Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 739 The ruler and the minister meet
Outside the camp at the foot of Ma'an Mountain, suddenly a puff of dust and smoke rose, a group of cavalry came galloping, and behind them, there was a large group of infantry chasing after them.

For such a big commotion, the soldiers in the camp were seldom prepared, and only a few people came to the camp gate.When they saw clearly that the cavalry was fighting under the flag of the Ming army, they were surprised, but they did not call more men to come.

With the neighing of the horse, Wang Yan, who was wearing a golden armor and a red robe, suddenly reined in the horse in front of the camp gate. The horse's hooves hung high in the air, and then landed heavily, splashing a cloud of dust.

As soon as the general at the gate of the camp could see clearly, he hurriedly asked people to remove his horse, stepped forward quickly, and saluted: "The general has seen Your Highness!"

After the salute, the general stood up and looked up for a while, and saw the large group of cavalry behind Wang Yan also stopped abruptly, each of them still carried the smoke from the battlefield, and some cavalry, men and horses were all stained with blood. .

Seeing that Jin Shenghuan and Wanji were also among them, the general hurriedly bowed to salute, but at this moment Wang Yan glanced at the general immediately, but questioned: "Are you Li Yuanbo?"

No wonder Wang Yan didn't recognize him at once. Li Yuanyin is still very embarrassed now, his armor is torn, his face is a little red and swollen after the wound is inflamed, and his beard has grown wildly. He is really a different person from when he met him in Zhangzhou.

Li Yuanyin hurriedly bowed to Wang Yan again after hearing the words.

The champion of Longwu Feng also looked like this. The situation of Jiangxi soldiers can be imagined.

Wang Yan got off his horse, threw the whip to the guards behind him, walked into the gate of the camp with Jin Shenghuan, and all the guards quickly followed.

Wang Yan was not worried about his own safety in his heart, and the ten thousand sailors of Mandazhuang were also in Ma'anshan.

If at this time, there are still people who want to harm him, then Zhu Ming is really hopeless, but the people around him are not at ease, and the personal guards are not far away.

After entering the big camp, Wang Yan was surrounded by people and walked through the tents. He saw the soldiers in the camp sitting or squatting, but there was no sound.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty is still on the mountain." Li Yuanyin led Wang Yan and his party through the camp.

Wang Yan stood in the camp, looked around for a while, the Jiangxi elite soldiers who defeated Man Dahai last year and forced Duoduo to retreat, turned out to be like this, his heart sank.

He stood for a while, then raised his hand to Li Yuanyin and said, "Uncle Yuan, lead the way!"

Everyone passed through the camp, came to the foot of the mountain, and walked up the stone steps. On the blue stone steps, black blood stains could still be seen. Obviously, it was the key place of the bloody battle in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

As soon as Wang Yan arrived at the foot of the mountain, someone went up the mountain to report. When he climbed the stairs to the top of the mountain, Tang Wangyi and a group of ministers were waiting in front of the mountain gate.

Everyone didn't say much, after greeting each other, King Tang said: "King Hengyang, Brother Huang has been waiting in the East Chamber for a long time."

On the way, Wang Yanyi learned the news that the emperor was critically ill from Jin Shenghuan and Wanji, which made Wang Yan a little unprepared. Although he had different political opinions from the emperor, it was an important moment to attack Nanjing, and he absolutely did not want to see The emperor passed away.

Hearing that the emperor was waiting for him, he didn't care about being polite, so he hurriedly asked someone to lead the way, and hurriedly went to the dragon couch to meet him.

The king of Tang led him outside the house, and said to the inside: "Brother, the king of Hengyang has arrived."

After a while, a servant came out, greeted Wang Yan and Tang Wang, and said: "Your Majesty, please let the King of Hengyang come in. Jian Guo and your lords will wait later."

All the ministers and King Tang frowned slightly. Wang Yan was an important figure who could influence the political situation of Ming Dynasty. Without Wang Yan's support, it can be said that the throne would not be stable, and even if he sat, he would be terrified.

Since the emperor has identified King Tang as his political successor, and he will take charge of the entire Zhu family, he should at least be present at this time.

Now that the emperor has made an explanation, although Tang Wang has objections in his heart, it is difficult to speak out.

Wang Yan hurriedly took off his helmet, handed it to Lu Shikui behind him, adjusted his armor, and followed the servant into the room.

He had just crossed the threshold when he heard a voice from inside, "Is it Shi Heng?"

Wang Yan's heart tightened when he heard it, it was Long Wu's voice, but it trembled intermittently, and he was no longer angry. He hurried into the room, and when he saw Long Wu lying on the dragon couch, he was taken aback for a moment.

After the New Year this year, when he left Guangjing, Long Wu was still involved in state affairs by himself, but he hadn't seen him for a few months, and he lost a lot of weight. Only skin and bones are left.

Seeing Wang Yan coming in, Long Wu lifted him up with trembling hands, and the servant beside him understood and helped him up, holding a soft pillow and stuffing it behind his back, Long Wu just leaned against the bed, as boring as straw His hair was a little disheveled, and his eyes were cloudy like a pair of dead fish eyes.

Wang Yan paled in shock, he rushed to the dragon couch, bowed down, and cried, "Your Majesty is late! Why are you doing this!"

Long Wu looked at Wang Yan, a few lines of dirty tears flowed from his eyes, but he said with a smile: "Not too late, not too late, I don't want to be rescued by Qing in the end, and I can meet you again..."

Xu was excited, but before Long Wu finished speaking, he suddenly coughed violently, and the servants hurried forward, Wang Yan saw him coughing up blood and foam, as if he was about to cough up all his internal organs, which made him feel anxious.

It took a while for Long Wu to recover. After taking a white handkerchief from the servant, he waved his hand to push all the servants away, and patted the edge of the bed with trembling hands, signaling Wang Yan to sit up.

The servant exited the wing room and closed the door, Wang Yan didn't refuse, got up and sat beside the bed, holding Long Wu's skinny hand, not like a monarch, but like a friend for many years.

This is exactly the relationship between monarch and minister that Wang Yan once wanted. At the beginning, he also sat and discussed with Emperor Longwu, who was still the king of Tang Dynasty, talking about fighting against the Qing Dynasty, and worrying about the survival of the family and the country. Now Wang Yan sat opposite Longwu again. Emperor Longwu He was no longer the passionate, high-spirited Prince of Ming who was determined to save the country, but an old man who was dying and full of lifelessness.

Wang Yan sighed in his heart, but he heard Long Wu sigh: "I regret not listening to your words. Until today, there are countless today, and the imperial doctor can't save me. If I die, I will die, but there are two things that I can't worry about all the time. Only by entrusting it to Qing can I feel at ease in Jiuquan."

As Long Wu spoke, he paused for a moment, looked at Wang Yan, and suddenly squeezed his hand a little tighter, "Qing and my country have never known each other, and you have saved me from danger. There are so many friends, please don’t blame me when I look at you. Now I’m done, and what I say is from the bottom of my heart. Don’t be suspicious of your family. I’ll back you off with your screen. You should meet me frankly.”

Over the past few years, if Wang Yan said he had no opinion on Long Wu, it would be an absolute lie, but when he saw Long Wu holding his hand, it was as if he was holding a glimmer of hope, his cloudy eyes were full of expectations, for fear that he would refuse. He, doubt him, no matter how many opinions Wang Yan had, it has dissipated by now.

He understood that Long Wu let him in just because he wanted to have a good talk with him so that he would not have any scruples.

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