Chapter 101, Looking for the Young Emperor
After entering the door, Zu Zhao did not twist it and went forward to pinch the Empress Dowager He fiercely. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were speechless again. He was worried that no one would see it?! However, both of them knew that Zu Zhao's behavior was special, so it was not surprising.
After a while, the empress dowager woke up quietly, but as soon as she woke up, she directly grabbed Zu Zhao's skirt and cried, "General, save my father, save my son..." In fact, the empress dowager did not recognize Zu Zhao, but saw Zu Zhao dressed as a young general at a glance, and cried completely anxiously. Crazy.
However, before the Empress Dowager He's voice fell, a deputy general under Yuan Shao suddenly broke in from outside: "General, Weiyang Palace went out of water, Zhang Rang, Duan Ji and others escaped with King Chen Liu and the Young Emperor!"
Zu Zhao took the opportunity to pull down the Empress Dowager's hand holding her skirt: "What?! I'll go and have a look." With that, she ran out of the bedroom directly, leaving Cao and Yuan Shao to explain to the Empress Dowager He about her father's death.
And Zu Zhao ran out of Changle Palace, covered his feet with oil all the way, and went straight to Weiyang Palace like the wind. When fighting the fire, he suddenly found a person covering his face with a cloth. His behavior was strange and his movements were very sneaky. Zu Zhao's eyes were sharp, and he also saw that this guy was strange.
"Hight!" Zu Zhao shouted, ran to the front of the man in two steps, stopped him, and stared at the man with bright eyes. When the man saw Zu Zhao's seemingly murderous eyes, he couldn't help trembling with fear. He stepped back two steps trembling, took a bucket in his hand, and said tremblingly, "Young... Major General, I'm fighting the fire."
When Zu Zhao heard this, his voice was a little different from that of ordinary eunuchs, but he naturally knew that he knew the real man. Although this man's voice was deliberately thicker, he still heard something wrong. Obviously, he should be an eunuch in time.
"Look up and let me have a look." Zu Zhao stared at the man coldly and said.
Seeing Zu Zhao being so forced, his heart thumped, and his eyes dodged across Zu Zhao's face. Without saying a word, he left the wooden barrel and ran away. Zu Zhao saw it, snorted coldly, pressed the sword in his hand, and quickly pulled out his legs to chase him. This was obviously a euter!
After a few steps, seeing that the man was about to turn around a palace gate, Zu Zhao suddenly stood still, immediately pulled out his sword from his waist and throwing it at the man not far away, but when he heard a scream, the sword went straight through the man's chest. Immediately, it was the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.
Zu Zhao sneered and pulled out the sword, wiped the blood on the body of the sword, and then flew up and brought the body over. The sword picked off the masked scarf on his face and found that this man was actually one of the ten permanent attendants Cao Jie.
Zu Zhao spit on the body's clothes: "It's really cheap for you to die so easily. You and others who manipulate power and harm the country, it's really Ling Chi's death.
When Cao Jie stabbed to death, when Zu Zhao just turned around and was about to leave, he suddenly smelled the smell of fire oil. He smelled his nose, looked around and found that it was the smell from the barrel that Cao Jie had just lost.
Zu Zhao suddenly realized that this Weiyang Palace caught fire, which was what he did. This eunuch did not forget to do such an ugly thing when he was dying. Zu Zhao was even more annoyed that he stabbed him to death with a sword. He really wanted to torture him fiercely and then slowly kill him. I heard that such eunuch eunuchs are most willing to do it when they take their sons and spoil women, but they don't have that thing. How can they spoil women? They thought of a unique move, that is, to choose a beautiful woman to kneel in front of them, and then spit their spit into their mouths, which was extremely disgusting.
"It's disgusting to think about it, what a mother." Zu Zhao couldn't help shaking his body and commanded the soldiers to get water and put out the fire quickly. After the fire was extinguished, Zu Zhao turned back to Changle Palace.
At this time, although the Empress Dowager He cried with red and swollen eyes and blurred the road, she had already gone from the bedroom to the front hall. She looked sad and haggard. She should have known the news of He Jin's death.
Seeing Zu Zhao coming in, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao came up and asked him about the situation in Weiyang Palace. Zu Zhao took a look at the empress dowager. According to the report, when the young emperor was kidnapped, the empress dowager He almost fainted again.
"Now that the palace is in chaos and the young emperor is missing, other princes must strive to enter the palace to control the government, so as to consolidate their position, if this disturbance cannot be stabilized. The world is in chaos." Cao Cao said.
"That's exactly." Yuan Shao nodded, "It's better for us to find the emperor early!"
Z Zhao said, "It is indeed a top priority to find the emperor and King Chen Liu, but now there is still an important thing to do before this urgent task."
"What?" Yuan Shaodao.
"The palace can't go on like this." Zu Zhao pondered, and then walked to the empress dowager and said, "Empress dowager, in this autumn, in order to avoid chaos in the world, the palace also invited the empress dowager to take charge of the overall situation."
The Empress Dowager's face turned pale: "I'm afraid I can't bear such a heavy burden."
"Empress Dowager!" Zu Zhao said loudly, "Now General He was killed by thieves. The young emperor and Chen Liuwang have been captured. You are the only one left in the palace. Even if you are not competent, you must be competent!" His voice was fierce, and the Empress Dowager's hands trembled: "You...you..." You didn't say the word "presumptuous" behind for a long time.
Zu Zhao took a look at the poor woman, then sighed, turned to ask Yuan Shao and Cao Cao for their opinions, and asked them if they would like to stay to help the Empress Dowager, because after all, he was just a foreign minister and was not familiar with the affairs of the court.
Cao Cao and Yuan Shao agreed.
Zu Zhao was relieved and then turned to the Empress Dowager and said that if there is anything you don't understand, just listen to their opinions directly. The Empress Dowager is a little relieved.
At this time, Zu Zhao asked for orders to chase the King Chen Liu and the Young Emperor that Zhang asked them to take away.
Since Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are going to stay in the palace to deal with the aftermath, Zu Zhao can only do the matter of chasing the young emperor. Even if he does not ask for his life, he still needs to do it. However, Zu Zhao's request for life is different. He has been leading the direction of the whole matter, but the key moment of making a decision is always to discuss with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. Such a request is also a respect for the rest of the people.
Cao Cao and Yuan Shao appreciated him even more.
When Zu Zhao was about to go out to order troops to chase people, the Empress Dowager He suddenly stopped Zu Zhao: "Young General--"
"What does the Empress Dowager order?" Zu Zhao's attitude is not just sharp and more modest.
"Zhang Rang and others burned the Weiyang Palace before fleeing?" Empress Dowager He asked.
"It should be like this," Zu Zhao said. "I heard that the Young Emperor and King Chen Liu were there at that time. They must have gone there first to take the people away."
"So you can wait for me." With that, the Empress Dowager He got up and walked to the noble concubine's couch, turned out a pillow, cut a piece of cloth with scissors, and handed it to Zu Zhao.
Zu Zhao took it and found that the quilt of the cloth was embroidered with a map.
"This is the underground secret map of Weiyang Palace, which can't be known by the royal family." Empress Dowager He said lightly, "If they beat the emperor, they must have escaped from there. Major General, you can follow the map to find it."
Zu Zhao's eyes were bright: "Empress dowager, can you mark the exit of this secret road for me?"
"There are only two exits in the secret road, one is the back mountain of the imperial garden and the other is the North Palace." The Empress Dowager said, "At the end of the mountain behind the Royal Garden, the road has been blocked due to the rain, so there is only one exit from the North Palace."
After Zu Zhao got the news, there were no two words. He directly put the picture in his sleeve, said goodbye to the Empress Dowager, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and led his troops straight to the Weiyang Palace.
Zu Zhao led the army, light and simple, and the mobility is quite good. The secret road of incense rushed out in less than a quarter of an hour.
Just after leaving the North Palace, a tenth captain beside Zu Zhao said, "Young General, I saw the thief. Look at the front!" He pointed his hand away, and Zu Zhao took the opportunity to look at it and saw four gorgeously dressed and hurried people in front of him.
Zu Zhao didn't say anything and led the troops to chase him.
And Zhang let Duan Jue hear that there were pursuers behind him, and he was getting closer and closer, and he was so scared.
King Chen Liu and the Young Emperor are still young and naturally can't run fast. However, Zhang Rang and Duan Kui have the strength to hug them after a long journey? At this time, because of the pursuit of the soldiers behind him, the young emperor staggered two steps in fear and fell to the ground with a "poof" and cried.
Duan Gui quickly turned around and planned to help the emperor, which is the glory and wealth in the future! You can't lose anything without the emperor. Zhang Rang pulled: "What else do you want to help? It's important to save your life."
Duan Gui felt that they had done so much, not just for the supreme power of glory and wealth and the supreme power to turn over the clouds and rain. If he lost the young emperor, he would lose everything, so he shook off his hand and went forward.
At that time, King Chen Liu, who was only eight years old, helped the young emperor up: "Brother, I don't know if the one behind is a thief or something else. It won't help you to cry here now, and I'm afraid you will lose your life. The general is a lesson from the previous car!" The child is old, but the young emperor in his teens is more reasonable and insightful.
However, the Chen Liuwang and the young emperor were Zhang Rang and Duan Wei who reversed the black and white, saying that the army entered the palace and killed the general and killed them, so they coaxed them out. Therefore, King Chen thought that there were likely to be rebels behind him.
"Yes, your Majesty." Duan Jue resisted the emperor on his shoulder, "Don't be caught..." With that, he ran breathlessly, while King Chen Liu ran behind Duan Gu even though he was young.
But even if Duan Wei runs by himself, he may not be able to run past Zu Zhao and others behind him. Now that he holds the young emperor, he naturally moves slower, while Chen Liuwang's young legs are short and cumbersome.
Listening to the shouting behind him, Duan Gui's psychological pressure was also getting greater and greater. He finally figured out what glory and wealth are, and living is really meaningful. Thinking about this, he immediately put down the young emperor on his shoulder and ran away.
The young emperor got up and scolded and chased two steps, but where did he catch up with that period?!
Seeing this, Chen Liuwang hurried forward and pulled him: "Brother, don't chase him. I don't know if it's an enemy or a friend later. Let's find a place to hide first. There is a corner in front of us. Let's run over and hide while they can't see.
When the young emperor was godless, he heard his brother say this and looked at the corner not far ahead. He suddenly felt reasonable and ran over first. Chen Liuwang followed closely.
After the two turned the corner, they saw Duan and Zhang Rang running in front of them from afar. The young emperor wanted to chase Duan Kui, but he was held by King Chen Liu. King Chen Liu pointed to the low slope on the roadside and said, "Brother, you don't have to chase them. Let's go there and hide."
The young emperor was disdainful and said angrily, "I want to hide from you. This time, there are only two of them around. If they are separated, who will protect you? Are you? You can't even reach the waist of those pursuers.
"Brother, when those people see Duan Gui and Zhang Rang running in front of them, they will definitely chase them. We can hide and let them go." The child frowned and said seriously, and the chaotic footsteps behind him were already very close. He would probably chase the corner soon. He stamped his feet in place anxiously, "Brother, hide it quickly, or it will be too late."
After saying that, he took the lead in rushing down the low slope. The young emperor was in a dilemma, but at this time, Duan Yu and the others had run away, so they could only gritted their teeth and followed Chen Liuwang down the low slope. Two and a half-year-old children squeezed into the depression under the low slope, and Chen Liuwang also got a lot of dead leaves to cover him.
The young emperor was unhappy and wanted to take away the dead leaves, but was stopped by King Chen Liu. Shi Mo's boots were chiseled and dusty, and Zu Zhao had already led people to chase the corner.
The two children were so scared that they dared not come out when they heard a group of people shouting "kill the eunuch" and other murderous words.
When Zu Zhao and others saw that Duan Ji and Zhang Rang were still running in front of them, they continued to chase them angrily, but they did not find that the Young Emperor and Chen Liuwang had disappeared. When there were still more than 20 steps away from Duan Jue, Zhang Yuan behind Zu Zhao raised his gun and shot it. He hit it and threw Duan Kui's leg through.
Duan Ji fell to the ground with a scream, but still climbed forward desperately, as if she could survive as long as this.
However, the pursuers surrounded him a few times and were cut into meat mud in an instant. The way of death was more miserable than that.
After Zhang Yuan led people to kill Duan Yu, Zu Zhao continued to chase Zhang Rang.
Zhang Rang has been running for a long time and has been exhausted. However, on the line of life and death, people's potential is wireless. In this way, he dragged a large tail to escape and even has a situation of pulling away from that distance. However, a person has done so much evil that he may not even God can't stand it.
When Zhang Rang ran farther and farther and almost disappeared into Zu Zhao's sight, he suddenly stopped.
Zu Zhao and others ran closer. It turned out that a big river stopped in front of Zhang Rang. The water under the river was rapid, and there was no hope of crossing the river. Everyone suddenly laughed and said, "The traitor, even if you have fast feet and good physical strength, God won't forgive you!"
After saying that, under the leadership of Zu Zhao, everyone surrounded Zhang Rang one after another.
Zhang Rang knelt down with a plop: "Grandpa, please forgive me. All this is Duan Kui's idea, and the little one is also forced by him!"
Zu Zhao sneered and said, "You said that I was also as kind as General He, and my ears were softer, so I believed what you, a tysar?" Originally, He Jin had had a chance to kill Zhang Rang for a long time, but unfortunately he was confused.
Zhang let his eyes turn: "Grandpas, what Xiao said is true. If you don't believe it, you will know by asking the emperor..." Everything about taking away the little emperor was left to be done by Duan Jue. Even if asked, the young emperor must have only said that Duan Jue took him out. This has been arranged for a long time.
Unexpectedly, Zu Zhao hated him to the bone. He didn't listen to what he said at all, but shouted coldly, "The traitor, tell me where the Young Emperor and King Chen Liu are, and I will ask my brothers to leave you a whole body!"
When Zhang Rang heard this, his legs were weak. He looked back at the deep and urgent river, looked at the bright sharp knife in Zu Zhao's hands, and suddenly sighed: "God is going to kill me!" As soon as he turned around, he jumped into the rapid river.
When he jumped down, his head hit the reef, and suddenly a red color appeared in the water, and he was sure to die.
At this time, Zhang Yuan caught up and asked Zu Zhao, "General, has Zhang Rang ever caught it?"
Z Zhao pointed to the river: "I threw it into the water."
Zhang Yuan sighed, "This euge dog is really cheap!"
"It's cheap, this eunuch doesn't matter," Zu Zhao muttered, "the most important thing is that we can't find the young emperor and King Chen Liu. Now Duan Jue and Zhang Rang are dead, but no one can know the whereabouts of these two. Although Zu Zhao knows the general direction of the situation, he is also very unclear about the details. So I don't know where King Chen Liu and the Young Emperor have gone.
"I still saw it before..." Zhang Yuan frowned.
"Look around," Zu Zhao ordered, "the two traitors must have hidden the young master so that they can leave a way out for themselves."
Zuzu Zhao and others were focused on chasing Zhang and letting them at that time, so they did not pay attention to when the Young Emperor and King Chen Liu disappeared.
Just before they began to look for someone, King Chen Liu had taken the young emperor out of his hiding place and escaped.
The two children were not tall, and the well-known or unknown grass soon drowned them. After crossing the grassland, there was a secret forest. The two children went into the forest, and Zu Zhao wanted to talk to them again.
It's not a matter if it's so exhausting. After all, there are still a lot of things to do in the palace.
After dark, Zu Zhao recalled Zhang Yuan and said to him, "Go back and send a message to General Yuan. It's not a big deal. The young emperor and King Chen Liu are not familiar with us. They probably don't know whether we are enemies or friends. You ask General Yuan to come to find someone. If they see it, they will come out by themselves.
Zhang Yuan also knew that what Zu Zhao said was reasonable, so he went back and reported the situation to Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao took his people to find the young emperor. After meeting with Zu Zhao, the two acted together.
At this time, King Chen Liu and the Young Emperor had run to an abandoned farm house and saw a haystrate in it. They spent the night here.