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Meng Chang's eyes were sunken, and he didn't even wear a hoodie. His originally smooth hair looked a little messy. His haggard look made his whole person look a little shaky.
Although there were also palace maids and Zhao Zhong standing beside her, and even the Queen Mother was half-lying on a couch nearby, seemingly resting, but her eyelids were constantly trembling, and it could be seen that she was also feigning sleep. Although he was sitting and resting, Meng Chang didn't seem to feel anything. His blood-red eyes looked a little scary.
He was sitting at the white jade stone table, surrounded by bright night pearls. There was no gorgeous decoration, but it was also well ventilated and did not give people too much pressure. This is the secret passageway of His Highness, which is only about ten meters underground from the side hall above, so it is relatively safe.
The secret passage has a thick stone door, and dozens of elites are guarding the tunnel leading outside. Although dozens of people are not worth mentioning, these are all fully armed guards. They guarded the outside of the tunnel entrance, which was a kind of peace of mind for Meng Chang.
Yesterday's sudden attack made everyone panic. Taiping had been at ease for too long, and the danger was approaching. No one knew how to react.
Although in the end they supported the emperor and fled in a hurry, everyone didn't know where to go for a while, let alone what to do. In the end, although they fled inside together, they finally saw that only the Queen Mother was there and followed the emperor.
I don't know whether they lost track of them in the rush, or because no one paid attention to them and didn't see anyone following them. The representatives among them are naturally the always favored Concubine Hui and Li Zhaorong, who are usually inseparable from the emperor.
Everyone felt a little strange. Not to mention that Concubine Hui was punished by the Queen Mother, but Li Zhaorong had always been deeply favored. No one dared to say anything. In the panic at the time, it was good to be able to come out sober.
Because it was inside the palace, naturally foreign ministers could not come in. Entering without the emperor's summons would be a serious crime that would punish the nine clans. Of course, there is Wang Zhaoyuan, who sincerely protects the Lord. He is an exception. He has always been by the emperor's side and will save the emperor at critical moments.
Showing loyalty at critical moments, Wang Zhaoyuan obviously performed the most realistic version. Everyone finally discovered that there was nowhere to hide, and the emperor, who lacked exercise and exercise, could not run fast at all. When everyone was panicking, the emperor realized that there was a secret passage in his side hall.
Although the emperor finally escaped into the secret passage, he couldn't help feeling chilly in his heart. The world, which had been at peace for more than twenty years, had always been accustomed to being the only one who dominated. I have never experienced such danger before. I saw the sound of killing in the palace, but no one came to protect me.
I didn't know what it was like, and for a moment I thought someone was causing trouble. At this time, I had many more ideas, because there used to be a few worshippers in the palace, and they were all-powerful figures, but they were also missing.
There are various ideas in it, and naturally they are all weird, but it is understandable how frustrated and frightened Meng Chang, as the emperor, was.
There is no one else around, only Wang Zhaoyuan, a close confidant. Who in Chengdu could make such a move?
How dare Wang Zhaoyuan speak nonsense, because suspicion of everyone will damage the interests of a family, or several families. The Wang family has been able to get to where they are today just because people see themselves and give themselves face after being favored by the emperor.
Wang Zhaoyuan is also very smart, and it is not an accident that he has reached his current position. One thing he understood was that everyone should carry the sedan chair. If it is not about life and death interests and attacking others, there will be no good results. Today's Chengdu city can be said to be a world of relationships. The intricate network of relationships between each other can affect everything.
Nowadays, the few princes in Chengdu have no real power. Although they control various towns in remote areas and have some real power in the capital, they are all insignificant positions. The military power of the Shu Kingdom is in the hands of the emperor. Although the military governors of each town are also in charge of the army, at least the tiger talisman for mobilizing troops is in the hands of the emperor.
Although the emperor's princes have reached adulthood, they have all been crowned princes. But not as good as his princely uncles. Because the emperor always believed that he could be emperor for sixty years, he had no intention of training his son to become a prince.
He was confused for a moment by the emperor's sudden inquiry. He didn't know how to answer the emperor, but it was obviously impossible not to answer. When he was racking his brains, he suddenly thought of something, which was something that even scared him.
It is obvious that the situation outside is unclear, but Wang Zhaoyuan himself has received many urgent reports from various states. Wang Zhaoyuan was well aware of the fact that the average religion was causing chaos everywhere and needed the emperor's support to send troops to suppress it. This shows that the turmoil in the Jingwei Cult has become serious everywhere. The people Wang Zhaoyuan himself sent out to inquire outside the city last time have no news yet.
Seeing the refugees rushing into the palace, Wang Zhaoyuan had an idea. But it certainly can't be said that the average teaching is causing trouble, otherwise I will definitely cause big trouble. So he turned around and said that there have always been many religious believers in Shu, but now there are many people of all kinds in Chengdu. Maybe someone has bewitched these refugees and took the opportunity to flock to the palace.
After Meng Chang calmed down for a while, his mind became clearer. He was not stupid, and was even still very smart. Then I wanted to send someone to find some guests in the palace. They were the figures left to me by the late emperor. It was said that they were all great people.
But because of the commotion outside, the stone door of the tunnel at the entrance of the secret passage was afraid to open, so everyone was temporarily trapped in the secret passage. This secret passage was built some distance away, and was built by Wang Jian of the previous dynasty. Later, a lot of property was found.
However, the shortcoming of this secret passage is that, I don’t know if it was designed with a short circuit, but there is only one exit leading to a certain mountain outside the city. Later, when Meng Chang's father found it, because he had activated the treasure of the secret passage, although he gained huge wealth, it also cut off the road to the outside of the city.
I don’t know if the late emperor was worried that someone would enter the secret passage from the mountains. Anyway, there would be no way out for anyone to repair the secret passage. I don’t know if the late emperor never thought that he would use this secret passage again. Anyway, the secret passage left now is not long. However, there are three stone chambers, a section of corridor, and a section of tunnel leading into the palace.
Therefore, after entering the secret passage, if you want to go out again, you must go out from the same place. After everyone came in, they didn't think about this. Later, they heard faint shouts of killing outside, and they dared to go out for a while.
The Queen Mother was somewhat calm. Seeing that everyone was a little impatient, she scolded and comforted everyone. However, no one knew what happened about the explosion, but this thunderous explosion still made the Queen Mother severely accuse the Emperor. Although the emperor did not dare to say anything, the Queen Mother's usual authority and her calm composure made everyone gradually quiet down.
No one knew what the Queen Mother was thinking, but when she saw that Hua Rui didn't follow her, she felt obviously much relieved. She was usually not the Hui Fei Hua Rui, and Hua Rui was usually very well-behaved in front of her, but for some reason, after what happened to Wang Shen and this sudden change, the Queen Mother actually vaguely blamed Hua Rui for causing it. .
The Queen Mother did not accuse Hua Rui in front of the emperor again. After all, she had to take the emperor's prestige and face into consideration. But he didn't even see Li Yanniang coming, so he knew something was serious. You must know that Li Yanniang usually has a certain foundation in the palace. If there was nothing serious in the palace, she would definitely come out impatiently. After all, Concubine Hui had just been reprimanded and punished by herself.
At noon after the torture, the sounds in the palace seemed not to stop, but continued. Naturally, they didn't know that there was no emperor appearing outside, and they were completely out of control. The refugees, under the leadership of the average cult members, once completely took control of the palace.
Everyone took people and belongings together. Many women in Emperor Meng Chang's palace were abducted, and even some of the emperor's underage children were not spared. All kinds of property in the palace were looted, and a fire broke out after everyone left. Fortunately, no one has set fire to this side hall.
Naturally, Meng Chang didn't know at the time that starting from the afternoon, Han Chongsui led the attack. At first, he didn't dare to enter the inner palace. After all, no foreign minister would dare to enter the palace without the emperor's summons. However, after seeing the corpses of many guards and refugees, Han Chongsui could not retreat to look for people for a while, so he had no choice but to take the risk and lead a team of a thousand people inside.
At this time, the inner treasury had almost been moved out by the members of the Equalization Sect, the armory had also been opened, and various weapons and equipment were distributed. Reliable believers lead familiar people, each forming a small unit, and the refugees also hold formal weapons in their hands. Along the way, he followed the members of the Equalization Sect to fight against each other, not only attacking the pitifully small imperial army in the palace, but also transporting supplies.
In a short period of time, not only was the palace's supplies almost completely looted, but the morale of the refugees also soared. Because Qu Qubing knew that holding these things would only be a big burden, he immediately collected the belongings while constantly rewarding him. So what ended up in Qu Qubing's hands was some of the most practical gold and official silver, and all the copper coins were distributed.
The wages of avarice is death! At this time, it was fully reflected. The dissatisfaction that was usually squeezed and accumulated was completely released on the refugees at this moment.
Looking at the tragic situation in the palace, Han Chongsui could hardly believe his eyes. Seeing a trace of fear in the eyes of the soldiers around him, and the greed in some people's eyes, Han Chongsui knew that if he didn't control it well, there would be riots, so he increased his speed. Shock in the palace.
Although the refugees were far from being the opponents of the imperial guards, they could not stand up to the large number of people, and everyone had standard weapons in their hands. If there were too many ants, they would kill an elephant. There was a tug-of-war between the two sides. The refugees would retreat if they couldn't defeat them, but they would never leave the palace, and would just shuttle around the palace with the guards.
Han Chongsui then boldly divided a thousand imperial guards into three teams, hoping to encircle and suppress the refugees in various places. But he overestimated the combat effectiveness of the guards around him and underestimated the greed of these guards. When he saw that there were fewer and fewer guards in the three places, but the number of refugees did not seem to decrease, Han Chongsui himself became afraid.
In desperation, the guards from the three locations were reunited. When they saw that the total number was less than 400 guards, many of them were injured. As for these people, they were all close to or related to his Han family. In the end, Han Chongsui had no choice but to find this side hall.
It was almost night at this time, and Han Chongsui was very anxious. He was also afraid of death. On the one hand, I have no backup, and I also find that there are fewer and fewer people around me. Secondly, since the emperor was never found, he felt a little cold, thinking that the emperor had been killed, so his actions were meaningless.
The reason why Han Chongsui's team was not swallowed up was because there was not much resistance from the average sect at first, and it was not very systematic. But when he saw that there were not many people around Han Chongsui, Qu Qubing, who came into the palace in person, led his people to launch a counterattack again. What particularly worried Han Chongsui was that archers were found in the hands of the refugees.
When Han Chongsui had no other choice, he could only search for the emperor again one by one, while fighting and retreating or guerrilla against the refugees.
What Qu Qubing couldn't tell others was that his men had collected relatives of seven emperors in the palace and captured more than ten concubines, all of whom had been quietly imprisoned. This is the person who was personally requested by his emperor Liu Jixing. Qu Qubing is being transported out of Chengdu through a special tunnel.
It was a pity that Emperor Meng Chang was never found, but Qu Qubing believed that there was a secret room in the palace, or that the emperor had been burned to death. But Qu Qubing did not give up. While he ordered people to surround Han Chongsui and his group, he personally led people to search everywhere.
They arranged for people to guard the collapsed palace gates everywhere, and even filled them up again, leaving only the west gate. For a whole night, except for the burned palaces, the rest of the places were searched, even the dead were not spared. After confirming that the emperor and the queen mother were not found, Qu Qubing had a vague feeling that the emperor and his group should be in this side hall.
Qu Qubing arranged for his personal guard Yang Jinkui to take charge, and he went out of the palace to contact Zhong Shicheng and occupied Yongshanfang in the west as a base. Zhong Shicheng obviously also achieved very good results, because there are not many garrison troops in Chengdu city, and he usually relies entirely on the city patrol department, but now the city patrol department is paralyzed.
Zhong Shicheng simply led his men to sweep, sweeping every street, square, and district. However, it is strictly forbidden to disturb the people, and those who violate it will not be punished immediately. Therefore, from the afternoon to the evening, although there were explosions all over Chengdu, causing chaos and chaos, the people were not greatly affected.
After scolding the emperor for a while in the secret passage, the Queen Mother heard someone say that the palace suddenly caught fire, and there was a voice calling the emperor from outside, so she stopped blaming the emperor. Knowing that someone really rebelled, they were searching for the whereabouts of the emperor.
Fortunately, there are some emergency food reserves in the secret passage, but they are not much and cannot be cooked, so they can only eat raw. For these people who usually live in fine clothes and fine food, it is definitely not very good, but at this time, who has the thoughts to care about it.
Under the service of Zhongnu Zhao Zhong, everyone ground some grains, used some food, and drank some water. My body has recovered a little, but my heart is filled with endless fear. No one knew why it suddenly became like this. Although they heard the voice summoning the emperor, no one dared to say anything for a while.
Because the emergency started at that time, everyone only knew how to escape. Meng Chang had not yet made adjustments, and the palace guards had no way to enter the inner palace. Later, fires broke out everywhere, and refugees poured in with shouts of death. Everyone was frightened for a while.
Later, when he entered the side hall, the old slave Zhao Zhong remembered and reminded the emperor to summon the guards to come in to escort him. However, several eunuchs who were sent out were killed or escaped secretly, and never came back.
When the emperor came together to the secret passage of the side hall, there were many maids and servants missing, and the people outside were shouting for death and were filled with refugees. Everyone was trembling with fear. Through the window panes, they saw countless refugees rushing into the palace, burning, killing and looting everywhere. We also saw many guards killing people and grabbing treasures, and fighting for money with the refugees.
Thinking that there were still refugees outside, or those rebellious guards, even though the emperor was summoned at this time, who dared to say anything.
Thinking about it at the time, everyone seemed to have forgotten the existence of the emperor, and the palace was in chaos. In the end, it was Wang Zhaoyuan who reminded him, and the emperor took the Queen Mother into hiding in the secret passage in time, otherwise everyone would have suffered a long time ago. Although the emperor was safe in hiding, the palace was completely destroyed, and he no longer knew the situation in the palace.
The guards who originally came to escort him were at a loss when they couldn't find the emperor, and now they were chased by the refugees, although they were summoning the emperor and fighting at the same time. Seeing the wantonness and craziness of the refugees, coupled with the fact that there was no result after a battle, and the number of refugees was increasing, many people seemed to be a little twisted in their hearts, either running away or changing their identities.
The emperor closed his eyes and thought of the guards who had suddenly transformed into refugees and took the lead in snatching everything from gold, silver and jewelry to the beauties in the palace. Emperor Meng Chang almost went crazy. No one can tell who is the robber and who is the one who really comes in to disrupt the situation.
The palace without the emperor suddenly turned into a vanity fair and a slaughterhouse!
Therefore, the summons to the emperor was simply digging into the emperor's heart. Meng Chang's heart was bleeding. When he closed his eyes, he seemed to feel someone cutting his head with a knife.
In the end, the Queen Mother made the final decision. After Han Chongsui's men were trapped in the side hall, she decided to take the risk and come out. The emperor had no choice but to open the secret passage, but it was already almost midnight.
After meeting Han Chongsui, for Meng Chang's safety, he was arranged to go down into the secret passage again. But neither he nor Han Chongsui knew that because of his fear of death and panic, the three palace gates of the inner palace were blocked by people sent by Qu Qubing, and Han Chongsui's people and himself were besieged again.
Wang Zhaoyuan was arranged to assist Han Chongsui outside, but when he saw the refugees besieging him on three floors inside and three outside, Wang Zhaoyuan was more frightened than Meng Chang. After all, there were corpses everywhere, and there was blood and flesh everywhere. Looking at Han Chongsui who looked tired, Wang Zhaoyuan's heart felt cold.
"Your Majesty!" There was a slight sound of footsteps, and Zhao Zhong's hoarse voice sounded carefully. He has been at the tunnel entrance, responsible for delivering messages both outside and inside.
The Queen Mother opened her eyes and saw Zhao Zhong looking at the indifferent emperor with a pale face. Her heart ached, and she sat up and said calmly: "What's wrong!"
Seeing that the emperor had no reaction, Zhao Zhong saluted the Queen Mother and said in a trembling voice: "Back to the Queen Mother, three adults, Li Hao, Chu Shao and Zhao Chongtao, are outside now!"
"What!" The emperor who had been in a daze suddenly stood up and came over, glaring at Zhao Zhong: "Why don't you tell them to come in quickly!" Meng Chang's face actually had a hint of joy, and it seemed that his whole face was a little red, and he suddenly heard When his own minister arrived, he almost fainted.
Zhao Zhong supported the emperor, and seeing Meng Chang's expectant and even a little angry expression, he let go, fell to the ground and burst into tears. Meng Chang looked at Zhao Zhong inexplicably, with anger on his face.
The Queen Mother's heart went cold and she almost fell down on the couch. Seeing that the emperor was about to run away, she couldn't help but take a deep breath and said quietly: "Emperor,,,,,,!"
Meng Chang was extremely filial and turned to look at the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother couldn't help but burst into tears. Meng Chang felt something was wrong. He couldn't help but find the strength to grab Zhao Zhong and lift him up: "What's going on? Tell me quickly!"
"Your Majesty, my condolences! The three adults were captured by thieves and were involuntarily outside the palace. The thieves want Your Majesty to get out!" Zhao Zhong lay on the ground again, crying loudly, and kept knocking his head to the ground. The blood quickly turned red. His face turned red: "This slave will die. He has no talent and ability and cannot protect the emperor!"
Meng Chang was stunned!
He didn't know what others were saying. His mind was at a loss, and he vaguely heard a cry for the Queen Mother. But all this seemed to have nothing to do with him. Zhao Zhong lay on the ground crying and kowtowing.
Meng Chang's footsteps walked out involuntarily. The tunnel was not far away, but he seemed to have walked through thousands of mountains and rivers. The people around him came to help him, but he didn't feel it at all. The dazzling light outside the tunnel hurt my eyes, and I couldn't help but get wet.
There was still a voice in my ears, but it was shouting: "Down with Meng Chang, down with the Meng family dynasty, Meng Chang comes out and surrenders!"
How Meng Chang came out to speak, he didn't know! But he looked at the imperial guards kneeling on the floor in the side hall. Han Chongsui and Wang Zhaoyuan stood at the door of the hall, looking at him blankly. The door of the temple was slightly open, and the outside was full of refugees in ragged clothes. Three people stood in front of the refugees.
Meng Chang looked over, his eyes were hazy, and he fell over and fainted.
Historical records: On May 6, the first year of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Shu was captured in the inner palace of Chengdu. Li Hao negotiated on his behalf, and Qu Qubing detained the emperor in the Changchun Palace! Emperor Shu was captured, all parts of Chengdu surrendered, and Chengdu was liberated. Zhong Shicheng led his people to regain the city of Chengdu and sent people to guard the four gates. Qu Qubing taught sixteen generals on average, and assisted Zhong Shicheng to guard four gates. The layout of Chengdu was completed.
On May 7, the troops stationed outside Chengdu attempted to rescue the soldiers, but a mutiny broke out in the military camp. Seventeen of the generals and deputy generals were suddenly poisoned and died. Half of the Shu soldiers fled, and some of them were summoned by Zhao Wenliang, the consort of Princess Jincheng, holding a tiger talisman. They abandoned their weapons and surrendered outside the north gate.
On May 8th, Wei Yiren led his army into Chengdu!
