Some people say that the amount of suffering experienced in life will be rewarded as much as it is rewarded.

Some people also say that the suffering of life is just fate, and if you owe one point, you owe one point, and what you owe will come after all.

Some people even say that blessing is blessing, suffering is suffering, and there will never be one or the other, and good and evil are even more so.

You don't see it, how many loyal ministers give up their bones and bear the stigma, and how many traitors steal wealth and get away with it.

For example, a person like Wen Lan who has done all the bad things, Linzhou City is still in great trouble and will not die.

For example, a person like Zhu Zhijie, whose heart is as pure as a mirror, has unknowingly fallen into a dangerous situation.

Su Xiaochen and Zhu Zhitong sat on the boat, both full of thoughts. If there really is a god in the underworld, they can't understand what the god thinks. Could it be that all unreasonable things can only be concluded with a sentence of "this is fate" in the end?

However, how can they have so much room to think about anything else now, on the pitch-black Taiye Lake, it is unknown where they can escape.

"Xiao Xiao, you know this Taiye Lake well, do you know where we should go?"

"Yes." Zhu Zhitong tried her best to answer this question in a calm tone, so that Su Xiaochen would not be so worried. But what exactly will happen, she is not so sure. After all, people's hearts change, and even if my mother has already arranged some things, she can't guarantee that they will go smoothly.

There were no patrolling boats on Taiye Lake, and Zhu Zhitong shook the oars very fast. This boat has been her favorite for many years, and it has been used so handily that it can swim on the lake as fast as a carriage on the road.

In a short time, the boat had reached a shallow place.

Su Xiaochen saw a row of magnificent temples on the shore, and could vaguely identify that it was the Taiqing Nine Halls on Taiqing Island, "What kind of place is this?" Taiqing Island? ”

"It's not far from the gate of Taiye City."

"At the gate of Taiye City?" Su Xiaochen was taken aback, the city gate should be the most heavily guarded place, how could Xiao Xiao want to escape from here? Isn't there a bunch of secret passages? Why not?

Zhu Zhitong saw his face and could see what he was thinking.

"Nine out of ten of the secret passages are in the Yongjin Gate, and the remaining ones are also far apart, and if you want to rush over, you are likely to be bumped into by Wen Lan's people before entering the secret passage. And he must have thought that I would choose to slip out of the secret passage, and now he must have sent more men to hunt me down all over Taiye City. The more he thought I wouldn't walk through the gates, the safer they were. ”

Fiction is real, reality is virtual.

Su Xiaochen understood this truth, but he didn't know if it was really useful to Wen Lan, not to mention that it was impossible for there to be no guards at the gate of the city.

"Da Su, although I am not completely sure, but walking through the city gate is my most sure choice, I can only give it a try now," Zhu Zhitong pointed to ......the distance.

Su Xiaochen looked over and saw hundreds of soldiers lined up at the door, all wearing the uniforms of the Golden Feather Battalion.

The soldiers guarding the gate were very alert, and there were sentry guards on the tower, but when they were still fifty paces away from the door, the soldiers had already shouted, "Who is coming?" How dare you break into the door late at night! ”

Zhu Zhitong didn't answer, just walked towards the door.

When the soldier saw that the visitor did not speak, he became even more nervous, and with a wave of his hand, he had formed a human wall to block the door.

The huge city gate was suddenly blocked so that he could not see the way, and could only see a human wall.

"Say it again, whoever broke into the door and reported his name!"

"Emperor Zhu Zhitong of the Blue Sea." Zhu Zhitong replied with integrity and no fear.

Suddenly there was a whisper in the crowd, obviously a little shaken.

"I'm going out of the city, open the door now!"

The soldiers looked at each other, but their feet remained unmoved.

"What? Do you not listen to my commands? Zhu Zhitong's momentum has not diminished.

At this time, a person came from the back of the crowd, with firm steps, a solemn expression, gray sideburns, and no smile, it was Lu Wenbi, the commander of the Nine Gates. He saw the people who were coming, and he had a number in his heart. He bowed respectfully to Zhu Zhitong and said:

"Your Majesty, it is past the ugly time now, and it is not appropriate to leave the palace in the dead of night. It is the duty of the minister to stay here and not let anyone pass after the curfew, not even His Majesty. ”

Zhu Zhitong's face changed, and she shouted: "Lu Wenbi, I know that you are loyal to your duties, but I also know that you are only under the orders of one person in this life, that is the Emperor of Bihai Ming, I have now ascended the throne, why don't you even listen to my words?" ”

Lu Wenbi smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, at this time and that time, although you have inherited the unification, but the current Bihai Country is not what it used to be, my Lu clan can keep today's clansmen Antai, all depends on the generosity and benevolence of the Imuran country, since the minister promised the Imuran people to guard this gate, he will definitely not break his word." ”

"This ......" Zhu Zhitong felt a chill in her heart, Lu Wenbiao was different from the other children of the Lu family, and she was deeply trusted by her mother. She originally expected that he would let him out of the city with a sense of loyalty, but she didn't expect him to buy it at all, and he would be so ashamed to say that he would betray the enemy and betray the country! Could it be that my mother has lost her eyes?

After Lu Wenbiao finished speaking, he looked at Su Xiaochen beside Zhu Zhitong, as if he had just noticed his existence, and said, "Is it the honorable Lord of Imuran?" The night was so thick that the minister didn't notice it. I don't know if the lord of the country came to the gate of this city so late, did he want to ......? ”

As he spoke, he laughed to himself: "Speaking of orders, according to the agreement between Imuran and Bihai, the minister's duty to guard the city is subject to the great witch god of Imuran, but the identity of the lord of the country is higher than that of the great witch god, if the lord of the country has any orders, the minister will naturally do it." So now the minister asks again, what does the lord of the country want to do when he comes here late at night? ”

When Su Xiaochen and Zhu Zhitong heard this, where else did they not understand, they immediately turned their worries into joy, and immediately replied:

"Emperor Ming and I came here late at night to go out of the city to go around, and ask Lord Lu to open the city gate and let him go."

Lu Wenbiao looked around at the soldiers behind him, and said loudly: "I, Lu Wenbi, am now a minister, no matter how the world looks at me and scolds me, since I have surrendered, I must be loyal to the king." You have just heard clearly, I am not the gate opened by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but the gate of the city opened by the order of the Lord of Imuran, and if anyone asks about it afterwards, you are all witnesses! ”

The soldiers are all pure Bihai people, after the country broke the city, they were already resentful of the Imurans, but in the end they were a little weak and did not dare to resist, seeing that Zhu Zhitong wanted to escape from the city, although they didn't know the reason, they didn't want to embarrass her, and now they saw that the Lord would secretly defend it, they all applauded in their hearts, and they all applauded.

The heavy gate of Taiye City was immediately opened by the soldiers, and Lu Wenbi looked careless and asked casually: "I don't know if Your Majesty wants to walk or ride when you go out of the city, if you don't want to walk too much, there are horses here for you to drive." ”

When Su Xiaochen heard that there was a horse, he hurriedly responded: "Okay, good!" Arima is the best. ”

Immediately two horses were brought in by the soldiers.

Lu Wenbi personally handed over the reins to Zhu Zhitong and whispered in her ear: "The envoys and princes of the small states who are watching the ceremony during the day must still be some stranded in Luoxia Bay, maybe they can provide some ships." ”

Zhu Zhitong understood, smiled gratefully, and whispered back: "Mother didn't look away. ”

Just this sentence, Lu Wenbi was shocked.

Since Emperor Shangming was captured, Lu Wenbiao has never had the opportunity to talk to Emperor Shangming, and he can only rely on speculation and guessing about Emperor Shangming's intentions. However, his loyalty has long been seen by Emperor Shangming, and it even seems that he secretly entrusted Zhu Zhitong early.

If a confidant dies, His Majesty really knows me!

Letting her out of the city tonight, no matter what the consequences are, I, Lu Wenbi, will never regret it.

Lu Wenbi didn't speak again, just watched the two of them go out of the city, and then closed the gate again, as if nothing had happened.

Su Xiaochen and Zhu Zhitong walked out of the city gate, and then rode their horses and galloped south. Suzaku Street was deserted, and the sound of horses' hooves echoed loudly in the night.

"Just now, Lu Wenbiao hinted that there is a boat in Luoxia Bay, we should rush to the south of the city as soon as possible, as long as we can find the boat and leave the capital to reach the waterway, Wenlan will not be able to find us!"

"That Lu Wenbiao didn't expect to keep saying that he was a subordinate, but he was loyal to your Bihai Zhu family, what a rare talent."

"For so many years that his mother handed over the gate of Taiye City to him, he has never made a mistake. I also bet that he had never betrayed before he dared to walk the road at the city gate. ”

"I see...... Your mother can really read people. ”

At the mention of her mother, Zhu Zhitong couldn't help but feel another burst of heartache and burst into tears.

The two horses given by Lu Wenbi were both good horses, and the wind under their feet was running very fast, but as soon as they ran past the four Suzaku Birds, the two of them suddenly heard several eagle cries on their heads, and each one came more quickly than the other.

Zhu Zhitong didn't know what she meant, but her face changed when she heard it in Su Xiaochen's ears.

"Not good...... The pursuers are coming after them. ”

"What's that?"

"It was the sentry eagle in my aunt's Condor camp, flying high and far, and you could see the ground from above. If we continue to run south, I am afraid that before we reach Luoxia Bay, the sentry eagle will already lead the pursuers to the south of the city. ”

"What then? Can't this whisker avoid it? ”

Su Xiaochen thought for a while and said: "There is a way, but you must abandon the horse." ”

"It's still three or four miles away from Luoxia Bay, how can you rush over if you abandon your horse? Isn't it the same that you will be caught up by the pursuers? Zhu Zhitong was a little anxious.

"The hawk can only see people who are moving, and if they crouch quietly under the eaves, they can avoid it. We abandon the horse, and then let the horse run in other directions, and the sentry eagle will naturally report back in the wrong direction when it sees it, and in this way, the pursuers will be diverted. ”

As soon as the words fell, the whistling of the eagle above became more and more rapid, and it was obvious that the previous cry had attracted more whistle eagles, and their whereabouts had been exposed.

"I see." Zhu Zhitong thought for a while, nodded and said, "Then do as you say, get rid of these whistle eagles first, and then find a way to get out." ”