"Dog...... Dogs, dog thieves! Traitor! Bandits! The greatest thief in the kingdom of heaven! No wonder the army of the Kingdom of Heaven will be defeated in successive battles, no wonder the demon soldiers can fight under my Tianjing City, it turns out that it is all because of this demon thief! It's all because of this thief! This demon thief!! ”

"Meng Shiyong! Meng Shiyong! Scratch! Scratch! Immediately send people, send heavenly soldiers and generals, and arrest Shi Dakai, a demon thief! Catch ——!! ”

Seeing Wu Chaoyue's handwritten letter to Shi Dakai, he was as rational and treacherous as Qin Rigang and was still shocked, not to mention Hong Xiuquan, who had a slight neuropathy - directly like crazy, like crazy, roaring and making trouble, smashing the golden dragon case in front of him, hitting the female officer next to him, and tearing the golden dragon robe on his body, hysterically just forcing Meng Shiyong to quickly send someone to arrest Shi Dakai. Meng Shiyong wanted to delay the time to make Hong Xiuquan calm down a little, and immediately provoked himself to arouse Hong Xiuquan's monstrous anger, "Why don't you catch that demon thief?" Are you in league with that thief? Is it a gang? Want him to run? I want him to run out of Tianjing City! ”

"Your Majesty obeys the order, come on, hurry, hurry up and arrest the Waste Wing King Shi Dakai, go and arrest it immediately! Can't let him run! ”

In desperation, Meng Shiyong could only quickly order someone to be sent to arrest Shi Dakai, and then hurriedly comforted Hong Xiuquan and said that Shi Dakai would never be able to escape, so it was not easy for Hong Xiuquan to regain some calm, and made a holy decree that was quite smart, "The whole city is under martial law, and no one is allowed to open the city gate without my will!" Those who violate the will will be immediately beheaded! ”

hurriedly kowtowed again and again, and when Meng Shiyong conveyed the order with a long look, he asked Liu Fengliang, the guard on the side of Yuhuatai, to strengthen his vigilance, and secretly stared at Shi Dakai's old department headed by Huang Yukun, and finally won a little praise from Hong Xiuquan. Then, when Hong Xiuquan's expression was no longer so crazy, Meng Shiyong knelt down on Hong Xiuquan's knees and said cautiously: "Long live the Heavenly King, Your Majesty thinks that the messenger of the demon soldier should be interrogated again, beyond the little demon secretly and Shi Dakai Shi to check ......, oh no, it is to contact the stone demon thief, there should be a special secret envoy, how can you let a heavenly soldier who has just been caught by the demon soldier send a message to Shi Dakai demon thief?" On the demon soldier's side, didn't you consider the danger of leaking the news? ”

Meng Shiyong reminded that Hong Xiuquan, who had calmed down a little, discovered this major suspicion - how could Wu Jun's side send a new soldier who was unreliable at all to send such an important letter to Shi Dakai? So Hong Xiuquan finally nodded and said, "It makes sense, you should carefully interrogate that demon messenger." ”

"Your Majesty obeys." Meng Shiyong hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Long live the Heavenly King, rest assured, Your Majesty will immediately go and personally interrogate the messenger, and you will definitely ask the truth for Long Live the Heavenly King." ”

"Bring that demon messenger up, and I will judge it myself!" Hong Xiuquan's voice suddenly raised again, Meng Shiyong's face turned a little pale, but he couldn't stand Hong Xiuquan's repeated coercion, so he could only stubbornly order the female soldiers of the Heavenly King's Mansion to escort the messenger to the Golden Dragon Hall and hand it over to Hong Xiuquan for personal interrogation.

Fortunately, the messenger who came to the palace was a Guangxi veteran who was loyal to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, not only did he not have the slightest disrespect for Hong Xiuquan, but also because he was able to see the legendary Heavenly King Long Live with his own eyes and was moved to tears, so Hong Xiuquan finally did not continue to go crazy, but just asked the messenger to truthfully explain what happened, the messenger kowtowed to obey the order, and said like a bamboo tube pouring beans: "Long live the King of Heaven, the little one was captured by the demon soldiers that night when the Heavenly Father appeared, and the little one went to pick up King Zan's Chitose with the Ya Tianhou army, Our army was crushed by our own defeated soldiers, and the unfortunate ones were knocked over by other heavenly brethren and almost trampled to death....... ”

"That's because you don't have enough respect for your Heavenly Father!" Hong Xiuquan interrupted angrily: "Shi Dakai Demon Thief himself does not respect Heavenly Father, and he doesn't want you to respect Heavenly Father all the time, so Heavenly Father doesn't bless you!" ”

It was also thanks to the Guangxi veteran who was seriously brainwashed by the God Worship Sect, so the messenger didn't dare to say anything, but just kowtowed again and again and said: "Yes, yes, because the little one did not respect the Heavenly Father enough, he was trampled on by other heavenly brothers and seriously injured by retribution, and then he was arrested by the demon soldiers." But the little one dares to swear to the Heavenly Father, I really didn't betray the Kingdom of Heaven and betray the King of Heaven, no matter what the demon soldiers asked the little one, the little one didn't say a word. If the little one has half a lie, ask the Heavenly Father to send down the thunder and strike the little one! ”

"To get to the point, why did the demon soldiers send you back to deliver the letter?" Meng Shiyong urged impatiently.

"Yes." The messenger kowtowed again, and then said: "At noon today, several demon soldiers suddenly put the small one into the big army tent of the demon soldiers, and there was a demon general who said that he was the big demon general Feng Sanbao, and asked the small one to surrender to him, and said that as long as the small one promised to help him do things, he would give the small one gold and silver, and he could also give the small one a feudal official, although the little one didn't want to agree, but in order to play the demon general, he still asked him what he wanted me to do." ”

As a result, the demon general actually said that he wanted the little one to venture back to Tianjing City to send a message to the Wing King Eight Thousand Years Old, and the little one felt that it was an opportunity to escape from the demon camp, so he tried to agree. Unexpectedly, the demon general not only really let me go, gave the little one one hundred taels of silver, gave the little one a seven-grade official, and asked the little one to bring a letter back, and said that if this letter could not be sent directly to the eight thousand years old of the Wing King, it would be okay to send it directly to the eight thousand years old father-in-law of the Wing King, Ya Tianhou. ”

Hearing this, Meng Shiyong hurriedly shouted: "Wait, since the demon soldiers asked you to send a letter to the Waste Wing King or Yatianhou, then why didn't you go to Yuhuatai to deliver the letter, but instead went to Shangxinhe to see Yan Tianyi?" ”

"The little one was stopped by Yan Tianyi's soldiers on the road." The messenger explained: "The demon soldiers were going to send the little one to Yuhuatai at first, but when they were halfway there, they met Yan Tianyi's patrol sentry, and the two demon soldiers who escorted the little one ran away, and the little one was also stopped by Yan Tianyi's soldiers, so the little one went to Shangxinhe. ”

"It can't be intentional, right?" Although he was not as shrewd as his dead ghost father, Meng Shiyong immediately suspected that this was an intentional act by the Wu soldiers-because Qin Rigang's army belonged to the Northern King Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in terms of establishment, and the military uniforms he wore were yellow vests with black edges, while Shi Dakai's soldiers were inlaid with blue edges, which was easy to distinguish, and it was not difficult for the Wu soldiers to deliberately send messengers to Qin Rigang's scout sentry team.

After his suspicions rose, Meng Shiyong asked again: "Also, for such an important matter as sending a letter to the Waste Wing King, how could the demon soldiers use you, the newly surrendered person?" Why didn't they find another messenger? ”

"Back to King Youzan, the demon soldiers also said this." The messenger kowtowed and said: "The demon general Feng Sanbao said that the messenger they contacted with the Wing King 8,000 years old had never returned to Tianjing City before, and they really couldn't find a reliable person to send the letter, so they gave the little one a chance to make a fortune." But long live the king of heaven, the young praise king Chitose, the villain really didn't help the demon soldiers send letters for the sake of being official and rich, the little one pretended to agree in order to come back and continue to kill the demon soldiers. ”

After that, the messenger kowtowed again and again, repeatedly declaring his loyalty to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Hong Xiuquan, but Meng Shiyong was heartbroken, and hurriedly kowtowed to Hong Xiuquan and said: "Long live the King of Heaven, the matter is very clear, this is clearly the demon soldier's discordant plan, deliberately framing the Waste Wing King Shi Checkpoint, and letting a fundamentally unreliable new soldier send such an important letter, is there such a ridiculous thing in the world?" ”

Hong Xiuquan, who was not completely mindless, was a little shaken, and he never thought that Qin Rigang, who had always been at odds with Shi Dakai and Yang Xiuqing, suddenly came up with such a sentence, and said: "Long live the Heavenly King, Your Majesty thinks that it doesn't matter whether the stone checkpoint was framed by the demon soldiers, the important thing is that the five banners of the Twisted Army under the command of Zhang Lexing, the king of Wo, surpassed the little demon in the letter to the Waste Wing King, how could he mention that he and the Waste Wing King joined forces to arrange an ambush to prepare to trap the Wo King?" Beyond the little demon, he is not afraid of leaking the news, so that King Wo has a vigilance, so that his trap will be wasted? ”

After Qin Rigang's ill-intentioned reminder, Hong Xiuquan hurriedly picked up the damn letter again and read it carefully, and then quickly shouted: "It can't be faked!" If it was fake, how could the Transcendent Little Demon mention such an important matter in this letter? Bandits! Traitor! It's not enough to harm so many soldiers and horses, but also to harm my Twisted Army Five Banners! Bandits! demon thief! ”

"Yes, if the belief is false, how can the transcendent demon mention such an important matter?"

Meng Shiyong couldn't turn this corner for a while, but just when Qin Rigang suggested that he quickly try to contact Zhang Lexing to inform him of the danger, Meng Shiyong suddenly came to his senses, and quickly kowtowed and said: "Long live the Heavenly King, Your Majesty understands, beyond the little demon, he is not afraid of leaking the news at all, because from such a long distance, there are demon soldiers on the road to harass and intercept, and our messenger has no time to send the news to Wo Wang Chitose anyway." ”

"Shut up!" Hong Xiuquan roared: "How much benefit did Shi Dakai Demon Thief give you, why do you help him talk everywhere?!" ”

"King Youzan, you are the leader of the Chinese army of the kingdom of heaven, although it is only temporary." Qin Rigang, the deputy commander of the Taiping Army, kindly persuaded: "But you still don't have much contact with the Waste Wing King who is suspected of collaborating with the enemy, if the Waste Wing King really surrendered to the Transcendence Demon when Jiujiang surrendered and was captured, and came back for the Transcendence Demon to harm the Heavenly Kingdom, and if you do anything unfavorable to the Heavenly Army, the consequences will definitely be unimaginable." ”

"Qin Aiqing is right, you give me Shao and that Shi Da to open a demon thief!" Hong Xiuquan really sprinkled the evil fire on Meng Shiyong's head, pointed at Meng Shiyong and shouted: "I can crown you as the king of Youzan, temporarily lead the Chinese army to take charge, and I can also abolish you!" ”

Meng Shiyong was helpless, so he could only hurriedly kowtow and ask for guilt, and at the same time he didn't dare to open his mouth to defend Shi Dakai, Hong Xiuquan roared loudly, and repeatedly asked Shi Dakai why the demon thief hadn't been escorted to the Heavenly King's Mansion yet? During this period, the anger is greater and the anger is stronger.

Fortunately, after another period of time, Shi Dakai, who was tied up with five flowers, finally came to the Golden Dragon Hall under the escort of the female soldiers of the Heavenly King's Mansion, and shouted in confusion without kowtowing: "Long live the Heavenly King, what did your subordinates do wrong?" Why take me? Why are you arresting me? ”

"You thief still have the face to ask! Come on, show this demon thief's letter beyond the little demon! ”

Hurriedly looking at the letter that the female official held in front of him, Shi Dakai's handsome Danfeng eyes naturally turned into copper bell eyes, and it took a long time to come back to his senses and shout, "Wronged!" Long live the King of Heaven, wronged! This is the demon soldier's discord plan, this is beyond the demon design to frame his subordinates! ”

"The evidence is ironclad! Dare to shout injustice?! Hong Xiuquan roared louder and roared: "Say, you are in Tianjing City, and those fellow party?" When and how do you plan to open the gate of Tianjing City and welcome the demon soldiers into the city? ”

Shi Dakai continued to shout frantically, and at the same time hurriedly asked Meng Shiyong who was on the Golden Dragon Hall for help, but it was a pity that Meng Shiyong was already a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and he didn't dare to defend Shi Dakai anymore, so soon, Hong Xiuquan shouted: "Come on, push out Shi Dakai, the demon thief, and behead him in public!" ”

"Long live the King of Heaven, your subordinates have been wronged!"

Shi Dakai shouted frantically, and at the same time struggled desperately, he had to be ready to fight to the death of a fish, but fortunately, Meng Shiyong was quite calm, and suddenly came up with a way to kowtow quickly, and said: "Long live the king of heaven, anyway, Shi Dakai, the demon thief, has been caught, and he can be killed at any time, and there is no need to be in a hurry now." His Majesty suggested that Shi Dakai might as well be temporarily imprisoned in the prison and handed over to Mo Shangshu, the official of the Criminal Department, to interrogate him, to see if he had any other comrades, and then it would not be too late to punish him according to law. ”

Hong Xiuquan was a little hesitant, in fact, Hong Xiuquan also had some doubts in his heart that Wu Chaoyue's letter was just a shameless trap of discord, and he deliberately did not question it, there were actually three reasons, one was that he never liked Shi Dakai, and the second was that for Hong Xiuquan, Shi Dakai's use value was already minimal, and it didn't matter whether he killed or not, and the third was that Hong Xiuquan had been preventing Shi Dakai from colluding with Yang Xiuqing, who was currently under house arrest in Dongwangfu, and snatched Hong Xiuquan's military and political power - but then again, With the deep friendship between Shi Dakai and Yang Xiuqing, as well as Shi Dakai's personality and the current situation of the Taiping Army, it is really possible for Shi Dakai to do this kind of thing.

"Long live the Heavenly King, if Shi Dakai really betrayed the country, killing him now will only be more dangerous for the Heavenly Kingdom." Meng Shiyong hurriedly said: "If Shi Dakai is a demon, it is impossible for him to have no other comrades in Tianjing City, seeing Shi Dakai being killed, those of his comrades will definitely jump over the wall in a hurry, rebel and make chaos, and directly rebel to meet the demon soldiers to attack the city." Only by leaving Shi Dakai for the time being, forcing him to confess to his accomplices, and killing all his accomplices, can Tianjing City have no worries! ”

Meng Shiyong said it to this point, Hong Xiuquan also had to reconsider whether he should immediately cut off Shi Dakai's head, and finally couldn't resist Meng Shiyong's repeated pleas, Hong Xiuquan reluctantly nodded and said: "Okay, for the sake of King Youzan's face, put this demon thief in the prison and hand it over to the Criminal Department for careful interrogation!" Then give an order to Liu Fengliang, the first Tianyi, and tell him to immediately capture the leader of the stone demon's henchmen in Yuhuatai and take over the army left by the stone demon in Yuhuatai! ”

Meng Shiyong breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly kowtowed to Hong Xiuquan for Shi Dakai to thank him, and asked for the order to personally escort Shi Dakai to the prison of the Criminal Department, Hong Xiuquan nodded and agreed, Meng Shiyong hurriedly beckoned the female soldiers of the Tianwang Mansion to escort Shi Dakai out of the palace, and then after leaving the gate of the Tianwang Mansion, Meng Shiyong wiped his sweat and said to Shi Dakai, who was tied up by five flowers: "Shi Checkpoint, I really had no choice but to do that just now." But don't worry, for the sake of heaven, no matter what way you think and how much you have to do, I will wash away your grievances, but I can't now, I can only let you go to heaven to be wronged for a period of time. ”

"Thank you, King Youzan, I know you've done your best, thank you." Shi Dakai thanked him sincerely, and took the initiative to say: "But King Youzan, I'm worried that my old department outside the city will not accept it, and it will make trouble, and even resist the mutiny, and when the time comes, it will not only cheapen the demon soldiers for nothing, but also harm our other Heavenly Kingdom soldiers in Yuhuatai." ”

"What then?" Meng Shiyong hurriedly asked.

"Let me write a letter to them." Shi Dakai said: "I will explain the situation to them in the letter, and ask them to obey your orders from King Youzan, and don't cheapen those shameless demon soldiers and dog thieves in vain." ”

Meng Shiyong was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked someone to bring a pen and paper, and asked Shi Dakai to write a letter on the spot, but Shi Dakai smiled bitterly and showed Meng Shiyong his tied hands, Meng Shiyong slapped his forehead, and hurriedly went to untie Shi Dakai with his own hands, and said while untying the rope: "Shi Checkpoint, please, you must ask Ya Tian to wait for them to obey the holy decree of the king, don't make trouble, as soon as they make trouble, it will be more difficult for me to save your ......." ”

When Meng Shiyong said this, he suddenly felt a huge force coming from Shi Dakai's direction, knocking himself into the air and flying up, smashing over the armed female soldier behind him, and then before Meng Shiyong understood what was happening, he had already seen Shi Dakai striding away, rushing to the west corner of Xihuamen Street like an arrow from the string, and the female soldiers guarding in front of the Tianwang's Mansion were not able to stop at all, and at the same time, Shi Dakai's shouting came from afar, "Young praise king, thank you for your kindness, Shi Mou will repay today's kindness in the future!" ”

"Wing King, I don't want you to repay the favor! I just want you back! Meng Shiyong cried out in a hurry, struggling and shouting: "Wing King eight thousand years old, come back!" Come back! Otherwise, I would not have been able to explain to the Heavenly King! Wing King 8,000 years old, I beg you! ”

"Wing King eight thousand years old, I treat you like this, and you repay me like this? The soldiers of the kingdom of heaven have called you the righteous king, and where are you righteous to me? Where is the righteousness?! ”