Chapter 45: The Abandoned Dungeon
None of the palace people who were serving by Yu Tianjun's side knew where Du Xiaomeng was being taken, but one of the eunuchs said that someone in the imperial guards guarding outside the main hall had told him that he had seen the third prince tie up a woman and walk out of the palace gate of the main hall to the north.
There were not many imperial guards left in the palace, and most of them were either sent to guard the Tenglong Palace where the emperor lived or around the main hall, and only a small number of men patrolled the palace. In the palace, where there were not many people moving around, Yu Tianjun's whereabouts after leaving the main hall could only be traced to the north, and the specific place he went to couldn't be asked in the end.
The only one who knows Du Xiaomeng's exact location is Yu Tianjun, but now that he has become a dead corpse that can't say anything, it has become a mystery where Du Xiaomeng is hidden.
Du Xiaomeng's whereabouts are unknown, and Yu Tianzheng is worried about her current situation. But knowing that Yu Tianjun ordered someone to take out the poison from the imperial infirmary was not a poison that sealed his throat with blood, even if Du Xiaomeng was forced to take that poison, it would take twelve hours before the poison would occur, Yu Tianzheng was slightly relieved. Count the time when Du Xiaomeng was taken away by Yu Tianjun, there are still a few hours before the poison occurs, as long as you find her before the poison attacks.
went to the north, so, where will Yu Tianjun take Du Xiaomeng? Yu Tianzheng's eyebrows tightened as he thought about where Du Xiaomeng might be hiding, and for a moment, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly remembered that he was tricked by Yu Tianjun into being locked up in an abandoned prison when he was four years old, and he was almost starved to death in that dark and cold place at that time.
The abandoned prison is just north of the palace!
Yu Tianzheng said to Zhan Qi: "Bring a palace person to show you the way, and immediately go to the abandoned heavenly prison in the north to check, maybe Xiaomeng will be locked inside." At the same time, mobilize all the people you can mobilize, divide into small teams, and let the Imperial Guards lead the way and go to various places in the palace to find people. Even if you turn the palace upside down, you must find Xiaomeng! If you find her, you will light fireworks as an announcement. ”
"Good!" Zhan Qi responded neatly, casually pulled up a eunuch kneeling in front of Yu Tianzheng, and said, "You come with me!" ”
Zhan Qi was definitely no less worried about Du Xiaomeng than Yu Tianzheng, and when he learned that Du Xiaomeng didn't know where Yu Tianjun had gotten to, and that he might have been poisoned, he almost turned around and rushed out to find her. Now Yu Tianzheng has handed over the task of finding someone to him, which can be regarded as finding the right person.
Yu Tianzheng watched Zhan Qi leave in a hurry, he turned around and ordered the guards around him: "Go to Tenglong Palace!" ”
He was in a hurry to find Du Xiaomeng more than anyone else, but he had more important things to do, so he could only press the worry in his heart and hand over the task of finding someone to Zhan Qi, who could be trusted the most.
Although he controlled the situation here in the main hall, he didn't know what the situation was going on in the Tenglong Palace, where his father was under house arrest. According to the information obtained before, after Yu Tianjun unexpectedly launched a palace coup, he put his father under house arrest in the Tenglong Palace.
It is important to find Du Xiaomeng, who is affected by him, but the current situation of his father does not allow him to delay too much. Originally, he planned to capture Yu Tianjun and then escort him to Tenglong Palace to let the imperial guards and Northern Barbarian warriors who were surrounded there retreat. Now that Yu Tianjun died unexpectedly, it is better to kill the past, and only by quickly rescuing his father can he completely control the situation in the palace.
Without a moment's hesitation, Yu Tianzheng led a group of brave guards with high morale and walked towards the Tenglong Palace.
After Zhan Qi came out of the main hall, he formed several teams as quickly as possible, and after each gave the leader a firework for communication, several teams were led by the guards who were familiar with the environment in the palace to find people.
After the dispatch was completed, Zhan Qi asked the eunuch to lead the way to the abandoned prison as quickly as possible. The eunuch who led the way was dragged by Zhan Qi, and at first he could still run to keep up with Zhan Qi's footsteps, but after a while he was out of breath and couldn't catch up.
Zhan Qi, who was anxious to find someone, thought that the eunuch was running slowly, but without him leading the way, he couldn't figure out which direction the abandoned prison was, so he had to drag him on his back, let him point in the direction and then spread his legs and run. Running forward with all his might, it didn't take long to find the location of the prison.
There was still a distance of more than 100 meters from the destination, Zhan Qi took the eunuch off his back and pulled the lantern in his hand, and hurriedly ran to the prison. Running to the prison, Zhan Qi saw that the door of the prison was rotten, and the iron chains locked on the door were also rusty. He couldn't help but frown, judging by the appearance of the gate and the surroundings, this place didn't look like anyone had walked around it not so long ago. But he kicked the door open and walked into the prison with a lantern to find someone.
The abandoned dungeon was filled with a thick, sour stench, fat rats squeaked and ran across the ground littered with moldy straw and other filth, and cockroaches, spiders, geckos, and the like crawled merrily across the dark walls.
"Xiaomeng! Are you here? ”
Zhan Qi shouted loudly inside, and all that responded to him was an empty echo. He shouted as he went from cell to cell, and when he turned around, he didn't see a single figure in the dead prison.
Not here!
When Yu Tianzheng asked him to abandon the prison just now, he still felt that Du Xiaomeng was very likely to be hidden here, but now after searching for it, he found nothing in this most likely place. Where exactly was she hidden?
Unable to find Du Xiaomeng, Zhan Qi couldn't help but feel a little upset. He stood in the dead prison and thought, thinking about where Yu Tianjun would hide Du Xiaomeng if he deliberately wanted to hide. After thinking for a while, he seemed to have a telepathy suddenly, turned around and walked out quickly, walked outside the prison, picked up the shirt of the eunuch who led the way, and asked, "Is there any place in the palace that has been abandoned like this prison?" ”
The eunuch was so frightened by Zhan Qi's fierce appearance that he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. He racked his brain for a long time, and replied tremblingly, "Go back...... Back to the general, also, there is the old cold, cold palace. ”
Zhan Qi let go of his collar and shouted, "Don't hurry up and lead the way!" ”
"Yes, yes!" The eunuch was so drunk that his legs trembled, and his face turned pale, so he quickly turned around and ran forward to lead the way.
Du Xiaomeng was tied to the room in the dilapidated courtyard, and shouted that his voice was hoarse and he couldn't make a sound, but he still didn't hear any movement outside. She sat there helplessly and watched the sky outside gradually darken, and her disappointed heart fell into darkness little by little.