Chapter 225: Arriving at Prince Jin’s Mansion Again
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The rebels behind the two military leaders finally realized that something was wrong, but when they reacted, the five personal guards had already killed themselves among them.
It was clearly eleven people versus five people, but the rebels who had the numerical advantage looked like they were being surrounded. They were all knocked down almost in the blink of an eye.
The guests at Zuixian Tower were already dumbfounded.
"If you don't want to die, leave quickly. What are you still looking at?" Zhu Gui said loudly.
Only then did these people wake up from their dreams and began to run away. Some of the bolder ones went to look for their robbed property, and then started fighting.
It is true that man perishes for money and birds perish for food. When has this happened?
Zhu Gui did not remind them, but walked directly into the nearest street.
At this time, the streets were already in chaos, with people running for their lives everywhere. All the shops had their doors closed, and even the windows were closed.
However, there were more rebels on the streets. They broke into a store in groups and began to rob the goods inside. Many people who dared to resist would be executed on the spot.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would be hard for Zhu Gui to believe that these were officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.
He frowned and watched this scene, the anger in his heart rising.
Gongsun Ming on the side seemed to have noticed something, and immediately whispered: "Your Majesty, in fact, many of the guards formed by King Jin were made up of local ruffians in Taiyuan. It was fine when King Jin was still there, they could still guard some.
There are rules, but no one can restrain them now."
"These are a group of ruffians, how can we expect them to protect the people?" Zhu Gui said fiercely, clenching his fists.
However, now is not the time for rough roads. Once exposed here, not only will Zhu Gui himself be in danger, but it will also not be beneficial to the situation in Taiyuan.
So Zhu Gui could only suppress his anger and follow Gongsun Ming to quickly and cautiously move forward along the street.
But even so, they still encountered many rebels who noticed them along the way.
Zhu Gui could only guide them into the alley and let his personal guards deal with them.
Finally, half an hour later, the group finally arrived at a street in the south of Taiyuan City.
Thousands of rebels have gathered here, and they are actually surrounding a brothel. Women's pleading voices can be heard from the crowd from time to time.
Gongsun Ming said to Zhu Gui: "Your Majesty, Jiao Rui's lover is in this brothel. He will probably be here. Even if he is not here now, he will come later."
Zhu Gui nodded, but the situation in front of him made him speechless.
However, he quickly thought of a way, so he asked his personal guards to take action and sneak attack a group of patrolling rebels.
Then the seven of them changed into rebel clothes and blended into the crowd very easily.
I saw that almost all the brothels on this street had been booked by the rebels.
Only the brothel in the middle called "Huamanlou" did not have any rebels in front of it. Zhu Gui guessed that this was the brothel where the rebel leader's lover lived.
So he led everyone to the door of Huamanlou, and immediately a rebel leader stopped them.
"Whose subordinates are you? Don't you know that the commander-in-chief has ordered that no entry or exit is allowed here?" the military leader scolded.
Just when Zhu Gui was about to say something, Gongsun Ming, who was beside him, unexpectedly came out with a token and said: "We are the personal guards of the commander-in-chief. We are here to find the commander-in-chief. Why don't you get out of here?"
"Dear, personal guards? But your clothes don't look alike?" The military leader's momentum suddenly weakened, but there was still a hint of doubt in his tone.
"That's because we are performing other tasks outside. Do you still dare to doubt the commander's token?" Gongsun Ming scolded.
"I don't dare, I don't dare, but the commander went to Prince Jin's Mansion and is not here." The military leader immediately bowed and apologized, and told an important piece of information.
Gongsun Ming looked at Zhu Gui out of the corner of his eye, obviously wanting him to make the decision.
Zhu Gui thought for a while and immediately said: "We have something important to report to the commander-in-chief. Since the commander-in-chief is not here, let's go find him first."
So the group of people returned the same way. The military leader behind them couldn't help but stroked his beard and said: "Since when did the commander have personal guards? But the token is indeed not fake."
"Your Majesty, why don't we ambush Jiao Rui here? The number of rebels at the Jin Palace is probably very large, and it's not something we like us can handle."
On the way, Gongsun Ming asked with some confusion.
"You don't have to worry about this. On the contrary, I am a little worried about my son Zhu Jixi. If something happens to him, it will be a great loss to me, so I must save him no matter what." Zhu Gui said directly.
Zhu Gui's words surprised Gongsun Ming. He opened his mouth, but in the end he said nothing.
He wanted Zhu Gui to save the Gongsun family, but then he thought, if he really said that, he might be suspected of being a hairpin. How could he interfere with a prince's decision-making? Especially in such a fierce military situation.
The critical moment of war.
In this way, the group spent another half an hour arriving at Prince Jin's Mansion.
At this time, hundreds of rebels were stationed outside the gate of Prince Jin's Mansion, and some of them were moving things onto the carriage. It seemed that their goal was property.
"Your Majesty, how are we going to get in?" Xu Miaoqing, who had been quiet all the way, finally couldn't sit still.
Although she wasn't too fond of Princess Jin, she was a princess after all. At this time, even Prince Jin's palace was being treated like this, which inevitably made Xu Miaoqing feel like a creature hurting others.
Zhu Gui was also a little confused about this problem. Speaking of it, he had only been to Prince Jin's Mansion once and had no idea if it had any secret passages. The information collected by Hu Shidao's men did not include this. It seemed that he
The current intelligence capabilities still need to be strengthened.
At this time Gongsun Ming spoke again: "Your Majesty, the general knows a secret way into the palace."
Gongsun Ming's face was a little hesitant, as if he was still weighing whether to say this or not.
But he didn't expect that Zhu Gui's face didn't show the slightest surprise.
"Then lead the way? We have to hurry up now." Zhu Gui urged directly.
"Yes." Gongsun Ming breathed a sigh of relief. He was indeed worried that Zhu Gui would ask him how he knew the secret passage of Prince Jin's Mansion.
Soon, Gongsun Ming led everyone to a courtyard wall on the west side of the Jin Palace. There were also rebels patrolling here, but it was not a problem for Zhu Gui. He asked his personal guards to deal with them.
"The secret passage is here, Your Majesty, but it can only pass one person at a time, and we don't know what is going on at the other end." Gongsun Ming pointed to a big tree and said.
Only then did Zhu Gui discover that the big tree was actually fake, and its roots were actually the entrance to the secret passage.