It was dawning all morning, and most of the people hadn't gotten out of bed yet, but some of the hard-working traders had already gotten out of bed. When the Shun army first entered the city, the residents of Beijing were still very worried. Although they have also heard of propaganda such as "the king of Chuang comes and does not pay for food", what kind of propaganda such as strict military discipline and no killing and no looting, they don't believe it very much, because they have always known from the imperial court that Li Chuang is a rogue, and his army is a thief army. Not to mention the thief army, even my Ming Dynasty's officers and soldiers will often ask those fellow villagers to borrow a head to lead the army.

Therefore, when Li Zicheng's army first entered Beijing, the people in the city hid in their homes, pasted a piece of paper with the words "Shunmin" written on it outside the door, and then closed the door tightly and blocked the door with various things. The eldest girls and the younger daughters-in-law in the house had their faces blackened with ashes and the like, and some of them had them dressed in men's clothes, and they had all kinds of things make them dirty and smelly, so that the thieves who might have broken in would feel sick and disinterested at once when they smelled them.

However, such preparations seemed to be completely superfluous, and after the Shun army entered the city, it did not loot as much as in the previous rumors, not to mention that the ordinary people, even the homes of those rich dignitaries and nobles, were not plundered in any way. On the contrary, it is closer to Shunjun's own propaganda. The Shun army also posted a large number of notices in the city to reassure the people of Beijing that they would not commit any offences and would protect the safety of the citizens.

Because these days, the performance of the Shun army is good, although it does not meet the standard of the people's army of later generations, but compared with the Ming army, it can indeed be regarded as strictly disciplined. To be honest, in the past few days, it is not without incidents that Shun soldiers have broken into private houses to rob or even molested women, but the Shun army reacted quickly, they cut off the heads of these soldiers who violated military discipline, and used bamboo poles to pick up these heads and parade them through the streets, showing the people of the capital their determination to maintain military discipline.

This kind of performance gradually dispelled the concerns of ordinary people in the capital, and in the past few days, gradually some shops have begun to reopen for business, and the streets have gradually regained a little vitality.

Zhang Daniu runs a small hotel, and after Li Zicheng entered Beijing, his shop was closed. But it's not okay to keep the door closed like this, in the past two days, Zhang Daniu has seen that the street has gradually become lively, and many other shops have also opened their doors one after another, so he decided to reopen the door early this morning to do business.

It is a hard thing to do early, before dawn, Zhang Daniu was busy, at this time, the preparations were ready, Zhang Daniu let his mother-in-law take care of the child and the stove, and went to unload the door panel by himself.

As soon as he removed the first door panel, Zhang Daniu heard a chaotic sound of footsteps, as if many people were running towards this side. Zhang Daniu, who had always been cautious, hurriedly put the door back and tied the door again. When his mother-in-law saw his move, she asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Don't talk!" Zhang Daniu lowered his voice and said, "You take the child to hide in the back first!" ”

The woman stood up in a panic and hurriedly took the child into the back room. Zhang Daniu put his eyes close to the gap in the door panel and looked out.

Through the crack in the door, he saw a group of Shun troops, led by a general in black armor, passing by his door. These soldiers all had weapons in their hands, and their swords were unsheathed, and they looked murderous. However, these Shun troops did not stop at him, but quickly passed along the street towards the east.

"This is not a small formation, what the hell is going on? They went to the east, not to ......."

By this time, the army had already run past the door of his shop, and in a few moments it was out of the narrow view that the crack in the door could provide him. Zhang Daniu took his eyes off the crack in the door panel, stood there and thought about it, and then went to the back.

"Boss, what's going on out there?" As soon as Zhang Daniu arrived in the back room, his wife hurriedly asked. Zhang Daniu saw that his wife had already smeared her face black again, and now she was wiping her four-year-old daughter with ash from the bottom of the pot.

"Too much of a soldier." Zhang Daniu said, "I went to the east, it's already over, and I don't know what happened." ”

"Oh." Hearing that the army had passed, Zhang Daniu's mother-in-law breathed a sigh of relief, and her hand to wipe the ashes on the bottom of the pot for her daughter also stopped.

"It's okay, it's okay." The woman sighed with emotion, and suddenly asked again, "Master, you said we can't open the door today?" ”

Whether the door opens or not is a problem. You must know that if you don't open the door, you will have to let go of all these pastries prepared overnight. Zhang Daniu, a small family, can't afford such a loss. But if you want to open the door, it seems a bit dangerous.

"Let's wait and see." Zhang Daniu finally said.

Then the street returned to calm, and after half an hour, Zhang Daniu saw through the crack in the door that there were gradually people on the street, and some other shops were opening one after another.

Since someone else opened the door, Zhang Daniu felt that there should be no problem with opening the door, so he said to his wife, then went down the door panel and opened the door.

Although the business resumed, but Zhang Daniu's business was not good, the whole morning, there were not many guests, when it was time for lunch, the guests gradually increased, these people are not all here to eat, more, just to take this opportunity to chat here, exchange the news they know. This kind of news is especially important at this time.

"Boss Zhang, it seems that a team of soldiers passed here this morning, do you know what this team of soldiers is going to do?" A diner suddenly asked Zhang Daniu, who was serving food to a table next to him.

"Seventh Master Wang, you said that I am a cook who cooks and stir-fries, how do you know what this great Shuntian soldier is going to do? But looking at it like that, it's not for ordinary people like us anyway, and it's not necessary to deal with us. Zhang Daniu replied with a smile while putting down the dishes.

"Well, in the morning I saw that there were thousands of men, all with their helmets and swords unsheathed, and where could they use this posture against us? I think most of them found out about the prince, so they sent troops to arrest them. A diner said suddenly.

"Well, Second Master Li has a point! If you want to say that after the city was broken, the crown prince and several princes disappeared, which loyal minister did you say hid them? Wang Qiye said.

"Who knows, alas, the way of this world." Second Master Li shook his head and said, "Really, it's really hard to say, a dignified son, and now he has fallen to the point of hiding everywhere to save his life." Do you think the Holy One can catch them today? ”

"Who knows, well, today they are going to the east, isn't the east Chen Shoufu's house? Could it be that the prince is hiding in Chen Shoufu's house? Another diner also added.