Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 60 Chapter 60, Zhu Cihong appeases Chongzhen, Li Zicheng reads letters and sheds blood
Chongzhen grasped Zhu Cihong's hand: "My son, you are finally back!"

Wang Chengen looked at Chongzhen who looked relieved, his expression a little subtle.

In Wang Chengen's impression, this kind of expression should be the expression of his son after seeing his father. This reversal is really...

Zhu Cihong coughed, and said seriously to Chongzhen: "Father, don't worry, we have already won this time."

Chongzhen still had some lingering fears: "But, why are there still shouts of killing?"

Zhu Cilang said with a smile: "That's because of Li Zicheng's original plan. His troops would open the city gate after conquering Deshengmen, and then the whole city would bloom in all directions. But now that Deshengmen has been firmly defended, then he will go in other directions. The offensive is doomed to return in vain."

Right now, the defense force of Beijing City is already enough to resist Li Zicheng's offensive from the front. What's more, night battles have always been used for sneak attacks. I have never heard of any country's army that can attack fortifications at night. a city.

This battle was doomed to end when Gao Jie's entire army was wiped out.

After hearing Zhu Cihong's words, Chongzhen was completely relieved, and then remembered something, his expression changed.

"So, that bastard Wang Huamin really colluded with Li Zicheng?"

Zhu Cihong nodded: "This matter is absolutely true. Among the rebels who intend to conquer the city and join forces with Gao Jieli, there are many of Wang Huamin's nephews and nephews. As long as the father can have the Ministry of Criminal Interrogation, the truth will be revealed immediately."

Chongzhen had a gloomy face and said coldly: "Wang Cheng'en, have you heard everything? Immediately send a decree to the Minister of Punishment and let him and the Minister of Dali Temple jointly try it!"

According to the process of adjudicating cases in the Ming Dynasty, it was generally the Ministry of Criminal Justice's first trial and then it was handed over to Dali Temple for review, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate supervised it.

Now that Chongzhen directly asked the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to jointly interrogate, it was obvious that he wanted to end the interrogation process as quickly as possible and come to a result.

Wang Chengen didn't dare to neglect, and hurried to go.

In the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Zhou Kui grabbed the iron fence in front of him with both hands and howled loudly.

"Let this old man go out, this old man is the head of the country, the father-in-law of His Majesty! This old man wants to meet His Majesty and the Queen, and complain about his grievances!"

Zhou Kui howled again and again, even though his voice was hoarse, he showed no sign of stopping.

A sigh came from the prison next to Zhou Kui: "Master of the State, do you still have hope now that things have happened? You'd better just stick to your neck and kill him."

It was Cao Huachun who spoke.

Zhou Kui got angry and shouted: "Cao Huachun, it's you eunuch who deceived me with your sweet talk, I must report to His Majesty and the Empress, and I will execute you eunuch Ling Chi to death!"

Cao Huachun: "..."

Cao Huachun didn't speak anymore.

Zhou Kui continued to howl, but there was still darkness in front of him except for the darkness, only a little light came in from the prison window, which looked extremely slim.

Suddenly, a burst of light from a torch came over, and Zhou Kui's heart suddenly ignited hope, and shouted again: "I was wronged, I want to see Your Majesty, I want..."

Zhou Kui suddenly closed his mouth.

In front of him, a shackled prisoner was walking past dejectedly.

It was Wang Huamin.

There are two other people beside Wang Huamin, namely Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and Minister of Dali Temple.

As the head of the state, he understands very well what these two people appearing here at this time represent.

Zhou Kui took a few steps back and leaned against the wall, his breathing became extremely heavy.

The next moment, two wolf-like jailers kicked open Zhou Kui's cell door, and said with a sneer, "Prisoner Zhou Kui, Master Shangshu wants to interrogate you, come with us."

"No—" Zhou Kui let out a desperate scream.

"This is impossible!" Li Zicheng roared angrily at the Dashun Army camp outside Changhua Gate almost at the same time.

Judging from the news that just came back, it can be said that the night attack launched by the Dashun Army on Beijing City tonight was completely defeated.

If you have to say it, this can actually be expected, but the problem is...

"What's going on with Deshengmen, and Gao Jieren? Why is there no news yet?" Li Zicheng walked around furiously, asking a series of questions.

No one can answer this question, or rather, no one dares to answer this question.

It has been more than an hour since the attack was launched, but anyone with a normal IQ can think that it is impossible for Gao Jie's troops to persist in the city for so long, after all, it is just a lone army.

Gao Jie has actually failed!
However, looking at the furious Li Zicheng, none of the people present dared to say this.

After so many failures, Li Zicheng's temper grew day by day. Even Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance, two of his most trusted military advisers, had to be careful when speaking now.

Suddenly, a general hurried into the big tent.

Li Zicheng's eyes brightened, and he asked, "Any news about Gao Jie?"

The general hesitated a bit, but he still said bravely, "Your Majesty, this is, this is..."

Li Zicheng was angry: "Mother-in-law, what is it!"

The general gritted his teeth and said, "It's a letter from Zhu Cihong, Prince of Ming Dynasty!"

After the voice fell, the whole big tent suddenly fell silent.

Li Zicheng blinked his eyes, almost thinking that he heard wrongly, but he immediately came back to his senses and said coldly: "Bring me the letter, I want to see what that yellow-mouthed kid can write!"

The letter was opened and a bloody ear fell out.

Li Zicheng snorted, put his foot on his ear, turned his toes a few times, and then kicked him away.

He starts to read the letter.

The content is as follows:

"Brother Hongji (Note 1), see the words as follows:

The 3000 members of Gao Jie's department that Brother Hongji gave as a gift have been received. I hope Brother Hongji will continue to work hard, ten thousand is not too little, and one hundred thousand is not too much.

The capital city is not a place that brother Hongji can get his hands on. If brother Hongji continues to linger here, he will surely perish himself.

Xun had a good advice for Brother Hongji, why not go to Liaodong and fight the Qing to a life-or-death showdown. If you can consume one or two troops of the Qing, it can be considered as a contribution to our Ming Dynasty, and you will die with some integrity.

Xun heard from Gao Jie that this person might be having an affair with Brother Hongji's wife, Xing. I wonder if Brother Hongji needs Xun to kill this animal?

Also, I heard that brother Hongji just got his daughter, so please be careful, don't be the one who likes to be a father.

Zhu Cihong's own handwriting. "

Li Zicheng's body trembled involuntarily.

Suddenly, Li Zicheng was furious and tore the letter into pieces, yelling loudly.

"Yellow-mouthed child, you are angry with me!"

After saying this, blood spurted out of Li Zicheng's mouth, and he fell on his back amidst the exclamation of everyone.

"His Majesty!!"

"Quickly invite the doctor!"

……

Amidst the sharp sound of gold ringing, the Dashun army retreated dejectedly.

On the city wall, countless Ming officials cheered.

Above their heads, a ray of morning light quietly appeared in the endless night sky.

Dawn is coming.

　Li Zicheng, formerly known as Li Hongji, only had a nickname and no characters.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)