Jinyi champion

Chapter 395

King Ning's troops were already in chaos.

At this time, everyone fled for their lives.

For ordinary soldiers, especially those strong men who were captured by King Ning, they can escape to the countryside and throw away their military uniforms, discarding their armor and pretending to be fleeing refugees, so that they can stay safe.

But for Lou Suzhen, there is no way out. As a woman, she is stared at wherever she goes, and it is difficult for her to be alone.

So when the decisive battle was defeated and King Ning's troops dispersed, Concubine Ning did not choose to escape, but calmly accepted the reality of defeat.

It was at this time that the second letter arrived.

For Zhu Hao, there are many opportunities for Lou Suzhen to jump into the river. He only needs to arrange people to wait around her boat, but this is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and there is a great risk of exposure.

There is one and only one day of window for delivering news, and that is the day when King Ning was defeated in battle.

Originally, Zhu Hao didn't expect Team Leader Long to really hand over the letter to Lou Suzhen in advance. After King Ning's defeat in the battle, before Wang Shouren's army captured Lou Suzhen, he could just hand over the letter, but it is also possible to try it. It worked.

Lou Suzhen took out the second letter, saw the familiar handwriting and the drawing on it, and suddenly understood something.

This is a painting.

In addition to Tang Yin's poem, there is also a picture of a villain throwing himself into the river. In the painting, under the surface of the river, some fish-like people are swimming, with four characters attached to it.

Think long term!

In addition to these four characters, a plate of dates and a plate of pears are also drawn.

There are also allusions to this.

It is said that Tang Yin was trapped in Nanchang, before he pretended to be crazy, Lou Suzhen once sent a plate of jujube and a plate of pears, saying that it was to cure his illness, and the implication was to let him leave Nanchang early.

Now things are just the opposite, Tang Yin persuades Lou Suzhen to "leave early".

When Qing advised me to leave, I listened to your words, pretended to be crazy, and hired a troupe to hide my identity, so I left Nanchang as I wished; now, you are advised to leave this sad place by jumping into the river and feigning death, and then return to a safe place. Make plots.

"Ma'am, what shall we do?"

Xinghua saw Lou Suzhen standing on the deck, staring at a painting in the letter in a daze, so she couldn't help asking.

Lou Suzhen said: "Let's go, just leave me here alone."

"Your Majesty, there's still time to run away, and I'll go with the slaves. I heard that the female relatives of the prisoners of war will be very miserable after being caught." Xinghua is a daughter of a small family who is responsible. If she failed and was arrested, even her little maid was unforgivable.

Lou Suzhen smiled slightly, shook her head and said, "Wang Zhongcheng is a peaceful person, and will not embarrass the female family members of Prince Ning's House."

That's what I said, but on the boats carrying the family members of King Ning's Mansion next door, people were in a hurry, looting money and goods, and fleeing for their lives.

Only Lou Suzhen stared blankly at the painting. It painted a crescent moon, and there were officers and soldiers on the boat... The implication is that if you jump into the river in front of people, or at night, someone will rescue you in the water, and you will be caught. When people saw it, they thought you had died in Poyang Lake...but in fact, you were rescued.

And the moon is obviously the last quarter moon, that is to say, the painter calculated that the time when the incident happened is in the second ten days of this month, and the willow branches on the moon, based on the current month, it is almost an hour before dawn...

There is time but no place, there are characters but no one knows who is the connector.

Although Lou Suzhen is extremely intelligent and understands the whole painting and poems, she is still lost, she doesn't even know whether she will jump into the lake or not, let alone fully believe in the contents of these two letters...

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At this time, Lu Song and Yu San and his party were near Poyang Lake.

Lu Song looked eagerly at Yu San, who was working next to him, and asked, "Can it work?"

Yu Sandao: "I have already asked those water ghosts, and they said that this thing was given by the little boss. It is very powerful. Originally, they used homemade bags to stay in the water for a stick of incense. The first half hour."

"Half an hour? All underwater, no need to breathe?"

Lu Song thought it was nonsense.

Yu San shrugged his shoulders: "I've tried it with the water ghost, that's it, I'm not bragging. But save a little, and get close to the boat escorting King Ning's family while it's dark...tonight..."

The water ghosts of this era don’t stay underwater for a long time in one breath. They need to use things like sheep sticks to hold the air, and then add stones inside to sink. The density of the air is very different from the weight of the stones. Pay attention, so that they can take a few more to breathe underwater.

Many water ghosts have been trained since childhood, and they can stay underwater for a long time without breathing. This is more professional than the current professional divers, because they are completely risking their lives, and they are risking their lives since childhood. If you don't play well, you will die, and the skills are passed down from generation to generation.

Now Zhu Hao has made "oxygen tanks" for them.

Using the principle that oxygen can be compressed, first make a hollow iron tank, then use chemical agents, such as potassium permanganate, to make oxygen, and use airtight compression to pour oxygen into the tank, continuously compress, and finally pass through a small The pores are sealed, sealed with colloid, and a layer of soft material is put on the outside, and the air is released from the inside by opening small holes, and the air enters the mouth...

This is dozens of times more reliable than the method used by water ghosts to bring their own air into the water.

Zhu Hao made flippers that are bigger and stronger than those used by existing water ghosts, so that their efficiency in diving and swimming underwater is greatly increased.

Naturally, Lu Song couldn't understand how Zhu Hao managed to cross the line to help these water ghosts get diving equipment. After listening to the introduction, he was dumbfounded and full of doubts.

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The plan proceeds step by step.

chaos on the lake

The place where the few people stayed was on the west bank of Poyang Lake, far away from the battlefield, near the direction of De'an County, because Zhu Hao asked them to wait here.

The boat that Lou Suzhen was on was actually near the Ganjiang Estuary of Poyang Lake at this time, and the distance was a bit far.

The chasing soldiers are heading towards the mouth of Poyang Lake, so this side is safe for the time being.

Before noon, Lou Suzhen's boat was overtaken by officers and soldiers, and some of the concubines on board had already jumped into the water and committed suicide.

After Lou Suzhen watched them jump into the water, the officers and soldiers ignored them, so she hesitated and did not jump.

Those concubines, maids, and mothers-in-law who dived wanted to use their water skills to swim to the shore, but the lake surface was too bright during the day, and they were shot to death with bows and crossbows before swimming far, and the lake surface was blood red.

Lou Suzhen put on shackles, but she did not completely lose her freedom, because the officers and soldiers who boarded the ship knew her identity and knew that she was a big fish.

A school lieutenant came in and said, "Your Majesty, you have rebelled against the king and have been captured by the king's soldiers together with the rebellious party. You can just wait and meet them at ease!"

Lou Suzhen had expected this to happen.

Her husband was defeated and didn't even have the courage to commit suicide. Isn't he afraid of being executed by Ling Chi?

A man who dared not even die, actually dared to rebel... Was it completely bewitched by others, thinking that he really had the air of an emperor?

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Lou Suzhen was then arranged on a boat full of female relatives and escorted to the shore.

The boat sailed to the west bank of Poyang Lake, which is close to De'an, Nankang and Jiujiang to the north, and Jianchang and Nanchang to the south. .

Wang Shouren will not kill King Ning. He needs to use King Ning's soldiers to take down the city occupied by the rebels without bloodshed. The rebel leaders have all been captured. Who are you working for now?
A war is over.

Lou Suzhen looked at the tragic scene below the boat. The lake surface was densely packed with floating corpses, and many damaged and burnt boats drifted with the waves. The feeling of desolation after the war made her feel ashamed.

But thinking of that letter, there was a little more hope in my heart, and even the picture I saw in front of me seemed less pessimistic.

At night, Haishi passes.

The ships have not yet crossed the Great Lake to the shore, but more and more official and military ships can be seen along the way.

"Where's Wang Zhongcheng? I want to see Wang Zhongcheng."

As midnight approached, the ship was about to dock, and the agreed time for jumping into the river was approaching. What Lou Suzhen wanted was to meet Wang Shouren.

It is not necessary to ask Wang Shouren to be a witness, but more to know the current situation of her husband and children, or to let herself be imprisoned with her husband and children and go to hell together, she thinks it is worth it.

The captain's answer was clean and direct: "Master Wang has led troops to attack Nankang, but he is not here."

"What about King Ning?"

Lou Suzhen asked again.

"Let's go together!"

The captain didn't hide it.

Lou Suzhen's heart turned cold.

What is Wang Shouren's commanding level?What is important is that soldiers are expensive and fast!
Now that we have won the main force of King Ning, we are not in a hurry to attack Nanchang. Instead, we will go to Hukou to take down Nankang City along the coast of Hukou while we are chasing the remnants and defeated bandits. As for King Ning... he will be regarded as The spoils of war are mediocre, and when you siege people under the city, who will fight to the death on the top of the city?

Even the master is gone, so there is really no need to resist.

Lou Suzhen stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the last quarter moon in the sky, feeling a little more desolate in her heart.

At this time, under the surrounding escort boats, water ghosts were already clinging to the boats, but they were not under Lou Suzhen's boat. They didn't know which boat Lou Suzhen was on. They were instructed, but when a woman jumped into the river, Just save people.

They don't need to hide under the water all the time, but cover in the night, leaning against the side of the boat, waiting for the opportunity.

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Finally arrived at the agreed time of "the head of the willow on the moon".

It's an ugly time.

Lou Suzhen's female relatives on the ship basically fell asleep in the cabin, but because of her special status, Lou Suzhen still had the opportunity to walk on the deck. She had shackles on her hands, and the officers and soldiers were not afraid of her escaping.

"Your Majesty, you should go back and rest."

The captain was very polite to Lou Suzhen.

No matter what evils King Ning has done, at least Lou Suzhen has a high reputation among the people. She helped the victims and encouraged local officials to love the people. She did many good deeds that benefited the stability of Jiangxi. She is revered.

Lou Suzhen stood at the bow of the boat, hesitating for a long time.

She didn't know what her fate would be.

Suddenly thinking of the poem Tang Yin wrote to her, she instantly felt that all the situations in front of her were clearly described, and every rhyme in her heart really hit the mark.

"Drawing the old pictures of tigers and dragons sighing, the blood book is dry and the eyes of the phoenix are dry. So far, the ten feet of Pohu Lake has shed all the tears of the year."

Lou Suzhen uttered the poem in a desolate tone, not only memorized, but also felt as if she was touched by her heart, and she felt it.

"Ma'am, what did you say?"

The lieutenant was about to lead the guarding officers and soldiers to remind Lou Suzhen to enter the cabin.

Lou Suzhen suddenly turned her heart away, and jumped into the dark lake with both hands in shackles.

(End of this chapter)