The Child Emperor

Meng E sat quietly in the room, and she was good at waiting because of her mysterious whereabouts.

Zhang Youcai ran into the house, lit the candle, and suddenly saw another person, almost screamed, vaguely recognized the other person, and said in surprise, "You are...you are..."

Meng E was wearing a women's prisoner's coarse cloth dress, her face was weathered, and she looked dozens of years older. If they met outside, Zhang Youcai would not have recognized the former palace maid.

"Well, I am. Find me a soldier's armor."

"Ah? Good." Zhang Youcai turned to look for the armor, but he felt that something was wrong, so he turned around, "Why are you here?"

"Wanhou invited me to come."

Zhang Youcai scratched his head and suddenly realized, "Oh, the master asked me to write the word 'Chen' on the wall just to find you?"

"Um."

Zhang Youcai scratched his head again. He didn't understand the relationship between Marquis Juan and Meng E, so he was very puzzled, "How could you be assigned to Broken Iron City?"

"Someone paid me to serve his wife's sentence." Meng E tilted her head slightly and looked at Zhang Youcai, "How many questions do you have?"

"No more." Zhang Youcai hurried out of the room, quickly brought back a set of relatively light armor, put it on the table, and hurriedly packed a bag, exited the room, and waited outside.

It didn't take long for Meng E to come out. Although she was a little thinner than an ordinary man, after putting on the armor, she couldn't see any femininity on her body, and her face was like a man in his thirties.

Zhang Youcai smiled and said, "If you had made this dress earlier, I would definitely not have recognized it."

"Call me Chen Tong from now on."

"Okay, I'll call you Chen Tong. Why do you use the surname Chen? Did the master find you, or did you find the master? Do you still have contact with the palace? Do you want to see him? The master refuses to take me on the road, I was not at ease at first, but with you taking care of the master, I feel more at ease."

Zhang Youcai asked a series of questions, but Meng E did not answer any of them.

Han Ruzi recognized Meng E at a glance, not because of his good eyesight, but because he had long expected, so as soon as he saw the unfamiliar face, he immediately guessed who it was.

A group of more than 20 people set off and walked all day. When they were camping at night to rest, Han Ruzi and Meng E had their first conversation after meeting, which was brief and direct.

"Protect me, don't let me be killed by assassins, if I can regain the throne, I will lend you an army within five years after ascending the throne - but you must ensure that the country that is attacked deserves what it deserves."

"Okay." Meng E answered very succinctly, without any bargaining, and stayed in the tent. She used to be a palace maid, but now she is a soldier. The only thing in common is that both identities are pretending.

No one knew this "recruit", they thought it was a cronie transferred by General Zhenbei, and didn't care.

When everyone arrived at Shenxiong Pass, the ground was covered with a thin layer of snow, and the gate guards were obviously much stricter. After inquiring about the identity of the visitors in detail and checking the documents, they were allowed to enter the city, and someone led them directly to the Shenxiong Pass Yamen.

The city was in chaos. A large number of civilians wanted to enter the gate. Countless vehicles were blocked in the street, and there were constant conflicts with soldiers passing by. In the end, Han Ruzi and others had to dismount and walk to bypass the obstacles.

The yamen was even more chaotic, with a large number of servants and soldiers coming in and out. There were more than ten vehicles parked in front of the door, and there were piles of stuff on them.

"This is... is this about escaping?" Cui Teng had to stamp the Guan Wen before he could leave the city, so he came to the yamen. When he heard that the Huns were coming, his first reaction was to run away. Very contemptuous.

Lin Kunshan did not follow. Among the crowd, only Han Ruzi knew that Wu Xiu, the general defender of the city, was no longer in the city, so he was a little puzzled by who these things in the car belonged to.

The leader was a small school. He asked General Zhenbei and others to wait at the door. He wanted to go in and give a briefing. Before leaving, he asked: "The Huns are really here? And there are hundreds of thousands?"

"There is indeed an army, but it is not clear how many people there are. It is estimated that there will be definite news tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

The little principal sighed, shook his head, and went into the yamen.

There were too many people coming and going at the door, so Han Ruzi and the others could only stand on one side. Besides them, there were a lot of people standing outside the yamen waiting to be greeted. Du Chuanyun was the first to see the familiar faces in the crowd, "Hey, That's not... Fang Daye! Old Fang!"

Fang Daye shook his huge body and squeezed through the crowd to meet General Zhenbei.

When he left from Broken Iron City, there was no news of the Huns, and he was old, so he walked slowly on the road. The messenger originally sent by Han Ruzi ran ahead, and when Fang Daye arrived at Shenxiong Pass, it was already full The city was terrified, and the yamen was paralyzed. Fang Daye was able to enter the city, but could not get out of the city, so he had to stay at the yamen gate like everyone else, hoping that someone would stamp his documents.

Cui Teng agreed, "Don't worry, I'll enter the yamen with us later, and I'm going out of the city too, just to get a seal."

No armor on his body, no swords and bows in his hands, Fang Daye looked like an ordinary old man, but his attitude was still neither humble nor arrogant, he nodded to the crowd, and only slightly bent over to General Zhenbei.

No one in the yamen came out to greet him for a long time. Cui Teng was angry, "How did you do it? Even if you don't know my identity, and General Zhenbei is here in person, they should come out to greet me. No, I want to go in and have a look."

Cui Teng stepped into the yamen, but Han Ruzi did not dissuade him, but led someone to follow.

The two soldiers guarding the gate stepped forward to stop him. Cui Teng raised his foot and kicked one soldier down. The other soldier hurriedly raised his gun to be on guard. Du Chuanyun stepped forward, grabbed the long gun, and threw it on the ground, pushing the soldier out for more than a dozen times. step.

The servants and soldiers who went in and out to move things looked sideways, but did not come to interfere, and the people waiting in the street cheered loudly.

Cui Teng swaggered into the yamen, shouting, "Where is the person? Where is the person? Why don't you come out to meet your second son Cui?"

There were also some guards at the entrance of the yamen, who looked at each other and did not stop these menacing soldiers.

There was no one in the lobby, Cui Teng went straight to the backyard, bumped into the small school who was leading the way, grabbed the other party's collar, and said angrily, "Do you know who I am? Be polite, Wu Xiu just happened to be the uncle of the country, why don't you see us?"

Xiao Xiao couldn't figure out who this person was, but was frightened by the momentum, and said with a bitter face: "Young Master, please, General Zhenbei, General Wu is waiting."

Cui Teng let go of his hand, stepped aside, and said with a smile, "Brother-in-law, please."

Tea was set up in the back hall, but no one was there. Han Ruzi left the guards outside and only brought Cui Teng, Du Chuanyun, Meng E and Fang Daye in.

The small school left in a hurry, and soon brought back a military officer and retired by himself.

"Here is the master book of General Wu's command. I don't know if General Zhenbei is coming, and there is a loss to welcome..."

Cui Teng still took the lead and came to the main book in two steps, "Don't do this, the whole Shenxiongguan knows that General Zhenbei is coming, don't you know? What about Wu Xiu? Let him come out."

The head bookkeeper looked sad, "This...General Wu...something..."

Han Ruzi stepped forward and said, "General Wu has returned to Beijing. Who is in charge now?"

Cui Teng was taken aback, "Good boy, you run really fast!"

The master was even more surprised, his face changed, "You, you..."

"This is General Zhenbei." Cui Teng reminded coldly.

The master hurriedly changed his words: "How does General Zhenbei know..."

"General Wu returned to Beijing, and the official seal has been handed over to you?" Han Ruzi asked.

The master nodded.

The general was not there, usually a deputy general would be appointed to take charge of the army, but Wu Xiu left the official seal to a chief clerk, apparently for fear of leaking the news.

"Hand over it." Han Ruzi ordered.

Until then, other people realized that General Zhenbei was going to take the seal again. Cui Teng was overjoyed and said, "Yes, hand it over quickly, don't wait for me to kill and search."

The master's face was bloodless, and Shenxiongguan did not have many military affairs in peacetime, so he could hide it, but once there was a big chaos, he dared not call the shots, "That... the seal is not with me."

"You dare to make fun of us! You said you were there just now, do you deny it now?" Cui Teng raised his fist.

The master just nodded at first, but he didn't have time to explain. In this rush, his mouth was even more awkward, his hands covered his face, "The official seal was taken away by General Han."

Cui Teng put down his fist, "General Han? Which General Han?"

"Northern Army Left General Han, Han Tong."

"Han Tong?" Cui Teng knew Xungui the most, and then he remembered who this person was, "The son of Emperor Wu's seventeenth prince, hey, brother-in-law, is your cousin."

Han Ruzi had heard of Han Tong, and after the champion Hou Han Shi took office as the Grand Sima of the Northern Army, he recruited a large number of descendants of the clan, and Han Tong was one of them.

Seizing the seal suddenly became difficult.

"When did General Tong come?" Han Ruzi asked, according to the clan's habit, he used his first name instead of his surname.

"This morning, it was two hours earlier than General Zhenbei."

Han Ruzi sighed in his heart. It turned out that he was only one step late. If it wasn't to appease the Chu army in the Iron Shattered City, he should have arrived earlier.

Now that this has happened, regret is useless, not to mention that appeasing Chu Jun is a necessary task. Even if he knew in advance that it would be late, Han Ruzi could only choose to stay at that time.

"Where's General Tong?"

The master book has long been in a mess, and immediately replied: "Go to Dongcheng to check the warehouse."

"Take me to find him."

The clerk shook his head, "No, I have to take care of General Wu's things and send them out of the city before dark. I can't take responsibility for one less thing."

Cui Teng and Du Chuanyun stepped forward together. The two of them could only do things, but nothing else. The chief clerk raised his hand to protect his head, but he refused to let go. It can be handed over, but personal items cannot be thrown away.

Fang Daye stopped the two and asked, "General Wu's things are going to be sent back to the capital, right?"

The master nodded blankly, not understanding how this old man dressed as a civilian got in.

"Have the customs clearance documents been prepared?"

The Master nodded again.

"Take it out and see."

The master shook his head and pressed his hands on his lower abdomen. Cui Teng and Du Chuanyun knew what to do this time, each grabbed an arm, Cui Teng reached into his arms, took out a wooden letter, opened it, and took out the document from it, " It is so difficult for Lao Tzu to pass the test, and Wu Xiu is not even here, but he has prepared a document for his private wealth, and he should really read one."

Fang Daye took the document and glanced at it. The name of the master was written on it, and it seemed that he was going to abandon the customs and escape. Fang Daye didn't ask, he tore off the documents and said to the dumbfounded master: "You need a new document, take us to see General Zuo."

Han Ruzi didn't expect Fang Daye to help at all. At that time, he brought him in just to give him a customs clearance document as soon as possible.

Fang Daye breathed heavily like an old lion, and said coldly, "I'm going out of the city too."