Chapter 402: The End of the Road
Shentu Gangfu jumped into the courtyard from the top of the wall, and immediately had a sense of foreboding. This hunch told him that things might not go so well tonight, and that the safest thing to do was to turn around and leave immediately, waiting for the opportunity to come again.
The safety of the prince is important, but even if the government catches him, it will not easily hurt his life. Just as he could easily break through the heavy encirclement and see Princess Zheng unconsciously, he believed that he also had the means to save the prince on the way.
As soon as Shen Tu turned around, he wanted to leave, but before he jumped up, he couldn't help but glance at the situation in the courtyard again: in the dark, there was only a little light behind the two paper windows, and it was dim, and he couldn't even see the situation in the courtyard clearly. But he could hear that there were only twenty or thirty breaths in the house, and there were more and more in the front yard, and there were four or five young men who had practiced martial arts, while there were less than ten people in the back yard, two of whom were children, and the others were mostly weak women, all of whom had never practiced martial arts, and there seemed to be no risk.
Shen Tugang hesitated again. There is a child in the backyard, and it is very likely that it is the son of the world. He was so close to him, barely three feet away, if he gave up leaving, he could certainly keep himself safe, but it would not be so easy to find another opportunity to get so close to the prince.
He decided to take a look first, and if the prince was in the house, he had no reason to let go of the great opportunity.
At this time, he heard a low voice from the room where there was the sound of the child's breathing, which seemed to be the voice of the child, and it was still somewhat familiar. Shen Tugang's heart was shocked, and he quickly jumped out of the corner and took a few steps forward.
There was no movement in the courtyard, only the sound of the wind remained in the night sky, and the voices of the people in the house disappeared again. As soon as Shen Tu thought about it, he avoided the flowers on the side, picked up a small pebble from the ground, and gently threw it on the window frame, only to hear a light and crisp "click" sound in the silence, and the people in the house moved, and sure enough, it was a child's voice: "Who is outside?" "Trembling, as if with a little horror.
This is Zhu Jiayi's voice, Shen Tu was happy at first, but then he was patient and threw a small pebble over. There seemed to be movement in the room again, someone whispered, and the other retorted, probably because of a moment of excitement, and his voice was a little high: "No, you can't ...... the world" Before the words were finished, someone covered their mouths, and only a whining sound could be heard.
Shen Tugang frowned, and his heart became vigilant, but at this time, he heard the voice of Prince Zheng: "Xiao Luzi, go open the window and see, is there anyone coming outside?" A frightened young man's voice responded: "Yes......" Then a figure walked in the direction of the window, because there was a candlelight, it could only be seen that it was a man dressed up, until he came to the window, Shen Tu just found that it was a slightly short and thin person, he immediately remembered that Princess Zheng had mentioned that the prince was accompanied by two chamberlains and two guards, and among the two chamberlains, except for the head of the inner courtyard of the palace, Mr. Qiu, was Xiao Luzi, the prince's attendant.
Shen Tugang's eyes were already full of joy, and he had finally found the right master
Thinking so, he walked in the direction of the house, and after a few steps came to the middle of the courtyard, at this moment, the window also opened, revealing a miserable white young man's face, which was Xiao Luzi. When Xiao Luzi saw him, the horror on his face became even stronger, and he trembled and moved his body to the side, and turned back again. Behind him, Zhu Gongqin, the prince of King Zheng, who was sitting on a chair and dressed in the clothes of an ordinary child of a wealthy family, was also pale, but his lips were tightly pursed, as if he had made up his mind.
Shen Tu just smiled, took two more steps, and stopped again. His gaze turned to both sides of the prince, Manager Qiu was covered by his mouth and was struggling, while on the other side of the prince was sitting Zhu Jiayi, but behind him stood several strangers, tall and strong, strangers with knives tied around their waists, one of them had his hand on Zhu Jiayi's shoulder, but at this time he took it away, turned around and walked in the direction of Shen Tugang, and the other hand was on the scabbard and did not leave.
As soon as he moved, Shen Tugang's face changed. He recognized almost all the guards of King Zheng's mansion, none of them looked like this, and more importantly, he recognized the pace of this person's walking, which was clearly from the army.
At this time, Manager Qiu broke away from the person behind him and shouted: "Run, this is a trap"
In an instant, Shen Tu just pulled up upside down like an arrow, and jumped straight back, but in the night, a big net pounced from behind him and caught him, he pulled out the soft sword on his waist with his backhand and cut it, the silver light flashed, and the big net was cut in half, he was about to swing away the broken net, and another big net covered it, and at the same time, the window of the room where Zheng Wang Shizi was located was quickly closed, and dozens of strong hands jumped out of the room in all directions, holding a long rope with both hands, in groups of two, each holding one end, before jumping out and galloping around Shen Tugang, Before he could break free from the net, he was tightly bound by seven or eight ropes. The crowd shuttled around him, tying him up like a silkworm chrysalis, unable to move.
Shen Tu just eyes were about to split, shouted, simply turned in place, he was already amazing, this turn, actually held the rope of a group of good hands of the general secretary have been taken to the staggered, two of them were even thrown by him to the courtyard wall, let out a miserable sound, someone in the hand of the rope out of his hand, so that he was able to break free, and by the advantage of the soft sword in his hand, quickly cut the rope, although it was not cut for a while, but this is a matter of time.
At this time, Hu Jinquan leaped from the direction of the second gate, and the big knife in his hand slashed straight at the door in front of him, he dodged to avoid it, while breaking free of the last two ropes wrapped around his right hand, and hit him head-on, and the silver light flashed, and the two exchanged hands.
At this moment, there was a scream from the prince of Zheng Wang in the house, Shen Tu just got distracted slightly, he felt a huge pain in his vest, and the ice will went straight into his body, he used his strength to knock the big knife in Hu Jinquan's hand away, staggered and turned to look back, it turned out to be Liu Dongxing silently attacked with a shot.
Shen Tugang's mouth was drenched in blood, and he sneered in a hoarse voice: "Hurting people behind your back is the villain's doing."
Liu Dongxing's face was expressionless: "I'm a soldier, as long as I can win the battle, I don't care what kind of villain and gentleman he is" He smiled at Shen Tugang: "What's more, you are not a good person." I don't know how many lives were killed or injured for King Zheng's mansion before, but today I died in a trap set up by Prince Zheng's son, which can be regarded as evil retribution. ”
Shen Tugang's eyes widened violently, revealing a look of disbelief, he turned around with difficulty to face the direction of the house where King Zheng was located, the window opened again at some point, and King Zheng stood in front of the window, his immature face was full of complicated expressions, and his eyes looked at him gloomily.
He took two steps in that direction, but his vision became more and more blurry, he knew that he was dying, the shot in his vest hit the point, and it was rare that he could still stay awake now. But he was unwilling, and unwillingly stretched out his hand full of blood to Prince Zheng, and his expression became more and more hideous: "For...... Miscellaneous...... ......" eventually collapsed three feet from the ledge. But even when he was out of breath, his eyes refused to close.
Prince Zheng's eyes were red, but he still bit his lip and held on. Behind him, Manager Qiu cried in despair: "Why...... The prince ...... Mr. Shentu is the last person who can save us, he's dead...... Who else can save us out......" By his side, Zhu Jiayi was already so scared that he couldn't even speak.
King Zheng Shizi didn't say anything, and Hu Jinquan, who pushed the door in, answered Manager Qiu's question: "Xiao Shizi is decisive, and he does have the demeanor of a heavenly family. For the sake of the princess, for himself, and for the sake of the people of Qingzhou Zheng Wangfu, the prince made a decision to help the court capture the murderer, which is really admirable. ”
Prince Zheng still didn't answer, these words are just good, although he is young, but he grew up in the palace, and he also knows how to judge the situation, his party was restrained by the court, if he refused to cooperate, he would come to the front of the palace in the future, where would his mother and him have a good life? Since he decided to give up fleeing and return to his mother to share the hardships, Shen Tugang, who was once an irresponsible father's cronies, does not matter whether he lives or dies. The only thing he can save is his mother and himself.
Hu Jinquan didn't care about the thoughts of Prince Zheng, in his opinion, such a young child, no matter how smart he was, could not have any ideas, so he just lightly instructed the subordinates in the house: "Good life to take care of it, when Princess Zheng enters the city, I will send someone to inform you, and before that, the safety of the prince will be handed over to you." The two secretaries of general affairs answered in unison.
Hu Jinquan turned and left. The yard is a mess, and there are brothers who are dead and injured, and they need to be treated as soon as possible; Shen Tugang's body must also be cleaned up; The 200 elite soldiers that Liu Dongxing transferred in advance, although they didn't do anything, they couldn't just send people away; And this house is rented, and it is so bloody, I always have to say hello to the landlord and ask for his understanding. He's got a lot to do.
A battle that had taken place that night passed so silently that almost no one in Cannes knew about it. When she got up early the next morning, Wen Yi saw that the other half of the bed had not moved, and knew that Liu Dongxing had not returned. She sighed softly and got up to freshen up.
Breakfast was used with Jiang and Wen Hui, the latter went back to the room after dinner, but the former looked unconcerned, Wen Yi was about to ask why she had the idea of renting a house from the Han family again, Dong Kui suddenly came to report that Wen Liang planned to return to Sudong after breakfast, and wanted to borrow a carriage and two servants, and his attendant may have to temporarily borrow Wen Yi's place to recuperate. Wen Yi hurriedly got up and went to the guest room.
When she finished her work and came back to tell Jiang that Wenliang was about to leave, she knew that Jiang had already gone out, and she couldn't help but be surprised: "Why is the eldest aunt so anxious?" The second brother is going back, she can't even wait for this little time? ”
Dong Kui said: "The eldest lady said that she was looking for the Han family, and she asked the slave maid last night, when the young master of the Han family was at home, and the slave maid told the eldest lady that the young master Han was going out to visit friends after noon, and she could only go in the morning if she wanted to find it, so she was in a hurry." ”
Wen Yi frowned, and was about to speak, when she suddenly heard Wen Hui speak behind her: "What is my mother looking for the young master of the Han family to do?" She turned around: "Sixth sister? Aren't you in your room? ”
Wen Hui didn't answer, but just stepped forward and asked Dong Kui: "What did my mother do with the surname Han?" ”
Dong Que shrunk his neck: "The slave doesn't know ......"
Wen Yi was unhappy in her heart, and said coldly: "Sixth sister, what are you doing?" What is my aunt going to do, how will my girl know? ”
Wen Hui glared at her, she also glared back coldly, and then Wen Liang entered the courtyard: "What's wrong with you?" Sixth sister, don't always mess around, how can you marry someone with such a temper? Doesn't it make the eldest aunt worry? ”
Wen Hui's face changed, and she turned around and rushed out.