The fourth prince Xuanzhu sat helplessly on the ground, facing the oncoming thirty or so cavalry. He knew that Daniel was not wrong in doing so. Even though Daniel was not smart, he also understood at the critical moment that the opponent did not want to kill him.
If the fourth prince Xuanzhu breaks in by force, he will probably force the other party to kill him. Once the fourth prince dies outside, Emperor Chengwu and the ministers in the court will never let Zhu Tianjiang go. This is tantamount to Zhu Tianjiang's protection
His inability to do anything led to the tragic death of the prince. Therefore, Daniel chose to surrender. As long as he could survive, he would have a chance to escape.
All the twenty-odd guards that Xuanzhu brought with him died tragically in the boat. Including the hired boatmen, the ghost doctor Zhuo Xing did not let them go.
On the grass on the shore, the ghost doctor Zhuo Xing looked at the tied Da Niu and the fourth prince. He was excited but also a little disappointed. In his opinion, the fourth prince could not be compared with Zhu Tianjiang. Even the fourth prince Xuan
Zhu's capture back to the north would only cause the Dafeng royal family to lose face, and would not have any impact on Fang Zhenhai's army guarding the north. The most important thing is that if Zhu Tianjiang does not die, the Security Council will not fall, and Emperor Cheng Wu's innovation
will continue.
"Tell me! Where is Zhu Tianjiang now?" Ghost doctor Zhuo Xing looked at Xuanzhu coldly.
Xuanzhu was so frightened that he trembled all over, but he also knew that this matter was related to the fate of the Dafeng Dynasty. Once he and Zhu Tianjiang were finished, it could be said that within half a month, the people of Hedu would lose hope and be forced to rebel.
"Master Zhu has already escorted Pengcheng's crime back to the capital in advance." Xuan Zhu made up a lie casually.
Ghost doctor Zhuo Xing smiled coldly and pointed at the bull, "Come here, kill him."
Xuanzhu was stunned and looked at Zhuo Xing in horror. Da Niu struggled even more, "Why should you kill me? I'm not a junior official. I'm the general judge of the Security Procuratorate."
A few people stepped forward to hold down Daniel regardless of what was happening, and one of them raised his sharp knife high.
"Slow down!" Zhuo Xing raised his hand to stop the execution, "Your Highness, Fourth Highness, I will give you another chance. If you continue to talk nonsense, the next moment will be when this kid's head falls to the ground."
"Damn it! If I had known that surrendering would lead to death, I would have fought so hard just now. Your Highness, Fourth Highness, you cannot say that my life is worthless, so just kill me. Twenty years later, I am still a good man." Daniel struggled.
Staring, he wished he could kill Zhuo Xing with his eyes.
Xuanzhu looked at Daniel, then at the people around him, and sighed, "Okay, I can tell you Zhu Tianjiang's whereabouts, but you are not allowed to hurt Daniel. If you don't agree, I won't tell you even if you die.
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Xuanzhu discovered that Zhuo Xing had only more than a thousand bandits. He knew that Zhu Tianjiang had 500 secret men unknown to the outside world. When Pengcheng killed the Zhao family, the external theory was that Zhu Tianjiang used a nearby post station.
Soldiers and horses, no one knows that those five hundred people are Zhu Tianjiang's private army. If these rebels in front of them boldly go to kill Zhu Tianjiang, they might be bitten by that guy Zhu Tianjiang, and they will be killed in one fell swoop.
Zhuo Xing himself had no intention of killing Da Niu. Although Da Niu was not worth much, he was also a court official, so escorting him to the north was a credit to him. Zhuo Xing waved his hand, and several people let go of Da Niu.
"Fourth Highness, I can't say that as long as Mr. Zhu is safe and sound, he will definitely avenge us." Da Niu has a real heart. He is afraid that these people will secretly carry out assassinations. If Zhu Tianjiang is defeated, he will probably kill him.
Being plotted.
Zhuo Xing snorted coldly, raised his foot and kicked Da Niu in the face, knocking Da Niu unconscious.
"Fourth Highness, you are a smart man. As long as you obey, this army will not make things difficult for you. Otherwise, you will suffer a lot along the way." Zhuo Xing said, waving his knife and cutting off the rope on Xuanzhu's body.
Regarding this helpless prince, Zhuo Xing was not afraid of him escaping at all. Anyone following Zhuo Xing could kill Xuan Zhu.
Xuanzhu moved his wrist and said, "You should have robbed the disaster relief money from Hedu Prefecture, right?"
Zhuo Xing nodded, "Yes, we did it."
"Because you robbed the disaster relief silver, Zhu Tianjiang and I rushed to Hedu Mansion in two directions. My mission is to appease the people, and Lord Zhu's mission is to collect silver and food along the land route~!" Xuan
Zhu didn't hide anything and told her the detailed route.
Zhuo Xing listened very carefully and found no flaws in Xuan Zhu's words. If it were him, he would probably do the same thing.
"How many people are following Zhu Tianjiang?" Zhuo Xing asked.
"When we left the capital, in order to conceal our identity, we asked Wang Yi to lead a large group of people to the Dingyuan line. But for our own safety, we brought 80 guards. We just lost 20 people on the ship, Zhu Tian
There are only sixty guards left over there." Xuanzhu said matter-of-factly.
"Did Lin Feng and the people at Nianzhan follow?" Zhuo Xing looked at Xuanzhu coldly.
Xuanzhu's body trembled slightly, and he looked at Zhuo Xing in fear, "How did you know?" Xuanzhu used the acting talent he used in Guozi's supervision, thinking that I would also like to scare you.
"Hmph! Are you just pretending to me? Believe it or not, I will kill Daniel right now."
Zhuo Xing asked this question deliberately, because he had already secretly found out in the capital that Lin Feng was not traveling with Zhu Tianjiang at all.
"No, there are really people from Niangan Department who are following secretly. We killed the Zhao family in Pengcheng, which is a case that Niangan Department has already investigated." Xuanzhu's mind started to work quickly, and he dealt with Zhuo Xing's questions carefully.
"How many people are following?" Zhuo Xing frowned and asked nervously.
"Eight of them are all good at stick-sticking. Master Wei Zhan was afraid of being assassinated, so these eight people followed Master Zhu closely." Xuanzhu raised his big face and looked at Zhuo Xing with extremely 'sincere' eyes.
, as if he was afraid that if he said a wrong word, the big bull would be beheaded.
"You are the prince, why don't you protect you personally?" Zhuo Xing stared coldly into Xuan Zhu's eyes.
Zhuo Xing originally wanted to personally lead a few experts to secretly assassinate Zhu Tianjiang, but if it was like what Xuan Zhu said, I'm afraid it would be useless for them to go. Zhuo Xing knew his own weight. His Qinggong and medical skills were unparalleled in the world, but at close range
His fighting skills are not comparable to those of the Qinglong Guards.
In fact, Xuanzhu was afraid that traitors like Zhuo Xing would secretly assassinate him. He was not afraid of a large group of people attacking him. No matter how powerful Zhu Yixiaqing was, the tiger would still take a nap, so Xuanzhu said this just to force Zhuo Xing to do it openly.
"Although His Highness is a prince, you can't see the sticking point at all. Mr. Wei Zhan only takes orders from his father. He doesn't care even if all our princes die. But Zhu Tianjiang is different. His master
It's Lin Feng, and Wei Zhan sent people to protect him because of Lin Feng's face." Xuanzhu said with a sigh.
Zhuo Xing nodded, what Xuanzhu said was very reasonable. Zhuo Xing had long known that Sticky Rod Department was free to do anything and was not subject to orders from anyone except the emperor. And Lin Feng was the boss of Sticky Rod Department back then, so Wei Zhan did this.
Not excessive.
"Take them to the car and lock them up temporarily. There is no need to tie up the Fourth Highness. Just keep them under strict supervision." Zhuo Xing ordered, and several big men came up, lifted up the big bull, and escorted Xuanzhu to a car not far away.
The closed carriage walked away.
Zhuo Xing took out the map and looked at it carefully. He knew that if Zhu Tianjiang escorted the silver and grain, he would definitely recruit soldiers and horses from the nearby capitals for protection. Zhuo Xing was very confident in his fifteen hundred people, even if those capitals could recruit them
Three thousand soldiers and horses followed Zhu Tianjiang, and Zhuo Xing felt that he was sure to defeat those people.
The martial arts of these people hidden by Zhou Yantian are not weak, and there are twenty or thirty people who are well-known in the world. Zhuo Xing knows the garrison troops of the capital very well, and they have no fighting ability at all. He mainly targets the more than a thousand people.
They were the 'sixty or so' guards that Zhu Tianjiang brought with him. Zhuo Xing believed that Zhu Tianjiang would not be able to escape the fate of being killed even if he was protected by the Green Dragon Guards at the sticky pole.
Zhuo Xing ordered twenty people to guard Xuanzhu and Daniu in a nearby deserted village. The others followed him to ambush at the place Zhu Tianjiang must pass, preparing to catch Zhu Tianjiang off guard.
Xuanzhu and Daniu were locked up in a dilapidated house with air leakage from all sides. Xuanzhu was treated favorably by the 'prince' and was not tied up.
"Danniu~ wake up~!" Xuanzhu shouted carefully, pinching the middle part of Daniel's body with his fingers.
Da Niu woke up faintly, Zhuo Xing's kick was not light, and Da Niu's mind is still a little dizzy.
"Shh~ don't talk, there are people outside." Xuanzhu took a careful look outside and saw that people were arranged around the house, among which Zhuo Xing specially left four good men.
"Your Highness, please help me untie the rope." Daniel said quietly.
"No, those people just said that as long as I dare to untie you, you will be tied up with me."
"Nonsense, how can we escape if you don't untie it?"
"Wait for now. Let's talk about it in the evening."
Xuanzhu said, and began to search the house to see if there was anything that could be used as a weapon. Xuanzhu finally found two fairly sharp stones in the corner.
Every time someone outside burns incense, someone will come in to observe. For the sake of Xuanzhu and Zhou Yantian's "relatives", they don't want to go too far with him. What if his uncle Zhou Yantian
If they feel bad, they might take it out on them. Besides, Xuanzhu is just a weak and bookish prince. The surrounding area is deserted and there is no way to escape. As for Da Niu, in their eyes, they are just a reckless man and they don't take it to heart at all.
Xuanzhu and Daniu finally made it to the dead of night. Xuanzhu carefully looked outside and found that there were only six people on guard, so he immediately untied Danniu's rope.
Daniel moved his numb limbs and lay down in the gap in the wall to look around, "Your Highness, make some noise and bring the people in. When you go out later, seize their horses."
Xuanzhu nodded. Although he was very scared, he still wanted to give it a try in order to escape. Xuanzhu did not want to be the first prince captured in the Dafeng Dynasty. In that case, even if he was replaced by his father, it would be over. Xuanzhu
He stood up and walked back and forth in the broken house. Daniel had the rope wrapped around his body and seemed to be still being tied up.
A guy on duty heard the sound and walked in alertly. There was an oil lamp hanging in the broken house, which was found on the Xuanzhu ship.
Xuanzhu turned his face to the wall. The guard looked at the sleeping Daniel and walked over strangely, wanting to see what Xuanzhu was doing.
Da Niu suddenly jumped up, stretched out his hand to strangle the opponent's neck from behind, and twisted it hard. There was a "click" and the opponent's neck was broken by Da Niu. Da Niu gently put the person to the ground and looked at the figure.
Not bad, even though she is much thinner than him, her clothes are still wearable.
Daniel quickly changed into the other person's clothes, put his own clothes on the other person's body, tied them up and threw them face inward in the corner.
After a while, people outside saw that the person on duty had not come out yet, and another person walked in. Xuanzhu repeated his old trick, still facing the wall.
"Old Liu, what are you doing?" the other party asked, looking at Daniel's back.
Daniel bowed his body and pointed at Xuanzhu, and the guy walked towards Xuanzhu doubtfully. As soon as he turned around, Daniel stretched out his hand to strangle the other person's neck. But this time it was a little different. This guy was actually very good at Kung Fu.
He stepped down and held the big cow's arm with both hands. Although he couldn't shout, it became a stalemate.
"Xuan~Zhu~Hurry~ help me." Da Niu suppressed his face and turned red, and shouted in a suppressed voice.
Xuanzhu turned around, his face turned pale with fright. Xuanzhu quickly took the two sharp stones and thrust them into the opponent's eyes.
When the other party saw it, he had to let go of Daniel's arm, grabbed Zhu Xuanzhu's hands with both hands, and twisted them suddenly, only to hear three clicks. The guy's neck and His Highness Xuanzhu's hands were twisted at the same time.
Xuanzhu gritted his teeth and almost screamed in pain. Daniel couldn't care less and quickly helped Xuanzhu change her clothes.
"Your Highness, be patient, just get on the horse." Daniel was sweating profusely. He knew he couldn't stay in the room for too long.
The two people walked out. Xuanzhu shook his hands and lost consciousness in pain. The other four people saw the costumes in the night and thought they were one of their own.
Da Niu and Xuan Zhu came to the tree and quietly untied a war horse. Da Niu got on the horse and before he could pull Xuan Zhu up, he heard someone shouting.
"No, they are trying to escape. Chase them quickly!"
The shouting in the middle of the night alarmed everyone. They saw black shadows rushing over. Da Niu leaned forward, grabbed Xuan Zhu by the collar and pulled him onto the horse.
The moment the war horse jumped out, a cold light flashed, and a sharp knife struck the bull on the back shoulder!