Volume 3: Dragon and Snake Movement Chapter 316 There is indeed a problem!
Screw your rebels...your whole family are rebels!
Zhu Er was involuntarily dragged by Lao Xianyu to face the group of "rebels". When the whistle stick in his hand was thrown to him as a sign of sincerity, he was trembling all over. If he had heard Zhang Shou's words about the flood of people, he might have felt the same way at this moment. But even if he hadn't, he still felt like a small boat in the raging waves, which could capsize at any time.
However, Lao Xianyu's shout was unexpectedly effective. It was not known whether it was because of their attire or because Zhu Er's action of running away with his head in his hands was so reassuring. Anyway, those people who rushed out of the palace in a menacing manner deliberately bypassed them and rushed towards the noisy crowd recruited by the government.
Old Salty Fish dragged Zhu Er upstream to the gate of the palace. He heaved a sigh of relief and poked his head out. He was not in a hurry to go in, but shouted directly: "I am the uncle of Yunhe. I was almost chased to the ground by outsiders because of him. I saw him rushing to the front. Is there anyone who can talk to me?"
Zhu Er didn't expect that Lao Xianyu would reveal his true identity right away. Just as he was surprised, a smart-looking young man appeared in front of the door. He looked them up and down, then came forward with joy: "Uncle, it turns out that you are okay. That's great! Uncle Yunhe was talking about you before , saying that you must be blessed by heaven..."
"What nonsense! He almost got me killed by this guy! I was chased like a dog and finally had to jump into the sea to survive. How about you? Why didn't he discuss it with me before he did such a big thing?"
The old man was so angry that he cursed angrily. When he saw the young man scratching his head and laughing, he turned his head and saw the chaotic battle not far away. He immediately frowned and said, "You probably took advantage of the unexpected situation before, and the eldest prince's entourage was small, so you occupied the palace and held him hostage. Now it seems that you have the upper hand, but you should stop while you are ahead!"
Zhu Er couldn't help but sneer inwardly. Who do you think you are? If you say stop , will they listen to you? But just as he was thinking this, a shocking scene happened, because the young man in front of him shouted without even thinking: "Quick, quick, hit the gong, let Uncle Yunhe and the others retreat and hold on!"
Zhu Er was surprised to find that Old Salted Fish had such a great influence, but he realized that he didn't have time to care about it. He had to see if Zhu Yi and the others had arrived in time. He turned around and looked around. As the gongs rang out, he soon found that many men with white cloth tied around their arms were running over like flying.
In this crowd, he tried hard to identify and finally found Zhu Yi. He was holding a short axe and was walking at the end about ten steps away, leisurely, like a tiger general leisurely chasing the defeated army.
As expected, when the person was about to come over, Xian Yunhe, who had arrived earlier and was reminiscing about the past with Lao Xianyu, saw the person coming and immediately changed his expression. He shouted, "Quick, come in, close the door, close the door!"
"Don't turn it off!" Zhu Er was shocked and hurriedly tried to stop him, then quickly stepped forward.
However, before he could open his mouth to talk to Zhu Yi, he was directly pulled behind him by Zhu Yi. Although the mob behind him had been defeated, and County Magistrate Xu was not captured alive and successfully escaped, Zhu Yi faced a large group of people alone at this moment, but he did not show any strange expression.
Although the person who gave him the weapon probably gave him this short axe because he was physically strong, with this weapon, even if he didn't have the courage and ability to defeat ten thousand enemies, he was still confident that he could fight against these people in front of him...
The premise is that these people successfully broke into the palace and kidnapped the eldest prince, but they did it by surprise, and the guards around the eldest prince were too incompetent... If that noble had a master around him and still ended up like this, then he might be a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth. But in the final analysis, the second son made a choice, and he had to follow.
"The Second Young Master was just an innocent victim before. If possible, I hope I can take him away!"
Zhu Er had just gained some confidence because of Zhu Yi's appearance. When he heard this, he immediately shouted angrily: "I want you to help me, not to take me away! The eldest prince has hurt me so badly, of course I have to settle the score with him! Besides..."
Zhu Er suddenly turned around and looked back, then grabbed Zhu Yi without saying anything and hurriedly ran towards the palace gate. Xian Yunhe, who was just muttering about the origins of the master and servant, looked behind Zhu Er and didn't care about so much, because he saw that the other group of people who came to kill were different from the previous mob, and many of them were holding shining swords.
"Close the door, close the door quickly!"
As Zhu Er pulled Zhu Yi into the palace, the two gates were closed tightly. Then several strong men worked together to remove the iron bolts and placed two huge door pillars. The atmosphere in the entire palace suddenly became stiff and stagnant.
Although he was dressed in the same short-sleeved shirt as the people in front of him, Zhu Er knew that he didn't fit in here and that he couldn't help here, so he looked around and suddenly spotted the middle-aged man with a beard next to Lao Xianyu. He immediately let go of Zhu Yi's hand and strode forward.
"Where is the eldest prince?" he asked bluntly, and then added, "The guys outside must have planned to drive others to death first, and then take advantage of the situation to attack. I didn't expect you to dare to open the door. You were rushed by the fleeing crowd, so you arrived a step late and lost your momentum. But they have so many weapons after all! A head-on fight at this time may be a death sentence!"
Xian Yunhe had already roughly learned from Lao Xianyu that Zhu Er was a noble young man who came from nowhere - he might have met the eldest prince, and even had some grudges with him, which further narrowed down the scope of his origins. But when he heard the young man who was ignorant of the world and simple to the point of being a little stupid in Lao Xianyu's mouth say this, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.
In fact, when he saw the conversation between Zhu Er and the strong servant just now, he also felt that he was a bit stupid... He didn't expect to see their biggest weakness at a glance. The wall and the gate were arranged by a group of strong men led by several brothers he trusted very much, but these people only had a few strengths, not professional guards. They could fight a good battle, but a tough battle...
Therefore, after the initial hesitation, he immediately took Zhu Er a few steps away. Seeing that the others were busy defending, and even the young man who had received them before was busy transporting various things, only Lao Xianyu and Zhu Yi followed, he asked with a smile: "Second Young Master wants to see the eldest prince?"
"Why, you're not going to tell me that you killed the eldest prince out of hatred, or beat him half to death?" Although Zhu Er had no good feelings towards the eldest prince and wished that this guy would suffer the more miserable the better, his emotions were no match for his reason. He knew that if the eldest prince died, no matter how serious his crime was, it would not be a disturbance but a disaster.
And as a guy who happened to appear here, he can never wash himself clean even if he jumps into the Yellow River.
Xian Yunhe's face changed slightly after being pushed by Zhu Er, and his eyes were a little erratic. But when he saw the suspicious look of Lao Xianyu next to him, he knew he couldn't hide it, so he had to force a smile and perfunctorily said: "After all, he is the son of a dragon and the grandson of a phoenix, how dare we offend him..."
"They've already kidnapped him, and that's not an offense?" Zhu Er raised his eyebrows impatiently. "At this point, don't play dumb! As long as you explain it to me clearly, there may be a way out. If people find out that the eldest prince has become a pig-head, it will be hard to explain!"
Xian Yunhe hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed and said, "Everyone was furious before, so it's inevitable that they were a little impulsive... Well, it's just... someone beat up the eldest prince!"
After saying this, he thought the young man from the noble family in front of him would suddenly change color, but unexpectedly he was so delighted.
Zhu Er was indeed overjoyed, and he expressed his happiness without disguising it at this moment: "Beat him up? Where? Did he make his nose and face swollen? Who is this brave hero? Well done! I have wanted to beat that guy up for a long time, but unfortunately only my family... beat him up! Ahem, most of the others, due to their status as the eldest prince, dared to be angry but not to speak out!"
Regarding Zhu Er's strange tendency, Xian Yunhe coughed unnaturally and said, "It was I who did it."
He learned this elegant phrase from a play. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the young nobleman in front of him chuckle and gave him a thumbs up. Although this attitude was a bit unexpected, he couldn't help but agree with him a little, and then he laughed dryly and said, "So, the eldest prince is in a state that is not suitable for meeting people..."
"Forget it. As long as he is really beaten into a pig's head, I can see it eventually. There is no need to rush."
Zhu Er spoke straightforwardly, but his face showed some regret. He then said thoughtfully: "However, if I don't go to see him, I can talk to him through the door. Is that okay? I'm not trying to scare you. Even though you have occupied the Cangzhou Palace now, this won't last long. Just look at the current situation and you will know that sooner or later he will do something desperate!"
"How could I not know that?" Xian Yunhe heard the shouting of the ladder outside, and his heart was in his throat. He could not care about continuing to perfunctorily deal with the young man in front of him, "But now the bow is shot, there is no turning back!"
"I am still the same. I was tricked by your damn old uncle and have no way back, right?"
Zhu Er glared at Lao Xianyu unhappily, then rolled his eyes and said, "Those guys outside may not be government troops, but if they are really well-fed servants, they will be difficult to deal with. How about this, you find someone to take me to see the eldest prince. I won't go in, but I will say a few words to him through the door to see if I can use him to delay time."
Xian Yunhe was a little hesitant, however, considering that the person was brought by his uncle, and had arrived in Cangzhou a long time ago and had always been hanging out with his uncle, and then he had the bad luck to meet him at the right time, he finally nodded.
After beating up the emperor's son, he vented his anger and calmed down. He thought that he had caused a terrible disaster and there was no way he could escape. However, it was easy to capture the palace, but it was difficult to end it. It was a pleasure to raise your arms and shout, but it would be a great regret to implicate relatives and friends... He didn't know how many heads he would lose. He didn't think about himself, but also about the hundreds of people behind him.
However, he was more careful and winked at Lao Xianyu: "Uncle, why don't you accompany the second young master? You are old, and it will be very chaotic if there is . You should take a rest."
"Heh...you want me to rest for the rest of my life, right?"
Old Salty Fish glanced at his nephew unhappily and said, "Hurry up and take charge of the situation. Get Little Peanut over here. Otherwise, I don't know where you hid the eldest prince, a descendant of a noble family!"
The speaker may not have intended it, but the listener took it to heart. Zhu Er keenly caught the word "peanuts" and his heart began beating wildly.
He loved and hated Ah Liu, who taught him martial arts under the order of the emperor. He loved Ah Liu because he could teach him many tricks that often worked for him, but he hated Ah Liu because he was only slightly less strict than his father and brother. Therefore, he remembered the doggerel that Zhang Shou had once recited in the countryside, which Ah Liu had repeated. The two words "peanuts"... were they a coincidence?
So, when Xian Yunhe agreed and hurried away, not long after, the clever boy he had seen before hurried over and led the way without saying a word. Realizing that this was the little peanut mentioned by Lao Xianyu, Zhu Er looked around as he walked, as if he was very curious about this palace, and occasionally talked to the boy.
Suddenly, he asked, "By the way, the old man just called you Peanut? How did you get this name? Could it be that when you were born, flowers were blooming everywhere?"
"You must be joking... I'm not the Peony Fairy!"
Little Peanut couldn't help laughing. Without giving it much thought, he glanced at Old Salty Fish. "My name used to be Shuisheng. Later, my parents died. I lived with my uncle for a while, and he changed my name. He calls me Little Peanut every day. Now no one calls me by my real name anymore!"
"What do you know, kid? What's so good about Shuisheng? It's rustic and vulgar! Peanuts are incredible. Hey, you haven't eaten them... They are really fragrant and crispy... Ahem, why are you talking so much about irrelevant things? Hurry up and go see the eldest prince. If you're late, the gate of this palace might be broken down by someone. Then everyone will be killed at once, regardless of their status!"
Zhu Er keenly noticed that the old salted fish was changing the subject as if to rein in his horse urgently, and he was already confident in his mission. There was no doubt that this old, wrinkled, and smelly salted fish was indeed problematic!
However, when Peanut brought him to a remote courtyard, pointed to a locked door that was completely unattended, and whispered that the eldest prince was here, Zhu Er was still somewhat shocked. This seemed to be a firewood room, right? The eldest prince who was so arrogant in the capital was actually stuck in a place like this by a bunch of peasants?
