Chapter 113: Endless troubles
It is said that Zhu Wen saw that the Juxian Tower was gradually submerged by the raging fire, but Xu Zhi, Zhou Yuanzhi, and the five Dongying envoys still did not rush out of the Juxian Tower, and they were puzzled, but they still ordered: "The archers around are ready, if anyone escapes from the Juxian Tower, shoot them immediately!"
At this time, Sugawara Michizane and others used a special shovel to dig a tunnel that only allowed one person to enter and exit, and 5 Dongying people sincerely assisted: Sugawara Michizane and Entong were responsible for opening the tunnel, Fujihara Harahara and Enhui were responsible for transporting the soil in the tunnel to the entrance of the cave, and Yuanzhen took away the soil at the entrance of the cave.
Fortunately, the soil in the ground was very soft, Sugawara Michizane and Entong worked hard for nearly two pillars of incense, and finally heard the sound of waves across the three-foot-thick ground, and the two knew that the twilight cloud lake was not far ahead, so they simply dug a small gap upwards and saw the long-lost sky.
Sugawara Michizane and Yuantong returned to Juxian Tower along the tunnel, and were just about to climb out of the ground, only to see that Juxian Building had collapsed halfway, Xu Zhi, Fujihara Harahiro and others were carrying Li Cunxiao and Xue Atan, and were struggling to block the rockets fired from all sides with the swords in their hands.
Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Xu Zhi had been hit by an arrow, and shouted loudly: "Soldiers of the righteous army, you can see clearly, I am the princess Yuanzhi you are looking for, if you still don't put down the sword in your hand, do you want to be disrespectful to this princess?"
Several lieutenants under Zhu Wen naturally knew Zhou Yuanzhi, and they were temporarily suppressed by her momentum, and they were about to step forward to salute, but Zhu Wen hurriedly stopped: "Soldiers, you look carefully, this is our noble Princess Yuanzhi, who is clearly the Cuicui girl of Wanxianglou! This mother of Wanxianglou can testify, you just go forward to capture the traitors and the widows, capture one alive, reward ten thousand dollars, kill one person, reward a thousand dollars!"
Zhou Yuanzhi saw Zhu Wen open his eyes and talk nonsense, took a few steps forward, and refuted: "Zhu Wen, you ungrateful and inferior beast, you are plotting against Princess Ben and Xu Zhi, aren't you afraid that in the future, my father will break your body into ten thousand pieces?"
Li Zhen listened to Zhou Yuanzhi's words, and was also a little scared, looking at Zhu Wen hesitantly, who knew that Zhu Wen laughed and said: "Since ancient times, heroes have become great things, they are all ruthless, how can they be indecisive, and now the arrow has to be sent, even if we kill a good person by mistake, it is a helpless move! Let future generations comment on it!", after speaking, he waved his hand and asked the soldiers to move forward to capture Zhou Yuanzhi.
Xu Zhi saw that in order to get the reward, the six relatives did not recognize it, and they surrounded Zhou Yuanzhi one after another. Xu Zhi dragged Zhou Yuanzhi back and persuaded: "Yuanzhi, now is not the time for us to be rash, and it is important for us to get out of the matter first!"
At this time, Sugawara Michizane said: "Xu Zhi quickly took Miss Zhou and them down the tunnel and escaped from Juxian Tower, I will break the queen!"
Xu Zhi replied: "Lord Sugawara, you are our Chinese honored guests, how can you let you take risks for us? Or do you go down the tunnel first, and Xu will cut it off!"
Sugawara Michizane really saw that Xu Zhi was very chivalrous in times of crisis, and made up his mind to share hardships and hardships with him, so he shouted: "Okay, Xu Zhi, you let go of Li Cunxiao, who is on your back, and let Yuanzhen carry him first." We brothers work together to break off the queen for everyone!"
Xu Zhi was very moved when he saw Sugawara Michizane calling himself a brother when he was in trouble, and he also replied: "Okay, Xu Zhi listens to Brother Sugawara!", after speaking, he turned around and saw Zhou Yuanzhi's reluctant eyes, and persuaded softly: "Yuan Zhi, you and Miss He go first, and the eldest brother and Lord Sugawara will follow you soon." ”
He Mengjiao also persuaded: "Miss Zhou, you are by Brother Xu's side, he will be distracted, let's leave Juxian Tower first, and wait for Brother Xu and them to come back safely!", After speaking, he pulled Zhou Yuanzhi and jumped into the tunnel with Yuantong.
Zhu Wen saw that the guests in the restaurant jumped into the tunnel with Zhou Yuanzhi and others, and he was angry, and let the archers shoot a wave of arrows, Xu Zhi and Sugawara Michizane hurriedly waved their swords to protect their bodies, but the people behind them fell to the ground one after another.
The archer fired a second wave of arrows, and Sugawara Michizane took a large frisbee from his bosom and smashed it at Juwen.
A lieutenant general beside Zhu Wen hurriedly urged the horse forward, blocked in front of Zhu Wen, and tried to shoot down the frisbee in the air with the plate axe in his hand. It turns out that the frisbee is also made of magnets, which is extremely magnetic, and can be firmly stuck when encountering an iron axe.
The lieutenant was so frightened that he hurriedly broke the frisbee with both hands, and finally removed the magnet from the axe, but he didn't expect that the frisbee did not fall to the ground, but firmly stuck to the armor on his chest. At this moment, half of the thousands of arrows deviated from the direction, and half fell from the sky, attracted by the frisbee, and pierced the adjutant general's chest. Before the lieutenant could even snort, his body was covered with arrow feathers, and he fell to the ground and died.
Zhu Wen saw with his own eyes that Dongying Jinqi was so powerful that he no longer dared to order the soldiers to shoot arrows, for fear that these thousands of arrows would fall under the spell of the Dongying people and shoot at him, so he had to order his soldiers to rush into the Juxian Tower full of fireworks and chase Zhou Yuanzhi and others in the tunnel.
Xu Zhi saw that there were still many people who had not yet entered the tunnel to escape, and the soldiers outside the restaurant had rushed to the inn like a tide, he hurriedly blocked the door of the restaurant, and in a hurry, he made a move to "dance with the wind", and picked off the knives and guns in the hands of the first few soldiers, Xu Zhi did not wait for the soldiers behind to approach, and flew up, a swallow swept the water, stepped on the shaking heads of the generals, and quickly rotated the Fengming sword in his hand, the sword light flashed, like a white practice through the black pressure of the crowd, straight to Zhu Wen.
Zhu Wen saw that Xu Zhi was menacing, and his face was as frightened as earth, and he shouted repeatedly: "Guards, quickly block the traitorous party and protect this general!", at this time, dozens of ironclad guards with superb martial arts beside Zhu Wen raised the thick shields in their hands, and sealed Zhu Wen's whole body and surroundings tightly.
Xu Zhi saw that the cunning Zhu Wen was protected by layers of shields and iron armor, and he was angry, he simply assassinated several guards with knives around Zhu Wen, and broke into a layer of iron armor fence, but was blocked by the second layer of iron shields.
Zhu Wen shouted under Dunjia: "It hurts me to death!", the guards beside them listened, and hurriedly removed the iron armor shield beside them, seeing Zhu Wen's face was like earth, panting, and vomiting several mouthfuls of blood. The soldiers did not dare to slack off, and while transferring the injured Zhu Wen to retreat, they continued to surround Xu Zhi forward.
Li Zhen saw that Zhu Wen had suffered serious internal injuries, and shouted: "Come on, help the marshal to go back to his house to rest! The rest of the soldiers will continue to follow me to hunt down the traitors and Japanese slaves!"
In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Zhu Wen patted his chest and said with a smile: "Don't worry about the soldiers, Ben Shuai is fine, don't forget, Ben Shuai is the reincarnation of King Kong, and he has died thousands of times in the shadow of the sword and sword, and the king of Hades refuses to accept Ben Shuai, so he can take Ben Shuai's life with one or two thieves?
Xu Zhi saw that the soldiers were encouraged by Zhu Wen, and rushed towards the Juxian Tower, Sugawara Dao was really blocked at the door of the restaurant, and it was already difficult to support it alone. Xu Zhixuan shook his sword, killed from the encirclement of the guards, stepped on the soldier's head, flipped his head in the air, and jumped back to Sugawara Michizane's side.
Sugawara Michizane saw that the people in the Juxian Building had retreated to the tunnel, and said to Xu Zhi: "Let's bolt the door of the hotel first, block Zhu Wen's army, and then escape from the tunnel!", Xu Zhi nodded after hearing this, and jumped into the restaurant with Sugawara Michizane.
Sugawara Michimako saw that there were several soldiers behind him, and they were also about to squeeze into the door of the restaurant, so he hurriedly took out a few fireworks from his sleeve and blew them with his mouth, and the fireworks spontaneously combusted, and he threw the smoke into the group of soldiers outside the door, and suddenly the smoke was everywhere, the flames were everywhere, and there was a crackling explosion, and the group of soldiers who exploded fled in all directions.
Sugawara Michizane saw Xu Zhi's surprise, and said with a smile: "This is our Dongying's fire escape method!", Xu Zhi also replied: "It's amazing!", the two took advantage of the chaos of the soldiers outside the door, struggled to close the door, and got on the latch, and then jumped into the tunnel one after another.
Zhu Wen commanded his soldiers, knocked open the door of the restaurant, saw that the Juxian Building was empty, very puzzled, after searching around, found a hidden tunnel. Zhu Wen hurriedly said: "Li Zhen, you first lead two hundred soldiers down to chase after the Japanese slaves and the rebels, be sure to surround them, and then send someone over to tell you, the old man is waiting for your good news outside this Juxian Building!"
Besides, Xu Zhi and Sugawara Michizane, along the winding tunnel, came to the shore of Duyun Lake in Chang'an West City, and as soon as the two came out of the tunnel, Zhou Yuanzhi, He Mengjiao, Fujihara Harahiro and others greeted them.
Xu Zhi said to Sugawara Michizane: "Since everyone is out of the tunnel, we must fill in the soil and seal the tunnel entrance as soon as possible to prevent Zhu Wenshuai's army from chasing and killing along the tunnel!"
Sugawara Michizan praised: "What Xu Shaoxia said is very true, let's fill in this tunnel together!", after speaking, he led everyone to fill in the soil from the dark tunnel, and after a while, the tunnel mouth was filled.
At this time, the sky was about to brighten, and everyone went out of the Chunming Gate and came to the Baqiao in the east of Chang'an City. Sugawara Michizane said to Xu Zhi: "Xu Shaoxia, we must say goodbye to the king for a thousand miles, we will say goodbye, this trip to China, we came with hope, but what we saw was the coldness of the Yellow King, the cunning of Zhu Wen, the rampant of the officials and soldiers, and the pain of the people, and I was very disappointed and sad in my heart, after we returned to China, we will not send Tang envoys to China after returning to the emperor!"
Xu Zhi sighed: "Xu Zhi understands the pain and difficulties in the hearts of the five envoys, China is no longer the scene of the Tang Dynasty, you can learn everything you can learn about Chinese culture, and even in some aspects it is better than blue, but your country no longer sends envoys to China, so how can the friendship between the two countries continue?"
Fujihara Hiroshi also said: "What Xu Zhi said is that my Fusang country is isolated overseas, there is a lack of products, and the people have been fishing for a living for generations, if we cut off contact with China, within a hundred years, the middle and lower class people will be difficult to survive, and they will inevitably go to sea to become pirates, and even harass China's maritime frontier! This is a thing with endless troubles in the future!"
Sugawara Michizane sighed and said: "Lord Fujiwara, you are thinking about the future for a long time, according to the current situation, it is indeed not appropriate to send envoys to China, first, the Central Plains will soon be in chaos and will no longer be prosperous; second, the cost and danger of crossing the sea to China are extremely high; third, as Xu Zhi said, we have basically learned the culture of the Tang Dynasty, and there is no need to be a disciple anymore!"
Xu Zhi saw that Sugawara Michizane's words had the meaning of "unwilling to take China as a teacher, and to fight against China in the future", knowing that this trip to the Central Plains hit him hard, but he didn't know how to comfort him, so he had to give his hand and said: "The green mountains do not change, the green water flows forever, Xu Zhi wishes all the envoys a safe journey and return to the country as soon as possible!"
Sugawara Michizane also bowed his hand to Xu Zhi and said: "Xu Shaoxia, I hate to see you late, I really can't bear to say goodbye to you." If possible, please come to our Fuso country, and the five of us brothers will be under the cherry blossom tree, fuqin and tea for each other. Say goodbye here with tears today!", after speaking, he led the four Fujihara Hiroshi and turned to the east.
The words are divided into two ends, and Zhu Wen listened to Li Zhen's warning: Xu Zhi, Zhou Yuanzhi and 5 Dongying people have all fled, and the tunnel entrance has also been blocked, so he shouted angrily: "It's all a group of rice buckets, the laborers moved the crowd for one night, and the cooked duck let it fly away, it seems that this Xu Zhi is really my henchman!"
Li Zhen saw that Zhu Wen was very angry in his heart, and persuaded softly: "Don't worry, the marshal doesn't have to worry, as long as this Xu Zhi and the princess leave the Yellow King, they are just two grass people, why should we worry, as long as we don't lose our military power, we can clean them up sooner or later, and Xu Zhi can't die yet!"
Zhu Wenqi said: "Why is this?"
Li Zhen said with a smile: "For example, the secret of today's strange book is on Xu Zhi, doesn't the handsome want to use Xu Zhi to achieve great things?"
Zhu Wen finally stretched his brows and said with a smile: "That's right, the old man is worried that he will make a comeback and inherit the foundation of the Yellow King, so we don't want to be humiliated and tortured to death by him! Now that I think about it, the old man is in a hurry, or it is better to keep them, and he can find the secret of "Tui Bei Tu" for the old man!"
At this time, a eunuch in the palace came to spread the word, and Huang Chao wanted to summon Zhu Wen and Li Zhen immediately. Zhu and Li didn't dare to slack off, turned their horses' heads, and went to Taiji Palace.
Zhu Wen and Li Zhen entered the court, and saw that Huang Chao was discussing the war with Shang Rang and other ministers, and the two of them finished worshipping and retreated to the side, seeing that Huang Chao's face was very bad.
Huang Chao saw that all the ministers had gathered, and said: "According to the latest war report, the imperial court deposed Tian Lingzi, appointed Prime Minister Wang Duo as the commander of all the provinces, and mobilized Zhongwu, Hezhong, Heyang, Xuanwu, Reform, Yicheng, Yanyan, Xia Sui and other armies totaling 400,000 to besiege Guanzhong, and now our Guanzhong Righteous Army is less than 200,000, and the grain and grass are not enough, and I invite you Aiqing to come and discuss!"
Shang Rang went out of the class and said: "Long live, since ancient times, the soldiers have come to block, and the water has come to cover the earth, as long as our army guards the four passes in the pass according to the danger, even if there are millions of officers and soldiers, what can I do?"
Huang Chao sneered: "Now that our army has no reinforcements outside and no food and grass inside, Captain Shang, can I let you meet the enemy?"
Shang Rang hurriedly knelt on the ground and said with tears in his eyes: "Since the assassination of Shaanzhou, the minister has not been in good health, how can he lead the troops to fight, and will not delay His Majesty's military affairs?"
Huang Chao was still angry about the last time Shang Rang escaped from the enemy, and said sarcastically: "Captain Shang is old, and I don't want to let Qing go out of battle, if there is another three long and two short, and retreat without a fight, won't it damage the prestige of the general I and the morale of my righteous army!"
Shang Rang listened, felt bored, and had to retreat to the side.
Huang Chao saw Zhu Wen and Li Zhen standing aside without saying a word, and asked, "General Zhu and Secretary Li, you were ordered to go to Juxian Tower to invite the princess back, how did you handle this matter?"
Zhu Wen came out of the class and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, forgive your ministers for their inconsiderate work, those 5 Dongying warriors were not envoys of Fusang Kingdom, but spies of the imperial court, they came to Chang'an to set up trouble, and after the defeat, they became angry and ashamed, so they hijacked Princess Yuanzhi and the concubine, in a vain attempt to make His Majesty surrender to the court and give up Chang'an!"
When Huang Chao heard this, he said angrily: "It's really unreasonable, so where are Zhi'er and Xu Zhi now?"
Zhu Wen gave Li Zhen a look, and Li Zhen replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister and General Zhu have been besieging 5 Japanese robbers in the Juxian Tower, but they are afraid that the princess and the concubine are in the hands of the Japanese slaves, and they can't attack each other, so they have to hold on to each other." Unbeknownst to them, these would-be robbers dug tunnels in the middle of the night, and escaped with two highnesses hostage. Now there is no news! Please forgive your majesty!"
When Huang Chao heard that his daughter Zhou Yuanzhi had been kidnapped by the murderous Dongying envoys, and that there was no one close to him around, he immediately sat down on the dragon chair, extremely angry, and said without hesitation: "Now if Zhi'er has three longs and two shorts, what is the use of me wanting this country? It is better to exchange it back to Zhi'er! General Zhu, I order you to negotiate with the imperial court and the people of Dongying, I am willing to give up half of the country and share the world with Li Tang, I only ask my Zhi'er to be safe!"
Zhu Wen never expected Huang Chao to have such an idea, and said in shock: "This matter must not be done, please think twice, Your Majesty!"
Huang Chao saw that Zhu Wen was hesitant, and he didn't follow his will, and in anger, he asked: "General Zhu, what's the difficulty in this matter? It's all a good idea you gave me, you let me take advantage of the harem, drive away my wife, and drive away my daughter." Now that I have no heirs, the country can be protected, may I ask who this splendid country will pass on? Won't it be passed on to you? Your ambition is too great!"
Zhu Wen saw that Huang Chao ignored his past feelings and ridiculed himself in front of the generals, and suddenly became rebellious, but he was very deep in the city, and replied: "Your Majesty respectfully obeys the will of Long Live ! Immediately return to the front line of Tong and Hua, negotiate with the imperial court, please return to the princess!"
Huang Chao saw that Zhu Wen agreed to him, and he didn't think much about it, just waved his hand tiredly, and retreated back to the palace.