The eldest son of the red mansion

Niu Jizong nodded silently, and then replied: "It's not easy to repel the enemy this time. Our servants have suffered heavy losses. If they come again a few times, these people will be almost exhausted."

King Zhongshun also began to frown when he heard this. These servants collected from various households practiced martial arts all the year round. Although they did not train formations like those soldiers, they were the main force in defending the city. Those young servants and strong men who had just picked up their weapons probably dispersed as soon as the enemy attacked the city.

"What does General Niu think we should do?"

Niu Jizong can't do anything now, even if he has all kinds of clever tricks, he can't use them under absolute strength, not to mention that he has been pampered and pampered all these years and has lost the vigor of the past.

"You can only take one step at a time."

King Zhongshun remained silent after hearing this, and now that he had reached the point where he could not retreat, he could only hold on reluctantly.

After explaining a few more words to Niu Jizong, King Zhongshun brought his servants back to the palace.

At this time, Prince Yixiao had been waiting for him in the palace for a long time.

"Nephew, how is the situation outside?"

"Uncle Lao is worried. Niu Jizong still has some skills. He has led people to repel a wave of attacks from the opponent. Now that the opponent has returned to camp, it seems that there will be no more fights today."

After hearing this, Prince Yixiao breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "Let's go see the emperor, we must be united now."

King Zhongshun could only nod his head. If he had known this earlier, he would not have hijacked the emperor. If the emperor was pushed forward, he might still have a chance of survival. But now that he has become the mastermind of this matter, the emperor might be able to If he escaped, he, King Zhongshun, would surely die if he was caught.

Prince Yixiao and King Zhongshun came to the backyard of the palace, in front of a small building, which was heavily guarded, and it was the place where King Zhongshun imprisoned the emperor.

The two of them went upstairs along the stairs, and saw the emperor leisurely reading a book there.

After the emperor found them coming up, he just glanced at them and ignored him, holding a book and continuing to chew on words.

Seeing the emperor's appearance, Prince Yixiao reluctantly stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Jia Ke's troops have already reached the capital. We fought him just now and have already defeated him. Come and see the emperor now." the meaning of."

The emperor put down the book unhurriedly, "I'm already your prisoner now, what can I do, you can figure it out for yourself in this world."

The emperor was so stable because he knew that King Zhongshun would not dare to do anything to him, otherwise the royal family would be split. In this case, the city would be broken in a day.

Even if Jia Ke called in, he himself was Jia Ke's primary target as a puppet. For the sake of Jia Yuanchun and the child, Jia Ke would not take his own life.

King Zhongshun had already seen the emperor's plan, he stepped forward and said angrily, "You can rest assured that Jia Ke won't kill you?"

The emperor stood up from his seat, walked in front of King Zhongshun, stared at him and said, "Even if Jia Ke kills me, he won't hurt Jia Yuanchun and her children. My blood is preserved. You Think about your lineage, as long as Jia Ke breaks through the city, everyone will be killed."

After the emperor finished speaking, he burst out laughing. Now the emperor felt that there was nothing more to love about life. As an emperor, he was plundered by these powerful ministers. How could he have any dignity? Now he has the will to die.

King Zhongshun glared at the emperor fiercely, turned around and went downstairs with a flick of his robe sleeves, Prince Yixiao could only helplessly shake his head, and followed King Zhongshun out of the small building.

The two came to the study of Prince Zhongshun's mansion again, and after they sat down, they became silent, each thinking about the future.

After a long while, Prince Yixiao said: "I see that we are beyond our control, it's time to think about the way forward."

"What else is there to think about now? Could it be that you are still thinking of arresting me and offering my life to Jia Ke?"

After Prince Yixiao heard this, anger appeared on his face, and he stood up as soon as he slapped the table: "Confused, I am already at this age, how can I still want to survive. Now I only think about the royal family who followed us and their wife and children."

After hearing this, King Zhongshun's face was gloomy. He had already thought that after Jia Ke broke through the capital, these people would definitely be purged. This time, he killed thousands of royal families. Even if he went underground, he didn't know what to do. Explain to the ancestors and his father.

When Prince Yixiao saw that King Zhongshun remained silent, he knew that there was nothing he could do, so he could only say, "I don't know if there is any way to send some young children out of the capital to save their lives."

King Zhongshun smiled wryly after hearing this, "Fan Kang has sent cavalry now and has sealed off all the gates of the capital. Although they are unable to encircle the capital, we cannot get out of the gates."

Prince Yixiao didn't think so, "If you can't get out of the main gate, is there still a way?"

King Zhongshun's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Uncle Huang, do you know the situation of the secret passage?"

Prince Yixiao shook his head. He only heard rumors about this matter. He knew that there were several secret passages in the capital leading to the outside of the city. These were set up by the previous emperor, but he did not use them. Whether the emperor also set up secret passages, I am afraid only the emperor knows.

Chapter 585

King Zhongshun was also a little disappointed when he saw Prince Yixiao shaking his head, but he thought it was the same reason. Although Prince Yixiao was close to the Emperor and the Supreme Emperor, such a secret would probably only be in the hands of the Emperor and the Supreme Emperor from ancient times to the present. .

But now it has reached the end of the mountain, and it is still necessary to fight for it, so King Zhongshun turned around and went straight to the small building where the emperor was imprisoned.

Waiting for King Zhongshun to go up, Emperor Lou was still reading a book leisurely there. When he saw King Zhongshun go and return, his eyes showed a trace of surprise, and then he immediately calmed down.

King Zhongshun came to the emperor and cupped his hands and said: "Brother Huang, it is now at the end of the mountain, please don't be prejudiced anymore, I heard that the Supreme Emperor left a secret way when he died, please tell me, Brother Emperor, Let's also go south through this secret path and regain our strength."

The emperor shook his head with a smile after hearing this, he knew about this secret passage, the Supreme Emperor did explain it when he was dying, but it was the empress dowager who controlled this secret passage.

And the relationship between the emperor and the empress dowager was in dire straits, and the emperor could not force the empress dowager to do anything under Jia Ke's intimidation.

King Zhongshun was still shaking his head angrily when he saw the emperor. He pulled out his sword, pointed at the emperor's throat and said, "Tell me the location of the secret passage, otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."

The emperor felt a little guilty when he saw the sword at the throat. He had already seen that King Zhongshun was crazy now, so he could only say: "Father did leave a secret way before his death, but the secret way is in the hands of the empress dowager. I, the emperor, really don't know."

After King Zhongshun finished listening, he ignored the emperor, turned around, left the small building, and went straight to the front hall.

Now Prince Yixiao was sitting there frowning, looking outside, he was waiting for King Zhongshun to come back to deliver the news.

As soon as King Zhongshun entered the hall, Prince Yixiao hurried up and said, "How is it? Any news?"

"The emperor said that only the empress dowager knows where the entrance to the secret passage is. Let's enter the palace now and ask the empress dowager to tell us the location."

The two of them glanced at each other in the hall, and then their eyes became firm. For the sake of their lives, they could no longer care about etiquette.

So these people went straight to the palace with their troops again, and when they entered the palace and arrived at Ningshou Palace, they found that the empress dowager was not here.

King Zhongshun randomly arrested a young eunuch, and after asking, he found out that the Empress Dowager had already left Fengzao Palace.

So this group of people hurried to Fengzao Palace again.

When we got to Fengzao Palace, we saw that it was already empty.

King Zhongshun still didn't give up, and ordered his guards to search inside and outside Fengzao Palace, but they couldn't find the Empress Dowager, Jia Yuanchun and the child.

Prince Yixiao frowned, and said to King Zhongshun with a calm face, "I'm afraid these people have already left."

King Zhongshun still didn't give up, and directly ordered his guards to say, "Go and gather people to search the palace for me again immediately. I don't believe that this secret way can be hidden in the sky."

So thousands of people rushed into the palace and began to search all over the palace. As a result, they searched for a day and a night, but there was no clue.

King Zhongshun arrested the eunuchs and nuns of Ningshou Palace and tortured them severely, but did not get any useful news from them.

Now King Zhongshun has given up his mind.

King Zhongshun and Prince Yixiao returned to Prince Zhongshun's mansion. The two of them sat in the hall silently, thinking about their own results, they couldn't help feeling chills for a while.

In the end, it was Prince Yixiao who spoke, "Nephew, even if we haven't found the tunnel, we must find a way to leave a root for our royal family."

After hearing this, King Zhongshun looked at Prince Yixiao with gloomy eyes, did not say anything, but lowered his head and meditated.