Not long after Chongzhen left the Qianqing Palace, Hu Kejian led Liu Cheng and his party to rush into the east pavilion of the Qianqing Palace. ”

"Brother, why blame yourself, we all know that as soon as it gets dark, this palace city will have money and food, how can it be so easy!" Liu Cheng walked to the side of a few cases, casually uncovered the gilded beast head incense burner on the side, looked inside, and reached out to touch it on the brocade couch, and said with a smile: "There is still residual incense in the incense burner, and there is residual temperature on the brocade couch, so it must not have gone far!" ”

"My lord, I immediately ordered all armies to step up their investigations and never let the Son of Heaven escape!" Hao Shaoqi on the side said in a deep voice. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Why bother!" Liu Cheng smiled and said, "Brother, I'm worried about your subordinates!" ”

Chongzhen sat on Chengyu, his heart fluctuated like Chengyu under his body, which Xunqi mansion did he flee to? Or do you change your clothes and escape from the city? He has no idea at all, the only thing to be thankful for is that he has already let the prince go south with Hou Sui, even if he is harmed by a traitor, the Ming Dynasty will not be without an owner.

Chongzhen was thinking about it, and suddenly heard someone shouting: "Yue Guogong is only looking for everyone, and everyone else is not guilty, and the person who gives everyone a reward of thousands of gold, gives a hundred acres of land, and Yunyin's nephew is the cloud cavalry captain!" The number of people who report the news is halved, and those who are on everyone's side are all punished! ”

These shouts are sharp and piercing, neither male nor female, as soon as you hear it, you can hear the voice of the eunuch in the palace, Wang Chengen and Chongzhen's faces changed greatly, before they could speak, a little eunuch dropped Chengyu and fled to the palace next to him, Chongzhen jumped off Chengyu in anger, cut it to the ground with a sword in his hand, turned around and shouted: "Those who dare to betray the master are like this!" ”

The eunuchs were intimidated by Chongzhen's might, and they all bowed their heads and obeyed, carrying them to the coal mountain, but the speed was much slower than that of Fang Cai, Wang Chengen saw this and knew that the people's hearts had dispersed, so he sighed secretly and whispered to Chongzhen: "Emperor, the goal of so many people is too big, it is better to escape separately!" ”

"It's good!" Chongzhen thought about it, then stopped the eunuchs, took off his robe and let a eunuch of similar figure change into it, and he changed into the eunuch's robe and fled west. But he didn't run far before he heard a cheer behind him, and knew that the pedestrian had been caught up by the pursuers, so he hurriedly quickened his pace. But the sound of chasing behind him was getting closer and closer, and seeing that he couldn't escape, Chongzhen simply turned around, pulled out his sword and said: "That's it, the destiny is like this, what can the husband say, today the widow will fight to the death with the traitor!" ”

At this time, the chasing soldiers were only dozens of steps away from Chongzhen, and Chongzhen stood with a sword, but no one stepped forward, but spread out to both sides, surrounding Chongzhen and Wang Chengen. Chongzhen saw that most of the chasing soldiers were braided and bearded Hu soldiers, and shouted: "Where is the lord Liu Cheng, quickly call him to see me!" ”

One of the officers at the head knelt down on one knee and kowtowed to Chongzhen, and said in half-baked Chinese: "Your Majesty, wait a minute, my lord will be here soon!" After that, he shouted to his subordinates: "It is a capital crime to show your blade in front of the king, so don't put away your weapons quickly!" ”

The surrounding Hu soldiers responded, and they all returned their knives into their sheaths and stood away. Chongzhen sneered, put down the sword in his hand, but did not put it into the sheath, he already had the consciousness of death at this time, and made up his mind to reprimand Liu Cheng angrily later, even if he died immediately, he would never lose the prestige of the second ancestor.

A few minutes later, Chongzhen heard the sound of horses' hooves, and then saw a man in a purple robe coming to him surrounded by more than ten horsemen, it was Liu Cheng. He jumped off his horse, bowed to himself, and said, "Your Majesty has been frightened!" ”

Chongzhen snorted coldly, and wanted to say a few sarcastic words, but when he saw that there was a person following closely behind Liu Cheng, it was Hu Kejian, he immediately understood what was going on, and shouted angrily: "The cheap slave dares to betray the master!" "After saying that, the sword is going to kill Hu Kejian.

Chongzhen's sword stepped forward, and Hao Shaoqi, who had been following Liu Cheng's side closely, scolded, and the guards on both sides hurriedly rushed up and separated Chongzhen. Chongzhen couldn't step forward, so he had to scold angrily: "Hu Kejian, but you sell the master to seek glory? ”

"Your Majesty, rest your anger!" Liu Cheng made a gesture, motioned for the guards to get out of the way, and said to Chongzhen: "Yes, it was Gonggong Hu who helped me enter Beijing City, but this is also for Your Majesty." Now that the Xuanda army has been destroyed, the Guanning army cannot move, and the Beijing division is just around the corner. But with the sword and soldiers, wouldn't this more than 200 years of hard work since Emperor Yongle be ruined? If you accidentally hurt Your Majesty, it will be a sin for your subordinates! ”

Chongzhen sneered: "Liu Cheng, you still have to be pretending at this time, aren't you here to kill the widow?" Let me tell you, Mr. Hou has already sent the prince to Nanjing, even if you kill the widow, there will still be people who will raise an army to crusade against you, a traitor! ”

"Your Majesty is laughing!" Liu Cheng said with a smile: "The last general is here today to protect you, how can he do harm?" As for His Majesty being deceived by traitors, it is really unwise to send the prince south, I am afraid that I will regret it in the future! ”

"Can't regret it? The only thing I regret is that I didn't recognize you as a traitor! Chongzhen sneered: "But it's nothing, my three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty in the world, the grace is deep, the world's two direct subordinates and thirteen political divisions have their own heroes and heroes to rebel and return to the unification!" ”

In the face of Chongzhen's reprimand, Liu Cheng was not annoyed, he smiled and arched his hand to Wang Chengen: "Princess, you are a kind person, and there is chaos in the palace right now, I am afraid that several of His Majesty's concubines, princes, and princesses will be frightened, can you please take a trip to pick them up for me, so as not to make any mistakes?" Also, Your Majesty is not a proper person like this, why don't you go back to the Qianqing Palace to talk together? ”

Wang Chengen saw that what Liu Cheng said was good, and his attitude did not seem to be a fake, so he whispered a few words to Chongzhen, and then walked in front of Liu Cheng and said in a low voice: "Liu Guogong, the Son of Heaven is not immoral, if you act arbitrarily, I am afraid that it will not look good in the history books of future generations!" ”

"Princess, please rest assured!" Liu Cheng said solemnly: "The yellow sky is above, the thick earth is below, if I, Liu Cheng, harm Your Majesty, I will die in the future!" ”

Wang Chengen looked at Liu Cheng, turned around and nodded to Chongzhen. Chongzhen snorted coldly and returned the sword into the sheath. Liu Cheng asked the soldiers to carry Chengyu over, invited Chongzhen to get on Chengyu, opened the way in front of him with a sword, and went all the way back to the Qianqing Palace, and then Wang Chengen went to bring Queen Zhou, Concubine Tian, Concubine Yuan, and three sons and two daughters together, Chongzhen saw that the concubines and children were safe and sound, and his face looked a little better, and said to Liu Cheng: "Say, Liu Qing's family, how do you plan to arrange me next?" ”

Liu Cheng didn't answer Chongzhen's question directly, but asked, "Your Majesty, do you remember that you ascended the throne at the age of seventeen?" ”

Chongzhen was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't know why Liu Cheng asked him this question, but he still nodded: "Yes, the imperial brother died when the widow was seventeen years old, and since the imperial brother had no heirs, the widow had to inherit the throne!" ”

"So, Your Majesty, you're only twenty-eight years old this year!" Liu Cheng said with a smile: "The courtier is four years old in Chinese New Year's Eve, but it looks like he is about the same age as His Majesty!" ”

Chongzhen looked at Liu Cheng, and saw that although the other party had dark skin, his hair was like lacquer, his eyes were bright, his skin was smooth, and he looked high-spirited, and although he didn't look in the mirror now, he probably couldn't see where he could go if he was haggard, so he couldn't help sighing, and Wang Chengen on the side said: "Since the Holy Lord ascended the throne, he has been rampant, and he has been thinking about disasters all day long, and he is quiet at night, how can he take care of the dragon body!" ”

"The prince is a person close to His Majesty, and what he said will naturally not be wrong!" Liu Cheng said with a smile: "In this way, Your Majesty has not had a good time these years, so why don't you do it?" ”

"You-" Chongzhen was furious when he heard this, and was about to scold, but he saw the wolf-like guard behind the other party, and looked at the wife and young son beside him, and swallowed back the words when they came to his mouth, sat down, bowed his head and said nothing. Wang Chengen saw it clearly on the side, he secretly thought that he had arrived in such a field, Chongzhen's throne must be gone, but he just hoped to save the life of the heavenly family, thinking of this, he stepped forward and smiled: "Liu Guogong, the saint changes with time, if the number of great Ming qi has been exhausted, it is not impossible to let the position of the Son of Heaven be treated by virtuous people, but I don't know how you plan to arrange the saint?" ”

"Did the prince think badly?" Liu Cheng said with a smile: "I sent troops this time to the side of the Qing monarch and the Yasukuni disaster, how can I covet the big position?" Don't worry, I won't touch this multiplier position, at least not now! As for the saints. Liu Cheng paused slightly, and suddenly asked, "Your Majesty, have you ever thought about changing your way of living?" ”

"A different way of living?" Chongzhen was stunned when he heard this, and asked rhetorically, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"The minister once heard Gonggong Hu say, the saint, you like to read, poetry, opera, and you can open a three-stone bow. The queen is also good at calligraphy and painting, Tian Guifei and Yuan Guifei are also good at singing, dancing and piano skills, and several princes and princesses are also well-behaved and lovely. If he hadn't been born in the emperor's family, he would have lived like a happy fairy! ”

Liu Cheng's words touched Chongzhen's heartstrings, and he couldn't help sighing, and sighed: "Everyone envies the wealth and glory of the emperor's family, but I just want to live and live in the emperor's family!" In the past 11 years, I have never eaten a safe meal, slept a safe sleep, and I am also thinking about how to prosper in my dreams, but it's a pity, it's a pity! Speaking of this, he couldn't help but hide his face and cry, and the wife, son, and daughter beside him couldn't help but cry when they saw this.

"Let's tell the truth!" Liu Chengdao: "This time the minister has done this difficult thing, Your Majesty, you can't sit in this position for too long, otherwise the minister may not be able to sleep well; But as long as you are in this world for a day, the minister has to worry that someone will use your name to assassinate the minister, so the minister has thought of a way to get both! Speaking of this, Liu Cheng tapped his palm twice and said, "Sir, please come over for a moment!" ”

With Liu Cheng's voice, a tall man walked up, only to see his blonde hair and blue eyes, fair skin, but he was a foreigner, he respectfully knelt down on one knee to Chongzhen and said: "I'm Lobanov. Stroganov, the baron of the Russian Empire, salutes His Majesty the Honorable Emperor! ”

Chongzhen glanced at this foreigner in surprise and asked Liu Cheng: "Liu Qing's family, what did you do to let the widow see this foreigner?" ”

"Your Majesty, this Lobanov. Mr. Stroganov is a friend of mine, and his home country, Russia, is thousands of miles away from me. Liu Cheng smiled and said: "I plan to go to his country after your abdication to regain a happy new life!" ”

"Are you going to exile the widows?" Chongzhen's face suddenly became gloomy.

"Not exile!" Liu Cheng shook his finger: "It's a guest house!" When you go to Russia, you will get the status of a nobleman, as well as a manor, a title, and you can take everything you want from the palace. In addition, you can also receive an annuity from me in Russia, 20,000 gold ducats per year, which is enough for you to live a leisurely and comfortable life! But Russia is a distant country, but distance is also a kind of protection for you, if you stay in Daming, it will never be possible to get leisure and safety! ”

Lobanov. Stroganov owed his body to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the Stroganov family is a loyal friend of Lord Liu, and it is an honor to receive such a distinguished guest as Your Majesty, please rest assured that the manor prepared for you is near Moscow, rich and vast, and fully worthy of your status." And 20,000 gold ducats a year is a huge fortune, enough to make you live like an immortal god! ”

Chongzhen didn't speak, but he knew that what Liu Cheng said was right: as long as he stayed in Daming for a day, it would be an invisible threat to him. For a usurper, security can only be obtained by taking out the previous emperor himself and all male heirs. Going to a faraway and unfamiliar country is the only way to have both. Only then did he believe that Liu Cheng really didn't want to kill him, and couldn't help but sigh: "Liu Qing's family, I can't imagine that you really don't want to kill the widow!" ”

"There are too many people to kill next, if possible, it is better to kill one less or one less!" Speaking of this, Liu Cheng's face showed a hint of anger: "Besides, Daming has fallen into such a field today, and you are not the most responsible person, so let's let you live!" ”

"Too many people to kill?" When Chongzhen heard Liu Cheng's words, he couldn't help but shudder and asked, "Who are you going to kill from Liu Qing's family?" ”

"Didn't the minister say that? This time the army is raised, and the ministers want to clear the monarch's side and Yasukuni is difficult! The person who the minister wants to kill is the national thief, the enemy! Anyone who stands in the way of the minister's progress has only a dead end! ”

Liu Cheng didn't speak loudly, but the killing intent in his tone made Chongzhen feel a chill in his heart.

"Princess, I'm bothering you to raise an edict!" Liu Cheng shouted.

Wang Chengen looked at Chongzhen, walked to the imperial case tamely, picked up the pen and dipped it in ink, and asked, "Liu Guogong, what edict do you want?" ”

"It's very simple, please grant the Holy Authority to the lower to crusade against the national thieves and enemies! Those who dare to disobey will be punished by everyone, even if they are domestic slaves and sinners, they are also guilty! ”