Chapter 69: The Storm and Clouds

Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, auspicious place, and the Qinhuai River, once lined up with golden and pink towers. Now, all the Confucius Temples in the city have been destroyed, and the shops are bleak. In the streets, there can be seen big men wearing red turbans shouting "Heavenly Father and Brother Tian" everywhere. The great gods on the street perform invulnerable swords and guns, which is so inconsistent with the solemnity and glory of this ancient capital.

The Palace of Heavenly King under the Red Sun is majestic and magnificent, with dazzling light. The palace is lateral from north to south. It is more than ten miles around. The palace walls several meters high on all sides are winding around, and are divided into two levels: the Sun City outside and the Jinlong City inside. Outside the palace wall, a "Yu Ditch" with a width and depth of several meters is dug, namely the moat.

People at that time commented that compared with the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Heavenly King Palace "seems not to be below him."

In front of the Heavenly King Palace, there is a huge square covering an area of ​​about one mile. At the southern end of the square, there is a row of large yellow screen walls, more than 90 meters wide. There are patterns of dragons, tigers, lions and elephants on it, and several imperial edicts of the Heavenly King are hung. To the north of the screen wall, three archways with pin-shaped characters are towering over the ground: one on the front, full of gold plaques, and four characters are written horizontally on it, which is called "The Road to Heaven"; two on the left and right, one on one is "The Emperor's Ten Thousand Years", one is "The Emperor's Peace and Unification", and the red lacquered pillars echo each other from a distance. On the side of the archway, there is also a "Civil and Military Driving Horse Plate".

After passing the horse sign, the front gate of the outer city was "True God Glory Gate", and the two gates were "True God Holy Heavenly Gate". There were pavilions on both sides of the door, each covered with yellow and green glazed tiles, named "Chugu Pavilion". Step into the Holy Heaven Gate, and then pass through the slender rain road and the "Zhongyi" archway, you will reach the main hall of the Heavenly King Palace - "Golden Dragon Hall". The "Golden Dragon Hall" is also known as "Glory Hall". According to the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing, this one

The construction of the "Gao Guangjiji-Shi Taihe Hall (Forbidden City)" is "the main hall of my Heavenly King". The throne of the Heavenly King is high above, with four huge round red gauze lamps hanging in front of the hall, which are "the treasures of the Yuan Dynasty"; there are many gates, "there are curtains in between, all of which are yellow satin dragons, mixed with pearls and broken jade"; there is a chaises in the center of the hall, "big more than the hug, and the carvings are extremely fine". The furnishings in the house are "all worthless."

Behind the Golden Dragon Palace are the nine-entry halls, including "*** Hall" and "True God Temple". The ninth-entry hall is a three-story building, "a railing is surrounded by a railing, with long windows built into the railing, yellow tiles are covered with four corners, and eaves bells can be reached for dozens of miles."

In fact, this majestic palace complex has not been fully completed. It has been built on the Governor General Office of Liangjiang and the well-known Xuyuan site since the conquest of Tianjing. However, the project is extremely large and lasted for six years. Although countless manpower and material resources were used to dismantle the stone bricks and tiles of the Forbidden City of Ming Dynasty. All skilled craftsmen in the southeast gathered in Nanjing, but they still could not be perfect. This shows the grand and vastness of this palace complex.

There were no men in the entire Heavenly King Palace. At that time, the Heavenly King also tried to castrate eunuchs, but he could not understand the method. The castrated people either died or were disabled. The eighty boys found were 77 dead and three disabled, so he had to give up. The entire Heavenly King Palace was managed by the female official system. It was probably the only one who was the real beauties in the harem of all dynasties.

The king's wife is the tenth king's wife of the Heavenly King Palace. The main wife is the first lunar palace of the heavenly god who meets in the dream of the Heavenly King. The main wife of the earth is the "Yuanyue Palace" Lai. The "Twenty Palaces" are the "Twenty Palaces" and the "Twenty Palaces" are the "Sub-Moon Palace" and "Yuanyue Palace". Below the "Moon Palace" are the "General Education", "Teaching", "Tongyu", "Precise Watch", "Supervising Watch", etc.

Because there are many concubines, concubines, and palace maids, for the convenience of the Heavenly King's memory, they are called it. There are always two or three thousand beauties in the Heavenly King's Palace. There is a huge bed in the Heavenly King's bedroom, which is half a foot and a gentle place. This person shocked the world and made Zeng Wenzheng say that he could never guess thoroughly. What he did all the time was really impossible to see through and could not understand.

At this time, in the Zhenshen Temple, the Heavenly King and the East King sat opposite each other. Both of them were wearing the Huang Chengcheng King's robe and were of extraordinary demeanor, especially the Heavenly King, who had "a dignified appearance", "many strange appearance", "having a kingly style", and his birth date and eight characters were even more precious, which was the fate of Feng Yunshan who criticized it back then.

Indeed, the King of Heaven was just over forty, handsome and powerful. A foreign missionary once said that he was "a dignified appearance, a bit handsome, middle-aged, gentle and gentle, and quite gentle."

The Eastern King's eyes were not big, and he was always half open and half open, which made people invisible. Perhaps because the Heavenly Father often preached the gospel of heaven through his mortal body, he seemed to be filled with a mysterious aura and an unpredictable smell.

In the past two months, the Heavenly Father has not passed down any "gospel" and the entire Heavenly Dynasty has fallen into inexplicable panic. Did Heavenly Father really abandon them?

"The evil dragon in the north finally became a climate." The Eastern King said leisurely, "There are water in the south, and clouds in Yue are born. This evil dragon has gained Taoism in the demon cave in the South Yue!"

Beijing and Guangzhou have long been demoted to the demon cave by Heavenly Father. In the first volume of "Demolishing the Demon Cave to Sin Li", it says: "The defamation of the land of Beiyan is a demon cave because the demon appears to be filthy, and the demon is guilty, and the land is also guilty. I am no different in the world, and Beijing is no different in Beijing. No one outside of Tianjing can be used to call the capital. Therefore, I specially ordered the Qing dynasty to go quickly and tell all the soldiers and generals who guard the city and go out to know that I have demoted Beiyan to the demon cave. After the demon is destroyed, my name will be restored to Beiyan."

Similarly, Guangzhou was demoted to a demon's cave. After destroying the demon, it was restored to its name as Nanyue.

The King of Heaven was silent.

The King of Dong asked again: "Brother Miao, is there any news coming?"

The Miao brothers mentioned by the King of Dong were Miao Peilin, who was entrenched north of the Yangtze River in Anhui. The Miao army under him was known as more than 100,000, which was the most powerful armed force in northern Anhui. In recent years, even the Qing army was afraid of it and was promising to have high officials and generous salaries.

Miao Peilin was famous for his two-faced and three-killing swords. Sometimes he cooperated with the Nian Army and the Taiping Army to attack prefectures and plunder the palaces, and sometimes he cooperated with the Qing army in the Northern Kingdom to eliminate the rebellion. He was also famous in history, with three anti-Qing and two betrayals, and historians were capricious. He was called "the most unprincipled warlord" by historians.

The Heavenly King wrote a secret letter to Miao Peilin a few months ago, signing him as the king of memorials, and rewarding him with his beloved four princesses, and sending him with a credible gift, like a stone thrown into the sea, without any response.

Seeing the Heavenly King shook his head slightly, the East King sighed and stood up, singing a song and strides away. The songs were vicissitudes, but I couldn't hear anything singing. I could vaguely hear the words "The evil dragon rises to Nanyue, and the Heavenly Father comes to kill evil."

The King of Heaven sat there, and the sky gradually became dark, and he still didn't realize it...

...

The back hall of an exquisite government office is vaguely visible through the flowered window lattice. The green willow trees in the outer courtyard can be seen.

Zhou Lichun gently wiped the steel knife in his hand. Although the firearm is now the dominant one, he has an indelible preference for this old friend who has accompanied him through the vast sea of ​​blood.

But it's difficult to move forward!

Under the city of Tianjing, the demon soldiers of Pingyuan Army were covered with all the demon soldiers. Although the city of Tianjing is high and solid, the demon soldiers are so arrogant. What kind of person is the Regent? The city of Tianjing is broken, and it is only a matter of time. Even if the city cannot be broken, how long can the food and grass in the city be supported under the siege?

The demon soldier? Zhou Lichun smiled bitterly and shook his head. His daughters and brothers are all in Pingyuan's army. How can the demon soldiers start after they talk about it?

The regent who saved Xiaodao would have thousands of lives, Zhou Lichun could not regard him as the demon king.

Junior Sister Su, why did she surrender to the Qing army? What kind of person is the Regent?

Zhou Lichun has been thinking about this problem over and over again these days, but he can't figure it out.

The footsteps behind him were light. Zhou Lichun immediately knew who was coming. He hurriedly stood up and turned around, holding a beautiful young woman with a big belly who was walking over, and complained: "I told you to rest, why do you come out to do it?"

The beautiful young woman in a green cloth dress is his Xuxian. She was originally the wife of a wealthy family in Tianjing. The surname is Ma. The wealthy family was killed. Just when Ma was about to be humiliated by a red turban, Zhou Lichun saved her and took her as Xuxian. In the past two years, the couple has a deep affection, and now they have his flesh and blood.

Ma looked worried and depressed. Seeing her husband pressing against her abdomen and listening to the sound, she couldn't help but sigh softly. The long-haired bandit killed her first husband, and the government army will now kill her second husband. As the wife of the bandit leader, she is pregnant again. The miserable end can be imagined.

Zhou Lichun helped his beloved wife sit down on the sandalwood chair and said, "You don't have to worry. There will be a road before the car arrives at the mountain. If you have done good deeds and accumulated virtues over the years, God will definitely feel mercy."

Ma's two lines of clear tears finally fell, wiping the corners of his eyes and not speaking.

Zhou Lichunkong was full of passion, but at this moment he couldn't help but feel relieved. He sighed deeply and sat aside.

Ma wiped his tears and said sadly: "Brother Zhou, I only ask you for one thing. I am not willing to die. But can our children, our children, let him have a way out and live safely?" She was filled with sorrow. How unfair is it to heaven? How could the way of heaven be so clear?

Zhou Lichun looked at her sad look and hesitated. Finally, she sighed and said, "Yue'er, don't worry, I will keep you safe no matter what. You will be fine. The child in your belly has a sister who is in the Pingyuan army. Moreover, she is a famous female general in the Pingyuan army. I will write a letter. Once you are captured by the official army and show the letter, she will definitely protect you."

Ma looked at Zhou Lichun in surprise, and in surprise, his tears slowly stopped.

Zhou Lichun smiled bitterly and said, "I don't hide it from you. My life was saved by the Regent at the time. This matter is of great importance. Even if the city is broken, you must not tell others."

Zhou Lichun later learned from his letter to his daughter and Liu Lichuan that the person who saved them Xiaodao was the Regent of the Southern Dynasty. However, since the Pingyuan army was at the city, its contact with the outside world was completely cut off, so naturally he didn't know the situation outside.

The last letter from his daughter was to ask him to rebel from Tianjing, and to be loyal and righteous in life. Although many of the actions of the Heavenly King and the East King were extremely absurd, it would be a shame to turn against the water and surrender.

"Which regent?" Ma asked blankly.

Zhou Lichun smiled bitterly and said, "How many are there in the Regent?"

Ma was so surprised that she couldn't speak anymore. Her husband was heroic and heroic, and the word "righteous" was the reason why she gradually fell in love with this big man. Although she lacked interest and did not have the elegance of her husband, she was also very touching. The only regret was that her husband didn't like cleanliness. Every time she washed her feet, she had to beg herself to act coquettishly for a while, but sometimes she found it interesting.

The regent, who is invincible now, has led a 100,000 Tianjun troops to besiege Nanjing. The Ma family is extremely conflicted. Her husband's family was slaughtered by Changmao, and this hatred is irreconcilable. Now the regent's official army has arrived, killing Changmao to avenge her, and it is really a lifelong hatred.

But his heroic husband is about to die, and he and the children in his stomach don’t know what kind of tragic experience they have to face. Every time Ma thinks about it, he shed tears secretly, and only feels that life and destiny are so miserable. Who can compare with himself?

But now I suddenly heard that my husband has a relationship with the Regent, and he has a "nouncing" daughter outside, and he is even more a hero in the official army. This is really a turnaround and impossible to dream of. My husband is heroic and will never lie, let alone such a big deal.

"How could the Regent be the savior of our family?" Ma asked curiously. Although she had been married to Zhou Lichun for more than two years, she still had the vanity of a jade-like family in the south of the Yangtze River. In the blink of an eye, the Regent became the savior of her family. If she said the fake king of long hair, then why would Ma not bother to get married?

Zhou Lichun shook his head and said, "This is a long story, but don't worry, I heard that Pingyuan's army has strict military discipline and never slaughtered the people, let alone you have my flesh and blood. Xiuying, Xiuying will take care of you."

Ma was happy, and then sad again, and said sadly: "Brother Zhou, Tianjing is not like other places. On the day the government army broke through the city, did Brother Zhou really think they would behave properly? I'm afraid that before I saw Xiuying, I just said..." He shed tears again.

Zhou Lichun was silent and knew that what his beloved wife said was not false.

Ma looked at Zhou Lichun again and said, "Besides, what's the point if I live by myself? Brother Zhou is dead, I will never live alone. When I give birth to the child, I will continue the incense lantern for Brother Zhou. I will follow Brother Zhou and the underground..."

Zhou Lichun was stunned and let him be heroic for the rest of his life, but at this moment, he couldn't help but be angry.

Outside the hall, there was suddenly a hurried footsteps, and the school knelt outside the hall and said, "The coach of the voyage! The coach of the voyage is promoted to the tent in front of the hall! Please go quickly!"

Zhou Lichun then stood up, put the steel knife into the sheath, and strode out of the warm room.

Ma looked at his back blankly, worried, and didn't know what to do, let alone what the future ahead. If she talked about her, she naturally hoped that her husband could abandon the darkness and surrender to the government army, but she knew her husband's temper, so she didn't dare to say this.

I heard that countless demon cannons have been set up under the city of Nanjing. In the Yangtze River, the iron-armored giant ships are like mountain peaks floating on the water, and like hedgehogs, with dense hulls full of muzzles. Looking from afar, it makes me feel chilled.

A woman with a red turban said that the Heavenly Father would descend the divine sword and cut the demon ship in half. Ma just sneered in her heart at that time. Even if you really have the blessing of the Heavenly Father, you would have been suppressed by the regent's conduct. The divine sword? It's simply nonsense.

But then that's it, what's the matter now?

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Chapter completed!