The Qing Emperor died on the eighth day of the first month, and when the 800 miles were rushed to Kaifeng, it was the 11th. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoBozhou and Xuzhou received the news almost at the same time, and when they arrived in Luzhou, the Lantern Festival had passed for a few days.

Lord Kuenbu, who had been personally allowed by the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty to carry the flag and give his name, cried into tears at that time, and knelt in the north direction of the palace for two hours, and only then did he reluctantly get up under the persuasion of everyone.

The emperor died, the new monarch has ascended the throne, the year name has not been selected for the time being, and the system is still used for 18 years of Shunzhi this year. The edict of the Emperor Daxing and the decree of the Empress Dowager were issued at the same time in the world, and the four auxiliary ministers were appointed to assist in government affairs. Luzhou was on the front line of confrontation with the Taiping Army, and Tang Sanshui, the governor of Jiangnan, did not have to go to Beijing, but he had to obey the uniform.

After sending the news of the emperor's death to the prefectures and counties, Tang Sanshui found his confidant Song Qian and asked him to go to Jiangnan in person to listen to the latest instructions from His Royal Highness the King of Qi on Luzhou after the death of Shunzhi.

Tang Sanshui pondered that he had made great contributions to His Royal Highness the King of Qi, and the original Tartar Emperor had a lot of trust in him, so he thought that he could climb higher in the Qing Dynasty, so that he could also make greater contributions to His Royal Highness the King of Qi, and he would be a good place to go in the future. But now that Shunzhi is dead, the new monarch is an eight-year-old child, and the government is controlled by the four auxiliary ministers, and it may be difficult for him to advance an inch of Jiang'an Admiral in Jiangnan, who is carrying the banner of the Han people, so he might as well take this opportunity to announce that he will return to the Ming anyway, and will Luzhou, Fengyang and other four prefectures and 39 prefectures and counties as a big gift.

Tang Sanshui really didn't want to be in the Qing camp, and the gang of big men in the loyal camp came to attack in a big way, but they didn't cooperate with him to act, but they really didn't know his Tang Admiral's distress. If it weren't for his cleverness, he gave Li Laiheng a big gift through the Taiping Army in time, and put on a big posture, would those Dakou be able to withdraw from the army?

If you don't return to the Ming Dynasty for a day, you have to carry the banner of the Qing Dynasty for a day, which makes it difficult to guarantee that Li Laiheng's gang will not fight their ideas a second time, and they can't spend money to buy peace every time. Tang Sanshui thought to himself that he had earned a lot of belongings in the past few years, but he couldn't withstand such "blackmail", don't go to the end, all the hard work has cheapened those big guys. It's better to simply pull the flag and return to the light, so that it is not good for the big cowards to stare at their own fat anymore.

In the past, Zhou Shixiang promised the duke of Tang Sanshui Kingdom, and he wanted to go further and make a county king, so he took Jia Da and Song Qian and them to take risks, pointing to mixing better in the Qing Dynasty. Now seeing that Shunzhi, who "attaches importance" to himself, has hung up, and the four auxiliary ministers are all authentic Manchukuo, which means that he Tang Sanshui may not have a better life in the future, and there are many dangers, thinking so, Tang Sanshui decided to return to Ming. I really can't get the king of the county, and the prince can settle down.

Song Qian knew the relationship between his lord and His Royal Highness King Qi, and he really didn't want to worry about it every day like this. He and Jia Da have earned a lot in the past few years, and they should be sure to enjoy it, so as soon as the Admiral said that he would return to Ming, Song Qian immediately agreed, and he was in good spirits and wanted to take people out of the city to Anqing, and then take a boat from there to Nandu.

Luzhou has its own secret contact with the King of Qi, the Taiping Army's Military Intelligence Department has set up secret liaison stations in Luzhou and Fengyang and other places, and many of the Military Intelligence Department's transit intelligence and spies are through Luzhou to travel back and forth between Henan and the north. Zhang An, the ambassador of the Military Intelligence Department, attaches great importance to the transit station of Luzhou, and the military intelligence envoy stationed in Luzhou is the rank of a thousand households.

Song Qian had just found Chen Qianhu, the military intelligence stationed in Luzhou, and before he could ask the other party to arrange Jiangnan and his party, the other party had just received a secret letter from the King of Qi and wanted to present it to Admiral Tang immediately.

King Qi sent a letter?

Song Qian was taken aback, did not dare to delay, and hurriedly led Chen Qianhu to see his own admiral.

Tang Sanshui, who was happily holding the concubine in the ninth room, heard that King Qi had a letter, regardless of the concubine's complaints, and hurriedly pulled out his gun and went to his study.

In recent years, martial artists have made a study to decorate to show their elegance, and Tang Sanshui is no exception, and he knows a few words.

"Lord Tang, this is a letter from His Royal Highness in my family, which indicates that I want Lord Tang to receive it personally."

Chen Qianhu knew that his own marshal had a good relationship with this Master Kuenbu, and the other party was also a nail buried in the Qing army by his own marshal, so he didn't see it as well as persuading other Qing army generals to surrender, and after saluting, he handed over the sealed letter to the marshal.

Tang Sanshui nodded, Song Qian hurriedly took the letter, then checked the seals on it one by one, and finally took out the letter, but there were some inexplicable words on it. Tang Sanshui expected it, found a copy of "University" from the bookshelf, and handed it to Song Qian. Song Qian was also very familiar with rummaging through it, finding out the words paragraph by paragraph, and decomposing them word by word, and worked for most of the hour before he translated the content of the letter with the "University" called a password by His Royal Highness King Qi.

When Song Qian was translating the letter, Tang Sanshui asked Chen Qianhu about the situation of King Qi, and was quite surprised to hear that King Qi was not in Jiangnan, but went to Fujian to seek peace with Jinxia. Because he felt that the focus of King Qi was now on the Central Plains, and in the battle between Aobai and Wu Sangui, he didn't know why he would go to Fujian. Compared with the Central Plains war situation, the matter of Jinxia seems to be less important.

"My lord, it's translated!"

Song Qian held the translated letter to Tang Sanshui, his face was very strange, as if His Royal Highness King Qi had said something big in this letter. Tang Sanshui's heart sank, and when he took a look, his heart immediately turned over the river and the sea. It turned out that His Royal Highness the King of Qi said in a letter that Shunzhi would die of illness in a few days, and that the little emperor would ascend the throne at that time, and the Qing court would be supported by the four auxiliary ministers.

"King Qi is really a god, and he actually expected the enemy to have such a precedence."

Tang Sanshui didn't know what he was talking about, he had just learned the news of Shunzhi's death, judging from Zhou Shixiang's letter, the other party clearly knew that Shunzhi would die of illness. He couldn't help but guess, what did Shunzhi's death have to do with His Royal Highness King Qi, otherwise how could the other party know that Shunzhi would die?

When Jin Li of Bozhou conveyed the news of the emperor's death, the edict and the decree of the Empress Dowager, he also told Tang Sanshui that the emperor died because he contracted smallpox and died of serious illness. As soon as the two phases were combined, Tang Sanshui had some tongues in his heart, and he wondered if Zhou Shixiang's people had lurked in the Forbidden City and secretly spread smallpox and caused Shunzhi to be infected. If that's the case, then the thief show is really a thief.

"What else does Your Highness have to tell me?"

Tang Sanshui pressed the confusion and shock in his heart and looked at Chen Qianhu. He thought that it was impossible for Zhou Shixiang to send a letter all the way to tell him what he already knew. Sure enough, that Chen Qianhu did still have something to say.

"The marshal wants me to ask the Admiral, are you willing to help protect the Qing Dynasty? If so, please read the second letter. ”