Chapter 208: Brother Monk, I haven't seen it for a long time

"What did you say?" Jing Maocheng turned around and said in a deep voice, "Is there another Jing Maocheng?"

"Uh, that's right." The little leader guarding the gate hurriedly said, "About an hour ago, dozens of brothers entered Chaoyang Gate. The guy in charge said that he was Jing Maocheng and also the side general in front of General Li Yan's tent."

"Is this a matter?" Jing Maocheng said in a narrow voice, "This matter is new. Someone is pretending to be me?"

"Impersonation?" said the little boss guarding the gate, "What, what does it mean?"

"Don't worry about this." Jing Maocheng said coldly, "I want to see who is so brave that he dares to pretend to be my name, hum!"

The father-in-law Zhou Kui Mansion.

Gao Qiqian and more than a dozen eunuchs had just pushed the prince Zhu Cixuan and King Yong and King Ding to the ground. The group of thieves had quickly grabbed the door of the father-in-law's mansion. Gao Qiqian ran and came forward happily, with a disgusting flattering smile on his face. Just as he was about to say something stingy, he suddenly saw a familiar figure among the group of thieves.

Although the figure was wearing local clothes, Gao Qiqian could tell at a glance that she was clearly Princess Changping!

When he saw the shirtless thief beside Princess Changping, Gao Qiqian was even more shocked and ascended to heaven. His grandmother's name was Wang Pu? Didn't Wang Pu be his Nanjing admiral far away in Nanjing? When did he arrive in Beijing?

Gao Qiqian was not stupid, and he understood everything after a second thought. He turned around and wanted to escape without saying a word.

Unfortunately, it was too late. The old eunuch turned around and felt a severe pain coming from his vest. He immediately felt a suffocation, and he couldn't breathe anymore. He lowered his head with some difficulty. He saw a piece of blood-dropping knife tip that had already flowed out of his chest. Under the faint light of fire, there were red blood beads dripping along the tip of the knife.

Wang Pu appeared in front of Gao Qiqian with a grim smile and whispered: "Eunuch Gao, you are so good, you dare to tie him up, Prince?"

After saying that, Wang Pu twisted the steel knife that was stabbing into Gao Qiqian's chest cavity again, and Gao Qiqian's face twitched violently.

Gao Qiqian tried hard to raise his hand, but he raised it half and then fell down depressedly. Wang Pu drew his knife with his backhand, and Gao Qiqian's body fell down like sawed wood.

The remaining dozen little eunuchs realized something was wrong. It was too late to resist. The twenty elite officials from the government army, one in a hundred, had already pounced on like a hungry wolf. A dazzling cold light flashed by. The dozen or so eunuchs were all corpses on the spot. This scene scared Zhou Kui, the father-in-law who was nesting in the dog hole and peeking out, was half scared to death!

What the hell is going on?

Didn’t Gao Qiqian and others want to present the prince, Yongwang and Ding to the thief? This is a great achievement. Why did they die under the thief?

This is a terrible thing.

"Huh." The old housekeeper next to Zhou Kui suddenly exclaimed in surprise and shouted, "Master, look at that person... it seems to be His Highness the Princess."

Princess Changping Zhu Weiru was also born by Empress Zhou and also Zhou Kui's niece. She often comes to the father-in-law's mansion. This old housekeeper has been a housekeeper in the Zhou mansion for decades. It can be said that she grew up watching Princess Changping grow up. Although it was dozens of steps away, he still recognized his dog eyes at a glance.

"What? Ru'er!" Zhou Kui was shocked when he heard this and said anxiously, "Where is it?"

"It's there." The old housekeeper pointed outside the dog hole and whispered, "Look, she helped the prince up."

"It's really Ru'er?"

Zhou Kui was shocked and thought to himself that Ru'er was a dignified princess. When did you get together with the thief? While thinking, he quickly whispered: "Hurry, take the master's reading glasses."

"Why."

The old butler responded and carefully took out Zhou Kui's reading glasses from his arms. Reading glasses are rare things in this era and have to be passed from the West. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy them. Zhou Kui carefully put on reading glasses and walked into the dog hole again to look out.

I didn't see Princess Changping at this time, but saw another face that was enough to make him tremble.

Zhou Kui couldn't help but whisper, and then quickly covered his mouth with his hands. After such a panic, the reading glasses placed on the bridge of his nose had fallen to the stone slab and were instantly broken into pieces.

Outside the father-in-law's palace.

Wang Pu suddenly raised his ears and slowly turned around and stared at the mansion who was closed with a gloomy expression. He seemed to have heard half a scream just now, and it seemed to be the voice of old Zhou Kuina! Could it be that old Zhou Kuina was hiding in the gate? If this old friend recognized it, it would be a big deal!

Now in danger, a slight negligence may lead to a desperate situation that will never be restored!

Suddenly, a trace of ferocious murderous intent flashed through Wang Pu's eyes, and he rushed towards the gate of the father-in-law's mansion step by step. Zhou Kui, who was hiding in the gate, was shocked and afraid, had collapsed to the ground. What kind of person is Wang Pu? This guy dared to rob the court of justice, he was just a desperate person.

"General." Monk Zhang hurriedly walked to Wang Pu and whispered, "A thief has come here, so it is not advisable to stay here for a long time!"

Wang Pu turned around and saw that two teams of thieves were patrolling the streets with torches. There were only a few hundred people. Looking at the prince Zhu Cilang, Yong and Ding, they had taken off their robe and changed into the clothes of their brothers. Unfortunately, the three brothers were too small, and their wide clothes seemed inappropriate when they were worn on their bodies, which could easily arouse the suspicion of the thieves.

"General, go quickly!"

Monk Zhang urged another sentence.

Wang Pu strode down the steps, looked at Princess Changping and said in a deep voice: "Don't throw away all the valuables related to the royal family on you, especially the gold, silver, jade jewelry on you!"

In the gate of the father-in-law's mansion, Zhou Kui sat down on the ground, and he was like he had just climbed up from the water. On this hot September day, he was sweating all over!

"Can this be kept by the father?"

Princess Changping opened her small hand, and a jade Buddha statue about an inch tall lies lying on her palm. Wang Pu glanced at Princess Changping, grabbed the Buddha statue, and threw it into the ditch in front of the father-in-law's mansion without saying a word. Then she turned around and stared at Zhu Cixuan and the other two and said, "What about you, you have thrown away all the things on you!"

This is not a fault for Wang Pu's coldness. In fact, he also really wanted to leave the jade Buddha statue. After all, it was the last relic left by Emperor Chongzhen to Princess Changping. But reason told him that if this jade Buddha is left behind, it would be possible that Princess Changping's identity would be exposed. In this way, no one here can walk out of Beijing alive!

Kunning Palace.

Niu Jinxing entered the East Warehouse surrounded by several generals and more than a hundred personal soldiers. Empress Zhou, hanging on the beam of the house, had been taken down. At this moment, she was lying quietly on the ground. Looking at the lifelike Empress Zhou, who looked like she was asleep, Niu Jinxing couldn't help but sigh.

When Queen Zhou died, Li Zicheng had less capital to show off his achievements.

On the way to Beijing, Li Zicheng talked to Niu Jinxing more than once that he wanted to take all the empress and concubines of Emperor Chongzhen as his favorite concubines. Li Zicheng wanted to let Emperor Chongzhen know that Li Zicheng was not a bandit, he was a powerful lord with the ability to live in the country. He could not only seize the country from Emperor Chongzhen, but also steal his women from Emperor Chongzhen!

Thieves kept reporting, and the body of Concubine Tian was found in Chengqian Palace, and many of the corpses of concubines were also found in the harem.

"Where is Chongzhen?" Niu Jinxing asked in a muffled voice, "Where did Chongzhen go? Where did his three sons and two daughters go?"

It is not surprising that Niu Jinxing knew the details of Emperor Chongzhen so well. From Xi'an to Beijing, I don't know how many eunuchs defected to the thieves along the way. These eunuchs told Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing everything about the palace. Niu Jinxing even knew that Emperor Chongzhen only had two sets of dragon robes, and there were patches on it.

The eunuchs who were in charge of the search were led by Wang Xiangyao, Wang Dehua and Wang Yongzuo, who were in charge of the search, were brought to Niu Jinxing.

Niu Jinxing looked at the three eunuchs sinisterly and asked in a voice: "Where is Chongzhen, where did Chongzhen go, ah?"

The three eunuchs were so scared that they fell to the ground. Wang Xiangyao said tremblingly: "Prime Minister, I have searched almost all the Forbidden City. Will Chongzhen run away... run away?"

"Run away?" Niu Jinxing said furiously, "Nonsense! The Dashun Army's troops have already surrounded the entire Beijing city. Where can Chongzhen run? Search, take people to search for this Prime Minister, but Chongzhen cannot be found. This Prime Minister strips down your human skin and then uses your meat to boil oil and light the lamp!"

"yes."

"yes."

Wang Xiangyao and Wang Yongzuo responded to the question, and even their teeth started to fight. Only Wang Dehua was calm and suddenly said, "Prime Minister, I know there is still a place I haven't searched."

"Oh?" Niu Jinxing asked, "Where?"

"Coal Mountain!" Wang Dehua said, "Will Chongzhen hide on Coal Mountain?"

"Search, take people up the mountain to search immediately!" Niu Jinxing said, "There are also Chongzhen's three sons and two daughters. They will be searched for me even if they dig three feet into the ground. They will see people alive and see corpses when they die!"

Chaoyang Gate.

Wang Pu and Monk Zhang took more than 20 brothers to protect Princess Changping, Prince Zhu Cilang, Prince Yong Zhu Cijiong, and Prince Ding Zhu Cihuan hurriedly rushed to Chaoyangmen Pass. The bandits guarding the inner city gate seemed to regard this group of people as their own people and did not stop them. However, when Wang Pu and the others entered the urn city, an accident happened suddenly.

Hundreds of torches suddenly lit up on the black city wall, which instantly illuminated the entire city as daytime. Under the burning fire, the black bandits had already emerged from behind the balustrades like ghosts, and they were tied their bows and arrows, and the cold arrows had already pointed at Wang Pu and others in the city.

This situation was obvious. Wang Pu and the others clearly stepped into the trap set by the thieves, and now they had no power to resist! If they acted rashly, the thieves on the city tower would immediately shoot arrows, and these twenty or so people would be shot into hedgehogs immediately.

Amid the rapid sound of horse hooves, two teams of thieves appeared from the inner city gate and the outer city gate at the same time, and hugged Wang Pu and the others through the city gate hole. The first thieves general Wang Pu saw it clearly, and it was Jing Maocheng! Wang Pu screamed in secret, quickly extinguished the torch in his hand, and then wiped off the burnt ashes from the torch and applied it on his face.

Jing Maocheng had met Wang Pu in Datong. If he didn't apply burnt ash on his face, he would probably be recognized by this guy!

Even if he was captured alive by a thief, as long as he was not recognized, Wang Pu would have a chance to escape. But if he was recognized by Jing Maocheng, he would definitely die! Who is Wang Pu? He is a dangerous person who is famous all over the world. Even if Wang Pu is willing to surrender, I am afraid that Li Zicheng will not dare to accept him!

Jing Maocheng rode his horse and rushed straight to Monk Zhang, clasped his fists and bowed, "Brother Monk, it's been a long time since I was gone!"

Monk Zhang clasped his fists and replied, "Brother Maocheng, are you okay?"

"Haha." Jing Maocheng called out to the sky and said, "Someone said that Jing Maocheng had already entered the capital. Brother, I guess it might be your monk brother, but I didn't expect it was you! Brother, can you tell me, why are you here in Beijing this time?"

"No need to do this too much." Monk Zhang said, "Since it has fallen into Brother Maocheng's hands today, just take the person."

"Brother monks." Jing Maocheng said sincerely, "It is said that if the mountains do not turn, the water does not turn. When I was in Chuzhou, I saved my life thanks to my brother. Later, you ate eighty military sticks because of my brother. I know this. I, Jing Maocheng, are not an ungrateful person! Brother, as long as you explain the whole story of entering Beijing, as long as there is no major conflict with our rebel army, I will let you go today."

Monk Zhang said: "Brother Maocheng, are you saying the truth?"

"Of course." Jing Maocheng said loudly, "You and my brothers are both famous men, they just talk about the word "faithfulness". How can there be no truth?"

"Okay!" Monk Zhang shouted, "Then I'll tell the truth."

After saying that, Monk Zhang clasped his fists to the south and bowed aloud, saying, "This time I entered Beijing, I came to save people by the order of my general."

A smile flashed across Jing Maocheng's face. Monk Zhang was just monk Zhang. He was a stubborn person and was also stubborn when speaking. He never thought that Wang Pu and the Yijun were now hostile. He opened his mouth and said that he had come to the capital to save people by Wang Pu's order. If anyone else would have said that.

However, for this reason, Jing Maocheng cherishes his friendship with Monk Zhang and makes friends and brothers with a straightforward man like Monk Zhang. Jing Maocheng is happy from the bottom of his heart, but what makes Jing Maocheng regret is that one of them is an official army and the other is a rebel army. It is probably difficult for them to be truly brothers in this life.

Jing Maocheng said: "Brother, can you know who you saved by brother?"

Monk Zhang turned around and called on his brother to bring the four men, Princess Zhu Weiru, Prince Zhu Cilang, Prince Yong Zhu Cijiong and Prince Ding Zhu Cihua, and Prince Ding Zhu Cihua, and said, "It's them."

Jing Maocheng could see at a glance that Princess Changping was a daughter, and smiled and said, "Since Wang Pu sent you brothers to save these four people, they must be no ordinary people."

Monk Zhang said, "Isn't this nonsense?"

Jing Maochengdao: "Is it Sun Chuanting's family?"

Jing Maocheng knew the relationship between Wang Pu and Sun Chuanting. In the eyes of Li Yan and Jing Maocheng, Wang Pu was a traitorous minister. He didn't believe that Wang Pu would send Monk Zhang to Beijing to save the princess and the prince. In their opinion, the only thing Wang Pu was willing to rescue was Sun Chuanting's family.

Monk Zhang groaned and said nothing, but Jing Maocheng thought he had made accusation.

Wang Pu on the other side almost applauded. It seemed that he had sent Monk Zhang to approach Jing Maocheng's chess move right!

To be honest, Wang Pu didn't think too much at the beginning, just thinking that Monk Zhang and Jing Maocheng have similar personalities and similar backgrounds, so the two should have a common topic. Sending Monk Zhang to contact Jing Maocheng is to deal with Li Yan in the future to ambush Li Yan. As for whether this ambush can play a role and how much it can play, Wang Pu never thought about it.

After all, Wang Pu is not a god. Things in the future are ever-changing. No matter how many you want, it is useless.

"Okay." Jing Maochengdao, "Brother Monk, you can leave, but your brothers and Sun Chuanting's family must stay. Go back and tell Wang Pu that he should prepare the money to redeem people."
To be continued...