The weather in Layue is always bad and cold, even in Jiangnan, which has always been sung by people on the moonlit night of the Spring River, it is nothing more than that.Far away, the earth was covered in a layer of silver, and the weather was in fact very unfavorable for the war.Especially the Ming army.It's cold, and although the cotton clothes and quilts for the winter of the officers and soldiers have begun to be transported to the front line in a steady stream, Rao is like this, and the winter clothes are always far from enough, which undoubtedly makes Jiang Chuhan struggle his head, and he wrote three letters in a row, and he didn't see the action of the court at all.In the days before the Chinese New Year's Eve was approaching, Xiangyang City suddenly ushered in a eunuch who passed the decree, the eunuch came in an extremely hurry, Jiang Chuhan was shocked, he thought it was Wang Cheng'en Wang Gong, and hurriedly went out of the city to greet him in surprise, even if he was the Duke of Zhenguo, he must treat the angel with the courtesy of a courtier, even if it is the opening of the palace and the three divisions, Wang Ye must also kneel to the eunuch who passed the decree, Jiang Chuhan is unambiguous at this point, those who should kneel must kneel, and those who should not kneel, they must not kneel.After leading the hundred officials to the city gate, after about half an hour, the angel came in a hurry, there was no drum and drum music, there was no magnificent reliance, there were only three tall horses, two guards, and a eunuch who passed the decree, Jiang Chuhan's eyes flashed slightly, and he took in the difference between the one in front of him and the past, but there was no change on his face, and he hurriedly walked up politely, and said, "Dare to ask but an angel?"
”The angel, that is, the eunuch who conveyed the holy decree for the emperor, after hurriedly dismounting, glanced at all Xiangyang Wu, carefully glanced at Jiang Chuhan in front of him, and said in a low voice: "Dare to ask but the prince of Zhenguo?"
”"It's the Duke of China."
Jiang Chuhan replied politely, although Jiang Chuhan didn't know what the content of the holy decree was, and it should be related to the affairs of the Jiangnan Front, but he connected three excerpts to ask for a military coat and other things for the winter, and counted it, the team escorting Li Zicheng should have arrived in the capital now, it seems that in the near future, it should be beheaded, right?
The eunuch's face was tight, and he said in a low voice: "Zhenguo Gong, I don't know if I can use a secret place to speak?"
”"Huh?"
Jiang Chuhan was slightly stunned for a moment, nodded again, raised his hand casually, and asked the eunuch from the capital to enter first, and he and the two of them walked into Xiangyang City together.After entering the city and finding a secluded place, the eunuch's face suddenly changed drastically, and he whispered to Jiang Chuhan in a trembling voice: "Grandpa Guo is not good, you should go back to Beijing quickly, the emperor and his old man are critically ill!"
”A group of hussars drove quickly on the wide official road, and from a distance, there were about thirty people, including the eunuch and three others who had come to deliver the decree before.This is part of Jiang Chuhan's escort team of more than 40 people, because he left ten people to call Mei'er in the capital, and gave ten people to Sunshine to go to Zhang Xianzhong's army, at this moment, they are on their way back to the capital.Emperor Chongzhen is critically ill, which is by no means good news for the whole Manchu Dynasty or even the entire Ming Dynasty.Jiang Chuhan's mind was in turmoil, in Jiang Chuhan's heart, Emperor Chongzhen was really good to himself, no matter what, his official path was also due to Emperor Chongzhen's reward, but right now, Emperor Chongzhen was critically ill, how could Jiang Chuhan's mood be better?
If it is said that the Manchu Dynasty is in the worst mood now, I am afraid that only Jiang Chuhan is the worst.But Jiang Chuhan clearly remembered in his impression that Emperor Chongzhen did not die of illness, but was forced by Li Zicheng to hang himself on the coal mountain seven years later.What's more, now that the war situation in the Central Plains and Jiangnan is in full swing, although Li Zicheng has been arrested, the thief party still has 300,000 or 400,000 troops distributed in various places, and it is unreasonable to transfer the main general from the battle.This is similar to Yue Fei of the Song Dynasty being transferred back to the capital from the front of the formation by the twelve gold medals, Jiang Chuhan seems to smell the smell of danger.The hussars of the thirty or so people hurriedly advanced on the official road, and the sky was gradually darkening.It was dark very early today, Jiang Chuhan sat on the horse, looked at the sky, and took a long breath, Qiu Feng beside him couldn't help but frown, and said, "Grandpa Guo, let's quickly find a place to rest, it's getting dark, I'm afraid I'll miss the post station if I rush down." ”"No!"
Jiang Chuhan shook his head firmly and said, "Keep going!"
”"Keep on your way!"
Qiu Feng looked at Jiang Chuhan, knowing that he couldn't be convinced, so he slammed the reins of his horse and yelled at the others."
Grandpa Guo."
The eunuch thought for a while, and couldn't help but say attentively: "It's been running fast horses for so many days, and the Changhe Post House in Jinan Mansion is ahead, so it's better to rest there for the night first, we can bear it, but this horse can't stand it, what does Grandpa Guo think?"
”Today has been a day's journey in a row, and the speed of the horse under his crotch has begun to slow down a little, thinking of this, Jiang Chuhan couldn't help but sigh, and then nodded slowly.In fact, the emperor's critical illness had happened more than ten days ago, and at this moment, even if he hurried and hurried, he would be powerless to return to the sky, thinking of this, Jiang Chuhan couldn't help but look even more sad, and sighed helplessly.History has long been predestined, even if Emperor Chongzhen did not die of illness on the dragon chair, he would die on the crooked erection tree in a few years, everything is a certain number of history, Jiang Chuhan thought of this, and his heart couldn't help but feel heavier, could it be that this time he transferred himself to Beijing not a conspiracy, but because of the intervention of his descendants, history has been completely changed?
After about half an hour of galloping, the Changhe Post House was already in front of me.Changhe Post House is located in the outer city of Jinan Mansion, the reason why it is not located in the city, is to facilitate the official errands to come and go, so that even if it is dark, there is no need to stay and rest in the city.Jiang Chuhan and the others walked into the Changhe Post House, and a postmaster who looked a little short and fat had already come up, his clothes were very clean, and his eyes were full of shrewdness, Qiu Feng asked him to send someone to feed the horses, and then cleaned up a few clean rooms, and the postmaster was also too busy to nod his head in agreement.Jiang Chuhan looked at the several post guards in this post house, they were all strong, he couldn't help but move in his heart, frowned slightly, glanced at Qiu Feng, and asked him to call the short and fat post chief."
How many years have you been here?"
Jiang Chuhan asked lightly."
If you return to your grandfather, it's been more than a month!"
Jiang Chuhan had already revealed his identity before, so at this moment, the post chief's smile was becoming more and more flattering.Jiang Chuhan glanced at him: "It seems that your accent is not local?"
”At this time, he has entered the boundary of Jinan Mansion, and as long as the horse is three days away, he can reach Shuntian, so the accent of Jinan Mansion and Shuntian people is not much different, but at this moment, the accent of this post chief has a strong Hebei accent, so Jiang Chuhan asked.The short and fat post chief suddenly smiled: "Grandpa Guo, I am also from Jinan Mansion, but I went to Hebei to serve as a soldier in the past, and I only came back a month ago." ”Jiang Chuhan nodded, just looking at the appearance of those post guards, he couldn't help frowning and said: "This small Changhe Post House actually raises so many people, these people are all strong, it seems that they have all been from the army, right?"
”"Yes!
Grandpa Guo is right. ”The post commander sighed and said helplessly: "We were all soldiers in the past, but we were injured on the battlefield and could not continue to serve in the army.We were originally from the Hebei battalion, and were sent to fight against the Tartars, all of whom suffered the same as me, were wounded, physically disabled, and were dismissed, although the settlement fee was a lot, but there was always a day when we were empty, our general was merciful, and asked the military department to transfer a few of us here, and there was a little monthly money every month, so everyone would not starve to death. ”Jiang Chuhan laughed, nodded, and looked at the post chief when he walked, he was really a little lame, as if his legs and feet were not dexterous.And the rest of the post guards, although they are all strong and powerful, but if you look closely, sure enough, some of them are missing the thumb and index finger of their right hand, and they can no longer hold the sword, and some of them have a palm that is broken off at the wrist, and some have very long arms, thinking that they were originally archers, but they are missing an eye, and they have empty arms, but their eyesight is not good, so they were cleared out of the place by the army.Jiang Chuhan sighed and waved his hand, allowing Qiu Feng to reward him with more silver.A table of good wine and good food, after eating, everyone's body feels more and more tired, even if it is an iron-clad man, he can't afford to rush all day, thinking of this, Jiang Chuhan smiled slightly, and ordered Qiu Feng, don't be on duty tonight, everyone sleep at ease, and have the strength to continue to rush tomorrow.At night, Jiang Chuhan was lying on the bed, but he didn't know what was going on, and he was a little restless tonight, but he couldn't sleep.He thought about it for a long time, but he didn't know why, so he just lay on the bed, his eyes wide open, looking at the ceiling, thinking about his own affairs.There was silence all around, and in the dark room, only the sound of his own heartbeat and breathing could be heard.Just kept his eyes open until the second half of the night, Jiang Chuhan gradually felt a faint tiredness, turned over, and was about to fall asleep, suddenly!!