At this moment, many people and the children of the Manchu clan gathered under the city, and they looked at the family members who came back from the expedition in tattered clothes, even the Manchu Duoluo Rao Yu Beile and the Manchu minister, the cotton armor on the two people has also seriously faded, and from the cotton armor, you can vaguely feel the horizontal traces after being bombarded by artillery fire?

Suddenly, the Manchu soldiers and civilians in the streets of Shengjing Jingmen hugged each other, wailing and crying spread all over the streets and alleys, the Manchu soldiers guarding the city could not stop the chaotic scene at all, and the three Han county kings who followed them into the city also realized the matter, but they did not dare to publicize it everywhere, after all, this was a family affair of the Qing court.

Soon the matter was reported to the Manchu Taizong by the Manchu soldiers, but the Manchu Taizong, who had always been arrogant, was severely beaten, he got up and walked out of the Flying Dragon Pavilion and beat the pillar angrily and angrily, scolding: "Jurchen language: damn the Ming army, sooner or later, one day I will destroy the Ming court, step on the mountains and seas, live in the Central Plains, and become a generation of overlords!" ”

In order not to publicize the scandal of the family, the Manchu Taizong decided to block the news, whoever dared to reveal a little rumor immediately beheaded the public, and just after giving the order, he saw the Manchu Ministry of Rites Chengzheng: Aixin Jueluo Gong Adai, came over and saluted and said, "Jurchen language: Slaves see the emperor, may my emperor live long live, long live, long live." ”

Seeing that it was the Manchu Ministry of Rites who came to undertake, Manchu Taizong asked, "Jurchen language: What did Aiqing say?" The Manchu Ministry of Rites hesitated for a moment and said, "Jurchen language: Emperor Qi, the Li family's North Korean side has been sending envoys to ask about the matter of asking for the prince, how do you think it should be handled, the emperor?" ”

I saw that Taizong of the Manchu Qing Dynasty said with a serious expression, "Jurchen language: Li's Joseon has always been disloyal to me, and the Qing Dynasty!" Helping the Ming court three times and twice to disrupt our army to go south to grab food and land is really a two-faced person, but after all, there is a Joseon prince of the Lee family as a hostage in Shengjing City, so the king of the Joseon county does not dare to help the Ming court too much, if the Joseon prince is returned, I am afraid that there will be unnecessary war between the two countries? ”

Speaking of this, Taizong of the Manchu Qing Dynasty wandered for a few steps, and then continued: "Jurchen language: pass on my will, just say that everything is fine in Shengjing City, so that the king of Joseon does not have to worry, as long as he surrenders to my Qing Dynasty wholeheartedly, and pays tribute every year to assist our army to defeat the mountains and seas and enter the Central Plains, then I can consider returning the Joseon prince?" Otherwise, don't talk about it! ”

Hearing that the emperor meant this, the Manchu Ministry of Rites Chengzheng wrote a letter to reply to Lee's Joseon in accordance with these words.

The next day, Wu Junzhen changed his clothes early in the morning, pushed open the door and saw that the people were sweeping the floor, Wu Junzhen hurriedly asked people to bring a bowl of water and basin to prepare for washing, and then went out of the yard to find Ma Wei in the wing, just when he saw a distinguished guest in the backyard garden? (Actually, it's Jin Yiwei) Wu Junzhen, who didn't know about it, thought that what local officials were coming?

didn't pay much attention to it, but went straight to the side room to wake up the sleeping Ma Wei, and watched Ma Wei sleep soundly and snoring loudly! Wu Junzhen slapped his ass hard and shouted, "Get up, the sun is almost drying your buttocks, still sleeping?" ”

But Ma Wei didn't pay much attention to it and continued to close his eyes and sleep peacefully, Wu Junzhen thought of a way to use? I saw him walk out of the door and call someone to bring a basin of hot water into the room, Wu Junzhen held his mouth and took the basin, stepped forward and shouted, "Brother Ma is up." ”

It can be seen that he still didn't react, so he quickly splashed the basin in his hand, the hot water fell on Ma Wei's bed, wetting all the quilts, and immediately woke Ma Wei up, looking at Ma Wei, who was looking at the soup chicken, the maid next to him and Wu Junzhen couldn't help laughing and said, "Hehe, Brother Ma, it's time for you to get up now, right?" ”

Ma Wei, who was teased, hurriedly got up and said, "Brother Wu, what are you doing here?" I can't sleep well! After speaking, Ma Wei also yawned, looked at the maid with tired eyes, and said, "Go and get a basin of water, I want to wash up," the maid bowed and retreated to fetch water.

At this moment, when the commander of the Ming Jin Yiwei saw the prince of Ming Fugong and the prefect of Ming Huaiqing in the lobby, he first made a salute before saying, "Your Majesty has a decree, and the emperor will carry it, and the emperor will say; My old imperial uncle has been dead for two years! Because of state affairs, I have not sent anyone to find the son of the old emperor's uncle, and now I received a report from the prefect of Huaiqing, and I am very guilty that the prince was enthroned as Prince Fu. ”

As soon as he heard that it was an edict issued by the imperial court, Prince Ming Fugong's son: Zhu Yousong, was very happy and hurriedly took the holy decree to thank him, and asked, "Dare to ask the commander of Jinyiwei, I don't know the imperial brother, oh no!" Is Your Majesty any way to say which army to transfer to be my Fuwang Mansion Honor Guard? ”

The commander of the Ming Jin Yiwei replied: "Your Majesty said, let the prefect of Huaiqing send a thousand men and horses from the palace to serve as the honor guard of the Fu Wangfu Mansion to protect His Royal Highness Prince Fu." Hearing this, Prince Mingfu was the prince, so he let go of his heart and planned to choose a good day and auspicious day to be crowned the prince.

Then the commander of the Ming Jin Yiwei asked again: "I don't know, where is the general army of the Tongguan Guard now?" I've got something to do with him! The prefect of Ming Huaiqing pointed to the backyard and said, "Eat in the backyard!" Xiaguan will take you there. "After that, the prefect of Ming Huaiqing led the way in front, and when he walked to the backyard, he happened to meet Wu Junzhen standing at the door.

So the prefect of Ming Huaiqing hurriedly asked Wu Junzhen to come over and salute, Wu Junzhen strode up and said, "The last general will see the commander of the Jinyi Guard." The voice between the words was so loud that it alarmed Ma Wei in the room, and after washing his face, he walked out and saluted together.

Then the prefect of Ming Huaiqing confessed that these two people are also the generals of Tongguan Guard, for which the commander of Ming Jinyi Wei was very happy and hurriedly let the two of them follow together.

At this time, the commander of the Ming Jin Yiwei said: "Tongguan Guard, the general soldier, take the order!" He quickly put down the food in his hand and fell to the ground, but the commander of the Ming Jin Yiwei did not read the holy decree? Instead, he handed it to him and whispered, "Don't let anyone know about this decree!" It must be handed over to Governor Sun. ”

I saw that the general soldier of Mingtong Pass Guard quickly put the holy decree into his sleeve, and then said goodbye to Prince Mingfu with Wu Junzhen and Ma Wei: Zhu Yousong, before leaving, the Ming Huaiqing prefect asked people to prepare three fast horses to send them, and led the accompanying Ming army to Tongguan Guard.

On June 18, after discussing the matter with the household department and the military department, Ming Yizong posted the latest notice, which read; Who can behead the head of the bandits: Li Zicheng, the head of the (Marquis of Fengtong), behead the thief: Zhang Xianzhong, the reward of five thousand taels of gold and the best of the officials, the descendants can be hereditary Jinyi Wei commander, after the news was released, it quickly spread from the capital to the state capitals, and the city was posted everywhere, and also issued the fourth "Edict of Guilt" to the officials and gentry of the world, to condemn their own immorality and negligence led to the destruction of life and social suffering, and hoped that the officials and gentry of the world could be deaf and deaf and go to the national disaster together. Work together to save the crisis-ridden Ming Empire.

Wu Junzhen and his entourage also passed through Henan Chengxuan Zhengsi and entered the Tongguan Beiyu Thousand Households in Xi'an Mansion of Shaanxi Chengxuan, he was very anxious and hurried back to Tongguanwei, but as he walked, everyone felt that there seemed to be a foul smell around them? The further he went, the smell worsened, and Ma Wei began to wonder if there were rotting corpses around. He couldn't help but stop and cover his mouth with a cloth.

The general guard of Mingtong Pass next to him also felt very strange when he saw him like this, so he sent someone to check what the situation was? But the soldiers couldn't stand it anymore before they had taken a few steps, and the soldiers vomited one after another! Two of the soldiers fell to the ground on the spot after vomiting?

Wu Junzhen, who accompanied him, felt that something was wrong? He instructed everyone to stop advancing and asked, "Dare to ask Lord Gao, when you supported Huaiqing Mansion, did you know that there was a rogue activity track nearby?" ”

I saw that the general guard of Mingtong Pass shook his head and said no, and also introduced that there was no base camp of rogue within a radius of ten miles, which made Wu Junzhen feel strange, if there were no rogue bandits, it meant that no one died in battle, but why is it so stinky nearby? Could it be...?

Just when he was puzzled, Ma Wei rode forward and said, "Brother Wu, I doubt that there is an epidemic?" Wu Junzhen also had some doubts about it, but he didn't dare to think about it! After all, this is the official road to Tongguanwei, if there is an epidemic on this road, then the entire Tongguanwei may not escape the doom!

They did not dare to delay and accelerated their advance, and also carried the fainted soldiers to the cart and pulled them to walk, and after a while, they came to the outside of the Tongguan Acropolis, and saw the commander of the Mingtong Pass Guard wearing Xuantie armor standing at the gate of the city and patrolling back and forth.

He also inadvertently saw the oncoming Ming army, because the Vermilion Bird flag was flying in the wind, so it was easier to distinguish at a glance, and the commander of the Mingtong Pass Guard of the old fritter made people put up a queue to greet them, but he stood in the middle and didn't look like he was greeting them, but like a teacher asking for guilt.

When the army reached the gate of the city, the commander of the Mingtong Pass Guard said with a wicked smile: "Oops! Mr. Gao is here, hurry up and please. Completely ignoring Wu Junzhen and Ma Wei, who saluted behind, seeing the arrogant Ming General made Ma Wei feel that this person's stomach was too small, and Wu Junzhen grabbed Ma Wei to prevent him from being presumptuous.

Then the two hurriedly went to the guard command post to report the situation, and the governor of Shaanxi was very happy to hear the news that the soldiers came to report to the general soldier Gao and the soldiers who were sent out to withdraw, and quickly got up and walked out of the door to meet Wu Junzhen and Ma Wei, and the two saluted and said, "The last general has something important to report to Governor Sun." ”

At this moment, the governor of Shaanxi in the Ming Dynasty thought that they were going to report what they had seen and heard in Shandong? Who knew that Ma Wei opened his mouth and said, "Your Excellency Governor Sun, the last general will find that there is a great stench near the mountains and forests outside the city, and even when you enter the city, you can smell a few smells, and the last general dares to implore Governor Sun to send someone to check it out?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the governor of Shaanxi opened his mouth and said: "This governor has also heard about this matter, so he will order you to take the military doctor Lang out of the city to check at the same speed, and there must be no mistakes!" Wu Junzhen was very happy to receive the order, but Ma Wei was a little unhappy, he thought to himself; I'm just talking, if there is a plague, it's too late to avoid it! How dare you check it out?

Just as the two of them were about to retreat, the commander of the Mingtong Pass Guard also came over, handed over the holy decree, and said, "The last general will see the Governor, congratulations on your promotion, Your Excellency?" ”