Ping An Biography

><First><发>Zhu Gaoxu is the grandson of the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. He is going to pay homage to his ancestors. The left-behind eunuchs and civil and military officials in Zhongdu can't find any reason to refuse, and they don't want to be enemies of the King of Han.

Zhang Ning and others followed the army all the way.Nanjing should have been under martial law. It is not easy to enter the city privately; it is useless to enter the city. Only after Hanwang's army occupies Nanjing can we use Zhu Heng's relationship to try to rescue the members of the Zhang family from prison.

They have another follower by their side: Zhao Erhu.Apart from wanting to rebel, Zhang Ning told him the actual situation. He was a wanted criminal.But Zhao Erhu still has to follow around, maybe because he is a person who can't settle down in his hometown, and it's also because of his kindness.

A group of people stayed temporarily in Fengyang with the army. At night, Zhu Heng returned to his residence and talked to Zhang Ning as usual.Seeing that Zhu Heng wanted to speak but stopped talking, Zhang Ning said: "Zhu Butang has something to say, just say it."

Only then did Zhu Heng say: "Some of the people we sent to Nanjing before were expelled from the city and returned."

Zhang Ning calmly followed his intentions and said, "It's not a bad thing. Although the envoys were expelled, it shows that the officials in Nanjing don't want to offend the King of Han. Otherwise, they should arrest those people, and even behead them to show their determination."

"Exactly. But..." Zhu Heng said, "The person who came back told me that the members of the Ping'an family... were executed by Ling Chi."

Zhang Ning was stunned, and subconsciously repeated: "Ling Chi?"

Zhu Heng said: "Commonly known as killing a thousand swords, the criminals are stripped of their clothes and tied up in the market. The executioner has to cut off 1000 yuan of flesh from their bodies before they can die. It usually takes several days of pain to finish, and sometimes it takes more than one night. Sprinkle salt water on the wound, the pain is unspeakable... This is one of the most severe punishments in the Ming Dynasty, worse than being put in a frying pan."

The bloody scene of human flesh falling piece by piece with the knife emerged in Zhang Ning's mind, and he murmured: "There are two other women in my uncle's house, here... there is a little girl who is a few years old, and the child will also be killed." treated like this?"

Zhu Heng sighed, and apologized after a while: "I guess, the letter written by Brother Ping'an was spread, and the emperor knew that you wrote it, and the emperor was so angry that he would use this severe punishment."

Blue veins popped up on Zhang Ning's forehead, and his eyes were red, filled with tears that did not fall.After the soul transmigration, he never regarded Zhang Jiujin's family as relatives, but at least he got along with him, and he was a very familiar person around him... The most unacceptable thing is that little niece, at an age where she doesn't understand anything, Zhang Ning even pinched her. Face, I bought her a small toy when I went back.Of those five people, none of them were villains, they were all kind and ordinary people, yet they were subjected to such bloody and cruel methods.Zhang Ning's heart trembled.

"Brother Ping'an..." Zhu Heng said nicely, but he didn't know how to comfort him when he opened his mouth.

"I want to be alone and take my leave." Zhang Ning stood up, feeling dizzy for a while.

Zhu Heng hurriedly said: "Come here, send Mr. Ping'an to rest."

A servant came in to help Zhang Ning, but he pushed him away. Zhu Heng followed him out of the living room, followed him to the side room in the courtyard, and told Zhang Ning's followers to stop.

Fairy Peach Blossom saw that Zhang Ning went straight into the Nuan Pavilion and sat down slumped, with an extremely abnormal expression, she hurriedly asked Lao Xu: "What did Master Zhu say?"

Peach Blossom Fairy's complexion changed, she remembered that she failed to save people.

No one dared to disturb Zhang Ning, so they could only look after him outside.He sat in the chair for a long time without eating dinner.

Zhang Ning knew some inhuman punishments in ancient times.He also figured out the absurd "reasonability" of this incident. Even if Zhu Zhanji did something inhumane, no one would say that he was wrong; Bone, still does not affect his becoming a great emperor.

Perhaps killing some people under normal circumstances is not such a big crime in comparison.

Zhang Ning tried his best to recall the face of Zhu Zhanji he had seen before. This young man, who was less than 30 years old, was related to him by blood.But now Zhang Ning has no feelings for him at all, maybe one day this person will fall into his hands, and he can also taste the taste of killing a thousand swords.

At this moment, Zhang Ning's heart became as cold as iron, and a wave of hatred quickly occupied his body and mind, and aroused his cynicism, and he hated all the rules of this society to the extreme.

"Come here, grind the ink." Zhang Ning turned around and found that his voice was hoarse.

Peach Blossom Fairy hurried in, accompanied and carefully waited on his pen and ink.She spread out the paper in front of Zhang Ning, put the brush dipped in ink into his palm, and whispered, "My lord, why don't you beat and scold me."

"Master Shit!" Zhang Ning said, and then said again, "It's none of your business, I never wanted to blame you, don't think about it." His articulate words seemed to be much more normal.

While writing a note, Zhang Ning said: "Tell everyone to prepare, we will leave this place directly after leaving the city tomorrow, and I will leave a note for Zhu Butang in the room."

Everyone was dead, Zhang Ning felt that there was no need to go with the King of Han anymore, he just wanted to go back and rebel.

The relationship between the Zhang family and him was not at all comparable to a normal family relationship, but this incident also aroused Zhang Ning's great hatred.And those survivors who were killed by Emperor Yong Le were all their relatives. He believes that these people are out-and-out anti-social elements, and they can definitely be their staunch supporters in the early stage of the army, even if they don't feel it. The hope of success is also incumbent.

The next day, when Zhu Butang went to the Chinese army, Zhang Ning took his entourage and led the horse out for a walk.With the stamped letter from Zhu Heng, Zhang Ning and others had no difficulty in moving around and out of the city.As soon as they left the city, they went up the Huai River and rode straight westward on horseback.When Hanwang's people found out, they couldn't catch up, and they probably didn't bother to catch up.

A few days later, the group turned southwards, crossed the Yangtze River, and entered the boundary of Huguang Chief Envoy, and the way back was getting closer and closer.

One day everyone rested in an inn. Seeing that Zhang Ning was unhappy, Fairy Peach Blossom stayed in his room and said, "I feel the same way for Mr. Ping'an. I have lost family members before."

After hearing this, Zhang Ning remembered that Peach Blossom Fairy and Fang Ling were mixed together, and she should also be a descendant of Jianwen's survivor. He hadn't asked in detail before, but when he heard her comfort him so much, he couldn't help asking: "I heard Miss Fang said , your original surname is Wang?"

Peach Blossom Fairy nodded and said, "My real name is Wang Xiangu..."

When Zhang Ning heard this, if he hadn't been in a bad mood for the past few days, he would not have been happy.She asked again: "Have you heard of Wang Jingzhi?"

Zhang Ning thought for a long time, but shook his head helplessly.

Peach Blossom Fairy said: "My late father's name is Jingzhi, and he was ranked second in the palace examination in the second year of Jianwen. Originally, he should have been a Jinshi in terms of literary talent and learning, but because his father was not good-looking, Emperor Jianwen looked down on him, so he awarded the number one scholar to Hu Guang. Later in Nanjing The city was broken, Hu Guang surrendered to Zhu Di, and my late father repaid the emperor's favor by drinking poisonous wine at home. Zhu Di still didn't let go of our family members. The male was arrested and killed. I was rescued by my late father's friend, wandered all the way in the rivers and lakes, and finally joined Peng Tianheng, a former imperial guard of the Imperial Army who was engaged in private salt business."

"Peng Tianheng was killed by me." Zhang Ning said.

"He is also to blame, and he hasn't done many good things these years." Peach Blossom Fairy said disapprovingly, "But we are in the rivers and lakes, there is no way for today or tomorrow."

Zhang Ning said coldly: "When Yongle was in power, Peng Tianheng just sent the court lady to death. He humiliated her before. What can I do? And what did he do to Zhao Erniang? This person Is it any different from those brutal people in power?" <Mei walked in, and seeing Zhang Ning talking there, she smiled: "There is nothing to do in the long night, I got a pair of horse tags from the shopkeeper. The three of you will play cards."

Although they are both from the Jianghu, Peach Blossom Fairy was not very used to what this crazy woman did, but she wanted to let Zhang Ning think about it, so she agreed: "Will you bet on money? I don't have much money." <Mei laughed and said: "I thought of an interesting bet, let's bet on clothes." <Mei said again: "If you lose, take off one, interesting? Mr. Ping An?" <Mei glanced at Zhang Ning from the corner of her eye.Zhang Ning also looked stunned, then shook his head and said: "Stop joking, you all go to bed early, get up early tomorrow and hurry."

The two women had no choice but to leave the room, and as soon as they went out, Peach Blossom Fairy said angrily: "At this time, you are still joking like that. Fortunately, Ping An has a good temper, otherwise you will be interesting." <Mei smiled, noncommittal.

The next day, a group of seven people continued on their way, three men and four women, including the little girl whose nickname was Xiao He.Zhang Ning kept his promise and ran away with this girl when he left Fengyang Mansion. He didn't even say hello to Zhu Heng, and Zhu Heng wouldn't take it seriously if he wanted to come.The only problem is that this little girl doesn't know how to ride a horse, and she was carried by several other women. Fortunately, the weight is quite light, and the horse can still bear it.

A few days later, they bypassed the important town of Wuchang Prefecture and entered the territory of Changde Prefecture, but found that there were roadblocks at the important pass, and the situation looked a bit abnormal.Zhang Ning had a forged guide, but in order to avoid accidents, they simply detoured into the Changde boundary from the west.This road is relatively far away, passing through Shimen County. The advantage is that Shimen County is considered a remote county in the state capital. The government's rule is relatively weak, and there are not too many inspections on the road.