In a coniferous forest in the northeast outside the gate, Xia Wanchun, the governor of the northeast, grabbed the reins and waited for Zhu Cijiong, the king of Ding, who was alias Zhu Keqing, to come over and said:

"I'm still the same sentence, I don't want to leave here, I know she's waiting for me, but I Xia Wanchun still wants to continue to do something for Daming, the building is not cleared, and the husband doesn't dare to be home!"

"I respect your choice, I have studied in the Army Military Academy for so long, and I also understand that now is the best time for us Han family sons to develop our foundation, but we still have to be more careful, this is Jianlu's hometown, they are familiar with this place and elusive, and their fighting spirit is also very tenacious, it is easy for you to lead people to chase down and suppress them so personally."

Zhu Keqing said.

"When was the Han family's son afraid of death!" Xia Wanchun smiled.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves, and only the cavalry of the Ming army shouted: "There is a Jianyu ranger appearing!" ”、

Xia Wanchun immediately chased after him with his army.

And Zhu Keqing also killed him, but he glanced at the southwest during the impact.

And before that.

A soldier buried in a pile of leaves in the southwest instructed Jian Yu, who was holding a gun at the other end: "**On time, as long as you can shoot him in the knee, the prince will reward you with 10,000 silver dollars!" ”

Syllable!

A bullet hit Xia Wanchun directly into his right knee as he rode his horse.

A sharp pain came, Xia Wanchun screamed, and before he could look back to see who hit him, another shot hit him in the knee, followed by another shot, until the fourth shot, Xia Wanchun fell directly from the horse in pain.

"Make a table!"

Zhu Keqing roared, and hurriedly chased after the cavalry in the southwest direction: "Where do the Tartars dare to hurt our platform!" I will not spare you! ”

The two soldiers had already run away, and one of them, who had a gun, threw it on the ground and said to the other soldier: "I have been shot four times, you should give me 40,000 silver dollars!" ”

The soldier sneered, and suddenly stabbed the Jianyu to death on the spot: "I still want to make money from Lao Tzu, I want to be beautiful!" ”

Here, Zhu Keqing found the gun: "It's Jianlu's new-style musket, it seems that it was undoubtedly injured by Jianlu's rangers, hurry up and carry the platform back to the city for treatment!" ”

But Xia Wanchun's knee was basically scrapped, and as for whether to saw off his calf, he could only be carried back to the capital by the most famous surgeon in the capital, so under Zhu Keqing's strong request, Xia Wanchun had to return to Beijing on a temporary basis.

……

When Xia Wanchun returned to Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen received a letter from Ma Shiying, the first assistant of the cabinet, to severely punish the officials who obstructed the new policy.

"This Ma Shiying finally understood my intentions and told the Criminal Department to behead the officials who obstructed the new policy according to the cabinet's opinions," Zhu Youzhen ordered.

"But Your Majesty, this Cairo Uncle who took the lead is your in-laws, the prince's father-in-law", Wang Chengen reminded, and Zhu Youzhen replied: "Then you must kill even more!" ”

So, because more than ten relatives and eunuchs who resisted the new policy of Ma Shiying's cabinet were beheaded, the crown prince Zhu Cihong was furious when he heard about it, but he didn't dare to do anything to Ma Shiying, so he could only secretly swear that he would be executed by Ma Shiying when he became emperor in the future.

However, Ma Shiying completely ignored these, and his attitude towards the implementation of the new policy was tougher than before, and Ruan Dayue, the secretary of the Ministry of War, had the right to intervene in the local garrison, so the provincial commanders also actively cooperated with Ma Shiying and Ruan Dayue, which made many gentry extremely hateful to Ma Shiying and Ruan Dayue.

……

On this day, Zhu Youzhen got the news from the Northeast.

"The governor of the Northeast, Xia Wanchun, was seriously injured and suffered from leg illness, so he had to return to Beijing on a temporary basis, take a look", Zhu Youzhen handed the generalissimo to Xu Zhaohua urgently.

Xu Zhaohua hurriedly opened the express delivery, and couldn't help but cry after reading it, but the next day he continued to deal with the affairs of the ceremonial supervisor as usual.

……

Dingwang Zhu Cijiong was nominally the commander of the cavalry battalion directly under the governor of the Northeast, so he personally escorted Xia Wanchun back to the capital, and he and Xia Wanchun were very close friends.

According to Zhu Cijiong's words, Xia Wanchun is his real brother who died on the battlefield.

Therefore, Zhu Cijiong was the most distressed about Xia Wanchun's injury, and even personally led his troops to risk his life and rushed into the deep mountains of Linyuan overnight to kill sixty-seven Jianyu heads before coming back, saying that he was avenging Xia Wanchun.

"Don't worry, your injuries will be healed, you still have to be the groom's official, this king is still waiting to go to your house to drink the wedding wine."

The knee joint suffered a crushing blow, and Xia Wanchun couldn't move his right leg now, but he was also very moved in his heart when he could be comforted by the dignified son: "What you said is that now that I am injured, my career can only be put down temporarily, I just hope that she will not dislike me for being a cripple now." ”

"No, you are a marriage contract made by His Majesty, Xu Zhaohua is now His Majesty's righteous daughter and the royal sister of this king, and I, as a brother, will not agree to her to resist the decree!"

After entering the capital, Dingwang Zhu Cijiong was indeed in a hurry to meet Xu Zhaohua not long after, and he did not shy away from it at all, and asked Xu Zhaohua in front of all the palace officials and palace ladies on the spot: "Imperial sister, you hoped that Xia Wanchun would resign and come back to marry you, but now that he is injured and has returned, you should also know what you are going to do next." ”

"Zhaohua doesn't understand what His Highness means, and I hope His Highness will make it clear?" Xu Zhaohua replied.

"Do you really don't understand or don't understand, Xia Wanchun has returned to Beijing now and has resigned, shouldn't you fulfill your promise to marry him?" Dingwang Zhu Cijiong asked.

Xu Zhaohua took a deep breath: "It's late, now that I have changed my mind, I also ask His Royal Highness to tell him, I don't want to get married now, I want to continue to stay in the celebrant eunuch, as he said, it is difficult to lose the Qing and the country." ”

Xu Zhaohua turned around and wanted to leave after speaking, but was stopped by Zhu Cijiong, the king of Ding: "Slow, Xu Zhaohua, tell me honestly, do you dislike him for being a cripple, you don't like him anymore, you don't want to marry him, I tell you, don't want to regret it, your marriage contract with him is made by Your Majesty!" ”

Xu Zhaohua really couldn't stand Dingwang Zhu Cijiong yelling at her like this, so she also responded loudly: "Yes, I dislike him, I don't want to marry him, what's wrong!" ”

Syllable!

Dingwang Zhu Cijiong slapped Xu Zhaohua in the face: "You are shameless!" Then he pointed at Xu Zhaohua: "You have to succeed in this marriage, and you have to succeed if you don't succeed!" ”

Xu Zhaohua covered his face and cried and left.

Zhu Cihong, the king of Dingding, also told Xia Wanchun what he and Xu Zhaohua said, and Xia Wanchun was also very sad and angry after hearing it, and wanted to see Xu Zhaohua and ask Xu Zhaohua in person.

Next, Dingwang Zhu Cihong went to Xu Zhaohua every day and forced Xu Zhaohua to ask him, as if he wanted to fight for Xia Wanchun to the end.

"Enough, His Royal Highness King Ding, don't think I don't know your thoughts, he Xia Wanchun is the governor of the Northeast, and he can actually be successfully attacked by Jianyu, you are the commander of the guard cavalry battalion directly under him, why Xia Wanchun was injured, you know better than me!" Xu Zhaohua asked.

"Are you suspicious of me?" Dingwang Zhu Cijiong asked.

"Needless to say, do you really think you've lied to everyone?" Xu Zhaohua asked with a sneer.

"Nonsense, Xu Zhaohua, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person! Xia Wanchun is now because you borrow wine every day to drown your sorrows, and you almost want to die, do you know, as his comrade-in-arms, I put my words here today, if you don't marry him, even if you are punished by your father, I will not be finished with you! Dingwang Zhu Cijiong roared angrily.

(End of chapter)