Chapter 70 4.Snow Embraces Blue Pass

In fact, when Gao Yigong and his army arrived in Zhen'an, Li Zicheng had already left Longjuzhai. Longju village is named after Xiang Yu's mount Oolong horse.It is located at the foot of Shangluo Mountain, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend but difficult to attack.Although they left their family members behind, they were still far behind. Because the Mantars were still far away from them, and their generals were exhausted, Li Zicheng ordered to rest in Longjuzhai, but he only stayed for three days. Before all the stragglers had arrived, they received news that a Qing army had gone south from Chang'an and was chasing them here, so Li Zicheng ordered to move out again.

At this moment, Niu Jinxing fell ill. During this retreat to the south, Li Zicheng considered that Niu Jinxing was getting old, so in order to protect him from falling behind, he specially allocated a few capable guards to accompany him, and took a peach blossom, the most tame horse with the best legs, from the imperial stables. The horse was given to him, but Niu Jinxing was still "sick". It is raining and snowing, and it is common for elderly people to be overwhelmed by the wind and cold. Li Zicheng is very concerned about the prime minister's illness. In addition to sending a doctor with the army to visit, torment the soup, and personally inquire about the cause of the illness, Niu Jinxing lay Li Zicheng was lying on the bed, neither eating nor drinking, humming and chirping, looking very ugly. Seeing this situation, Li Zicheng was at a loss what to do. Seeing that the team could not stay for a long time, he persuaded the prime minister to stay and go to Xiangjing to meet each other when he recovered from his illness. Niu Jinxing refused Li Zicheng was very moved by this, and he didn't want to wait until the team set off. Niu Quan came to report that his father couldn't sit still and fell off the saddle as soon as he got on the horse.

Niu Quan didn't go any further, but Li Zicheng understood it as soon as he heard it.So, he let the team that was ready to go go first, but he got off the horse and walked into the room where Niu Jinxing lived.At this time, Niu Jinxing was humming loudly on the pit. Li Zicheng strode in, glanced at Niu Jinxing who was frowning, and said: "Prime Minister, haven't you already taken the medicine? Why isn't it effective?" Niu Jinxing salivated at the corner of his mouth, looked at the emperor, and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, I am going to go with the army. No, I didn't expect to be so sick. Look, it seems that I am afraid that I will no longer be able to serve the emperor. .”

Li Zicheng frowned, stepped forward and grabbed Niu Jinxing's hand, and said, "Why did the prime minister say that? Although the Mantars are powerful now, our Dashun Dynasty is not hopeless, not to mention that there are big fights everywhere." The rebel army who raised troops against the Qing under the banner of the banner is ourselves, and there are still hundreds of thousands of horses, how can we not recover? So, the prime minister, don't be discouraged, and look farther, there will be good days." Li Jin, who had been following closely, also said: "The emperor has placed high hopes on the prime minister, and the prime minister must not disappoint the emperor's good intentions."

Niu Jinxing's hands trembled, his eyes filled with tears, and he said tremblingly, "I understand, Your Majesty is great and has great potential, and the court of Dashun is also flourishing. It is just around the corner to return to Beijing. Your Majesty How long have you been discouraged, Your Majesty treats ministers with such kindness as a mountain, but, but it is this disease, the disease is really hard to support." Li Zicheng said: "The prime minister is only over half a hundred years old. When the spring and autumn are at their peak and vigorous, I hope that after I withdraw to Xiangjing, I will still rely on the prime minister's praise for major military and political affairs. After the restoration of rivers and mountains, we will share the wealth. How can I be so ill? It really hurts me to see it.”

Li Zicheng and Li Jin said a lot of words to persuade Niu Jinxing to cheer up and share the wealth and wealth in the future.Niu Jinxing's hands shook even more, and he only said: "Chen, I think so too, but, but this body is really not good enough. I'm afraid it's God's will—the fate between you and Your Majesty is exhausted." Li Zicheng said: "It depends on man's will. What is God's will or not? We will have a long life in the future, and I am afraid that this fate will also last. The prime minister must weigh the weight and do it for himself."

After talking so much over and over again, Niu Jinxing had no choice but to say that he couldn't ride a horse, and waited for Niu Quan to find a sedan chair, and he would follow behind in the sedan chair.Seeing this, Li Zicheng couldn't say anything more. He shook his hand, turned around and walked out. When he came outside, Li Jin reminded him in a low voice: "Uncle, the prime minister's illness is probably fake. How can someone in his fifties have difficulty speaking after being ill for a few days?" Li Zicheng nodded, and said with a sneer: "Sickness is a disease, but it's not a cold, it's a heart disease. Don't you know that when we returned to Chang'an, he quietly arranged for the family members to go back to Lu's hometown. Now his wife is afraid Already sitting around the stove in my hometown to cheer for Huo Heng."

Li Jin said angrily: "He also advised you that day, saying that you should guard against someone's tricks. It turns out that I have already had Xiao Jiujiu. I really know people and face but don't know my heart." Li Zicheng smiled and said: "That's why I remind you, don't forget the story of Huang Chao." When Li Jin heard this, he stood on his heels and pressed his sword: "This man is ruthless, and he has mastered many secrets of our Dashun Army. How can we keep him, cut him down with a knife, and finish everything." Said, turned around and left.Li Zicheng grabbed his nephew and said, "Forget it, you can't become a husband and wife if you are tied up, so why add another layer of grievances. Besides, isn't there another Blacksmith Liu behind? He is a bachelor who can't get sand in his eyes."

Li Jin had no choice but to spit at the room where Niu Jinxing lived, cursed a few unconscionable things, and then got on his horse.Li Zicheng looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh, hesitating for a long time before getting on his horse. When the team left Chang'an, a group of demoted officers and generals from the former Ming Dynasty fled again. Gu Junen, Minister of the Official Government, left first, followed by Song Qijiao, Minister of the Household Government, Yu Shangyou, Minister of the Military Government, and Li Zhensheng, Minister of the Industrial Government.After Li Zicheng heard the news, he was not surprised. This group of people joined the Dashun court after the Dashun army captured Chang'an last year. Ruoqi, fart and fart.He thought, although this group of people are wearing Confucian scarves, they have a pair of dog eyes. There is a saying that people follow the trend and dogs follow the fart. If you see this clearly, you will take their surrender and departure indifferently. But Niu Jinxing's change was somewhat shocking to him, because after all, Niu Jinxing had been with him for six years, not to mention that he treated him well, even if he was an official to the prime minister, his position was second only to him, so what else?

A stone can be warmed up by holding it in your arms for six years! Thinking about it from this, I couldn't help thinking of Li Yan, this outstanding young man in troubled times. It seems that Empress Gao was right when she said that I shouldn't kill him. It was a kind word of gold and jade, if you believed him, Da Shun Dynasty would never be where it is today.It's a pity that I don't know gold and jade, not only did not accept his good words, but also let him end up in a different place. Today, Niu Jinxing, who has always been regarded as a confidant, will abandon me. Isn't this God's favor? I don't look down on the virtuous and foolish, and I don't accept the retribution of loyal words?

Thinking of this, His Majesty Dashun even shed a line of mournful old tears. If Li Zicheng didn't leave, Niu Jinxing was so frightened that he was about to pee his pants. As soon as Li Zicheng left, he immediately got up and said to Niu Quan beside him: "Are you ready, go quickly, or it will be too late if you don't go." Niu Quan was taken aback, and said: "Zhun is ready, but let's go, they haven't gone far yet." Niu Jinxing stared, and said: "Didn't you hear what their uncle and nephew said just now? He has clearly seen it, but he can't do anything for a while. If he doesn't leave, I'm afraid he will regret it." When Niu Quan heard this, he couldn't help feeling flustered, but he still walked out tremblingly, calling the guards to prepare their horses and set off. It turned out that Niu Quan and this group of guards had already negotiated in secret, and they would look for an opportunity to escape from Li Zicheng. Seeing that Li Zicheng had led the team away, he immediately put Niu Jinxing on his horse and rushed out. Niu Jinxing is from the Lu family in Henan. The Lu family belongs to Henan Prefecture in Henan Province, which is close to Xi'an Prefecture in Shaanxi. If you go from Lantian to Luonan, you can reach Lu in less than a day along Luoshui.But he was afraid that Li Zicheng would regret it, and if he found out that he had left, he would definitely chase in the direction of Lu Shi. If he caught up, he would be dead.So he ordered Niu Quan to take a small road to Lantian, and still return to Chang'an Mansion, trying not to take the official road. Along the way, Niu Jinxing couldn't help thinking about it.He was originally a scholar. After winning the examination, he hoped to be on the rise, and the golden horse was in sight. He didn't want his literary fortune to be bad. For his fame, he went to King Li Chuang when he was desperate.There are so many leaders in the literary world, worshiping the gate wall together;At that time, who wouldn't be proud of being able to make friends with Prime Minister Niu?Thinking of the majesty and prestige in the city of Beijing, it is really like the days of gods, but unfortunately, such days are too short, like a white horse passing by, fleeting, now, I finally parted ways with King Chuang, once I left the court of Dashun, I would be nothing, just A deserter, a traitor who was wanted, everything in the past has become a sleepless night, as if he had circled in the Western Paradise, and returned to the original Abi Hell, scratching his head and looking back, but Just confused by the wind and snow. But Niu Quan seemed to be completely relieved. After walking for a distance, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, okay, as long as you reach Languan, you can see Chang'an Mansion." Yes, as soon as he reached Lan Pass, King Li Chuang would not dare to chase him even if he wanted to.Going north after passing Languan, you can see the tall apricot-yellow banner of the Xi'an City Tower, but Xi'an Mansion is no longer the Chang'an City of the Dashun court. Which one is fiercer? On the majestic Qinling Mountains, the remaining snow has not yet melted;He stared blankly at all this, feeling that it was hard to find a smooth road, and danger was everywhere, so he couldn't help but let out a long sigh. Niu Quan seemed to see the hesitation in his father's heart, and quickly comforted him, saying: "Father, don't worry, my son has already inquired about it. The regent of the Qing Dynasty has a purpose. In order to quickly fix the world, employing people does not have to stick to small details, like ours." Although these people who have surrendered to bandits, if they can come back resolutely, they will definitely forget the past." Although what the son said was good, Niu Jinxing also thought of this. When employing a man, Manchu would not care about his small details, but when he came to Manchu, everything had to start from scratch. He was over half a century old, and he was notorious. Can you adapt to the set of the new dynasty?But there is no turning back when you open the bow. Where is Yunheng Qinling's home?The snow embraces the blue pass and the horse does not move forward-feeling the scene, Niu Dashi couldn't help but think of Han Wengong's poem, but before the poem was finished, he saw a bend in the mountain road, and a group of horses and horses were turned out. The leader was exactly The second-ranking figure in the Dashun Army, Liu Zongmin, a second-rank general who kills without batting an eyelid, is followed by Liu Tichun, a third-rank general. It turned out that Niu Jinxing also understood that Liu Zongmin was still behind, so in order to avoid meeting this general, he asked Niu Quan to take a side road.There are many civil servants who don't want to march for days and want to be left behind. Most of them sneak into the small road when the army is not paying attention, and take a shortcut to go back to surrender to the new dynasty and find a job as an official.Liu Zongmin hated this group of people so much, so when he broke off today, he deliberately took a small path, not wanting to run into a big fish. Right now, when Prime Minister Niu saw clearly that it was the General Liu who he didn't want to see in front of him, he was only short of seeing a black eye, and immediately fell from the peach blossom. "Niu, where are you going?" Liu Zongmin also saw Niu Jinxing, and immediately guessed where he wanted to go, and couldn't help shouting angrily. Niu Jinxing couldn't help but bite the bullet and said: "Big, big, big general, I follow the emperor's order to chase back the officials from the six departments who fled privately." Liu Zongmin couldn't help sneering and said, "Hmph, chasing the officials of the Sixth Ministry who fled? I'm afraid you are following the officials of the Sixth Ministry who fled privately, right? You traitor who fled against the master, you black crow with a sharp tongue, look at the sword!" " As he spoke, he slapped horses and wielded knives, and rushed over. Niu Quanshang wanted to command all the guards to step forward to resist, but when the guards saw Liu Zongmin and the rest of the brigade led by him, they were so frightened that they all got off their horses and pleaded guilty. Liu Zongmin didn't care about these people, but rushed straight In front of Niu Jinxing and his son, they cut each knife cleanly.