During the next trip, Xu Zizhen became more and more sure that his guess was correct, because from the attack just now to outside the city, he encountered several more attacks in just a dozen miles, each time with great momentum.
It was quite big, but I didn't catch anything so I hurriedly retreated.
But even so, no reinforcements arrived. It was still their team of hundreds of people protecting the prison van. It seemed that the upper echelons of the Jin Kingdom had absolute confidence in their dragon-protecting battalion.
Xu Zizhen noticed something was wrong, but Liu Quan still didn't take it seriously. Every time he was attacked, he didn't rush forward, but only protected Zhao Huan's car next to him.
"Brother Liu, why don't the higher-ups send more manpower to help us with such chaos? We can hardly hold on anymore." Xu Zizhen couldn't help but complain.
Liu Quan sneered and said: "Brother Sanshun, don't panic. These people are not on the stage. The masters behind the scenes just don't bother to show up. Just watch. If they really have powerful characters, someone will naturally deal with them."
Xu Zizhen was not surprised. Liu Quan also saw that the other party wanted to test. Maybe the real big move was yet to come, but he did not take it seriously. The test just now was a test, but the situation was still a bit dangerous. At least the convoy guards were there.
More than a dozen people had been injured in this attack, and even two people from the Dragon Guard Camp were accidentally killed. While he and Liu Quan were complaining, someone was discussing the matter in front of the Taizu Temple.
"Lord Helu, I heard that there have been five car hijackings in the city. You, the privy envoy, are really sitting on your feet. Why don't you send more people, so you are not afraid of some accidents?"
The person who said this was a middle-aged man with a smile on his face. The person sitting next to him was the target of the assassination that Xu Zizhen had seen that time, Jin Guo Privy Envoy Wan Yan Helu.
Helu said: "It's just a clown who's just here to disturb people. Don't care what he does. Don't you know who has this idea?"
Orben laughed and said no more, but the two teenagers standing behind him showed thoughtful expressions on their faces.
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After walking for a while after leaving the city, we finally arrived at Taizu Temple.
The wave after wave of robberies made him exhausted, and he cursed in his heart. It was not the Jin who was being tortured but himself. If he was accidentally injured, how could he find someone to save him? What a cheat.
The Jin army was already crowded outside the Taizu Temple, with bright armor and bright swords and spears. Xu Zizhen also breathed a long sigh of relief, but it was the duty of the Dragon Guard Battalion that he had to continue to follow the car.
The motorcade was put in, and Xu Zizhen secretly looked around. He had to be careful. This was the home of the Jin Kingdom, and the entire Jin Kingdom's upper echelons were there today, including many who had seen him. The Heaven Sacrifice in front of the Taizu Temple
The ancestral ceremony has obviously been completed. A high platform has been erected in front of the temple. A group of Jin officials are already sitting on it. In the center is a yellow umbrella, and underneath is the Jin emperor wearing a dragon robe.
.
Xu Zizhen's eyes narrowed slightly. This was the first time he met the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom, that is, Jin Taizong Wanyan Sheng, whose real name was Wu Qimai.
Wu Qimai was not tall, and even looked a little thin, but his eyes were majestic and powerful. Xu Zizhen had no good impression of this emperor, because the Jin Kingdom's large-scale southern invasion was carried out under his plan and command. In addition, Zhao Su was
Captured by him.
Xu Zizhen walked forward slowly while escorting the prison car, his mind spinning rapidly. Until now, he had not thought of a good way to rescue Zhao Su, or even to see her...
Just when he thought of this, Xu Zizhen's eyes suddenly froze, and he looked at the high platform in disbelief. He saw a woman in full dress being escorted by two golden soldiers to the stage, and then she actually sat next to Wu Qimai, and that woman
The woman in the costume is none other than Zhao Chang, whom Xu Zizhen longs for to rescue.
After not seeing each other for many days, Zhao Chang lost a lot of weight and looked very haggard. Her eyes were no longer as lively as before, but became a little dull. She walked wherever the two golden soldiers took her.
There was no resistance or unwillingness, and even when she sat next to Wu Qimai, there was no reaction at all. It seemed that she already knew what would happen today, and she had completely resigned herself to her fate.
"Ahem..." A slight cough woke up Xu Zizhen, and Liu Quan whispered, "Brother Sanshun, be careful where you step."
Xu Zizhen came back to his senses and said with a forced smile: "That's the queen, right? I've never seen anyone so beautiful in my life."
Liu Quan smiled in response, but said nothing, but he seemed to agree with the reason why Xu Zizhen was in a daze just now.
Xu Zizhen secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Liu Quan reminded him that he was almost exposed, and at this time the motorcade also stopped.
The convoy stopped for the next ceremony, which was the highlight of the day - the presentation of prisoners.
The prisoner presentation ceremony of the Jin people has their national characteristics. It is called the Sheep-Leading Ceremony, which involves stripping off the prisoner's clothes and leaving them bare-chested and barefooted, with only a sheepskin covering them and being led by someone.
A great insult to the captives.
Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan and all the royal family and officials were driven out of the car like animals. The Jin soldiers roughly stripped off their clothes, tied straw ropes around their necks, and dragged them towards the high platform like animals.
Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan did not resist at all, but simply let the Jin Bing manipulate them with their heads down. All the officials behind him did the same. Even Qin Hui, whom Xu Zizhen once glanced at, did not react at all, but his eyes flickered slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.
Zhao Chang's expression on the high platform did not change at all. He just stared at all this blankly, as if the people being led under the stage were not his father and brother but a group of sheep. Xu Zizhen felt a pain in his heart. He could understand Zhao Chang's
Her heart was completely broken when she was given as a gift to the Golden Man by her father and brother to seek peace.
Wu Qimai sat on the tall and spacious dragon chair, supporting his chin with one arm, watching with interest. A group of Jin officials were also laughing and chatting below, and looked at the parade with contempt from time to time.
The emperors and officials of the Song Dynasty.
Xu Zizhen came from a later generation and had no interest in the two emperors, so he didn't react much. But he didn't know that there were a few pairs of eyes on the top of a certain hall in the distance looking at him with anger.
"Asshole, I'm going to kill these golden dogs!"
"Miss Lin, don't worry, the right time has not yet come."
"How long do we have to wait? My aunt can't wait any longer!"
"Come on, Ma San is already... Huh? Why is there a fire over there?"
"Ah, there's really a fire. Is there anyone else coming to save our official family?"
Not only Wang Zhongfu and Lin Chaoying, who were lurking here, saw it, but almost everyone in front of the Taizu Temple saw thick smoke billowing from a forest not far behind the temple.
The thick smoke caused a commotion in front of the Taimiao Temple. Wu Qimai didn't react much. He didn't even move his eyelids. It seemed that he had expected the fire. However, other people's faces were not so good-looking. The Prime Minister changed his tone.
He coughed and shouted: "Come here, protect the outside of the temple."