Zhu Zhanji gathered his energy, forced himself not to think about other things, and focused on how to escape. Only then did he realize that his situation was very bad. Even though he had escaped from Yingtai, he was still not out of danger.
Because the Nanhai Lake in Xiyuan is only one mile in radius, if the weather is fine, even at night, the movement on the lake can be seen clearly on the shore. Fortunately, there is a heavy rain tonight, and the view is less than one-tenth of the usual sight, which allows them to
He temporarily hid on the lake without being noticed.
As soon as King Zhao's men break through the Jade Bridge and occupy Yingtai, and find that they have disappeared, they will definitely launch a search on the lake, and then they will be unable to fly!
"Your Highness, we have to get out of the lake. We can't sit still and wait for death." Qin Ya had the same view. He got into the cabin and said to Zhu Zhanji: "Should we find a secluded place to dock or try to get to Zhonghai." The area of Zhonghai is much larger.
In the South China Sea, the two lakes are separated by the Centipede Bridge, and they are also close to the emperor's palace.
"There must be heavy troops guarding the Centipede Bridge, and there is no way to go to Zhonghai." Zhu Zhanji frowned and paused: "And if they dare to send heavy troops to attack Yingtai, I'm afraid there will be even more troops surrounding the palace."
"Then let's find a deserted place on the shore to go ashore, and then we can make other plans." Qin Ya said in a deep voice.
Zhu Zhanji nodded and could only do this.
Qin then went out of the cabin, ordered his men outside to row the boat carefully, and quietly sailed toward the shore through the heavy rain.
The South China Sea is not big, and in a blink of an eye, it sailed to a dozen feet away from the shore. Qin Ya quickly used gestures to stop his men from moving forward, because he was horrified to find that there seemed to be an army ambushing in the long corridor on the shore!
When Qin Ya was in the vanguard of the government army, he first led the scout battalion. He was different from ordinary people in watching the enemy. He could often find the enemy before the enemy through clues. His more than ten years of scout career gave him a sense of danger.
He had an almost instinctive premonition, and he believed in his own feeling very much. Once he sensed something was wrong, he would immediately pull back, then change direction and move towards the other side of the lake shore.
However, this time, without relying on his hunch, his guards saw enemy soldiers patrolling by the lake... At this time, naturally the only ones still patrolling were enemy soldiers.
Qin Biao tried several different directions and found traces of enemy patrols. Moreover, the combination of open and hidden sentries did not allow them to take advantage of them at all.
This is also reasonable. After all, before King Zhao rebelled, he must have planned carefully, and it was impossible not to consider their escape from the water. Moreover, the South China Sea is only a palm-sized area, and it is surrounded by corridors with no blind spots, making it very easy to patrol.
Of course the enemy would not give them a chance to escape.
After rowing the boat out of sight of the enemy, Qin Yao re-entered the cabin and reported to His Majesty the Grand Sun with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid we have no way to escape..."
Zhu Zhanji looked through the cabin at Yingtai, which was already on fire, with a look of despair in his eyes. Is this a divine punishment? Is God going to destroy me?
The Yingtai guards resisted very tenaciously, and Zhao Ying paid a heavy price. It took him more than half an hour to finally break through the Jade Bridge, and the army surrounded the palace temple that was already on fire in Yingtai.
"Leave no chickens or dogs behind!" Zhao Ying's old face with ravines was dimmed by the firelight, and a pair of eagle eyes shone fiercely.
"Yes!" The men had already shown their violence at Yushi Bridge. They would kill everyone on Yingtai without Zhao Ying's orders!
On Yingtai, in addition to His Highness Taisun and his entourage who had long since escaped quietly, there were more than a hundred eunuchs and maids, as well as more than two hundred guards who returned to Yingtai. These people had no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth. They cried and knelt down to beg for mercy.
It doesn’t help!
Amid the screams and cries, a brutal massacre began in Yingtai...
At the same time that Zhao Ying invaded Yingtai, King Zhao also led the Changshan Central Guard to surround the emperor's palace.
The most elite Ouchi guards are stationed inside and outside the palace. The defense is much tighter than that of Yingtai. However, Yingtai is located in the middle of the South China Sea. There is only a jade bridge to the island, so it is naturally very easy to defend and difficult to attack. Zhu Di can't stand the moisture the most.
Therefore, the palace is located deep in the imperial garden, far away from the water. After being surrounded, it is naturally surrounded by enemies from all sides. Even if the guards guarding the emperor are more desperate than those guarding Yingtai, they still cannot prevent enemy soldiers several times our own from breaking through the defense lines.
In the blink of an eye, all the palace doors in the palace were crumbling!
Eunuch Yang and Huang Xie, who were covered in rain, rushed into the bedroom with a lift? After passing through the layers of curtains, they saw Zhu Di wearing a dragon robe and a good wing crown, sitting neatly on the dragon bed, although he only had his eyes open.
One eye, but undoubtedly awake!
Although they had known that the emperor had woken up, Eunuch Yang and Huang Yan were still so scared that they huddled together and quickly knelt on the ground. The former was so shocked that he could not speak, but the latter was more experienced and suppressed the turmoil in his heart.
He said: "Thank God, the emperor finally woke up!"
Zhu Di looked at them expressionlessly, without any reaction.
Zheng He, with a sword hanging on his waist, stood majestically beside Zhu Di and said in a deep voice: "What do you want?"
"Go back to the Emperor and Eunuch Zheng," Eunuch Yang finally came back to his senses and hurriedly reported: "There are thieves making trouble outside. Please take shelter, Your Majesty!"
Huang Yan also echoed and said: "There are too many traitors. If we don't leave, it will be too late!" After saying that, he stood up and wanted to help the emperor to carry the carriage with Eunuch Yang.
"Don't come close!" Zheng He drew his sword, and Huang Yan's face turned pale when reflected by the sharp sword.
"Eunuch Zheng, when did this happen! Are you still stopping us?!" Eunuch Yang stamped his feet, looked at Zhu Di, who was sullen, and cried, "Your Majesty! Leave quickly! If you don't leave, it will be too late!"
Zhu Di then rolled his eyes, looked at Eunuch Yang, shook his head in a subtle way, and hissed: "I have never been a deserter."
"Your Majesty!" Eunuch Yang knelt down and kowtowed to Zhu Di so hard that his head was bruised and bloody, and his voice was like a cuckoo weeping blood: "Don't think too hard! The Ming Dynasty cannot do without you!"
Using Eunuch Yang to attract the attention of the emperor and Zheng He, Huang Yan went to the emperor's dragon bed, quickly reached out and pulled out the dragon's tongue containing the pearl from the lifelike dragon's mouth, and then quietly stepped aside.
His movements were so fast that Zhu Di and Zheng He didn't notice.
Eunuch Yang burst into tears. When he saw Huang Yan nodded slightly to indicate that he had succeeded, he stopped crying, stood up and said, "Since the emperor won't leave, then I have no choice but to go out and fight with them!"
"Yes!" Huang Yan also nodded heavily and said, "Unless they step over the old slave's body, they can't even take a step into the dormitory!"
After speaking, the two eunuchs kowtowed to Zhu Di, then hid their faces and left.
Zhu Di watched the performance of the two eunuchs expressionlessly, without saying a word from beginning to end. Zheng He on the side also held the sword silently, quietly guarding the emperor.
In the dormitory, only the two motionless monarchs and ministers were left. Amidst the sound of thunder and rain, the shouts of killing outside the palace were getting closer and closer...
During the meal, Zhao Ying's army had slaughtered all the eunuchs, maids, and guards on Yingtai, and the leaders who led the team came back one after another to report.
"Going back to our ancestors, I didn't see my grandson and his party!"
"Ancestor, there is no trace of Zhu Zhanji and the others!"
"Ancestor, no one is on the island!"
Zhao Ying frowned, turned his gaze to the dark lake, and pointed.
"They must have fled to Nanhai Lake!" Ma Dema shouted with understanding: "Hurry up and find a boat to launch a search. The entire lake is surrounded by our people, they can't escape!"
"Yes!" All the subordinates responded loudly and hurriedly left Yingtai and went to the small pier by the lake to find boats. There were very few boats in Xiyuan. People from the East Factory searched and found only seven or eight large and small boats.
.But this is enough...
After a while, seven or eight boats all sailed to the Nanhai Lake to launch a comprehensive search.
The lake surface in the South China Sea is too small. Even if it is covered by night rain, a ship will soon discover Taisun and others hiding in the middle of the lake.
"They are here!" Dongchang Fanzi, who spotted the suspicious ship, shouted a warning while rowing desperately to get close to it, trying to win the first prize in capturing Taisun!
On the small boat, Qin Ya and others' faces were ashen. Looking at the boats coming from all directions, they all knew that they were doomed. They drew their weapons one after another, preparing to be loyal to His Highness the Grand Sun!
Zhu Zhanji came out of the cabin and looked at Qin Ya and others who were looking forward to death. He sighed and said: "Don't make unnecessary sacrifices. You can leave the orphan to them and find another way to live..."
"Your Highness, we only know how to be loyal until death, but we don't know how to betray the Lord and survive!" Qin A held the sword and stood proudly on the bow of the ship, letting the rain hit his armor.
"Hey..." Zhu Zhanji sighed again and said with a wry smile: "Well, let's fight with them, and we will have a companion on the road to Huangquan..." As he said that, he drew out his sword and looked at the growing number of people.
The closer the enemy ship is, the less likely it is to think...
King Zhao's men relied on their large numbers to break through the defense line, divided and surrounded the imperial guards, and firmly controlled the palace.
Under the protection of a group of masters, Zhu Gaosui drove straight into the inner sleeping hall with heavy curtains.
The palace occupants had disappeared, and it was completely empty. Only the emperor and Zheng He were left standing side by side. A flash of lightning flashed across the palace, making their silhouettes look even more ghostly and lonely.
King Zhao entered the inner hall with his sword in hand. He was five feet away from the emperor. Another bolt of lightning flashed across, allowing the father and son of the Tian family to see each other's faces.
King Zhao's handsome face was full of ferocity and determination.
The emperor's old face showed only deep exhaustion and despair.
King Zhao looked at his father, and Zhu Di looked at his once most favored youngest son. Countless emotions spread in the long night of heavy rain and blood, and the two of them were silent for a moment.
It was not until after a burst of thunder that Zhu Di spoke first: "I thought it would be Wang Xian who came, but I didn't expect that it would be you, a rebellious son!"
Only then did King Zhao speak, and said in a harsh voice: "Father, you are indeed pretending to be comatose..."
"Hmph," Zhu Di said with a cold light in his eyes: "My good son, how dare you kill the king and usurp the throne?!"