Chapter 523: Desperate Survival (1)
Changsheng sat on the edge of the stove and roasted the fire, holding a thin wooden branch in his hand and gently drawing something on the ground. Shen Dan walked in from the outside with tea and rice, and saw several "ten" characters written on the ground, but he was all scratched by His Highness with wooden branches, as if he didn't want others to see it.
Ten days, it had been ten days since they had fled the palace.
Shen Dan walked over and said softly, "Your Highness should have dinner."
Coarse tea and light rice, innocent, simple.
Changsheng stared at the food on the table, looked in a trance for a while, and said, "It's another day......"
They are now hiding in a secret chamber underground, unable to see the light of day, and can only calculate the time by the hour.
Changsheng has been unable to eat and sleep for the past few days. He had been worried about things in the palace...... What happened to the Queen Mother? How's the bamboo dew? Is everyone okay?
He hid in this secret room every day, except to wait and wait...... He couldn't see or hear anything outside.
This place is a place for Gao Welfare to prepare for himself to escape, very hidden, above it is a long-abandoned, rumored haunted old mansion, in disrepair, dilapidated, no one dares to buy here, no one dares to live here.
Gao Fuli took a fancy to it and no one cared about it, so he dared to leave a glimmer of life for himself here.
Gao Fuli has hidden a lot of gold and silver here, as well as some rare treasures from his mother. He once thought that after he and Zhulu were in the palace, he would use the money here to go to Jiangnan to buy the next mansion and live a peaceful life with her for a few years. Now this place is really coming in handy!
"High welfare, haven't come back yet?" Changsheng asked with a sigh.
Shen Dan bit his lip and shook his head: "Father-in-law Gao, I said when I left, if he can't come back within a day...... Something could be wrong! After dawn, there was still no news. The slave and maid packed up their things......"
When Gao Fuli left, he told Shen Dan to remember the time, if he didn't come back, something must have happened. Once the people in the palace find out that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is missing, they will go crazy and look for him...... So they have to get out of town as soon as possible!
Naturally, the city gate could not be walked, so Gao Welfare asked his subordinates to secretly dig a tunnel under the blacksmith shop in the east of the city, a secret tunnel that could leave the city.
Gao Welfare has to go to the east of the city every day, and now that the whole city is under martial law, every time you go out is an adventure! Once discovered, he has only one way to die!
Gao Fu supervised the progress of the secret passage while carefully inquiring about the news in the palace. However, his subordinates couldn't inquire about anything, only that many people had died in the palace, many, many ......
Gao Fu pretends to be a beggar every day and walks around, painting his face black with sludge, how sloppy and sloppy he is. Now there is another accident in the city, several grain stores have been robbed, and the troublemakers are all ordinary people, they are afraid that once the fight starts, everyone will have to starve and have no food!
There was a lot of noise on the street, which injured many people, and when Gao Welfare rushed back, he also had some injuries on his body.
Shen Dan was secretly relieved when he saw him come back.
"Father-in-law, how did you get this?" Shen Dan brought him water and medicine, and asked carefully.
Gao Fuli picked up a rag to wipe his face, and exhaled silently: "It's a complete mess outside now!" I can kill people just for a bag of rice. ”
Everyone's going crazy with fear! Completely delirious!
He just walked through the street, and was surrounded by those people who were grabbing food, and they were going to beat him indiscriminately, and he would lose a few tricks to defend himself at a loss of high welfare, so that he could come back safely.
The situation in the capital will only become more and more chaotic, and I am afraid that it will not take a few days before no one dares to walk around on the streets.
Hearing the movement outside, Changsheng walked out quickly from inside, looking anxious: "Is there any news from the queen mother?"
Gao Fuli got up and shook his head, and replied helplessly: "The news in the palace is very tightly blocked, and there is no one yet, please don't worry."
Chang's eyes were red with anger: "How can you let me not be in a hurry?" After so many days, I don't even know if the queen mother is dead or alive! ”
Gao Fuli interrupted him: "Your Highness, Niangniang will not die!" Niangniang sent His Royal Highness out of the palace to prepare to give it a go! ”
Changsheng clenched his fists and said, "Then when can I get out of the city?"
Gao Fuli stretched out two fingers: "Two days later, there is only one last section of the secret passage left."
Changsheng's eyebrows frowned. Two more days...... He's really afraid that he'll be suffocated to the point of madness!
Gao Fuli understood his mood and comforted in a deep voice: "Your Highness, this is the last difficulty. You crawled out of the pile of corpses, tried your best, and persevered until now that you are close to this final level! As long as we go out of the city to find the emperor and recapture the capital is just around the corner, we will have a chance to rescue the queen mother! ”
This is their only hope and the only way.
"Now the whole city is under martial law, and it is getting more and more troublesome every day! So we'll have to go to the blacksmith tomorrow to settle down, lest anything go wrong!" For the sake of safety, His Highness still has to pretend to be a beggar, the dirtier the better! ”
Changsheng didn't care about any of this, he hid in a pile of corpses that day before he got out of the palace. The guards slashed and stabbed at the corpse, and he was in the innermost position, and the swords didn't hurt him even a point.
The corpses stenched, and some had even begun to decompose...... He still can't forget the stench of death!
He is not even afraid of the dead, is he still afraid of dirty?
Gao Welfare tidied up his belongings a little, and those valuables, jewelry, can't be brought, because it's useless! He didn't even dare to take more broken silver, lest he be discovered and reveal his identity and that of His Highness.
Gao Fuli drew a map in advance, which was a map of the secret passage, in which the exits and entrances, and the direction and route were all clearly marked.
Gao Fuli handed the map to the prince: "If there is any accident tomorrow, His Royal Highness can escape outside the city by relying on this map, remember, after leaving the city, keep walking in the direction of Guitou Mountain!"
Changsheng took the map, moved slightly, and said in a serious tone: "Father-in-law, you want to go with me!" You want to go with me to save my mother! ”
Gao Fuli was silent when he heard this, but bowed deeply to him. He also wants everything to go smoothly, but the plan doesn't change quickly!
The next morning, before dawn, the servants dressed up and carefully left the haunted house.
The wind was cold and the dew was heavy, and the torn cotton jackets on their bodies were too thin to warm their bodies at all, and the three of them shivered from the cold, but they had to be on guard all the time against the movements around them.
Shen Dan followed closely behind His Highness, looking at the messy scene on the street, and shook his head secretly.
The bustling streets are deserted, and occasionally a few pedestrians pass by, also dressed in rags, looking at them with eyes full of scrutiny and temptation, looking ill-intentioned.
Gao Fuli reminded her loudly: "Girl, lower your head, don't look around, don't let them know that you are a woman!"
The women and children of the city were afraid to go out into the streets, and the madmen not only grabbed food, but also women and children and made them their slaves.
Shen Dan hurriedly lowered his head, and even his breathing became cautious.
Soon, they were met by the guards defending the city. Gao Fuli had already prepared, and only said to the prince and Shen Dan: "Remember, if you have something, pretend to be crazy and stupid!"
Changsheng took a step forward and blocked Shen Dan, who couldn't help but tremble, behind him.
"Who are you?"
Gao Fuli deliberately took the initiative to step forward, shook the empty bowl of broken porcelain in his hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "Master Jun, it's okay, let's send it away...... We haven't eaten for three days. ”
The group of guards were all full of disdain when they heard this, and one of them glanced at him in the middle of the term, and said coldly: "Stinky food, you deserve to starve to death!" Get out of here! ”
Gao Fuli didn't move, still holding the broken bowl: "Master Jun, you can enjoy the stuttering!" Please! ”
The captain of the group of guards, who was not a good talker, stared at Gao Fuli, and then at the two people behind him who had been keeping their heads down, and became suspicious.
"You two put your heads up!"
Changsheng was shocked when he heard this. Shen Dan's palms were also sweating, and he felt that the hairs on his body stood up.
"Raise your head!"
Gao Fuli hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged tremblingly: "Master Jun, these two sons of my family are fools, fools who don't understand anything!" Don't scare them, or they'll go crazy and bite! ”
As soon as the words fell, Changsheng suddenly began to yell with his teeth and claws, his face was full of mud, his face was gray, and even his mouth was full of mud.
He stretched out his swarthy hand, scratching at the air, muttering something in his mouth.
Seeing this, Gao Fuli walked over tremblingly, and said with a crying voice: "Son, don't move...... Son......"
Changsheng's eyes widened, his gaze went straight to the ground, and without saying a word, he grabbed his arm and bit it down directly.
"Ahh Ah......h
Shen Dan is also a smart person, learning from the prince's appearance, and also dragging Gao Fu's arm and biting it down.
“…… What a fool! Damn, that's a shame! ”
"My lord! They are all beggars, and they can't waste their work! ”
The three of them pretended to be crazy and stupid, which suddenly made those guards suspicious.
How can the prince be so virtuous today! Joke! They raised their feet and kicked Gao Fu and Changsheng a few times, then turned and walked away.
Changsheng was still biting Gao Fuli, his mouth didn't make any effort, he just pretended to be fierce, and Shen Dan also did the same, he kept looking into the distance from the corner of his eye, and when the group of guards walked away, she cried out in fear.
"Your Highness......"
The kick that those guards kicked him just now was not light.
Changsheng limped slightly, stood up, and shook his head to indicate that he was okay.
Gao Fufu let out a long breath and lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness has done a good job."
It's a shame that he can adapt to the situation, otherwise it would be dangerous. To tell the truth, the crown prince of Fang Cai is like a different person, and he no longer has the slightest dignity.
Suddenly, the sky lit up slightly, and the three of them continued on their way, walking unhurriedly and blending into the crowd in despair, and they were more like beggars than real beggars on the street.