The next day, King Fu allowed the general soldier Wang Shaoyu to enter the city to defend, and the two deputy generals Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai were still stationed in Dongguan. In the evening, Li Zicheng attacked the city from the four gates, and the two generals were resentful that King Fu did not allow them to enter the city, knowing that they could not win the battle and could not defend it, so they surrendered Li Zicheng. The soldiers of the North Gate mutinied, surrendered the city, Li Zicheng broke through the city and entered, and King Fu and his son Zhu Yousong fled to Ying'en Temple, which was discovered. King Fu was obese, anxious, and couldn't get on the horse, Zhu Yousong fled on horseback alone, and King Fu was tied up by five flowers and escorted back to the palace.

In just a few days, King Fu's Mansion was unrecognizable, and only rubble remained. After Li Zicheng entered the city, he opened the warehouse and kiln of King Fu's mansion, found tens of thousands of stones of grain, hundreds of thousands of taels of gold and silver, and burned the palace, and the fire continued for three days. The four gates and the streets in the city have posted notices to break the king, listing the ten major sins of the king of Fu, and to interrogate the king in front of the Zhou Gong Temple, and do the right thing for heaven.

The sky was slightly bright, and the open space in front of the Zhou Gong Temple began to have a crowd of people in twos and threes, and when it was approaching, it was already a sea of people, and the way was crowded with men, women and children waiting to watch. Just after midnight, a prisoner van, escorted by a sergeant, slowly approached the temple. King Fu lived in a simple place, and the people of Luoyang City rarely saw each other on weekdays, competing to crowd on both sides to watch, and there were many discussions.

"Tut-tut...... He has big ears, and he is really a little blessed. Look at that fat body, you can't find a second one in Luoyang City! ”

"If you have mountains of silver and gold in your house, you will also have fat."

"Death is on the verge of death, so what kind of blessing can you say? He has thought of all the blessings of his life. What do you want so much silver for? If he gave some to the soldiers who defended the city, he might not have come to this point! What a sacrifice for life! ”

"You can't live if you do your own iniquity......

King Fu looked sluggish, his eyes were dull, a strand of messy hair was scattered on his forehead, the modified cloth robe on his body was dirty, the corners of the robe were torn a big hole, and only one boot was left on his foot, looking extremely embarrassed. There are constantly people who curse hatefully: "Fuck, this stupid pig-like person is riding on our heads to make a fortune, what is the reason?" ”

"What kind of heavenly principle, isn't it the yin virtue of his ancestors? If he wasn't born in the emperor's family, where would he have such a big mansion and endless silver? ”

"What's the use of having more money at the end of the day? It's not that you can't die well......" curses, sighs, and laughter were intertwined......

"King Chuang is here!" The drums beat suddenly, and the crowd was in a commotion, craneing their necks to look around. Li Zicheng, surrounded by all the generals, rode his horse. Five hundred soldiers, armed with spears, stood in the way, enclosing an open space fifty feet square. Tables and chairs moved from the palace have already been placed in the open space, and the red sandalwood painted gold wisp flower throne is still covered with a thick yellow satin mattress, and a long case with an embroidered satin table is hung in front of the seat. On each side of the east and west are rosewood chairs, covered with scarlet seat cushions. The drumming stopped, Li Zicheng sat down in the center, and the strategist Niu Jinxing and the general Liu Zongmin accompanied him.

"Take someone to commit it!" Li Zicheng let out a low sigh. Two burly soldiers opened the cage, pulled out King Fu, and put him in front of the seat, shouting, "Kneel! King Fu was so frightened that his knees weakened and he collapsed to the ground.

King Chuang shouted and asked: "Zhu Changxun, you are full of evil, if you are angry today, do you know your guilt?" ”

"Knowing the guilt and knowing the guilt...... King Fu did not stop kowtowing, and said in a trembling voice: "Please, beg the king for mercy, spare your life!" The little king is willing to give up all his possessions......"

"King Fu, what a good title!" Li Zicheng leaned over slightly, forced his eyes to look at King Fu and said: "You Laozi gave you half of the gold and silver treasures in the palace, built a large palace house in Luoyang, and rewarded 20,000 hectares of fertile land, you are still not enough, and ask for the confiscation of Zhang Juzheng's property and the miscellaneous taxes along the Yangtze River from Jiangdu to Taiping County, and the Sichuan tea and salt well taxes and silver will be rewarded to you, and there are 200,000 catties of Huai salt and salt every year. You have a good old man, and your fortune is not small! ”

"Little Wang is not blessed, little Wang is not blessed! I would rather not have these rewards, and beg the king to spare my life. "King Fu prostrated and bleed.

"You're not blessed? Who in the world will believe you! You and the kings of Zhou, Zheng, Chong, Tang, Lu and others have farms all over the place, and most of the fields in Henan are more expensive than the descendants of your Zhu family. Without your hands, the sky will fall into riches, brocade clothes and jade food, food and drink, isn't it a blessing? ”

"It was all from the Father and the Emperor...... Xiao Wang ...... "King Fu looked up and saw Li Zicheng's fierce and fierce gaze, and he was so frightened that he didn't know what to do.

"Hahaha......" Li Zicheng laughed loudly, raised his eyebrows, and said: "Your fortune is so big, I also want to borrow a little." ”

"The king can take it at will, as long as it is a ...... that the little king has"

"You can't borrow it if you want to. Someone came, stripped him of his clothes! Li Zicheng sneered.

Counting nine cold days, King Fu and had suffered so much, and in an instant, the fat white fine meat was frozen so blue and purple that he couldn't help but shiver. Li Zicheng left his seat and pointed: "Kill you, I'm afraid it's a pity to have this white flesh!" It's just that your meat is old and fat, and it can't be much better! The blood is still fresh, just to make a hot soup to drink. Ignition! ”

Several soldiers carried a big iron pot, the firewood was boiled, the water just boiled, the two sika deer that had been killed were put into the stew, not long after, a burst of meat fragrance wafted out, the onlookers couldn't help but move their index fingers, some got up early in the morning to see the excitement, had not eaten breakfast, smelled the meat and felt hungry and unbearable. Li Zicheng looked at King Fu, who was shrunk into a ball, and said with a smile: "This broth lacks the taste of you, and it can't be called Fulu wine." It's almost time for the fire, bloodletting! ”

A strong man holding a sharp knife with ox ears fiercely grabbed King Fu's fat white arm and dragged it to the edge of the big iron pot, King Fu was so frightened that his soul flew out of the sky, howled, and passed out. Everyone didn't know what the strong man was doing, and countless eyes were staring at the sharp knife in his hand. The strong man tied the hands and feet of King Fu and put them on the wooden table in front of the iron pot, and the sharp knife was lightly picked, cutting more than an inch on King Fu's wrist, and the blood splattered out, and the blood was sprinkled into the boiling iron pot like an arrow, and disappeared without leaving a trace. King Fu screamed and rolled over the table a few times, but the strong man's eyes were pressed quickly, and he couldn't move. King Fu couldn't stop crying, and the strong man stuffed a rag tightly in his mouth, and picked his other wrist open, and a lot of blood had flowed out, and the splashing momentum was greatly reduced. Everyone looked at it and looked pale, seeing that the blood was flowing less and less, King Fu gradually stopped struggling, and his body became as white as snowflakes.

Li Zicheng walked to the iron pot, scooped up most of the bowl of broth, sniffed it with his nose, and exclaimed: "What a delicious Fulu wine!" Come and drink, everyone has a share! "When the heat in the bowl of broth is gone, drink it in a big gulp. The soldiers behind him cheered in unison, Liu Zongmin and others stepped forward to taste it in turn, and a large pot of Fulu wine was drunk in an instant. The water continued to burn violently, and King Fu had long since lost his breath, and no blood flowed out. The strong man broke him into pieces, threw him into a pot, and stewed with venison......

"Lord Wang----" A heart-rending cry, Lu Weiqi stumbled out of the crowd, regardless of the obstruction of the gunmen, rushed to the iron pot and cried.

Liu Zongmin had already drunk three bowls of Fulu wine in a row, stepped forward and grabbed Lu Weiqi and said, "What are you crying about, is he your father?" ”

Lu Weiqi rolled his eyes and looked at Liu Zongmin, silent, and suddenly knelt at his feet, kowtowing again and again. Liu Zongmin laughed and said: "That's it, it's better for you to worship him than to worship Lao Tzu!" ”

Lu Weiqi was dumbfounded and reprimanded: "I, Lu Weiqi, as a minister of the imperial court, am famous in science and Confucianism, and my name is always important, how can I bow to a thief like you?" ”

Liu Zongmin was quite surprised and sneered: "Then why are you worshipping me?" ”

"The flesh and blood of the prince is buried in your belly, how can I not worship when I see you as if I see the tomb of the prince! I will not only worship you, but everyone who has drunk the wine of Fulu, I will worship every one. ”

Liu Zongmin was annoyed and ashamed, grabbed a big bowl and threw it on the ground, scolding: "Shut up! If you say the word 'thief' again, you old beast, Lao Tzu will pull out your tongue! ”

"Phew! Who do you scare with death? I was self-disciplined and taught, read the books of the sages, and followed the Tao of Confucius and Mencius. Now that I have lived for more than 50 years, I have experienced a lot of people and things, and I have never seen such a kingless and fatherless beast as you! Lu Weiqi scolded with his halberd, then knelt to the north, knocked his head and cried: "Your Majesty, the ministers are useless!" I had to die loyal. Standing up, he read aloud: "Kong said to be benevolent, Meng Ri takes righteousness, but its righteousness is exhausted, so benevolence is the best." Read the books of the sages, what do you learn? Now and then, Shu is almost worthy of it. Do it! ”

Niu Jinxing quietly persuaded Li Zicheng: "Lu Weiqi is still expected in the sea, he is about to use this to achieve integrity, don't ......" The words "light kill" have not yet been exported, Liu Zongmin's eyes are red with blood, and with a wave of his knife, Lu Weiqi's head rolled to the ground, blood splattered more than a foot away, and he sighed secretly in his heart......

Li Zicheng was a little moved, and ordered: "Hang the head of King Fu for three days, and then allow the abbot of Ying'en Temple to collect the corpse." ”

Fourteen days after the destruction of Luoyang City, it was the fourth day of the second month of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, and at dusk, a team galloped to the south gate of Xiangyang City. Although the news of the fall of Luoyang did not reach Xiangyang, Yang Sichang repeatedly told Zhang Kejian and Wang Chengzeng, the prefect, before leaving for Sichuan, that the city ban in Xiangyang was still strict, and no idle people were allowed to enter the city unless they had an urgent official document and verified that it was correct. The cavalry immediately stood outside the drawbridge, and the man in the general armor led by the leader shouted towards the city: "Put down the drawbridge, the superintendent has an order!" Then he shook the official document stamped with fire paint in his hand. Separated by more than 50 zhang of the moat, and when the twilight is slightly blank, the defenders on the city can not see really, but see that there are not many people, put down the drawbridge, the Han led people straight to the city, handed the official document into the urn city hole, the city guard is always a fire paint sealed fire emergency document, indicating that it is submitted to the Xiangyang military preparation road Zhang Lord, the upper right corner is written with the word "urgent", the back of the seam is written to indicate the date, month and day of the document, and the upper cover of the superintendent and auxiliary ministers line the guard. He didn't dare to slack off, and said politely: "Brother, please wait, wait for the younger brother to be clear, even if he comes back." ”

Dahan said unhappily: "Is the official document fake?" ”

The general manager smiled and said: "The official document is naturally true, but you still need to give permission to Lord Li before you can open the door." Where the responsibility is, don't dare to make a mistake, don't blame the brother! ”

"The official document is urgent, I missed the supervisor's major event, be careful of losing my head!"

"My brother is relieved and will never make a mistake. Lord Li is on the upper floor of Nancheng, and it doesn't take much effort to come and go. ”

There are always six city gates in Xiangyang, Yangchun at the east gate, Wenchang at the south gate, Xicheng at the west gate, Gongchen at the big north gate, Linhan at the small north gate, and Zhenhua at the east long gate. When Yang Sichang was stationed in Xiangyang, each city gate had a general with the rank of deputy general in charge of the access control, and he was on duty day and night on the tower of the city gate or in the courtyard near the city gate. After Yang Sichang entered Sichuan, the access control was relaxed, and there were not so many deputy generals to be dispatched, except for the Wenchang Gate, which was guarded by the guerrilla general Li Min'an, the remaining five city gates were changed to be garrisoned by Qianzong. Li Min'an read the official document carefully, and there was nothing suspicious, but he couldn't rest assured, and went to the cave of the urn city gate to check and ask: "Are you here to write this official document?" ”

Dahan replied respectfully, "Yes, my lord." ”

"I've met all the people who oversaw the teacher, why are you so blind?"

"The journey from Sichuan to Xiangyang is thousands, running day and night, and I can't sleep a single night. The lowly job has just arrived at the line of errands, and the qualifications are the shallow, who will not be taught by such drudgery and lowly duties? There seems to be some injustice in the words of the big Han.

Li Min'an couldn't find any flaws, nodded and said, "How many of you came?" ”

"Returning to my lord, twenty-eight."

"Just find an inn in Nanguan to rest and wait. I immediately sent someone to send the official document to the Daotai Yamen. As soon as there is a palindrome, even if it is handed over to you to bring back. ”

Seeing that Li Min'an turned around to leave, Dahan hurriedly said: "My lord, the superintendent has 100,000 urgent documents, and clearly ordered Zhang Daotai and Wang Zhifu to guard Xiangyang and strictly prevent spies from entering the city. It is necessary to present the talisman to Zhang Daotai, and it cannot be delayed outside the city. ”

"Got a talisman? Show me. ”

Dahan took out half of the talisman from his arms and presented it, Li Min'an saw that the talisman was made of brass, shining with a light like black gold, and slid it twice with his hand, and said with a soothing expression: "You wait for a while in the restaurant outside the drawbridge, and I will personally send the official documents and talismans into the Daotai Yamen......" Before he finished speaking, an old voice behind him said: "No need." ”

Li Min'an was stunned, turned around and saw an old man in his fifties coming down from the city tower, his clothes and armor were distinct, and he hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "Why did Lord Daotai come?" ”

Zhang Kejian said: "The army is hoarding heavy grain and grass in the city, and the superintendent repeatedly tells him to strictly abide by it when he leaves, and he can't be careless!" After that, he took the talisman, took out the other half of the talisman from his arms, and the two surveyed it, which was not wrong at all, and ordered: "Let them enter the city and settle in Chengtian Temple." Li Min'an agreed, and ordered someone to lead them to Chengtian Temple.

When it was time to arrive, there was silence in the city of Xiangyang, only the soldiers at the head of the city lit torches and cruised back and forth. The Xiangyang Mansion prison is still brightly lit, and there is a table of wine banquets in a secluded single cell, and a man and two women sit around the table, the man is in his early thirties, his face is white, his chin is sparse and has a few wisps of beard, he wears a black horn square scarf, wears a royal blue straight jacket, and a leather robe. The two girls were born beautifully, slightly older in their mid-twenties. The man was already a little drunk, shook the tin pot in his hand, and shouted outward, "Hurry up and burn the wine!" ”

Yu Gong, the head of the cell, hurriedly came in, holding a huge charcoal brazier, and said with a smile on his face: "Master Futai, Rong Xiaoyi has replaced this brazier first." It's a little cold in this room, so it's better to go to the front hall, and the small ones are good to serve. ”

Wang Cheng once said: "There are many people in front of me, and when those idle people see it, they chew their tongues again." ”

"Which of them dares? Who doesn't know that the old man is inquiring about Zhang Xianzhong's dog thief, and the jailers who dare to talk nonsense will break their dog legs! ”

"Alright! The lord knows that you are an understanding person, and your benefits will be indispensable in the future. I just heard from the two sisters that you are thoughtful on weekdays, and you have taken away their torture instruments. Yes, the two of them were originally women from good families, and they were both coerced by Zhang Xianzhong, and they had to be thieves. God has the virtue of a good life, and they are willing to tell their thieves and help the master......"

Those two women were Zhang Xianzhong's two concubines, Ao and Gao, who were captured by Zuo Liangyu in the first battle of Agate Mountain and detained in Xiangyang Prison. Wang Cheng had secretly coveted their beauty, but Yang Sichang's military orders were strict, and he had just been promoted to the prefect, he didn't dare to make a mistake, but he often visited the prison under the pretext of patrolling, and the number of times he came, Ao and Gao's gradually understood his intentions, and whenever he came, he screamed and wailed, Wang Cheng had seen their pitiful appearance, and ordered the head of the cell to be replaced with a small torture instrument, and when Yang Sichang left Xiangyang, he actually took their torture equipment and transferred it to a secluded single room. Hearing that he was false, Ao Shi couldn't help but laugh, revealing a mouthful of fine silver teeth, and said coquettishly: "Master, you are really clever, what do you say to inquire about thieves." Every day with our two thieves, where can I say clearly? ”

Gao squinted his eyes and said, "But isn't it, you came last time in broad daylight, holding Sister Ao's hand and touching and pinching, and I was reluctant to let go of ...... for a while."

"You still say! In front of your head, you dare to pick up the shortcomings of the master, see if I don't tear your mouth! Wang Cheng once took advantage of the wine, smiled and reached out to touch Gao's face, Gao giggled, and repeatedly asked for forgiveness.

Yu Gong was so embarrassed that he hurriedly said to go and scald the wine and hid. Ao Shi took the cup and said with a smile: "Since the master hasn't drunk enough, the concubine still has half a cup of residual wine here, eat it for me!" "Wang Chengzeng is not allowed to refuse, so he will be poured into him.

Wang Chengzeng hugged her and said with a lewd smile: "If you feed me, I will eat it." Taking advantage of the situation to gnaw on her face, Ao Shi struggled a few times, and pretended to be horrified and shouted: "Sister, come and save me!" ”

Seeing that the two of them were entangled, Gao bent down and laughed for a moment, before he stepped forward and took Wang Chengzeng's arm and said, "Master Futai, you are so unserious, if you let Inspector Yang know, you can't afford to bear the guilt." ”

"Ahem! What are you afraid of? The superintendent is far away in Sichuan, how can he know what I am doing in Xiangyang? Besides, just one Zhang Xianzhong is enough for him to be tired, where does he have the heart to care about these little things. ”

Gao stretched out his pointed fingers, twisted Wang Chengzeng's ears, and reminded, "Sister Ao is the eighth king...... No, no, it is Zhang Xianzhong's sweetheart, he knows that his sister has been bullied, and he will definitely not let go of his master, and he must go to Xiangyang to seek revenge. ”

"Are you scaring me?" Wang Chengzeng let go of the Ao family, got up and caught the Gao family, and said with relief: "It is said that Zhang Xianzhong kills people without blinking, and he is extremely fierce, but you don't have to worry, he is far away in Sichuan, and he is being surrounded by the army of the superintendent, and he is expected to fly from the sky!" It is to escape from the encirclement, a fortified city made of iron in Xiangyang, surrounded by water on three sides, and mountains on one side, it is also delusional for him to enter the city, you don't have to worry about it. ”

"What do we think? Having the master of Futai take care of our sisters is not better than following Zhang Xianzhong to hide in Tibet and be frightened. ”

"Hahaha...... You two are really smart......" Wang Chengzeng laughed endlessly, only to hear a cannon sound outside, which was earth-shattering. Ao and Gao were shocked, and Wang Cheng pretended to be calm and said: "Don't panic, I want to know where the fire is going." ”

Yu Gong ran in with the wine jug, and said in a panic: "Master, Chengtian Temple is on fire." ”

"They must have been mixed in!" Wang Cheng got up and came to the courtyard, but saw more than one place where the fire broke out. was stunned, and the officials rushed to report: "The Wenxuan Station is on fire!" ”

"Wenchang Gate is on fire!"

"The fire at the Duanli Gate of Xiangyang Wangfu ......"

Wang Chengzeng stumbled out, the night was dark, the streets and alleys that were quiet in the past were full of people, someone exclaimed: "Zhang Xianzhong has entered the city----" As soon as he arrived outside the Duanli Gate, he saw a group of soldiers coming out of the Xiangyang palace in the firelight, pushing a tall old man with a white beard. "Isn't that the King of Xiangyang?" He almost screamed and hurriedly disappeared in the shadows. There was a sound of horses' hooves, Zhang Xianzhong arrived with his personal guards, and pointed at the old man with a horsewhip and said, "But the dog king Zhu Yiming? ”

"Caught. The palace has sent troops to guard it closely, and no idle people are allowed to enter or leave. ”

"Good, good! Didn't Yang Sichang ask for my head, I will borrow the head of the king of Xiangyang and give it to him! ”