Chapter 32: The Dawn of the Dawn
There is only a small skylight in Jinyiwei's prison, through which Huang Shu can see a little bit of faint moonlight.
Now he can only wake up in the middle of the night. Because during the day, he was mostly dragged out and beaten, and after he fainted to death, he found herbs to put on him, so that he would not die of festering and inflammation of the wound.
When Shi Kefa came to see him a few days ago, he secretly reminded him and made him admit the crime of embezzling military salaries, so that at least there was a chance to escape from Ascension. Huang Shu doesn't care, anyway, if it goes on like this, sooner or later it will be a dead end, just admit it. He didn't expect that he just offended Ma and Ruan and ended up like this, and now with this perverted commander Shi Ma Jixiang, he is taking pleasure in torturing him every day.
"I am the real prince, you dare to lock the prince here, aren't you afraid of death? When I ascend the throne and become the emperor, I will push all of you out of the noon gate and behead you. ”
In the suffocating silence of the prison, there was a sudden ghostly cry, which had been going on for several nights, and it was probably a prisoner, tortured to the point of delirium, and went crazy there.
Sure enough, with the shouting, there was a loud rebuke and scolding from the jailer, and then everything continued, and the cycle continued.
"Huang Shu, you listen to me, Master Shi will intercede for you, and tomorrow I will take you to the woods outside the city to identify the location of the Tibetan army's salary. You can be honest with me, and don't try to escape. ”
The jailer who had drugged him shouted loudly outside the cell, and the voice seemed to be addressed to him, and to all the others.
Huang Shu smiled bitterly, now that he is not dead, it is not bad, run away? How to run, even if he is allowed to climb now, it is very difficult.
Early the next morning, Huang Shu sat in a prisoner car with handcuffs and leg irons, and under the escort of Jinyi Guard, he left the city in a mighty way.
The morning sun was not too dazzling, but for someone who had been locked up in the prison for so long, it still shook his eyes. But when I finally saw the sun, I was told that I was still alive.
Looking at the front and back, there were no less than 100 Jinyi guards, all of them fully armed, especially Ma Jixiang riding a tall horse and following closely beside the prisoner car. Today, he is like a great enemy, because he knows very well in his heart that there will be no military pay in the so-called woods. This is just a trap set by the Donglin Party members to rescue Huang Shu. Therefore, today, he must be extra careful, and someone will definitely come to save Huang Shu later. And what he has to do is not only to kill the Donglin Party who came to rescue him, but also to kill Huang Shu by means of chaos, and even if Zuo Liangyu Xingshi comes to ask, he can be completely pushed.
In the woods, Ma Jixiang has already set up an ambush, and today's Jinyi Guard can be said to be fully dispatched, even if it is a big battle, it is not a problem.
However, it was unusually quiet along the way, and until we entered the woods, there was not a single enemy who appeared.
'Could it be that the Donglin Party retreated? Just when the brocade guard wanted to let down his guard.
From the heights of the woods came a cry: "Lord Ma, there is a fire on the east side of the woods, and thick smoke is blowing towards us." This is a warning from the brocade guards arranged by Ma Shiying on the top of the tree.
Are they going to attack with fire? Ma Shiying frowned when he heard this.
"Hold your mouth and nose with a wet towel and be careful of poison." Ma Shiying had already prepared for this.
As the fog cleared through the trees, a pleasant sound of a flute could be heard not far away. Looking at the brocade guards who had just wrapped their mouths and noses with wet towels, they all pulled out the embroidered spring knives in their waists one by one, as if they were facing a great enemy.
"Keep your formation out of shape and slowly exit the woods." Ma Jixiang shouted, but the usually obedient Jinyi guards seemed to be a little slow to react today. One by one, they froze, their eyes staring straight ahead, as if they were attracted to something.
"Evacuate quickly, what are you doing here?" Ma Jixiang scolded as he swept his gaze forward. In the thick fog, a peerless beauty appeared and was walking towards them.
'Oh no, I've been tricked. Ma Jixiang was shocked and wanted to regain his mind. The distant flute seems to be closer, and the melodious music has changed from a slow whisper to the undulating band.
The brocade guards began to get out of control, and in the thick fog, more and more beauties walked towards them, all with beautiful eyes, looking forward to it, smiling, all with the charm of the dementor.
"When the long, when the long," the sound of an embroidered spring knife falling to the ground came and went.
What's even more tragic is that the brocade guards on the trees, because they lost control, fell from the trees one by one, and they didn't know the pain, after getting up, they continued to run towards the beauties in front of them, and the woods, which were so quiet that they could hear the sound of the leaves falling to the ground, instantly turned into a carnival world. Even Huang Shu, the dying man, seemed to want to join in the carnival, his eyes glowing red, sitting on the prisoner cart whining, desperately shaking the chains, and making bursts of noise.
"Master Ma, why don't you let your friends out to play?" Ma Jixiang was completely lost, and all he heard in his ears was a numbing female voice calling his name. He took out the key to the prisoner cart and opened the shackles of the prisoner cart without hesitation.
"Master Ma, quickly carry him on his back, come with me, and let's go out into the woods and be merry." Ma Jixiang no longer hesitated, bent down and picked up Huang Shu, followed behind the beauty, and walked towards a four-wheeled carriage outside the woods step by step.
Huang Shu ran away, and when the sound of the flute gradually faded away and the smoke began to disperse, the brocade guards began to wake up. Look at them one by one in rags, their faces flushed, and their faces are dazed, and then they see that the prisoner cart has been opened, and the prisoners in the cart have long since disappeared.
"Oh no, the prisoner ran away."
"Lord Ma, report to Lord Ma quickly." The brocade guards shouted as they straightened their clothes, searching for their horse commanders.
"Master Ma is here." On the side of the road outside the woods, Ma Jixiang was naked, tied up and thrown to the ground.
"Hurry up, the carriage, Huang Shu ran away in the carriage." The brocade guards hurried up to untie the ropes from him.
"Master Ma, where's your clothes?"
"Knowingly, you want to die. Hurry up and notify the checkpoints along the way, strictly check the four-wheeled carriage, and kill anyone who sees anyone wearing a brocade uniform. Ma Jixiang slapped the Jinyi guard who asked him in the face, and shouted angrily.
Li Shuangxi parked the carriage on the edge of the Yangtze River, where Shi Kefa had already prepared an official ship for them.
As soon as their people got on the boat, the boatman immediately lifted anchor and went straight to Zuo Liangyu's camp upstream.