498. An unjust fate
Who's talking......
The eyelids are so heavy that I can't open them......
Where am I?
Circumstance...... Doesn't seem right......
Here's what you're looking for...... A barn?!
Why am I here?
The arms were tied to the pillar behind their backs, and it was a rope kneaded with cow tendon and iron wire!
Damn it! It's so sturdy!
What's going on? I ...... last night Drunk?
What a headache! Damn hangover!
Sato...... Did Sato do it!?
"Sato! You come out for me! Come out! "The voice of the shouting seems to be a little out of tune, is it because of fear?
How can I, Nurhachi, be afraid? Absolutely not!
I am a warrior! Descendants of warriors too! I have no reason or right to fear!
The door opened, and the ...... came in Exactly Sato!
Look at him, I shouldn't have spoken first! In this case, whoever speaks first is disadvantaged, and I can't give him a chance to take advantage!
He sat down and sat down in the chair across from me with a calm expression.
This kind of performance is really chilling! If he yelled, maybe it would have been better – that was an improvisation.
But such silence and calm show that he has been planning for a long time! Why?
Why did he look at me like that? What does he want?
It's not like it's making money, it's killing people? Do I have a grudge against him?
No, there can't be any grudges!
Confusion! I really want to question him loudly!
Damn it! Why laugh so much! What an abominable smile!
"What are you laughing at!" The cry of anger seems to come from the depths of the soul.
"You're in good shape, and you deserve to be a character." Sato spoke, and the tone was the same as when he saw me at the Castle Lord's Mansion.
Why is he so calm? Doesn't he know who I am? No way, he knew exactly who I was.
"What do you want?" I asked the question in my heart: "Money? No, you are richer than me, much richer. ”
I have to take the initiative and not let him lead me by the nose!
"What do you have of value? Lord Nurhachi. Sato said with a smile, looking like he was winning.
"Say it. I'm listening. "Try to be as calm as possible, that's the only thing you can do at this time.
"I'm curious about why a savage like you, born in a wild place, has such a strong organizational power, which I have never been able to figure out. I want to get this to the bottom before sending you back to the West. He still smiled gently, but the content of his words was terrifying.
It is useless to speak harshly at this time. It's useless to be ruthless to someone like him who knows he's walking a tightrope but is still willing to do it, and he must be figured out.
Organizational power? What do you mean?
So he asked, "What kind of organization?" You make it clear. ”
"Your father, your father's father, and even your ancestors are just officials the size of sesame mung beans, why are these people willing to follow you to fight in the north and south? What do you rely on? Let's talk about it. He laughed.
"To survive! We Jurchens have been here for generations, when and what is not to survive! I said the truest thing in my heart, and his expression was serious, as if he agreed with me.
So I seized the opportunity and asked, "Who the hell are you?" You are by no means a businessman! Who are you? ”
He looked at me, didn't speak, his eyes fanned, he seemed to have the ability to see everything!
Obviously he is only a young man in his twenties, why does he have such deep eyes and such calmness?
"You are from the Ming Dynasty!" Suddenly, I had an enlightenment. There is no conflict of interest between Dongyinglai and me, only room for cooperation!
"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! He clapped his hands slowly: "Admire!" Admire! You can guess it. ”
"What are you going to do? I am the second-rank official of the Ming Dynasty! Are you going to rebel? I shouted. This is the time to be the first to speak, no matter who he is.
"Actually, it makes no sense for you to shout so loudly, the nearest town here, even the countryside, is more than thirty miles, and there are my people all around, you should have this awareness." His expression was still calm, didn't he know what nervousness was?
"Who the hell are you!? Since you are from the Ming Dynasty, you should know my identity and connections. Kill me, aren't you afraid that it will be difficult to have a place in the Ming Dynasty? My tone began to soften, I couldn't show my nervousness to use him as a handle, absolutely not!
"Let's make a bet!" Sato...... No, he's definitely not called Sato! He smiled and said, "If you can guess who I am, I'll give you a chance to fight for your life." How, isn't that interesting? ”
His tone was like saying, "Come! Let's roll the dice! "It's so calm and peaceful.
I know that there is no point in scolding crazy, although this young man is only in his twenties, but his eyebrows and eyes are full of wind and frost, which has obviously been tested for a long time, plus his mind is as stable as a mountain, this is definitely a rare figure in the Ming Dynasty!
He can also speak Dongying's language fluently and pretend to be a businessman of Dongying, which shows that he has a deep understanding of Dongying!
Who is he? None of the officials and businessmen within the Ming Dynasty could do this!
Every year I would send people to the interior to find out the information, in the name of trade, with the aim of making friends with these celebrities, and one day we would definitely meet again.
But the young people who have risen in recent years are quite limited, quite limited.
Is he Xiong Tingbi? No, it's not! Xiong Tingbi is a native of Huguangjiangxia, with a southern accent, and he is younger than this person, and he is young and vigorous, how can this person be old and calm?
Li Chengliang's sons have good characters, but I know them all. Who else? Qi Jiguang's sons all serve in Jinyiwei, except for the youngest son, who is almost this old, the others are older.
But Qi Jiguang's sons all have Shandong accents, and they don't like this person to speak the official dialect of Jingshi.
Jingshi is a man, speaks official language, is in his twenties, can speak Dongying, is calm and sophisticated, and has excellent resourcefulness......
There is no way I don't know such a person! Yes! I must know!
Look at his temperament, but he looks like a soldier more! It is quite similar to Qi Jiguang's bearing back then!
Wait a minute! Qi Jiguang! Twenty-something! Dongying words!
"You...... You are Sun Qilan! I exclaimed! It had to be him! Back then, he made his career as an idler, and successively won the blue eyes of Qi Jiguang and Zhang Juzheng, walking on the sea all the year round, and I heard that he went to the West!
"Why are you here?" It had to be him! I'm sure. It seems that this matter is more complicated than I thought, much more complicated!
"Huh! It seems that you really know a lot about the Ming Dynasty and have done a lot of homework! The person who was suspicious of Sun Qilan in front of him smiled: "I've been waiting for the rebellion for a long time, I really have a heart."
"Didn't you go to the West? When did you come back? I asked, "Is it ...... Admiral Sun, the fiery sailor who recently fought with the Japanese at sea, is ...... It's you! ”
"Hahahaha! If you mean the people who fought against the Japanese at sea, then you are just going down! I didn't expect that my Sun Qilan had a little name, but Lord Lao Nurhachi remembered it. ”
He laughed contemptuously, clearly determined to kill me, and didn't care if I saw through his identity.
"Why did you kill me?" I wondered: "I have no grudge with you for a long time, no enmity for the near future, and the only time I have ever fought has ended in a great victory for you, and I don't owe you anything, right?"
"Indeed, you do not owe me." Sun Qilan smiled and said: "But you are too ambitious, and you have the ability to do so, and keeping you is too much of a threat to the Ming Dynasty, I can't leave with confidence!"
He smiled so sincerely that I couldn't doubt everything he said, so I asked, "Where are you going?"
Then I understood, and said urgently: "The Ming Dynasty still can't tolerate you!" You are Zhang Juzheng's descendant, the little emperor, it is impossible and impossible to give you a way to live! ”
"Yes! Oh, yes! You're right. Sun Qilan sighed: "There is a huge Ming Dynasty, and there is no place for me Sun Qilan!" What choice do I have but to leave? ”
And so it was! He really didn't tolerate it again for the Ming Dynasty! Looks like I have a chance to turn his mind around!
"The world is big, why bother to love a branch? The Ming Dynasty won't allow you, you can help me! I lost no time in throwing my sincerity to Sun Qilan: "We Jurchens don't know those flies and dogs of the Han people, you can help me!" I promise, as long as I have a bite of meat in Nurhachi, I will never lose a bowl of soup from your Sun Qilan! ”
"Sounds very sincere!" Sun Qilan was clearly teasing: "With you, what kind of official are you going to give me?"
He's teasing me? Let him be, but I can't let go of this opportunity: "With your great talent, come to me, I ask you to be the king of Pingnan, who commands more than half of the army!!"
"King Pingnan?" Sun Qilan squinted his eyes and smiled: "You want me to fight the Ming Dynasty?" That's a good idea! ”
"Isn't that possible?" I argued strongly: "Your second uncle and ancestor did his best for the Ming Dynasty, but he almost made people dig their graves behind him!" What about you, also for the Ming Dynasty's southern and northern wars, what did you get? ”
"The ancestors of your Han people have a saying-repay grievances with virtue, how can you repay virtue? Why are you still obsessed? "I refused to give up my chance, almost chasing after it.
"Huh! Interesting. Sun Qilan stood up, twisted his neck slightly, and said lightly: "Listen to what you mean, if the Ming Dynasty can't give it to me, you can give it?"
"We Jurchens will never treat any warrior badly!" I was almost hoarse: "We will never let the warriors bleed in vain!" Our warriors live with dignity! There is status! There was everything you wanted! ”
"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! Sun Qilan applauded again: "What you said is very reasonable, and I know what I care about, it is worthy of being the dragon and phoenix among people, but you have ignored the most important point!"
What am I overlooking? I asked myself.
"You're ignoring who I am – I'm Han! The unbreakable Han people! How is it possible to work for the Tartars? You won't confuse me with Li Chengliang's stuff! ”
Why does he know everything! Damn it! I was about to argue when he was slowly walking towards me!
"Alright, that's it, it's time to send you on your way." He said leisurely: "Thank you for telling me so much and untying a lot of knots in my heart." See you then! ”
"In the afterlife, don't be an enemy anymore."
He drew a dull dagger and walked slowly towards me.
"Why? Is it because I'm a Jurchen? I argued loudly, "What did I do wrong?" All I do is just to survive better, are the Jurchens inherently inferior? Don't you deserve a better life? ”
"No, you're good, you can live better! But because of this, you are too much of a threat to the Han people, so I have to kill you to prevent future troubles!" Sun Qilan said as he walked.
"I'm not reconciled! I'm not reconciled! Seeing that the situation was already extremely unfavorable, I could no longer care about it, and shouted: "Why should I die if I am strong!" I work harder than anyone else, why can't I have the future I earned! ”
"Because I promised the second uncle and ancestor that I would support the Ming Dynasty at a critical time, then how could I let you continue to live?"
"Zhang Taiyue has been serving the people and the country all his life, but he ended up like this, why do you have to be obsessed?" I shouted: "Including Sun Qilan, you claim to be a Han person, but you are still a narrow self-understanding? And on this ground, why are you sanctioning me with this reason?! ”
"The emperor of the Ming Dynasty is mediocre and incompetent, and he is jealous and jealous, you know best. Why can he be the emperor, but I can't be stronger than him? Is it because I'm a Jurchen? ”
"Even if you think that I will defeat the Ming Dynasty one day, will I definitely be unfavorable to the Han people?"
"The incompetent emperor restricts you everywhere, but you still help him, is it because he is a Han?"
"If I become the emperor, I must be stronger than Zhu Yijun, I can give the people a better life, is it because I am a woman, I don't have this qualification?"
He has come to me, raising his dagger!
"If I enter the Central Plains one day, I will let the Han and Jurchen become brothers!"
I said softly.
These are my last words.
"Poof!" Swing the dagger down! A muffled sound!