Chapter 2 Rainy Night in Nanjing
When Zhao Ming heard the movement outside the yard, his face changed and cursed in his heart, "It's really a ghost."
He hurriedly put away the things on the table, looked up at Liu Chengzhi who was hanging on the beam of the room, couldn't help but sigh, then quickly left the room, took a hat and jumped out of the courtyard wall.
At this time, a voice came from the yard, "Master, Liu Chengzhi committed suicide!"
Zhao Ming had cold sweat on his forehead and his body was against the wall of the courtyard. He heard the Qing soldiers discussing, "Where is death? Then go to the next family, the eunuch Han Zanzhou, the head of the Ministry of Revenue, Huang Boduan, will not be called, resist the Qing Dynasty, and they will be executed. You go and get Huang Boduan, and I will arrest Han Zanzhou!"
"It turns out that the Qing army was not only chasing me, but was arresting people who did not surrender according to the list. If this is the case, then there shouldn't be many Qing soldiers specifically arresting me!" Zhao Ming breathed a sigh of relief indecently.
Before, he was ignorant and moved bricks on construction sites. Naturally, he didn't know that there was a book called "Guangyang Miscellaneous Notes" that recorded his ending, "Ma Xi, Shi Yingzi, and the northern army crossed the river and beheaded in the city." A big net of death still enveloped him.
At this time, the Qing army at the door discussed for a while, and the footsteps gradually faded away. Zhao Ming was unable to protect himself and had no energy to worry about those who did not surrender. He lowered his hat and left quickly.
Just now, Zhao Ming walked over the wall and found that the street he was leaving now should be the area where Ming Dynasty officials and nobles gathered and lived. He decided to leave here quickly and hide in the place where ordinary people live.
At this time, Zhao Ming was walking carefully on the street, with lanterns hanging on both sides of the house doors, every household was closed, and yellow paper was pasted on the doors, saying "Long live the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty" or "Such the people".
This reminded Zhao Ming of Liu Chengzhi whom he had just seen, and he couldn't help but feel sad. Loyal and righteous people are the few.
For a moment, Zhao Ming couldn't help but start thinking about his situation. Thanks to reading many novels, he had some understanding of the situation at this time.
"Ma Shiying was the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty. If I had come here a year earlier, I might have done something. Now Nanjing is occupied by the Qing army and the Hongguang Dynasty is destroyed. Although Ma Shiying did not surrender to the Qing Dynasty, he became a sinner. This is really a scam. With the name of Ma Shiying's son, the Qing army wants to kill me. In the future, the newly established Longwu Dynasty in the south and the Lu Jianguo in eastern Zhejiang will probably not accept me."
"Cao, it seems that this identity is a complete burden!" Zhao Ming couldn't help but curse, "But no matter what, I have to escape from Nanjing first. After all, the Qing soldiers want to kill me now, and Zhu Guobi. He seems to be from Donglin. Now he wants to kill me after he joins the Qing Dynasty. These grandsons must have wanted to kill all the Ma Ruan party, and then push all the responsibility for the demise of the Hongguang Dynasty onto Ma Shiying, so that they can grasp the right to speak. It is said that the demise of the Hongguang Dynasty was because Zhu Yousong was stupid and Ma Shiying's treacherous ministers took power and excluded loyal and kind people and died. It has nothing to do with them, so they found a fig leaf for them to surrender to the Qing Dynasty."
Zhao Ming lowered his hat, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his situation was not good. He only felt that there were a large group of evil gentry who were trying to harm him.
"It's too dangerous here. You must leave as soon as possible. Besides, if you don't leave, you have to shave your hair and braid it." Zhao Ming thought while walking, but he was not familiar with the terrain. He seemed to be still moving around after walking for a long time. He had no idea where he had walked and how he would leave the city.
At this time, he was walking in an alley when suddenly he heard the sound of rapid footsteps in a yard opposite him, which was so shocked that he hurriedly hid in the darkness.
In the dark night, it was raining like a pearl curtain outside. The dim lantern in front of the door was blown and shaken by the wind. The bright light shone on the plaque hanging above the door. The two golden lacquer characters "Qianfu" reflect the golden light.
Zhao Ming was shocked and thought of an allusion, "Is it the mansion that is too cold!"
At this time, a young man wearing a white Confucian uniform, a net scarf on his head, black leather boots on his feet, and a bag on his back suddenly opened the door of the mansion and flashed out from inside.
He saw a piece of yellow paper sticking on each door, a book called "Long live the Emperor of Qing Dynasty" and a book called "Shun Min". The handsome face of the young man immediately became ferocious. He reached out to tear off the two pieces of yellow paper, and kneaded them into a ball in anger. Then, regardless of the heavy rain like a pearl curtain in the sky, he resolutely turned around and walked towards the dark street.
When Zhao Ming saw this scene, he was delighted and suddenly remembered someone again. He was about to chase him out, but the door creaked again, so he retreated into the alley again.
"Big Wood!" A beautiful woman wearing a green Confucian dress and sparsely draped in a cloud bun, pushed open the half-closed door of the mansion and shouted to the street.
Zhao Ming was stunned. With his third-rate historical knowledge and his yearning for the eight beauties of Qinhuai, he immediately guessed who this beautiful young woman was, probably his favorite strange woman Liu Rushi.
At this time, the young man's body stiffened and stopped. He stood in the heavy rain, his body was soaked in the rain.
Zhao Ming saw that his body was stiff for a while before he wiped the rain from his face and turned around, staring at the beautiful woman at the door, and said aloud: "My wife, the scholar-officials eat the king's fortune and do loyalty to the king. The teacher is the leader of the stern world and the imperial court. For the sake of the face of the scholar, please ask the teacher to be martyred! Sen will definitely lead troops back to Nanjing to avenge the teacher!"
After the young man finished speaking, he stared at the beautiful woman with complicated eyes, then suddenly turned around and quickly disappeared into the street.
The beautiful woman looked at his distant figure, her eyes were sad, but her face was full of heroism, leaning against the gate and shouting: "Damu, be careful!"
In the dark alley, Zhao Ming held the hat on his head and felt sad, "Liu Rushi, Zheng Chenggong, are you two okay?"
Zhao Ming took a moment to his eyes and looked at the beautiful woman leaning against the door. He saw Liu Rushi looking at the direction of Zheng Sen leaving. It was not until Zheng Sen completely disappeared in the night rain that he closed the door and retreated into the mansion.
Liu Rushi held up the oil-paper umbrella that he wanted to give to Zheng Sen, turned around and returned home. An old man with gray hair stood in the hall and sighed. He saw Liu Rushi and wanted to speak, but he didn't know how to speak~~~~~~
At this time, Zhao Ming saw Liu Rushi closing the door, standing for a while, then came to his senses, so he hurriedly lowered his hat, chased Zheng Sen's figure, and disappeared into Ye Yu's street.
Zhao Ming knew a little about the current situation, but he was in a dark state on the specific matters.
He knew that Jiangnan was about to be finished and Zhejiang was almost finished. It was safe to leave here. However, if you take the example of how to leave Nanjing City, Zhao Ming had no solution. He didn't even know the rules for leaving the city. He went out of the city and encountered a cross-examination. The Qing army asked a few questions and revealed it.
Zhao Ming followed Zheng Sen and thought, "The future prospects of the Guo family are limitless. I can just follow him, and I will definitely be able to leave Nanjing."
At this time, Zhao Ming watched the Guo-sen master walk on the street in a distance, and unconsciously arrived at Wentong Bridge near Tongji Gate, Nanjing. He thought about how to chat with him so that he would not seem abrupt.
In such an environment, I suddenly emerged and wanted to go with Master Guo. I am afraid Master Guo will suspect that I am malicious.
How to chat with me from ancient times to the present has been a problem!
While Zhao Ming was planning, a crying sound suddenly came from the bridge, "For three hundred years, how can all the civil and military officials escape? Gangchang stayed in the Beitianyuan, and the beggar was ashamed to live!"
Chapter completed!