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A crow flew by, casting a more mysterious aura over the night of the coal mountain. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On the coal mountain, next to the crooked neck tree, a man was condescending but sad. At his feet was his empire, the once glorious Ming Empire was coming to an end tonight, and another powerful group gathered around the Imperial City, waiting for the final moment.

The Forbidden City, which was once a huge country, is getting darker and darker tonight, and only the occasional few lit houses in the city keep the city a little warm.

"If I hadn't been born in the emperor's house, how nice would it be to be in that people's house now......" Chongzhen sighed from afar, he finally felt the burden of this yellow robe that brought him breathless, making him yearn for the blandness of ordinary people's homes.

"Your Majesty, it's almost dawn, the wind is blowing, it's time to go back to the palace......" The celebrant eunuch Wang Chengen stood behind Chongzhen, quietly performing the duties of a courtier, but he himself couldn't even understand this sentence.

"Back to the palace? Oh, now that the palace is empty, and my dearest people have left me, where can I go back? Chongzhen smiled bitterly.

When Wang Chengen heard this, he had no choice but to bow his head and sigh, not knowing how to respond. He wanted to persuade Chongzhen to go back to supervise the battle and fight the last battle with Dolgon, but thinking about it, this was too cruel to Chongzhen, and the defeat of others was at most death, but the emperor was defeated and destined to live rather than die. Wang Chengen suddenly remembered the crooked thoughts he had moved earlier, and he couldn't help but shudder in his heart, he only saw the glory of the emperor at the beginning, but he didn't see the sorrow of the emperor!

"Princess......" Chongzhen said suddenly.

"Your Majesty?" Wang Chengen listened forward.

"You've been with me the longest, so you should know what I'm thinking. I have said that I will never leave Beijing no matter what, 'the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king of the county dies' I have been guarding for so many days, I have done my best, now that the general trend is gone, going back will only be better than death, I have fulfilled the promise of the first half of the sentence, and now it is time to fulfill the promise of the second half of the sentence. Chongzhen turned to Wang Chengen and said, this eunuch who accompanied him from the prince to the emperor, even if he once wanted to seek a dynasty to usurp the throne, but in Chongzhen's opinion, he is still the confidant who knows himself best.

"However, the emperor ......" Wang Chengen naturally understands, so he doesn't want to persuade anymore, but, as a courtier, or a confidant who once shared honor and disgrace, Wang Chengen doesn't want his king to leave like this!

Chongzhen saw a compromise in Wang Chengen's eyes, he didn't know whether to be happy or sad, Wang Chengen listened to him, which meant that Wang Chengen agreed that he and the dynasty had come to an end. This is the joy and sorrow brought by a confidant, I understand you too well!

"Cheng Eun." Chongzhen suddenly and affectionately called Wang Chengen's name, for him, Wang Chengen should be the only and last person to see himself come to the end of his life, there are too many indescribable feelings in this.

Wang Chengen also looked up at Chongzhen in shock, "Your Majesty? All the past grievances faded in this moment, and the two tacit friends looked at each other, they knew what was waiting for them.

"Help me change my clothes one last time." Chongzhen walked over, "I lost the Ming Dynasty, and I don't have the face to wear this set of dragon robes to see the ancestors of the Zhu family." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen answered softly, and his nose couldn't help but sour.

Chongzhen looked in the direction of the Forbidden City, and he opened his arms as if to embrace his kingdom one last time.

Wang Chengen stood behind Chongzhen, but he skillfully helped Chongzhen untie his skirt and fade the dragon robe from Chongzhen's body little by little.

Chongzhen opened his arms and looked into the distance, but his eyes slowly closed, he quietly felt the feeling when the dragon robe faded a little, he felt that the burden on his body was disappearing little by little, and the struggle for so many years was being relieved little by little. But as the dragon robe faded and the night wind struck, Chongzhen couldn't help but feel a chill, which eroded his hard and fragile heart, making him seem to be breathless.

"Cheng'en ......," Chongzhen said suddenly.

"Huh?" Wang Chengen seemed to be speechless, and his king was a little far away from his country, his people, and away from himself.

"After I die, you fold this dragon robe and cover it on my face, although I have no shame to see the ancestors and ancestors, but this dragon robe is a sacred object that my Zhu family cannot desecrate, I want to return it to the ancestors and ancestors in good condition, and be a ghost and be a hero!" These are the most powerful words Chongzhen has ever said tonight.

After hearing this, Wang Chengen nodded with satisfaction, "Obey." ”

"And ......," Chongzhen continued, "after you have settled me, you will go down the mountain to find Lord Killing Wind and tell him that I will not blame him for war or peace, but you must not let the Qing army wantonly kill the people in the city." There are still more than 100,000 people in the hands of the Killer Wind, and Dolgon will not refuse to accept this condition. It wasn't until this moment that I realized that it wasn't the courtiers who mistakenly me, it was the people of the Ming Dynasty who misunderstood! Chongzhen admonished, suddenly sighing.

Wang Chengen knew that Chongzhen would have a day when everything suddenly became clear, but this day seemed to come too late.

Wang Chengen was about to answer, but as he finally took off Chongzhen's dragon robe, a piece of white silk suddenly fell out of Chongzhen's body!

"Your Majesty!" Wang Chengen suddenly burst into tears, and suddenly knelt behind Chongzhen.

At this time, Chongzhen, who had taken off his dragon robe, turned around and looked at Wang Chengen quietly, he leaned down, helped Wang Chengen, who was kneeling and crying bitterly, picked up the white silk on the ground casually, and said with a slight smile, "Get up, after doing this, you can go out of the palace from the secret road, don't forget to take some treasures from the palace, don't live the second half of your life too miserably." ”

After listening to Chongzhen's advice, Wang Chengen could no longer suppress his inner feelings, and hugged Chongzhen's thigh and cried bitterly, "Your Majesty ......!" ”

But after Chongzhen finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the crooked neck tree with the white silk, Wang Chengen grabbed Chongzhen's thigh, and Chongzhen dragged Wang Chengen away. The current Wang Chengen is no longer the big eunuch who can kill in ten steps in the past, but has become a disabled old eunuch. Chongzhen dragged two steps, then reached out and broke Wang Chengen's hand.

"Your Majesty......" Wang Chengen could only lie on the ground and cry to Chongzhen, who walked to the crooked neck tree.

Chongzhen was no longer moved, for a person who was desperate or determined to die, there seemed to be no nostalgia in the world. Chongzhen threw it hard, and threw the end of Bai Aya to the branch of the crooked neck.

After tying up the white silk, Chongzhen hesitated for a moment and stretched his neck up.

"Your Majesty! Wait! Wait for Qinglong, he's on his way! At the critical moment, Wang Chengen waved and shouted at Chongzhen.

At this time, Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, he looked at the north, and said with a wry smile, "I also want to wait for Qinglong, but ......" Chongzhen paused and continued, "Maybe this is the will of heaven, Qinglong may be able to save the Ming bloodline, but he can't save my ......" Saying, Chongzhen kicked hard and hung on the white silk! A flock of night birds suddenly flew up from the trees!

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Wang Chengen looked at Chongzhen, who was hanging on his crooked neck and slowly stopped struggling, crying hysterically. Wang Chengen has been looking at Chongzhen hanging on the tree from a distance, he doesn't dare to approach, and he doesn't dare to rescue, for Chongzhen, death may be a relief for him.

Chongzhen stopped struggling, and Wang Chengen's crying gradually returned to calm, and his tears were quickly dried by the night wind. Wang Chengen wiped his eyes, got up from the ground, and walked towards Chongzhen hanging on the tree with a crooked neck with a blank face......

At this moment, Zhu Qing and Chu Ling, who had climbed out of the secret passage, hurriedly ran in the direction of the crooked neck tree!

"Where are you going?" Chu Ling seemed to notice that something was wrong and asked Zhu Qingdao.

"Crooked Neck Tree!" Zhu Qing responded, pulling Chu Ling and continuing to run forward.

"Crooked neck tree? What are we going to do there? Chu Ling wondered.

Zhu Qing didn't want to explain to her, and she didn't have time to explain, so she quickened her pace. Their run alarmed countless night birds, and they flew towards that strange tree!

Zhu Qing and Chu Ling ran to the crooked neck tree to see that Wang Chengen was struggling to lift Chongzhen's feet, trying to lift him down from the tree. But Wang Chengen, who has lost his martial arts and has inconvenient hands and feet, looks very difficult!

Zhu Qing looked at everything in front of him, did not dare to be ambiguous at all, let go of Chu Ling's hand and rushed towards the crooked neck tree.

"Huh?" The night was hazy, and Chu Ling didn't know who was in front of her, so she screamed, but she soon found the dragon robes neatly folded on the ground! A sense of foreboding welled up in my heart!

"Qinglong?!" Seeing the appearance of the green dragon, Wang Chengen shouted in surprise.

"Quick! Help! Zhu Qing responded, quickly hugged Chongzhen hanging on the tree, and then carried him back to the open space with Wang Chengen.

"It's out of gas!" Wang Chengen probed Chongzhen's snort and said in a panic.

"Pinch others!" Zhu Qing screamed, and pressed on Chongzhen's chest!

"Father...... Father? Chu Ling looked at the man lying on the ground who had lost his breath and shook his head and said in shock.

"Now you know how much your father has suffered, right?! He doesn't want you to be hurt by the enemy! Zhu Qing said to Chu Ling beside him while pressing hard, he didn't ask this little girl to forgive a murderous king, but he hoped that she could understand a father's suffering!

"Qinglong, no! Too late! Wang Chengen looked at Zhu Qing in disappointment!

"Nope! He can't die! He can't die! Fast! Pinch his temples! Zhu Qing didn't give up, he obviously felt that Chongzhen still had a vague pulse.

Wang Chengen wanted to pinch the middle of the person and pinch the temples, so he was naturally a little flustered.

At this time, Chu Ling suddenly squatted down, "I'll come!" Chu Ling said, and pressed both of Chongzhen's temples!

"You must not die! If you die, everything will be over, your women and children will be abused by the Tartars, and your people will be reduced to slaves from now on! You can't die! Lao Tzu will not let you die! Zhu Qing muttered, and the more he talked, the more excited he became. Even Wang Chengen and Chu Ling, who were beside them, were surprised when they heard it, what are these words?! Is it what a courtier should say to the emperor?

Of course not, however, this is the advice of the twenty-first century to the last emperor of a feudal dynasty!

"Father! Wake up! Ling'er doesn't blame you, wake up! The Blue Dragon Hero has returned, and we are saved! ...... "Thinking of his willful and rude father who had always been tolerant of him in the past, his life and death were unknown at this time, Chu Ling cried while pinching his temples, and the tears fell down!

"Ahem!" A dull cough broke the night sky of the Ming Dynasty! I don't know if it's Zhu Qing's anti-ear advice or Chu Ling's family call, or Wang Chengen's confidant, in short, Chongzhen, who hanged himself, suddenly woke up under the toss of these three people!

"Yahuhu......" The crow waiting for the corpse suddenly fluttered and flew away from the crooked-necked tree!