Chapter 57: Dialogue at the City Gate

I don't know how long I stayed with Mu Xia, but in the end, I couldn't stand it anymore, so I fell asleep in front of her bed.

Maybe I was too worried about her, or maybe I was overworked by the days of fighting, and I even talked in my dreams.

Suddenly, Mu Xia shouted and said, "Ah, what are you doing, brother emperor?" ”

I was suddenly awakened to find myself lying on top of her.

"I, I was with you just now, and then I fell asleep." I rubbed my eyes and added, "Don't think about it, I didn't do anything. ”

After speaking, I held her hand excitedly and asked with concern, "You finally woke up, are you okay?" ”

In an instant, Mu Xia's face turned red.

She said shyly, "What can I do?" ”

After saying that, she looked at me, and the buddy quickly let go of his hand.

Then he asked, "Then what did Dorje give you to eat, and how did you fall asleep all at once?" ”

"I don't know, I just felt dizzy, but now it's nothing! Brother Emperor doesn't have to worry about me. ”

Although she woke up and didn't seem to be fine, I called the royal doctor over and checked her pulse.

As a result, the imperial doctor said that she was indeed fine, and said that the Tibetan prince might have given her only sleeping pills.

Hearing the imperial doctor say this, my hanging heart finally sank.

When the Imperial Doctor walked out of the room, Mu Xia asked me if I had caught Dorje's brute.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Zhao hurriedly ran in, bowed his head and said to me: "Your Majesty, I originally surrounded the Tibetan prince in Longquanyi, but I didn't expect to meet Li Dingguo halfway, and then I ......."

Hearing this, buddy, I was shocked and hurriedly asked, "So Li Dingguo is about to arrive in Chengdu?" ”

"Yes! The emperor should go quickly, if you don't leave, it will be too late! ”

Until now, Zhang Zhao is still worried about Li Dingguo fighting me, but buddy, I am thinking about how to recruit him.

"What are you going to go? I'm going to meet him today. ”

After saying that, I instructed Zhang Zhao to quickly hang Zhang Xianzhong's body on the city tower, and then called the messenger to inform the people of Chengdu that Zhang Xianzhong was dead.

Zhang Zhao was at a loss when he heard this, and he didn't know what I was doing here.

I didn't have time to explain to him, so I hurriedly walked into the room where Liu Wenxiu was under house arrest.

Since Liu Wenxiu was caught in Xuzhou on the day of the fight, my buddies and I have taken his family along the way, and I have also taken great care of them.

At first, Liu Wenxiu was reluctant to talk to me, but then under my persuasion, he gradually became obedient.

From not eating tea and rice at the beginning, to now I have begun to hesitate to surrender to me.

And the reason why I want to go to his room now, buddy, is to persuade him again and let him return to me.

Once he is with me, it will be much easier to get rid of Li Dingguo later.

After all, among Zhang Xianzhong's four righteous sons, he has the best relationship with Li Dingguo.

After entering Liu Wenxiu's room, Liu Wenxiu was reading a book, and when he saw me coming, he didn't salute me, but blurted out and asked me: "Has my second brother Li Dingguo arrived in Chengdu?" ”

I didn't answer him right away, but walked up and put a tiger skin cloak that I had prepared in advance over his body.

The reason why I prepared like this is because it is a cold winter, and I found that Liu Wenxiu did not bring any warm clothes when he left Xuzhou, so I wanted to use this to influence him.

Of course, this trick was not figured out by myself, buddy, but learned from the Manchu Emperor Taiji.

Historical records record that in order to recruit Hong Chengchou, Huang Taiji sent a warm robe to Hong Chengchou in the winter.

After I draped my robe over him, I said, "General Li has indeed arrived in Chengdu, but it doesn't matter. If the general doesn't want to return to me, I can send the general out of the city. ”

As soon as he said this, Liu Wenxiu was directly stunned, and he couldn't read the book at all.

At this time, his wife Zhang walked in and wanted to talk to her, but the buddy walked out of the room when he saw this.

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After leaving Liu Wenxiu's room, buddy and I came to the city tower alone.

At this time, Zhang Zhao had hung Zhang Xianzhong's body on the city gate, and the people of Chengdu heard that Zhang Xianzhong was killed, so they ran to stop and watch.

The people have long hated Zhang Xianzhong, and one by one they stood under the city tower and denounced Zhang Xianzhong.

Some people even said directly in Sichuan dialect: "Your Majesty, hurry up and put down his turtle son, we will take his meat and feed it to the dogs!" ”

Seeing the people so resentful, buddy, I am both happy and sad.

At this moment, a puff of smoke and dust suddenly rose in the distance outside the city, and at the same time, the sound of iron hooves resounded throughout the universe.

Soon, I saw tens of thousands of horses rushing towards the city gates in the distance.

I saw that the leader was dressed in gold armor, a purple-red cloak on his coat, and a python-patterned belt was tightly tied around his waist.

He came on horseback, his face was like a crown of jade, his eyes were like a star, his nose was like an eagle's beak, and his long body was jade, and he looked at it like a look.

If I'm not mistaken, this person is the legendary Li Dingguo, the first tiger general of the Zhongnan Ming Dynasty.

Li Dingguo rushed to the bottom of the city tower, saw the body of Zhang Xianzhong that I had already hung, and said loudly: "Father-in-law! The child is not filial, it's too late! ”

After that, he suddenly burst into tears like rain, like a mourner, and couldn't help himself for a long time.

When the people saw Li Dingguo coming, they scattered to both sides of the city gate, but they were still denouncing Zhang Xianzhong.

Li Dingguo wept for a long time, raised his head suddenly, then stepped on the horse's back, flew directly to the city gate, and waved the Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand, and Zhang Xianzhong's body fell to the ground.

Nima! Although he did not go to war with me, the bravery displayed in front of him already made me admire immensely.

The buddies stood on the city, thinking that if they could receive this good general, why worry that the Ming Dynasty could not be recovered.

When the people saw Zhang Xianzhong's body fall to the ground, they instantly rushed up like a hunting dog, ready to eat his flesh and invade his skin to vent their hatred.

At this moment, Li Dingguo waved his halberd and shouted: "If you dare to take a step forward, don't blame me for being unkind!" ”

"Zhang Xianzhong, he killed my whole family, Lao Tzu fought with you!"

"You're not kind, you're not a hammer. Lao Tzu is not afraid! ”

The people shouted one after another, and rushed towards Li Dingguo, preparing to take Zhang Xianzhong's body.

I thought that Li Dingguo would go on a killing spree, but I didn't expect him to be really as recorded in the history books, and his heart was still merciful.

I saw him pick up Zhang Xianzhong's corpse, kick his feet, and return directly to the horse.

After watching this scene, buddy, I basically understood the character of Li Dingguo, so I clapped my hands and said: "General Li is chivalrous and courageous, and his military strength is outstanding, and he really deserves his reputation!" It's a pity that such a good general can't be used by my court, which is really painful for me. ”

"Chongzhen, you killed my father-in-law, this revenge will not be avenged, and I Li Dingguo will be a son of man in vain!"

Before Li Dingguo finished speaking, the onlookers scolded and said: "Your turtle son is completely recognizing the thief as his father, do you know how much we Sichuan people hate Zhang Xianzhong!" ”

"Damn it, Zhang Xianzhong's animal died, and you still thought of avenging him, your brain is ironed?"

"That's it! People like Zhang Xianzhong are not worthy of sympathy at all! ”

Seeing that the people reprimanded Zhang Xianzhong one after another, Li Dingguo didn't know how to deal with it.

And this is exactly what the buddies want to see, and only in this way can a variety of offensives be adopted to make Li Dingguo surrender.

Seeing that Li Dingguo was silent, my buddy said: "General Li, you can not listen to my words, but the words of the people will not be false." The reason why Zhang Xianzhong ended up like this is that he is benevolent and righteous, and his offense and defense are abnormal. And the general is pure in nature, and the reason why he fights with the imperial court is not to blame the general, but only Zhang Xianzhong. ”

"Chongzhen, shut up!"

When Li Dingguo said this, he hated me and gritted his teeth, after all, Zhang Xianzhong raised him.

"General, I know that you hate me at the moment. But since I am standing on this tower, I have long put life and death out of the way, and I can tell you the truth that the Ming army in Chengdu is only more than 40,000 people, and it is easy for the general to break the city. But the reason why I have to talk to the general even though I am not afraid of life and death is because I respect the general's conduct. The general is benevolent and wants to serve the country, but his bumpy background has changed the trajectory of the general's career. But the general didn't know that now the country is broken, there are thieves inside, and there are Manchus outside, and the imperial court is the time to employ people. I sincerely hope that the general can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, follow the narrow way, and serve the country and the people! ”