Chapter 3242 The prisoner ran away!
Zhu Chengjun raised his head and said, "Father, I saw the river."
"River? What river?"
“It’s just a small river.”
Zhu Chengjun gestured and spoke, as if eager to present a treasure, saying, "It's just a small river, flowing over there. Your son and Bie Yu ran along the river for a long time, and we saw that the river became smaller and smaller, thinner and thinner, and then we could no longer see it."
"oh."
"Father, that's the Boundary River, right?"
Zhu Feng listened and looked at him with a smile: "How do you know that is the boundary river?"
Zhu Chengjun pointed at Wen Bieyu, who was kneeling on the ground behind him to apologize, and said, "Bieyu told me that."
Zhu Feng finally looked up at Wen Bieyu, only to find him kneeling on the ground, his face and body covered in dust. If it weren't for his neatly dressed clothes, he'd look like a homeless child. The Prince of Han had come so far, causing the Emperor and Concubine so much worry. He was bound to receive a beating when he returned, so even those who were keeping their heads down didn't dare breathe loudly.
Zhu Feng asked, "Do you know it's the Boundary River?"
Wen Bieyu lowered his head and said softly, "I have seen it in my childhood."
Zhu Feng recalled what the guide Ashu had said before. The boundary river often changed its course in this area. It was said that it had recently flowed underground. It seemed that this was what they saw.
Zhu Chengjun said anxiously, "I also saw many small animals in the river. There were wolves, foxes, and rabbits."
Zhu Feng asked, "Aren't you afraid?"
Zhu Chengjun shook his head: "My son and my horse are much bigger than them. I am not afraid."
Zhu Feng couldn't help laughing in his heart.
Zhu Chengjun continued, "I originally wanted to catch a rabbit, but I didn't expect the rabbit to run so fast. I chased it and it kicked me. It hurt so much."
Zhu Feng said, "Don't underestimate the rabbit. If it gets angry, it can kick the eagle."
Zhu Chengjun said loudly, "I remember that Father once said that the rabbit kicking the eagle is to use defense as offense and to defeat the strong with the weak. If you are at a disadvantage in battle, you must learn from the rabbit kicking the eagle."
A slight smile appeared on Zhu Feng's face.
Just as he was about to praise him, he heard someone cough twice coldly. Turning around, he saw Nan Yan glaring at them coldly. His face immediately darkened and he said sternly, "You know it again? So what if you know it? Should that make your mother so worried?"
Zhu Chengjun stuck out his tongue and said softly, "I know I was wrong."
Zhu Feng said, "It's useless for you to tell me. Your mother is still angry. I was even blamed just now. Go and tell her yourself. If you don't make your mother laugh, you will stay here tonight."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Chengjun hurriedly knelt down and ran to Nan Yan, hugged her and whispered, "Mother, I know I was wrong, please forgive me."
Nan Yan was so angry that she looked up and glared at Zhu Feng.
She knew at a glance that Zhu Feng was definitely not angry at all and had no intention of punishing the child, but he was too embarrassed to do so and took it out on her, making herself the bad guy.
The person who used to be so clear about rewards and punishments is now picking up the white-faced guy to sing.
How annoying!
Although she was angry, Nan Yan didn't want to let this go easily. She still wanted to scare the child to prevent him from running away in the future. So she said, "You are not allowed to eat dinner today. When you go back, copy the "Discipline for Children" fifty times before going to bed. Wen Bieyu, you can't escape those twenty strokes of the cane!"
Wen Bieyu immediately kowtowed: "Yes."
Zhu Chengjun could only hold her mouth and stand up with a wronged look. When Zhu Feng, who was standing beside her, heard her like this, he couldn't help but frown and sigh, but Nan Yan narrowed her eyes and he didn't know what to say.
Chen Zixiao, who was standing by, watched them for a long time before coming forward and saying softly, "Your Majesty, it's almost dark today. You should go back early."
Zhu Feng looked back, and sure enough, there was only the last ray of sunset hanging on the ground in the distance.
So he nodded.
Chen Zixiao immediately called on everyone to mount their horses and escort the Emperor, the Concubine and His Royal Highness the Prince of Han back to the city. In order to find the Prince of Han, he mobilized most of the troops in the Duwei Mansion. This time, the momentum was so great that the ground was shaking slightly under the vibration of the horses' hooves. When they returned to Handongwei, people in the city had already come to greet them with lanterns, and they quickly returned to the Duwei Mansion.
As soon as he reached the door, he saw several people running out of the brightly lit Duwei Mansion. When they saw Chen Zixiao riding at the front of the team, they immediately came running over, "Sir! Sir!"
Chen Zixiao immediately reined in his horse and asked with a frown, "What's going on?"
Those people were about to speak when they suddenly saw the emperor and the imperial concubine right behind them. They immediately swallowed their words and looked very unhappy. Seeing this, Zhu Feng rode his horse forward, shaking the reins. He looked at those people and said, "Why are you silent? You are not talking now that you see me? Do you know that this is a crime of deceiving the emperor?"
Those people turned pale instantly and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me."
Zhu Feng looked up again and saw the remaining guards in the Duwei Mansion bustling about, as if something serious had really happened. He asked, "What happened?"
Chen Zixiao also said: "Hurry up and tell me."
One of them swallowed hard, then said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, Lord Chen, yes, a prisoner has escaped."
Chen Zixiao asked, "What's going on?"
"Today, according to the master's instructions, we interrogated several prisoners in the water dungeon, but we didn't get anything out of them. At three quarters past dusk, when we were changing the lock, a prisoner suddenly broke out of the cage, seriously injured the jailer, and ran away. Now, we have sent people to chase him, but——"
"But what?"
"But the criminal stole the horse and took advantage of the lack of manpower in the Duwei Mansion to escape."
Upon hearing this, Chen Zixiao immediately jumped off his horse, turned around, and knelt in front of Zhu Feng, saying, "I deserve to die."
Zhu Feng narrowed his eyes and said, "There were so many people imprisoned in this dungeon, how could they have let that one person escape? Who was he?"
The jailer whispered, "Those are the Eastern Chaga prisoners that Lord Chen captured yesterday. The Emperor ordered the older one to be brought in for questioning yesterday. Unexpectedly, he somehow managed to hide an iron needle and pry open the door."
Zhu Feng asked, "So, he ran away?"
"No, he didn't run away."
"He didn't run away?"
"Yes, his injuries were extremely severe, and he couldn't escape at all. He opened the cell and let his cellmate, his son, go."
"oh……"
Nan Yan rode his horse and stopped behind him. At this time, he just frowned slightly.
Zhu Feng was silent for a while, then looked at the people kneeling in front of him, all of whom had pale faces. He shook the reins coldly and let the horse go forward, leaving behind a sentence -
"Everyone, go down and take your own military sticks."
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