Since Zhu Yujian was abducted and sent to Fuzhou, he has been living in the yamen of the Fuzhou prefect. In the Ming generation, "being an official and not cultivating the government" has always been an unwritten rule in officialdom. Originally, Yang Tingqing, the governor of Fujian, also had an official office in Fuzhou City, but because of many contradictions with Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhilong sent someone to burn down his official office in a fit of anger and drove Yang Tingqing to Pucheng to supervise the army. In order to cut off Zhu Yujian's contact with the outside world, especially the exchange of information with Zhu Ping'an, Zheng Zhilong settled him in the prefect's yamen next to the Fuzhou General Military Mansion, and was guarded by heavy troops led by his henchmen.

Originally, the officials in the yamen had long since disappeared, and there was only one prefect Li Yinglin on duty in the huge yamen, Fuzhou belonged to the capital city of Fujian, and the Zheng family naturally would not relax its control here. The prefect Li Yinglin has long become a puppet in the hands of the Zheng family, and he is just doing things in this yamen on weekdays, but Zhu Yujian's family has become a difficult brother with him.

A considerable number of civil and military officials who followed Zhu Yujian to the south have left, some stayed in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to continue to resist the Qing Dynasty, and some were treated coldly in Fuzhou, and they simply returned to their hometowns in frustration, and now there are only a dozen people left by Zhu Yujian's side, and the rest of the guards are no more than 100 people, and the group is crowded in the prefect's yamen, although there is no shortage of food and clothing, but every day can only sigh and be at a loss.

Zhu Yujian never expected that he would still taste the taste of imprisonment in his lifetime, compared with the high wall back then, it was just another place. Zeng's face washed his face with tears all day long, but Zhu Yujian didn't know how to persuade him. Five-year-old Zhu Linyuan is a "teenager who doesn't know the taste of sorrow", and he dances with guns and sticks by Zhou Zhifan's side all day long, although the conditions here are simple, but there is no Confucian who surrounds him all day long to teach the subset of scripture and history, this alone makes Zhu Linyuan a lot more lively.

Although it is almost isolated. But there are still some news coming in occasionally, and Zheng Hongkui will come to visit every once in a while, and he will also reveal the situation outside to Zhu Yujian. Anqing fell, Huang Gongfu and others were martyred, and Shi Kefa was trapped in Nanjing alone for more than a month, and Zhu Yujian still knew all these situations. At this time, he was in an extreme contradiction in his heart.

Zhu Yujian, who was in a difficult situation, had a strong desire for freedom in his heart. Subconsciously, he very much hoped that his eldest son Zhu Ping'an could descend from heaven to save himself from fire and water, but in the same way, he was not psychologically prepared enough for Zhu Ping'an's appearance. Because of the establishment of the crown prince, the relationship between father and son has become quite awkward, and even a little hostile. Zhu Yujian's current psychology is looking forward to Zhu Ping'an's quick help, and at the same time he doesn't know how to face his eldest son. Thinking about it carefully, the reason why I got to this point is because of my jealousy of my eldest son and my blind trust in the Zheng family.

When Zheng Hongkui came to the door, he also had an extremely embarrassing feeling. Just like today, as soon as he entered the door, Zeng, Zou Jing and others, including Huang Daozhou, Zhou Zhifan, Fang Yuegong and others, retired one after another. made Zheng Hongkui even more embarrassed.

Zhu Yujian has been friends with him for many years and knows what his temperament is. also knew very well that he couldn't help himself, so he didn't put on a face for him, but invited him to sit down politely as always.

There is no new news from Nanzhili, although Zhu Yujian is very concerned about the war in Nanjing, but now he is powerless, and Wu Sangui marches quickly. In a blink of an eye, it has approached the front line of Xianxialing, but Zheng Zhilong's attitude is what Zhu Yujian is most concerned about now, and now there is no way to retreat, and the Qing army is pressing forward step by step, Zhu Yujian hopes that Zheng Hongkui can persuade Zheng Zhilong again. Timely reined in the precipice, organized troops to resist the Qing Dynasty with all their might, and at the same time asked for help from Shandong and Henan, and turned the tide of the tide.

Zheng Hongkui's face was blue and red, and Zhu Yujian's words made him feel quite uncomfortable. Zheng Zhilong's small actions in the past few days have not been able to hide all of Zheng Hongkui, and he has also gotten some news that is only a few words, and he can be sure that his brother at this time is already in a state of being in a state of both ends of the first mouse.

In order to keep it a secret, Zheng Zhilong has intentionally or unintentionally let Zheng Hongkui get out of the core decision-making level of the Zheng family, and the eldest son Zheng Sen is still under house arrest.

It is conceivable that once Zheng Zhilong fully surrenders to the Qing army, what kind of fate will happen to Zhu Yujian, the Longwu Emperor. Whenever he thinks of this, Zheng Hongkui's heart is always filled with a deep sense of guilt. But these things can't be said to Zhu Yujian, on the one hand, there is no real evidence in his hands, and on the other hand, what can he do?

Faced with Zhu Yujian's questions and earnestness, Zheng Hongkui could only be vague and his words flickered. The two chatted like this, until a violent argument suddenly sounded outside the door.

Zhu Yujian and Zheng Hongkui stood up in unison and walked to the door of the main hall, and even Huang Daozhou and Fang Yuegong walked out of the side hall.

In the courtyard, Zhou Zhifan led more than a dozen guards with weapons in their hands and waited for them, and from the backyard at some point, several figures suddenly appeared, and Zhou Zhifan and others mistakenly thought they were assassins, so they were on guard.

Zheng Hongkui couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw the face of the leader, "Ming Yan, why are you here?" ”

Zheng Sen was dressed in the clothes of an ordinary servant, and several henchmen jumped into the prefect's yamen from the backyard wall, his body was still covered with dust, and his face was eager. Seeing Zhu Yujian coming out of the main hall, he couldn't help crying loudly: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry for you!" ”

Zhu Yujian and Zheng Hongkui didn't know what happened, and Zheng Sen was also under house arrest by Zheng Zhilong, but he suddenly appeared here for some reason.

"Mingyan, don't cry, take your time!"

Zhu Yujian's words made Zheng Sen stop his grief, "Your Majesty, the father and son are sorry for Your Majesty's trust." The minister secretly absconded this time, so that His Majesty could escape from Fuzhou immediately! ”

"You're crazy!" Zheng Hongkui exclaimed: "Why do you want to run away, once your father learns about it, you still have your life!" ”

"Uncle!" Zheng Sen stood up and shouted loudly: "Father has already surrendered to the Qing court, if Your Majesty does not leave at this time, there will definitely be a disaster of death!" ”

"Ahh Zhu Yujian and Zheng Hongkui were shocked.

"The first line of Xianxialing and Fenshui Pass was lost, Huang Mingjun and Li Xuan retreated without a fight, who else could they be without their father's orders? Pucheng fell, and the governor Yang Tingqing was killed in battle. Jianyang Town General Gan Hui and Wang Qifeng are both confidants of the minister, and as soon as they get the news, they immediately send people to report the news. Wu Sangui's army has already driven straight into Fujian, and if you don't leave, you really can't go! Zheng Sen cried.

Zhu Yujian was like being struck by lightning, he stood in place for a long time without speaking, and his body trembled like chaff. Zeng got the news, and walked out with Zhu Linyuan, the king of Qin, with the support of Zou Jing, but when he heard the news, he screamed and fainted. Where had the young Zhu Linyuan seen such a formation, and he also cried. The yard suddenly became a pot of porridge.

Fang Yuegong forcibly suppressed the horror in his heart and took a few steps forward, "General Zheng, I don't know where we can go when we go out of the city at this time?" Besides, this Fuzhou city is full of soldiers and horses of Nan'anhou, how can we get out of the city? ”

Zheng Sen clenched his fists, "The Qing army is divided into three ways to march towards Fuzhou, along the way the guards have been ordered by their father, they will not resist, at the moment we can only go east, take a boat to the sea, and then go south to Quanzhou Mansion, Feng Xin, the henchman of the minister, is now guarding Quanzhou, and it will be safe when he gets there." Before coming, the minister sent people to spread the news widely in the city, and now the people in the city are also panicking, and the minister has a warrant from his father, which can be used after changing the date, so we will take advantage of the chaos to go out of the city, and when we get to the seaside, our own ministers come to answer! ”

"Zheng Sen!" Zhu Yujian's face was pale, and his eyes were fixed on Zheng Sen, "Can I still trust you?" ”

When Zheng Sen heard this, he knelt down in front of Zhu Yujian, "Father insisted on going his own way, and Zheng Sen's persuasion was fruitless. The minister did not want to betray his father, but the minister always remembered that the minister was a Ming and a Han man, and he could never be a slave of the Manchu Tartars. Please Your Majesty must believe in Your Majesty, and your Majesty will do your best to repay Your Majesty's grace and in the name of total loyalty! ”

Zhu Yujian nodded with emotion when he heard this, "I said that I would give you a national surname, it seems that I didn't see the wrong person this time!" ”

Zheng Hongkui bowed, "Your Majesty, the minister is also willing to lead his subordinates to follow, and please don't dislike Your Majesty!" ”

Zhu Yujian let out a sigh of relief, "Gradually, you and I have been friends for more than ten years, how can I ever have a problem with you?" ”

Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Sen's uncle and nephew were both willing to follow and protect Zhu Yujian to Quanzhou Mansion for a while, which invisibly gave Zhu Yujian more confidence in his heart. Xianxialing and Fenshui Pass surrendered without a fight, Zheng Zhilong is determined to surrender to the Qing Army, so there is no need to ask, Zhu Yujian's family must be handed over to the Qing Army as his promotion capital. In other words, staying in Fuzhou can only be a dead end.

But if you want to get out of the way, how can it be so simple. Just when Zhu Yujian and the others were hurriedly preparing to pack, Zheng Zhilong had already sent his general Liang Li to the door.

Zheng Hongkui hurriedly mobilized some of his henchmen in Fuzhou City to come to reinforcements, Zheng Sen also came with his loyal subordinates and generals, and a group of hundreds of people scattered the soldiers and horses brought by Liang Li, and kept killing towards the east gate of Fuzhou.

By the time Zheng Zhilong got Liang Li's reply and hurried over, Zheng Sen and Zheng Hongkui had already rushed out of the Dongcheng Gate with Zhu Yujian's family and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, and galloped towards the Hou Guan.

Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but burst into a rage, Zhang Cunren's envoy had just arrived in Fuzhou and brought Zhang Cunren's handwritten letter, stating that he must send Emperor Longwu's family to Wu Sangui's army, but he never thought that his son and brother would turn back at the most critical moment and escape from Fuzhou with Zhu Yujian. (To be continued......)