Dragon Soul in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 145

"Are you going to be a hero too?" A person quietly appeared behind Deng Qi and asked mockingly.

As if seeing a ghost, Deng Qi suddenly turned around and looked at the person who came, and said with disbelief: "How could it be you, the superiors ordered you to lead the troops back, and it was not so fast! Why are you back in the city?"

"Yeah! How could I be in the city." The visitor looked bewildered, suddenly laughed, patted Deng Qi on the shoulder and said, "Brother, get rid of such a stupid question, don't be ashamed of it, my lord I know things like gods, I know that you will turn against me one day, so I set up this situation in advance, just to lure you out, do you really think that we are so devoted to the lord, why?"

Deng Qi took two steps back in fear, and looked at Gao Qiang in horror. He was defeated, and he had already been defeated since the moment he surrendered. Only then did he know why Zhu Qian didn't use him at all. It was not because he was a surrendered soldier from the court. It's because he has always known what he wants from the beginning to the end, he wants the wealth of this world, and they have always been the owners of wealth, no matter what, they will eventually fight each other.

Laughing at being so naive, Deng Qi sneered and said, "Hmph! Now that the overall situation is settled, even if he has the ability to shake the world and weep ghosts and gods, he can't do anything to me."

"Oh! Really? I didn't expect you to be quite confident in yourself, so I'll tell you!" Gao Qiang laughed happily, like a cat playing with a mouse, watching the mouse being played by him and applauding During the futile struggle, he became more and more complacent. He laughed and said, "Do you really think that the Lord sent two letters to Yu Song and me, just to deceive others? Actually, the real meaning of the letter is not to ask us to come here for peace. Instead, they discarded the surrounding defenses and concentrated all the troops outside the Chengdu mansion, first the main trunk and then the branches, I came here just by the way."

"As for all the arrangements in the city, you really thought it would be so smooth. If the lord is not too kind and allows you to rebel and involve the more ambitious ones, this time the lord only punishes the chief villain and does not involve too much. You You can go out and ask carefully, how many soldiers under your command are willing to rebel with you, hum! They don’t have a hundred acres of fertile land in their family..."

Hearing Gao Qiang's words, Deng Qi's face changed drastically, he sighed deeply, and said with a smile: "In the past, I would never have dared to die easily, but after following the lord, I still remember some things he taught us now. New, when I think about it carefully, every time it can deeply shock my heart.”

"My lord is decisive in killing and confiscating his family and collecting money. These are heinous crimes in the eyes of pedantic scholars, but in our view, this is a heart of great compassion. His heart is higher than the sky, and he wants to break the heavy shackles of this world. I and other juniors can’t reach it, but most of the property in the family is the savings of the ancestors, which I dare not forget.” The smile on Deng Qi’s face was relaxed, as if he was talking about unimportant things, and he fumbled The handle of the knife, the voice is very soft: "Sometimes I can't tell what is black and white. As for the so-called gray, it is just a joke. There is no black and white, only victory and defeat. Since the lord wants to win, and I want to If you want to keep your ancestral property, then just hit it once and let me see the outcome!"

After speaking, Deng Qi held the knife in one hand and walked out with the other on his hips. He looked back at Gao Qiang, who was still standing still, and smiled, "Aren't you coming? Look at my useless struggle, moths flying into the flames, and killing myself."

Gao Qiang glanced at Deng Qi with a solemn face. He was born as a native, and it was difficult for him to understand the concept of family property. In his impression, why should others be richer than himself, why should others have so many fields, so Zhu Gan, a big family, won Gao Qiang's heart by dividing the fields. This night represented the wish of most soldiers in red.

But now seeing that Deng Qi is so resolute, willing to rebel for this so-called land and property, even at the risk of death, Gao Qiang's mood is extremely complicated. Whether this is a man-made death for wealth or man-made death for belief, anyway, he can't tell the difference, silent. Followed by Deng Qi's side, he wanted to see what he was going to do.

"Order, close the city gate, and never let another person in." Deng Qi first ordered, and then said to another messenger: "Gather the soldiers, whether they are descendants or our own confidantes, let them all come here. Come on the city wall, I have important orders."

Because most of the soldiers in Sichuan were locals, there was chaos in Chongqing. After Deng Qi learned that the general situation had been settled, he immediately decided to post a bulletin to calm the hearts of the people. The soldiers did not take the opportunity to loot the people. They were stopped by their respective generals.

At this time, Deng Qi summoned all the generals and soldiers to discuss the matter, and soon the city wall was crowded with people, even though many of them did not know each other, listening to the unique Sichuan dialect, everyone felt very happy. Those soldiers who were released were quite fortunate to see the sun again.

"Everyone, today I, Deng Qi, am a mere incompetent. I am here to sell a good boy to you, to please someone, and to be a leader. Everyone knew who they were before. Don't bring the old customs of the past. So now I will directly issue the order, listen to me, if anyone dares to disobey afterwards, be careful not to blame me, Deng, for turning his face and denying him!" Deng Qi smiled coldly, and the waist knife he was holding tightly was suddenly drawn When he came out, he slashed in the air, and the wind of the knife whistled, cutting the flagpole as thick as an arm of the city head into two halves, and the flag of the red blood sword floating on the top of the city floated down.

Seeing the incision as smooth as a mirror, everyone felt apprehensive, seeing that this posture was going to be serious, they all sang "Nah" and agreed.

"Okay, since you have promised this opening, then I will stop being hypocritical and have something to say." Deng Qi clapped his hands and laughed, glanced at everyone with sharp eyes, and said ruthlessly: "Bring them up to me."

I saw Deng Qi's personal soldiers carrying a bunch of people tied up with ropes, each of them looked ashen, and their footsteps were sluggish. If the soldiers hadn't pushed forward again, these people would have fallen to the ground immediately.

Everyone looked at the people who were being detained, and they all gasped. Aren't these people rich families in the city?They rebelled again, mostly because they shared the same bed with the red-clothed army, and their families belonged to the landlord class, while most of the red-clothed army were refugees and proletarians. The contradiction was too deep.

Now that Deng Qi has brought the local wealthy households into custody, what exactly is he going to do? Does he also want to follow the example of the red-clothed army, ransack their homes and behead their heads, and use their property proceeds as military funds? At present, this seems to be the only way to say , can explain Deng Qi's behavior, but once they do this, they will immediately overthrow Deng Qi's leading position.

Listening to the discussion of the people below, Deng Qi smiled slightly and said: "I know what you think, but I have said it before, let me be a good boy, just to make a coincidence, today I put them in custody, not for other things , but because they are rich and unkind..."

"Oh! Really? I never know why." I saw Qin Liangcheng being carried up to the city wall on a stretcher. He was sitting on the stretcher, his body straightened, his eyes wandered around, and then fell on Deng Qi's face. , sneered and said: "Do you still pay attention to me, the Wanfu with the prefix of wolf?"

"Why did he come? Could it be that he was upset because he was not promoted as the leader, so he deliberately came here to find trouble with Deng Qi."

"If the uprising is not successful, he can still be promoted as the leader. After all, he has become a member of the Wolf Department Wanfu, and he has a good appeal among the soldiers below. But now that the uprising is successful, he didn't do anything, but wanted to If you want to come out to pick peaches, how could there be such a good thing."

"Hey! Don't tell me, there is such a good thing. I think there is a good chance that with Qin Liangcheng's ability, Deng Qi will not be his opponent!"

Although the voice of the discussion was very low and noisy, Qin Liancheng's face did not change at all, he just looked at Deng Qi with a calm smile, gentle and elegant, and suddenly bowed his hands slightly to salute, breaking the silence between the two of them first and said stiffly: "Brother Deng , Remember to think twice before acting, some things can’t be turned back.”

"Haha! Haha! I'm not afraid of death, so why should I care if I can turn around? Come here! The wind is strong in the city, and the ten thousand man Qin Liangcheng is weak, so why don't you send him down to the city quickly." Deng Qi raised his eyebrows slightly, smiling He stared at Qin Liangcheng with a non-smiling look, and then ignored him after he finished speaking.