The Yanming of the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 87 Ruthless Ran Min finally went out to kill the Hu and ordered the Hu people in Yecheng to be slaughtered
In the inner room of the mansion, the attendant Haosheng entertained Li Nong. After a while, there were shouts of killing outside the city wall, mixed with the cries of women and children, and suddenly a child cried loudly, "Mother, mother, I want mother."

Immediately, "there was a sound of knives and arrows, and the surroundings returned to calm. Suddenly, there was a clear cry in the lonely voice. It was obvious that the mother was desperately protecting the calf, and a baby became a fish that slipped through the net.

After Li Nong listened inside the courtyard wall, he said anxiously: "What's going on outside, why are there so many women and children crying, what are you doing, General?"

The attendant only said quietly: "Li Sikong, but you can just sit in the mansion, the rest are useless to ask."

Li Nong was furious, and drew out his sword to kill out of the mansion.

Suddenly, a man stopped the soldiers at the gate of the mansion and bowed to Li Sikong: "The future is late, please Li Sikong to make amends."

"Quick, let me out."

"Li Sikong, the city is now full of blood and blood, and the last general is afraid that something will happen to the general."

Seeing his firm attitude, Li Nong knew that he would not be able to leave the mansion today, so he asked, "What's going on in the city today?"

The doorman said: "Only avenge the Han Chinese since the Yongjia Rebellion."

Li Nong was noncommittal, and glanced at the man, "How can I get rewarded?"

The man only said: "The general has an order:' Han people beheaded a Hu head and sent it to Fengyang Gate, the civil servants will advance to the third class, and the military officers will pay homage to the Yamen." Since noon, seven or eight out of ten Hu people in the city have been beheaded. , There are piles of corpses outside Fengyang Gate, after this bloodbath, the Hu people will no longer have the power to bully our Han compatriots."

Li Nong's hands trembled, "Kill Hu Ling, kill Hu Ling, Hu people are human beings, so how long can our Han people last in this world."

"Quack..." Li Nong followed his prestige, and saw a black mass of crows circling in the sky above Fengyang Gate, coming continuously, covering the sky and the sun.

Li Nong stepped out of the door, and the man stepped forward to stop him.Li Nong slapped him fiercely, "I'm still Zhao's Sikong, not the general's retainer, get out of here."

The moment he stepped out of the doorway of the General's Mansion, the air was filled with the smell of blood, and the snow was already pink.

In the city of Ye today, the Han people are plundering and killing Jie people wantonly. Anyone with a high nose bridge and deep eyes will be killed, and countless of them will die in vain.

At this time, the Dongming Temple was also in a panic, and the people in the temple scattered and fled.

At this time, a barbarian child who had just reached the age of President broke into the room, covered in blood, and only entered Princess Shi Yun's room. The child only moaned: "Help me, save me." Shi Yun hurriedly picked him up .

At this time, Xiao Qiu broke into the room, saw Shi Yun holding the child, and then knelt down and shouted: "Princess, the Han people are slaughtering all the Jie people in Yecheng, regardless of women and children." The child shouted while talking, "I have seen Han soldiers coming here, all because of the child, the princess leave him alone, let's go."

Shi Yun only wiped the blood on the child's body, and said slowly: "Xiaoqiu, this time my Shi family is overthrown, where can I go, you are innocent, don't worry about me."

"Miss, don't say such things, no, there are still..." Xiao Qiu said anxiously.

Shi Yun hurriedly pressed her mouth with slender fingers, "Don't say it, the dispute between the Hu and the Han will not be tolerated for a hundred years." Shi Yun only looked at the fainted child in his arms, "How innocent is the child, but even you want to kill."

"Hurry up, I saw that kid fleeing here, catch him." There was a lot of noise outside.

"We must kill him. His father has killed several of our brothers. It will be difficult to explain to the brothers if we don't kill that boy." At this time, there was a loud noise from the outside, and a team of soldiers had already searched here.

"What are you doing, Taoist quiet place, don't you people trample on it." Farao shouted.At this time, the sound of pushing and fighting came from outside.

"Bang." The door opened, and it was Farao, covered in blood, panting heavily, "The poor and incompetent, failed to protect the princess."

At this time, a vicious leader broke in, and when he saw Shi Yun, he suddenly became malicious. Xiao Qiu wanted to protect the princess in front of him, so he only picked up a dagger and stabbed forward.In the end it was a weak woman, the sergeant only turned back sideways, knocked down the dagger, and caught the little enemy in an instant.

"So that kid hid here." The sergeant had already seen the child in Shi Yun's arms, and shouted to the people outside.

"Hand it over!" At this time, a leading captain walked in.

Seeing that Shi Yun had already held a hairpin to his throat, he said, "General, I am Princess Shi Yun, let this child go, and I will go back with you."

When the sergeant heard the princess's name, he was stunned for a moment and sneered: "The general said that you can worship Yamen by beheading a barbarian. This princess, what a name, is worth more than that kid."

The man glanced at Xiao Qiu again, and said with a seductive smile: "This little girl is hot, enjoy it first." He only wanted to be frivolous.

Xiao Qiu shouted: "Princess, you are not entrusted by a human being. Ran Min is ambitious, Xiao Qiu will go first." He just wanted to hit that man's knife.

"Li Sikong is here." At this moment, the guard's voice sounded from outside.

Everyone knelt down, Li Nong only entered the room, and the lieutenant, relying on himself as a veteran of the begging army, went forward and reported to Li Sikong: "Today, a princess has been seized in this Taoist temple. Relatives of the Jie clan, all beheaded according to the law..."

"Pa" Li Sikong slapped her down angrily, and angrily said, "Princess has something to do with the state of Zhao, how can you be so frivolous, drag it down, stick forty."

The leader was dumbfounded when he heard that, and then he shouted: "The final general refuses to accept, the Jie people have oppressed us for a long time, and the general was almost killed by Shi Jian, we Han people and Jie people cannot live together."

The sergeant next to him also became agitated, and one of them said: "This kid's father killed several of our beggar soldiers alone. The captain is right."

Seeing the enraged expressions of the sergeants below, Li Nong knew he couldn't just suppress it blindly, and looked at Princess Shi Yun's embrace of the child's arms getting tighter. The child was handed over to those sergeants, so he said in a soothing tone: "It is the same reason that a person cannot be resurrected after death, but what is wrong with the young son?" The sergeant next to him still refused to leave, and Li Nong said immediately, "All soldiers I beg the general of the living army, come here."

Li Nong's relatives immediately stepped forward, and Li Nong said: "Take a hundred gold from my mansion to the dead soldiers, and the rest, I can play the role of the general, and they will all be promoted to the third level."

Those sergeants looked at me and I looked at you, and one of them said in a low voice: "Li Nong and General Ran Min were born and died, what they said is true." Do it." Then he turned around and shouted to the group of sergeants: "Retreat."

After the team of sergeants left, Li Nong bowed his body cautiously and apologized: "The incompetence of this humble minister has frightened the princess."

Shi Yun's eyes were lost, he looked out of the window, and murmured: "He finally got what he wanted..."

Then he leaned down carefully, and carefully fed the boy with water, and finally his throat throbbed, and he recovered in one breath.

"What's your name?" Shi Yun asked.

The boy spat out three words: "Li, Te, Kang" and then fell into a faint again.

Shi Yun hugged the boy even tighter. Seeing Shi Yun like this, Li Nong sighed and said, "The general is murderous now, and I can't stop it by myself. I can stop it today, but what about tomorrow?"

Shi Yun only caressed the young man's forehead, and said with a smile on his face, "Shi Shiruo would be as big as this if he was still alive." Shi Yun looked up at Li Nong and said, "Li Sikong, don't you think so?"

Li Nong only grabbed Shi Yun and said, "It's not too late, I'll send someone to take you out of the city tonight."

Shi Yun just shook his head and said: "Thank you Li Sikong for your kindness. What's the use of you sending me alone? Today, my father and brother are all in Yecheng. Although brothers often kill each other, I am also a member of the Shi clan. People want to live and die with the Shi family."

At this time, Xiao Qiu came from outside and said to Shi Yun, "Is there an ancient person from Ye Palace asking to see you?"

"An old man from Ye Palace?" Ever since Shi Shi was murdered, Shi Yunsu hadn't paid much attention to the affairs of the palace, and he didn't want to be bothered. Now that he heard that an old man from Ye Palace came, he was puzzled, so he asked, "Who is it?" ?”

Xiao Qiu only glanced at Li Nong aside, Shi Yun motioned to him but said it was okay.

Xiao Qiu only whispered: "Yang Huan?"

"How could it be him?" Shi Yun only clenched his fists, his eyebrows were trembling, "Those who messed up our country of Zhao, this person should be the chief villain, I..."

Li Nong hurriedly said: "Princess, now that the order to kill Hu has been announced to all directions, I am afraid that within Ye Palace..."

Shi Yun only took a long breath, suppressed his anger, and said, "Xiaoqiu, quickly send Li Tekang to the backyard for recuperation, and let Yang Huan in."

I saw Yang Huan dressed up as an ordinary citizen, covered in tatters, and even stuck a beard on his face to cover up his eunuch features. As soon as he entered the door, he fell to the ground and cried: "Princess, save the old slave!" , save Your Majesty."

Seeing him make such an ugly gesture, Shi Yun didn't feel it was funny, instead he only had infinite hatred for him in his heart. With his fingernails on the dressing table, he slowly approached the hairpin next to him.

Li Nong caught Shi Yun's glance from the corner of his eye, and hurriedly said, "What's the matter with Director Yang coming here?"

Yang Huan hurriedly got up, wiped away his tears, and said: "Ran Min is so powerful now, he only locks His Majesty in Yulongguan, and feeds him like a pig and dog every day."

"It's your own fault." Shi Yun said abruptly.

Hearing this, Yang Huan hurriedly climbed up to Shi Yun and said, "Princess, what happened to your father is not the old slave's intention, but the late emperor..."

Shi Yun only took out a copper hairpin and stabbed it into Yang Huan's shoulder, Yang Huan didn't avoid it, just let the blood flow out.

Shi Yun only said sarcastically, "You eunuch, how dare you speak of the late emperor."

"If the princess can relieve the hatred in my heart, this old slave will accept it." Yang Huan was calm now.

Seeing this, Li Nong quickly interjected: "Princess, since this person was able to escape from Yecheng, he didn't care about himself, and even mentioned Shi Jian with a message, which shows that he also has the heart of the master. I beg you to let him finish speaking."

Shi Yun just pulled the hairpin from his shoulder and threw it heavily on the ground.

"Thank you, princess, old slave." Yang Huan stood up to thank her.At this moment, he only stared at Shi Yun for a long time, and finally made another big gift, and said, "If anyone saves the Shi family, it must be the princess?"

Shi Yun was puzzled: "Me?"

"Shi Yun and the general have a long-standing friendship. If the princess comes forward, my Shi clan will be able to save it."

Shi Yun only smiled bitterly and said, "What virtue and ability do I have?"

Yang Huan stared at her for a long time, "Shi Min has always been kind to the princess, if Ran Min is the son-in-law of the Shi family, why would he have any reason to kill my Shi family."

Shi Yun turned pale with shock, "No, no, no, it's absolutely impossible."

Yang Huan only cried loudly: "Princess Shi Yun, for the sake of the Shi family, please save the Shi family."

Time was slowly passing by, and there was a sound from behind, Xiao Qiu hurriedly came over and said to everyone: "The child is awake."

Shi Yun went in and saw that Li Tekang, who had been combed by Xiao Qiu, was no longer as unkempt as when he first came. Although he was young, there was a trace of heroism in his brows.At this time Yang Huan also came in, looked at the child, and said to Shi Yun: "Princess, not for the Shi family, but also for the children of the thousands of Jie clan. If you refuse, Princess Ru, I am afraid that all of the Jie clan will be wiped out."

Shi Yun looked at Li Tekang, took out the handkerchief from his waist, and murmured: "Why did I meet you that day?" Then he said to Yang Huan, "I can marry Ran Min, but who can talk to him. "

At this time, Li Nong stepped forward and said, "I am willing to speak for the princess on this matter."

At this time, Yecheng was in a state of desolation. After the "killing Hu order", all the Jie people in Yecheng died, and the Hu people fled out one after another.

Li Nong returned to Yecheng from Dongming Temple. The city was full of bones and wild dogs were infested. Yecheng, the most famous capital in Hebei, was like a hell on earth.

"Li Sikong, where are we going?" the entourage beside him asked him.

Li Nong replied: "The General's Mansion."

Today's General's Mansion is lined with soldiers and guards are heavily guarded, the hall is brightly lit, and Ran Min and the others are discussing countermeasures in the main hall.

Wang Tai was speaking: "General, the Hu people in Ye City are all adult males over 20 years old. Most of the rest are young children and widowed mothers. They are all locked up in the Tingwei Office. I hope the general will decide."

It was a doorman who walked in quickly and said to Ran Min: "Li Nong, please see me."

Ran Min turned his back and said coldly: "No, Li Nongsu came to favor the Hu people. This visit must be to intercede for them, no see."

The man was about to go out, and Jiang Gan hurriedly stopped and said, "General, Li Nong has always been popular. Yecheng has encountered such a change. If Li Nong is not united, there will be rifts in the begging army. For the sake of the overall situation, the general should see it." .”

Ran Min turned to face the crowd, and said, "Forget it, although Li Nong and my colleagues have had different political views for many years, if I didn't borrow his strength, how could I be where I am today."

Everyone nodded frequently, and then Ran Min said randomly: "The Shi family should be the assistant, and I will be the assistant. However, after this change, the Shi family can't be the master of the Central Plains. I want to replace him and become an emperor."

After this turmoil, everyone felt that Shi's virtue was weak, and that Ran Min should go one step further.As soon as Ran Min's words came out, everyone's doubts were eliminated. After a brief silence, everyone immediately knelt down and said, "I wish your majesty the success of the great unification, long live without boundaries."

Ran Min immediately said: "But if I want to ascend the throne, there must be some people in my heart who don't want to agree. Let's try Li Nong's wishes. You will step down and pass on Li Nong."

Li Nong only entered the mansion, saw the general and only knelt down and said: "My minister pays homage to the general."

Ran Min hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and said: "We have been officials in the same dynasty for many years, why is this kind of birth status so frustrating, come here, give me a seat."

Li Nong then knelt down again and said: "My kneeling is not only to frighten the power of the general, but also to kneel for the people of all ethnic groups in Zhao Kingdom. I implore the general to give them a way to survive."

"A way to live?" Ran Min said sharply, "That's all for others, Li Nong, you and I fought out of Ye Palace that day, those barbarians gave us no way to live!"

Ran Min's voice echoed throughout the mansion, but the lingering voice was undecided. Ran Min hurriedly invited Li Nong to sit down, and said slowly: "Do you think that I am a bloodthirsty butcher who wants to kill all the barbarians?"

Li Nong remained silent, his head lowered.Ran Min continued: "Since I was young, I have been greatly favored by the Shi family. Because of the Shi family, my father and son have found a place in the troubled times. Since I joined the army, I have taken arrows, suffered severe cold and heat, and served Zhao Guonan. In the Battle of the North, not only the blood of the enemy was stained on my hands, but also the blood of the Han compatriots in the former Jin Dynasty. In the Battle of Mianyin, I helped Shi Jian break through the siege and killed the general of the Jin Dynasty. In the Battle of Yan, I led the entire army to cut off the rear , my army of Zhao State will not be completely wiped out. In the Pingliangdu Rebellion, I took the lead in annihilating the rebels. Without me, Ran Min, the Zhao State would have been torn apart. How could I be sorry for Shi, and how would Shi be against it? Me?! I thought that I would be able to gain a foothold in the Zhao Kingdom if I had done so much. Since ancient times, Hu and Han have been incompatible, it was my carelessness."

After finishing this long paragraph, Ran Min just sat slumped on the mat, panting heavily.After a long time, Li Nong raised his bowed head, looked directly at Ran Min, and said slowly: "The general wants to sweep the world and mix the world into one, it's not easy to rely on us Han people, Jie people, Qiang people, Di If the people, the Huns, and even the Xianbei can be used by His Majesty, there is no one in the world as good as a young child to look after his mother, and eat a pot of milk to welcome the king's teacher."

Ran Min only said viciously: "The Jie people killed my Han people very deeply, I feel that I hate it."

"General, if it weren't for Shi Yun, there would be no general today." Li Nong said suddenly.

Ran Min was also slightly stunned when he heard Shi Yundao's name, and Li took the opportunity to persuade him: "In Ye City, all the Hu people are dead, leaving only orphans and widows, nothing to worry about. The frontiers in the north are tight, if we kill young children again, there will be almost no soldiers in our country of Zhao, I hope your majesty will accept them."

At this time, Ran Min finally calmed down and said: "I have already received the report before you came. There are no adult barbarians over the age of 20 in Yecheng today, and there are only a few young children and widows left. It is really difficult for the general to deal with it."

Li Nong hurriedly said: "General, I beg the general to let you go. After more than ten years, they will all be subjects of our Zhao Kingdom."

Ran Min was still hesitating.

"General, if everyone is killed, Princess Shi Yun may not be safe." Li Nong said suddenly.

"Shi Yun." Ran Min also murmured suddenly.

Li Nong took advantage of the situation and said: "Nowadays, there are no longer a few people who worship the Shi family in the four borders. If the general can marry with him, the overall situation of Zhao will be in the general's hands."

"Marriage..." Ran Min paced in the hall, "This country of Zhao is no longer certain. Since ancient times, a new dynasty has established a foundation, and the world has been amnesty. It is an ancient practice. Now no one in Ye City dares to oppose me, my child. , women let it go."

"The foundation of the new dynasty," Li Nong just muttered, "General, is it possible?"

"That's right, Zhao's water virtues have declined. It is not as good as the death of the Xia people to have a king in Yi and Di. I want to restore my Han clothes and surname Ran, and I will be enthroned soon to comfort the hearts of all soldiers."

"Think twice, General. Now Huaxia Zhengshuo is in the Jin Dynasty, and the Zhang family in Hexi also enshrines the Jin Dynasty as Zhengshuo. I am afraid that the General will establish himself as emperor and lose the popularity of our Han people?"

"The Jin Dynasty?" Ran Min only disdainfully said, "This small imperial court located in a corner of the south of the Yangtze River is ruled by orphans and widowed mothers. If I want to destroy it, it is as easy as turning the palm of my hand. When I calm down the four directions, the Jin Dynasty bows its head and asks for surrender. If not, I will Go down the river and destroy it."

Li Nong said anxiously: "General, think twice."

"My intention is that I will never remonstrate again." Ran Min just wanted to go to the inner room.

Li Nong hurriedly called out, "General, I have another question?"

"please say."

"Then about the marriage with the Shi family?"

"Shi's family?" Ran Min pondered for a moment and said, "Wei Wendi said: 'I know about Yao and Shun'. Tang Fangjie and King Wu's defeat of Zhou all have a good reputation, and let this Shi family play this card again. Come face to face. Since I want to ascend the throne and proclaim myself emperor, I will treat the survivors of the previous dynasty generously."

Ran Min called his relatives to come in, and said: "Shi Jian will not be kept in captivity, and he is allowed to walk in the palace, and he can't take half a step without my order."

The relative then turned and left, Ran Min just stared at Li Nong for a long time, and asked: "Li Sikong, so, so, how?"

Li Nong only respectfully said: "The virtue of the general is comparable to the sun and the moon, I am grateful."

(End of this chapter)