Qixie and Xiaoshan had complex expressions, they both gestured at Tang Sancheng, Tang Sancheng quickly closed his mouth, and asked in a low voice: "Where did you go just now?"

"It's a long story, these two are in the same group as the people inside." Xiao Shan pointed to Liang Chenmei, who was subdued by Qixie, and said: "I saw them come out of that secret room."

Hearing the words "secret room", Liang Chen Meijing's face turned green, especially Liang Chen retorted loudly: "You people, you went to someone else's place for no reason, but you are so righteous!"

"It's you who are ignorant and arrogant, right?" Xiao Shan raised his hips angrily, "There must be something wrong with the people living in the underground, and it's not normal to be so cautious about outsiders!"

Liang Chen and Mei Jing looked at each other, and suddenly the corners of the mouths of a pair of girls raised, Bai Yi saw this and said: "Hurry up and cover their mouths!"

It's a pity that it was too late, and the two of them made melodious voices, which were very gentle at first, and then suddenly sharpened. This was the sound of an alarm!At this time, Tang Sancheng heard many footsteps running towards this side: "Too bad, they probably informed their companions, and now they are all coming this way."

"Don't be afraid, just face it head-on." Bai Yi was much calmer.

When he was speaking, more than ten people had already come up and surrounded Bai Yi and the others. Seeing this situation, Qi Xie didn't let go of the two girls in his hands, and seemed to take them as hostages. Liang Chen said: "This is you! Those who forced us said that there are ghosts in the underground we live in, and now it’s all right, it’s you who have ghosts.”

The dozen or so people were all wearing turbans on their heads and holding spears in their hands. They were facing the crowd. Looking at their attire, Bai Yi was sure that they were from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: "Are you descendants of the Heavenly Kingdom? The painting seller is here, I have something to ask him!"

The identities of those people were mentioned by Bai Yi's words, which made them a little flustered. At this moment, a voice came over: "Heavenly King, let outsiders come in. This is all my fault, and I am willing to be punished."

king?Bai Yi took a deep breath. The Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan died a long time ago. There are probably only a few sons of him who can be called the Heavenly King. Among these sons, the eldest son Hong Tianzeng should have been born in 1852-1853. The Taiping Army was on its way from Guangxi Yong'an to Nanjing.After arriving in Nanjing, Hong Xiuquan ordered that the name of the prince must be taboo, so all the surnames Zeng in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had to be changed to Yong. For example, the 70-year-old general Zeng Tianyang was renamed Yongtianyang; Yongshuiyuan and Yongjinfa, although there are no specific documents to support it, but based on this inference, the Taiping Army's strong enemy at that time, the commander of the Hunan Army Zeng Guofan, may only be called Yong Guofan.However, Hong Tianzeng passed away not long after, and all the people surnamed Zeng breathed a sigh of relief: they can show their true colors to others again.

The next two sons, Hong Tianguang and Hong Tianming, were both born in the fourth year of Jiayin, that is, in 1854. Among them, Hong Tianming was born on September 24, and Hong Tianguang was unknown. Both of them were common people, and Hong Tianguang's mother was The No.12 wife is Chen, and Hong Tianming's mother is the No.19 wife Wu.

The two of them, like their elder brother, had never been out of the palace. Among them, Hong Tianguang lived in the Golden Dragon Hall, and Hong Tianming lived under the bedroom of the young master in the left hall. They were named King Guang and King Ming around 1858. In 1861, Hong Tianming The new "Taiping Ritual System" drafted by Ren Wangqian stipulated that the two should not be called Qiansui, but Yongsui, and the words "Guang" and "Ming" should also be taboo. The younger brother, Li Mingcheng, had to be called Li Mingcheng. Just because the two children were named "Tianguang and Tianming", the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had to live without light for three years.

On the day when Tianjing City was breached, Hong Tianguang and Hong Tianming had been with their older brother Hong Tianguifu, but when Li Xiucheng broke through the siege, he said that he could only take the young master with him, so the two were left where they were. Some people said that they fled with their mother Lai. They went to Nanyang, but there is no supporting evidence. The most likely ending is probably to die in the rebel army. After all, they have no life experience like Hong Tianguifu, and they are even younger, only 10 years old.

Hong Xiuquan's youngest son was originally called Hong Tianyou, but after the Tianjing Incident and Hong Xiuquan killed Yang Xiuqing, he had a whim. While "rehabilitating" Yang Xiuqing, he adopted Hong Tianyou to Yang Xiuqing and called him "nephew"—half son, Half a nephew, named Youdong King, made this "nephew" who was not even 10 years old the first court official of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.The first court official did not leave any recordable deeds, and after the fall of Tianjing, his information was interrupted.

In addition, there is the young king. Five days after the death of the heavenly king Hong Xiuquan, the young king Hong Tianguifu acted as an agent of the government. Hong Tianguifu had no warmth in family life in his short life, and finally fell into the hands of the Qing army. This person can be ruled out.

After all, who is this person who is known as the king of heaven?Bai Yi wanted to surprise the other party, so he quickly calculated in his heart, and suddenly raised his voice and said, "Could it be Hong Tianyou?"

As soon as Hong Tianyou came out, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing how to react. Bai Yi knew he had hit the spot, but he immediately thought of another question, if it was Hong Tianyou, how old would he be this year?This age doesn't match either, Bai Yi said: "The descendants of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom actually live here, it's really depressing."

These words were very sympathetic, and seemed to hit their sore spots. The hand that was holding the spear was lowered, and the boss walked up to Bai Yi: "I beg you, get out of here I didn’t find it here, if you want money, I can give you as much as you want.”

In fact, Bai Yi and the others didn't know why Third Uncle asked them to look up that painting. Since they found this place along that painting, the mystery must be here, how could they give up so easily?Bai Yi smiled wryly and said, "In order to prepare those supplies, you did not hesitate to sell Hong Xuanjiao's paintings. It can be seen that your finances are not rich, why can you give me as much as you want?"

The boss was stunned for a moment, and suddenly squatted down with his hands on his head, Tang Sancheng said in pain, "We came here without any malice, maybe we can help you, can you let us meet your heavenly king?"

"You guys seem to know the kingdom of heaven very well." A voice came out: "There was only one way for you to come here, and that was to let you die. Let you go out, we will not be at peace, but what should we do?"

"You don't need to worry about this." Bai Yi said: "I am afraid that my origin is far more strange than yours, which is why we are not surprised to see you. We were just ordered to investigate the origin of the painting. As long as we know the answer, we will leave naturally, and we will never disturb each other in the future."

"Painting?" The store owner was taken aback: "The painting was originally here with us. As for the origin, there is nothing special about it."

The voice sounded again: "Come with me for the time being."

Those people dispersed, and Bai Yi and the others finally saw the owner of the voice, they couldn't help being surprised, this man was as thin as dry wood, but his eyes were very bright, he was about the same size as Bai Yi, with black hair, this was their "Heavenly King" "?The five Bai Yi and the others exchanged glances, and resolutely decided to leave with Tianwang, and followed behind Tianwang, Tang Sancheng suddenly found that something was wrong with Tianwang, he stabbed Qixie, and motioned Qixie to look at Tianwang's waist, there seemed to be a hole in Tianwang's waist. It's like a swimming ring, if a fat man has a lot of meat on his waist, it doesn't matter if this happens, but this Tianwang is skinny, and the protruding part of his waist is a bit abrupt.

The passage finally connected to a long row of houses, which were built low and neatly, and the king of heaven led them to the innermost part. The doors of that room were slightly different in color, obviously for distinguishing classes. , Tianwang's room is very simple, a stone bed, a set of stone tables and chairs, and nothing else. Thinking of his status as a heavenly king, it seems a bit miserable.

The shop owner followed Tianwang all the time, apparently his status was considered high here. After closing the door, the space inside the house seemed cramped. Tianwang looked a little sad, as if he didn't know what to do with them.

"Where is the painting?" the store owner said suddenly.

"I didn't bring the painting with me, but I remember the details on it. The character in the painting is Hong Xuanjiao." Bai Yi said, "Bending down to look for something on the battlefield, the person who drew this painting should have been there personally. I have seen it with my own eyes, and there are also jewels inlaid on this painting. If it is not important, why is it inlaid with jewels? As far as we know, Hong Xuanjiao did not die, and later went into exile abroad and became a medical staff abroad , and die after a long life."

"What?" The Heavenly King was taken aback, unable to hide the excitement on his face: "She didn't die then? Then Yuxi..."

Hearing the word Yuxi, Bai Yi's mind flashed: "So she is looking for the Yuxi from heaven!"

Bai Yi came up with quick wits and gave the answer, which made the Heavenly King very terrified and a little excited: "So you also know about the Heavenly Kingdom Jade Seal?"

"The jade seal of the kingdom of heaven has long been lost. The real jade seal should be eight inches square. This is recorded in relevant materials. Another point is that the heavenly king Hong Xiuquan once issued an edict to change the name of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to the Kingdom of God, and officially decreed that the seal should be Changed according to the imperial edict, the golden seal and seal of the emperor Hong Xiuquan, the dragon in the pattern on the frame of the seal is head down and the tail upwards, and the word Tian is strictly in accordance with the taboo provisions in the imperial edict, and the horizontal strokes on it are more than The length below."

While Bai Yi was talking, he saw that the face of the king of heaven was getting redder and redder. He continued: "At that time, the Taiping army discovered during the fierce battle with the Qing army that the seal of the jade seal was very easy to be forged by the enemy. Therefore, whether it is stamped The imperial edict of the Heavenly King Seal is the order of other kings. While using the seal, it will add another secret code, and it is very emphasized that the parties concerned must write it by hand. Li Xiucheng said in his self-report that "recruitment ten It was mentioned in Yao': I asked Zhongtang to issue an edict to me, and take my text with me. If there is any text, I don't need to seal it. Those who use the seal today, when they come to my camp, all the generals don't believe it. He is sure that Zhongtang made it himself. To lure him. Those who I have stamped with the text in the heavenly court will not follow without my secret number."

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