Li Guodong rushed to Toutu Castle and did not meet Liu Liangzuo, Tian Xiong, Ma Degong and others. He only saw the camp abandoned by the rebels outside the city. "What a pity, he was run away by the dogs over there!" Wang Chengen said hatefully.

"Brother, are we going to chase them?" Wang Fuchen asked.

"I'm chasing you, they must have gone to Jiannu! We are just a few people who want to attack the capital in the Northern Expedition?" Li Guodong said angrily. After all, Liu Liangzuo ran away, he was a big concern. Although he was a group of garbage soldiers except for the five hundred clans, the rest were all a group of garbage soldiers, but after those garbage soldiers transformed into the Qing army in the Green Camp, their combat effectiveness immediately exploded.

As soon as Li Guodong's army came back, the gate of the Toutu City Village opened. Li Guodong led a group of generals into the door. His army was left outside the city. After all, the capacity of the Toutu Castle was saturated and could no longer accommodate more people, so he could only leave the Huai Army outside the city.

"Your Majesty, my general Hao Yaoqi, was beheaded the rebel general Liu Zeqing; the general Wang Fuchen defeated Liu Liangzuo, but unfortunately he failed to kill this dog thief and let him escape to Jiannu!" Li Guodong walked into Chongzhen's temporary residence and reported his results.

Next, Wang Chengen and Zhang Shuheng also reported the results of the factory guard's house search. After listening to the two reports, Chongzhen couldn't even close his mouth: "Okay! OK! I have money again!"

At present, Chongzhen has more than 50 million taels of silver in his hand. If it were the past, it would be something that Chongzhen would never dare to imagine. He confiscated the house, and the great gentry, and the big tyrants in the court, and he would just catch one of them and search the house. If he didn't collect one million taels of silver, he was considered poor.

Chongzhen looked around and finally looked at Li Guodong: "The thief army has retreated. Dear friends, should we set off?"

Neither Wang Chengen nor Zhang Shuheng spoke. If His Majesty the Emperor wanted to enter Nanjing, the most favorable and reliable guarantee would depend on Li Guodong. It was not their turn to speak.

"Your Majesty, we can set off. We will go to Nanjing here immediately tomorrow morning." Li Guodong said.

I was about to leave the palace where I lived for more than half a month. Chongzhen was really reluctant to leave this beautiful place with beautiful mountains and rivers. Moreover, it was not only beautiful with fresh air, but also very good living conditions. Living in a castle ten feet high above the ground was not only cool, but also without mosquitoes. In the hot summer, living on the top of the castle is not hot at all. A cool breeze blows, and I have to cover a quilt to sleep at night. This is unimaginable when I was in the capital. The capital in mid-May lunar calendar is so hot that it is so hot that I have to cover a quilt. Not to mention covering a quilt, I have to cover a bamboo mat on the bed, a thin layer of silk sheets, and there are also annoying mosquitoes. In short, I feel uncomfortable sleeping in the capital in summer.

But when you live here, you don’t have to consider whether it’s hot or hot. There are no mosquitoes on the roof ten feet high above the ground. The wind on the lake is strong and there are mountains on both sides. The wind blowing from the wide Hongze Lake enters the two mountains and forms a wind that penetrates the hall, which is very cool.

The sanitary conditions here are also comfortable. The living room is very clean. What's more important is that the bathroom, whether it is a squat or a seat, there is no odor when you walk into the bathroom. It is very clean. After using the toilet, the water will automatically flush down as soon as you pull the rope, rinsing the filth completely, leaving no odor in the bathroom, but there is a fragrance.

The living conditions are comfortable and the mountains and rivers are beautiful. If Emperor Chongzhen had not had his own mission, he would have been reluctant to leave here.

"Father, I'm leaving tomorrow. I really can't bear to live here. I live here comfortably and cleanly, much more comfortable than us in the capital." Princess Kunxing said reluctantly. After living here for half a month, I felt much more comfortable than the imperial palace in the capital. Although it is not as big as the imperial palace, the living conditions are comfortable, especially the sanitary conditions. Girls love to be clean, and they are clean and ventilated, and the rooms are also comfortable.

"Kunxing, I like this place too, but the court still has a lot of things waiting for me to deal with." Chongzhen said.

Princess Kunxing looked at Chongzhen and found that in the more than two months since she left the capital, her father's face had fewer wrinkles and much less white hair. Over the past two months, Chongzhen had to deal with much less daily things. She no longer had to face mountainous memorials every day, and she no longer had to worry about money. She hoped that such a life would last for a long time.

"My husband felt sorry for his father. When he was in the capital, he felt uncomfortable every day when he saw his father sitting in a mountain of memorials reviewing. Father, you have been in a much better mood in the past two months since you left the capital. I am ten years younger. Seeing that his father is happy, I am much happier."

"Yu'er, I have to face what I should face after all. Yes, I went to Nanjing and many things were waiting for me. But this is my country, and I cannot let the country left by my ancestors be defeated by King Fu! King Fu is incompetent. If he ascended the throne, the Ming Dynasty will be really over." Chongzhen sighed.

"Father, with Wu Wei Bo here, even if King Fu ascends the throne, he can still pull him down!" Princess Kunxing smiled with a red face.

Alas, the girl is outward. Chongzhen looked at his beloved daughter and said in his heart. He said, "Yu'er, Li Aiqing is back, didn't you go to find him?"

"Wuweibo is busy with official duties, so my son is not inconvenient to disturb him." Princess Kunxing replied.

In the afternoon of the same day, Cao Huachun took the eunuchs to pack his luggage. The next morning, Emperor Chongzhen's big dragon boat and the Jinyiwei who were escorting the horse, Dongchang Fanzi, and Huai Army set off and left the Touhu Village. The fleet entered Hongze Lake, passed the lock, entered the lower reaches of the river, and arrived in Huai'an again.

The Huai Army Navy has cleared the canal in front. The canal that was originally blocked by Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo has been cleared after a few days. Chongzhen's fleet can go directly to Yangzhou, so there is no need to stay in Huai'an City. What's more, I heard that Wuweibo and Jiangbei towns were fighting, and the people in the city had already run away, and Huai'an was also snatched by Liu Liangzuo and Gao Jie. Standing on the big dragon boat and looking at Huai'an City from afar, Chongzhen's eyes was a dilapidated scene.

I recalled when I passed by Huaian half a month ago, it was still a prosperous town. Huaian, known as the capital of the canal, was not less prosperous than the capital. But after passing by Huaian again half a month later, I saw only a ruined wall and the city was dilapidated.

"I didn't expect that Huaian would become like this in just half a month." Chongzhen sighed.

Li Guodong replied: "Your Majesty, isn't it Liu Zeqing, what are the good things that Liu Liangzuo and Gao Jie do? Huai'an has been stolen by them!"

"Rebel!" Chongzhen gritted his teeth, "It's a pity that Liu Liangzuo, the dog thief, ran away this time!"

The dragon ship continued to go south and headed towards Yangzhou. When the fleet was about to arrive in Yangzhou, Li Guodong suddenly bewitched Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, when you arrive in Yangzhou, you will see the prosperity of Yangzhou. At that time, please ask Your Majesty to visit in a private manner, take the prince and the old man with you, and follow the minister to visit the salt merchants and salt officials' homes, and you will see their luxurious life."

"Li Aiqing, don't you always say that they eat sheep but not mutton, but only lip of sheep? I have to eat a hundred sheep in one meal. I have never seen it with my own eyes. This time I will see it with my own eyes and see how those dogs live." Chongzhen snorted coldly.

When I heard what Li Guodong said before, Chongzhen had been furious for a long time. He had to eat a hundred sheep in one meal, but it was just the lowest-class banquet. Thinking about himself, the dragon robe was broken, which was a patch made by Empress Zhou himself. Each meal was simple, four dishes and one soup, and even two dishes and one soup, and there were very few meat and fish, but those dogs and things were enough to eat for more than a year!

"I'm kowtow to Your Majesty!" Zhang Shuheng came to report, "Gao Jie has fled to Fengyang; Gao Jie's general Li Chengdong sneaked back to Yangzhou, and the family of Gao Ni's old camp army was taken away. However, Li Chengdong released Shi Ge Lao and Huang Junmen who were detained by Si Ni Jiangbei."
Chapter completed!