Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 161
"Sir, you're back!"

When Li Yan returned to his military tent, he saw a graceful figure approaching him, helping him to sit down, and changing his leather boots, revealing his ripped stockings.

"Why is it broken again!"

When the red lady saw it, she pouted and muttered, then took off her socks and began to mend them clumsily and familiarly.

She is dressed in a military robe, which looks capable and tight, with a heroic appearance, but now she is squatting and mending, struggling with socks, Li Yan is quite funny when she sees it:
"Matchmaker, forget it. If it's broken, make another pair. It's troublesome to mend."

"No, I must have mended it!"

The red lady stood up and said stubbornly: "Your wife can do it, so can my concubine."

Hearing this, Li Yan was taken aback, then fell silent.

Back then, when he saw local corruption, Li Zicheng broke through the cage with great bravery, so he changed his name from Li Xin to Li Yan, and prepared to join the army.

At that time, the red lady attacked the county with majesty and majesty, but she never thought that she would be kidnapped and marry herself by force.

By chance, he led his troops to join King Chuang.

But at this moment, when he looked back, there was some regret in his heart.

At that time, the officers, soldiers, and camps broke the dike, trying to let the water of the Yellow River go to each other, but it caused Kaifeng to be flooded tragically.

As the largest city in the north after Beijing, Kaifeng has a population of more than one million, and in the end only Zhou Wangfu and other tens of thousands fled.

Re-enter Xi'an, and recognize Xixia Li Jiqian as the Taizu...

When he arrived in Beijing, he saw with his own eyes the remains of Emperor Chongzhen, and let them be placed on the street.

More than ten years of Four Books and Five Classics, Confucian teachings, burned his internal organs.

In the final analysis, he is Juren and a subject of Emperor Chongzhen.

Immediately, the military generals swelled up, wantonly torturing hundreds of officials and wealthy households, and plundering the common people.

The style of "being able to accept people's kind words" and "everything is conspired by everyone" suddenly disappeared.

Are you full of ambition?

"Li Zicheng, finally changed."

He is familiar with history books, so he naturally understands the change of people's mentality, but in the end, he still underestimated people's hearts.

No wonder there are so many rebels in history, but they are all pioneers of the king.

"Sir, it's finished!"

The red lady stood up straight, her waist was slender, her legs were straight, her eyes were bright, her voice was loud, and she was handed directly into his hands.

"Yeah!" Li Yan woke up from his memories, and continued with a smile: "Today, I have made it clear to His Majesty that I am willing to go back to Henan to recruit troops and return to Zhongzhou."

"Really?" The red lady was stunned, and then she was overjoyed: "We can go back to our hometown? It's really great."

As she said that, she walked to the side, and caressed the red-tasseled spear on the weapon rack, "It's been a long time since I rode a horse and carried a sword, and I'm so majestic."

Immediately, Hong Niangzi turned her head and said with a serious expression: "Aren't you tired of being with me and miss your wife, Miss Tang?"

As she spoke, she couldn't help pulling out the knife, with a look of jealousy on her face: "Let me tell you, even if I'm a concubine, I'm still married to a bright medium. You can't be partial."

Hearing this, Li Yan smiled, waved his hands and said, "I have my own measure."

He was already used to the red lady who was suddenly sunny and rainy.

To be honest, he is a traditional literati, and he is quite unhappy about Hong Niangzi's public behavior, but this is a troubled world, and he will become enlightened no matter how unaccustomed he is.

"Brother, His Majesty just ordered someone to send a letter, saying that he will invite us to have a drink tomorrow to discuss the matter of returning to Henan."

Little brother Li Nian ran over, talking in a hurry.

Different from other literati, Li Yan brought Hong Niangzi's soldiers and horses into the group, had his own soldiers and horses, and had a greater right to speak.

Although not many, only a few thousand people, led by Hong Niangzi and her younger brother Li Nian, they are quite a force now that they have been defeated and left Beijing.

"Drink?"

Li Yan narrowed his eyes, feeling something was wrong.

"Hasn't King Chuang been drinking with his brothers all the time?"

The red lady's pretty face was full of doubts: "How can you drink with us so well?"

Hong Niangzi is still called Chuang Wang, which is the habit of many old people.

"I don't know about that!" Li Nian shook his head and said, "Brother, sister-in-law, it was told, there's no way we won't go."

Li Yan was silent for a long time, there must be a demon if things go wrong, but as a subject, how can there be any reason to reject the king?
"Go and see tomorrow!"

Li Yan smiled in his heart, it is impossible to kill himself, right?

The next day, Li Yan took his younger brother Li Nian to a banquet, but before he left, he always had a bad feeling.

"Red lady, if I haven't returned for a long time, don't hesitate to bring your troops back to Henan."

The red lady was taken aback, and she hurriedly said: "If something happens to you, I won't take my life, and I will avenge you."

"No, go back to Henan!"

Li Yan looked into her stubborn eyes and said, "My parents are in Henan, and my family is also in Henan. They can't live without someone to protect them."

"Now, the only one I can rely on is you."

The red lady was taken aback, glaring at him, she refused to accept it, and wanted to refute, but after staring at each other for a long time, she finally gave up:
"Ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. Don't worry, if you are gone, I will risk my whole life to take revenge."

Li Yan smiled, brushed the broken hair on his forehead, and said, "Red lady, if something happens to me, I should find a man to marry!"

After speaking, he galloped away.

The red lady looked at his back and shouted: "Li Yan, you bastard, if you don't come back, I will remarry, and bring your wife from your hometown to remarry."

One hour, two hours...

The red lady was in military uniform, with her eyes closed, waiting for news.

until dusk.

"No news yet?"

she asked quietly.

"King Chuang said that Li Zhijun drank too much, so he should rest there!" the soldiers cupped their hands.

The red lady's eyes were red, she gritted her teeth, and said word by word: "The whole army is ready, marching south—"

"Huh?" The soldier was stunned.

"Are you deaf? My mother told you to pass the order!"

"As ordered!"

The red lady stood up, her straight legs covered under the armor, her chest protruding, holding a red-tasseled spear, her pretty face was full of haze and unwillingness:

"King Chuang, you wait!!!"

hula-la-

More than [-] troops suddenly broke away from King Chuang's team and headed south, as if they were going to cross the Yellow River and return to Henan.

Li Zicheng was shocked: "How did Hong Niangzi know?"

At this time, Li Yan and Li Nian, who were drunk, had their heads beheaded and lay on the ground. Niu Jinxing specially invited him to come.

Seeing this scene, he instantly regretted it.

Although Li Yan was stubborn and often contradicted him and didn't follow him, he still had some feelings after following him for three or four years.

Niu Jinxing was very happy, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it can be seen that Li Yan has long wanted to rebel. You can see that his army went south without hesitation. It is obvious that he has been plotting for a long time."

"That's all!" Li Zicheng was also a little annoyed. Li Yan really wanted to betray him. Fortunately, he killed him early, and his regret disappeared.

After proclaiming himself emperor, he became more and more dissatisfied with words that disobeyed him. Old people like Niu Jinxing are better off!

"Send someone to chase him, and if he can't catch up, he will return immediately. Now it's more important to go back to Chang'an."

(End of this chapter)