Wang Chengen explained: "It is the four powerful generals under the thief, the four are Gao Yigong, the wife and brother of the thief, Tian Jianxiu, who is known as the Confucian general, Liu Zongmin, and Niu Jinxing. They are all in the realm of kings, and if we want to break out of the city, I'm afraid..."

Wang Chengen didn't finish speaking, Wang Jian also knew that the realm of kings was the highest martial arts realm in this world except for the emperor, and only Wang Chengen was the realm of kings on his side, and the others were not even as good as Ma Concubine, so they definitely couldn't count on it.

At the moment when Wang Jian was worried about the road, Zhou Guanfu, who looked like an orion, said: "He has always been good friends with the old grandson who guards the north city gate, and his daughter was originally the concubine of Zhou Shilang of the household department who defected to the enemy, and it is said that she was given to Liu Zongmin, one of the four generals, so it must not be difficult to mix a few road guides." ”

Wang Jian said happily: "That's great, as long as you can get a guide, it's a great achievement, and I won't treat you badly!" ”

Zhou Guanfu asked a little: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid I can't get so many lowly positions." ”

Wang Jian said: "It's okay, you go first, and you can get as much as you can." Even if I get one, I will credit your work. ”

Although Wang Jian knew the secret passage to the outside of the city, it was his top secret, and he would definitely need it in the future. There are many people, and there is a possibility of leakage, so he doesn't plan to take so many people into the secret passage.

After Zhou Guanfu left, Shen Sihai, who looked like a merchant, said: "Your Majesty, now that the thief is strong and I am weak, I will return to the south immediately, disguise myself along the way to cover people's eyes and ears, and wait for the holy driver to come to Nanjing, work hard, and Xu Tu will go on the Northern Expedition." ”

"What Brother Shen said is very true, but now that the capital is broken, if His Majesty's whereabouts are unknown, I am afraid that the six Shangshu of Nanjing will follow Yu Qian and Shaobao, and before we arrive in Nanjing City, we will elect the successor monarch as soon as possible, how will it be good then?" Confucius Meng Dao dressed as a literati.

This Confucian master Meng has been studying poetry since he was a child, and at the age of twenty-two, he was squeezed out by the Donglin Party, and he defected to the eunuch party that the Donglin Party hated the most, and became the minions of the Dongchang Factory.

"That's a big rebellion!! Abdicate and self-cut to thank the world! Shen Sihai said indignantly.

"Self-cut? Hmph, when the day comes, when our emperor comes to Nanjing, he may end up like Emperor Yingzong of this dynasty! Confucius Meng said: "Your Majesty, according to your humble position, you should find an elite Qinwang and return to Nanjing with great fanfare!" There are three advantages: one is to enable the army of the king of Qin along the way to exterminate the thieves, the second is to deter the kings of the south from vain artifacts, and the third can also deter many local forces in the south from making mistakes. ”

Wang Jian nodded frequently, this person still has some level: As the saying goes, the tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, even if I, the single commander, were lucky enough to escape back to Nanjing, I don't know what would happen.

"Your Majesty, you can send a messenger to Nanjing as soon as possible, so that there will be no accidents!" Confucius Meng said again.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to do my job." A factory guard dressed as a civilian, named Shao Xianwen, was eager to make meritorious contributions, and hurriedly recommended himself, and when he saw the disdainful eyes from his colleagues, he suddenly realized that he had committed a big taboo: everyone didn't speak, so you jumped out and rushed to escape from the imperial capital. He had difficulty distinguishing his mouth, so he had to stand aside with his head stiff and wait for the emperor to speak.

Wang Jian quietly glanced at Lu Qi'er beside her, in fact, she wanted her to go.

Everyone knows that this is a beautiful difference, not to mention that Nanjing City will be regarded as an envoy of the Son of Heaven, and it will be served with good food and drink, and it will be of great benefit just to leave this place of life and death.

Lu Qi'er felt his gaze, but she was not moved at all.

Wang Jian turned his head and looked at Ma Jian next to him, Ma Jian also bit her lower lip with a resolute face and shook her head at Wang Jian, it was Chongzhen who secretly broke her away before, if it weren't for the thunder, now Wang Jian is estimated to only have a corpse left, so this time she will not leave Wang Jian no matter what.

Seeing that Ma Miao's eyes were full of tears, as if begging him not to drive her away again, Wang Jian was very moved in her heart.

He had to ask Lu Qi'er to draft an edict to appease the Sixth Ministry of Nanjing and hand it to Shao Xianwen, and let Shao Xianwen and another Taibao surnamed Fan in Dongchang accompany and set off together.

"Then, where did the teacher come from?" Wang Jian asked again.

"Your Majesty, the uncle and brother of the concubine are stationed in Tianjinwei, and there are more than 4,000 people in the three guards." Ma thought for a while.

"What the mother said is that I think we still have a strong team." Confucius Meng Dao.

"Oh?" Wang Jian inherited Chongzhen's memory, but since Li Zicheng broke through Tongguan and hit the city of Beijing, he has issued a bunch of messy edicts of King Qin, the most hateful thing is that Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, did not move on the grounds that he broke his leg while riding a horse, and more of them were sunk into the sea, where did he come from?

Seeing that Wang Jian was puzzled, Confucius Meng replied, "Guanning Iron Cavalry!" Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Ningyuan, and Gao Di, the general army of Shanhai, had more than 40,000 people. ”

Wang Jian was surprised: I have never heard the name Gao Di, but Wu Sangui is like thunder! Is there really such a person, that is to say, there is also Chen Yuanyuan? What did the first beauty in the late Ming Dynasty look like?

Wang Jian couldn't help but be curious.

"Your Majesty? Emperor? Seeing that Wang Jian was in a daze, Confucius Meng did not approve, and asked repeatedly.

"Well, you go on." Wang Jian was a little self-deprecating: Just this point, just listening to a name conquered me.

"Yes, Your Majesty, it is reported that Wu Sangui has been ordered to enter the King of Guanqin and arrive at Yongping City in a few days. Presumably, the news that the Jingshi has been broken will soon reach there, and in order to prevent accidents, we must arrive before then. ”

Wang Chengen thought about it for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, the old slave still has something to report." ”

"What?"

"After breaking through the city, the thieves captured more than 100 officials of all sizes in the six divisions of the Beijing Division, and asked their families to pay a lot of money to ransom them. Only did not commit any offense against Wu Zongbing's family, but just sent people to surround him, and he wanted to recruit Wu Zongbing, so why not come to recruit Wu Zongbing's family and take it away! ”

Wang Jian is right when he thinks about it, people who take refuge always have to bring gifts, and the reason of being disgusted with empty hands remains unchanged through the ages, with Wu Xiang and Wu Yingxiong's grandson, the possibility of subduing Wu Sangui is even higher.

For the next three days, Wang Jian stayed in the secret room and listened to Ma Miao's explanation of various martial arts knowledge.

Because Chongzhen himself is the strength of the emperor's realm, what he lacks is only experience and luck against the enemy, with Ma Jian's guidance, Wang Jian's skill has increased very quickly, although he can't beat the Ma of the star realm, but it is not a problem to single out three or five strong people in the realm of captains.

Wang Chengen seized the time to contact the old department, these Dongchang eagle claws were doing things in secret, and they were extremely loyal, except for the few hidden ones on the line, most of them replied to the message, waiting for the next move.

The city of Beijing, which had been tormented by the military disaster for three days, quickly returned to calm as night fell and because of Li Zicheng's curfew.

Tianchun Garden next to the East Iron Lion Hutong in the imperial capital.

In a very small room on the second floor of the Spring Garden, Wang Jian was leaning on a wide chair with Huanghuali standing next to Ma and Wu Chengen. As long as he followed the window, he could see the Wu Mansion next door and the back door of the Wu Mansion.

"Your Majesty, according to the intelligence, this evening, the thieves dispatched good hands to surround the Wu Mansion, led by the original Dongchang Admiral Cao Huachun." Wu Chengen said.

"Whose garden is this?" Wang Jian pointed downstairs and asked.

At this time, the maids downstairs were crying and welcoming an old man into the house, and the old man looked a little familiar.

"Your Majesty, it's Zhou Kui, the national abbot!" Wu Chengen said cautiously.

According to Chongzhen's memory, Chongzhen was afraid that Empress Zhou and her children would be humiliated on the day the city of Beijing was broken, so in order to preserve their chastity, he killed them all.

Wang Jian couldn't help but feel a little guilty when he saw that his "father-in-law" was now looking miserable.

Wang Jian said sadly: "Is there a way to protect his family?" ”

"Your Majesty, this..."

Wang Chengen was very embarrassed.

Wang Jian said resolutely: "I don't care about the casualties, I also want to protect his family, because this is what I owe to Queen Zhou!" ”

Wang Chengen said: "Your Majesty, this week... Alas..."

Wang Jian saw that Wang Chengen wanted to speak and stopped, and seemed to be very dissatisfied with Zhou Kui, but according to Chongzhen's memory, although Zhou Kui was a little wrong, he was not a loser in righteousness.

So he said, "What? I remember the donation of silver on the eve of the destruction of the city, I asked him to donate 10,000 yuan, because of the poverty of the family, his old man took the lead in donating 3,000 taels of silver. ”

Hearing Wang Jian mention the donation, Wang Chengen's face was full of dissatisfaction, and he said angrily: "Your Majesty, you were deceived by this old horseman, the three thousand taels were given to him by the queen mother, and the queen mother gave him a total of five thousand, let him take the lead in donating the salary, but he also deducted two thousand taels privately!" ”

"What?!"

Wang Jian looked horrified, this is too exaggerated, when the capital was in danger, he actually didn't pay any money, he didn't pay a penny, and he earned two thousand!

Wang Chengen didn't vomit or be unhappy, and continued: "Your Majesty, two days ago, the thief sent someone to arrest him, tortured him severely, and copied out countless rare treasures. ”

"It's... This..."

Wang Jian was shocked beyond measure, and he didn't know whether he was angry or ridiculous: what was angry was that this old guy was guarding a huge sum of more than 700,000 yuan, and he was still greedy for a trivial life-saving silver, and the absurd thing was that this was too stupid, and his silver would not run away with long legs once the capital was broken, and it was not all in Li Zicheng's pocket.

"Hmph, there will be ministers when the country is about to die!" Ma Mi also said angrily on the side.

Wang Jian was also very angry, and the guilt he had for Zhou Kui was gone.

"As the ruler of the country, he doesn't want to serve the country loyally, but is corrupt and perverts the law, he really deserves to die! Well, I'll teach him a lesson! ”

He thought for a moment in his heart, and then said, "Li Wanshan, Yang Wei." ”

"Humble duty!"

Two of the thirteen eagles responded, one of these two people is a fast catcher, a lay disciple of Shaolin in Henan, and the other is a turtle duke, who looks like a thief and has mouse eyes, and is very alert and cunning.

"You two go and set fire to this garden, the bigger the fire, the better! The others will go down with me and take advantage of the fire to grab people! ”

The two took the order and left.

After a while, the fire in Tianchun Garden was soaring, and the maidservants were so frightened that they were strung around, and the fire spread quickly to the Wu Mansion by the wind, and everyone in the Wu Mansion saw that the fire next door was about to burn over, and the rebel leader who guarded the Wu Mansion immediately commanded his men to fetch water to put out the fire, and the Wu Mansion was suddenly in chaos.

Soon a group of people escaped from the inner courtyard of the Wu Mansion, and they were all gathered in the courtyard, among which there was an elder holding a child, who was Wu Xiang and Wu Yingxiong's grandson.

A part of the rebels were sent to Tianchunyuan next door to put out the fire, and Cao Huachun was leading the remaining ten people to guard the people of Wu's mansion.

Wang Jian took the lead and jumped into the backyard and shouted: "Up." ”

Suddenly, more than a dozen figures rushed out from all corners of the Wu Mansion and killed the guards in the courtyard.

Wang Jian slashed at Cao Huachun and shouted: "Cao old thief, don't die quickly!" ”

"The Emperor's !!" Cao Huachun exclaimed, and when he saw that the person who came turned out to be Chongzhen, he was immediately startled, and it was rumored that the dead person suddenly appeared in front of him, and he was the Son of Heaven again, and he was shocked that the force of the original ten layers was immediately reduced to less than one layer, coupled with Wang Jian's brave slashing and killing, he was killed in a hurry.