After getting the news of Ding Wei, Ma Cheng didn't feel sleepy at all, and shouted loudly: "Gu Yong, Gu Yong!" ”

Gu Yong was in the outhouse, and when he heard Ma Cheng shouting to himself, he hurriedly ran in: "Lord Junmen has something!" ”

"Gu Yong, you immediately gather your own soldiers and go home with Bendu! And let Xu Dahu come in! ”

Ma Cheng had a total of 500 personal soldiers, and when Gu Yong heard Ma Cheng say this, he hurriedly asked, "My lord, are they all assembled?" ”

"Yes, all assembled!" Ma Cheng said as he began to put on his armor, there is going to be a big move tonight, so the protective measures must be done.

Ma Cheng put on his armor with the help of his own soldiers, Gu Yong outside the door had already gathered his own soldiers, and Xu Dahu was also standing outside in military uniform.

Ma Cheng walked out of the house with his waist knife on his shoulder, and saw that the courtyard of the third hall of the prefect's yamen was full of soldiers, Ma Cheng said loudly: "You are all the brothers of the governor, are you happy that the governor led you to be promoted and made a fortune tonight?" ”

Most of the soldiers in the courtyard are from Guizhou, and many of them are members of the Gu family, so they are naturally completely loyal to Ma Cheng.

"Please rest assured, Lord Junmen, we are willing to serve the death force!"

Ma Cheng was very happy to see that the military heart was available, and now it is estimated that there is no one in the palace, but he is afraid that in case, if there is the brocade guard who does not know death, he has no choice but to do it. Now that the morale of his soldiers is high, there should be no problem in dealing with those brocade guards.

Ma Cheng called over and Xu Dahu commanded: "Dahu, you bring two thousand people, and according to the list given to you by the governor, invite all those people!" ”

In order to prepare for today, Ma Cheng did not just find someone to be the emperor, but also the approval of the ministers of the court. Now in Nanjing City, in addition to Ma Shiying and Wang Duo in the cabinet, the most powerful are Ruan Dacheng, the secretary of the military department, Zhao Zhilong, the lord of the southern capital, and Han Zanzhou, the eunuch of the southern capital. There are also six cabinet ministers such as Zhang Jie, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Qian Qianyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Li Zhan, the imperial history of the Zuodu, and Yang Weiyuan, the political envoy and other important ministers of the Jiuqing, these are all big figures in the court, and of course Ma Cheng can't forget them.

At the same time, there is the most important person, that is, the candidate for the future emperor, Zhu Lunkui, the grandson of King Zhou. This guy wanted to run away when he learned that something was wrong, but how could Ma Cheng let such an important person escape, and sent a hundred soldiers to protect him early, which was really surveillance.

The home addresses of these people have already been discovered, and now Xu Dahu's task is to bring people to invite these people to Miyagi and wait for Ma Cheng's arrival.

After all the preparations were made, Ma Cheng went out of the prefect's yamen and rode home, it was already the second half of the night, the street was empty, Ma Cheng's five hundred personal soldiers walked on the street with torches, and the surrounding residents thought that the Qing army had entered the city, and they opened the windows to watch.

Ying Tianfu was not far from Ma Mansion, and within two quarters of an hour, Ma Cheng had already arrived at the door. At this time, the lights at the entrance of Mafu were bright, and all the family members inside were in chaos.

Ma Cheng didn't say hello, and directly took his soldiers to Ma Shiying's study, the door of the study was wide open, and Ma Shiying inside was packing up his things and burning some important documents at the same time.

Ma Shiying saw that Ma Cheng, who was dressed in military uniform, came back, and hurriedly said: "Cheng'er, you first send a team of people and horses to the palace to pick up your sister out, and then take your own soldiers to Sanshanmen to wait, and when your father finishes cleaning up, he will take his family and leave Sanshanmen!" ”

Ma Cheng clenched his fists and asked, "Dad, I don't know where I'm going?" ”

Ma Shiying sighed: "Hey, the emperor has fled to the Taiping Mansion, what can you and my father and son do?" For the father, he decided to go to Hangzhou, where he would gather soldiers to fight against the northern captives! ”

"Dad, can you just go to Hangzhou? The son has made up his mind to stay, and now he asks his father to stay as well and resist the northern captives together with the soldiers and civilians of the southern capital! ”

Ma Shiying scolded angrily when she heard Ma Cheng say this: "What are you doing? Do you have stiff wings? Dare to oppose Lao Tzu? ”

Seeing Ma Shiying's anger, Ma Cheng didn't want to explain more to him, and he couldn't take care of the urgency of the situation. Ma Cheng knelt down on his knees and said, "Dad, my son is not filial, and I can't obey my father's will today!" ”

After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he stood up and waved his hand to the pro-soldiers outside the door, Gu Yong took the four pro-soldiers to the study, and tied Ma Shiying into a zongzi with a rope.

Ma Shiying didn't expect Ma Cheng to be so bold that he would hold himself hostage, and the angry Ma Shiying jumped to his feet and scolded Ma Cheng for being unfilial. Wonderful Pen Court

At this time, Ma Cheng had already been completely released, and since Ma Shiying had decided to flee south, it was useless to explain it, and he could only use emergency methods in an emergency.

There was a mess in the study, which alarmed Ma Luan, who commanded the loading in the backyard, and he rushed to the study to see that his brother had tied up his father, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask what was going on. Ma Cheng saw that it was just right, and ordered someone to tie up Ma Luan, and then the father and son rushed to Dongcheng together.

Along the way, Ma Shiying and Ma Luan scolded at first, but when they saw Ma Cheng ignoring him, they persuaded him bitterly, and finally made Ma Cheng upset and directly got two rags to plug the mouths of the father and son, so that they had a moment of purity.

The palace is far away from the south city, and when Ma Cheng and his party arrived at Xi'an Gate, the sky was already bright. At this time, the news of the emperor's escape had spread in the palace, and the Xi'an Gate was no longer guarded, and many palace maids and eunuchs in the palace ran out of it in a panic, and they stole a lot of things at a glance.

As soon as these palace maids and eunuchs left the Xi'an Gate, they saw a group of heavily armed soldiers standing in front, and they hurriedly threw their packages on the ground and fled in all directions. However, Ma Cheng did not come to intercept them today, so Ma Cheng did not send troops to chase them, but stopped here at Xi'an Gate and waited for Xu Dahu and them.

Xu Dahu was very efficient, and when the sun rose, he came to Xi'an Gate with a large group of people, and when he saw Ma Cheng, he hurriedly stepped forward to report: "Lord Hui, the last general is fortunate not to be dishonored, except for the eunuch Han Zanzhou, the old Wang Duo, and a few servants from the six departments, all the ministers have been invited!" ”

Ma Cheng looked at the team, the front is the military department Shangshu Ruan Dacheng, the back is Zhao Zhilong and other nobles, and in the back is the six Shangshu Kedao Yushi and others, these guys have not woken up when they went to invite, many people are wearing small clothes, fortunately, the climate in Nanjing is not cold now, or freeze to death this group of stinky old nine.

These people are headed by Ruan Dacheng and Zhang Jie, most of them are asleep, and Qiu Ba, who knows that this gang of fierce gods and evil spirits, broke in and kidnapped himself, at first these people thought that they were defeated soldiers entering the city, but then they came to the gate of the palace and found that the leader of this gang of Qiu Ba was Ma Cheng.

Ruan Dacheng originally had no good impression of Ma Cheng, and his daughter was widowed because of this guy, so Ruan Dacheng stood up and asked, "Ma Cheng, what do you want to do?" Want to rebel? Where's your daddy Ma Yaocao? ”

Ma Cheng smiled and pointed to the back, and then Ruan Dacheng found that Ma Shiying and Ma Luan were tied firmly, and what should be stuffed in their mouths was whining.

Ruan Dacheng frowned when he saw Ma Shiying like this, and scolded: "Ma Cheng, you are crazy, why did you arrest your father?" You are disloyal and unfilial! ”

Ma Cheng dismounted at this time, came to the ministers and bowed deeply, and then said: "Uncles and uncles, everyone knows that His Majesty has already toured south!" ”

Except for Ma Shiying, none of these ministers knew that the emperor had run away, and now they were all shocked when they heard Ma Cheng say this.

Ma Cheng saw that the ministers were in a mess without the composure just now, and Ma Cheng said loudly: "Everyone, since the emperor is touring south, but we can't wait for death, the kid is not talented, I want to learn from Shaobao's separate thing, I don't know what your uncles and uncles think?" ”

Yu Shaobao is Yu Qian, when the emperor Zhu Qizhen was arrested during the Tumubao Change, the ministers of the court were originally going to move south, but Yu Qian stood up and advocated another emperor to fight to the end. The ministers present are all well-read poetry and books, and they have a very thorough understanding of history, and now they immediately express their opinions when they hear Ma Cheng say this.

The highest position of the official present was Ma Shiying, but Ma Shiying was speechless, so Ruan Dacheng had to ask on behalf of the official: "Ma Cheng, are you crazy?" You are a little admiral, even if you want to set up another emperor, you can't call the shots! ”

Ma Cheng looked at Ruan Dacheng and said unashamedly: "Uncle Ruan, the kid has been in Nandu for a year, seeing that you scholars have no ambitions, what else will you do except for the party and the same party?" Now that the country is in danger, I have to wait for you to take the idea that the daylilies are cold, and there is no way for the kid to go beyond the bounds and make it difficult! ”

Ruan Dacheng heard Ma Cheng scolding the ministers of the court, and scolded angrily: "Okay, even if you are right, but the kings in the city have already fled, who are you going to support?" ”

Ruan Dacheng is right, there are only a few who have hope of inheriting the throne now, in addition to King Lu, there is also King Gui, but King Lu has already gone to Hangzhou, King Gui fled to Guilin, Guangxi, and he can't choose a suitable candidate at all.

Ma Cheng smiled when he heard Ruan Dacheng finish speaking, and invited a person out of the crowd, a young man in a green coat and a small hat, this person was Zhu Lunkui, the grandson of King Zhou.

Ma Cheng said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the grandson of King Zhou, the eldest son of King Zhou, and the kid thinks he is suitable to inherit the throne!" ”

Ma Cheng's words exploded as soon as he came out, and the king of Zhou wanted to go to Zhu Yuanzhang according to his bloodline, the first generation of Zhou King Zhu Hu was the fifth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, and the same mother as Emperor Yongle, even if he wanted to support the new monarch, he couldn't find such a remote clan, and as soon as Ma Cheng's voice fell, the ministers were all opposed.

Ma Cheng looked at the ministers who were gossiping and objecting, don't these guys know who the gun is? Ma Cheng waved at Xu Dahu, no matter how opposed these ministers, let the soldiers escort these ministers to Wuying Hall together.

The alternate emperor Zhu Lunkui was originally afraid that these rebellious soldiers would catch him and cut off his head, but when he thought of such a big gift falling on his head, he was stunned for a long time and didn't react. After a while, Zhu Lunkui remembered what kind of gift this was, this was a trap at all!

"Master Ma, Master Ma! The kid is only a shallow learner, this emperor kid can't do it! Zhu Lunkui pulled Ma Cheng and begged for mercy, but Ma Cheng took care of him, called two personal soldiers, set up Zhu Lunkui and went to Wuying Palace.