Forty-one, the city gate fights

Zhu Jian deeply felt that Wan Zhenniang was delicate, so the two didn't think much about it, got on the road together, and ran all the way along the road.

I don't know how long I walked, but I still couldn't see the capital. Wan Zhenniang's heart was heavy, and Zhu Jianshen also lost his strength.

"If I wasn't mistaken, I think we must have gone the wrong way. I'm sorry, but I'm the one who bothered you. Wan Zhenniang's face turned pale and couldn't help but say.

"Are we on the wrong track?" Zhu Jianshen asked in surprise.

"I guess so. If you haven't taken the wrong path, why haven't you seen the capital until now? Wan Zhenniang smiled bitterly.

Zhu Jianshen was a little annoyed in his heart, but when he saw Wan Zhenniang's very regretful appearance, he couldn't bear to blame her. Xindao: If it weren't for her, I would still be locked in an underground secret room, and I wouldn't have been able to escape at all. Now that she has finally escaped, although she is likely to be caught, it has nothing to do with her, does it? Choosing your own path is not the same as not knowing how to go.

Thinking of this, Zhu Jianshen comforted Wan Zhenniang and said, "You don't want to either." Now, we can only take one step at a time. Everything is fate, and nothing is up to anyone. If the heavens are going to kill me, what is there to say? ”

Wan Zhenniang didn't expect Zhu Jianshen to say such words to comfort herself, her eyes turned red, and she choked up: "Hmm." ”

"What should we do next?" Zhu Jianshen raised his eyes and looked at Wan Zhenniang, he was still not a person who was good at making ideas.

Wan Zhenniang also hesitated, pondered again and again, and then she said: "If we go back, it will be tantamount to throwing ourselves into a net." Now that you've made it here, why don't you keep going? Or maybe the pursuers didn't think we'd do the same, or maybe we would be able to escape. ”

Zhu Jianshen shuddered when he thought of the suffering he had suffered in the secret room, so he agreed: "Zhenniang, I listen to you in everything." If I hadn't met you, I wouldn't have escaped. In short, whatever you say is what you say, the two of us have one life and one heart. ”

Wan Zhenniang also flashed a moment of emotion in her heart, but this emotion soon flowed like water without a trace. She said lightly: "In that case, let's go quickly, maybe they will catch up." So, hand in hand, the two continued to walk.

After walking for about half an hour, the city wall of Shuntianfu suddenly appeared in front of the two. The winding city wall, like a soaring green dragon, made Zhu Jianshen and Gu Zhenniang's hearts suddenly jump with joy.

"Look, it's the capital, it's the capital!" Zhu Jianshen couldn't help but point to the city wall and said to Gu Zhenniang ecstatically.

"It's the capital! We didn't go the wrong way, it's really the capital! Wan Zhenniang's heart suddenly burned with a raging hope. The two of them did not hesitate any longer, and ran forward hand in hand.

Soon, the two reached the city gate, and they looked at each other with a deep sigh of relief. As long as they can enter the capital and contact the government, it may not be so easy for the people who imprisoned them to catch them.

The two walked into the city gate with the crowd, and there were several soldiers guarding the city gate. Zhu Jianshen was overjoyed, and said to Wan Zhenniang: "Zhenniang, we will go and let them inform the government now, as long as the people from the government come, we will be safe." ”

"We are just ordinary people, how can the people of the government stand up for us?" Wan Zhenniang said with a deliberate sigh.

Zhu Jianshen looked at her solemnly, and said to her word by word: "Zhenniang, let me tell you, in fact, I am the crown prince Zhu Jianshen." ”

"You're the crown prince?" Wan Zhenniang pretended to have an incredible expression and looked at Zhu Jianshen. In fact, she already knew in her heart that she would do so much for him, but she knew how she should take every step.

"Yes, I am the crown prince, as long as we can return to the palace, I will definitely treat you well." Zhu Jian is affectionate and meaningful.

"Let's go back to the palace together? You asked me to accompany you back to the palace? Although Wan Zhenniang had expected it, it was still very gratifying for her to say this from Zhu Jianshen's mouth.

"Yes. We will go back to the palace together, never leave in the future, and be together forever. Zhu Jianshen said without hesitation.

A feeling of rebirth after the catastrophe spread to Wan Zhenniang's heart, but she was not carried away by this, she looked around, immediately calmed down, and whispered to Zhu Jianshen: "Let's quietly walk into the city for a while, pretend to be like ordinary people, and don't attract the attention of others." ”

"Why?" Zhu Jianshen was puzzled.

Wan Zhenniang frowned lightly, and said in a low voice: "I always feel that the people who imprisoned us in the secret room have great powers, and they will not let us go so easily. I'm afraid that among these soldiers, there will be people mixed with them. They are strong in martial arts, how can a few soldiers be their opponents? Let's go into the city now, to Shangshufu or Yu Mian Gongzi...... of the mansion. No one else can believe it. ”

Although Wan Zhenniang hated the crown in her heart, she could judge the situation and know who was good for her and who might be bad for them.

Zhu Jianshen saw that she was solemn, and immediately nodded in agreement. Until now, whatever Wan Zhenniang says, Zhu Jianshen will not refute. Because he knew that if it weren't for Wan Zhenniang, at this moment, he would still be imprisoned in a secret room. In his heart, he has regarded Wan Zhenniang as a fairy-like figure.

The two of them lowered their heads and walked towards the city with the flow of people, trying to pretend to be ordinary people. However, they nevertheless attracted the attention of the soldiers defending the city. Because their clothes were in tatters, Wan Zhenniang's body was still scarred, and her hair was unkempt. It looks like it's called Hanako, but it's different from Hanako, which inevitably leads to suspicion.

A soldier walked towards them. Wan Zhenniang saw that it was not good in her heart, so she dragged Zhu Jianshen and ran forward. When the soldiers behind saw them running, they immediately followed in pursuit.

Zhu Jianshen and Wan Zhenniang ran not far away, and the two of them were already exhausted and out of breath. Seeing that she couldn't escape, Wan Zhenniang turned her head and saw a man named Huazi sitting in the corner of the wall basking in the sun, so she immediately walked up to him and hurriedly said to him: "You go to Lord Yu Qian's mansion and inform Yu Mian that the crown prince Zhu Jianshen is in distress at the city gate, let him bring someone to rescue him." When you tell him, ask him for a thousand taels of silver. ”

asked Hanako to give Wan Zhenniang a white look, as if she thought she was lying to him, and was still lazily basking in the sun, unmoved.

Wan Zhenniang was anxious and said, "If you go once, you can get a thousand taels of silver, and there is no harm." ”

Only then did Hanako open her eyes and said in her heart: But isn't it, there is no harm in taking a trip. Maybe you'll get a thousand taels of silver. immediately didn't even look at Wan Zhenniang, jumped up, and ran away.

Wan Zhenniang saw that Hanako was leaving, and there was a glimmer of hope in her heart, and she calmed down a little. By this time, several soldiers had already caught up.

One of them glanced at the two of them and said, "They are very similar to the two people who described the general description, bring them back first." ”

"Okay." So, the rest of the people came forward to pull Zhu Jianshen and Wan Zhenniang.

When Wan Zhenniang heard the soldier's words, "They are very similar to the two people who described the general description, bring them back first", and she knew in her heart that things were not so simple. I guessed correctly. She originally thought that there would be people from the other side among the soldiers defending the city, but now it seems that they are all people from the other party, and they have already received orders and are waiting here to arrest Zhu Jianshen and Wan Zhenniang.

"What do you want to do?" Wan Zhenniang asked vigilantly.

"You two male and female river and ocean thieves, won't you catch you today?" A gloomy voice sounded in the ears of the two of them. In the hearts of the two, they couldn't help but shudder at the same time. This voice is too familiar to the two of them. This was the voice outside the backroom.

Wan Zhenniang knew that the matter had come to this, and the endgame would inevitably be difficult to clean up. In that case, it is better to simply let it go. When she saw that there were many people around her, she shouted, "We are not male and female thieves at all, he is the crown prince!" It was they who captured the crown prince, go and report it to the government, go and inform the emperor, you all have a reward for rescuing the prince, go and ......"

Wan Zhenniang's words, before she finished speaking, she was slapped hard by the person with a gloomy voice and was beaten to death.

However, some of the onlookers still heard Wan Zhenniang's words. Some people don't want to cause trouble, so they want to go away. Some people don't know whether it's true or not, so they want to give it a try and notify the government.

The man with a gloomy voice said in a gloomy voice, "This woman is a madwoman." If anyone listens to her and goes to the government to cause trouble, I will definitely not let his whole family go. Who is the government? I am the government. I am the son of Shuntianfu Yin, and I will be the head of Li Kaishun! ”

As soon as the onlookers heard that the person who spoke was actually the son of Shuntianfu Yin, it was the official government, so what else was there to say? Immediately, the discussion dispersed.

Li Kaishun glanced at a few soldiers and said, "Take it away." Several soldiers immediately dragged Zhu Jianshen and Wan Zhenniang to the outside of the city. At this time, Zhu Jianshen was already frightened, his body was like sifting chaff, and he couldn't say a word. The soldiers who dragged him couldn't help but look at him with great contempt.

"Slow, Li Kaishun, what do you want to do?" Suddenly, there was a strong man who looked like an iron tower, blocking in front of Li Kaishun and several soldiers.

Li Kaishun raised his eyes to look at him and sneered: "Tie Erniu, don't you want to live anymore?" Dare to obstruct Lord Ben from arresting the Jiangyang thief? ”

"Isn't it? Tie Erniu, what are you? One of the soldiers gave him a disdainful look. The person who intercepted it was called Tie Erniu, who was Li Kaishun's subordinate, and he was originally a soldier guarding the city, but he was not on duty today. Li Kaishun and the others didn't see how he came suddenly.

"I really don't want to live anymore. If you dare to arrest the prince, don't you want to live even more? Tie Erniu sneered. His body is huge and strong, and the whole person looks very honest, but he didn't expect that the words he said would be sonorous and powerful.

Tie Erniu is a mouthless gourd on weekdays, but today he dared to stand up for Zhu Jianshen, Li Kaishun and others were also taken aback. But Li Kaishun didn't want to talk nonsense with him. Now the guards of the city gate are all his henchmen and soldiers, and what he has to do is to take the crown prince out of the city as soon as possible, otherwise the people who rescued the prince will hear the news, I am afraid he will be very responsible.

Therefore, Li Kaishun no longer talked nonsense with Tie Erniu, pulled out his weapon, and slashed at him. Li Kaishun's weapon was a glaive knife, but Tie Erniu's weapon was a long thick iron rod.

Tie Erniu saw Li Kaishun slashing over, and immediately raised the iron rod and greeted him. The iron rod and the glaive knife slashed together, Li Kaishun only felt pain in the tiger's mouth, and was shocked to take several steps back. He was shocked, but he didn't expect that Tie Erniu, who looked inconspicuous on weekdays, would have such strength.

He only thought it was brute force, and he didn't panic, and he slashed at his legs and feet with the Glaive again. He originally wanted to knock Tie Erniu to the ground within three moves, but after such a cut, Tie Erniu avoided it lightly, and he realized that Tie Erniu was not only brute force, his martial arts must have been too good to be guided, I am afraid that within thirty or fifty moves, he may not be able to clean him up.

Li Kaishun's heart sank, and he ordered several soldiers: "Quickly take the prisoner out." Send someone to clean up the iron two oxen. ”

A few soldiers agreed, and took Zhu Jianshen and Wan Zhenniang to the city gate. Seeing this, Tie Erniu hit Li Kaishun hard with an iron rod, and then went to intercept a few soldiers. There were no less than 100 soldiers in ambush at the gate of the city, and when they saw this, they immediately came forward to surround Tie Erniu.

Li Kaishun sighed in his heart: In this way, it is a big deal, and I believe that someone will come soon. Immediately, he threw Tie Erniu to everyone, and without hesitation, he dragged Zhu Jianshen up, performed light skills, and walked out.

He had just reached the gate of the city when he was stopped by several people. The clothes of those people were all dressed in various colors, as if they appeared in an instant. He looked back and found that Tie Erniu also had more than a dozen reinforcements.

"Who are you? Do you know that Lord Ben is arresting important criminals in the court? Those who dare to stop will be killed by the nine clans. Li Kaishun said awe-inspiringly.

"Hahaha, Master Li, you're too good at fooling people. When did the crown prince become a key criminal? If you want to kill the nine clans, it is also Lord Li, your nine clans. "There was a person dressed up in a show, and he said with a grin.

Li Kaishun's face sank, and he finally understood who he met in front of him---- they were the people who shook the candle shadow and confessed to love!

Tie Erniu must be the spy arranged by Candle Shadow Shahong, after he found out that the crown prince and Zhu Jianshen must have sent a signal to the same door as soon as possible, which is why he was entangled with so many people.

"Candle shadow shaking red and confession door, not bad." Li Kaishun said coldly.

Xiucai still smiled and said: "Adults have good eyesight, and it's good that they can recognize our origins." However, in this case, you must know that we will not back down, unless you can step on the corpses of our brothers. ”

After speaking, Xiucai smiled, raised the judge pen in his hand, and jumped towards Li Kaishun.

A man whispered, "Everything is in the Crown Prince's safety." The person who spoke, twenty-seven or eighteen years old, looked very steady, but it was none other than Du Yuhang. He was followed by his young and beautiful wife Wen Xiaoying.

Li Kaishun was taken aback, knowing that the candle shadow was shaking red and the people in the confession door were not easy to deal with, so he was very worried, but he saw several white-clothed people with masked faces jumping down from the city wall. As soon as these people jumped down, they joined the battle group and worked with Li Kaishun to deal with the people of Candle Shadow and Confession. Li Kaishun was overjoyed in his heart, knowing that it was his own people who came.

There was a scuffle at the city gates. Du Yuhang was afraid that the crown prince was in danger, and he was about to save the prince, but found that the prince was taken away by a man in white. Du Yuhang and Wen Xiaoying glanced at each other, and chased after them like people in white. The man in white has strong martial arts, and Wen Xiaoying and Du Yuhang joined forces, but they were not his opponents. After a few moves, both were knocked to the ground.

Seeing that the crown prince was about to be taken out of the city by the man in white, a few people came at the gate of the city. When the candle shadow shook red and the people who confessed to love saw it, their spirits were greatly lifted. When the man in white saw it, his figure stagnated slightly, and he knew that it might be difficult to escape, so he turned his hand and ran to the city wall with Zhu Jianshen.

It was not someone else who came, it was Jiang Shaoheng, Fang Xiao, Ji Kaihan, Jian Wenying, Jian Polang, Zhu Luoxue, and Tang Jingran. These days, they have been living in the Huaiming Garden outside the city, this day Tang was shocked to see the candle shadow shaking red first-level code, knowing that there was a change in the city gate, so he told Jiang Shaoheng and others, and everyone came together.

It turned out that Tie Erniu was arranged by Tang Jingran to be among the soldiers to do internal response. She considered that the crown prince was arrested, and the city gate must be an important place. Therefore, after Tie Erniu saw Zhu Jianshen, he released a first-level code as soon as possible, and at the same time, he went to stop Li Kaishun. Du Yuhang, Wen Xiaoying and his wife, as well as the others from Candle Shadow Shake Red and Confession Gate, usually searched around the city, and after receiving the signal, they rushed over as soon as possible.

Fortunately, they blocked it so that Jiang Shaoheng and the others could come in time to prevent the man in white from taking away the crown prince.

The soldiers at the gate of the city gathered more and more, and saw that Du Yuhang and the others were no longer opponents. Ji Kaihan was just about to go to help, when he saw Yu Mian leading the Royal Forest Army to arrive. Wan Zhenniang asked the beggar to inform Yu Mian, and the beggar ran away for the silver. Yu Mian got the news, and while ordering his family to enter the palace to inform Jian Huaizhen, he went to the Royal Forest Army for help. Soon, he led the Imperial Guards to the outside of the city walls.

The commander of the Imperial Forest Army, Ma Tiangang, sat on his horse and shouted: "Don't resist stubbornly, you have been surrounded." The great crime of rebellion is to connect the nine clans! ”

The soldiers who were fighting with the disciples of the Candle Shadow Shaking Red and the Confession Gate suddenly heard Ma Tiangang's sentence "The great crime of rebellion must be connected to the nine clans", and everyone's hearts were cold. In fact, among these people, except for a few who are Li Kaishun's henchmen, most of them don't know what happened. They just thought it was to catch the Jiangyang thieves. But now that the Jingdong Imperial Forest Army has commanded an envoy to besiege him, it can be seen that the truth is not so simple.

While they were hesitating to lay down their weapons, they heard a eunuch shouting, "The eldest princess has arrived!" ”

Everyone looked up and saw Jian Huaizhen coming on his shoulder. It turned out that after receiving the report from Yu Mian's family, Ling Luo immediately notified Jian Huaizhen. Jian Huaizhen was afraid of chaos, so he immediately arranged it himself.

The soldiers were hesitating, but when they saw that the eldest princess was coming, it was self-evident which side was the traitor. So, they laid down their arms and surrendered, and except for a few who were still resisting, the rest stood silently against the walls.