After Hong Zhou left the palace, he took Wang Jiu and a group of people out of the city overnight to see if they could find any clues outside the city. In fact, even if Ling Ruo didn't say anything, he wanted to send people to search outside the city because he had sent a group of people to search outside the city.
A small team of people were guarding Hongli Zhouquan outside the cell. After Hongli disappeared, those people also disappeared. If so many people were in Hangzhou Mansion, there would be clues. However, after searching for most of the day, some of them were not found, so the most reasonable explanation is
, that is, they have left the city.
However, Wang Wei believed that they should still be in the city and would not be so far away in such a short period of time. Another point was that the area outside the city was vast, making it twice as difficult to find them, and no matter how careful they were, there would always be omissions, so
He always advocated searching the whole city, and if he really couldn't find it, he would search outside the city.
However, Hong Zhou had already made up his mind. How could he change it with a few words? In addition, although Wang Wei had been sending extra manpower to search for him, Hong Zhou still had doubts about him. After all, he met Wang Wei in the governor's mansion.
There is no guarantee that the latter is not an accomplice to Fang Guancheng.
While Hong Zhou was trying his best to find Hongli's whereabouts, Hongli and Xianyue were trapped in a lonely mountain. Ling Ruo was not mistaken, they had indeed left the city. In the early morning, Li Shiqun ordered someone to
They were released from the prison and handed over to Fang Guancheng's people. The five men drove two carriages. One of them was for Hongli and others to ride. The carriage was carefully inspected and made with fine workmanship. It was also scented with incense. Hongli once asked
How many people should I take with me?
Where were they going, but those few people never answered. After waiting behind, Hongli saw that the road was wrong. When he was about to get off the car, he found that he was dizzy. Xianyue and Liu Hu were also the same. After waiting behind, they were even more dizzy.
They lost consciousness, and when they woke up, they were trapped in the lonely mountain, with a group of guards guarding them. Hongli had seen these people beside Hongzhou before, and knew that they were the people Hongzhou had sent to protect him before.
After carefully questioning the guards, they found out what happened. After they were unconscious, the carriage took them away from the city to this remote place.
The guards were following him secretly. They had been ordered by Hong Zhou not to show up unless it was an important matter, so as not to alert others. Therefore, they did not show up when there was no movement in the carriage.
It was not until the carriage stopped and those people pulled down the unconscious Hongli and the three of them that they realized that they were unconscious. The guards were afraid that Hongli was in danger, so they immediately came to the rescue. These guards had all been trained since childhood and were highly skilled in martial arts.
Although the number was small, it was more than enough to deal with those few people. Three of them were killed, and the other two cut off the horse ropes and fled on horseback. Because the guards were concerned about Hongli's safety, they did not pursue them, but they did not want to cause serious trouble.
After the two people left, they found a dozen people from nowhere and gathered them together on the way back to the city. These dozen people were different from the previous few mobs. They were well-organized, cooperated with each other, and acted decisively.
They were caught off guard and suffered a heavy loss, killing and injuring several people.
The remaining ones tried their best to protect Hongli and others who had not yet woken up, and hid in the mountains, and then escaped. However, those people still refused to let them go, blocking the way down the mountain. After several attempts, they could not break the siege.
, but also lost manpower, making the situation even more unfavorable to them.
In the darkness, Liu Hu stared at the vague figure at the foot of the mountain and gritted his teeth and said: "These people are so brave, they dare to murder the emperor and the queen! If I know where they come from, I will uproot their nest."
Xianyue thought for a moment and said to Hongli who was sitting aside: "Your Majesty, I heard from the guards that these people are well-trained. I suspect that these people come from the military camp."
Hongli also had the same idea in his mind, nodded and said: "There is a Green Camp in Zhejiang, and nine out of ten of these people are Green Banner Soldiers, but Li Shikun is only a fourth-grade prefect. With his official position, it is impossible to mobilize the soldiers in the military camp."
Xianyue said softly: "So there must be someone else who conspires with Li Shijun, and this person has a higher official position than him, high enough to mobilize the officers and soldiers of the Green Camp at will."
"Hateful!" Hongli patted the rocks beside him bitterly and said in a cold voice: "I always thought that Li Shihui and others were just plundering people's wealth and money, and corrupting the law. I didn't expect that they would even take human lives. If I hadn't experienced it myself, I wouldn't have dared to imagine what happened.
Hangzhou Prefecture under the Qing Dynasty was so dark."
"Your Majesty, calm down!" Xia Yue advised warmly: "Now that we have learned about their misbehavior, we can punish them severely according to the law when they return to the palace, and give the people of Hangzhou a peaceful future!"
Hongli gritted his teeth and said: "You are right, no one related to this matter should be let go!" After that, he looked at Xianyue and said worriedly: "How are you doing? Does it matter?" He avoided it just now.
At that time, Xianyue accidentally scratched her arm by a branch. Although the wound was not deep, it bled a lot.
Xianyue smiled and said: "It's just a minor injury. The emperor didn't mention it, and I have already forgotten it." After that, she looked at the figure guarding the foot of the mountain and said: "The most important thing now is to leave here quickly.
There is a shortage of water and food here, and the longer we delay, the more unfavorable the situation will be for us."
Liu Hu cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, let your subordinates kill them. We must kill those bastards!"
Hongli shook his head and said: "You are only one person, how can you be the opponent of so many of them? If you are injured, I will be missing another available person!"
"But we can't wait like this endlessly..." Before Liu Hu could finish his words, the sound of fighting and shouting came from not far away. He knew that those people must have come to attack again, so he quickly stood beside Hongli on guard.
To avoid hurting him and Xianyue.
After a while, the sound disappeared, and two tired figures walked out of the bushes. After seeing the person clearly, Liu Hu relaxed his eyebrows and stood behind Hongli.
"Your Majesty!" The two men walked up to Hongli and said with cupped hands: "My subordinates found that there were a few more people at the bottom of the mountain. It is becoming more and more unsafe here. We must leave as soon as possible, otherwise the next time
When it comes, my subordinates may not be able to stop it!"
Xianyue frowned and said, "But they guarded every road down the mountain. We were already surrounded by them before we reached the foot of the mountain."
One of them gritted his teeth and said: "Since the existing road cannot be taken, let's take our own road."
Liu Hu raised his eyebrows and said, "You mean to take the risk of walking down a road that is not a road?" After the man nodded, he stared silently. He was not afraid, but Hongli and Xianyue... Hongli was just that.
, after all, she is a martial arts practitioner, but Xianyue is a weak woman without the strength to restrain a chicken. If something goes wrong along the way, even if he has ten lives, it will not be enough to compensate.
Xianyue saw what he was thinking, stood up and said: "General Liu, don't worry about me. If you can do it, I can do it too!"
Liu Hu sighed and said, "But my Majesty has a distinguished status and has never practiced martial arts, so my subordinates are really worried."