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Chapter 288 Natural selection, survival of the fittest

After the unfortunate Hong Chengchou had his legs broken, he was carried back to Linhuai Pass screaming in agony, which completely shattered Dorgon's fantasy. The only choice he had left was to fight Yang Feng to the end...

Of course, you can also escape.

Hefei.

"How dare you! I am the Minister of Justice. Do you know the law?"

I, the Minister of Justice of the Qing Dynasty...

Shangshu of Han Dynasty.

Of course, for him, this is also the Minister of Justice.

Anyway, at this moment, Gong Dingzi, the Minister of Justice of the Qing Dynasty, was angrily scolding the soldiers who broke into his house. He was actually with Dorgon in Fengyang, but Yang Feng had fought to Linhuai Pass and defeated the Qing army there, which made him feel a little uneasy. Secondly, after Zhang Guowei retreated from Hefei, he was also eager to know the damage to his home. During the siege of Hefei by Zhang Guowei, he fired tens of thousands of shells into the city, not to mention other weapons such as rockets.

In short, he asked for leave from Dorgon, saying that he came back to see his family, and the latter let him go.

However, he has only been back for a few days!

As soon as he finished speaking, the Manchu Niulu of the Eight Banners who led the team slapped him to the ground.

"Isn't Han Shangshu just a slave?"

The latter spat in his face and said with contempt.

The talented Gong was screaming on the ground.

The soldiers poured into his mansion amidst the cries and screams of his home.

"Take it all, gold, silver, and jewelry, even food, livestock, and women!"

Niulu was still shouting.

"I want to see the Regent, I want to see the Regent. I am the Minister of Justice. I have worked hard for the Qing Dynasty and I have shed blood for the Regent. You can't do this to me!"

Gong Dingzi howled and tried to get up.

Then the Niulu kicked him on the chin, and the great scholar Gong screamed and fell backwards. This time he was seriously injured, with blood all over his mouth, twitching like a worm. At this time, accompanied by the screams of a woman, several Qing soldiers dragged a beautiful young woman out. When they saw him like this, the young woman immediately tried to pounce on him.

Niu Lu's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Is this his famous concubine?"

He said.

A soldier smiled and nodded.

"Minister, we won't rob you. After all, you are also a minister, the Minister of Han. As for the masters asking you for some gold, silver and food, this is our rule. Not to mention you, Fan Wencheng's women were also to be played with by Prince Yu. It's just that the rules have changed now. They only want your gold, silver and food, not your women.

But it would be different if you gave it to me.

Shangshu, is this okay? "

Niu Lu squatted in front of Gong Dingzi and said sincerely.

The latter's mouth was still oozing blood.

He glanced at Gu Hengbo...

"Oh, you don't give the master face, then the master will be angry."

Niu Lu shouted.

Then he kicked him again.

"Don't, don't, don't hit me, I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you."

Gong Dingzi spoke incoherently.

"What are you giving me? Tell me clearly. Don't let people think I'm forcing you to do it."

Niu Lu shouted.

As he said this, he picked up the whip and hit him.

"Don't, don't hit me. I am willing to offer my concubine Gu Mei to you, my master."

Gong Dingzi said while covering his eyes with his hands.

Gu Haibo was dumbfounded, but she was not an innocent girl. At the beginning, Gong Dingzi used the excuse that he had too deep feelings for her and couldn't bear to let her go, so he had to surrender to Li Zicheng. Now he was just playing the same game again.

"Master, you are offering me to this master. What is his name first?"

she shouted anxiously.

"No need, everyone here is a master, everyone in our camp is a master, you just need to serve them one by one!"

That Niu Lu said with a smile.

The soldiers around laughed. Gu Haibin was so scared that her face turned pale. She shouted anxiously to Gong Dingzi, but the latter just curled up there, blood still flowing from his mouth, and his face was covered with blood and mud. He seemed not to hear her shouting. Gu Hengbo was also anxious. She didn't care about serving a new man. It was normal for a woman of her status to be sent around by men. With her means, even if she was sent to such an Eight Banners officer, she could still make the latter obey her every word.

but……

I can’t be a camp prostitute!
If that happens, I'll probably be thrown into the street to feed the dogs tomorrow.

She was so desperate that she exploded. She suddenly broke free from the soldiers with divine power from somewhere and ran towards the gate like crazy. Niulu laughed, stopped the soldiers who tried to catch up with her, and watched her run out of the gate.

"This is fun!"

He mounted his horse triumphantly.

The soldiers understood his intention and laughed too.

Niu Lu then turned his horse around and stepped on Gong Dingzi.

The latter suddenly screamed.

"Shangshu, I'm sorry, I didn't see it!"

Niulu apologized to him, then smiled and urged his horse out, looking at Gu Hengbo who was still trying to escape, he slightly increased his speed, Gu Hengbo looked back at him, frightened and ran even harder, Niulu slowly chased him. At this time, the city of Hefei was already in chaos, and even the sound of gunfire could be heard. Dorgon had already issued a secret order to retreat, after all, he could not beat Yang Feng anyway.

As long as Yang Feng attacked, he would only end up in failure, and it would be difficult for him to escape back to the north.

If you want to run, you have to run immediately.

Of course, before running away, you should still try to plunder as much wealth as possible from all over the place.

So now it's not just Hefei, the entire Qing army-controlled area, or the pseudo-Ming cities where the Qing army is stationed, are like this. The Qing army is frantically looting those gentry, and the latter are of course resisting. It can be said that everything has become chaotic. Hefei is the most unlucky because it has just been besieged by Zhang Guowei. The gentry in the city fought side by side with the Qing Dynasty because of Gong Dingzi's deception and blocked Zhang Guowei's attack. However, now the Qing Dynasty has turned around and made them its target. Of course, these things have nothing to do with Gu Hengbo. Now she is just running for her life. Niulu behind her is still smiling happily. It is obvious that this kind of game makes him like it more.

He was in no hurry to catch up.

"My lady, I heard that you are a royal concubine? Since you are my wife, it is time for you to go to the camp to comfort your masters."

He said.

Gu Hengbo ran desperately and suddenly fell to the ground.

She struggled to get up. At the same time, several figures appeared in front of her and looked at him in astonishment. The one in the lead was a man in rags who looked like a dusty merchant. But his weathered face saved her from death... "Mr. Fang Man, save me!"

she shouted.

Fang Yizhi, who was recognized by her and also recognized her, drew out his pistol without hesitation and pulled the trigger at Niulu.

The latter's reaction was also very fast. Those Manchus from the Eight Banners who could fight against the Niulu had all been through hundreds of battles. The moment the flame from Fang Yizhi's gun spurted out, he had already leaned to the right, and the bullet flew past him. He drew his sword and stayed on the right side of the horse, controlling the horse to charge forward. Before Gu Hengbo could get up, he was stepped on under the horse's hooves, and at the same time his sword swept forward.

then……

There is no more.

Fang Yizhi also has a second short gun.

Having been the guerrilla leader for more than a year, he was already considered a quick shooter. After the first shot missed, he pulled out the second one without hesitation.

The bullet almost hit Niu Lu's face and went straight through his head.

The dead body fell at Fang Yizhi's feet.

Fang Yizhi's men who had followed him immediately grabbed the horse, and he walked to Gu Hengbo, who was already seriously injured and vomiting blood. The latter was trampled twice by the horse's hooves, and it was estimated that his lumbar vertebrae were broken. He could only look at him with his dying breath...

"Take me, take me away!"

Gu Hengbo said while spitting out blood.

Fang Yizhi sighed, picked her up quickly, and left here quickly under the cover of his men. He was also the governor of Fengyang in the Queen's court. In theory, he had tens of thousands of guerrillas under his command, but in reality, they were scattered in dozens of places, each with its own leader. He was just a banner. As for him, he was just active in various places with some servants. Those local officials who had their feet on several boats and the local tyrants who were his family and relatives all acquiesced to his activities and even funded him in exchange for an official position in the Queen's court.

So basically there is no need to worry about danger.

The purpose of my trip to Hefei this time was actually to see if I could persuade Gong Dingzi to give up his evil ways and join the good.

They were originally good friends, and a large number of poems and essays by the great talent Gong were written at his residence in the capital.

Fang Yizhi knew very well that his responsibility was not to recover a certain number of prefectures and counties, but to preserve the cultural heritage of Fengluan Sanfu, or the gentry, because they would inevitably be confiscated for treason in the future. In this case, he took the lead in resisting the Qing Dynasty, separated the so-called loyalists from the gentry families, and then attacked the Qing army from time to time, showing that the gentry of the three prefectures were not all surrendered to the enemy, and there were still these loyalists. In the end, even in the worst case, these gentry were confiscated for treason, and those he brought out could also be regarded as loyalists to continue the family and preserve the incense of the gentry of the three prefectures.

A noble family!
Always make multiple preparations.

In times of chaos, clans should be divided.

Just like Fang Yizhi's family did decline in history because of their resistance against the Qing Dynasty, but it did not prevent other members of the Fang family from continuing to have influence in the Qing Dynasty.

Even among the close relatives, his cousin Fang Kongyi was also very happy to be the magistrate of the Qing Dynasty. As for the other branches of the Guilin Fang family, there was even a good servant like Fang Bao who was deeply loved by Ma Ge...

The Han soldiers of the Eight Banners are qualified to call themselves slaves.

A noble family!
That’s how we play it.

But he didn't expect that the Qing army would run away so easily...

Or to say it is so perfect.

Before leaving, they plundered the gentry who had originally submitted to them. At this moment, the city was full of teams of Qing troops. They were not interested in caring about the common people. After all, under the joint exploitation of the Qing army and the gentry, the common people were so poor that they had to eat dirt.

Really eating dirt.

After all, in order to meet the military needs of the Qing army, the pseudo-Ming could only do its best to plunder the people, not to mention that Dorgon was still spending money to buy rice. Rice could be exchanged for a large amount of gold and silver. In order to get all the surplus grain, the gentry did not collect grain rent, but instead collected silver. Then all localities prohibited foreign grain merchants from purchasing, and directly killed them if they were found, forcing tenants to sell them grain at their prices and then exchange them for silver to pay them rent. In this way, the rent could even be raised to 70% or 80%, to the point that they had no food to eat after paying.

You can go eat dirt!

It’s not that Guanyin soil is inedible.

And now the wealth accumulated by these gentry was being rapidly plundered and taken away by the Qing army.

"People are knives and servants, and I am fish and meat."

Hiding in an abandoned house, looking at the Qing army returning with full loads outside, the great thinker Fang couldn't help but sigh.

An old fellow from the village was reluctant to part with the silver and was still chasing the Qing army crying. A Qing soldier turned around and chopped off his head with a knife. The head rolled on the ground for a few times and then rushed towards Fang Yizhi.

"The teachings of the sages we learned are actually lies. The way of the world has never changed. It has always been the law of the jungle, just like wild beasts. Sheep will eventually be eaten by wolves, and wolves cannot escape from the tiger's mouth. The teachings of the sages are just the way of shepherding sheep, and in the end, they are just waiting to be hunted by wild beasts. The Jianlu are wild beasts, Li Zicheng is also a wild beast, and Yang Feng is even more of a wild beast. They see us fat sheep and rush over to eat us up, and then these wild beasts eat each other.

The way of sages?

This is the true way of sages.

This was the case when Qin conquered the six kingdoms, and it was also the same when Taizu unified the country.

Instead of learning the true teachings of sages and turning ourselves into tigers and wolves, we learn propriety, righteousness, integrity, and moral principles, turning ourselves into sheep eating grass, waiting to be eaten by tigers and wolves?
How ridiculous. "

He continued to sigh.

Gu Hengbo, who was already dying beside him, looked at him blankly.

Fang Yizhi was one of the four young masters back then, and he and her must have known each other for many years.

Fang Yizhi suddenly showed a thoughtful expression.

"Survival of the fittest. Yes, that's the truth. Survival of the fittest. This is the true way. All things in this world are like this. They have to keep fighting. The strongest are the chosen ones. The strong prey on the weak. The losers have no right to live. If you want to live, you have to follow the way of heaven.

Natural selection, survival of the fittest!
This is the way of heaven!"

He seemed to have suddenly opened the door to a new world, and like the legendary saint who had an epiphany, he shouted somewhat crazily.

The eyes of the Qing troops outside instantly turned towards this side.

He sobered up immediately, but he was also smart enough to just walk out laughing wildly, as if the Qing army outside didn't exist. He was wearing ragged clothes for convenience, and didn't take care of his beard to hide his face. Gu Hengbo recognized him immediately because he was too familiar with him, but at this moment, this image appeared among the ruins...

"Just a madman!"

A Qing soldier said.

The Qing soldiers all laughed immediately.

They were so eager to leave with gold, silver and jewelry that they didn't care about a madman.

There are crazy people everywhere these days.

A Qing soldier even took out a bow and arrow and wanted to shoot him for fun, but Fang Yizhi seemed not to see it. He continued to howl about the survival of the fittest that he had just suddenly realized, and walked among the ruins.

The Qing army thought about it and decided that a madman was not worth wasting an arrow on...

Arrows aren't cheap either.

The Qing army all had armor-piercing arrows, and an arrow was much more expensive than a bullet.

He finally put away his bow and arrow and continued forward with the bag on his horse.

"Survival of the fittest, survival of the fittest..."

Fang Yizhi continued to howl crazily.

His subordinates, who were on high alert, carefully crouched behind the ruins, alertly waiting for a possible bloody battle. No one noticed that Gu Hengbo suddenly closed his eyes as he looked at Fang Yizhi's back, and then his arms fell weakly...

(End of this chapter)