Ningguta, now Hailin, Heilongjiang.

June and July are the most pleasant times of the year in Ningguta. At this time, Ningguta is neither hot nor cold, and it is the most comfortable time for a few rare months, and most of the time it is a cold winter.

It has been five years since Wu Zhaoqian, a scholar from Jiangnan, was exiled here, and he came here after being framed by the enemy, stripped of his fame, beaten with a cane, and confiscated all his family property.

A weak Jiangnan literati was sent here to be enslaved by the armored people, and what basically awaited him was the fate of being tortured to death. Fortunately, Bahai, the general of Ningguta, admired Wu Zhaoqian's talent very much and hired him as his son's teacher, so Dutong Anzhuhu and Sabusu and others treated him preferentially, installed a hot kang in the house where he lived, and gave him mink coats and other cold items, and even allowed Wu Zhaoqian's family to come and go freely inside and outside the Guan, bringing silk and ceramics from Jiangnan to trade here, and buying ginseng, mink and other specialties from here, which made Wu Zhaoqian live a better life here.

On this day, Wu Zhaoqian was teaching his two sons at the home of Ningguta General Bahai.

"The sunset is a thousand rides on Ohnoping, and the waves are singing. The river is deep and does not move the turtle cave, and the pioneer hussar camp is stopped. Bahai's two sons shook their heads and read verses.

Bahai looked at his two sons with satisfaction, he admired the talent of this gentleman very much, as a martial artist, he wanted his son to learn more literary things, and in the future, he would be able to enter Beijing as an official, and he would not have to stay in this bitter cold place in the ice and snow.

"Report!" Someone outside came to report, "The Qincha from the capital is here!" ”

Bahai didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly walked out of the study and greeted him in the compound in person.

The person who came was a close confidant of Sukh Saha, who held the decree in his hand and shouted: "The decree has arrived! ”

Bahai set up an incense table to receive the holy decree.

The person who came opened the holy decree and read it aloud: "Haikou invaded Jiangnan again, and entered the river from Chongming." Soon, Zheng Rebellion is about to commit. For the sake of Zheng Rebellious, he committed Zhilong and beheaded him immediately! General Ningguta Bahai receives the order! ”

Ba Hai respectfully accepted the holy decree, only to hear the person who came again: "Kill Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhibao and their family, cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and never suffer in the future!" ”

"Scum!" Bahai hit a thousand.

This holy decree is true, but Bumu Butai's original intention was to propose Zheng Zhilong, hand it over to Aobai, who was about to go on the expedition, and send Zheng Zhilong to Jiangnan as a hostage to blackmail Zheng Chenggong. Who knows, but he was overordered by Sukh Saha. The holy decree was revised and Ningguta was asked to kill Zheng Zhilong's family. Originally, in real history, Zheng Zhilong was also killed by Suke Saha's edict, but now that it happened a few months later, Zheng Zhilong, who had lived for half a year, still did not escape the fate of being killed by Suke Saha.

Back in the study, Bahai sighed: "Zheng Zhilong's generation of heroes, but today he is going to die here, it's a pity, it's a pity!" ”

"General, why did the imperial court want to kill Zheng Zhilong?" Wu Zhaoqian asked puzzled.

That's what the Holy Ones mean. Those of us who are slaves just have to carry it out, where do we dare to ask more. Bahai replied.

Wu Zhaoqian said: "Since it was Zheng Zhi's invasion, Zheng Zhilong should be left behind, why should he kill him instead?" ”

"That's not for us minions. It is likely that Sony, Suke Saha and Ao worship a few of them, although General Ben also felt that it was inappropriate to kill Zheng Zhilong, but when the holy decree arrived, could it not be executed? "Bakaido.

Wu Zhaoqian sighed: "Pity Zheng Zhilong's generation of heroes. It's going to end like this today, hey! ”

"This man is an unfaithful and unrighteous man! Back then, Emperor Longwu of the Puppet Ming Dynasty treated him well, but he betrayed the emperor and took refuge in us. It's not a pity to kill this kind of person! "Bahai looks down on those second-tier traitors and the like, and feels that those people can only be used and are not reliable at all. Since the decree says to kill him, it is just to carry it out.

At the riverside shipyard, Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhibao brothers are leading a group of craftsmen to build warships on the Heilongjiang River for the Qing army.

It has been eight years since Zheng Zhilong was sent here, and since he surrendered to the Qing court not long ago, the more than 20 million taels of silver he brought with him were quickly extorted by Dolgon, Suke Saha, Aobai, Bolobeizi, and the Eight Banners of the capital. After Zheng Zhilong scattered all his family property, the Qing court did not hesitate to send him to Ningguta.

After coming to this bitter cold place of Ningguta, Zheng Zhilong regretted it a lot, and often lamented why he was obsessed with ghosts and surrendered to the Qing court, but ended up like this.

"I knew this was the case, why bother in the first place!" When he came down in his spare time, Zheng Zhilong sighed.

At that time, if Zheng Zhilong sent troops to garrison the Xianxia Pass and the Fenshui Pass, which were difficult to open, it would be difficult for the Qing army to enter Fujian, but Zheng Zhilong chose to surrender to the Qing court. originally thought that he would be treated well after surrendering, but who knew that Bo Luobeizi, who was in charge of attacking Fujian, made up false war reports such as the so-called "Xianxia Pass Victory" and "Fenshui Pass Victory" because of lying about his military exploits, but in fact, when the Qing army invaded Fujian, he did not encounter any resistance at all.

The terrain of Fujian is dangerous, even if there are hundreds of soldiers stationed in the above-mentioned passes, it is difficult for the Qing army to enter Fujian, but Zheng Zhilong himself opened the door to Fujian and let the Qing army drive straight in, resulting in the arrest of Emperor Longwu.

In order to help Bolo Beizi cover up the scandal of lying about his military exploits, Suke Saha chose to send Zheng Zhilong's family to Ningguta, and of course he also reaped a lot of benefits from Zheng Zhilong and Boluo Beizi.

However, Ningguta General Bahai saw that Zheng Zhilong was familiar with shipbuilding, so he asked him to supervise the shipbuilding, but he did not embarrass him.

"Big brother, don't we expect to go back again in our lives?" Zheng Zhibao asked.

Zheng Zhilong smiled bitterly: "Do you think Suke Saha will let us go back alive?" This treacherous villain! We fed him with how much silver we had, and when we ran out of money, he sent us here! ”

Zheng Zhibao lowered his voice with a sad face and said: "Big brother, I knew that Tatar was so untrustworthy, it would have been good if we had resisted at the beginning, at least life is much better than now." ”

"Life is like chess, one wrong step, one wrong step!" Zheng Zhilong sighed.

Just when the two of them were talking at leisure, suddenly a large group of Qing soldiers broke into the shipyard, and the deputy commander Sabu Su, led by him, shouted: "Take down the prisoner Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhibao!" ”

The wolf-like Qing soldiers pounced on them and tied up the Zheng Zhilong brothers.

"What are you doing here? What is my Zheng Zhilong's crime? Why did you tie us up? Zheng Zhilong's face flushed and he yelled desperately.

Sabu Su sneered: "Zheng Zhilong, you have raised a good son, he is coming to Jiangnan again!" In order to never suffer any more troubles, the Holy Majesty will kill you! Don't blame General Ben either. General Ben is also acting on orders! ”

Zheng Zhilong scolded: "It must be Suke Saha, this brute!" He's the one who wants to kill me! You untrustworthy tartries! Dead Tartars! Gourd tartars! I Zheng Zhilong regrets it! If I hadn't believed you Tartars back then, I, Zheng Zhilong, would not have ended up today! You Tartars will not die well......"

"Shut this guy's mouth up!" Sabusu yelled.

Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhibao's family of eleven people were all brought out by the Qing soldiers and escorted to the execution ground.

Prisoner vans drove through the streets, and there were a large number of people standing on the streets watching the excitement, and many of these ordinary people were relatives, friends, and family members of the "human criminals" who had been implicated not long ago in major cases such as the Weeping Temple Case, the Pinju Case, and the Tonghai Case.

"It's Zheng Zhilong!" Jin Shengsi's son, Jin Yong, shouted.

"Not bad! It's Zheng Zhilong's family! These Jiangnan scholars and their families who were sent to the bitter cold land saw clearly the wooden signs inserted by the prisoners, and they all shouted out one after another.

Jin Yong lowered his voice and said angrily to his friend: "It's all Zheng Zhilong, a thief, who betrayed the first emperor!" If it weren't for this thief betraying the first emperor. How could the Qing court invade Fujian? If Fujian hadn't been lost, our father wouldn't have died, and we wouldn't have come to this place to suffer! Zheng Zhilong: This is deserved! ”

"Hit him!" Someone shouted.

Dirt bricks, egg shells, rotten vegetable leaves, human saliva, and thick phlegm rained down on Zheng Zhilong's prison car, and the angry Jiangnan scholars used all the weapons they could use, and Zheng Zhilong's body was covered with filth.

The Qing soldiers escorting the prisoner cart looked triumphantly at the things that the people threw at Zheng Zhilong, and did not stop the people, they originally thought that killing Zheng Zhilong would cause the people of the original Ming Dynasty to be angry, but who knew that the people applauded along the way.

Zheng Zhilong, who was locked in the prison car, burst into tears, and his mouth was gagged. I want to scold but can't scold, so I can only make a weak "woo woo" sound from my throat. At this time, Zheng Zhilong regretted it to the extreme, if his hand could move, he would be eager to slap himself a few times.

Zheng Zhilong secretly said in his heart: Take pity on my son and grandson. They died with me! Damu (Zheng Chenggong): My son! Wrong for the Father! You must send troops to the Northern Expedition, to your father, to your uncle! Avenge your brother and your nephew! Kill all these Tartars! Tell our descendants. Don't surrender!

At this time, Zheng Zhilong had already repented, but unfortunately the matter had come to this point, what was the use of regretting!

The prisoner van entered the execution ground. Zheng Zhilong's family was guillotined.

The Jiangnan scholars who were sent to Ningguta followed them to the execution ground, and watched Zheng Zhilong's family being escorted to the guillotine, and these Jiangnan scholars let out a cheer.

To tell the truth, Ningguta General Bahai still takes good care of these Jiangnan scholars, and he is still a kind person who treats scholars. As for Zheng Zhilong, Bahai has never given him a good look. When Zheng Zhilong came to Ningguta, he was already penniless, and when he arrived here, he became a slave, and now killing Zheng Zhilong, Bahai felt like pinching an ant to death.

The warden stepped forward, asked the executioner to remove the cloth that blocked Zheng Zhilong's mouth, and asked, "What else do you have to say before you die?"

Zheng Zhilong yelled desperately: "Lao Tzu regrets it! Regret that you should not have surrendered to you Tartars! Dead tartar, Lao Tzu's son will avenge Lao Tzu! I'm going to kill you all! ”

The warden roared with a pale face: "Shut his mouth!" ”

The executioner blocked Zheng Zhilong's mouth and kicked him hard, making Zheng Zhilong kneel on the ground.

I shouldn't have betrayed the emperor, I shouldn't have betrayed the Ming Dynasty! It's better for me to be Ming! O God! In the next life, I, Zheng Zhilong, will definitely not surrender to the Tartars again! Zheng Zhilong wanted to shout, but his mouth was blocked, and he couldn't shout, so he could only whimper.

"The time has come, let's go!" Sabusu roared.

The executioner first removed the wooden plaque from the prisoner's head, then took a sip of wine and sprayed it on the devil's head knife.

"Slash!" The warden roared.

The silver knife light flashed, and Zheng Zhilong's head rolled to the ground. In the blink of an eye, Zheng Zhilong's family of eleven people were all beheaded.

"You deserve it! Well dead! The Tartar finally did something! Jin Yong scolded fiercely in his heart.

Thousands of miles away in Jinmen, Wang Xinyu was trying to persuade his younger brother Wang Zihao: "Brother, my brother has been crowned king, you should go to my brother's Qiongzhou, where my brother can take care of you." ”

At this time, Wang Xinyu had already persuaded his mother and sister, and they all agreed to come down and were willing to go to Qiongzhou, and the house in Xiamen was also sold. And Wang Xinyu took the edict given by the king of Yanping, and was moving the Xiamen Artillery Factory and the Alchemy Academy, and they all moved to Taiwan for the time being. The scale of the artillery factory is large, and the relocation of the artillery factory is not a matter of one or two days, it will take several days. During this time, Wang Xinyu went to Kinmen and persuaded his younger brother to leave.

Who knew that Wang Zihao said: "Big brother, you have already been crowned king by relying on your own ability, the younger brother is unwilling to rely on the care of the eldest brother, and everything the younger brother has worked hard for." ”

Wang Xinyu can't say that Zheng Chenggong may not have a long lifespan, and after Zheng Chenggong dies, he will turn his face with Zheng Jing. As for Wang Xinyu taking Zheng Chenggong's second son Zheng Cong to Taiwan, he is prepared that in case Zheng Chenggong dies, he can use Zheng Chenggong's edict to support Zheng Cong and fight against Zheng Jing.

Because Zheng Chenggong had already contracted the wind and cold, coupled with the news of Zheng Zhilong's death, and his son Zheng Jingtong's mother, who gave birth to a son, Zheng Chenggong was furious and ordered Zheng Jing to commit suicide. But Zheng Jing refused to commit suicide, so Zheng Chenggong sent someone to kill Zheng Jing, but the person sent refused to carry out Zheng Chenggong's order, so Zheng Chenggong died because of this.

When Wang Xinyu went to pick up Zheng Cong to Taiwan not long ago, he went to the palace of Yanping County, and the eyeliner placed there quietly told Wang Xinyu that Chen was about eight months pregnant.

"What should come is always coming, if King Yanping can escape this catastrophe, then there is hope to recover Jiangnan early!" Wang Xinyu said secretly in his heart.

Since his younger brother refused to leave, Wang Xinyu had no choice but to let his mother and sister go first, and he began to supervise the relocation of the gun factory.

Sixteen-year-old Zheng Cong stood beside Wang Xinyu, looking at the busy workers, and he suddenly asked: "Brother-in-law, do you say that my father will let me go to the battlefield?" ”

"Uncle will definitely let you go to war! Second prince, you have grown up, and you have to go through the tempering of the battlefield before you can inherit your father's great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty in the future! Wang Xinyu nodded solemnly.

Zheng Cong said loudly: "Please rest assured, brother-in-law, I will not disappoint my father!" (To be continued.) )