Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 488 Bad news

It is said that if the king does not keep secrets, he will lose his country, and if the ministers do not keep secrets, he will lose his body!Both Chongzhen monarch and his ministers met, the court of the Ming Dynasty was like a sieve, this Chongzhen clamored to kill Song Qingshu, and before Gao Qi sneaked out of Beijing, someone had already tipped Yingtian.

No matter how skilled you are, you are still afraid of kitchen knives, not to mention bullets that are faster than kitchen knives. With two revolvers bowed left and right, the Jin Yiwei in the room seemed to hit an invisible wall, with several blood holes spurting out of his body and falling to the ground. When Ju collapsed, only Gao Qiqian and Ma Shiying were left in the whole room, and the strong smell of blood filled his nostrils. Since entering the palace, he has been pampered for so many years. How has Gao Qiqian been shot like this before? pointing.

He lifted his fingers tremblingly, and under the black muzzle of the gun, his raised chin trembled and trembled. He finally managed to maintain the image of an imperial envoy, and tremblingly yelled at Song Qingshu intermittently.

"Arrogance, arrogance to kill the imperial guards, Song, Song Qingshu, do you want to rebel?"

"And you, Ma, Ma Shiying, you, you actually betrayed the court, you, where are all the sage books you learned! You, are you worthy of His Majesty?"

"Sorry, Eunuch Gao, I'm not Ma Shiying!"

Gao Qiqian was in disbelief, "Ma Shiying" stretched out his hand to pull on his face, and a layer of human skin mask was torn off by him. After the powder disappeared, a strange old man's face was exposed on Gao Qiqian's face. before.

Just like Chie Xiang, Gao Qiqian's big toad-sized mouth opened even more roundly, and his fingers waggled even more inconceivably: "You, who are you, where is Mr. Ma? Killed?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Ma is living a very good and comfortable life. He is probably in the Hokkaido hot springs of the Japanese country and the warm embrace of the Japanese girl. It will take at least three months to come back, but even if he comes back, he He is also on my side!"

Literati are willing to visit mountains and rivers. Ma Shiying was quite leisurely in office. Other scholar-bureaucrats were burned by peasant uprisings one after another in their territories, but he was the happiest time like the scholar-bureaucrat Ye in the middle of Ming Dynasty. He dealt with it for an hour or two every day. Official document, the rest of the time, just call the two girls of Nanqu, and recite poems against famous scholars in the south of the Yangtze River.

A while ago, the Japanese tourism route was opened, after all, there was still a layer of cultural veil, and Ma Shiying also signed up for the group, but Song Qingshu was forced to find him a gold medal actor in the Fengyue Grand Theater.

But this time Ma Shiying must be full of bitterness. He was completely dragged into the water by Song Qingshu. At the same time, the Zheng family was completely dragged into the water. It was Zheng Sen who killed Jinyi Qianhu!

Folding his arms full of complacency, Song Qingshu stared contemptuously at the shocked Gao Qiqian and snorted, "Besides, Mr. Gao, it's not certain which of the two of us will rebel! You learned this move from Governor Yuan's leather knife back then." Killing Shuai Mao, but you never thought about how the court would react if Yuan Chonghuan failed to kill Mao Wenlong?"

Gao Qiqian was shocked when he said this. A large part of the reason why Chongzhen killed Yuan Chonghuan back then was because he was good at killing Mao Wenlong. Regardless of the fact that Pidao is a big fart, the military strength is only a few thousand, but he also took care of North Korea. Because of this strategic point, every time Nurhachi and Huang Taiji sent troops, they had to leave a considerable part of their troops to look after their hometowns, so as to prevent the chrysanthemums from being crippled and full of sorrow.

The importance of Phi Island was exposed after Mao Wenlong died and Dongjiang Town collapsed. To the east, North Korea experienced Ding Mao’s rebellion and was conquered by Hou Jin. Not long after his death, Huang Taiji entered the customs to conquer Ming Dynasty, and he hit the capital in one breath, and the palace was not stable. How could Emperor Chongzhen not be so angry?

If Yuan Chonghuan hadn't been killed as Mao Wenlong, but instead had been killed, it is estimated that the imperial court would not even reprimand him, but would pour dirty water on Yuan Chonghuan instead.

It's almost the same now, the Liaodong campaign is in full swing, Yang Sichang's army is still fighting Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan, and Li Zicheng in Henan has no one to clean up. Killing Song Qingshu at this time is a politically risky move. If it fails, If there is another fire in the southeast, the Ming Dynasty might be out of control five years earlier.

"Gao Gonggong, don't you want to transfer the commander-in-chief Liu Zongmin and Sun Chuanting? They are in Fengyang now, and the commander-in-chief is here. There are four divisions and more than 1 people. After a while, I give an order, and they will also go to the emperor." To dig some treasures, when the time comes, Governor Ma and Song will write a letter to impeach you for embezzling military pay, causing soldiers to riot, and you say, will His Majesty kill you or kill Song?"

What does it mean to play eagles for many years, and finally let the house sparrow peck at the eyes, Gao Qiqian is that, at this time his back is already wet with cold sweat, and in his heart he sprays blood on the head of those leaking court ministers, no matter which one the Emperor Chongzhen favors , he has no good fruit to eat, either to arrest him and question him, or to attack Song Qingshu, and Song Qingshu beheaded his head to sacrifice to the flag. In short, there is a dead end.

After a mutiny, Song Qingshu didn't want to stay any longer, smelling the smell of blood all over the ground, he yawned again, and immediately waved his hands at the stunned, speechless high rise.

"Come here, send Eunuch Gao to the barn to meet his old friend!"

"Go!" The two soldiers unceremoniously put the revolver on Gao Qiqian's head, pushed him and went out.

They said it was a stable, but it was a stable. I stuffed it into a carriage and entered the Dabie Mountains from Fengyang to the south. After walking for half a day, I watched the mountains surrounded by mountains, and I couldn't even tell the east, west, north, south, let alone run away. Being dragged into the valley with two people rolling and climbing, between the two mountains, a rather large army horse farm came into sight.

Lu Xiangsheng's mount, Wu Mingji, which Gao Qiqian liked once, was kept here. Now this dead eunuch can have a close contact with it. The gorgeous python robes on his outer robe have been pulled out, and he threw a groom's clothes on him, and a brush horse The brush was immediately kicked into the stinking stable.

"Hey, you can't do this to my father-in-law. I want to see Marshal Song. I'm still useful. Tell Marshal Song that I'm still useful!"

Do you want to be loyal?Loyal to a certain extent, but not more than his life. When Li Zicheng attacked Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen needed reinforcements so much. The stench in the stable was enough to suffocate people to death. After staying for a few seconds, Gao Qiqian couldn't bear it anymore and shouted outside.

"Gao Gonggong, stop shouting, it's useless!"

At this time, an old man covered in horse dung and smelling bad suddenly showed his ugly face, and Gao Qiqian jumped in fright. , stay away from my father-in-law!"

"Hey, Gao Qiqian, don't you know me?" After being kicked on the horse dung pile, the old man bared his teeth and yelled, and when he was called by his full name suddenly, Gao Qiqian really stared round in surprise Eyes: "Who are you!"

"I, old Yan Siyin! Old Yan!"

Seeing the old, out-of-shape and beardless old man pointing at himself and yelling more than himself, Gao Qiqian couldn't help shivering. Yan Siyin was also an eunuch from Qiandi. Hearing what he said, I really saw something Familiar outline, but Yan Siyin was said to be killed by the rebels when Chongzhen went to Taiyuan for seven years. Since he didn't die, he has been locked up here to raise horses for at least six years. He couldn't bear it anymore, and after only a moment, he yelled against the fence again.

"Let me out, I'm still useful, really!!!"

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It's a pity that even if Gao Qiqian yelled loudly, no one would pay attention to him. Originally, if this guy didn't make trouble for himself, he could still win him over. Now that his face was torn, Jia Zhuang was killed by his supporters in the first battle. Song Qingshu has long disliked the tens of thousands of Ming soldiers, and the next step is to bet on the imperial court to kill him, or to kill himself, making things worse.

But it's really not that the enemies don't get together. On this end, Song Qingshu just pushed down the gourd Gao Qiqian, and immediately the gourd Lu Xiangsheng floated up again.

Fengyang, Forbidden Palace, Hall of Sacrifice and Enjoyment.

This place has been a restricted area for 200 years. Let alone entering, it is a capital offense for ordinary people to knock off a tree leaf outside. But now, the forbidden soldiers all died when the 72nd Battalion of the Thirteen Family dug the imperial tomb last time. The pacesetters guarding here are still guarded by Song Qingshu. He cares about your emperor’s ancestral tomb or not. Marshal Song pays the salary.

However, this Fengyang imperial mausoleum is not only where the ancestors of the Zhu family are buried, but also acts as a prison. All the royal clans have committed crimes and are imprisoned here.

Don't think that the clan prison is as much preferential treatment as Qincheng Prison. It is even darker and more decadent than the ordinary prison in Daming. Many eunuchs just use it to torture criminals, and many criminal clans are locked up like crazy. A royal prison, similar to a mental hospital
No one expected that Lu Xiangsheng, the former Minister of the Ministry of War who was rumored to be abducted by the Qing soldiers, and whose death was unknown, was hidden by Song Qingshu in such a mental hospital for more than a year. up.

Walking along the narrow corridor in the palace, even Song Qingshu couldn't help but walk in fear. After walking, suddenly a pale hand stretched out from the side railing.

"I am the princess! I am the princess! You all kneel down to me!"

Seeing the 30-year-old sinister woman with disheveled hair like a female ghost screaming, Song Qingshu couldn't help shivering, and leaned back quickly. The eunuch in charge had seen a lot, so he went up and whipped him twice , the sect daughter of unknown rank shrank back to a corner miserably.

Song Qingshu's heart couldn't help but jump when he saw this scene, and he felt some pity for Xiaojiali again. At the beginning, she also risked the consequences of being locked up here and going crazy, so she dared to love and hate to stand with herself , This time I was delayed in Fengyang for more than ten days. If the emperor compromised this time, I must take her and take them to Taiwan for a good day.

Go to his world!
Thinking about it, Song Qingshu's face suddenly became softer, seeing those criminals who bared their teeth and claws are not so hideous, and not far away, a man in the prison suddenly nodded to him with a smile on his face.

"I've seen adults!"

This man is really unlucky. I don’t know who he offended. He has his hands and feet bound together with a big shackle. He is wearing a prison uniform and is also unkempt. However, this man is not crazy and looks a little graceful. Song Qingshu was surprised.

"Who is this person?"

"Oh, Marshal, this man has a lot of background, what about the former Tang king! As a result, the good king refused to be a good king, and insisted on leading troops to serve the king. In a fit of anger, His Majesty seized the throne and was imprisoned here! Very proud, whoever catches scolding, this has been locked up for a few years, and he has become much more honest!" Really, any big man would have to bow his head when he came here, and looked back, the eunuch guarding the spirit said nonchalantly.

It's pitiful to say that Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention to entrust the kings of the world is to fear that the court will be isolated and helpless. If something happens in the world, the vassal kings from all over the world can raise troops to serve the king!But the struggle for power turned the most important function into a burden. The king of Tang was so loyal that he dispersed his wealth when the court needed it most, and recruited troops to fight bloody Jiannu. Instead, he was killed by his own people instead of falling into the hands of the enemy. With this bad example, it's no wonder that the rest of the kings are greedy and greedy.

I dare not pull it out!
However, this king of Tang made Song Qingshu's head feel a little familiar. It seems that in history, this prisoner was also a big man, and he forgot who he was.

Now that I thought about it, I have to take care of it, nodded to the man, and Song Qingshu also said: "Since he is the former Tang king, it is not right to abuse him like this, Eunuch Shi, let him live in a separate courtyard alone. Just wait! Governor Lu Feng's mansion pays for all expenses!"

"Hey, you always have the final say!"

This Tang king is just an episode, the most important thing is Lu Xiangsheng, who has been here for more than a year, and suddenly went on a hunger strike in the past few days. Even if such a character cannot be recruited under his command, he cannot be allowed to die. No wonder Song Qingshu pro Come.

The innermost part of the prison is more spacious, divided into high-walled courtyards one by one. This is considered a VIP prison. The third door to the east of Xiangyang is opened, and a tall figure in a white linen robe is hoeing the ground with a hoe on his shoulders. It suddenly caught Song Qingshu's eyes.

What is magnanimity, what is not to be surprised by favor or humiliation? Lu Xiangsheng is like that. He woke up when he retreated from Guangzong. He went wherever Song Qingshu took him. The feeling of sweetness, except for providing some staple food, almost all the dishes are grown by the commander of the mighty army himself. As for meat, Song Qingshu does not give it, but he does not want it at all.

"Song has met Marshal Lu!"

For such a person, Song Qingshu also maintained enough respect. When he entered the yard, he even bowed and finally put down his hoe. Lu Xiangsheng, who was full of scars on his face and lost a lot of weight, also showed a little helplessness: "Don't dare to be, Lu is already a sinner, and Lu is the one who met Song Zongbing!"

"Song has heard that Lu Shuai has lost his appetite recently, but my hospitality here is not good enough? If the commander has any dissatisfaction, feel free to mention it to Song. If it is really not possible, let's move to another place!"

Following Lu Xiangsheng into the main hall and sitting down, looking at the untouched food on the table, Song Qingshu said helplessly, Lu Xiangsheng quickly shook his head when he heard it.

"Lu's crimes are serious. Jia Zhuang, nearly ten thousand soldiers died because of me. He deserves ten thousand deaths. It is a blessing to have such a place to stay and keep filial piety for my father. How dare you complain!"

After all, Lu Xiangsheng is a straight person, so he delayed for a while, and immediately brought it up with a dignified face.

"However, I heard that Jiannu soldiers besieged Jinzhou, and the governor Hong Chengchou led an army of 13 to leave the customs. The Guanningjin line of defense is related to the turmoil of the country. Once lost, the capital will never be peaceful, and the Ming Dynasty will be in danger! If you want to win, you have to fight for a long time! Lu has an unfeeling request, and I hope Song Zongbing can write a letter on Lu's behalf, please don't force Hong Bing to force you! Be sure to slow down!"

What does it mean to be in prison but still care about the country?But Song Qingshu, who heard this, couldn't help but let out a wry smile, writing?The dog emperor was about to kill him, and he didn't even try to help before the matter was finished.

Seeing Song Qingshu's helpless expression, Lu Xiangsheng felt anxious, and hurriedly clasped his fists again and asked, "What's the difficulty for Zongbing Song?"

Just about to prevaricate a few words, unexpectedly, there was a sound of hurried footsteps at the door, and Xiaobao ran in panting: "Big, handsome, big things are not good!"

"What's the matter?"

The two marshals stood up almost at the same time, his old face blushed, Lu Xiangsheng sat back down again, Song Qingshu hurriedly reached out to take the wax pill, and twisted it away forcefully. fell to the ground.

"It still happened, so fast!"

Unable to bear it any longer, Lu Xiangsheng still picked up the wax pill and looked over at it. This time, the tough guy who was shot with a knife that weighed tens of catties and who never frowned like a hedgehog actually had one hundred eyes and sat on his buttocks. on the ground.

(End of this chapter)