Chapter 332: Two Ways to Escape
Cui Teng slept well and laughed out loud in the dream. When he was forcibly awakened, he naturally felt indescribable anger.
"What are you doing?" Cui Teng sat up suddenly, raised his fist, frightened the person who pushed him and jumped back.
Immediately afterwards, Cui Teng was shocked. The person who woke him up was a eunuch. Beside the eunuch, there were the emperor, general Deng Cui and many guards.
All the things that happened last night suddenly came back to my mind. The beautiful dream turned into a nightmare. Cui Teng was so scared that his face turned pale. He thought that the emperor mobilized many people to take revenge on him. He hurriedly lifted the bedding, knelt on the bed, kowtowed to the emperor first, and said, "I thought it was given to me by Your Majesty..."
This is the emperor's room, the emperor's bed, and Cui Teng spent an unforgettable night here, but afterwards he felt that he had caused a disaster. How could the emperor give up a unique beauty in the world to others for no reason? And he didn't say anything in advance? A misunderstanding must have occurred, and he made the mistake and committed an unforgivable crime.
Before he fell asleep completely, Cui Teng thought of several reasons for his defense. The plan was to pretend to be ignorant and shirk it away as a misunderstanding, but his face changed color, he knelt down and kowtowed, and defended himself without asking. All this shows that he had known that he had done something wrong.
But Han Ruzi didn't come for this. The beauty in Cui Teng's eyes seemed to him just a woman in the martial arts world with extraordinary skills.
"Where is Tohoku?"
Cui Teng was stunned, "Your Majesty... don't know what happened last night?"
"That wasn't last night, just now, I'll talk about it later." Han Ruzi didn't want to pursue this matter, but seeing Cui Teng's terrified look, he changed his mind and his tone was a little stern.
Cui Teng fell backwards. He felt that he had been sleeping for a long time. Unexpectedly, he sat on the bed in a daze, and said cruelly: "It's worth it. Whatever your Majesty does, I don't have any complaints...uh, no..."
"Tell me where the East Sea King has gone first?" For Han Ruzi, this is the most important thing.
"King of East Sea?" Cui Teng's thoughts finally turned around, "He is not in his room... Oh, did he run away? This guy didn't inform me, probably because he didn't find me."
Han Ruzi guessed correctly, Cui Teng was indeed an insider, "How did King Donghai escape?"
"Haha, your majesty, don't worry, the King of East Sea is doing good things this time, he has explored his majesty's way."
Cui Teng said the escape of two servants in the royal palace and the plan of King Donghai, "King Donghai pretends to be an ordinary soldier. If he can gain the trust of the Huns, he will promise to bring more soldiers from the city, and then..."
Cui Teng looked at Deng Cui and did not tell the whole plan. In fact, he didn't need to say anything else. The whole plan was clear at a glance, and only he himself had not understood the whole truth.
Deng Cui knew nothing about the maids in the mansion who participated in such a big conspiracy, which really made him lose face, but he could not defend himself.
"The King of Donghai will not come back." Han Ruzi said that the King of Donghai still chose to betray it. It's nothing. As long as the emperor is still alive, as long as the siege of Jincheng can be lifted, the King of Donghai has no way to escape. What angered Han Ruzi was that someone escaped from Jincheng to surrender to the Huns, but he was unaware of such a big thing. There were so many official documents every day and court meetings every morning, and no one reported the matter.
"The King of East Sea will definitely come back, and then take His Majesty and me out, and he promised me." Cui Teng said confidently, he was completely convinced by the King of East Sea.
Han Ruzi didn't argue with him and asked, "Where is the maid in Deng's mansion?"
"It should be with King Donghai to leave the city. King Donghai is smart. When interrogating the maid, he claimed that his surname was Chai. Later, he advised General Fan to put the maid back to Deng's mansion, saying that he wanted to fish for big fish with a long line. After a day, he found a maid, saying that the Chai family was dissatisfied with His Majesty, and in short, they won the trust of the maid. But I didn't expect that they would contact the outside of the city so soon, and I thought it would take a few days."
Han Ruzi's face changed slightly and she said to Deng Cui: "You can't leave the city anymore. The King of Donghai himself is also a fake. Maybe he won't expose your identity, that maid..."
For Deng Cui, there were not many choices at this time. "This plan was very risky. Hua Bin might not care about his son's life at all. Those people in the martial arts world might also change their minds in the middle of the journey. The risk is only a little bigger now. Our escape route is different, and we may not meet in the Hun camp."
"It's still too risky." Han Ruzi said to Wang He, the leader of the guard: "Preserve that tunnel, don't let outsiders sneak into the city, go to Deng's mansion to see if the maid is still there, and send someone to call General Fan."
"Yes." Wang He retreated.
Deng Cui took a few steps back, knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "Deng is not talented and has a good military skills. He can only tell His Majesty the truth: Jincheng has no reason to defend. If the Huns attack with all their might, Jincheng can be defended for at most for three days. Aggregating troops outside the border is the only way to rescue him. Even if there is only a glimmer of hope, I must leave the city. As for the maid in my mansion, it depends on the will of God."
Cui Teng, who was kneeling on the bed, winked at the emperor, saying that Deng Cui was not trustworthy, but Han Ruzi would rather believe in the general who had known him for a short time, "Go to see Hua Bin first, he must cooperate with him."
Han Ruzi turned around and walked out. Cui Teng scratched his head, hurriedly got out of bed, and shouted while putting on his clothes: "Wait for me!"
Liu Jie was awake and was guarding outside with a group of eunuchs. He was also confused. Han Ruzi ordered: "Look at Master Qin and his daughter, wait for me to come back."
"Yes, Your Majesty..." Liu Jie looked at Deng Cui, Cui Teng and a group of guards followed the emperor, and even more inexplicably. When everyone walked away, he hurried into the room to check, but saw that Zhang Youcai was still asleep.
Eight of seventeen assassins were killed, and the remaining nine were captured alive and sent to the royal palace.
Meng E is telling Hua Bin about her plan, "You only have one chance to take a few people out of the city and then return to Jincheng, which may be able to save the lives of you, father and son."
"Oh, why... how could I believe you?" Hua Bin stared at the female guard. He actually had doubts about Meng E, and even tried to inspire the piano master to go into battle first, but he still couldn't escape the trap.
"Because you want the emperor's head, because I did poison the emperor." Meng E was not surprised. What she had done was enough to gain anyone's trust.
Hua Bin sighed, yes, this female guard actually used poison to the emperor, and he could not help but distrust him. He didn't know that the emperor had been hidden before and said, "A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. The emperor likes to take risks so much is not a blessing for the Great Chu."
Meng E didn't explain, "Da Chu doesn't need you to think about it. You should first think about your life and death."
The King of Flower Tiger said angrily: "Father, don't listen to her. This woman is willing to be a lackey for the emperor. Sooner or later, we will be punished. If we die here, we will be famous all over the world in the future."
Han Ruzi brought people in at this time.
Cui Teng had already followed. After entering the house, he was surprised to see the King of Flower Tiger. However, he didn't say anything. The two met in the capital before, but they were not friends.
The prisoners and many guards were crowded, and Han Ruzi didn't say much. She stood in front of Hua Bin, stared at him for a while, and said to Meng E: "Have you used poison to them?"
"Well, it will happen in six hours." Meng E replied.
"I can take you out of the city!" Gui Yuehua, who was tied to the edge, shouted. He was completely collapsed and was willing to do anything in order to survive. "We will make an appointment to leave the city at the third update, and there will be someone to welcome you ten miles outside the city!"
The other prisoners rebuked, but Hua Bin didn't say anything and looked back at the emperor's gaze.
"Father, you won't..." Huahu King noticed his father's hesitation.
Hua Bin turned his head and glanced at his son, then said to the emperor: "Your Majesty wants to leave the city?"
"It's some other people." Han Ruzi did not reveal Deng Cui's name. Hua Bin did not recognize Deng Cui, so there was no need to let him know too much.
"The third update is over now." Hua Bin reminded.
"You will have a way to explain to the welcome."
"And I have to come back?"
"Well, I just said you want to continue assassination." Han Ruzi thought of an excuse for him.
"Your Majesty will definitely spare our father and son's lives?"
"Diet crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be escaped. You cannot be imprisoned. But you will have a chance to make meritorious service and atone for your sins. I will talk about it when you come back." Han Ruzi looked around and said, "My words are the will."
"Father!" The King of Flower Tiger shouted, "Everyone is here all the way..."
"Shut up, the situation is over, you don't know anything." Hua Bin said to his son, thought for a while, and said to the emperor: "How many people do you want to bring?"
"Not many, five people."
Hua Bin nodded, "Let Gui Yuehua and me go out of the city. He knows the welcomers, and then we will come back together."
Gui Yuehua kept nodding.
Hua Bin, the "Junhou" who was trying hard to save the heroes of the world, surrendered to the emperor in front of his companions. The captives were all furious. Except for the King of Flower Tiger, the others cursed.
Flowers are indifferent.
After the scolding stopped, Han Ruzi said: "You are colluding with the Huns, expelling small righteousness and giving up great righteousness. The crimes are unforgivable."
"Let's destroy the Great Chu first and then drive away the Huns!" a prisoner shouted.
Han Ruzi disdained to argue with these people, and took a step back. The guards were signaled to draw their swords, and they all raised their swords and fell. Seven prisoners were killed, leaving only Gui Yuehua, Huahu King, and one Huabian.
Gui Yuehua was already scared and her whole body trembled. The face of Huahu King also changed. He opened his mouth and dared not object to his father's decision.
Hua Bin kept calm, "If you want to leave, leave now. If you wait any longer, the Huns will become suspicious."
Han Ruzi turned around and left, Meng E and Cui Teng followed behind, and the rest of the matter was left to the guards.
Wang He happened to come back from Deng's mansion, and the maid disappeared. No one has seen her since last evening.
Fan Chuanshan was also ordered to come and unexpectedly learned that he had been appointed as the general of the city guarding.
Cui Teng and Fan Chongshan were both bewitched by the King of East China Sea and thought they were doing things for the emperor, so they concealed many things. Han Ruzi was angry at one time, but decided not to pursue the matter for the time being. The loyalty of these two people was unquestionable, but they were just a little stupid and used by others.
Hua Bin and Gui Yuehua walked out of the room with five people and hurriedly left under the escort of a team of guards, without saying goodbye to the emperor.
Deng Cui’s life and death are unpredictable, and Han Ruzi must make all kinds of preparations. "Notify all the soldiers of the army to wait for battle at any time, and the city gates are closed. Unless I am present in person, they will not be allowed to open even if there is an imperial edict."
"Yes." Fan Chuanshan responded, still confused.
Han Ruzi knew that the next few days would be the most critical. Can Deng Cui escape successfully? Can he assemble troops outside the Great Wall? The Huns' masters fight, and who will win the master or the two factions? They will directly affect the survival of Jincheng and even the Great Chu. (To be continued.)
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Chapter completed!