The fire was blazing in the sky, and several fire dragons were roaring wantonly among the pavilions and pavilions of the palace. The strong wind swept the sparks and swept away countless palace maids and eunuchs. The screams and cries for help could be heard pitifully.
.just a wall
Separated is the difference between territory and heaven. The imperial guards looked back at the imperial city from time to time, their hearts filled with worry. Some even walked away from the city wall unconsciously. One person shouted: "The Garden of Beasts is also on fire, the Beast Garden is also on fire.
The garden is also on fire!"
"The peony forest is on fire!"
"Go put out the fire!"
Zhang Xiaowu took a few deep breaths and asked, "Who is putting out the fire inside?"
"It's General Li who is leading the imperial army to put out the fire."
"What firefighting equipment are they carrying?"
"They - armed with knives and guns."
Zhang Xiaowu was furious: "How can you put out a fire with a knife and a gun?"
The Yulin Military Academy captain smiled bitterly and said: "They are not going to put out the fire, they are going to save people, the emperor, the queen mother, the empress, and the prince."
Zhang Xiaowu suddenly frowned and said, "Save the prince?"
"yes."
This news surprised Zhang Xiaowu. Didn't all the Imperial Guards know that the prince secretly went to his house this afternoon? If this is the case, it means that the exchange of information between the Imperial Guards is not close, and even the various departments of the Imperial Guards are not familiar with each other.
"I feel relieved when my uncle is here to save people," Jing Cong said.
Zhang Xiaowu snorted coldly, and then rushed straight into the imperial city. Several other imperial guards did not dare to stop him, but when they saw his resolute figure, they still admired him. Only those who go in the opposite direction can be called heroes.
From the Imperial Palace on the Imperial City Road, there was a four-mile straight Purple Avenue. Zhang Xiaowu ran wildly on the Purple Avenue. In order to reduce the weight, he took off his armor, leaving only the Purple Gold Mace with him. At this time, he only saw the Imperial Palace.
The five doors of the palace were also opened wide, and some eunuchs and maids ran out and turned around to look at the palace in horror. The maids and eunuchs who fled were crying and crowded at the entrance of the palace, even trampling on each other, and several eunuchs even beat each other.
Got up.
Zhang Xiaowu rushed against the crowd, came to the entrance of the palace, and shouted: "Stop! Get out of the way and let me in!"
The eunuchs and maids crowded in the door desperately for their lives. No one listened to his words. Zhang Xiaowu got angry, picked up his purple gold mace and smashed it at it, shouting: "Kill! Kill! Kill!" Puff puff smashed seven or eight people to death.
The eunuchs at the entrance of the palace, he shouted without killing any one, and roared angrily every time he killed one. Upon seeing this, the eunuchs and maids behind him were so frightened that they immediately backed away and opened a path.
Zhang Xiaowu shouted: "I am the imperial guard with a sword, Zhang Xiaowu, the prince's young guard, where is the emperor? Do you know where the emperor is?"
A eunuch cried: "I didn't see it! I didn't see it!"
"Back to Master Shaobao, the junior official is the eunuch of the imperial kitchen. The emperor had pastries in the Yangxin Hall just an hour ago."
"Thanks for letting me know."
Zhang Xiaowu rushed into the palace resolutely. The eunuchs and maids made way for him one after another and looked at him with admiration. Several eunuchs looked at each other and hesitated whether to follow him to save the emperor. However, they just had this idea.
A loud "boom" was heard, causing everyone to fall to the ground.
"This is the sky thunder! This is the sky thunder! The sky thunder punishes the world!"
"Run quickly! There are thunders coming from the sky!"
"Run!"
The imperial city is divided into the ministry and the palace. There was no fire in the ministry and it was crowded with maids and eunuchs who had escaped, but the palace was completely on fire. The fire tonight, combined with the strong wind, quickly swept through all the palace buildings.
In the palace in winter, the fire-proof water tanks were full of ice. It was impossible to put out the fire at this time. Some eunuchs pushed open a door in a hurry, and the fire broke out and burned him.
Such a fire was definitely not a natural fire, and Zhang Xiaowu smelled sulfur in the air. He immediately thought of the fire in Beidifang. Could it be that someone had arranged black powder in the palace?
At this time, only a loud noise was heard. Zhang Xiaowu was stunned and shouted: "You bastard! That black gunpowder was used to assassinate the emperor. Why am I so stupid! Jin Yiwei, Jin Yiwei must have colluded with Li Canglan
! Sifang, ah Sifang, it turns out you are the mastermind behind the scenes! No wonder Jin Yiwei can't find the clues. It's not that they can't find them, but that you deliberately hid the clues!"
But at this time, Zhang Xiaowu had no time to think too much. He ran to the Yangxin Palace based on his memory. Along the way, he saw many palace maids and eunuchs who were panicking. Occasionally, he saw groups of imperial guards, but at this time he doubted the purpose of these imperial guards.
, they deliberately moved away from these people. The fire was too big, and these imperial guards seemed to be looking for people while avoiding the fire. At the same time, after they saw the eunuch and the palace maid, they first interrogated them, and then stabbed them to death with red tassel spears.
The Yangxin Hall was completely burned down, leaving only the collapsing pavilions amidst the raging fire.
Zhang Xiaowu noticed that under the stone steps of Yangxin Hall, a little eunuch was pinned to the ground by a piece of wood. He endured the heat wave and pulled the little eunuch out from under the wood, and then used his cloak to extinguish the fire on him.
The little eunuch still didn't wake up. He looked around and found that there was no water tank for fire-fighting around the Yangxin Hall. Moreover, the snow around the Yangxin Hall had been cleared long ago, and there was nothing to cool down. He was too late.
After thinking too much, he quickly took off his pants and peed in the little eunuch's face, waking him up.
The little eunuch shouted in horror: "Run! Your Majesty! Run!"
Zhang Xiaowu immediately asked: "Where is the emperor?"
The little eunuch woke up completely, looked around, and then said: "The emperor ran out."
"Where is the Emperor?"
"I don't know, I - I watched the emperor and Laixi running out together, and then I ran out with all my strength. As soon as I left the Yangxin Hall, I was knocked unconscious by something."
"I see."
Zhang Xiaowu raised his head and looked around, and suddenly realized that the place where the emperor might be hiding was Yuehua Lake next to Yangxin Hall.
Emperor Dade was once in danger in Yuehua Lake and rarely went to Yuehua Lake since then. The Queen Mother had previously planned to fill Yuehua Lake, but Yuehua Lake was a lagoon. When there was a heavy rain, the rainwater from the palace flowed into Yuehua.
The lake was built to protect other buildings, so Empress Dowager Zhang’s opinion was rejected.
In order to prevent the emperor from drowning again, the Empress Dowager Zhang ordered a fence to be erected around Yuehua Lake and all the boats to be scuttled to prevent the emperor from fishing in the lake again. Now that there are fires everywhere, it is obvious that someone has done it deliberately.
With the wisdom of Emperor Dade, he will definitely go to Yuehua Lake to take refuge.
Zhang Xiaowu immediately rushed to Yuehua Lake, ran on the ice, and shouted: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am Zhang Xiaowu, I am Zhang Xiaowu! Where are you? Where are you?"
Several eunuchs were standing on the ice of the lake at this time. When they saw someone coming from a distance, they immediately ran over. The leader was Laixi. He recognized Zhang Xiaowu and immediately shouted: "General, general, it is you indeed."
, His Majesty said, you will definitely come, and you did come! Your Majesty asked me to wait here, and if it were you, I would take you there. Your Majesty would hide from the sky fire on the star-catching platform on the island in the middle of the lake."
Zhang Xiaowu was overjoyed that Emperor Dade was indeed there.
He immediately ran towards the star-catching platform. Because he was running a little faster and the ice on the lake was smooth, he fell a few times. But no matter how many somersaults he fell, it was not as good as the surprise in his heart. Being able to find the emperor was...
It doesn't matter if the palace burns down.
While running, he was thinking about how to rescue the emperor. Now Li Canglan and his men rushed into the palace and massacred the maids and eunuchs. It was obvious that their target was the emperor. And Li Canglan was not a reckless person. His purpose of doing this was inevitable.
It was for greater power. There were only three people in the world who could give him such great power. The first was Emperor Dade, and the second was Dushan Boye Xiangdong, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River to suppress the puppet Wu.
The third person is Zuo Xiang Zhang Kuan.
However, Zhang Kuan was a civil servant. Even if he overthrew his grandson, the Dade Emperor Xuanyuan Zixiao, he could only appoint another grandson as emperor. However, the Dade Emperor was already the grandson-in-law of Du Shanbo, so Zhang Kuan would definitely be in trouble if he did so.
With Zhang Kuan's cautious temperament, it would never be possible to force Uncle Dushan to rescue him.
He had a headache, and the only person who could explain it to him now was Li Canglan. He wanted to see Li Canglan very much, but he was afraid of seeing Li Canglan, because seeing him meant that the emperor was gone.
At this time, he suddenly heard the sound of horse hoofbeats and the neighing of horses. Zhang Xiaowu looked behind him and saw Laixi and several other eunuchs being surrounded by a group of mounted imperial guards. They waved their red tassel guns and asked where the emperor was, but this time
Shi Laixi and the eunuchs said extremely firmly: "We don't know, we don't know."
"Poof!"
An old eunuch was stabbed to death. The old eunuch fell in a pool of blood, but he did not die for the time being. Instead, he cursed: "Sooner or later, you rebellious officials and traitors will be cut to pieces by a thousand cuts, and the emperor will take revenge on us."
Yes! You will not die well!"
One of the Imperial Guardsmen pulled out his sword and struck the old eunuch on the head. Everyone cheered and the old eunuch died on the spot. The Imperial Guardsman tried to withdraw the knife, but it got stuck on the bone. He cursed and said, "The other Imperial Guardsmen
He also laughed loudly. Laixi had a death wish and closed his eyes just waiting for death to come.
A guard noticed a man running away in the distance and chased after him. Others thought he was an eunuch who had escaped, so they laughed and ignored him. In their view, the eunuch was just a lamb to be slaughtered and not worth a damn.
Mention, they are no match for them at all.
Zhang Xiaowu paid attention to them while running towards the woods on the island in the middle of the lake. Seeing that he was about to reach the edge of the woods, the Royal Forest Army cavalry rushed over and slashed them with a knife. The Imperial Forest Army was not a cavalry, and they did not have much experience in riding horses. This knife struck a very high position.
No, the center of gravity was too far. Although he used all his strength to draw the sword, he was too confident and the speed was too slow. Of course, he thought that the speed of his sword plus the speed of his horse would make him absolutely unable to resist the man in front of him.
"Whoa!"
There was a flash of silver light, but the person in front of him disappeared. The guard was surprised and immediately reined in the horse. However, the ice surface was shining brightly, and the horse fell to the ground with a thud, pressing the guard on the ice.
Zhang Xiaowu was already prepared for his knife. He rolled over to avoid the man, and then saw the man and his horse falling on the ice. Zhang Xiaowu rushed over without hesitation, swung his purple gold mace and hit the man.
The purple gold mace on his head made a sound of breaking through the air, but the man's thigh was pressed by the horse, and he could only hold up his knife to resist.
"Clang!"
The man's Han Dao was directly smashed into two pieces by Zhang Xiaowu. Zhang Xiaowu took the opportunity to kick him through the heart. The man couldn't help but was kicked hard in the heart.
"Um--"
The man let out a muffled sound, and all his ribs were broken by the kick. The broken ribs were pierced into his heart, and he was kicked to death. Zhang Xiaowu pulled the man's body aside, then picked up the horse, and got on the horse.
He rode his horse and rushed towards the rest of the imperial guards. He knew that if he didn't kill these people, he would be in danger, and the emperor would be in danger. He had to rush towards the crowd without hesitation. He wanted to catch the opponent off guard by killing them while they were not paying attention.
The rest of the Royal Guards had no idea that their people would be killed. They were still immersed in the joy of killing and killing. For these people, tonight was a complete carnival.
In the palace, the imperial guards have more rules than the maids and eunuchs. They cannot look around, walk around, or move around. Even if the eunuchs and maids talk to them, they cannot respond with a word or even make a move, otherwise
It is a serious crime to collude with internal officials
.Although the eunuchs and palace maids were in misery, when it came to their misery, the imperial guards did not give in too much. After all, they were full-blooded men as guards. How could they not be moved by the sight of the palace maids? Unfortunately, as long as they made the slightest mistake or even peeked a few times.
, they will be whipped or even severely punished.
The animal nature suppressed in the hearts of the imperial guards was released tonight.
At this time, the mounted guards heard the sound of horse hooves approaching and felt that this man's riding skills were extraordinary. Looking over again, they saw a man in powerful clothing approaching at lightning speed.
"Who are you?"
All the Imperial Guards had no time to react, and were rushed into the formation by this man. Then they felt a pain in their heads, and there was no future for them.
Zhang Xiaowu's purpose is very simple. He wants to fight quickly, so as soon as he enters the crowd, he uses all his strength to kill people. The purple gold mace in his hand does not need to make fancy moves, he just uses the power to hit each opponent on the head. No matter it is
Whether it's a helmet or a tassel, just touching it will cause a skull to be shattered.
"Pfft!"
"Pfft!"
"Bang!"
No one could stop Zhang Xiaowu in one round. Those who were hit on the head by him could not even scream, and their souls had already passed away. He passed through the crowd, and seven or eight imperial guards fell off their horses.
Come on, the whole person will die
They could no longer die. Only then did the others react and rush over with guns in hand. Unfortunately, the stationary cavalry was a living target. Zhang Xiaowu pulled over a red-tasseled gun and threw it with all his strength. The red-tasseled gun penetrated the two of them.
"ah--"
Finally, there was a scream. Zhang Xiaowu rode his horse in a circle like a ghost, trying to control the balance of the horse, and rushed into the crowd again. A Chinese sword flew up and down on his left and right, and the iron mace in his right hand struck left and right. The rest of the imperial guards did not move at all.
I have seen such ferocious people. They are used to being pampered and can just fight with the wind. But if you encounter such a truly ferocious person, you will die if you go up to them.