Chapter 158: Taiping Courtyard
Looking at the body of the queen on the ground, looking at the flesh and blood, all the people were shocked and speechless, Ye Zhong whispered a few words, turned the horse's head, and began to pursue at the city gate, on the one hand, the living force of the Qin family is still very strong, he must hurry up and contact the soldiers and horses everywhere, so as to strike to the end, and secondly, the queen died in front of him, for his own safety, it is better to hide as far away as possible, the affairs of the royal family, or leave it to His Royal Highness and the Duke of Tangbo.
The queen's suicide in the city surprised many people, although the prince was defeated, and the fate faced by the queen was definitely not much better, but no one thought that the queen mother, who was gentle on the outside but embarrassed on the inside, gave birth to such courage at the last moment of her life.
At that time, the battle on the imperial city was not over, and the rebels of the Qin family were still resisting stubbornly, Fan Xian and the cronies and subordinates of the eldest prince took care of the safety of the queen mother and those ministers, and did not ignore the queen's existence, but there was no superfluous jΔ«ng god to guard against the desolation of the leap.
The queen jumped down like this and died in front of more than 10,000 people, how thrilling this scene is.
The second prince looked at the queen's corpse in a daze like an idiot, and suddenly began to tremble from the tips of his toes to the top of his head, and his whole body was shrouded in cold, and he kept shivering, not knowing what kind of outcome he was facing, he subconsciously looked up, and after confirming the safety of his biological mother, Concubine Shugui, he collapsed to the ground.
There were already Dingzhou soldiers beside him who helped him up and respectfully surrounded him in the middle, for fear that he would have some problems. The second prince was expressionless, but his eyes were a little distracted, thinking in his heart, he had already reached this point, if people wanted to kill themselves, who could stop them?
............ The Qin family's army had retreated, the Dingzhou army was constantly pursuing, and there was a sound of killing in Kyoto, especially the rebel army where the dragon banner was located, and it was at a very fast speed, through the long street, passing through the Zhengyang Gate personally guarded by Zhang Deqing, and galloping towards the outside of Kyoto.
Zhang Deqing looked at the scene in front of him with a dead face, and he didn't know what it felt like in his heart, loyalty is a belief that needs to be held for a lifetime, even if it is only shaken at the last moment, the loyalty of the first half of his life has become a foreshadowing of jiΔn's deception, he knows that he has no chance to turn over, and he has no courage to rely on the three thousand officers and soldiers of the City Gate Division and the nine city gates to help the Qin family drag down the speed of the Dingzhou army.
Zhang Deqing let out a long sigh gloomily, took one last look at the Zhengyang Gate, which seemed to be shining with golden light in the blazing sun, and began to flee with his own soldiers, following the dragon banner and the large army of the rebels.
Before the Zhengyang Gate could be closed, the Dingzhou army led by Gong Dian had already killed it, turned into a yellow dragon, and pursued out.
............ At this time, the prince who fled in the wilderness used the dragon flag as a way to shield himself, but he was guarded by the only remaining generals of the Qin family and came to the Donghua Gate. Old Man Qin and Qin Heng are dead, and the rebels at this time are leaderless, but fortunately, the generals who were sent by Old Man Qin to protect the prince are still alive, and they came up with such a way to escape at such a critical juncture, intending to go out of Beijing and go north to join the camp of Zhengbei in Cangzhou.
However, the prince's heart was already gloomy, since there was foreshadowing in the capital, the governor of Yan Dadu might have died, where could he flee to? At this time, he didn't know the news that the queen mother had fallen to the city and died, so he took a deep breath, and after a while, he forcibly mentioned a little jΔ«ng god, thinking that if his father was really dead, with the help of his aunt, he might not be able to make a comeback.
After all, he is the crown prince, and his surname in this world is Li instead of Fan, even if Fan Xian controls Kyoto, he may not be able to control the world.
However, the trace of war intent that was brought up with great difficulty was smashed by the two huge city gates in front of him, which were tightly closed. The crown prince and the generals looked at the officers and soldiers of the city gate who were waiting with arrows on the stone stairs on both sides of the Donghua Gate, and looked at the white-clothed officials beside the general, and their hearts were very tight.
The crown prince knew the white-clothed official, and knew that the other party was the third person in the Supervision Yuan, and his father appreciated Yan Bingyun very much. However, he had already received news that when he persuaded Zhang Deqing, this person had been taken down by his aunt and rescued by someone in difficulty...... How did you get here?
"Prince, please stay. β
Yan Bingyun's white clothes still had blood stains left by the early morning killing, and he coughed twice, his expression solemn.
After the man in black who saved his life in the early hours of the morning put him to safety, he disappeared without a trace, and he didn't know where he went. Yan Bingyun couldn't personally participate in what happened in this half of Kyoto, but he still passed through a remnant channel in GuΓ², watching this qiΔ nervously, and when there was an abnormality in the square, he had already arrived at Donghua Gate in advance.
No yamen is monolithic, even if Zhang Deqing has been in charge of the city gate department for 20 years, but in today's situation, it is impossible to order all his subordinates to be of the same mind as him, especially at this time when the rebels have been defeated.
Yan Bingyun knew that he was taking a risk, but he liked the feeling of adventure, and he felt that after making a big mistake, he had to make up for something and do something for Lord Xiao Fan.
Fortunately, this time, he succeeded, and the Chengmen Division successfully blocked the prince under the Donghua Gate. His Majesty's ultra-strict control of the city gate division made the commander of the Donghua Gate resolutely stand by Fan Xian's side - or rather, on the side of his own glory and wealth - if the crown prince was allowed to lead his troops out of Kyoto and contact the soldiers of Siyeli, who knows what will happen to this world in the future?
............ The rebels who wanted to break out of the city did not give Yan Bingyun much time to negotiate, and the generals of the Qin family began to prepare for battle without consulting the prince.
However, not long after the battle began, the prince's face turned white, because he heard a thunderous sound coming from behind him, it was the cavalry brigade of the Dingzhou army!
One of the flags was blown by the wind in the streets and alleys of Kyoto, and it moved very quickly towards the Donghua Gate, and a large leaf character was written on the flag.
Ye Zhong personally led the troops here, and was somewhat surprised to find that the Donghua Gate had been closed, and the rebel army where the prince belonged was blocked in front of the not very wide city gate on this side, occupying half of the street densely.
He took a deep breath, knowing that Donghua Gate would not be able to hold it for long, and as soon as he raised his right arm, he prepared to carry out the bloodiest part of the Kyoto Incident today, but he did not expect that at this time, the fierce attack of the rebels on Donghua Gate gradually slowed down.
Since Ye Zhong caught up, the prince kept his head down, hanging on his chest, not knowing what he was thinking, and then he slowly raised his head, his eyes were full of gloom and relief, and said:
"Surrender. β
Everyone fell silent, looking at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince with disbelief, anger, sadness, despair, and incomprehension, not knowing why he suddenly lost all his fighting spirit.
The prince's gaze slowly swept over the faces of these loyal generals and soldiers who followed him, and he knew that if he fought to the death, it might not be impossible to get out of the city, but by now this matter, the prince was tired, tired, tired, and desperate, even if he fought out of the city, what would it do? From Kyoto to Cangzhou thousands of miles away...... Is it possible to let these thousands of soldiers die one by one in the long pursuit? Is it to let the army fight each other on the fertile land of the people of Qingguo, kill people, and set fires?
The prince turned the horse's head, looked at Ye Chong from a distance through the forest of sergeants and guns on the street, and said, "General Ye, this palace doesn't want to leave." β
Ye Chong frowned slightly, he didn't understand why the scene in front of him came about, he couldn't imagine the psychological changes of the prince, he always thought that the prince was thinking about something else, but since the prince opened his mouth at this time, it seemed that there were some opportunities, and Ye Chong didn't want his Dingzhou army to pay more casualties.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise. β
At this time, Li Chengqian's position as the crown prince had been abolished by Fan Xian in the palace, but Ye Chong was still used to saying it.
Li Chengqian smiled bitterly, and then said, "I have one condition. β
"Prince, please speak. β
"I want to see Fan Xian, and he must promise me one thing. β
Li Chengqian's face turned cold all of a sudden, not because he understood something, but as a child of the Li family, as a prince who had been cultivated as the next king for several years, he vaguely guessed what kind of fate the hand in the sky wanted to pinch in this Kyoto, and he didn't want to succumb to that fate, at least let that hand pinch the clay man when he was a child, and be struck by some small stones.
Ye Chong was silent for a moment and then said, "I don't know where Grandpa Fan is at this time. β
A strange thing flashed in Li Chengqian's eyes, but he immediately guessed something, his face became ugly, and he began to worry about the safety of some people, thinking that his conditions had not yet fallen into Fan Xian's ears, and he was still ...... Is it in time?
βββββββββββββββββββ Ye Zhong was lying, because he could guess where Fan Xian was.
But in Kyoto, which has basically become a sea of blood, both the rebels and those who have accepted the power of Fan Xian's state have lost their traces. Since the moment Old Man Qin was stabbed to death, Grandpa Fan, who presided over the major events in Kyoto, could no longer be found.
The prince who made up his mind in front of Donghua Gate, like Ye Chong, guessed Fan Xian's whereabouts in the first time. The reason why Ye Zhong was able to guess it was because he personally told Fan Xian that the address was sΓΉ Fan Xian, and the prince was able to guess it because he cared about the people there.
Fan Xian is in the Taiping Courtyard.
Dressed in black, he stood on this bank of the Liujing River, looking at the scenery on the other bank, and the whole person and the trees were shadowed together, and if he didn't distinguish carefully, he couldn't see it at all. This is already the outskirts of Beijing, and after killing Qin Ye, he used the fastest speed, taking advantage of the chaos in Kyoto, to cross the high walls of Kyoto and come here.
Because in this royal courtyard, there is his wife Lin Wan'er, who cares about the most, as well as Dabao, and Her Royal Highness the eldest princess who single-handedly planned the affairs of Dadongshan and the rebellion in Kyoto.
Fan Xian is no stranger to the Taiping Courtyard, to be precise, he is extremely familiar, because this manor was originally his family's property twenty years ago, and it was the place where his mother Ye Qingmei lived after coming to Qingguo.
After the collapse of the Ye family, the manor was returned to the royal family, but the emperor XiΓ has been sealing the Taiping Courtyard, guarding it with Ouchi guards, and strictly prohibiting any members of the royal family from entering, so that it gradually lost its reputation.
On the occasion of the summer and autumn of the fourth year of Qingli, Fan Xian once took his sister across the river to see, and a sacrifice was made from afar, when the river breeze was blowing, and he was embarrassed.
............ Fan Xian didn't understand why the eldest princess chose the Taiping Courtyard as her residence to direct Kyoto affairs, but he couldn't think about this at this time, how to rescue Wan'er and Dabao safely was the most important thing.
Although Wan'er is the biological daughter of the eldest princess, Fan Xian does not dare to guarantee that after seeing so many years of planning end in such a bleak way, will that crazy woman become a disrespectful person.
In the past ten years, he has always known what kind of situation Wan'er is in, but he has never been able to solve it, nor has he revealed a trace of anxiety in front of others, but only he knows how the safety of Wan'er and Dabao is affecting his feelings.
Standing on the bank of the river, looking at the other bank of the river, Fan Xian's heart throbbed slightly, and he realized that Wan'er was more important in his heart than he could imagine.
The composition of the room in the Taiping Courtyard, Wuzhu once told him personally, and Wuzhu once went deep into the courtyard to take something. After Fan Xian came to the other side of the courtyard, he carefully inspected the defensive strength of the quiet courtyard. It is much weaker than he imagined, it seems that in the past few years, the Supervision Yuan and himself have been constantly attacking Xinyang, and it is really still somewhat useful, and the masters around the eldest princess have been cut a lot.
It's just that the sound of killing in Kyoto is shocking, but the Taiping Courtyard on the outskirts of Beijing is quiet, this very sharp contrast makes Fan Xian never dare to move lightly.
The site selection at the beginning of the construction of the Taiping Courtyard is very special, it is actually built on a small peninsula in the Liujing River, there is only one passage to enter the hospital, and the terrain of the surrounding riverbank is relatively shallow.
The courtyard wall is cleverly designed, not very high, but it just happens to block all the sights cast from the outside.
Fan Xian's lips were a little bitter, knowing that even if he moved a heavy sniper, it would be useless, as soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, secretly thinking that his mother had ever thought about resisting the heavy sniper's shè attack when he designed this courtyard?
However, there is no other courtyard in the world that cannot be attacked, otherwise twenty years ago, the woman surnamed Ye would not have disappeared from the world of Qingguo. Fan Xian just had some slingers, and he didn't dare to attack, because he knew that Li Yunrui's hand did pinch his seven inches.
On the bank of the river, he didn't think for long, Fan Xian's face calmed down, he took a deep breath, turned to the Zhuzhong trestle bridge that he had passed by, and walked to the main entrance of the Taiping Courtyard like a walk.
Behind the bamboo forest on the wall, many people suddenly appeared, surrounding Fan Xian in the middle. These eldest princesses' personal guards looked at him with shocked faces, they had already recognized his identity, and they didn't understand why he dared to appear like this at such a moment!
Fan Xian's eyes were as calm as the slow flow of water in the Liujing River, and he said, "I want to see her." β