Xia Wanchun was chewing a piece of white candied lotus root in his mouth, and the bite was so crunchy.
Zhu Yaorao was sweating profusely and glared at Xia Wanchun countless times, but she was unable to stop him from making noises.
Nearly seven hundred people were hiding in the cave, watching Li Chuang's bandits rushing towards the city like meteors.
Just outside the Tibetan Soldier Cave, there were more than three hundred strong elite bandits standing. The gray coats they wore had a huge Chinese character "Chong" written on them.
Thieves with this character on their chests and backs are generally the elite of the Dashun army and the personal guards of various generals.
Xia Wanchun took out another piece of sugar lotus root from his sleeve, and when he was about to put it in his mouth, he saw Zhu Ya'ao looking at him pleadingly, so he handed the sugar lotus root to Zhu Ya'ao and said: "
< p>Try it, it’s very good, it’s very difficult to snatch something from the mouths of my two junior brothers.”Zhu Yurao watched in horror as the bandits and soldiers who were shouting and cheering passed by like a tide, and they dared not make any sound. , behind her were her younger brothers, sisters, mother, and some delicate palace maids and eunuchs. Once discovered by the thieves, she could not imagine what the consequences would be.
"Something went wrong. Our people arrived a little late, so we can't let you leave the city in advance. But, it doesn't matter now. We will wait until the thieves enter the city and start looting. After that, we will leave.
There will be someone to meet you fifteen miles outside the city. Then, you can go directly to Lantian to see my master."
Zhu Yurao looked at Xia Wanchun angrily. She didn't say a word. Not only did she tightly close her mouth, everyone in the Tibetan Soldier Cave looked the same. Even the youngest Princess Zhaoren hid her head in the arms of her mother, Concubine Yuan, as quietly as A sculpture.
As for the three men, Prince Yong and King Ding, they sweated like liquid. King Yong even peed out, soaking a large area of the ground.
Everyone waited in the hiding cave for two hours before the number of soldiers and horses coming in from outside the city became slightly sparse.
Xia Wanchun stood at the door of the Tibetan Soldier Cave and waved to a subordinate of King Chuang: "Where are our chariots and horses?"
The sturdy man curled his lips and said: "Again Wait, let's leave when all the thieves are immersed in the joy of burning, killing and looting."
Xia Wanchun said in surprise: "Eh? You are not the one who broke into the king?"
The strong man smiled and said: "Of course not, I was just ordered to work under Hao Yaoqi."
"Where is Hao Yaoqi?"
"He went All their generals have gone to the palace."
Xia Wanchun said: "Bring the carriages and horses here, we will leave now."
The strong man saw that Xia Wanchun insisted on leaving. , agreed, and soon nearly two hundred carriages were brought in.
It can be seen that Zhu Yurao does not have a white school in Yushan Academy. These people are very orderly when they get on the carriage, as long as there is a carriage coming, they will go up naturally without anyone directing them.
After the people from the Lantian Secret Service got on the carriage and acted as coachmen and left the capital, Xia Wanchun put on a very ordinary clothes, chewed the candied lotus root, and swaggered into the crowd cheering for the king to enter the capital. went into the crowd.
That's right, when Li Hongji's army was far away, the people in this city called Li Hongji - a bandit!
When Li Hongji's army arrived in Baoding, the people in the city called Li Hongji - robber!
After Li Hongji’s army surrounded the capital, the people in the city called Li Hongji—Rebels!
Now, they are eating pots of wine and setting out the incense table to welcome King Chuang and celebrate King Chuang’s overthrow of the corrupt Ming Dynasty and to win a clear sky for everyone.
This is strange.
The weather on March 18th of the Jiashen year was sunny and sunny.
The wind and sand that would have filled the entire spring completely stopped today.
Because he wanted to send Zhu Yuluo out, Xia Wanchun did not see Li Hongji who rode into Beijing to accept the cheers of the people. He followed the crowd to the palace and saw that the palace door was closed and there were only a few tattered flags. Floating in the sunset.
Li Hongji was a very polite man. He also did not rush to enter the palace. Instead, he sent several eunuchs to enter the palace using ladders. It seemed that they were going to the emperor to give final orders.
Xia Wanchun could see very clearly that many of the people following Li Hongji were officials of the Ming Dynasty...
He didn’t want to see more of the flattering faces of this group of people, so he started from the front He squeezed out of the crowd and returned to his place of residence in the capital.
At this time, Han Lingshan still did not come back.
He couldn't help but be a little worried. After all, Li Hongji had surrounded the palace, and he didn't know how Han Lingshan would get out of the palace by then.
Three waves of people were sent out to inquire, but there was no reply until dark.
At dawn, Xia Wanchun couldn't sit still anymore, so he planned to go to Hao Yaoqi personally to ask if something happened to Han Lingshan.
Just when he was about to go out, Han Lingshan walked in from outside with a gust of cold wind.
"Where is the emperor?"
"Committed suicide."
After saying this, Han Lingshan seemed to have completely lost the strength to speak, and left With the box on his back, he fell straight on the brocade couch and began to sleep.
Xia Wanchun opened the box and saw an edict and a pile of boxes containing seals.
He did not read the edict, but skillfully opened the seal box and admired the seals carved from the best jade in the world one by one.
The emperor died, and for Xia Wanchun, an era ended.
A man in black opened the door and looked at Xia Wanchun.
Xia Wanchun said without raising his head: "The emperor is dead."
The man in black quickly left the room, not doing much good.Husband, on the Deshengmen Gate Tower in the capital, there was a plume of wolf smoke rising into the sky.
Soon, another plume of wolf smoke rose on the horizon. If a person could soar high in the sky like a goshawk, then he would see wolf smoke rising continuously on the earth, one after another. The smoke column starts from the capital and goes straight to Xi'an.
When Li Dingguo saw the smoke rising, he couldn't help shouting to the sky. He understood that from today on, all the chains binding his body will be removed. From this moment on, the Lantian Imperial Court is The only master in the land of Ming Dynasty.
It is only two hundred miles from Miyun to the capital. Two days is enough for the whole army to rush to the capital.
Zhang Guofeng took a deep breath while looking at the wolf smoke, and said to Li Dingguo: "We have to capture the capital before Yun Yang."
Li Dingguo rubbed his bald head and smiled. : "Yun Tu is still in Shandong, he can't be faster than us."
Zhang Guofeng shook his head and said: "You have forgotten that Yun Yang can do anything to get credit. In order to go to Dezhou, he He just ordered artillery fire to melt the city, blowing up a good city into rubble.
Because of this, his army is advancing very fast, be careful that he arrives first. ”
< p>Li Dingguo smiled and said: "Basically all Li Hongji's 460,000 troops are in the capital. In which direction will he flee?"Zhang Guofeng said: "He can only go in one direction. This is the only way to avoid the pressure of Lantian."
Li Dingguo laughed: "Shanhaiguan! I hope Li Hongji can win Shanhaiguan."
Li Dingguo laughed. , the smoke continued to spread northwest.
It was already the afternoon of March 19th when Yun Zhao saw the smoke.
When the smoke appeared in the eyes, the giant bell of Yushan Academy began to ring crazily.
All the officials above the head of the district in Yushan gathered frantically towards Yun Zhao's big study.
Even the old scholars in Yushan Academy who did not leave the academy easily took ox carts down to Yushan.
When they gathered in the big study room, they did not see Yun Zhao's shadow.
When Yun Zhao was not there, everyone went to Zhang Guozhu's Prime Minister's Mansion. Likewise, Zhang Guozhu was not there either.
I asked the secretary, but no one knew where the two men went with the guards.
Yun Zhao stood on his tiptoes and broke off a branch covered with elm coins from an elm tree. He pulled out a handful of elm coins from the top and put it into his mouth, then handed the branch to Zhang Guozhu.
Zhang Guozhu picked off an emerald green elm flower, put it into his mouth and chewed it slowly: "This year's elm money is particularly delicious."
Yun Zhao said with a smile: "Yes. , It’s just that spring comes a little late.”
Zhang Guozhu said: “It’s just a leap year, a process of self-correction of the stars. Next year, there will be no such problem.”
“Chongzhen. The emperor is dead..."
When Yun Zhao said these words, there was no trace of any emotion on his face.He Ruyi's expression was as calm as if he was recounting a fact.
Zhang Guozhu casually threw the branch into the stream and sighed: "Death early, early death, early death, the end of pain, I think he may not want to live a long time ago. I only hope that Han Lingshan did not kill him "
Yun Zhao shook his head and said: "I gave Han Lingshan the final authority. If Chongzhen doesn't want to die, he can live. It seems that Chongzhen still chose to die for his country."
Zhang Guozhu kicked away an obstructing stone with his feet, rubbed his face with his hands and said: "The burden falls on us. From now on, if the world is not well governed, no one will say it is Emperor Chongzhen's fault. It will only be Say that we, Lantian, are incompetent.
In the future, no one will say that Chongzhen’s virtues are lacking when there is a natural disaster.
In the future, no one will say that Chongzhen’s moral conduct is lacking.
In the future, If we cannot give the people a good life and good order, and the world becomes turbulent again, all the murderous weapons we develop will only cause more people to die in our world."
Yun Zhao looked at it. Looking at Zhang Guozhu, he said: "We are different. Apart from us, no one in the Ming Dynasty is qualified to rule our world. Neither Li Hongji, Zhang Bingzhong, nor Dorgon, who just seized power."
Zhang Guozhu looked at Yun Zhao in surprise and said: "It's just Li Hongji and Zhang Bingzhong, why is there still the matter of Dorgon?"
Yun Zhao sneered and said: "If it weren't for me, Lantian, who would win the world?" , it must be Dorgon."
Zhang Guozhu looked at Yun Zhao's serious face again and said: "Can one million Jianzhou people rule our Ming Dynasty?"
Yun Zhao squatted in the stream and submerged his hot hands in the water, and said calmly: "One million people are more than enough to rule a nation whose backbone has been broken."
Zhang Guozhu didn't understand why Yun Zhao was acting like this today. Saying these unlucky words on an important day, just listen to Yun Zhao continue.
“The reason why I will return power to the people is to make them stand upright. In this world, backbone is the foundation for a country to stand up completely.
A person cannot grow flesh first, he must first grow muscles and bones. Only when the muscles and bones are strong can we have enough courage to face the world and divide this beautiful earth from the savages in the West. ”