"Your Majesty, let's rest for a while, the old slave is really not good." Wang Chengen gasped and sat on the ground with his waist on his shoulder.

"What's your majesty again? Didn't you ask me to call me Brother Huang? ”

"Ahem, this is not a wilderness, slave, that's what it's called."

Chongzhen didn't blame him anymore, and found a slightly smoother tree stump to sit down.

Since leaving Beijing, the two have not slept or eaten, nor have they eaten or drunk, and have walked on foot for a day and a night. And because I was afraid that the road would be checked by the army, I didn't dare to take the avenue, and I chose all the rugged paths, not to mention the slow walking, and it was laborious.

"Huang Ye, this Juyong Pass is more than 120 miles away from the capital, let's go like this, when will we be able to get there?" When Wang Chengen saw Chongzhen sitting down, he didn't care about his sore legs and feet, trotted behind Chongzhen and pressed his shoulders for him.

Chongzhen was also tired, and his face was tired.

Between Wang Chongen's hands pinching and kneading, it seemed to be relieved, and then he replied: "I walked for a day and a night without eating or drinking, and now it should be more than ten miles away from Beijing. ”

Speaking of this, I don't know whose stomach growled twice, and the two looked at each other helplessly and smiled.

Before the capital was besieged, according to the usual practice, the surrounding area within a radius of dozens of miles carried out the policy of clearing the wilderness, and there were no living creatures and no food. The result was good, they didn't starve the intruding army, and the two Chongzhen who fled were starved by the hungry front chest and back.

"Hurry, this forest is wet and cold, don't stay long. In any case, there is hope for moving forward. ”

After that, the two drank some rootless dew in the forest, and set off again, the master and slave accompanied each other, and although the journey was difficult, it did not seem so lonely.

Wang Chengen followed Chongzhen in a hurry, and said as he walked, "Huang Ye, didn't the thief say that he would not harm the lives of the poor, according to the slave maid, it is better to take the official road, if there are thieves, let's say that it is the people who fled the disaster in Beijing and went to Shanxi to join their relatives." In this way, we may be able to meet some other people on the way to order food, and even if we don't, it will be easier than if we take the path. ”

Chongzhen weighed it carefully, and felt reasonable, so he listened to his suggestion. The two went on the official road, from east to west, and walked in the direction of Juyong Pass.

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With the Shun army taking over the capital, things rushed towards Li Zicheng one by one, and since he entered the palace, he has not been quiet for a moment, and he has no time to enjoy even the beauties he sees. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel itchy for a while, alas, this emperor of Laoshizi is not appropriate!

"You two, what are you looking for?" Li Zicheng sat on the hall with his head in one hand, looking at the noisy two people in front of him, and felt upset.

One of them is the deputy general of General Liu Zongmin, Gu Ying, who is also the first to follow King Chuang's old team.

The other person could not be named, and the conspicuous thing was a dark armor.

At this time, Gu Ying spoke first, "Your Majesty, this kid framed Lao Tzu." ”

"What bullshit boy Lao Tzu, make it clear!"

When Gu Ying heard this, she shrunk her neck and didn't dare to speak.

The other person clasped his fists and saluted, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the villain is in charge of the brigade in the battalion, and he is ordered to supervise the soldiers to enter the city." ”

"Then why did you get into trouble with General Gu?"

"Your Majesty didn't know that when his subordinates inspected the security in the city, they found that some people in the army were privately chasing stolen goods and helping salaries, and even killed people and exterminated people's wives and daughters. These people have been arrested by their subordinates, and after interrogation, the leaders are all thousands and hundreds of households under the command of General Gu. Moreover, the copied property was not counted and put into the warehouse, but in the courtyard of General Gu. ”

Li Zicheng was furious when he heard this, and he slapped up and scolded Gu Ying angrily, "Your grandmother's, is there such a thing?" ”

Gu Ying shouted: "Your Majesty, those are all put in my mansion by the people below, I don't know!" ”

"Come on, drag it down and smoke it, and cut it tomorrow."

Li Zicheng didn't talk nonsense, and directly ordered the guards of the pro-army to drag Gu Ying out, Gu Ying was dragged upside down, with a panicked face, and shouted: "Chuang Wang, Chuang Wang!" ”

"What's your name?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the villain's surname is Wu, and his single name is a fortune."

"Good Wu Cai, you did a good job, go down, I remember you."

After Wu Cai left, Song Xiance, who was standing beside Li Zicheng, reminded: "Your Majesty, although the peace of the people is the first priority, if you cut the deputy general of the Chinese army because of this, I am afraid it will be inappropriate." Moreover, the army's salaries, food, and grass urgently need to be replenished, and the matter of recovering stolen goods and subsidies should indeed be put on the agenda as soon as possible. ”

Li Zicheng's face was cloudy, and he replied, "How can I not know? This Gu Ying has been loyal to me for so many years, if he kills him like this, don't say that the brothers in the army are not convinced, and I am also unwilling. As for the recovery of stolen goods, my husband taught me when I entered the city before...."

Seeing Li Zicheng looking at himself, Song Xiance put on an appearance of an old god, the feather fan in his hand kept shaking, Niu Jinxing was not there at this moment, and he must perform well.

"It's easy." Say no more.

Li Zicheng was impatient, and said with a smile: "Sir, don't sell it, just say it." ”

"Without him, Your Majesty only needs to pick out a few soldiers who are in rebellion and kill them, and pass on the head of the capital, which can make the canon punishment calm the hearts of the people, and second, it can also make the arrogant soldiers in the army more restrained. As for General Gu Ying, the minister will think of a way to arrange for him to go out of the city and let him go back to Shanxi. After leaving Beijing, His Majesty will not be annoyed if he can't see or heart. ”

"That's fine, let him go back to Shanxi and stay. But as for the food and salary, you also know, sir, there is not a single hair left in the inner treasury of this palace, and the warehouses in the city are also empty. The army will soon be marching out, and the thought of this makes me worried. ”

"The minister knew that His Majesty was worried, and he had already drawn up a charter. The nobles and nobles in Beijing, the merchants sat in Jia, and they bought their lives according to the head, 100,000 in the middle hall, 70,000 in the ministry, 50,000 in the Jingtang, and so on. ”

Song Xiance paused, and then said: "As for the ordinary people, Your Majesty will let them get a benefit, and exchange the fertile land outside the city for their grain, rice, oil, salt and other materials at home, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" ”

Li Zicheng was overjoyed, stroked Song Junshi's back, and praised: "Mr. Song is really the reincarnation of Wolong, but I have a big trouble in my heart, I have to say, in terms of strategy, Prime Minister Niu is not as far away as you." After the enthronement ceremony is held, Mr. Dingfeng will be the founding military division! ”

Song Xiance was born short and ugly, and often felt inferior behind his back. But Li Zicheng compared him to the reincarnation of Wolong, which made him so unhappy, and the feather fan in his hand shook more diligently.

"Then these things will be entrusted to Mr. Yu, and the work of Mr. will be remembered by me. Alas, this energy is not as good as before, I just haven't slept all night, I have a sore back, I think about the past..."

"In this way, the minister retired first." After Song Xiance finished speaking, he quietly withdrew from the hall.

After Song Xiance left, Li Zicheng got up and livened up the activities, summoned his confidants, and asked, "Can Chongzhen be found?" ”

"I haven't found it yet, but the villain heard from those former Ming ministers that Chongzhen wanted to go out of the city earlier and was stopped, and then it seems that he went up the coal mountain, and the villain has sent his men to search."

"Well, remember, you have to see people in life, and you have to see corpses in death. In addition, if you put the words out and find Chongzhen and his heirs, I will be rewarded. You go down, this matter must be handled by me, this is very important to me. ”

"Yes!"

After Li Zicheng finished ordering everything, he was relaxed and walked towards the dormitory with a comfortable face, and he didn't know what Chongzhen's little woman tasted like? This time, we must learn and learn well.