The prison guards patrolled the dark corridor as usual, and the cold night made their steps even slower. The jailer had just changed shifts and left, and the prison area fell into a dead silence. Suddenly, a hurried sound of footsteps broke the silence. A young guard, with a pale face, rushed into the Tianlao duty room, panting, and said to the leading warden in panic: "Sir, it's bad! Something happened!"
The warden was leaning on the table and taking a nap. He opened his eyes immediately after hearing this, and his face suddenly became gloomy: "What happened? Don't worry, tell me slowly."
The young guard looked panicked, but suppressed the fear in his heart and tried to make his voice sound more stable: "Prince of Lanling is missing! His cell... the door was opened, and people... people have run away!"
Hearing the three words "Prince of Lanling", the warden was struck by lightning, and his face turned pale instantly. He stood up suddenly, and the candlestick on the table was knocked over, and the flame flashed out. "Impossible! This cell is specially reinforced, and the jailers are strictly guarding it. How could he escape!"
The young guard could only nod helplessly: "I have confirmed that there is no sign of forced destruction of the cell door... It seems that someone opened it with a key."
The warden's face became more and more ugly, and he felt a little panic in his heart, but he knew that he had to take action quickly at this time. He patted the young guard's shoulder: "I will go to that cell now, you pass the order to immediately block this place, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. Then, go and report to the emperor-go!"
The lights in the palace were bright, and the dark night could not cover up the luxury of the palace. Li Hongce, an important messenger in the palace, was rushing to the emperor's bedroom. He was the messenger responsible for the transmission of emergency intelligence in the palace, and one of the ears and eyes in front of the emperor. At this time, his forehead was full of sweat, and his heart was uneasy, knowing that this news would completely ignite the emperor's anger.
When Li Hongce entered the bedroom, Emperor Gao Wei had just been awakened from a short sleep. The emperor's face was obviously unhappy, frowning, staring coldly at Li Hongce.
"What's the matter?" The emperor's voice was low and threatening.
Li Hongce knelt on the ground, his head almost touching the ground, and his voice trembled slightly: "Your Majesty, there is an emergency in the prison... Prince of Lanling... escaped from prison!"
When the emperor heard this, his eyes widened instantly, and his originally calm face became hideous and terrifying. He stood up suddenly, smashed the wine glass in his hand to the ground, and the fragments flew. "What? He actually escaped?"
The atmosphere in the bedroom solidified instantly, and all the palace servants were trembling with fear, not daring to make a sound. Emperor Gao Wei's anger almost ignited the entire palace. His face was livid, and he punched the dragon table hard, gritting his teeth and said: "You dare to escape for fear of crime! You will regret it when I catch you!"
Li Hongce's forehead was sweating, fearing that the emperor's anger would fall on him, but he still kept kneeling, waiting for the emperor's next order.
"Call my advisers! Immediately!" the emperor shouted, his voice echoing in the bedroom.
Soon, several advisers hurried over. The leader was the emperor's trusted adviser Xu Guangce, who was quite prestigious in the court and had handled many difficult matters. As soon as Xu Guangce entered the bedroom, he felt a strong sense of oppression, and the emperor's anger almost burned everyone's nerves.
"Your Majesty," Xu Guangce bowed deeply and said calmly, "Please calm down. Although Gao Changgong escaped, we still have a strategy to deal with it."
"Strategy?" The emperor sneered, with a dangerous light flashing in his eyes. "Xu Guangce, tell me, what plan do you have now? As a result, he escaped from prison, which is a big joke!"
Xu Guangce did not dare to look up, knowing that the emperor's anger could not be easily calmed, but he knew that he had to stabilize the emperor's emotions at this moment. He said slowly: "Your Majesty, Gao Changgong is good at forbearance and planning, and this jailbreak must have been carefully planned. But he doesn't have many allies. We have sent people to monitor his old subordinates, but at present... most of his old subordinates are indeed in an unknown state."
The emperor's eyes turned cold, and his tone became even gloomier: "Unknown? What progress have you made in your investigation? I need to know the loyalty of every general and every soldier!"
Xu Guangce wiped the sweat from his forehead and continued: "We have some sporadic intelligence. A small number of old subordinates are skeptical about your majesty's loyalty. They still have hope for Prince of Lanling. Most of the troops have left their previous bases and moved to the mountains where few people go. We speculate that Prince of Lanling's purpose may be to regroup these old subordinates."
The emperor's anger did not ease at all: "Why do you tell me this information now? You are all a bunch of trash! What I want is the result, not these vague speculations "" Xu Guangce hurriedly kneeling, with a hint of anxiety: "Your Majesty, which is why we need to take action as soon as possible. I want to find the Prince of Lanling in the shortest time and completely eradicate him! "Xu Guangce took his opinion, and then continued to propose:" His Majesty, Gao Changong wants to assemble the army, we will inevitably contact Feng Duo and others. Send people to block all the main ways, and catch Gao Changgong's old part. "Gao Changgong, you can escape for a while, but you can't escape forever. I will chop off your head with my own hands."