Will Ming

Chapter 610: Flowing Cloud Flying Sleeves and Knife

Duguxue had never seen Li Yuan so furious before. When he was the minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice in the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan was in charge of food in Huaiyuan Town in the west of Liaoning Province, but he was just a little captain from the fifth rank.At that time, although Li Yuan was the Duke of the state, he still had to salute when he saw him.In his impression, Li Yuan seemed to be a person who would never get angry. No matter he faced the humiliation and sarcasm from courtiers overtly or secretly, he always had a smile on his face.

Now things are different, Li Yuan has become the most powerful person in the world, Duguxue couldn't help but sighed when he saw Li Yuan's furious appearance, and thought that the old woman Li who had been ridiculed by countless people would also be angry.

The Yang family was overthrown, and the Dugu family actually showed signs of decline before the Yang family.After the Great Sui Dynasty was replaced by the Great Tang Dynasty, if Li Yuan hadn't been thinking of some distant relatives, the situation of the Dugu family would have been even more bleak.After Jiangdu was occupied by Yu Wenhuaji, Duguxue escaped in disguise.It took more than a year to arrive in Chang'an, and where he went for more than a year, few people in Chang'an city knew.

When Li Yuan asked about it, he said that he was avoiding disaster and recuperating in a remote place in the south of the Yangtze River.Li Yuan knew very well the abilities of this kid from the Dugu family, and wanted to let him be the first minister of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs in the Tang Dynasty, but Duguxue just declined, preferring to be a pawn in the side army rather than serve in the Ministry of Criminal Affairs again.Naturally, Li Yuan would not really ask him to be a pawn in the side army, so he was made a captain in the forbidden army now, and later he was promoted to the general of the prison gate guard, responsible for guarding the palace.

Duguxue lowered his head and looked at Wu Yinghai with some pity, then nodded and said: "The Ministry of Criminal Justice has not yet found a skilled executioner, so I wonder if we can keep him alive until the last piece of flesh is cut. For the matter, I will send someone there right now. As for the boy in Hedong County, I will send someone to arrest him."

After venting, Li Yuan's anger became less. He knew that he was still upset by Li Shimin's rebellion.Otherwise, it is only necessary for someone to pull out this eunuch who eats inside and outside and chop him up with a knife. Why does it have to be Ling Chi?Thinking of this, he immediately understood the meaning of Dugu Xue's words, and the expression on his face softened a bit.

As expected of a person who is also highly valued by Yang Guang's side, everyone in Dugu's family is very intelligent. He just said that the Ministry of Criminal Justice has no qualified swordsmen, instead of directly admonishing himself not to mess with Ling Chi's criminal law. Those who are quick to risk their lives to speak out mean the same thing, but in a much softer way.The Tang Dynasty was the first to establish the country, and the prince's treason has already become embarrassing.Even an eunuch should be executed in a hurry, so what if so many rebellious courtiers were caught at that moment?

If dozens or even hundreds of people were delayed in one breath, no matter what, the Emperor Datang would make people talk about it behind his back.

This is the level of knowledge of speaking. People who speak directly are admirable, but why don't they speak directly for the name of direct advice?Duguxue's words are euphemistic and subtle, but as long as the emperor is not an idiot, he can understand it naturally.

"Then don't Ling Chi, the first eunuch executed by Ling Chi in my Tang Dynasty is an eunuch who can't stand on the stage, it's a joke... But if this eunuch is chopped up with a knife, it's too cheap for him, Dugu Xue... ...The 99 types of torture instruments and punishments of the Great Sui Ministry of Punishment are all your ideas, so tell me what method is suitable for the felony committed by this stray dog."

"peeling"

Duguxue thought for a while and replied.

"Then drag it out and peel it off."

Li Yuan waved his hands impatiently and said, "I'm a little dizzy from the noise outside. Go and see if there is anything that needs help from the prince. Don't delay this kind of thing for too long. If the people in Chang'an City I was scared, and who knows what troubles will happen. There are always rogues among the people who take the opportunity to make trouble. Although you are not in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, you are the best at these things. Go back and inform the people in the yamen to make them be careful. Jing Zhaoyin, those guys in Chang'an Mansion can't stay at home and ignore them, you send someone to check and ask the yamen to send people to patrol the security... If the chaos is peaceful, the security must also be taken care of."

Duguxue hummed and asked: "Your Majesty, do you want to invite General Li Daozong to lead the army to patrol the city?"

Li Yuan nodded, his expression slightly haggard.

Duguxue served an emperor with such a clear mind, knowing that Li Yuan had nothing to say, so he immediately led Wu Yinghai out with a few guards.When he walked to the door, Li Yuan suddenly asked from behind: "You said that the Ministry of Punishment doesn't have qualified swordsmen, so who will do it?"

Duguxue thought for a while, turned around and said, "I can."

"Peeling and Lingchi, which one is more difficult?"

Li Yuan asked again.

Duguxue replied in a flat voice: "Ling Chi took longer, but the requirements for knife skills are much lower than those for skinning. As long as you cut enough times and stop the bleeding in time, you can't die if you don't finish the last cut. But Skinning is different... Human skin is always harder to peel than cat and dog skin."

"Can you peel off a good human skin?"

"I haven't done it myself for many years, so I'm only [-]% sure."

"Go, show me when you're done peeling."

Dugu learned to salute, and when he turned to leave, he asked, "Deadly skinned or alive? If Your Majesty wants to see the complete human skin, it's better to be skinned alive."

Li Yuan said angrily: "Since it's skinning, what's the point of skinning? What I said to look at is not the human skin, but the eunuch who has been skinned and still alive. I mean Look, what does he look like when he has no face to see me!"

Duguxue felt a chill in his heart, and when he looked at Wu Yinghai, there was no pity in his eyes, only helplessness.

Wu Yinghai looked at the emperor sitting behind the desk, and then at Dugu Xue. There was no use of fear on his old face. He just shook his head with a wry smile, and kowtowed three times in the direction of the imperial study room meticulously. Nodding his head, he got up and said seriously to Dugu Xue: "Please hurry up, if your Majesty regrets it halfway through the cut, I will not be able to bear that crime."

Dugu Xue couldn't help but admire the eunuch at this time, he nodded and replied seriously: "Don't worry, when I stripped the first person in the Ministry of Criminal Justice 15 years ago, it only took me an hour and a half. raw, but it’s better than doing it for the first time.”

Wu Yinghai didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly laughed at himself: "You should be able to peel my skin faster, after all, it's a little less."

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Li Xian half-jokingly told Zhang Xiaodi and Ye Huaixiu by the river that they would definitely see a meteor shower tonight, and the bloody smell in it was actually very strong, so strong that people dare not think about it carefully.As Li Xian said, too many people died in Chang'an City today.Not to mention those soldiers who are still fighting like crazy, but there are not a few generals who have fallen.

Of the four generals guarding Chang'an City, Xin Wenli, the leader of the right guard, was beheaded by Li Xiaogong, and Pei Chengchun, the general of the left guard, was shot into a hedgehog by Li Daozong's troops.Ding Yanping, a veteran of the Sui Dynasty who was once famous in the world as a rare opponent with two guns, had his throat cut open by Dugu Huai'en, and Dugu Huai'en was first cut open in the back by Xia Fengchun with a saber, and then smashed his head.

Li Shimin's Liehu Camp is the most elite team in Datang.Up to now, six or seven generals above the general level have died. As for the captain, there are countless deaths of middle and low-level generals like the brigade rate.The pile of dead bodies under the Xuanwu Gate was as high as a person, and the soldiers of the Liehu Camp who were stepping on the corpses of their fellow robes were still screaming and desperately erecting the ladder.

Wang Bodang and Xia Fengchun obeyed Li Jiancheng's military order and led troops to kill all the soldiers of the Liehu Camp who climbed up the city wall. These two fierce figures would kill people with a single move, very simply and neatly.None of the rebels who climbed the tower was a match for the two of them. In less than half an hour, the rebels managed to occupy the place on the city wall and were taken back by the defenders. Ten of Li Shimin's personal guards were slaughtered by Wang Bochao and Xia Fengchun.

Chai Shao led his troops to the other side to defend against Yin Kaishan's offensive, and the rest of Li Shimin's personal guards were his four guards.The leader of the Qilin Guard, Huangfu Wuqi, and Suzaku Dugu Yirou stood on his left side. Wan Yulou, who seemed to be really dizzy from blood, stood on the right side of Li Jiancheng with a pale face and said nothing, with his lips pursed tightly, as if as long as he It's like opening your mouth to spit it out.

"The people of the world are going to retreat."

Li Jiancheng watched the ranks of rebels under the city wall begin to change. He shook his head slowly and sighed: "He is a gambler like a lunatic. In fact, he expected failure from the very beginning when he entered the city. But he didn't retreat until now." , the bet is his own life. But after all, he still lacks the courage to wait any longer.”

But he didn't see that Li Shimin was forced out of the city by Fang Xuanling and others.

Huangfu Wuqi nodded and said, "I just don't know why the cards in his hand haven't been turned over."

Li Jiancheng smiled and said, "Because the card is gone."

He thought for a while and added: "Maybe there is, but it has become not his card."

"The minister will investigate carefully!"

Huangfu Wuqi said solemnly: "Even if this card was not revealed at the critical moment, it is still there. This is a hidden danger, and I will find a way to dig it out."

Li Jiancheng hummed and said: "Dig, since Shimin feels that this card is enough for him to turn defeat into victory, so it is very important. No matter how deep you dig or who you dig out, you must dig thoroughly. Shimin today Even if he withdraws from Chang'an City if he is defeated, can he still turn around? If he thinks he can go back and control Duan Zhixuan's [-] troops, he has to say that he is an idiot. Even if Duan Zhixuan was loyal to him before, but he lost, Duan Zhixuan would never Let him go back to the army. I don’t even need to send troops to chase, the defenders at the county gates along the way are enough for the people of the world to use up everything.”

"Tell Li Xiaogong, you have to chase, but you can't push too hard. Just run all the way. I really want to see when Shimin returned to Dongdu Daying, only to find that Duan Zhixuan greeted him with a knife.