The sharp blade is added, and it is false to say that he is not nervous, Liu Heizi's expression is quite calm, but his palms are sweating. He quickly went over in his mind the words that Xia Nan had taught him before leaving, and organized the language to try to defuse the hostile situation.

"King Chuang's anger, can you let me say a few words?"

Liu Zongmin shouted: "Listen to him talk about a hammer, break into the king, and let him be cut with a knife, right?" ”

Li Zicheng's eyes blinked, and he waved his hand at Liu Zongmin: "Zongmin, you retreat first, it's not too late to listen to him before killing, it's not too late." ”

Liu Zongmin unwillingly pushed Liu Heizi to a stumble, and then stepped aside indignantly.

Liu Heizi touched the place where his neck was pressed by the blade - it had been cut with a bloody mark, but fortunately it was only a little broken - and then said: "King Chuang, you are against the court, we are officers and soldiers, each for its own master, and it was also our duty to fight with King Gao Chuang in Nanzhili at that time, you don't deny this......"

Li Zicheng's eyes showed a sharp look, and he nodded: "Tell the point." Otherwise, Zong Min will cut you with a knife, and you will be your own master. ”

"Things are one yard to one yard, it was the duty to be hostile to King Gao Chuang at the beginning, and now I have other plans to find King Chuang. My general was loyal to the imperial court before, defeated the alliance of King Gao Chuang and the Eight Great Kings, and later defeated tens of thousands of Tartar troops, making immortal achievements, but how does the court treat the heroes, has King Chuang heard? ”

Li Zicheng was noncommittal: "Shaanxi is a place where the emperor is far away, although I have heard of it, but I don't know it. ”

"Yang Sichang, a courtier, was jealous of the general's merits, bewitched the emperor, and besieged him with a large army when the general entered Beijing to accept the reward, and fired a hundred cannons, wanting to put him to death, but fortunately, the general had a great life and escaped......"

Li Zicheng exchanged glances with his subordinates, if this was true, then Qionghai Town's intention to send people here could be vaguely guessed.

Sure enough, Liu Heizi continued: "The general is not angry, and after leaving the city, he led a large army, together with Xuanfu and Shanxi towns, into the capital, surrounded the imperial city, and blocked the emperor and hundreds of civil and military officials in the Jinluan Palace, asking for an explanation......"

Li Zicheng's eyes lit up, the Forbidden City, which was out of reach in his eyes, was actually besieged so easily, and it seemed that many things in the world were not as difficult as he thought.

“…… The emperor couldn't, so he could only give my general the title of marquis, add the crown prince and the prince, and the matter was reluctantly resolved. Liu Heizi licked his lips and got to the point, "After the general returned to Qiongzhou, the more he thought about it, the more unconvinced he became, and he worked hard for the imperial court, but in exchange for such an encounter, it made people's teeth cold." Therefore, I was ordered to come to contact King Chuang, and I was willing to fund King Chuang to overwhelm the heroes, sweep the army north, and overthrow the court to relieve the hatred in my heart! ”

With a "bang", Li Zicheng pulled out the knife with his own hand, pointed at Liu Heizi's heart, and said substantially: "What you said is not true, and there are many loopholes. Even if the siege of the imperial city was indeed a thing, but he obviously had the opportunity to kill Chongzhen Xiao'er and replace him, why did he retreat to the south and seek the near and far to find someone else to vent his anger for him? And there are a lot of leaders of the rebel army who are stronger than me, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Lao Huihui, and Ge Liyan...... Which one is not more than me, why did you fall in love with me? If you can't answer, leave your life behind. ”

Liu Heizi's neck shrunk, and Xia Nan's original words were brought out as they were: "Why don't you enter the Forbidden City and replace it, the reason is very simple, the general is an important minister of the imperial court, how can he win the hearts of the people if he kills the monarch and rebels?" For example, Gao Yingxiang died at the hands of officers and soldiers, and you succeeded him to the king, and the subordinates who received him were successfully completed, but on the contrary, if you killed Gao Yingxiang with your own hands and replaced him, would his old troops obey you, and what would the other rebels think of you? ”

Li Zicheng is plugged, this metaphor is not rough. If he really kills Gao Yingxiang and replaces him, I'm afraid it will also be a rat crossing the street, and everyone will shout and beat him. This is still the case among the leaders of the rebel army, let alone the courtiers who kill the king?

He retracted the knife a little and continued to ask: "Even if this truth makes sense, but if someone else kills Chongzhen, what good will it do to his surname Xia?" ”

"The general said that he is willing to take the Yangtze River as the boundary, one south and one north, and share the Ming Dynasty with King Chuang."

Li Zicheng breathed heavily, regardless of whether this proposal harbored evil intentions, for a rogue leader who was still struggling with food and clothing, this goal was too grandiose, but it was an irresistible temptation. He took a deep breath and asked, "One last question: Why did you choose me?" ”

Liu Heizi said with a straight face: "The general asked the master to divinate the hexagram, and got a proverb - 'Eighteen sons, the main artifact', the destiny of heaven returns, he just obeys the will of heaven." ”

"Eighteen sons, the main artifact?"

Including Li Zicheng, everyone in the lobby was stunned. Although these rogue leaders have never read any books, they can still understand such a simple word split: Eighteen sons, isn't it just a "Li" character together? "Artifact" can be seen as a metaphor for the throne, and this proverb translated into the vernacular, isn't it "The surname Li wants to be the emperor?" ”

Xia Nan took a little risk with this trick. According to his memory, Song Xiance, who originally put forward this proverb, has not yet returned to Li Zicheng, so the pirated version has become genuine, and Li Zicheng is eighty percent going to eat this set. If history has changed, and Song Xiance is already in Li Zicheng's account, then Liu Heizi, who picks up people's teeth, will most likely be beheaded.

"Eighteen sons, the main artifact ......" Li Zicheng repeated the sentence several times, couldn't help but smile, put the knife back into the sheath, and looked up to the sky and laughed: "Good destiny, well said, since God likes me Li, I have to obey the will of God!" ”

A simple middle-aged man reacted quickly, and said: "Congratulations to King Chuang, the destiny of heaven has returned, he will get the artifact one day and ascend to the throne of the Ninety-Five!" ”

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Yigong, this is too early, the meal must be eaten one bite at a time, the road must be walked step by step, and the days are still long!" ”

Liu Zongmin and others were not to be left behind, and they also congratulated one after another. If Li Zicheng becomes the emperor, they will be the heroes of Conglong, so everyone is elated.

People of this era believe in such proverbs and languages very much, and the spread of these words has a very good effect on boosting the morale of subordinates and attracting talents.

Li Zicheng was in a good mood, and his attitude towards Liu Heizi changed one hundred and eighty degrees, and he asked with a pleasant face: "Since your master said that he wanted to support me, how can you see his sincerity?" ”

Liu Heizi replied: "This time, I came all the way to Shaanxi, and on the orders of the general, I brought a lot of medicinal materials, cotton cloth, shochu, and artillery that the rebels urgently needed!" The convoy is just outside the city, please take the time to check it out. ”