After Zhu Yaoshi disposed of the Goryeo soldiers and horses, he slowly entered the city from the east gate, and at this time, except for the bell and drum towers in the city, which were still in the hands of the Liang army, the rest of the city was already garrisoned by Zhu Yaoshi's army. The reason why he didn't go to the bell and drum tower was because Zhu Yaoshi passed on a military order not to hurt Emperor Liu Xuan.

Qiu Xingzhi has been persuading Pharmacist Zhu on the road to deliberately let Liu Xuan go, so as not to fall into the notoriety of killing a king. Pharmacist Zhu said: "I heard that he is the son of the Holy Tomorrow, I will go to meet him for a while, I will not kill him!" Rest assured! ”

Along the way, many people came out to work with steamed buns, wine and meat, and tens of thousands of banners were also held on the main road in the city to welcome Pharmacist Zhu into the city. Pharmacist Zhu bowed to everyone on the horse: "I, Pharmacist Zhu, raised troops, originally for the people, exempted from harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, divided the land equally between the rich and the poor, everyone had food to eat and farms, and the world was fair!" ”

"Hooray, hooray, hooray"

"A saint descended from heaven, and the people were saved!"

"When a saint is born, the world is peaceful!"

Words of praise were endless, and the city was full of teams welcoming Pharmacist Zhu. Liu Xuan saw and heard all this on the bell and drum tower, and immediately persuaded the left and right: "You all throw away your knives and guns and disperse, don't do things that are in vain to send you to death."

Qin Gou'er and thousands of people still refused to leave, Liu Xuan smiled: "My limit is almost up, why do you accompany me, a dying person, to be buried, I have poison on me, I will eat it when they come, rest assured, I will not fall into the hands of thieves." Run for your life, each of you. Qin Gou'er, if you don't take them away, I will punish your family when I go to the underworld after I die!" ”

Qin Gou'er couldn't cry: "Your Majesty! Take care! He then turned and dismissed the team and disappeared into the crowd.

Zhu Yaoshi's team is getting closer and closer to the Bell and Drum Tower, but Qiu Xingzhi is worried, after all, this emperor is a hot potato to stay, if the emperor is unconscious, it will be fine, but the closer to the Bell and Drum Tower, many people kneel on the ground to plead with the emperor.

"The emperor is on the bell and drum tower, he is a good man, and I hope that the king will not hurt him!"

"The emperor is kind to the people, and the king can't kill him!"

"The emperor is already sick, please be merciful to the king's subordinates!"

Zhu Yaoshi threw the sword in his hand in front of the horse: "I will never do this rebellious thing of killing the king, I also came to Jinling for the Qing monarch to be on the side of the dynasty!" I will do my best to assist Your Majesty! ”

The people were grateful and kowtowed, and when they walked to the bell and drum tower, Zhu Yaoshi dismounted and walked towards the bell and drum tower under the escort of Qiu Xingzhi and He Wuji.

Pharmacist Zhu had been thinking about what this emperor was like, and when he saw what the emperor should say, his steps became slower and slower. Qiu Xingzhi persuaded: "Since the king hesitates, it is better to disappear"

Pharmacist Zhu smiled: "Do you want the world to laugh at me?" We must see, and when we see the emperor later, we will kneel down together, and we must not be rude to the emperor! ”

The three of them slowly climbed to the top of the building, and finally came to the emperor.

Seeing Emperor Liu Xuan for the first time, the three of them were stunned, the emperor in front of him had sunken eyes, his face was pale, his hands were festering, and his lower limbs and waist were tied to the pillar with cotton cloth, and blood was oozing out. Only a light smile on the emperor's face and a fiery gaze could tell that this was a living person.

Pharmacist Zhu hurriedly pulled the two of them to kneel: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Liu Xuan laughed: "No need, I can't think of what I want to do the most, you can help me do it, I am now alone, and there is nothing to reward you."

Pharmacist Zhu was a little surprised: "Could it be that Your Majesty also wants to eradicate the family?" ”

Liu Xuan did not answer directly, but asked Pharmacist Zhu: "If you come to be the emperor, who do you think is the enemy of Daliang?" ”

Pharmacist Zhu raised his head: "Of course it's Mobei, and Goryeo."

Liu Xuan smiled: "You are wrong, the enemy of Daliang is in this Jinling City, it is the Manchu Dynasty Minister who was killed by you!" Kill a batch and there will be a new one, always there! When you become an emperor, you have to fight with them for the rest of your life! Till death rest! ”

Pharmacist Zhu was stunned, he didn't expect the emperor to give this answer.

Liu Xuan looked at the three of them: "How many men and horses did you have when you raised the army?" ”

Zhu Yaoshi thought for a while: "Don't hide it from Your Majesty, in fact, there are only more than 5,000 people, plus the soldiers and horses borrowed from Goryeo, it is less than 20,000."

"How many centaurs are there now?" Liu Xuan then asked

"Now there are more than 300,000, and since we took Huainan, more and more people have joined us."

"Now that you have occupied Jinling, don't you want to be the emperor?"

Zhu Yaoshi was not easy to answer, he didn't expect the emperor to ask this kind of question, but Liu Xuan comforted him: "I am a person from the past, if you don't call the emperor now, they will also force you to be the emperor, if you are called the emperor, you will be alone and controlled by others from now on!" I'm going to end it soon, and I don't know when the war disaster in this world will come to an end" After speaking, black blood flowed from the corner of Liu Xuan's mouth.

The three of them immediately got up and went to untie the cotton cloth on Liu Xuan's body to save him, Liu Xuan used his last strength: "I ran out of oil and dried up, I had already taken poison before you came, you didn't kill me directly, I was already very grateful, I finally retained the last dignity, you go down, this last moment, I want to stay alone for a while"

The three of Zhu Yaoshi walked down the bell and drum tower with tears in their eyes, but Qiu Xingzhi muttered in his heart, this emperor Liu Xuan is dying and will set them up, the emperor was alive before the three of them went up, and when the three of them came down, the emperor was poisoned to death, who would believe that they did not poison the emperor?

The news of Emperor Liu Xuan's death could not be concealed, and it soon spread. There were already different opinions in Jinling City, and Zhu Yaoshi had no way to deal with it, so he had to move out the previously arrested prince Liu Ke and succeed to the throne in front of Liu Xuanling.

Liu Ke was knocked unconscious and carried to succeed to the throne, he knew that this puppet emperor would not be able to do it for a few days, not to mention that everyone had rumors that Liu Xuan was poisoned by Zhu Yaoshi himself.

But at this time, the situation could not help Liu Ke, so he had to be the emperor first.

Liu Ke ascended the throne and appointed Zhu Yaoshi as the general Sima Prime Minister, Qiu Xingzhi as the hussar general Sikong, He Wuji as the former general Situ, and Zhu Yaoshi's subordinates were all official, but when they went to the court, some stood, some sat on the ground, and some moved their own stools to sit, which was not the same at all.

Zhu Yaoshi and Qiu Xingzhi discussed the formulation of the code system, but Qiu Xingzhi shook his head: "Most of our subordinates are illiterate, and the code system of the Liang State is already very complete, and now it is redundant to reformulate it, if these rough people learn the code system, it is more uncomfortable than killing them, I think we have to select talents from the scholars."

Pharmacist Zhu was very dissatisfied: "In this way, we still have to hand over the world to the family, so aren't we doing it in vain?" ”

Qiu Xingzhi persuaded: "This scholar is not all children of the family, but also children of poor families, why doesn't the king search for talents in various places?" ”

He Wuji stopped: "These people have entered the court, and in the end they have not become a new family, and we will still work in vain in the future." I think it's better to govern all places according to the way we manage the army, which is simple and practical! ”

Pharmacist Zhu also agreed with He Wuji's opinion, so he decided to let his subordinates go to various places to be officials.

Jinling City rewards everyone for their meritorious deeds, but Nanyang, Xiangyang, Jiangling, Chengdu, Lingnan, and Wuling are in the west, but there is a mourning. Chen Hongyi, Liu Jian, Wang Guan, and Cui Ju all swore an oath for Liu Xuan to beg for thieves, but they only gathered troops and did not go to Jinling.

On Tuyuhun's side, after receiving Liu Jian's letter, he sent someone to the front line to inform Murong Ling and Li Xiaofei.

Murong Ling had already captured Ganzhou at this time, preparing to take Chang'an directly, and the Green Flag Khanate sent people to make peace, and after the Green Flag Khanate promised to cede two hundred miles of land east of Huangshui, Murong Ling withdrew.

Due to the advent of winter, Li Xiaofei led his troops back to Shazhou early, so he saw the letter first.

Li Xiaofei cried while watching, only to see that the letter wrote: "Li Xiaofei, you wild boy, you have run away everywhere, your wife and children are all taken care of by my wife, you have to pay your salary!" You ran to the west to be happy, and you didn't know to report to me, the past master, so that we thought you and Murong were dead, cried and cried, and repaired the clothes and mounds, you have no conscience, give me the whole beard and the whole shadow back earlier! ”

Murong Qing looked at it from the side and said, "Ah, you have a wife and children."

Li Xiaofei wiped his tears: "I only saw my child once after he was born, I want to go back quickly"

Murong Qing snorted: "Think beautifully, Gao Changguo, you haven't gone to fight yet, do you want to leave?" ”

Li Xiaofei looked up at Murong Qing, and Murong Long's soul also spoke: "We all understand that Manager Li is homesick, but now that Liang Guo is besieged from three sides, it is not a way for you to go back alone."

Murong Yuanzhong immediately said: "General Manager Li wants to go back to Liang State, I am very much in favor, but if you want to go back to Liang State, you have to go to Chang'an first, so that the threat to the west of Liang State is solved, and we can also stay in Guanzhong!" ”

Murong Longsoul coughed for a while: "No, no, no, we have to take Gaochang first, we have a place to smelt iron, and then we can take Chang'an."

Li Xiaofei saw that the two began to argue again, so he gave up his hand: "The king and the country are fighting again, let's wait for Murong Ling to come back, without his help, our plans are all empty talk."

For several days, Murong Qing followed Li Xiaofei all day long, for fear that he would run away, but Li Xiaofei always rode out of the city alone to wait for Murong Ling.

It was snowing heavily, and Li Xiaofei was about to go out, but was pulled by Murong Qing: "This year's wind and snow are too big, they must find a place to camp, if you run out and die of the wind and cold with us, you will never see your wife and daughter again in the future!" ”

Li Xiaofei turned his head: "You're right, let's wait for this snowstorm to pass!" ”

Murong Qing looked at Li Xiaofei directly: "By the way, take me with you when you leave!" ”

Li Xiaofei was surprised: "I'm taking you back, how can I explain it?" Besides, you're going to get married in the future."

Murong Qing sighed: "If it weren't for you and Murong Ling, I might have married Gaochang or Mobei a long time ago, where can we women take care of ourselves." Today we want to marry this one, tomorrow we want that support, we are just tools! ”

Li Xiaofei remembered Hongrui, maybe Hongrui was originally sent out by the Xiao family in order to win over Liu Jian.

Murong Qing saw that Li Xiaofei was distracted, so he patted him: "If you don't take me away, I'll wait for Brother Ling to come back and take me to you, and when I wait for your house, I will tell Brother Ling that I am the wife you married in Tuyuhun, I see how your wife will clean you up?" ”

Li Xiaofei couldn't cry or laugh: "Why bother, I just take you there, I'm really afraid of your Murong family!" ”