is set up with a green jade incense pillow, covered with soft silkworm ice, stacked with jade ribbons, and embroidered with flowers. Look at the right again, a few meters away is a study, in the room there is a large case of pear marble, on the case there are all kinds of celebrity law, and dozens of treasure inkstones, all kinds of pen holders, the pen sea inserted in the pen like a forest. On that side, there is a big Ru kiln flower sac, and a bag full of crystal balls is inserted in the white chrysanthemum. There is a large meter Xiangyang's "Smoke and Rain Map" hanging on the wall, and a couplet is hung on the left and right, which is Yan Lugong's ink, and its word cloud: Yanxia idle bones, Quanshiye career. There is a big tripod on the case. On the left red sandalwood shelf is a large plate of a large official kiln, which contains dozens of delicate yellow and exquisite Buddha's hands. There are several huge mahogany beams supporting the beams in the house, and I am sitting at a big Huanghuali Eight Immortals table at this moment, and there is a set of exquisite tea sets on the table.
Where am I? Am I crossing over? Where have you crossed over? I was in doubt, and a urging voice sounded in my ears: "Your Highness, come with me, the people of the inner prison will come to martyr you soon, we will take advantage of the chaos to escape now, and we will rise again in the future", I looked up at the voice, and saw a middle-aged man with a thin face and a dark face looking at me with anxious eyes while talking, probably due to excitement, the muscles on his face trembled uncontrollably, driving the two-inch short beard under the jaw to shake up and down gently.
"Okay, then let's go" In a trance, I stood up, the man was not polite, took my hand, turned around and rushed towards the door of the house, reflecting the sunlight at the door, I saw clearly, it turned out that he was wearing a flying fish suit, okay, I know where I have crossed over.
"Knock"
Before I could take two steps, I fell to the ground hard, huh? How did I get shorter? So much shorter! This height looks like a fourteen or five-year-old boy, and the clothes that look gorgeous on his body, with my small body, still grow a little, I don't have time to think about it, it seems that I am not used to wearing the clothes of the ancients, I got up with a grunt, learned the movements I had seen in costume films before, lifted up the placket of my clothes, and ran out of the house after him.
As soon as I arrived outside the door of the house, I heard piercing cries and shouts of killing all around, the air was filled with a strong smell of blood, disgusting, on the wide streets of the imperial city, countless eunuchs and palace maids dressed as people, with burdens in their hands, trotting and fleeing, and some people, covered in blood, leaning against the wall and the stairs of the palace, their mouths were still **, seeing such a scene with their own eyes, the impact brought by it was far beyond the reach of costume dramas on TV.
"Where are we going?"
"Your Royal Highness don't worry too much, this is the harem side hall, the vanguard of King Yan has not arrived here so quickly, let's go east, bypass the Mingde Palace, and go out from the Donghua Gate", said that, one arm clamped me under the armpit, and the other hand put it in the mouth and whistled, the sound just fell, only to see a yellow fat horse in the distance rushed into the crowd, galloping towards us, and in a blink of an eye came to us and stopped, the man helped me on the back of the horse, and he also grabbed the saddle with one hand, and a harrier turned over on the horse, "Good skills!" I couldn't help but sigh.
"Driving"
The yellow fat horse galloped all the way to the east, and I have to admit that the feeling of galloping the horse was not romantic at all, my stomach and my body unconsciously swayed left and right on the horse's back, flying up and down, fortunately there was someone behind me who hugged me with one hand, otherwise I would definitely be one step ahead of this horse. While I was galloping on my horse, I struggled and asked him:
"Who are you?"
"The last general, Zhou Cong, Your Highness, don't be afraid, wait for me to escort His Highness out of the city, and then let me be detailed, drive"
The speed of the yellow fat horse is getting faster and faster, and I want to ask something, but as soon as I open my mouth, there is a wind with the smell of dust and blood, which keeps pouring into my mouth, and except for the "whirring" wind, the other sounds in my ears can hardly be heard, so I have to give up.
The farther east we ran, the more and more people in the palace around us, and the streets began to become a little crowded, because everyone knew in their hearts that if we ran out of Donghua Gate and escaped from the Forbidden City, we could live, our speed slowed down, Zhou Congming became anxious, and he kept slapping the horse's buttocks, while shouting loudly to the surrounding crowd to keep them away.
"Your Highness, look, there is Donghua Gate in front of you" Zhou Cong suddenly straightened up and looked forward, his eyes seemed to be shining. With that, he clamped his legs around the horse's belly, leaned over again, and with a few crisp whips, the yellow horse roared, and regardless of whether anyone was in the way in front of him, he rushed forward desperately.
The Donghua Gate in front of me became bigger and bigger, and the plaque at the door could almost be seen clearly, just when everyone thought that they could finally escape, the crowd around them suddenly began to turn around and run back, people pushed, screamed, and people were constantly squeezed down by the crowd, and then never stood up.
"Phew"
Zhou Cong slammed the reins, and the horse stopped, panting uncontrollably, and took small steps in place, dodging the crowd around him. I also took advantage of this moment to catch my breath, and kept spitting on the ground, mixed with sand and saliva. Looking up at the noisy place, it turned out to be outside the Donghua Gate, and suddenly a team of about twenty or thirty people came in, dressed in Xuanjia, some holding spears, some holding shields and knives, and the white plain belt on the arm and waist was particularly eye-catching. Obviously, they wanted to enter the city through the Donghua Gate, but they were blocked by the palace people fleeing at the gate, of course, they also had their way, and soon, the screams of the people came from the Donghua Gate, the soldiers slashed left and right, and in the face of the unarmed refugees, their faces were expressionless, and the ground and walls were dyed red.
"It's the vanguard of King Yan, but it doesn't seem to be in command," Zhou Cong muttered to himself, a sneer filtered through the corners of his mouth.
I was about to persuade Zhou Cong to find a place to avoid first, and wait for the team to pass, when I suddenly felt that someone was strangled in the chest, and then the whole person began to lean back. I saw Zhou Cong's feet clamping the horse's belly, pulling the reins violently, the yellow fat horse was pulled by this, the front hooves were in the air, and there was a roar, Zhou Cong whipped a few times, and the yellow horse rushed forward violently, rushing in the direction of the soldiers like an arrow from the string. I feel that the blood in my whole body is going to coagulate, Zhou Cong is clearly going to break in, this is not a highway card, and you don't have ETC, do you think the guys at the door won't stop you? But it's useless to think about anything now, after all, Zhou Cong is the driver.
I saw Zhou Cong suddenly leaned down, and took a dig at the position of the horse's belly, and in the blink of an eye, a weapon appeared in his hand, this weapon has a very peculiar appearance, the overall appearance is like a long sword, but the ordinary long sword only has two blades, and his weapon has four blades, as if two long swords are installed together at a position of 90 degrees, and there are four transparent grooves on the sword body, and the grooves of the two adjacent blades seem to be inlaid with barbs with blades on both sides.
"Your Highness, sit tight" Zhou Cong shouted to me, and in an instant, the enemy soldiers were only four or five steps away, my brain was blank, and I only felt that the yellow horse under my crotch had accelerated again.
"Knock"
With a dull sound, the yellow horse crashed straight into the Pu Dao soldier in front of him, such a powerful impact, I felt that my buttocks had been about 5 cm away from the horse's back, and then smashed down hard, and my head also leaned forward with inertia, I seemed to hear the sound of bones breaking, I don't know if it was my own cervical vertebrae, or the ribs of the unlucky soldier. I suddenly felt that the words of the driving school instructor were useful, and I had to wear a seat belt when driving and riding in the car.
The enemy who was hit flew straight backwards four or five meters away, and then fell heavily on his back to the ground, and before he could get up again, he should have died on the spot. In the face of this sudden situation, the rest of the enemy soldiers seemed to be stunned, and they all stood still, but they were knocked down by three or four people, and the speed of the yellow fat horse gradually slowed down, and the rest of the enemy soldiers also figured out the situation, and rushed up in a swarm, as if they wanted to surround us, and the spearmen who were in the front row of the team also turned their spears and stabbed at us, you know, the spearmen are still very easy to deal with the cavalry. I originally thought that my journey as a down-and-out prince was coming to an end, and the next second I was about to close my eyes and wait for death, when I suddenly heard the sound of "oh" in my ears, and when I opened my eyes, it turned out that Zhou Cong raised his hand and stuck the head of the spear with the empty groove on the strange weapon, and then, I saw him turn the handle hard, and with a "click", the head of the gun was actually broken off!
"Oh! This weapon uses the principle of force and moment, which is the power of science."
The blades in Zhou Cong's hands flew back and forth, and soon, most of the spearmen became stick monks wearing armor, the enemy soldiers began to retreat, and the encirclement was loosened.
After escaping the Forbidden City, we continued to run eastward for more than 10 miles before stopping by a small river to get some rest. At the moment when the horse stopped, before Zhou Cong got off the horse, I turned over and fell off the horse, and I didn't care about patting the ashes, rushed to the river and vomited wildly, my stomach was really uncomfortable, and I secretly swore in my heart, "Whoever dares to mention the horse galloping with me in the future will be blacked."
I vomited for a while, I felt a lot better, I drank two sips of river water, washed my face, and then remembered Zhou Conglai, just turned around, and found that he was standing straight behind me, also gray-headed, and his lips were a little dry and peeling, I was about to speak, let him not be so restrained, wash his face, drink saliva, only to see him suddenly kneel down to me on one knee, I suddenly excited, what? Kneeling on one knee, is this a marriage proposal?
"His Royal Highness the Third Prince, Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose," Zhou Cong arched.
I have watched a lot of "free courtesy" costume dramas, and I understand this kind of routine official language.
Zhou Cong stood up, but still bowed his head to me: "I just frightened His Highness, and he will die, so I implore His Highness to punish him."
"You don't have to salute, you can be regarded as saving me, and I ask you, who are you?"
"Returning to His Royal Highness, the last general Zhou Cong, a person from Huguang Chengtianfu, joined the army in the thirteenth year of Hongwu, and was later transferred from the border army to the Royal Forest Army, awarded General Mingwei, and was the fourth grade."
"Since you are a Royal Forester, why are you wearing a flying fish suit with a brocade guard?"
"The commander of the Imperial Forest Army was originally ordered to guard the palace gate, but suddenly there was a rebel general in the army, and in order to avoid falling into a stalemate, he changed into a flying fish suit and acted cheaply" After that, he took out a dagger from his sleeve and handed it to me with both hands, "Your Highness, and keep it for self-defense", I took it and put it in the sleeve cage.
"Oh, then I have one more question, you have to answer me truthfully"
"Your Highness, please speak in person"
"Who am I?"
"Your Highness, what do you mean by this? His Royal Highness is Zhu Wenzhe, the third son of today's son. As soon as the words fell, Zhou Cong hurriedly knelt down again, and said, "Call Your Highness by name, the last will be guilty, please punish Your Highness"
"It's okay, it's okay, get up and talk back"
To tell the truth, when I got this answer, my heart was full of all kinds of hesitations and doubts, along the way, I have a general understanding of what kind of situation I am now, it is now the Ming Dynasty, this can be determined, and just now Zhou Cong said that the enemy soldiers he encountered were the troops of King Yan to attack the Forbidden City, which means that I encountered the Jingyan Rebellion, so now the son of Zhou Cong should be Zhu Yunwen, but I have read history, Zhu Yunwen only has two sons, the eldest son Zhu Wenkui and the second son Zhu Wengui, Later, I hung up in the Jingnan Rebellion, and I didn't hear that he still had a young son, is it because of my appearance, history has changed, or is there any wild history? Taking a step back, even if I am really Zhu Yunwen's third son, how can Zhou Cong judge my identity? After all, he is a military attaché, although he is a fourth grade, but there should be no chance to see me in the harem, maybe he has never seen me at all, is he just because I am in that side hall, and the clothes I am wearing, he judged that I am the third prince, plus, when I asked him, my own identity, he neither showed surprise, nor hesitated, not even the slightest suspicion of me, after all, a guy who even wants others to tell his identity, The person itself is questionable, unless the person suffers from amnesia?
Zhou Cong's words interrupted my thoughts: "Your Highness, although this place is more than 10 miles away from the Forbidden City, but now that King Yan's troops may have completely controlled the city and begun to prepare to search outside the city, let's hurry up and get on the road, we can't delay." There is nothing wrong with his words, the top priority is to find a safe place to stay, and then think about other issues slowly.
"Zhou Aiqing, what are your plans?"
"Your Highness will go back to Huguang with the last general, it is the hometown of the minister, and the minister is very familiar with the environment there, and it is easy to hide."
"That's it"
The two of us came out in a hurry, and did not bring dry food, so I had to drink a stomach of water, and rested for a while, and was about to turn over and get on the horse to continue the journey, when I suddenly heard the horse's hooves in the west, and looked at it from a distance, the sand and dust were rolling, and the neighing of the war horses came and went. "I secretly said that I didn't have a good idea in my heart, and it seems that today is the end of my story.......... (To be continued)