Listening to the energetic voices of the people inside, I always beat the drum in my heart.

If it's really a bad thing, what if you ruin their affairs and be settled by the queen in the future?

But if it's a siege, kill it clean? The people inside traveled through the state and county, and with so many birds, even if they took this point in their own hands, they would inevitably suffer a lot of damage. There are soldiers in the army, and so many people have died in the city that has been conquered, who will make up for you?

After thinking about it for a while, I made the general decision to release the people. Liu Xiang had another argument with Zhang Gongji, and walked out of the courtyard over the wall with the holy decree.

The two soldiers rushed up and touched the body of the thin-skinned and fleshy man with their large, rough hands to make sure he was not carrying any weapons. And from beginning to end, Liu Xiang held the ball of yellow silk in his hand tightly.

"What's going on up ahead?" Zhu Chenggong, who was sitting in a soft sedan chair, was a little displeased, he opened the curtain and asked the soldiers next to him to go down to take a look.

The pro-soldiers did not dare to slack off: Zhenjiang Fucheng had just been recovered, if a few assassins came out to assassinate the prince, they were afraid that these pro-soldiers would not all have to commit suicide and be buried, and with the fear of the master and their own fate, the pro-soldiers slammed the horse's belly and let the horse gallop under the crotch. The horseshoe nailed to the pavement made of bluestone slabs kept beating against the pavement, making a palpitating sound.

After half a cup of tea, the soldier with the knife came to the inn and asked what was going on, but the soldier who spoke Hokkien was extremely difficult to communicate with the general manager in Jianghuai official dialect, and he didn't know what he meant for a long time. Simply, the pro-soldiers directly took the people onto the horses.

Zhu Chenggong was already close to the soldiers, and simply asked the general to come over to see him after he unloaded his weapon.

"Lord Wang, there are dozens of people in an inn in front of you, claiming to be the Qincha of the Yongli Emperor, Jinyi Wei..."

Zhu Chenggong had an incredible look on his face, and then laughed loudly. "Joke, how can the Son of Heaven know in Yunnan that this king sent troops to the Northern Expedition? I'm afraid it's not the Tartar Luan Guard, or the dog official in Nanjing is dizzy! ”

"Lord Wang, the lower officials also said this to them, but what did they say that the Son of Heaven was born to know, so why is it difficult to know that the prince sent troops? Something like that. ”

Hearing this obvious feudal superstitious explanation, Zhu Chenggong also had to think about it. Although the title of the king of Yanping County was given by Yongli, but the various true or false news that came out of the southwest one after another, which one can barely show that this son of heaven is such a talented person? If you can really be born to know, why did you run all the way from Zhaoqing to Yunnan Mansion?

"Where is the man who brought it out now?" After thinking about it, Zhu Chenggong still decided to meet these "Qin Cha".

"Back to the prince, the lower official has already sent him to the boss."

"Let this person go to the Zhenjiang Mansion to wait for the king now, and be sure to take strict care!"

In the Zhenjiang Mansion, Zhu Chenggong met Liu Xiang, who was "bold and brainless, pretending to be Qincha".

"You are the messenger sent by the Son of Heaven? What is your name, and what is your official position? ”

Liu Xiang was a little annoyed in his heart, and said in his heart that although he was a younger official than you, he was also a poor official no matter how he said it. However, after thinking about his confusing identity, he still held back his temper. "Xia Guan is Jinyiwei Qianhu Liu Xiang, and he is making Jinyiwei commander Tongzhi Zhang Gongji Zhang is in the inn, can you invite him to come with you?"

"What are you saying? Joke, this king wants to hear it, how do you explain that you can predict the prophet, and before this king set out, he knew that this king was going to lead an army to the north? ”

Liu Xiang knew that the key problem was coming, so he patted the dust on his clothes and said: "Before Your Majesty returned to Zhongxing City on February 23, he summoned me to talk at night in the imperial tent. His Majesty said to Lord Zhang and I that last year and the year before last, the king of Yanping sent troops to the north, although he was forced to turn back, but it did not hurt the fundamentals, this year the king of Yanping will definitely go north again, and the prince went north twice, the road is familiar with the road, and the south is not dangerous to defend, and it is easy to push to the city of Nanjing. Yunnan is located in a remote area, if you go to Fujian to find the prince afraid that the time will not be able to catch up, His Majesty ordered us to dress up in disguise, go to Zhenjiang Mansion, the lock and key of the Yangtze River, to settle down and wait, do not hide from the prince, we only came to Zhenjiang for more than ten days. ”

"Where is Zhongxing City?"

Liu Xiang suddenly fell to the ground, kowtowed in the southwest direction and cried: "At the beginning of the year, Wu reversed Sangui to attack the capital of Yunnan, and the capital of Yunnan fell. His Majesty was benevolent, and could not bear to starve the people of the city of food, and did not burn the granary. As a result, the grain was cheaper, and Wu Rui relied on these grains and pursued all the way to the Mopan Mountain in Lin'an Mansion. Fortunately, thanks to His Majesty Hong'en, the king of Jin set up three ambushes on Mopan Mountain, annihilated 30,000 Tartars in one fell swoop, beheaded more than 10,000 people, and captured Wu Shun Sangui, who had harmed the world for 15 years. This Zhongxing City, originally a small city on the edge of Myanmar and Yunnan, with a radius of only two or three miles, after His Majesty ordered the Praetorian Guards to conquer it, the city was renamed Zhongxing City. While saying, Liu Xiang wiped his tears with his sleeve. Seeing Zhu Chenggong, he was moved.

Isn't the self-proclaimed Jinyi Wei Qianhu in front of him exactly the appearance of a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty? Since Zhu Chenggong was martyred, he has seen many civil officials in the Ming Dynasty, and none of them are so pathetic in front of him.

"Maybe this is what the ministers around the Son of Heaven look like. Alas..."Thinking of the declining national fortunes of the Ming Dynasty, this national hero in history couldn't help but sigh.

"Even if Mopanshan is victorious, Wu Shun will be captured, the Ming Dynasty is still in danger, and the army that His Majesty can command is only 20,000, and even Yunnan is unable to recover. Therefore, His Majesty ordered the officials to travel thousands of miles to spread the will. If the prince does not believe it, he can compare the seal on His Majesty's previous holy decree with the seal held by the lower officials. ”

Zhu Chenggong nodded, and immediately, a scribe went to take the holy decree of canonizing the king of Yanping County ten years ago.

Two yellow satin sheets with color difference are pasted together, and the seal on them is exactly the same!

Zhu Chenggong felt that his three views were about to collapse.

"It can't be!"

"Can the Son of Heaven really predict the prophet? Or perhaps, the Son of Heaven was captured? ”

"No, if the Son of Heaven is captured, the Tartars will definitely make a big announcement and send people to persuade our army to surrender. Therefore, if the person in front of him is a spy, it can only be a spy from Nanjing. ”

Zhu Chenggong froze, "Since this person said that he came half a month ago, and our army had just landed half a month ago, if he planned to send out a detailed work, it would not be possible to do it so quickly." As long as you check the nearby people's houses, you can check whether his words are true or false. ”

"Liu Tongzhi, for the safety of the whole army, this king has to go to find out your identity again, please go and rest first."

Liu Xiang saw that Zhu Chenggong's expression was relaxed, and his heart was overjoyed. "The lower official is waiting for the prince to summon him, but after a long siege, the colleagues in the inn may be hungry, can you send some food inside?"

"Oh? Liu Tongzhi is not afraid that this king will order people to poison? ”

"King Yanping is above board, how could he do such a thing to his own people? Please don't laugh at King Yanping! ”