"Eh? Why is the old man still so angry?" Everyone in the group looked puzzled, and Zhu Su was also a little confused. Something suddenly occurred to his mind: "Isn't it because old man Ru is so incompetent that he really let Zhang Shicheng's son run away?"
"Master Ru, what's going on?"
"Where is Thief Zhang's son? Could it be that he ran away?" Beside Zhu Su, Wei Guan, who also thought of this, had already galloped forward to meet him.
"The son of Thief Zhang didn't run away, but..."
"Oh... I'm so angry!"
Ru Taisu turned away bitterly, with an angry look on his face. After Wei Guan, Zhu Su came over and was even more confused: "Since he didn't run away, why is Ru Yushi so angry?"
"Where is Thief Zhang's son?"
"The son of Thief Zhang... is here." A somewhat familiar voice emerged from behind Ru Taisu, and then, a head was thrown out by a black shadow on horseback, and Gululu rolled in front of Zhu Su.
Zhu Su was startled by the bloody head. Is this head Zhang Shicheng's son?
Seeing that Zhu Su was frightened, Di Meng and Chang Mao were immediately furious. Di Meng even drew out his sword: "Who! Dare to be so rude to His Highness King Wu!"
"Lao Wu... you are too cowardly." The dark figure was not afraid of Di Meng, who was Zhu Su's personal guard, but instead made fun of Zhu Su himself.
He took a few steps forward and emerged from the shadows, with an affectionate smile on his face.
Zhu Su was surprised at first, and then overjoyed:
"Second brother!!"
"How will you be here!!"
"It's not just the second brother."
Another man came out from the shadows on horseback. Zhu Su was overjoyed when he saw this: "Fourth brother!"
"Why are you here too!"
"Hehe." These two figures are none other than Zhu Chong, the second eldest son of the Zhu family, King of Qin, and the fourth eldest son, King of Yan, Zhu Di. Zhu Di walked around Di Meng, who was lying on the ground to apologize, and rode his horse in front of Zhu Su. He said with a smile: "I am not worried that you will be lonely spending this New Year alone, so my second brother and I came all the way to Suzhou Mansion to accompany you. ”
"..." Zhu Sumu was suspicious. He traveled all night to accompany him because he was worried about being lonely? How can it be!
Zhu Di knew the extraordinary behind this younger brother, and when he saw that his high-sounding reasons were revealed, he couldn't help scratching the back of his head. Zhu Su turned to look at his second brother Zhu Xiang. "Second brother, why is this head of Shicheng's son in your hands?"
Just as Zhu Xiang was about to answer, Ru Taisu snorted coldly behind him. Zhu Xiang immediately shrank his neck in confusion: "Lao Wu, let this Ru Yushi do the talking."
"Even if His Highness the King of Qin treats the old minister with courtesy at this time, the old minister will definitely write a letter to impeach His Highnesses the King of Qin and the King of Yan!" Old Censor Ru Taisu was furious. After yelling, Zhu Xi and Zhu Di were still not addicted, and turned to look at the Suzhou guards behind him: "There are also you and other corpse-seated vegetarians, and your and other general Yang Luna!!"
"Slow down, slow down..." Zhu Su interrupted Ru Taisu and said, "Old man Ru, what's going on?"
Ru Taisu glared at Zhu Su sadly and indignantly, knowing that Zhu Su was venting his anger on his two brothers by saying "old man". But thinking that Zhu Su was taking great credit for protecting the overall situation, Ru Taisu still chose to pretend not to hear. Then, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he narrated what happened after the ambush in the preparation warehouse.
It turned out that when he successfully ambushed the rest of Zhang Shicheng's troops with the borrowed Suzhou guards, the situation was still good at the beginning.
After all, they were squatting inside the door to do calculations deliberately and unintentionally, and the strength of their own troops was several times that of the enemy's. Hearing someone shouting to Zhang Ren, "Young Master," Ru Taisu made plans to capture Zhang Shicheng's son Zhang Ren alive.
Who knew that this Suzhou Guardsman was useless, and he didn’t know what Yang Lu was preparing for every day when he was “preparing for war”. Once the hand-to-hand combat began, facing the dead soldiers who were fleeing to protect Zhang Ren, the Suzhou guards, who were several times more numerous than the enemy, actually showed signs of timidity. The dead soldiers found a flaw and fought their way out of the reserve warehouse.
"Uh..." Zhu Su looked at the soldiers behind Ru Taisu who were full of shame and fear, and he was really speechless in his heart. Doesn’t it mean that at the beginning, the guard system was not yet abandoned? Why are these guardsmen already as miserable as the guardsmen hundreds of years later?
Facing an enemy who was struggling to his death, he gave up? Is this the so-called fear of being too stunned, and being afraid of one's life?
"So?" Zhu Su asked.
"So, I hurriedly urged these soldiers to chase after them..." Ru Taisu continued. "I risked my life to pursue him, and the thief fled all the way to the east of the city."
"When I arrived at Loumen in the east of the city, I saw that the city gate was closed tightly. The thief was already cornered. It was time to arrest him without mercy."
"Unexpectedly, the city gate suddenly opened..."
"Could it be that the thieves were at the city gate and had intelligence posted in advance?" Wei Guan asked suspiciously.
"...No, it's His Royal Highnesses King Qin and King Yan..." Ru Taisu's face turned purple with anger.
After continuing to listen, Zhu Su finally knew what was going on. It turned out that at this moment, Zhu Xi and Zhu Di somehow happened to arrive outside Loumen of Suzhou Prefecture.
The city gate captain had obtained Zhu Su's order in advance, and it was at night, so he would never open the city gate. But who would have expected that Zhu Xi and Zhu Di had traveled all night, and today was New Year's Eve, so they were in a hurry to enter the city. In order to get the city gate captain to open the city gate, they even used the pretense of being the "King of Qin" and "King of Yan", threatening them, and taking out a seal and attaching it to the city wall as a token.
The city gate captain had seen the "Seal of the King of Wu" on Zhu Su's order. When he saw the two "Seal of the King of Qin" and "The Seal of the King of Yan", he immediately confirmed that they were genuine. This time, his claws were numb with fear. King Wu’s order was an order, and the orders of King Qin and King Yan were also orders!
Moreover, these two princes rushed into the city to find His Highness King Wu. If they missed the meeting between their brothers, His Highness King Wu might also blame him!
What's more, there are two princes on one side and only one prince on the other. Moreover, His Highness King Wu did not explain clearly why he had to guard the city gate tonight. Maybe it was just to remind everyone to cheer up and work on duty on New Year's Eve?
After weighing the pros and cons, the city gate captain finally chose to open the city gate.
The city gate actually opened on its own, and the desperate remnants of the Zhang family were immediately boosted in morale and rushed out of the city gate with all their might.
Then, they ran into Zhu Xi and Zhu Di who were entering the city with their elite royal guards...
"If your Highnesses hadn't threatened the city gate captain and opened the city gate..." Ru Taisu covered her heart.
"Hey...hehe, old man Ru, don't be so angry." Originally, he was leaving the capital privately, and he happened to be bumped into by the censor when he was acting like a prince. Zhu Di, who was afraid of being ripped off by Lao Zhu after returning to Beijing, had a sneer on his face: "Besides, Zhang Shicheng's son didn't escape, didn't he?"
"Didn't our brother chop him with a knife?"
"This means that I and my second brother have failed and failed..."
"Succeeding?" Ru Tai jumped angrily.
"Your Highnesses, do you know how difficult it is to eradicate these remnants?"
"I am waiting to find out from his mouth the secret that this thief dared to say that he would kill the entire city even when he was in a desperate situation!"
"You know, Zhang Shicheng's son is not the only one who is missing!"
(End of chapter)
