Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 421 The city is broken

In the "Imperial Palace", Prince Yi Zhong was packing his things.

After all, after escaping this time, I don't know when I will have a stable life, so I naturally have to prepare some soft goods in case of emergencies.

He had just directed a eunuch to pack another soft package, and was about to ask someone to pack other things when a young eunuch ran in frantically.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something bad has happened. The bandits have entered the city."

Prince Yizhong trembled when he heard these words, then he stepped over and grabbed the young eunuch and asked:

"what happened?"

"My servants don't know either! I just heard the chaos outside and shouted that the bandits were coming in, so I reported it to the emperor."

Prince Yizhong calmed himself down, his heart almost beating out of his throat, and then said: "Go to Zhen Diangling quickly and ask him what's going on."

The little eunuch agreed, and then ran out crawling.

Prince Yi Zhong thought for a moment and realized that he could no longer stay here, so he quickly ordered a few personal eunuchs to carry the packages and follow him to the back garden.

Arriving at a relatively remote house, Prince Yi Zhong asked others to wait outside before he hurried into the room.

As soon as he entered the door, Prince Yizhong said impatiently: "Mommy, there are rumors outside that the bandits have entered the city."

The old woman who had been lying down immediately straightened up after hearing what Prince Yizhong said.

"Is the news reliable?"

"I don't know. I just heard that there was a lot of shouting outside. I have already asked people to ask Zhen Diangling."

The old grandma thought for a moment, then slapped her thigh and said directly: "It seems that things are not good, let's leave immediately."

After finishing speaking, the old mama signaled Prince Yizhong to call in the three young eunuchs outside.

Prince Yizhong's eyes flashed, and he understood what the old nanny meant, so he went out and called a few people into the house.

As soon as he entered the door, the sword in Prince Yi Zhong's hand plunged straight into the heart of the last person.

The little eunuch didn't even shout. He fell to the ground in time. The other two people also understood what was going on and wanted to run out.

However, it was the old nun who looked old and frail who took action. She held a short knife in her hand and came behind the two of them at lightning speed. With a slight stroke, the two people's necks were cut off. Leaving the body.

Then the old woman raised her hand and grabbed the two people who were carrying packages behind their backs. "I found some clothes for you. You should quickly change into them. We will leave immediately."

Prince Yizhong didn't hesitate, and immediately took off the bright yellow dragon robe he was wearing. Then he found a cloth parcel on the old mama's bed and dug out a piece of civilian clothes.

Then the old mama took Prince Yizhong out of the room and went to a rockery in the back garden.

After rowing on the ground for a long time, a tunnel entrance covered with wooden boards appeared.

This tunnel was secretly dug by the old woman during this period.

From this tunnel, you can leave this "imperial palace" and go to an abandoned house of civilians.

The old mama asked Prince Yizhong to go down first, and then he carefully built the flap.

This flap was carefully prepared by the old grandma during this period. As long as the flap is covered, if you don't search carefully, you won't be able to detect that there is a tunnel underneath.

Of course, this flap couldn't hide it for long, but by the time others found out, the old nanny thought they had escaped to the end of the world.

Besides, at this time, Zhen Dianlun was so frightened that he was covered in sweat after receiving the news of the city's destruction.

He did not expect that the defense of Jinling City that he had carefully arranged could not last even a day before being breached.

He thought for a moment, and now that he continued to resist, there was no chance anymore, so he simply led Prince Yi Zhong to fight out of the city first. As long as Prince Yi Zhong was the sign, he might be able to make a comeback elsewhere.

So Zhen Dianlun didn't care about anything else, and took his trusted escorts out of the mansion and went straight to the palace of Prince Yizhong.

After arriving on the street, I discovered that the street was now in complete chaos, with broken soldiers escaping from the other side of the city wall from time to time.

Zhen Dianlun ordered his men to capture a defeated soldier and inquired about it, only to find out that not only had the water gate been breached, but even the northern city wall had been occupied by the enemy.

When Zhen Dianlun saw this scene, he knew that time was running out and he had to fight his way out of the city in front of the enemy's battle order, otherwise he would be a turtle in the urn.

So he also speeded up and quickly arrived at the palace. When he went in and took a look, he found that the palace maids and eunuchs inside were in a mess. Most of them were sweeping away things, trying to escape from the palace with some. "go.

Zhen Dianlun directly ordered people to arrest a few eunuchs who seemed to be in charge, but when he asked, he found out that the "emperor" had disappeared.

This time it's troublesome.

You said you should look for the emperor in the palace. You don’t have enough time. You said you shouldn’t look for the emperor. After leaving Jinling City, who would listen to him?

In such a delayed time, the soldiers of the imperial court had already attacked the vicinity of the "Imperial Palace", and some people had even entered the "Imperial Palace". Zhen Dianlun's claws were numb at this time, and he couldn't escape from Jinling City even if he wanted to.

He regrets it now. If he had known that the emperor would care about this, he would have escaped first, but now he can't escape even if he wants to.

He rolled his eyes, don't think about making a comeback now, it's more important to save his own life first.

He immediately changed direction, left the palace, and went straight to his second son's house.

You must know that the second child's family is the ancestor of the Zhen family. Not only does this ancestor have a distinguished status in the Zhen family, he is also able to speak in the court.

As long as this ancestor protects him, there is no fear of his life for the time being. When he reaches the capital, this ancestor is begging for mercy. Maybe he will be imprisoned, but his life may still be saved.

As for the future, let's wait until my second brother becomes successful in the future, and let my niece blow the pillow in front of Jia Rui, and maybe she can be free one day.

In this way, the group of them went through many hardships and dangers, fought off several chases and interceptions, and finally arrived at Lao Er's house.

It's a pity that no matter how hard he knocks on the door, they won't open.

It turns out that Zhen Dianjun, the second oldest brother, has been awake since the chaos in the city.

He just sent someone to make some inquiries and found out that Jinling City had been destroyed. Under such circumstances, in order to avoid being exposed to military disaster, he directly ordered the servants to close the door and no one could open it.

Later, Zhen Dianlun knocked on the door, and Zhen Dianjun was even more afraid to open the door.

Everyone knows that the leader of Jinling City is his eldest brother Zhen Dianlun. If he opens the door for him at this time, wouldn't he become a gang of thieves?

At that time, my cheap son-in-law Jia Rui may not be able to let me go. For the sake of my own prosperity and happiness in the next life, brother, don't blame me and go as soon as possible.

Therefore, no matter how hard Zhen Dianlun knocked on the door, Zhen Dianjun would not open it.

In just such a delay, officers and soldiers from all directions had already surrounded this side.

It turned out that there were only skirmishers in Jinling City who had no ability to resist. Only Zhen Dianlun's group was well-equipped, well-trained, and very powerful in combat. They killed several officers and soldiers who were pursuing them.

Everyone knew that this was the leader of the group, so everyone who had a motive for meritorious deeds gathered around this side.

When Zhen Dianlun saw this scene, he knew that he would die if he didn't think of a way out. His eyes flashed with a fierce light, he gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, "Let's go to the Jia family's old house."

It turns out that there are still members of the Jia family in Jinling City.

Although these people are not as prestigious as the Jia clan in the capital, they still have a lot of success in Jinling City.

This time Zhen Dianlun did not dare to be too harsh on these people even though he controlled the entire Jinling City, because he was also afraid that Jia Rui would follow suit after he broke through the city.

But he can't care about that now. Let's save his own life first and then talk about other things. As for his own clansmen, they naturally have the second brother to take care of them, and he can't control them.

So he took his two to three hundred men with swords in hand and rushed towards the gathering place of the Jia family.

It's a pity that he came a little late. When he arrived near the Jia family's gathering place, he found that the place was already filled with soldiers.

It turned out that as soon as the city gate was broken, Song Jian, Jia Rui's confidant, immediately ordered his cavalry to come here to protect the safety of the Jia family.

It was precisely because the cavalry was fast that they arrived before Zhen Dianlun and protected the Jia family.

Zhen Dianlun looked at the dense cavalry in front, with cold sweat on his face. When he turned around, he saw countless sword players behind him, pressing towards him in neat lines.

Zhen Dianlun knew that he was finished.

He sighed, why was he so confident some time ago?

But it was useless to say this now. The main thing was to save his life, so he threw the knife in his hand to the ground and raised his hand.

When his personal guards saw that their master had surrendered, they were still trying to fight, so they threw away their swords and guns and knelt there waiting to receive the offer.

The sword players who came from behind saw them kneel down and surrender, but they did not relax their vigilance. They still slowly stepped forward to surround hundreds of them, then sent people to collect the weapons, and then tied them up one by one.

By this time, the entire Jinling City was completely under the control of the imperial troops.

At the original governor's office, Song Jian, Tang Zhen and Jinling Jiedushi met and summarized the current situation.

"Now Zhen Dianlun, the rebel leader, has been captured, but Prince Yizhong is missing." Jinling Jiedushi said happily, stroking his beard.

Tang Zhen rubbed his face, "That's not okay. If the false emperor doesn't catch us, our merits will not be considered complete, and we will also leave future troubles for the Duke."

Song Jian stroked his beard and said, "I interrogated Zhen Diangling when I caught him. When our army entered the city, he also went to the palace. By that time, Prince Yizhong had disappeared."

"That's nothing? He can't escape from Jinling City even if he runs away. I think we should disperse the soldiers and search from house to house. I don't believe that he can become Tu Xingsun?" Jinling Jiedushi was very confident. said.

(End of this chapter)