Chongzhen knelt in front of the incense case that originally hung the portrait of Wen Tian, and did not look up at the portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang for a long time, sobbing from time to time, and in front of him was a ground moistened with tears.

In the room, Queen Zhou and Yuan Guifei also knelt down for a long time, and the last was Li Banghua, who cried like a child, and the lady Liu next to him was a little overwhelmed.

Princess Changping knelt beside Queen Zhou, far away from Chongzhen without anyone noticing, and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in the portrait with great pain.

Chongzhen suddenly straightened up and said sadly to the portrait, "The ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, you are really wrong, you should have killed those ministers who betrayed the country and defected to the enemy, otherwise I would not have become the king of the country." ”

Li Banghua cried and persuaded, "Your Majesty, in fact, there are a few ministers who are loyal, just like Shi Guangyao, the imperial envoy of the right capital, and there will be more people who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty." ”

Chongzhen raised his hand to stop Li Banghua's words, exhaled deeply, and said slowly, "Li Aiqing, please make an iron mask." ”

Everyone in the room was stunned, and they didn't know why Lu Dao Chongzhen suddenly asked for an iron mask.

Li Banghua was the first to ask, "What is the use of the emperor's iron mask?"

Chongzhen looked up to the sky and sighed deeply, and said, "I think I am a saint monarch who is rare for a thousand years, but now it seems that I have a mistake that I don't know, and I can't tell the difference between loyalty and traitor, so what face do I have to call myself a saint!"

"Now that the country is broken, there is no face to see the ancestors and ancestors, and they should cover their faces with masks to avoid shame, and the same is true after death. ”

Li Banghua hurriedly said, "The emperor can't, it is a heinous sin to rebel and occupy the capital master, and he will be sent by heaven in the future, there is still hope for this Ming Dynasty." ”

Chongzhen said bitterly, "It's not that I haven't heard the songs of the people, it seems that there is no trace of the people's hearts towards the Ming Dynasty, so why should I be disgusted in this world." ”

Li Banghua said sadly, "It's always bad to wear an iron mask, it's better to cover your face with a black scarf." ”

Chongzhen said resolutely, "Aiqing doesn't need to say any more, if there is no iron mask to cover my face, I will commit suicide to apologize to the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty." It is also to apologize to the people of the world. ”

"The old minister doesn't dare, please ask the emperor to cherish the dragon body. Li Banghua was shocked and fell to the ground and cried bitterly.

Empress Zhou said softly, "It's okay to wear a mask if you want to, and when you figure it out one day, don't care about this routine thing and then take it off, then you will be the head of this family, and you will no longer be the emperor." ”

Chongzhen was shocked when he heard this, and slowly turned his head to Queen Zhou and said, "The queen is right, there is no Chongzhen in this world, in order for the people to live and work in peace and contentment, there will only be a judge who is the head of the family in the future." ”

He looked at the room. When he looked at Princess Changping, he was full of pity, and said slowly, "For the sake of everyone in this family, you must be a good head of the family and never let anyone be harmed." ”

Changping felt the regret in Chongzhen's eyes, his worried heart suddenly warmed, nodded with a faint smile, but two lines of tears flowed in his eyes.

Chongzhen saw Princess Changping smile herself, but her heart hurt even more, and the experience of the past seventeen years flashed quickly in his mind. After the last, he could only sigh to vent the anguish in his heart.

After he decided to only be a small head of the family, he suddenly looked at the past a little, and felt more and more that he really had no talent to govern the country, and he was misleading the country and the people.

Yuan Guifei was unhappy when she heard Chongzhen's oath. Secretly glared at Queen Zhou, and began to think about how to make her husband regain confidence.

The dead room was silent, but the sound of children playing in the alley sounded outside, and it sounded like cold winter ice and rain in everyone's ears.

"Ahh......h

Li Tian, who was meditating, was awakened by this faint howl. got up and walked out of the door, only to see Feng Xiaowu also out of her room, the two glanced at each other and then ran up to the courtyard wall at the same time.

It's late at night. The entire capital was quiet, but Li Tian and Feng Xiaowu's ears were more powerful than ordinary times, and they all heard that kind of miserable howl and pain.

Feng Xiaowu said, "Senior brother, your light skills are better than mine, go and see what is going on." ”

Li Tian nodded and said, "It's good, senior sister should also be careful, there are always a lot of things happening in this Jingshi, so it's better to leave as soon as possible." ”

After he finished speaking, he flew up to the place where the sound came from, and quietly walked through the top of various buildings in the capital like a shadow, and the streets were full of groups of Shunjun soldiers patrolling with torches, but no one noticed anything unusual overhead.

Li Tian followed the sound to a mansion nearby, only to see that the Shun army there was extremely well guarded, and there were many soldiers holding primitive bird guns and other firearms, and the screams came from the deep courtyard of the mansion.

There were many carriages parked outside the house, and many people stood guard outside the carriages and the gate of the house, and by the light of torches all over the street, you could see that most of them were high-ranking stewards and the like.

They looked as if their father had died, and they couldn't stop sticking their heads out to look inside the gate of the house, and they were agitated by the screams coming from the house, and some of them rushed out of the carriage and sat on the ground and cried.

Li Tian looked at his clothes and found that there was not much difference from the people outside the house, so he boldly walked over and mixed in the crowd to look into the gate of the house.

I saw that the courtyard of the mansion full of torches was as bright as day, kneeling full of high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty that I had seen today, and it seemed that there was more than one courtyard, and I could hear the miserable howls for help from elsewhere.

The kneeling Mingchen high-ranking officials couldn't help but tremble, and they didn't even dare to raise their heads, surrounded by sneering Shunjun soldiers, and the scene was silent.

Soon a soldier shouted, "General Dashun Ruhou Quan has arrived." ”

The kneeling Mingchen looked up one after another, only to see the general Liu Zongmin walking out surrounded by a group of guards, sitting heavily on the Taishi chair that had been prepared, and looking down at the kneeling Mingchen senior officials in the audience.

Mingchen shouted and complained, "General Mingjian, we are willing to be obedient ministers, why do you want to rob us......"

Liu Zongmin completely drank a large mouthful of fragrant tea, exhaled a long breath, and then spit out a mouthful of tea foam.

His face was intoxicated, and he hummed with a Shaanxi song, "The tea treasured by Tian Hongyu's family is really fucking fragrant, so refreshing that Lao Liu and I drink tea like being a groom." ”

The ministers were very interested in seeing Liu Zongmin singing, and they hurriedly paused to beg for mercy, for fear of upsetting this evil god.

Liu Zongmin squinted his eyes and was intoxicated, and asked the soldier next to him with a slight opening, "This tea is really delicious, remember to bring dozens of catties to your hometown, so that the hometown parents can also taste the taste of this fresh tea." ”

The soldier said nervously, "Back to Ruhou, this tea is a tribute, only one tael is worth a thousand gold, and the mansion has a total of half a catty." ”

Liu Zongmin smacked his lips and said, "My old Liu can actually drink tea for a thousand taels of silver, it tastes really good." ”

The soldier reminded, "Marquis, it's a thousand taels of gold. ”

Liu Zongmin's eyes widened, and he said, "You said that one tael of this tribute tea is worth a thousand taels of gold?"

The soldier nodded, "That's true, it is said that even Chongzhen has no money to drink, and I didn't expect Tian Hongyu to have it in this old man's mansion." ”

Liu Zongmin suddenly stood up angrily, pointed at Mingchen at his feet and shouted, "You corrupt officials really deserve to die, you have so much family property but don't give a little bit to Chongzhen, so we only found 100,000 taels of silver in the palace, and the original treasury was stolen by you." ”

The Ming ministers shouted in horror, "The general spares his life, my family property is all obtained from business normally, and it has absolutely nothing to do with Chongzhen and Qianming......

Liu Zongmin showed a hideous smile and slowly spit out the words, "In order to apply for justice for the people of the world and recover their occupied people's fat and people's land, Ben Hou specially made something, which came in handy today. (To be continued......)

PS: When checking the historical information, the kitten was stunned, Liu Zongmin is really a good leader, and it is definitely very beneficial to follow him.