Daming Imperial Palace, built pole hall.

Chongzhen had already sent several teams of eunuchs to inquire about the battle outside the city.

The latest battle report is that Zhu Changwu led the army to drive the thieves out of Beijing, and then... There is no then.

Chongzhen, who hadn't received any new news for more than an hour, was a little anxious, and he even blamed himself a little, why did he listen to the words of this person named Zhu Changwu and hand over to him the little troops left in the Beijing Division?

Is it because he guessed what he would do next?

Just because the fire gun in his hand was more powerful, he trusted him so much that he handed over the last strength, so that the current Beijing city has become an undefended city without military defense.

If at this time, there is a group of thieves, even if there are only a thousand people, I am afraid that they can easily rush into the capital and threaten him, the lord of the world.

"Long live Lord, why don't you eat first, how is the war on the front line, presumably there should be news soon." Wang Chengen looked at Chongzhen's restless appearance and said with some distress.

"If you don't eat, I won't eat. I haven't figured out what the situation is on the front line, and the palace will be in danger at any time, so how can you let me eat at this time? By the way, why hasn't there been any news from the people you sent so far, they can't be that they haven't inquired about the situation at all, right? ”

Don't say it, Chongzhen's unintentional words are really right.

Wang Chengen did send several eunuch teams to let them go out of the city to inquire about the situation. It's just that the current Ming Dynasty can be said to be in danger, and it may be destroyed at any time, and the eunuchs are not stupid, they all have their own little Jiujiu, for fear that after leaving the city, without any cover, once they encounter a thief, wouldn't they be able to find a place to hide?

Not surprisingly, several teams sent stopped at the city gate, and no one had the courage to really go out of the city to find out any news.

Even the city didn't dare to come out, how could it be strange to know what was going on outside.

Wang Chengen didn't know that his eunuchs would be so afraid of death, he thought that his subordinates were in some danger, so he said with relief: "Long live Lord, presumably there should still be a big battle outside the city, it should be very dangerous, and the people sent may be entangled by someone, and it is possible that they will not be able to come back for a while." But it doesn't matter, the minister has sent several teams, and there will always be someone to send information. ”

"Well, I'll just wait here, waiting for them to come back and report on the situation. By the way, did Queen Zhou and the crown prince have dinner, if not, send them the meal? Seeing that it was almost dusk at this time, and it should be time for dinner, Chongzhen thought of his family and asked out loud.

"Long live the Lord, the queen and the crown prince have all eaten, you can rest assured. But here, if you don't eat it, the food will be cold. Wang Chengen once again spoke out to suggest.

"Didn't I say it, I don't have an appetite now, don't eat, don't eat, just serve it." Chongzhen was annoyed by the persuasion, and said a little impatiently.

"Hey, wouldn't it be a pity not to eat such a good meal while it's hot?" Just when Chongzhen was angry, Wang Chengsi was taken aback, and was about to do what he wanted, when suddenly a voice came out from the Jianji Palace, and then he saw Zhu Changwu appear here at some point.

At this moment, Zhu Changwu was not wearing a camouflage uniform, but was wearing an ordinary set of people's cloth clothes. If you encounter it on the street, you are afraid that others will think that you are a member of the ordinary people.

Appearing here in such a dress, Zhu Changwu certainly has his own plans.

He won the battle, but it doesn't prove that he is the one who can have the last laugh.

Since ancient times, it has been rare for meritorious people to be wronged?

What's more, after some meritorious heroes come back, they will be imprisoned in a short time, or even end up unjustly dying in prison.

History is sometimes such a that people of later generations will often be angry when they see it. After seeing and listening too much, of course Zhu Changwu would not let the same tragic thing happen to him, so after he handed over the army to Wu Linzheng, he rode back first.

came back early in order to have a good talk with Chongzhen, let him understand the situation in front of him, and let him know his important role.

On the contrary, if Zhu Changwu and the army come back together, it will not be good, before the person arrives home, the news of victory will come back first, and then the impeachment of him will follow, if so, it is likely to be passive.

Changed into a people's clothes, when Zhu Changwu entered the city, he also saw some little eunuchs at the gate of the city, who were standing there looking into the distance, his head was lowered, he ignored these people, so he entered the city and followed to the palace.

At this time, in the palace, the forbidden soldiers ran and fled, and the only people who followed him to the battlefield. At this moment, the palace is as safe as if it were a virtual reality.

Naturally, even if there was a forbidden army in the palace, with Zhu Changwu's ability, it would not be too difficult for him to enter. Unless someone knows that he is coming and sets up a net in advance, otherwise, a palace, he can really come and go freely.

"You... How did you get in? Seeing Zhu Changwu appear in front of him, not to mention, at some point, he was sitting at the table in front of the dragon chair eating, Wang Chengen's eyes widened, and he asked in surprise.

"Just walk in. Don't you know that there are no soldiers in the palace except for eunuchs and maids? Zhu Changwu asked in a rhetorical voice while eating, giving people the feeling that this question was very idiotic.

"Uh..." Wang Chengen stood there a little at a loss, and he didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, Chongzhen didn't care about these at all at this time, he was staring at Zhu Changwu at the moment, and asked out loud: "How's the fight outside?" Won or defeated? ”

"Of course it's a victory, I said Your Majesty, don't mention any defeat in front of me in the future, it's unlucky, and it's impossible at all." Zhu Changwu put a piece of crispy leg of lamb into his mouth and chewed it, and said with a mouthful of oil. "Well, the raw materials of the lamb leg are good, but the salt is a little less and tasteless."

"Wang Daban, quickly get some salt." Hearing this, Chongzhen's heart was relieved, knowing that he had won the battle, his high heart could finally be put down, and then he thought of something and said to Wang Chengen.

"Don't bother so much, I'll bring my own salt." Zhu Changwu waved his oily hands nonchalantly, and then he really took out a small packet of salt and began to sprinkle it on the ungnawed leg of lamb.

"Oh, you're pretty good-looking." Seeing the snow-white salt that Zhu Changwu took out, Chongzhen couldn't help but sigh.

"Of course, this is the food of the future, which contains iodine, and at the same time, it also has many benefits for the human body." Zhu Changwu heard Chongzhen praising the iodized salt he had taken out, so he naturally accepted it unceremoniously.

"The salt of the future?" Chongzhen was stunned when he heard this, he was very curious about this thing, but after thinking about it, now he had more important things to ask, so he put this matter aside first, "By the way, Wang Aiqing, you said that you defeated the army of thieves?" But I don't know what the outcome will be? ”

"Kill more than 30,000 people. By the way, the man named Li Mu was killed by me, and then the thief sent a general, who looked very powerful, and was also destroyed by me with one shot, as for what is it called... I don't know yet, but I'm sure news will come soon. Zhu Changwu said with a look of indifference. In contrast, he was more serious about the leg of lamb in front of him, especially after adding an appropriate amount of iodized salt, the taste was much better than just now.

"Killed more than 30,000 thieves, good, good." Hearing this result, Chongzhen's face was obviously a little happy.

Li Mou's killing happened in the city before, and he already knew the result, so he was not so surprised. As for killing another general, he still doesn't care too much, in his eyes, maybe only Li Zicheng's life is more valuable.

"What about our losses?" Chongzhen asked very carefully. It's really that there are no available soldiers in the current Beijing Division, and if one dies, there will be one less, and then you have to guard the Beijing Division, and the troops are too small.

"There weren't a few deaths, about two hundred. Alas, those people are still too stupid to chase and kill the enemy and fall. In addition, they fought in order to grab some loot, and I am afraid that some people will be injured, but there should not be many deaths. Zhu Changwu, who was biting the leg of mutton, thought about it and replied.

"Oh, good, good." Hearing that the losses of the Ming army were very small, Chongzhen was even more happy. Then when he saw Zhu Changwu eating the leg of mutton so fragrantly, he also had a great appetite, so he also took a step forward and said, "Don't eat it all, leave some for me." ”

"Aren't you hungry?" Zhu Changwu raised his head and looked at Chongzhen, what did you say you didn't eat just now, and now you are robbing me again?

From the beginning of the morning to the present, Zhu Changwu has hardly eaten anything, and now he is indeed really hungry.

Chongzhen is not like this, people who are ready to die, where can they have the appetite to eat. Now that he learned that the thief had retreated, and the boulder hanging over his body was gone, the hunger pang suddenly hit him.

"I want to eat it again now, what, can't I?" Chongzhen stared at Zhu Changwu, full of displeasure.

How can you say that he is also the emperor, the whole world is his, do you want to eat anything?

Usually if he wants to dine with a courtier, it will be a great honor, who thought of Zhu Changwu here, he still dislikes himself?

Up to now, Chongzhen somewhat believes that Zhu Changwu is really from later generations, otherwise, how can he have the courage to say these things to himself. And from now on, this person will call himself by me, never a minister, which is also completely different from the people of the Ming Dynasty.