Chapter 112: Murder
Li Ling sat in the room, staring at the tea cup on the table in a daze.
In the first year of Jingkang, the Jurchens broke the city of Zhendingfu, and their father Li Miao committed suicide by jumping into the well, in order to fall into the hands of the Jin general Wanyan Zongwang. Wanyan Zongwang. Tortured and tortured in every way, his father swore to death, was escorted to Yanshan Mansion, and was finally killed by the Jurchens.
My father was soft-hearted, he didn't kill himself before breaking the city, let himself fall into the hands of the Jin people, was humiliated in every way, and finally fell into the clutches of Wanyan Shouzhong, life is better than death.
"Bodhisattva, do you know what kind of life I've been living in the past few years?"
Tears flowed from Li Ling's eyes, and he fell on the table.
In the past few years, she is better than dead, and she also wants to die, but she still fantasizes that one day, the Great Song Dynasty will come and save her from the sea of fire.
She still wants to live, after all, she is only less than 20 years old, and she is still in her prime.
fell into the hands of Wanyan Shouzhong, she was terrified all day long, hatred and fear were superimposed day by day, the Great Song Dynasty had no news, and she finally had no hope for life.
Even if the loyal army came today, her heart was dead, and the only thing she was thinking about was revenge.
With her alone, of course, she can't get what she wants. The gentleman is good at hypocrisy, and he can only rely on these old people in the city.
She doesn't have a good impression of these "old people". When the Jurchens broke the city, she fell into the hands of the Jurchens, and these people did not give her any help.
Everyone only wants to protect themselves, and everyone is selfish, who cares about a weak woman like her?
But she still has to seize this opportunity and use these people to achieve her goal of revenge.
Afraid that these people would help Wanyan Shouzhong to defend the city, she deliberately told Geng San, saying that she had found that Li Gu and others were plotting against her. Looking back, she told Li Gu and Ren Xiongxiang again, saying that Wanyan Shouzhong was suspicious of them and forced these people to jump over the wall by themselves.
Anyway, the two sides are fighting, and what she wants is revenge and cut off the heads of Wanyan Shouzhong and the guard general Uri.
Whether you can get revenge or not, I'm afraid that I will soon say goodbye to this world.
People inevitably die. I knew that I should have died at the beginning, and I didn't have to live the days when pigs and dogs were inferior in the past few years.
"Father, mother, my daughter will come to reunite with you soon."
Li Ling's heart was sour, and tears couldn't help falling again.
Wanyan Shouzhong panted and returned to the prefect's hall, and without resting, he asked the sergeant to summon other officials to the lobby to discuss matters.
He never thought about surrendering, his reputation as a "traitor" was outside, and he had already been in the newspapers, and others might be able to live, but he couldn't.
The sergeant ran in in a panic and said in a trembling voice: "General, the Song army has broken the city!"
"What, the city is broken!"
Wanyan Shouzhong stood up suddenly, his face pale.
"There are more than 3,000 Han'er and more than 500 Jurchen elites in the southern city wall, and they were defeated so quickly? Even the pigs have to be driven for a while!"
The sergeant said: "The artillery of the Song army is too powerful, and it blew up the city gate again. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Jurchens in the city withdrew first......"
Ren Xiongxiang came in, he heard the conversation in the hall clearly, and the chill in his eyes was even worse.
"What's going on now?"
Wan Yan Shouzhong was so angry that he didn't notice Ren Xiongxiang's movements next to him at all.
"The villain doesn't know anything else!"
The sergeant's voice became quieter.
"Straight sissy thieves, except for eating and drinking and playing with women, you can't do!"
Wanyan Shouzhong kicked down the sergeant and pulled out his knife, and the officials who came in hurriedly blocked it.
Several Jurchen generals strode in. As soon as the first person was stout and hideous, as soon as he entered the lobby, he asked in a stiff Song dialect: "Wanyan Shouzhong, are your subordinates all wine bags and rice bags, so let Song Gou rush into the city so quickly?"
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Yan Shouzhong smiled on his face, nodded his head, and hurriedly stepped forward: "General Uri is angry." Song Dog's artillery is really powerful, so the villain will lead the troops to intercept it. General Uri led the cavalry to withdraw from the north gate first, and the villain came later. ”
Uri's face softened a little, he nodded, and said coldly: "That general Ben is waiting for you ten miles outside the north city gate, you can do it yourself."
Uri was just about to turn around and leave, but Ren Xiongxiang stood up.
"General Uri, in fact, there is no need to withdraw in a hurry, the villain has a plan to make the Song army retreat!"
Wanyan Shouzhong felt bad, and said loudly to Ren Xiongxiang: "Ren Xiongxiang, the Song people have entered the city, what can you do?" Don't get out of here!"
Uri was skeptical, and he asked suspiciously: "Ren Tongju, what can you really do?"
Ren Xiongxiang held the teacup and said in a deep voice: "Cut off your dog's head and give it to the Song people, and the Song people will retreat." What do you think?"
"Dare to entertain Lao Tzu, don't you want to live anymore!"
Uri instantly understood, and couldn't help but be furious.
"Ren Xiongxiang, are you so brainy that you dare to talk to General Ben like this! I'll cut off your dog's head today to set an example!"
With a "snap", Ren Xiongxiang grabbed the teacup on the table, fell down heavily, and shouted at the same time.
"Do it, don't leave one!"
The gate of the yamen was closed, and dozens of men in black rushed out of the courtyard and rushed into the lobby. The man at the head was Li Miao's family Li Gu, who was holding a long knife with hideous eyes, and looked at Wanyan Shouzhong and the others in front of him viciously.
"Li Gu, what's the matter, I've been a dog for a few years, and now I'm going to bite your master?"
Uri drew his knife and turned his gaze to Ren Xiongxiang, with a hint of sneer in his eyes.
"Ren Xiongxiang, you committed a capital crime that day, if I hadn't protected you, you would have been a dead dog! Now that Song Dog is here, you won't miss your old master! ”
Ren Xiongxiang's face was red, and he shouted angrily: "I am a dignified Han, how can I be your lackey of the Jurchens!" You are kind to me, and I am not difficult for your family. Suffer death. ”
Li Guzhong's righteous army was impatient, stepped forward with a knife, and said hatefully: "It's verbose with Fanzi, kill them!" ”
"Geng San, where are you this shit, why don't you come out and save me quickly?"
Wan Yan Shouzhong's heart was cold, he shouted loudly, holding a steel knife, and protecting his body.
"Dog thief, don't shout, Geng's three heads are here, take them over to accompany you!"
A man threw out his head and rolled down at the feet of Wan Yan Shouzhong.
"Fan thief, return the order of my prefect!"
Li Gu's eyes were blood-red, and he rushed forward viciously, heading straight for Uri in front of him.
"Brothers, come with me, kill these gold thieves in front of you, and avenge the dead people!"
Ren Xiongxiang pulled out the steel knife on his waist, roared loudly, and pounced on the stunned Wan Yan Shouzhong.
"It's the other way around, it's the other way around, you dog thieves!"
Wanyan Shouzhong retreated again and again, his face pale.
The two sides soon fought together, and the screams and fights continued to sound. Li Gufang's people were overwhelming, and Wuli, Wanyan Shouzhong, and several Jin generals and entourages around them soon fell in a pool of blood.
Wanyan Shouzhong was seriously injured and lay in a pool of blood. His eyes widened, but he couldn't speak.
Li Ling walked into the room, she took a knife from the hands of others, and came to Wanyan Shouzhong's side.
The others all withdrew, and only Li Ling and Wanyan Shouzhong were left in the hall.
The screams that came from time to time in the hall made the men in the courtyard look at each other. Ren Xiongxiang said in a deep voice: "Don't pay attention to these, guard the prefect's yamen, protect the money, grain, and land, and don't be destroyed by the rout." Wait for Song Jun to come and receive it. ”
The subordinate stepped forward and said, "Ren Tong can do his best."
Feel relieved. The granary is full of old subordinates of Governor Li's mansion, and nothing will go wrong. ”
Ren Xiongxiang said in a deep voice: "The stakes are very high, you bring some brothers over to make sure nothing goes wrong!"
Wanyan Shouzhong's screams finally stopped, and the woman's suppressed crying came from the house, like crying and complaining, endlessly, which made people feel sad.
After waiting for a while, the crying disappeared, but Li Ling was not seen coming out. Ren Xiongxiang felt bad and ran into the lobby.
Wanyan Shouzhong's eyes were full of blood, his nose and ears were also cut off, and his lower body was even more bloody and blurred, and his death was extremely terrifying.
And not far from his body, Li Ling also fell to the ground, with a knife mark on his neck, and blood was all over the ground.
Ren Xiongxiang sighed in a low voice. The country is ruined, and a few people can live in peace.
"Brothers, clean up this hall, clean up the body of Little Lady Li, and wait for the city to be quiet, and then bury it properly."
The sound of artillery fire and fighting outside was endless, and there were constantly routs who wanted to enter the yamen, but they were all killed and retreated by Ren Xiongxiang and others one by one.
Seeing the heavy casualties among their subordinates, Ren Xiongxiang and Li Gu were anxious. If this is attacked by the rout, not to mention the previous efforts, he will lose his life in vain.
Suddenly, the sound of artillery and earth-shattering thunder outside, the pillars of smoke billowed up, and the sound of fighting suddenly became louder. Ren Xiongxiang and the others all looked at each other, and their faces turned pale.
Who knew that after a violent explosion, the sound outside fell silent, and then someone "slammed the door" up.
"Listen to the people inside, we are the soldiers of the Loyal Army, quickly open the gate and surrender, otherwise once you attack it, the jade will be burned!"
The sergeants went up to the wall to check, and sure enough, there were soldiers of the Loyal and Righteous Army outside, and the corpses on the ground were accumulated, and blood was flowing everywhere, obviously after a struggle.
"Quickly open the gate and follow me to meet the army!"
Ren Xiongxiang and Li Gu were both overjoyed, and at the same time, their hearts were also relaxed.
When Dong Xian walked into the lobby of the prefect's mansion, it was already past noon, the city had quieted down, the floor of the lobby was washed clean, and Ren Xiongxiang and others were waiting.
"Governor Li's family is a loyal martyr, and Li Xiaoniang is a heroine among women, with unparalleled loyalty. Bury her body properly. I will report this to the Prime Minister. ”
Ma Kuo said to Ren Xiongxiang: "Ren Gong, you have eliminated the first evil, so that the golden crowd in the city has no leader, and it is a great achievement to defeat themselves." It also protects money and food, which is a great contribution. Now that the city has been decided, you will be appointed as the prefect for the time being, pacifying the people and resuming daily government affairs. ”
Ren Xiongxiang gave a deep salute and bowed: "Ma Xuanzan, the old man is a Song person, but the Jin army is strong, so he has no choice but to follow it." If you can return to this dynasty today, the rest of your life is enough. ”
Dong Xian snorted coldly: "Ma Xuanzan, the dog thief in the city, the people are dressed in Song clothes, they dare to kill the killer, tyrannical and ferocious, not killing is not enough to anger the people!"
Ren Xiongxiang's heart was shocked. There are thousands of Han'er soldiers in the city, and if they are all killed, the Zhending Mansion will really be full of corpses and rivers of blood.
Ren Xiongxiang's face was pale, and his voice trembled a little: "Ma Xuanzan, after all, they are all Han people. ”
"They don't deserve to be Han people, Han people won't kill their compatriots like this!"
Ma Kuo said coldly: "Such a brutal and unbeatable "traitor" who has forgotten his ancestors can only thank the world with death. Otherwise, who will the thousands of Han souls in the underground go to to complain?"
Dong Xian also said loudly: "These scum, if they are recruited into the army, they can only be black sheep." If you return to your hometown and cultivate the fields, you will bring harm to the people. It's better to kill and warn the world!"
The fighting in the city was incessant, and it was not until evening that it calmed down. The lights of the city were raised, and countless bloody human heads were hung on the city wall, one by one, looking from afar, extremely hideous.
On July 25, the first year of the Great Song Dynasty, the loyal and righteous army broke through the Zhending Mansion, an important town on the West Road of Hebei, and killed the main general Wuli and the prefect Wanyan Shouzhong, and the Zhending Mansion returned to the rule of the Song people after two years.