Chapter 699: Life is not at the right time, the pearl is secretly cast, and there is only one death

Although Wang Bin and several loyal officers covered the news of the death of the Han King Zhu Gaoxu, the news quickly spread throughout Shandong under the deliberate spread of the Tang Sai'er sisters, not to mention the little Le'an. Zhu Gaoxu did not have a good reputation for being good at fighting like Zhu Di, the king of Yan back then, on the contrary, he was famous for his irritability and thirst for killing.

Since it couldn't be concealed, Wang Bin discussed with Wei Da and several other officers, and simply built a mourning hall in the palace. However, at this time, even those subordinates in the palace are looking for their own ways to escape for their lives, not to mention other people who are already free. Although Zhu Gaoxu's sons who had been crowned the kings of the county changed into filial piety clothes and kowtowed, they soon disappeared without a trace, and even the officers who had rushed to stand in front of the carrier hall to pay homage did not see a few of them.

At this moment, there were only four of them in the mourning hall. are all officers who swear allegiance to Zhu Gaoxu, and now everyone is cutting off the filial piety hat, but under the filial piety hat is a heavy face. Wei Da burned a large pile of paper in the copper basin, and then turned around and asked, "Why didn't Zhu Heng come?" Also, why is Brother Wang gone? ”

When it came to Zhu Heng, everyone despised him, but when Wang Bin was mentioned, everyone was shocked. Everyone knows that Wang Bin has followed Zhu Gaoxu, the king of the Han Dynasty, for the longest time and has the greatest credit, once Zhu Gaochu starts his temper, he will not listen to anyone's persuasion, only Wang Bin can still persuade one or two. Now that it has reached this juncture, could it be that even Wang Bin has to abandon the Lord? Although their hearts were heavy, everyone remained silent after all, and immediately kowtowed three times in front of the spirit under the leadership of Veda, and then stood up in unison.

"Of course, the Chitose Lord is gone, but we must not just admit defeat!" Wei Da slammed his fist and shouted in a deep voice to everyone, "Chitose Ye had the greatest credit in the past, Emperor Taizong clearly promised the position of prince, but he lost it for no reason!" Even if we lose, we have to make the court pay the price, and we have to let them know that our Han Mansion has a good man with iron bones! ”

As soon as these words came out, the rest of the people agreed with a bang. When a group of people came out of the mourning hall, they saw a middle-aged man with a big waist and a round waist coming in through the door at the end of the corridor, it was Wang Bin. Unlike other people's sackcloth, Wang Bin was dressed in armor, and from a long distance, Wei Da and other officers could even see that the armor that should be bright was covered with a certain strange color, and they could see the heavy burden in his hand, and they could see the bright red liquid dripping from the baggage. Although they were all colleagues for many years, everyone was suspicious at this moment, and some even unknowingly pressed their hands on the hilt of the knife.

When the two sides met each other, even Wei Da was intimidated by Wang Bin's murderous spirit, because he asked, "What's the matter with you?" ”

Wang Bin didn't answer at all, walked straight past everyone, and climbed the steps into the mourning hall. He didn't care that the people behind him followed, and he didn't care about the blood stains around him, but he knelt down straight in front of the spirit, put the burden aside, and knocked his head three times. After getting up, he solemnly unburdened himself, only to see that there was a hideous and terrifying head. He pulled out his waist knife and put it on the ground, with a resolute expression on his face.

"When Jing was martyred, I was just a pawn, and His Royal Highness promoted the small flag, and then followed His Highness to kill the generals in several battles, all the way to the position of commander. Now that His Royal Highness has gone, I should have wiped my neck and obeyed, which can be regarded as repaying this kindness, but who knew that someone wanted to sacrifice the city while His Highness's bones were still cold, and wanted to curry favor with a few county kings! This person is Zhu Heng, who is deeply used by His Royal Highness, since I know it, what I hate most in my life is a bastard who betrays his lord, so I killed him with one sword! ”

The group of people behind suddenly realized that they were in an uproar for a while. Almost an arrow stepped forward, Wei Da squatted down beside Wang Bin, and asked viciously, "Zhu Heng, this dog really dares to do this?" ”

"At the moment of life and death, what would he not dare! Not only him, but where did he still have a few dogs who would only meet His Highness at the beginning, and I don't know how many benefits they had taken and wanted to defect to the court, I cut them all down! I, Wang Bin, don't have any big ambitions in my life, but I can't look at the renegade villain! Death is death, what is there to be afraid of! ”

"Well said!" Wei Da saw that Wang Bin's waist knife on the ground was covered with blood, and he couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "I thought I had mistaken your brother Wang at first, but now it seems that Master Chitose really didn't believe you wrong!" Since I have already given this life to Chitose Lord, I have no intention of bending my knees to beg others for mercy and life! Hengzhi is a death, let's guard this Le'an and die vigorously! ”

The two men were discussing the topic of life and death as if no one was around, and the rest of them were stunned for a moment, so they all gathered around, echoed with their mouths, patted their chests and said that they would die with the city. So, Wang Bin had to move his knees and stand up, and went to the room on the left with Wei Da and the others to discuss the next things. After a long time, when everyone came out of the back room and planned to go back to reorganize the army, he suddenly noticed that the silence outside seemed to be very wrong. Instinctively feeling an indescribable crisis, he immediately strode out the door.

The mourning hall of Zhu Gaoxu, the king of the Han Dynasty, is located in the main hall of the palace, and the wide atrium is in front of it. At this moment, the courtyard was full of hundreds of people standing in the black press, all of whom were armed with strong bows and arrows, and the leader was the Tiance who led the right army to protect thousands of households when the Fifth Army was established before. Because the sister is the favorite concubine of the Han King Zhu Gaoxu, although he doesn't have much qualifications, he still occupies a high position lightly and skillfully, but he can be a man and those old-timers get along well, so his popularity is very good on weekdays. So, seeing Wang Bin, Weida and the others looking at him viciously, he still didn't care.

"Everybody's all here." Sheng Jian smiled, and then said slowly, "Now that the Chitose Lord has gone, I and the others have discussed it with Your Royal Highness, and we all feel that Your Highnesses are the emperor's cousins, the grandsons of Emperor Taizong, and there is no need to fight with the imperial court anymore." Several of them are people who Chitose Ye trusted before his death, and they will never let Chitose Ye's bloodline be burned like this, right? Stay in the green mountains and don't be afraid of no firewood, don't look at our so-called five armies, in fact, it is ...... ten thousand people"

"Shut up!" Wang Bin didn't expect Sheng Jian to say such a thing, so he couldn't help but be angry, and interrupted him abruptly, "Your Highness, even if Quanxia knows, you will never let the county kings bend their knees to the court and ask for guilt!" ”

"Lord Wang, don't think that you are Your Highness's confidant, I know these things better than you!" Sheng Jian's color changed, and with a sneer, he took out a large handful of folds, "Your Highness held the banner of Jingjing on the one hand, and recruited troops to set up our five armies and four outposts, but on the other hand, he secretly prepared these things. ”

This originally said that he was bewitched by his subordinates, so he had to reluctantly submit to it, so he made a big mistake! By the way, there's the name of the culprit in it. ”

"This was originally to ask the emperor for his guilt, what kind of crime will die for the minister's crime, but it is the son of Emperor Taizong, begging for his life!"

"This one is a reference to the accomplice of King Zhao, and a clip of all the correspondence is attached."

"Of course, this was originally to inform the world that he had raised troops for the sake of appeasement, and he didn't want to get involved in the throne, so he insisted on the invitation of the ministers to the emperor's throne...... Having said that, it's the first time I've known that His Highness's writing is actually pretty good! ”

Seeing Sheng Jian sneering and throwing one book after another on the ground, some of the officers around him squatted down to pick it up and look at it, but they didn't get up for a long time, Wang Bin only felt that his heart slowly sank. He has followed Zhu Gaochu for many years, he has seen him brave and good at fighting, he has seen him conspire with Ji Gang to plot a position, he has seen him try his best to make Zhu Gaochi stumble, and he has also seen him scold Zhu Gaochi and his son angrily behind his back, and even Zhu Di swept in...... He naturally knew that Zhu Gaoxu was not an indomitable brave, but he still chose to be loyal. If what Sheng Jian said was all true, wouldn't it be a joke that he had repaid his loyalty all these years?

Sheng Jian threw a large pile of folds on the ground, and said in a loud voice: "I got all this from my sister-in-law, whether all these are Chitose Master's handwriting, you should know better than me!" Don't deceive yourself, I might as well tell the truth, there has been news outside the city just now, Zhang Yue and the former Shandong commander Liu Zhong persuaded Weihaiwei and other places to persuade the anti-Japanese guard posts, and now they have entered Qingzhou, Jin Rong's rice bucket was blocked in the yamen and was directly captured alive. Now, the city has surrendered, and maybe it can leave a way for the family to live, you ask these brothers behind you, who is willing to accompany this Le'an city to die martyrdom! ”

Listening to Sheng Jian's ruthless words, even these impassioned officers just now were all dead at this time. Although Veda's face was still calm, the hand holding the steel knife was a little spasmodic and trembling.

The sergeants in the courtyard were all pursed lips and their faces were pale, staring at these officers who had always treated them like parents in the past. They are not the stragglers who were put together outside, nor are they the ruffians who threw themselves from all sides, they are the Tiance guards, the Tiance guards given to Zhu Gaoxu by Zhu Di, the real elite of the Ming Dynasty. It stands to reason that they shouldn't have rebelled, but Zhu Gaoxu is dead, and they don't want to die in a wretch, and they don't want to die in vain!

In the dull and stiff atmosphere, Wang Bin finally raised his head, his eyebrows full of determination and determination. He slowly pulled out the waist knife that had cut countless people just now with his right hand, pointed the tip of the knife at the hundreds of people in front of him, and said word by word: "If you want to surrender, you can, then you will kill me!" But let me live for one day, I am the commander of the Tiance guard, no one will think of crossing me to be the master, no one will think of crossing me to sacrifice the city! ”

Sheng Jian didn't expect to get such an ending, so he was immediately very annoyed, and immediately shouted at Wei Da: "Commander Wei, you hurry up and persuade Lord Wang, don't be stubborn and confused!" Don't look at the more than 100 people here, more people are blocked outside the palace. Everyone follows Chitose Ye to live a good life, to be prosperous and rich, not to look for death with their heads! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Wei Da also draw his sword, followed by the second and third, and finally all those officers stood beside Wang Bin. Although he was surrounded by more and less, and surrendering to Cheng was already the general trend, he felt that the momentum of the few people on the opposite side completely overshadowed his side. However, he has no way to retreat at this time, and he has to send an arrow on the string, and if he continues to stalemate like this, maybe there will be people who will learn from Wang Bin's foolish loyalty.

Almost instantly, Sheng Jian turned his heart sideways and shouted: "Shoot!" ”

"Grand ......"

"If you want to live, throw away those poor morals and think of your poor parents, mothers-in-law and children in your family!"

This blow slammed into the hearts of those Tiance guards, and I don't know who released the bowstring with their eyes closed, and after a strong sound, the others subconsciously followed suit, for a while, but they saw that the arrow was like a flying locust, and it didn't go straight to that place. As if he was deliberately martyred, those men who stood upright with swords did not have a knife to block them, but they let the feathered arrows nail to themselves, but they never fell. After a round of arrow rain, the frightened Sheng Jian moved a few steps, only to see that the five people were all out of breath, but they were close together and could not support each other.

"Sheng Thousand Households ......"

The exact same call went unanswered. Sheng Jian stood in place and was silent for a long time, then turned around and strode back, waving his hand undoubtedly: "Pass the order, open the city gates on all sides, and send a message to the capital and Qingzhou Mansion!" ”

"Then they ......"

"Nonsense, naturally it is a thick burial! They are all heroes and heroes, but it's a pity that they were born at the wrong time and followed the wrong master! Remember, bury them immediately, and don't let people find their graves easily! ”

When he walked out of the Han Palace, Sheng Jian was already sweaty and heavily dressed. He didn't dare to recall those eyes that were still staring until death, nor did he want to recall the scene he had ordered. He is known as the cheap brother-in-law of King Han, even if he is afraid that he will not survive, even if his family may not be able to survive, fortunately, he still has a little blood outside, and there may be a little hope in the future. Moreover, as long as the people who are trying to fight to the death are gone, the pawns below will always have a way to live, right?

Life is not at the right time, the pearl is secretly cast, and there is only one death!

After discussing with Liu Zhong Fangling, the three of them didn't want to enter the city so early, so Fangling volunteered to fly to the capital to send the news in person. However, as soon as Fang Ling left, there was news that the county kings took the initiative to tie themselves out of the city, Zhang Yue knew that this time he was afraid that he would not be able to hide without seeing, and immediately selected 200 people from Qingzhou Zhongwei to rush to Le'an, and first "invited" those county kings who were still golden branches and jade leaves back to the Han Wang's mansion.

He thought that he would encounter some hostility when he entered the city, but to his surprise, Le'an did not have any of the old Han kings who wanted to fight at the last moment, and almost all of those officers and soldiers dressed in clothes stood silently on both sides of the street, all unarmed.

When he walked into the Han Palace, he smelled a heavy smell of blood, and his heart was shocked, and he hurriedly called an officer to ask what was going on, and only then did he know the tragic scene that happened three days ago. Although it was on both sides, he still had some respect for such a single-minded and loyal person, and then asked the whereabouts of Sheng Jian, who led the troops to the palace.

"After ordering Kaile'an to open the four gates and surrender, Sheng Qianhu killed himself. He said that he was forced to make this decision out of desperation for the sake of everyone's lives, and now that the matter has been completed, he can't let the king command a few of them to go on the road alone......"

Hearing this unexpected answer, Zhang Yue was silent for a moment. They are all modest men, if Zhu Gaoxu is alive, they are afraid that they will follow him to the last moment, right? However, maybe there will not be such an opportunity, Zhu Gaoxu has always been a fierce and inward-looking person, as if he surrendered out of the city without much fighting in history.

People's ambitions and desires always rise with their identity, if Zhu Gaoxu dies early, the current Han prince's son Zhu Zhanyan has little ability, but he also has the mind of self-reliance, and now he has swept it all from top to bottom, and the once powerful Han domain has finally become a thing of the past.