At sunset, the sunset was full of sky, the north gate of Nanjing City, seeing that the sky was getting dark, and the city gate was about to close, suddenly a group of five or six people appeared on the official road, all of them were dressed as refugees, and they looked very embarrassed.

As soon as he walked into the aisle of the city gate, one of them shouted to the soldiers guarding the city gate: "The prince has arrived, quickly inform the garrison of Nanjing City, and Zhu Yousong, the prince of King Fu, will come to pick up the car!" ”

However, the soldiers guarding the door were motionless, with a look of disdain on their faces, and the leader said mockingly: "A bunch of fools, who doesn't know that the prince has already died and was assassinated by Li Zicheng." ”

Immediately afterwards, the leader snorted coldly, and turned to say with an unkind face: "I can tell you, the emperor has just ascended the throne today, if Ruoer and others dare to talk nonsense again, don't blame me for being incomprehensible and arrest you all!" ”

As he spoke, the leader beckoned, and suddenly several soldiers came up, surrounded the group, and at the same time pulled out the saber at his waist, or showed an unkind sneer, or had a straight face, all staring at these people, slowly approaching.

"I can tell you, you are not allowed to come here, this is the crown prince, if you take another step forward, you can't afford to be guilty, you have to ask for it!"

Seeing the soldiers surrounding him, the saber in his hand glowing with cold light, and the unkind gaze, the voice of the caller in the group was trembling, although it was a burst of drinking, although it was a hoarse reprimand, but it seemed so lustful and inward, and very afraid.

"Okay, the boss didn't arrest you immediately out of kindness, but you guys are still energetic, pretending to be royal, or the prince of the north, but it's a serious crime, you people can't live ......"

Before one of the gatekeepers could finish speaking, he swallowed all the cold threatening words, his eyes widened, and he looked straight at a person, cold sweat began to flow on his forehead, and his teeth collided slightly.

I saw that one of the "disaster victims" simply cleaned up the edges, gathered his unkempt hair, and Zhu Cihong's face appeared in everyone's sight, although it was still dirty, but it still exuded a heroic spirit, and I didn't know at a glance that he was by no means a refugee.

Of course, it was not Zhu Cihong's face that shocked the guards, but the seal in his hand, and the bottom was facing the soldier who wanted to threaten himself and others, Zhu Cihong said leisurely: "See clearly, this is the prince's seal!" ”

"Meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

In an instant, with a hula, all the officers and soldiers guarding the city knelt down and prostrate on the ground, although they couldn't distinguish the authenticity of the seal at a glance, but coupled with Zhu Cihong's extraordinary bearing, they still calmed everyone at once and made them believe most of them.

After all, whether it is the authenticity of the seal or the authenticity of the identity of the prince, in this city of Nanjing, it is still easy to distinguish, there are so many officials and generals who have served in the capital and have seen the emperor, how can there be few people who do not know the prince?

At this time, the city gate guard had already received the news, someone claimed to be the prince of the north, did not dare to stay, and at the same time ordered people to report the news, he hurried to greet him, and secretly said in his heart: "This time something is a big deal, the emperor has just ascended the throne for less than a day, and a northern prince has appeared. There must be a major earthquake in the officialdom of Nanjing? ”

When he thought like this in his heart, the garrison had already come to Zhu Cihong's side, bowed down with low eyebrows and said: "The last general has seen the prince, please enter the city and rest on one side, and your lordships will come to greet you soon." ”

I have to say that this guard is still very clever, and he didn't say that Zhu Youzhen, whether he is called the prince of Fuwang or the emperor, his fate will not be very good.

"Okay, lead the way."

Zhu Cihong responded lightly, and did not pursue the offense of the guards just now, and under the leadership of the guard, he walked slowly towards the city and towards the side of the city gate.

Soon, the city gate was restored to order again, the sun was red, and it was about to set, just as the city gate was about to close, several more people appeared, and hurriedly walked a few steps, and they entered the city.

As they walked on the quiet street, there were not many pedestrians on the road, and one of them said in a low voice, "General, what can I do about this?" I didn't expect Zhu Cihong to be so impatient, he didn't have the scheming that a prince should have, and he was too stupid, his identity was revealed so early, I'm afraid the plan will change. ”

"This is not the place to talk, let's find a secret place first, and then talk about it, it's best to find our secret base immediately." The other also lowered his voice in response.

Soon after, in a deep mansion compound in Nanjing City, in a secret room.

At this time, Li Laiheng had already withdrawn his disguise, revealing his true face, and in front of him sat Wang Fuzhi, Huang Zongxi and Chen Zilong.

After listening to Li Laiheng's narration, the purpose of this trip, and Zhu Cihong has entered the city, these people who have been in Nanjing for a long time suddenly showed a solemn face, glanced at each other, and then looked at Li Laiheng together, Huang Zongxi said worriedly: "General Li, I'm afraid things are not good~!" ”

Wang Fuzhi followed, his voice became more solemn and low, and added: "Yes, general, Zhu Cihong's identity has been revealed too early, and now, although there are still many people in Nanjing City who oppose Zhu Yousong, Ma Shiying and others have already controlled the officialdom of Nanjing City, as well as all the Ming troops around. ”

"At this time, there is no preparation, Zhu Yousong has just ascended the throne and is the emperor, and it is impossible to give up the throne to Zhu Cihong. Even if someone can prove Zhu Cihong's identity and say that he is the prince of the north, he will be reversed by Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng and others, saying that he is a pseudo-prince and an impostor, and even his life is worried, and Zhu Yousong will not let him go. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, Laiheng understands this."

Li Laiheng's expression was also ugly, and he was so angry that Zhu Cihong was so angry that he was choked in his heart, but he also had to face up to the upcoming changes, raised his head and stared at everyone, and said earnestly: "I want to know now, is there any remedy, but the army has already taken action and is attacking the northern capital county seat and Huguang in Nanzhili." ”

At this time, Meng Chengshun, an opera writer and opera theorist, pondered for a moment and said, "Hmm... If you want to remedy it, the best way is to immediately notify the Donglin people led by Shi Kefa and Qian Qianyi before Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng have made a move, and let them protect Zhu Cihong's safety, force Zhu Yousong from above public opinion, and dare not make radical moves. ”

Everyone listened very seriously, nodded frequently, and of course understood what Meng Chengshun said about the radical move, which was to ensure that Zhu Cihong would not worry about his life.

As long as people don't die, everything will have a turnaround.

"Secondly, from now on, immediately mobilize all our personnel in Nanjing City to spread the news of Zhu Cihong's entry into Nanjing City, so that everyone will know it, even if Zhu Cihong's final ending is bleak and he can't compete with Zhu Yousong head-on and become a prisoner, he can still keep the truth and let those ambitious Ming generals have a reason to rebel."

"At that time, even if it can't be as expected, the officialdom of Nanjing City will be completely paralyzed, and Zhu Yousong and Zhu Cihong will compete for the throne, it will be able to make the backyard of the Southern Ming Dynasty catch fire, and the government decree will not be unified, and the troops in various places in the south will not be mobilized."

In an instant, Li Laiheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and infinite excitement surged in his heart, and he couldn't help but praise gratefully: "Okay, do it!" ”