Chapter 103: Lightning and Thunder
There was once such an emperor, he ascended the throne at the age of sixteen, inherited the throne left by his brother, and served as the emperor for seventeen years. Unfortunately, however, what was handed over to him was already a stormy river, civil strife, external troubles, the division of local forces, the control of the government by a huge civilian clique, and the frequent natural disasters during the Xiaoice period, which were rare for a thousand years, all of which threatened and shook his rivers and mountains, and finally, he failed.
He should not have failed, he was considered by later historians to be the most diligent emperor, the average daily sleep time was less than two hours, he was in his twenties, his hair was gray, his eyes were long crow's feet, it can be said that he was a night of clothes and food, day and night, but he was the luck of the country, and he lacked the skill to save the country, and he saw his anxiety and chaos, and died in vain. When he was thirty-three years old, the peasant rebel army led by Li Zicheng broke through the city of Beijing, and he could have escaped from Beijing to the south to regroup, but he chose to die by hanging himself on the coal mountain, and the only eunuch named Wang Chengen who died with him was the only one who died with him. A crooked-necked tree and a white silk ribbon ended his thirty-three-year-old life and announced the end of a dynasty that lasted for hundreds of years.
However, the story is not over, because he still has a son......
There is such a legend, on the eve of the city of Beijing was broken by Li Zicheng, he entrusted his three sons to three ministers, so that they could protect his sons to escape from Beijing, the eldest son Zhu Cihong handed over to his father-in-law Jiading Bo Zhou Kui, but unfortunately his father-in-law was really nothing, not only did not send his eldest son out of Beijing, but also gave his eldest son as a gift to Li Zicheng; His fourth son, Zhu Ci, was better as he was ordered, and was protected by Li Hualong, the minister of Tuogu, and escaped from Beijing, and fled all the way south to Zunyi Mansion in Guizhou to live in seclusion, but eventually disappeared. And his third son, Zhu Cijiong, was handed over by him to Wu Xiang in Jingying - of course, this is just a legend, if you think I am talking nonsense, then please first show evidence that he did not hand over his son to Wu Xiang......
Legend says that because the city of Beijing was in danger, Wu Xiang was unable to protect the third prince of Zhu entrusted to him by the emperor, so he swapped the identities of his only grandson and the third prince of Zhu, but fortunately, Wu Xiang's grandson and the third prince of Zhu were both three years old at the time, and their appearance did not grow up, except for their parents and relatives, no one could distinguish their identities from false. On the day of the destruction of the city in Beijing, Wu Xiang took the third prince of Zhu as his grandson, and sent it to Shanhaiguan along with the jade moat and gold medal that proved the identity of the third prince of Zhu, and handed it over to his son to raiseβhis son was Wu Sangui. And Wu Xiang himself, along with his grandson, was killed by Li Zicheng's army - again, if I think I am talking nonsense, I will come up with evidence first.
After the third prince of Zhu was sent to Shanhaiguan as Wu Xiang's grandson, all the truth was revealed, and the pain of losing his father and son came to his head together, Wu Sangui's first thought was naturally to raise troops to find Li Zicheng for revenge, but he suffered from the enemy on his back, and Li Zicheng's army was strong, not to mention the little force in Wu Sangui's hand to take revenge, even it was difficult to protect himself. So, Wu Sangui thought of borrowing troops from the Manchu Qing to take revenge.
It is not without the history of borrowing troops to take revenge and restore the country, Qi Huan Gong has done it, Sun Ce has done it, Tang Suzong has also borrowed troops from Hui Hui to pacify the Anshi Rebellion, but unfortunately Wu Sangui does not have their luck, although the Manchu Qing successfully defeated Li Zicheng's army in the Battle of a Stone, Wu Sangui's own military strength suffered heavy losses, and then there is no strength to balance the ambitious Manchu Tartars. At the same time, the treacherous Tartar released rumors, saying that Wu Sangui was a traitor, and in addition to his own greed for life and fear of death, the main reason for Li Zicheng to rob Wu Sangui's little wife Chen Yuanyuan pushed Wu Sangui to the opposite side of the Han people in the world.
On the one hand, the murderous army of the Tartars, on the other hand, the scolding of the Han people in the world, Wu Sangui fell into a dilemma, but Wu Sangui was burdened by the former emperor, and did not rashly break the net with the Manchu fish, but chose to endure the humiliation, in order to protect the last trace of blood of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Sangui silently carried the scolding of the traitors for the Manchu Tartars to attack the city and plunder the land, won the trust of the Manchu Tartars, and also kept the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou for the Ming Dynasty in secret. Accumulate strength and wait for the day when the Ming Dragon Banner will be raised again and the Han family will be recovered......
The current third prince of Zhu is named Wu Yingxiong.
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"Zhou Langzhong, King Pingxi, for the last trace of blood of the Ming Dynasty and the last ray of hope for our Han family, not only endured humiliation and burdened the infamy for more than 20 years, but also sacrificed the life of his own son. Zhou Langzhong, whether the sacrifice of King Pingxi is worth it, whether the Han people can recover, and whether the bloodline of the former emperor can be continued, is already in your thoughts. The jade moat and gold medal of the third prince of Zhu were replayed in front of his eyes, and Yao Qisheng's words echoed in Zhou Huichun's ears, and at the same time, there were also the desperate screams of the only child, the heart-rending cry of his wife, and the smug laughter of the donkey and Kong Sizhen and others......
"Zhou Langzhong, please." The donkey laughed wildly and pulled out the steel knife - the blood flowing from the blade was already terrifyingly pitch black, and the donkey shook the steel knife and laughed: "Zhou Langzhong, do you want to personally cut off your son's only leg?" Or do you want to detoxify him? The choice is yours. β
"Father! Father! Save me! "Xianggong! Our son! Zhou Huichun's son and wife struggled and cried frantically at the same time, the terrible voice was like a heavy hammer, the sound hit Zhou Huichun's heart, and the heart of the old man in twilight was shattered little by little, and the old man who had just been tortured closed his eyes in pain and lowered his white-haired head weakly......
"Zhou Langzhong, hurry." Kong Sizhen snuggled on the shoulder of the donkey, and said with a smile: "The poison of the scissors tree is bloody and seals the throat, if you don't do it, it will be too late, if you have an assistant for detoxification, even if you open your mouth, the slave family also knows some medical Taoism." β
"Father, save me, save me!" Zhou Huichun's only son's cry is getting more and more poignant, Zhou Huichun's wife's cry is already hoarse, she and Zhou Huichun have a son in old age, and they cherish this only son as a pearl in their palms, and the only hope for their old couple in the future is also all tied to their son......
Seeing Zhou Huichun's lips trembling and standing still, the donkey couldn't help but scold: "What the fuck are you still doing?" Silly or dumb? Lao Tzu is still waiting to return to the master, hurry up, is it to detoxify your son? Or do you cut off his leg yourself? And Kong Sizhen laughed even more coquettishly, as if she thought all this was very interesting - after all, her father was Kong Youde, and compared with the Dengzhou Massacre, the Jiading Massacre and the Yangzhou Massacre, the blood in front of her was too little, to the point of being incalculable......
"Wu Sangui is for the sake of the Han people, in order to drive out the Tartars, he can make the Han people all over the world scold him for twenty-six years! His own son can be sacrificed! Compared to him, I ....... Thinking of this, Zhou Huichun suddenly opened his eyes, and a trace of seriousness flashed in his old eyes full of tears, a trace of admirable seriousness. Zhou Huichun raised his head and said loudly: "I repeat, I can't solve the poison on Wu Yingxiong's body, and I can't solve the poison on my son's body!" Didn't you want me to cut off my son's leg? Okay, I'll smash! β
"Father, don't ββ!" "Xianggong, that's our son!" In the heart-to-heart cries of the only son and his wife, and in the surprised eyes of Kong Sizhen, the donkey, and the full house of warriors, Zhou Huichun strode to the table, grabbed the handle of the guillotine that was on the only good leg of the only son, and said to the only son who was crying endlessly: "Son, my father is incompetent, and he can't cure the poison on your body, in order to save your life, I can only ...... I can only cut off your legs, you ...... You put up with ....... β
"Father, I don't ββ!" In the hoarse cry of the only son, Zhou Huichun clenched the handle of the guillotine, gritted his teeth and lowered it with all his might, and in an instant, blood splashed out like an arrow, splashing on Zhou Huichun's old face......
"Ahββ!h Zhou Huichun's only son screamed hoarsely, tilted his head and fainted on the table. And Zhou Huichun's wife couldn't even make a sound, she opened her mouth and spit out blood, and her gray head hung down weakly, already with more breath and less air intake. And the smug smiles of Donkey, Kong Sizhen and the others were completely frozen on their faces......
"Now you believe it, right? I can't cure this poison. Zhou Huichun tilted his white head stained with the blood of his only son, smiled and asked Kong Sizhen, the donkey, and the warriors of the Shanpu camp: "Now you can go and revenge on your master, right?" Speaking of this, Zhou Huichun suddenly roared wildly, "Get out!" I'm going to treat my son's wounds! β
The hall was silent, only the sound of Zhou Huichun's heavy breathing and the sound of blood spurting from the broken leg remained, and after a while, a few crisp applause suddenly came from the back hall of the Hui ** hall, and then, Kangxi, who was dressed in civilian clothes, walked out of the back hall of the Hui Chun Hall with Su Malagu and Wei Dongting with a smile on his face. Kangxi applauded and smiled: "Wonderful, it is worthy of being a stubborn old man who even dared to resist the will of the old ancestor, and he actually shocked my tiger generals and wise generals into silence." It's also a shame that I came to see the excitement on a whim, otherwise I would have missed this good show where the father cut off his son's thigh. β
"Long live the emperor, long live, long live." The whole hall knelt down, but Zhou Huichun stood upright and did not kneel, but only stared at the Tartar Ma Emperor in front of him with slanted eyes. Kangxi was not angry, and smiled kindly: "I heard that Wu Yingxiong once saved your son's life, and I was worried that you would deliberately lie to my people about the military situation in order to repay your kindness, and help that Wu Yingxiong Taoguang to raise his obscurity." Now it seems that you are quite honest, you really won't solve the poison on Wu Yingxiong's body - at least you won't cut off your son's leg with your own hands in order to repay your kindness, and I can finally rest assured. β
"Wu Sangui betrayed our Han people in the world, I hate Wu Sangui to the bone! Why should I sacrifice my son for the sake of his son?! Zhou Huichun asked in a hoarse voice, "Aren't you the emperor?" Why don't you even understand this truth? β
"Dog man, how dare you teach a lesson to live today?" Wei Dongting and the donkey shouted angrily at the same time. Kangxi waved his hand to stop his two minions, smiled and said to Zhou Huichun: "You Han people are very strange, some of them don't have a single bone on their bodies, and they are soft when they are pinched; Some of them are full of hard bones, and if you just beat him to pieces, he is also the hard bone scum that suckles your teeth! You have a history of confronting your ancestors, and I was worried that you were the latter, so I let people try you. β
Speaking of this, a trace of hideousness appeared on Kangxi's ugly hemp face, and he said with a cruel smile: "If you want to blame, blame Wu Yingxiong who dared to rob me of women, rushed to me to extort military salaries, and dared to beat me in public, if he hadn't saved your son, I wouldn't have suspected you, and you wouldn't have ruined your family." β
"Beat the Tartar Emperor in public? He is worthy of the third prince of our Han people. A smile appeared on Zhou Huichun's blood-stained face, and he was very relieved in his heart, although his only son's broken leg was still bleeding suddenly, but Zhou Huichun felt that it was worth it. Kangxi sniffled in disgust, covered his nose and frowned: "The smell of blood is all over the house, it really smells." Forget it, I've seen enough of the excitement, I'll leave the rest to you, I have to go back to the palace to ask the ancestor for peace, and tell her the good news that Wu Yingxiong was poisoned. Hehe, this time I can finally concentrate on dealing with Aobai with confidence. β
"Long live the send-off." The room was full of people, except for Zhou Huichun, and they all knelt down, and they didn't get up until Kangxi left with Su Malagu and Wei Dongting. Kong Sizhen leaned on the donkey's shoulder again, and smiled at the donkey: "Donkey, the emperor often calls you a stupid donkey, do you want to be smart?" I've heard people say that if you eat smart people's brains, you can make people smarter, this Zhou Huichun is the first miracle doctor in the capital, his brain should be very smart, do you want to try? β
The donkey grinned, "Haha, of course I want to try." β
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"Boom! - Knock! Boom! When the sound of the third watch echoed in Shihu Hutong, Wu Yuanming woke up from the coma again, because he didn't see Zhou Huichun's shadow in the room, Wu Yuanming couldn't help but ask Yao Qisheng, who had been guarding the bedside, worriedly: "Father-in-law, has Zhou Huichun ever come back?" Since he is a child who heals injuries and poisons, Kangxi and Aobai will definitely ask him about my situation, those people can use any means, he shouldn't encounter any accidents, right? β
"He didn't come back, but when he left, he had left all the prescriptions he needed." Yao Qisheng wiped the rice soup that flowed out of the corners of his mouth for Wu Yuanming, and said softly: "For the hope of our Han people to recover, from the moment he leaves the gate of our house, he will never come back." β
Those who are dead, for the sake of telling the outside world, let us know it, and spread it among the enemy.