Dragon Soul in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 136

With a bang, someone in the chaos rushed to the coffin, and the coffin, which weighed a thousand catties, fell to the ground with a bang, and the gold bricks burst.

Everyone looked at the coffin with dull eyes.

I saw a person falling out of the four heavy coffins, wearing a big red dragon gun and covering his face with a bead curtain. The Fengtian Hall was extremely quiet, and a needle could be heard.

Hearing a cry of blood and crying, Empress Zhou threw herself to the ground, covered her face with blue silk, and wailed loudly.

All the officials knelt down in fear, and Jin Yiwei took the opportunity to take them down one by one. Queen Zhou wept blood and shouted sharply: "The Ai family took them out of Fengtian Palace and beheaded them."

"Empress, please spare me! We are all for the great Ming Dynasty, and we will not hesitate to offend Tianyan with our deaths. We are all loyal ministers!"

"Queen, if you kill us, there will be a reputation in the history books of a harem meddling in politics, who is easy to kill!"

"The queen let us go, your reputation will surely last forever."

Empress Zhou looked decisive, waved her sleeves, and said in a cold voice, "Those who are immortal through the ages are either winners or losers, but I will never be a middleman. Kill your family, and mourn your family to fulfill your loyalty."

Empress Zhou changed her title to Aijia, which shows that she is determined and will never allow her heart to be weak, even if she is charged with political interference and bloodthirsty.

The capital was full of blood and blood. All the officials carried the coffin into the city, directly offended Tianyan, and overturned the coffin of Emperor Daxing. Empress Zhou and his wife were deeply affectionate and showed great power. They ordered all the officers and men in the palace to have an audience with the officials. Beheaded outside the Meridian Gate.

Killing all the officials has no color, fulfilling the reputation of the officials, but making the people applaud, and finally venting their anger on their behalf, no matter how many officials they kill, it has nothing to do with them, but Queen Zhou left behind a man who was easy to kill. notoriety.

Thick dark clouds covered the top, and the cold wind swished like a knife. Zhu Gan stood quietly in the small pavilion, looking up at the dark sky, and a distant fisherman's song came. This is the fisherwoman fishing in the night river. The sound of bamboo joints seemed to inject a warm current into Zhu Qian's heart.

Poor fishermen, who know how to enjoy themselves in hardship, listen to that voice, high-spirited and uplifting, and it is I who have brought them benefits!

"It's hard for her." Zhu Qian felt a little relieved, and sighed quietly, at least the situation of the fishermen has changed. After resting for so long, it's time to make a move. We can't let them be too idle, otherwise the people in the capital Those people are not having a good time.

"Wang Cheng'en! You said that if I made a big move, those people would be terrified." Zhu Qian asked softly.

"Your Majesty, forgive me for being stupid, what a big move." Wang Chengen replied softly.

"I don't know, I actually don't know, I'm thinking, the queen has done so many things for me, no matter what, I have to help them, so that they don't have such a hard life." Zhu Gan's voice was very soft, with a kind of impostor. The thief had a guilty conscience, but when he said this, his heart calmed down a lot. Now that Zhu Youjian has gone, how to face them in the future is a matter of the future, but now that the two of them have done so much for themselves, how can they Can not express.

Wang Chengen replied with a choked voice: "Your Majesty, this old slave thought..."

"Do you think I've forgotten it?" Zhu Qian took the words and sighed in a deep voice: "I won't forget things that shouldn't be forgotten."

The voice was domineering, and there was an unstoppable violence. He quickened his pace and walked towards the magistrate's yamen, full of murderous aura.

The red-clothed army entrenched in the Chongqing Mansion suddenly moved. They moved in three ways. They went north all the way, entered Sichuan and east to attack Qin Liangyu, and went west all the way.

The king of Shu was shocked and urgently ordered Qin Liangyu to lead the army to kill the enemy, and rectified the private guards, planning to fight the red army.

Seeing that Sichuan was in a hurry, the imperial court urgently ordered Li Mingyang, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, to send troops to Sichuan to fight against the bandits in red together with Qin Liangyu.

A few days later, the red-clothed army went down to Shunqing, Tongchuan, Baoning, Long'an, Luzhou and other prefectures in Sichuan, and almost surrounded the entire Chengdu prefecture. It can be broken.

As for Qin Liangyu, he never imagined that the red-clothed army sweeping across Sichuan was like the autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves.

You must know that the red-clothed army has just carried out the violent massacre of the city, and the people's hearts have been lost. This not only did not make everyone united to fight against the red-clothed army, but they were even more afraid of the red-clothed thieves, especially when the red-clothed army used all the cannons they captured Guns, every time a city is attacked, thousands of cannons are fired, like a heavenly soldier descending from heaven, and whoever encounters a little resistance will fall.

"It seems that the red-clothed army really intends to occupy the land of Bashu." Qin Liangyu sighed quietly, and the various news reported from below, the red-clothed army's attacking the city without regard to casualties and ammunition made her worry all day long.

After worrying, Qin Liangyu also began to reflect on why such a situation occurred. The red army has been hiding its clumsiness and recharging its energy. I am afraid that its real combat power is by no means comparable to that outside Jiujiang City. Now this behemoth that has suddenly risen One move, I am afraid that there is no power in this world to stop it.

With bitterness in his mouth, Qin Liangyu smiled slightly and let go of the burden in his heart: "It is the reward of eating the king, the matter of loyalty to the king. Now the red-clothed thieves are very powerful. If you are afraid and dare not go forward, you should kill yourself as a thank you."

"Come here!" Qin Liangyu yelled after finishing his oath, and two soldiers came in, knelt with folded arms to listen to the order, Qin Liangyu ordered: "Notify my son Xianglin, I will kill the thief first in order to serve the country. "

Now the thieves are quite strong, Qin Liangyu has already died in force, with the heart of breaking the thieves, he immediately reorganized his army and repaired his armor, and the next day, he led the army towards Chongqing Mansion.

The white-armed soldiers abandoned Kuizhou and left. Kuizhou Xuanwei sent Liu Bao to take the opportunity to lead his troops into Kuizhou City. , Kuizhou Dading.

Afterwards, the high-strength garrisoned the city wall, erected cannons, and built Kuizhou City into a fortress. Then Liu Bao led the troops to Qutangguan, and the commander of Qutangwei made the switch to offer the city. Since then, most of Sichuan has fallen into the hands of the red army.

But it is said that Qin Liangyu led the troops to the Chongqing mansion, and before they left the mountain, someone blocked the way and told Qin Liangyu that he had a plan to break the red army.

Qin Liangyu was very happy when he heard this, and rode his horse out to greet him. He saw that this man was dressed in coarse linen, but his feet were bare in winter, but he stood proudly in the cold wind without changing his color.

Qin Liangyu was shocked, and asked: "Who is the master, and what is the best way to defeat the thief and calm down the flames?"

"Don't disturb the female general, as long as the general can wait for a while, he will know what is going on." The man smiled proudly, sitting on the ground like a rock, as if nothing outside the world could move his body and mind.

Qin Liangyu frowned slightly, quite majestic, her eyes gradually became sharper, and she scanned the left and right, guessing that this was a trick of the red-clothed army, who wanted to delay time, holding a gun in one hand and a sword in the other, as long as this person dared to move even the slightest, he would definitely fight other people. Get off the horse.

He shouted in a low voice: "Pretending to be a ghost, I will take your life." After saying that, he clamped the horse's belly, sat down, and the baby hoarse like a tiger, and stabbed with a spear, because Qin Liangyu was tall and had long arms, but he was full of strength. .

I saw the person sitting in the middle of the road, his eyes suddenly opened, his eyes flashed, he slapped the ground, countless broken stones turned into hidden weapons, and shot back with great force, quite threatening.

The spears and sticks in Qin Liangyu's hands danced imperceptibly, and he intercepted them all.

But this man didn't give up, he put his hands on the ground, he was as nimble as a monkey, and he jumped under the horse's belly in the blink of an eye, only to see him lightly under the horse's belly, and the horse fell to the ground with a bang.

Qin Liangyu was furious, stood up and was about to fight him for several rounds, only to see this man also sneered and said: "This is in return for your attempt to kill me just now, you can kill me in one round on the battlefield, but if One-on-one, we reckless people often have a few secret escape methods, and if you miss the opportunity, you will become a sinner of the Ming court."

Qin Liangyu stood still, staring at him, seeing that man's scalp was numb, and said coldly: "I think the first method you used to save your life was the Tang Sect's hidden weapon technique, you should be a member of the Tang Sect! The Tang Sect has always been weird. You rarely walk in the rivers and lakes, how did you change your temper today, tell me! Who sent you here, and what is your purpose?"

"General Qin really has extraordinary eyesight. The villain Tang Meng is here to tell General Qin that he has offended you a lot earlier, so I still look forward to Haihan." Tang Meng said with a bow.

"The people in the Tang Sect are very good. You didn't embarrass the Tang Sect. What people in the Jianghu want is a pleasure. You are neither humble nor overbearing. You have a basis for advancing and retreating. Tell me! What is it?" Qin Liangyu said warmly.

Tang Meng didn't dare to hide anything, so he told Qin Liangyu everything he knew. When Qin Liangyu learned about it, he clapped his hands and applauded: "This is really God's will. If it is true, and they are willing to serve the court, then Liangyu will be Please reward him."

The world was in turmoil, and another silent confrontation began. This time, the fuse was because of the curse planted by Zhu Gan earlier.

When Zhu Gan entered Sichuan, he immediately made an agreement with the common people and gentry for three chapters. People laughed and said that he had imitated Han Gaozu.

However, after the massacre of the city, the common people and gentry all saw the strong and violent side of the Red Army, and they were extremely afraid of the Red Army, and the common people also developed a kind of distrust towards the Red Army.

After that, every time he went to a place, although the guards from all over the country surrendered in Kaesong, they no longer received the welcome of the people, but turned into fear, unable to avoid the red-clothed soldiers one after another.

There are many real reasons for this, but it is still because Zhu Gan did not kill Qin Liangcheng.

As for Qin Liangcheng at this time, he was severely punished that day. If he hadn't practiced martial arts since he was a child and was physically strong, he was almost permanently disabled. To this day, he has been lying on the bed with his old wounds unhealed, and he would never have died. The husband was reduced to a small soldier, recuperating in a small courtyard in the Chongqing government.

He has the grace of life for the soldiers of the Wolf Head, and since he led the Wolf Head troops, he has been loved by the soldiers below. This time he was injured, many soldiers came to see him quietly.

Qin Liangcheng stared blankly at the wooden beam, and a person beside him said softly: "General Qin, you have done so much for the Red Army, but that man said that if you were demoted, you would be demoted, and he would be punished by the spine. Destroying you is the so-called grace of life, like recreating, if you hadn't saved me, I wouldn't stay in the red army, listen to my brother! As long as you come out, we will raise the flag against the motherfucker, The red-clothed soldiers in this place are not familiar with the place, we have a knife but we are the grass-headed kings, and we have nowhere to go."

The other person stared at Qin Liangcheng on the bed with scorching eyes. Seeing that Qin Liangcheng hadn't moved in the slightest, he warned at the same time: "Yes! General Qin, our brothers all admire you, isn't it just that you slaughtered some untouchables? The hatred of killing your father is unshakable." If you don't report it, you will be a coward. There are too many gold and silver treasures hidden by the red army in Chongqing city. If we rebel again, take the gold and silver, and hide them in the mountains, where will the red army find us? ..."

Qin Liangcheng's eyes flashed brightly, and finally there was some expression on his face, and he asked softly: "Really? Since he is unrighteous to me, don't blame me for being unkind. How many generals below are willing to take a risk? If this is the case, don’t make a mistake and let the wind leak!”

Seeing Qin Liangcheng like this, the generals in the room were overjoyed, and they all laughed and said: "Okay! As long as General Qin is willing to take the lead, we are all willing to follow. As the saying goes, a good bird chooses a tree to live in, and the red-clothed army is not benevolent, so don't leave." Blame us for being unrighteous."

"There are not only many generals below, but even the soldiers are dissatisfied with the leader of the red army. How can he be the leader of an army, and why can he punish the general at will, pay off debts, kill people and pay for their lives? I want to say this for the general." The generals couldn't hide the anger on their faces, and they all swear to the sky.

"Okay! This matter must be cautious, and there must be no mistakes. You go down and discuss it carefully. If you need my crippled body, you will definitely repay it." Qin Liangcheng wanted to stand up and hand in his thanks. Li, but was held down by the generals, not even daring to speak, and the generals left with joy.

In the room, only Qin Liangcheng was left alone, but seeing his face suddenly gloomy and violent, he suddenly laughed maniacally, touching the wound without realizing it, like crazy: "Hahaha! Hahaha! Father, I will avenge you , this time the real culprit is no longer the knife in their hands, this is just the beginning."

Besides, when the group of generals from the Sichuan army came out of the house, one of them suddenly said in a low voice: "Why don't you go to Lu Gong, it's safer, Qin Liangcheng's scheming is so deep that people can't figure it out!"

"Mr. Lu is unparalleled in loyalty. I don't know why he surrendered to the Red Army, but since he has surrendered, he will never rebel again. I'm afraid there will be too many variables."

"I don't think so. Lu Gong has always been loyal to the emperor, and he committed himself to being a thief. I'm afraid it is to preserve his fighting power. This is probably the reason why he didn't reveal your name and mine."

"The red-clothed thief will attack the gentry sooner or later, and I, Zhou Shifeng, will be sentenced sooner or later. As long as we go back with the head of the red-clothed soldier and the information, the secret of the red-clothed thief will no longer be a secret, and the court will definitely treat him. You and I will be promoted to rank and rank, and we will seal up our wives and sons."

A group of generals returned to the wolf camp stationed outside the city. They also saw the huge war potential of the red army. If they had to choose between the two, they would never be loyal to the court, but reality is reality, and Sichuan is behind them squires everywhere.

Where does the fighting power of the red army come from? Zhu Qian's promise to the soldiers, to beat local tyrants and pull fat pigs to divide the land. When they arrived in Sichuan, although some things happened, Zhu Gan didn't do anything for the time being, but along the way, the gentry killed The gold and silver that was robbed was piled up like a mountain, and the smell was everywhere, and the bloody lesson was ahead, so how could they get lucky and had to turn back.

But now it’s God’s help. All the other three armies of the Red Army have come out, leaving only the wolf-headed ones. They saw an opportunity and were ready to move.

Zhu Gan was currently in Rong County, Jiading Prefecture. He was wearing a white sable fur cloak and a purple gold crown. Looking at him now, he had a handsome face and an extraordinary temperament, and he looked like a good son in troubled times.

But for this heavy cloak, he is extremely disturbed. He is not an environmental protection Taoist, he will kill what should be killed, but because his body is abnormal after watching the "Red Fire Dragon Fight". But he didn't care at all. Dressing so heavily was entirely for the sake of showing off his nobility.

At least let the big salt merchants here see his nobility. Sure enough, this group of people, the young master is handsome, the guards are high-spirited, and the places they pass are eye-catching. Now the red army is blocking Sichuan everywhere. It's not easy for people from Fu and Rong counties to come here.

As soon as he entered Rong County, he was noticed by others, and the rich people in Rong County also made Zhu Gan's eyes shine. At this time, he has an urge to ransack their homes and behead their heads for these rich households!

Glancing at Lu Xiangsheng, who was sullen, he asked, "Did I suddenly remove you to give you something to think about?"

Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly bowed his waist and said, "Master Hui, I don't dare, I'm just worried."

"Oh! You can see it." Zhu Gan smiled slightly, not at all convinced, and said with a soft smile: "Tell me your opinion, I want to hear it!"

"Yes!" Lu Xiangsheng replied: "Your Master, do you want to rectify the discipline of the Sichuan Army? Otherwise, why didn't you take down the Chengdu Mansion and put the Sichuan Army's first army in Chongqing."

"So that's what you're talking about! I thought you meant to say that I've taken a fancy to the wealth of this place!" Zhu Qian smiled evilly, and sighed softly: "It's a pity that such a rich place, looking for it temporarily If I don’t have an excuse to scratch the ground three feet, my heart aches!”

"Your Majesty, please respect yourself." Lu Xiangsheng whispered dissatisfiedly. An emperor, this search all the way has already attracted people's attention. merchant.

However, this rich and tolerant land is fat and rich. If this land can be copied and brought back to the imperial court, then how many troops can the imperial court raise to wipe out the peasant army and reach the Jurchen slaves in the north? ah!

Seeing Lu Xiangsheng distracted, Zhu Qian's eyes flashed with joy. It seems that under his influence, the idea of ​​beating local tyrants and pulling fat pigs is also growing in the hearts of everyone below!

But he knew that he would put it away when he saw it, and some things had to be tied with a rope to make it grow better, so he quickly changed the subject, and now it was enough to bury the seeds for a moment.

"Let's talk about returning to the Sichuan Army! I haven't won the Chengdu Mansion yet, so I let them see the loopholes and opportunities. It's up to them how they choose. These things must be resolved after all, otherwise the Red Army I don’t worry about leaving such a big hidden danger here.” At this moment, Zhu Gan, who became serious, made people fear, with a stern expression and no emotion at all.

Flipping his hands into clouds and turning his hands into rain, at this time, he is quite heroic.