Chapter 775: Selling Glory for Glory
Zimi slashed several times with his saber before he could cut off Lu's neck, and he lifted Lu's severed head, and deliberately threw the blood to the ground, and then put it into the pocket that Lu himself sewed.
Peng Pet and Lu thought that Zimi asked them to sew their pockets just to pack more money, but in fact, what Zimi wanted to hold was their own heads.
After loading the head of the Lu family, I saw that Ziyi and Zichu were still standing in place stupidly, staring at themselves blankly.
He said angrily, "What are you waiting for?
Hurry up! Otherwise, the guards wake up, and none of us will be able to escape! ”
Ziyi and Zichu woke up like a dream, and the two looked at Peng Pet's corpse on the ground, and couldn't do it for a long time.
Zimi glared at the two of them, took his sword, and stepped forward, this time he was fast enough, and only two swords cut off Peng Pet's neck.
As the saying goes, once born and twice cooked.
Putting Peng Pet's head in his pocket, Zimi looked out the window and said, "When it gets dark, we will go out of the city!" ”
Peng Pet took refuge in Liu Xiu earlier, Liu Xiu was in Hebei, when he was chased by Wang Lang, Peng Pet returned to Liu Xiu, and sent Wu Han, Wang Liang and many other talents to Liu Xiu, when Liu Xiu was in front of the battle, Peng Pet sat in Yuyang County, and continuously sent soldiers and horses, grain and grass, and materials to Liu Xiu.
Liu Xiu also has the backing of Shanggu and Yuyang, so he has the capital to compete with Wang Lang.
Even if he did not fight directly in the front, Peng Pet also made great contributions to Liu Xiu, and he was a veritable minister who helped Liu Xiu defeat Hebei.
Liu Xiu was not thin on Peng Chong, and named him the Marquis of Jianzhong and gave him the title of general.
If Peng Pet does not rebel, with his merits, it is not an exaggeration to describe him as promising in the Luoyang court.
But Peng Pet and Zhu Fu did not agree, Zhu Fu repeatedly impeached Peng Pet, and most of Zhu Fu's impeachments were framed, which was unnecessary, that is, he was deliberately suppressing Peng Pet and giving Peng Pet small shoes.
This became the direct cause of Peng Pet's rebellion.
And the root cause of Peng Pet's rebellion is still the lack of people's hearts.
He thought that with his merits to Liu Xiu, he could be crowned king, but Liu Xiu only named him a marquis, which made Peng Chong disappointed in Liu Xiu.
But Peng Chong never looked back to see that so many ministers in the court who were highly accomplished were only made marquis, including the great Situ Deng Yu at that time, the great Sima Wu Han and others.
Liu Xiu inherited the Han family and held high the banner of restoring the Han Dynasty, so he naturally had to abide by the ancestral teachings of the Han family, that is, not to be crowned as a king with a different surname.
Peng Pet felt that Liu Xiu was unfair to him, coupled with Zhu Fu's repeated frames, taking advantage of Luoyang's simultaneous western, southern, and eastern expeditions, and fighting on three fronts, he gave Liu Xiu a salary and rebelled in Yuyang.
This is not the most hateful, the most hateful thing is that in order to pull in strong allies, in the south, Peng Pet colluded with Zhang Bu, and in the north, Peng Pet colluded with the Xiongnu, and even did not hesitate to introduce the Huns into Youzhou and work together against Liu Xiu.
It can be said that in the last two years, Peng Pet has completely ruined the good reputation he has accumulated for most of his life, even in his old nest Yuyang County, there are countless people who hate Peng Pet.
With the end of the Luoyang Imperial Court's Western Expedition, the Southern Expedition and the Eastern Expedition were getting smoother and smoother, and Liu Xiu finally had his free hand to deal with Peng Chong.
In Youzhou, Peng Pet, who turned over the river and the sea, came to an end, facing the Han army like a wolf and a tiger, brave and good at fighting, Peng Pet was not an opponent at all, and finally could only retreat back to Yuyang for refuge.
The arrival of Xi Cheying gave Peng Pet a way to give him and his body.
Peng Pet betrayed his treachery and betrayed his master to seek glory, creating Liu Xiu's rebellion, but in the end, he himself died in the hands of those who betrayed his promise and betrayed his lord for glory.
This may really be the sentence that responds to the cycle of heaven and retribution.
After all, the thief died at the hands of the thief.
The three of Zimi killed Peng Pet and the Lu couple, cut off their heads, put them in their pockets, and then took these two pockets and four packages full of gold, left the palace, and went straight out of the city.
It was already dark, and Yuyang City had been closed, but the three of Zimi had Peng Pet's edict, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city did not dare to stop it when they saw the king's edict, opened the city gate, and let the three of them out of the city.
When they arrived outside the city, the three of them quickly ran forward for another five or six miles, and then they stopped their horses.
Zimi, Ziyi, and Zichu couldn't help but laugh.
Zichu said excitedly: "Brother Mi, I didn't expect us to go out of the city so smoothly, and when we arrive in Luoyang, our brothers will have a good life!" ”
Zimi nodded again and again, his eyes lit up, his face was full of longing, and he said: "We have been slaves all our lives, and when we arrive in Luoyang, we will all be marquis, and we can live the life of a master!" ”
As he spoke, he untied the two pockets tied to the saddle, handed them to Ziyi and Zichu respectively, and said: "These two pockets, you two take them and go to Luoyang, we can rely on them to pay homage to the prime minister!" ”
Ziyi and Zichu looked at the bloody cloth bag, feeling both excited and terrifying, the two grinned, and did not dare to stretch out their hands for a long time.
Zimi glanced at them and said, "Everyone is dead, what are you two afraid of?"
This is not the head, but the seal of the marquis! ”
Hearing him say this, both Ziyi and Zichu had smiles on their faces, and they both reached out, took a pocket, and lowered their heads to tie it to their saddles.
Just when the two of them lowered their heads and tied their pockets, Zimi suddenly pulled out his sword, and when he heard a bang, the blade flashed around Ziyi's neck.
Ziyi didn't even realize what was going on, and with a poof, a bloody arrow shot out from his neck, and his body sitting on horseback shook a few times, and he fell sideways.
Zimi didn't pause for a moment, and after a sword slashed Ziyi's throat, another sword stabbed straight into Zichu's chest.
The pocket in Zichu's hand fell to the ground, he subconsciously grabbed the sword body, then slowly raised his head, looked at Zimi in disbelief, and said intermittently: "Mi...... Migo, you ...... How can you ......" Zi Mi wanted to draw the sword back, but Zi Chu grabbed it too tightly, and blood flowed down his ten fingers.
Zimi simply didn't draw his sword, and pushed the saber outward, and Zichu couldn't sit still on the horse's back and rolled down.
Then, Zimi also turned over and dismounted, looking at Zi Chu lying on the ground, his hands still grasping the sword body, and his eyes still looking at his Zi Chu, he swallowed his saliva, and said with little confidence: "Brother, I'm sorry, this throne can only be received by one person, and three people go together, who do you want Your Majesty to give the throne?" ”
It stands to reason that the throne should definitely be given to him, after all, he is the mastermind, but he is not afraid of 10,000, just in case, in case His Majesty sees Ziyi and agrees to the eye, or sees Zichu and gives him the throne to one of the two, then who will he find to reason, and then the intestines will be repentant.
He's done it this far, and he won't allow the slightest deviation.
Therefore, instead of the three of them going to receive the reward together, it is better for him to receive the reward alone, so that it is impossible for the flowers to fall to other families again.
While talking, Zimi picked up a big stone on the side of the road, walked to Zichu, and said: "You and Ziyi will go on the road first, and when the New Year's festival comes, I will definitely kill chickens and sheep and worship you two!" ”
"You...... You ......" Zichu's mouth opened and closed, but all he spit out was blood.
Zimi no longer gave him a chance to speak, lifted the big stone, aimed it at Zichu's head, and smashed it down.
One, two...... It wasn't until Zichu's head was smashed into a blur of flesh and blood, and red and white lumps splattered all over the ground, that he was finished.
Seeing that his head was about to be smashed by him, he couldn't help but retched twice, and after a while, Zimi put two pockets and even four packages on his horse, and then rode straight to Luoyang.
The bodies of Peng Pet and Lu were only found the next morning.
After that, Peng Chong's son Peng Wu inherited the throne of King Yan, but Peng Chong's first seven did not pass, and the national teacher Han Li led the troops to rebel, not only killing Peng Wu, but also destroying Peng's Manmen, and then Han Li took Peng Wu's head and surrendered to the Han army.
At this point, the rebellion in the north caused by Peng Pet also ended, and the Peng family did not die in the hands of Liu Xiu, but was killed by his courtiers, which became their merit in defecting to the Han family.
Let's talk about Zimi, after killing Ziyi and Zichu, two companions and accomplices, he slept in the open along the way, day and night, and finally arrived in Luoyang.
I heard that Peng Chong's domestic slave Zimi came to Luoyang with Peng Chong's head, just outside the palace, and Liu Xiu personally summoned him.
In the court, Liu Xiu sat on the throne, and the ministers on both sides were the ministers of the court.
Yu Linwei put the heads of Peng Pet and Lu in a box and placed them on the court.
The ministers present craned their necks and looked inside the box.
After seeing Peng Pet's severed head clearly, Liu Xiu sighed secretly, if Peng Pet did not rebel and dutifully guarded Yuyang County, with Peng Pet's merits, he would let Peng Pet always be the soil emperor of Yuyang County and pass it on from generation to generation.
It's a pity that he just wanted to rebel himself, and now he has ended up like this, which is really regrettable.
Liu Xiu turned his eyes and looked at Zimi, who was kneeling in the main hall, with his head on the ground, and didn't dare to raise his head at all, and asked, "You, called Zimi?" ”
"Yes...... It's small. ”
"How did you kill Peng Pet?
Raise your head and speak! ”
After Zimi listened, he slowly raised his head and only glanced at Liu Xiu, he immediately lowered his head again, and told him how he and Ziyi and Zichu killed Peng Pet and Lu Shi, 1510.
Of course, in the end, he didn't say anything about killing Ziyi and Zichu, but said that both of them died at the hands of the pursuers, and he himself died nine times before he escaped from Yuyang County, and came to Luoyang without danger.
He attributed this to Liu Xiuhong's blessing to Qi Tian, who was the true Son of Heaven, and even the heavens blessed him in the dark, allowing him to come to Luoyang smoothly and present the head of the thief to the Son of Heaven.
Zimi was born as a house slave, and he is very good at flattery, and he is a set of horses, so he doesn't have to think about it, he just opens his mouth.
It's just that it's okay for him to fool Peng Pet with these flattering words, but if he wants to fool Liu Xiu and even the ministers present, it is undoubtedly a joke.
Listening to Zimi's narration, people secretly frowned, Zimi killed Peng Pet because of the Han family, but it has to be said that his behavior is despicable.
At that time, people generally valued virtue, and the quality of a person's virtue directly affected the perception of the people around him.
Betraying one's reputation for glory is not a moral thing after all.
The eyes of the ministers looking at Zimi are also very complicated, most of them are full of ridicule and sarcasm.
After Zimi finished speaking, Liu Xiu nodded and said, "I do speak, anyone who can kill Peng Pet can be a Hou!" ”
When Zimi heard this, his body trembled with excitement, and he kowtowed forward again and again, saying, "Thank you, little one, Your Majesty!" Thank you, little one, Your Majesty! ”
Looking at Zimi, who kowtowed like pounding garlic, Liu Xiu's expression was inexplicable.
As a house slave, Zimi secretly murdered his master, which is despicable.
If he makes him a marquis, I am afraid that even his reputation will be damaged.
If he doesn't seal him, then he will become a rebel again, whether he should be banned or not, it really makes Liu Xiu feel embarrassed.
At this moment, Zhang Kun coughed in a low voice.
Liu Xiu turned his head to look at him, and saw that Zhang Kun was also looking at him with a strange expression.
Liu Xiu said: "Zhang Kun, come here!" ”