At dusk the next day, Gao Hongtu arranged for people to leave in a hurry from the apse of King De's Mansion with Zhu Cihong, who had changed into civilian clothes and was like an ordinary person.

And staying in the apse, the person who wore a dragon robe and pretended to be Zhu Cihong was his most trusted eunuch Wang Chengen.

Although Wang Chengen changed into a dragon robe, he sat on the dragon chair with a sluggish expression, seeing Gao Hongtu and the others busy, as if everything in front of him had nothing to do with him.

And when he saw Zhu Cihong, who had changed into homely clothes and was like an ordinary person, finally wanted to follow Gao Hongtu and others to leave from this apse, Wang Chengen couldn't bear it anymore, he staggered down from the dragon chair, knelt on the ground with a plop, and cried loudly.

"Your Majesty! ……”

Wang Chengen's mournful shout made all the people who were about to leave subconsciously stop.

The young man who had changed into ordinary cloth clothes slowly turned around, and his face was also full of tears.

He turned stiffly, walked step by step to Wang Chengen, who was crying bitterly, and stood about three paces away from him.

That's when something happened that everyone didn't expect.

With a soft sound, Zhu Cihong, the Emperor of Chongxing, who was the honor of all vehicles, slowly knelt down in front of Wang Chengen.

At this moment, everyone froze.

"Your Majesty, you can't help it, you can't help it, please get up quickly......"

Seeing that Emperor Zhu Cihong of Chongxing actually knelt down for himself, Wang Chengen was taken aback, he trembled forward, and hurriedly went to support the emperor who was kneeling in front of him: "Your Majesty, get up quickly, you can torture the old slave......"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Cihong stubbornly got rid of his support, and he was still kneeling on the ground, his face was full of tears, and his voice was even more sad: "Big companion, you have knelt on me countless times, let me kneel you once today!" You are loyal and loyal to the second generation of my royal father and son, Zhu Cihong really can't repay him. This time I am far away, I am afraid that there will be no time to meet again in this life. I wept at parting, and I didn't know what to say, so I asked my companion to bow to me and express my gratitude. From now on, my younger brother Yongwang, younger sister Princess Changping, and Princess Zhaoren who stayed in Jinan City, please also ask my companion to take more care. Let them not be implicated for no reason by me, I am here, thank you again! ”

Zhu Cihong's words did not have the slightest imperial attitude, and he used the nickname of "Big Companion" when he was a child to Wang Chengen, and even his self-title was changed from me to me, which can be described as sincere and sincere, and every sentence is sad. As soon as he finished speaking, he bowed deeply and almost touched the ground.

Wang Chengen burst into tears, almost difficult to hold himself, he was originally trying to help Zhu Cihong get up, he pounced again, and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, rest assured, although the old slave has limited ability, he will also follow His Majesty's instructions and do his best to assist the princes and princesses, and will never let them suffer the slightest grievance." Your Majesty is going south, please cherish it and be careful in everything. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, stood up slowly, and gently patted Wang Chengen on the shoulder to show comfort, then immediately turned around and left, never looking back.

Looking at Zhu Cihong's resolute back, Wang Chengen cried loudly, weeping mournfully, and when he raised his head, the entire apse was empty, and there was no more than half a figure.

"Your Majesty! ……”

Wang Chengen's mournful shouts swayed back and forth in the apse, and in the entire empty hall, his voice lamented and palpitated.

Gao Hongtu took the emperor Zhu Cihong, who was disguised as a common man, and left the palace of King De in a hurry, and immediately took the carriage that was waiting in the streets and alleys, and hurriedly left Jinan.

After leaving the city from the east gate of Jinan, the group waited all the way to hurry, day and night, and finally arrived at Jiaozhou Port three days later. Along the way, although the wind and dust were bumpy, everyone was exhausted, but without the Tang army and the government and the investigation, they finally arrived at the Jiaozhou port smoothly.

At this time, it was almost dusk, and everyone saw from a distance that the merchant ships transformed from Zheng Zhilong's battleships that were waiting in the harbor were peacefully moored in the harbor, and everyone's faces suddenly showed a look of relief.

Among these people, the most joyful is Gao Hongtu, and the most complicated is the revival emperor Zhu Cihong.

He looked at the ships that were peacefully parked in the harbor, but there was an inexplicable panic in his heart, as if there was an extremely terrible horror lurking in those ships.

He thought to himself, he always felt that his journey was too smooth. In such a smooth escape, there was a strange feeling that a prey was walking into a trap carefully arranged by the hunter step by step.

At this time, he suddenly remembered that after he escaped from the capital, it was Li Xiao who took him and his younger brother Zhu Cizhi all the way east, boarded the ship at Tianjin Port and left, and went all the way south to Shandong.

Looking back on the past, it is like a dream, the original self finally escaped from the hands of the rogue, and now the self has to flee again in the hands of Li Xiao, the former benefactor of the former benefactor.

Inexplicably, is it my own fate to flee south?

"Your Majesty, it's getting late, it's time for us to get on the boat." Seeing Zhu Ci frowning and standing on the shore with a hesitant expression, Gao Hongtu came to his side and urged in a low voice.

Zhu Cihong didn't speak, just looked at the fading sunset on the edge of the sky and the sea, stunned.

Seeing Zhu Cihong's appearance, Gao Hongtu was unhappy, and asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, are you worried that it is not safe to take the boat?" That's a lot of thought. You must know that it is a merchant ship that the town Nanhou has remodeled with a warship, and the ship has excellent performance, and it is difficult to damage even the largest wind and waves. And the sailors on the ship are the elite sailors under the Hou of Zhennan, who are very proficient in water and skillful in handling the ship, and are by no means freshmen who have just boarded the ship. If the emperor goes here, he will have a safe journey and there will be no risk. ”

After Gao Hongtu finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the increasingly darkening port, and urged in an anxious tone: "Your Majesty, it's getting late now, if you don't hurry up and get on the ship, if there is a Tang Army sailor who comes to check the night and make a mistake, it will be a big trouble." Please also ask the emperor to get on the boat quickly, as long as he can get on the boat and leave this Li Xiao's territory, then I will go from the bird to the forest and the pond fish to the sea, and I will no longer be afraid. ”

Seeing Gao Hongtu's repeated urging, Zhu Cihong sighed secretly in his heart, so he had to reply softly: "Okay, please ask Aiqing to lead the way and help me get on the boat." ”

Gao Hongtu hurriedly agreed, immediately stepped forward, personally helped Zhu Cihong walk across the gangway, and carefully got on the boat.

After getting on the ship, Zhu Cihong was settled in the best and widest middle cabin inside the battleship to rest, in order to serve the emperor's daily life, Gao Hongtu also specially equipped him with two small servants, in case Zhu Cihong was called at any time.

Soon, the big ship, along with the other two small ships of the guard, pulled up the gangway, untied the cables, and left the harbor silently, heading south.

At this time, the last bit of sunset on the horizon was finally extinguished, and between heaven and earth, it was dark, and the sound of the sea tide and the chirping of seagulls became more and more clear and piercing.

Soon, Gao Hongtu sent someone to bring a fairly sumptuous dinner, Zhu Cihong had no intention of eating, and after eating a little at will, he ordered the little servant to serve it. Then, he leaned alone against the porthole, silently gazing at the dim scenery outside.

The sky is getting darker and darker, and the sound of seagulls is gradually becoming inaudible, only the sound of the waves outside the window, like an endless lamentation, disturbing people's hearts.

Zhu Cihong's face was expressionless, but his heart was chaotic.

Two questions lingered in his mind.

That is, will your own kind of southward journey really go very smoothly? 、

And after arriving in Fuzhou, Zheng Zhilong, the marquis of the southern part of the town, will really be respectful to himself, won't he be as rampant as Li Xiao?

In case, he is not as Gao Hongtu said, but also like Li Xiao, using himself as a puppet, as a rubber stamp that can only sign, is there any way for him to change this embarrassing situation?

Zhu Cihong didn't know the bottom of these two questions, but he couldn't help but think about them, and in the end, he made his heart a mess, and he couldn't say what it was like.

I don't know how long it took, Zhu Cihong, who had been reclining in front of the window, gradually felt tiredness hit, he was getting up, and when he wanted to rest on the bed on the other side, he suddenly felt that the whole cabin shook violently.

This violent shaking woke Zhu Cihong's sleepiness instantly. He squinted at the two little guys who were standing at the door, and they all fell to the ground because of this violent shaking, and fell to the ground and gnawed on the mud.

Zhu Cihong, who finally stood firm, didn't have time to scream, and the whole ship shook violently, and he could even clearly hear the sound of crackling wood breaking from outside, as well as the panicked shouts of countless sailors.

Zhu Cihong couldn't stand on his feet anymore and staggered to the ground. The two little servants at the door, before they got up, were shaken by this, and they fell to the ground with their bones in a slump, and fell out of the cabin screaming.

Something terrible happened.

Zhu Cihong could clearly feel that at this moment, the entire hull began to tilt gradually, slowly tilting to the side, and he climbed the small crossbar next to him hard to barely sit down.

"Oh no! The hull is leaking, and the ship is capsizing! ”

Outside the cabin came the almost inhuman shouts of many sailors, the dull crash of things collapsing, and the chaotic sound of footsteps.

At this moment, Zhu Cihong suddenly understood everything.

His face, which was as white as paper, actually had a slight smile at this moment.

It was as if the sudden catastrophe was a relaxing relief for him.

What should come, will come.

Could it be that along the way, he would leave the palace so smoothly, arrive at Jiaozhou Port so smoothly, and board the ship so smoothly and leave.

All this turned out to be premeditated.

Li Xiao really wouldn't let himself go so easily.

Let himself escape smoothly, let himself become a puppet of Zheng Zhilong's subordinates so easily, and thus in turn be unfavorable to himself, how could a hero like Li Xiao let such a thing happen.

If you can't control it, you will be destroyed, and in the brutal political struggle, the last veil of warmth has finally been torn off between the monarch and the minister.

So, Li Xiao secretly made a move, just like when Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang killed Han Lin'er, the little blessing king, and unknowingly did something on these ships, and finally was able to let the ships quietly disintegrate on this dark night at sea, and silently took his own life.

All of his plans are truly seamless.

Compared with this scheming and ruthless Li Xiao, his own careful thinking is simply not enough to see.

At this moment, Zhu Cihong suddenly remembered that these days, the loyal hand Wang Chengen, repeated exhortations to himself, his heart was like a knife, and the smile on his face gradually turned into a stiff bitter smile.

Wang Daban, Zhu Cihong insisted on going his own way and did not listen to the advice, I really failed you to live up to your hard work for me. If there is an afterlife, let me be an ox and a horse in return for the king's kindness.

At that moment, from the door of the cabin, which was gradually crumbling and turning, a panting and unkempt man appeared.

This person is Gao Hongtu.

Gao Hongtu's face was no longer scratched by something, and he was dripping blood, and the dirty blood stained half of his long face, making his appearance look more and more weird and terrifying.

"Your Majesty!"

With a terrible shout, he vigorously climbed all kinds of protrusions in the room, staggered and rushed to Zhu Cihong, and shouted loudly in an unprecedented cry: "Your Majesty! Oh no, we fell for that thief Li Xiao's plan! ”

Zhu Cihong's gaze was cast into a very far place, and he didn't look at him at all.

"Your Majesty, that Li Xiao really has a vicious mind, and he secretly did something on this ship, and the three ships I waited for are now gradually capsizing. In this vast sea, it is no longer possible to escape. It's all the fault of the ministers, and they let the emperor ......"

Gao Hongtu's wail with a cry was not finished, and a heavy hanging lamp on it slammed down, and with a muffled bang, it happened to hit the head of this minister. He let out a wail and fell to the ground, never to move again.

Zhu Cihong watched indifferently as this guy fell to the ground like this, but he was still motionless.

He was stunned to see that as the cabin continued to flip, a large stream of cold sea water poured in through the porthole, and the entire cabin was quickly filled with icy seawater.

At this time, Zhu Cihong was even thinking that Gao Hongtu, a guy, could be stoned to death so suddenly and avoid the pain of drowning, maybe it could be considered lucky.

At this moment, there was another roaring cooing sound from under the cabin, and with a bang, the unevenly weighted hull of the ship instantly split in two.

Where the hull of the ship cracked, a huge whirlpool quickly appeared, like a huge death mouth that opened in the dark night, swallowing the three capsized ships into their stomachs.

A big wave surged and swept Zhu Cihong into the sea.

He didn't even have time to shout, and the whole person was quickly sucked into the whirlpool, and a large stream of cold and salty sea water poured straight into his mouth, and the whole person sucked deeper and deeper into the whirlpool more and more quickly.

At this last moment, when he had not yet lost consciousness, Zhu Cihong subconsciously pulled it into his arms, and immediately touched the small and hard thing again.

It was the little golden lion given to him by Li Xiao.

This little gift is really life and death.

Such a death may really be a relief.

I only wish that I would never be born in the emperor's family again......

The corners of his mouth smiled again, but his consciousness gradually blurred, in a trance, he only felt that he was no longer difficult to breathe and hear, and the little golden lion in his hand magically turned into a bright table lamp that would walk automatically, carrying himself through this dark and cold whirlpool to the end of the light.

In this delightful light, there is the Forbidden City, which is a large-scale and colorful Forbidden City, in which there is a smiling and kind father, a concerned mother, and countless palace servants and maids, all of whom open their arms and are infinitely warm, warmly welcoming their arrival.

Zhu Cihong's soul let out a cheerful chirp and flew towards them, never to return.