Su Wang Zhu Zhihong raised his eyes and glanced coldly at the young man in front of him, "You are ......"

"This is our Grand Governor!" The escorting soldiers rushed to the road.

"The Grand Duke? When did the imperial court reopen the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion? How did I not know? Zhu Zhihong frowned, as if he was thinking about something.

"Hmm...... This one...... The imperial court did not open the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, but I received it from the heavens! Li Zicheng showed his big white teeth and smiled.

Zhu Zhihong's eyes rolled before he understood, "Ao? So, you're a thief? ”

Li Zicheng was furious, Ma Qiao, Lao Tzu respects you, the prince, you are all captives, what are you angry about, when I dare not kill you? His face turned pale, and he said: "The prince seems to have forgotten, the Son of Heaven, it is the strong soldiers and strong horses!" ”

"Strong soldiers?" Zhu Zhihong said viciously: "Your soldiers and horses are stronger than the imperial court? Don't forget, there are still millions of soldiers and horses in the imperial court, and Longyou has also been robbed, but as soon as Cao Wenzhao's heavenly soldiers arrived, they immediately dispersed like birds and beasts, but they never touched the palace, and the court was also open. ”

"You don't have to scare me, is the Mandate of Heaven army stronger than the army of the imperial court, let's not talk about it for the time being, but the Mandate of Heaven army is definitely stronger than the Ming army in Longyou - together with the palace, there are two guards in Lanzhou City, but the prince still became a prisoner of war." Li Zicheng didn't want to fight, he just showed his big white teeth and smiled faintly, as the victor, he seemed quite cautious.

Zhu Zhihong thought for a while and said: "Even if you take the entire Longyou, you can't shake the foundation of the imperial court, and the strong army of the imperial court is near the capital division." ”

"This is not in a hurry, the key now is to take down Longyou," Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said: "The prince is now a prisoner of the Heavenly Mandate Army, so he has to listen to our arrangement." ”

"Arrangement? Are you going to use this king to blackmail the court? Zhu Zhihong's eyes widened, and his body was shocked, "I will not accept your arrangement if I die, if you want to kill, you will kill!" ”

"Take you to the court?" Li Zicheng smiled and shook his head, "The prince really thinks so much of himself, the prince thinks that the one in the Forbidden City will take the life and death of the prince so seriously?" Back then, the orthodox emperor was captured by the Warat people, and the court refused to compromise, could it be that the life of the prince was greater than that of the orthodox emperor? ”

Zhu Zhihong thought for a moment, and said, "Then you ......?"

"I only ask the prince to obey our arrangement, as for what I want the prince to do, I haven't thought about it yet!" Li Zicheng changed his tone and said cautiously: "I am also sorry for the misfortune of the prince's family, but I heard that they were not killed by my subordinates, and the murderers are your own people!" ”

"These soldiers who have been killed by heaven are thinking about grabbing money and walking when the matter is approaching......" Zhu Zhihong's eyes were cracked, but his eyes were sloppy, and he seemed to return to the bloody scene, "I'm going to kill them......"

"These scumbags, none of them can run away, although the prince can rest assured," Li Zicheng was also indignant, "The prince mourns, the prince is golden, and he can't be as knowledgeable as these villains, the prince's revenge, we will avenge you!" ”

"Really?" Zhu Zhihong's eyes finally gathered some divine light, looked at Li Zicheng's face for a moment, and suddenly realized, "If you didn't attack Lanzhou City, how would they ......?"

"The prince has misunderstood, scum is scum, and sooner or later he will reveal his original form," Li Zicheng was kind and seductive, "We attacked Lanzhou, and we didn't intend to hurt the prince's family, but we were ready to eradicate the unscrupulous people around the prince." ”

"You ......" Zhu Zhihong gritted his teeth and said: "What are you attacking Lanzhou for?" This king doesn't believe it, do you really dare to shake the Ming court? ”

"Don't talk about this, whether you can shake the court or not, that's our business, the prince doesn't need to worry too much," Li Zicheng's face was smiling, and he was gentle, without the smugness and rampant of the victor, but seemed very careful, "Prince, your family is gone, no matter how much money and food you have, it is useless, I don't know where the prince's money and food exist, if the prince says where the money and grain are stored, we will kill the soldiers guarding in Ganzhou, avenge the prince's family, and let them leave without worry......"

Zhu Zhihong sneered: "After talking for a long time, it turns out that you are here for the money and food of the palace?" ”

"The prince is wrong again, we originally just wanted Lanzhou City, the prince's family, if you cooperate with us, you can continue to live, as long as you don't pamper you, fish and meat people," Li Zicheng shook his head and sighed, "It's a pity, now that the prince's family has been killed, we want to avenge the prince, the prince should always give some reward, right?" Soldiers fighting wars are both dangerous and mentally draining......"

"This king doesn't need you to take revenge, this king's affairs, this king will deal with it himself!"

"That's not good, lord, now that Lanzhou belongs to us, we have our laws, and indiscriminate murder must be severely punished, otherwise how can the people in the city live in peace?" Li Zicheng's face gradually disappeared from the smile, and was replaced by a solemnity and solemnity, "The prince is really alone now, and the money and food are inexhaustible, and many people in Longyou are displaced, eating bark and grass roots, even thieves like us will consider the people, the prince is a clansman, is there not a trace of compassion?" ”

Zhu Zhihong snorted coldly, "If you want to get the money and food of the palace, dream!" ”

Li Zicheng's face turned pale, and he said directly: "The prince's family is gone, I think, the prince never wants the king of Su to be the heir from now on, right?" ”

"You ......"

"The prince will go down first and think about it, I believe that the prince will make the right choice, this is a completely profitable business - without the cooperation of the prince, we will get all the money and food of the palace!" Li Zicheng waved his hand and asked the soldiers to escort Zhu Zhihong down.

Li Zicheng didn't say much, but took the soldiers, crossed the hall, and came to the backyard, and suddenly a smell of blood came to his nose, there were a large number of corpses lying on the ground, and dozens of soldiers of the Heavenly Order Army were holding waist knives, rummaging among the corpses, I don't know whether to rummage for silver on the corpses, or looking for the wounded soldiers who have not yet died.

Qiu Shike, who was following behind Li Zicheng, suddenly gasped, there were hundreds of corpses in this courtyard, many of which were stacked on top of each other, and it was impossible to see the exact number, but he was sure that the main force of the guards in Ganzhou was killed here.

This is not the end of the backyard, after this courtyard, it is the inner residence of the palace, Ma Youshui is directing the soldiers to search the houses, seeing Li Zicheng, he hurriedly greeted and saluted, "My lord, the battle is basically over, and the remnants of the enemy are being searched!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded and pointed to the corpses of the soldiers and the Fuding.

Ma Youshui hurriedly said: "Dadu Governor, we didn't kill them, we entered the inner house, that's what it looks like, we just annihilated the remnants of the enemy, it is estimated that the lord of the palace and the soldiers killed each other." ”

Cannibalism is good, these mansions, it is also a burden to keep, they are used to the luxurious life in the palace, it is difficult for them to be a normal person anymore, but at the most critical juncture, they can still loyally protect the lord and fight for their lives, these mansion guards are a little admirable!

Li Zicheng gathered his thoughts and said, "Have you found the place where the palace stores grain and silver?" ”

Ma Youshui bowed down and replied: "Back to the Grand Dudu, not yet, but the brothers are interrogating the housekeeper!"

"Hurry up the interrogation and find out where the money and food are as soon as possible, we don't have much time to stay in Lanzhou," Li Zicheng added: "Pay attention to interrogating the people of the palace separately to prevent the existence of secret warehouses." ”

"Yes, Metropolitan Governor, my subordinates know," Ma Youshui whispered a few words to the soldiers beside him, and when he left, Fang said: "Metropolitan Governor, this Su Wangye, how to deal with it?" ”

"Hold it up for the time being, don't hurt it!" Li Zicheng is ready to keep him in the army, in case the imperial army is too strong, this Su Wang Ye may be able to play some role, the palace is not only the cash machine of the Heavenly Mandate Army, at a critical moment, it can push Su Wang Ye to the front line, see which imperial army does not throw a mouse bogey?

After Li Zicheng came to the back house, the soldiers began to clean up the back office, mainly Qiu Shike's soldiers, all the corpses were transported outside the city, burned in a fire, and then buried the remaining bones, which was regarded as a collective cremation.

The palace was also swept away, eliminating the smell of blood, and temporarily used as Li Zicheng's camp, but this Su Wangfu was too big, even if fifty-five personal soldiers and fifty-six war horses were inhabited, it still seemed empty.

Su Wang Ye Zhu Zhihong, the palace steward, and the remnants of the palace also live in the palace, but unlike Li Zicheng and his own soldiers, they are prisoners of war and are being interrogated separately.

In order to prevent soldiers from disturbing the people, the people's homes are not allowed to be searched, in case there are soldiers hiding in the people's homes, even if they temporarily escape.

Li Zicheng asked the soldiers to post a list in the city and announce the military discipline and military rules of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and some soldiers interpreted it in front of the list, especially the paragraph of "not taking a stitch from the people", which was the most important propaganda standard, as long as the people were close to the list, the soldiers had to explain it.

There are also people beating gongs and drums on the main streets of the city, propagating that the Mandate of Heaven Army is the patron saint of the people, and will never embarrass the people.

Based on the "Land Law" and the "Law of Industry and Commerce", the Mandate of Heaven Army will protect the rights and interests of all the people, and if the land of the people is less than 30 mu per ding, the Mandate of Heaven Army will make up for it, but if it exceeds 30 mu per ding, the excess land must be surrendered.

The people in the city have long been accustomed to the presence of thieves, and they were originally prepared to lose some food and save the lives of their families, but it is really unheard of for an army like the Mandate of Heaven to never allow them to enter the people's homes, and even to extort money from the people.

The brave people gradually approached the soldiers and asked where the Mandate of Heaven Army came from, and they learned that most of the Mandate of Heaven Army believed in God and came to save the people in accordance with God's will.

The people suddenly became interested in this so-called "God".

Many people also noticed that the clothing of the Heavenly Mandate Army was also different from the thieves of the past, not only neatly dressed, but also a tea green that they had never seen before, in their minds, neatly dressed, it was already a sign of the regular army, no wonder the Heavenly Mandate Army did not disturb the people.

By noon, order had gradually been restored in the city, and even some timid civilians had opened their doors to tell their neighbors about the mutiny that had taken place the previous night.

However, mutinies are usually just a matter of the old man, and there are Su Wangfu and Zhizhou in Lanzhou City, which have no direct relationship with them, as long as the new conquerors do not increase taxes.

The tax rate proposed by the Mandate of Heaven Army is still in accordance with the original "fifteen taxes and one" standard of the imperial court, not only does not increase taxes, but even the original Zhizhou is retained, and those who have paid taxes this year will not be levied repeatedly, and they are even more excited, the Mandate of Heaven Army will also divide the land equally, and all men, regardless of age, will be given 30 acres of cultivated land, and if the original cultivated land is insufficient, the Mandate of Heaven Army will make up for it, and the new land is basically the fertile land of the original Su Wangfu.

There are also some rich and noble people in the city, but after the ransacking of the original thieves, there are not many such people, and people who exceed "30 acres of land per ding" are even rarer.

The people were still considering whether to join Catholicism in order to seek the protection of the Mandate of Heaven Army, Li Zicheng had already left the city to see off Liu Yunshui and Li Guobu, they took the marching map, under the guidance of the rangers, left Lanzhou, and rushed to Qingshui County, west of Longshan, to prepare to seize the Longshan Pass before the arrival of the imperial army.

In order to speed up the march, the auxiliaries of the four hundred households of Liu Yunshui's department did not accompany him, but stayed in Lanzhou to guard the city, and also guarded the grain and grass materials in Lanzhou City.

Looking at the cavalry of eleven hundred households, all dressed in Mingguang armor, no different from the Ming army, Li Zicheng's heart was surging, maybe this outfit could really deceive the guards along the way.