Everyone followed the sound and saw that the person coming was a little boy. He was wearing tattered clothes similar to that of the little girl. The shoes under his feet were only a pair of straw sandals. The ragged child held a stone in his hand and stared at it fiercely.
Looking at the Zhu Ling people in front of them.
When Wang Guoxing saw this, he immediately ordered someone to come forward and catch the boy. However, he never thought that before the few guards around him could come forward to catch him, the boy actually rushed over.
Seeing such a reckless and fearless little boy made Zhu Ling a little curious. Such a temper was not something ordinary people could raise, not to mention that there were so many people with knives standing in front of him. How could he stand there without being blinded?
That's already pretty good.
Unexpectedly, this little boy dared to charge over, which was quite impressive. If he was trained for ten years, it would be no problem to become a fierce general in the future.
Faced with such a boy's boldness, Wang Guoxing, as the commander, naturally felt that he was a little bold. Before the boy could rush over, he immediately retracted his knife and raised his hand to grab him directly.
The little boy was caught in the air, yelling and struggling hard, but how could he break free from the shackles of a commander of the Imperial Guard?
"Your Majesty, what should we do with these two children?"
Wang Guoxing brought two children, a boy and a girl, to Zhu Ling. The boy continued to struggle, but the girl was completely different. She looked weak and silent.
"They're just two kids, no matter what they do or don't do." Zhu Ling just chuckled and walked closer. Unexpectedly, the little boy was so irritable that he even wanted to kick him.
Fortunately, Wang Guoxing ordered someone to hold him down and Zhu Ling was not kicked.
"Your Majesty, this child is so naughty, I think we should leave him to fend for himself."
"Why are you attacking us?" Zhu Ling did not answer, but stepped forward and asked.
"The king said that whenever you see the officers and soldiers, you will beat them!"
The little boy said this to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, which instantly made Wang Guoxing and others present break into a cold sweat. Even the princes did not dare to say such nonsense with this title of king, so could this person be Li Zicheng?
"Could it be that the great king you mentioned is named Li?"
"That's right!" The little boy's voice was still high, and he was still not afraid of Zhu Ling's questioning. He said loudly: "Open the city gate to welcome King Chuang. King Chuang will not pay for his food when he comes!"
When everyone in Wang Guoxing heard such words, they immediately knew the fate of this child. They were afraid that his life would be in danger, even if he was just a child.
But Zhu Ling was not angry when he heard this. As a later generation, he naturally knew this song and knew that it was reality. But there was nothing he could do. Chongzhen implemented tax exemptions and tax reductions many times, but when it came to the officials below,
Almost all of them were deceiving the emperor and suppressing the subordinates.
Even if taxes are increased instead of being reduced, it will only lead to public dissatisfaction and rebellion.
"Let's go back and take them with us." Zhu Ling didn't say anything, but left directly and mounted his horse. Behind him, Wang Guoxing immediately led his men, tied up the two children and mounted his horse, and followed behind His Majesty.
go.
Wang Jiayan, Yang Kuo and others here knew that His Majesty was out and couldn't help but panic. Fortunately, just when they were about to send people to search everywhere, Zhu Ling and his men rode back.
Seeing that His Majesty was finally fine, the ministers also breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly greeted him.
"Your Majesty, please don't make such a fuss again." Li Banghua, who was very old and saw that His Majesty would make such a fool of himself, stepped forward to persuade him.
The people behind him also looked at Zhu Ling with sincere words. They were all officials of the imperial court and loyal and patriotic people. In such a situation, everything was naturally more sensitive.
"Don't worry, I'm just taking a break." After saying that, Zhu Ling asked Gao Wencai to hand over the two children to the care of Queen Zhou, and also arranged for two royal guards to guard them.
Seeing that His Majesty came back with two children, Wang Jiayan, Wu Linzheng, Li Banghua, Yang Kuo and others couldn't help but look at each other, and they were all curious about the origins of these two children. But in the current situation, they
What I am concerned about are military and national affairs, and it is not easy to ask about these small matters.
"Your Majesty, the eight thousand Guanning troops under my command are ready to march at any time!" Yang Kuo took a step forward, raised his hands and said respectfully to Zhu Ling.
"The Imperial Guards under my command can also advance." Naturally, Wang Guoxing behind him was not to be outdone.
"Then keep going and try to reach Tianjin as soon as possible."
The two leading subordinates had already said this, so Zhu Ling naturally no longer hesitated and ordered the team to continue moving forward.
…
The little boy was holding his sister and looking warily at Queen Zhou and the three princes in the carriage. His eyes were full of distrust, as if he was about to pounce on them the next moment.
Looking at the two children who were suddenly thrust in, Queen Zhou didn't say anything. Seeing that their lips were a little chapped, she asked someone to bring water and handed it to them herself.
Looking at the water handed to him, the little boy hesitated a little. Even though he was eager to drink water, he remained unmoved. However, Queen Zhou never put down the water, but kept holding it.
The prince Zhu Cixiang on the side saw his mother like this and was angry at the little boy being so unruly. He immediately said: "My queen mother will bring you water personally. Most people are not so lucky. Do you want it or not?"
"
In the end, the little boy still couldn't bear to see his sister being so pitiful, so he took it and turned around and handed it to his sister. The little girl drank it weakly, and her face finally improved a little.
Seeing that his sister looked much better, the little boy instantly became much happier. He even looked at the other people in the carriage without any hostility in his eyes.
"thank you."
Hearing such a long-lost thank you, Empress Zhou finally felt a sense of relief after learning that her father had been killed.
"Where are you from? How were you brought here?"
The little boy was not going to answer at first, but seeing that although the woman was dressed gorgeously and behaved luxuriously, she did not want to deal with the bad people what her parents said, so he replied: "We are locals. Everyone in the village is dead. We don't
There is a place to go, just live in the village."
"All dead?"
The Zhou royal family was very surprised. This place was only a hundred miles away from the capital. Even if the bandits were defeated, it would be impossible for them to be so tragic?
"There was a plague here not long ago, and everyone was infected. My father wanted to cure the villagers, but they didn't believe me. In the end, my father couldn't even go to the fields to collect medicine, and we didn't recognize him. In the end...
…”
As he talked, the little boy was already swallowing hard. Although he didn't cry loudly, his tears were already falling one by one.
"That's a great pity. Just follow us in the future. Although you won't be able to see your parents, at least you and your sister will have a worry-free life."
"Thank you, Auntie."
Zhu Cixi couldn't help but laugh. It was the first time in more than ten years that he saw a little kid calling his mother aunt. If his father hadn't sent someone to send them here, his mother would have been more concerned about them, otherwise...
At this time, a guard in Jinyi handed a medical book to Wang Guoxing, saying that it had fallen off the little boy. Wang Guoxing took it and looked at it. He thought it was useless, but to prevent His Majesty from being interested in it, he rode forward and said:
"Your Majesty, my men picked up a medical book and said it fell from that little boy's body."
"Medical skills?"
Zhu Ling took it over. It was just a relatively old medical book, and the name was unremarkable. At least he had never heard of it, so he flipped through it.
This time, Zhu Ling's eyes suddenly lit up, and he saw a picture that made him breathe quickly.
He quickly turned to the page he just read and looked carefully. Although there were many traditional Chinese characters on it, Zhu Ling could still roughly understand it. Otherwise, if he let others read it for him, it would appear that his talent as an emperor was in vain.
Finally, after finally reading this page, Zhu Ling felt overjoyed. If he could learn the methods in the book, he would have no worries about injuries or other aspects of disinfection in the future!
There are four words written on it - strong alcohol disinfection!
[Author's digression]: The popularity has dropped so miserably. I have been directly transferred from 15,000 to 9,000. It seems that I have to work hard!