Two days later, outside Guocheng in Nanjing, outside the Guanyin Gate of the eighteen city gates, all the way to the flag, dancing with the wind, the streets in the city are even more clothed in red and hanging colors, the streets are cleaned and clean, and there are many people standing on both sides of the street, crowded together, constantly looking at the direction of the city gate,

Outside the north gate, near the Yanziji ferry port of the Yangtze River, there is a huge boat moored, with colorful lights, and there are warships of the Ming army and sailors looking around, guarding its safety, and there is no other ship on the river.

There were guns on the ship, facing into the distance; The soldiers were on standby, helmets and armor, holding cold weapons and carrying bird guns on their shoulders.

All kinds of signs, mighty scenes, very shocking, will set off the boat more and more extraordinary!

For a time, the Yanziji ferry was under martial law, and in addition to the civil and military officials, the soldiers who were responsible for the vigilance, the people were blocked far away, and they could only stop and look at it from afar, unable to get closer.

Soon, the onlookers became impatient, and the crowd began to hear a burst of whispering, from time to time pointing to the boats in the distance and the officials standing by the ferry, and there was a lot of discussion.

"Hey, what's going on? Didn't it mean that the prince of King Fu was going to get off the ship from here and go to Nanjing to ascend the throne as the emperor? I've been waiting for this for a long time, so there hasn't been any movement yet? ”

"Who knows? However, the prince arrived in Pukou yesterday, and Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, and others personally crossed the river to greet him, but the result was that the prince went around to this Yanziji instead of going directly to Nanjing City, which is really unpredictable. ”

"Look at it~! Looking at this posture, the prince has not gotten off the ship yet, but has only met with some officials, and I am afraid that it will be like yesterday again, and all the officials have come in vain. ”

......

On a mound a little farther away from the crowd, Li Guo and Li Laiheng stood on top of it after camouflage, watching this scene from afar.

At this moment, Li Laiheng looked at the sun above his head, and then looked at Li Guo in front of him, frowned, and asked puzzledly: "Father-in-law, what kind of trouble is this prince of Fu Wang going to make?" Obviously, he came for the throne and tried his best, but now he is lingering again, refusing to enter the city of Nanjing, and wandering around. ”

"I can't see it either, let's wait and see~!" Li Guo shook his head, and his face was also full of puzzlement.

At this moment, Lu Jiude walked out of the cabin, came to the edge of the ship, looked at the hundreds of officials, and shouted: "Adults, let's disperse~!" ”

"Lu Gong ......"

Lu Jiude turned around and left quite proudly, ignoring the hundred officials at the ferry, but Ma Shiying appeared by the boat at this time, followed by Huang Degong, the chief soldier of the four towns, and others, and shouted: "Ladies and gentlemen, let's disperse, the prince will not get off the ship today, and we will rush to Longjiang Pass tomorrow, and we will soon pull anchor and set sail." ”

At this moment, the hundred officials at the ferry wanted to pull Ma Shiying down and asked, what does the prince mean, this is not far from Nanjing City, why is he reluctant to enter the city?

However, looking at the tall boats, everyone could only look at the ocean and sigh, and left in twos and threes.

At the same time, in the cabin, Zhu Yousong was enjoying the delicious food, eating so happily, seeing Lu Jiude walking in, he asked straight as if no one was around: "Gonggong Lu, this prince really doesn't understand, since those officials in Nanjing City agreed and agreed to be the emperor, why should we be so slow to enter the city?" And, why didn't you let me take my mother with me? ”

Between speaking, Zhu Yousong hummed and chirped and didn't forget to stuff something into his mouth, his fat body was like a small mountain, trembling and trembling, seeing that Lu Jiude was speechless, he could only sigh and shake his head secretly.

Lu Jiude did not answer immediately, but beckoned, and waited until the maid and the little eunuch retreated, and then replied: "Shizi, you are the future emperor, you must hold a shelf, make those courtiers anxious, and let them beg you to ascend the throne." In this way, you can express who you are. ”

"But, Gonggong Lu, aren't you afraid of forcing those ministers to rush and take King Lu into Nanjing City in a fit of anger?" Zhu Yousong is like an unsophisticated child, when he speaks freely, he drinks a glass of wine with satisfaction.

"Hehe... No, Shizi, there are the general soldiers of the four towns accompanying them all the way, even if they lend them another guts, those people will not dare to make a mistake. What's more, there are still our people staring at Nanjing City, and those people dare not act rashly! ”

Lu Jiude's tone seemed so confident, as if he had thought of something, he couldn't help but show a trace of melancholy, took a deep look at Zhu Yousong, and said secretly in his heart: "Hey... Although he succeeded in obtaining the throne, he also laid the root of the curse, and I don't know if the prince can control the flying army of Jiangbei. With the 'Conglong Yuanxun' and 'Benefactor of the Son of Heaven', I'm afraid that none of those officials can restrain Huang Degong and others, even Ma Shiying, I'm afraid they won't be able to control this fierce army. ”

The next day, Longjiang Guanzhouzhong.

This time, although Zhu Yousong still did not get off the ship, he called some important ministers among the hundred officials into the cabin.

Not only has there been changes, Zhu Yousong has even faded from his gorgeous clothes and changed into a horned scarf and Ge clothes, wearing a very simple dress, and there is a slight sense of despair and fleeing.

Zhu Yousong dusted off his plain robe, I don't know if he was not used to wearing this kind of coarse cloth clothes, or because he was nervous, he leaned on the couch, and without waiting for the official to speak, under the signal of Lu Jiude's eyes, he preemptively pushed and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am just a down-and-out prince of the domain, and I have not brought anyone from the palace this time, so I am ready to take refuge in eastern Zhejiang......"

The Buddha has been rehearsed thousands of times, and before Zhu Yousong finished speaking, he was cut off by the unanimous words of the officials.

"Shizi, by all means, the Ming Dynasty needs you, and Nanjing needs your host!"

At the same time, one of the officials walked out, still maintaining a bowing posture, stepped forward, and said loudly: "Shizi, at this time when the country is ruined and the family is ruined, surrounded by enemies, only Shizi you can lead a hundred officials, resist foreign enemies, save the people of the world, for the sake of the common people in the world, I hope that the prince will not postpone ......"

Not long after, not far from Longjiang Pass, Li Guo was still looking at Zhu Yousong's boat from a distance as yesterday, Li Laiheng ran to the front panting, and said in a somewhat indistinct voice: "Father-in-law, everything has been figured out, Zhu Yousong TNND, the reason why he is reluctant to enter Nanjing City is that he is holding a shelf, advancing and retreating, forcing those officials to beg him to enter the city and ascend the throne!" ”

"Moreover, just now, there have been results, according to the news from our informant, Zhu Yousong and Baiguan have reached a consensus and will enter the city tomorrow. However, before entering Nanjing City tomorrow, it is necessary to ride a horse from the Sanshan Gate to the east of the city, pay homage to the Tomb of Filial Piety and the Mausoleum of Prince Yiwen, and then enter the Donghua Gate through the Chaoyang Gate, pay homage to the first hall, and then go out of the Xihua Gate, and take the garrison of Nanjing as the palace......"

Li Guo's eyebrows rose slightly, interrupting Li Laiheng's narration and asking, "Hasn't the date of the enthronement ceremony been determined yet?" ”

"No~"

While Li Laiheng blurted out an answer, he shook his head, as if he understood the meaning of Li Guo's question, and his face was unconcealably disappointed, and he was faintly impatient.