Chapter Fifty-Six: Raising the Sword and Facing the Saint

As soon as it was dark, Duan Hongyu and Tie Bingxin quietly jumped out of the store through the back window. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The streets are still heavily guarded. Duan Hongyu said: "Iron girl, Chongzhen has been in charge once, and we don't have much chance of sneaking into the palace like this, so we have to put on makeup." ”

Tie Bingxin said: "How?"

Duan Hongyu said: "It's also simple. You pretend to be a palace maid, and I pretend to be a sergeant. There is cover in the night, and it will not be easily recognized. ”

Tie Bingxin said: "I have clothes in my house, but I can't go back now." ”

Duan Hongyu said: "It's okay, the most dangerous place is the safest place." Xia Qianxun must have thought that our idea of being in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment would not be squatting in the Iron Mansion, so we will go back now. ”

Tie Bing thought for a while and said, "It's okay." ”

The two of them quietly returned to the Iron Mansion, and sure enough, it was already deserted and empty, except for a huge seal on the door.

The two climbed over the wall and came to the room of Iron Bow Mountain, only to see that it was empty, and everything of a little value had been taken away.

Tie Bing thought for a while, and then took Duan Hongyu to the Tiefu warehouse. She lit up the fire fold and said in surprise: "There is a pair of armor here, but it is a little old." ”

Sure enough, there was a pair of iron armor covered with spider silk hanging on the wall, and the iron armor was rusty, obviously some years old.

Duan Hongyu took off the armor and put it on his body, but it fit very well, and he asked, "Iron Maiden, how is it, do you look like a general?"

Tie Bingxin said "um" and said with a smile: "Yes, it has a bit of my father's demeanor when he was young." ”

Duan Hongyu said: "You really know how to make fun of your father, where have you seen it when he was young? I'm ready, it's up to you." ”

Tie Bingxin said, "You wait for me." He turned around and went back to the embroidery building, and when he came back, he had already changed out of his strong clothes, and he was completely dressed as a woman in the palace.

Duan Hongyu said happily: "With this pair, we are half of the success. ”

The two of them left the Iron Mansion and cautiously came to the walls of the palace. Duan Hongyu said: "Iron girl, you must amplify your courage, the smaller your courage is, the easier it is to be exposed." ”

The two jumped into the palace and went straight to the Qianqing Palace. At this time, it was midnight, and the bleak moonlight shone dimly on the glazed edges of the palace, and those huge palaces were like hideous beasts, as if they were about to devour the two of them at any moment. Tie Bingxin was worried in his heart, and kept playing the small drum.

Because of last night's incident, Chongzhen transferred a large number of forbidden troops, and they were all standing with their eyebrows crossed, as if they were facing a great enemy. Duan Hongyu and Tie Bingxin went through several dangers before finally coming to the Qianqing Palace. They hid in the dark, only to see that the palace was brightly lit, and the outside was full of heavily armed armor soldiers, standing in front of the temple door with a look of attention It was Xia Qianxun who was in the blood needle.

Duan Hongyu said: "Chongzhen, the dog emperor, why don't you rest now?"

Tie Bingxin said: "Chongzhen is diligent and often works late at night. ”

Duan Hongyu said secretly: "Such hard work has made the world a mess, and this Chongzhen is really stupid." He lowered his voice and said, "Iron Maiden, you just walk over generously." I went around to the back and took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the hall, as long as I entered the hall, Chongzhen's old boy would fall into our hands. ”

Tie Bingxin said, "Is this okay?"

Duan Hongyu said: "It must be done, but you remember, you must be ruthless." ”

Tie Bingxin had the courage to walk straight to the front of the hall.

The guards in front of the hall saw a palace maid, but no one paid much attention to her, thinking that she had passed through the outside inspection, and when she had reached the front of the steps, a sergeant told her to stop.

Tie Bingxin knew that if he asked, he would reveal his stuff, and he was not lazy, with a flick of his hands, several smoke bombs suddenly flew out of his sleeves, and smashed heavily in front of the hall, a blue mist rose into the air, and there was no one on the opposite side in front of the palace door.

The soldiers around the hall exclaimed in surprise and rushed to the front of the hall.

Xia Qianxun drew his swords in his hands and said loudly: "Don't panic, take this woman." He did not dare to leave, and guarded the temple door to the death.

At this moment, an ironclad warrior suddenly jumped up to the temple and rushed straight forward.

Because of the fog, Xia Qianxun couldn't see his face clearly, and said loudly: "Go back quickly!"

The ironclad warrior said: "The emperor is in danger, go in and protect the emperor." ”

Xia Qianxun was taken aback, and said secretly: "Could it be that someone has broken into the palace?" Just when he was stunned, the ironclad warrior had already deceived him.

Xia Qianxun didn't dare to let him go in further, handed over his double sword, and said loudly: "Go back." ”

The ironclad warrior was Duan Hongyu, he was not merciful, he had already held the sword in his hand in an instant, and used all his strength to move forward, only to hear the sound of "Zheng", this sword shook Xia Qianxun and fell to the door frame. In terms of skill, Xia Qianxun actually didn't lose to Duan Hongyu, but he thought that Duan Hongyu was his own person and didn't use all his strength.

Duan Hongyu took the opportunity to break into the hall with a "carp jumping door", only to see an old man in his forties and fifties sitting behind the dragon book case, wearing a dragon robe and a crown, knowing that he was the current emperor Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen. Now Li Zicheng's army is unstoppable, and the Qing army has bypassed the Shanhaiguan Pass several times to break through the Great Wall to the Guannai and disrupt Gyeonggi. The treasury of the Ming Dynasty was empty, Chongzhen had bet all his hopes on the treasure map, and now the treasure map had been stolen, which had hit him hard, and he was losing his temper with Cao Huachun over this matter, and Duan Hongyu broke into the palace at this time.

Chongzhen was taken aback, thinking it was an assassin, and stood up.

Duan Hongyu flew forward and jumped closer.

Cao Huachun hurriedly came to the rescue, his sword had not been pulled out, and he had already been pushed aside by Duan Hongyu.

Chongzhen was so frightened that he fell back on the dragon chair and exclaimed, "You...... Who are you?"

Xia Qianxun led people to rush to the palace, and when they saw Duan Hongyu holding a sword less than three feet away from the emperor, they were all so frightened that their faces were as pale as earth, and no one dared to step forward.

Duan Hongyu knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Majesty, Xiaomin is not here to assassinate the emperor, I am here for the emperor's landscape map." He knew that Chongzhen was confused, the treasure map was already known to passers-by, and he had to use the landscape map to bluff people, but he couldn't say it, and he had to pretend to call it a landscape map.

Chongzhen had stabilized his mind at this time and asked, "Who are you, do you know the whereabouts of the landscape map?"

Duan Hongyu said: "Xiaomin is just a wanderer who has fallen into the rivers and lakes, and he is a friend of Lord Tie of Tie Bow Mountain, this time he accompanied Lord Tie's daughter Tie Bingxin to meet the saint, and the Iron Maiden is still fighting with the samurai outside."

Chongzhen ordered someone to notify the outside to stop fighting, announced Tie Bingxin into the hall, and asked, "Are you really the daughter of Tiegong Mountain?"

Tie Bingxin quickly knelt down and said, "Exactly." Your Majesty, my father is innocent, and the little girl dares to guarantee her life. The little girl had nowhere to avenge her grievances, so she dared to break into the palace at night, alarmed the holy driver, and asked the holy lord to investigate. ”

Duan Hongyu said: "Your Majesty, Luo Lianchi is my enemy, I chased him all the way to Beijing, but I didn't expect him to enter the palace and steal the landscape map." In fact, this matter has nothing to do with others, as long as His Majesty agrees to release Lord Tie and other innocent people, he is willing to take Luo Lianchi back to Jingshi and return the landscape map intact. ”

Chongzhen said: "It seems that you are that Duan Hongyu, Lord Xia said that you came to the palace last night, aren't you Luo Lianchi's accomplice?"

Duan Hongyu said: "Xiaomin did come to the palace last night, it was because Xiaomin got the news that Luo Lianchi was going to enter the palace to steal the map, and Xiaomin came with Ji Yuanpeng and his daughter Ji Xiaoyu. When we entered the palace, the landscape map had been stolen, and there was a testimony from Gonggong Cao. ”

Chongzhen's eyes sharpened: "What's going on?"

Cao Huachun was afraid that Duan Hongyu would tell him about copying the treasure map, so he said, "Your Majesty, what Duan Zhuangshi said is the truth. The minion was sleeping last night, when he heard movement outside, so he took his sword and broke out. As soon as he chased not far away, he saw a man in black fleeing from the palace, thinking that it was the thief Luo Lianchi. The servant chased him with a sword, but he was so good at light that he jumped on the roof of the palace. At this time, I saw three heroes descending from the sky and robbing the thief, it was Duan Zhuangyu, Ji Yuanpeng and Ji Xiaoyu. The thieves were invincible, but several thieves broke in, and they escaped from the palace by relying on the strength of the people. I saw Duan Zhuangshi and the three of them chase out of the palace with my own eyes, and the minions don't know about other things. ”

Chongzhen muttered, "There is such a thing! Lord Xia, what are you seeing?"

Xia Qianxun didn't dare to offend Cao Huachun, and said truthfully: "The minister met Duan Zhuangshi when he was arresting people on the street, and he was just alone. When the ministers saw that he was suspicious, they pursued him. The minister did see him come out of the Iron Mansion shortly after he entered it. Your Majesty, Gonggong Cao must not be mistaken, if Duan Zhuangshi was the original culprit of stealing the landscape map, he would never rob and kill the Luo Lotus Pond, not to mention that if the landscape map was in his hands, he would have fled long ago, so why did he come back to die? He did this to repay his innocence. He originally wanted to take the opportunity of stealing the picture to put Tie Gongshan and Duan Hongyu to death, but as soon as he heard the tone, it seemed that there were some unknown secrets between Duan Hongyu and Cao Huachun, so he quickly recovered the words.

Chongzhen nodded, and ordered someone to summon several eunuchs who had fought with Luo Lianchi into the hall.

When these people saw Duan Hongyu, they all shook their heads, and they all said that he had never entered the palace.

Chongzhen said: "Duan Zhuangshi, it seems that you and Lord Tie have been wronged, do you know who this Luo Lianchi is?"

Duan Hongyu said: "Your Majesty, this person was originally the Lord of Feiyun Castle, and he has some skills. The deeds of these people in the rivers and lakes are secretive, and if His Majesty blatantly sends someone to arrest them, it is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack. As long as His Majesty releases Lord Tie, he will ensure that the landscape map will be recovered intact and Luo Lianchi will be brought to justice. ”

The treasure map is regarded as the root of Chongzhen's life, as long as there is a picture, there is still hope for the Ming Dynasty to make a comeback, he is forced by the current situation, and the second is to seek the picture, and he can't care about the dignity of the emperor, and said: "It's okay! Duan Zhuangshi, as long as you can get the landscape map back, I will definitely have a heavy reward, and when the truth is revealed, Lord Tie can also be reinstated." ”

Duan Hongyu sent the sword back to the sheath, and he and Tie Bingxin didn't dare to make any more requests, got up and exited the hall, and were escorted out of the palace by Xia Qianxun.