Chapter 0154 Heshuo
Although I don't know what's going on, I'd be a fool not to take advantage of a good deal.
Qu Yunmie ignored his own injuries and immediately mounted his horse to gather the army to attack with him. Xiao Rong could not care about Qu Yunmie. The city gate was opened, which would save them a lot of trouble. If it were not for the fact that it would be useless to run over alone, Xiao Rong would have wanted to imitate Qu Yunmie before and speed up and leave the team. …
After the city gate was opened, not only the Zhenbei Army was shocked, but also the people and guards in the city. They found out that General Sun had surrendered to the enemy. These people were extremely angry and wanted to kill these traitors and then close the city gate. However, some people were angry, while others seized this opportunity. General Sun was not the only one who wanted to surrender to the enemy. Many people had already submitted their letters of surrender to Wang Xinyong.
The area around the city gate had turned into a large battlefield. When the bad news spread into the main city, even those noble families and officials who had managed to remain calm could no longer sit still.
Anyone who could still move was busy escaping.
Half the people in the palace were missing, but because they were too nervous, they didn't feel it at all. No one was watching the little emperor anymore. His mother had abandoned him. Yang Zangyi gathered all the guards together, trying to hold on to the last bargaining chip. The only person who would still protect him at this time was Hengshun, a man of humble status.
However, Hengshun was of little use. He was a eunuch, had no power and no strong body. After the coup, all he could do was to hide from place to place with the little emperor. They could not even leave the palace because there was only one child in the entire palace and everyone knew his identity.
The decisive abandonment of his mother caused the little emperor to suffer further heartache, but he did not despair because he knew that the Zhenbei Army had arrived. As long as he found a safe place and waited for the Zhenbei Army to take over the palace, he would be safe.
This is what the young emperor thought, but he seemed to have underestimated the diversity of the crowd. Among ten thousand people, there would always be a few mavericks, some of whom were abnormal to any degree, not to mention their loyalty to the imperial power.
Everyone was running for their lives, but there was one person who did not run away. Not only did he not run away, he ran into the palace in a rage, looking everywhere for the little emperor.
The young emperor had no impression of this official, because he was neither high nor low in rank, and he used to be very low-key, as if he had no personality at all. However, this person was completely loyal to the Yong Dynasty, and he wanted to kill anyone who destroyed the peace of the Yong Dynasty.
According to official history, he killed Sun Shannu's male favorite to vent his anger. However, this time, the person who caused the demise of the Yong Dynasty was not the male favorite, but the emperor who should never have betrayed the Yong Dynasty.
Ha! What a bastard emperor! Who knows if he is the bastard born by the Queen Mother and her adulterer? …………
Sun Shannu abandoned not only the little emperor, but also her brother Sun Renluan.
After no one had given him medicine for a day and a night, Sun Renluan finally woke up naturally. He had a splitting headache and no strength in his body. He found himself locked in a secret room with no one inside.
With a jolt in his heart, Sun Renluan had a very bad premonition. He staggered out of bed and pushed open the door of the secret room, but found that compared with reality, his premonition could be regarded as a sweet dream.
There was a coup in the palace, the empress dowager fled, and his nephews and nieces all became traitors. One led the Zhenbei Army to defend the king, and the other opened the city gate to the Zhenbei Army. The Yong Dynasty was defeated without a fight.
No one cared about the little emperor, and no one cared about Sun Renluan either. The Sun family was busy packing up their belongings at this time. Seeing that the Yong Dynasty was about to be destroyed, they certainly couldn't go down with it.
They assumed that Sun Renluan had been taken away by the Queen Mother, and no one came to see if it was true.
This was just some rough information, which he got from a eunuch he caught and questioned. The eunuch couldn't give too many details, but just these few words were enough to devastate Sun Renluan.
His body swayed, as if he was becoming frail, but after swaying a second time, he suddenly forced himself to stand up straight. Looking towards the chaotic palace, Sun Renluan returned to the secret room, found a handy weapon, and walked outside with heavy steps.
The Jinling Palace had only been built a few years ago, and there was no secret passage inside. Emperor Guangjia had this idea, but he was ill, so Sun Renluan shelved the plan. Later, when the young emperor ascended the throne, Sun Renluan would not dig a secret passage for him.
So the little emperor had very limited places to hide, and the official found him without much effort.
When he rushed towards the little emperor, Hengshun rushed forward and used his body to block the opponent's attack. He told the little emperor to run away quickly, but the little emperor was so scared that his legs were shaking and he couldn't move at all. The official hacked Hengshun to death with two knives and then walked towards the little emperor. At this time, the little emperor was able to stand up. He wanted to escape, but how could a child run faster than an adult? When the knife was about to fall on the little emperor's head, poof! The sound of the sharp blade piercing through flesh and blood rang in his ears.
The little emperor looked at the scene with a blank face. Sun Renluan suddenly appeared behind the official and killed him with a sword.
The little emperor was stunned for a moment, then ran towards Sun Renluan crying. He hugged Sun Renluan's thighs and begged, "Uncle, I'm so scared, uncle, take me away from here!"
Sun Renluan looked down at him, his eyes slightly moving away. He looked at Hengshun, who had not closed his eyes until his death, hoping that the little emperor could escape.
But the little emperor didn't even look at him. He begged Sun Renluan desperately, just wanting to return to a safe place as soon as possible.
No matter how the little emperor cried and shouted, Sun Renluan did not respond. The little emperor then stopped talking. With tears still in his eyes, he secretly raised his head and glanced at Sun Renluan.
"Uncle?"
Sun Renluan's appearance at this moment made him feel unfamiliar, but the next second, Sun Renluan extended his hand to him again: "Follow me."
The young emperor sensed danger and wanted to go see the dead Hengshun, but Sun Renluan grabbed him and forced him to go out with him without saying anything. *
To prevent any fraud, the army stopped for a while one mile outside the city gate. Yu Shaocheng led the team to rush over to see what was going on. After confirming that there was indeed an internal conflict in Nanjing, Qu Yunmie ordered the entire army to charge.
After Qu Yunmie shouted charge, he subconsciously picked up the reins and wanted to be the first to charge, but at this time, a familiar voice sounded in his ears.
"Go! My men, make way for the king!!!"
"Ahhhhh, make way for the king!!!"
Wow—in the blink of an eye, thousands of people followed Jian Qiao and ran out.
Qu Yunmie: “…………”
His first reaction was to look at Xiao Rong, who sat on his horse calmly and smiled at him. …
With the excuse of clearing a path, Qu Yunmie no longer had to risk his life personally, and those people at the city gate were easy to deal with. As soon as they entered the city gate, several main generals sent out all the loud-voiced soldiers in their respective armies. They beat drums and gongs and said that they were here to defend the king. They also had the emperor's handwritten edict. Anyone who dared to oppose them would be guilty of treason and should be punished for treason.
At the second city gate, Yu Shaocheng captured Yang Zangyi alive. The old man was still planning to resist stubbornly, and even when the Zhenbei Army rushed over, he did not run away. He looked like he was ready to die heroically. Qu Yunmie led his troops inside, while Xiao Rong got off his horse and slowly walked up to Yang Zangyi.
Yang Zangyi once wanted to kill him, but to be honest, Xiao Rong didn't have any hatred towards Yang Zangyi.
Because they belonged to two different forces, the relationship was originally a life-and-death one, and now Yang Zangyi was a prisoner, so he was the winner and all personal emotions were as calm as water.
However, Yang Zangyi didn't seem to think so. He refused to be escorted and stood on the ground with a proud face. When he saw Xiao Rong coming, he only said one sentence: "You can kill me or chop me up, it's all up to you."
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