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Chapter 258

After Liang Yizhang roughly sorted out the cause and effect, he understood why Lu Wang and others appeared in Shangqiu City.I can't relax at all in my heart, I just feel that the pressure on my shoulders is getting bigger and bigger.

If the city is broken again, not only will my family be killed by thieves, but I will also be charged with the crime of trapping the feudal clan!What a disaster!
Fortunately, when the time comes, he won't have any other clansmen to implicate him. It seems that he doesn't worry about debts and lice don't itch.

For the current plan, he had no other choice but to discuss the long-term plan first, and politely asked the eunuch about the daily life of the prince and others.

Then he learned that King Lu actually just hid his name and rented a courtyard under a false identity in Shangqiu City to live temporarily.

Liang Yizhang did his best to ask first: "So, if Eunuch Lao brings the prince to the neighborhood of the magistrate's yamen first, the subordinate officials will choose another house to resettle, or they can send troops to protect them. The subordinate officials promise to keep things secret and will not reveal the prince's identity to the outside world."

The eunuch knew who was up and who was up and down, and he didn't boss him around just because his master was honorable. He thanked him very politely: "So thank you, Liang Zhifu. Liang Zhifu was a loyal minister of the court. If you leave, I will definitely try my best to speak well for Governor Liang and publicize your recent feats."

After saying that, the eunuch left, and more than an hour later, until late at night, the Lu Wangfu and his party finally came to the magistrate's yamen in a disguised and low-key manner, and were quietly sent in to discuss matters together.

Everyone in the palace moved very slowly, because there were dozens of carriages, which looked like they were moving house, and obviously brought a lot of belongings with them during the escape.With such a big target, I don't know how he escaped from Weihui's mansion two months ago to ensure that he was not discovered by the gangsters halfway.

"I will meet His Highness King Lu! Letting His Highness be dusted is a crime for being an official." As soon as King Lu's carriage stopped, Liang Yizhang brought Yan Zekong and others to meet him.

The person who came was a middle-aged man in his thirties, slightly fat and frail, and he was Lu Wang Zhu Changhao.

His skin looked fair and smooth, but his fingernails were very long, several inches in length. The nails of his little finger were even a little curled, and he was wearing jade finger guards.It's really jaw-dropping for a big man to keep his nails like this.

At this moment, although King Lu was dressed plain and simple, the ostentation of the attendants behind him was still very unusual.Wherever I go, there are maids who follow with Buddhist scriptures and Yaoqin, and I don't know if it is to drive away evil spirits or seek peace of mind.

However, Liang Yizhang confirmed the identity of the other party at a glance from this behavior.

Lu Wang Zhu Changxiao, Uncle of the Son of Heaven, was famous for his good temperament and sycophancy in the world. He was timid and cowardly.

Zhu Changhao was born in the 36th year of Wanli, so he is Chongzhen's uncle, but he is actually only three years older than Chongzhen. He is 34 this year (31 in Chongzhen, 33 when he died).

However, Zhu Chang's life is also very extravagant as he is a sycophant.He himself is good at tuning and making pianos, and he often spends a lot of money to recruit famous craftsmen and musicians from all over the world to make a large number of pianos for playing.A large number of bronze craftsmen were also invited to cast censers and other playful utensils for playing the piano.

The piano designed and improved by Zhu Changhao was called "Luqin" at the time, and thousands of pieces were handed down from generation to generation. Each one is worth a thousand taels, which is considered the top luxury of this era.

As for the Luqins that have been passed around, they are actually unsatisfactory and defective products that have been made in the past ten years.If it was a perfect orphan, Zhu Changhao would have collected it by himself.

In addition, Zhu Changhao also wrote a book "Guyin Zhengzong", which is dedicated to analyzing the playing methods and music theory of ancient piano scores. He can be regarded as a music theorist in this era, although his level is not good.

It can also be seen from this point that even though Zhu Changhao has no other hobbies, is not close to women, and is a vegetarian, the property in his family is definitely a lot, at most it is only an order of magnitude lower than those of King Fu and King Gui——

One can imagine, if in the 21st century later generations, someone had a thousand Steinways in his home, what kind of family would that be.

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Zhu Changhao naturally had no pretensions during his escape. Seeing that a loyal minister like Liang Yizhang was brave enough to take on the responsibility, he also expressed his gratitude.

After being introduced into the main hall of the magistrate's yamen, after the greetings, he calmed down a bit, and then said some comforting words: "Prefect Liang is really a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, just now Yan Tongzhi told the prefect of Liang about your righteous deed plan.

You are actually willing to use your wealth and life as bait so that the soldiers under your command can fight against the bandits without worrying about being slaughtered and liquidated in the future. You are really a rare righteous man in ancient and modern times. This king will always remember your loyalty.

However, if this hard work is not in vain, the key is to get out alive, Governor Liang, I want to know whether there is any news about the reinforcements from the imperial court.Governor Liang, do you have any cavalry under your command? "

Liang Yizhang also had a bitter expression on his face, and he said helplessly: "The officials are incompetent, and they really can't know the outside story. I hope the prince will understand the difficulties, and don't rashly make the city defense... more difficult."

Zhu Changhao was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Liang Yizhang to be so polite to him just now, but now when he encountered big right and wrong, he spoke very hard.

Fortunately, he is also weak and cowardly with a good temper, so he will not get angry and punish him, so he quickly thinks about it differently:
This Liang Yizhang defended it because he was sincerely loyal to Daming, not for the sake of glory and wealth. He was ready to die for his whole family. Of course, everything depends on how it is beneficial to the overall situation of defending the city, and he will not be afraid of being threatened by the vassal king.

The people are not afraid of death, so why are they afraid of death?Everyone regards themselves as dead, so they must be doing business.

Zhu Changhao also quickly apologized: "Prefect Liang misunderstood, this king will not force you to send cavalry to escort me out of the siege like Brother Gui.

The lesson of Brother Gui forcing He Yide to surrender to the enemy in Hengzhou is known all over the world. His Majesty held a public trial in the capital and finally executed He Yide Lingchi. How could this king not learn from such a lesson?How can we repeat the same mistakes?This king is just not reconciled, just ask casually. "

Liang Yizhang felt a little embarrassed when he saw that the other party was so talkative and weak. He felt that he was a little unreasonable just now, so he rounded up the words:
"Don't worry, my lord. It's not that I don't want to help you. It's because there are too few cavalry in the city, and my lord wants to break through. Would you be willing to break through alone? I see that you have so many family members... why don't you think about it for a few days.

Our army just defeated the thieves' attack on the city today and weakened their spirit. In a few days, there may be new changes.Moreover, such things as covering the lord's breakout cannot be missed, but sending cavalry to break through the siege to deliver letters and go to Xinyang Mansion for help is not completely hopeless.

After all, the life of a soldier... To be honest, it is not so precious. Even if he encounters an interception accident, it can only be regarded as his life.Moreover, the subordinate officials will try their best to choose reliable confidants, and ensure that they only bring messages and keepsakes, not letters. Even if there is an accident, they will not let the thieves know that the prince is in the city.

Before the bandits invaded Guide Mansion, the officials heard that Huguang Governor Shen Shuren's troops had already rushed to Shangcai County, and confronted the intruders in Yancheng, the border between Xinyang Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion.Kaifeng and Guide are adjacent to each other, and the distance is less than three hundred miles. This is the most promising imperial army. "

Zhu Changhao didn't understand military affairs, and he didn't know much about the current situation of the dispatching of soldiers and horses by the various ministries of the imperial court. After hearing this, he had a clue, and he agreed: "Okay, okay, everything is arranged by the prefect of Lao Liang. In addition, the confidant messenger must not only keep secret that the king is in In Shangqiu City, the news that Nephew Fu Wang and Zhao Wang Nephew are also with this king must be kept secret."

After Liang Yizhang heard this abrupt remark, his head suddenly "buzzed" again: "His Royal Highness King Sifu and others are here?!"

Zhu Changhao smiled wryly: "They were also destroyed by the Huaiqing Mansion and Zhangde Mansion, and they came to vote from poverty. As an uncle, I can't ignore it. But they are in a panic, they have no relatives and attendants around them, and they are almost alone. So they didn't want to come out to meet the guests tonight, so I let the king take care of it."

Obviously, the other descendants of the vassal kings who have taken refuge in Lu Wang in history have lost their princely airs at the moment, and just want to keep a low profile, so that when dealing with the government, only Lu Wang, who has the biggest target, is pushed out to negotiate, and others can hide. If you hide, you can be regarded as a frightened bird.

Liang Yizhang sighed, and promised that everything would go according to plan and keep his promise.

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Because of Lu Wang's matter, Liang Yizhang didn't fall asleep in the middle of the night, and his nerves were tense all night.

After staying up around Yinshi, he couldn't take it anymore, so he found a few cavalry henchmen who were relatively strong in martial arts overnight, and replaced them with the best horses in the city, the best steel knives, bows and arrows, and leather armor (the iron armor was not given to reduce weight. Easy to travel long distances lightly)
Then let them go out of the city in the middle of the night. Yinshi should be the time when the besieging enemy army is the most exhausted and the patrol battalion is weakest. What if there is a chance to rush out.

Those messengers brought some private seals of Liang Yizhang, and some blank papers stamped with the magistrate's seal, drank a few bowls of strong wine to drive away the cold, and gave their family 50 taels of relocation allowance, and then left the city went.

Whether he can break through the siege, whether the message for help can be delivered, Liang Yizhang has no idea, and he can't know the result.

Because he knew very well that if these people really broke out, it would be impossible for them to take the risk of breaking out and come back to tell him that the call for help was successful.That would be just one more risk of life and death, no one would be that stupid.

So even if they succeed, they can only wait for them to come back with the army.

"To go to Shangcai for three hundred miles, if you travel fast, you can get there in one day, but you must change horses. The post stations in Guide and Kaifeng have long been destroyed, and there is no horse to replace, so the fastest way It will take two days to find the main force of Shen Futai.

If Shen Futai marched hundreds of miles a day to help, and there was no resistance, it would take three days to arrive, and the total would be five days.

If you encounter obstacles from the intruders, you need to advance steadily and step by step. If you can travel fifty miles a day, then you can add three days, and you can see reinforcements after eight days... Anyway, eight days can always last! "

Liang Yizhang thought about it for a long time, and decided to share the news of the successful sending of the request for help with a limited number of loyal officers in private, so as to give them confidence and ensure that they will be more persistent.

At times like this, all the civil servants can do is continue to draw big cakes.And even if you have drawn it before, or even just yesterday, you have to keep drawing, repeatedly drawing, each time becoming more detailed, nose and eyes.

Only in this way can the morale be maintained continuously.

It is impossible for Liang Yizhang to have heard Paul Goebbels' "When a lie is repeated a thousand times, it becomes the truth", but he is obviously vaguely aware of this simple truth.

In fact, he didn't repeat it silently a thousand times, he only repeated it once.

In the afternoon of that day, he had just recruited a few generals under Song Quan's guards and had a face-to-face lecture with them, when suddenly shouts came from the south of the city.

Liang Yizhang was terrified, thinking that the bandits had launched a fierce attack on the city again, so he ignored his father and finished speaking, and directly led several Qian Zongs to the tower to watch and supervise the battle.

But what he saw was a group of Ming cavalry with bright uniforms and flags, flying a bunch of big flags, with the characters "Shen", "Huang" and "Zhu" written on them, and they followed Yuan Zongdi's first sentence with momentum like a rainbow. The tide charged from behind the side siege camp.

At the same time as the charge, there was the roar of guns and guns. For a while, smoke and dust billowed in Yuan Zongdi's side of the camp, and countless rogue soldiers fled frantically like birds and beasts scattered.

Liang Yizhang was dumbfounded, but he reacted quickly, pinched his thigh fiercely, and shook those thousand bosses crazily:
"I didn't lie to you, did I? I didn't lie to you, did I! I said long ago that we are good at predicting things, and we have already asked Shen Futai for help! This is Shen Futai and Huang Zongzhen's imperial court soldiers! Shangqiu There is salvation! Tell yourself, if you had been fooling around with Song Quan a few days ago, what would have happened today!"

(End of this chapter)