Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 929 Scarlet Imperial Capital 2
What Cao An said is absolutely right. Now the entire imperial city has been besieged to the brim. There is a sentry at every three steps, and a post at every five steps. The inspections are so strict that even the emperor is far behind when he is critically ill.Countless Beijing soldiers were full of energy, standing guard and patrolling under the supervision of their own generals, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. They were afraid that someone would try to escape from the palace, or break into the palace on a whim, so that They showed their faces and made a great contribution.The dynasty is about to change, and as long as they make a contribution, it will be enough for future generations to eat for hundreds of years, and they will be able to settle the account.

Several large vehicles came to the gate of the square, and several officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp guarding the gate stopped them and asked, "What are you doing?"

The coachman pointed to the dung bucket on the car and said, "It's a manure guy."

A junior officer said: "Open it and take a look!"

The coachman opened a bucket, and immediately, a stench of manure floated out, rushing those guys backwards.The little officer tried to step forward to take a look, but saw many white and fat maggots crawling out of the bucket, he couldn't help retching, backed up, covered his mouth and nose and cursed: "Damn, Old man, can you be a little more lazy? Washing this bucket will kill you!?"

The coachman said with trepidation: "The buckets that pull dung are like this..."

The little officer kicked over: "Aren't you being stubborn? Fuck off, if you don't clean the bucket next time and come back, I'll cut off your head and throw it into the dung bucket to feed the maggots... Vomit! It's so stinky Oh, vomit! It's so disgusting!" It seemed that he was really disgusted, and he just vomited it out.There is no way, his ancestors were generals of the Beijing camp, hereditary, this guy is naturally well-clothed, what kind of hardships has he suffered since he was a child?Not getting stunned is considered a super-level performance.

The coachmen didn't dare to talk back, they hurriedly drove their carriages into the city and headed straight for the palace. Wherever they went, the officers and soldiers of the capital camp and the guards in royal clothes couldn't avoid it... It's really windy and smelly, who the hell can bear it?
The square is empty, lonely and lifeless, and there are not a few people in sight at a glance. Who would have thought that only a few years ago, the emperor was still here to inspect his invincible teacher, and the triumphant teacher shouted long live! The spectacular scene of flowers rumbling across the city walls has dissipated like a dream. In the past few years, the new army of Ming Dynasty has blocked east and west and won successively. Enemies strong enough to shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty have been defeated one by one. The enemy who made Da Tianzi hate him so much died, and the country was destroyed. The joy and enthusiasm of the Xuanshou capital are now withering in the cold wind. Everything seems to be just a dream. Now that I wake up from the dream, these things no longer exist. The fierce cold wind and flying dust ravaged the square.I don't know what other people think, but Zhou Ruhu looked out from the thin slit of the dung bucket, seeing this scene, he felt very uncomfortable.

What exactly happened here?
A few months ago, they were still crushing the Mongolian Tartars. They once hit Guihua City and were about to take down the entire Hetao Plain.What exactly is going on?

The dung cart drove past the edge of the square, entered the palace, and came to where the eunuchs lived.

The lid of the bucket was opened, and Zhou Ruhu jumped out with all the filth in his body. He took a few mouthfuls of fresh air, his chest heaved sharply, he retched, and his face turned pale.Cao An, who came over to join the meeting, felt distressed and said, "Little General, I have wronged you!"

Zhou Ruhu waved his hands and wanted to speak, but the gastric juice rushed straight to his throat, and he retched again.Fortunately, he had the foresight to eat before entering the dung bucket, otherwise, what he ate would have sprayed out of his nostrils long ago.Zhou Long and Zhou Biao, who crawled out from behind, were not much better, don't blame them, anyone who stayed in a dung bucket full of filth for most of the day would be like this.Cao An asked two confidantes to bring some pots of hot water to wash off the dirty things on their bodies first, and then brought three sets of clothes for the guards of the imperial court, and said, "Put them on quickly, and our family will take you to see the adoptive father." , and then the adoptive father will take you to meet the empress!"

The three bumpkins basically had no eyes for the imperial palace, so they could only follow Cao An's arrangement. First, they washed their dirty clothes, and then changed into the clothes of the palace guards. Cao An took them to see Cao Huachun.

When I saw Cao Huachun, it was already evening... I can't help it, why is the city of Beijing so big?It took half a day just to get in.Cao Huachun had a good friendship with Cao Huan, and Cao Huan was the supervisor of the Tianxiong Army, so he had a good relationship with the Tianxiong Army. Seeing Zhou Ruhu was very enthusiastic, it was a bit like a drowning man hugging a driftwood , and then Zhou Ruhu kept asking about the situation outside.The imperial city was so tightly sealed off that this dead eunuch with all eyes and hands could not get any news from the outside world. After finally someone sneaked in, he was of course awakened.

Zhou Ruhu told the truth: "Guan Ning's army has betrayed the country and defected to the slaves. The 10,000+ troops have become slaves of the slaves and led the slaves into the pass! My father is fighting bloody battles in Tangshan City and holding on to the death, blocking Guan Ning. The main force of the army, but the Jiannu cavalry bypassed Tangshan City and went straight to Chengde... Now except for Tangshan City, all the towns in the north of the capital have been captured. Jiannu is about to attack the city of Beijing!"

Cao Huachun lamented: "How could it be defeated so quickly and so miserably? Could it be that the Ming Dynasty has really run out of energy?"

Zhou Ruhu said angrily: "Ask the emperor! If it wasn't for his reckless Northern Expedition, he lost all of Ming's ten-year accumulation in one battle, why did it come to this!"

Cao Huachun's face turned pale, and he wanted to scold people, but he thought that all this was indeed caused by Chongzhen's stubbornness and recklessness, and that the whole country was wiping the ass of that headstrong emperor, so he couldn't scold him, so he sighed and said: "The Northern Expedition of the Holy Spirit is indeed a bad game, but the matter has come to this point, as subjects, we can only find ways to make amends, instead of complaining... let's go, our family will take you into the palace to meet the queen!"

Zhou Ruhu snorted, suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, took the second general Humha and followed Cao Huachun out, and went straight to the queen's bedroom.Along the way, he saw too many people displaced, the city fell, and his dissatisfaction with Chongzhen reached the peak, and he couldn't complain!But what Cao Huachun said is also reasonable. It is useless to complain now. We can only do our best to remedy the situation and turn the tide.

Cao Huachun's status in the palace is not low, so it's not surprising that he took a few guards with him when he went out. The Jingying and Jinyiwei in the palace didn't care much, and the journey went smoothly.It's just that Zhou Ruhu clearly felt that no matter where they went, there were several pairs of eyes staring at them secretly, this feeling made him feel like a thorn in his back!

Arriving outside the palace door, Cao Huachun was blocked by the guards: "Eunuch Cao, the queen doesn't want to see you now, you'd better please come back."

Cao Huachun shouted: "Presumptuous! Our family has served the emperor and empress for nearly ten years, and we can say a few words in front of them. How could the empress not want to see our family! It is clear that you want to imprison the empress!"

The captain of the guard said with a smirk: "Eunuch Cao, you should put away your prestige! The Forbidden City is about to change its owner now. If you continue to show off your prestige like before, you may lose your life!"

Cao Huachun was so angry that his body trembled slightly, and he yelled: "You...you rebellious officials and thieves, you are rebellious, beware of being punished by the nine clans! Go away! Our family wants to see the queen!"

A group of guards drew out their knives with a swipe, their expressions were cold: "Whoever trespasses in the bedroom will die!"

Cao Huachun was so angry that he couldn't even speak coherently. He pointed at the guards and trembled: "You...you..."

Cao An quickly stepped forward to hold Cao Huachun back, and said, "Father, a hero doesn't suffer from immediate losses, let's go back first!"

The guards burst into laughter: "A bunch of dead eunuchs without eggs, claiming to be heroes? What a laugh!"

Cao Huachun was so angry that he almost vomited blood!

The captain of the guard stared at Cao Huachun and said: "Eunuch Cao, you have been famous for more than ten years, and you have been famous enough. Take my advice and tuck your tail. You may be able to save your life. Otherwise, I'm afraid you will be saved." It’s hard to kill a corpse!”

Cao Huachun's chest heaved, and he wanted to curse loudly, but the sharp embroidered spring knives made him swallow back the curse words that came to his lips. In the end, he had no choice but to flick his sleeves and lead Cao An and others back in anger.The guards won the game and laughed and were so proud that they did not notice that one of the guards Cao Huachun brought was missing...

That's right, the missing one is Zhou Ruhu.Taking advantage of Cao Huachun's quarrel with the guards, he quietly slipped to the roundabout in the corridor, hid in the darkness, climbed over the wall and entered the bedroom.He himself is a warrior with outstanding martial arts skills. After joining the Tianxiong Army, he received training in search and assassination. He knew how to use darkness and obstacles to hide himself, and approach the target without being discovered. Now he uses all these skills one by one. on.He successfully avoided the eyes and ears all over the palace, and searched the palace one by one.Before he came in, Cao An gave him a map of the sleeping palace. Although the drawing was very simple, it was also of great help, and he could follow the map to find out.After passing through a sycamore forest, a light appeared in front of him, followed by a fierce quarrel. He looked at the map through the light, yes, it was here!

He quietly moved towards the brightly lit palace, but when he approached the corridor, he bumped into a guard.The guard saw a person suddenly appearing from the darkness, his eyes widened in fright, and he wanted to scream subconsciously. Zhou Ruhu's eyes were quick, and he punched him in the lower abdomen. The guard immediately curled up into a big shrimp, He was beaten so hard that he couldn't make a sound.Zhou Ruhu took advantage of the momentum to throw him down, controlled his arms with one hand, and took out a towel soaked in sweat medicine from his pocket with the other hand to cover his mouth and nose.This guy struggled hard, but unfortunately his skills were inferior to others, Zhou Ruhu saw that his strength was not as good as women's, the struggle had no effect, and he also inhaled a lot of sweating medicine, and soon passed out and fell unconscious.

Zhou Ruhu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, dragged him to a warmer corner sheltered from the wind, and let him lie flat on the ground. He threw the knife aside and assumed a sleeping posture. He saw a piece of cake next to him. He picked up the torn blanket and covered him with it before quietly sneaking away.The reason why he was not killed was because, for a highly vigilant guard, finding a corpse and finding a living person who had left his post and slept aside were completely different things. The former would alert the entire palace guard. Then there will be a search of three feet until he is dug out, and the latter will make the guards who have been blowing the cold wind most of the night furious. They will not give the unlucky guy a chance to explain, so they will beat him first!
Sounds a little wicked, right?

It's right to be immoral. In this case, what's the point of being upright? It's purely because I think my life is too long.

After finishing all this, Zhou Ruhu climbed up the roof beam a few times, moved quietly on the roof beam, and came to the brightest place, then hooked his legs on a beam, hung himself upside down in mid-air, and approached the window Carefully looking inside...

The window was a blind, opened a little, and using this small gap, he could roughly see the layout and people inside.The first thing I saw was a beautiful woman with a phoenix crown and a graceful temperament. She held a frightened little boy in a yellow robe in her arms. Next to her, there was a pretty, but not too young boy with an armband on her temples. The young and beautiful woman had her eyebrows raised and her body was trembling slightly. She was obviously very angry.It is not difficult to recognize from their costumes that the one holding the little boy is the queen, and the one beside her is Chongzhen's most beloved concubine, Concubine Yuan.These two people have been surrounded by a large group of well-dressed beasts. Wen Tiren, Wu Yingxiong, Wu Zongda, Hou Xun, Chen Xinjia, Fang Yizao, Qian Qianyi, Zhang Pu... these influential figures are all there, and the flickering candlelight illuminates them The reflection on her face was suddenly clear and dark, and everyone stared at the queen, with blazing fire in their eyes, as if they were going to burn this weak woman to ashes.Sitting opposite the queen was an old man, about fifty years old, wearing a purple official robe and a python belt around his waist, with gray beard and hair, and a very good demeanor.There was a woman sitting next to him. She was also dressed in gorgeous clothes, decorated with gold and silver. Her facial profile was somewhat similar to that of the queen, but she was much older. She was probably the queen's mother.She was talking to the queen, her words were quite fierce, and she was waving her long nails, almost poking the queen's face several times. It didn't look like she was talking to the empress whose mother was in the world, but like a grumpy person. mother scolding her disobedient daughter.And the old man was roaring loudly, his eyes also burning with a blazing fire, and it was much more blazing than Wen Tiren and Wu Yingxiong!
It’s the fire of power!
(End of this chapter)