Chapter 209: It's so troublesome

Chaoyangmen Pass.

Monk Zhang nodded. When Jing Maocheng was about to release the people, another group of thieves and cavalry rushed into the city like lightning. The thief general who led the army was no one else, Huo Ran was Li Yan's clan brother Li Hu. Li Hu saw Monk Zhang at a glance, and couldn't help but hit him and shouted sternly: "Monk Zhang!"

Wang Pu, who was mixed in the crowd, couldn't help but scream in silence!

Jing Maocheng had already agreed to release the person, but unexpectedly, there was another situation. Li Hu was not far away from it, but he rushed to Chaoyang Gate at this time. It seemed that it was difficult to escape today's disaster! The only thing that is thankful is that Wang Pu had thrown away all the royal things involved in Princess Changping and the four brothers, so even if he became a prisoner of the bandits, his identity might not be exposed. As long as he was not exposed, he would definitely have a chance to escape.

Li Hukeng pulled out his waist knife with a sound and rushed up to chop off Monk Zhang, but was stopped by Jing Maocheng.

Jing Maocheng pulled Li Hu to the side and whispered anxiously.

Li Hu's face changed and he said sternly: "Let anyone go? There is no door!"

Jing Maocheng said anxiously: "General Li Hu, the last general has agreed to the monk brothers."

Li Hu sneered: "You agreed, but I didn't! Now that I have arrived, I will have the final say here. You have nothing to do. Come and take down this monk Zhang and his group!"

"yes!"

More than a hundred thieves behind Li Hu responded to the promise and immediately rushed forward.

Jing Maocheng said anxiously: "General Li Hu, you can't do this!"

"Jing Maocheng!" Li Hu said coldly, "Don't forget that you are just a side general. This general is the vanguard general of the southern army. If you dare to stop him, you will take it together!"

Jing Maocheng's face changed drastically, he looked back and glanced at Monk Zhang guiltily, and retreated in disappointment.

A trace of hostility flashed through Monk Zhang's eyebrows and quietly turned around and glanced at Wang Pu. Wang Pu shook his head in a slight way. The hostility in Monk Zhang's eyes melted like ice and snow. More than a hundred thieves had already swarmed up and pressed Monk Zhang, Wang Pu and others to the ground, and tied them into rice dumplings.

"Take them away." Li Hu waved his hand and said loudly, "Take them to the camp outside the city."

Looking back, Li Hu said to Jing Maocheng again: "General Jing, don't be angry. You know that our army is short of food and salary now, but Sun Chuanting and Wang Pu occupy the wealthy land in Jiangnan, with money and food. Why not exchange food and salary for Monk Zhang and Sun Chuanting's family with them, and let these two dog thieves use silver to redeem people."

Jing Maocheng bowed helplessly and said reluctantly: "General is wise."

Canal transport terminal outside the city.

When Huang Degong, Shi Lang and the others were not upset when they suddenly saw fire on the city walls soaring into the sky, with figures everywhere, and a group of thieves and cavalry rushed into the city gate like lightning. The two were shocked and stood up suddenly from the ground. Huang Degong said, "It seems that something must have happened."

Shi Lang said: "Can it be the generals and the others?"

"It's hard to say." Huang Degong shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Send the order and all brothers are ready, but no one is allowed to act rashly before the general's military order, otherwise... military law is in use!"

"yes."

Shi Lang responded softly and quickly conveyed Huang Degong's military order.

What made Huang Degong and Shi Lang feel strange was that there was no sound of fighting in the urn. About a quarter of an hour later, a group of thieves rushed into the city gate like a whirlwind. Not long after, a large group of thieves were escorting a group of people out of the city gate. A sharp-eyed navy soldier exclaimed: "No, it seems that the general and the others!"

"What!?"

"Um?"

Huang Degong and Shi Lang were shocked when they heard this and looked up quickly. They saw that the torch of the thief illuminating the city gate as bright as day. Although they were not very clear from nearly a hundred steps away, Huang Degong and Shi Lang, who had extraordinary eyesight, still found that the people captured by the thief were indeed somewhat like Wang Pu and the others.

"Damn it." Shi Lang turned his hand and drew his sword and said sternly, "Brothers, search the guys and save people!"

"Slow down!" Huang Degong shouted, "There are nearly a thousand thieves outside the city, and there are two hundred steps away, and there is a thieves camp. Tens of thousands of people arrive in an instant. Just because of our more than 20 people, we are not opponents at all. If we just rushed out like this, we would not save the general, and we would also take our lives in vain."

"What should I do?" Shi Lang said anxiously, "You can't wait to see you die."

Wang Pu was kind to Shi Lang for knowing and meeting him, and Shi Lang was willing to sell his life to Wang Pu.

"This way." Huang Degong thought for a moment and said in a deep voice, "You take your brothers to guard the dock and never act rashly. This general sneaks to the edge of the official road to see the situation. If the generals and the others are captured, we have to find another way to save people. It is definitely not possible to do it."

Shi Lang nodded and agreed, and the two of them immediately acted separately.

Huang Degong was like a raccoon. With the shadows, he moved to the edge of the official road several times. He got into a tea shop from behind. Through the gap in the bamboo door, he watched the bandits swaying through the street. This time Huang Degong saw clearly that Wang Pu and the others were caught by the thief!

When the thief passed, Huang Degong returned to the Caoyun Wharf like a ghost. Shi Lang came forward and asked anxiously: "How is it?"

"See clearly." Huang Degong said in a deep voice, "It's indeed the general and the others."

"It's a big trouble now." Shi Lang said anxiously, "You have to find a way to save people!"

"Don't be anxious." Huang Degong waved his hand and said, "I just heard from a few thieves that they wanted to take the generals and the others to the camp, so I have to find a way to get into the camp."

While the two were discussing, a small group of thieves lazily walked up to the dock with a few wooden barrels.

Shi Lang turned his hand and wanted to draw his sword again, but was stopped by Huang Degong. Soon, the group of thieves went to the dock. One of the thieves said angrily: "Why are you still standing there? You're fucking here for breakfast."

Huang Degong and Shi Lang stood still and did not move, while the other twenty navy soldiers also stood still and did not move.

"Hey, are you fucking deaf?" The thief threw the wooden barrel in his hand on the ground and cursed loudly, "You bastards, don't think you are also members of the rebel army now, you can be picky and picky. Tell you, our rebel army is about qualifications, and those who have just surrendered like you are worthy of eating this!"

This group of thieves were just a gang of chefs who came to deliver food, and the one guarding the dock was a group of officials who had surrendered for a while, so the group of thieves did not notice anything unusual and regarded the two thieves as one group.

Huang Degong's heart moved, and he turned around and slapped Shi Lang on the forehead, cursing: "You don't have any eyes, you're good to eat, you're picky? You don't think you can't even eat this when you work hard for the court! If you don't eat, just follow me if you don't eat, brothers, let's eat."

As he said that, Huang Degong walked up, picked up a large porcelain bowl from a wooden bucket, scooped up a bowl of rice soup that was so clear that it could almost reveal its shadow, and started drinking it. The other twenty brothers were actually a little hungry, so they simply surrounded them and drank it in a slight way.

The little leader of the group of thieves said proudly: "That's right. According to the rules of our rebel army, you can only eat this for the first two months of joining the gang. You will be qualified to eat something after half a year. You can only eat a small stove after becoming a captain! Eat, eat quickly, and you will have to work later after you finish eating."

"This big brother." Huang Degong asked tentatively, "Can you ask what work you will do later?"

"What's the job?" The little thief leader glanced at Huang Degong and said disdainfully, "You are the muddy group who can't help the wall, and thousands of people can't beat our hundreds of brothers. What else can you do? Could it be that you still expect to fight? Really, you guys are just helping Na Na and chase them up."

"Take someone? Chase the dirty?"

Huang Degong muttered twice, and was about to scoop another bowl of rice soup into the bucket, but the thief leader honestly and unceremoniously grabbed the big bowl in his hand, and cursed: "Each person has a bowl, no one eats a lot! Whoever dares to eat more will break someone's leg, hum!"

The next day at noon, Huangji Palace.

Li Zicheng strode up to the golden stairs, touched Emperor Chongzhen's dragon throne, then turned around and sat down. Niu Jinxing, who followed Li Zicheng into the hall, turned his eyes and knelt on the Danmu, knocked three times in a row, and sang in a flattering voice: "My minister, Niu Jinxing, long live my emperor..."

"Hahaha." Li Zicheng smiled three times at the sky, waved his hand proudly, and said, "Get up."

After all, Li Zicheng was a postman, had no education, and did not understand the etiquette that Confucian scholars tinkered with. Naturally, he couldn't remember that the emperor asked the ministers to stand up to shout flat. Niu Jinxing, who was kneeling under the elixir, smiled secretly in his heart, but he did not dare to show his face, so he stood up and stood on the side of the hall.

"Damn it." Li Zicheng touched the dragon chaise, looked up at the carved beams and painted buildings on his head, and sighed, "This Golden Palace is so big."

"Long live the emperor." Niu Jinxing said flatteringly, "In the future, you will be the founding emperor of the Dashun Dynasty and the king and father of all people in the world. From now on, you will receive congratulations from all officials in this Golden Palace and make decisions on major national affairs. However, I think the most urgent task is to hold a grand ceremony to ascend the throne."

"No hurry to do this." Li Zicheng shook his head and said, "Have Chongzhen found it?"

Niu Jinxing said: "I've found it and hanged it on Coal Mountain."

Li Zicheng said: "Die?"

Niu Jinxing said: "Die!"

Li Zicheng's brows frowned. Although he was a rough man and had no education, no matter what, Li Zicheng was once a postman of the Ming Dynasty and had eaten imperial grain for several years. Although the dynasty is about to change, Emperor Chongzhen should not die in his hands no matter how hard he died.

Li Zicheng was very reluctant to be criticized for being monarched.

After thinking about it, there was only one way to save the influence, he said to Niu Jinxing: "Let's go back and send someone to bury Chongzhen's body with the corpse of Empress Zhou, and then carry it outside Donghua Gate, and let the old officials of the old Ming go to pay tribute. Then continue to instruct the old Ming officials who came to pay tribute tribute tribute tribute tribute ."

"Yes." Niu Jinxing responded respectfully, "Long live the holy light."

Li Zicheng said again: "Have Chongzhen's three sons and two daughters been found?"

Niu Jinxing said: "I only found Chongzhen's youngest daughter in Showa Palace, but the other three sons and eldest daughter are missing."

"Look for it, you must find it even if you dig three feet into the ground!" Li Zicheng frowned and said in a deep voice, "Especially, you can't leave the prince Zhu Cilang!"

Niu Jinxing said: "Long live, I have already assigned you to see people alive and corpses alive."

"Yes." Li Zicheng nodded and said, "Prime Minister, have the treasury of the Ministry of Revenue of the Ming Dynasty and the key warehouse of the Ministry of Revenue in the Forbidden City been sealed?"

This is what Li Zicheng is most concerned about now. His army has expanded to nearly one million people, and the daily food and salary consumed is not a small amount. He also expects that the treasury of the Ming Dynasty and the key warehouse of Chongzhen's inner government can provide him with a large amount of salary. According to Li Zicheng's estimate, he can get four or five million taels of silver.

Niu Jinxing lowered his head and whispered: "It was sealed last night."

Li Zicheng stood up from the dragon throne and asked, "How much money is there?"

"Long live back." Niu Jinxing did not dare to look at Li Zicheng's eyes and whispered, "No... less than ten thousand taels."

"What did you say?" Li Zicheng couldn't believe his ears and said angrily, "Not ten thousand taels!"

Niu Jinxing looked up and smiled bitterly, "I didn't believe it at first, but that's the truth."

Li Zicheng frowned and said, "How could this happen? How could this happen!"

Niu Jinxing whispered: "Long live, I have an idea to alleviate the shortage of food and salary."

Li Zicheng said: "What's the idea? Tell me quickly."

Niu Jinxing said: "Chasing the dirt and helping with the money! I heard from Wang Dehua that the imperial treasury of the Ming Dynasty said that the imperial treasury and Chongzhen's inner government key warehouse had long been empty, but the royal relatives and officials in the capital were all so rich that they were sweating. Why not send troops to arrest these guys and ask them for money?"

"Okay, leave this matter to Liu Zongmin."

Li Zicheng nodded without hesitation without thinking. The "good" tradition of eating big people has always been a thief. Li Zicheng has no psychological barriers to slaughtering royal relatives and high-ranking officials in Beijing. Li Zicheng has never had any good feelings for these borers that have absorbed the fat and ointment of the people!

Li Zicheng was still a bandit after all, and had no strategic vision. He only saw the oil and water on these borers, but he didn't know that these borers were actually very powerful, because they were not a few, but a large group. When he attacked the borers in the capital, everyone outside the capital would be in danger. He regarded Li Zi as his biggest enemy, which was very unfavorable to Li Zicheng's great cause!

In Jiangnan, Wang Pu did not let his men pretend to be robbers and robbed him. This is the one who is worried about!

Although the soldiers who robbed the big family quickly could allow Wang Pu to accumulate enough money to recruit new troops in a short period of time, the sequelae of this was also very serious. In this way, Wang Pu would push himself to the opposite side of the entire Shilin gentry class. At that time, Shilin gentry occupied a dominant position, and there would never be a good end to opposing them.

Therefore, Wang Pu took the method of opening an entertainment city to earn money in a curve, and tried his best to avoid direct conflicts with the gentry class of the Shilin and gentry.

"Long live, there is another thing that must be careful." Niu Jinxing said, "Ningyuan, guarded by Wu Sangui, is a barrier to block Jiannu outside the pass, and people should be sent to surrender immediately!"
To be continued...