The Child Emperor

Hong Bozhi is a Jianghu person, known as the "star-picking rat". He is thin and small, and looks like a mouse, but he can't pick a star, and very few people care about this majestic nickname. Used to call him "old man".

The old man doesn't like being a soldier. There are too many rules and life is too hard. It's more boring than jail time. He doesn't like Broken Iron City even more. The city is almost full of military camps. There are a few civilian residences where the families of soldiers or prisoners live. There will be a storm in the city.

The old man is a thief, and he prefers another name—robber. Unfortunately, very few people are willing to call him that.

He wanted to be a deserter for a long time, and when he heard that "the God of the Road" Wang Lingshang, "the wind knife" Gu Juren and "the iron shoe" Song Shaokun failed to assassinate General Zhenbei and died on the barren hills, he knew he couldn't wait any longer.

Iron Broken City entered a state of martial law, and it was not easy to escape. The old man secretly collected some water and food, and planned to leave the city quietly after dark. If he could take a horse, it would be better. If not, he planned to walk In ten days, how can we reach Shenxiongguan.

As long as he can enter the pass, the old man will be like a fish in water, and he will always find a hero in the rivers and lakes to receive him.

Everything went well, General Zhenbei was still in shock, resting in the general's mansion all day, and no other orders were issued except for the requirement to strengthen his guard. At the second watch of the night, the other soldiers were still sleeping soundly. The old man quietly walked out of the barracks, carrying a bundle on his back and a rope around his waist, and walked towards the southeast corner of Iron Shattered City.

In this corner of the city, there is a large pile of earth and rocks against the wall. The legs and feet are more flexible and can climb to the city wall, which is no problem for the old man.

On the way, he deliberately detoured to the General's Mansion, taking a chance, if he could take the head of General Zhenbei, this trip would not be in vain.

The mansion was quiet, the old man looked at it for a while, but gave up this overly bold plan. If the head was placed in a secret room, he would be able to lead the sheep with eight or nine points of confidence. As for killing people with a knife, his kung fu is not as good as some. Ordinary soldier.

The old man climbed up the mound of earth and stone, crawled on the wall and observed it quietly for a while. The number of soldiers guarding the city increased significantly, patrolling back and forth in groups, and he only had a very short time to cross the wall.

The old man took out a specially-made three-fingered iron claw from the bag, and fastened one end of the rope firmly to it. Taking advantage of the patrolling soldiers turning a corner, he quickly crawled to the opposite side against the ground, grabbed the city wall with iron claws, and jumped over the wall himself. Slowly loosening the rope to descend, he calculated the time, absolutely enough.

Down-to-earth, the first step to escape was successful.

The old man gently shakes the rope, which is also a kung fu. He can shake the iron claw down, which many heroes with strong martial arts cannot do. The old man is quite proud of this.

The rope loosened and the iron claws fell from the high wall. The old man looked up and quickly retracted the rope with both hands. It takes courage and care to pick up the iron claws in the dark. He had to dodge at the last moment, let the iron claws fall freely, and hold on tightly at the same time. Fasten the rope, reduce the impact, and make too much noise through the iron-free claw.

Since his apprenticeship, he has never failed.

"Hey!"

Suddenly a greeting came from nearby, the old man was shocked and turned his head sharply, only to see more than a dozen people holding bows and arrows at him in the dark night.

Countless thoughts flashed through the old man's mind, but there was only one thing he forgot.

"Ah!" The old man screamed and fell to the ground. He was hit by his iron claws accurately, and he was still unconscious when he was sent to the general's mansion.

To settle accounts with the Chai family, there must be evidence. Han Ruzi bypassed his own soldiers. Although those fishermen were loyal to him, they lived and ate with the Jianghu people for several months. Regular soldiers, they are unfamiliar with Jianghu people, but they may be bribed by the Chai family. He sent several original teams of Iron Broken City soldiers out of the city in the name of inspection. The task is only one, to catch anyone who stole away from Iron Broken City. .

Han Ruzi was just trying his luck, guessing that Wang Lingshang and the others might have accomplices in the city. They would either continue to assassinate General Zhenbei or flee. If no one could be caught tonight, Han Ruzi would only be able to take over a dozen people in the Buqu camp. All the famous Jianghu people were imprisoned and tortured.

That's the worst option, and most likely wrongs a true loyal soldier.

Han Ruzi slept for a while during the day. Although he was still a little tired, he was still in good spirits. He watched Lang Zhong apply medicine for Uncle Hong to heal his wounds.

He remembered the skinny Jianghu man, and could even name the man's nickname.

The mad monk Guangding once said that Marquis Tien doesn't know how to deal with people in Jianghu, so he can't keep strange people, let alone make them serve himself.

Han Ruzi looked at the unconscious Hong Bozhi and wondered how the Chai family had no chivalrous name, so how could they obtain the allegiance of Jianghu people?

Lang Zhong has done his best and said, "You should be able to wake up before dawn, if you can't... I won't have the power to return to the sky."

Han Ruzi nodded and went back to his room to rest. The general's mansion seemed calm, but in fact it was heavily guarded, but he was still worried. There were assassins hidden in even the episodes. Who else could be trusted?

Han Ruzi thought of Taizu Han Fu again. He encountered many betrayals when he was fighting for the world. Yang Feng said that Taizu was never soft to traitors.

Majun Cai Xinghai asked to see him, and Han Ruzi believed that the eunuch, the ambushers outside the city were all veterans of Iron Broken City, but Cai Xinghai was the commander.

"This is the only one for now." Cai Xinghai came to report the situation. "I sent someone to check it secretly. The others on the list are resting in the camp, and there is nothing abnormal."

Han Ruzi has included the people from the Buqu Camp Jianghu on the list and is strictly guarded against.

Cai Xinghai did not retire, but he hesitated. Han Ruzi said, "Cai Xinghai, you don't need to be restrained in front of me."

The fat eunuch still knelt down and kowtowed, got up and said, "I have to remind Hou Juan of something, I hope Hou Hou can make preparations early."

"Go ahead."

"When Marquis Juan went out of the city, he took seventeen noble children with him. Seven of them were killed on the barren mountains, which may cause a lot of trouble."

The dozen or so people were all from noble families. They used their father and brother's relationship to try to be transferred to Shenxiongguan, but Han Ruzi rejected them and took them to monitor the enemy's situation. They never expected to meet the Huns.

"Is the nephew of Feng Shili, the right general of the Northern Army, one of the dead?"

"Yes. Feng Shili sits at Shenxiongguan, commanding the 30,000-year-old army, and he will definitely not be happy."

Han Ruzi sighed, "I understand."

"To be honest, all the noble children are hidden dangers. They are afraid of being hurt when they are sent to the battlefield. Let it be a scourge."

"Since it's a war, there will be casualties."

"That's what I said, but as a descendant of nobles, there will always be a little privilege. One person's life is comparable to hundreds or thousands of ordinary soldiers."

Han Ruzi was silent for a moment, and said, "Da Chu has declined like this. The life of one person is more important than that of a hundred thousand soldiers, but even the strength of one person cannot be exerted."

Cai Xinghai knelt down and kowtowed again, got up and said, "In any case, please don't go to Shenxiongguan easily, Hou Juan. In Broken Iron City, even if we risk our lives, we must keep Hou Juan safe."

Han Ruzi smiled and said, "Do you think my life is more important than yours?"

"It's ten thousand times more important." Cai Xinghai said seriously.

Han Ruzi smiled again, "I understand, you step back, I will be careful, if Uncle Hong wakes up, let me know immediately."

"Yes." Cai Xinghai stepped back, more worried than Hou Juan.

Han Ruzi took out a few pages, on which listed the names of more than a dozen people from Jianghu, as well as eleven Chai Jiaxungui.

It is said that the Chai family is honored, but most of them are not named Chai. They have various surnames. They are all closely tied to the Chai family through in-laws and are regarded as the "Chai family". Close or distant relatives, even Han Ruzi himself, because of the old master, is regarded as a relative of the Chai family.

Cai Xinghai said that the life of an honorable person is worth hundreds or thousands of ordinary soldiers. From the perspective of the extensive influence, there is indeed some truth.

Han Ruzi was going to rest when Zhang Youcai suddenly pushed open the door and came in, "Master, that guy is awake."

Han Ruzi folded a few pages of paper, put them in his arms, and walked out of the room to personally interrogate Hong Bozhi. He would never be soft on the Chai family who bought the assassin.

It was still dark outside, and Han Ruzi and Zhang Youcai met Donghai King and Cui Teng head-on.

"Fortunately you haven't slept, I have something to do with you." Donghai King said, he also lived in the general's mansion, Cui Teng was not, he came to see Donghai King in the evening and never left the house.

"I have something important to do. I'll talk about it later." Han Ruzi hurriedly interrogated the prisoner.

The King of the East Sea refused to give way, "My business is more important, come into the room and talk."

The East Sea King's temper was much restrained in Iron Broken City. This was the first time he insisted on his own opinion and refused to give in.

Han Ruzi glanced at Cui Teng, the second son of the Cui family was standing behind the East Sea King. He had just made a great contribution and brought Chai Yue and others back to General Zhenbei. At this time, his face was pale and panicked, as if he had committed a serious crime. wrong.

"Okay." Han Ruzi gave Zhang Youcai a wink and told him to tell Cai Xinghai to take a good look at Hong Bozhi.

Han Ruzi was used to a clean house. After living in the General's Mansion, he hardly added any decorations, not even a painting or calligraphy on the wall, and the tables and chairs were all old things from the past.

Han Ruzi sat down with King Donghai. Cui Teng, who always thought of himself as a "family", stood with his hands down and did not dare to take the seat.

"Cui Er, speak for yourself." The King of the East Sea was slightly angry.

"Say everything?" Cui Teng was a little hesitant.

"Nonsense, at this time, what else is there to hide? Do you have to let Juanhou find out the truth by himself?"

Cui Teng frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly knelt down and said to Han Ruzi with a sad face: "Brother-in-law, I didn't mean it, and I didn't know those people would really do it. I told them to wait for my order, but I didn't expect that. …”

"It turned out to be the assassin you bought." Han Ruzi was so furious that he really wanted to get up and draw his knife and cut it down.

"No money, it was introduced by someone else. Brother-in-law, I once thought of taking revenge for Chai Yun, but I swear, I didn't want to kill you, even for my sister, I wouldn't do it..."

Cui Teng kept defending himself, and Han Ruzi waved a few times before interrupting him, "Who introduced the assassin to you?"

Cui Teng glanced at the East Sea King and said in frustration, "It's the Flower Tiger King."

Han Ruzi was stunned for a moment. After the failure of the palace change, the Hua family members were either imprisoned or desperate. Unexpectedly, they contacted him again in Iron Broken City.