A month later, a wild teahouse outside Nanjing.

The place that no one usually cares about is now full, and most of them are businessmen, and some of them are dressed as scholars.

Xiao Er wiped the table diligently, and from time to time added water to the guest officers.

Whether it was him, or the guest officials who were sitting and drinking tea, they all looked out frequently, as if they were waiting for someone.

Sure enough, a fast horse galloped over, and the bearded man dismounted with a flick of the reins and strode into the teahouse.

Everyone was overjoyed and stood up to say hello.

"Liu Da, you can be regarded as back, let us wait so hard!"

"Liu Da, come and have a bowl of tea, and then tell us what's going on in the capital?"

"Yes, hurry up and talk about it, the yamen is going crazy, the ministers in the Nanjing court are clamoring to elect the emperor these days, what's going on?"

The bearded man waved his hand, picked up a bowl of herbal tea and drank it all, and then he sighed, and then said: "Let everyone wait for a long time, but this time the incident is really shocking, if it weren't for what I said, I'm afraid I wouldn't believe what others say!" ”

Hearing him say this, everyone's curiosity became stronger and urged one after another.

The bearded man smashed his mouth, and Xiao Er was busy sending a big bowl of tea.

The big man took it with a smile, reached out and touched Xiao Er's head, and said with a smile: "You kid, you're getting more and more clever!" It will also, let you take advantage of it and listen to it together! ”

Xiao Er was overjoyed, "Thank you!" ”

Dahan nodded, raised his hand and poured another bowl of tea, wiped his mouth and said: "Half a month ago, brother, I accepted everyone's commission, galloped all the way for seven days and eight nights, and arrived at the border of the capital without blinking an eye.

I passed from Shandong, and the area of Beijing and Tianjin was blocked at the mouth of Dagu. A large number of troops blocked the road and did not allow them to go north! ”

The crowd exclaimed, "Why is this happening?" ”

"Yes, if you move the army for no reason, is there going to be an accident?"

The bearded man shook his head: "I was in the city for two days, looking around for news. finally figured out that it turned out to be Shandong, Henan, Hebei, plus Shandong and Shanxi, and the political secretaries and governors of several places had arrived at the boundary of the capital. Then, for some reason, troops were sent to block the road completely.

When I inquired deeper, no one knew why? ”

The bearded man clenched his fists and said proudly: "Bearing a heavy responsibility, brother, I am naturally unwilling to be trapped here." That night, he found a guide who was familiar with the terrain, entered the mountain from a remote path, and went north through the layers of checkpoints.

After walking for about a few days and nights, I finally saw that terrible scene! ”

The bearded man exclaimed: "When I suddenly saw it, I didn't react at all." In my mind, half of me was shocked by what was in front of me, and the other half was actually suspecting that I was going the wrong way.

When he came back to his senses, he put more verification signs, and finally determined that his location was the boundary of the capital. ”

Everyone was anxious and hurriedly urged.

"What did you see?"

"Don't sell it."

"Hurry up."

The bearded man's eyes were misty: "The entire capital has disappeared, replaced by an unfathomable pit."

Brother, I have traveled south and north for half my life, and I have also seen the sinkhole in Shudi. However, the big pit in front of me can already be described as a ground trap.

I can't see the end at a glance, and I don't know how big it is. Take a stone and throw it into the pit, and you can only hear the sound of the sinking air breaking, and you will never hear the sound of landing. I can't even hear the echo! ”

Everyone gasped in unison, their eyes widening.

"So the capital is gone?"

"What about the emperor? Is the emperor also directly ......?"

The people next to him hurriedly covered his mouth and didn't let him talk nonsense.

He reacted to it himself, smiling and only pumping his mouth.

The bearded man turned a blind eye and continued: "At that time, my mind was full of this big pit, and I didn't expect what would happen to the people in the capital.

I was stunned for a long time, and I heard a patrol coming from the rear from a distance, so my brother hurriedly hid.

I thought to myself that they were chatting with each other as they walked by, and I was eavesdropping on the sidelines, and I was able to get a lot of news. ”

The bearded man sighed: "Things are as I expected, but what they said is so big that just hearing it almost scares my soul." ”

Everyone hurriedly urged, "What do you mean?" ”

"yes, what the hell is going on?"

The bearded man took a deep breath and said, "They say that the entire imperial city has disappeared even within a radius of a hundred miles, and there are no people or animals. A few high-ranking officials arrived early, and they wanted the soldiers to block the place, but unfortunately it was too big and there were not enough troops at all.

And they got together and discussed it for almost ten days, but they didn't find a good solution. On the contrary, a group of soldiers sent to investigate in the sinkhole did not return.

After waiting for a few more days, a message gradually came from the guards' barracks that the emperor had been condemned.

In the following days, the gentry and scholars in Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, and Hebei began to jointly write a letter, saying that the country could not be left without an owner for a day, and asked the small court in Nanjing to establish and elect a new monarch to ascend the throne as soon as possible and take over the Ming dynasty. ”

Hiss——!

Everyone gasped violently, looked at each other, and suddenly did not dare to speak.

The bearded man smiled bitterly: "When I hear this letter, how dare I stay outside?" Three horses died along the way, and I was back in six days. Brothers, let's prepare early, in just these two days, the small court will definitely have a moth! ”

Suddenly, a person smiled bitterly and said: "Stone, you said that it was too late, and my father had already taken someone out, saying that he was looking for a prince......

"Let's stop talking about it, can we know about it?"

The person next to him hurriedly interrupted, and then looked around nervously, urging everyone to disperse in a low voice.

Hearing such shocking news, everyone's minds froze, and they stayed in place for a while, and dispersed.

The bearded man sighed and sat down with a heavy heart.

Xiao Er brought up a big bowl of noodles, and the bearded man glanced at him, gave a thumbs up with satisfaction, and asked, "You kid is clever enough to know that I'm hungry, what's your name?" ”

Xiao Er replied with a smile: "Just call me Xiao Wu, that's our shopkeeper!" ”

He suddenly pointed back, and the bearded man glanced casually and saw a young man with white hair.

He looked at it twice with a strange look in his eyes, and nodded his head to say hello.

The white-haired young man smiled at the corner of his mouth and politely returned the salute. One of his hands was in a strange position, and the empty palm seemed to be dragging something very heavy.

"It's been a month? It's almost the limit. I didn't expect that after this thing was stacked infinitely, the weight would be so exaggerated! ”

Looking at the blank card in his hand, sensing the incredibly huge space inside, and feeling the heavy weight in his hand as if holding up an iron tower, Cheng Ming felt that it was time to give the Earth Army the final blow!

"It's up to you, go ahead, blank seal card!"