Daming kill

At the end of April, an explosive news was announced suddenly.

The Security Bureau of the General Education Office dug up a corrupt and collaborating gang in the army headed by the former director of a regiment, the general liaison in Wuchang, and the current director of the General Education Office, Yang Ming.

There are currently more than a dozen people in this gang, all of whom are scholars.

They gathered together with the identity of scholars, and under the leadership of Yang Ming, taking advantage of most of the important positions in the education system and logistics system, they formed an alliance to support and interact with each other, corrupted the law wantonly, and pursued extravagance. life.

In order to obtain more benefits and satisfy their growing greed, they also try their best to win over and corrupt other people who manage money and property, and even resell supplies and provide information to the bandits.

He Zhuzi, director of the Military Supplies Bureau of the General Logistics Department, was corrupted by them, but fortunately, he was not deeply involved at the moment, and because he was not a scholar, he was looked down upon by them, so he was just used and completely excluded from the gang.

In order to enforce military discipline and warn the army, General Zheng Zei decided to behead all the gang members and all kinds of people who were persecuted and bewitched by them and participated in illegal activities.

Since this notification was conveyed to Li Ping's entire army, including all personnel in the security battalion, there was a lot of discussion inside and outside Luzhou City, and shock, incomprehension, and anger quickly flooded the entire army.

In particular, the scholars who were directly named in the bulletin brought back the painful memories of many officers and soldiers about being oppressed by the bureaucracy and the gentry class completely controlled by the scholars, and then aroused a lot of extreme emotions.

However, Li Ping never forbids the military to talk about the darkness of today's world at all, and even deliberately guides and indulges it, which makes the officers and soldiers bolder and less taboo when discussing.

Yang Ming's image in Qian Ying's mind has always been very good. Even after Yang Ming made a mistake in Wuchang, the kind-hearted Qian Ying felt that it was just a moment of confusion or some misunderstanding, so she continued to respect him and always called him For Mr. Yukun.

At the same time, the general also wants to show the whole army that he will not be soft no matter who he faces, and the general needs to use their heads as a warning.

However, this did not affect the two brothers to continue to regard Zhang Qing as the eldest brother.

In contrast, even Yuan Ye became the commander of the cavalry regiment, and the other commander of the cavalry brigade was Qin Yi.

Not long after, the four arrived at the heavily guarded special prison set up by the Security Bureau in Luzhou City.

However, after getting off the horse, the skinny monkey Ma Xiaotian yelled after hugging Zhang Qing and Yuan Ye: "I always said that this kid is not a good guy! You see, let me hit the mark! I don't think we have any We must go to see him again, we are not familiar with him, whether he is dead or alive is none of our business. Why don't we use this rare time to catch up on the past."

"Ah?" The thin monkey stared straight at the eyes, looking at Yuan Ye and Zhang Ying, they were also full of disbelief.

"I thought it was strange that we went so badly in Tongluoxia at the beginning, but it turned out that someone had become a ghost. What do you think they thought? How could they be a ghost for our defeated general?" A soldier expressed his opinion .

Therefore, it is said that their communication with thieves is the best way at present, and it is also the only way to minimize the impact. "

It was Ma Xiaotian, the skinny monkey, who they were waiting for, and they hadn't seen each other for a long time.

Yuan Ye is now the head of the cavalry brigade, and the troops are stationed outside the city.

Yang Ming used to have family members, they all knew it, and they also knew that his family members were unfortunately lost during the escape.

But the first soldier obviously didn't agree. He continued to retort: ​​"I understand what you mean. But I think it's wrong for you to say that we are not scholars. We also read books, and we usually talk about reading. Why can't we Called a scholar? Besides, Master Zhou of the Second Division is also a scholar, and I heard that he is a great kind person..."

It's normal for her to not be able to accept this situation.

"Aren't you afraid? It seems that everyone is eager to get rid of the relationship with him, but we seem to be afraid that others will not know." Yuan Ye suddenly choked with dissatisfaction at this time.

Sure enough, Yang Ming suffered a lot and was terrified of being tortured.

The thin monkey immediately realized why the wilderness was acting like this all of a sudden, and his eyes began to habitually ask Zhang Qing for help.

Zhang Qing, who brought everyone together, saw that the thin monkey raised objections as soon as they met, so he had no choice but to comfort him and said: "After all, we have a friendship of fleeing together. No matter what position he is in, he has always been very close to us and has given us a lot of convenience. He will be killed tomorrow, and it is reasonable for us to see him for the last time."

"Is there much talk about this in your army?" Zhang Qing asked with a complicated expression.

"It seems to be familiar. But it doesn't matter if they are ordinary people, are you afraid that they will hear what we say?" The resentful soldier looked indifferent.

It was Qian Ying and Zhang Ying who were captured by Huang Chengdong in Xiangyang. Yang Ming, who was in charge of the situation, actually saw Huang Chengdong and his subordinates who were soldiers or bandits in advance, but in order not to expose himself and put himself in danger, Yang Ming chose to escape alone.

"I know you have difficulties, if I hadn't followed our general, I might as well!" The soldier continued to speak in a tone of resentment.

But when Shi Lei showed Zhang Qing and the others the interrogation records that Yang Ming had already marked on the table, Zhang Qing and the others quickly gasped, and the thin monkey didn't even listen to Zhang Ying finish reading. He cursed on the spot.

On this day, on a street in Luzhou City, three soldiers were walking and talking as if no one else was around.

But they couldn't believe it.

All of them knew that the relationship between the two sides could never be the same as before, and they were still drifting away. Even Zhang Ying, who had lived with Qian Ying for many years and was very close, just greeted him stiffly.

But at this time, no one was surprised why the Security Bureau's methods were so cruel, even Qian Ying and Zhang Ying did not show any tolerance.

As for Qian Ying's sadness, they didn't think too much about it.

"What's the matter?" The soldier asked in a strange tone of resentment, and at the same time turned his head to look.

But what they didn't expect was that Yang Ming, who had confessed everything, still had the face to rescue them.

"If you want me to say that these scholars have no good things, and they have no bottom line. Anyway, I have grown up so long, and I have never seen a good official, nor have I seen a good man. For the sake of profit, they can do anything. Scholars , we can’t let them become officials.” Another soldier said angrily.

"That's right, otherwise I wouldn't have been obsessed with thieves back then. I've had enough of being thieves!" The most abrupt soldier among them, wearing variegated clothes, immediately echoed, and it was obvious that this was a former Daxi army soldier.

"What?" Shouhou'er, Yuanye and Zhang Ying exclaimed almost in unison, their faces full of shock.

But Zhang Qing seemed to be a little absent-minded, just sighed and said: "I didn't expect him to be so foolish!"

The thin monkey has changed the habit of calling Zhang Qing Zhangtou.

But they have to die.

Seeing Qian Ying, several people were surprised and had mixed feelings.

Killing them on their own initiative is already a taboo, and killing them only in the name of corruption will cause an uproar.Not to mention what will happen in the future, it will be greatly detrimental to our recovery of Sichuan and the people's support in Sichuan.

But according to Yang Ming's confession, in order to survive when he fled, Yang Ming personally exchanged his own child with others and ate him, and allowed his wife to starve to death...

It is conceivable that the Security Bureau must have resorted to inhuman means.

What the general hates the most is betrayal, and he can't tolerate people secretly forming gangs in the army, even if Yang Ming is actually the only one of their current contacts with Zuo Liangyu, even if some of them are not guilty of death.

Not only because they will see Yang Ming in person in a short while, but Yang Ming also confessed in detail all the evil and dirty things he has done in his life during the interrogation, including peeping at little girls when he was a child. .

As for taking care of the wilderness, he had no idea that miasma could be transmitted through mosquito bites.

In addition, Luzhou was once slaughtered by the Great Western Army, the original local officials were almost slaughtered, and there may not be any new ones for a long time, so the officers and soldiers are not too scruples even if they are outside the barracks .

The soldier who turned around after a while said suspiciously: "It's nothing, I just think those people look familiar. Look, they still have a horse, so they shouldn't be ordinary people."

However, since none of them are newcomers, and they are all the leaders of a party, even Zhang Ying has a high recognition rate because of his special identity, so even if they don't know each other, there is a high probability that they will be familiar.

And Zhang Qing, since entering Sichuan as a forward, has returned to Li Ping's side as the commander of the guard battalion, and his position has not been changed during this army reorganization.

"Big, why not big! Everyone has been talking about this for the past two days. Many people are also very emotional, and a lot of what they say is pointing the problem at the scholars, which makes many scholars feel ashamed. Hmm... oh , By the way, there are also many people who are beginning to get confused about what a scholar is. The wording in the circular is not accurate." Zhang Ying said quickly.

But at this time, there was only disgust on everyone's faces.

And when they were angry and rushed into the prison to confront them, Yang Ming, whose head had swollen into an almost unrecognizable pig's head and was covered in cuts and bruises, even exposed bloody bones, readily confessed.

Of course, after the meeting, everyone deliberately avoided talking about their respective new positions that should be the most interesting right now.

But Zhang Qing didn't take it seriously and said: "There is no one around here now, so it doesn't get in the way. You don't know, but the general asked us to meet Yang Yukun. The general said that Yang Yukun has always done something wrong, and he met Yang Yukun." , we will still have surprises.”

Yuan Ye and Zhang Ying were both shocked when they heard this, and nodded desperately.

In Yang Ming's confession, there was no collusion with the thief, and the Security Bureau did not beat Yang Ming into a trick.

That is to say, he did not know that it was dangerous to be around malarial patients.

"I can't help it! I really have a last resort, I want to live! Help me, help me, I beg you..." Yang Ming argued, crying bitterly.

Yang Ming still wanted to excuse himself, and wanted to live.

At this time, the first soldier frowned and said: "Why do I think what you said is wrong? We can also read now, although we don't know much, but we still recognize it. You are not a thing to call scholars, are you saying that we are also scolded?"

"Let's go, let's go see Yang Yukun!" Zhang Qing said with a long sigh.

When Shi Lei was thinking about how to answer, Zhang Qing suddenly said: "Yang Ming is a student, and he is a decent student with a reputation. And he is not the only student in their group, and the worst is also a child student. But A general is a military commander, so he has no right to kill scholars without authorization, let alone kill more than a dozen scholars at once.

The thin monkey was stunned for a moment, then looked at Yuan Ye and hopped, "I'm afraid, I'm not afraid, am I a person who is afraid of things? That's not what I meant. Lao Yuan, you should know, I have always disliked him .By the way, if I'm scared, I have a hundred reasons not to come."

For this interrogation record, although no one is willing to doubt its authenticity, everyone still can't believe it.

But this made the thin monkey a little confused. He put the comforting wilderness aside and said in confusion: "Then Yang Ming likes to have fun is nothing new. Big brother, you are by the general's side all day, and the general really doesn't know at all? I It’s strange on the way here, I haven’t heard of them collaborating with the enemy, and the whole thing is completely investigated by the Security Bureau, it’s really strange that they have been involved in corruption since then!”

And people with horses are indeed rare now.

But after getting angry, the thin monkey asked Shi Lei who didn't accompany them in with doubts as soon as he walked out of the prison: "This Yang Ming deserves to die, why do you want to accuse him of being a thief?"

Later, he even knelt and kowtowed at the feet of Qian Ying, who was still strangely bringing a maid and receiving almost overly attentive service after entering the prison.

But Zhang Qing and the others looked at each other not because they were not recognized.

Just when Zhang Qing wanted to continue to say something, a horse galloped towards him suddenly. Seeing the knight on the horse, several people laughed.

At this time, Zhang Qing, Zhang Ying, and Yuanye, who were being discussed by the three soldiers, also looked at each other.

But they didn't see Yang Ming right away, but were ushered into a room first.

He is now the head of the reconnaissance brigade directly under the General Staff, and he is active all day at the forefront of contact with the peasant army. It is impossible for someone on his side to be collaborating with the enemy. He doesn't know anything, and he hasn't even heard of it.

"Yang Yukun is not talking about the bandits, but Zuo Liangyu." Zhang Qing suddenly looked around and said in a low voice.

"Well, it's similar in our place." Yuanye agreed concisely, and the horse belonged to him.

But then, the thin monkey's face changed drastically. He looked around in a panic, then swallowed and said, "Brother, you can't say that! You're rotten in your stomach."

Qian Ying, who was full of tears, was waiting for them in the room. Behind her stood two young girls who were probably maids, and the chief of security, Shi Lei, was beside him respectfully.

It's no wonder that Qian Ying's face was full of tears, she already knew everything.

"What kind of scholars are we? You can really put money on your face. The general said that what we study is culture, and what we study is to apply what we have learned, not to test for imperial officials. Only scholars are tested in academic subjects." The tone was angry. The hated soldier argued.

They weren't recognized because they didn't wear military uniforms, they weren't from the same unit, and the levels of the two sides were too different and there was no intersection.

Before he finished speaking, the soldier suddenly turned his head to look at the three civilians who had just passed by.

Not to mention that the conviction will definitely take a long time and will not have a deterrent effect, and the name of corruption will not kill them, and they may not even be convicted.Then the problems between the general and Zuo Liangyu will be exposed, which the general is very unwilling to see.

They can be handed over to civil officials, including Zhang Jianjun, for disposal. We know more or less what is going on in the officialdom.

But the thin monkey didn't seem to agree. He made a big smile to Zhang Ying, who was looking at him with a smile on the side, and then curled his lips and said, "Isn't it because we are not bad that he kissed us! This is useful." Wait, didn't you hear the report that they are supporting each other and then just want to use others? If we are nothing, I don't believe he will kiss us."

For Zhang Qing's clear explanation of the reason, Shi Lei didn't look surprised at all, he nodded his head and echoed: "What Zhang Yingchang said is absolutely right, it's almost the same situation."

But the thin monkey and the wilderness looked at Zhang Qing in a daze, as if they didn't know each other, Zhang Ying even said with bright eyes: "Brother, you are amazing!"

Seeing this, Zhang Qing immediately explained with some embarrassment: "I didn't analyze it myself. I am the security battalion commander of the general's mansion. In fact, the general will not avoid me in many things, and he often takes the trouble to explain the truth. .I have benefited a lot from being around the general.”

But this made Shouhou'er and Yuan Ye even more surprised, and at the same time, they finally looked stunned.

Even soon, the thin monkey said happily: "Brother, you are really good as the commander of the security battalion, and you will definitely have a bright future in the future!"