"Was the Yuan army defeated like this?" Xiaolongnu asked after listening to Zhou Zhiruo's description.

Her eyes were still on the screen in front of her, watching TV, her tone calm and calm.

"Yes." Zhou Zhiruo smiled, "Times are different now. The Mongols today are not like they were a hundred years ago. What's more, we still have those magical weapons."

"Then your Immortal Alliance became famous as soon as it was established?" Huang Rong asked with a smile.

Compared with Xiaolongnu, her tone was much more sincere.

Xiao Longnu had no interest in this kind of thing.

The reason why she could chat with Zhou Zhiruo in between watching TV was because she treated this sister Zhou as her own.

Huang Rong is lively and active, and is always willing to take care of her friends' feelings when speaking.

"Yes," Zhou Zhiruo said with a smile, "Everyone is discussing why not take this opportunity to raise their arms and call on heroes all over the world to overthrow the rule of the Mongols."

"This is not a difficult task," Huang Rong analyzed seriously, "You have to consider how to govern the country after overthrowing the Mongols."

Every day she listened to Huang Yaoshi and his disciples discussing how to govern the country, and she found it extremely complicated.

Zhou Zhiruo agreed: "Grandpa Zhang also said that people from the underworld are good at fighting, but they may not be good at governing a country."

Huang Rong knew that the Grandpa Zhang she was referring to was Zhang Sanfeng. She nodded and said, "We really need to find some talented people. By the way, the Zhu Yuanzhang from your world has already appeared, right? How old is he?"

Hearing this, Zhou Zhiruo hadn't said anything yet, but Zhu Youjian on the other side looked over with shining eyes.

He naturally knew Zhou Zhiruo's identity, and also understood that the world was in the late Yuan Dynasty. If nothing unexpected happened, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was a beggar, would get the power of the Ming Cult from Zhang Wuji and use it as a basis to establish the Ming Dynasty.

This is somewhat different from the history he experienced, but the ending is always the same.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang in the tavern took the matter lightly and was somewhat indifferent, Zhu Youjian was different.

His sense of belonging to the Ming Dynasty was even stronger than that of his ancestor, and he wished that the flag of the Ming Dynasty could be planted everywhere in the heavens and the world.

He coughed lightly, holding the wine glass in his hand, intending to take the opportunity to discuss the way to govern the country with a few people and persuade Zhou Zhiruo to follow the general trend, but unexpectedly he heard Zhou Zhiruo said: "Why are you looking for him?"

"That's right. We can't create another Ming Dynasty." Huang Rong nodded.

"You can ask Political Commissar Zhao and Captain Li for advice," Xiao Longnu tilted her head and said, "It would be a good thing for the people to end the imperial system ahead of time."

Listening to the three people chattering there, looking very speculative, Zhu Youjian cursed in his heart.

Suddenly seeing Huang Rong looking at him, he quickly put on a sincere smile.

"They are all traitors and villains!" Zhu Youjian thought.

He drank his wine sullenly.

Looking around, he wanted to see if there was anyone he could talk to.

When his eyes just swept towards the bar, his eyes suddenly lit up.

He was a strange man dressed in black, with a tired look and a faint bloodstain on his cheek.

Considering what happened today, Zhu Youjian realized that this person was clearly a newcomer.

The clothes the man was wearing seemed to be of Ming Dynasty style.

Although judging from the material of his clothes and the long sword in his hand, the man's life was not good, but those who could enter the tavern were probably no ordinary people.

Zhu Youjian immediately wanted to make friends with him.

He stood up and walked over to the man, saying with a smile, "Welcome to the tavern. Is this your first time here?"

The man turned his head and looked at him warily: "Who are you?"

Zhu Youjian held his head high and said with a hint of pride: "I am the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youjian!"

After saying that, he looked over with a smile.

Unexpectedly, he did not see the slightest awe or bewilderment from the man. Instead, he looked at him with strong suspicion: "Zhu Youjian?"

"Yes!" Zhu Youjian nodded, wondering if this guy had heard of him.

"Prince Xin?" the man asked again.

Zhu Youjian was secretly delighted and said, "That was once upon a time!"

He is now the Emperor of Ming Dynasty!

The leader of the revival who turned the tide! The man's words made him very interested.

This person actually knew his identity as Prince Xin. Did he live during the Tianqi period?

"Are you really Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian?" the man asked again.

Zhu Youjian was stunned.

This guy even knew his own reign title. Could it be that he was not in the reign of Tianqi, but the same year as himself, or later? His chest puffed out even higher.

Now he is no longer the king who lost his country!

"That's right." Zhu Youjian said with his head held high.

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a "clang" sound.

A long knife was placed across his neck.

Zhu Youjian looked at the man in front of him with a murderous face, then tilted his head to glance at the sharp blade beside him, his expression confused for a moment.

Which ravine did this guy come from?

He actually wanted to kill himself!

…

One day ago.

"Embroidered Spring Knife".

Jin Yichuan, the chief flag bearer of the Imperial Guard, received the news and rushed to the clinic.

He was in poor health, suffering from tuberculosis.

In order to cure his illness, he often went to the clinic to receive treatment from the old doctor.

The doctor had an only daughter named Zhang Yan.

She is beautiful, simple, kind and naive.

Jin Yichuan fell in love with this girl the first time they met.

After knowing each other for a long time, the two gradually fell in love.

Upon hearing that something happened in the clinic, Jin Yichuan rushed over without hesitation.

When he arrived at the clinic, he saw the doctor sitting under a tree with his back to him.

He rushed over, only to find the doctor sitting stiffly like a puppet, with blood all over his neck.

He put his trembling hand under the other person's nose, but didn't detect any breath.

And when he touched him lightly, the doctor's body fell to the ground with a clang.

The doctor is dead!

What about his daughter Zhang Yan? Will she be implicated?

Jin Yichuan shouted frantically, and when he saw the light in the room, he hurried over.

When he opened the door, he saw a figure appear in front of him, walking towards him with a disheveled woman in his arms.

When the man saw him, he paused and threw the person in his arms to him.

Jin Yichuan hurriedly caught the girl thrown by the other party and checked her breath.

Jin Yichuan breathed a sigh of relief when he realized that she was breathing normally and had just fainted.

The girl was Zhang Yan.

But looking at Zhang Yan's tattered clothes and exposed snow-white skin, Jin Yichuan's heart sank again.

The devil-like guy spoke.

"You have good taste, kid."

"That girl..."

“Very smooth!”

Hearing these words and seeing the evil smile on the other person's face, Jin Yichuan felt a surge of blood rushing to his forehead.

Unprecedented murderous intent surged out from his chest.

Jin Yichuan's eyes turned red, and he had never wanted to kill the person in front of him as much as he did at that moment.

Ding Xiu!

His real name is not Jin Yichuan, but Ding Xian.

They are all descendants of Qi's army and have the same master, Ding Baiying.

During the Tianqi period, the emperor favored the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, and the country was in chaos and the people were living in misery.

In order to change the world, Ding Baiying and his fellow apprentice, Jinyiwei Captain Lu Wenzhao, assisted Prince Xin Zhu Youjian in plotting to kill Emperor Tianqi.

In order to avoid the news from being exposed, Zhu Youjian conspired with Wei Zhongxian to kill Ding Baiying, Lu Wenzhao and others.

Another person who experienced this incident personally was Jin Yichuan's sworn brother, Shen Lian, a former captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and later a general flag-bearer pardoned by Emperor Chongzhen.

As disciples of Ding Baiying, Ding Xiu and Jin Yichuan, or Ding Xian, had also been hunted down.

Ding Xian killed the Jinyiwei who was chasing him, and used his identity to change his appearance and become Jinyiwei Jin Yichuan! Ding Xiu knew this secret.

He was quite critical of this.

The master and his fellow disciples were almost all captured by the imperial court, but his fellow disciple was turned into a lackey of the imperial court, working for the enemy. How could he not be dissatisfied?

Therefore, he often used this as a threat and extorted a lot of silver from Jin Yichuan.

He regarded this as one of the rare pleasures in his life.

All the fellow apprentices who grew up with him died in the court's hunt, and the only person who could be considered close to him was Jin Yichuan.

These are his true loved ones.

When Zhao Jingzhong, the East Factory Director who succeeded Wei Zhongxian, came to him and asked him to kill Jin Yichuan, he stated the identities of both parties directly and made it clear that he had to pay more to kill such a brother.

He didn't really want to add money.

As a notorious underworld killer, his only relative, his junior brother, is his bottom line.

In terms of his feelings towards his junior fellow apprentice, he was not as sincere as he appeared to be.

He happily took on the task just to calm the other party down and prevent Zhao Jingzhong from looking for other people.

How could this stupid junior brother fight against such a shrewd eunuch! For this reason, he killed the old doctor who was the spy of the East Factory and brought Jin Yichuan to the clinic.

He just wanted to give the other party a reminder.

After pretending to insult Zhang Yan and angering his junior fellow apprentice, he started a fight with her.

It’s more like a game than a competition.

Ding Xiu's martial arts skills are much better than Jin Yichuan's, and the Miao Dao in his hand perfectly restrains Jin Yichuan's mandarin duck dagger.

During the fight, Jin Yichuan was in danger.

Even though he used his special moves, it only made Ding Xiu take it a little more seriously.

After a while, the mandarin duck dagger was knocked away.

Jin Yichuan was left without a weapon, lying on the ground, feeling disheartened.

Ding Xiu pressed the Miao Dao against Jin Yichuan's chest.

At this time, heavy snow was falling.

Ding Xiu looked up at the snowflakes falling all over the sky and sighed.

"If I really kill you, I will be the only one left in this world!"

After he finished speaking, he took out the knife.

He wanted to take this opportunity to persuade Jin Yichuan to leave Jinyiwei and stay away from the capital, a place of trouble, but unexpectedly a voice suddenly came from the roof.

He just raised his head when his body was suddenly knocked away by a huge force.

Then he heard a bang.

Shen Jiying! When Ding Xiu saw the musket in the hands of the person who attacked, he immediately came to his senses.

A scream followed.

He turned around and saw that his fellow apprentice had been shot in the chest and was already dead.

If the other party hadn't pushed him away, he would have been seriously injured if not dead! The anger in his chest burst out, and Ding Xiu's eyes were bloodshot! Jin Yichuan was his beloved relative, brother.

He was the only one in the world who could be bullied! But these people actually killed his junior brother.

His eyes turned red and he flew up.

A moment later, all the imperial officers and soldiers who launched the sneak attack were killed.

Ding Xiu jumped off the roof, covered in wounds.

The falling snow half-covered Jin Yichuan's body. Ding Xiu, who was always rude to anyone, looked at his junior brother's body with tears in his eyes.

He decided to take revenge! This must have been done by Zhao Jingzhong, the head of the East Factory.

He wanted to use Zhao Jingzhong's head to pay tribute to his fellow apprentice's soul! At the same time.

Zhao Jingzhong knew that his secret had been exposed and prepared to defect.

He was Wei Zhongxian's adopted son.

After Zhu Youjian overthrew Wei Zhongxian, he succeeded to the position of factory manager.

In order to prevent his relationship with Wei Zhongxian from being exposed and himself from being implicated, he falsely conveyed the emperor's order and had people hunt down and kill Wei Zhongxian to silence him.

Jinyiwei Lu Jianxing, Shen Lian and Jin Yichuan were ordered to hunt down Wei Zhongxian.

When they found Wei Zhongxian, Lu Jianxing and Jin Yichuan, who were determined to be promoted to the rank of centurion and bring honor to their family, held back Wei Zhongxian's subordinates, while Shen Lian went to assassinate him.

Under the temptation of gold from Wei Zhongxian, Shen Lian compromised.

The eldest brother Lu Jianxing wanted to become a centurion, but he had no money to give as gifts.

The third brother, Jin Yichuan, was suffering from tuberculosis and urgently needed money for treatment.

The girl from the Jiaofangsi, Zhou Miaotong, whom he loved, needed a large ransom.

He felt so sad watching people coming and going in his beloved girl's room every day.

After struggling for a while, he accepted Wei Zhongxian's silver, let the other party go, and took back a corpse that was burned beyond recognition in the fire.

Zhao Jingzhong recognized that the body was not Wei Zhongxian's, but when court officials raised questions, he helped the three men to cover up their lie.

It was not that he was kind-hearted, but he was the one who falsely conveyed the imperial edict to kill Wei Zhongxian.

If these three people were arrested and the truth was revealed, he would not be able to escape the crime of deceiving the emperor.

That was why he wanted to kill the three people in private.

The fight went awry and he was unable to kill Shen Lian. When he learned that Lu Jianxing had already surrendered to the court, he knew he could no longer hide the truth and had to flee.

He had already contacted Li Yongfang, the first border general of the Ming Dynasty to surrender to the Later Jin.

After killing Wei Zhongxian and taking his property, he immediately left with his confidants.

Lu Jianxing surrendered to the court, but the emperor had killed too many officials and was worried that he would have no one left to use. He did not want to implicate too many people, so he decided to execute him instead.

Standing in the crowd, watching his elder brother being beheaded, Shen Lian trembled all over and felt like dying.

He regretted his decision, but it was of no avail.

He vowed to avenge his two brothers.

Ding Xiu hit it off with him, and the two of them chased after Zhao Jingzhong.

If Ding Xiu hadn't wanted to take advantage of Shen Lian's status as a Jinyiwei, and if he hadn't considered the relationship between him and his junior brother, he would have wanted to kill Shen Lian with a single blow! If it weren't for this guy's stupidity and greed, how could his junior brother have been involved in such a vortex and met with misfortune?

The other party is at least 30% responsible for the death of my junior fellow apprentice!

He made up his mind that if the other party could make up for his mistake by killing Zhao Jingzhong, he would spare him.

Otherwise, he would let Shen Lian go with him! The two of them rode their horses day and night without stopping, and were almost reaching the border.

At this time, the two were resting in a teahouse.

Their bodies can handle the days of running around, but the horses under them need rest.

Ding Xiu drank half a cup of tea, went to the toilet, and was about to leave when he suddenly felt a series of images flashing before his eyes.

"Space-Time Tavern?" There was some hesitation in his eyes.

…

(End of this chapter)