In an inn not far from the Yingtianfu Ya in Nanjing, in the guest room on the second floor, Zhu Yan, the Zhaoren princess of Emperor Chongzhen, sat at a square table near the window, holding her cheeks in one hand and playing with the teacup in her hand with the other.

Ruxue, a personal maid who never leaves the side of the bed, is sorting out her clothes and packing her bags.

Ruxue muttered a little while busy working, "Let's go, from Zhending Mansion to Jinan Mansion, from Fengyang Mansion to Huai'an Mansion, from Yangzhou Mansion to Nanjing, I finally settled down in Nanjing, and I have to go again."

Lost Yan ignored her complaints and boldness, this way the master and servant traveled thousands of miles south, relying on each other, and the relationship between the two had long exceeded the boundary of the master and servant.

The country is not like a country, the home is not like a home, the golden branches and jade leaves of the past, but now they can only hide in this inconspicuous little inn, gloomy, ups and downs, such blows and grinding, have already made Zhu Yan from an innocent and carefree princess to a revenge girl wrapped in hatred.

In Zhu Yan's view, in the bustling city of Nanjing, there seems to be no shadow of the decline of the family and country, the opposite teahouse is like a cloud of guests every day, listening to books and listening to the drama in an endless stream, in this inn where she stays, there are still diners drunk every day, the delicacies of the mountains and seas through the mouth and stomach, taste the delicious food of the world.

On the street downstairs, the big and small officials are still swaggering through the market, talking and laughing, as if the wolf smoke everywhere in the north is just a little talk after tea and dinner in their hearts, there is no atmosphere of national ruin, there is no voice of waiting for the recovery of northern Xinjiang, and there is no fierce and fierce person like Yue Fei who shouted: Give me back the rivers and mountains!

The merchant girl doesn't know the hatred of the country, and she still sings ** flowers across the river.

Zhu Yan, who has completely lost confidence in Nanjing, can't stay anymore, she doesn't even have a person she can trust, stay in Nanjing and watch this group of Ming ministers and Ming generals get drunk here and wait for death, it's better to find another place, there are millions of Ming troops in the south of the Yangtze River, hundreds of millions of trillion Li people, she doesn't believe that the world is as black as a crow, there is always that righteous man who is loyal to the Ming Dynasty can raise his arms and shout, that person is what Zhu Yan is looking for.

Ruxue saw that Miss was still in a daze, ignored her, and she continued to complain, "Oh, who told me every day a few days ago that there was a martial champion in the Ming Dynasty who was able to pull out the mountains and conquer the world, and who said that the one who could fight back to Beijing in the future must be a certain martial champion, who ......?"

"Ruxue, you talk a lot, clean up, pack up and go on the road" Zhu Yan interrupted her, she originally thought how heroic the battle between the Ming Dynasty's martial champion Wang Lanping and the thief in Huaining was, but she didn't expect that more and more rumors had spread to Nanjing these days and became a topic of conversation among various drinkers in the city.

XX said that Wang Zhuangyuan must have come to Ma Shoufu when he returned to Nanjing this time, in the end, he was a young man, his blood was strong, and he couldn't see Ma Shiying making the court into a miasma, maybe he could be slaughtered with a knife, and the first 'general and prime minister' since the founding of the Ming Dynasty was established, and it is not known.

So-and-so said, no, no, look at this frame, where is it so simple, maybe it is possible to change the dynasty, these days in the middle of the night, he has seen dozens of carriages sneaking out of the Ma Shoufu Mansion several times, the car, heavy, so that the wheels of the car are creaking, eighty percent of them are going out of the city to transport family wealth, he is afraid.

That said, you hurry up and shut up, thanks to the first emperor to ban the brocade guard, otherwise, as far as you say, eight heads are not enough to cut off, want me to say, Wang Zhuangyuan returned to the dynasty, not for anything else, for the daughter-in-law to come, I heard that he looks like a talent, can be literate and martial, and is a marquis, all this identity, no daughter-in-law, you said he is not in a hurry, anxious, must be in a hurry, if it is me, I have to find her ten or eight, hey, it's a pity, we don't have a daughter, otherwise, I will give it to the Hou Ye, let's also be a Hou Ye's father-in-law, haha, If any of you have a daughter, you can have a snack.

This one smacked him and said, I'm sorry, do you think that the marquis is as short-sighted as you, why do you have to get a hundred and eighty daughters-in-law......

Regardless of whether the rumors on the market are true or not, one thing Zhu Yan is sure of, the legendary Wang Zhuangyuan has changed, and he has changed after becoming a big official, he only knows how to fight for power and profit, and brutalize dissidents, although these people deserve to die, but that can't change his way of snaring party henchmen in disguise and cultivating cronies to enrich himself, if he is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, then he should lead the army north and fight back to Beijing, but he didn't, so Zhu Yan didn't want to mention this person again, and Wang Zhuangyuan's image plummeted in her heart.

Ruxue pouted, came to Zhu Yan's side, and pretended to be angry and said, "Miss, do you really want to leave?" ”

"Of course, why stay? Is there anything else to be nostalgic about in Nanjing? Zhu Yan looked out the window, her eyes were empty, and her pretty face was condensed.

Ruxue said, "But where can we go?" Who to go to? ”

"I don't know!" Zhu Yan looked down at the Huaizi in her hand, "Wuchang General Zuo Liangyu has many soldiers, and they are currently stationed in Jiujiang, so it's better to go there and have a look first."

When Ruxue heard this, she hurriedly waved her hand and said, "I can't help it, I can't help it, I heard that Zuo Liangyu is a bad old man, if he really goes back to Beijing, Miss, you have golden branches and jade leaves, wouldn't a person with an average appearance want to marry him, it's terrible to think about"

Zhu Yan's face suddenly sank, her silver teeth were full of gritting, and she burst out word by word, "I just need to return to the country, restore the country, do you understand?" ”

Ruxue stuck out her tongue, her big eyes flashed, "Okay, I didn't say it, but, miss, this beating and killing is a matter for men, what can we do as a woman, it is better for Miss You to show your identity directly in Nanjing City, with the respect of Her Royal Highness the Princess, where do you have to suffer from this bump, and ......there is a shortage of soldiers outside."

"You still say, are you packing up?"

Ruxue saw that she couldn't move, so she grimaced helplessly, "What is there to clean up, the princess of the Ming Dynasty, now there are only a few coarse cloth clothes left that even ordinary people can wear, oh, and I, a hard-working maid who sacrifices her life and never gives up."

"What? I regret it, it's too urgent to leave now."

Ruxue saw that the princess was really angry, so she hurriedly changed her smiling face, went up to hold the princess's arm, and said with a smile, "Hehe, no, no, where are you going, Miss, where is Ruxue, go, go on the road, go on the road"

The two took the baggage, settled the shop money, asked Xiao Er to return the horses, and the master and servant drove on the road and went to the east of the city.

The second daughter came to the foot of the Purple Mountain outside the city of Nanjing, Zhu Yan lived in the horse and overlooked, the mountain luan in front of him, the purple clouds rose, here is the mausoleum of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the tomb of Ming Xiao.

Because there were soldiers guarding outside the mausoleum, Zhu Yan had to get off the horse, and the two looked at the mountain and bowed, and then turned over the horse again and looked west.

Just out of the mausoleum, but listen to the front of a burst of horses' hooves, booming and shaking, the two of them around the people from time to time rushed to run by, at the moment, the two stopped the people to inquire, it turned out that this is Wang Lanping's vanguard cavalry, is rolling dust from the foot of the mountain, clearing the roadblocks, so that the army class division back to the dynasty, the people are coming to see the soldiers.

The two of them hurried their mounts and walked through the woods, and in the distance they saw the dust on the official road below the mountain, and a group of cavalry galloped past.

When they came closer, they saw three big characters embroidered on the banner of the army: Champion Army.

Zhu Yan said silently: Wang Lanping has returned to Nanjing, and a bloody infighting in the court is about to begin, and the country will have no peace.

"Let's go!" Zhu Yan flicked the horse's head and was about to leave.

Ruxue stretched her neck and looked at the rear of the dusty cavalry brigade, "Wait, Miss, they said that Wang Zhuangyuan was going to fight this in a while, I want to see what he looks like, is he three-headed and six-armed"

"Three heads and six arms, that's Erlang God, let's go, it's okay if a villain who gets power doesn't look at it"

"Just take a look, just a look, you see, there are so many women gathered here, all to see the demeanor of the champion"

A few young women next to me heard that someone was talking behind Wang Zhuangyuan's back, and immediately turned their heads and glared at Zhu Yan.

Zhu Yan was a little uncomfortable to be looked at, her pink face sank, and she said to Ruxuedao, "If you don't go, if you don't go, I'll go, drive!" ”

"Miss, Miss, wait for me, hey, drive"

Just a moment after Zhu Yan and the others left, in the distance, a large army came in a vast way, with flags all over the sky, and on a big banner headed by the leader, the word 'Wang' was unfurled in the wind.

Wang Lanping rode a white horse, the armor was shining silver, and the two hundred guards were not leaving, this was the second time he entered Nanjing, compared with the previous time of being dilapidated and embarrassed, this time it was really called a strong soldier and a strong horse, and the momentum was like a rainbow.

Under the guidance of 3,000 cavalry, 20,000 soldiers were divided into three armies, the front, the middle and the rear, with their heads held high, stepping forward, and slowly marching into the city of Nanjing in the shouts of the people.

On that day, Wang Lanping said goodbye to Shi Kefa, and quickly returned to the Xiangshan camp, and it happened that the personal soldiers who secretly went to Liu Zeqing's hometown in Hangzhou to obtain the illegal wealth of the Liu family were also escorted by Song Dali's troops and returned to the camp.

Wang Lanping was overjoyed, and after counting, it seemed that Liu Zeqing was really not lying, 50,000 taels of gold, 2.7 million taels of silver, and 80 large carriages were fully loaded, which was transported back by Song Dali using 10,000 troops of the entire Anyuan battalion.

With money, soldiers, and power, there is nothing that can stop him in Wang Lanping's eyes, and the threat of Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing outside Nanjing is gone, and the only thing left is the empty city of Nanjing, and controlling Nanjing is equivalent to controlling the hundred officials in the south of the Yangtze River.

Wang Lanping ordered someone to take 500,000 taels of silver and secretly send it to Huai'an, Zheng Sen was not rich there, and the ordnance was too old, so it was time to change the shotgun.

The whole camp celebrated for three days, and drank heartily.

In these three days, Song Dali made a report on what happened in the army during Wang Lanping's absence, and there were secret reports that someone in the camp had fornicated with Ma Shiying and received Ma Shiying's silver, the purpose was to take advantage of the time when the general army in various places fell to the king as the internal response in the army, and they started together, and these people have been sent by Lord Song to monitor, and they can be eliminated at any time to prevent future troubles. All of their henchmen will be scattered and organized into various battalions, so that even if they want to rebel, it is not a temporary matter.

Wu Lanping was too lazy to interrogate, and he didn't need to check it, but if he really wanted to find out, it was too troublesome, so he simply sent them to secretly go to be loyal to Emperor Chongzhen.

All kinds of intelligence show that Ma Shiying jumped up and down in the imperial court, and connected with the commanders of the general army in various places, and his spearhead was directly aimed at Wang Lanping.

Three days later, Wang Lanping raised his tent and ordered Zheng Hongkui, the chief soldier of Zhenjiang, to lead 800 warships of the naval division, go up the river, and camp on the bank of the Taiping River to face Huang Degong's defense line across the river, and respond to Huang Degong's confrontation with Li Laixiang in Hezhou, and send 10,000 people from Cao Dingjiao's battalion to Jiangbei to garrison, ready to support Shi Kefa's Yangzhou or Li Zicheng's Donglai at any time.

Wang Lanping led the 20,000 troops of Huaiyuan Camp and Anyuan Battalion, opened the way by Song Xian's 3,000 light cavalry, and Song Dali's 5,000 heavy cavalry pressed, and sent messengers to Nanjing to meet Emperor Hongguang and Ma Shiying, saying: The Xiangshan drill has been completed, and the Ming Dynasty has trained 30,000 strongly.

As soon as the army came out, the Manchu Dynasty moved.

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