"Brother, what's wrong with our Ama?"
"Brother, please give me some assurance. Are we going to wear mourning clothes?"
"My lord, has your lord already..."
"Your Majesty, is Guangzhou City going to..."
"My lord, has your army been defeated? Is the city of Guangzhou going to be lost?"
"Your Majesty, please don't leave. You should give me a sure message!"
Shang Zhixin's horse ran to the street outside the main gate of the Prince's Mansion and was already unable to go. A large number of people stopped there to ask questions and refused to let him pass unless they answered. Some of them called him Big Brother. .....But Shang Zhixin doesn't know them very well.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way quickly, the prince is returning home, don't block the road!"
Of course Shang Zhixin can't tell anyone on the street that his Ama has been arrested, and his thoughts are now on how to trick Wu Sangui and his son!
He... is the kind of ruthless person who knows he can't get better and won't let others get better!
Seeing that the prince was not going to "answer the questions and pass the test," the soldiers who were following him rushed towards him with all their teeth and claws to clear the way.
This group of soldiers had been guarding Shang Zhixin on the Dongguan Tower before. Of course they knew the "truth", so they were a little angry now. When they saw a junior official or a monk who had no father-son relationship, they just hit them with their scabbards. He went up and forcibly opened a path, then protected Shang Zhixin and entered the house.
However, they who are soldiers have "eyes" and they don't hit everyone. When they see "Shang Zhixian" or a high-ranking official, they are asked to follow him into the prince's mansion.
So when Shang Zhixin fell off the horse, he was immediately surrounded by a group of senior officials and brothers. The big guys couldn't help but hug Shang Zhixin and entered the main hall of the Prince's Mansion. Jin Guang, Li Tianzhi, and Wang Guodong also followed in, while Shang Zhixin's soldiers were watching outside the door to prevent others from approaching.
"Answer me, what happened to the prince? What was the result of the battle outside the city? Can the Guangzhou capital be defended?"
The person who stood up to ask questions was none other than Xue Zhang, Zhu Heji's old acquaintance in Chaozhou. He was now promoted to be the Admiral of Guangdong Province.
Ti Xue is a highly appointed official, second only to the governor and governor in a province... It doesn't matter how powerful Ti Xue's real power is, but his status is respected. In the absence of the governor or governor, the local officials had to teach as a courtesy.
Now Jin Guangzu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, is in Zhaoqing, and Liu Bingquan, the governor of Guangdong, is left in Mianhuzhai by Shang Kexi to raise food and grass for the army attacking Jieyang County.
Therefore, the officials who remained in the capital city of Guangzhou respected Xue Zhang, the academic governor!
Shang Zhixin knew that Xue Zhang, the admiral of academic affairs, came with the emperor's order... He didn't know exactly what the emperor's order was. He should be spying on the Shang family, right?
Okay, the credit for tricking Wu Yingxiong to death will go to him for nothing!
Thinking of this, Shang Zhixin said to Xue Zhang: "Xue Xuetai, my Ama was defeated and captured. Most of my banner army's Green Camp has been destroyed. Now there are only two or three thousand elite soldiers in Guangzhou Fucheng, including those who can fight." There are only a dozen old, weak, women and children, and there are only about 10,000 people... Guangzhou City cannot be defended!"
"What?"
"How can this be?"
"Brother, Amata..."
"Amma, why are you gone?"
"Woooo..."
Before Xue Zhang was able to ask questions, a group of "Shang Zhi" began to cry in mourning. Shang Zhixin saw that they were all disgusted, and he was in a bad mood, so he howled loudly: "Don't cry! Why are you crying? Why are you crying when you know that he is about to die?"
Yes, he is about to die, so what spare time do he have to mourn for the old man?
"How is this possible?" Xue Zhang had already reacted. His face, which looked particularly upright, was full of panic.
He was the enemy of Zhu San Taisun and Da Bo Ling - Zhu Taisun was almost killed by him! And Da Bo Ling misunderstood that Su Li was killed by him!
If he falls into the hands of Zhu San Taisun, why should he be scrapped by Ling Chi? This is not possible!
"How is it impossible?" Shang Zhixin's face turned pale, "With the help of Wu Sangui's people and Zhuge Demon Dao's Samadhi True Fire, it's not surprising that my Amma was defeated and captured!"
As he spoke, he glanced sharply at the hall, "Where is Liu Xuanchu? Is he here?"
Xue Zhang was shocked by Shang Zhixin's words, but he still subconsciously said: "Manager Liu is not here, he went to Gaozhou."
Liu Xuanchu is not stupid, and he is not a local official in Guangdong, nor an official in the Pingnan Palace. He has no responsibility to protect the land, so he can go wherever he wants!
So after Zhu Heji's army arrived at the gates of Guangzhou, he ran away to Gaozhou, Zu Zeqing's hometown, under the protection of a small number of soldiers left by Zu Zeqing in Guangzhou.
But Wu Sangui's chief military advisor never thought that he would sometimes be wronged!
"Hmph!" Shang Zhixin snorted, "That's him! He and Wu Yingxiong's confidant Yang Qilong are the inner advisers of the Third Prince Zhu... Wu Sangui has also been secretly supporting the Third Prince Zhu!"
ah?
Are you, Prince Pingnan, crazy?
Xue Zhang was shocked. He regretted not running away earlier... He was not a local official in Guangdong, and he had no responsibility to protect the land.
But in order to behave like a brave and loyal minister, he stayed in Guangzhou without running away. As a result, he knew something he shouldn't have known... and he didn't know how to step down now?
At this time, Shang Zhixin said to himself again: "Don't disbelieve Tixue, I have evidence!"
Xue Zhangxin said: "If you have evidence, don't tell me. I am a student of politics and in charge of the imperial examination!"
Shang Zhixin took out the "letter of introduction" written by Wu Yingxiong to Yang Qilong and handed it to Xue Zhang, and then said word by word: "Wu Yingxiong's confidant Yang Qilong came to Guangdong with this letter, Chongzhen's edict and the Dingwang jade ultimatum. mine!"
"What?" Xue Zhang looked at Shang Zhixin, almost speechless, "Then, wasn't that copied from Danan Mountain?"
"No!" Shang Zhixin patted his chest, "I deceived you! It was sent by Wu Yingxiong... At that time, I thought he wanted to work with me to raise the bandits to respect themselves and keep the fake Prince Zhu. Kou Hao resisted the emperor's plan to reduce the vassalage. Unexpectedly, he was using my hand to build momentum for the fake Prince Zhu, and at the same time clear his father Wu Sangui's charges!
And his father Wu Sangui must have sent many brave generals to help the false Prince Zhu fight the war..."
There are beads of sweat on Xue Zhang's forehead. He just wants to be an official safely. Some people are greedy, but if you don't have to be greedy, you still have to be an official... But now why is he always beheading? Why is the exile so close?
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please don't say this nonsense!" Xue Zhang had no choice but to stammer to remind Shang Zhixin.
Shang Zhixin snorted: "I'm not afraid. I work alone and take responsibility for others...I will write a confession, plus Wu Yingxiong's letter as physical evidence, and let Military Advisor Jin take him to the north. Also invite Xue Ti Xue gave the emperor a secret explanation and explained the whole ins and outs of this matter clearly."
"Everything has been made clear, the court is going to send someone to get you!"
Shang Zhixin snorted again, "I'm not afraid! I'll be here in Guangzhou City waiting for the humans from the court to catch me!"
As soon as he said this, Shang Zhijie's voice suddenly sounded outside the hall: "It's not good, brother, it's not good... something big has happened!"
Shang Zhixin turned to look at the door and saw his good brother Shang Zhijie crawling in from the outside. This guy had suffered a serious crime at first sight. His mandarin jacket was all in strips, and he was walking with a limp. His face was covered in stains, and his braids had come apart and turned into a handful of dragging hair. Long hair on the back of the head.
Shang Zhixin looked at him and asked, "What's wrong? Was Ama arrested by someone named Zhu? I already know about this!"
Shang Zhijie cried sadly, "There's more! Brother, when I entered the city just now, I saw the water of the Pearl River was full of rebel warships... These warships were heading west along the Pearl River, and it seemed they were going around the Liuxi River. Go and cut off our retreat!"
