After another moment, there was a sound of horses' hooves, and a large banner with characters as the lead, and fifty cavalry guards rushed out of the city gate and ran along the Xiguan Road to the execution ground. Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin, Li Yan, Song Xiance, Yuan Zongdi and other high-level figures who broke into the camp rode horses.

The arrival of Li Zicheng and others made a huge commotion among the people of Luoyang who were watching on the execution ground, and people wanted to see which one was the legendary army-breaking star Li Chuang, and which one was because of Li Yan and Li Gongzi, who were forced to rebel in their hometown in eastern Henan because they persuaded rich families to open warehouses to help the victims.

People wanted to squeeze forward, pushing the front behind, but the people in front were blocked by the rifles and were not allowed to move forward. You hugged me and squeezed, and the order was chaotic.

In the sound of drums and trumpets, Li Zicheng and his party came to the prison and dismounted.

On the west side of the prison beheading stage, there are seven or eight tables of eight immortals, and on each table there are a few people with unkempt hair, and the cups and plates on the table are lined up with both wine and meat, and they are full of fat on their faces.

"King Chuang!"

"King Chuang is here!"

"Brother!"

Seeing Li Zicheng dismount and come this way, the group of people immediately got up and said hello.

"Brothers, eat your fill, and I'll send you on your way in a moment!"

"Don't worry, King Chuang! Our people from the old eighth team have no bad seeds, even if they are on the road, they have to eat and drink enough before leaving! ”

These dozens of people are the soldiers of the old Eighth Team who were killed by Li Yan's cousin Li Quan on the spot on the day of the city break, and there are many relatives such as Li Zicheng's cousin.

In the letter written by Liu Zongmin to Li Zicheng, he wanted to punish these dozens of people in front of the people of Luoyang. Together with King Fu and Lu Weiqi, he was beheaded in front of the people of Luoyang, showing his determination to break into the camp.

"You, come out of Nanyuan with me, and block an arrow for me."

"You, Shangluo Mountain was stabbed by Xiang Yong, and he cut down that dog thief."

"You, when you were in Wushan, were almost caught by the official army for a pound of salt." ……

"Brother, don't worry. My aunt is in my hometown, and I will send someone to bring money back to her. ”

One by one, count the exploits and deeds of these old eight teams of old people in front of them. Li Zicheng's face changed, "Brothers, it's time to go on the road after eating!" Go with peace of mind! ”

After the Military and Political Department read aloud the origins, identities, military exploits, crimes committed and disposition decisions of these dozens of people, the people of Luoyang present were so shocked that their jaws dropped.

King Li Chuang's descendant is an old camp. Even his cousin. It was because he did not obey the military orders he issued when he entered the city. robbed and harassed the people without authorization, and raped women, and was punished in full view of the public? This is if the officers and soldiers are changed. Don't say that it's a cousin who is so close, he is a family member, and he won't be beheaded for robbery!

Seeing the dozens of old battalion soldiers who were tied up in front of the prison beheading platform, not only the onlookers of Luoyang were trembling in their hearts, but the camp soldiers and cavalry who were standing on the execution ground were also worried in their hearts.

Li Yan, who was seated on the prison beheading platform with Li Zicheng, stood up and made a deep bow to Li Zicheng: "King Chuang's army is strictly disciplined, law enforcement is strict, and the students have been taught. ”

When noon came, an eight-pounder cannon behind the beheading platform made a loud noise into the air, which immediately shocked the whole audience, and two or three horses were so startled by this cannon that they raised their heads and roared.

Just after the sound of the cannon, Li Guo ordered the knife and axe men to prepare for execution.

"Brothers, get on your knees!" Li Zicheng's cousin Li Hongen explained to the soldiers who were about to be beheaded on the left and right, turned his head sideways and smiled kindly at the executing knife and axeman: "Brother, sell your skills well and do your work neatly!" Don't let me suffer! ”

"Don't worry, General, King Chuang has already explained!"

The second cannon sounded. The axeman, standing on the right, pulled out the flag of death from the back of everyone's necks, threw it to the ground, and walked away.

As soon as the third cannon sounded, the axeman standing to the left of the prisoner lifted the prisoner's hair in a bun with his left hand and shouted, "Kneel! "It was too late, it was too fast, and people only saw a flash of white light in the sun, and dozens of heads flew out in mid-air in unison, and streams of blood burst out three feet away. The soldiers who were waiting next to him jumped out with an arrow and wrapped their heads with a huge white cloth in their hands to prevent them from falling to the ground.

The moment the rabbit fell, dozens of heads were put away by the soldiers who broke into the camp.

From the execution ground to the city, the people who watched the beheading burst out into earth-shaking unison cheers, "Good!! ”

On the one hand, it is to applaud the military discipline of breaking into the camp, and on the other hand, it is a tradition left over thousands of years, and it is necessary to applaud loudly when beheading, so as to prevent ghosts from being entangled.

After strictly enforcing military discipline and collecting the loyalty of the people of Luoyang and Li Yan by the way, the highlight of the day came on, "Bring Lu Weiqi up!" ”

Originally, Li Zicheng planned to order Niu Jinxing to punish Lu Weiqi, the former secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, after the trial, but Niu Jinxing was unwilling to carry a black pot that killed a famous Confucian who was "still popular in the sea", so he couldn't excuse himself, and Li Zicheng didn't force him.

Someone escorted Lu Weiqi up from the side and escorted him to Li Zicheng's prison beheading stage.

From the place where he was imprisoned to the bottom of the prison beheading platform, all the way to the distance looking at the old battalion soldiers standing in front of the prison beheading platform, and the swords in their hands, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on my back.

He tried his best to keep himself calm, and constantly tried his best to recall in his mind how to kill himself and scold a thief to death, how to not bend his knees in front of Li Zicheng, not to lose his temperament, not to lose his minister's physique, and to leave a good reputation in the history of "scolding a thief to death". In order to encourage himself to follow in the footsteps of his predecessors, he kept repeating some sentences in Wen Tianxiang's "Song of Righteousness" in his heart, such as "For Yan Changshan's tongue, for Zhang Suiyang's teeth"; Another example is "Kong said to be benevolent, Meng Ri took righteousness, and now and in the future, Shu is almost worthy of it".

For a moment, I thought about how to be unyielding, how to be generous, and for a moment I regretted that I should not have stayed in Luoyang to defend the city, so that I have today.

A thunderous roar sounded in his ears, but it was the soldier next to him who ordered him to kneel. He refused to kneel, still remembering that he was a minister of the Ming Dynasty and could not bend his knees to the "thief". But the samurai on the left and right shouted again. It made his heart tremble, his legs trembled, and he didn't dare to look at the shaking swords and swords, let alone look at the majestic look of the person sitting in the chair. He kept his head down, but he didn't kneel. Seeing that he would not kneel, the soldiers slammed his head and kicked him in the belly of the leg, shouting "Kneel!" Lu Weiqi threw himself on his knees and leaned down, but he still encouraged himself in his heart and said, "I am a minister of the imperial court." Confucianism. Gang Chang Ming Festival to the ......"

But now, this qiē has not helped him much. He understood that instead of kneeling on the ground, he should jump up and shout at the "thief", preferring to knock out his teeth. Cut out the tongue. He cursed to death. "Kill yourself to become benevolent" and establish "righteousness in heaven and earth".

Suddenly, I remembered that if it wasn't for the thieves who entered Luoyang. At this time, he must be preparing for the Zhou Gongchun Festival Ceremony in February with the Luoyang gentry, and it was originally agreed that at this ceremony, everyone who participated in the grand event would give a copy of his book "The Original Meaning of Filial Piety", in order to teach loyalty and persuade filial piety, and save the world from declining winds, but the situation changed so quickly and vicissitudes in an instant!

Suddenly, he saw Li Yan sitting next to Li Zicheng, and suddenly his chest and abdomen suddenly became bold: "Aren't you the son of Li Jingbai, the secretary of the old military department?" Although Er's father is listed in the eunuch party, but he has been bathed in the emperor's grace for a long time, and he is also a scholar who has received the grace of the imperial court, and he has a meritorious reputation, and the court must not treat your father and son and brother badly, so why did he become this thief? Do you ignore the infamy of thousands of years behind you? ”

Li Yan didn't say anything, but Li Yan, who was sitting behind him, was furious, stood up, drew his sword at his waist, and shouted, "Shut up!" You are not allowed to say 'thief' again! Say the word 'thief' again, and Lao Tzu will immediately pull out your tongue! Do you still have the face to say that the grace of the court, the grace of the emperor? My brother used the family's grain and rice to help the hungry people, and the court didn't want to praise it, but I gave my brother a charge of buying people's hearts and intending to rebel. ”

Lu Weiqi raised his head and retorted: "No, no." Those who endure forever and do not destroy the world only endure for this way. The existence of this way is the reason why people's hearts are immortal. Recently, thieves have been everywhere ......"

Several of Li Guo's personal soldiers stepped forward and picked up the scabbard in their hands and pumped it on Lu Weiqi's face, causing Lu Weiqi to spit blood from his mouth, and spit out a few teeth in the blood: "The old man unfortunately fell into your hands today, and he has already put life and death out of the way." Soldiers can be killed, not humiliated, please don't abuse the old man. A few days ago, the old man gave more than 1,000 stones of private grain to help the hungry people in Luoyang, and the word of mouth was spreading, and all the people were grateful for it. ”

It's okay for others, but Song Xiance, who has been walking the rivers and lakes for a long time and is good at observing words and feelings, or who relies on capturing the subtle changes in other people's words and expressions to mix and eat, but keenly discovered the subtle tone changes in Lu Weiqi's words, and no longer called the camp a thief, but a righteous army.

"No! Does this old thief also have the intention of serving the rebels? This old thief must not be thrown into the ranks of the rebels! "When it comes to personal fame and attainments, not to mention that he is a fortune-teller in the rivers and lakes, even serious court officials like Niu Jinxing and Li Yan must respectfully perform the late birth disciple ceremony in front of Lu Weiqi. If he wants to join the camp, Li Zicheng's momentum is a lot bigger, but in that case, what should he do with the Song military division?

Just as he was about to search for dry intestines, he thought of a way to quickly cut off this old and immortal guy who was a thief, Liu Zongmin over there sneered with his nostrils and said, "Fuck! You false Taoist! Dressed in the skin of a famous Confucian in science, his stomach is full of crooked reasoning. Lao Tzu knows that you have taken out some old grain to help the hungry, what kind of heart do you use, don't you understand? You see that our righteous army is huge, Luoyang is very tight, afraid that the righteous army will attack the city when the hungry people respond, so you first ask King Fu to give money and grain to relieve hunger, King Fu took out the money and grain by you and the officials to embezzle too ruthlessly, see that the end is not good, you have to take out the grain in your own warehouse to give relief, want to use these grains as an introduction, one is to advocate among large households, and the other is to buy the hearts of the poor in Luoyang and keep Luoyang from breaking. In the past, you didn't give it away, why didn't you give it until the situation was urgent? Say it's your kindness! How do you say that? What a damn one! Are you embarrassed to compare yourself with the Lin Quan brothers? Brother Lin Quan is sincerely taking out his own food to help the poor, this is why there is a hungry people's internal response, conquering Qi County to rescue him's righteous act, you are on the knife head, want to use food to deceive the hungry people in Luoyang City, as life money, okay? I really plan to! ”

Liu Zongmin shook the red lamb cloak backwards. Dropped an arrow from the table, "Slashed!" ”

As soon as a cannon rang out, Song Xiance's heart immediately calmed down, he knew that this Lu Weiqi was already from the Ghost Gate.

Hearing this cannon sound, the people on the execution ground immediately became excited, and the killing of the soldiers who violated discipline in the old Eighth Team could only be said to be the internal affairs of the camp, which brought shock and consternation to the people of Luoyang. But this cannon sounded, but it was to kill Lu Weiqi, whose status was second only to King Fu in Luoyang City. For a while, the crowd was excited. The crowd was even more crowded. Some of the infirm were pushed to the ground.

After the cannon sounded, the knife and axe man escorted Lu Weiqi to the prison and ordered him to kneel. He fell to his knees and almost fell. A knife and axe kicked him. He shouted, "Kneel down! He was startled. Seems a little sober. Reluctantly pressed his hands to the ground, keeping a half-kneeling appearance. Someone in the crowd couldn't help but scold, "Fuck, bastard! ”

Lu Weiqi was immediately picked up from the ground by two soldiers. stripped off his coat, tied it with flowers, and inserted the death flag that had just been prepared by the camp clerk behind his neck. He didn't dare to curse, and trembled more and more, but tried his best to stay calm and encourage himself not to make a fool of himself.

After the three cannon sounds, the knife and axe hand waved the big knife in his hand, the knife flashed, Lu Weiqi's head flew out with the blood spurting out of his neck, and the last bit of consciousness left in his mind, he vaguely felt that he was spilling urine in his pants, and there was a wet heat on his thighs rushing to his calves. He asked to himself, "I'm not dreaming, am I?" Is this generosity? ……”

In the twelfth year, there was a great famine in Luoyang. Wei Qi persuaded the blessed king Chang Xun to scatter wealth and pay people, in order to inspire people's hearts, and the king was unconscious. It is to do its best to get out of the private house and set up a bureau to revitalize it. Facts, reinstatement. However, the hungry people are mostly thieves, and the thieves in Henan are blazing. No, Li Zicheng attacked in a big way, and Wei Qi defended the northern city of Luoyang. In the middle of the night, the army of the general soldier Wang Shaoyu had a rider galloping, Zhou called on the city, and the outside of the city also echoed, so the city fell. The thief has a knowledgeable Wei Qi and said: "Zi Fei Zhen is hungry Lu Shang Shuhu? I can live, you can go from time to time. "Wei Qi should respond, and the thief will go to Wei Qi. King Shifu Chang Xun hid in the house, and the thief was clinging to it, and he met Weiqi in the road. Wei Qi reversed, looked at the king, and exclaimed: "King, the outline is always the most important." Wait for the dead ear, don't bow to the thief! Wang was silent. Seeing that the thief Qukui was outside Luoyang City, he knelt according to his items, did not bend, and died with a blade on his neck. On the first day of the first month of the fourteenth year. Wei Qi is fifty years old, and he gives the prince a little protection, sacrifices and burials, and the son is like a system. And Weiqi's home is in Xin'an, and the city has fallen in 16 years, and the home is also broken.

Different from the soldiers who had just killed the camp, several junior colonels picked up Lu Weiqi's head with spears and rode their horses to run on the execution ground, so that the people of Luoyang who were watching could see that everywhere the small flag embroidered with two red characters on the spear was tied, there were bursts of cheers from the crowd.

Seeing this scene, a strange smile appeared on Song Xiance's ape-like face: "Lin Quan, kill Lu Weiqi and Zhu Changxun today, and tomorrow we will break Kaifeng and kill Li Xianfeng, Gao Mingheng, and everyone in Zhou Wangfu one by one. ”

"Brother Bing, this is a bad statement! King Chuang's move is not to avenge my brother Li Yan, but to seek justice for the people of the Central Plains. Li Yan also smiled and brought Song Xiance's words back to him as they were.

While the two of them were talking, Li Zicheng had already thrown down an arrow and announced the death order for Zhu Changxun, the king of Fu.

Two axemen dragged King Fu up from the ground and pushed him five feet away from the prison platform, so that he knelt down facing the people facing due south. The prisoner had lost his ability to sustain himself and collapsed on the ground. Thousands of heads on the execution ground were crowded, holding their breath silently. Just waiting for the three soul chasing cannons to sound, the once rich and noble head of King Fu will fall to the ground.

"General Wu! General Wu, can we walk faster? The little monk was worried that after Li Dashuai practiced military law, King Fu would be trampled on by the people. ”

On the road from the West Gate of Luoyang to Xiguan to the execution ground, Wu Ruyi, the commander of the Chinese army who broke into the camp, led a strange team to the execution ground with his own soldiers.

The reason why the team is strange is because the people who make up this team are so different in style!

In the words we are familiar with, it is too strict to mix and match!

A small colonel at the front of the line, holding a command arrow of Li Zicheng in his hand, followed by two middle-aged people who looked like eunuchs, followed by the eunuchs, and next to Wu Ruyi were two fat monks in robes, followed by an ox cart behind them, carrying a paulownia white coffin.

The eunuch is the eunuch in the palace of King Fu, among the two monks who are talking next to Wu Ruyi is the abbot of Ying'en Temple, the legal name is Daoji, this Ying'en Temple is built by King Fu for his biological mother Zheng Guifei "to express the loyalty and filial piety of the heart", this Taoist monk is Zheng Guifei for the son of the shaved monk, there is this layer of incense karma, so after learning that King Fu will die, he will turn to the trustee, hoping to collect the body of King Fu.

And the person they entrusted, who was walking side by side with Wu Ruyi at the moment, was the master of this strange team, and the great monk Yongxin, who came from Dengfeng overnight after learning that Luoyang City was broken.

In the team, there are full of young monks with ring scars on their heads, and although the banner in front of the team is not very real by the wind, you can only vaguely see two words swinging in the wind, but the lotus flower on the flag can be seen clearly at a glance. (To be continued......)

PS: Guess what team the people are.