The Heavenly King's Mansion is the most magnificent building in the kingdom of heaven, the scale here is very large, more than ten miles around, there are two heavy walls, each wall is as high as more than two zhang high. In the Ming Dynasty, the Tianwang Mansion was the palace of the Han Dynasty, and in the Qing Dynasty, it was the location of the Yamen of the Governor of Liangjiang. At the beginning of 1853, after the Taiping army of the West Hall captured Nanjing, Xiao Yungui deliberately set aside the former site of the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion for Hong Xiuquan to build a palace as the palace of the Heavenly King.

After more than two years of expansion, on the eve of the Tianjing Incident, the Tianwang Mansion was already on a grand scale, and it was no different from the Tianwang Mansion in history. The Heavenly King's Mansion is divided into two parts: the outer city and the inner city, and the two cities are named "Sun City" and "Golden Dragon City" respectively. The main gate of Sun City is the Heavenly Dynasty Gate, there is a royal ditch in front of the door, the ditch is wide and deep, there is a bridge on the ditch, and there is a stone workshop engraved with "Heavenly Dynasty" in front of the bridge. The main gate of the Golden Dragon City is the Holy Heavenly Gate, there are three-storey "court rooms" on the east and west sides of the door, the front is the Golden Dragon Palace, and there are two halls, three halls, and a harem forest garden behind the Golden Dragon Palace. The Golden Dragon Hall is very grand and tall, the tile roof is heavy eaves, the carved beams are painted in the building, there are the painted dragons, tigers and lions on the four walls of the hall, it is very magnificent, there are the east and west gardens on the east and west sides of the Golden Dragon Palace.

Hong Xiuquan likes to do poems about the Heavenly Father in the garden, likes to talk about the doctrine of worshipping God in the Golden Dragon Palace, and likes to get drunk and drunk under the service of many beautiful princes and female officials. At this time, the Heavenly King's Mansion was in chaos, a large number of Heavenly King's Mansion guards were holding sharp blades to protect the Golden Dragon Palace, and the female officials who fled in all directions and did not have time to enter the palace to avoid were stopped outside the hall, and a delicate cry made people feel sad.

Because Hong Xiuquan advocated the doctrine of Taiping, he used eunuchs who did not still use their self-mutilating bodies as chamberlains in the Heavenly King's Mansion, but if real men wanted to serve these princes and ladies in the palace, Hong Xiuquan was really worried about what would happen, so he used a large number of female officials as chamberlains. Later generations rumored that Hong Xiuquan had countless beauties, but it was not based on it. Counting these female officials who serve, there are always as many as one or two thousand women in the Heavenly King's Mansion, although not all of them have been fortunate to Hong Tianwang, but they are actually serving Hong Tianwang alone in the Heavenly King's Mansion.

The cries of the women outside the hall made Hong Xiuquan, who was restless and walking around the hall even more irritable, his long hair was tied back and forth, and he did not wear a crown and hat, he was dressed in a dragon and horse coat robe, and the yellow dragon shoes on his feet stomped on the bluestone floor of the Golden Dragon Palace, and roared: "Let the people outside shut up!" The northern traitor hasn't been killed yet! What are you crying for?! And there will be those who cry out! Snow in the clouds! ”

In the Heavenly King's Mansion, the Heavenly King has absolute authority. Yunzhongxue also means to kill the head, this seemingly elegant name has actually made many people die in the past few years, the female officials accompany the king like a tiger, and the Hong sect leader will often kill people in a fit of anger, which is based on his edict. The female officials outside the hall didn't dare to cry anymore.

But it was not long before there was silence when a loud roar came from the side of Sun City. It's miles away. But this loud noise still startled the people inside and outside the hall.

Hong Xiu was as full as the color of the earth, and hurriedly ordered someone to investigate, and after a while, a team of Heavenly King's Mansion guards hugged Hong Renda and Hong Renfa, and the two brothers came to the Golden Dragon Palace.

The two Hong brothers parted under the surprised gaze of the guards of the Golden Dragon Palace, and everyone went straight to the main hall. After coming to the hall and hurriedly bowing for half a salute, Hong Renda hurriedly said: "Brother, no, the soldiers of the North Hall with the dogs and miscellaneous used red medicine to blow up the gate of the Heavenly Dynasty." is storming inside, I estimate that the inner city will not be able to stand it for a long time, or we will break through and join Qin Rigang and Chen Chengying, who are attacking the Beiwang Mansion, they still have thousands of men and horses in their hands. ”

Where is Hong Xiuquan willing to go? After shaking his head, he waved his sleeves and said proudly: "Why do you have to worry about the little demon who is just a traitor jumping off the beam? Let Qin Rigang and Chen Chengying come back to Baotian Wangfu first! I'm not going anywhere! ”

Hong Renfa said with a sad face: "Brother, we have sent several batches of dead soldiers to rush out to find Qin Rigang and Chen Chengying, but there is no news, and there is no news of the people sent to the Xiwang Mansion for help. I don't know if I want to stay, I'm afraid I'm just sitting still, while we still have more than 1,000 elite guards in our hands, we can break through in one go, go to the Xiwang Mansion to take refuge temporarily, or go to meet Qin Rigang and Chen Chengying, it's better than staying here. ”

As he spoke, a burst of fire came from Xiaolingwei's side with a huge roar, and the soldiers on the watchtower of the Tianwang's Mansion were overjoyed and shouted downward: "Xiaolingwei's soldiers and horses of the West King have begun to attack the city, and the artillery fire will not stop, and the entire eastern section of the city is in flames!" ”

When he heard a series of cannon sounds, Hong Renfa rushed out of the palace to watch, and after hearing the shouts of the guards on the watchtower in front of the palace, he asked loudly again: "Must it be that the king of the west began to send troops to attack the city?" Although a series of huge artillery shots were unprecedented, Hong Renfa still had to ask again.

When he received a positive reply, he returned to the palace with a happy face and reported: "Great joy, brother, the army of the king of the west has begun to attack the city, the army of the west palace has always been a strong general, and now the continuous sound of artillery is the army of the west hall to attack the city, so many cannons are used together, it seems that the king of the west is going to break the city this time." ”

Hong Renda also said happily: "Yes, brother, as soon as the army of the Western King enters the city, the northern traitor soldiers and horses will definitely flee from the wind, and we don't have to risk breaking through, just defend here, and estimate that the Xidian army will fight the northern traitor army It will be as easy as cutting a watermelon." I'm afraid that the thieves who are now besieging the Heavenly King's Mansion will hear the sound of cannons and flee in chaos. ”

Hong Xiuquan's tight skin loosened slightly, and he took an unhurried step, and walked back to the throne to sit steadily, but then his eyebrows were twisted into a Sichuan character, and he looked at the people who were trembling in the hall and said: "You don't have to panic, the king of the west is my siblings, and there is the possession of the prince of Christ, and the army breaks the city and hoes and rapes, the Heavenly King's Mansion must be as safe as Mount Tai, you go to the inner hall to rest first." ”

A group of princesses then retired to the inner hall to rest, Hong Xiuquan followed the order to guard the door of the main hall, there were only three brothers left in the hall, Hong Xiuquan frowned and said: "Hu Yihuang and Meng Deen died, Shi Dakai and Yang Fuqing are not in Tianjing, whether they can follow the army of the West King into the city is unknown, Qin Rigang and Chen Chengying's wavering villains, there are very few virtuous officials and good generals loyal to me in the kingdom of heaven." When King Xi returned to Beijing this time, his power was even more powerful than Yang Xiuqing, he really wanted to do that rebellious thing, what could he do? Originally, I still wanted to use the hands of Qin Rigang and Chen Chengying to get rid of Wei Changhui by surprise, as long as I control Tianjing, except for the Northern traitor, the King of the West will have no excuse to enter Tianjing, but I didn't expect tonight's events to become like this. ”

Hong Renfa shook his head and said: "Brother is too worried, the king of the west has always been more loyal than Yang Xiuqing, although he also had the same thing with Yang Xiuqing back then, bullying his brother with Tianwei, but later under the mediation of Xuanjiao's sister, the king of the west no longer said anything." Xuanjiao is the elder brother and sister, the first woman in the kingdom of heaven, and she has always been a loyal and righteous person. The big deal is to let the West King be the East King of the year, one person is above ten thousand people, presumably the West King will also accept it. ”

Hong Renda nodded and agreed: "Exactly, if the King of the West really dares to do something rebellious, there are countless Heavenly Kingdom soldiers in addition to him, and the Wing King and Yang Fuqing will not agree." ”

Hong Xiuquan pondered for a moment and said: "Since things have changed, we have to follow suit, after the king of the west enters the city, it is not impossible to replace the position of the king of the east with the reward of the first person to quell the chaos, and Xuanjiao should also be rewarded, in order to calm his heart, and after the king of wings and Yang Fuqing return to Beijing, it is necessary to make plans." ”

The two brothers of the Hong family praised the wisdom of the king together, and in the middle of flattery, a guard outside the hall said angrily: "King Qiyu, after the northern traitors captured the outer city, they followed the attack on the inner city, and a group of fresh soldiers and horses joined, all of them are muskets in hand, the thieves are more powerful, and the inner city is almost unable to hold it!" ”

"What?!" The three members of the Hong family in the hall exclaimed together, and Hong Renda pulled the counselor in and asked sharply: "The army of the Western King has begun to attack the city, is the northern traitor army still fighting to the death?" They didn't panic at all? The Xidian army is about to break through the city, they don't find a way out, how can they attack even more? ”

The guard said with a bitter face: "Subordinates somehow, after the cannon sounded, the thieves attacked more fiercely, and a group of new troops with muskets joined in, which was even more powerful, and those muskets could hit extremely far, and the brothers did not dare to go up to the wall to defend the city, and it was estimated that the thieves were about to blow up the city gate again." ”

Before the words fell, there was a loud bang, this time even the Golden Dragon Hall was trembling, and under the dust on the beams in the hall, everyone's faces changed greatly.

Hong Xiuquan said angrily: "Beat the Northern Traitor Army back to me!" Let the people of the Heavenly King's Mansion and others go up to me! As long as it lasts for a while, the West Temple Army will be able to come to the rescue! ”

The crisp gunshots began to sound outside the hall, the cries, screams, and screams of the female officials rang out in all directions, and the guards of the Heavenly King's Mansion tried their best to step forward to fight and stop them, but after all, the number was not as good as the others, and the other party had sharp muskets to help, and under the retreat, the outside of the Golden Dragon Hall was already a sea of corpses and blood.

Dozens of guards poured into the hall to close the door of the palace, and a group of royal mothers led by Hong Xiuquan's original wife Lai in the inner hall rushed out crying, and Lai pulled Hong Xiuquan and asked urgently: "Heavenly King, how is this good?" The thieves are about to come in. ”

Hong Xiuquan's face was blue and white for a while, he never thought that the North Palace Army would break through the seemingly impregnable Heavenly King Mansion so quickly, the elite guards of the Heavenly King Mansion all regarded death as home, but they still couldn't stop the North Hall Army, and in a panic, he didn't have time to think about where those muskets came from. Seeing a group of crying princesses, they turned their hearts sideways, pulled out the sword at their waists, and shouted to the princesses: "The thieves have arrived, the limit has come, what's the benefit of crying?" This is the Father's call, you go to heaven first, and then I will come and join you after I kill the thief! Send them on their way first! ”

The doctrine of worshipping God does not allow people to commit suicide lightly, and the martyrdom of the princes and mothers is only done by the guards, when Hong Xiuquan strictly ordered, the Golden Dragon Hall was a bloody rain mixed with the women's terrible shouts, and the glorious and peaceful Golden Dragon Hall in the past is now like purgatory. (To be continued......)