This is the second time Hong Chengchou has seen Lin Yi, he didn't expect Lin Yi to be able to come in to see him at this time.

But for Hong Chengchou, this is no longer necessary, he thinks that he is a dying man. It's a piece of it now, put it in a bunch, let him dispose of it casually, I'm afraid it won't work now.

Therefore, when Hong Chengchou saw Lin Yi, he was stunned at first, and then closed his eyes, as if he hadn't seen it, and directly ignored Lin Yi and the others.

Lin Yi saw Hong Chengchou wearing shackles and iron chains on his hands, lying there on his stomach, thinking of a terminally ill old dog.

In fact, he didn't have to bring him such a heavy torture instrument, he couldn't run. Hong Chengchou is in his 50s this year, in that era, life was rare for seventy years, and it was a long life to live to 60, many people saw Hades at the age of forty or fifty, and some died in their 30s.

For example, Emperor Taiji lived to be 51 years old, and Dolgon and Duoduo both lived to be in their 30s, which shows that these three powerful characters lived so shortly.

An old man in his 50s like Hong Chengchou is now skinny, even if he lets go of the military camp that let him run hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, he can't run out.

Don't look at his ability to command thousands of horses and thousands of troops, strategize, win thousands of miles, and beat Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong in the mountains and forests and dare not come out, but he is a powerless civil official after all.

To deal with Hong Chengchou, Lin Yi has already had a countermeasure.

Most traitors are afraid of death, but Hong Chengchou is different from ordinary death-fearing ghosts. Received a Chinese orthodox education, was born as a Jinshi, served as the governor of Shaanxi, the governor of Shaanxi Trilateral, the governor of Jiliao, after the surrender of the Qing Dynasty, he became the secretary of the military department and the imperial history of the capital, wearing a yellow coat, holding the sword of the Son of Heaven, with such a high status, and so many years of military career, the general courage is still there, at least not like other ghosts who are afraid of death, kneeling and begging for mercy, snot and tears.

That kind of person can't reach his level at all, if the national thieves and traitors can also be stratified, Hong Chengchou is undoubtedly the pinnacle of traitors.

Lin Yi waved his hand at this time, and Zhang Hua ordered someone to bring him the props. There were three things in total, a three-foot white silk, a bowl of poison, and a snowy dagger knife.

Swinging in front of Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou squinted his eyes slightly, it seems that he has reached the limit today, why do he still let himself have three ways to die?

These three ways of death are much cheaper than Ling Chi, car cracking and other tortures, but the three-foot white silk is to let himself hang himself, but he is not Emperor Chongzhen, the kind of hanging in the air and dying, can't go up, can't go down, suffocate to death, how long Le's tongue spits out, and the eyeballs bulge out of the orbit, that kind of death can scare the living to death, the taste can be imagined.

When Hong Chengchou thought about it, he didn't feel strong in his neck.

Then I looked at the bowl of poison again, it was black and smoking, like brown sugar water, there was a layer of white foam on it, and there was no wind spinning. He knew that this was not brown sugar water, it should be an eight-step broken intestine. Don't talk about this bowl, just drink a small sip, and you can see the blood seal in an instant, burn the internal organs, burn the stomach, and finally stretch out your legs and stare at your eyes, and bleed to death in the seven orifices.

He shuddered for a moment, and the bowl of medicine had been opened. Finally, his gaze fell on the shiny dagger knife.

This knife has a unique shape, like a boning knife used to kill pigs, the whole knife is about a foot long, the blade is about three inches wide, and there are deep blood grooves on both sides.

This guy wipes his neck or stabs it in the body, and it will rush out of the blood trough along the deep blood trough. If it is fatal all of a sudden, it is okay to die of exhaustion, but if it is deviated, it is estimated that it will be like killing a pig, and it will only die after the blood is exhausted, what kind of pain is that!

Hong Chengchou looked at Xue Liang's dagger and shuddered.

It seems that it is not comfortable to die.

At this time, Lin Yi had already read it from Hong Chengchou's gaze, it seemed that he had prepared this move for him correctly, this was his weakness, he couldn't do it last time he committed suicide, and now he has this kind of timid gaze on these three things.

The eyes are the windows of the soul, and it seems that history is not mistaken, he did defect because of his greed for wealth, greed for life and fear of death.

It's not to slander him, there are historical facts to prove it, because Fan Wencheng saw very clearly at that time, Hong Chengchou, who was captured and detained, had some dust on the sleeves of his robe, and he had to bounce it off. This shows that he cherishes his graceful and luxurious clothes, but no matter how important clothes are, they cannot be compared with life.

Therefore, it can be concluded from here that Hong Chengchou is a person who is greedy for wealth and wealth, greedy for life and afraid of death.

As for the gentleness of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, it was just an inducement for Hong Chengchou to betray the Ming Dynasty and surrender to the Qing Dynasty, which is not the fundamental reason.

Seeing this, Lin Yi had a bottom in his heart.

Lin Yi sneered: "Lord Hong, you don't understand what this prison country is doing today, right?" It's not just to visit you! ”

Hong Chengchou was silent, as if he hadn't heard, still slightly closed his ears and eyes, and seemed to be asleep.

"Why, Lord Hong is embarrassed to do it himself, do you want someone to serve? Can't you see that this prison country wants to leave you a whole corpse, but these are for women! ”

Hong Chengchou's face was hot when he heard Lin Yi's words, these are indeed used by women, the surname Lin is not ashamed of himself, he is not as good as a woman!

He gritted his teeth and really wanted to take the medicine bowl and drink it all, or pick up the dagger and cut his throat and die.

At this time, Lin Yi waved his hand to Zhang Hua and other attendants under him, Zhang Hua understood, and led people out of the tent and guarded near the door.

There are only two people left in the big tent, Hong Chengchou and Lin Yi.

Lin Yi came to his approach, lowered his voice and said, "Lord Hong, if the adult is willing, in fact, the adult can not die."

Hong Chengchou's slightly closed eyes suddenly moved and calmed down, what does the surname Lin mean? Is he going to persuade me to surrender? Or are you tempting me? Forget it, I'm sorry for Daming in this life, and I must not be sorry for Daqing anymore, otherwise it will really be infamous for thousands of years, and I will be pointed out by thousands of people.

Thinking of this, he was still expressionless and indifferent, his eyes were slightly closed, as if he hadn't heard, but one hand slowly picked up the medicine bowl.

Lin Yi pretended not to see it, paced around in front of her, and continued: "As long as you can promise to help me do something, this prison country can let you go." After all, we are all officials in the Ming Dynasty, although now we are each our own masters, but the situation of adults Lin can understand very well. The Ming Dynasty is the place where you were born and raised, the grace of Emperor Chongzhen, and the grace of Long. But over the years, you have done your best to kill the thieves of the Ming Dynasty, and the Tartars outside the north have fought in the south and the north, blocking the east and killing the west. Huang Taiji has the grace of knowing you, the Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang is gentle to you, not only does not harm you, but rewards your official position, you see the corruption of the Ming Dynasty, the sunset of the West Mountain abandons the darkness and turns to the light, and repays the kindness of the Empress Dowager of Huang Taiji and Xiaozhuang, and it is also a person who knows the times, and has feelings and righteousness. That's why this prison can't bear to harm you, and make you the only captive. The past, Lin didn't want to mention it again, so he let it pass, and left the merits to future generations to comment. ”

Lin Yi said, seeing that Hong Chengchou's hand stretched out to the medicine bowl stagnated, and continued: "But at this time, at that time, Your Excellency should be able to see the situation in front of you clearly, the Qing Dynasty has been defeated repeatedly, the army has been lost, the vitality has been greatly damaged, internal and external troubles, and this war will not last for a long time." It's not that this prison country is saying a big thing, the soldiers and horses of the Celestial Empire are just around the corner when they are in Shengshangjing. 600 red-coated cannons, 20,000 new muskets, 200,000 soldiers and horses, can turn the capital of the Qing Dynasty into ruins overnight. ”

"But Lin has the virtue of a good life, unwilling to do that, this time the army out of Jinzhou, mainly to sit down with Dolgon and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang to talk, to reach a mutually acceptable agreement, and then Lin will withdraw from the army, since then the Qing Dynasty and Daming well water do not violate the river water. The people on both sides have since ceased to suffer from the swords and soldiers, living and working in peace and contentment, Your Excellency as an important minister of the Qing Dynasty, the military department of Shangshu right to the imperial history, if you can go back to be able to mediate with Dolgon and the Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang, then the adult is not only a meritorious minister of the Qing Dynasty, but also can make meritorious contributions to the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Is that true?"

Hong Chengchou didn't expect Lin Yi to say this, if it was really as he said, the Ming and the Qing Dynasty could sit down and negotiate and reach an agreement, the Ming army withdrew, and the Qing army did not go south, and the two sides lived in harmony, which was of course beneficial to both countries and reduced the suffering of the sword soldiers, which was of course the best ending.

He thinks that what Lin Yi said is not an exaggeration at all, if Lin Yi continues to fight like this and destroy the Qing Dynasty, it is a matter of time.

So he opened his eyes and couldn't help but ask.

Lin Yi said with a straight face: "The above are Lin's heartfelt words."

"The Lord of the Prison Country is far-sighted, has a social heart, and misses the common people, Hong is full of admiration and is willing to serve the adults." Hong Chengchou's attitude changed suddenly.

"However, this prison country can't let your Excellency go now, and you have to grieve your Excellency for a few days, the reason is that the Chahar Department of Bahrain and Ezhe has now broken away from the Qing Dynasty, and everyone is an independent and free Mongolian tribe, coming and going freely, but the Qing Dynasty bullies the weak and wants to override the Chahar, and now they are still holding Bahrain and Ezhe's mother hostage, and I hope that Your Excellency will cooperate in this matter. Otherwise, now that Lin has let Your Excellency go back, I am afraid that Dolgon and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang will be suspicious and let Your Excellency be killed again, which is not what Lin wants. ”

Hong Chengchou was very moved, "Lord Lin is noble, everything depends on the adult's planning." ”

As soon as Lin Yi saw it, he immediately called Zhang Hua and the others over, and took Hong Chengchou's shackles and shackles away.

Zhang Hua and the others didn't know what was going on, they were a little stunned, how could it be that in a blink of an eye, they were like a family, could it be that Hong Chengchou betrayed the Qing Dynasty and returned to the Ming Dynasty, can Lord Lin tolerate him? But I didn't dare to ask more.

Lin Yi ordered someone to take care of Hong Chengchou, and then left the tent where Hong Chengchou was held......