First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 398

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In front of the bedroom of King Liang's palace, the fight was coming to an end. Wu Sao was seriously injured and was lying on the ground incapacitated. Sun An was soaked in blood and squatted aside panting.

Sun An admitted that he was careless. He thought that more than two hundred confidantes would be enough to break through the palace gate and capture Fu Gong Er alive, but he did not expect Fu Gong Er to be so cautious and dispatch so many people into the palace as guards.

Seeing that all the cronies around him died in the battle, and the guards of Fu Gong Er were still twice as large as his own, Sun An felt ashamed, looked at Wu Sao, and grinned miserably: "Our brother is here."

After the voice fell, there was a commotion ahead, and the shouting sound came from nowhere.

"His Majesty has run away".

"His Majesty is gone."

Many guards turned pale when they heard the words, and a commander rushed into the palace in a hurry, frantically looking for it, and finally learned that Fu Gong Er had already run away through the back door and disappeared.

All the guards looked at each other in blank dismay, and a wounded guard suddenly became furious, and jumped up and cursed: "Emperor Dog, we are guarding here desperately, but he ran away."

As soon as this remark came out, a stone caused a thousand waves of waves, and everyone was filled with grief and indignation.

"The emperor has run away, we still have to kill a fart."

"General Sun, let's stop fighting...".

Sun An's face was extremely bright, and when he reacted, he shouted loudly: "Brothers, Fu Gong Er went against the sky, and everyone betrayed their relatives. No one wants to seek death with him. The tens of thousands of brothers of General Chen Zhengtong in Qinglin Mountain on the front line have been abandoned by him. , we will not sacrifice our lives for him..."

Hearing this, the Jianghuai army who were still desperately defending before was also filled with righteous indignation and shouted one after another.

Sun An was overjoyed. After gathering these people, he rushed into the palace, grabbed Fu Gong Er's wife and children, and said bluntly: "Our old thief Fu's wife and children will definitely be exonerated if they go to Datang."

Everyone responded one after another, and then the Jianghuai Army in Piling City heard that Fu Gong Er had abandoned them and ran away, so they responded to Sun An and threw themselves into Tang Dynasty.

Gao Chong entered Piling City with a bewildered expression. After hearing the reason, he couldn't laugh or cry. After ordering someone to take over the city defense, he personally led Qingqi to pursue him all the way.

Seeing Fugong Er fled to the southeast in panic all the way, not long after leaving the city, he came to the edge of Taihu Lake, looking at the vast and vast Taihu Lake, Fugong Er was a little lost.

The commander of the personal guard hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, stay here for a while. I will look for ships. Taihu Lake is huge. As long as you enter the lake, Tang Jun will definitely not find it."

At this time, Fu Gong Er still didn't know the stupid thing he just did. If he hadn't fled in a panic and led the guards to fight back, Sun An and the others would have undoubtedly died. There were dozens of guards, which made Fu Gong Er a little dazed, always feeling that there was something wrong, he shouldn't be so depressed.

While Fu Gong Er was hesitating, a voice shouted from the side, "Is your majesty driving ahead?"

Fu Gong Er was startled, squinted his eyes, and asked in amazement, "Ximen Junyi?"

I saw that Ximen Junyi led dozens of people to the shore in a small boat, and when they touched the shore, they fell to the ground, "My minister, Ximen Junyi, came late to rescue me, and I hope His Majesty forgive me."

Seeing Ximen Junyi appearing here, Fu Gong Er was both surprised and delighted, "General Ximen, didn't you die for your country when you escorted grain and grass in Liyang? Why are you here?"

Ximen Junyi's face was a little flustered when he heard the words, but at this time, Fu Gong Er was also restless and didn't notice it.

"Your Majesty, I fell into the water accidentally when my food was robbed in Liyang. Fortunately, the fishermen rescued me and survived. I made my way back to Danyang. When I heard that your Majesty moved to Duji, I sneaked all the way to avoid the Tang army and came here. Greetings, God bless the Song Dynasty, let the ministers meet His Majesty here."

While speaking, Ximen Junyi was very excited, Fu Gong Er was very moved when he saw this, and held Ximen Junyi's hand, "General Ximen is really a blessed general."

"Your Majesty, get on the boat quickly, and you can reach Kuaiji after crossing Taihu Lake." Ximen Junyi said hurriedly: "The Tang army will definitely not be able to catch up to this vast Taihu Lake."

"Yes, yes, General Ximen has done a great job in rescuing you. When you return to Kuaiji, I will definitely make you king." Fu Gong Er hurriedly responded and led the people to board the ship.

Ximen Junyi frowned.

After boarding the boat, Fu Gong Er finally felt relieved, only then did he notice the burly man behind Ximen Junyi, and asked curiously, "Who is this?"

Ximen Junyi paused, bowed his head and said, "This is the Liyang fisherman who rescued me from the river."

"Okay, very good," Fu Gong Er showed joy, and stepped forward to pat the man's shoulder, "The righteous man has done a great job in rescuing General Ximen, and I will be seriously injured when I turn around. What's your name? What's your background?"

The distance between the two was only one step, the man gritted his teeth and said word by word: "Liyang Wang, Wang Zhen".

"Liyang Wang?" Fu Gong Er frowned, "General Ximen, if I remember correctly, Mrs. Yi...".

Before the words fell, the commander of the personal guards yelled angrily with his eyes wide open: "Your Majesty, be careful...".

It's a pity that it was already too late, Wang Zhen stepped forward and strangled Fu Gong Er, pulled out the weapon from his waist, and laid it on Fu Gong Er's neck, "Whoever dares to act recklessly, I will kill him."

All the guards didn't dare to move at once. At this time, Wang Zhen made a gesture, and the Wang family's trilogy on the boat quickly stepped forward and controlled everyone.

"This?" Fu Gong Er was terrified, and roared sternly, "Ximen Junyi, what do you mean?"

"Dog thief", Ximen Junyi's eyes were red, "You hurt my wife, how can I forgive you".

"Brother-in-law, don't talk too much, wait for someone to kill the thief, and pay homage to the soul of my sister," Wang Zhen said with a look of grief and indignation.

It turns out that Wang Zhen is the wife of Ximen Junyi, the younger brother of the strange woman Wang Lie, who was born in the Wang family of Liyang.

"Wait a minute, brother Zhen," Ximen Junyi hurriedly stopped, "It's better to hand over this thief to the Tang court, he will die, and we can still get a reward."

Hearing this, Wang Zhen was a little displeased. He was straightforward and didn't like fame. He assisted his brother-in-law Ximen Junyi to capture and kill Fugong Er, just thinking of avenging his sister.

"Your elder sister is loyal and unyielding. Wouldn't it be better to present this thief in your elder sister's name, and maybe get the emperor's reward and posthumous title?" Ximen Junyi immediately persuaded.

Hearing this, Wang Zhen let go of his hand a little bit, and held on to the assistant.

When Gao Chong chased to the lake, he saw Ximen Junyi and others approaching the shore cautiously, "The guilty general, Ximen Junyi, is here to surrender. I have seen this general, dare to ask General Gao's name?"

After meeting again and again, Ximen Junyi's heart skipped a beat, fearing that this Tang army would steal the merits, so she didn't report the name of Gong Er as soon as possible.

Gao Chong's eyes lit up when he heard the words, he had already known about Ximen Junyi through Wang Xiongdan, Fu Gong Er fled from then on, and Ximen Junyi happened to be here, this is too coincidental.

"The Chief History of the Jianghuai Road in the Tang Dynasty, the Inspector of Jingzhou, Gao Chong, the Duke of Bohai County", naturally there is no need to call Gao Chong for his own registration number, Gao Xiong beside him said loudly.

Ximen Junyi was surprised when she heard that, and hurriedly saluted.

Unexpectedly, Gao Chong asked directly: "General Ximen's military deeds, Ling Zhengshi is a heroine, admirable, I have heard the details from Yichun County Lord, General Ximen can rest assured, but I don't know where the auxiliary thief is?"

(End of this chapter)