After thinking about it, Mao Wenlong finally decided not to help Li Zicheng anymore, and as for the gift he sent, Mao Wenlong accepted it correctly. He had never seen the letter.

The situation in Shanxi soon became clear, and Li Zicheng's rebel army was forced to Huaiqing Mansion by the imperial army led by Lu Xiangsheng.

In the city of Huaiqing Mansion, Li Zicheng anxiously walked back and forth, and sent gifts to Mao Wenlong's gift, and it had been ten days. In the past ten days, all his forces have shrunk into this Huaiqing Mansion City.

But Mao Wenlong's side still didn't have any response, so Li Zicheng couldn't sit still at the moment.

Outside the hall, Ying Shanjian quickly ran in, and before he could speak, Li Zicheng said firstly: "How is it, is there any news?" ”

Ying Shanjian hesitated for a moment, shook his head with a sad face, and said: "There is still no reply, King Chuang, could it be that Mao Wenlong didn't see the letter you gave at all?" ”

Li Zicheng shook his head and said, "No, the letter will be sent with those gifts, and there will be no situation that you can't see." We haven't replied for so long, and now it seems that the only possibility is that Mao Wenlong is not ready to help us. ”

Li Zicheng's expression was lonely, he already had this premonition early in the morning, but he was unwilling to give himself a chance to try, so he gave up. He was always unwilling, so he held on to a glimmer of hope to see if Mao Wenlong would help.

"King Chuang, what should we do now? Shaanxi and Henan have both fallen into the hands of Mao Wenlong, and now the imperial court is chasing after us fiercely. We have no way back! "Yingshanjian is very worried.

"It's okay if Mao Wenlong refuses to help, but it should be okay to ask him to let us go back. Now that we have no hope of winning the court, in this case, we should retreat to the next best thing, and you immediately send someone to Kaifeng and ask them to pass by. After thinking for a while, Li Zicheng immediately ordered.

"But will Mao Wenlong agree?" Yingshanjian has no bottom in his heart.

"Say yes or no, you have to give it a try!" Li Zicheng said very firmly.

Seeing this, Yingshanjian didn't dare to say more, and was ordered to go down to do things.

Compared with the predicament of Li Zicheng's side, the imperial army on the other side began to be active. Lu Xiangsheng has frequently transferred troops, and has gradually surrounded Huaiqing Mansion.

However, he was still a little worried in his heart, this time he had to take down Li Zicheng's head, otherwise he would not be able to explain to Chongzhen.

And the biggest variable at present is Mao Wenlong. Huaiqing Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion in Henan Province and Dengzhou Mansion face each other across the bank. If Li Zicheng led his army to break through from these two places, and then fled into Mao Wenlong's territory, he would not be able to help.

Therefore, in order to ensure that Li Zicheng could not escape from these two places, he specially consulted Chongzhen, and after receiving an agreed reply, he immediately sent someone to communicate with Mao Wenlong, hoping that he would not lend the way to Li Zicheng.

Mao Wenlong's marriage is approaching, and he has recently begun to get busy, and the leisurely days are gone, and he is in a bad mood.

Today, I first received a message sent by Li Zicheng, saying that he wanted to take advantage of the road. Mao Wenlong and Hong Chengchou were discussing, and before they could decide, they heard that Lu Xiangsheng had sent an envoy to discuss with Mao Wenlong.

Mao Wenlong chuckled: "It seems that Lu Xiangsheng is not ready to let Li Zicheng go this time." ”

Hong Chengchou said casually: "Then are you going to borrow the Tao to Li Zicheng or not?" ”

Mao Wenlong hesitated for a moment: "It's hard to say, it's better to listen to what the envoy sent by Lu Xiangsheng has to say, and then it's not too late to make a decision." ”

Hong Chengchou nodded and agreed to Mao Wenlong's proposal, and the two immediately got up and went to the council hall.

As soon as the two entered the door, they saw a middle-aged eunuch sitting in the hall, and two small eunuchs standing behind him, it seemed that he should be a eunuch with a relatively high status.

Mao Wenlong strode in with a smile on his face, the middle-aged eunuch kept watching Mao Wenlong, and waited until he saw him sit down on the main seat in the council hall before he got up and said with a smile: "The miscellaneous family is the prison army of Shanxi, please meet Lord Mao." ”

"Excuse me, excuse me, I don't know what the prison army means by coming this time?" Mao Wenlong didn't have a good impression of these eunuchs, and he didn't bother to be polite with him, so he went straight to the topic.

"Lord Mao, this time the miscellaneous family was entrusted by Governor Lu Xiangsheng to come to discuss some things with the adults." The eunuch of the prison army said with a smile.

"Please." Mao Wenlong's response was very cold.

The eunuch of the prison army suddenly frowned slightly, he was very unhappy with Mao Wenlong's arrogant attitude. Even Lu Xiangsheng himself didn't dare to look at him like this, Mao Wenlong, a small rebel, was so rude.

The eunuch of the prison army immediately put away the smile on his face and said coldly: "Lord Lu Xiangsheng hopes that Lord Mao will not lend the way to Li Zicheng for these chaotic troops. ”

Mao Wenlong saw that the eunuch's attitude was not good, and he didn't bother to pretend to be kind, so he responded coldly: "I don't know what benefits Lord Lu has sent?" ”

The eunuch of the prison army was immediately stunned for a moment, and he said arrogantly: "If there is no benefit, Lord Mao is ready to borrow the Tao, right?" ”

Mao Wenlong smiled shamefully: "Why not, after all, Li Zicheng has already sent a generous gift, if you don't have anything to give or if I am not satisfied, this general soldier can send troops to help Li Zicheng at any time, let alone just a little excuse." ”

The eunuch in charge of the army was suddenly in a hurry, according to Mao Wenlong's statement, he completely felt that it was very possible. For a while, he began to regret his impulse just now, and realized that he was likely to delay the big event, and the eunuch of the prison army immediately smiled and said: "Master Mao, don't misunderstand, if you need some benefits, please just say it, if we can do it, we will definitely not postpone it." ”

The eunuch in front of him had already left an extremely bad impression on Mao Wenlong, and he sneered: "Ten thousand taels of gold, don't talk about one tael less." ”

"What?" The eunuch of the prison army immediately exclaimed.

Ten thousand taels of gold, even the emperor who suffered a loss can't take it out, let alone Lu Xiangsheng himself. Such a thing will never be possible, and Mao Wenlong is already obviously threatening.

The eunuch tried his best to restrain the irritability in his heart, and he said patiently: "Master Mao, this is impossible at all, you better want something else." ”

Mao Wenlong suddenly laughed in a dark voice: "If you don't have ten thousand taels of gold, then you need some firearms or gunpowder, there should be no problem!" ”

The eunuch was stunned again, but this time he did not hesitate, and said very cheerfully: "Then I don't know how much the adults want?" ”

Mao Wenlong stretched out a finger and said: "A hundred carriages are filled for me, whether it is gunpowder or firearms, and they must be sent to Kaifeng Mansion within two days, otherwise our agreement will be automatically invalid." ”