After this tragic change, Zhu Youlang finally recognized the cruel reality.

That is, if he still wants to continue to live, if he still wants to save his family, and not lose his family in the next raid of the Burmese soldiers, then there is only one way to go.

That is, secretly send an envoy to sneak back to China and lead the Tang army to destroy the Mangbai regime, so as to survive and save his life.

Soon, Zhu Youlang counted the survivors and found that there were less than 50 subordinates left in the village, and basically all the officials and guards were slaughtered, leaving only a group of old, weak, sick and disabled, surviving in the world.

"I, Zhu Youlang, what kind of sin did I create to cause such a catastrophe, so that you and I were slaughtered by this sword!" Seeing this tragic situation, Zhu Youlang couldn't help but cry again.

At this time, a trembling voice sounded from the pile of dead people: "King Gui, the slave and maid are not dead yet, please save them." ”

Zhu Youlang was stunned for a moment, and saw that under a pile of corpses, Li Guotai, who was under his most trusted subordinate eunuch, had a bloody face and a slight squint, but he still called out to himself with difficulty.

Zhu Youlang's entourage and the remnants of the crowd picked up the dead man who was pressing on him and rescued Li Guotai from under the corpse.

"Thank you King Gui for rescuing, our family was smashed and fainted by the Burmese soldiers, but fortunately he was not injured at all, so he was lucky enough to pick up a remnant life." Li Guotai wiped a handful of blood on his face before he said sadly: "Alas, it's just that I was lucky enough to hide this time, and the next time the Burmese soldiers come again, we will all die." King Gui, you must think carefully about what you will do in the future. ”

Zhu Youlang had a cold face and didn't say much, just waved his hand and asked everyone to retreat before talking to Li Guotai alone.

"Cathay, this king has entrusted you with an important matter." Zhu Youlang's face was gloomy.

"Please King Gui make it clear that the slave and maid will do their best."

Zhu Youlang looked directly into Li Guotai's stunned eyes, and said in a deep voice: "This king wants you, quickly bring the letter signed by this king, sneak back to China, and go to report the current situation in Myanmar to Li Xiaoyu, the king of Tang." At the same time, ask for help. Tell him that if he is willing to lead the army, we are willing to do it. Like its leading path, and so on, it is not a problem. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Youlang suddenly sighed: "If the Tang army can destroy Mangbai, avenge our hatred." Although I am a member of the Ming Dynasty, I am willing to serve them faithfully from now on. Moreover, if this is done, the king will not ask for any reward, but only hope that you can wait for me a safe place to live, and the king will be satisfied. ”

After listening to Zhu Youlang's words, Li Guotai had tears in his eyes, and then kowtowed to the ground: "Please rest assured that King Gui will die in the next fight, and he will also bring the king's life to Li Xiao." I believe that the Tang Army will definitely send troops as soon as possible to save us and others from our difficulties. ”

Zhu Youlang nodded, and wanted to find pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, but found that these items had long been swept away by such greedy Burmese soldiers, and in the entire room, there was not even a piece of broken paper and a brush.

Zhu Youlang gritted his teeth, lifted the hem of his clothes, hissed, ripped off half of the hem, and then bit his middle finger and wrote blood on it.

Seeing Zhu Youlang's face and bloody clothes, Li Guotai's eyes were full of tears, but he didn't dare to say a word.

After a short time, Zhu Youlang finally finished writing, so he carefully put away the blood silk and handed it to Li Guotai. Li Guotai solemnly accepted it and carefully hid it in his personal place.

"Cathay, this king thought about it carefully, in order to reassure Tang Jun that this letter is safe, and also to share the risk. I am determined to let Prince Zhu Cixuan accompany you and return to the country. In case King Yi is poisoned by that reckless white hand, he can also save his bloodline, so that the whole family will not be wiped out. After Zhu Youlang finished speaking, his eyes were full of tears.

Li Guotai's throat surged, and he pounced again, kneeling on the ground: "Please rest assured that King Gui, even if the old slave dies, he will give up his life and bring the blood book back to China with the prince, please rest assured." ”

The plan was set, and Zhu Youlang called his beloved son Zhu Cixuan out, and told him Yin Yin: "Xuan'er, listen to your father's arrangement, sneak back to China with Li Daban, don't be like your father, because of ignorance for a while, and finally end up in a sad end of humiliation and death." Along the way, you should listen to Li Daban's words and not make assertions. If there is a fate, you and my father and son should see each other again, if there is no fate, then today is the final farewell of you and my father and son. ”

Zhu Cixuan burst into tears and said mournfully: "No! Father, the child does not want to leave his father and mother, and the child wants to be with you! ”

Zhu Youlang shook his head bitterly: "Xuan'er, you are eight years old, you should be sensible." Today's massacre, you have also seen, how vicious the enemy soldiers are! It's a pity that I waited in a foreign country, survived people, but in the end, I couldn't even save my life, and I was slaughtered like a chicken and a dog! My father was in this foreign land, and he was killed by those damned Burmese at some point. Such a sinister place, such a realm of Shura, Encore will leave you here again......"

When Zhu Youlang said this, his eyes were already in tears, and it was almost difficult to say any more.

"Father, since this is such a land of tigers and wolves, why don't we leave together?" Zhu Cixuan said with a sob.

Zhu Youlang had a painful look on his face, and let out a long sigh: "Xuan'er, my father is the head of everyone, and he is extremely dead by those Burmese soldiers, and he has no way to get out." But after all, you are still a child, and your goal is not outstanding, as long as you disguise yourself well, you will be able to escape successfully and get out of the sea of suffering. Xuan'er, you have to remember that in case your father and mother are in trouble, you are the only one who inherits the bloodline of King Gui. ”

Zhu Cixuan burst into tears, but finally nodded sensibly: "The child understands, everything is arranged by the father." ”

Zhu Youlang nodded, and immediately ordered Li Guotai and Zhu Cixuan, as well as the two surviving guards, to quickly prepare together.

The four of them immediately took out the monk's clothes that had been prepared but had been hidden deep underground, and then shaved their hair on the spot, preparing to disguise themselves as monks, so as to hide people's eyes and ears and abscond out of the country.

Zhu Cixuan's shaving was operated by his mother herself.

The woman, whose eyes had been crying like rotten peaches, saw that she was still an ignorant child, knelt on the ground calmly, quietly waiting for herself to shave his head, and couldn't help but feel sad, she threw the razor, hugged Zhu Cixuan, and shouted sadly: "Oh my God! Hard-working child, my mother can't stand you! ”

For a while, the mother and son hugged their heads and cried.

At this time, Zhu Youlang on the side was also rippling with tears, he couldn't bear to look at it anymore, turned around quietly, and said in a trembling voice: "Princess, don't cry, shave quickly." Don't miss the time when they set off at night. ”

The princess sobbed continuously, but she could only suppress herself. She picked up the razor again, untied Xuan'er's bun, and then shaved his hair in locks.

Locks of hair fell down, and mother's tears flowed down one by one, splashing on the top of the freshly shaved head. The damp and newly shaved bald head reflected the dim moonlight outside the window, a hazy and miserable white.

After shaving their hair, the four of them changed into monks' clothes and dressed up, and then said goodbye to Zhu Youlang and others.

Before leaving, Zhu Cixuan knelt on the ground, and with tears streaming down his face, he kowtowed three times to Zhu Youlang and the queen mother: "Father, mother, don't let the child go, I hope you have a good life and take care, we will have a reunion one day in the future." As for my brother, he is asleep, so I don't need to wake him up, and I hope you will help me take good care of him. ”

Zhu Youlang patted his thin shoulder intimately: "Xuan'er is so sensible, my father is very happy." As a father, he will take good care of your mother and younger brother, so you can go with Li Daban with confidence. ”

Subsequently, Zhu Youlang told Zhu Cixuan in detail, and then asked them to set off immediately.

At this time, it was the beginning of the night, and the smoky village was sparse and dead in the light of the bleak moonlight.

The Burmese soldiers, who had returned from the plunder today, were drinking and celebrating outside the village, and they were so drunk that they didn't even notice that in this seemingly lifeless and dead environment, four fake monks, like ghosts in the night, quietly slipped out of the village.

Under the leadership of Li Guotai, they bypassed the avenue all the way, took the small road, and went straight to the Sino-Burmese border.

Just when Li Guotai and the others quietly sneaked back to China, Song Xiance, who was the envoy, also happened to return to the capital, and immediately reported the results of the interview with Li Xiao, the emperor of Dashun, in secret.

In the Dongnuan Pavilion, Li Zicheng listened to Song Xiance's report with an iron face, the muscles on his face were trembling, and the teacup in his hand was trembling.

"Li Xiao, Lao Tzu is your grandmother!"

Li Zicheng roared, the teacup in his hand slammed on the ground, and with a bang, the teacup turned into countless fragments, and the tea juice splashed everywhere, spilling all over the ground.

"The Emperor's ......"

"you! You fucking traveled thousands of miles to Nanjing, and you talked to Li Xiao about such a Laoshzi! Li Zicheng stared at his eyes, looking very vicious and hideous: "Forget it! Just cede all the Dashun Kingdom to Li Xiao, and I won't do it as the Emperor of Dashun, so let his grandmother's Li Xiao be the one! ”

Seeing that Li Zicheng was so angry, Song Xiance, who reported the situation, was so frightened that he pounced and knelt on the ground. And Niu Venus, who was sitting on the side, was also trembling with fright.

Li Zicheng was like a trapped beast, pacing back and forth in the Dongnuan Pavilion. When he walked to the white cloud brazier, he gritted his teeth and wanted to kick over the burning and crackling brazier, but in the end he still held back, but he stomped his foot on the spot again, shaking the charcoal basin and shaking constantly.

"Okay, if you cut Hanzhong, you will cut Henan, then next, whether it is Guan Shaanxi and Beizhili, it will be logical to hand it all over to Li Xiao! Such humiliating conditions simply disgraced my Dashun! Song Xiance, why didn't you oppose and reject him at the time, and you were embarrassed to return to the capital to report to me, are you damn it, do you want to be disgusting? Li Zicheng was still indignant, with an angry face.

Song Xiance had cold sweat on his forehead, and he knelt on the ground, and finally waited for Li Zicheng's anger to subside for a while, and then said inaudibly: "Weichen does this, it is really a lot of hardship, and I hope the emperor will see it." ”

"Bitter? You bastard who has lost all my face, you can still have a fart bitterness! Li Zicheng heard his words, his heart was full of anger again, he walked quickly towards Song Xiance, stood two steps away from him, and then shouted angrily: "If you don't explain it to me well, I will cure you of the crime of betraying the Lord and being ungrateful to foreign countries!" ”

Frightened by Li Zicheng, Song Xiance's face trembled, and for a while, he was anxious, but he couldn't say anything.

At this time, Niu Jinxing, who was on the side, coughed lightly and slowly interjected: "Your Majesty, although Song Shangshu's words seem to be extremely damaging to my Dashun's face, but in fact, when you study it carefully, it is quite beneficial to my Dashun." ”

"The benefits? What are the benefits? Does it mean that we are like good grandsons, dedicating Hanzhong, as well as central and southern Henan to Li Xiao, not only will it not be disgraceful, but it will be beneficial? Big eyes, you thief is talking a lot of nonsense! Li Zicheng turned his head, his face angry and hideous.

"Your Majesty, listen to the old minister." Niu Jinxing sighed lightly: "Now in the land of Hanzhong, the Tang army has already overwhelmed the territory, and our army is sparse with soldiers and horses, and it is bound to be undefendable." Rather than being easily taken away by the Tang Army in the end, it is better to be a favor. And the land of Henan, after this series of chaos in the central part, has become a mound and ruins in the prefectures and counties, dilapidated, and the people are almost gone, and it is not a pity to lose such a place to the Tang army. And if the central part of Henan is given to the Tang Army, then the southern part of Henan is bound to become an enclave, and it will be difficult to defend it again. Moreover, in the southern part of Henan, there are mostly barren places such as hills and sand moraines, and it is difficult for the soldiers and people to support themselves, and the city is supported by external forces, so if it is also given to the Tang army, it will not be considered to be too harmful to the country. ”

As soon as Niu Jinxing finished speaking, Song Xiance said hurriedly: "What Prime Minister Niu said is that if Hanzhong and central and southern Henan are all assigned to the Tang army, then our army can recall nearly 300,000 soldiers and horses from central and southern Henan and Hanzhong, and then deploy them in the major cities on the south bank of the Yellow River and along the Qinling Mountains to prevent the Tang army from crossing over." In this way, our army will not only be able to shrink its strength and avoid the pain of logistics, but it will also be much easier to defend, and it will be more convenient for the country to deploy troops. ”

After listening to the words of the two, the originally angry expression on Li Zicheng's face suddenly eased a lot. He squinted, his mind carefully considering what the two of them had said.

He knows that what Dashun lacks most now is the time to recuperate, which is the most critical and important goal, if this step is not done, then Dashun will be more and more exhausted in the future, so that it will fall apart. If you insist on not making peace with Tang Jun for the sake of face, then you can only suffer the most from yourself.

What's more, judging from the analysis of the two, even if the Tang army obtained Hanzhong and the central and southern parts of Henan, it would indeed be easier to defend by shrinking its forces and abandoning these two chicken-like places. Then, even if the Tang army does not abide by the agreement and turns against itself in the future, it can still wait for work and better deal with the invasion of the enemy.

Grandma's, Li Xiao, who entered the dog, calculated really accurately.

This person can not only achieve the goal, but also maximize his own interests, which is really self-explanatory.

Thinking of this, Li Zicheng raised his head and sighed: "! That being the case, Lao Tzu admits it! Niu Dayan, you go to draft the edict, just say that I agree to Li Xiao's conditions, and then send Song Xiance as the plenipotentiary to Nanjing to sign an agreement with this guy. ”

"Yes, Wechen obeys."