It was also the tenth day of the seventh lunar month. Liu Jinzhong, who was dressed as a Jiangxi businessman, was accompanied by dozens of strong men, a few elderly men, and Feng Mingshan, the Ming Dynasty Jiangxi inspector in civilian clothes. In front of the narrow Damei Pass, the first pass in southern Guangdong.
The topography of Damei Pass is truly one-man-pass, and no one can open it! A thin and long ancient road was carved out of the mountain, and a small pass was built with bricks and stones.
The entire pass is a gate tower, and there are straight cliffs on both sides of the gate tower, which is impossible to climb.
This terrain is extremely dangerous!
But this inaccessible terrain was broken a few months ago by Zhuge Zhengyang, son of Zhuge Sanhe, who led his troops in an hour. At that time, the defenders of the city were the troops of Princess Dingnan Mansion led by Kong Sizhen's confidant Dai Liangchen - they were all the most loyal slaves!
But under the blow of the super-caliber flower hammer...loyalty is nothing!
Now the wall has been repaired a long time ago, and it looks stronger than before. However, Liu Jinzhong, who immediately closed the wall, knew that no matter how strong the city wall was, it would not be able to withstand the pace of tomorrow's soldiers.
"How happy the late Emperor would be if he saw such a great soldier of heaven!"
Looking at the flags of "The Sun and the Moon Are Bright", "The World is Common" and "The Harmony of the World" flying in the wind on the top of the No. 1 Xiongguan City in southern Guangdong, Liu Jinzhong's thoughts seemed to have returned to his youth when he fought for the survival of the Ming Dynasty. ...He, like Fengmingshan around him, is a Liao man who has entered the country in trouble. Because my ancestors had been in the military for generations and couldn't do anything else, I was recruited into the Yongwei Camp.
While serving as a soldier in the Yongwei camp, although he did not perform any great feats, he was still awarded an official position. When he was awarded the title, he went to the Forbidden City to kowtow to Emperor Chongzhen and receive a reward of ten taels of silver.
The reward of ten taels of silver was nothing, but at that time Emperor Chongzhen probably thought that he looked mighty, so he opened the "Tiankou" and talked to him for a while, saying that he wanted to regain Liaodong and make Liu Jinzhong suffer like this. The refugees returned home early, and said that the Liao people suffered because of the emperor's immorality... These words should be sincere, after all, there was no need for Chongzhen to lie in front of a little man like Liu Jinzhong.
Therefore, these words moved Liu Jinzhong, who thought about his hometown day and night, so much that he changed his name to "Jinzhong" after returning home and determined to risk his life to become a loyal minister.
As a result... not only did he fail to be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, but he also betrayed the Ming Dynasty with his old boss Ma Degong, and Ma Degong also dedicated Emperor Hongguang to the Qing court.
When he thought of this, Liu Jinzhong was so ashamed that he wished he could find a crack in the ground and crawl in.
So when he learned that the Third Prince Zhu who raised troops in Chaozhou Prefecture was genuine, he wanted to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and join the Qing Dynasty... But the "painter" Xue Zhang painted "The Third Prince Zhu" Show it to him.
At first glance, he found that King Zhu of Heaven did not look like Emperor Chongzhen!
Emperor Chongzhen was a white-faced scholar who looked a little melancholy, while King Zhu of Heaven was a macho man like Guan Erye.
At first he thought Xue Zhang had made a mistake, so he found some old Yongwei who were said to have seen Prince Zhu Cihong and disguised themselves as businessmen and sneaked into Jieyang City to investigate. The result was equally disappointing - Xue Zhang did not make a mistake, the person who looked like Guan Gong was the "Third Prince Zhu".
Moreover, the "Third Prince Zhu" not only looked like Guan Gong, but also had a body shape similar to that of Guan Gong. He was a big, strong man.
This body shape is also different from Chongzhen!
Although Chongzhen is quite tall, he is slender, not stout.
Although it was discovered that Tianwang Zhu was a fake third prince Zhu, Tianwang Zhu had already passed various certifications at that time, and he was really rebelling against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty!
So Liu Jinzhong didn't expose it, but he didn't go to seek refuge immediately... As a result, he missed the biggest opportunity!
Although they missed the trend, they still had to fight against the Qing Dynasty. So when Yang Qilong came to recruit him into the group in the name of Wu Sangui's envoy, he immediately agreed.
And agreeing to Wu Sangui does not mean rejecting King Zhu Tian... It's all for the sake of fighting against the Qing Dynasty!
So after Xue Zhang and Fengmingshan came to him and offered to help him contact Wu Sangui and Zhu Tianwang, he immediately wrote a letter to Wu Sangui and Zhu Tianwang and gave it to them to take with them to see Wu Sangui and Zhu Tianwang. .
And when Fengming Mountain's representative, Heavenly King Zhu, came to Ganzhou Prefecture and asked him to meet at Meiguan, he agreed.
Moreover, he also found several old men in the army who had met Chongzhen and Chongzhen's crown prince Zhu Cixiang, and came with him to have another look - he didn't want to give up!
"The door is wide open!"
Fengmingshan suddenly shouted, interrupting Liu Jinzhong's thoughts.
Liu Jinzhong quickly looked up and found that the originally closed gate of Damei Pass had been opened. A "Zhanren Confucian" carrying a flintlock rifle with a bayonet was filing out from inside, on the avenue outside the gate. Line up both sides. The number of people was not large, only two to three hundred people in total. When they had finished lining up, the great man on horseback appeared.
Liu Jinzhong was still dozens of steps away from closing the door, and could not see the faces of the people coming out of the door with his naked eyes. Fortunately, he had prepared telescopes for himself and the few veterans who came to recognize people.
So everyone raised their telescopes and watched together.
The first one to come out was Eunuch Pang. The old man did not wear the standard "original Confucian clothes". Instead, he rummaged through the box and found the python robe and three-mountain hat he wore when he was the eunuch. Wearing this outfit and being older, of course he is the "9,000-year-old" eunuch Pang of the Guangzhou court today!
And following eunuch Pang, needless to say... it must be the third prince of Chongzhen, Prince Ding Zhu Cijiong.
Liu Jinzhong quickly cheered up and looked carefully, and saw a middle-aged man with a tall figure, a face like a crown jade, a few locks of beard, and a slightly worried look between his eyebrows, riding a horse slowly through the door of Dameiguan. And out.
This man's appearance is really similar to the Emperor Chongzhen in Liu Jinzhong's memory!
This middle-aged man did not wear the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty, nor the "Confucius uniform", but the Taoist attire most commonly worn by scholars in the Ming Dynasty. It looked very shabby - this is also Chongzhen style!
Just when Liu Jinzhong was shocked, there were already "veterans" around him exclaiming.
"The Third Prince Zhu! That is the Third Prince Zhu!"
"Exactly the same as the late emperor... This is a little Chongzhen!"
Liu Jinzhong couldn't stand it anymore!
He quickly turned on his horse and ran ten or twenty steps in front of the door of Damei. He turned over and dismounted, and walked quickly forward. When he arrived at the horse that had just been reined in, Prince Zhu San seemed to be in a daze. He knelt on the ground with his eyes open. Her eyes were full of tears, and her voice seemed a little choked.
"The guilty minister, Liu Jinzhong, the commander-in-chief of Yongwei Ying Qian, respectfully wishes His Royal Highness King Ding a thousand blessings and good health... The guilty minister has no choice but to commit himself to the Yi camp, just to stay useful, so that one day he can follow your highness and restore the Ming Dynasty! Please, Lord! Don’t worry, the Lord has an order, and even though the guilty minister is a mess, he has not failed in His grace!”
Liu Jinzhong had just finished speaking the heartfelt words that had been hidden in his heart for many years, when he heard a bold laughter that did not match the elegant appearance of Prince Zhu San: "Wow hahaha...Liu Jinzhong, you are indeed me. Loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty!
Well, since you are willing to do your best for the Ming Dynasty, then the Gu family will give you a chance to make contributions... If this is done, the Gu family will make you a hereditary loyal and loyal marquis, what do you think? "
Liu Jinzhong quickly straightened up and took a look, where was "Little Chongzhen"? The person immediately in front of him was clearly King Zhu Tian who looked like Guan Gong!
"Um, where is that person who looks like the late emperor?" Liu Jinzhong was really honest. He found that "Chongzhen" was gone and he actually asked.
"Where is it?" Eunuch Pang said quickly, "Liu Jinzhong, are you dazzled? There is only the third prince of Prince Ding here. Is there anyone who looks very similar to the late emperor? Could it be that the late emperor has appeared?"
The late emperor appeared? Liu Jinzhong looked around, and there was indeed no trace of that man... Could it be that he really had a spiritual manifestation?
Thinking of this, Liu Jinzhong turned pale and couldn't help sobbing with excitement: "The late emperor must have appeared and asked the guilty minister to do his best to protect the king of the prison and revive the Ming Dynasty... How dare the guilty minister not do his best to repay the divine grace! "
