Zhou Heng sighed: "I have already sent someone to investigate, there will always be a day when the truth will come out." ”

The courtiers discussed for a day, and the idea of moving south gradually prevailed. And for good reason. When Zhou Heng came in, Huo Mengli, the young secretary of Dali Temple, who was eager to stand in line and make meritorious contributions, stepped forward first and said: "The prince, the ministers and others have discussed, and they all feel that the imperial court should move south. Taizu built the capital here because he wanted to guard the country. Now the whereabouts of the Son of Heaven are unknown, the capital is empty, once Zeng came to attack first, there will be no soldiers to defend, and when the time comes, the capital is in danger, and the Dajia Dynasty is in danger. Therefore, the lower officials requested that the capital be moved to Nanjing. ”

When Taizu founded the country, Shoufu once asked to build the capital Nanjing, Taizu said the promise of the Son of Heaven to guard the country, and decided to build the capital here, and the Manchu Dynasty was convinced. Now that the situation has changed, of course, it cannot be as before.

Zhou Heng swept around the audience, and finally fixed his eyes on Huo Mengli's face, and said, "You have discussed for a day, is this the result?" ”

"Yes." Huo Mengli was very confident. Everyone said that the capital should be moved, otherwise the Dajia Dynasty would be finished, and he preemptively proposed it, but it was just an opportunity for Bo to leave a name in history.

Zhou Heng said: "Whether to move the capital or not, we must wait for the imperial brother to return to the dynasty and then discuss." Now, the king of Chuanben ordered to summon troops from all over the country to enter the king of Beijing to protect the queen mother and protect the capital. ”

The order issued by Zhou Heng was sent out like snowflakes.

Huo Mengli was very unconvinced, he was going to move the capital, he didn't deploy defenses on the way south, and he also called the army into Beijing, isn't it redundant? He thought about it, and after coming out of the Qinzheng Palace, he went to Xinglin Hutong.

Zhou Heng came to the side hall and took Cui Keyin back to the house together. The two were in a low mood and hastily finished dinner. Zhou Heng rested on Cui Keyin's lap and was speechless for a long time.

Cui Keyin knew that he was uncomfortable, so she helped him massage his scalp and relieve his pressure.

Zhou Heng seemed to be asleep.

In the middle of the night, joy knocked out the window, three long and two short. Zhou Heng got up and walked to the window.

Huan said happily: "Lord Wang, Cheng Dianjun has sent back the news." ”

The biography of Yuanshan is very simple, with only eight words: the whole army was annihilated, and the emperor killed himself.

Two tears rolled down Zhou Heng's cheeks. Although he was not optimistic about Emperor Zhi'an's personal expedition. But I didn't expect it to end in such a fiasco. This was the news sent by his secret agent, but it was not the result of the person sent by the imperial court to investigate, and in his capacity, he categorically could not make this note sent back by a carrier pigeon public. But the decision can be made.

A pair of slender hands reached out from behind him and wrapped their arms around his waist. Face against his back. Cui Keyin didn't sleep deeply. When Zhou Heng got up, she also woke up.

"Cry out loud." Cui Keyin sighed.

Emperor Zhi'an treats them well, if it weren't for Emperor Zhi'an's protection. Lele could not be born smoothly, and the Queen Mother would often find trouble with Cui Keyin.

Zhou Heng raised his head, and after a quarter of an hour, he had already controlled his emotions and said, "He is my brother, he is gone like this, I am naturally very sad." However, he connived at Wang Zhe to seize power and bring 200,000 elites to the land of no return, but he could not be forgiven. ”

Emperor Zhi'an collapsed like this, leaving behind a confused and helpless future for the Dajia Dynasty.

Cui Keyin thought about the burden on Zhou Heng's shoulders and hugged him tightly, hoping that his arms could give him more strength.

This night, the two of them had no sleep.

Two days later, a bloodstained and muddy man rode back to the capital and went to the Jin Palace, asking to see Zhou Heng.

The early dynasty has not retreated, and Zhou Heng has not returned home. When Cui Keyin heard that this man was from Sheephorn Castle, he immediately asked people to bring him in and meet him.

He was the little flag that kicked the soldier, and when he saw Cui Keyin, he cried loudly, crying so much that he couldn't breathe.

Cui Keyin asked people to bring hot meals up, and asked people to help him up, and said, "You speak slowly, after you finish eating, I will send you to the Chongzheng Palace." ”

"The emperor killed himself in front of Zeng Xian, and Wang Zhe's godson Wang Xian became Zeng Xian's guide." Xiaoqi only said this sentence and cried again.

Emperor Zhi'an elegantly and calmly drew his sword in front of Zeng Xian and slashed his slender neck, which stunned Zeng Xian. He didn't expect that the young man in front of him with a glorious temperament would pull out his sword, not to duel him, but to kill himself. When Wang Xian was escorted and identified as the emperor of the Dajia Dynasty, Zeng Xian regretted it.

Xiaoqi was also captured, scolded Zeng Xian, and only begged for death. Zeng first admired his courage, let him come back, and let the court take the ransom to redeem the dragon body of Emperor Zhi'an.

In this way, Xiao brought back the news of Emperor An's death.

The Queen Mother went crazy, and ran out barefoot, just shouting: "I'm going to find my son, my son is hidden by you." ”

The queen took the jewelry, came to the Chongzheng Palace, and said: "There is only this little bit of valuable things in this palace, please give it to Zeng Xian and redeem the emperor." ”

What was discussed in the Chongzheng Hall was how to reply to Zeng Xian. He was known for his insatiable greed and dishonesty, and paid the ransom, but he was afraid that no matter how much he paid, he would not be able to redeem the Zhi'an Emperor Dragon Body. To Emperor An's dragon body, for them, it is a golden mountain, as long as they don't hand it over, there will be a steady stream of food and clothing.

Zhou Heng didn't accept the queen's jewelry, and said: "Sister-in-law of the emperor, relax, the ministers have their own ideas." ”

After the queen came out of the Chongzheng Palace, she immediately announced that Cui Keyin entered the palace.

Cui Keyin didn't go back to the house after sending Xiaoqi to the Chongzheng Palace, she went to see Shen Mingzhu, and when she saw the summons, she immediately went over and said, "Niangniang's Day mourns and changes." ”

"Before the first emperor set out on the expedition, I tried to persuade him, but he listened to Wang Zhe and lost his mind." The queen burst into tears and said, "Now that she has died, the dragon body can't be sent back to the palace, how can people not be sad?" ”

Thinking of the 200,000 elites who died innocently, and the sixty-six imperial elites who accompanied the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military ministers on the expedition, these people must be more than lucky. Cui Keyin's words of consolation could no longer be spoken.

Cui Keyin sat with the queen until dark and was taken out of the palace by Zhou Heng. In the carriage, Cui Keyin asked the opinions of the ministers and said, "They must have to pay the ransom, right?" ”

The so-called death of a person is great, how can the dragon body of Emperor Zhi'an be left out and treated as cheap?

"No, most of them are against the ransom payment, and they are arguing and arguing, and it turns out that they are going to move south again." Zhou Heng rubbed his forehead and said, "I really don't know how the imperial brother can stand them when he is here, if they don't do their business one by one, they will pull off." Fortunately, I have sent a message to Yuanshan, asking him to bring the imperial brother back no matter what. ”

"If you don't pay the ransom, bring it back?" Cui Keyin's eyes widened. Is this stealing? How can you steal such a big corpse?

Zhou Heng said: "Otherwise? ”

The dragon body of Emperor An must be taken back and buried in the mausoleum, and the ransom must not be paid.

Cui Keyin said: "The country cannot be without a king for a day, the first emperor has no heirs, who will succeed him?" ”

Zhou Heng didn't answer.

Today, Gu Quan proposed to succeed him, because when Emperor An drove his personal expedition, he ordered him to supervise the country, and the general person who supervised the country was the crown prince. Zhou Heng can be regarded as the emperor's younger brother selected by Emperor Zhi'an.

Zhou Heng resigned. (To be continued.) )