Li Zicheng successfully escaped back to Sichuan and began to fight with King Fu, and Huguang and Sichuan began a tug-of-war. This time, Li Zicheng was obviously very desperate, and he didn't see the wind and rudder, after all, this Sichuan is currently his last line of defense, and if there is nothing, there will be nothing.

Mao Wenlong also did not pursue Li Zicheng, after all, stabilizing Nanjing now is the key. It's better to do less stupid things like throwing watermelons and grabbing sesame seeds.

Mao Wenlong wanted to calm down, govern Nanjing well, and settle accounts with Li Zicheng in the future, but unfortunately some people couldn't sit still, and this person couldn't see Li Zicheng well.

In the palace of Kaifeng Mansion, Zhuang Yexiang and the old housekeeper were relatively speechless. The two of them looked gloomy and seemed to be worried about something, and after a long time, they saw Zhuang Yexiang suddenly stand upright, and said in a condensed voice: "No, this matter must be discussed with the general soldier, and it can't be just settled." ”

The butler's old face wrinkled into a bun, and he hesitated and said: "Madam, don't be impulsive in this matter, or discuss with Prince Chengzuo first, but don't damage his trust in front of the general soldiers." ”

Zhuang Yexiang seemed to have made up her mind, she shook her head and said, "No matter what Cheng Zuo thinks, in short, I must not endure it like this this time again." The general soldier promised us to execute Li Zicheng in two years, but now that a long time has passed, there have been several times in the middle that Li Zicheng can be killed, and he has not given the order to do it. If we swallow our anger any longer, we won't even want to avenge our great revenge in our lifetime. ”

When the housekeeper saw Zhuang Yexiang so resolute, he was immediately moved, but he thought that he might have hurt Zhuang Yexiang and Chengzuo because of this incident. He felt a little unbearable in his heart, and after thinking about it, the housekeeper still persuaded him: "Madam, the chief soldier has indeed done something inappropriate, or we will endure it again." If this happens next time, then I don't have much to say. ”

Zhuang Yexiang was even more determined this time, she looked at the old housekeeper, her eyes were full of resolute gaze, and she said coldly: "No, I'll go to Xi'an now and ask the chief soldier for an explanation." ”

After speaking, Zhuang Yexiang didn't wait for the housekeeper to reply, and she left the hall directly. Soon after, a horse team rushed out of the palace, led by Zhuang Yexiang, who was wearing red armor.

The old housekeeper stood at the gate of the mansion and watched Zhuang Yexiang leave, and his old eyes began to moisten. Zhuang Yexiang has been tortured for many years for the revenge of her husband's family, and she is about to get out of the sea of suffering and live a happy normal life.

But it was always because of Mao Wenlong's three times to let Li Zicheng go, and Zhuang Yexiang's wishes were disappointed again and again.

"Alas...... Madame, I hope you have a successful start this time. The old butler sighed lightly and trembled back to the house.

Now, the old housekeeper's health is getting worse day by day, and he can't wait long. In the old housekeeper's heart, he also hoped to see Li Zicheng beheaded in his lifetime, so that he would have the face to face the ancestors of the Qing family after his death.

Nanjing fell into the hands of Mao Wenlong, Chongzhen's plan to go south was immediately shattered, and Wu Chengen hurried back to Beijing on the day he got the news.

Chongzhen listened to Wu Chengen's report, he frowned and pondered for a long time, but never said a word.

Wu Chengen couldn't wait for Chongzhen's response, hesitated, and took the lead to break the silence in the study: "Your Majesty, then we don't have to negotiate with Mao Wenlong for Shandong now, right?" ”

Chongzhen looked at Wu Chengen with red eyes, his eyes were full of unwillingness: "Damn Li Zicheng, he is so vulnerable." ”

Obviously, Chongzhen attributed all the resentment in his heart to Li Zicheng. The reason is very simple, he originally wanted to take the opportunity of Li Zicheng to occupy Nanjing. At this time, the imperial court sent troops to help King Fu recover Nanjing, and then it was logical to arrange the forces of the imperial court in Nanjing.

But the premise of all this is that we must ask to go back to Shandong, so that we can send troops from Shandong to Nanjing. But Chongzhen never expected that Shandong had not yet reached a negotiation, and Li Zicheng on that side heard that the Dongjiang Army was attacking, he immediately fled and directly surrendered Nanjing to Mao Wenlong.

The Dongjiang Army regained Nanjing this time, and Chongzhen heard about it, and he never fought a decent battle at all. It was completely where the Dongjiang army went, and the city there took the initiative to give it up.

"Now, what does Mao Wenlong think of Li Zicheng, and does he have any intention of helping King Fu take Sichuan?" Chongzhen asked gloomily.

"Your Majesty, as far as the maidservant knows, Mao Wenlong did not send troops to Huguang again. Now King Fu is attacking Sichuan and Li Zicheng is fighting inextricably, and Mao Wenlong only has 20,000 cavalry, led by a man named Chen Jisheng, who is helping King Fu attack Sichuan. However, the slave maid heard that ......"

"What are you doing if you have something to say?" A hint of displeasure flashed on Chongzhen's face.

Wu Chengen didn't dare to hesitate any longer, he said: "But the slave maid found out that Mao Wenlong's 20,000 cavalry did not participate in the battle at all, saying that he was only responsible for protecting the personal safety of King Fu, and he would not care about anything else. ”

"Oh, and such a thing?" Chongzhen was quite surprised.

"This matter is indeed strange, but the fact is that this is exactly the case, and now the slave maid doesn't know how Mao Wenlong treats Sichuan and King Fu." A trace of bitterness flashed across Wu Chengen's face.

In Xi'an for nearly half a month, he only saw Mao Wenlong twice, and when he first arrived in Xi'an, Mao Wenlong met him. But after Mao Wenlong learned why he came, he kept avoiding him. The second time they met was when he said goodbye to Mao Wenlong, and then they saw him again.

Under such circumstances, Wu Chengen couldn't understand Mao Wenlong at all, and almost everything he knew was obtained sporadically from Hong Chengchou's mouth.

"Since things have changed so much, let's temporarily stop the matter in Shandong, wait and see what happens, and make plans in the future." Chongzhen finally came to a conclusion.

……

Hong Ziyan is almost due to give birth, and now Mao Wenlong doesn't dare to go around at all, and he has been accompanying his second daughter every day in addition to dealing with official business. Today is no exception, just separated from Hong Chengchou, Mao Wenlong hurriedly came to the backyard to visit the second daughter.

But his buttocks hadn't been covered yet, and he hurriedly came to report, saying that it was Kaifeng's Zhuang Yexiang coming violently. also shouted to ask Mao Wenlong for an explanation.

"Ask me for an explanation?" Mao Wenlong's face was stunned when he heard this, and he stretched out his hand and pointed to his nose.

Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan looked at Mao Wenlong with puzzled eyes, and it was obvious that the two of them had begun to develop on the bad side in their hearts.

Mao Wenlong didn't dare to let the second daughter be angry, he immediately got up and said, "Let's go, go and see." I, Mao Wenlong, have always been frank and unrestrained, when did something happen that I was sorry for his Zhuang Yexiang. ”