Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1467 Ordered by Heaven, Longevity and Prosperity

Holding the amulet stolen by Mrs. A-Dong, Zu Qing left Zhang's house very smoothly.Of course, this is also because the situation of the city defense is getting more and more serious, Zhang's father and son and important clan members are not here, even if they are wary of Zu Qing, this matter will not be publicized to everyone.

Zhang's house is also in the Huguo Temple, not long after Zu Qing left here, several figures rushed out of a nearby building, they were the generals Zu Qing had arranged for a banquet a few days ago.

"Tie Zhang is finally willing to release A Lang? If A Lang doesn't come out again, we are already planning to rush in to rescue..."

Seeing that Zu Qing finally escaped, several masters were very excited.

After Zu Qing heard the words, the timid and resolute figure of his wife flashed in his mind again, and then he quickly collected his emotions, led the family back to his home from a remote place, and began to ask him about the place where he was trapped in Zhang's house. In the past few days, I have heard about all kinds of changes in the capital city and the affairs that I have ordered my family to carry out.

The current situation in Xindu is even worse than what Zu Qing imagined.This can be seen from the tense atmosphere in the Huguo Temple. Although Zu Qing and the others tried to choose remote paths along the way, there are still many patrol soldiers, and the defense in the Huguo Temple has increased several times compared to before.

All of this is naturally due to the amazing fighting power of the Jin army outside the city. According to the information that the Zu family has inquired recently, on the first night alone Zhang Jackal personally led the crowd out of the city to attack the Jin camp at night, and invested nearly 2000 troops. He also had an absolute advantage, but in the end he failed to suppress the Jin army on the battlefield, but was countered by the Jin army and killed nearly [-] people.

After this battle, it can be said that the defenders of the city have completely lost their ability and confidence to continue organizing field battles out of the city.The Jin army outside the city, after several tentative attacks, is now taking the northeast corner of Xindu City as the main direction of attack. This is where a loophole in Xindu City's defense is located. It was originally turned into a forbidden garden building, but the fortifications were halfway through It stopped because it was out of touch with the entire city defense system.

Earlier, Yan Wang Shibin secretly sent back to Xindu because he chose to enter the city from this direction, and also because it directly leads to the Forbidden Garden.It is only natural that the Jin army launched an offensive from this.

"The Wang division is still increasing its troops one after another, but few people in the city know the exact number of troops."

Naturally, the generals of the Zu family would not be included in the first rank of the city defense battle, because they had no way of knowing the truth of the master Wang.But in fact, even the soldiers of the Jie army who directly fought against the Jin army on the city wall lacked a comprehensive understanding of this.

The failure of the first night raid operation put great pressure on the Jie army, and they did not dare to send out scouts to fully observe the strength of the Jin army.Although a few scouts went out of the city, they were either chased and killed by the scouts of the Jin army surrounding the city, or they never returned.Up to now, Zhang Jackal simply ordered the city's four gates to be completely blocked, and all people were forbidden to enter and exit, hoping to strengthen the belief of the defenders of the city and die with the city.

But in fact, this method has little effect. Although the Jin army is only attacking the northeast corner of the city, the situation in other aspects of the city defense is still extremely severe. Baskets, slings and the like let people out of the city to flee for their lives.

This has even become a lucrative business in Xindu City. Many people who have completely lost confidence in Jie Kingdom would rather bear the exploitation of those soldiers and give up all their wealth, just to leave the city to survive.

It's not that Zhang Jack didn't know about this, but he didn't dare to investigate further, because no one knew how many soldiers participated in it, and what kind of backing and organization they had behind it.Once strictly investigated, it is very likely that the city guards will directly mutiny and internal strife.Because it is only by continuously deploying defenses and recruiting people in the city to supplement the city's defenders, can we barely achieve the effect of suppression, but it is only a temporary solution, not a permanent cure.

Huguo Temple has recently increased the number of high-ranking households in the country. Due to the increasingly severe city defense situation and Zhang Jack's constant pressure to confiscate, these powerful families have to put their private songs into the defense of the city, and their family members are collected in Huguo Temple. Half is protection, half is retention.

"The way out of the city has already been prepared. General Yamen Gao Zhu's post is to guard the Mingde Gate in the southwest, and he has formed a secret agreement with his servants, willing to leave Nantou with my family..."

A general stepped forward and whispered in his ear, the current city defenses seem to be tight, but in fact there are leaks everywhere, and they still have many partners to choose from.

This Yamen General Gao Zhu, a native of Bohai, was forced to lead his troops to Xindu the year before last when Jie State expropriated manpower from various counties. He also entered the city earlier because he was involved in the night of the Huguo Temple. .Before that, Zu Qingshang had met with him a few times when he was still in power, and then ordered his family members to keep in touch, and now it finally has achieved results.

While talking, everyone returned to Zu's house.Although Zu Qing was under house arrest by Zhang's father and son, but after all, not many people knew about it. The city defense battle was in full swing, and many guards only said that Zu Qing was also kept at the city wall by his father-in-law, Zhang Jie, because he didn't dare to embarrass him Home.

After returning home, Zu Qing found that his family had already packed their luggage, which saved a lot of time.In order to prevent Zhang Chang from coming to surround him when he heard the news of his departure, he couldn't stay in this residence.Because it was Zu Qing who immediately summoned his family members and ordered them to retreat.

The old people who originally followed the ancestral family in Beitou have now withered more than half.However, Zu Qing has also cultivated a group of confidantes in Jie Country over the years, and they all assembled, there are about two hundred people.Zu Qing divided the two hundred people into two groups, one group was responsible for escorting his cousin Zu Daozhong and a group of elderly family members who were unable to move immediately left Huguo Temple and temporarily hid in the city, planning to evacuate Xindu tonight.

As for the other group of family members, Zu Qing stayed by his side and continued to stay in it, ready to wait for the opportunity to make trouble.

Hearing Zu Qing's reluctance to evacuate, the generals tried to persuade them one after another. They naturally understood that every moment they stayed there would increase countless dangers, and there might not be any chance of escaping afterwards.

But Zu Qing made up his mind and didn't listen to everyone's advice. He just said: "Tie Zhang is treacherous, and everything before that is for naught. If I just run away, I am really not reconciled. Besides, my family... well, no matter how good your family is, your young I have followed me for a long time, how can I have the heart to let you go back to the south and be regarded as a crime! This matter cannot be hesitated, I only hope that you can escort my brother back to the south safely, and Qing is here to reap the benefits... "

Some elderly family members were also crying at this moment, grabbing Zu Qingyi robe and crying: "I hate the old body, I can no longer help Alang build things. But in the past, I dared to cross the river from my grandfather to control the Hu, now I am afraid of death Alang is unyielding and dares to sacrifice his life for his family. Even if we are old and cannot help, we dare not be dragged down by greed for work! Alang, go quickly, I will keep it here for myself, and I can cover it up..."

After many years of relying on each other for life, the deep love has penetrated into the bone marrow, and Zu Qing also understands that he is really lonely, and he is reluctant to seek anything, and it is even more difficult to achieve everything.These old family members risked their lives in the queen's house, but there was really nothing they could do.

He said goodbye to those family members who voluntarily stayed behind, and shed tears.It was still early at this time, and a group of hundreds of people walking in Huguo Temple was quite eye-catching.But Zu Qing is not an unknown person in Xindu, and with Zhang Jack's amulet on his body, ordinary soldiers dare not make things difficult.

Of course, Zu Qing did not dare to go to heavily guarded places, such as Dongtai not far from the house.The conflict between him and Zhang Yu has not been made public yet, but the guards of Dongtai were taken away from him by Zhang Yu before, and there must be some generals who know the inside story and will set up defenses against him.If Zu Qing dared to break in, it would be tantamount to throwing himself into a trap.

The number of residents in the Huguo Temple has increased, and it has become crowded and chaotic. The number of patrol soldiers seems to have increased, but in fact the entire command system has become disorganized, which also provides convenience for Zu Qing and his party.He sent Zu Daozhong and others to the side door where the remote monk's house was located. More than half of the monks and nuns who originally lived there had already escaped, so they could go straight into the inner city from here.

As long as they leave the Huguo Temple, the Zu family will also prepare a lot of warrants. Ordinary people may find it difficult to walk in the city at this moment, but Zu Qing is naturally not a vulgar person. Up to now, he is still the son-in-law of Zhang Jackal and the upstart of the Jie Kingdom. Even if the soldiers found his family members wandering around, most of them would not dare to stay in trouble, and they could calmly lurk down and wait for the night to fall.

After the group separated, Zu Qing led dozens of confidants and family members to sneak into the Huguo Temple again.The owner of Jie, Shihu, is a Buddha, because this temple is huge in size, no less than a small city.

Zu Qing had also been a powerful imperial guard in the temple before, so he was no stranger to the overall layout of the temple, so it would not be difficult to lurk in it. What would be the risk of exposure.

However, the Zhang family didn't have such an opportunity at all. Not long after noon, the barn city in the northeast of the city was suddenly breached by the Jin army, and some of the Jin army even rushed directly to the main city wall.Zhang Jackal, who was supervising the battle on the front line, immediately ordered the defense line soldiers to fill up here.

Zhang Chang, who stayed behind to guard the temple, was also frightened. He hastily dispatched the imperial guards from the temple to gather thousands of people under the west hall, ready to reinforce the city at any time.

With such a rapid deployment of soldiers, it is inevitable that there will be loopholes in defense.It might be difficult for an outsider to take advantage of this chaotic opportunity, but this is not a problem for Zu Qing. Taking advantage of the chaos of the soldiers from all sides and the military orders being in chaos, he grandiosely led the crowd into the area of ​​the West Palace, and with the military amulet Halfway intercepted hundreds of guards and followed.

The chaos lasted for more than an hour. At dusk, the crisis at the top of the city was temporarily lifted, but the thousands of soldiers assembled in front of the West Palace did not disperse, and half of them were recruited to the top of the city to make up for the losses of the previous fierce battle.

Zhang Chang, who was staying to guard the National Temple, was also battered at the moment. Even without the huge pressure of the Jin army attacking the city outside the city, he could not sort out a clue at all because of the chaos and chaos in the lower city.

He had just sent away the imperial guards to reinforce the city defense, and when it was about to fall into the night, he began to check all kinds of orders in the city today, and then found that a very high-level talisman directly from his father had been used many times today.

After realizing this, Zhang Chang was shocked. Although the orders in the city were chaotic, there were actually traces of orders to rise to a certain level.In particular, how many talismans belonged to his father Zhang Yu, and how to use them. The father and son have fully communicated with each other, and there will never be such a level of chaos!

At this time, he remembered that his family members rushed to come in the afternoon, but he was too busy mobilizing guards to deal with the city defense crisis and had no time to summon them. The record that the order is used matches!
"Zhuzi, you really are so wicked!"

Zhang Chang cursed secretly in his heart, first wrote the warrant quickly with a pen, and ordered the emergency garrison everywhere to invalidate the amulet, and then began to think about how to deal with this incident.

Although he made amends and revoked the talisman order, it would take at least a few hours to cover the whole city, and it had already been a day since Zu Qing left, and he himself was a well-known general of the imperial guards However, Zhang Jackal had not publicly dismissed him from his position before, and now he holds such a high-level talisman in his hand, what kind of changes will happen is really incalculable.

After pondering for a while, Zhang Chang dispatched a guard to go straight to the residence of the Zu's Temple. Although Zhang Chang also knew that the chance of blocking Zu Qing and his family was very small, on the other hand, he led several confidantes. He will go out of the main hall of the West Hall, and along the way, people will transfer the guards on duty, until he walks to an inconspicuous side room on the side of the West Hall.

Zu Qing was also extremely daring, occupying a corner of the West Hall, and summoned a considerable number of imperial guards through soldier talismans along the way.Although his own seal of chariot and cavalry generals was taken away by Zhang Jack, when he was in power before, he naturally placed some generals in the imperial guards to serve as commanders of different levels. Although these people are no longer in the imperial guards However, there are also many soldier talismans that have been preserved consciously.

From years ago to the present, the imperial guards of the Jie Kingdom are considered to be the most frequently changing army. In addition, now that the king's division is attacking the city, the imperial guards are frequently mobilized to supplement, and the talisman order system has long been chaotic.Because it is a soldier talisman preserved by the general of the Zu family, there is a great opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

Of course, according to the strict command system of the imperial guards in the normal period, if you want to exercise military orders and effectively dispatch the imperial guards, in addition to matching the military symbols, you must also have a matching warrant.But this set has almost all been abolished at the moment, and the soldiers can only identify the level of the soldier talisman, as long as it is a transfer order from the peak, they must obey it.

In the world, internal thieves are the most difficult to guard against, not to mention that a general of Zu Qing's level intends to plot chaos.He is now in the west hall, gathering hundreds of guards left and right, there is no doubt that he is with the other guards who have been ordered to enter the palace.As long as he doesn't show up in public and show off in front of some guards who know his identity well, it will be too difficult for Mrs. Zhang to search him out in a short time.

The reason why Zu Qing chose the West Hall is because the area of ​​the West Hall is frequently dispatched, and it is an important distribution center for soldiers in the Huguo Temple, while the other key East Terrace is much more stable.If it weren't for the dire situation, Zhang Jack would never have easily mobilized the imperial guards who stayed behind in Dongtai, after all, the Capricorn Lord Shihu was imprisoned there.

But the accident couldn't be controlled, just when Zu Qing was waiting peacefully at the corner of the west hall for the night, suddenly two Zhang family members appeared there and ordered their guards to evacuate here.

With the faint light of the lights, Zu Qing saw the two Zhang family members coming here, and his heartstrings almost broke nervously. These two people are the most trusted family members of the Zhang family, and they are familiar with Zu Qing, so they suddenly walked to such a remote corner Naturally, it is inevitable that Zu Qing will be suspicious, thinking that his whereabouts have been exposed.

But those two generals were in a hurry, and after giving the order to drive them away, they turned around and left without stopping to look carefully, so they missed Zu Qing who was hiding in the dark place under the corridor!

Zu Qing looked at the backs of the two Zhang family members who were about to leave, feeling suspicious in his heart.The reason why he chose to hide here was precisely because he knew that this place was very remote in the West Temple, and it was the least likely to be exposed.Now that the internal and external affairs are busy, the appearance of these two Zhang family's cronies here really makes people have to think about it.

While responding to the order, he hid among the generals and followed to evacuate here. At the same time, he gave a general a wink and signaled to follow up to find out what happened.

After a quarter of an hour, the person who followed him returned the same way. After finding Zu Qing, he whispered in his ear: "Zhang Chang walked into a side room at the left rear, and his behavior was ghostly. There is a secret whistle of Zhang's family on the left side of the room. Not daring to take a closer look, Zhang Chang entered the room and then came out in a moment, leaving..."

After Zu Qing heard the words, he frowned tightly, thinking hard for a long time without a clue.At this time, the bell in the west hall rang, and when it was time for the imperial guards to serve meals, the imperial guards here had to go to a fixed place to eat in batches.

During the meal, people come and go, and the exchange of personnel is the most chaotic.Zu Qing's original plan was to take advantage of this time to get close to the inner hall of the west hall, and wait for an opportunity to launch it suddenly, so as to directly shake the defense of the inner hall. , there will be great chaos in the city, then he will have no regrets even if he dies.

But now due to the sudden appearance of Zhang's family, they have been driven away from the original hiding place, and the situation reported by the family general made Zu Qing's previous plan difficult to implement, and he had a vague guess in his heart.

After pondering for a while, Zu Qing took out the talisman that belonged to Zhang Jack, and asked the general to hand it over to a commander of the imperial guards, and ordered the commander to go to the southeast of the west hall to be on duty with the order.

After the hundreds of soldiers left, Zu Qing gave the generals around him a wink, and the group returned to their previous ambush position, led by the general who was following them, and went straight to the room where Zhang Chang entered. and go.

At this time, the night was quiet, the high and low buildings cast large shadows, Zu Qing and dozens of people from his family walked among the palaces and pavilions, as if haunted by ghosts.

Suddenly, a sharp warning sound came from the south side of the West Hall, and the entire area of ​​the West Hall suddenly burst into riots.Hearing this, a sneer appeared on the corner of Zu Qing's mouth. It has been so long since Zhang Jackal's talisman was stolen, and it must have been exposed, especially in the heavily guarded area of ​​the West Palace, where it has already changed from a life-protecting talisman to a urging talisman .

With that amulet deceiving people's eyes and ears, all the imperial guards in the front hall of the west hall were alarmed and rushed towards the direction where the warning signal sounded, which made Zu Qing and his group move more smoothly.

"It's here!"

In the dark, the Zu family who is in charge of leading the way will go straight to one of the rows of rooms in front of him.Zu Qing raised his eyes and saw that there were many shade trees in the front and back of the chambers. The West Palace, as the emperor's residence, was originally forbidden to plant trees, especially dense trees, but here, the front and back are covered with pines and cypresses, which shows its remoteness.

"who?"

Under the shade of the trees at night, there was a loud shout suddenly, and immediately several figures rushed out, each holding a strong bow and sharp blade.

"kill!"

Zu Qing knew that there was not much time left for him, so he ordered with a flick of his tongue, and then he rushed forward, and dozens of figures behind him all rushed out, rushing forward like tigers and wolves.The two sides collided suddenly, and the bloody killing began.The people staying here are not limited to the few people who showed up before, and more than 20 people rushed out one after another, all of them were extremely tough.

However, the generals of the Zu family are not vegetarians either. As the sneak attacking party, they also have a large number of people. After a quarter of an hour after the killing started, all the cronies of the Zhang family who stayed here were killed, and more than [-] people were killed or injured by Zu Qingfang. They also paid a heavy price for fighting for time.

"Quickly search the room, don't let go of any suspicious things!"

Zu Qing was hit by an arrow in his shoulder, but he had no time to deal with it at the moment. He gritted his teeth and broke the shaft of the arrow, motioning his family members to rush into the room together, took out the kindling to illuminate the room, and then started a quick and meticulous search.

"Alang, there is something here!"

The size of the compartment is small, and the utensils and furnishings are not complicated. Soon, a family will climb the wooden ladder to the beam, and then find a tightly bound brocade box on the beam.

Zu Qing took the brocade box, cut open the wrapped cloth layer, opened the brocade box, and saw a seal placed inside.Taking a closer look under the light, I saw that the corner of this square seal was inlaid with gold, and the shoulder was engraved with "The Great Wei Shou Han Chuan Guoxie", and the side was "Heavenly Mandate Shi Shi".
It really is Chuan Guoxi!

Looking at this seal, Zu Qing was already trembling with excitement.He knew that after the Huguo Temple incident at the beginning of the year, the Chuan Guoxi fell into the hands of Zhang Yu, but Zu Qing didn't know whether Zhang Jack had returned it to Empress Liu.But according to what he knew about Zhang Jack, how could he give up such a weapon so easily.And now that Xindu Zhang jackal is in power, even Empress Liu dare not tear her face and force Yuxi.

Right now Zhang Jackal is in charge of the battle at the top of the city, in a chaotic and dangerous situation, so naturally he dare not take the Imperial Seal with him.In the Huguo Temple Zhang's family house, only a group of family members stayed behind, and even Mrs. Adong could easily steal the Zhang Jackal Talisman, which shows that the defense is loose, and it is definitely not a place to hide the seal.As for Zhang Chang who stayed behind in the West Palace, he didn't even dare to keep the Chuan Guoxi Seal close to him. This seal was originally seized by the Shi family from the Tu Ge Liu family.

And storing the jade seal in the hidden place of the West Palace may seem dangerous, but it is actually very safe.If it wasn't for Zu Qing hiding in a remote dark place and accidentally noticing strange omens, he would never have thought that Zhang's father and son would hide the imperial seal here.

Zu Qing has been deeply involved in Zhang's family affairs, how can others expect things that he can't even think of?And if there is no definite target, even if the city is destroyed and the West Palace is in chaos, the rebels will not attack this remote place in a large scale, even if some scattered soldiers wander here unintentionally, the more than 20 Zhang family's confidants and strong men who stay here Pawns are enough to cope.It should be noted that even the elite soldiers of Zu's trilogy had to pay the price of more than 30 lives to rush into it. How could ordinary soldiers be so courageous.

"Let's go! Get out of the city and go south!"

Having obtained this important weapon by accident, Zu Qing's mood suddenly felt free and open-minded. He no longer needs to take the risk of assassinating the nobles in the inner hall. As long as he can successfully leave Xindu, he will be able to achieve great success!
At the same time, the battle on the south side of the West Hall also ended.Zhang Chang was worried about Zu Qing's disappearance, and suddenly learned that the stolen talisman had appeared near the West Hall, where the Huguo Temple's materials were stored.After getting the report, Zhang Chang was overjoyed immediately, and immediately ordered the imperial guards of the West Hall to surround and kill the group of soldiers holding the order.

Those hundreds of soldiers didn't know why they suffered such an innocent disaster, but survival is their instinct, and they naturally fought hard to resist when they were besieged, but they couldn't withstand the continuous stream of guards who were thrown into battle.They were slaughtered soon, and several seriously injured and dying people were escorted in front of Zhang Chang. Zhang Chang ordered the search to see if there was Zu Qing's body, and asked these dying people where they got the talisman order.

Halfway through the interrogation, Zhang Chang's face suddenly became ugly, and he ordered in a loud voice: "Quickly block the Huguo Temple, and no one is allowed to enter or leave! Those who violate the ban will be killed without mercy!"

After giving the order, he led a group of Zhang's confidantes and rushed straight to the chamber that had just been inspected before.

(End of this chapter)