The person who did it was still a general personally appointed by the emperor, or one of his own. This really made him confused, and even more confused.
It's just that regardless of whether he still has any mental activities now, people are dead when they die. He does not have the good luck like Zhu Changwu, and his life can be attached to other people and continue. When others die, their souls are also destroyed.
quiet!
On the entire city tower, although there were many people and even more people watching the excitement, at this moment no one dared to even take a breath.
This was Duke Cheng Guo, why was he killed by Zhu Changwu? Or in front of them.
This Zhu Changwu, even though he was an imperial envoy sent by the emperor and had the so-called power to kill first and report later, he didn't seem to have the power to kill the Duke.
Having said that, even if Zhu Chunchen really committed something major, he would have to get the emperor's nod of approval first, and then he could be convicted only after a joint trial by the three divisions. But Zhu Changwu killed him directly, which... was against the rules.
This is how it is seen in other people's eyes, but in Zhu Changwu's eyes, it is nothing at all.
If someone wants to kill him, Zhu Changwu will not care about his identity or the reason. He will definitely kill the person as soon as possible.
Besides, people who do special things in special times, let’s just talk about Zhu Chunchen. His heart is no longer in the Ming Dynasty. He is a shame to the Duke Cheng family. This time he came to the tower of Xuanwumen, not to command the battle.
It has been said in history that Zhu Chunchen - the duke of the country is not the country, the pure minister is not pure.
After the intruder entered the capital, what he thought about was not how to resist, nor how to lead the crown prince to revive the Ming Dynasty. Instead, he opened the Chaoyang Gate and let the intruder into the inner city. He is truly a treacherous minister and a rebellious minister. It would not be an exaggeration to kill such a person a thousand times.
In fact, it was not just Zhu Chunchen. At this time, many ministers in the court and relatives and nobles had decided to defect to the side of Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang. They wanted to plan their own glory and wealth in the new dynasty.
In order to maintain their wealth and prosperity, they sent people out one after another to contact the intruders secretly, including of course the murdered Duke Cheng Guo Zhu Chunchen. He came here to prepare to open the Xuanwu Gate.
In addition to him, there were eunuch Wang Xiangyao who opened Desheng Gate, Cao Huachun who opened Fucheng Gate, Minister of War Zhang Jinyan who opened Zhengyang Gate, "treacherous people" who opened Desheng Gate, eunuch Zhang Yongyu who opened Chaoyang Gate, etc.
Beijing City, also called Dashun Prefecture, has an outer city, a barbican city, an inner city, and a palace. The city has been reinforced by generations of emperors. Not to mention it is impregnable. At least if you want to defend the city, a company of the most common red If the intruders without clothes or artillery want to attack the city, they will not be able to do it for half a year or even longer.
But what about history?
When the intruder entered the capital, he encountered no decent resistance at all. Everywhere he passed, the door was completely open. It's like a robber comes outside your house. All the security doors are malfunctioning, and they don't even close. All the doors are wide open. If the robber doesn't rob you, who will you rob?
Fortunately, Zhu Changwu is here. Now that he is here, of course he will not let things that should not happen happen again.
The saying goes, He came, He witnessed, He changed, this is the truth.
Zhu Chunchen died and was killed by Zhu Changwu himself. Because everything happened so fast, many people saw eight more corpses falling to the ground before they could see clearly what was going on.
After everyone slowly woke up and began to accept the reality in front of them, everyone looked at Zhu Changwu with horror and disbelief in their eyes.
Zhu Changwu didn't think so much. His mind communicated with the system. After seeing Zhu Chunchen's death, his system value increased by 510 points, a smile immediately appeared on his face.
As he expected, the system determined that Zhu Chunchen was not only famous, but also a heinous person. Adding 500 points to 100 points gave a result of 600 points.
Zhu Changwu was very satisfied with the numerical increase of another 600 points. He knew that if he wanted to repel the intruders, he would not know how long he would have to fight with just guns. If he wanted to repel the enemy, it was best to have cannons.
He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the system value had reached more than 1,800, that rocket-propelled grenades had appeared in the redemption column, and that they could be redeemed with only 500 points.
Although the attack range of this rocket-propelled grenade is limited, only about three hundred meters, and it is not the kind of cannon he imagined, it is still an improvement. He just needs to continue killing people and get more points. Come to think of it. New artillery fire will definitely appear, and the capital can naturally be defended.
"Come here, put these corpses away. You don't have to worry. If anything happens, I will be responsible for it." Zhu Changwu said as if nothing happened.
His shout also woke up Wu Linzheng and others, and then they began to clean the tower. Not far away, Liang Jun and the others also ran over at this moment.
"The young master is still mighty and powerful. I just heard people say that this is some kind of prince. Will it be okay to kill him?" Liang Jun was the first to come to Zhu Changwu. After flattering him for a while, he finally said: asked a little worriedly.
He has been with Zhu Changwu since he was very young. To him, Prince Xiang is the greatest person in the world. As for other people, he has no impression of him.
No, it shouldn't be said that there is an emperor above King Xiang, and then others will not put him in his eyes.
Facing such a simple person, Zhu Changwu smiled and said: "What can happen to me, just a prince, can it be bigger than our Prince Xiang's Mansion?"
"Hehe, that's right." After hearing this, Liang Jun's face no longer looked worried.
Liang Jun was easy to deceive, but Ji Jinkai was not easy to fool. He came to Zhu Changwu with a worried look on his face and said, "Sir, it was not the emperor's idea to kill Duke Cheng like this. Just in case someone wants to find someone because of this." Your trouble..."
Ji Jinkai didn't say the next words, but the meaning was probably very clear. He was saying that he was afraid that this matter would never end and might even threaten Zhu Changwu's life.
It is true that Zhu Changwu is the seventh son of King Xiang, but such a serious crime as killing Duke Cheng would be unbearable even if King Xiang is still alive, let alone Zhu Changwu is only one of his sons.
"There will be some troubles, but it doesn't matter. As long as we can defend the capital, there won't be any trouble. Next, we have to rely on Brother Ji." Zhu Changwu is not arrogant enough to put anyone in his eyes. , arrogant about everything.
Killing a Ming Dynasty Duke in public, the impact was really too great. If it were normal, even if he was reasonable, he would still be punished. But now the Ming Dynasty is in danger, and even Long Live Master is thinking of killing his wife, daughter and then committing suicide. At this time, the death of a Duke is not considered too serious.
Of course, if you want to absolve yourself, you must have a prerequisite, which is to prove your importance.
As long as he can defend the capital this time and repel the intruders, it will be a great achievement. When the time comes, no matter what others say, Chongzhen will at least not think about killing him, which will give him the opportunity and time to do more things.
"Well, let's defend the city well. It's just that although these 191s are very powerful, there are only a few of them. I'm afraid it will be difficult with our few guns." Ji Jinkai spoke, looking helpless and deceived. .
Ji Jinkai was indeed fooled.
It is true that he has a bloody spirit. When he was in Lv Gongbao, he knew the identity of Master Zhu Changwu, and he did have a hint of ambition.
In his opinion, in times of great chaos, it is the time for a man to make contributions. If there is a member of the royal family who can take refuge, things will go much smoother in the future. This is why he chose to agree to join at the invitation of Zhu Changwu.
But he never expected that Ming Dynasty would be so corrupt.
Even the capital city was besieged by intruders. Seeing that the Ming Dynasty's building was about to collapse, he chose to serve the Ming Dynasty. This was somewhat like seeking death.
Not to mention, the Zhu Changwu he defected to was even more audacious and dared to kill anyone if he disagreed. He really doesn't know now whether it is good or bad to continue following such a person.
The road was chosen by oneself. Even if Ji Jinkai wanted to regret it now, he must at least fight off the intruders first. Otherwise, he and his wife would not be able to escape the capital. At this time, he was like stepping onto a pirate ship, and it was easy to get on but not easy to get off.
"Haha, it's okay. This time I have taken the post of general, and the entire Shuntian Mansion army is under my jurisdiction. We don't have to worry about our military strength. I will go to the Shenji Camp later to see if there is anything With more powerful weapons, I think there will be no problem in defending the city." Zhu Changwu knew the other party's worries, so he smiled confidently, and his words were all reassuring prescriptions.
"Okay." Seeing that Zhu Changwu was so confident, what else could Ji Jinkai say. At this point, he could only continue on.
After comforting Ji Jinkai, Zhu Changwu beckoned Zhang Huan over, "Mr. Zhang, I will give you a task and give you a group of royal guards. You should go to Chengguo Duke's Mansion now and search the place carefully." I suspect that he must have contacted the intruder privately. To be on the safe side, Zhu Chunchen must have left evidence of contact with the intruder in the house. Finding it out will be of great importance. "
Zhu Changwu naturally felt that it was nothing to kill a prince, especially a prince whose heart was no longer in the Ming Dynasty. But others will not see it this way, and even Chongzhen may have opinions because of this, so he must give everyone an explanation.
Zhang Huan's face was a little bad at first. He was just a scholar. To put it bluntly, he was just a poor scholar who had no aspirations and wanted to save face.
I originally thought that if I could hold onto the lap of Prince Xiang's son, I would have a good future, but how could I have thought that the Ming Dynasty would be destroyed?
