Chapter Twenty-Three: A Human Tragedy

Although the jade seal of the country is precious, Zhao Chen has no time to watch it carefully! He put the heirloom jade seal in his arms, and then left the side hall with Li Gang and Wang De, and walked outside.

Now there are golden soldiers in the palace, but there are not many of them. There are many treasures in the palace, gold and silver treasures are still second, and the most valuable is the various maps, household registrations, tax information and so on collected by the Great Song Dynasty for more than 100 years. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang entered Xianyang, Xiao He did not go to rob the gold and silver treasures, but protected the map, household registration, and tax information of the Qin Dynasty at the first time, which is also an important reason why Liu Bang was able to get the world. If the Jin State wants to govern the Central Plains in the future, these things are also indispensable. If there are too many troops entering and the order is chaotic, it will be a pity to destroy these materials! Therefore, Wanyan Zonghan just sent some elite soldiers into the palace, and the purpose of these elite soldiers was also to maintain order in the palace and seal those materials!

As for the eunuchs and maids in the palace, they have now been expelled and headed outside.

Because the side hall in front of me is too remote, no one has come until now.

The three of them cautiously walked in the direction of the palace wall, and when they came to the palace wall, Wang De said: "I'll go outside to take a look first!" ”

Zhao Chen nodded, and at that moment he saw Wang De's body vertically and fluttered to the palace wall, and then he turned over and came to the bottom.

Zhao Chen was very envious in his heart, he had practiced martial arts for half a year, and now he had officially entered the fourth layer of the Emperor Heavenly Technique, and began to cultivate the Ren pulse in the eight veins of the Qi Sutra, which had progressed quite rapidly, but his skill was still too different from Wang De. If it were him, it would never have been possible to jump up such a high wall without a rope.

Soon there was a screaming sound over there, and Zhao Chen's heart tightened.

After another moment, Wang De turned over and came in again, and Zhao Chen said, "What happened?" ”

Wang Dedao: "There are a few golden soldiers over there, who have been killed by me!" Your Highness, let's get out of here! ”

At that moment, Wang De hugged Zhao Chen with one hand and Li Gang with the other, and he took two people to the palace wall as if they were nothing.

The three of them came down from the palace wall, only to see a few golden soldiers lying in a pool of blood! These golden soldiers turned pale, it was because of all the blood loss, and their eyes were full of despair and pain!

Looking at the corpses of these golden soldiers, Zhao Chen had a strong feeling in his heart that he wanted to vomit! He felt a desolation in his heart, and felt unusually sad! In the face of war, human life is so degraded! Whether it is the life of the Han people or the life of the Jurchens, they are all the same lowliness! It was the first time he actually saw the face of a dead man!

Wang De turned a blind eye to these dead people, he didn't know how many enemies he had killed over the years! As for Li Gang, his face didn't change much! When the Jurchens invaded for the first time, it was he who was responsible for defending Kaifeng City, and he had seen thousands of dead people!

"Where are we going?" Zhao Chen endured the discomfort in his heart and said.

"Let's go to the north, there are a lot of houses there, we can find a place to hide first!" Wang Dedao.

"Good!" Zhao Chen nodded.

At the moment, it is still Wang De who is taking Zhao Chen and Li Gang forward, he is a congenital master, even if he takes two of them, the speed is also extremely fast! Their bodies kept flashing in various buildings, and occasionally they could see the golden soldiers, and Wang De would take the two of them to hide temporarily or take a detour! His skills are profound, and there is no problem in killing these ordinary golden soldiers, but if he kills too many people, the Jurchen army will definitely be alert, and at that time, the Jurchens will definitely encircle and suppress them, then it will not be good!

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After about half an hour, the three of them hid in a thatched hut. The house was unusually dilapidated, the snow was falling constantly, and it was very cold inside.

"Your Highness, Master Li, let's hide here for the time being! After dark, I'll take you out of Kaifeng City!" Wang Dedao.

Zhao Chen nodded, he looked at the surrounding environment, and had a feeling of "vicissitudes of life"! Just a few days ago, he was still living in the splendid palace, surrounded by countless eunuchs and palace maids, and in just a few days, he had already begun to flee for his life, and now he is hiding in such a thatched hut! He is still the "prince" of the Great Song Dynasty, but the only people next to him are Wang De and Li Gang in front of him!

"Your Highness, we can't wait until it gets dark, we have to find a way to leave Kaifeng City now!" Li Gang was silent for a moment, and then said suddenly.

"Oh?" Zhao Chen was stunned.

"If we stay here, the situation will definitely get worse and worse! One, the stand-in of His Highness, the splashy skin may wake up at any time and leak the news of His Highness! Second, the jade seal of the country was taken away by us, and it is impossible for Jin Bing not to notice! I think the Golden Soldiers will soon search the whole city for us, and when it gets dark, we won't be able to get out! So, now we're going to get out! Li Gang said.

"Not bad!" Zhao Chen thought that this was the reason, and nodded hurriedly.

He glanced at Li Gang with some surprise, he didn't expect Li Gang's mind to be so cautious, this person is worthy of being a famous anti-gold minister in history, the head of the Zhongxing minister in the Southern Song Dynasty, and there is really something different about it!

The three of them didn't have time to rest, and they immediately headed for the northern wall.

Along the way, the trio saw countless tragic sights.

In the distance, a few Jin soldiers surrounded a woman, the woman's whole body clothes had been ripped off by Jin Bing, she was screaming in horror, she was pressed to the ground by Jin Bing, her hands covered the top and couldn't cover the bottom, Jin Bing was moving his hands and feet on the side, laughing lewdly!

Zhao Chen's face was pale, but soon a wave of anger was generated in his heart! In fact, not only him, but Li Gang and Wang De were also angry!

Wang De didn't rush over to rescue the woman, in Wang De's heart, even all the people in Kaifeng City combined were not as important as Zhao Chen, the prince of the Great Song Dynasty! If the prince's whereabouts are exposed because of the rescue of that woman, it will be worth the loss!

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, have you seen how these barbarians are bullying us Han Chinese? In the future, we must take revenge! Li Gang said on the side.

Zhao Chen nodded silently.

As they moved on, they saw an even more righteous indignation.

A golden soldier rode on a horse, and he dragged a little Han boy who was only four or five years old with a rope. The horse was running very fast, and the little boy screamed in horror as he ran. Soon, the little boy's speed could not keep up with the speed of the horse, his small body was dragged to the ground, his face and body were covered with blood, he was constantly screaming, and gradually the screams became smaller and smaller, obviously dying. Then the golden soldier turned around and picked up the boy's body with a spear, he swung it hard, and the boy's body was picked into the air, and when the boy's body fell, another golden soldier in the distance cut off the boy's head with the knife in his hand, and immediately blood splashed! The countless golden soldiers next to him looked at the scene here and kept laughing.

"Your Highness, what are you going to do?" Seeing that Zhao Chen was about to rush up, Wang De hurriedly stopped him.

"How can I bear this? It was just a young child, the Jurchens were so cruel, is this still human? Zhao Chen said excitedly.

"Your Highness, you are the crown prince, don't act impulsively! Now is not the time to rescue them, now is the time to save your useful life! Li Gang said lightly on the side.

"Ahh Zhao Chen was just about to roar, but Li Gang had already pressed Zhao Chen's mouth.

Zhao Chen was carried forward by Wang De, and along the way he was like a walking corpse, and his mind was in chaos! He has been in this world for more than half a year, and he has been thinking about ways to leave the palace and Kaifeng City for more than half a year, and his biggest goal in the past half a year is to be able to escape from this Jingkang disaster! Now that he had left the palace, he would soon leave Kaifeng City, but he had seen a tragic scene that he had never dreamed of! Those people are the same as him, they are all Han Chinese, they are women, children, and weak people, and they are so bullied by the Jurchens! They can't keep their dignity, they can't keep their lives! When he wanted to rush up, Li Gang and Wang De stopped him again, because he was the "prince"!

"I'm Zhao Chen, I'm the prince...... I'm not a senior in high school! They did their best to protect me, just because I was the prince and prince of the Great Song Dynasty, and they pinned their hopes on me! They hope that I can recover the mountains and rivers and rejuvenate the Great Song Dynasty! For fear of revealing my whereabouts, they didn't save the women and children! How can I be so valued by them? ”

"It's not just the two of them pinning their hopes on me, the prince, waiting until tomorrow, more people will know that the prince has fled, I'm afraid that more people will pin their hopes on the prince, and those ordinary people will also pin their hopes on the prince......"

"The fate of these people is so miserable, they are so bullied by those barbarians, but they still think that the prince can give them hope......

"If I just want to run for my life, I don't even think about what to do in the future, and I don't think of myself as a 'prince' at all, how can I be worthy of them?"

For a while, countless thoughts were generated in Zhao Chen's heart!

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" Wang De saw that Zhao Chen's expression kept changing, sometimes sad, sometimes confused, sometimes gritting his teeth, and couldn't help asking.

"Nothing, I just figured something out! I am the crown prince of the Great Song Dynasty, I really want to keep my useful body, and in the future, I will prosper the Great Song Dynasty and protect the people! Zhao Chen said.

His voice gradually calmed down, but there was an indescribable determination in this calm voice!

"It's great that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has such an idea!" Li Gang said on the side.

After another half an hour, the three of them came to the city wall, and Wang De said: "Your Highness, Master Li, you wait here for a while, I'll go up and have a look!" ”

At that moment, Wang De walked towards the city wall above.