Wu Guoan said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, he was killed by people from Burma. Wu Sanxing was stunned for a moment, and there was a sentence circling in his whole mind, "The emperor is gone, the emperor is not killed."

After waiting for a long time, Wu Sanxing grabbed Wu Guoan's arms and said, "How is this possible?" Didn't the emperor make a holy decree some time ago, why did he suddenly see it gone? Wu Guoan looked at his hideous-looking uncle, the ninja's aching arms that were caught by Wu Sanxing, and said, "I don't know the specific situation, but I heard the news from Deng Kai, so I hurriedly came to find my uncle and King Jin." ”

Seeing that Wu Guoan didn't know the specific situation, Wu Sansheng let go of Wu Guoan. Wu Sansheng still didn't dare to accept this matter, and kept saying: "This is impossible, this must be another Myanmar trick." Wu Guoan said: "Uncle, I'm afraid it's not a trick of the Burmese this time, only Deng Chao came back this time." ”

Wu Sanxing's last glimmer of hope was shattered, so he had to say sadly: "Where should Daming go?" Is God really going to let Daming perish? Just when Wu Sanxing was sad, Le Tongwu, who accompanied Li Dingguo, came over. Seeing Wu Sanxing's expression, he immediately said solemnly: "What? What's the bad news? ”

Wu Guoan said: "This is simply the news that the sky is falling. The emperor ....... Just as Wu Guoan was about to speak, Li Sixing had already shouted. When Wu Sanxing saw it, there was no way, so he said to Wu Guoan: "You go and call Deng Kai, remember not to leak the news." ”

After confessing to Wu Guoan, Wu Sansheng and Le Tongwu went to Li Dingguo's camp together. As soon as Wu Sansheng entered, he saw Li Dingguozheng and He Jiuyi, Qi Sansheng and others talking and laughing, and it seemed that they were in a good mood. In this way, Wu Sanxing didn't know how to tell Li Dingguo. After all, when Li Dingguo was in Burma, he was already hit hard and seriously ill once.

Seeing Wu Sanxing and Le Tongwu coming in, Li Dingguo smiled and said, "What news did that kid from Guoan bring?" It can't be the Qing army. Even so, we are not afraid, we are now strong and strong, and we will definitely be able to defeat them. After Li Dingguo finished speaking, seeing that Wu Sanxing and Le Tongwu did not speak, he suddenly had some bad premonitions, and immediately asked: "What, isn't it the news from the Qing army?" What the hell is going on? ”

Wu Sanxing looked at Li Dingguo and hesitated without speaking. Le Tongwu also lowered his head. Just when Li Dingguo was about to continue to ask, Li Dingguo saw Deng Kai who walked in. Looking at Deng Kai's limp, Li Dingguo couldn't believe it, and Li Dingguo looked at Deng Kai carefully. It took a long time for Li Dingguo to recognize that the tattered person in front of him was Deng Kai.

At this time, Deng Kai, holding a branch, also looked at Li Dingguo and everyone in a daze. Li Dingguo saw that it was Deng Kai, and hurriedly asked, "Deng Kai, you will come, what about the emperor?" Will the emperor also come? Saying that, Li Dingguo ran out of the big tent, but Li Dingguo saw that it was indeed an empty venue, where there were Yongli and other ministers.

Li Dingguo returned and said to Deng Kai: "Is it that the emperor suffered in Burma and asked you to come back and inform me to rescue the driver?" I'm going to gather my army and attack Burma again. No matter what Li Dingguo said, Deng Kai didn't say a word. At this time, Qi Sansheng, He Jiuyi and others all saw that something was wrong, and Wu Sansheng and Le Tongwu lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.

Li Dingguo was still thinking about sending troops to Burma, but he saw that everyone was not moving. Immediately angry: "What are you going to do again? Didn't you hear me say that I was going to send troops to Burma? What do you want to do standing here? The people looked at each other, but no one spoke.

Deng Kai, who was standing at the door, couldn't hold back any longer, and a big man actually howled and cried. Deng Kai's cry seemed to make Li Dingguo come back to his senses a little, looking at Deng Kai who was sitting on the ground crying, and looking at the generals with different expressions in the big tent. Li Dingguo's bad premonition became stronger and stronger.

Li Dingguo mentioned Deng Kai and shouted: "You speak, what's wrong with the emperor?" You are the emperor's bodyguard, you are not by the emperor's side, why did you go back to Yunnan alone? Li Dingguo's anxious look seemed to crush Deng Kai.

Deng Kai didn't feel the pain in his body at all, and yelled at Li Dingguo: "They killed the emperor, they killed my Ming Emperor." Li Dingguo still couldn't believe it, and said: "How is it possible, so many civil and military ministers with me, Mu Guogong, they are all guarding the emperor, how can they let the emperor be harmed by the Burmese?" ”

Although the other generals all had a premonition that something big would happen, no one expected the news, and it was definitely Yongli who was killed. For a time the whole tent was quiet and terrible, and no one could accept this fact. Only Deng Kai's cry and his voice were voices.

Deng Kai said: "Since last winter, the Qing army Wu Sangui and Zhuo Luo entered Myanmar with a large army, and the people of Myanmar have been in a panic all day long, and they are all clamoring to send the emperor to the Qing court. At that time, there was still the pressure of the old Burmese king, so it did not succeed. When Wu Sangui saw that the old Burmese king did not agree, he could not directly send troops to attack. So Wu Sangui had other ideas and instigated the coup d'état of Mangbai, the younger brother of the old Burmese king. ”

At this time, Li Dingguo was completely immersed in the bad news of Yongli's murder, and he could still hear what Deng Kai was saying. I saw that Li Dingguo's eyes were dull, and he didn't make the slightest movement at all. Deng Kai, who was lifted by Li Dingguo, was also let down by Li Dingguo.

Deng Kai still cried: "That Mangbai was originally inclined to the Qing court, but now with the support of more than 10,000 troops led by Wu Sangui, he finally launched a coup d'état on December 15. They killed the old Burmese king, and Mang Bai became the Burmese king himself. Then, under the planning of Wu Sangui, on the first day of the first lunar month, on the grounds that the new king wanted to form an alliance with my Ming Dynasty, Mang Bai asked all the civil and military ministers accompanying him to go to the royal city of Burma. said that he wanted to form an alliance with Daming, and the emperor, at the instigation of Ma Jixiang and Li Guotai, agreed. ”

Deng Kai seemed to be a little tired from crying, and his voice was a little quieter, and said: "Who knows those Burmese who were killed by heaven, they took Mu Guogong and their court officials directly to the encirclement of the Burmese soldiers, and then the Burmese soldiers went around." Killed all the officials and ministers who went to participate in the Cursed Water Alliance. ”

The people in the entire tent held their breath, they couldn't believe that Myanmar was so bold and directly killed all the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty. In this way, Yongli will no longer have any guards around him. Isn't that Yongli even more dangerous, but they completely forgot that Deng Kai had already stated from the beginning that Yongli had been killed by Burma.

Sure enough, Deng Kai continued: "Because of my leg and foot disease, I didn't go to participate in the Cursed Water Alliance, so I escaped. The emperor and we heard the sound of killing on the other side at the station, and we knew that something must have happened. It didn't take long for the Burmese soldiers to storm our garrison and begin to smash and loot with impunity. There were only about a hundred or so guards in our camp, not to mention that we were all bare-handed, and where could we stop them. ”

Speaking of this, Deng Kai gritted his teeth angrily and said: "Those Burmese soldiers, without considering that we are the Ming court, actually openly broke into the rooms of various officials to search for property. He also broke into the residences of Mu Guogong, King Ji, King Songzi and others. Several princes' family members were afraid of being defiled by the Burmese, so they all hanged themselves. There are also people who want to break into the emperor's residence, but I lead people to block it desperately, and when the emperor sees this, he will die for the country. I finally stopped me. ”

Hearing that Yongli was also going to be martyred, everyone's hearts suddenly tightened, and they were relieved to hear that Deng Kai had stopped him. Deng Kai said: "Seeing that our property was looted, the Burmese soldiers also massacred the families of the accompanying officials. When they robbed all their possessions, few people were killed. At this time, the Burmese pretended to send someone to say that they should not bump into Mu Guogong and the emperor. But at this time, Mu Guogong was not stationed at all. I later learned that at that time, Mu Guogong and others had just arrived in the royal city of Burma, and they were surrounded by heavy troops. Mu Guogong was also killed after killing nine Burmese soldiers in a row. ”

Deng Kai said: "After the Burmese officials drove the Burmese soldiers out of the station, there were few people left in the entire station, and many of the hundreds of officials and their families were killed. The emperor angrily blamed the Burmese officials at first sight, but the Burmese officials shirked in every possible way. The emperor was in a hurry and also fell ill. Seeing this, the king of Burma had no choice but to let the emperor move to live elsewhere. ”

Everyone thought that Yongli was fine for the time being, but Deng Kai was even more sad and said: "I thought that the King of Burma had reformed himself, but the only twenty-five of us were taken directly to the camp of Wu Sangui of the Qing army. When the emperor saw Wu Sangui and others, he also understood that Burma was handing us all over to the Qing army, and Burma completely fell to the side of the Qing court. The emperor scolded Wu Sangui angrily, and Wu Sangui didn't dare to say more. just said that he would return to Yunnan with the emperor, so that the emperor could rest assured, and he would definitely not embarrass the emperor and the crown prince. ”

Wu Sanxing was the first to know the news of Yongli's murder, and now he has reflected it, and when he saw Deng Kai sad, he stepped forward to help Deng Kai on a chair and sit down. Deng Kai still said: "After the emperor got Wu Sangui's promise, he immediately settled in the Qing army camp with peace of mind. I advised the emperor not to return with the Qing army, even if he was martyred, he could not be a prisoner of the Qing army. ”

Deng Kai was a little disappointed and said: "But the emperor said that Wu Sangui promised not to hurt the emperor and the crown prince, and if Wu Sangui received the favor of the country, he would definitely not harm himself." What the emperor didn't expect was that on the fifth day of the first lunar month, another group of people suddenly came from the Qing army. It is said that it was the Qing army stationed in Yongchang who brought the military intelligence of Kunming, and I don't know what it was. Zhuo Luo brought Wu Sangui over that night and forced Wu Sangui to kill the emperor. ”

Hearing that Wu Sangui was going to kill Yongli, everyone couldn't help but worry about their hearts. Deng Kai said: "Wu Sangui may have really discovered his conscience, and he has never dared to do it. Zhuo Luo forced Wu Sangui to do it, but Wu Sangui was unwilling, and the two were in a stalemate. At this moment, the new king of Burma, Mang Bai, came with an army and said that he would re-protect the emperor. Zhuo Luo said to Wu Sangui: "Now that Burma must have discovered that the military situation has changed, if you still can't make up your mind, we may have to be like the emperor." ’”

Everyone knows that the emperor that Zhuo Luo said is definitely not the emperor of the Qing court but Yongli, and it is impossible for Zhuo Luo to say the emperor at that time. It must have been Deng Kai who relayed Zhuo Luo's words, and he didn't dare to call Yongli by his name. Deng Kai said again: "When Wu Sangui heard this, his face suddenly changed greatly. Outside, the Burmese voices grew louder and louder. Wu Sangui finally relented, and then hanged both the emperor and the crown prince with a bowstring. ”

After Deng Kai finished saying that Yongli was killed, he seemed to have lost all his strength, and the whole person collapsed on the chair. Li Dingguo on the side was stunned all the time, and he didn't hear what Deng Kai said at all. Now I heard Deng Kai say that Yongli and his son were hanged by Wu Sangui with a bowstring, so he came back to his senses violently.

Li Dingguo suddenly knelt on the ground like a madman, and then shouted to grab the ground, his eyes were full of blood and tears, and he cried: "I'm sorry for the Ming Dynasty, and I'm sorry for the emperor, how should I face the world." Just after Li Dingguo said these words, the crying stopped abruptly, and then Li Dingguo spat out a mouthful of blood, and the whole person immediately fainted.

Everyone in the camp woke up in shock, shouting Li Dingguo and shouting Langzhong. Everyone carried Li Dingguo to the bed and lay down, and immediately panicked, and no one could take care of Deng Kai. Deng Kai seemed to be unaware of the scene in front of him, and still recounted the subsequent events in his mouth.

But at this time, no one was willing to listen to what Deng Kai said. Everyone rescued Li Dingguo in a panic, Lang Zhong came to see Li Dingguo's condition, and said: "Generals, the King of Jin was in Burma a few days ago, he was depressed, and he had vomited blood and hurt the roots, and now he heard some bad news, which is even more serious than last time." King Jin is sick of the heart, at this time King Jin himself has the heart to die, I really can't do anything. ”

When everyone heard this, their hearts suddenly cooled, it must have been Yongli's death, so that Li Dingguo suddenly had no motivation to fight against Qing, and there was no spiritual support. To put it bluntly, Li Dingguo's heart is dead, and he no longer has any desire to live. Looking at Li Dingguo on the bed, everyone was helpless, and there was no way to save Li Dingguo.

Li Sixing cried and said to Lang Zhong: "You save your father quickly, he can't fall." Are you looking at your father like this? That Lang Zhong also said sadly: "What did the little prince say? King Jin stands up to the sky, he is the pillar of my Ming Dynasty, why don't I want to save King Jin, but this is King Jin himself who doesn't want to live. This is caused by King Jin's heart disease, which can be solved by non-medicinal stones. ”

Li Sixing also wanted to say, Le Tong Wudao on the side: "Sixing, don't force it." This is caused by the knot in King Jin's heart, and we still try to untie the knot in King Jin's heart in order to make King Jin cheer up again. Li Sixing was about to speak, when he heard bursts of cheers from the camp outside the tent, and some people kept shouting "Long live Daming." ”