After Gu Tingye and his gang set fire to the palace, they did not go back immediately, but stayed in the palace.
Of course, Gu Tingye's original intention was that by staying in the palace, he would be able to detect any unexpected situations in time.
So after Gu Tingye and the others completed their work of sowing discord, they found a place to hide in the harem.
But the harem is the main battlefield after all. As the situation became more and more chaotic in the later period, Gu Tingye and the others would encounter people from time to time, and a round of fighting would follow.
As time went by, Gu Tingye and the others moved to the former dynasty, and by chance they bumped into Queen Cao and his party.
At first, neither side recognized the other, so they immediately started fighting after the encounter.
Finally, someone recognized Gu Tingye, called out his name, and then shouted that he was the one escorting Queen Cao, and then the two sides stopped.
After stopping, Gu Tingye looked carefully and recognized Empress Cao, Zhao Zonghan, Cao Jingxiu, Zeng Chaosheng and others opposite. Most of the other escorts were familiar faces from the Imperial Guard.
Dang Ji said: "I am late to save you, please forgive me the Queen and the young prince."
Facing Gu Tingye's arrival, Queen Cao was really not too happy. After all, it was too strange for Gu Tingye to appear here.
According to Cao Jingxiu, Gu Tingye should have made an appointment with Li Hao to leave Bianjing City together, so the two should be together.
And Zhao Zhen also explained that the military talisman was in the hands of Li Hao, and the one who dispatched the soldiers and horses to attack the city was most likely Li Hao.
In this case, Gu Tingye should be helping Li Hao lead the army. How could he appear here suddenly?
If the imperial city was captured by Li Hao, then Gu Tingye should have more soldiers and horses with him, not just this few people.
All these strange things made Empress Cao feel wary, and she immediately asked: "You have already left the city, why did you suddenly appear in the palace?
In addition, I just heard a loud noise outside in the palace, as if someone was attacking the city. Do you know what it is? "
Gu Tingye paused for a moment, thought quickly and then replied: "That's true. After Li Hao learned about Zhao Zongquan's rebellion, he took the military talisman to the camp in the western suburbs and ordered soldiers and horses to enter the palace to quell the rebellion.
Now Li Hao is leading the counter-rebellion army to fight the main force of the rebels at Zhuque Gate. He expects to be able to break through the rebel defense soon.
I am familiar with the situation in the palace, so Li Hao asked me to take advantage of the rebels' attention to lead some people to climb over the city wall and climb in. "
Listening to Gu Tingye's words, Queen Cao did not notice anything wrong, but in her heart, Queen Cao still had some doubts about Gu Tingye.
Then he said: "I see, which palace gate did you come in from? We need to leave quickly.
Now Zhao Zongquan has sent people to chase us, led by Shen Congxing, so we must leave early, otherwise we will be in trouble if we get entangled. "
Gu Tingye replied: "We came in through Donghua Gate. We didn't see anyone guarding us at that time. I guess Zhao Zongquan's people have all rushed into the palace. How about we rush there now?"
Upon hearing this, Queen Cao replied: "In that case, let's leave quickly to avoid being delayed by Shen Congxing."…
As he was talking, he heard a large number of footsteps behind him, which was obviously Shen Congxing's pursuers.
So Gu Tingye suddenly said: "Queen, please leave now. We will stay to stop you and buy you some time."
After hearing this, Empress Cao deliberately tried to persuade her: "We'd better leave together, how could I put you in danger?"
Gu Tingye replied: "For the Song Dynasty, your safety is more important. Go quickly and leave this place to us."
When Queen Cao wanted to talk again, Cao Jingxiu stepped forward, pulled Queen Cao up and left.
But before leaving, Zeng Chaosheng said, "It would be better if you block us a little. After we get far away, if something cannot be done, we can avoid its sharp edge."
Regarding Zeng Chaosheng's words, Gu Tingye nodded in agreement, and then asked them to
He left quickly and took someone with him to meet him in the opposite direction.
After Queen Cao and his party walked away, the people around Gu Tingye asked: "We really want to help Queen Cao block people. Didn't we say we wanted to kill Queen Cao? Why didn't we just do it?"
After hearing this, Gu Tingye replied: "Empress Cao can die, but she must not die in our hands. Don't violate this taboo.
It's better to leave him to Zhao Zongquan, but if Zhao Zonghan has a chance, he can be saved. "
After finishing speaking, he paused for a moment and then said: "Don't really go all out when you go to Shen Congxing's place later. After making contact, help him show the way, and then we can evacuate, you know?"
After hearing Gu Tingye's words, others naturally knew what Gu Tingye meant.
Gu Tingye did not perform in the next performance. After all, there were too many people who knew Gu Tingye, so as not to arouse Shen Congxing's suspicion.
Others also performed a perfect performance, and after meeting Shen Congxing, they showed the essence of breaking down at the drop of a hat.
Shen Congxing spent almost no time, and clearly pointed out to them the direction in which Queen Cao had just left.
Shen Congxing was now focused on catching Empress Cao, and naturally he had no intention of catching these fleeing people, so he left quickly.
As soon as Shen Congxing left, all the people who had been scattered came back, and under the leadership of Gu Tingye, they followed him from a distance.
This followed them directly to the vicinity of Xuande Gate. Obviously, Queen Cao did not listen to Gu Tingye's words and rushed directly to Donghua Gate.
For this reason, both Cao Jingxiu and Zeng Chaosheng had questions. Finally, Cao Jingxiu asked: "Queen, if we want to go to Donghua Gate, shouldn't we go east? Why are we still going south? We are almost at Xuande Gate." ?」
Empress Cao replied: "The timing of Gu Tingye's appearance is too coincidental. I don't really believe him. After all, Xuandemen is the closest, so I'd better go there first."
And if Gu Tingye is telling the truth, if there really are no defenders at Donghua Gate, then there should be no defenders at Xuande Gate, so it will be the same no matter which way you go out. "
Facing Queen Cao's explanation, neither Cao Jingxiu nor Zeng Chaosheng objected. After all, it was now this time, so it was better to be cautious.
The group of people hurried and hurried slowly, but they were still caught up by Shen Congxing and others in the large square in front of Youye Gate.
Faced with Shen Congxing's fast speed, it was obvious that he was not blocked for too long, so Queen Cao's suspicion of Gu Tingye became even greater. ….
But it's useless to think about it now, it's better to escape quickly.
Zeng Chaosheng stood up this time and asked Queen Cao and Cao Jingxiu to continue running with Zhao Zonghan, and sent several guards to protect him. He led others to stop Shen Congxing.
This fight was a climax from the beginning. On one side, they wanted to get close to the city gate, and they would be doomed if they couldn't catch up. On the other side, they wanted to delay time and fight for the family's future, so both sides tried their best to kill each other.
A little further away, Gu Tingye and others were watching what was happening in the dark.
So when they saw Empress Cao and the others escaping, someone asked Gu Tingye: "Looking at this situation, it is really possible for the Empress and the others to run to Xuandemen. If they were to escape from the palace, it would be difficult to take action.
And seeing that she didn't go to Donghua Gate, it seems that she is suspicious of us. If she really escapes, if we know the truth of today's incident, we are afraid that we will not end well. "
Gu Tingye was also thinking about this issue at this time. It was true that he couldn't let Empress Cao and the others leave the palace, but he couldn't do it himself.
If you do that, you will leave a huge opportunity to others. If someone with intentions takes advantage of it, you don't know how you will die.
Just as Gu Tingye was hesitating, he suddenly heard a deafening sound of horse hooves coming from behind him.
Now the three groups of people in the open and in the dark were all shocked. After all, their own family members knew about their own affairs. Both Zeng Chaosheng and Shen Congxing knew that they had no cavalry on their side, so they thought it was the other party's support coming.
Gu Tingye knew that there was someone on his side, but he didn't know the situation of the people on the other side, so he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
urgent.
It was in this tense atmosphere that the cavalry finally appeared in everyone's sight.
Gu Tingye took a closer look and saw that the people here were all his own people. Although he didn't understand what these people were doing here, he felt relieved after all.
But the subsequent development of the situation was somewhat beyond Gu Tingye's expectation. Facing the two fighting parties in front, the visitor rushed over without slowing down at all.
Both sides of the war were armed with melee weapons such as swords. They had no ability to resist the cavalry charge. Moreover, both sides also believed that the reinforcements coming from the other side would definitely slow down when they came over. They could not even connect themselves. Let’s kill people too.
But what they didn't expect was that the opponent was really stunned and showed no intention of slowing down, so they suffered heavy casualties in a moment.
Those who were killed by the impact of the horses, and those who were hacked to death by the lances and swords of the cavalry, fell to the ground.
The remaining cavalrymen who had escaped the disaster were still in shock when they turned their horses and rushed back.
After several attempts, almost no one present could stand.
At this time, Gu Tingye saw these cavalrymen dismounting and striking, and when they compared their faces one by one, he guessed what these people were thinking.
They probably knew somewhere that Empress Cao and the others were coming here, so they came to eliminate the roots, so they walked out with their people.
The guys who were looking for someone were startled when they saw someone appear. They were relieved when they found out it was Gu Tingye.
And asked: "Why are you here? When did you come?"...
Gu Tingye said: "When you came over, you made such a loud noise, we heard it and came over to see what was going on.
By the way, looking at you, you look like you are looking for someone. Who are you looking for? "
Hearing Gu Tingye's words, the visitor paused for a moment and said, "Oh, just now we saw Shen Congxing leading people through Xihua Gate, chasing the group of people in front of him. We thought he was some important person, so we wanted to come over and take a look. look.
Isn't this searching now? It's so important to see who it is. "
Seeing that this guy was not telling the truth and pretending to be a ghost, Gu Tingye thought of using his hand to solve the problem.
Then he answered, "Well, there are important people in this group. I just saw a few people break away from the group and walk forward alone. Are they those people?"
Upon hearing Gu Tingye's words, the guy's eyes lit up and he replied, "Maybe so. Then I'll lead someone to catch up and have a look."
After saying that, he called a few people to chase him, while the others stayed behind to accompany Gu Tingye to deal with the situation.
As soon as they left, Gu Tingye led the remaining cavalry to clean up. After all, he had already shown his face here, so it was better not to leave anyone alive.
During the inspection, when he saw Zeng Chaosheng's body, Gu Tingye had him put out alone.
Although the two sides have different positions, Zeng Chaosheng died after fighting hard, and the due respect must still be shown. The body must be handed over to the Duke of Wei in the future, so that he can be buried in peace.
After confirming that there was no one who had committed suicide, Gu Tingye led everyone towards Xuandemen.
But when Gu Tingye arrived, there were already corpses floating outside Xuande Gate. The sharp-eyed Gu Tingye saw a person wearing a palace maid's clothes lying on the ground with blood flowing across it, as if she had just passed the legend of Empress Cao.
In addition, there seemed to be corpses of the cavalry who had just come to chase them, and the corpses were still full of bows and arrows. This scene made Gu Tingye feel a little bit in his heart.
[It has been running stably for many years. It is comparable to the old version of the book chasing tool and is used by all old bookworms.
A few words to avoid any conflict. "
Naturally, these soldiers did not dare to refute Gu Tingye's words, not to mention that there was a British prince in front of him.
After leaving these people behind, Gu Tingye walked up alone.
Li Hao and the British father had already noticed someone coming, and originally planned to let people go and have a look.
It turned out that everyone stopped, and only one person stepped forward, so he ignored it.
When Gu Tingye came closer, he found that Zhao Zonghan's eyes were closed, so he gestured and asked, "What's going on, little prince?"
Li Hao explained: "Just now when the little prince and the queen arrived in front of Xuande Gate, a cavalry suddenly came to kill them.
Before we could react in time, these rebellious officials and traitors took advantage of the chaos and killed the Queen and Cao Tiju. The little prince escaped only because Cao Tiju was protecting him.
But the little prince couldn't bear such a scene and suddenly fainted. "
After hearing this, Gu Tingye was really speechless. He thought that this guy was not smart, but he didn't expect that he would be so stupid.
Everyone wanted to ensure that Queen Cao died, but they couldn't really do it in front of so many people.
After all, you can kill the current queen in public. You are so bold. No emperor will dare to use you in the future. You don't care about the status and feelings of the emperor and his ministers at all.
Moreover, the succeeding king must first inherit the throne before he can inherit the throne. In other words, he and Empress Cao are still mother and son in name.
It's okay for you to act secretly without letting anyone know. It's really a shame to kill your aunt like this openly and openly. Who will die if you don't die? .
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