C23

Chapter 23 - Human Tragedy

Although Imperial Jade Seal were precious, Zhao Chen didn't have the time to look at them carefully! He placed the Imperial Jade Seal in his own embrace, then left the side hall together with Li Gang and Wang De, and headed outside.

Currently, Jin Army s were entering the palace, but there weren't many of them. There were many treasures in the palace, including gold, silver and other treasures. The most valuable part were the various maps, household records, tax data and so on that the Great Song Dynasty had collected over the past hundred years. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, when Liu Bang entered Xianyang, Xiao He did not try to snatch the gold and silver treasure, but instead protected the map, household register and tax data of the Qin Dynasty. This was one of the main reasons why Liu Bang was able to obtain this world. If the Jinguo wanted to govern the Central Plains in the future, these things were essential. It would be too much of a pity to destroy the information if too many troops were to enter and the order were to be disrupted! Therefore, Wanyan Zonghan had only sent a few elite soldiers into the palace. These elite soldiers' goal was to maintain order in the palace and seal off all the information!

As for the eunuchs and maids in the palace, they had already been expelled from the palace.

Because this side chamber was too remote, there had been no visitors until now.

The three of them carefully walked in the direction of the palace wall. When they arrived at the wall, Wang De said: "I'll go take a look outside first!"

Zhao Chen nodded his head. Then, he saw Wang De's body move, as he lightly floated to the palace wall, and then flipped himself over to the side.

Zhao Chen was extremely envious in his heart. He had trained in the martial arts for half a year and now, he had officially entered the fourth level of the Emperor's Heavenly Arts and started to cultivate the Invigorated Meridian of the Eight Strange Veins. This progress was already extremely fast, but his power was still lacking compared to Wang De's. If it was him, he wouldn't be able to jump onto such a high wall without a rope.

Soon enough, miserable screams came from the other side, causing Zhao Chen's heart to tighten.

After a while, Wang De came in again, and asked: "What happened?"

Wang De said: "A few Jin Army s over there have already been killed by me! Your Highness, we need to quickly leave this place! "

Immediately, Wang De hugged Zhao Chen with one hand and pulled Li Gang with the other. He brought two people, and arrived atop the palace wall as if they were nothing.

As the three of them descended from the palace walls, they saw a few Jin Army s lying in pools of blood! The faces of these Jin Army s were pale. This was because they had lost all their blood, and their eyes were filled with despair and pain!

Looking at these Jin Army's corpses, Zhao Chen felt an intense urge to vomit in his heart! His heart was filled with grief and he felt extremely sorrowful! In the face of war, human lives are so lowly! No matter if it was the Han's life or the Nvzhen's life, they were all despicable people! This was the feeling he had when he first saw the face of the dead!

Wang De ignored these dead people. In these past few years, who knew how many enemies he had killed! As for Li Gang, his expression did not change much either! The first time the Nvzhen invaded, it was because he was in charge of defending the Kaifeng City, and he had already seen thousands and thousands of dead people!

"Where are we going?" Zhao Chen endured the discomfort in his heart and said.

"Let's go to the north. There are many houses there. We can find a place to hide!" Wang De said.

"Alright!" Zhao Chen nodded.

was still the one bringing Zhao Chen and Li Gang forward. As an Innate Ranker, even if he brought along two people, their speed would still be extremely fast! Their bodies continuously flashed about in various buildings. Occasionally, they would see Jin Army and Wang De would bring the two of them to hide or take a detour ahead. His cultivation was profound, so killing these ordinary Jin Army would not be a problem. But if he killed too many people, the true female army would definitely be alerted, and at that time, the Nvzhen would encircle them and that would not be good!

Roughly an hour later, the three of them hid in a thatched cottage. This house was abnormally shabby. Snow continued to fall from the roof, and it was extremely cold inside.

"Your Highness, Lord Li, we'll hide here for now!" When it gets dark, I will bring you all out of Kaifeng City! " Wang De said.

Zhao Chen nodded. Looking at his surroundings, he felt as if there was a change in the world! Just a few days ago, he was still living in the magnificent imperial palace, surrounded by countless eunuchs and palace maids. In just a few days, he had already started fleeing for his life, and now he was hiding in a thatched hut like this! He was still Song Dynasty's' Crown Prince ', but the only people following by his side were Wang De and Li Gang!

"Your Highness, we cannot wait until the sky turns dark, we have to think of a way to leave the Kaifeng City right now!" Li Gang was quiet for a moment, then suddenly said.

"Oh?" Zhao Chen was startled.

"If we stay here, the situation will become more serious! Firstly, the double of His Highness, the impudent one, could wake up at any time and leak news of His Highness! Secondly, the Imperial Jade Seal was taken by us, so how could the Jin Army not detect it! I feel that the Jin Army will be searching for us in the city very soon. When it gets dark, we won't be able to get out! So, we have to get out now! " Li Gang said.

"That's right!" Zhao Chen thought that it was true and nodded his head quickly.

He looked at Li Gang with some surprise. He did not expect Li Gang to be so cautious, he was truly worthy of being known as the Anti-Jin Chen of history. He was the most famous person in the Southern Song Dynasty, and indeed, there was something different about him!

The three of them didn't have time to rest and immediately headed towards the northern wall.

Along the way, the three of them saw countless tragic scenes.

In the distance, a few Jin Army were surrounding a lady, the lady's clothes were all ripped off by Jin Army, she was screaming in fear, she was being pushed down to the ground by Jin Army, her hands could not cover her lower body, while the Jin Army was doing something, laughing lewdly!

Zhao Chen's face was pale white, but he was quickly enraged! Actually, it was not only him, Li Gang and Wang De were also extremely angry!

Wang De did not rush over to save the lady. In his heart, even if all the citizens of the Kaifeng City added up, they weren't as important as Zhao Chen! If the Crown Prince's whereabouts were exposed because of saving that girl, it wouldn't be worth it!

"Your Highness, do you see how these barbarians are bullying us Chinese? In the future, we will definitely take revenge! " Li Gang said from the side.

Zhao Chen nodded silently.

As they continued forward, they saw an even more indignant scene.

A Jin Army was riding on a horse. He used a rope to drag a four or five-year-old Chinese boy. The horse galloped at an extremely fast speed, and the little boy screamed in fear as he ran. Soon, the little boy could not keep up with the speed of the horse. His tiny body was dragged to the ground, his face and body covered in blood. Then, the Jin Army turned around and used a spear to pick up the boy's body. With a wave of his spear, the boy's body was lifted into the air, and when the boy's body fell, another Jin Army used a knife to chop off the boy's head. The countless Jin Army s watching the scene at the side could not help but laugh out loud.

"Your Highness, what do you want to do?" Seeing that Zhao Chen was about to rush forward, Wang De anxiously stopped him.

"How can I endure this? It was just a child, yet Nvzhen was so cruel, is she even human? " Zhao Chen said excitedly.

"Your Highness, you are the crown prince, you cannot act rashly! "Now is not the time to save them, but to protect your useful body!" Li Gang said indifferently from the side.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Just as Zhao Chen was about to shout, Li Gang had already stopped his mouth.

Zhao Chen moved forward while being carried by Wang De. Along the way, he was like a walking corpse, his mind was in complete chaos! He had already been in this world for more than half a year. For more than half a year, he had been thinking about how to leave the Imperial Palace and the Kaifeng City. Now that he had left the Imperial Palace, he would be leaving the Kaifeng City very soon. However, he had seen a tragic scene that he could not even dream of! Those people were the same as him, they were all Chinese people, they were women, children, and weak, they were all actually being bullied like this by the Nvzhen! They were unable to preserve their dignity, unable to preserve their lives! Just as he was about to rush over, Li Gang and Wang De stopped him, because he was the "crown prince!"

"I am Zhao Chen, I am the crown prince … I'm not a senior year student! The reason they did everything they could to protect me was because I was Song Dynasty's crown prince and their king. They had placed all their hopes on me! They hope that I can take back the mountains and rivers, Song Dynasty Zhong Xing! They won't save those women and children for fear of exposing my whereabouts! What virtue or ability do I have to be valued so highly by them? "

'Not only will they place their hopes on me, the Crown Prince, but even more people will know that the Crown Prince has escaped tomorrow. I am afraid that more people will place their hopes on the Crown Prince, and those ordinary citizens will also place their hopes on him... '

"The fate of these people is so tragic. Being bullied by those barbarians, they still think that the crown prince can bring them hope …"

"If I only wanted to run for my life, I would not think about what I would do in the future. I would not treat myself as the 'crown prince'. How could I be worthy of them?"

In that moment, countless thoughts formed in Zhao Chen's mind!

"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Wang De couldn't help but ask when he saw Zhao Chen's expression change unceasingly, occasionally sad, sometimes confused, and sometimes gnashing his teeth.

"Nothing, I just thought of a few things! I am the crown prince of the Song Dynasty, and I do want to protect my useful body. Zhao Chen said.

His voice gradually became calm, but there was a hint of unspeakable determination in that calm voice!

"It's great that His Highness has such an idea!" Li Gang said from the side.

After another hour, the three of them arrived at the city wall. Wang De said: "Your Highness, Lord Li, please wait here for a while, I will go up to take a look!"

Wang De immediately headed towards the city wall.