Chapter 177 Cat Crying Mouse

"Brother Li, are you all right? Is it comfortable to live here? What's wrong with you?" Xiao Tianjian slowly walked into the cell with his hands behind his back and stared at Li Zicheng, who was sitting on the stool without rising up.

"Bold maniac, why don't you kneel when you see the emperor?" A bodyguard shouted harshly to Li Zicheng.

"That's all! This is the old man! Don't pay so much attention!" Xiao Tianjian waved his hand and asked the bodyguard to close his mouth and retreat. Soon someone moved a big chair and put it opposite Li Zicheng.

Xiao Tianjian shook his robe and slowly sat opposite Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng looked at Xiao Tianjian with a sneer. He always felt that Xiao Tianjian had an expression of villain's ambition on his face at this time. He couldn't help getting angry and said with a sneer, "Son? I'm also the emperor. Why do I kneel to him?

"Bold, Li Thief, can't you die?" When a bodyguard heard that Li Zicheng was so rebellious, he immediately wanted to repair him.

However, the bodyguard's action was still stopped by Xiao Tianjian. Xiao Tianjian looked at Li Zicheng and felt a little complicated. In later generations, Li Zicheng was deliberately portrayed as a tragic hero by some people. However, in this era, Xiao Tianjian was very clear about what kind of person Li Zicheng was.

But in any case, Li Zicheng can be called a hero, which cannot be denied, and this person's temperament is tenasurable, which is also a fact. Originally, if it hadn't been for his accidental travel to this era, this person should have been popular now. In another two years, he will lead the army to kill him. Beijing destroyed the Ming Dynasty, but now it is...

Xiao Tianjian is also not very clear about what he wants to do when he comes here today, but as a colleague and opponent, he always feels that he kills Li Zicheng so quietly. It's a little unreasonable. He came to this era and robbed the fruit of Li Zicheng, and now Li Zicheng has become his prisoner. After thinking about it again and again, Xiao Tianjian decided to send Li Zicheng.

"I haven't seen you for many years since I said goodbye to Longzhou! But I didn't think it would make me feel a lot to see you again in this place in this way today!" Xiao Tianjian said to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng looked at Xiao Tianjian with contempt and replied with contempt, "I, Li Zicheng, have today. It's all thanks to you! You came here today, but you just want to see someone's embarrassment! I've seen it now. Do you still have something to say? If you want to kill, it's up to you! Humph!"

"Ha ha! Brother Li's temper hasn't changed much over the years! At least you and I are old friends. Don't you have nothing to say? Xiao Tianjian relaxed, sat in the chair, and smiled at Li Zicheng.

"What? What did you say? In those years, you were just a little leader, but now you have become the emperor. What can I tell you? Li Zicheng said to Xiao Tianjian with an angry face.

Xiao Tianjian was not angry. After leaning forward, he said to Li Zicheng, "I want to ask you, you rebelled at the beginning, and I think it was just for dinner!" I believe you have also thought about saving all people from water and fire, but since you see the general trend of the world, why don't you give up and have to be my enemy?

Li Zicheng's eyes stared and said, "Why can you sit in this world, but I, Li Hongji, can't sit? After all, you and I are just the same person, but I'm not as lucky as you! Now that you have achieved a great career, you naturally can't tolerate people like me. Otherwise, how can you and I meet each other in the military?

Xiao Tianjian shook his head. It seemed that there was really no common language between him and Li Zicheng. Such a conversation was actually not interesting, which disappointed him. He didn't want to see Li Zicheng's jokes. Now there is nothing to say between the two. How can his ideal be Li Zicheng? For Li Zicheng, all he thinks about most is to come to the world and despise the masses like the emperors of all dynasties.

So he asked Li Zicheng, "I'm afraid this is not a matter of luck. At the beginning, whether it was you, Gao Yingxiang or even Zhang Xianzhong, which one was not more famous than my Xiao Tianjian, but what was the final outcome? The most critical question is, do you know now why you have become a loser?

Li Zicheng sneered and said, "You just can make firearms!" If it's a real knife and a real gun, how can I not be your opponent?"

Xiao Tianjian shook his head and said, "No, no! You still haven't figured it out! This is not only the reason why my soldiers and horses are sharp, but also the hearts of the people!"

The hearts of the people? ..." Li Zicheng frowned.

"Yes! It's the hearts of the people! Although you and I all rebelled, and the original purpose was probably the same, but later, you forgot why we rebelled! What you and your generals think more about is just pleasure! In your eyes, the people's name is Confucianism, but it's just a consumable for you to drive! Originally, you could make great achievements in Shaanxi, but for your own selfishness, you forgot the original intention of rebel, and finally lost the hearts of the people!

If that's not the case, how can I easily defeat you? I came to see you today not to see your embarrassment, but to make you understand why you failed! Even if I don't appear, as long as you don't understand this, you will still fail sooner or later. Even if you won't lose to Daming, sooner or later you will lose to Jiannu! Because you no longer have the word "people" in your heart!

At the beginning, I sent someone to tell you that the Ming Dynasty is about to die, and the people are safe. I hope you can put down your selfish thoughts and lead the crowd to surrender to me. At that time, you should know that in fact, with your strength, you can't fight against me, but you still chose to continue to be my enemy, rather at the cost of the lives of millions of people in Shaanxi. But I just want to satisfy your selfishness as an emperor, so at that time, you were doomed to failure. You regard the people as pigs and dogs, and the people abandon you like me!" Xiao Tianjian then said to Li Zicheng.

After listening to Xiao Tianjian's words, Li Zicheng was stunned for a moment. Although he still felt unconvinced, thinking about what he and his generals had done in Shaanxi in recent years, he had lost the hearts of the people and constantly expanded his army, which made the people angry and resentful in Shaanxi. As soon as the Dazhong Army came, his Dashun army collapsed in an instant. Lao Bai Surnames also turned to the Dazhong Army one after another to help fight for the Dazhong Army and pass on the news. As a result, he was beaten back to his original form in just half a year.

Li Zicheng has nothing to argue about at this time. He couldn't help sighing and nodding and said, "You're probably right. Anyway, I'm defeated. I'm not as good as you at this point. At this point, what you want to do with me, just help yourself!"

Xiao Tianjian stood up and said to Li Zicheng, "Very good! In this case, I don't know if you have any last wishes?"

After Li Zicheng shook slightly, he asked Xiao Tianjian, "But I don't know where my wife is now after Tian Jianxiu took me to arrest me this time? If she is not dead, can you please save her life? In addition, after my death, can I transport my body back to my place of origin and bury it?

Xiao Tianjian nodded and said, "You are asking Mrs. Gao, right? As far as I know, soon after being captured, Mrs. Gao has gone on a hunger strike and has been buried outside Hanzhong Mansion. As for your requirements, I can meet them. After your death, I will order to send your remains back to Mizhi for burial!"

After hearing the news of Mrs. Gao's death, Li Zicheng was silent. Although he had many women in his life, he was cuckolded by his woman twice. Only after following him, Mrs. Gao had been following him and helping him take care of various affairs. Now she has gone on a hunger strike and died one step earlier than him. This makes Li Zicheng quite sad.

"Since she is dead, please move her remains back to rice fat and be buried with me after my death! Li knows that he is deeply guilty, but he still hopes that the Holy One will be grateful!" After Li Zicheng was silent for a while, he got up and knelt down and kowtowed to Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian took a look at Li Zicheng and sighed, "If you can say such a thing at this time, how can I let you down? Just allow you to!"

Ten days later, after the trial of Dali Temple, Li Zicheng was convicted of ten major crimes, including conspiracy, indiscriminate killing of civilians and other crimes. Li Zicheng was sentenced to be in the city, an inch is Ling Chi, and to put it bluntly, it was a live punishment.

However, Xiao Tianjian finally exonerated his kindness and pardoned Li Zicheng's punishment, which was changed to beheading. At noon on the third day of June, he beheaded Li Zicheng at the market in Nanjing.

Hearing that Li Zicheng was beheaded, there was a sensation inside and outside Nanjing. Many people wanted to see what kind of person Li Zicheng had been in the world for more than ten years, so they went out of their homes and rushed to the entrance of the market. They crowded the entrance of the market. The Ministry of Criminal Justice did not expect so much. In the end, Li Zicheng had to beheaded outside the south gate of the city. Finally, before being tortured, Li Zicheng knelt down and kowtowed three times in the direction of the imperial city in the city. As a special thank you to Xiao Tianjian, he did not say another word.

With the sound of three soul-chasing cannons, the cold light of the executioner's bright knife fell in an instant, and a generation of heroes Li Zicheng was beheaded outside Nanjing.

After that, according to Xiao Tianjian's order, the Ministry of Criminal Justice prepared a good coffin for Li Zicheng, collected Li Zicheng's body, and then sent someone to send his coffin to his hometown, Shaanxi Mizhi, and chose an underground burial. At the same time, the body of his wife Gao was also taken out of Hanzhong Prefecture, and also sent to Mizhi County and Li Zicheng. Buried together.

So far, this generation of heroes has finally revealed a glorious page, which has become a piece of history like the Ming Dynasty.

Xiao Tianjian devoted himself to the history museum after the event, and wrote a separate history for Li Zicheng. He recorded Li Zicheng's life in detail and included it in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

(Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. I wish all readers a happy family, all the best and good health! Have a comfortable National Day holiday!)