Qi Biaojia was dragged out of the camp by a group of wolf-like soldiers, and tied Qi Biaojia to the flagpole at the gate of the camp, where he was ready to fight. Cun Liang is a skill job, and he can't practice knife work for three or five years, and Ma Cheng's family soldiers kill people, but this kind of delicate work has really not been done.

Xiaoqi didn't know what to do, so he asked his chief in a low voice: "Lord Baihu, what kind of punishment is this inch?" ”

"Stupid, if you don't usually read much, it's Ling Chi!"

"Oh, the Admiral knows!" But that little flag turned his head and thought about it, shouldn't Ling Chi be cut with a thousand cuts? The old guy in front of him didn't have two taels of flesh all over his body, and he could hold on to cutting more than a dozen knives, but it was absolutely impossible to cut a thousand knives.

"My lord, this is impossible with a thousand cuts, right? Our brothers won't be able to do this kind of delicate work, why don't you go to the back kitchen to find someone to kill pigs? ”

Seeing that this little flag was ignorant, the angry hundred households scolded: "Sixth, you are just a waste, the big man said that it was an inch, but in fact, it was all angry words, as long as we cut more than a hundred knives, and then handed over the meat slices to the big handsome?" ”

Hearing Baihu say this, Xiao Qi hurriedly nodded his head: "The adults are really insightful, and they are more knowledgeable than the villains!" ”

When the two were talking, his subordinates had already stripped off Qi Biaojia's shirt, revealing skinny ribs, and the little flag took out a bull's ear knife and came to Qi Biaojia and said: "This adult, villains kill a lot, but this kind of delicate work is the first time to do it, if there is anything wrong, please don't blame the villain, they are all sent by the upper branches, don't resent the villain when you get to Huangquan Road!" After saying that, the small flag was copied and reduced to the point where it was about to open.

At this critical moment, a voice on the side said, "Stop! Stop! ”

The small flag and the hundred households turned their heads to see that the person who came was Wang Xian, the long history of Ma Cheng.

Although Wang Xian is only a five-grade civil official, according to the grade, it is nothing at all, but Wang Xian is Ma Cheng's confidant, in addition to being responsible for the logistics of the army, Wang Xian is responsible for daily official documents and affairs in the army, and now Ma Cheng is handing over the military intelligence department to Wang Xian for temporary management, so the officers and men in the army know that Wang Xian cannot be offended.

The little flag hurriedly stopped the sharp knife in his hand, clasped his hands into fists and said, "Xiao Qi Shen Liu has seen Lord Changshi!" ”

The hundred households also hurried over to pay their respects, Wang Xian could take care of these things, pointed at Qi Biaojia and asked, "Who is this person?" Why is this punishment used? ”

Wang Xian knew that although Ma Cheng was ruthless, he was very humanistic, even if he committed a capital crime, he would only cut off his head, and he would never torture people with this kind of torture. At the same time, Wang Xian saw that although the person in front of him was torn and dirty, he could see that it was a red official uniform, and the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty was red, and only senior officials above the fourth rank could wear it, so this person must be a senior official of the imperial court.

Hearing Wang Xian's question, the hundred households hurriedly replied: "Back to Lord Changshi's words, this guy's name is Qi Biaojia, and he is the rebellious governor of Su Song!" Because of the attack on the handsome, he had to be executed inch by inch! ”

Wang Xian was taken aback when he heard that this old man was Qi Biaojia, who doesn't know Qi Biaojia in Nanzhili now? This is the same feudal official as Ma Cheng, and he is also a general with an army of 100,000. Wang Xian knew that Qi Biaojia's army was defeated yesterday, but he didn't expect Qi Biaojia to be caught and sentenced to death by Ma Cheng.

"Okay, Ben

The official knows, now you suspend the execution, and the official goes in to intercede for this person! After speaking, Wang Xian turned around and left, but he didn't walk a few steps and came back and said: "If there is something bad in this time period, don't complain about the official's unsympathy!" ”

Wang Xian walked into the big tent quickly, but the small flag outside the door made a difficulty, the commander's order was to execute, but now Lord Changshi did not let him, what should I do?

"Lord Baihu, what do you think of this?"

Xiaoqi had no choice but to ask his chief Baihu, who thought for a while and said, "Do what Lord Changshi said, delay it for a while!" ”

Xiaoqi Shen Liu said in embarrassment: "My lord, but what about the military order of the marshal?" "The military law in Ma Cheng's army is harsh, and Xiaoqi Shen Liu does not dare to violate the military law.

The hundred households glared and scolded, "What? Are you afraid of being handsome, aren't you afraid of long history? Your monthly military salary is all received from Changshi, and you will try it for half a year! ”

Shen Liu stuck out his tongue when he heard hundreds of households say this, Ma Cheng's pro-soldiers are well treated, with a monthly salary of one or two or five yuan, which is not counting the various daily subsidies of the pro-soldiers, such as what kind of driving money (subsidy given by the departure of the army), military equipment money (subsidy for weapon maintenance), night patrol money (subsidy for daily standing guard patrol), reward silver (reward money given according to military merit during the war), etc., all counting the monthly income of each pro-soldier to receive more than four taels of silver, plus the basic salary of Shen Liuxiaoqi, Ma Cheng's pro-soldiers have a considerable monthly income.

At the same time of high salary, Ma Cheng stipulated that officers at all levels in the army were strictly forbidden to drink soldier blood, and no matter who it was, they would be punished with capital punishment after verification, so Ma Cheng's army was extremely combative, and he really gave as many people as he could.

Shen Liu's heart was thrilled when he heard Baihu say this, and he hurriedly asked, "My lord, what can I do about this?" The villain's wife is still waiting for the villain to be raised, but she can't cut off the military salary! ”

Baihu scolded: "Fart, don't you have an old lady and a son?" The military orders of the marshal must be obeyed, but the long history cannot be offended! In this way, you go find a whetstone and start sharpening it! ”

Xiaoqi Shen Liu was puzzled and asked, "My lord, this knife was just sharpened a few days ago, and it is quite fast!" ”

Baihu hated iron and scolded: "You guy is just brainless, how can you delay time if you don't sharpen your knife?" Do you have to whip you? ”

Xiaoqi Shen Liuyi was also right when he heard it, so he quickly nodded and went to find a whetstone, and began to sharpen the bull's ear sharp knife in his hand, which was already fast.

Wang Xian is Ma Cheng's henchman, and he can enter the big tent without notification, and at this time, the smashed dishes and chopsticks in the tent have been cleaned up, and a personal soldier is bandaging his wounds by Ma Cheng's side.

When Ma Cheng saw Wang Xian coming, he hurriedly squeezed out a smile and asked, "Mr. Wang is here, can you be tired from the journey?" ”

Wang Xian because of a broken arm, so he can't ride a horse, can only take a carriage to hurry, the Ming Dynasty's bad road conditions, riding a car is really uncomfortable.

Wang Xian heard Ma Cheng say this, and hurriedly bowed down and replied: "Thank you Lord Hou for your concern, Zhenjiang is not too far from Lucheng, and the lower officials have not suffered much fatigue!" ”

Wang Xian wanted to intercede for Qi Biaojia at this time, and he could take care of talking to Ma Cheng politely, and then asked: "Master Hou, is the person outside Qi Biaojia?" ”

Ma Cheng's face immediately turned cloudy when he heard Wang Xian say this, and he scolded: "It's this old bastard, Lao Tzu originally wanted to recruit this old guy, but when I thought that this old guy wouldn't eat it softly and hard, he would also take Lao Tzu's."

Head break! Lao Tzu's uncle can bear it, but his aunt can't bear it either, so this old guy has to be put to death! ”

Wang Xian didn't know Ma Cheng's nonsense, and after a little reaction, he knew that what Ma Cheng said was unbearable, but now Wang Xian couldn't care about these subsections, and hurriedly interceded for Qi Biaojia: "Master Hou, Qi Biaojia must not be executed at this stall now!" ”

Ma Cheng heard Wang Xian say this, and said angrily: "What? This old guy now has no officials and no powers, and he has no soldiers and no generals, can't Lao Tzu kill such a stinky old man? ”

"Of course you can kill, but you can't kill Hou Ye! Since Hou Ye has the ambition to be the king, he has to buy the hearts of the world's corporaries, Qi Biaojia is an official in Nanzhi, and has a good relationship with the Donglin Party and the Zhejiang Party, and Qi Biaojia's official reputation is very good, if Hou Ye kills him, then no scholars will come to Hou Ye in the future! ”

Wang Xian was right, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Shiren group had become a pivotal group, that is, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, a group of wild boar skins in the northeast, in order to win the support of the scholars, immediately after the occupation of Beijing, recognized the Ming Dynasty's various preferential policies for the Shiren group. Even Dorgon, in the most difficult time, did not extend the butcher's knife to the group of scholars.

On the other hand, Li Zicheng was one level behind, and immediately after the occupation of Beijing, he began to counterattack against these vested interest groups. So when Li Zicheng was defeated in a stone, these scholars immediately took refuge in the new master, the Manchu Dynasty.

Ma Cheng also began to worry when he heard Wang Xian say this, Ma Cheng wanted to be an anti-bone boy and stand on his own. But as the saying goes, if you can fight the country immediately but don't govern the country, will you use Zhang Guozhu and Ma Bao and others as cabinet elders in the future? Gu Changwei, Xu Dahu and others are still scholars? It's impossible to think about it, so after the country is laid, these stinky old men are needed to govern the country.

Although these stinky old nine are sanctimonious and well-dressed, they have to admit that these guys do have a way of governing the country. Thinking of this, Ma Cheng suppressed his anger and asked: "What Mr. Wang said is very right, but this Qi Biao's reputation is not loud, it's no problem to kill one or two!" ”

Wang Xian shook his head firmly and said, "Master Hou, since Lord Hou wants that position, even a literati can't kill him!" Although this Qi Biaojia is not famous, his tutor is Ye Xianggao, and at the same time, he also has a good relationship with Huang Daozhou, and killing this person has a great impact on the great cause of Hou Ye! ”

After Wang Xian finished speaking, Ma Cheng had already decided not to kill Qi Biaojia, but when he thought that he was really wronged, Ma Cheng scolded: "But this old guy broke Lao Tzu's head, this breath really can't be swallowed!" ”

Wang Xian heard Ma Cheng say this, and laughed in a low voice: "Hou Ye, although the lower officials said that Qi Biaojia could not die at the hands of Hou Ye, he could let others do it!" ”

Ma Cheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and asked, "Are you looking for someone to assassinate this old guy?" ”

Wang Xian was really speechless when he heard Ma Cheng say this, no matter who did it, as long as he died in Ma Cheng's military camp, it was Ma Cheng's fault.

"Master Hou misinterpreted, Xia Guan didn't mean that! Since Qi Biaojia can't move, why don't we hand him over to the emperor? Qi Biaojia is the governor appointed by King Lu, the rebel minister of Genhong Miaozheng, and at the same time, Qi Biaojia is stubborn to the end, as long as he is sent to the emperor, he will definitely be executed by the emperor, and then the revenge of the Hou Ye will also be avenged, and the crime of killing Wenchen and famous people will not be borne by the Hou Ye, isn't it good? ”