The north wind was howling, and heavy snowflakes were flying all over the sky, but the snow was black and gray. Countless black smoke pillars formed into a ball in the sky. When the snowflakes pressed the black smoke and fell to the ground, they turned into black snow.

Even in this seemingly safe little world, we can still feel the impact from the outside.

The city is broken!

Zhu Youshu in the courtyard looked at the smoke pillars in fear.

The city is broken!

Jinan City, which had been guarded for sixty days, was finally broken!

"Your Majesty, the city is destroyed, Jian, Jian's slaves are coming to kill the royal city..."

Although the general who came to admonish was wearing armor, his pale face and stammering words revealed his inner fear and uneasiness.

"Oh, oh, it's broken, it's broken... I can't hold it anymore."

Suddenly there were bursts of gunfire in the distance, which made Zhu Youshu tremble, and then he gave instructions to people.

"Quick, go and tell the prince, Gu, Gu is going first..."

The pale-faced Zhu Youshu seemed to have remembered something. Before he finished speaking, he hurriedly walked towards the main hall not far away. When he pushed open the wooden door of the main hall, he saw that the main hall was filled with tablets, with the words "

"The Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty opened the heavens and established the law, established the great sage, the supreme god, benevolence, justice, martial virtue, success and the spirit of the emperor."

"My ancestors, from the time when the Yingzong granted the title of ancestor, King Dezhuang, to the vassal establishment in Jinan, to the unfilial descendants of Youshu, this has been passed down for seven generations... Today, Jinan was founded as a slave, and the unfilial descendants, although their talents are limited,... will definitely live up to the Emperor Gao.

Live up to it... no, I dare not live up to my small body..."

Zhu Youshu, who was kneeling in front of his ancestor's tablet, was stammering and speechless. Especially when he said the words "Gou Quan's micro body", his whole body was trembling like a sieve. Finally, he stared at the ancestor's tablet.

, his expression changed from time to time, and finally he gritted his teeth and kowtowed.

"The descendants are not filial, the descendants are not filial..."

Just like this, he kept kowtowing to the ancestral tablets. The sound of kowtowing was heard, and shocking blood stains slowly appeared on the hard floor tiles. Listening to the kowtowing sound coming from over there, everyone outside wiped away tears sadly.

The courtyard was already full of people kneeling.

After hearing the news that the city had been destroyed, all the clan members of Prince De's palace gathered here and in front of their ancestor's ancestral hall. They all looked like they were mourning their heirs, kneeling in the courtyard and kowtow to plead guilty.

Zhu Youshu, who was shaking his body and walking out of the temple, looked at the dozens of people kneeling in the dark courtyard. These people were all relatives of the Defan clan, and many of them he didn't know at all.

"Your Majesty, I have prepared medicinal wine..."

The eunuch who was standing by the door said softly when he saw the king coming out.

Medicinal wine!

These two words made Zhu Youshu's lips tremble slightly, and his face instantly turned pale.

"That's all, that's all..."

Staring at the medicinal wine on the plate, Zhu Youshu waved his hands and said.

"We, the De Fan, have enjoyed the food and clothing of the people of Jinan for 170 years. How can we bear to let the people of Jinan suffer this disaster again? That's all, that's all. Open the city gate. I, this king, will go and beg the Donglu not to kill me in Jinan again.

People..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Changgeng, the palace chief next to him, said repeatedly.

"Your Majesty, you must not do this. Your Majesty, after Emperor Gao, is the royal vassal of our Ming Dynasty. How can we surrender to the Donglu? Please forgive me for your righteousness!"

When the chief official finished speaking, a dozen more officials over there held their wats and bowed their heads.

"Please, Your Majesty, be righteous!"

"Please, Your Majesty, be righteous!"

Being forced by the government officials, Zhu Youshu said repeatedly, feeling bitter in his heart.

"Everyone, no, it's not that I don't want to do justice to the Ming Dynasty, but now that the city has been destroyed, after the Donglu invaders break the city, there will be a mass killing. How can I bear it? How can I sit back and watch the people being killed by them, so

, so I want to ask the Donglu not to hurt me, the people of Jinan..."

Zhu Youshu found a reason for himself. It's not that he doesn't want to be righteous or martyred, but he wants to think about the people in the city. Yes, I am here for the people of Li...

"The King is benevolent and righteous!"

Among the kneeling clan members in the courtyard, someone immediately shouted loudly.

"The king does not hesitate to risk his life just to protect the people in the city. He is truly benevolent and righteous! The survival of the people in the city depends entirely on the king's righteous deeds..."

When he said this, the eyes of many people kneeling in the yard lit up, and they all heard the chance of survival from his words.

This is not true.

Now that the city of Jinan is destroyed, the Qing army will definitely massacre the city. If the king comes forward to offer the city to beg for peace, wouldn't it be possible to save their lives?

"For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, and for the sake of the world, Your Majesty, you must die! Please do it for the sake of the Ming Dynasty!"

Once again, all the government officials bowed in greeting.

"People surnamed Chen, what are you thinking about asking the king to be righteous one by one?"

"That is, if you let the king be righteous, why don't you yourself die first!"

"No, I think you all have wild ambitions. You should be using the King's righteousness as your own, so you can offer the city as a slave!"

"Chen Changgeng, I see that your face is full of treachery, your cheeks are fleshless, and you look like a treacherous minister! You must not have any good intentions!"

For a time, there was a chaos in front of the temple. When these idle clan members heard that there was a chance of survival, they were still in the same state as before, thinking that they would die after the city was broken. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, they were willing to seize it.

Naturally, they don't want to see these government officials destroy their hope of survival.

"Since the city has been destroyed and the king has upheld his righteousness, how can I dare to stand still? I will surely be martyred!"

"Hey, Mr. Chen, you are so nice to say that, but you still know that you are a minister. Is there any minister who forces his master to drink poison like this? Is there anyone who is a minister like you?"

The clan, fearing that these officials would destroy their chance of survival, immediately surrounded them and shouted at Chen Changgeng and others.

"No, you all dare to do the following and force the king to take poison. You are torturing the clan and being disrespectful!"

The chaotic scene in front of the ancestral hall fell into Zhu Guoqiang's eyes. Looking at the performances of those relatives, he couldn't help but touch his throat, which was stinging from inhaling too much smoke.

If these people can be relied upon, a sow can climb a tree!

Everyone is a pig!

He actually thought about sacrificing the city to survive, and didn't even think about how he could let those beasts go when they massacred the city?

When the nest is overturned, there are no eggs left!

No one understands such a simple truth, every one of them is really raised like a pig.

"Everyone, everyone, don't do this, don't do this, I, the king, I have decided..."

Listening to the words of the middle-aged man wearing black royal robes among the chaotic crowd, it seems that this guy is King De, the "I" father.

"Your Highness, your Majesty has made up his mind. Please follow me and escape as soon as possible while there is still a chance!"

What a damn chance!

Chen Wudi's words made Zhu Guoqiang's heart tighten.

The Qing army entered the fortress and laid down millions of corpses!

Although he is not familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty, thanks to an old man talking about "460,000 captured humans and animals", he still has some understanding of this period of history. Even if he escaped from the city by luck, the ice and snow would still be there.

You may not be able to escape the Qing army's massacre outside the city.

"Your Highness..."

Seeing that His Highness was silent, Chen Wudi called softly again.

"If you don't leave, then..."
Chapter completed!