The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 113 Daming Zhongliang
"Alas..." Zhu Yujian shook his head feebly.

He turned his head and saw Empress Zeng leaning against the ruined wall of the temple again, and he felt infinite sadness in his heart.

"Yuan'er," Empress Zeng patted the baby in her arms with a weak hand, then raised her head lightly and said, "Look, Your Majesty, Yuan'er is smiling at you!" But she saw her husband with tears welling in his eyes.

"Your Majesty..." Empress Zeng gently wiped the corners of Longwu's eyes with her cold fingers, and tried to show a warm smile, "It's not the first time we have suffered such hardships, but every time it's not always good luck? You are the real dragon emperor !"

Zhu Yujian caressed the silver hair on his wife's temples, and his heart was pulled together by strong guilt, "Hui Niang, I'm sorry for you and the child... You have been with me for so many years, and you have never enjoyed a day of happiness. First, in Fengyang Enduring hardships, coming to Fujing is also suffering. This time Jiangxi was pacified, I thought that you would be able to live a peaceful life after entering Jiangxi, but who would have fallen into this ruined temple with me... I, I am so useless!"

"Your majesty!" Empress Zeng smiled, but her voice was slightly choked up, "Why did your majesty say such depressing words? The luckiest thing in Madam Hui's life was to marry the greatest hero in the world. I enjoy it every day. I didn't feel any hardship. Your Majesty has done everything for the sake of the world and the common people, and Hui Niang is proud of His Majesty. Even..." Her eyes became firm, "Even if she dies at this moment, Hui Niang will have no regrets."

"Your Majesty," a young eunuch next to Pang Tianshou took out an orange from his bosom, "The Empress has not eaten for a long time, and here is a little one."

Zhou Zhifan threw away all the food in the car in order to save weight when he was escaping from the pursuers, and now everyone has nothing to eat.

Long Wu glanced at the little eunuch gratefully, took the citrus, carefully peeled off the orange peel like a treasure, broke it open and fed it to the queen.

Empress Zeng shook her head lightly, "I'm not hungry. You can eat, Your Majesty."

"You eat. You have run for so long without water or rice, how can your body bear it?" Long Wu pretended to be angry.

"Your Majesty, I don't like oranges."

"Oh? Are you going to commit the crime of deceiving the emperor?" Long Wu said with a smile, "When you Huaiyuan was a child, which day did you not eat four or five tangerines, thinking I didn't know?"

"I," the queen reached out and took the citrus and broke it open, "How about we get half of each other?"

"Okay..." Long Wu took the half of the orange, unable to hold back his tears.

When the people present saw this scene, they all wiped away their tears, and the small temple was filled with a desolate atmosphere.Only the baby in the queen's arms giggled.

Suddenly, there was a faint sound of horseshoes outside the temple.Zhou Zhifan's gaze sank suddenly, then he gritted his teeth, quickly took off his clothes, and said "Your Majesty forgive me", he took off Longwu's coat and put it on by himself.

Then he took Longwu's crown and put it on himself, and said to the emperor: "I am also a loyal minister of Ming Dynasty!"

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the temple, stepped on the army horse, and waved to the dozen or so soldiers, "It's worth dying for the country! Men, come with me!"

"As ordered!"

Before Zhou Zhifan and his party could run a hundred paces, Li Chengdong led his troops to chase after him.Li Chengdong's confidant shouted loudly: "We only take Longwu, and the rest will disperse as soon as possible!"

Zhou Zhifan immediately shouted: "I am the Emperor of Ming Dynasty! Don't hurt me, the soldiers of the imperial army!"

Li Chengdong's pupils suddenly enlarged several times, he kicked the horse's belly hard, swung his knife and shouted: "Catch Long Wu, each reward is ten taels!"

Suddenly, a group of captive soldiers howled and rushed towards Zhou Zhifan like hungry wolves fighting for food.

Zhu Yujian saw Zhou Zhifan rushing out the door, and immediately understood what he was doing, "Long screen is not allowed!"

But as soon as he stretched out his hand, Huang Daozhou and Pang Tianshou stopped him from left to right, "Your Majesty, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, you must endure!"

Hearing this, Zhu Yujian gradually gave up struggling, his face was full of desolation, and sat on the ground slumped, "If I followed the faithful advice, threw away those books, and drove west, how could this happen?

"I, I am ashamed of Changping..."

Huang Daozhou heard the sound of the horseshoes of the captive army going away, he hurriedly helped Zhu Yujian up and said: "Your Majesty, you should cheer up and drive out the captives in the future, and restore our Ming Dynasty, so that we can live up to Uncle Fuqing's loyal soul."

Zhu Yujian nodded silently, and asked Pang Tianshou and the little eunuch to help Empress Zeng, without even half of the guards and horses by her side, so she fled southward all the way.

Until the dawn of the next day, they didn't know how far they ran. Empress Zeng almost fainted from exhaustion, and the elderly Zodiac Zhou was almost unable to hold on.

Fortunately, they soon met a Yicheng who hadn't escaped yet, and through this person they contacted Jiang Zhengxi, the commander-in-chief who did not follow Zheng Zhilong's order and planned to garrison troops to defend against the enemy, so they were able to breathe a sigh of relief.

In order to confuse Jianlu, Jiang Zhengxi claimed that he had an army of 2000, but in fact he had less than [-].He weighed the pros and cons, and gave up his plan to stick to the place, and led the crowd to escort Sheng Jia to the south.

On the carriage, Huang Daozhou couldn't help frowning as he looked at the low morale and listless Ming soldiers on both sides.

He knew very well that if he met the Jianlu cavalry from before again, Jiang Zhengxi's subordinates would probably be defeated in one encounter.Last time, Zhou Zhifan went to die on behalf of the emperor to lure the enemy away. If it happened again, I am afraid that the captive army would not be so easily deceived.

He thought over and over again, and said to Zhu Yujian: "Your Majesty, I believe that the safety of the country depends on this moment. If Your Majesty can escape from Fujian and enter Jiangxi, he will regroup his troops and attack the captives. The country will continue."

Long Wu knew that what he meant was that if he failed to get out of Fujing, everything would be in vain, so he just watched him and waited for the next step.

"Therefore, I suggest that you should be prepared for the unexpected..."

"how do I say this?"

The empress of the Zodiac Zhou Dynasty glanced at her car, "If your majesty has not returned from his southern tour," he said in a cryptic manner, meaning that if the emperor fled south and did not run quickly, "The crown prince should inherit the general rule and continue to lead the civil and military officials. world."

Zhu Yujian was taken aback, Huang Daozhou was implying that he could not be tied to the prince, otherwise if something happened, both of them would be in trouble.

Although he couldn't bear to be separated from his newborn son, he also knew what Huang Daozhou said was right.Jianlu's pursuers are coming at any time, if both he and the crown prince are killed, the Ming Dynasty may fall apart immediately, what face do I have to meet my ancestors under the nine springs? !

"How does Huang Ge think it's appropriate?"

"There are two roads ahead to get out of Fujian: one is to go to Changting in the west, and go out of Jiangxi through the ancient city. Even if something goes wrong along the way, the country can still be stable."

Zhu Yujian pondered for a long time. Although the ancient city was close, the captive soldiers were also close there.And it is still hundreds of miles away to go to Shanghang.Which side is safer?
He hesitated, and finally took up a pen and wrote Changting and Shanghang on two pieces of paper, folded them up and drew lots to decide.

He squeezed out a piece of paper with slightly trembling hands, and handed it to Huang Daozhou, "I'm going here," and looked at the other piece of paper on the wooden table, "The prince is going there."

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