Chapter 69: The Emperor Flees North
"Your Majesty, let's go!"
Duan Jue picked up a tall piece of reed grass, looked vigilantly at the group of officers and soldiers who had gone away in the distance, and said nervously at Liu Wei and Liu Xie behind him. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Duan Qi carried Zhang Rang, who had inconvenient legs and feet, and pulled Liu Bian and Liu Xie, the two princes, who had already run a long distance from the palace from Luoyang, for fear of being discovered, Zhang Rang asked them to abandon their horses and leave on foot.
It turned out that Zhang Rang was right, not long after they dismounted and marched forward, a group of cavalry caught up from behind them, Duan Jue immediately led everyone to lie down in the reed grass before dodging, if they still rode away, the sound of horses' hooves was too loud in the night, and they would definitely be discovered.
"Duan Jue! You put me down. ”
Zhang Rang grabbed Duan Jue by the collar on his back and shouted to him in an eager tone.
Duan Jue thought that there was something important, so he pulled Liu Bian and Liu Xie to hide in the grass, and put Zhang Rang down steadily.
Liu Bian and Liu Xie were already exhausted after a night of escape, and as soon as they stopped, they gasped for their lives, and their gorgeous robes were already stained in the constant hiding.
"Ah Gong, what's wrong?" Liu asked puzzled.
Although Liu Xie did not speak at this time, the concern in his eyes could be seen that he already had trust in Zhang Rang in his heart at this time, or he relied on it.
Originally, although he grew up in the palace, a child is a child after all, and his kindness will naturally be rewarded, and Zhang Rang's care and care for Liu Xie can still be felt along the way.
Zhang Rang shook his head at Liu Bian tiredly, and then said to Duan Qi: "The injury on my leg really can't go anymore, I'm hiding here, you go to Bingzhou first, although Ding Yuan is pedantic, but he is loyal to the Han family." I'll wait for my leg to heal, and I'll go to you naturally. ”
Duan Jue glared, his strong shoulders couldn't help but rise and fall with heavy breathing, he knew that Zhang Rang was worried that his injury would drag them down, and he was looking for an excuse to deceive them away, and by the time they arrived in Bingzhou, Zhang Rang had already been arrested by Yuan Shao and them.
"Nope! If you want to go together, Duan Jue will never leave her father. ”
"Duan Jue!" Zhang Rang frowned, "Don't play with a child's temper, can't you tell what the big picture is?" ”
"I ......" Duan Jue said anxiously, swallowing back the words as soon as he said a word.
"What do you mean? Grandpa, do you want to stay? Liu Yan asked anxiously as he saw the reactions of the two.
"Big brother......" Liu Xie quietly tugged on Liu Bian's sleeve behind Liu Bian, and then whispered a few words in his ear.
"No way!" As soon as Liu Wei heard Liu Xie's explanation, he immediately turned his head and shouted bitterly, "If you let Ah Gong stay in exchange for my life, I won't leave!" ”
Zhang Rang tried his best to persuade him, but Liu Bian cried and didn't listen, Duan Jue didn't agree to forcibly take the two princes away, plus he was worried that the noise here would attract the attention of the searching army, so he could only give up, Zhang Rang continued to let Duan Jue carry it, Liu Bian and Liu Xie endured fatigue, took Duan Jue's hand and took steps hard, and the four of them slowly fled to the north together.
"Look carefully!"
Min Gong commanded his subordinates to search around Luoyang City, it was already late at night, and for other places, the skyrocketing fire in Luoyang was no longer attractive, and the people of the various villages dispersed and went home after discussing it, waiting for the people who would enter the city tomorrow to bring them back the story.
"Let's ......"
There was a team of people in the distance, Min Gong looked at the banner of the gang with disgust, it was the neighbor of his own territory, the southern part of Henan, because of the adjacent jurisdiction, they often compare with each other on weekdays, Min Gong secretly despised it, and scolded: "The most is that the peers are not benevolent and righteous, and they come to grab the merit, and they don't look at when, Your Majesty's life is on the verge of death, and they still have the heart to play with this kind of heart, it's really disgusting." ”
Min Gong looked at the southern Peng official who was about to come forward to greet him with a false smile in the distance, and turned to wave at his subordinates.
"Brothers, let's go search the north."
After speaking, he led a group of soldiers and horses to leave in a hurry, leaving his colleague to stand awkwardly in place, spitting in the direction where Min Gong left.
Min Gong led the soldiers and horses, in order to avoid the disgusting colleague, he chose to change a place to continue the search, although he knew that Zhang Rang's chance of escaping to the north of Luoyang was very small, because there was the Yellow River in the north of Luoyang to block and could not escape from the division, but Min Gong still ordered the soldiers to search carefully along the way, not to miss any clues.
"Look, General!"
A personal soldier pointed to the grass and shouted at him, thinking that he had found the young emperor, and Min Gong hurriedly looked in the direction of his finger.
There are many tributaries in the Yellow River Basin, and there are rivers and streams everywhere before the main trunk of the river.
As far as the eye can see, the reeds more than one person high go one after another, reaching the horizon, swaying in the wind in the night, and the cold and bright moonlight makes people feel refreshed.
But now is not the time to do this, Min Gong looked at the dense reed grass and there seemed to be something looming in the middle, not like the other plants in the reed grass.
"Let's go, let's see."
At the very moment, the slightest suspicious thing could not be missed, and Min Gong led the army to search for the depths of the reeds.
Drawing a knife and opening the layers of gauze tents, Min Gong and his party finally came to the front of the object.
"Herod'......"
"Two horses?" Min Gong's brows immediately furrowed, and his heart fluctuated a little.
"Look, general, there is still blood on the thigh of a horse, it must have been left by the man who rode him."
Min Gong was shocked, and in order to confirm his conjecture, Min Gong hurriedly dismounted and rushed to the bloody horse, and dipped his hand in the blood on the horse, which was still very warm.
The absence of wounds on the horses indicates that the rider has injuries, and the person who abandons the horse in the middle of the night......
"Don't move, everybody!"
Min Gong immediately shouted at the people behind him, and when the soldiers heard this, they immediately controlled the horses under them and stood still in place, and they didn't dare to come out.
Min Gong immediately leaned down and searched the ground for the soft soil where the reeds could grow, and if anyone passed over it, they would immediately leave footprints, which Min Gong carefully identified among the horseshoe prints everywhere.
Removed their own footprints and shielded the horseshoe prints...... Pregnant! Here it is.
Min Gong saw that there were several shoe prints mixed in the mess, and there were three kinds of them, one of which was larger and the other two were smaller.
The big footprints were unusually deep, almost twice as deep as Min Gong's own, so he guessed that someone was walking with another person on his back, and the small footprints were shallower, it should be a child, and the two corresponded, and Min Gong immediately knew who these footprints belonged to, and then look at the direction of these footprints......
"Hahahaha! Everyone's credit is here, they will definitely not go far, hurry up with me to rescue the driver! ”
Min Gong laughed happily and at the same time mounted his horse without affecting his speed, and galloped almost like a fly.
"No!"
Hundreds of voices responded at the same time, and hurriedly whipped the horse's buttocks and followed Min Gong.
At this time, Zhang Rang, Duan Qi and others not far away suddenly heard the sound of hurried horses' hooves in the distance......