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Looking at the queen's body on the ground, looking at the pile of flesh and blood, everyone was so horrified that they could not speak. Ye Zhong confessed something in a low voice, turned his horse's head, and began to chase towards the city gate. The living power is still very strong, he must hurry up and communicate with the soldiers and horses everywhere, so as to hit the end, and secondly, the queen died in front of him, for his own safety, it is better to hide as far away as possible, the matter of the royal family should be left to His Majesty Let's deal with Mr. Danbo.
The queen's suicide by falling into the city was beyond the expectations of many people. Although the crown prince was defeated, the queen's fate would not be much better. At the last moment of his life, such courage was born.
At that time, the fighting in the imperial city was not over, and the rebels of the Qin family were still fighting stubbornly. Fan Xian and the cronies and subordinates of the first prince cared about the safety of the queen mother and those ministers, and did not ignore the queen's existence, but there was nothing redundant. The spirit to guard against the desolate leap.
The queen just jumped down and died in front of tens of thousands of people. This scene was so shocking.
The second prince looked at the queen's body in a daze like an idiot, and suddenly began to tremble from his toes to the top of his head. His whole body was shrouded in cold, and he kept shivering, not knowing what kind of ending he was facing, subconsciously Li looked up, and after confirming the safety of his biological mother, Concubine Shu, he collapsed to the ground.
Dingzhou soldiers had already helped him up by his side, and surrounded him respectfully and vigilantly, for fear that he might have some problems again. The second prince's face was expressionless, but his eyes were a little loose. He thought in his heart that he had already reached this point. If a person wants to kill himself, who can stop him
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The Qin family's army has already retreated, and the Dingzhou army is constantly chasing after them. There is a sound of slaughter in the capital, especially the group of rebels where Long Qi is, passing through the long street at an extremely fast speed. After passing the Zhengyang Gate guarded by Zhang Deqing himself, he galloped towards the capital.
Zhang Deqing looked at the scene in front of him with ashen face. He didn't know what it was like in his heart. Loyalty is a belief that needs to be held for a lifetime. With the treacherous foreshadowing, he knew that he had no chance to stand up, and he didn't have the courage to rely on the three thousand officers and soldiers of the city gate division and nine city gates to help the Qin family hold back the speed of the Dingzhou army.
The city gate can only guard against people outside the city, so how can it guard against defections inside? Zhang Deqing sighed sadly, and took a last look at the Zhengyang Gate, which seemed to be shining with golden light under the blazing sun, and led his own soldiers, followed the dragon flag, followed the large rebel army, and began to flee.
Before the Zhengyang Gate had time to close, the Dingzhou army led by Gong Dian had already killed it, turned into a yellow dragon, and chased it out.
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At this time, the prince who fled from the wilderness used the dragon flag as a way to hide his eyes, but he himself was guarded by the few remaining generals of the Qin family and came to Donghua's gate. Mr. Qin and Qin Heng are both dead. At this time, the rebel army has no leader. Fortunately, those generals who were sent by Mr. Qin to protect the prince are still alive. At such a critical juncture, they came up with such a way to escape. The intention is to go out of Beijing and go north, and join up with the North Zheng camp in Cangzhou.
However, the crown prince's heart was already full of sadness. Since there was a foreshadowing in the capital, the governor of Yan may have died, so where can he escape? At this time, he still didn't know the news that his mother had fallen into the city and died, so he took a deep breath, and after a while, he forcibly raised his spirits, thinking that if his father really died, with the help of his aunt, he might not be able to do so. Comeback.
After all, he is the crown prince, and his surname is Li instead of Fan. Even if Fan Xian controls the capital, he may not be able to control the world.
However, the fighting spirit that was brought up with great difficulty was smashed to pieces by the two huge city gates that were tightly closed in front of him. The crown prince and the generals looked at the city gate officers and soldiers waiting with arrows on the stone ladders on both sides of the Donghua Gate with livid faces, and at the white-clothed officials beside the general, their hearts were tense.
The crown prince knew the white-clothed official, knew that the other party was the third person in the Overwatch Council, Yan Bingyun was very appreciated by his father. However, he has already received news that this person was taken down by his aunt's leader when he was trying to persuade Zhang Deqing, and was rescued by others... Why did he end up here
"Prince, please stay."
Yan Bingyun's white clothes still had blood stains from the early morning lore. He coughed twice with a serious expression on his face.
The man in black who saved his life early in the morning put him in a safe place and then disappeared without a trace. He didn't know where he went. Yan Bingyun was unable to personally participate in what happened in the capital during the past half day, but he watched all this nervously through a remaining channel. When there was a change in the square, he had already arrived at Donghuamen in advance.
No yamen is monolithic. Even if Zhang Deqing has been the commander of the city gate department for 20 years, in today's situation, it is impossible to order all his subordinates to be of one mind with him, especially at this time when the rebel army has been defeated.
Yan Bingyun knew that he was taking a risk, but he liked the feeling of taking a risk, and he felt that after he made a big mistake, he had to make up for something and do something for Lord Fan.
Fortunately, this time, he succeeded, and the Chengmen Division successfully blocked the prince under the Donghua Gate. His Majesty's super strict control over the city gate department made the commander of the Donghua Gate resolutely stand by Fan Xian's side after knowing the specific situation—or in other words, on his own side of glory and wealth—if the prince is allowed to Leading the troops to escape from the capital and contacting the soldiers in the four fields, who knows what changes will happen in this world in the future
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The rebel army who wanted to break out of the city did not give Yan Bingyun too much time to negotiate. The generals of the Qin family began to prepare for the battle without asking the prince. Heading towards Donghua Gate, the assassins passed, and the arrows on both sides flew together, causing heavy casualties.
However, not long after the battle started, the prince's face turned pale, because he heard a rumbling thunderous sound from behind, it was the cavalry brigade of the Dingzhou Army!
A flag was fluttering in the streets and alleys of Kyoto, approaching Donghua Gate extremely quickly, with a big leaf character written on the flag.
Ye Zhong personally led the troops here, and was surprised to find that the Donghua Gate had been closed, and the rebel troops where the prince was located were blocked in front of the not-so-wide city gate, occupying half of the street densely.
He took a deep breath, knowing that Donghuamen would not be able to hold on for long, and raised his right arm, ready to carry out the bloodiest part of today's Kyoto incident, but he did not expect that at this moment, the rebels attacked Donghua The violent attack on the door gradually slowed down.
Ever since Ye Zhong caught up with him, the prince has been lowering his head, hanging on his chest, not knowing what he was thinking, then he slowly raised his head, eyes full of sadness and relief, and said:
"surrender."
Everyone fell silent, looking at His Highness the Crown Prince with unbelievable, angry, sad, desperate, and puzzled eyes, not knowing why he suddenly lost all fighting spirit.
The crown prince's eyes slowly passed over the faces of these generals and soldiers who loyally followed him. He knew that if he fought desperately, it might not be impossible to get out of the city. Tired and desperate, so what if you go out of the city? Thousands of miles away from Kyoto to Cangzhou...
Could it be that these thousands of soldiers died one by one in the long pursuit? Could it be that the armies were to fight, kill, and set fire to the fertile land of the people of the Qing Kingdom
The crown prince turned his horse's head, looked at Ye Zhong from a distance across the street full of soldiers' guns, and said, "General Ye, I don't want to leave."
Ye Zhong frowned slightly, not knowing why the scene in front of him happened. He never imagined that the prince's psychological changes, he always thought that the prince was thinking of something else, but since the prince opened his mouth at this time, it seemed a little Chances are, Ye Zhong didn't want his Dingzhou army to suffer even greater casualties.
"His Royal Highness is wise."
At this time, Li Chengqian's crown prince had been abolished by Fan Xian in the palace, but Ye Zhong still said it habitually.
Li Chengqian smiled bitterly, and then said, "I have one condition."
"Prince, please speak."
"I want to see Fan Xian, he must promise me one thing."
Li Chengqian's face suddenly turned cold, not because he understood something, but as a child of the Li family, as the prince who had been trained for several years as the next king, he vaguely guessed the hand in the sky, What kind of fate does he want to conjure up in this capital, and he doesn't want to succumb to that fate, at least let that hand be crushed by some small stones when he pinches the clay figurine.
After a moment of silence, Ye Zhong said, "I don't know where Lord Fan is at this time."
A strange color flashed in Li Chengqian's eyes, but he immediately guessed something, his face became ugly, and he began to worry about the safety of some people, thinking that his conditions had not yet fallen into Fan Xian's ears, and there was still...
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Ye Zhong was lying because he could guess where Fan Xian was.
But in the capital, which has basically become a sea of blood, no matter whether it is the rebels or the people who accept Fan Xian's power to supervise the country, they have lost his trace. Ever since the moment when Old Master Qin was assassinated, Mr. Fan, who presided over major events in the capital, has never been found again.
The determined prince in front of Donghua Gate, like Ye Zhong, guessed Fan Xian's whereabouts immediately. Ye Chong was able to guess the address because he told Fan Xian himself, and the prince was able to guess it because he cared about everything and the people there.
Fan Xian is in Taiping other courtyard.
Dressed in black, he stood on this side of the Liujing River, looking at the scenery on the other side, his whole body and the shadows of the trees merged together, if you don't distinguish carefully, you can't see it at all. This is already the outskirts of Beijing. After killing Qin Ye, he used the fastest speed to take advantage of the chaos in the capital, crossed the high city wall of the capital, and came here.
Because in this other courtyard of the imperial family, there are his wife Lin Wan'er who he cares about the most, Dabao, and His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess who single-handedly planned the Dadongshan incident and the Kyoto rebellion.
Fan Xian is no stranger to Taiping Bieyuan. To be precise, he is familiar with it to the extreme, because this manor was originally his family's property 20 years ago. It was the place where his mother Ye Qingmei lived after she came to Qing Kingdom. .
After the destruction of the Ye family, this manor was taken over by the royal family, but His Majesty the Emperor has been sealing up the Taiping Courtyard and guarding it with the inner guards, strictly prohibiting any members of the royal family from entering, and gradually lost its reputation.
During the summer and autumn of the fourth year of Qingli, Fan Xian once took his younger sister across the river to watch, and held a sacrifice in the distance.
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Fan Xian didn't understand why the eldest princess chose Taiping Bieyuan as her residence to direct affairs in Kyoto, but he didn't bother to think about it at this time. How to safely rescue Wan'er and Dabao was the most important thing Heavy.
Although Wan'er was the eldest princess's biological daughter, Fan Xian did not dare to guarantee whether that crazy woman would become disrespectful after seeing so many years of planning ended in such a dismal way.
In the past ten days, he has always known what kind of situation Wan'er is in, but he has never been able to solve it, and he has not shown a trace of anxiety in front of others. However, only he himself knows what the safety of Wan'er and Dabao is. affecting your emotions.
Standing on one side of the river and looking at the other, Fan Xian's heart throbbed slightly, and he realized that Wan'er was more important to him than he could have imagined.
Wu Zhu once told him about the composition of the rooms in the Taiping Courtyard, and Wu Zhu once went deep into the courtyard to get something. After Fan Xian came to the other side of the other courtyard, he carefully inspected the defense force of that quiet courtyard. It is much weaker than he imagined. It seems that the Overwatch Council and himself have been cracking down on Xinyang in the past few years, and it is still somewhat useful. The masters around the eldest princess have been reduced a lot.
It's just that the sound of killing in the capital is loud, but the Taiping Courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing is completely quiet. This very sharp contrast makes Fan Xian still dare not move lightly.
The location of Taiping Bieyuan was very special at the beginning of its construction. It was actually built on a small peninsula in the Liujing River. There was only one passageway to enter the courtyard, and the surrounding river banks were relatively shallow. Fan Xianyu Lin Shaozhi I looked around for a long time, but found that the line of sight was blocked by the courtyard wall, and I couldn't see what was going on inside.
The design of the courtyard wall is very clever, not very high, but it happens to block all the sight from the outside.
Fan Xian's lips were a little bit bitter, knowing that even if he moved a heavy weapon, it would be of no use. When he thought of this, he couldn't help but thump in his heart. shot
However, there is no other courtyard in the world that cannot be conquered, otherwise, twenty years ago, the woman surnamed Ye would not have disappeared into the world of Qing Kingdom. Fan Xian was just a bit cautious and didn't dare to attack by force, because he knew that Li Yunrui's hand had indeed pinched him by seven inches.
After not thinking for long on the other side of the river, Fan Xian's face calmed down. He took a deep breath, turned to the bamboo trestle bridge he had passed by, and walked to the main entrance of Taiping Bieyuan just like a walk.
Behind the bamboo forest on the wall, many people suddenly appeared, surrounding Fan Xian in the middle. These master personal guards of the eldest princess looked at him in shock, and had already recognized his identity. They didn't understand why he dared to show up at such a moment!
Fan Xian's eyes were as calm as water flowing in a flowing crystal river, and he said, "I want to see her."