Chapter 61 The secret master
Han Ruzi broke free from Cai Xinghai's arms, got up and pulled out the sword of the great ancestor, staring nervously at the wall. The screams inside were probably from the three eunuchs who had been broken.
Cai Xinghai also got up, and the pain in his right foot became more severe, but it didn't feel like a broken bone, but twisted his ankle, so he ignored it. The long bamboo pole remained in the wall, and a short knife that he had snatched was stuck in his belt. He pulled it out and stood side by side with the emperor.
Zhang Youcai was small and light. He jumped off a wall more than 20 feet high and had nothing to do, but he had no weapons in his hand, so he could only clench his fists and prepare for a desperate fight.
The three looked up at the wall together.
The screams in the wall quickly stopped, and Zhang Youcai said, "If you can attract the nearby guards..."
Before the words were finished, a palm appeared on the wall, patted a tile, and fell again.
Cai Xinghai breathed a sigh of relief, at least there were no real masters among the chasing swordsmen, "Let's go, Your Majesty, we have to leave quickly."
Han Ruzi nodded, Cai Xinghai gritted his teeth and led the way with a limping, Zhang Youcai walked behind, looking back as he walked, occasionally he could see his palms sticking out of the wall, after walking a dozen steps he couldn't help but say, "These people are so stupid. , you can jump so high, why don't you just take a personal ladder?"
Zhang Youcai stepped on the shoulders of others, so he always kept this idea in mind.
Cai Xinghai was stunned for a moment, then looked back, and immediately quickened his pace. His lameness became even more obvious. Han Ruzi caught up and supported the eunuch's arm with his left hand, "Are you injured?"
Cai Xinghai hurriedly handed the dagger in his right hand to his left, and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, it's just that you have stabbed your foot. I can take it. On the battlefield, it's not an injury at all."
In order to prove that he had no problem, Cai Xinghai walked faster. After a few steps, large beads of sweat ooze out on his face. Han Ruzi watched everywhere. It is also a red wall of the same height, I don't know which palace is inside.
There is no escape here.
Zhang Youcai, who was following behind, shouted loudly, "They have climbed up!"
The swordsmen in the palace finally figured out how to climb the wall, and they jumped up one by one, some jumped into the alley to chase, and some ran at the top of the wall, stepping on the tiles.
Cai Xinghai glanced forward, the alley was endless, and his legs were not good. After all, he couldn't escape the pursuers behind him. He simply stopped and said to the emperor, "I lead Your Majesty into danger, and I cannot be forgiven, please allow Your Majesty's permission. I stay and fight the traitor to the death, Your Majesty..."
"I want to stay." Han Ruzi also knew that he couldn't escape, so he held his sword and faced the pursuers, comforting: "They dare not kill me."
In fact, he was not particularly sure in his heart. Luo Huanzhang and others had the Queen Mother and the East Sea King in their hands, and they might really want to kill the puppet emperor to avoid future troubles.
Cai Xinghai was both ashamed and grateful, standing in front of the emperor with his sword in his hand, staring at the swordsman running at the front.
Zhang Youcai stood beside the emperor, trying to find a stone or something, but the alley was so clean that there was not even a grass stick, so he raised his fist to his chest and muttered: "Come on, let's see who is more sharp."
There were ten swordsmen chasing on the ground, five were running on the wall, and a few swordsmen did not climb up. The wall is covered with a layer of tiles, undulating, but the people above run faster, probably to show their prowess, the broken tiles underfoot keep falling, even the people in the alley are Dodge.
Cai Xinghai didn't find a master, so he felt a little at ease, secretly calculating how many he could defeat, but he felt it was difficult, and he regretted not bringing a few more people out.
The swordsman running at the front of the wall was less than ten steps away, and he jumped up sideways, trying to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop and seize the first power.
Cai Xinghai suddenly roared. Although he was already an eunuch, he still had seven or eight points of momentum left in this roar. He seemed to have returned to the frontier again, facing not the Huns' cavalry, but a pack of wild wolves.
The swordsman who jumped up on the wall seemed to be shocked, his body swayed, and he actually fell into the wall.
Zhang Youcai also shouted in his sharp voice, his original intention was to echo Cai Xinghai's roar, but he didn't expect it to be effective. Another swordsman fell off the wall, and he also fell into the wall.
"Haha, coward!" Zhang Youcai was excited.
Cai Xinghai was stunned, even if his and Zhang Youcai's roars were so powerful, the swordsman should have fallen out of the wall, how could he fall into the wall?
Confused, the swordsman in the alley arrived, and the two of them arrived together, not waiting for the companions behind, and rushed up with the sword.
Cai Xinghai roared: "Protect Your Majesty!" After speaking, he strode up to meet him. He was a veteran of the army, and he had no fancy moves on the rivers and lakes. He slashed his head with a short knife. He was fast, powerful and imposing. The swordsman facing him was shocked. Stopping and dodging, Cai Xinghai lifted his sword up and hit the second swordsman.
The two knives met, the knives ran too fast, the lower plate was unstable, and the hand did not exert enough strength. The short knife came out of his hand, causing him to fall to the ground and roll in fright, almost dodging the fatal knife.
Zhang Youcai applauded loudly, and Han Ruzi also called out. He raised his sword and wanted to rush up, but Zhang Youcai held him tightly, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, let Big Brother Cai stand up for a while."
More swordsmen caught up and stood apart. At a time, only one or two people stepped forward to confront the fat eunuch. If they missed a hit, they immediately retreated, and replaced them again.
The sun was setting, and the alley quickly turned dark. Cai Xinghai roared like a lion and swung his sword. He had the advantage at first, but slowly his movements slowed down. His foot injury prevented him from chasing the enemy, wasting many opportunities in vain.
The besieged swordsman consciously secured the victory and began to talk.
"Don't worry, the eunuch is about to die."
"Go to a few people to block the back."
"Don't hurt the emperor."
"What happened to the two people on the wall just now?"
"Run too fast."
It was getting dark, and the alley was especially dim, and only a vague figure could be seen. Cai Xinghai staggered and didn't kill a swordsman. Instead, he was in frequent danger.
The swordsman had been prepared for a long time and avoided sideways. As a result, he flicked his feet and fell. Before his palms supported the ground, he was stabbed on the neck and fell without a word.
All the swordsmen were shocked, Cai Xinghai was in high spirits, swung the sword and rushed towards the second swordsman. The swordsman was unwilling to resist, but wanted to retreat, but for some reason he bent his knees, but instead knelt forward and sent his great head to the Under the sword of the eunuch.
The two swordsmen were attacked, and the others retreated one after another, and finally someone who understood shouted, "Be careful, the eunuch has helpers!"
Cai Xinghai also knew that his victory was abnormal, but he couldn't control that much. He waved a short knife and limped to chase the enemy. Whether the pursued was hiding or welcoming him, he would always stand unsteadily at the last moment and become a ghost under the knife.
When the fifth swordsman was cut, the short knife had already rolled up and was stuck on the enemy's shoulder and could not be drawn out. The swordsman shouted, turned around and ran away with the sword.
Cai Xinghai became bare-handed.
Han Ruzi could no longer watch, pushed Zhang Youcai away, shouted, and rushed up.
The emperor's martial arts are even more miraculous. Cai Xinghai still has to swing and drop his sword, and actually slash at the enemy, but the emperor just raised his sword and rushed at whomever he fell, either pressing his legs or covering his stomach, rolling and screaming.
"There is an ambush! There are masters!" The remaining few swordsmen never found where the enemy was, and they didn't know how many people there were. They were even more fearful in their hearts. They turned and ran. , leaving four bodies, all killed by Cai Xinghai.
Han Ruzi was still in the mood, because his sword didn't even touch a drop of blood. He wanted to chase an injured swordsman, but Zhang Youcai held him tightly, "Your Majesty, don't chase."
Cai Xinghai panted heavily, clasped his fists and saluted all around, "May I ask who are the guards? The sage is here now. You have made great achievements in escorting, so you might as well come out and see the chariots."
There was no response from the surroundings, only the wind whimpered.
Cai Xinghai picked up a short knife from the ground, glanced around again, and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, let's go first, these guards... may not want to show their faces."
"They don't even take such a big credit for escorting?" Zhang Youcai couldn't believe it.
Han Ruzi also felt strange, turned around and walked a few steps, and suddenly said loudly: "It's you! I know it's you!"
Cai Xinghai said in surprise, "Your Majesty knows... only one person?"
Still no one answered, no one showed up.
Han Ruzi shook his head, "I'm just guessing." He remembered that the man didn't want to show his face.
Zhang Youcai wanted to help the emperor, Han Ruzi asked him to help Cai Xinghai, the three walked out of the alley, and there were two roads in front of them, one extending south and the other pointing east.
Cai Xinghai said: "Go east, the Taimiao should be there."
"Brother Cai knows the way, but I'm confused." Zhang Youcai entered the palace at the age of 10 and only knew a small part of the palace.
Cai Xinghai nodded, "I once participated in the Taimiao Festival. At that time, I still brought a handle... I was still a frontier army captain. We entered the Taimiao from the main entrance on the south side. From the south gate, we can lead to the Qinzheng Hall."
"We have to find a place to rest." Han Ruzi said.
"I'm fine, Your Majesty, this is not a place to stay for a long time, the traitor will definitely catch up again." Cai Xinghai jumped slightly in order to show that he was fine.
"There will be no ministers in the Qinzheng Hall at this time. It's useless to go there. Let's hide in the morning and talk about it. What is this place and why is it so deserted?"
Cai Xinghai was not very familiar with the imperial palace either. The directions were all calculated, so he couldn't say anything specific, so he could only shake his head.
The three continued to move forward, and Zhang Youcai suddenly patted his forehead with his spare hand, "I remembered, isn't this the Prince's Mansion in the East Palace?"
"Huh? The Prince's Mansion is not here." Han Ruzi and his mother lived in the Prince's Mansion for a few years and remembered it clearly.
"This is the former Prince's Mansion." Zhang Youcai remembered the rumors in the palace, and said incessantly, "The former princes all lived here, since Emperor Wu killed the two princes, this place has been free, and people are still guarding it at first. , and later..." Zhang Youcai shuddered and dared not speak.
"What happened after that?" Han Ruzi asked curiously.
"The two dead princes always come out to be haunted, and no one lives here anymore. No wonder they didn't attract guards with such a loud voice just now." Zhang Youcai whispered, his voice trembling, "Just now... the one who rescued the car just now wouldn't be …”
"It's nonsense, it's the martial arts master who rescued him." Cai Xinghai didn't really believe in rumors of haunted ghosts, let alone in front of the emperor.
"Let's hide here tonight." Han Ruzi didn't believe in ghosts, but felt that this was an excellent hiding place.
Zhang Youcai hummed twice, obviously very reluctant, but did not dare to object.
Cai Xinghai was about to speak when a figure suddenly appeared by the dark wall in front of him. His body was straight, and it seemed to be floating in the darkness. Zhang Youcai was so frightened that he hugged Cai Xinghai's arm tightly.
"Who?" Cai Xinghai shouted.
The figure stopped and said, "It's late at night, please return to the palace."
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