The next day, Agui disguised himself as a homeless person, sneaked out of the capital, and hurried all the way north.

He is like a seed of hatred that ignites a string of explosives that can cause earth-shattering accidents. No one knows what kind of outcome he will eventually lead to when he goes.

At the same time, after Li Xiao and others fled the capital, they had already boarded the ship at Dagukou Port in Hejian Province, and they were on the vast sea, heading south.

When leaving Dagukou Port, Li Xiao forcibly arrested a doctor who was quite experienced in treating sword slashes and his two apprentices at Hejian Mansion, and let them take care of them along the way.

In order to allow them to do their best to treat the prince, Li Xiao gave them a full hundred taels of silver for medical expenses.

There is a saying that money can make ghosts grind, and no one will be unable to get along with money, under the temptation of such a huge amount of medical expenses, these originally uneasy doctors and their apprentices were all relieved and began to treat Zhu Cihong with all their hearts.

In order to reach the boundary of Shandong more quickly, Li Xiao did not let the ship sail to Laizhou, which had good port conditions, but went south and sailed straight to Fengguo Town in Lijin County, Shandong.

It has been three days since he left the capital and sailed on the sea until now, and the crown prince Zhu Cihong has been suffering from a high fever and is unconscious.

Such a worrying result was actually expected by Li Xiao.

After all, the medical technology of this era is extremely primitive and backward, especially for sword trauma and the like, which is basically in a state of resignation.

This well-known local physician in Hejian Province is enough to be called a famous doctor with his medical skills, such as making the splint firmer, the wound stitches finer, and changing the ointment more frequently. As for whether the patient will have septic infection or tetanus due to knife wounds in the future, it is beyond his ability.

Therefore, whether the crown prince Zhu Cihong can survive in the end, or how long he can last, and how far he can recover after surviving, can only depend on luck.

However, in the evening, the doctor ran to Li Xiao's cabin out of breath and reported good news to Li Xiaoyu.

"King Tang, the crown prince has finally woken up just now!"

Li Xiao was reading a book in the cabin, and when he heard this, he didn't feel refreshed.

"Oh, is the prince better now?"

"Thanks to the blessing of King Tang, after the prince woke up, although he was still in a fever, he was already in a clear spirit, thinking about water and food, and just fed half a bowl of gruel from the little one. The prince also said that he wanted to see King Tang now, so he sent him to report to him. ”

"Oh, take this king to see it quickly."

Li Xiao immediately got up, followed the doctor, and walked quickly to the prince's cabin.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw the prince Zhu Cihong, who was half-lying on the bed, with thick splints and bandages on his shoulders, and a sallow and almost colorless face, Li Xiao couldn't help but sigh secretly.

This famous prince of the dead country in history is really ill-fated and has a tragic life.

Zhu Cihong in real history first became a prisoner of the Dashun Army, sealed a nominal Song king, and then fell into the hands of the Qing captives, slandered him as a fake, and was finally beheaded for public display.

Compared with him in history, the current Zhu Cihong, who was seriously injured and almost died, is pitiful enough.

The doctor stepped forward quickly: "Prince, follow your orders, King Tang is coming to see you now." ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, half-lying at the head of the bed, turned his head with difficulty, and showed a pale smile to Li Xiao, who was standing at the door. Then, he beckoned slightly, motioning for Li Xiao to come over and speak.

Li Xiao walked quickly to the bed, and the doctor and the two apprentices who were serving retreated at the same time, leaving only Zhu Cihong and Li Xiao in the cabin.

"Prince, are you feeling better now?"

Li Xiao sat down in front of the bed, he stared at Zhu Cihong's haggard face, and asked with a smile.

Zhu Cihong nodded, looking at Li Xiao's eyes full of gratitude, he coughed lightly a few times, and said weakly: "It's much better, fortunately the Tang King sent someone to take care of it, Gu woke up today and ate gruel, and felt a lot better." ”

"That's good, the prince is good to give birth to, and he will be as good as ever."

Zhu Cihong heard Li Xiao's words, but a wry smile appeared on his face, and his eyes were even more sad.

"King Tang, I am fortunate to be rescued by you in time, this half of my life was fortunately saved, and I am very grateful to be lonely in my heart. It's only hateful, the father, the queen mother, and all the mothers have been martyred, and they are all martyr......ed, and they are alone in the world, and they can't save the people from fire and water, and they can't save the lives of their parents. ”

When Zhu Cihong said this, he let out a long sigh, and tears flashed in his eyes.

Seeing his depressed face, Li Xiao replied calmly: "The prince doesn't have to be too sentimental, there is a great way, freezing three feet, not a day's cold, Daming has fallen into the current situation, it is caused by the accumulation of disadvantages for many years, how can it be your fault?" Although the current state affairs are difficult, they are not to the point where they are difficult to maintain. What's more, things are man-made, and how can we be powerless? The minister thought that as long as the prince cheered up and worked hard, there may not be no possibility of clearing the demonic atmosphere, clearing the sky, and reviving the Ming Dynasty in the future. ”

Li Xiao's words were calm and slow, but there was a sonorous force that could not be ignored. Listening to Li Xiao's words, Zhu Cihong's eyes lit up significantly.

"King Tang is right, things are man-made, and Anke will give up on himself. Lonely hope, the future national events, all have the Tang King to lean on. Tang Wang, you can become the most reliable solid helper for Lonely, and then Lonely's heart will be safe. ”

Looking directly at Zhu Cihong's eyes full of expectation, Li Xiao nodded firmly. He stretched out his warm and powerful palm and grabbed Zhu Cihong's thin and pale right hand.

"Don't worry, the prince will wait for you to get a little better, and Weichen will immediately arrange for you to ascend the throne as the emperor, restore the Ming Dynasty's regular order, and in the future, slowly restore the Ming Dynasty!"

"Good! That lonely depends on the Tang King! ”、

Zhu Cihong's face flushed with excitement, he thought about it, then took out something from his body and handed it to Li Xiao.

"King Tang, do you remember this?"

Seeing Zhu Cihong holding it in the palm of his hand, still shining in the dim candlelight, the little golden lion shining with brilliant golden light, Li Xiao's heart trembled, and he suddenly had mixed tastes.

Of course, he remembered that this was the first time he entered Beijing to meet the emperor in the ninth year of Chongzhen, and when he saw the crown prince Zhu Cihong and the princess Zhu Yujiao, he gave them gifts respectively. Zhu Cihong gave a golden lion, and Zhu Yujiao gave a golden-handled jade Ruyi.

Seven or eight years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the child Zhu Cihong has grown into a young man, but he didn't expect that he would still carry this little golden lion that he gave to him.

"Prince, you have a heart......

Zhu Cihong sighed lightly, put away the golden lion, and then sighed: "This golden lion is very fond of Lonely, so he has always taken it with him." Unexpectedly, this little thing is destined to have a relationship between Lone and the Tang King, which is really a creation. “

Li Xiao smiled slightly: "The prince likes this thing, and Weichen is also honored." Now it's too late, so please ask the prince to have a good rest, and Weichen will retire first. “

After Li Xiao left the prince's cabin, his heart, which had been tightened, suddenly relaxed.

As long as the prince can resist the infection and the possibility of tetanus attacks, he will definitely live a good day by day, then he will be able to successfully support him to ascend the throne as the emperor in Jinan.

The twilight is deep, the afterglow is thousands of miles, Li Xiao's eyes reflect the boundless blood-like twilight, and his eyes are blood-red, revealing an indescribable murderous and fierce aura.

Li Xiao and others exchanged for Fengguo Town the next day.

Because the prince has recovered well since he woke up, Li Xiao decided not to stay in Fengguo Town, and the group went south and went straight to Jinan.

When Li Xiao and the others were about to arrive in Jinan, Agui, who escaped from the capital disguised as a homeless person, slept all the way, hurried and hurried, and finally came to the outside of Ningyuan.

Seeing the tall and majestic Ningyuan City in front of him, Agui, who was haggard and covered in dust, couldn't help crying.

When a soldier at the gate of the city saw him like this, he was immediately suspicious, and immediately shouted to him: "Hey, Wuna man, are you fucking full, why are you crying while standing at the city gate?" “

Ah Gui listened to the interrogation, hurriedly wiped away his tears, and replied with a smile on his face: "This military master, I am asking to see General Pingxi Bowu." “

The sergeant looked Ah Gui up and down with a surprised look, and then sneered: "What are you, you also want to see our General Wu?" Look at you like a poor coward, you don't pee first, and you take care of yourself first. “

Ah Gui was anxious, tore off his shirt, took out a letter soaked in sweat from his clothes, and begged loudly for defense: "This military master, I can't hide it, I escaped from the capital on the orders of the old man and came to see Young Master Wu." I also hope that the military master will see that he has been sleeping hard in the small wind and food and has been on the road for the past few days, send a mercy, go and give the little one a gift, the little one will definitely ......."

"Shut up!" The sergeant pulled the letter over and shouted angrily: "You are a homeless person of unknown origin, and you dare to pretend to be a member of Master Wu's mansion? Is Grandpa Ben really blind?! What a broken letter, grandpa, I don't have time to read it, I'll tear it up for you now! “

Seeing that the sergeant was about to tear up the letter on the spot, Agui was so frightened that he almost knelt down, and at this time, a majestic shout came from afar: "What are you arguing about?!" “

Seeing this shout, the sergeant was stunned for a moment, he hurriedly turned his head and said with a sneer: "Oh, it's Master Fang." No, there is a strange homeless here, insisting that he was sent by Master Wu in the capital, and the little one is about to reprimand him. “

The bachelor he was talking about was Fang Guangchen, Wu Sangui's staff. Fang Guangchen originally planned to go out of the city to run errands, but he didn't expect to encounter such a thing here.

Fang Guangchen frowned, before he could speak, Na Gui was clever, he took advantage of the sergeant's distraction, snatched the letter back, and then knelt down with the letter in his hand to worship.

"In Xia Agui, it is indeed a servant sent by Master Wu. I made a special trip to disguise myself and came here from the capital, and I really had something important to ask to see General Wu! If you don't believe it, there is a letter from Master Wu as proof, please check it! ”

Fang Guangchen sighed, took the letter from Agui's hand, opened it and read it slightly, his face was full of solemnity.

"Agui, please follow me to see General Wu."

Fang Guangchen didn't say much, and in the stunned gaze of the soldier guarding the city, he pulled up Ah Gui, who was kneeling on the ground, and hurried to Wu Sangui's mansion.

At this time, Wu Sangui was in the living room, discussing the changes in the current situation with his two generals, Xia Guoxiang and Hu Guozhu.

Since receiving Chongzhen's holy decree to transfer troops, Wu Sangui sighed and hesitated all night.

And his subordinates were also divided into two factions, one faction advocated immediately leading troops into the king of Jingqin, so as not to fall into the hands of the enemy, and the political center of the Ming Dynasty was wiped out by the rogues.

The other faction advocates waiting and seeing for the time being, because now the Liukou is extremely powerful, sweeping through the north of the Ming Realm, the capital is a lonely city, and the soldiers are outnumbered, even if all the soldiers and horses of Ning Yuan are transferred to the capital, it will be useless, and it will only be buried in vain.

The number of opinions of the two factions was equal, and they were-for-tat, which made Wu Sangui, as the commander-in-chief, upset, restless, and unable to make a decision. Therefore, the matter of bringing troops into Beijing has been delayed.

Until the capital was captured by the Liukou and the emperor died at the hands of the Liukou, Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses stayed in Ningyuan City and never moved half a step.

At this time, Wu Sangui heard the report from his subordinates that the chief strategist Fang Guangchen had come with a servant from the capital, Agui, and couldn't help but be surprised.

He didn't have time to think about it, and quickly called the two of them in.

As soon as Ah Gui entered the hall door, he saw Wu Sangui sitting proudly on the tiger head chair, and immediately burst into tears.

He stepped forward quickly, pounced, knelt in front of Wu Sangui, and let out a sad voice: "Young master! Oh no! At home, the family has suffered a great disaster! ”

Hearing Ah Gui's cry, Wu Sangui was shocked, quickly stood up, took Wu Xiang's handwritten letter from Fang Guangchen's hand, and after a quick look, he sat down with a pale face.

The thin letter paper fell quietly to the ground from his hand.

"rogue! They captured Jingshi, killed the emperor, insulted my biological father, took away my beloved concubine, and really deceived me too much! Bembor is at odds with you! ”

With a loud bang, Wu Sangui, who was full of green tendons on his forehead, punched hard and slammed it on the armrest.

Hearing that Wu Sangui was here, he suddenly claimed that Chongzhen had given him the title of Pingxibo at the end, Hu Guangchen and Hu Guozhu, the prime minister of the country, all looked at each other with complicated eyes.

You must know that these days, Wu Sangui has deliberately ordered the people below not to call themselves this newly titled knighthood for the time being.

His subtle thoughts, Fang Guangchen and the others, know it well.

It is nothing more than that when the Ming Dynasty was about to fall, Wu Sangui was unwilling to be martyred for the Ming Dynasty, but wanted to put himself in a more detached position in order to better wait for the price to sell.

Unexpectedly, Liukou gave himself such a play, humiliated his biological father, took away his concubine, and cut off his hope of surrendering to Dashun.

At this moment, Wu Sangui suddenly felt that he was like a puppet that had lost his ability to act, and he didn't know what to do next.

"Pingxibo, what should I do next?" At this moment, Fang Guangchen asked tentatively.

"What else, the rogues have already deliberately humiliated the ruthless, is there any other way? In my opinion, now we should immediately go south and go to the Tang King in Shandong. Hu Guozhu interjected immediately.

"Hmph, go to vote for King Tang? To put it lightly. Xia Guoxiang snorted coldly and said: "Tang Wang is far away in Shandong, and I am Ningyuan thousands of miles away, if our army goes south to vote, we must first pass through the north Zhili where the Liukou is based, how can this get by" If our army changes to the Tang Army Dingbei Town, it must also pass through the land of Xuanfu where the Liukou is based, and the Liukou are all heavily armed in these places, how can our army get out? ”

Hearing the argument between the two, Wu Sangui became more and more agitated, and he stood up and paced back and forth in the room like a trapped beast.

Could it be that now I am desperate?

Everyone looked at him silently, and they didn't dare to say a word again.

"Hmph, this hatred of the monarch's father, the hatred of taking the concubine, it is hard to say that it will not be avenged like this?! Could it be that our army can only sit in Ningyuan and wait for death? ! ”

After a long time, Wu Sangui, who suddenly stood still, gritted his teeth and said this.