Chapter 40: Lifting House Arrest

After about a quarter of an hour, there was a dense sound of footsteps outside!

At this moment, the courtyard gate of the small courtyard has been opened, and countless soldiers can be seen coming from inside, and these soldiers are running to the surroundings of the small courtyard and firmly guarding the surroundings!

After another moment, several tall figures came in the distance!

The leader is Zhe Keqiu, and next to him are Zhe Yanzhi, Li Ruoshui, Wang De and others!

Zhao Chen had already brought Li Gang, Yue Fei and others out at this moment, and Zhao Chen was secretly looking at the folds in the distance! He knew that this compromise would be his worst enemy at the moment! This person is of medium stature, but he gives people an unusually majestic feeling, obviously the temperament of a general formed by staying in the army all year round! This person is more than fifty years old, but in addition to his gray hair, his face is unusually ruddy, and there is not even a trace of wrinkles on his face. If nothing else, this person must be a congenital master!

"This is the contemporary heir of the fold family! The Northwest Fold family can almost be called the first family of the Western Army! If you talk about the inheritance era, there is no one who can compare to the folding family, which has been inherited since the Tang Dynasty! Back then, the Zhe family and the Yang family were married, and no one could compete, but then the Yang family began to decline, and the Zhe family was difficult to support alone, so there were the Zhuang family, the Liu family, the Yao family, etc. But now that the family has been wiped out, the strength of the Yao family was seriously damaged in the last Kaifeng defense war, the Liu family army first fought with the Liao people, and was defeated by the Liao, and then Liu Guangshi took the remaining Liu family army to take refuge in Zhao Gou, so now no one can compete with the Zhi family! In the northwest, the Zhejia family has an army of 150,000, which is the most important armed force in the northwest! Zhao Chen secretly recalled this knowledge in his heart, this is the knowledge that Li Gang has taught him these days!

"Weichen Shaanxi Xuanfu envoy can ask to meet His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"Weichen Luoyang ordered Li Ruoshui to meet His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"The last general, Wang De, meets His Royal Highness the Prince!"

This series of voices woke Zhao Chen up, he smiled, and said, "Everyone, Aiqing, is flat!" ”

Zhi Keqiu, Li Ruoshui, Wang De and others stood up, and Zhi Keqiu was also looking at Zhao Chen at the moment, in his opinion, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was just a teenager, and there was not much surprising about it! If it weren't for the identity of "prince", I wouldn't even look at such a young man!

"Your Highness, I haven't come to see you these days, but it's because King Kang is so rebellious that he even said that you were killed by the Jurchens in Kaifeng, saying that someone was impersonating your identity...... I've been identifying you all this time, so I'm here to meet you today! If you neglect something, please forgive your sins! Zhe Keqiu looked at it for a while and said.

"This can't be complained about the general......" he said, his eyes had already turned to Li Ruoshui and Wang De, and finally his eyes were fixed on Wang De, and his eyes became moist!

"Your Highness!" When Wang De saw Zhao Chen's expression, he was also grateful in his heart, and he was a little choked up at the moment.

"It's great that you're alive! There's not a day in these days that I don't worry about you! Zhao Chen couldn't help but burst into tears, and wiped away his tears with a smile at the moment, and said.

"Your Highness cares, and the general will be grateful!" Wang De knelt down again and said.

"Hurry up, hurry up! And Li Ruoshui and Master Li, we haven't seen each other for a long time! It makes me so happy to meet you! Zhao Chen said.

It's in his nature to be so emotional! But on the other hand, he also took measures only after hearing what Li Gang said before, "show weakness"! Originally, he had developed the habit of not being sad or happy these days, but now he doesn't care about that anymore!

"This His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is emotional, hey, what is so terrible about such a child?" The corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he said secretly.

In the eyes of a superior like him, "emotional" is a great weakness or a defect! As a superior person, you must not be emotional, and you must not be happy or angry! And this ten-year-old prince can't do that!

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has suffered a catastrophe during this time, and it is all incompetence such as Weichen! However, His Highness has now come to Tongguan, and he will never suffer such a catastrophe again! I can hope that I will definitely protect the safety of His Highness! Zhe Keqiu stepped forward and said with a smile.

"Thank you, General!" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Highness the Prince, I have prepared a feast! Your Highness has been down for many days, and we only cleaned up the dust for His Highness today, which is really a sin! "Fold, ask.

"I don't blame you, if you want to complain, you can only blame the damned King Kang! No, he is not King Kang, he is rebellious, how can he still enjoy the king? He's Zhao Gou now! Damn, Zhao Gou who is not as good as pigs and dogs, I'm going to kill him! Zhao Chen scolded!

He was so angry, so happy and angry, he could ask for joy in his heart, needless to say.

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Zhao Chen, Li Gang, Yue Fei and others finally walked out of the small courtyard, and they came to the city lord's mansion, where Zhe Keqiu and Zhe Yanzhi prepared a banquet and entertained a few people!

As soon as Zhao Chen sat down, he looked a little restless, and he begged: "Your Highness, what's wrong?" ”

Zhao Chen smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "I haven't seen such a sumptuous banquet in this palace for several days, so I like it in my heart and want to use chopsticks now!" Also, General Zhe, in the past, when banquets were held in the palace, there were palace maids dancing to help the fun, can there be dances here? ”

Zhe Keqiu laughed and said, "This is simple! ”

At that moment, he clapped his hands, and a group of dancers walked in, and when the music sounded, the dancers danced, and Zhao Chen seemed to be stunned, with a smirk on his face!

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, how did you escape from the Jurchens in the first place?" Fold and seek the way.

"Ahh Zhao Chen seemed to wake up from his smirk and said, "What did you say?" ”

So he repeated it again, Zhao Chen's body suddenly trembled, and said, "This ...... When the Jurchens entered the palace that day, I saw that they had killed a maid and there was blood everywhere, so I fainted...... After that I was outside the city, it is said that General Wang De saved me, and I don't know how he took me out of the palace! ”

After Zhao Chen finished saying this, the surprised expression on Wang De's face flashed, he didn't understand why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said this! There was a lot of asking Wang De again, Wang De was a martial artist, and now he was feeling a little confused in his heart, and he didn't know how to say it, Li Gang had already spoken: "I was going to the palace to die with His Majesty that day, General Wang De broke into the palace and saved my life, and then General Wang De went to the East Palace and brought the prince out!" After that, we left Kaifeng all the way! In fact, His Royal Highness the Middle Crown Prince has woken up a few times, but every time he wakes up, he sees the scene of the Jin soldiers slaughtering the people of my Great Song Dynasty, and every time he sees such a scene, His Royal Highness can't help but faint! It wasn't until later, when he came to the outside of Kaifeng City, that His Highness woke up! ”

At this moment, Zhao Chen seemed to "remember" that experience, his whole body trembled, his face was full of horror, and said, "Lord Li, don't say it again!" Don't mention the barbarians! I'll never see those barbarians again! ”

Seeing that Zhao Chen was so timid as a mouse, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhi Keqiu's mouth, and Zhi Yanzhi was a look of contempt, while Li Ruoshui stood up abruptly and said, "Your Highness, the Jurchen barbarians are hateful, but you can't be so cowardly!" In the future, this great Song Dynasty will still be inherited by you, and the Jurchens will rely on you to drive them out! ”

Zhao Chen seemed to be speechless with fear, kept shaking his head, without saying a word, Li Ruoshui was angry and angry, snorted coldly at the moment, sat down, and began to pour wine into his mouth constantly!

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The night was already dark, and Zhao Chen was sent back to the previous courtyard, but no one stopped him at this time, and he could leave this courtyard freely. Now everyone in Tongguan knows the identity of his crown prince, and as long as they see Zhao Chen arriving along the way, those soldiers kneel down one after another, and their faces are extremely respectful.

At this moment, Zhe Keqiu, Zhe Yan is in the city lord's mansion, Zhe Keqiu's face is full of joy, and said: "I heard from those soldiers guarding the small courtyard that His Royal Highness the Prince is quite stable, and when I met for the first time today, I also felt that he was stable, who knew that this prince was an embroidered pillow with a bright appearance, but in fact he was as timid as a mouse!" And, did you see it, he just came here today, and he's going to watch the dance, hey, hey, it's good, it's great! ”

Zhi Yanzhi laughed and said, "With such a crown prince, it is too easy for us to control it!" In the future, we only need to think about how to use this prince to rule the world, and we don't have to worry about this prince making trouble! ”

Zhe Keqiu thought for a while and said, "The prince is only ten years old, so naturally there is no need to worry!" However, Li Gang, Li Ruoshui and others should not be underestimated, we still have to be careful! ”

Zhi Yan smiled and said: "Father, I am too worried, in the future, we will find a way to drive Li Gang and Li Ruoshui away from the prince!" ”

Zhe Keqiu nodded and said, "How to get rid of them, this has to be carefully considered!" However, there is still one important thing at present, the Jurchens are advancing westward, and it is very likely to reach Tongguan! We need to be on guard! ”

Speaking of which, the faces of both of them became serious!