My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 599 Assassination at the Station
"Drive~Drive~"

Zhu Zhanji galloped all the way, wishing his horse could grow wings and fly back to Beijing with him.

Speaking of which, Zhu Zhanji was also unlucky. Not long after he took the throne as prince, Zhu Gaochi rushed directly to Nanjing to prepare for Zhu Gaochi's move back to Nanjing.

Zhu Zhanji originally disagreed with moving back to Nanjing, but now he had to go against his will and work in Nanjing, so he was reluctant.

Unexpectedly, he had just arrived in Nanjing and before he could inspect the situation in the imperial city of Nanjing, he suddenly received a secret report from the Jin Yiwei that his father Zhu Gaochi had passed away and he had to rush back to the capital to inherit the throne.

So Zhu Zhanji immediately abandoned everything in Nanjing and rushed directly to Beijing with his guards. He was also anxious along the way, for fear that if he slowed down, something would happen in Beijing.

Because Zhu Zhanji knew very well that after his father passed away, the happiest person would probably be his third uncle. Zhu Gaosui had always been ambitious, and now that he had such a good opportunity in front of him, he would definitely not let it go.

In addition, Zhu Zhanji has another layer of worry, and that is Zhu Zhanhe. You must know that a country cannot be without a king for a day. Zhu Gaochi has passed away and he is not around. Zhu Zhanhe has a high reputation among the government and the public. If someone jumps at this time, If you come out and support Zhu Zhanhe to take over the throne, you might really get the support of many people.

Zhu Zhanji became even more anxious when he thought that Zhu Zhanhe might be the first to sit on the throne while he was still on the road. He hardly had any rest along the way, except for rushing. When he was hungry, he would take a few bites on the horseback. Dry food, unless you are too tired to stand it anymore, you will find a post station to take a rest.

After half a month of hard work, Zhu Zhanji and the others finally arrived at Hejian Mansion. Further ahead was the boundary of Tianjin. As long as they passed Tianjin, the city of Beijing would be right in front of them.

At this time, Zhu Zhanji and the guards around him were also very tired. Not to mention others, even Zhu Zhanji himself had lost more than ten kilograms, and his cheeks were sunken.

That is to say, Zhu Zhanji was young, and he often went to war with Zhu Di, so he had already developed good horse-riding skills, otherwise ordinary people would have been tired and sick.

That night, Zhu Zhanji and the others arrived at an inn called Beiheyi. The group entered the inn intending to have a good night's rest.

Beihe Station is very close to Tianjin. It is a relatively large station and there are many people living in it.

Zhu Zhanji did not reveal his identity in order to keep it secret, but he was accompanied by a bodyguard of 300 people. It was obvious at a glance that he was of extraordinary origin. Yi Cheng thought he was a prince or a son of a prince, so he did not dare to neglect him. The best rooms in the station were all set aside for Zhu Zhanji and his companions to live in.

However, because Zhu Zhanji had too many guards, only some of them lived in the inn, and the rest could only rest in tents in the hall or yard of the inn.

Zhu Zhanji asked someone to boil hot water for himself, and then took a good bath to wash away his fatigue. Then he had a rare hot meal. He ate four steamed buns in a row. He also ate all the dishes.

Finally, Zhu Zhanji, who had eaten and drank enough, lay down on the soft big bed. He originally wanted to think about the situation in Beijing, but he didn't expect that he fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

This time Zhu Zhanji slept in darkness, and he didn't know how long he slept when he was suddenly woken up by a shout outside.

"kill!"

"Protect the prince!"

There was a mess outside the room, which made Zhu Zhanji jump up and take the waist knife on the table in his hand.

As a result, at this moment, the door of the room was suddenly knocked open. This made Zhu Zhanji pull out his sword and was about to slash at him, but he didn't expect that the person coming in was the head guard beside him. "Prince! There are assassins coming in outside, but the opponent's attack is very fierce. I will escort you out!"

The guard leader reported with sweat profusely.

Although the guards were very tired, for Zhu Zhanji's safety, people were arranged to be on duty at night. It was these people on duty who discovered that someone wanted to harm Zhu Zhanji, so they fought with the assassin in the inn. , and I don’t know how many people were killed?

"How many people are there?"

Zhu Zhanji seemed very calm.

"It's too dark and my subordinates can't see clearly, but there should be at least a hundred people!"

The guard leader wiped his sweat and replied that he was responsible for Zhu Zhanji's safety. If anything happened to Zhu Zhanji, not only would he die, but his wife, children, and children would also be implicated.

"What a great handwriting!"

Zhu Zhanji sneered and then ordered.

"It's too dark outside. If we rush out now, we will fall into the opponent's plan. The best way is to remain unchanged in response to changes. Anyway, they have few people and this is an inn. As long as you stick to it, they will definitely not be able to kill you. !”

"This... okay, my subordinates will gather the brothers to defend and not retreat!"

The guard leader agreed and immediately ran away. Of course, he also left a dozen guards behind to protect Zhu Zhanji's safety.

However, Zhu Zhanji did not just stay in the room and wait. Instead, he came outside in person. Through the dim lights in the inn, he could barely see the guards and assassins fighting together in the yard. The ground was full of dead bodies and Injured person.

The assassins were all dressed in black, each with a black scarf covering their face. Their faces could not be seen clearly, but they had sophisticated weapons and made good progress. They kept trying to break into the small building where Zhu Zhanji lived, but were blocked by the guards outside.

Although these assassins are powerful, the three hundred guards under Zhu Zhanji are also elite. At first, they were only attacked by the assassins, so they were caught off guard. Now that they have reacted, these guards also formed in groups and quickly occupied the area. Advantage.

After all, there were only about a hundred assassins, and there were more than twice as many guards. The disparity in numbers caused the assassins' casualties to become larger and larger.

Other people in the inn had also been woken up long ago, but facing such a bloody scene, all the guests closed the door tightly, the timid ones got into bed and shivered, while the bold ones lay down in the gaps between the doors and windows. Look out quietly.

Finally, when the assassin leader saw that the situation was not good, he immediately shouted, and then the assassins withdrew with a "hula", but before leaving, they did not forget to touch up all the fallen assassins, obviously not wanting to stay. To avoid exposing the person behind the scenes.

The guards did not dare to pursue him, because their mission was to ensure Zhu Zhanji's safety. If they pursued him and fell into the opponent's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain, Zhu Zhanji would be in danger.

After the assassins retreated, Zhu Zhanji walked out of the room, and then ordered the guards to clean the battlefield, preferably to find survivors, and maybe ask for some useful information.

(End of this chapter)