Chapter 31: A Difficult Choice
All of a sudden, my whole mind was messed up!
Do you want to go back, or do you want to stay?
If you go back, you still have a chance to live, and if you stay, you will definitely die.
Crazy, I'm really going crazy!
"Oh, it's going to be twelve o'clock in a minute, if you don't choose again, we'll have to take you back!" Black and white impermanence urges up.
I held the judge's pen, my hands trembling, and I still didn't dare to make up my mind.
At this time, Zheng Zhilong's footsteps became clearer and clearer, and he felt that he was about to come.
"Your Majesty, go back!" Chen Yuanyuan said warmly.
I gritted my teeth, and finally thought about it, let's die.
To die with the people I love the most, to go down to the Yellow Springs with those brothers who are loyal to me, I will die a death without any regrets!
"I'll stay!"
I said firmly, and then ticked the line on the book of life and death.
"Good luck, bye!"
Black and white impermanence took the book of life and death, and jumped out of the cell with a swish, and the white light disappeared, and the cell was dark again.
"Your Majesty, why don't you go back? Why are you so stupid! ”
Chen Yuanyuan hugged me and cried, I think she should understand my feelings for her, otherwise she wouldn't be so excited.
I wiped her tears and said, "It was you who made me determined to be a good emperor, it was you who gave me the motivation to recover the Ming Dynasty, and I don't regret dying by your side!" ”
As soon as he said this, Chen Yuanyuan became even more sad, and his tears couldn't stop flowing.
"Ouch, I'm dying and I'm still here to spend the moon. Chongzhen, who do you see who I am? ”
The scumbag said disgustingly, standing outside the cell and shaking his head at me triumphantly, like a dog.
"Venture out of the frontier, you get away!" Chen Yuanyuan scolded, and then sighed: "I begged the emperor not to kill you, but I didn't expect you to be like a beast!" ”
"What's the matter? How? He took the liberty of the frontier, and then said to Zheng Zhilong: "General Zheng, what are you waiting for, kill Chongzhen quickly!" ”
Zheng Zhilong cut off the chains of the cell with a single sword, and then said angrily: "Chongzhen, originally I didn't want to take refuge in Wu Sangui, it's all because you forced me." What do you say about donating to the treasury, do you think Lao Tzu's money is blowing in the wind? ”
As he spoke, Zheng Zhilong walked towards me step by step, and Chen Yuanyuan kept retreating with his arms around me!
At that moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps at the end of the cell.
"The lord must not be rude to the emperor!"
As soon as the words fell, Chen Jinnan had already arrived at the door of the cell.
Seeing Chen Jinnan suddenly appear, not only Zheng Zhilong and Mao Bijiang were stupid, but even I was stupid.
I'm wondering how Chen Jinnan became a fish that slipped through the net and was not controlled by Zheng Zhilong.
"Kill Chongzhen!" Mao Bijiang shouted.
Zheng Zhilong slashed at me with a knife, and at the moment when he was about to cut me, Chen Jinnan blocked it with his arm.
"Anan, what do you want to do?"
Chen Jinnan covered his arm in pain and said: "Although I, Chen Jinnan, am just a grass farmer in the rivers and lakes, I also know that I am loyal and patriotic. If you kill the emperor, no matter how much money you have, you will be laughed at by the world! ”
"People in the world are birds, Lao Tzu is across the sea, no one can take care of it!"
"Since the lord said so, then don't blame me for being rude!"
As he spoke, Chen Jinnan drew his sword and fought with Zheng Zhilong.
I thought that Zheng Zhilong was just an old pirate leader, but I didn't expect that his martial arts were quite high, but compared to Chen Jinnan, it was nothing.
The two fought for more than ten rounds, and Zheng Zhilong's eighth thief was injured by Chen Jinnan to the ground.
Seeing that Zheng Zhilong was injured, the scumbag who took the risk of breaking his legs ran away.
As a result, after just two steps, he retreated, muttering, "Don't kill me, don't kill me!" ”
I fixed my eyes and saw that Zheng Chenggong was walking over step by step, and finally forced Mao Bijiang to the door of the cell.
"Sen'er, kill Chen Jinnan!" Zheng Zhilong, the king of thieves, said Zheng Chenggong.
"Daddy, the emperor gave my country the surname, and also gave me the name 'Success', and brought me as grace as a mountain, how could I kill him. It's you traitors who deserve to be killed! ”
Zheng Chenggong roared, and with a fierce knife, he cut off Mao Bijiang's head to the ground, and his face was bright red with blood.
"Ah......h
Zheng Zhilong trembled in fright, lay on the ground and said to me: "Your Majesty, I, Zheng Zhilong, deserve to die, please spare my life!" ”
Damn, if it weren't for Zheng Chenggong, Lao Tzu would definitely kill Zheng Zhilong, the bastard of thieves, on the spot.
But with Zheng Chenggong here, I couldn't open my mouth at all, so I could only say: "Take the traitor Zheng Zhilong down and lock him up!" ”
……
When I walked out of the cell, I asked Chen Jinnan and said, "Anan, thanks to you just now." By the way, why weren't you ...... by Zheng Zhilong?"
Because Zheng Chenggong was next to me, I didn't make it clear.
"The emperor didn't know that the villain went to Xiamen yesterday to investigate the route to Taiwan, so he didn't go out of the house. When the villain came back, he found that Gongzi and General Zhang were all tied up, and later the people in the house told the villain that something happened to the emperor, so the villain hurriedly ran over, fortunately, the emperor is fine! ”
Hearing this, I was infinitely emotional, if it weren't for Chen Jinnan, a fish that slipped through the net, I would have died this time.
After hearing this, I eagerly asked, "Is there anything wrong with them?" Is Frost dead? ”
"The emperor doesn't have to worry, the villain has already saved the nobleman of Shuang'er!"
Hearing this, I breathed a sigh of relief, but Chen Yuanyuan, who was still holding my hand, let go of his hand.
I looked sideways at Chen Yuanyuan, her head bowed with a sad expression.
Oh, I understand her, and I even want to give her a name, but as far as the current situation is concerned, if I marry her as a concubine, these ministers will definitely have a problem with me.
"Your Majesty, my father has done something disobedient, and the minister deserves to die, please ask the emperor to surrender!" Zheng Chenggong knelt down and said sadly.
"Xiao Zheng, this matter has nothing to do with you, get up!"
"The Emperor's ......"
"It's all said that it has nothing to do with you, what are you still doing in a daze!"
"Your Majesty, what about my father?"
Damn, when it comes to Zheng Zhilong, Lao Tzu is angry, but when I look at Zheng Chenggong like that, I must want to intercede for him.
I was a little angry and said, "Don't worry, I won't kill him!" ”
"Emperor Xie, the minister will definitely atone for his sins!"
"Oh, don't be so serious, get up!"
With that, I helped Zheng Chenggong up, and then the group came to the hall of the mansion.
As soon as I walked to the hall, Zhang Zhao ran over and said to me: "Your Majesty, the minister just wanted to tell you yesterday that the minister met the villain who ventured into Xinjiang on the way to Fuzhou, but the emperor ...... you."
Nima! When I heard that, I was speechless, and I really wanted to scold myself.
Yesterday, if Lao Tzu had left one step later and listened to Zhang Zhao's words, this would not have happened.
But fortunately, now that the crisis has turned into safety, it has also pierced Zheng Zhilong's rebellious heart, which is also a good thing to think about.
"Forget it, it's all over, no one is to blame for this, blame me and Zheng Zhilong!"
The reason why I want to say this is to save face for Zheng Chenggong, because this kind of thing happened, and I am afraid that everyone will have opinions about him.
In this way, Zheng Zhilong's rebellion was quelled, and the next thing I had to do was to go north to Shengjing and negotiate with the Manchu Tatars.
But I didn't leave Fuzhou immediately and go north to Shengjing, because now that the Zheng Zhilong incident had just subsided, I was worried that people's hearts would be unstable, so I stayed in Fuzhou for a few more days.
There are three main things I've been doing these days.
The first thing was to encourage ministers to donate to the treasury, but the donations were not made to check the ministers' assets. Because I am afraid that once I find out, some people will follow Zheng Zhilong's back path and surrender to Wu Sangui and rebel against me.
The second thing is to continue to let Chen Jinnan investigate the route of the attack on Taiwan, and find out how many Dutch troops are stationed on the island of Taiwan. Because my plan is to negotiate and come back, and I will recover Taiwan immediately.
The third thing is to let Zheng Chenggong transfer the troops of Fujian and continue to resist Wu Sangui's southward movement.
After the three major things were completed, I asked Shi Kefa to stay in Nanjing to preside over the government, and then I took Xia Wanchun, Zhang Zhao and Guan Ning's eighteen horsemen to prepare to go north.
When the ministers heard that I was going north to negotiate, they all objected, thinking that if I went, they might be killed by the Tartars.
But I don't have a choice now, because Wu Sangui is already about to break through Tongling, and Fuzhou is close at hand as soon as Tongling is broken.
Seeing that I insisted on going north for the sake of the country, regardless of my life, those ministers who were loyal to the court wept one after another, and the scene once choked me up.
I can understand the ministers crying because of their patriotism, but what I didn't expect was that Chen Yuanyuan actually took the initiative to ask Ying, saying that he would accompany me to the north and take care of my life along the way.
I didn't want her to go with her, after all, she was a woman.
But then I thought about it, in order for these ministers to accept her, she had to do something beneficial to the country, and I really wanted to be with her, so I took her and started the journey to Shengjing in the north!