Seeing that Emperor Zhu Cihong of the Ming Dynasty did have the posture of a Ming lord, the Red Lady secretly had a determination, if her husband Li Yan was still alive, she could consider leading the Red Camp to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Thinking of this, the red lady asked.

"Dare to ask the emperor, is my husband Li Yan okay?"

Zhu Cihong nodded and said: "Li Yan was arranged by me in a clean place, and there is no disadvantage, red girl, please rest assured." ”

Although the Red Lady is one of the commanders under Li Zicheng and has the title of Red Shuai in the Dashun Army, it has not been recognized by the Ming Dynasty, so Zhu Cihong still calls the Red Lady a girl.

Emperor Chrysostom said that the red lady heard that her husband Li Yan was really alive, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief and immediately smiled.

"Thank you for not killing my husband, the red lady has nothing to repay."

"You're welcome." Zhu Cihong said: "If there are anti-thieves everywhere today, the Manchu Qing Dynasty also took the opportunity to enter the customs and occupy a large area of my Ming Dynasty, I have always taken it as my responsibility to re-unify the world, restore the peace of the people, and rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty." And Li Yan is a rare talent, who can assist me in governing the country, driving out the Tartars, and reviving the Ming Dynasty, I have always wanted to subdue it, I don't know what the red girl thinks? ”

"Back to the emperor, my husband can be favored by the emperor, it is the great luck of the husband and wife, the red lady is here to replace the husband and thank the emperor for his attention, and is willing to assist the emperor and listen to the emperor's dispatch." The red lady immediately expressed her position, hearing that her husband was still alive, she already had the idea of taking refuge in Daming, and now she was also happy to see Zhu Cihong treat her husband like this.

"Red Girl Righteousness!" Zhu Cihong praised it with a smile, and sighed slightly after speaking, but said regretfully: "However, Brother Li Yan has not been able to figure it out so far, and I don't know why, I am deeply worried. ”

"Please rest assured, as long as the emperor can let the red lady see her husband, the red lady is willing to help the emperor persuade her husband and will not disappoint the emperor." The red lady assured.

"Good! The red girl understands the righteousness, and I am very pleased! Zhu Cihong smiled with satisfaction, and sure enough, the red lady was the opportunity to subdue Li Yan. Both husband and wife are talents, and if they can be subdued, Daming's strength will inevitably be enhanced.

"Zhang Kuishan, you take the red lady to see Li Yan." Zhu Cihong commanded.

"Obey the order!" Zhang Kuishan said.

Li Yan was arranged in a secluded and secluded place.

Three months ago, Zhu Cihong was busy dealing with Zuo Liangyu and didn't have the energy to think about Li Yan's affairs, but in order to avoid accidents, he still ordered someone to take Li Yan out of the prison, and asked Peng Cheng, the deputy commander of Jinyiwei, to arrange him in this place.

And after returning from the expedition, because the time was too short, Zhu Cihong hadn't considered this matter, so the red lady exposed her traces and sent it to the door by herself.

If you want to say that the reason why you can find the red lady, it is because Peng Cheng, the deputy commander of Jinyiwei, personally arranged a big net, once someone inquires about Li Yan's news in Nanjing, and even mentions the name Li Yan, it will attract the attention of Jinyiwei, which is why Qian Qianyi has always said the name Li Yan, and in just a few days, Jinyiwei found the red lady dressed as a man.

Zhu Cihong nodded secretly, thinking to himself, Peng Cheng still has some ability, if Zhang Kuishan is released to lead the army one day, he can consider letting Peng Cheng take over the position of commander of Jinyi Guard.

Zhang Kuishan took the red lady to a secluded courtyard not far from the Jinyi Guard, where hundreds of Jinyi guards pretended to be guarded here.

"Red girl, Brother Li Yan is here, you go in, I won't disturb the reunion of the two of you." Zhang Kuishan said to the red lady with a smile.

"Thank you, Lord Zhang." The red lady nodded and walked in alone.

There is a charcoal basin burning in the house, Li Yan, who is dressed in white, is quietly reading a book inside, and there is a deaf and dumb woman in her forties who is helping to take care of the house.

Originally, two young and beautiful maidservants were arranged to serve them, but Li Yan said that he didn't want anything, and drove them away, and in the end, only this deaf and dumb woman in her forties was left to take care of it alone.

In addition to books, there is also a pile of Daming Daily next to Li Yan.

This was specially ordered by Zhu Cihong, and every issue of Daming Daily would send a copy to Li Yan to read, so although Li Yan was confined to staying at home here, he still had a clear understanding of the current situation in the world.

For some of the reforms that the Ming Dynasty has been formulating for most of the past six months, as well as the birth of the Ying Long Army, the Ming army has won great victories one after another, Li Yan is not only shocked, but also has a deep admiration for the current Ming Emperor Zhu Cihong, who can turn the tide in just half a year, so that the Ming Dynasty, which has been terminally ill, has regained its vitality, which is difficult for a generation of saints.

Thinking of this, Li Yan thought of what his brother-in-law Li Zicheng had done after occupying the city of Beijing, and the situation of being almost cornered by the Manchus at this moment, Li Yan was disappointed and full of sadness and nostalgia.

I think that when my righteous brother first took over as King Chuang, how high-spirited, how open-minded he was, and thought about the people, but he didn't want to gradually change after gaining power, become brutal, insist on going his own way, and did not listen to advice, and then committed so many irreparable mistakes, which led to the complete loss of the hearts of the people in the world, and even the Ming Dynasty was not as good as the Ming Dynasty.

If it weren't for the righteous relationship with his brother-in-law Li Zicheng, Li Yan would have almost been convinced and wanted to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty, after all, his original purpose was to stabilize the world and let the people live a happy and healthy life, not necessarily to overthrow the Ming Dynasty.

Li Yan hesitated for a long time, after all, he still couldn't give his righteous brother's morality and disregard to the Ming Dynasty and turned to the Ming Dynasty, he would rather the Ming Emperor kill him, and it was over.

Li Yan sighed.

At this moment, the door of the house was suddenly pushed open, and the cold wind poured in, rolling up the ashes in the charcoal basin.

Li Yan looked up and saw a white figure walking in, how could this figure be a little familiar. Li Yan's eyes widened and he looked at this person's face, and he was suddenly speechless with excitement.

"Husband!" After the red lady walked in, she saw Li Yan at a glance, screamed in surprise, and ran towards Li Yan.

Until he was hugged by the Red Lady, Li Yan was still like a dream, this haunting voice, this is his beloved wife Red Lady.

"Lady, is that you!" Li Yan's voice trembled, and he couldn't believe it at all.

The husband and wife hugged each other tightly for a long time before they separated, and Li Yan pulled the red lady to sit on the couch together and asked her what was going on and why she appeared here.

After some explanation, the red lady bluntly said to Li Yan that she promised the emperor to come and persuade him to accept the emperor's recruitment and assist the emperor in governing the world.

"Lady, what are you talking about, let me accept the court's recruitment? This is impossible, you are trapping me in injustice, how can I be worthy of the kindness of my eldest brother and the righteousness of worship, I would rather die than do this. Li Yan is extremely resolute, he and Li Zicheng not only have the righteousness of worship, but also Li Zicheng's kindness to him, without Li Zicheng, there is no opportunity for him Li Yan to show his talents, if he could surrender to the Ming Dynasty, he would have surrendered a long time ago, how could he wait until now.

"Big brother, big brother! Big brother of bullshit, Li Zicheng is a vertical son! Not worthy of being our brother-in-law at all! The red lady stood up abruptly and said angrily.

"Lady, you" Li Yan also stood up, and after saying halfway, he flicked his sleeves angrily before continuing: "How can you say this righteous brother, where is the righteousness!" ”

"Righteousness? I'll tell you right now what his righteousness is! The shameless thief, once "Seeing Li Yan so stubborn, knowing Li Yan's temper well, the red lady gritted her teeth, regardless of the damage to her reputation, let it go, and talked in front of Li Yan about Li Zicheng's desire to forcibly occupy her that day.

"How could this be the case, big brother!" After Li Yan listened, his face turned pale and he almost couldn't believe it.

"Husband, don't you believe me and think that I use my own name to slander him Li Zicheng!" The red lady thought that Li Yan didn't believe in herself, and glared angrily.

"No, no, no, lady, you misunderstood, I know the temperament of the lady, and what she says will never be false, but I can't believe that my brother has become so unbearable, it really makes me" Li Yan couldn't go on with a little choked up.

He followed Li Zicheng for ten years, even if Li Zicheng did not listen to his advice for the first time when he went east to Beijing, he angrily slaughtered the innocent people of Ningwuguan, he was never so disappointed, and felt that Li Zicheng was still saved, but from the understanding of Daming Daily, Li Zicheng also set up a prison after occupying Beijing, amassed money, and even killed Wu Sangui's father, and forcibly occupied Wu Sangui's concubine, causing Wu Sangui to rebel, and finally led the Manchu Qing to enter the customs. Now he heard that Li Zicheng had intended to forcibly occupy his wife, which made him even more unbearable and disappointed!

The "husband" red lady knew Li Yan's current mood very well, and stepped forward to hug Li Yan's body to appease.

In the end, Li Yan decided to accept the Ming Emperor's offer and surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

After Zhu Cihong got the news, he was immediately overjoyed, and immediately issued an order to appoint Li Yan as a squire of the military department, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, and a third-grade official rank. He also named the Red Lady as General Zhaoyi, who was also a military attache of Zhengsanpin, and the Red Battalion under his command moved to Luzhou.

Li Yan and the red lady entered the palace to thank him, the next day, this matter made the headlines of Daming Daily, the world was shocked, hundreds of officials discussed, in just a few days, spread all over the world at a very fast speed, and Li Zicheng, who was in Xi'an, knew.

Li Zicheng scolded, kicked over everything around him, smashed an unknown number of porcelain, and hacked two maidservants to death, but he couldn't get angry. But he can only do this, Tongguan is in danger, the Manchus are about to enter Shaanxi, Li Zicheng himself is difficult to protect, and it is impossible to retaliate.

Dolgon in Beijing City also heard about it, but he didn't show too much expression, and only sent an order to Duoduo, asking him to speed up the destruction of Li Zicheng, capture Shaanxi as soon as possible, and sweep away the worries of the Qing Dynasty.

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