“…… Long live the Heavenly King, if the subordinates expect it to be true, there is a great possibility that the demon envoy will come back, but Feng Sanbao's demon general will definitely find all kinds of excuses to refuse to leave Yuhuatai, and the demon envoy surnamed Mo will definitely use all kinds of excuses to continue to deceive us, try to stabilize us, and buy time for the transcendent demon to send reinforcements. If we fall into this trap, not only will it be more difficult to destroy the demon soldiers on Yuhuatai, but we may also be caught off guard by the reinforcements that surpass the little demon, and we will lose the opportunity. ”

"Long live the King of Heaven, your subordinates think that the words of the loyal king are reasonable, beyond the little demon has always been treacherous, and suddenly sent someone to ask us for peace for no reason, nine times out of ten there will be no good intentions. Also, the subordinates have the courage to remind the king of heaven long live you, surpassing the little demon in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and the speed of taking a boat down the river is extremely fast, if we really believe the nonsense of surpassing the little demon and do not take precautions, we will definitely suffer a big loss. ”

"Heavenly King, I'm afraid we won't even have time to make any preparations at that time, because the cities along the river in the upper reaches of Tianjing have been captured by demon soldiers, and it is easy for demon soldiers to block the waterway, and our fine work can't pass the news by water, and no matter how fast we can travel by land, we can't find out by boat, so it's likely that we won't find out until the demon soldiers' fleet sails to the bottom of Tianjing City."

Not to mention, Li Xiucheng and Meng Shiyong's bitter words together still had a certain effect, no matter how rigid Hong Xiuquan was, he listened to it a little, first waved his hand impatiently to interrupt Li Xiucheng and Meng Shiyong's chatter, and then said: "Don't worry, of course I know that I know that I will never fall for him." Unless the demon soldiers on Yuhuatai withdraw according to my request, no matter what excuse the demon envoy surnamed Mo makes, I will never agree to negotiate with the little demon, and will only drive the demon envoy away or kill him directly, breaking the demon soldier's thoughts. ”

Li Xiucheng quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and then gave Meng Shiyong a look, Meng Shiyong understood, and quickly considered the words, and then said cautiously: "Long live the Heavenly King, now the demon soldiers have hit the outside of Tianjing City, and beyond the little demon may send reinforcements to the east at any time to reinforce the Tianjing battlefield, Tianjing has become the front line, and your golden body is likely to be directly threatened by the war." The subordinates are brave and beg the King of Heaven to take precautions in advance for your own safety. ”

"How can I prevent it in advance?" Hong Xiuquan asked.

Meng Shiyong didn't dare to directly beg Hong Xiuquan to leave Nanjing, so he could only quietly go to see Li Xiucheng, who initiated this move, Li Xiucheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Long live the King of Heaven, Your Majesty thinks that you might as well consider leaving Tianjing for the time being and going to the rear of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in our Heavenly Kingdom to preside over the overall situation of the Heavenly Kingdom, so that the soldiers of our Heavenly Kingdom can fight to the death with the demon soldiers without distraction...... ”

"What? You told me to leave Tianjing? Hong Xiuquan's face changed color - living in the beautiful and golden Tianwang Mansion was extremely comfortable, and Hong Xiuquan certainly didn't want to leave this gentle nest.

"Exactly." Li Xiucheng hurriedly nodded, carefully observed Hong Xiuquan's expression and said, "Although Tianjing City is relatively safe at present, no one dares to guarantee that after the reinforcement army that surpasses the little demon arrives at the Tianjing battlefield, Tianjing City can still be as stable as it is now. In addition, there is a large population in Tianjing City, and the food consumption is huge, and the water grain road may be cut off by the demon soldiers' sailors at any time, and it is not only difficult to transport grain by land, but also the cost of the road is also huge, and there is a danger of running out of food when fighting a decisive battle with the demon soldiers. ”

"Therefore, your subordinates have the courage to ask Long Live the Heavenly King to temporarily move to Suzhou or Hangzhou, which not only ensures your personal safety long live the Heavenly King, but also reduces the burden of food transportation in our Heavenly Kingdom, and in addition, allows our Heavenly Army to worry about the future and fight to the death with all our might. Kill three birds with one stone, long live the King of Heaven, you may wish to consider it. ”

"I'm used to living in Tianjing City, so I won't go there!"

The persuasion was useless, and Hong Xiuquan, who was greedy for enjoyment, still categorically rejected Li Xiucheng's correct proposal, but fortunately, unlike in history, Li Xiucheng also had a reliable helper named Meng Shiyong by his side, and he also stood up and said carefully: "Long live the king of heaven, your subordinates think that the proposal of the king of loyalty is good, long live you move to Suzhou and Hangzhou In addition to the three benefits that the king of loyalty and the king of Hangzhou said, there is another point that Suzhou and Hangzhou are actually better than the situation of Tianjing, long live the king of heaven You have arrived in Suzhou or Hangzhou, It is definitely more comfortable and accustomed to living in Tianjing City. ”

After that, Meng Shiyong hurriedly added with a flattering face, and said: "Your Majesty is still worried, long live the Heavenly King, after you arrive in Suzhou or Hangzhou, you will definitely not want to leave as soon as you live, and you will have the idea of moving the capital to Suzhou and Hangzhou." ”

"Exaggerate! Can Suzhou and Hangzhou be better than my Tianjing City? Hong Xiuquan snorted disdainfully.

"Long live the King of Heaven, there is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below." Li Xiucheng and Meng Shiyong replied in unison, and then Meng Shiyong said alone: "Forgive your majesty, long live you have really never been to Suzhou or Hangzhou, I don't know that the wealth and prosperity of the two cities of Suzhou and Hangzhou are actually far above Tianjing, and the two states of Suzhou and Hangzhou are also beautiful and have a pleasant climate, which is the most suitable for long live where you will raise a dragon body." ”

"And." Meng Shiyong had the courage to add: "Suzhou and Hangzhou are also rich in beauties, long live the king, if you still want to choose a princess or a female official, it can also be much more convenient." ”

The lustful Hong Xiuquan finally wavered a little, and subconsciously went to see his other favorite minister, Qin Rigang, but Qin Rigang did not disappoint Li Xiucheng and Meng Shiyong, and immediately nodded and said: "Long live the king of heaven, the loyal king Chitose and the palm rate are not wrong, Suzhou and Hangzhou are indeed more prosperous and wealthy than Tianjing, and your subordinates have also heard the saying that there is heaven and Suzhou and Hangzhou, long live you to live in Suzhou or Hangzhou for a while, it is indeed a good idea." ”

The two most trusted favorites and the most important generals at the moment said so, and Hong Xiuquan finally began to be tempted, nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Okay, then let me think about it, and then make a decision." ”

Hearing this, Li Xiucheng, whose heart had been in his throat, finally put his heart back in his stomach, knowing that the plan was promising, and hurriedly kowtowed to Meng Shiyong and Qin Rigang to thank him, thinking about how to prompt Hong Xiuquan to make this important decision as soon as possible. Hong Xiuquan waved his hand and said, "Okay, that's all for today, when the demon envoy has news, I will summon you to the palace again." ”

Li Xiucheng and the others hurriedly kowtowed again and said goodbye to Hong Xiuquan's palace, and then quietly discussed with Meng Shiyong and Qin Rigang how to further persuade Hong Xiuquan At the same time, Li Xiucheng did not forget the trivial matter of Wu Chaoyue sending a gun to himself, and specially sent someone to contact the Taiping Army officials who seized Mo Xiangzhi's belongings to get the gun, and couldn't wait to see with his own eyes what the foreign gun that could fire in bursts looked like.

The foreign gun in the long box was quickly presented to Li Xiucheng, but to Li Xiucheng's great disappointment, although Wu Chaoyue did give him a Henry serial gun, he was very picky and did not send a bullet, so that Li Xiucheng could only sigh regretfully at the empty gun and find another way to get the bullet. As a result, at this time, disaster suddenly came - the guards of the Heavenly King's Mansion suddenly ran in front of Li Xiucheng with Hong Xiuquan's holy decree, and asked Li Xiucheng to immediately go to Hong Xiuquan with the foreign gun given to him by Wu Chaoyue. Li Xiucheng, who was confused, didn't know why, so he could only quickly pick up the gun and set off with the guards, but he didn't want to pass on the message to the guards, but he pointed to the long wooden box containing foreign guns and said: "King Chung Chitose, long live I want you to bring the box with the demon gun." ”

"Box?" Li Xiucheng was stunned, first subconsciously glanced at the wooden gift box that had just been opened by himself, and then suddenly remembered that Mo Xiangzhi had repeatedly emphasized this gift before Hong Xiuquan, and suddenly screamed in his heart, and said secretly: "Oops! It must be a trick to surpass the little demon! ”

Li Xiucheng is also worthy of being a masterpiece in the world, and after discovering that the situation is not good, he immediately said to the guard who came to deliver the decree after a little calculation: "You take this gift box, after seeing Long Live the King of Heaven, please be sure to give Long Live the King of Tomorrow, I just took out the foreign gun in this gift box, and I didn't care about this gift box." ”

It's a pity that although the guards promised and led Li Xiucheng to the Heavenly King's Mansion, they also testified according to Li Xiucheng's request, but after Hong Xiuquan ordered someone to open the gift box, the letter taken out of the mezzanine was a letter that had been crushed and opened by someone. As a result, of course, the stunned Li Xiucheng jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't wash it away, no matter how he shouted injustice, he also directly pointed out that this must be Wu Chaoyue's deliberate frame-up, and Hong Xiuquan, who was extremely suspicious, refused to believe it easily, but just said pretendly: "Aiqing, don't worry, wait until I read the content of the letter." ”

I believe that there is no need to repeat the general content of the letter, in short, after reading the letter in a hurry, Li Xiucheng, Meng Shiyong, Qin Rigang and others advised their efforts not only to be in vain immediately, but Hong Xiuquan's eyes when he looked at Li Xiucheng were full of suspicion and doubt. But fortunately, Hong Xiuquan also knew that Li Xiucheng was still needed to take the Taiping Army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang and the Wu Army desperately, so Hong Xiuquan was not in a hurry to reveal his precautions against Li Xiucheng, and pretended to smile disdainfully: "Surpassing the little demon is too underestimating me, such a superficial discordant plan, and I also want to be deceived?" ”

"Long live the Heavenly King, what did the Transcendent Demon say in the letter?" Meng Shiyong asked in fear.

Hong Xiuquan smiled lightly on the surface, and then asked the personal female officer to hand over the letter to Meng Shiyong's hand, but before Meng Shiyong finished reading the letter, he already felt that he was cold from head to foot, and he secretly complained in his heart, and said in his heart: "It's miserable, Long live the king of heaven will not only definitely not agree to leave this time, maybe he will suspect that I and Zhongwang Chitose secretly colluded to be unfavorable to him, and I will definitely have a more sad life in the future." ”

After Meng Shiyong forwarded the letter to Qin Rigang, Qin Rigang, who was once at odds with Meng Shiyong, quickly turned into an expression of his dead parents, and lamented in his heart: "It's over, my position is in charge, and I want to lead the troops to fight the world alone, I don't know if I have to wait until the year of the monkey." ”

Looking at the letter handed over by Qin Rigang, Li Xiucheng not only had muscle twitches on his face, but his whole body was trembling slightly, but Li Xiucheng always opened his mouth to shout grievances, because Li Xiucheng knew very well in his heart that no matter how much he shouted grievances, it was useless, Hong Xiuquan would never believe in his good intentions to persuade him to leave Nanjing in advance, and Hong Xiuquan, who was originally very suspicious, would definitely only be more guarded and distrustful of himself in the future......

When he was desperate, a hand suddenly put on Li Xiucheng's shoulder, when Li Xiucheng looked back, he was surprised to find that it was Hong Xiuquan who left the dragon chair and walked in front of him, Li Xiucheng quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty, Hong Xiuquan smiled and personally picked up Li Xiucheng, and said with a gentle expression: "Aiqing, please get up quickly, Aiqing rest assured, I can trust you, beyond the shameless separation of the little demon, I will never believe it." ”

"Your Majesty, Long live King Xie, ......, trust." Li Xiucheng's voice trembled a little when he answered, and there was a faint light flashing in the corners of his eyes......

Hong Xiuquan smiled more gently, patted Li Xiucheng's shoulder again, and said, "Don't say anything, I know your loyalty." Go, go and drive away the demon soldiers on Yuhuatai, and then kill the reinforcements of the demon soldiers, and then I will personally go out of the city to meet you in triumph. ”

After that, Hong Xiuquan ordered someone to take a large number of jewels to reward Li Xiucheng, and also rewarded Li Xiucheng with four princesses on the spot, Li Xiucheng kowtowed to thanks, but there was no joy in his heart, and he secretly said in his heart: "For the reward of long live the king, I must have a decisive battle with the main force of the demon soldiers on the Tianjing battlefield." ”

I have to explain the situation of Mo Xiangzhi, the envoy of the Wu army, after being recaptured in Nanjing, although there is a rule that the two countries compete not to kill the envoys, Mo Xiangzhi also used this reason to strive for the Taiping army to release him immediately, but Hong Xiuquan's violent temper was placed there, and Meng Shiyong and others gritted their teeth and hated Mo Xiangzhi's shameless framing of Li Xiucheng, and refused to stand up to persuade and stop it, so Mo Xiangzhi was still pushed down the Golden Dragon Hall and prepared to be beheaded.

As a last resort, when he was about to be pushed out of the Golden Dragon Palace, Mo Xiangzhi could only use his last resort and shouted loudly: "Long live the Heavenly King, my family Zhennan King Chitose sent me to Tianjing, and asked me to do something for him, and contact a Minister of Heaven who secretly surrendered to our Zhennan King to discuss a major matter related to Yang Xiuqing!" ”

This sentence saved Mo Xiangzhi's life, in order to find out who Wu Chaoyue was going to contact and who had secretly surrendered to Wu Chaoyue, this traitor planned to discuss with Mo Xiangzhi what major matters related to Yang Xiuqing, Hong Xiuquan immediately asked Mo Xiangzhi to be escorted back to him, promising to spare Mo Xiangzhi from dying, and asked Mo Xiangzhi to explain truthfully. Mo Xiangzhi refused to be fooled, and put forward the condition that Hong Xiuquan let him go back first and then tell the truth, Hong Xiuquan was furious, and immediately ordered someone to put Mo Xiangzhi in the prison and torture him, and forced Mo Xiangzhi to confess by torture.

In this way, of course, Mo Xiangzhi was tortured, abused and beaten all over his body, and was miserable, but in order to extract the confession from Mo Xiangzhi's mouth, and was afraid that the messenger who could not complete Hong Xiuquan's explanation would be punished, the prison officials and jailers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom said that they would not dare to kill Mo Xiangzhi, so Mo Xiangzhi also took this opportunity to temporarily save his life and wait for the arrival of help in pain.