Wanyan Chengyi led his men and ran around the palace like wolves and tigers.
The location of the Chamber of Servants is inside Ren'anmen Gate, and further north is Chunhe Hall, the emperor's main residence. But the Chunhe Hall was already empty. Except for a few corpses of palace maids, even the bronze lamp inlaid with gold on the bedside had been moved away.
Wanyan Chengyi roared and searched everywhere, but finally turned back, grabbed a young attendant and asked, "Where is the precious seal? And where is the gold and silver hidden in the palace?"
The attendant was trembling, not daring to answer or not to answer. He murmured for a long time and said: "The treasure seal should be in the Fu Bao Bureau. The gold and silver money should be in the inner treasury, or in the left and right treasury."
Wanyan Chengyi was as noble as other Jurchen clan members and was from the Chamber of Servants. However, when he was a Chamberlain, the capital of Dajin was still Daxing Mansion in Zhongdu. He was just not familiar with the layout of the Kaifeng Imperial Palace. At that moment, he shouted impatiently: "Nonsense, what I'm asking is, where is the Talisman Bureau? Where is the inner treasure storehouse?"
"The Talisman Bureau is to the east of Sahemen, and the inner treasury is to the south of Changsheng Hall."
Wanyan Chengyi drew his sword angrily: "You want to die, right? You won't say it clearly in one breath, right?"
The waiter was frightened and hurriedly gestured to explain. It turns out that when Wanyan Chengyi led his people to rush to the Chamber of Servants, the city gate to the east was the Sahe Gate, and the courtyard to the east of the Sahe Gate was the Talisman Bureau. Wanyan Chengyi himself had missed it. To go to the inner storage room, you have to pass through Chunhe Hall and Yuanmen, then bypass Cuifeng in the north of Xianshaoyuan, and arrive via Changsheng Hall.
These two roads have completely different directions. Moreover, Wanyan Jiuzhu was the first to arrive at the palace, so maybe he had already arrived first?
Wanyan Chengyi hesitated for a moment. He guessed that Wanyan Jiuzhu's man was probably looting the gold, jewels and treasures in the palace, and his political considerations seemed to overwhelm his greed for money?
Thinking of this, he said sternly: "Then turn back! Let's go to the Talisman Bureau first!"
With just this delay, there were many more people in the palace than before.
Someone came up to stop the cavalry and asked for help, but half of his head was blown off by the knight with a knife. As for the other lunatics and fools, there were even more, and I didn’t know what each of them wanted to do. Wanyan Chengyi and others didn’t say much, and just slashed all the way out, neatly and neatly.
At this time, he no longer regarded himself as a local official of the Kingdom of Jin, but only focused on trying to gain benefits from the sinking ship. He couldn't think clearly about what to do after grabbing the benefits, and he didn't think much about it. As for those who dare to stop him, since he has even killed his own younger brother, why would he have any worries?
Naturally, the steel knife opened the way and killed people indiscriminately, without sparing a hand.
Almost all of those he killed were Jurchens.
Many Jurchens who fled to Nanjing Road in the past year gathered in Kaifeng.
Their goals, ideas, and even the class they were in may be different, but they were able to take their families and move south when Dajin was on the verge of collapse. At least their intentions were clear, their ability to act was good, and they had a large number of strong men. Therefore, the Kaifeng court was able to draw out a huge force from it.
But at this moment, these Jurchens' ideas collided violently with each other. Disputes and internal strife among the Jurchens occurred everywhere in the city, and they suddenly broke out to a tragic level.
Some Jurchens were originally afraid of Ding Haijun. Previously, tens of thousands of Ding Haijun were watching the city. Their hearts were floating and their emotions were frightened and suppressed to the extreme. When the enemy troops entered the city and the emperor died, the city was filled with people. Thousands of residents subconsciously rushed to the palace.
There are also some Jurchens who still have some enthusiasm, and at this time they actually burst out with the bravery left by their ancestors. They gathered private soldiers and went out with weapons in hand, intending to restore order, either retreat into the palace in an orderly manner, or move outside the city in an organized way to survive.
More and more people are traveling south just for wealth. Now that their wealth is about to disappear, they only care about themselves. They looted at will and even attacked the residences of wealthy merchants and even government offices and treasuries. The Jurchen warriors who still had strength in their hands and knew the key points, such as Wanyan Jiuzhu and Wanyan Chengyi, searched everywhere in the palace, hoping to make a fortune.
In the eyes of this group of people, those who fled wantonly would only be in the way. During the robbery, they had fierce internal strife with those who intended to restore order or continue fighting with Ding Haijun.
This situation was ten times more chaotic than when the Mongols invaded Zhongdu that day, and there might be ten times more casualties.
At that time, the Mongols used absolutely powerful force to suppress the situation, and Gao Qi's subordinates were the helpers of the tiger. The others could only tremble and tremble. But at this moment, before Ding Haijun entered the city, the Jurchens themselves were already desperate.
And the second major defeat after the fall of Zhongdu brought them not only despair. How desperate they are, how crazy and irritable they are; and under the madness, people with completely different positions are naturally life-and-death enemies!
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
The thugs who broke into the Fu Bao Bureau found that all the officials inside had been killed. Several courtyards were full of blood. There was nothing to loot, let alone the seal. It was not known who had taken the lead. They rushed out of the main entrance angrily, went to the utensils bureau next door, grabbed some gold utensils, and then chopped down the idlers who were rushing to the ground one by one.
After coming out of the artifacts bureau, I ran hundreds of steps along the corridor. Somehow, I wanted to go to the inner storage room, but ended up at Xuanhuiyuan.
Wanyan Chengyi lost his patience and stabbed the attendant who was pointing the way to death. When he rushed into Xuanhui Courtyard, he saw an old man who looked like a high-ranking official retreating continuously surrounded by three or five officials.
After taking a closer look, it was a coincidence that this old man was actually the former governor of Lintao Mansion, the current censor Zhongcheng, and the counselor of political affairs, Borshu Lu Deyu.
Bishu Lu Deyu also recognized Wanyan Chengyi and saw that everyone in his group was vicious and covered in blood. He immediately shouted and asked: "Bai Sa, what are you doing here?"
Bai Sa is Wanyan Chengyi's real name. Bishu Lu Deyu called him like this, although it was a question, but it also had a hint of intimacy from his own family. In the past, Wanyan Chengyi would have climbed up the ladder naturally, talking about friendship and discussing political cooperation.
But this is the time when the country is being destroyed. In order to gain benefits, he even killed his own younger brother. How can he care about such an old man? Immediately the horse galloped out.
Bishu Lu Deyu thought he was here to talk to him, and his face just showed joy. Wanyan Chengyi stretched his bow and nocked an arrow, and an arrow hit his chest. Those who participated in politics fell to the ground and died.
"Catch them and ask them what they are doing here!" Wanyan Chengyi shouted.
At this time, behind the continuous palace wall, to the east of the Mingjun Palace, where the Central Guards Lieutenant Commander was located, close guards from the Bolushulu Deyu family were escorting a carriage. Among the men and women hiding in the carriage were the emperor's wife and empress Tu Shan, and several others were relatives of the emperor. The driver was Pusanna Tanchu, the son of Pusanduan.
The carriage has not yet left, but the road outside is blocked by ordinary people fleeing. The guards wielded steel knives and hacked at them, regardless of whether they were old, weak, women or children, killing anyone who blocked the road until their heads rolled.
After clearing several feet of open space, the carriage could rumble out. Who would have expected that there would be a huge crowd behind the road, and the guards would threaten them again and again. How could they hold back the tide?
In an instant, the crowd rolled over like a wave, rushing away dozens of guards, taking away the horses pulling the carriage, and pushing the entire carriage over.
Some people in the crowd fell down, some yelled, some pushed, some were frightened, and some cried for their fathers and mothers. When the crowd passed by, the carriage was broken into pieces. Pushannatan was trampled by hundreds of people. His bones were broken. He collapsed on the ground and vomited blood. The queen and the nobles were nowhere to be seen.
At this time, the people who poured into the palace had already discovered that the palace was littered with dead and wounded, and there was no possibility of repelling the enemy. So a large group of people came out of the palace and dispersed to various city gates, intending to escape.
There were fires all over the city, the roads were blocked, and the city gates were open and closed. Many real girls rushed to a certain city gate and saw that the inside of the city gate was blocked with a large amount of earth and stone. In panic, they turned to the top of the city wall and used long ropes connected with clothing to hammer themselves down the city.
But when Hou Zhi was repairing the city wall outside Kaifeng, although supplies were in short supply, he did not cut corners. The wall was more than four feet high. If the long rope made of clothing could not hit the ground, he could only let go and jump down. I don't know how many people jumped down. The fall resulted in broken tendons and fractures.
Such a thrilling situation caused the Jin army who retreated to Kaifeng from the direction of Lincaiguan to scream in surprise.
Someone yelled from dozens of feet away: "Don't jump! The enemy will be here soon!"
When the people and horses were noisy, no one on the city could hear clearly. On the contrary, many people saw the Jin army gathering outside the city, and because it was getting close to dusk, they did not notice the embarrassed posture of the soldiers with their armor smashed and their flags smashed. They waved their hands frantically, and more people jumped down.
Monk Wanyan Chen's eyes were cracked, and he urged his horse to jump into the moat without hesitation. He faced up and kept signaling to those who gathered not to be impulsive.
He had been fighting all day, and his horses had been replaced by four or five horses. The current one was taken from Ding Haijun and was very untamed. He waved his hand too violently, and the war horse was stirred by the river water. It suddenly neighed and jumped, knocking him off.
Kaifeng's moat runs through many water systems such as Guangji River, Bianhe River, and Huimin River. The water flow is originally quite large. However, due to the influence of the Yellow River's previous diversion and overflow, most of the northern half of the city was silted up at this time.
Monk Wanyan Chen fell into the muddy water with a splash and struggled a few times before getting up. However, he saw that there were still people in the city descending on the rope regardless of the situation. There was even a fat man who didn't even use the rope and jumped out with a wild scream. There was a muffled sound when it landed, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.
What happened in the city to drive these people crazy?
Is it true, as Wanyan Congtan and the others said, that my brother sold the city to get the navy? Could it be said that things have changed in the city?
Monk Wanyan Chen wanted to go up and ask, but for some reason, he was worried that he would get some terrible answers, so he couldn't move and continued to approach the city. After hesitating for a moment, he turned back to the shore and shouted to the cavalry who had gathered slightly:
"There must be trouble in the city... We have to go to Hongren Gate. Hongren Gate will definitely be opened! We still have a lot of people, maybe we can defend the city... or even worse, we can escape with His Majesty!"
His voice was hoarse from the constant roaring. Now he was shouting loudly, his voice was rough and deep, and his throat felt like it was being cut with a knife every time he uttered a word.
However, no one paid any attention to him.
Monk Wanyan Chen glanced around and discovered that Wanyan Congtan's deputy, Yi Lapua, who had served as the military commander in Zhongdu, was here. This Yi La Pu'a is one of the young talents specially summoned by the Kaifeng court. During the Zhongdu Incident, he fled with Brother Wanyan Xielie. On the way to escape, he supported each other and had a deep friendship with monk Wanyan Chen.
Monk Wanyan Chen's footsteps were filled with water, and he moved forward violently, trying to pull the reins of La Pu'a's horse.
Unexpectedly, Yi La Pu'a suddenly led his horse to get out of the way, and Monk Wanyan Chen got nothing.
"Liang Zuo, the situation is very unclear at the moment. I just heard that something happened to His Majesty... If you keep talking nonsense, don't blame me for being rude!"
Yi La Pu'a said coldly.
Monk Wanyan Chen took a few steps back, feeling as if his chest had been punched so hard that he almost vomited blood.
