Chapter 129: Ready to Move
Tongguan was lost, and Kaifeng was in an emergency. Kaifeng guard general Yang Sichang only then knew what it meant to have dead lips and cold teeth. With Yang Sichang's current strength, even Zhang Xianzhong is difficult to parry, let alone Li Zicheng. He began to plan a way out for himself. He shifted his attention to Jinyiwei and Xuanwu. He discussed with Tie Mian and secretly communicated with Wang Chengen in the middle of the court on how to push this matter on the dead Sun Chuanting and the embarrassed Jinyiwei. Soon, Yang Sichang and Tie Mian fled Kaifeng in the name of escorting Xuanwu and others to Beijing for trial, leaving only Chongzhen's son King Fu to stay alone in the lonely city! Kaifeng is in danger.
Baihu and others rushed to Shanhaiguan overnight with the injured Sun Chuanting and Zhu Qing, and in a nightclub on the outskirts of Beijing, Sun Chuanting was seriously injured and died. Daming's greatest hope was dashed.
In addition to Zhu Qing, the living soldiers and the people outside the suburbs of Beijing buried Sun Chuanting, mourned, and wept silently, just like the Ming Dynasty that was hungry.
Subsequently, after Wu Youke gave Zhu Qing a simple care, the remnants of the Tongguan garrison decided to continue to rush to Shanhaiguan overnight, because Zhu Qingzhong was a purple butterfly orchid, which was exactly the same poison as Sun Chuanting. Although the purple butterfly orchid is a chronic poison, if it is not detoxified for three days, it will definitely die! Now a day has passed, and Zhu Qing was injured in the battle of Tongguan, the toxin has already spread, and there is no antidote tomorrow night, and the gods will not be able to save Zhu Qing. They pinned their hopes on the ghost doctor Leng Thorn who was far away in Shanhaiguan.
Ning Er, who has always been strong and unyielding, was already in tears at this time, and seeing that Zhu Qing was unconscious, she would not leave his side for a moment.
"Miss Ning'er, squint. It's been a toss for a few days. Suzaku comforted Ning'er. The two women sat in the same carriage as Zhu Qing.
"I'm not tired, I'm worried that I'm asleep, and when I open my eyes, there's nothing." Ning'er choked up.
These words caused a ripple in Suzaku's heart. As early as the incident of the Bird Cat Villa, Suzaku had indescribable feelings for Zhu Qing, and it can even be said that Suzaku had seen Zhu Qing's body earlier than any woman, when Zhu Qing first entered the Jinyi Guard, Killing Wind and Liu Qingfeng had routine inspections, including naked inspections, and even the half-Xu old lady Yan Shi Niang who was present at that time was guilty of peach blossoms, not to mention the Huaichun girl Suzaku. But in just a few months, the two are facing north and south, and there are fewer and fewer opportunities to meet, and national events have covered up the love between children and daughters, and they are already like this when they say goodbye.
Suzaku sighed, got up suddenly, and stepped out of the carriage. The white tiger is in a hurry.
"Do you want to rest? I'm here to help you. "Suzaku wants to find something to do so that he doesn't get cranky.
But the tiger has a tiger head and a tiger brain, and he doesn't understand the amorous feelings, Hala smiled, "I'm not tired!" As long as you can send your eldest brother to Shanhaiguan as soon as possible, what is this? Go in and rest. I passed the capital in front. β
Suzaku looked at Huzi's naΓ―ve state, smiled slightly, looked up at the starry sky, winter night, cold!
"General White Tiger." Wu Youke suddenly screamed.
"What's the matter, sir?"
"The front is the gate of the capital, and now the Tongguan has been broken, General Sun died on the battlefield, and Kaifeng is in a hurry. We have to inform the emperor so that we can be fully prepared. Wu Youke said.
"The general is absolutely right. So who is better to send? β
"In terms of martial arts and qualifications here, you are the biggest General White Tiger, I think it is most suitable for you to go."
"Me? But my eldest brother ......"
"Qinglong's injury is not urgent, but it is not slow. According to this journey, we will be able to reach Shanhaiguan tomorrow afternoon, and further north, our Ming army will be along the way, and nothing should happen. But if the emperor doesn't know about Tongguan yet, if something happens at that time, you and I can't afford it. "Wu Youke came one by one.
Mr. Wu was right. General White Tiger, big brother just tell me to give it to us. I promise you to return to Shanhaiguan and give you an original Qinglong brother! Lin Bai said firmly, although his arm was injured, it was too common for him. Even if he is single-handed, there may not be many people who can get close to him.
Seeing that everyone recommended themselves to go to the capital to report, Baihu no longer shirked. He nodded and patted Lin Bai's shoulder, "Big brother will leave it to you." β
"Don't worry!"
However, in fact, Baihu couldn't rest assured, just after he left Zhu Qinglong and his gang to report in Beijing. Suzaku smelled danger with the sense of smell that he had cultivated since childhood.
"Not good! There are assassins! "When the carriage went around the fork in the capital, there were figures scurrying in the jungle on the side of the road! Of course, it was Suzaku who first discovered it.
"All on alert, protect the general!" Lin Bai drew a knife for protection. Ning Er also suddenly came to her senses, and she sat quietly in the carriage with her hand holding the Jade Maiden Sword, waiting for the danger to come.
However, apart from a commotion, almost no more enemies were found, and no clues were found.
"Suzaku-sama! Did you hear it wrong? Wu Youke asked.
"Impossible! I've been a head catcher for nearly a decade, and I still have that confidence. Suzaku looked at the six directions and listened to all directions, and said firmly.
Suzaku didn't lie, there were indeed unknown people in the jungle, but why didn't he come out again? Delayed not showing up?
"If there is a seed, give it to Lao Tzu, so sneaky, like a girl! What are the heroes? Lin Bai was a little breathless; οΌ
He began to raise his guts by speaking loudly.
"Hey. Since you don't have one, let's keep going! "Don't waste time, Wu Youke said. The carriage continued on its way, but Suzaku always felt that someone was following. Even Ning'er, who was trapped in love, felt the same way at this time, and her jade girl sword never left her body half a foot.
At this time, the white tiger had already entered the palace, and was taken to the emperor's bedroom by the uncle of the country, Lord Tian, and disturbed Chongzhen in the middle of the night, what a risk, if the emperor was not happy, he would have to lose his head, but the situation was urgent, and he couldn't help but think about it, he just wanted to tell Chongzhen about it, and then come back to see Zhu Qing as soon as possible.
But when Lord Tian knocked on Chongzhen's bedroom door with the white tiger, he was still in the study. The deathly silence of the huge imperial city at this time made people's hearts furious.
Lord Tian gently knocked on Chongzhen's dormitory. The door did not open, but it attracted officers and soldiers!
"Who? Dare to enter the palace to assassinate! A rough voice said.
Lord Tian looked at the viewer by the firelight, and his heart suddenly felt a lot more relieved, it was Liu Qingfeng!
"Lord Liu, it's me, it's Tian, why are you still patrolling?"
"Lord Tian?!" Liu Qingfeng leaned up with a torch and was shocked when he saw Lord Tian and the White Tiger, "White Tiger? β
"Lord Tian. It is under that. "White Tiger said.
"What? You came to the emperor's bedroom in the middle of the night, what's the urgency? Liu Qingfeng asked.
"You don't know, the White Tiger brothers just came back from Tongguan, and Tongguan is gone!" Lord Tian said, he had lost his voice, since he became Chongzhen's imperial relative, he was destined to suffer similar worries as his eldest nephew Chongzhen.
"What?! White Tiger, is this true? Tongguan was broken by Li Zicheng? What about General Sun? Liu Qingfeng couldn't believe his ears, and asked the white tiger, who nodded, "General Sun was hit by the enemy's poisonous arrow, and his injuries have not yet healed. Nearly 1,000 of our Jinyi guards plus the 500 Shanhaiguan garrisons led by Brother Qinglong almost died on the battlefield, and only a few people could come back, Brother Qinglong was heavy with purple butterfly orchid poison arrows, unconscious, and was rushing to Shanhaiguan to find a ghost doctor at this time, hoping that he could save the eldest brother. After Lin Bai finished speaking, his eyes were already red.
"How so?" Liu Qingfeng couldn't believe his ears, Tongguan is gone, how long can Kaifeng be kept? Kaifeng can't be saved, how long will the capital be guarded?
"So I have to enter the palace overnight to face the saint, and ask the emperor to send more soldiers and horses to Kaifeng as a perfect strategy." White Tiger Road.
"I can't hang the emperor is very irritable tonight, it's the middle of the night, and I went to the study to write and meditate, at this time the prince is just accompanying the emperor, I'll take you in." Liu Qingfeng sighed. Bring the white tiger into Chongzhen's study.
As soon as he heard that Tongguan was lost and Sun Chuanting was killed, the pen in Chongzhen's hand fell to the ground with a bang, and then he was dizzy and swept down the ink cartridge, and the study was embarrassed for a while.
"Your Majesty! The top priority is to send troops to Kaifeng, reinforce King Fu, and hold Kaifeng! Tian Daren and Liu Qingfeng admonished at the same time.
"Now that there are no generals in the DPRK, who can I send?" Chongzhen's application was a little trance-like, and after saying a word, no one responded, because no one knew whether he was dead or alive when he went to Kaifeng.
"Your Majesty! Only one person is known to the slave. Wang Chengen said quietly.
"Who?"
"Green Dragon!"
"That's right. How could I forget? That's right! Just let Qinglong go! Chongzhen seemed to see hope.
"Your Majesty. Qinglong has just returned from Tongguan, although Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others have been severely injured, but he is now in the enemy's hidden arrow, poisoned and unconscious, and is rushing to Shanhaiguan to detoxify at this time. If you can't reach Shanhaiguan tomorrow, Qinglong's own life is not guaranteed, how can you share the emperor's worries?! Liu Qingfeng said.
I heard that Qinglong also fell, Chongzhen was really wilted this time.
"Your Majesty! Since Qinglong can't share the emperor's worries at the critical moment, there is still one candidate for the minion. β
"Who? Say it! β
"Ghost Fire!"
"Ghost fire? Hasn't the Ghost Fire always protected the Imperial City? How can I leave? Chongzhen said.
"There is Liu Qingfeng in the imperial city, and Lord Liu is enough. Besides, extraordinary times are extraordinary means, and only Ghost Fire has this ability. Wang Chengen strongly recommended the ghost fire, which was very unexpected by Liu Qingfeng and others.
In fact, after Wang Chengen heard that Zhu Qing was poisoned and did not wake up, he suddenly had a plan in his heart, and now he has gained a firm foothold in the palace, but it is impossible to say when the palace will change its surname. In the troubled times, there is no power, how to survive, he has to send the ghost fire to Kaifeng to make a show, and then the Fu King can't hold it, and the ghost fire takes over the Kaifeng soldiers and horses in the abandoned city and flees, and puts all the responsibility on the Fu King, isn't it a steady profit?
"That's all there is to it now! Declare ghost fire! "Chongzhen has no other way, and he declares the ghost fire face saint overnight.
Ghost Fire received orders in Wang Chengen's eyes and decided to lead three thousand Praetorian Guards to Kaifeng overnight to prevent Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.
Just as the ghost fire was retreating, Wang Chengen suddenly shouted, "General Ghost Fire, General Qinglong is rushing to the mountains and seas to detoxify at this time, if you encounter it, send more soldiers and horses to escort it, and let Qinglong go back early." "Ghost Fire said yin and yang weirdly, in addition to the upset Chongzhen praised Wang Chengen for his thoughtfulness, Baihu Liu Qingfeng and others could hear what was said.
"Your Majesty! It's okay, I'll send the white tiger out. Liu Qingfeng said and glanced at the white tiger.
"Go, go, let me be alone and be quiet!" Chongzhen's face was full of tiredness, and he waved his hand weakly!