Chapter 109: A Tale of Two Cities

These days, if Xia Wanchun and Han Lingshan slept with him, he was indeed wronging them.

First of all, after Han Lingshan saw the emperor and Wang Chengen's master and servant drinking and bleeding to death, he first placed their corpses to ensure that their bodies would not be insulted.

Second, according to the edict from Lantian, they also have to collect the bodies of those who died for the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, these days, both Han Lingshan and Xia Wanchun are very busy.

Because, there are many people in the dead country, which is completely beyond their expectations.

Compared with the martyrdom of Emperor Jianwen's ministers after Zhu Di compiles the throne, Chongzhen did not have too many in the first dynasty, only more than 30 courtiers, and most of them were literati doctors. But the martyrdom of these people is worthy of their predecessors.

In terms of ministers and relatives, Xuanwu Bowei Shichun, Xinle Hou Liu Wenbing, and Gong Yonggu of the Concubine, or closed the door from . Burn, or jump into a well with the whole family.

In terms of Wenchen, Fan Jingwen, a university scholar, was the first to be recommended, and he committed suicide by throwing himself into a well after writing on the wall, "Who believes in the country (Wen Tianxiang) is not a man, what to do when the time is delayed".

Ni Yuanlu, the head of the household, was martyred by hanging.

The champion Liu Lishun, heard that the thief entered the city, and the book was desperate: "Chengren takes righteousness, and Confucius and Mencius pass it on." Wenshan practiced, why don't I!" A family of eighteen hanged themselves behind closed doors.

Li Banghua, the imperial history of the left capital, tried his best to persuade the emperor to flee south, but was reprimanded by the emperor as a "rat generation".

However, when the city was broken, he wrote on the door of the pavilion: "A dignified husband, a sage is a disciple." Loyalty and filial piety, the death of him", suicide by medicine.

Wu Linzheng, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, has been commanding the guards in the city, and hanged himself after the fall of the city.

The soldiers of the Dashun army heard his name for a long time, and did not dare to enter the robbery after passing through his door, and exclaimed: "Good man, true loyal minister!"

Wu Ganlai came to the household department in the matter, and the inscription was on the poetry hall: "Who left the four seas worried, Zhu Qi Lie Fengcheng head." The monarch and the minister are righteous, and the fox squirrel is fighting in the wind and rain. The mountains and rivers are empty of tears and blood, and the sad waves are sad. Xun knows that the world situation is difficult to fight, and he is willing to sentence the loyal liver to stay forever!" Wear it and hang yourself in the room.

Kim Hyun, the head of the military department, committed suicide by throwing himself into the river.

When his mother and wife heard this, they wept and said: "We are the wife of life, how can we be humiliated by the hands of thieves!" One after another, they threw themselves into the well and died.

After his brother buried the bodies of his mother and sister-in-law, he also threw himself into ......a well and died.

It can be said that when the city was broken and the country was destroyed, hundreds of palace maids in the Forbidden City who had not fled with the princess committed suicide, which was so fierce that thousands of ministers died of shame!

The martyrdom of so many people made Xia Wanchun and Han Lingshan very busy.

"The matter in the capital is finally over, I want to go home, go back to the academy, and go to see my father on the way, I am very worried that he will be by Tan Boming, Zhang Feng and others."

"It's coming to an end, Li Dingguo's soldiers and horses are ready to attack."

"Li Dingguo's army is obviously in Miyun, why don't you quickly march into the capital?"

"Because Li Hongji's general Li Jin is blocking the way, this person is fighting to the death and will not retreat, just to leave enough time for Li Hongji to torture and plunder in the capital."

"So, Liu Zongmin's atrocities were actually forced out by us?"

"No, it's they who are brutal."

"I'm starting to miss Mu Tiantao now, his army was defeated by the rogues and has been scattered, I don't know if he is still alive now."

"Don't think about it, it's his own choice for good or bad, and we in Lantian have always respected the choices of others."

"Forget it, Da Ming is dead, let's stop talking bad about them.

This time, the master sent me to Beijing, and I finally understood his painstaking efforts, no matter what kind of things we do and what kind of struggle we do, the interests of the country must be put first.

We must remember that self-interest must be subordinated to the overall situation! ”

Han Lingshan nodded and said: "This truth doesn't need to be understood by everyone, just need some key people to understand, I think you can also see it, you will be the fourth or fifth generation of national minister candidates cultivated by your master,

If you understand this truth, then our Lantian Imperial Court will be able to be stable for at least thirty years. ”

Xia Wanchun said: "I will also deliberately cultivate a person in the future, and he must also experience what I have experienced." ”

Han Lingshan said: "Da Ming is finished, where do you go to find this kind of opportunity?" ”

Xia Wanchun sneered and said, "Without this kind of opportunity, I would have created such an opportunity." ”

Han Lingshan realized that he was already a person who would do anything to do great things, and now after listening to Xia Wanchun's words, he felt that he was still a very kind and simple person.

Cunning, insidious, vicious, has never been a derogatory term.

This is a must-have high quality for politicians!

It is unacceptable for the enemy, but for the common people represented by the politician, it is definitely a blessing, not a disaster, to meet a ruler who has such qualities externally.

Encountering a ruler who is truly benevolent, kind, and noble to the outside world is the great calamity of the people.

Mu Tiantao, who was in rags, walked on the streets of the capital without squinting, and countless Dashun soldiers roared past him, and he did not panic.

Today, the streets of the capital are full of people like him.

It is very strange that the Da Shun army was extremely fierce to those who wore silk and satin, but was very friendly to a half-grown street like him, and he had only walked half a street before he obtained half a chicken that had been bitten by someone, and two black-faced steamed buns.

He didn't dislike it either, and while biting the chicken in his hand, he wandered the streets.

The army of eight thousand, once the stars dispersed, he found that he didn't seem to have much sadness, at least, Xue Xiucai and those people still followed him out of the encirclement after all.

Mu Tiantao placed these people in a mountain villa that he had ordered Xue Xiucai to buy, and he entered the capital alone.

After experiencing a series of bloody battles in the capital, Mu Tiantao thought that he had cleared all the kindness of Mu Wangfu, and from now on, he was ready to really live for himself.

Lantian has no face to go back.

Therefore, he felt that he would follow Li Hongji for a while and then look at the direction of the wind.

He didn't want to ask Li Hongji for any high-ranking officials, he clearly knew that with Yun Zhao here, Li Hongji's fate would not be too good, he just wanted to know where Li Hongji could go after being driven away from the capital by the Lantian army!

Along the way, there are still many Dashun soldiers who have taken a fancy to this tall half-sized boy, and they hope that he can join the Dashun army to eat and drink spicy food together.

It's just that Mu Tiantao doesn't look down on these bearded, dirty and ugly soldiers, so he just keeps shirking it, saying that he wants to find his uncle in the Dashun army.

Mu Tiantao's Shaanxi dialect immediately made other soldiers lose their minds to recruit, under normal circumstances, as long as they are from Shaanxi, they will be recruited by Chuang Wang's old camp or Liu Zongmin's personal guards.

also gave him half of a roast chicken and two steamed buns that he ate a little half, and showed him the way to the old camp and Liu Zongmin's mansion.

These people know that this kind of half-grown son, who obviously has the tall and burly figure of Guanzhong people, is the favorite of Li Hongji and Liu Zongmin.

Over the years, it has been very difficult to recruit people from Guanzhong who dare to fight, and the wealthy Guanzhong people are now all Yunzhao's dogs, and no one wants to abandon their family and business to follow their group of rogues around.

After thinking about it, Mu Tiantao still felt that it was better to blend into Liu Zongmin's army.

And to enter Liu Zongmin's army, it is not enough to rely on the Shaanxi dialect alone, and it must be done with merit.

Seeing Liu Zongmin's stake at the gate, as well as the bloody corpse on the stake, Mu Tiantao looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see the figure of Wei Dezao, the first assistant of the dynasty.

Then, he found a piece of hemp paper, wrote Wei Dezao's name with his left hand, and the four words Cao Gong's treasure, accompanied by a smile and a standard Guanzhong dialect, and handed it to the Dashun guards guarding the door.

I heard that the baby in Guanzhong was exiled to the capital, and the Dashun soldiers, who were also from Shaanxi, naturally seemed a little closer.

It didn't take much effort, Mu Tiantao, a black-faced down-and-out boy who had long been worn out by the cold wind of the capital, was sent to Liu Zongmin.

"What do you mean?"

Liu Zongmin held a bewitching ** woman in his arms and pointed at the piece of hemp paper he sent with his thick fingers.

Mu Tiantao hurriedly said: "I heard that Wei Dezao, the first assistant of the current dynasty, got Cao Huachun's treasure house secret map. ”

Liu Zongmin frowned and said, "Is that the eunuch of the East Factory?" ”

Mu Tiantao nodded again and again.

Liu Zongmin nodded, pushed away the woman in his arms, pointed at Mu Tiantao and said, "Guanzhong baby? ”

Mu Tiantao puffed up his chest and said, "Guanzhong swordsman!" ”

Liu Zongmin laughed when he heard this, and then he took out the long knife beside him and slashed it over.

Mu Tiantao avoided it, rolled twice on the ground, hid far away, and as soon as he stood up, he smashed a heavy fist on a guard's waist, and the guard bent down in pain, he took the opportunity to pull out the guard's long knife, and said across the guard's neck: "Let me go." ”

Liu Zongmin's long knife had been sheathed at some point, and the beautiful woman returned to his arms, Liu Zongmin's big hand was thinking in the woman's arms, and said to the woman: "The baby in Guanzhong is not good at this, he has a violent temper, but his head is not good." ”

The woman smiled and said, "The general can take him as a righteous son and teach him to be smart slowly." ”

Mu Tiantao said angrily: "I want you to give birth to a son, grandpa has a father!" ”

Liu Zongmin laughed even more when he heard this, slapped the woman's buttocks heavily and said: "It's a good birth, when Lao Tzu is free, he will give birth to his seventeen or eighteen sons and follow Lao Tzu to fight the world together." ”

When he looked up and saw Mu Tiantao holding the guards hostage and slowly walking out, he said with a cruel smile: "Entering Grandpa's door, you want to run so easily?" ”

"I gave you a way to get rich, you don't pay attention to it, and you want to kill me, it's amazing to exchange one life for another!"

Liu Zongmin laughed more and more, pointed at Mu Tiantao and said, "If Grandpa wants to kill you, do you think you can dodge?" ”

The guard who was held hostage by Mu Tiantao grinned and said: "Hun boy, don't let go yet, kowtow to the general, and return the damn swordsman, I don't have any eyesight." ”

Mu Tiantao looked back at the rest of the guards who were holding their hands and watching the excitement on the side, couldn't help but blush, slowly let go of the guards, returned the long knife to the family, and then knelt down on one knee with both hands over the top, and said loudly: "The black and fierce Liu Yunlong is willing to serve the general, please take the general in." ”

Liu Zongmin smiled more and more happily, his big yellow teeth were undoubtedly exposed, and he kissed the woman's face heavily and said: "Listen, black and sinister, mother, it is better than grandpa's reputation back then!" ”

Chapter II

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