In the Shenji Camp, the Seventh Prince, Chu Yan, Chu Ruofei and other aides were forming their troops, when suddenly a guard broke in from the door without notification: "His Royal Highness! There is a message from the Jinwu Guard!" Got the news! They found the second prince's hiding place!"
It could be seen that the guard was so excited that he forgot the rules for a while.
The Seventh Prince and Chu Yan looked at each other, and they nodded together in a tacit understanding.
"I'll go." Chu Yan immediately stood up.
The Seventh Prince and everyone present in the room did not have any objection to this.
"Be careful." When going out, Chu Ruofei patted Chu Yan's shoulder.
At this time, the second prince and his group didn't know what had happened.
The woman in black who was chased by people just now entered the room and respectfully placed her bag on the table in front of the second prince, and then told the second prince everything she found in the palace.
The second prince looked gloomy: "How is Mu Xue doing now?"
"I don't know yet, the palace has been controlled by the empress's people layer by layer. This thing was also brought back by the subordinates desperately. It's a pity that it was discovered before leaving, and the imperial decree did not bring it back."
"Have you been discovered?" The second prince's complexion changed: "Did you shake your tail clean?"
"Don't worry, my lord, the subordinates are sure to get rid of everyone before they come back."
The second prince put his hands on the burden, nodded and said: "Okay, I know, you can go down first."
Then the second prince invited many people out of the house, leaving only a few closest people, including an aide named Qi.
The second prince opened the bundle and took out a seemingly ordinary brocade box from inside, and took out a seal engraved with creamy white jade from the brocade box.
The people in the room couldn't help holding their breath when they saw the thing that the second prince was holding out.
This thing is actually a jade seal!
The second prince stroked the jade seal almost obsessively, and there was a madness in his eyes that would give everything for it.
The staff member surnamed Qi, "Mu Xue's line has been cut off. The imperial palace is now under the control of the empress. Our people can't send out any news, and we can't find any news, so I suggest starting a backup plan immediately."
"Queen!" The second prince gritted his teeth, and the knuckles of his clenched fists turned white. He had expected everything, but he just didn't expect that there would be a queen in the palace!
"Forcing the palace..." Hearing what Mr. Qi mentioned, the second prince still hesitated, but when he looked at the Chuanguo Yuxi on the table, the second prince slapped the table vigorously: "Just do as Mr. Qi said, act immediately !"
The second prince decided to do it quickly, but before they passed it on, there was a commotion outside.
The second prince immediately stood up and opened the window to see the daylight outside illuminated by the torches, and asked loudly, "What's going on?"
It didn't take long for someone to come over with an unhappy expression and say, "My lord, the courtyard is surrounded by people who belong to the Seventh Prince."
The second prince snorted coldly, his eyes were like cold pools: "Old Seven? Could it be that he also wants to share a share with me?" The words were so arrogant that he didn't take the Seventh Prince seriously at all.
After finishing speaking, the second prince asked again: "Who is leading the team outside?"
In the impression of the second prince, he remembered all the people under the seventh prince, and none of them were worthy of use!
Unexpectedly, the man replied, "It's Prince Jing's son, Chu Yan."
Hearing Chu Yan's name, the second prince's eyes suddenly became gloomy: "Chu Yan! When did he get along with Lao Qi?" After speaking, the second prince suddenly took his sword from the wall: "But it's not the same. Alright, today, this king and he will settle the old and new grudges together!"
Although the words were quite ambitious, when the second prince went out and saw the three circles outside, the second prince couldn't help but gasped: "These are the people from the seventh? Didn’t the information you gave me earlier say that Lao Qi is not to be feared? Where did those soldiers’ equipment come from!”
Not to mention the number of people, even his people are far less equipped than the Seventh Prince's!
"It seems that our previous intelligence was wrong. Our people are still outside the city. With these people in the city, we can't compete with them for the time being, so I suggest..." The staff member surnamed Qi suddenly stood up and bowed to the second prince. Whispered.
After hearing Mr. Qi's words, the second prince's eyes changed and flickered for a long time before he said a little unwillingly: "If that's the case, then follow what Mr. Qi said."
Outside, Chu Yan led a team of troops to surround the mansion where the second prince was hiding. After a series of fierce fights, Chu Yan's men won, but when searching the courtyard, Chu Yan's men almost killed him. The house was demolished, but the second prince's hiding place was not found.
After hearing the report from his subordinates, Chu Yan immediately ordered them to look for a tunnel or something.
Almost as soon as Chu Yan had finished giving the order, there was a loud bang from the southwest direction.
Lian Hao said: "My lord, it seems that gunpowder has been used."
Chu Yan looked shy, and immediately ordered Lian Hao to take someone to look in the direction of the voice.
Almost at the same time, someone came to report that they had found a secret passage in the study, and Chu Yan immediately led them to look.
I saw a hole opened behind the bookshelf in the room that only allowed one person to pass through. Chu Yan took a torch to illuminate the hole and glanced at the hole, and reached out to touch the rough sand on the hole.
"The entrance of the cave is not evenly leveled, and there is some damp in the passage. It seems that they did it after they returned to Beijing this time." As he said, Chu Yan got in with a torch, and Lian Xin immediately called the people behind him to follow. superior.
The tunnel is very narrow, and some places are so narrow that only one person can pass sideways. After Chu Yan walked for about half an hour, his clothes were covered with mud, and he walked for about a quarter of an hour. At the right turn, Chu Yan's vision suddenly brightened.
Because as far as he could see was a big pit, and dozens of people were digging the soil with torches. Chu Yan looked intently, and found that the commanding person standing on the shore not far away was actually Lian Hao who was sent by him to check on the movement.
After Lian Hao found Chu Yan, he immediately went down the tunnel and picked him up.
When Chu Yan got on the ground, he saw that the place where he just came out was a big deep pit, which was full of rubble. In front of the big pit, three teams of guards were digging ditches on the ground. the way.
Lian Hao immediately held up a torch and explained to Chu Yan: "My lord, the sound just now was because someone blew up this tunnel, and my subordinates ordered people to dig it up. After that, there were three forks in the road, all of which were disrupted." Stones and broken soil blocked it, and it was difficult to clean it out in a short time."
Lian Xin muttered at the side: "The second prince is an imposing prince, and he is scurrying around like a mouse. It's not embarrassing."
In the dense darkness of the night, looking at the three winding roads, Chu Yan's eyes were deep.
Chu Yan suddenly ordered: "There is no need to dig."