Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 547 Wu Xiang Wu Sangui Father and Son Released from Prison
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, these bandit generals staggered out of the hall, and with the support of their own guards, they walked outside.

Li Zicheng is their leader, so Li Zicheng can only live in Xiangwang's mansion.

When all the generals in the hall walked out, Li Zicheng was already drunk and unconscious, lying on the table in front of him, snoring like thunder.

The guard standing beside him hurriedly lifted Li Zicheng from the table and walked towards the outside of the hall.

After walking out of the hall, Li Zicheng was carried and supported towards the backyard.

At this time, Xiangyang City seemed to have fallen into an abyss. Li Zicheng's subordinates were burning, killing and looting in the city, doing all kinds of evil.

Anything they like, no matter what the three seven 21 is, they grab it directly.

In addition to things, these bandit soldiers also extended their hands to the women in the city.

After Li Zicheng and the thieves entered the city, they were like locusts, destroying everything, and they vented their hearts in the city.

King Xiang was tied up by Li Zicheng's subordinates and thrown into the woodshed in the backyard of the palace. Outside the woodshed, Li Zicheng sent more than a dozen soldiers to seal the water around the woodshed.

Among the family members of King Xiang, the men were imprisoned not far from the firewood room. As for the female family members, Li Zicheng gave them to his subordinates.

All the family property in King Xiang's mansion was looted by Li Zicheng, and not a hair was left to King Xiang.

At the same time, more than a dozen soldiers in armor ran towards the capital in a panic.

These dozen or so soldiers were soldiers who escaped from Xiangyang City when Xiangyang City was breached. They rode fast horses and ran wildly with the news that Xiangyang City was broken.

Three days later, these soldiers finally arrived in the capital.

When Chongzhen got the news from these soldiers, he instantly became furious.

Chongzhen walked back and forth in the imperial study room, his face was full of anger.

"In just a few days, Xiangyang City was breached by Li Zicheng? Xiangyang City is a first-class fortified city, how could it be breached by Li Zicheng and other thieves in such a short period of time? Are the local defenders all idiots?" ?”

Chongzhen was very angry, pointing in the direction of Xiangyang and kept yelling and cursing.

The eunuch and maid in the royal study looked at the angry Chongzhen, and hurriedly knelt on the ground.

Gao Qiqian knelt in front of Chongzhen, "The emperor calms down, the emperor calms down, take care of the dragon body, take care of the dragon body!"

"Quiet my anger? How can I calm my anger? Xiangyang City can't be compared to the important town on the nine borders, but in the south, it is also a rare fortified city. Such a strong city was actually broken by the bandits. How can I calm my anger? " Chongzhen was very angry, his eyes were red, and his face was flushed.

"Damn it, really damn it!" Chongzhen cursed, his eyes turned black, his body suddenly shook, as if he was about to fall to the ground?
Seeing this, Gao Qiqian hurriedly stood up from the ground, supported Chongzhen, and shouted loudly at the same time: "Emperor physician, hurry up and send the imperial doctor, hurry up and send the imperial doctor!"

The little eunuchs in the imperial study hurriedly ran outside.

When the imperial physician was brought, Chongzhen had already sat down, but his face was pale and his breathing was short.

"Hurry up, don't salute, hurry up, the emperor's dragon body is important!" Gao Qiqian looked at the imperial physician who was about to salute, and hurriedly scolded.

Seeing this, the imperial physician stopped saluting, and walked to the side of Chongzhen who was sitting on the chair with the medicine box on his back.

After feeling the pulse, the imperial physician said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty is out of breath, the problem is not serious, as long as you take care of it, there will be no major problem."

Gao Qiqian hurriedly said: "What are you talking about? Hurry up and get the medicine, hurry up!"

The imperial physician picked up the medicine box and hurried out.

Chongzhen sat on the chair, his face was ugly, "Oh, I am a great Ming country, I am a great Ming country!"

"Emperor, you can't have something to do, Daming can't live without the emperor!" Gao Qiqian looked at Chongzhen like this, fearing that Chongzhen might make a mistake, he said anxiously.

Chongzhen took a deep breath, "I'm fine, I'm fine!

Pass on my oral order, let the six cabinet ministries discuss this matter, let them come up with a charter, and see what to do! "

"Follow the order!" Gao Qiqian saluted Chongzhen, then walked towards the cabinet.

Before it got dark, the whole capital knew the news of Xiangyang's fall.

After the nobles in the city heard the news, they didn't take this matter to heart at all, and continued to eat, drink and have fun.

In their view, this matter is something that the imperial court should consider and has nothing to do with them.

When some loyal courtiers in the capital heard the news, they sighed and said some difficult things in the world.

There was nothing they could do but say these words.

Chongzhen sat in the imperial study, and after drinking the medicine from the imperial physician, his health improved a lot.

Chongzhen looked at the memorial on the table, at this moment he didn't have the mind to review the memorial at all.

"My lord, Mr. Wen has delivered a memorial!" At this moment, Gao Qiqian walked into the imperial study with a memorial, and came to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen said: "Wen Tiren? What memorial did he give?"

"Returning to the emperor, it's about Huguang!" Gao Qiqian put the memorial on the table in front of Chongzhen, and said respectfully.

Upon hearing this, Chongzhen's eyes lit up, he quickly picked up the memorial, and examined it carefully.

Wen Tiren said in the memorial that he would release Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui and his son, and let them go to Huguang and other places to raise troops, horses, food and grass, and let them go to suppress the thieves.

Wen Tiren said that although these two people lost the battle against Xuanzhen before, it is undeniable that these two people are capable people, and the temporary failure is nothing to say.

Now the imperial court is employing people, just in time for them to serve the country.

As for the food and grass for soldiers and horses, let them raise their own money, after all, they are guilty.And relying on the abilities of these two people, they should be able to raise soldiers, horses and food.

After Chongzhen read the memorial, he looked at Gao Qiqian, "How are Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui doing?"

Before, Hong Chengchou led Guanning soldiers, Huguang and other soldiers to attack the east defense line of Xuanzhen. When they were defeated, Zu Dashou was captured alive, Hong Chengchou surrendered, and Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui fled back.

After they escaped back, they were imprisoned in Zhao Prison by the furious Chongzhen.

Now that Chongzhen saw Wen Tiren mentioned the two in the memorial, he couldn't help but think of them.

"My lord, because my lord has not given any order, so I didn't do anything to them. The father and son are still alive and well." Gao Qiqian replied.

Because Chongzhen has never issued a clear order, so Gao Qiqian did not dare to do anything rashly to these two people, so he only locked them up, and did not torture them too much.

"The method Wen Tiren said has some truth, but I don't know if it will work. How about this, you bring these two people over to me now, and I want to see if they can do it!" Chongzhen said.

Not long after, the two were brought by Gao Qiqian to the imperial study.

At this time, Wu Sangui was not as energetic as before, but now, his face was full of loneliness and dejection, and he looked as if he had aged ten years.

As for Wu Xiang, she was even more unbearable, with white hair all over her head, and she was more than ten years older than before.

The two knelt in the middle of the imperial study room, looking at Chongzhen with a confused look.

Although when he came, Gao Qiqian said that Chongzhen might use them again this time to make them commit crimes and make meritorious deeds, but the two of them didn't believe it at all.

"Two lovers!" Chongzhen looked at the two of them, and said in a calm voice, "Two lovers, now that thieves are rising in the land of Huguang, I wonder if the two lovers can do anything?"

Chongzhen didn't say to let them go to Huguang directly, but to test it first to see the real reaction of these two people.

Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui's eyes lit up. Although Chongzhen didn't say it clearly, they could guess it.

"It seems that Gao Qiqian didn't deceive me!" Wu Sangui thought to himself, and hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, the Liu thief is just a rat, and he can't be compared with Zhao thief at all.

As long as the criminals have [-] soldiers and horses, they will definitely be able to wipe out the rogues in Pinghuguang! "

The gloomy look in Wu Sangui's eyes gradually disappeared, replaced by excitement and determination.

"Twenty thousand soldiers? But now the imperial court can't spare [-] soldiers." Chongzhen said with a face of embarrassment?
"There are no [-] soldiers and horses, but [-] soldiers and horses will do!" Wu Sangui continued.

"The court doesn't have [-] soldiers!" Chongzhen said again.

"If there are not [-] soldiers and horses, there may be some..."

"Your Majesty, even without soldiers and horses, we can calm down the bandits!" Wu Xiang hastily interrupted Wu Sangui's voice.

Chongzhen's words clearly mean that the imperial court has no soldiers and horses now, let's see if the two of them can put down the thieves.

If you say you can't, you will probably turn around and be re-imprisoned in Zhao Prison by Chongzhen.

Wu Xiang didn't want to go to Zhao Prison again, so she was afraid that Wu Sangui might say something wrong, so she said it first.

"Really?" Chongzhen's eyes lit up, and he looked at Wu Xiang.

Wu Sangui looked at Wu Xiang with doubts in his eyes.

He really didn't know why his father would say such a thing, how could he put down the bandits without soldiers and horses?

"Your Majesty, I don't want soldiers, horses, or money. As long as I let me go to Huguang, I can put down the rogues. I can issue a military order. If I can't put down the rogues, I'm willing to be punished!" Wu Xiang looked at it firmly. Chongzhen.

Wu Xiang really didn't want to go to Zhao Prison again, although Gao Qiqian didn't torture them too much, but Wu Xiang had had enough of the state of dying without knowing anything.

"Okay, okay, Aiqing really has the ability. In this case, I will leave the matter of Huguang to you father and son. Go down first, and tomorrow my order will come." Chongzhen was afraid that Wu Xiang would go back on his word, and directly Let this matter be confirmed, and no longer ask Wu Xiang what method to use.

Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui kowtowed to Chongzhen three times and nine times, then walked out of the imperial study.

As soon as he walked out of the imperial study, Wu Sangui looked at his father suspiciously.

"Father, we don't have any soldiers here, how can we put down the bandits?" Wu Sangui asked.

Wu Xiang said: "Let me ask you, do you still want to go to Zhao Prison? Although we don't have any soldiers, it's not impossible to put down the bandits.

In Zhao Prison, you never know when you will die. If you can live to eat today, maybe you will die the next day.

Although Gao Qiqian didn't torture us all the time, he still suffered a lot when he first entered Zhao Prison.

Zhao Prison is not a good place. I would rather die in battle for my father than enter Zhao Prison.

If we said just now that we couldn't, believe it or not, His Majesty would turn around and put us in Zhao Prison.If we have no effect on His Majesty, then our death will be soon! "

"So it is!" Wu Sangui suddenly realized.

Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui walked out of the palace, not knowing where to go.

Now they are like a lonely family, there is not even a single place in Nuo Da's capital.

Just when the two of them didn't know where to go, a young eunuch came out of the palace with a few followers and came in front of them.

Under normal circumstances, eunuchs are not allowed to enter and leave the palace at will.The reason why the eunuch was able to enter and leave the palace was because Gao Qiqian specially arranged for it.

Gao Qiqian is a master at seeing the wind and the wind. When he saw Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui being reused by Chongzhen again, he also wanted to establish a relationship with them.

"Two, our family is the godson of Eunuch Gao. Eunuch Gao asked our family to arrange two of them. I wonder if the two of you can give our family a face?" The eunuch said to the two of them with a smile.

Wu Xiang sighed inwardly, and slandered: "When my son was reused by His Majesty, you had this attitude, but after something happened, you ran faster than anyone else. Although you didn't torture me in Zhao Prison And my son, but when you first entered Zhao Prison, you dealt with me and my son a lot.

Back then in Zhao Prison, it was extremely difficult to see you and beg you to do something, but now, I came here uninvited! "

Although Wu Xiang was very disdainful of Gao Qiqian in his heart, he didn't say much on the surface.

He looked at the little eunuch calmly, "Since it was specially arranged by Eunuch Gao, then listen to Eunuch Gao, after all, Eunuch Gao and I are old acquaintances, and Eunuch Gao took great care of us when we were in Zhao Prison! "

Wu Xiang's last two caring and biting poles showed no sense of gratitude at all.

But the little eunuch acted as if he didn't hear it, and said with a smile: "In that case, the two of you should follow our family!"

The little eunuch walked forward as he spoke.

Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui followed behind the little eunuch, expressionless.

Not long after, the little eunuch brought the two of them to a three-entry mansion not far from the palace.

"This is a mansion owned by Eunuch Gao in the capital city. As the saying goes, if you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed. This time, if the two are released from prison, if the Huguang thief is put down, the two will be like cranes soaring into the sky." , the future is limitless.

Eunuch Gao didn't have anything to sell, so he gave this yard to the two of them as a shelter. "The little eunuch looked at the two of them and said with a smile.

"Hehe, it's really better to say than to sing, the wall is grass, see the wind rudder!" Wu Sangui cursed secretly.

(End of this chapter)