In the Zhengde Palace, it is splendid.

After reading Geng Bing's recital, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty fell into deep thought. The rebellion of foreign relatives, he is not ignorant, but everything has to pay attention to balance, now the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, after they are all heroes, they are proud of their high merits, he needs relatives like Wei Qing and Huo Quai, who can not only get on the horse to kill the enemy, but also can restrain the ministers with the position of important ministers and relatives of relatives. However, the strength of the relatives is too weak, Ma Fang, Ma Guang and others are all small Huangmenlang, how can they take on the heavy responsibility? Ma Fang is Ma's talent, better than military strategy, can kill the enemy, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty repeatedly wanted to reuse, but Queen Ma repeatedly dissuaded, he didn't want to brush the queen's will, so he had to abandon it, time is wasted, Ma Fang is getting old, no longer use, I'm afraid it can no longer be used.

"Could it be that Geng Bing was instigated by other heroes to come forward?" The rebellion of Chu Wangying and Guangling Wang Jing came to mind, and Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty usually hated the collusion of ministers the most, and suddenly Long Yan was furious, it was time to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger! Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty shouted: "Geng Bing! ”

Geng Bing's heart froze, and he responded: "The minister is here!" ”

Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty raised his eyebrows and was murderous, crumpled the paper silk written by Geng Bing, threw it on the ground, and shouted: "Geng Bing, you are also a veteran of the battlefield, don't you know that it is not good for the army to change formations?" You are talking nonsense, who is the one who instigated it? Hmph, dare to stiffen your neck and kneel! ”

The matter has come to this, Geng Bing can only go one way to the dark, and said proudly: "The minister risked death to play, and it has nothing to do with others." The minister is loyal, but the sun and the moon can be revealed, and the minister is not guilty. "Presumptuous!" Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty was furious, after these heroes, they usually played the sign of serving the country and the people, and their necks were harder than stones, which aroused the anger of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty.

Outside the hall, four tiger-backed royal forest soldiers immediately broke in, pressing Geng Bing's shoulders, waist, and knees, trying to make him kneel. Geng Bing has always been very cautious, but at this time, he suddenly burst out of a bullish nature, stiff and not kneeling, his waist is eight feet, and he has the strength of a thousand catties, and the four royal forest soldiers are helpless for a while.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were silent, Ma Fang stood at the end of the hundred officials, and his heart blossomed: "Wonderful, it's really a sin, especially alive; and thou shalt not live. You Geng Bing is usually cautious, like a turtle with a shrunken head, but at this time, you eat the gall of a leopard and dare to force your head, haha, it's very good! As soon as Geng Bing fell, the Geng family declined, wait for me to come back from the western expedition, make meritorious contributions, and then slowly clean up the rest of the Geng family! ”

"Okay, backbone, backbone, and another strong order! It's really worthy of being a hero! Emperor Han Ming laughed angrily, but secretly admired Geng Bing's courage in his heart, "Take him down, put him in prison, and send him to Captain Sili for trial, I want to see how hard he can be!" More than a dozen guards poured in outside the hall and dragged Geng Bingheng down.

Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty brushed his sleeves away, and the long and sharp voice of the Zhongchang servant shouted: "Retreat from the dynasty!" ”

Baiguan, you look at me, I look at you, inexplicable. Da Situ Baoyu stepped forward, leaned over to pick up the paper silk, unfolded it and looked at it, and admiration arose. After reading it, he handed the bamboo silk to the fifth Lun. The ministers knew that Geng Bing was worried that his relatives would take power and harm the country, so he risked his death to play, but the expedition was imminent, and he changed generals on the spot, which damaged morale, which was a bad omen, and had always been taboo by soldiers, no wonder Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty was furious. But Geng Bing's courage is really admirable. Baiguan, you look at me, I look at you, and I bow my head in shame.

Ma Fang is happy and worried. He remembered that every time he took the initiative to ask for help and go into battle to kill the enemy, he was stopped by his sister Queen Ma. All his life, he lived in the aura and shadow of his father Ma Yuan and his sister. Sometimes he hates, why was he born in the family of heroes and relatives? If it weren't for this, with his own talents, he would have been a marquis for thousands of miles and famous at home. However, life is helpless, and life and death cannot be chosen.

Sili Lieutenant Wang Kang crouched in front of the case, his triangular eyes hung high, looking at Geng Bing, who refused to kneel or admit his guilt even when he died, and there was nothing he could do. Wang Kang admired Zhang Tang, the cool official of Emperor Wu very much, when he was a child, he imitated Zhang Tang's "Xun Mouse", caught a dog, wrote a message, and after some torture, tied to the horse's hooves, and divided the corpses of five horses. He has handled many cases, and no matter how tough the character is, he will confess immediately as soon as he is punished. When Chu Wangying rebelled and refused to admit his guilt, Wang Kang put Chu Wangying in a pot and steamed it, claiming to cook him, Chu Wangying was afraid and had to admit his guilt. Wang Kang was ruthless, and took advantage of this to raise a big prison, repeatedly punished and tortured, and tens of thousands of people were tortured to death. But this time, in the face of Geng Bing, he didn't dare to act rashly, and had to figure out what he wanted.

"Lord Wang, don't ask, I don't bow to the sky, I am worthy of the ground, it is easy to sentence me to death, if you want me to confess my guilt, I can't!" Geng Bing said proudly. Wang Kang sighed: "Escort Geng Duwei down, remember, good wine and good meat are served, and you must not hurt half a hair of him!" ”

The jailer bowed in reply, and Geng Bing retreated. Wang Kang curled up in front of the case, rubbed the bloodstained cow tendon whip in his hand, and pondered: "Geng Bing has been a general for generations, and he strongly advises not to reuse his relatives, it is a good word and bitter mouth, if he is punished heavily, in case the emperor repents, then I will not die?" However, if you don't punish him heavily, what will you do to the emperor? ”

Just as he was thinking about it, the jailer came to report: "Lord Wang, Lord Ma is visiting." Wang Kang's eyes lit up and said, "Hurry up, please." ”

The light was like a bean, swaying, unable to support the thick darkness of the torture room, and the torture instruments such as razors, gallows, and urns were hidden in the half-light and half-extinguished, exuding a strong smell of blood, adding a bit of fear. On the desk, there were two gaps in the big sea bowl, a pot of turbid wine, Wang Kang and Ma Fang came and went, and drank a few glasses.

The two of them chatted endlessly, in fact, each other's hearts were bright, seeing that the long night was about to pass, Wang Kang couldn't bear it, and asked: "Uncle Guo, the first emperor treated meritorious heroes, Qu Jia was tolerant, Yang showed respect, even if there were mistakes, most of them were pardoned, I don't know how the emperor is today?" ”

Ma Fang laughed, drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp, his two eyes shone in the dark, and said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, the rebellion of Chu Wangying and Guangling Wang Jing was all made by you, and tens of thousands of people were implicated, is there really so many rebels in the world?" Wang Kang thought to himself: "This is the emperor's meaning, it is confidential, Ma Fang is a relative, of course he knows, he wants to continue, what should I do?" "A heart is pounding. Ma Fang changed his words and said, "It's not interesting to talk about this, I'll tell Lord Wang a story to refresh yourself." Do you know Zhou Yafu? ”

Wang Kang wiped his mouth embarrassedly and said with a smile: "Zhou Yafu tried his best to save Wang Lan and pacify the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, he is a generation of famous generals, who doesn't know, who doesn't know." ”

"Okay." Ma Fang said: "Zhou Yafu quelled the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms and became the prime minister. One day, Emperor Jing wanted to seal the queen's brother Wang Xin as a wait, and all the officials had no opinion, but Zhou Yafu jumped out and strongly objected, saying that Gaozu had a white horse covenant, not that the surname Liu could not be crowned king, and those who did not have meritorious service could not be crowned marquis, and if he did not abide by this provision, the people of the world could attack him together. Emperor Jing listened to it and did not make Wang Xin a marquis again. ”

Ma Fang paused, and then said: "Empress Dowager Dou and Queen Wang hate Zhou Yafu very much, Zhou Yafu doesn't care, and he does his own thing. The Huns came to surrender, Emperor Jing was happy and wanted to make them marquis, Zhou Yafu jumped out again, and Emperor Jing was very dissatisfied. Once invited Zhou Yafu to dinner, he gave him a big piece of meat, but did not give him chopsticks. Zhou Yafu didn't know where to start, he was very unhappy, and he didn't think about the emperor's intentions, so he directly rushed to the official in charge of the banquet and said, bring chopsticks! Emperor Jing said, give you a large piece of meat, are you still not satisfied? Zhou Yafu retreated. So, Emperor Jing dismissed Zhou Yafu from office. Zhou Yafu's son committed a crime and implicated Zhou Yafu, and Emperor Jing sent him to Tingwei for interrogation, but Tingwei didn't know what to do and didn't know Emperor Jing's intentions. At this time, Queen Wang handed over the news to Tingwei. Tingwei was overjoyed and said that if you Zhou Yafu did not rebel in life, he would rebel when he died. So they put him in prison and starved him to death. The day after Zhou Yafu died, Emperor Jing made Wang Xin the Marquis. ”

Wang Kang was overjoyed, his eyes rolled a few times, and he said with a smile: "The story told by Master Ma is really interesting, interesting, hahaha......"

"Come, the story is over, let's not get drunk, don't get drunk......"

The two drank for a while, Ma Fang staggered to his feet, looked at the fold in front of the case, rolled his tongue and said: "Wang, Lord Wang, the words on this fold are heroic and martial, but it was not written by Geng Bing, and the person who wrote this fold is afraid that there is someone else." After speaking, without waiting for Wang Kang to answer, Ma Fangshen walked out with a shallow foot.

Wang Kang sat in the huge darkness and pondered: "Why did Ma Fang tell this story? How can Geng Bing be compared to Zhou Yafu? Even heroes and important ministers like Zhou Yafu, who opposed the feudal marquis of their relatives, were starved to death, what is Geng Bing? Now that the Manchu Dynasty is the descendants of meritorious heroes, is the emperor going to build a big prison again? Is the Geng family the first to be liquidated? Wang Kang seemed to have found the answer from Ma Fang's words and from the rebellion cases of Chu Wangying and Guangling Wang Jing, and he couldn't help rubbing his hands and thinking excitedly: "As soon as the morning dawns, I will send troops to surround Geng's mansion!" ”

Geng Bing fell into prison, and the dark clouds of Geng's mansion were overwhelming, and it was a mess. In the past, the diners who rushed to Geng's house ran away without a trace, and some ministers who came and went also drew a clear line, and Geng's mansion was deserted and deserted. Geng Ba was full of white hair, standing under a crooked neck tree about the same age as him, shaking his head and muttering: "Is the Geng family really going to be destroyed in my hands?" Could it be that the three generations are generals, and they must be unknown? Alas, Bing'er fell into the hands of Wang Kang, and with his ruthlessness, where is there any way to live? On this night, Geng Gong sat at the table, staring at the candlelight, motionless. Geng Ba looked at Geng Gong silently, knowing that he was uncomfortable in his heart, and he couldn't bear to blame him anymore. The sea of eunuchs is unfathomable.

Geng's Mansion was quiet, only Ma Fu, who was in charge, was chattering: "Those people, they really have no conscience, they usually wag their tails like dogs to make friends, this is a friend, that is a relative, I can't wait to take out my heart, when it comes to danger, they are all scattered as birds and beasts, one by one becomes cold-faced and ruthless, this ignores us, that doesn't know us, and there are those who fall into the well, hum, next time I come to Geng's Mansion, my Ma Fu knife cut his heart, look at ......" One by one, through the darkness, flew into Geng Gong's ears. I don't know how long it took, the sky spit out the white of the fish's belly, Geng Gong resolutely stood up, turned around, and went straight to the edict, and Ma Fu's scream came from behind him: "Young master, young master, where are you going......

This night, Wang Kang did not return home, but slept in the torture room of the Imperial Prison, the idea was set, he wanted to solve this thorny problem quickly, and the emperor was still waiting for his reply. In his sleep, Chu Wang Ying and Guangling Wang Jing looked at him with a sneer, and Wang Kang was furious all over his body. Suddenly, Chu Wang Ying jumped over, stabbed with a sword, and hit Wang Kang's face, he screamed "ah", woke up, couldn't help touching his head, his face was still faintly painful, and shouted loudly: "Blue wolf, blue wolf." ”

A man rushed over, bowed his head, and said, "My lord, what do you command?" I saw that this person's eyes were like knives, his eyebrows were frowning and his eyes were sunken, the corners of his mouth were crumbling, and his sharp protrusions drooped, which was daunting. Wang Kang said: "Blue wolf, you raise three hundred soldiers, tightly surround Geng's mansion, and a fly must not be released, if someone resists, kill it!" ”

"Yes! My lord. The wolf bowed and turned away. After a while, he heard countless footsteps, Wang Kang was very satisfied, this blue wolf is Lisuo. He squinted his eyes, as if he saw the blue wolf with three hundred soldiers rushing to the Geng Mansion like jackals, holding dozens of people from the Geng family, killing them, asking them to be ironclad......

Zhengmei Zizi thought about it, and suddenly a person rushed in with a sad face, trembling and said, "My lord, no, no, it's not good, that, that Geng Gong killed, killed in...... Wang Kang jumped up in fright and said, "What's the matter?" Three hundred soldiers can't surround Geng's mansion? And let that Geng Gong kill to the edict? Hmph, what a bold man, trespassing in prison, but a capital crime! ”

Wang Kang strode out of the edict. I saw that the blue wolf's face was full of anger, and at some point, there were dozens of holes in the clothes on his body. He commanded hundreds of soldiers, brandished weapons, shouted wah-wah, surrounded a nine-foot man, advancing and retreating, but helpless. On the ground, dozens of soldiers were already lying. Wang Kang gasped and thought, "Is this person really Geng Gong?" Why is he so powerful? Among the three hundred soldiers, he was like entering a no-man's land, advancing and retreating freely. Hmph, leave him alone, ask first. ”

Wang Kang shouted: "Da, who are you?" This is an edict, dare to trespass! ”

The man slashed his sword and said: "I am Geng Gong, I wrote the twist, it has nothing to do with my brother, please release him and let me in!" Hmph, my brother wrote for the country, and his relatives left a disaster, what is the crime? If you investigate our brothers' crimes, why do you still send troops to arrest the Geng family? What are their sins? ”

Wang Kang sneered: "If you are guilty or not, if you don't arrest it and ask, how do you know?" Hmph, if you dare to break into the edict and don't arrest you, I, Wang Kang, have been living for decades in vain! Blue wolf, give it to me! Arrest Geng Gong, and then go to copy Geng's house! The blue wolf gave the order, laughed fiercely, waved his hand, and hundreds of soldiers surrounded him again......

The trail of Liuhu Garden has fallen leaves, and the flowers and trees that were once purple and red have become bare branches, restoring the original color, only a few green pines, facing the cold wind, full of vitality.

Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty stopped, looked at the green pine, and was silent. When Queen Ma saw it, she stayed by her side and didn't speak. After a long time, she lightly opened her lips: "The emperor has been worried recently, is there anything to worry about?" ”

Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty came back to his senses and said, "You can guess." ”

"Is the emperor still worried about the affairs of the Huns?"

"The Huns are rampant, there are always weekdays, and now that the troops are dispatched, there is nothing to worry about."

"Then what is the emperor worried about?"

Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty turned his head, looked at Queen Ma's eyes, and said word by word: "I want to reuse Ma Fang, will Qing still obstruct it?" ”

When these words reached Queen Ma's ears, she knelt down and sobbed: "How can the emperor be like this, the relatives are in turmoil with the country, it was still yesterday, has Your Majesty forgotten?" ”

"I haven't forgotten!" Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty waved his hand vigorously and said: "Everything in the world pays attention to balance, there is yin and yang, and spring and winter." But now the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, either heroes, or after the heroes, these people, self-righteous, arrogant, no one can control it, and the tail is too big. I want to reuse horse defense, send him to fight in the Western Regions, make war achievements, and then make a marquis, and then let the heroes and relatives restrain each other and fear each other! ”

"Your Majesty, the concubine is afraid that the Ma clan will be wiped out." After the horse cried, looking like a pear blossom with rain, Emperor Ming's heart softened, he was very loving, and said softly: "Qing is too worried." ”

"Your Majesty is heroic, and he can control his relatives and balance his relatives and heroes, but his relatives are powerful and out of control. A hundred years later, no one may be able to control it, and at that time, it will be a life-and-death battle between heroes and relatives! Gaozu used the Lu clan, and Emperor Hui could not control Zhu Lu; Emperor Wu was strong with his son and mother, and he killed Mrs. Goge because he was afraid that his relatives would not be subdued. The first emperor suppressed his relatives and reused the heroes, which is the reason. If Your Majesty goes the other way, I am afraid that the Han family will be unstable, and the Ma clan will perish sooner or later! ”

When Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty heard this, he hesitated. At this time, Zhong Chang came rushing over, knocked down a few bottles of bonsai on the side of the road, and panted and said: "Your Majesty, no, it's not good, Wang Kang, the captain of Sili, came to report, saying that Geng Bing's younger brother Geng Gong wanted to save Geng Bing, and attacked the edict with a sword, killing dozens of jailers. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty said angrily: "The edict prison is an important place in the country, and his Geng family actually dares to rob the prison?" Hmph, transfer a thousand Royal Forest Army over, I want to see how capable this Geng family is! ”

Empress Ma persuaded: "The emperor is angry, the Geng family is the founder of the country, and he has always been obedient, and the emperor is doing this, I am afraid that it will chill the heroes of the world." Then, he turned his head and asked the middle attendant: "How many people did Geng Gong bring?" ”

"There's only one person."

"Your Majesty, if Geng Gong wants to rob the prison, how can he go alone? Please think twice. ”

Emperor Ming's eyebrows stretched slightly, and he nodded: "Then I'll take a look." ”

The shouts shook the sky, and the edict suddenly became a training ground, Geng Gong's sword flickered and contracted, as fast as lightning, as strong as a dragon, and the wolf and others were frightened and did not dare to approach. On the ground, one jailer after another lay on it. Wang Kang stood aside, shaking his head and sighing, he underestimated Geng Gong.

"The emperor has arrived...", the waiter pulled his neck and squeezed out a sharp word from his throat. Wang Kang heard this, and hurriedly bowed to the ground. Geng Gong didn't expect Emperor Han Ming to come, so he was startled, threw down his sword, and immediately knelt down.

"Your name is Geng Gong? I have seen you, when your father Geng Guang took you into the court, you were only a teenager. "Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty remembered the year when Geng Guang was established, so he died on the battlefield, leaving a lonely wife and weak son, and the Han Dynasty also lost a good general who opened up the territory! Now that Geng Gong has grown into a big man, he can't help but feel relieved. "Do you know what the prison is?" Emperor Ming said, but secretly admired in his heart: "With so many soldiers, he comes and goes freely, how much like his father, so brave, worthy of being a descendant of the Geng family!" ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers heard that only an emperor like Yao Shun has a direct minister who dares to speak. My brother is worried about state affairs, so he has the courage to admonish, what is the crime? Moreover, my brother's book was written by me, if you are guilty, please let the emperor return my brother, I am willing to replace me! Besides, even if our brothers are guilty, what is the guilt of the rest of the Geng family? Why do you want to be arrested? ”

"Full of arrests?" Emperor Ming was shocked, the dragon's eyebrows were firm, his sharp eyes swept around Wang Kang, and shouted: "Wang Kang, you are so bold, you dare to arrest the Geng family!" Hmph, do you know the Geng family? That's my Han No. 1 meritorious family! Even I am polite to three points, but you are so bold and reckless? Say, "Who told you to do this?" ”

Wang Kang deserves to be the first cool official in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and under the anger of Long Yan, he was not afraid and said unhurriedly: "Emperor Qiqi, it was made clear yesterday that Geng Bing disobeyed the king's orders in court and disturbed the morale of the army, so he should be beheaded." Now it is also found out that the recital was written by Geng Gong, and the crime should be sitting. As for the arrest of the Geng family, Weichen just wanted to find out, among the Geng family, how many people were involved in this matter, and no one instructed the ministers, the ministers were the captains of the division, and no one could command the ministers except the emperor. ”

Emperor Ming smiled slightly and said, "Geng Gong, did you hear that?" Would you like to replace yourself? ”

Geng Gong tilted his head and said proudly: "Yes!" ”

"If you die, what will happen to your mother?" Emperor Ming asked. Geng Gong was stunned for a moment, but hesitated a little, thinking: "I'm dead, what about my mother?" She's never been in good health, I'm gone, who's going to take care of her? ”

"Scared? Geng Gong. Emperor Ming smiled.

"The minister is not afraid, the emperor is benevolent and righteous, after the minister dies, the emperor will definitely properly settle the minister's mother, as long as the minister can rescue the minister's brother, the minister has nothing to worry about!"

"Well, if I don't want you, I will be scolded by the world. Come on, today at the gate of the edict, behead Geng Gong, let the civil and military officials see, what is the fate of breaking into the edict and disobeying the king's order! ”

"Your Majesty!" Queen Ma was in a hurry, she didn't care about her identity, she pounced, and fell to her knees, "Your Majesty, the Lord and the Holy Minister, you kill Geng Gong today, who else will dare to tell the truth tomorrow?" As soon as Geng Bing and Geng Gong die, the emperor will be infamous and become a faint monarch like Shang Xuan and Xia Wei. ”

Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty ignored it and said, "Geng Gong, you still have a chance to regret it." ”

"The minister will never regret it! I only hope that you will have no jokes, and after killing the ministers, release my brother. ”

"Okay, what are your last words before you die?"

Geng Gong thought for a moment and said, "The emperor is sage, there is no need to trust each other in family affairs. I was the only one who learned to be a civil and martial artist, and I regretted that I could not gallop on the battlefield and shroud in horse leather like my father. ”

Emperor Han Ming nodded.

The executioner, dressed in a horizontal body and holding a steel knife in his hand, raised his head and drank a bowl of wine, took a sip in his mouth, spit it out, and sprayed it on the steel knife as much as he could. The executioner raised the steel knife in the air.

The north wind rises, rolls up the residual leaves, flies all over the sky, and the heaven and the earth are slaughtered. Geng Gong closed his eyes, he hated, he didn't die on the battlefield like his father, he sacrificed his life for the country, he insulted the heroic name of his ancestors.