The most powerful patriarch in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 196 Dingxi King Li Dingguo Flees

Chapter 194

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong proclaimed themselves emperors one after another.
Jianlu entered the customs for the fifth time, passed through Zhili, and went straight to Shandong.
The news made Chongzhen furious, and severely reprimanded the minister for not doing enough to suppress the bandits.
Zuo Liangyu was also under unprecedented pressure,
Under the temptation of Chongzhen Xu's promotion and title, Zuo Liangyu chased and killed Zhang Xianzhong like crazy,
They have all become bereaved dogs, how could they be in a better mood.

After drinking for a while, a confidant came to report,
four sons,

Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi accepted the beauties sent by Zhang Xianzhong,

Li Dingguo declined.

"Donkey Ball, it's not good to give him a beautiful woman. The second child is really stubborn. No matter how many brothers want it, it's not their turn." Zhang Xianzhong cursed a little unhappy.

The performance of the four adopted sons is getting better and better, gradually becoming the mainstay of the army,
After Zhang Xianzhong proclaimed himself emperor, he made all four adopted sons kings.

Sun Kewang is the king of Pingdong, Liu Wenxiu is the king of Funan,

Li Dingguo is the king of Anxi, and Ai Nengqi is the king of Dingbei.

The beauties collected this time are also shared among the four adoptive sons.

Unexpectedly, Li Dingguo refused.

Li Shirong, the newly promoted censor, sighed and said, "After King Anxi came back from Fujian, he felt that he was completely different."

As soon as the voice fell, the scene became a little quiet.

Zhang Xianzhong put the wine glass in his hand on the table, and said in a low voice, "It's not that it's different, it's just that I have second thoughts."

In the past, Li Dinghui was very active in making suggestions, thinking about how to deal with the officers and soldiers,
Thinking about how to expand the territory,

After returning, the enthusiasm in this regard was obviously less,
He also often persuaded Zhang Xianzhong to have a good relationship with the gentry,

It is said that by properly handling class conflicts, more people can be united,
Looting is not good.

It is better to manage with heart than to rob with a knife.

Zhang Xianzhong was very angry when he kept saying something he didn't know the meaning of.

Xie Fengzhou, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, there are some things that I don't know whether I should say or not."

Zhang Xianzhong said rudely: "There are no outsiders here, donkey balls, I am most annoyed by people who talk half-sentences and hide half-sentences, so speak quickly."

Even after proclaiming himself emperor, Zhang Xianzhong still did not change his true nature as a reckless hero,

Often the export is dirty,

Is to issue a decree,
Some imperial decrees still use vernacular and swear words.

Xie Fengzhou also knew his temper, so he responded and said quickly: "Your Majesty, I have received the exact news that the governor of Fujian, Lu Changle, led the army to protect the countryside from Min'an, and landed in Xuancheng, Jianzhou. I have captured my lair."

Li Shirong was shocked when he heard the words, and quickly asked, "What? How dare they go and copy Jianlu's lair?"

These years, just listening to Jianlu suppressing Daming,

Entered customs many times to plunder, committed all kinds of crimes,
There is information that they are about to grab Shandong,
Those Ming soldiers, one by one, huddled in the guard city,

Watching the Jianlu soldiers swaggering past, no one dared to go out of the city to intercept them.
Unexpectedly, Lu Changle had such courage.

"It's been confirmed by many parties, it's true." Xie Fengzhou said with certainty.

Li Shirong was still a little unconvinced: "Didn't King Dingxi say that the civil strife in Fujian has just been settled, and he needs to recover?"

"That's why I said that King Dingxi has changed a little bit." Xie Fengzhou said again in a surprising way:

"According to the reliable information I got, the governor of Fujian, Lu Changle, is very important to King Dingxi."

"After King Dingxi was captured, he was given an official position and invited him to have dinner with him many times."

"There are detailed investigations to find out that King Dingxi came to Fujian with the release slip from Governor-General Lu Changle."

Xie Fengzhou is a literati, with a kind of elegance in his speech,
However, the content of these words is too amazing.

Li Shirong frowned and said: "Xie Shangshu, be careful with your words, you can eat things indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately."

After Zhang Xianzhong established the regime, he had no biological children.

Some people say that family members were implicated during the rebellion and all were beheaded.

It was also said that Zhang Xianzhong knew the risk was great,
Long ago let his trusted subordinates hide their names with his children and a large amount of wealth,
In any case, the four adoptive sons naturally became his successors,

Among them, Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo were the most vocal.
Xie Fengzhou is Sun Kewang's supporter.

Li Shirong is a centrist and does not help each other.

Xie Fengzhou said with certainty: "Doctor Li, Xie must have sufficient evidence for what he said. If you don't believe me, you can also send someone to investigate."

"If you don't believe me, I will definitely send someone to investigate." Li Shirong said not to be outdone.

Zhang Xianzhong stared at Xie Fengzhou and said, "Xie Shangshu, what you said is true? Bullying the emperor is a capital offense."

"I would like to put the head on my neck to guarantee that everything I said is true." Xie Fengzhou said without the slightest fear.

Li Shirong was anxious when he heard this: "Your Majesty, the matter is very important, we must investigate clearly."

Dingxi King Li Dingguo is too important to Daxi,

Now the Onishi regime is unstable, if internal friction continues,
The consequences are unimaginable.

"That's enough," Zhang Xianzhong shouted loudly, "Donkey ball, you don't need to argue, I just try it."

On the second day, Zhang Xianzhong asked his four adoptive sons to accompany him to have breakfast,

Father and son often eat breakfast together, Li Dingguo also noticed something unusual,
While eating, Zhang Xianzhong suddenly said: "I have received reliable information. The governor of Fujian, Lu Changle, led the main force from the sea and secretly copied the old lair of Jianlu. Now Fujian's defense must be empty. I plan to send troops south to give him Here comes a yellow sparrow, boys, what do you think?"

"That's great, King Yi, let's go to Fujian. I heard that many people in Fujian have made a lot of money by relying on maritime trade, and they are all very rich." Sun Kewang was the first to express his support.

"Father, it's wonderful. Lu Changle took advantage of Jianlu to let him go. He is a praying mantis catching cicadas. We happened to have an oriole behind him."

"There's not much oil and water in this place, it's better to go to Fujian, my son listens to my father."

Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi also expressed their support.

Li Dingguo said in disbelief: "King Yi, is the information reliable? Are they really going to raid the old lair of Jianlu? Isn't it a fleet patrol?"

No way, the rural protection team only has more than 1 people,
In the decisive battle with the Zheng family, nearly half of the casualties were lost, so he recovered so quickly?
Could it be a trap?

"It should be true." Zhang Xianzhong said calmly: "During that time, the checkpoints in Fujian were strictly checked, and some important passes were directly closed. It seems that they are sneaking in."

Sun Kewang immediately questioned: "Second brother, we proposed to attack Fujian that day, but you repeatedly stopped him, did you know that Lu Changle was going to copy Jianlu's lair and deliberately cover for him?"

"Brother, how can this matter be related?" Li Dingguo retorted on the spot:

"What I said that day was indeed my judgment. The three Zheng Zhilong brothers, more than [-] elite, were all broken up by him. If we go, how much difference will it make?"

"Really, second brother, aren't you resourceful? How could Lu Changle not be prepared for such a big matter as copying Jianlu's lair? He has been in Fujian for so long, and he really didn't see it?"

"I'm just a prisoner, how can I know?"

"Really?" Sun Kewang said with a sneer, "Second Brother, do you not know, or are you pretending not to know?"

"Sun Kewang, I respect you as an elder brother, so I let you go, don't push yourself."

"Why, let me talk about my heart, Li Dingguo, are you guilty?"

Seeing that the two of them were getting more and more noisy, they were about to make a move.

Zhang Xianzhong slapped the table fiercely: "Enough!"

Seeing that Zhang Xianzhong was angry, everyone fell silent.

Zhang Xianzhong said without raising his head: "Didn't the surname Lu take people away? Fujian is very empty now. The Jian captives are looting in Zhili. The imperial court has dispatched troops to surround us. There are obviously fewer people surrounding us. Taking this opportunity, We will fight Fujian."

"Okay, listen to my father." Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu and Ainengqi all expressed their agreement.

Li Dingguo quickly persuaded: "Father, the army and the people in Fujian are now united, and they have taken advantage of the land and the people. We will work hard to make an expedition. I am afraid that we will not be able to take advantage of it. Even if the main force of the township protection army is not there, the number of local militias is considerable. They still have sharp tactics." Firearms, please think twice."

The Daxi Army seems to be strong and powerful,
In fact, it is false, relying on those thousands of veterans,

The rest are mostly untrained common people,
It's okay to fight with the wind and follow behind to put on a show,

It's really a big battle, a bloody battle, and it will collapse at the first touch,
To fight in Fujian, that is to send a head thousands of miles away,
Li Dingguo believed that Lu Changle dared to take people to copy Jianlu's lair,

Definitely made a foolproof plan.

Zhang Xianzhong's face turned pale, and he suddenly shouted: "Come here, tie up this traitor Li Dingguo."

Hearing this, several guards rushed forward, tied Li Dingguo's hands behind his back,
Li Dingguo was a little stunned, but he didn't dare to resist.
Let people tie themselves up.

"Father, I don't know where my son is wrong?" Li Dingguo recovered and couldn't help asking.

If you don't agree with me, you will tie yourself up.
I also speak the truth.

Zhang Xianzhong walked up to Li Dingguo and shouted loudly: "Answer honestly, no falsehood is allowed, I ask you, did you work for Lu Changle when you were in Fujian?"

".Yes." Li Dingguo hesitated, but answered honestly.

"Obviously there are many opportunities to escape, why not run?"

"Returning to the father, Lu Changle made a condition, that is, to work for him and not run away privately, so that I will spare my son's life, but my son has no choice but to agree."

"Oh, is that so? I'll ask you again. Lu Changle has invited you to dinner a few times. With your skills, you have a great chance of taking him down and threatening to kill him. Why don't you do it?"

Li Dingguo was at a loss for words for a while, and didn't know how to answer.

Zhang Xianzhong's face became gloomy again, and he said with a sneer, "I'll tell you for you, he spared your life, and you still have the ability to admire him, right?"

"right"

"When you came back this time, you didn't run away. It was Lu who gave you a pass. You came out of Fujian with the pass, right?"

Speaking of the latter, Zhang Xianzhong's face became very ugly,
Roared out with a roaring voice.

".Yes"

Zhang Xianzhong asked such a detailed question, he must have an answer,
Sophistry is meaningless, it is better to admit it straightforwardly.

"Okay, very good, donkey ball, I didn't expect that I had an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf next to me," Zhang Xianzhong said angrily, "Take off his official uniform and put him in prison."

The most favored adopted son is actually not of one mind with him,

Dare to deceive himself, Zhang Xianzhong was about to faint from anger.

When Li Dingguo was dragged away, he still couldn't help reminding: "Your Majesty, you can't go to Fujian. Now Fujian is monolithic. They still have a sharp firearm called a hand grenade. Zheng Zhilong's [-] elites are defeated by firearms. Don't go there." ah."

Some things are hard to explain at once,

Especially when the righteous father was furious,
Li Dingguo believed that he still had a chance, so the first thing he did was not to plead for mercy.

Instead, he reminded Zhang Xianzhong not to take risks.

"Without my order, no one can be let go." Zhang Xianzhong said angrily.

Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi hurriedly curry favor with Zhang Xianzhong,
Let the angry father calm down.

Li Dingguo was locked in a single cell in the prison.

Fortunately, the Onishi soldiers who guarded him did not make things difficult for him.

Li Dingguo never expected that his words from the bottom of his heart would bring him a prison sentence.

There is no other way, I can only wait for the foster father's anger to dissipate.
Explain to him slowly,
Li Dingguo waited in prison for a day, but no one came to interrogate him.

On the way, a well-intentioned soldier secretly divided his meal into half of Li Dingguo's.
It's just that Li Dingguo couldn't eat it.

There was no one waiting until night, and Li Dingguo didn't know how long he had been waiting.
Finally fell asleep in a daze.

Sleeping until midnight, I was awakened by the clash of swords and screams,

Opening his eyes, he saw Xu Zhenwei, the captain of the confidant guard, and several old subordinates massacring the soldiers guarding the prison.
"Xu Zhenwei, Guo Quan, what are you doing? Stop." Li Dingguo came back to his senses and shouted sharply.

Killing prison soldiers and robbing prisons is a rebellion,

If the adoptive father pursued them, they would definitely die.

Xu Zhenwei ended the soldier guarding the prison door with a knife, tore the key from his belt,

While unlocking the lock, he said: "General, run away, Sun Kewang suddenly led troops to search the general's residence, and found several suspicious letters and a token, all of which were not good for the general. Anger, let the surnamed Sun investigate."

"Sun's public revenge, Xiao Douzi, Liu Dahammer, and Huo Yazi were all killed by Sun. Fortunately, someone ventilated in advance. We can't just watch the general die here, so we came here to rob the prison." Xu Zhenwei added.

"Planting and blaming, it must be that the surname Sun wants to make trouble, no, I want to see my adoptive father." Li Dingguo said angrily.

Guo Quan persuaded from the side: "General, if the emperor believed in you, he would not issue such an order."

"That's right, if you keep the green hills, you don't have to worry about running out of firewood. General, saving your life is the most important thing."

Xu Zhenwei said anxiously: "The surname Sun must be jealous of the general's talent, and secretly harmed him, but now he can't explain what the general said in the morning, which made the emperor very angry. He killed four maidservants in one day, so let's go. "

Hearing the shouts of killing outside, and looking at the bloodstains on his subordinates,
Li Dingguo sighed, and immediately said decisively: "King Yi misunderstood me too much, I still want to save my life to find my sister who was lost in the troubled times, and I will repay the kindness of nurturing in the future. Brothers, let's withdraw."

I'm not afraid, but I can't let down those brothers who sacrificed their lives to save me,
I still have to save my life, looking for my sister lost in the troubled times,
Li Dingguo knelt down to where Zhang Xianzhong lived, kowtowed three times,

Picking up a plain knife casually, leading a few confidantes to fight out.

In a mansion in the city, in a two-story moon-watching pavilion,

Li Shirong looked at the burning place in the city, and said respectfully: "Mr. Liu, you are satisfied now."

Half a month ago, suddenly a person named Liu Rufeng found me,
I also brought letters from my family,
For the safety of his family, Li Shirong agreed to Liu Rufeng on one condition,
Cooperate with him and drive away Li Dingguo.

With the cooperation of Li Shirong,

Xie Fengzhou was very lucky to get the information about Li Dingguo in Fujian,

Li Shirong used his power again to add some "material" to Li Dingguo,
At the critical moment, part of the guards were transferred, so that Li Dingguo and his group could break out of the encirclement.

You don't even need to inquire about it.

The voice of "Li Dingguo has run away, hurry up" is heard all over the city,

Liu Rufeng nodded with satisfaction: "Don't worry, Doctor Li, I will definitely do what I promised you. I wish Doctor Li a bright future, and I will leave."

As soon as the voice fell, Liu Rufeng jumped down from the Moon Pavilion like a cat,
Soon disappears into darkness.

Li Shirong came out secretly to join Zhang Xianzhong,
For fear of hurting my family, I used a pseudonym,
The condition that Liu Rufeng agreed to him was to help Li Shirong completely solve this hidden danger,
It's simple, find a similar corpse, bribe the staff and officials,

It was proved that the person who died was "Li Shirong". After registration,
No matter what Li Shirong does, he will never implicate his family again.

Outside Yuanzhou City, Li Dingguo felt that he had thrown off his pursuers.
Instructing all the confidantes to slow down the horse's pace,
The horse's explosive power is strong, but it cannot last long.

After running for more than ten miles in one breath, without taking a break,
It hurts the horse,
Guo Quan followed up with his horse and asked, "General, where are we going now?"

Li Dingguo looked at the 12 people who fled with him, hesitated, and quickly made a decision: "Isn't Jianlu in Shandong Province in Zhili? I'm going to have a look. Are you afraid?"

Everyone thought they were in collusion with Lu Changle,

At this time, I went to Fujian, and I was even more convicted of the crime.

Li Dingguo wanted to go to Fujian, a paradise in troubled times,
However, the pride in his heart made Li Dingguo make an opposite decision.

"Subordinates swear to follow the general," Xu Zhenwei, Guo Quan and others said in unison.

(End of this chapter)