Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 187

On this day, Zuo Maodi came outside the palace as usual to make a call, then turned around and prepared to leave, because according to the usual practice, Li Zicheng knew that he was here to bid farewell, so it was definitely impossible to meet him.

Li Zicheng is also evil, and he refuses to let him go.

Surprisingly, just when Zuo Maodi was about to leave, he was stopped.

Looking back, it was Li Shuangxi, and asked in surprise, "His Royal Highness?"

"Mr. Luoshi, the emperor has invited you to see me." Li Shuangxi said, "Follow me into the palace."

"Is Your Majesty finally willing to summon you?" Zuo Maodi was overjoyed upon hearing this, and immediately followed Li Shuangxi into the palace.

Li Zicheng's palace was the original Prince Qin's Mansion. The Qin Dynasty was known as the first vassal of the Ming Dynasty, and Xi'an was also one of the candidate cities for Zhu Yuanzhang's capital at the beginning, so the scale of the Qin Palace was far larger than other residences, second only to the Forbidden City in the two capitals. Now that the Forbidden City in Nanjing and Beijing have been destroyed, the Qin Palace is the largest palace building in the world.

Zuo Maodi followed Li Shuangxi through the Lingxing Gate, Duanli Gate, and Chengyun Gate, and finally arrived at the Cunxin Hall, but at this time the Cunxin Hall had been changed into the Jinluan Hall by Li Zicheng.

The Chengyun Gate in front of the Jinluan Hall was also changed to the Dashun Gate, and the Lingxing Gate was changed to the Meridian Gate.

As soon as he entered the hall, when Zuo Maodi was about to pay his respects, he caught a glimpse of a man standing under the Dan.

Zuo Maodi frowned slightly, did Jianu send envoys to Dashun?

What is the purpose of building slaves?Do you want a truce with Dashun, or do you want to form an alliance with Dashun to deal with Daming together?Thinking of this, Zuo Maodi's heart immediately rose to his throat.

At the same time, he secretly made up his mind that Dashun and Jiannu must not form an alliance.

At this time, Li Zicheng, who was sitting on the throne, also saw Zuo Maodi, and said with a smile: "Mr. Luo Shi, you came just in time, come and see who this is?"

After finishing speaking, Li Zicheng also pointed to the enslavement envoy under Dan Chi.

Almost at the same time, the enslavement envoy also turned around.

At this meeting, Zuo Maodi and the enslavement envoy both yelled.

Well, this envoy to build slaves is none other than Zuo Maotai, the Minister of War of the Qing court, who served briefly as the Minister of the Military Government of the Dashun Dynasty before Li Zicheng withdrew.

In addition, Zuo Maotai is Zuo Maodi's cousin.

So after seeing Zuo Maodi, Zuo Maotai was very pleasantly surprised.

However, Zuo Maodi was frightened and furious, he never thought that the envoy of slavery was actually Zuo Maotai.

Zuo Maotai once surrendered to Dashun and served as the Zuo Shilang of the military government. Zuo Maodi had already learned about this from Li Zicheng, but when the Dashun army withdrew from Beijing, Zuo Maotai did not accompany him.

At that time, Zuo Maodi was quite happy, thinking that his cousin must have gone to Nanjing.

But now I saw Zuo Maotai in Xi'an, and Zuo Maotai was still wearing a mandarin jacket, Zuo Maotai understood everything at once, this bastard actually took refuge in Jiannu!

At that moment, Zuo Maodi turned around and walked outside the Golden Luan Hall.

Seeing Zuo Maodi turn around and leave, Li Zicheng was a little surprised, and hurriedly shouted: "Mr. Luo Shi wait a minute, why did you leave without saying a word? Isn't this person your cousin?"

Song Xiance, Gu Junen and others present were also a little confused.

Just when everyone was looking at each other, Zuo Maodi had already reached the entrance of the main hall.

Standing at the entrance of the main hall are two majestic generals, holding a long-handled gourd hammer.

Although he saw Zuo Maodi coming from the corner of his eye, the big Han general standing on the left side of the entrance of the hall didn't take it seriously at all. The main reason was that Zuo Maodi often went in and out of the Golden Luan Hall, and the two big Han generals were already familiar with each other.

Moreover, Zuo Maodi is gentle and easy-going, the key point is that he is highly valued by Li Zicheng.

So the two big Han generals never thought that Zuo Maodi would snatch their weapons.

So when Zuo Maodi suddenly made a move to snatch the pumpkin hammer, the big Han general on the left was caught off guard by Zuo Maodi, a civil servant, who snatched it away.

The two big Han generals stood there immediately, what's going on?
Is this civil servant trying to assassinate our Emperor Dashun?
Not only the two big Han generals, Li Zicheng and Li Shuangxi were also stunned.

Song Xiance and Gu Junen are also confused?What's the situation?

In this moment, Zuo Maodi had already picked up the pumpkin hammer and rushed towards Zuo Maotai.

"Hey, hey!" Zuo Maotai was startled, turned around and fled to the side of the main hall, shouting, "Second brother, are you crazy? I am Dalai, I am your elder brother, my second son, I am your elder brother!" !"

"Bah, you're not my brother, I don't have a big brother like you!"

Zuo Maodi chased after him with a pumpkin hammer upside down, and cursed at the same time: "You rebel who has forgotten his ancestors and has no integrity, go away and eat me!"

Accompanied by this loud shout, Zuo Mao hit him with the first hammer.

Zuo Maotai lowered his head subconsciously, and the gourd hammer flew past his scalp, knocking his straw hat off his head, and the gourd hammer hit the pillar of the hall with a loud bang, knocking off a piece of red paint .

"Second brother, are you crazy?" Zuo Maotai's soul was frightened, and he ran to the other side of the hall while scrambling, shouting in horror, "I am your elder brother, you are guilty. Do you still see superiority and inferiority in your eyes? Om?"

"Bah, you still have the face to tell me about your superiors and inferiors?" Zuo Maodi continued to chase after him, scolding angrily, "You traitor who treats a thief as your father, I have already written a letter back to my hometown in Laiyang to let my third uncle Remove you from the family tree, our Laiyang Zuo family no longer has you as a traitor, the traitor is here to kill you! Eat me!"

Looking at Zuo Maodi who was already red-eyed, Zuo Maotai knew that he couldn't stop his cousin.

Zuo Maotai had no choice but to ask Li Zicheng for help: "Your Majesty? I am an envoy of the Qing Dynasty, can you not save me? If the two countries do not kill the envoy, the crime is not as good as the envoy!"

At this time, the two big Han generals had already rushed into the hall.

With the skills of the two of them, it was a breeze to take down Zuo Maodi.

But just when they were about to take down Zuo Maodi, they were stopped by Li Zicheng with a wink.

Li Zicheng felt a little funny. The reason why he called Zuo Maodi here was to let him see Zuo Maotai's face. They were both children of the Zuo family in Laiyang, but how could their personalities be so different?

One is a true loyal minister, no matter how you win over it, it is useless.

One is a family slave with three surnames, he really has no integrity at all.

So seeing Zuo Maodi chasing Zuo Maotai all over the hall with a gourd hammer, Li Zicheng only felt unprecedented pleasure. Why should such a happy thing be stopped?

Seeing this, Li Shuangxi and the two big Han generals also understood.

So when Zuo Maotai was about to run out of the gate of the hall, he was directly blocked by the big Han general.

When Zuo Maotai wanted to escape from the small door on the right, he also bumped into Li Shuangxi unfortunately.

Finally, Zuo Maotai was still caught up by Zuo Maodi, and a hammer just hit his vest, and Zuo Maotai fell to the ground immediately.

However, this old pig and dog's desire to survive is really strong, and they have already knocked down on the main hall, but they still desperately turned left and right again. Many pieces of gold bricks were smashed.

But when it hit the sixth hammer, it finally hit Zuo Maotai's lower abdomen again, and Zuo Maotai immediately curled up into a shrimp with a scream.

Seeing this, Zuo Maodi didn't show mercy at all, he hit Zuo Maotai's back heavily with several hammers, and Zuo Maotai vomited blood in an instant, the injury must have been severe.

Only then did Li Zicheng shout: "Don't stop Mr. Luo Shi!"

Only then did the two big Han generals step forward to support Zuo Maodi, and Li Shuangxi also snatched the pumpkin hammer.

But Zuo Maodi stared and shouted: "Your Majesty, are you going to cover up this bastard? Don't forget the brotherly covenant between the Dashun Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, and don't forget the gentleman's agreement between you and my Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty." !"

"Mr. Luo Shi, don't worry, I haven't forgotten." Li Zicheng waved his hand and said solemnly.

"I just don't want you to get your hands dirty and get the infamy of murdering your brother."

After finishing speaking, Li Zicheng pointed at Zuo Maotai and shouted sharply: "Drag this thief out of the Meridian Gate and chop it up!"

"Ah?" Zuo Maotai was scared out of his ass, I am an envoy, why don't we send the envoy if the two countries have agreed to fight each other?

Song Xiance also went out to persuade: "Your Majesty, although this thief is hateful, he is an envoy of a country after all, so it is enough to beat him up and drive him out of Xi'an. If he is killed, don't kill him."

"Yes, yes, yes, the two countries will fight each other without killing each other."

Zuo Maotai repeatedly begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, please spare my life."

Li Zicheng was also a little hesitant. It seemed that killing envoys was not good.

"Your Majesty can't do it!" Zuo Maodi yelled sharply, "This thief deserves his death, so he must not let him go!"

Speaking of this meal, Zuo Maodi yelled sharply again: "The two countries are fighting each other without beheading envoys. What we are talking about is between the two countries. Jiannu is just a group of barbarians who betrayed their master. My Ming Dynasty never recognized it as a country! "

Li Zicheng's heart moved, yes, the Ming Dynasty recognized the Dashun Dynasty, but did not recognize Jiannu, then Jiannu is not considered a country, so there is no need to argue about whether to kill envoys.

At that moment Li Zicheng yelled: "Drag it out and chop it up!"

"Yes!" Two big Han generals dragged Zuo Maotai up and left.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me..." Zuo Maotai begged for mercy loudly.

But soon, Zuo Maotai's wailing sound faded away and could never be heard again.

Li Zicheng smiled again and said to Zuo Maodi: "Mr. Luoshi calm down, don't get angry and ruin your body because of such rebels."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your care." Zuo Maodi returned to the gentle and polite scholar he was before, and said with a long bow, "Your Majesty, I have been sent to your country for more than half a year, and it is time to return to Nanjing."

"Hey, it's not urgent." Li Zicheng felt annoyed, why did he have to leave?
Is Chongzhen that good?I can't get into your Zuo Maodi's eyes like that?

Li Zicheng's rebellious psychology also came up, the more you want to leave, the more I won't let you go.

Zuo Maodi wanted to say more, but Li Zicheng got up, changed his clothes, and left through the small door.

Song Xiance came out from the small gate and said, "Your Majesty, Zuo Maotai is dead, and it is impossible to form an alliance with Jiannu. Why don't you take advantage of the Jiannu army to go south and divide your troops into Shanxi and Shanxi from northern Shaanxi and Henan? Hebei makes it difficult for Jiannu to take care of each other."

"Not right." Li Zicheng waved his hand and said, "Just sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight."

(End of this chapter)