The Child Emperor

Han Ruzi broke free from Cai Xinghai's arms, got up and pulled out the Taizu sword, and stared at the wall nervously, the screams inside probably came from the three eunuchs who died.

Cai Xinghai also got up, and the pain in his right foot was even worse, but it didn't feel like a fracture, but a sprained ankle, so he ignored it.The long bamboo pole was left inside the wall, and he still had a stolen short knife stuck in his belt. He pulled it out and stood shoulder to shoulder with the emperor.

Zhang Youcai was small and light, so he jumped off the wall more than two feet high, and he was fine. But he didn't have a weapon in his hand, so he could only clenched his fists, ready to fight to the death.

The three looked up at the wall together.

The screams in the wall stopped quickly, and Zhang Youcai said, "If you can attract the nearby guards..."

Before he finished speaking, a palm appeared on the top of the wall, patted a piece of tile, and fell down again.

Cai Xinghai breathed a sigh of relief, at least none of the swordsmen who came after him were real masters, "Let's go, Your Majesty, we have to leave quickly."

Han Ruzi nodded, Cai Xinghai gritted his teeth and limped to lead the way, Zhang Youcai walked behind, looking back while walking, and occasionally saw palms protruding from the wall, after walking a dozen steps, he couldn't help saying: "These people are really stupid!" , can jump so high, wouldn’t it be possible to climb up with a personal ladder?”

Zhang Youcai has stepped on other people's shoulders, so he always keeps this idea in mind.

Cai Xinghai was taken aback for a moment, then looked back, and immediately quickened his pace, his limp became more obvious. Han Ruzi caught up and held the eunuch's arm with his left hand, "Are you injured?"

Cai Xinghai hastily transferred the dagger from his right hand to his left, and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, it's just a sprained foot. I can bear it. On the battlefield, it's not considered an injury at all."

Cai Xinghai walked even faster in order to prove that he had no problem. Within a few steps, large beads of sweat appeared on his face. Han Ruzi looked around. 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 are climbing up!"

The swordsman in the palace finally thought of a way to climb the wall, and jumped up one after another, some jumped into the alley to chase, and some ran sprinted on the wall, stepping on tiles.

Cai Xinghai glanced forward, the alley was endless, and his legs were not good, after all, he couldn't run behind the pursuers, so he simply stopped and said to the emperor: "I have led your majesty into a dangerous situation, and the crime cannot be pardoned, please allow me to I will stay and fight the traitor to the death, Your Majesty..."

"I want to stay." Han Ruzi also knew that he could not escape, so he faced the pursuers with his sword in hand, and comforted him, "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 king of the East China Sea in their hands, and maybe they really wanted to kill the puppet emperor to avoid future troubles.

Cai Xinghai was both ashamed and grateful. He stood in front of the emperor with a knife in his hand, staring at the swordsman running in front.

Zhang Youcai was standing next to the emperor, looking for a stone or something, but the alley was so clean that there was not even a grass stick, so he clenched his fists in front of his chest and muttered, "Come on, let's see who is better!" sharp."

There were ten swordsmen chasing on the ground, five people ran on the wall, and a few swordsmen did not climb up.The wall is covered with a layer of tiles, which are undulating, but the people on it run faster, probably to show their extraordinary skills. The broken tiles under their feet keep falling down, and even the people in the alley have to run faster. Get out of the way.

Cai Xinghai didn't find any masters, so he felt at ease, secretly thinking about how many people he could beat, but he found it tricky no matter what, and regretted that he didn't bring more people out.

The swordsmen running at the front on the wall were less than ten steps away from each other. They jumped up sideways and wanted to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop with the momentum of Mount Tai and win the first victory.

Cai Xinghai roared suddenly, even though he was an eunuch, the roar still had some momentum, he seemed to be back at the frontier, and what he was facing was not the Huns cavalry, but hordes of wild wolves.

The swordsman jumping up on the wall seemed to be startled, his body tilted, and he fell into the wall.

Zhang Youcai also yelled in his own sharp voice, intending to echo Cai Xinghai's roar, but unexpectedly it had an effect, another swordsman fell from the wall, and also fell into the wall.

"Haha, coward!" Zhang Youcai was very excited.

Cai Xinghai was taken aback for a moment, even if his and Zhang Youcai's roars were really so powerful, the swordsman should have fallen outside the wall, how could he have fallen into the wall?

Just as he was puzzled, the swordsmen in the alley arrived, and they arrived together, without waiting for the companions behind, they rushed up with their swords.

Cai Xinghai shouted: "Protect Your Majesty!" After saying that, he strode forward to meet him. He is a veteran of the army, and he does not have fancy moves in the world. He slashes head to head with a short knife, fast, powerful, and imposing. The swordsman facing him is shocked. Stopping to dodge, Cai Xinghai raised his knife upwards and hit the No.2 swordsman.

When the two knives collided, the swordsman ran too fast, his foot was not stable, and he didn't exert enough force in his hands. The short knife came out of his hand, which made him fall to the ground and rolled over in fright, narrowly avoiding the fatal blow.

Zhang Youcai yelled loudly, Han Ruzi also yelled, raised his sword and wanted to rush forward, but Zhang Youcai firmly held him back, "Your Majesty, don't worry, let Brother Cai stand up for a while."

More swordsmen caught up and stood apart. Each time, only one or two people stepped forward to confront the fat eunuch.

The sun had already set, and the alley quickly turned dark. Cai Xinghai roared like a lion while swinging his knife.

The besieging swordsman felt sure of winning and started talking.

"Don't worry, the eunuch is about to die."

"Go and block the back with a few people."

"Don't hurt the emperor."

"What happened to those two people on the wall just now?"

"You ran too fast."

It was getting dark, and the alley was especially dark, with only vague figures to be seen. Cai Xinghai staggered, failed to kill a swordsman, but himself was in danger frequently, and became more and more anxious. Enduring the pain in his feet, he stepped forward to chase a swordsman.

The swordsman had been on guard for a long time and evaded sideways, but his feet flashed and he fell down. Before his palms were on the ground, he was stabbed in the neck and fell down without a sound.

All the swordsmen were shocked, Cai Xinghai's spirit was lifted, and he rushed towards the No.2 swordsman with a knife. The swordsman was unwilling to resist, and wanted to retreat. For some reason, his knees bent, but he knelt forward and gave his good head To the eunuch's knife.

The two swordsmen were hit, and the others retreated one after another. 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 brandished a short knife and limped after the enemy.

When the No. 5 swordsman was cut down, the short knife was already curled, and it was stuck on the enemy's shoulder and could not be pulled out. The swordsman yelled, turned around and ran away with the knife.

Cai Xinghai became unarmed.

Han Ruzi could no longer watch, so he pushed Zhang Youcai away, shouted, and rushed forward.

The emperor's martial arts were even more miraculous. Cai Xinghai wanted to slash and drop his sword to slash at the enemy, but the emperor just raised his sword and rushed to fall, pressing his legs or covering his stomach, rolling and screaming.

"There is an ambush! There are masters!" The remaining swordsmen never found out where the enemy was, nor did they know how many people there were. , leaving behind four corpses, all of which were killed by Cai Xinghai.

Han Ruzi was not satisfied, because his sword didn't even touch a drop of blood. He wanted to chase after a wounded swordsman, but Zhang Youcai grabbed him tightly, "Your Majesty, don't chase."

Cai Xinghai gasped heavily, clasped his fists and bowed to the surroundings, "May I ask which guards are you? The Holy Majesty is here today, and you all have meritorious escorts, so you might as well come out and see him."

There was no response from around, only the whimpering of the wind.

Cai Xinghai picked up a dagger from the ground, looked around again, and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, let's go first, these guards... may not want to show their faces."

"They didn't take such great credit for escorting?" Zhang Youcai couldn't believe it.

Han Ruzi also felt strange, turned around and took 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, and no one showed up.

Han Ruzi shook his head, "I'm just guessing." He remembered that the person refused to show his face.

Zhang Youcai was about to help the emperor, and Han Ruzi asked him to help Cai Xinghai. The three of them 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 in his teens, and he only knew a little about the palace.

Cai Xinghai nodded, "I once participated in the Taimiao Grand Sacrifice. At that time, I was still carrying a handle... and I was a captain of the frontier army. We entered the Taimiao through the south main gate, and from the south gate we can lead to the Qinzheng Hall."

"We need 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, and the rebels will definitely catch up again." Cai Xinghai jumped lightly to show that he was fine, but grinned his teeth in pain and couldn't help humming twice.

"There will be no ministers in Qinzheng Hall at this time, and it's useless to go there. Let's hide until morning. What is this place, and why is it so deserted?"

Cai Xinghai was not very familiar with the imperial palace, and the directions were all calculated, so he couldn't tell the specifics, so he could only shake his head.

The three continued to move forward, Zhang Youcai suddenly patted his forehead with his spare hand, "I remembered, isn't this the East Palace Prince's Mansion?"

"Huh? The Prince's Mansion is not here." Han Ruzi and his mother lived in the Prince's Mansion for several years, and he remembers it clearly.

"This is the former Prince's Mansion." Zhang Youcai remembered the rumors in the palace, and he continued, "The previous princes lived here. Since Emperor Wu killed the two princes, this place has been vacant, and there are still people guarding it. , and later..." Zhang Youcai shuddered and dared not speak.

"What happened next?" Han Ruzi asked curiously.

"The two dead princes always come out to be haunted by ghosts, so no one lives here anymore. No wonder the guards were not summoned by the loud noise just now." Zhang Youcai said in a low voice, his voice trembling, "Just now...the one who rescued you just now couldn't be ..."

"Nonsense, the one who rescued him was a martial arts master." Cai Xinghai didn't quite believe the rumors of haunting, let alone in front of the emperor.

"Let's hide here tonight." Han Ruzi didn't believe in ghosts, but thought this was an excellent hiding place.

Zhang Youcai hummed twice, obviously very reluctant, but he didn't dare to object.

Just as Cai Xinghai was about to speak, a figure suddenly walked out from the dark wall in front of him, his body was straight, as if he was 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: "The night is already late, please return to the palace, Your Majesty."

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