Two years have passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past two years, many major events have happened in the court and in the rivers and lakes.

On August 11 of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, after more than 50 years of fighting, the Great Khan of Houjin Nurhachi died with hatred because of the rout of the Battle of Ningyuan and the fatal palm of Yang Kunlun.

After Nurhachi's death, Emperor Taiji of the Four Beylers ascended to the throne of the Khan with the support of the Great Beyler Daishan and most of the civil and military officials, becoming the second Great Khan of the Later Jin.

Thousands of miles away, the Ming Jingshi, only a year later, on August 11 of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao, the Emperor of the Apocalypse, also died because of many years of illness.

It is a very coincidence that the day of Zhu Youxiao's death happened to be the same day as Nurhachi, who died a year ago, both on August 11, which seems to be providential.

In August 1627, after the death of Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, ascended the throne, and changed his name to Chongzhen in the second year.

After Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, in less than a year, he made drastic moves, first subduing Wei Zhongxian and others one by one, and then rectifying the rule of officials, and strengthening the armament and personnel adjustment of the northeast border pass.

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan, who had made immortal contributions in the defense of Ningyuan, was already the governor of Jiliao, commanding hundreds of thousands of Guanning Iron Cavalry and all matters on the front line of Ningjin.

Li Zicheng, who has been brewing an incident in northern Shaanxi, also rose up in the first year of Chongzhen.

In the second year of Chongzhen, Gao Yingxiang proclaimed himself the king of Chuang, went to Shanxi from Shaanxi east, and then crossed the Yellow River south into the Central Plains.

And the biggest event in the rivers and lakes is that Chu Liufeng died in the hands of Changbai Zhenren, and most people in the rivers and lakes refused to believe it when they heard the news.

Chu Liufeng is really like the illness of the Western Han Dynasty, and after a moment of glory, he disappeared like a meteor?

Many people sighed when they mentioned this matter, and it is said that before the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao, was even chanting Chu Liufeng's name before he died.

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On this day, Emperor Chongzhen sat in the imperial study and saw the piles of recitals and documents on the desk.

"Seven or eight out of ten of the above are from the Northeast Border Pass and Northern Shaanxi, if these two tumors are not removed, it is really difficult for me to live in peace."

Deputy Commander of Jinyiwei asked Xi Haisheng to bring the tea over, gently put it on the table and said:

"In the two years since the emperor ascended the throne, he has been working all night to deal with national affairs, it is better to rest more, and the emperor's health is the blessing of all the people."

Chongzhen didn't pay attention to Xi Haisheng's clichés, and looked up and asked:

"How is Princess Yongning, is there any news lately?"

"Princess, she went back to Beijing some time ago, stayed for a few days and left, recently they have been walking around Beizhili, although the emperor can rest assured, I have sent more people to escort her secretly.

Chongzhen nodded when he heard this.

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Zhengding, the location of the yamen of the governor of the northern Zhili province in the Ming Dynasty.

A woman in green rode a small donkey and walked on the street of Zhengding.

The woman is beautiful, but her face is haggard, and there are too many grievances in her eyes, and she looks very worried.

There were a lot of people on the road ahead, and the woman in green couldn't get by, so she had to slowly get off the donkey and walk forward to see what was happening.

People were surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, and the woman in green couldn't squeeze in at all, and she was afraid that the donkey would kick people, so she had to find a shady place with few people to stand.

At this time, I only heard an old man next to me say:

"In this world, there is really no king's law, a little girl from someone has come all the way here to perform arts, also to make a living, if anyone can get by, will let such a handsome girl come out to earn this hard-earned money, isn't it all forced."

A middle-aged man next to him continued:

"This Xue Popi relied on his brother-in-law Lou Qi is governor, and he came everywhere all day to look for flowers and ask willows, and even he pondered as a street performer, this is robbing the people's daughter, who would have thought that this woman in red was not weak in martial arts, and killed him by mistake, and he deserved to die."

The woman in green listened to a few words and already understood what was going on.

At this time, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came, and a group of people came over from the street, it was the soldiers of the governor's yamen who arrived, and more than a dozen soldiers came to the front, pushing away the people who were watching the excitement, and surrounded the girl in red to arrest the girl in red.

"Don't fight against the government, it's this bad guy who did it first, I had to lose it, I'll go with them, you take the stall, go back to the inn and wait for me."

After the girl in red finished speaking, she walked towards the soldiers.

Seeing that the girl in red was tied up by the soldiers and was about to be taken away, the onlookers shouted:

"Xue Popi teased first, it's not the child's fault, it can't be taken away, it can't be taken away."

The onlookers shouted and surrounded themselves, preventing the soldiers from taking away the girl in red, and the two sides began to push and shove, and the scene was very chaotic.

The girl in green glanced at the girl in red, like an old woman, secretly happy in her heart, and when she walked in and looked at it, she realized that it was just two people who were very similar, and she couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, the old man next to him sighed again:

"This kid was caught in the yamen, and he died, alas! It's really unreasonable, but there's no way to stop it like this. ”

"Uncle, you've seen this thing, are you sure that Xue Popi is the first to tease?"

The old man looked at the woman in green and asked, so he said:

"I'm in my seventies, can I still talk nonsense with my eyes open, and besides, there are so many people here, the big guy can see it clearly."

The woman in green said: "That's good, please ask the old man to accompany me to the governor's yamen to be a witness, I think he can't kill the governor if he dares to commit suicide." ”

The old man looked at the woman in green and shook his head.

"Girl, it's not that I don't dare to go with you, it's useless to go, now in this world, the officials can't wait to eat the people."

At this time, there were already people and soldiers fighting in the crowd, and the woman in green had no choice but to walk over and shout:

"Folks, don't be like this, who dares to go to the governor's yamen with me, please come with me as a witness, I promise that I will be fine if I go and record a confession."

The woman in green shouted several times before everyone stopped shouting, and a few bold and green-clothed women followed the soldiers to the governor's yamen.

The doorkeeper was blocking the woman in green and the others from entering.

The woman in green shouted angrily: "We are witnesses, the laws of the Ming Dynasty are clearly written, who dares not to let me in." ”

The guard at the gate saw that the woman in green was very tough, and let her in without arguing.

A fat man in an official uniform sat behind the big case, and it was Governor Lou Qi.

Lou Qi glanced at the women in green, stared at the girl in red with cold eyes, and shouted:

"Why are you blatantly killing people on the street, the deceased has no grievances with you, you are so bold, is it a party of Shaanxi Liukou, and you have not recruited it from the truth."

After Governor Lou Qi finished speaking, he slapped the startling wood hard, and the few people who followed the woman in green were all trembling with fright.

"Lord Qingtian, we are the troupe of Guide Mansion, my name is Red Lady, I have been here to beg for food.

Who would have thought that this Xue Popi saw that I was still a little beautiful, and took advantage of my inattention, and actually hugged me behind me, trying to pull me to his carriage, and I also broke free with all my strength, and he tried to snatch me away, but as soon as I stumbled, I fell and died. ”

After the red lady finished speaking, Lou Qi stood up and slapped it three times, and shouted:

"It's a bunch of nonsense, it's just a bunch of nonsense, pull me down, put me on death row first, and wait for it to be released."

The red lady shouted while breaking free from the soldiers: "My lord, I am wronged."

The few people who followed the woman in green also whispered at this time, and the woman in green walked up a few steps and grabbed the red lady.

"Why don't you listen to the words of witnesses, and make a hasty decision just because someone is dead or injured, may I ask which Ming law is this based on?"

Governor Lou Qi squinted his eyes and looked at the woman in green and said:

"Who are you, who are you a red lady? It is my right rule, and whatever I say is what I do. Someone came, put this woman in custody for me, this person made a lot of noise, and if it goes on like this, it will be repaid. ”

The woman in green trembled angrily, and before she could speak, she was pulled down by a few officials who rushed up, and a few people who followed the woman in green came in and ran out of the yamen in fright when they saw this scene.

There was only an empty cell left in the prison number of the governor's yamen, and the red lady and the woman in green were locked together, and the two gradually became acquainted, and the red lady kept saying words of thanks.

"Sister doesn't have to be polite, whoever sees this kind of thing has to take care of it, if this continues, won't there be no righteousness in this country."

The red lady cleaned up the ground and asked the woman in green to sit on the hay first, but the woman in green hesitated for a moment, but still sat down.

At this time, the red lady said:

"My sister must be in a wealthy compound, rarely come out and walk around, over the years, I and the troupe have traveled all over Huguang, South Zhili, North Zhili, and I also went to Guanwai.

The current government wantonly oppresses the people, it is dark everywhere, the people are hungry and cold, it is really miserable, and we have suffered a lot, but today's incident really scared me, that sword really hit him himself, I didn't expect it to affect my sister. ”

The woman in green took the red lady's hand and asked the red lady to sit down next to her.

"Don't be afraid, I'll help you figure it out, if Da Ming wants to be all such dog officials, it will be terrible."

"Then thank you sister, I don't know what my sister is called, where are you from, and you don't seem to be a local."

The woman in green said: "My name is Yongning, I am a person from Beijing, I originally wanted to go to Wutai Mountain to worship the Bodhisattva, but I heard that there were a lot of rogues over there, so I came all the way south here." ”

"The rogues were also forced to rebel. If you're tired, sleep on my lap. ”

After the red lady finished speaking, she suddenly remembered Liu Xingyue, and she was a little sad and stopped talking.

Yongning had closed his eyes at this time, leaning against the wall as if he had fallen asleep.

The next day, the fat governor Lou Qi interrogated Yongning and the Red Lady again, and wanted to finish the hall again, so he sentenced the Red Lady to a decisive decision, so as to avenge his wife's uncle, last night the lady quarreled with him for a night, so that he didn't sleep well.

Yongning and the red lady were pushed in, and Lou Qi shouted without raising his eyes:

"The red lady killed people on the street for no reason, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, she was cut and pushed out."

"Dog officer, you are too disrespectful, you are simply lawless, are you not afraid of retribution for such a careless disregard of human life."

After Yongning scolded, he was trembling with anger.

Lou Qi was about to punish Yu Yongning again, when a servant came in and said:

"Lord Lou, the people of Jingshi Jinyi Guard have arrived at the yamen."

"Come in, please."

After Lou Qi finished speaking, he glared at Yongning and the red lady and shouted:

"Let's both live a little longer."

Four or five black-clothed men rushed into the governor's yamen court, and the leader stared at Yongning as he walked, Lou Qi stood up, arched his hands and smiled, and was about to say some kind words.

The Jinyi guard led by him pushed away the fat governor, turned to Yongning and knelt down and said:

"Your Royal Highness Princess, why are you here, who is so bold as to dare to put a torture instrument on you."

Lou Qi, the fat governor standing behind, turned his head at this moment, and he collapsed to the ground all of a sudden.

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Yongning and the Red Lady went out of the governor's yamen, and two brocade-clothed guards followed.

"Please don't follow me, I told the emperor before I left Beijing, now the country is troubled, so many things need to be taken care of, you go back and do what you have to do, I will return to Beijing after wandering enough."

The two didn't dare to talk, and hurriedly turned away.

The Red Lady and Yongning arrived at the inn, Yongning took the Red Lady's hand, looked at her and remembered Zhuoma Yangjin, and liked it even more.

"The two of us are also friends in trouble, you won't run the troupe in the future, it just so happens that I plan to travel outside for a few years, you can accompany me to walk around the world, and you will call me sister in the future."

The red lady hurriedly knelt down.

"The princess is above, and the villain really doesn't dare to climb high."

"You see the outside world like this, I am similar to you, sisters are both fallen people at the end of the world, how can there be any difference between high and low."

"Sister! My life was saved by my sister, and I will follow my sister wherever she goes in the future, and I will serve you and take care of you for a lifetime. ”

The red lady hugged Yongning with tears in her eyes.