Baihu's words left Li Wenzhao irrefutable.
If Zhu Jinghong was killed by the White Lotus cult bandits, he, Li Wenzhao, and his family of thousands would be the primary responsibility, and there would be no doubt that their families would be confiscated and exterminated.
"Quick... hurry up and send the order, everyone in Qianhu Residence, collect weapons and assemble..."
"Go quickly!"
Chen Yuntai did not dare to delay, and immediately turned around and ran out. Soon, the sound of drums sounded in Jinling Qianhu House.
The Jinyiwei were transferred from the army, so they naturally adhered to the old habits of the army. The sound of the drum represented the highest military order. Anyone who heard it should immediately stop what they were doing and rush to the second door of the lobby as quickly as possible.
About three minutes later, hundreds of people gathered outside the second door, one-third of whom were officials.
Everyone was confused and talking among themselves.
However, the next moment, they saw Li Wenzhao who had put on armor, and everyone's eyes widened.
"Sir Qianhu... why are you even wearing armor? Could it be that the Japanese pirates are attacking Yingtian?"
"Although the suppression of Japanese pirates in the front was not a great victory, the Japanese pirates were still surrounded into a group. How could they be allowed to escape to Yingtian?"
"Could it be Japanese pirates from the sea? In the past two days, the Songjiang Hundred Household Office reported that the Japanese pirates on the island were making some moves..."
While everyone was talking, Li Wenzhao had arrived at the second door, and the whole place suddenly fell silent with a cold snort.
"The White Lotus Cult bandits want to attack the Thirteenth Master. You should immediately put on your armor and weapons and follow me to the rescue!"
Li Wenzhao's words were simple and clear. Everyone immediately understood the urgency of the matter and quickly dispersed to prepare after hearing the order.
Li Wenzhao didn't need to say more. The three Baihu General Banners directly under the Baihu Office spontaneously began to supervise their subordinates.
It took less than five minutes for everyone to put on armor and carry swords, fire, guns and shields. The equipment was not bad.
Although they no longer have combat missions, the Jinyiwei are still under the Guards Shangzhi Army and have all the weapons they should have, which is no worse than the Beijing army.
"Set off!"
Li Wenzhao gave the order and everyone left Qianhusuo together and hurried towards Taipingmen.
On the way, Li Wenzhao also sent someone to deliver news to Anchasi and Dusi, hoping that they would also send people to rescue him.
In any case, since Yuncha Si and Du Si were involved by him, they would also be held responsible if something happened to Zhu Jinghong.
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After finishing their meal at the restaurant, Zhu Jinghong and his party did not leave in a hurry. Instead, they inquired about nearby scenic spots at the restaurant.
The owner of the restaurant was very knowledgeable. He first talked about the places that scholars loved to go, and then described the places that the common people loved to go to.
In the end, Zhu Jinghong chose Longtan Mountain, seven miles away, not because there was an ancient temple on the mountain, but because he wanted to go hunting in the mountain.
After almost half an hour, the horses had eaten their fodder and had replenished their strength and could continue on their way.
"Thirteenth Master, this is more than thirty miles away from the city, we'd better not go too far!" Wang Jie of Hundred Households reminded.
Zhu Jinghong said leisurely: "Don't worry, just go back after hunting the prey. You can always arrive before dark!"
Being isolated from the core of power was more uncomfortable for Zhu Jinghong than being beaten, but he was actually beaten and spent half a month recovering from his injuries in the palace.
He went out to the city to relax today, how could he go back so easily.
In this era, there were no mobile phones or games, and royal rules prevented him from having bad habits, so even being a otaku was a luxury.
Everyone couldn't persuade him, so they had to continue to follow, and soon they came to Longtan Mountain.
It is not accurate to say that Longtan Mountain is a mountain. Its highest point is only 100 meters by visual inspection. It is only because there is no land reclamation near it that it is given the name "mountain".
It is said that there is Siyuan here, but due to the luxuriant number of people, no one can see the temple in the mountain.
"Don't make any sound, there are hares ahead..."
As he spoke, Zhu Jinghong had already taken out his bow and arrow, fully drawn the bow string and pointed forward.
He was less than thirty meters away from his prey. It was easy for him to shoot a hare from this distance.
With a "whoosh" sound, the arrow left the string and directly hit the hare's body.
"Master Thirteen is mighty!"
Almost at the same time, everyone cheered. The officials' children were all top-notch in flattering.
"Thirteenth Master, I'm hit!" Lu Yuxin held an arrow with a hare on it.
"It's nothing!" Zhu Jinghong laughed quickly, speaking modestly but with a very proud expression.
"Listen up, everyone, you are going on a hunting trip today. You must not return empty-handed, otherwise you will be punished...by buying wine for everyone!"
At this time, someone among the guards asked: "Thirteenth Master, what if you win the first place?"
"Are you better than Thirteenth Master?" Hou Jing quickly flattered him.
But Zhu Jinghong said calmly: "I won't compete with you. If anyone can get the first place today...this royally given red sandalwood Buddha amulet belongs to him!"
The gift given by the emperor, no matter what the thing itself is, is an extremely precious thing.
The emperor beat and scolded Zhu Jinghong when he was in trouble, but he was also really kind to his youngest son. Before leaving, he specially gave him a Buddhist amulet to bless him.
"When you're ready, let's start!" Zhu Jinghong laughed.
Then the whole forest became noisy, and the hares and pheasants raised in the pure Buddhist land were killed one after another.
Unfortunately, the trees were thick and the sound of their hunting did not spread too far, otherwise a monk would have stopped them.
While Zhu Jinghong and his party were hunting, they didn't know that there were people coming with weapons from all directions in Longtan Mountain in order to capture him, the emperor's legitimate son.
There were four people standing on a big rock on the west side of Longtan Mountain. The man in the gray robe at the head asked: "Are all our people here?"
"Master Huixiang, a total of seventy-five people are here!"
"Pass it on, monitor closely, don't act rashly!"
"yes!"
After the man left, the man in gray robe stood up and walked away. Listening to the faint shouts in the distance, he murmured: "Just wait until the messenger of God brings someone here!"
They had been planning for more than a month to attack the royal heir, and today they finally got the chance.
About half an hour later, there was movement on the path in the distance, which immediately caused several people on the stone to squat down. They only lowered their guard when they saw that it was them.
"King of God, I'm here!"
The person who came was Wang Xianxiang, the divine envoy of the White Lotus Sect. His status was already at a high level in the White Lotus Sect. He was in charge of both Jinling and Zhejiang.
For him to come here in person shows how much the White Lotus Sect attaches great importance to today.
"Master Lu Xiang, are all your people here?"
Lu Jian replied: "A total of seventy-five people have arrived near Longtan Mountain, and they are closely monitoring the Zhu family's son!"
"This little beast is really damn good at running. He followed him all the way and made the brothers go through a lot of mistakes. Now he finally bites him!" Wang Xianxiang said bitterly.
"King Divine Envoy, how many people have you brought here?"
Wang Xianxiang replied: "More than eighty people are all good players from Chizhou!"
"When shall we take action?" Lu Jian asked.
"Don't worry, make sure everything is safe, it's not too late to take action!"
Lu Jian smiled and said, "It's really the blessing of the Goddess. The Zhu family boy chose to dismount and hunt, which saved us a lot of effort!"
The sound of riding horses was too loud and could easily alarm the prey, so everyone chose to dismount and conduct a carpet search in the woods.
This is indeed more playable, but it also loses its advantages.
At this moment in the forest, Zhu Jinghong was carrying a sword on his waist and a quiver on his back, searching for prey hidden around him.
Little did he know that he had become someone else's prey.
"Go and tell the brothers not to go too far, at least within fifty steps of the Thirteenth Master!" Wang Jie ordered Hou Jing.
He didn't catch a single prey, and he was obviously ready for a treat.
