After dawn, Li Zicheng took his own soldiers and entered the city from the north city gate, Liu Zongmin and Wang Anping were already outside the city gate to greet them, "Welcome the metropolitan governor into the city!" ”

Li Zicheng dismounted and helped the two of them up, but he looked at Wang Anping, "These days, Anping is active in the imperial court, but he has suffered!" ”

Wang Anping hurriedly arched his hand, "The Metropolitan Governor, his subordinates are incompetent and failed to open the city gate in time, so that the Metropolitan Governor can only enter the city today!" ”

"What did Anping say? Without your agitation in the city, how could the defenders have given up the city so easily? Li Zicheng patted Wang Anping on the shoulder, "You are working on the front that you can't see, and you can't play a role that the main force can't play, and the credit will not be small!" ”

"Shame on your subordinates!"

The three of them walked towards the city, and Li Zicheng said, "Jiexuan, how is the city?" ”

Liu Zongmin's face was not happy, "Governor, the war in the city is basically over, we have taken control of the four city gates, most of the defenders have been captured, and the guards of the four gates have also been captured, but it is just ......"

Li Zicheng's heart moved, but his face did not change color, "Just what?" What went wrong? ”

"My subordinates don't understand what went wrong," Liu Zongmin hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Fu Wang Zhu Changxun is gone, according to the brothers, since we occupied the city gate, no one has fled from the city gate......

"Didn't you escape from the gates?" Li Zicheng didn't care much about the whereabouts of Fu King Zhu Changxun, he fell into the hands of the Heavenly Mandate Army, he only had one death, and escaped from Luoyang City, which may not end well, he had already stared at Luoyang, in fact, it was not for King Fu himself, but for the money and food of King Fu's mansion.

It's okay if Zhu Changxun runs away, and there is no need to sacrifice soldiers to attack the palace.

Henan has suffered from drought year after year, the grain harvest has been seriously failed, the people are starving everywhere, and the only place to store money and grain is the various royal palaces, not only local officials, but even the imperial court dare not touch them.

The money and food gathered in the palace are only the Heavenly Mandate Army and the Liukou who dare to move!

When the Mandate of Heaven Army came to Henan, it had already broken the Tang Wangfu in Nanyang, the Chongwang Mansion in Ruzhou, the Wan'an Wangfu in Yongning, and the Fuwang Mansion in Luoyang, which was already the fourth palace.

Fu King Zhu Changxun can escape, but the money and food of the palace can't run, and at the moment of escaping, Zhu Changxun will definitely not be able to carry a large amount of money and food, unless he doesn't want to die!

"Didn't you flee from the city gates?" Liu Zongmin's heart moved, and he hurriedly said: "My subordinates understand, Zhu Changxun must have escaped from the city wall by taking advantage of the chaos, and his subordinates will look for them along the city wall to see if there are any traces left!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded and let Liu Zongmin take care of himself.

The city is full of soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven Army patrolling the streets, this attack on Luoyang City, concentrated all the main forces of the Henan Mandate Army, more than 10,000 people in Li Ji's department, more than 5,000 people in Li Xin's department, more than 8,000 people in Fang Deng's department, more than 6,000 people in Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai's department, and a total strength of more than 30,000 troops.

In addition to the city defense troops in various prefectures and counties, this is already all the main forces of the Henan Heavenly Mandate Army!

On the empty streets, there was not a single person in sight, and the Mandate of Heaven Army parade occupied almost every corner, and the people in the city did not know that they had not yet gotten up, and they still did not dare to show their faces.

Li Zicheng said lightly: "Anping, didn't you say that the people in the city have long hoped that the Heavenly Mandate Army would enter the city, if the Mandate Army entered the city today, why don't you see the people?" ”

"Last night, the soldiers were in chaos, and the people must have been afraid of accidental injury," Wang Anping said: "When the city settles down, the people will definitely go out to welcome the Mandate of Heaven," paused, and then said: "The Metropolitan Governor distributed disaster relief food to the people everywhere, and his subordinates have already publicized it in the city, and the people in the city already know about it...... Luoyang is a big city, and the number of people is far from comparable to ordinary states and counties, is it wrong to be subordinate......"

"Anping is doing a good job, without your propaganda, how would the people welcome the Mandate of Heaven Army into the city? Don't underestimate the power of the people, maybe we don't know what they are doing secretly," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "This time, the defenders of the North City Gate and the West City Gate rebelled against the water, is there no credit for the people?" Most of the defenders are locals, and who can guarantee that their parents and family will not whisper in their ears? Maybe one won't do much, but over time ......"

"The subordinates didn't expect this," Wang Anping smiled, thinking of the role of the Han Qing Bureau, and his heart was relieved, "Governor Dadu, the subordinates are just worried, if the food for disaster relief is not enough, will the people be disappointed in the Heavenly Mandate Army?" ”

"Anping is worried that we don't have enough food?" Li Zicheng laughed and said, "Before attacking Luoyang, I had already found food for the people!" In fact, before coming to Henan, he thought about this issue.

"Found food?" Wang Anping was puzzled.

"Let's go, let's go and see now," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Let's go and see how much food Zhu Changxun has prepared for us!" ”

"Zhu Changxun? Fuwangfu? Only then did Wang Anping understand, "It turns out that the Metropolitan Governor has long been eyeing Zhu Changxun? ”

"There is a great drought in Henan, and even the government has no food, except for the palace, where is there any grain storage?" Li Zicheng said as he walked: "It is said that Zhu Changxun is the favorite son of Emperor Wanli, when Emperor Wanli was alive, he gave a lot of money, land, etc., I hope Zhu Changxun will not spend extravagantly, let me be too disappointed!" ”

In front of the palace gate, there was a mess, the mighty stone lions in front of the door were pushed down, lying on both sides on their backs and backs, and the lower part of the brand-new vermilion lacquer gate was pierced out of the pits, which were obviously done by the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army.

But outside the gate, there were no corpses or blood, and there was apparently no fighting in front of the gate.

Four soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven, dressed in camouflage uniforms, with their left hand hanging down, holding the hilt of the knife with their right hand, their eyes level, standing in front of the stone lion outside the gate like pines and cypresses, saw Li Zicheng, they hurriedly knelt down and saluted, "Subordinates knock to see the Metropolitan Governor!" ”

"Get up and speak!" Li Zicheng beckoned to the soldiers and asked them to get up, "Whose subordinates are you, and how is the palace now?" ”

"Back to the Grand Duke, we are subordinates of General Liu of the Second Regiment of the Fourth Battalion," the leading soldier replied after getting up: "There was no battle in the palace, before we arrived, King Fu had already fled, and only the officials and servants who had not escaped were left in the palace, and they were completely controlled!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded, and did not need to be accompanied, he took his own soldiers into the palace, from the inside, the Fuwang Mansion is more luxurious, everywhere is carved dragons and phoenixes of the attic courtyard, divided by corridors, ponds, but the right road is seven turns and eight turns, like a maze makes people dizzy.

Wang Anping frowned slightly, obviously not finding the path.

Li Zicheng walked and looked, only to find that the original righteous road is very regular, after entering the door, the righteous road along the glorious attic, and then between the corridors, small bridges, gardens and other scenic spots, at the end of the road, is a large area of the main house, it is very likely to be the inner house of the palace.

At this time, the inner house was very quiet, as if everyone was asleep at midnight, and there was not even a single snorer.

Two soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army stood outside the courtyard gate of the inner house, and when they saw Li Zicheng, they hurriedly came over to salute, "My subordinates knock on the Governor!" ”

After Li Zicheng asked the two of them to get up, he pointed to the courtyard with his hand, "Are the people in King Fu's Mansion all inside?" ”

"Back to the Grand Governor, they are all inside, the brothers will arrest the people of the Fuwang Mansion, and the men and women will be guarded separately!"

Li Zicheng nodded, entered from the courtyard gate, but sighed in his heart, how noble was yesterday's Fuwang Mansion, how many people didn't even dare to look at the main gate of the palace, and today, the soldiers even entered the inner house casually, it was really thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, no, it was three years in Hedong and three years in Hexi!

The man is on the left and the woman is on the right, the man is imprisoned in the room on the left, and the female dependents are imprisoned in the room on the right.

Li Zicheng sat on the main seat, and when he looked at it, there were more than 20 female dependents, most of whom were maidservants and maids dressed in plain clothes, and there was only one woman in her early twenties, who was dressed more gorgeously, and her identity was estimated to be unusual.

Li Zicheng's gaze paused on the woman's face, and then moved away, she was already frightened, "You are all the daughters of the Fu Wangfu, the Governor of Pontus has not heard of any special evil deeds of you, don't be afraid, the Governor of Pontus will not embarrass you!" ”

The woman's face was slightly soothed, Li Zicheng glanced at it in particular, and the gorgeous woman hid behind a maidservant, but she peeked this way, and met Li Zicheng's gaze, like a frightened white rabbit, and turned away.

He smiled secretly in his heart, although this gorgeous woman is well-dressed, her appearance is just above the middle level, at least one level lower than Mu Sirong, do you think she is going to eat you?

Li Zicheng coughed and said: "The Governor of Pontus summoned you, there are a few questions, as long as your answers are satisfactory to the Governor of Pontus, the Governor of Pontus will not embarrass you, the first question, where did Zhu Changxun go?" ”

The women looked at each other, only passing anxious glances to each other, but no one spoke.

Li Zicheng's face was angry, his eyes rolled, and he said: "Among you, there must be Zhu Changxun's closest person, who sleeps in the same bed at night, can you not know Zhu Changxun's whereabouts?" ”

A few little maids almost laughed out loud, hurriedly covered their mouths, and the afterglow in their eyes unconsciously swept the gorgeous woman, Li Zicheng understood that this gorgeous woman was probably Zhu Changxun's pillow person, but Zhu Changxun was the prince, is there only this one pillow person? I swept my eyes and found no clues.

Li Zicheng had to point to the gorgeous woman with his hand, "You, come forward and speak!" ”

The gorgeous woman hesitated for a moment, knowing that she couldn't hide, so she had to step forward with Nana, her eyebrows tactful, full of fear, as if Li Zicheng was about to form her in public.

Li Zicheng said in a deep voice: "Who are you from the palace?" ”

The gorgeous woman bowed to Li Zicheng Yingying, hurriedly lowered her head, and said in a weak mosquito and fly voice: "The concubine is the second lady of the prince......

"Second lady?" Li Zicheng said lightly: "What about the eldest lady?" ”

"After the concubine got up today, she didn't see the princess......"

"Oh? Apart from the princess, who else is missing in the palace? ”

"And the prince and the prince......"

It turned out that Zhu Changxun ran away with his wife and children, it is estimated that he was in a hurry, and he didn't even want a little wife, he always had some virtue, and took away the original match, if in the later life, the fallen official had the opportunity to run away, if he chose to take away a person, who would he take away, even the judicial organs are afraid that there is no bottom, but it can be confirmed that what is taken away will definitely not be the original match!

Li Zicheng sneered unconsciously, "So, you don't know Zhu Changxun's whereabouts?" ”

"The concubine really doesn't know that the prince spent the night in the princess's room last night......"

"Do you know, the Governor of Pontus will also ask others for verification, if there is concealment and not reporting, the Governor of Pontus will never spare it," Li Zicheng's face was cold, and he said: "The second question, where is the money and food in the palace?" ”