After the explosion, although the Qianqing Palace was not in ruins, only a third of the crumbling walls remained, flames mixed with billowing black smoke soared upward, and the range of the palace city was full of stumps, broken arms and scattered masonry. Blocks of stone were either blown to pieces or lifted up, leaving only a black hole several feet deep in the original hall.

Li Guo helped Li Zicheng, who was covered in dust and unbearable wolves, and the flying dust and smoke made Li Zicheng cough and almost cough up blood. When he saw the scene in front of him clearly, Li Zicheng was stunned on the spot.

Wang Dehua was already crying like a puddle of mud, and Chen Yan, Wei Zaode and others, who had blue noses and swollen faces behind him, turned gray, just curled up on the ground, kowtowing in the direction of the Qianqing Palace, and the blood on their foreheads stained the thick bluestone ground red.

The scene in front of him made Li Zicheng's good mood disappear in an instant. "The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies in the society", an ancestral motto that has been handed down since the Chengzu years, is by no means empty words. Emperor Chongzhen's fierceness was something Li Zicheng never expected, and it can be said that Chongzhen's death also disrupted a series of his plans. The imaginary use of Chongzhen as a threat makes Jiangnan and Liaodong can only turn into nothing.

With its unique pride and fortitude, the Ming royal family gave Li Zicheng a heavy counterattack.

Suddenly, Li Zicheng felt a little excited, he turned his head to look at He Renlong and other generals who were stunned on the side, and sent someone to help Wang Dehua over, "You personally go to collect the bones of the Ming Emperor, and bury them properly with the emperor's gifts, and those eunuchs who were buried are also buried together!" ”

"Thank you, your majesty!" Wang Dehua sighed inexplicably.

After Wang Dehua left, Li Zicheng found Song Xiance, "Dasuo Imperial City, dig three feet into the ground." I also have to find out all the former Ming royal families, and no one must be missed, especially Chongzhen's sons, who did not follow Zhu Cihong to the south, then they must still be in the city, and they must all be found! ”

Song Xiance received the order. Hurried away.

Li Zicheng sent someone to find Niu Jinxing again, this guy, as soon as he entered Beijing, he plunged into the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy, found a lot of officials from the former Ming Dynasty, and prepared for Li Zicheng's enthronement ceremony. But Chongzhen's death made Li Zicheng lose interest all of a sudden, and suddenly he was tired and abnormal. Now that he has entered the Beijing Division, although the world is far from being calm. However, the Ming Dynasty has died, Jiangnan has been peaceful for a long time, and Zhu Cihong is just a teenager, how much wind and waves can he set off. For today's plan, it is to take a break in the busyness and enjoy life as much as possible, so as not to be in vain for so many years of bloody fighting.

When the bull Venus comes. also brought a eunuch with him as a celebrant eunuch, named Hu Quan. He is very familiar with the affairs of the palace, and he speaks deliberately to welcome him, so he is deeply appreciated by Niu Venus.

Li Zicheng means that the Qianqing Palace has always been the head of the inner court, the place where the Ming emperors of the past dynasties handled government affairs, and it is also a symbol of imperial power. Now it has been destroyed by war. It was always not beautiful, and he ordered Niu Venus to recruit craftsmen and people to restore and rebuild the palace.

Niu Venus promised to come down. There were few Chinese ministers in the Shun army, and Niu Jinxing, as an important adviser who followed Li Zicheng at the earliest, put his mind on the position of the prime minister. I have put a lot of effort in front of Li Zicheng before. After the shortcomings of the cabinet system, he tried to persuade Li Zicheng to restore the original prime minister system, and he was determined to become the first prime minister of the Great Shun Dynasty. Therefore, Li Zicheng came down on behalf of the envoy, and naturally he agreed to come down.

Observing his words and feelings, Niu Jinxing found that Li Zicheng's interest was not very high, and he had been by his side for a long time, so he naturally knew what his lord was thinking. So, he hurriedly glanced at Hu Quan.

Hu Quan has been in the palace for more than ten years, how clever and transparent, even if he said with a smile on his face: "Although the Qianqing Palace was burned down, there are hundreds of palaces in this inner palace, and there are countless buildings and pavilions. It was already late at night, and the slave and maid had the courage to arrange a place in this palace to serve His Majesty and rest for one night. Fortunately, early tomorrow morning, His Majesty will be able to handle state affairs in the palace! ”

Li Zicheng hadn't spoken yet, but Liu Zongmin on the side laughed, "You eunuch, you are indeed a clever person, big brother, the brothers have been attacking the city non-stop for several days, and today it is not easy to enter the Beijing Division, and the world will be our brothers in the future, it is better to live in this imperial city, and accompany the eldest brother at night, you have a good time!" ”

When Li Zicheng heard this, he still had a faint smile on his face, but his eyes quickly flashed with a trace of anger.

Niu Jinxing caught this in time, put on a straight face, but secretly gave Liu Zongmin a look, "The rules of the monarch and the ministers, how can they trespass, General Quan's words are wrong, the imperial city is where the king of a country rests, how can the courtiers stay overnight!" ”

Niu Jinxing motioned for Hu Quan to do his best to arrange, and then pulled Liu Zongmin, who was angry, to the side.

Li Yan frowned, "Your Majesty, now that the society is undecided, the Jingshi is still in turmoil, and as soon as he entered the city today, he stayed in the palace, which is inevitably a little inappropriate, and the minister thinks it is ......!" ”

Li Yan's words made Li Zicheng quite displeased, but he didn't show it, but instead said haha, "Lin Quan is too worried, it's the middle of the night now, and I have to meet with the ministers tomorrow, arrange a national government reward, and formulate the pacification of Liaodong and Jiangnan, it's not good to go out of the city to sleep in the military camp now." Now that I have entered the Beijing Division, my Dashun Dynasty is no longer the righteous army of the year, but the imperial court, there must always be the appearance of the imperial court, otherwise, let those ministers and the people see it, and think that we are afraid of the land of heaven, and dare not enter lightly, so we will inevitably look down on us! ”

Li Yan still wanted to advise, but Li Zicheng made a decision, "Today, the generals of the various departments are fighting against Laoton, and I will give you all the mansions of this capital division, and I have been fighting bloodily for days, so I must relieve myself!" ”

Immediately, under Hu Quan's explanation, Li Zicheng assigned the mansion of the courtiers of the Beijing division to Liu Zongmin, Li Yan and others, Liu Zongmin stayed in Tian Hongyu's mansion, Li Guo occupied the mansion of Yuan Youdi, the governor of the Houjun army, Tian Jianxiu got Cao Juma's mansion, and Li Yan was assigned the mansion of Zhou Kui in Jiading, etc. The generals were naturally overjoyed, and after thanking them, they couldn't wait to find their respective mansions and go back to rest.

Li Zicheng, under the guidance of Hu Quan, went straight to a palace somewhere in the harem to rest.

Li Yan sighed, and Yang next to him leaned over, "General, why is Your Majesty different from before?" ”

Li Yan was stunned for a while, and then said softly, as if he was talking to himself, "Change and change, only in a thought, I hope I am worried!" ”

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Under the cover of night, the Jingshi is still chaotic and noisy, the streets and alleys have groups of Dashun soldiers marching on horseback, laughing loudly, everyone is carrying a heavy package, and the horses are placed on the horses with the ladies of the high-ranking families who have looted from nowhere, laughter, crying and screams are mixed, making the originally prosperous Fang Market suddenly become a place of Shura.

The corpses along the street were uncollected, and in this midsummer weather, it would not be long before the smell of rancid smell was emitted.

Cao Wuxian vigilantly touched out of a silk village that had been ransacked, and saw that there was no one around, so he was cautious, but he ran into a dark alley very quickly, which was full of garbage from the nearby people, and the city was besieged for so many days, how could anyone come to clean up, and the smell could be imagined.

It stinks, but now, it's a lot safer.

Cao Wuxian ran back into the alley, poking out a few heads from behind a broken door. Cao Wuxian quietly came in, "What about the blind man?" Did you come back? ”

One of his subordinates shook his head, "Not yet, the city is full of rebels now, and it will take some time to come!" ”

"Sister Huang, I'm hungry!" Princess Zhaoren, who was hiding in Xing Yuan's arms, suddenly spoke.

Zhu Yujiao was taken aback, and hurriedly covered her mouth. Although Zhu Cihuan and Zhu Ciwei next to him did not speak, the gurgling sound from their little stomachs already explained the problem.

Zhu Yujiao was powerless, and she changed from a proud girl in the sky to a fleeing body from the destruction of the country overnight, and she has not been able to adapt to this difference.

Cao Wuxian patted Zhaoren's little head, took out a steamed bun from his arms and stuffed it into her hand, then took out a few more and distributed them to everyone, "Several shops have been looted, I didn't find dim sum and restaurants, you will use some first, and I will look for it later!" ”

"No!" Zhu Yujiao blurted out, with Cao Wuxian by her side, she could still have some sense of stability in her heart, she couldn't imagine at all what would happen to her and her younger siblings if something happened to Cao Wuxian.

"Don't worry!" Cao Wuxian's eyes sparkled, "The blind man went to find the young master's hands placed in the Beijing Division, they are all well-trained, and they will not die in the hands of the rebels, they should be hiding, as long as we find them, we will have a way to leave the Beijing Division!" ”

"It's all about us that bothered you!" Zhu Yujiao suddenly said faintly.

Cao Wuxian was stunned for a moment, and then showed a happy smile.

Zhu Yuyuan and the other three little guys were happily holding the dry and hard steamed buns, and Cao Wuxian and a few relatives shared the kettle with them. Seeing that the younger brothers and sisters who were dressed in fine clothes and jade food in ordinary life now regarded this cold steamed bun as a delicacy, Zhu Yujiao's heart was sour, and her tears almost slipped down.

"Big brother, the sound of that cannon battle just now was so loud! Where are firecrackers being set off? Zhu Yuyuan still didn't know the current exit, and looked at Cao Wuxian with a pair of big eyes.

This question made Cao Wuxian not know how to answer, and seeing that Zhu Yujiao also had the meaning of inquiry, he had to say vaguely: "Yes, it is the direction of the imperial city!" ”

Zhu Yuyuan suddenly laughed, "It must be the father and queen mother who made us happy and ordered us to go home early!" Sister Huang, let's not hide and hide here, okay, I miss the queen mother! ”

But Zhu Yujiao's face turned pale in an instant, and she knew very well what Cao Wuxian meant. For a moment, grief and sadness hit my heart like a tidal wave.

Zhu Yujiao hugged Zhu Yuanyuan in her arms, and reluctantly lowered her voice and cried: "Little sister, please, don't say it again, we, we can't go back!" (To be continued......)

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