Although Zhao Peng is a novice in history, he also knows how the next thing will develop. Emperor Chongzhen was probably already dead. Shortly after Li Zicheng ascended the throne in the capital, Wu Sangui let the Qing army enter the pass, and the Shun army was defeated and fled from the capital. In Nanjing, the group of people chose King Fu as the emperor. King Fu is not a good thing. After King Fu ascended the throne in Nanjing and became Emperor Hongguang, he did not want to make progress every day, and the small court of Hongguang in the Southern Ming Dynasty was soon destroyed.

Instead of letting the lucky king like a pig become emperor, it is better to sacrifice your life to send the crown prince to Nanjing. After all, the crown prince Zhu Cilang is the most orthodox and is the best choice for the emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty. It is much more righteous than the Fu King, Tang King Lu, and Gui King.

The reason why the Southern Ming failed so quickly was that there was no orthodox, and a bunch of vassal kings who were divided against the powerful Qing Dynasty. Although Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong were behind him, they were still unable to turn the tide, which made the barbarians steal China.

"If the prince could escape from the tiger's mouth and go to Nanjing to ascend the throne, even if he was torn to pieces!" Zhao Peng said. He thought to himself that as long as he could bring Zhu Cilang to Nanjing, history would change, and I believe that the Nanming would not be destroyed so quickly. If he escorted Zhu Cilang to Nanjing, it would be worth it even if he died. After all, he had changed the history of China.

Zhu Mai said softly: "General Zhao, Mai Shi hopes you can live to Nanjing too! This palace is seriously injured and may become a burden to the general. If the general rescues the prince's brother, I only hope that the general can send the prince's brother to the south safely, and there is no need to consider Mai Shi."

Zhao Peng replied: "Please rest assured Your Highness, even if I am crushed to pieces, I must protect Your Highness from going south safely! I will never allow anyone to hurt the princess!"

Of course, Princess Kunxing understood Zhao Peng's thoughts. Although she was still a little girl, the keen sixth sense of women could feel that the little brother in front of her was interested in her. When she heard that Zhao Peng said that no one would allow anyone to hurt her, her face turned red and she whispered: "I am tired, I want to take a break for a moment."

Gao Wencai pulled Zhao Peng well and saluted Princess Kunxing: "Please rest assured to recover from the wounds. I will take my leave first!"

When he walked outside the house, Gao Wencai raised his face and said seriously to Zhao Peng: "You thief boy, don't think I don't know what you are thinking! You are so brave! A small Jinyiwei lieutenant actually has an inappropriate thought about His Highness the Princess! But it's good that if you can rescue His Highness the Prince from the thief army and escort the Prince to Nanjing safely, at least one Jinyiwei commander will be indispensable! At that time, you can consider being your prince-consort!"

Zhao Peng said: "If the emperor is lucky enough to be still alive, he will definitely escort the emperor to Nanjing if he is desperately there!"

Gao Wencai sighed: "Secretary Zhao, you don't know the emperor's temper, but I know very well. Now that the thieves are searching for the emperor in the city, if the emperor unfortunately falls into the hands of the thieves, they will die for their country and are unwilling to be humiliated by the thieves! I am afraid that the emperor will be desperate at this time and will die! Let's think about how to rescue His Highness the Crown Prince."

"Sir, we can only wait! When the thief finds the emperor, they will definitely come to recruit us. Why don't you and I go with the flow and surrender the thief? As long as we get into the thief camp, we will have the opportunity to find His Royal Highness the Prince and wait for an opportunity to rescue the prince."

"It seems that this is the only way!" Gao Wencai nodded. There is indeed no better way than this. At present, where Zhu Cixuan was locked up by Li Zicheng, neither Gao Wencai nor Zhao Peng knew. If you want to rescue the prince, you must first know where he is. That is the first step. How to protect His Highness the Prince from escaping from the camp of hundreds of thousands of rebels?

Even if he escaped from the capital, it would still be unsafe. Whether Chongzhen died or not, as long as he fell into the hands of the King of Chuang, Nanjing would definitely establish a new king. This can be seen from the previous Tumu changes. At that time, Emperor Yingzong of Ming was captured by the Oirats, and the officials in the capital did not care whether Emperor Yingzong of Ming died or not. As long as the emperor fell into the hands of the enemy, the ministers in the court would establish a new king.

Therefore, it is not safe to escort the prince to arrive in Nanjing safely. At that time, the prince's forces on their side will inevitably clash with the "Dragon Minister" on Nanjing. Those people will definitely do everything possible to prevent the prince from ascending the throne.

After listening to Gao Wencai's analysis, Zhao Peng nodded repeatedly. It would be no more simple for those who can become the Qianhu Qianhu. Although Gao Wencai is a hereditary Qianhu, he has been a skilled person after years of hard work in the officialdom. After many years of experience in the Chongzhen Dynasty, Gao Wencai has been used to seeing those civil and military officials who have refreshed the lower limit again and again. For their own interests, those people can really do anything.

"Sir..." Zhao Peng said.

"Brother Zhao Peng," Gao Wencai interrupted Zhao Peng who had just spoken, "If you, the future prince, don't dislike him, you should call me "Brother" in the future."

"I dare not take the position of humble position!"

"What's there anything you dare not take? I saved the great kindness of my brother's family of 17, and from now on you will be my brother!"

"Then my brother, thank you brother!" Zhao Peng thought for a while and said, "Brother, if you want to rescue the prince and escort the prince safely south, it will definitely be far from enough with the strength of you and me. I hope my brother will help find more people."

"That's natural! My brother has been gathering up some reliable old subordinates of the Jinyiwei in the past few days. When the prince is rescued, with their help, we can escort His Highness the Prince to Nanjing south!" Gao Wencai said.

At this time, the prince Zhu Cilang was imprisoned at Liu Zongmin. This fierce man who later used a stick to squeeze out countless civil servants' brains, did not make things difficult for Zhu Cilang. Instead, he persuaded Zhu Cilang, who had not eaten for two days, to eat something.

"The whereabouts of the father are still unknown. Those who are sons really don't have the heart to eat!" Zhu Cixuan said.

At this moment, someone suddenly came to report outside, and ordered Liu Zongmin, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun, Li Guo, Li Laiheng, Niu Jinxing, Gu Junen and others to go to the Forbidden City quickly, and the King of Chuang was waiting for everyone in the palace.

Liu Zongmin was about to get up, but the eunuch said again: "General Liu, the king has an order. Please bring His Highness the Crown Prince with him, saying that the whereabouts of the late emperor are already there."

Li Zicheng summoned his confidants in the Qianqing Palace. When Liu Zongmin arrived at the Qianqing Palace, he heard a news: Emperor Chongzhen had found it, and was found under the crooked tree on the coal mountain. Unfortunately, he had passed away, and Wang Chengen's body was also found.

I heard that my father had passed away, and although I was mentally prepared, Zhu Cilang still screamed and fainted.

"This dog emperor will die if he dies. If he dies, our king will just happen to ascend the throne!" Liu Zongmin said disapprovingly.

"Jiexuan, although the late emperor Chongzhen was incompetent, he was diligent and frugal, and even the dragon robe was full of pudding. He also wanted us ordinary people to live a good life, but the Ming officials under his command deceived the superiors and concealed the subordinates, which made us all miserable! Since the late emperor has passed away, we should be buried with the emperor's courtesy!" Li Zichengdao.

The news of Emperor Chongzhen's death soon spread throughout the capital. The former civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty in the capital were ready to move and submitted a message to persuade them to advance, saying that since the late emperor had passed away, the King of Chuang should follow the destiny of heaven to ascend the throne to the emperor!
Chapter completed!