Joy of Life: Rebirth of the Second Prince, Inviting Emperor Qing to Die

Chapter 404: Escape from the City
A little before.

Three young men were walking on the streets of Kyoto.

They were all members of the "Luowang" assassination team. They had been lurking in the palace and providing information to Li Chengze.

It is also because of this that Li Chengze would be the first to know whatever happened in the palace before.

Now that the palace has been stabilized and Li Chengze has successfully succeeded to the throne as the new emperor, there is no need for so many people to continue lurking in the palace.

So, these three people were sent out to patrol the streets and look for Wuzhu's whereabouts.

Because according to the news, when Wuzhu escaped from the palace, he did not leave Kyoto City directly, but hid somewhere.

However, no one knew where he was hiding, and after searching for several days, no trace of him was found.

Originally, the three of them decided that today would be the last day of the search, and if there was no more news, they would rush back to the palace to report.

Afterwards, the three of them dispersed and continued patrolling the streets.

However, one of them disguised himself as a patrolling soldier and discovered Wu Zhu halfway.

Originally he thought he had seen it wrong, so he picked up the portrait and examined it carefully.

As a result, it was confirmed that it was him.

So what happened just now happened.

……

One of the soldiers, after being knocked to the ground by Wu Zhu, immediately showed a sneer on his face.

After he stood up from the ground, he dusted himself off, looked at Wu Zhu's departing back, and said with a smile:
“Sure enough, he’s still here.”

"We've been waiting for you for a long time!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldier turned and left.

the other side.

Seeing that soldiers were coming to support him, Wuzhu did not dare to stay here and turned around and walked forward.

Since we have been discovered, we have no choice but to leave Kyoto City as soon as possible. If we are any later, we may not be able to escape.

When Wu Zhu thought of this, he ran forward even faster than before.

At the same time, a soldier ran forward quickly and arrived at the east gate.

After the soldier stopped, he immediately shouted: "Close the city gate quickly!"

"There is a wanted criminal trying to break out of the city gate. Close it quickly."

The soldiers who were originally guarding the city gate, after hearing the other party's words, closed the city gate without much hesitation.

However, at this moment, a figure quickly approached from not far away.

The soldier who had spoken earlier immediately pointed at him and shouted, "That's him!"

"This man is wanted by the court. Stop him quickly."

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers responsible for defending the city quickly gathered together, raised their weapons, and used them to block the attackers.

There were more than a dozen well-trained soldiers standing in front of him, drawing their bows and arrows.

"Fire arrows!"

Following the order, the soldiers loosened the bowstrings and shot out more than a dozen long arrows.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

More than a dozen long arrows were shot forward in unison.

Wu Zhu attacked quickly, swung the iron pestle in his hand, and drew a semicircle in front of him.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

All the long arrows that were originally rushing towards him were knocked to the ground.

However, Wuzhu's body did not stop and continued to rush forward.

The captain who was in charge of giving orders just now, after seeing that the bow and arrow had no effect on him, immediately waved the long sword in his hand and shouted:

"Everyone, charge! We must not let this person escape from the city."

"We must keep this person here..."

Before the captain could finish his words, Wu Zhu rushed to him and swung the iron pestle in his hand.

Before he could react to what had just happened, a dark shadow flashed before his eyes.

"boom!"

The captain only felt stars in his eyes, his brain felt dizzy, and then he passed out.

Wu Zhu swung his hand back, and the iron pestle in his hand grew in light and shadow, instantly hitting the soldiers who were rushing over.

Dozens of soldiers were knocked to the ground.

Soon, Wuzhu rushed to the city gate and swung the iron pestle in his hand vigorously.

The city gate that had just been closed was suddenly hit by a huge force and exploded with a loud noise.

"boom!"

The city gate was suddenly opened.

Upon seeing this, Wu Zhu immediately rushed out of the city and disappeared.

Soon, a large group of soldiers rushed down the street and began to rush to the east city gate.

The leader was a captain of the imperial guards wearing silver armor. He held the hilt of his sword with one hand, looked at the unconscious soldier in front of him, and snorted coldly:
"what's the situation?"

"Where are the people? Where have they gone?"

At this time, the soldier who got up from the ground, covered his chest and said: "Report to the lord, the enemy just ran away."

The captain of the imperial guards snorted and said, "A bunch of rubbish!"

"With so many people, he was able to escape."

The soldier who had just been scolded didn't dare to look up and refute, and could only allow himself to be scolded.

After all, if you are not as skilled as others, there is not much you can say.

Immediately afterwards, the captain of the imperial guards waved his hand and shouted, "Brothers, follow me."

"I want to see what this man wanted by the imperial court has in him!"

Soon, the captain of the imperial guards led everyone and chased after them outside the city.

After a while.

The three people who were originally separated gathered together on the street again.

One of them said, "Wu Zhu has appeared just now. After injuring the guards in the city, he fled from here."

Someone else said, "If that's the case, then has our plan been successful?"

"Your Majesty's original idea was to let Wuzhu run away and not stay in Kyoto."

The last person asked, "If that's the case, then Your Majesty, in order to avoid being too direct, why don't you get rid of Wu Zhu?"

"Although other people are no match for Wu Zhu, Li Chungang can beat him."

The person who spoke earlier shook his head and said, "I don't know about that."

"Since your majesty did this, there must be a reason for it."

"Let's hurry back to the palace and report this to His Majesty."

Afterwards, everyone did not stay here and started running towards the palace.

……

After a while.

A side hall in the imperial palace.

Jia Xu, wearing a green Taoist robe, sat upright at the desk, holding a brush in his hand, writing something on the letter paper.

Just when he was halfway through writing, a young eunuch came quickly from outside.

"Sir, there is news."

Jia Xu put down the brush in his hand and asked, "What news?"

The young eunuch said, "Just now, news came from outside that Wuzhu suddenly appeared on the street, injured the guards in the city, and fled outside the city."

"Really?" Jia Xu asked in surprise.

They had been searching for Wuzhu for several days but couldn't find him, and thought he was no longer in the city.

It suddenly popped up today.

The young eunuch said, "It is absolutely true."

"Okay." Jia Xu smiled and said, "This is really unexpected."

"You go down first. I will report this matter to His Majesty."

"Yes." The young eunuch nodded in agreement and turned to leave.

(End of this chapter)