The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 111 Longwu Nanshou
Huang Daozhou continued: "Today, there are many courtiers who came to congratulate the prince's birth, and there are more than a hundred courtiers. You can choose loyal and reliable people from among them, and let their followers stay in the palace temporarily, and use their chariots and horses to carry the holy book. .

"Let the guards of the imperial army pretend to be the coachmen, guards, etc. of the officials. The holy majesty first rides in the car of the humble minister. When the congratulatory ministers return to Yingtian mansion, they can surround the holy man and drive out of Nanping. The books collected by the holy majesty can also go with them. .”

Zhu Yujian was silent for a moment when he heard the words. Although this method did not lose the majesty of the emperor, it can be regarded as being embraced by all the officials in general.The most important thing is to keep his precious collection of books.

At this time, Jianlu was already under the nose, and it was really not suitable for Fujing, which was controlled by the Zheng family, to stay for a long time.Especially now that he has a prince, even if he doesn't think about himself, he still wants his son to be as safe as possible.

Finally, he nodded slowly and said: "Just according to Huang Ge's method, we will leave Nanping today."

The few minions that Hong Xu sent to monitor Longwu's movements near the palace saw the congratulatory officials disperse one after another. Although the entourage had changed, how could they remember so carefully.The emperor never left, so they never became suspicious.

Although Empress Zeng had just given birth and was still very weak, she was resolute and sensible, sitting in Huang Daozhou's carriage hugged the prince tightly and dared not make a sound.

Although Zhu Yujian still wears it on a daily basis, he has nailed the car curtain so that he cannot see the inside of the car from the outside.

Afterwards, a group of chariots and horses left Nanping City one after another, and they all gathered at the edge of a forest three miles south of the city.When the sky was getting dark, dozens of various carriages and more than [-] imperial troops had all arrived.

In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, Huang Daozhou still ordered the forbidden army to wear the clothes of officials' followers.He didn't respond to Tianfu anymore, and drove to Tingzhou with Zheng Chenggong.

It's just that the carriages full of books behind Longwu's car are extremely heavy and travel slowly.It was not until five days later that Longwu and his party reached the border of Yanping Mansion.

Zheng Chenggong was about to order the team to stop for lunch, when he saw two horses galloping from behind, he immediately drew his sword and ordered to be on guard.

Huang Daozhou saw that the team was strange, so he got out of the car immediately, and saw two riders in the distance with red cloth strips tied to their right arms. People, when there is important news, let them come here quickly."

Zheng Chenggong then ordered his subordinates to make way, and when the two came close, he realized that they almost fell off their horses. Obviously, they ran all the way from Nanping to this place without stopping.

When the messenger saw Huang Daozhou, he opened his mouth several times, but he couldn't say a word in his dry throat.Then one of them touched his arms, but he didn't pull out his hand for a long time due to lack of energy.

Zheng Chenggong stepped forward, took out a letter box from him, and handed it to Huang Daozhou.

The latter hurriedly opened it to see that the letter was sent by Huang Mingjun, and it only had two simple lines: Zheng Zhilong surrendered, Xianxia Pass was broken, the final general will go to stop the enemy, and the elder Ge will escort him south as soon as possible.

Zodiac Zhou Rao was calm again, but at this moment his face was pale and his hands trembled slightly.He was stunned for a moment, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and strode towards Longwu's car.

Zhu Yujian read the contents of the letter, and suddenly became furious, tore the letter paper into pieces, biting his teeth so that blood was about to ooze, "Zheng Zhilong is a traitor! Everyone in the world must punish him!"

"Your Majesty, calm down," Huang Daozhou calmed down, cupping his hands and said, "Right now the bandits are entering Fujian, and the Zheng family has surrendered the enemy. I predict that Jianning and Yanping will fall soon. Your Majesty should hurry southward, otherwise..."

Zhu Yujian looked back at the carriages loaded with books with bloodshot eyes, it was his decades of hard work!However, with these dozens of carts of books, the speed of action can't be fast.

He knew that now that he had received the news that Jianlu had entered Xianxia Pass from the south, it should have happened a few days ago.At present, Jianlu's striker may even have reached Yanping!

He glanced at the carriages of the queen and the prince again, and finally gave up his heart, and ordered Pang Tianshou to pick out the most precious ancient books in these books, and let his confidant eunuchs take the rest to the countryside and hide them properly.Wait until the traitors Jianlu and Zheng Zhilong are killed in the future, and then get back these beloved collections.

When Huang Daozhou saw a group of eunuchs busy picking books, he stomped his feet anxiously, and finally went up to help pick books himself.

After working hard for half a day, they finally found two carts of the most precious rare copies, and harnessed four horses to each cart before continuing on the road.

As soon as the team moved, they heard the sound of horseshoes at the foot of the mountain in front of them. Zheng Chenggong was shocked and ordered the imperial army to prepare for battle again.

After a while, a large group of people surrounded Longwu's car, and two officers who looked like officers drove forward.

They looked at each other and heaved a sigh of relief when they saw that the people in Longwu's convoy were all unshaven.

Among them, the tall and strong man with a gun smiled at the middle-aged man beside him: "Uncle Fuqing, I said that even if Jianlu had wings, it would be impossible for him to fly to the Tingzhou border so quickly."

The middle-aged man also laughed and said: "The scout who reported the news was also very rough. He only said that there were hundreds of people with weapons, and they were not wearing military uniforms. It made us nervous for nothing."

It turned out that the report of the Qing army's entry into Fujian had spread all over Fujian, and the two were planning to gather troops to prepare for the battle against the captives, so there was such an oolong.

Huang Daozhou also saw clearly that it was the Ming army who came, and then saw that one of the two officers was Bo Zhou Zhifan of Fuqing, and he was an official of the neutral faction rather than a member of the Zheng party. He waved his hands and said loudly: "Bo Fuqing, Escort quickly!"

Zhou Zhifan and the tall and strong man looked at each other again, and immediately got off their horses and kowtowed to the chariots and horses in front of them.

"Minister Zhou Zhifan."

"Minister Xiong Wei."

"Long live my emperor, long live."

"Aiqing, get up quickly." Zhu Yujian quickly walked up to the two of them under the protection of several imperial guards, and helped them up.

When he learned that the two men were extremely indignant about Zheng Zhilong's surrender to the Qing Dynasty, killed the officers Zheng Zhilong sent to guard the northern part of Tingzhou, and took over a thousand-strong army to prepare for the war against the captives, he couldn't help sighing: "My Ming Dynasty is still mostly loyal and good! "

And with this army, his hope of leaving Fujing safely has increased by several points.

"The situation in Fujing is chaotic at the moment, and the Zheng family ordered the Ming army in Fujian not to resist. The Jiankui plundered all the way, and they will reach Tingzhou at some point." Zhou Zhifan worried, "It is better for the Holy One to leave Fujing as soon as possible."

Huang Daozhou nodded hurriedly and said: "Sheng Jia is going south to leave Fujian."

"The nearest road out of Fujian is the ancient walled city in the west of Tingzhou, after which it will be Ruijin." Xiong Wei pointed to the side and rear.

Just as he was speaking, Zhou Zhifan suddenly saw Zheng Chenggong who was on guard, and hurriedly lowered his voice and said: "The Zheng family has already surrendered, how can His Majesty keep Zheng Sen by his side? Isn't this a companion with a tiger?"

Zhu Yujian frowned when he heard the words, shook his head and said, "Da Mu has been with me for a long time, and it won't be..."

(End of this chapter)