Seeing his uncle with both legs broken, Xu Ping was sad and happy. After three years of tossing, the old man has reached the point where he has run out of oil and dried up, and with the last rush along the way, the old man is already exhausted after arriving in Beijing.

Pushing away the nephew who was holding him in tears, the old man said, "There is something urgent that must be told to you immediately." ”

Xu Ping looked at the old man's serious expression, and the thing that had been hidden in his heart these days immediately came to the surface: "Uncle, the child saw Emperor Ming before he died, and Emperor Ming said something to the child. ”

"Say...... What did you say? The old man's body immediately began to tremble.

"Emperor Ming saw the child's jade pendant......" Xu Ping carefully looked at his uncle's expression and told the story.

After saying what happened, Xu Ping looked at his uncle who had fallen on the bed, and asked, "Uncle, why did Emperor Ming say that?" ”

"Prince, Your Highness." The uncle suddenly burst into tears, struggled and half-sat up, and his address to Xu Ping also changed: "The emperor is His Royal Highness's personal uncle, and the minister is His Royal Highness's father's nurse - the servant of Mrs. Fengsheng." ”

……

"Did Huang Hou take Wang Niangniang? Uncle, are you sure? ”

Compared to what Chongzhen told Xu Ping, what his uncle told him was even more shocking.

"Yes, Your Highness, it is the minister found by Huang Hou's henchman Jin Qiude." At that time, the two palace people had just been smuggled out of the palace, and Mrs. Fengsheng's housekeeper didn't know who released the two pregnant palace people, and Mrs. Fengsheng and the two concubines both said that there was a noble person in the palace to help, but no one said anything about it. The housekeeper originally thought that it was the mother-in-law of the two unborn children, Empress Zhang, but today after hearing the story told by Xu Ping, he realized that it was Emperor Chongzhen himself.

"Hou Shizi of Zhendong, is it my brother?"

"Yes, the minister has already found out that he is the titular Mrs. Wang of Zhendong Hou, and the life is not wrong." At that time, the housekeeper held the idea that all the eggs could not be put in one basket, and replaced Xu Ping's biological mother Li Gongren with another pregnant woman.

Although some uncles didn't mention it, Xu Ping could also guess one or two, at that time, the due dates of these two palace people could be calculated, and the uncle undoubtedly felt that going to Zhendonghou Mansion was more promising, and there was a better chance of receiving a good education, and even these old ministers of the Apocalypse faintly hoped that one day they would have the opportunity to let the son of the Apocalypse regain the treasure. Since I don't know men and women anyway, naturally this better opportunity belongs to the bigger children, and Xu Ping stays as a backup.

From his uncle's description, there were originally some remnants of the Wei Party, such as Xu Ping's nominal father, although he was an unknown military general, but he also received special favors from the Emperor of the Apocalypse, so he was willing to raise this child. But this small conspiracy group was destroyed in the Jin entry of Chongzhen two years later, and Xu Ping's adoptive father, biological mother and some others died in it, leaving only this disabled housekeeper alone.

"It's the minister who mistook His Royal Highness," back then, for Xu Ping's uncle, the child who would be born first was more important and noble, but after so many years, Xu Ping was no different from his relatives in his eyes, and he also regretted leaving Xu Ping here, if the mothers of the two children were sent to Zhendonghou, Xu Ping would undoubtedly be able to enjoy better living and education conditions: "Back then, the ministers should have sent His Royal Highness to Zhendonghou together." ”

"No," Xu Ping helped his uncle lie down again and covered him with the quilt: "If you had sent my mother away back then, the child would not have had a chance to meet your old man." ”

Sleeping with the old man all the time, Xu Ping withdrew from the house and closed the door gently, knowing that he had something to do.

……

Early the next morning, Xu Ping went to see King Shun, and the guards said that King Shun, Liu Zongmin, and Niu Jinxing were drinking in the garden.

"Early in the morning." Xu Ping felt a little strange in his heart, when he followed the guards to the palace, he saw Niu Jinxing coming up with an unhappy face, and the latter blasted the guards away and pulled Xu Ping aside:

"General, you have to persuade the king."

"What's wrong with the King?" Xu Ping was a little nervous, every time Niu Jinxing came to him like this, there was nothing good, either Li Zicheng made some naïve political mistakes, or he forgot the royal system.

"The king wants to give Princess Zhaoren to General Liu," Niu Jinxing said that the third daughter of Emperor Chongzhen, who is seventeen this year, is the only princess who has not yet married, after Chongzhen forced his sister-in-law and wife to death, he took a sword to kill the daughter who was still in the palace, but he didn't cut it to death but cut off his arm and became disabled, Niu Jinxing looked depressed: "The princess of the previous dynasty, how can you promise it to the general of this dynasty?" ”

"Oh." Xu Ping's heart swelled with anger, if he didn't know that this girl was his cousin, now King Shun gave her like a cargo to others, Xu Ping knew that there was a subtle change in his feelings.

Niu Jinxing thinks that unless Li Zicheng wants it himself, the princess of the previous dynasty can only be left to the commoners, and she is allowed to marry to the general of the current dynasty, and she is also a wife, and it is difficult to say that there will be trouble if she has an heir in the future: "The general must dissuade the king, he doesn't listen to me." ”

"I know, Master, this thing must not be done."

While talking, the two had already walked to the Imperial Garden, and they heard the laughter of King Shun and Liu Zongmin from a distance, and Xu Ping also saw a strange young man after walking over, standing stiffly on the side and holding it upright.

"This is King Song." Niu Jinxing whispered to Xu Ping, since Chongzhen died, King Shun brought Chongzhen's eldest son to discuss this marriage.

Xu Ping walked over and saluted King Shun first, and then carefully stared at Chongzhen's crown prince, Zhu Ci R.

At this time, Liu Zongmin came over happily, holding two wine glasses in his hands: "Brother Xu is here, ready to drink my happy bar." ”

"King," Niu Jinxing took a step forward and shouted to Li Zicheng, "Brother Xu has something important to see." ”

"What's the matter?" Liu Zongmin asked strangely: "Is there an emergency military situation from the south?" ”

"General Liu, I'll accompany you first, and let the general go and talk to the king by himself," Niu Jinxing grabbed Liu Zongmin at the same time, and repeatedly glanced at Xu Ping, signaling him to hurry up and persuade Li Zicheng to take back his life.

Xu Ping nodded slightly, and walked two steps to King Shun: "King, there is something I want to tell you in private." ”

King Shun nodded inexplicably, let Niu Jinxing continue to accompany Liu Zongmin, and followed Xu Ping to a secluded pavilion: "Why are you so flustered?" ”

"King, why do you want to marry Princess Zhaoren to Brother Liu?" There was no one around, and Xu Ping expressed his dissatisfaction loudly: "The king was still talking a few days ago that the Ming Emperor was not very dark, how could it be good to harm his bereaved family when his bones were not cold." ”

"Me?" Li Zicheng asked in surprise, he didn't notice the change in Xu Ping's attitude towards Emperor Chongzhen, on the contrary, Xu Ping's dissatisfaction Li Zicheng felt very reasonable. Since the martyrdom of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng's attitude towards the Ming Emperor has completely changed, and Li Zicheng gritted his teeth with hatred about the grave digging incident, but now he will bring some sympathy and understanding when he mentions it: Li Zicheng feels that this is a desperate person who wants to keep his ancestral business to do in despair, and even a little bit of pity.

"Brother Xu misunderstood." Li Zicheng saw that Xu Ping's face was full of unhappiness, and hurriedly explained: "Originally, Princess Zhaoren had a marriage contract, which was set at the beginning of the year, but now her husband's family has repented of the marriage, alas, she doesn't want to get into trouble, and who wants to ask for a cripple as a wife?" ”

"Snobbish." After listening to Li Zicheng's narration, Xu Ping scolded coldly: "But there is a marriage contract, how can he be allowed to repent of the marriage, is he a state of beasts when we are Dashun?" ”

"If I don't regret my marriage, of course I won't break up the marriage, but I think it's okay," Li Zicheng did not force the family to keep the contract to complete the marriage, he continued to explain to Xu Ping: "The daughter of the previous dynasty is a cripple, and the husband's family is determined to regret the marriage. Wait for Brother Xu to calm Jiangnan, and the King of Song will soon go to the ...... again" Li Zicheng sealed Zhu Ci R in Fengyang, and the old concubine and others in the palace would follow King Song together: "The orphan girl stays in Jingshi, and she is also helpless, so I plan to marry her to Brother Liu." ”

Liu Zongmin and Li Guo killed their eighteen wives and accompanied each other, Li Zicheng never told others, this is the hidden pain in King Shun's heart, especially seeing that these people have never started a family again: "Lao Liu is already a big man, alone and has no relatives, he never dreamed of marrying a princess before, I think he will be good to Princess Zhaoren." ”

"Hmm." Xu Ping's voice was an octave lower.

"For example, if you are young, I will not marry Princess Zhaoren to you, even if it is a golden branch and jade leaf, you will dislike her in a few days if you are crippled." Li Zicheng has seen a lot of Chongzhen's relics these days, and he asked himself that he would never be able to go to the court every day, rain or shine, and there was no day to rest for correcting the recitals night and night: "Alas, Emperor Chongzhen is also a poor person, not a bad person, I will not harm his children." ”

Xu Ping was silent for a moment, and suddenly said loudly: "King, the last general doesn't want to be in command of the southern expedition. ”

"Brother Xu is worried about the high merit and the master?" Li Zicheng immediately smiled: "It's not that I didn't feel that I wasn't shocked, but I have already thought about your reward." ”

"Oh?"

"Someone once told me that Brother Xu and Brother Sun discussed privately, hoping that after the founding of Dashun, I could seal the grass and tear the soil," Li Zicheng said with a big grin about Niu Jinxing's secret report that year: "I don't think this request is too much." ”

Xu Ping snorted, a little unsure of what to say.

"It seems that there is a Zhou Dynasty, and the territory has been increasing unabated since the founding of the country, right?" Li Zicheng asked Xu Ping: "By the time of King Zhou, the territory seemed to have expanded more than ten times. ”

However, although the territory has expanded, the princes do not follow the orders of the Son of Heaven, and they continue to fight against each other, and the prestige of the Son of Heaven is discredited. And didn't the Zhou Dynasty die at the hands of the princes who were divided into their own feuds? ”

"But the Ji family has been the son of heaven for eight hundred years, isn't it worth eight hundred years?" King Shun said, "Since ancient times, there have been immortal people and immortal kingdoms. When my Dashun perished, if the territory of China could be expanded tenfold, and the descendants were eight hundred years of heaven, what would I have to complain about Li Zicheng? ”

"That ......" Xu Ping felt that there seemed to be no territory around China that could be expanded: "There is still ten times the territory that can be expanded?" Now it is a unified domestic system. ”

"Brother Xu's words are otherwise, when Zhou Tianzi divided the princes, maybe everyone felt that the Yellow River was also an insurmountable border, maybe our descendants looked at the sea, just like the Zhou people looked at the Yellow River." Li Zicheng also wanted to engage in feudal division, that is, to restrict the civil and military within Dashun, and he also planned to establish some systems to prevent future generations from cutting the domain, and let Dashun benefit from the expansion of the princes, such as what princes need to hand over half of their own territory or exchange it with the previous fief, etc., but he has not thought about it for the time being: "With the size of China, it is not easy to hold, how to talk about expanding the territory?" And if the feud is different, you must allow the brother you to have a fief of one or two provinces, your descendants are likely not to be satisfied, and will use this as a capital to go to sea to expand the feudal country, maybe the future of the feudal country is still above today's Dashun. ”

The king laughed.

"Who dares and who isn't?" Li Zicheng laughed: "King Wu Feng Jiang Taishi was in Qi, and later the Qi country was so big that it was far above Zhou, and now Brother Xu thinks I'm joking, can Jiang Taishi think about it back then?" Later, Zhou also received a lot of favors from Qi, who can say that my descendants of Li Zicheng will not receive the favor of your descendants Brother Xu? ”

Xu Ping sighed, and the emotion in his heart was indescribable.

"Brother Xu, since ancient times, we have shared hardships and hardships, and we have shared prosperity and hardship. What I Li Zicheng despises the most in my life is the kind of person who is the king of Yue, Goujian, let us brothers work together, share wealth and prosperity, and leave a good legend for future generations. Li Zicheng said sincerely to Xu Ping: "Not only Brother Xu, but all the old brothers, I, Li Zicheng, want to share wealth and prosperity with them, and I will never lose each other." ”

"King Xie." Xu Ping bowed deeply to Li Zicheng and raised his head: "It's just that the last general has something to hide from the king." ”

"Oh?"

After telling Li Zicheng about Chongzhen's last words and what his uncle said yesterday, Xu Ping was also stunned when he saw the latter.

After the two were silent for a while, Xu Ping let out a wry smile: "King, isn't the last general a person who can share the wealth with you?" ”

"Why not?" Li Zicheng recovered from the shock: "Brother Xu, your surname is not Zhu." ”

"The King's ......"

"This year is the first year of Yongchang," Li Zicheng said, "Brother Xu, do you remember the first time we agreed in this Forbidden City?" Wait until the twenty-fifth year of Yongchang, Brother Xu, you must go, I will never stop you, but you have to wait until the twenty-fifth year of Yongchang first. Li Zicheng once again grabbed before Xu Ping opened his mouth and said: "Brother Xu shared this secret with me, Li was moved, but it is best not to let others know about this matter." ”

……

Seeing that Xu Ping still hadn't persuaded Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing's face became even more ugly, Xu Ping pretended not to see, and was about to leave after congratulating Liu Zongmin.

"Would the general like he would like to give Xiao Wang a ride?" Zhu Ci R asked suddenly, with a little nervousness on his face.

"King Song, Chitose, please." Xu Ping nodded and left the Forbidden Palace with Zhu Ci R.

The two walked outside the Forbidden City and looked at the black-clothed guards around the former residence, Zhu Ci's sleeves were trembling slightly. Xu Ping noticed this but didn't break it, and saluted him: "King Song Chitose, the last general will leave here." ”

Zhu Ci R seemed to have suddenly made up his mind, and reached out to grab Xu Ping's arm like lightning, Xu Ping didn't dodge, just looked at him with some surprise, Zhu Ci R's lips trembled very much.

"Cousin!"

The entourage of the two people was far away, and Zhu Ci R mustered up the courage to whisper.

"His Royal Highness the King of Song," Xu Ping gently withdrew his arm, took a step back and stood with his hands in his hands, and replied in a very soft voice: "Your Highness has recognized the wrong person, and the last general's surname is Xu Bu's surname Zhu." ”

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