The content of Shi Dakai's letter is similar to Yang Runqing's oral introduction, which is to persuade Yang Xiuqing to change his mistakes, rein in the precipice, hand over Nanjing City and Hong Xiuquan to end the civil war of the Taiping Army, and return the military and political power to Hong Xiuquan, in exchange for Hong Xiuquan and the Taiping Army soldiers to pardon Yang Xiuqing, and promise that as long as he agrees to the conditions he offers, he can guarantee that Yang Xiuqing's family will not die, and also guarantee that Yang Xiuqing can continue to enjoy glory and wealth in the Dongwang Mansion. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In addition, Shi Dakai also clearly told Yang Xiuqing that if Yang Xiuqing dared to jump over the wall to kill Hong Xiuquan, then he and the generals of the Taiping Army would definitely not let Yang Xiuqing go, and after breaking through Nanjing, Yang Xiuqing would definitely be killed!

is still the same sentence, if it is replaced by the previous Yang Xiuqing, not to mention that Nanjing City is still in the hands of Yang Xiuqing's descendants, that is, there is only the last person left in Yang Xiuqing, and the knife is on his neck, Yang Xiuqing will definitely not bow to Shi Dakai's threat!

But there is no way, Yang Xiuqing has indeed become too much, she has been used to enjoying the brocade clothes and jade food in Nanjing, her wife and concubine, she has long lost the ambition of Jintian when she raised the army, and the perseverance when Yong'an was besieged, she has long since stopped working hard, and just wants to keep the wealth and glory in front of her. So after slowly sitting back on the golden dragon chair, Yang Xiuqing couldn't help but have such a thought, "It's not bad to be able to live Hong Xiuquan's life in the past few years, at least eat well and dress well, and there is still time to enjoy beautiful women." ”

In the end, there was an urgent report outside the city that Ye Yunlai and Wu Ruxiao's fleet had arrived at Zhuangjiazhou and joined Shi Da's army. Yang Xiuqing came back to his senses, and hurriedly passed Shi Dakai's letter to the subordinate officials of the Dongwang Mansion to consult them, but Hou Yukuan, Li Junliang and other Yang Xiuqing's cronies were shocked when they saw it, and they all said: "Long live the East King, we must not believe Shi Dakai's promise, continue to stick to Tianjing, we may still have hope of turning over." But if we hand over the Tianjing City and the Heavenly King, and let Shi Dakai's army of traitors enter the city, then our life and death, honor and disgrace, will all be involuntary. ”

"But how long can Tianjing Lonely City hold?" Yang Xiuqing said distressedly.

"We can ask for help from the Transcendence Demon!" Hou Yukuan's eyes were also red, and he said directly: "As long as we surpass the little demon and send troops to rescue us, we can negotiate with him on any conditions, call him a tribute, or even surrender to him directly!" Beyond the little demon coveting Jiangnan Tianjing, it is impossible not to agree! Although that little demon is treacherous, it is generally benevolent and righteous, at least it will definitely not harm you, Long live the East King! ”

"Long live the East King, you should ask for help from the Transcendence Demon!" Li Junliang also said quickly: "No matter what way you think, you only need to surpass the little demon and send troops, and our situation will take a turn for the better soon, and when the time comes, not only will we be able to keep Tianjing, but maybe we can also take the opportunity to surpass the little demon and Shi Dakai and others to fight and win the hope of a comeback!" ”

Hearing that Li Junliang and Hou Yukuan were reasonable, Yang Xiuqing was a little shaken for a while, but at this moment, Meng Deen, the upstart of the Eastern Prince's Mansion, suddenly opened his mouth and asked: "Hou Shangshu, make up for the heavens, you keep saying that you will definitely be able to surpass the little demon and send troops, I'm afraid it may not be?" ”

"Not necessarily?" Hou Yukuan asked rhetorically.

"Has Hou Shangshu forgotten that the little demon is actively planning to go north to Zhili by sea to hunt down and kill the Qing Demon Court that has fled to the northeast, and he can give up his long-planned Northern Expedition in order to save us? Also, for the Beyond Little Demon, the bigger the scale and the longer it takes for us to fight with Shi Dakai and the others, it seems that the more beneficial it will be for him, right? ”

Meng Deen only used two sentences to ask Hou Yukuan speechless, and then Meng Deen said categorically: "I dare to conclude that no matter how we beg and bow to the little demon, he will never really send troops to save us!" At most, he will only verbally agree, deceiving us to contain Shi Dakai and other traitors for him, ensure that his Yangtze River channel is unblocked, so that he can take the opportunity to go on the Northern Expedition with peace of mind, first destroy the Qing Demon Court, and then turn around and wipe out us and Shi Dakai and other traitors, dominate the world, and justifiably establish ourselves as emperors! ”

Treating others with themselves, Hou Yukuan, Li Junliang and others had nothing to say, so they could only keep their mouths shut obediently-because doing so was indeed an ideal choice for Wu Chaoyue. Yang Xiuqing, who was once inclined to ask Wu Chaoyue for help, also wavered again, and said secretly: "There is this possibility, beyond the little demon has always been treacherous, it is possible to lie to me and fight to the death with the traitor of the heavenly kingdom first, he took the opportunity to destroy the Qing demon first, and then destroy the heavenly kingdom." ”

Seeing that Yang Xiuqing had been moved by himself, Meng Deen said cautiously: "Long live the East King, forgive the ministers to remind you a few points, since the failure of the Northern Expedition, Shi Dakai and Zeng Lichang and other traitors have begun to have an ambiguous relationship with the Transcendence Little Demon; Lin Qirong's traitor, without your permission, sent troops to help surpass the little demon to deal with the Qing demon and the Rakshasa people's sailors; Wu Ruxiao not only disobeyed your orders, refused to let the Qing demon and the Rakshasa people go to fight the Transcendence Demon, but also was a fellow villager with the Transcendence Demon, and I heard that he also worked with the grandfather Wu Laodemon and his father Wu Dayou in the Thirteen Lines of Guangzhou. ”

Yang Xiuqing's heart sank, and then he suddenly remembered Wu Chaoyue and the choice of helping Shi Dakai and others deal with him, and under the worry of his heart, Yang Xiuqing could only ask Meng Deen: "Prime Minister Meng, in your opinion, how should this king be?" ”

"The stakes are so great that your subordinates don't dare to speak indiscriminately and deceive the Holy Hearing." Mund's reply was very modest.

"But it doesn't hurt to say it." Yang Xiuqing urged.

Meng Deen still didn't dare to answer, but looked left and right, Yang Xiuqing understood, and waved his hand to temporarily drive away the other subordinate officials of the Dongwang Mansion, leaving only Yang Runqing and Yang Zhuanqing, two brothers, Yang Xiuqing said: "Let's say it directly." ”

"Long live King Xie Dong." Meng Deen first saluted and thanked him, and then said: "Long live the East King, Your Majesty thinks that Hou Yukuan and Li Junliang persuaded you to borrow troops from the Transcendence Little Demon to ask for help, not for the sake of Long Live the East King, but for the sake of their own glory and wealth." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Yang Xiuqing, who had never read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", asked suspiciously.

"Because Shi Dakai's traitor only promised to pardon you and your family long live the East King in the letter, but did not promise to pardon them and his subordinates like the officials of the East Wangfu."

Meng Deen pointed out the reason sharply, and then took the opportunity to slander: "They are afraid that after Shi Dakai and other traitors enter the city, they and their whole family will be killed, so they desperately persuade the East King Long live you to bow your head to the little demon beyond and ask for help." Because only by doing so, can they save their lives, and after surpassing the little demon and taking the opportunity to seize Tianjing, they can also become the heroes in front of the transcendent demon, and enjoy more glory and wealth on the side of the transcendent demon. ”

Yang Xiuqing suddenly realized, and couldn't help but curse a long-forgotten swear word outside the hall, "A bunch of dog mongrels!" ”

After successfully discrediting the main battle faction of the East Prince's Mansion, Meng Deen knelt down on his knees again, kowtowed and said: "Long live the East King, your subordinates can say something from your heart, in fact, your subordinates can be the same as Hou Yukuan, and persuade the East King Long live you bow your head to the Transcendence Demon for help, and would rather dedicate Tianjing to the Transcendence Demon than to Shi Dakai and other traitors, so that the subordinates can also save their lives, and they can also ask for merit and rewards in front of the Transcendence Demon, and enjoy more glory and wealth." But why would your subordinates not want to do this? ”

"Why?" Yang Xiuqing hurriedly asked.

"Because your subordinates are loyal to the King of the East, you are loyal and think about you!" Meng Deen kowtowed heavily, and said with a heartfelt voice: "Long live the East King, after you bow your head and surrender to the Transcendence Little Demon, you may be able to enjoy some glory and wealth, but how much wealth and glory can he give to the East King Long Live You?" ”

"Long live the East King, please ask yourself, is it possible for the transcendent demon to treat you like you to the Heavenly King, to give clothes to clothes, to give food, to beautiful women to beautiful women, and to give beautiful wine to fine wine?"

"Long live the East King, please think about it carefully, how can it be possible for the Transcendent Little Demon and his subordinate generals to allow you to continue to live in the East King Mansion with carved beams and painted pillars and beautiful women like you did with the Heavenly King? The mountains of gold, silver and jewels in the Dongwang Mansion, the splendid Silk Luo, surpassing the little demon and his demon soldiers and demon generals, how can it be possible for you to enjoy it alone? ”

"Finally, long live the East King, and the most critical point, Long live the East King, is your relationship with the Transcendent Demon as close as the relationship between you and the Heavenly King? Long live the East King, do you have no harm to the King of Heaven because of the old love in the past, treat the King of Heaven well, and surpass the little demon, Long live him and the King of the East, do you have such an intimate relationship? Beyond the little demon, why should he be kind to you like Long live the King of the East, and treat you well? ”

Moved by Meng Deen's flickering, Yang Xiuqing also made up her mind on the spot, slapped the Golden Dragon case heavily, and shouted: "That's right! This king must not bow to the demon who surpasses it! ”

Afraid that the Yang family brothers would make trouble, Meng Deen hurriedly turned to Yang Runqing and Yang Zhuanqing next to him, and said: "The two national sects, you are the same, forgive your ministers for saying something ugly, you and Long Live the East King are grasshoppers tied to a rope, beyond the little demon will not be kind to the East King, and naturally will not be kind to you!" When the little demon can't tolerate the long live of the East King, you will definitely be in a catastrophe! ”

Originally, the talent and ability were not even worthy of lifting shoes for Yang Xiuqing, and after listening to Meng Deen's flickering, Yang Runqing and Yang Zhuanqing of course nodded together, not only did they not refute Meng Deen's oblique arguments, but also rushed to persuade Yang Xiuqing and said: "Brother, Meng Cheng is really loyal to you, that's right, we would rather accept Shi Dakai's persuasion to surrender than surrender to the Transcendence Little Demon." ”

"Brother, think about Shi Dakai's request, at least he doesn't want to kill our Yang family brothers, and he arrested the younger brother and released me, which is enough to show his sincerity. The promises made in his capacity will certainly not be unkempt. ”

Being persuaded by the two straw bale brothers, Yang Xiuqing, who was already embattled, was inevitably even more shaken, and Meng Deen over there added more skillful encouragement, and kowtowed to Yang Xiuqing and said: "Long live the East King, your subordinates are brave, and please Long Live the East King When you negotiate peace with the Wing King, don't forget your subordinates and other subordinate officials of the East Prince's Mansion, and ask the Wing King to pardon us as the subordinate officials of the East Prince's Mansion." ”

"Of course, you have followed this king for so many years, can this king forget you?"

Yang Xiuqing let out a long sigh and agreed to Meng Deen's selfish request, completely forgetting that after the secret Qing court was exposed, he almost killed Meng Deen. In the end, after thinking about it again and again for a long time, Yang Xiuqing finally pointed to his straw bale brother Yang Runqing and ordered: "You, go see Shi Dakai again." ”

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Shi Dakai arrested Yang Runqing but did not kill him, and let Yang Runqing go back to Nanjing to persuade Yang Xiuqing to surrender in Kaicheng, the most critical reason is, of course, that Yang Runqing is too incompetent, and it makes no difference whether he kills or not, and letting Yang Runqing go is just a little proof that he has no intention of killing the Yang brothers, but he has never had too much hope that Yang Runqing can persuade Yang Xiuqing, who has a tough personality, to surrender.

Under such circumstances, when Yang Runqing suddenly came back with Yang Xiuqing's letter to ask if he could really fulfill his promise, Shi Dakai felt unbelievable, but still made a formal written promise as his eight-thousand-year-old Wing King, promising to pardon Yang Xiuqing's brothers and the subordinate officials of the Eastern Prince's Mansion from guilt, and also promising to let Hong Xiuquan treat Yang Xiuqing's family as if he had been treated well by Yang Xiuqing before.

In addition, in order to prove his sincerity, Shi Dakai, who understands righteousness, also promised to marry one of his daughters to Yang Xiuqing's son, and also let one of his sons marry one of Yang Xiuqing's daughters and form a relationship between children and daughters-just in terms of appearance, Shi Dakai, a famous handsome guy in the late Qing Dynasty, suffered a big loss by doing this.

At this moment, Shi Dakai's good reputation has played a key role, in the case of trusting Shi Dakai's character promise, Yang Xiuqing is of course more moved, but he didn't dare to rest assured, and persuaded: "Long live the East King, although Shi Dakai officially made a promise, but his Wing King Holy Decree is not the Heavenly King's Holy Decree after all, His Majesty thinks, Long Live the East King, you had better go and see the Heavenly King in person, and after getting the promise of the Heavenly King's Holy Decree, you can ensure that it happens." ”

Yang Xiuqing once again adopted Meng Deen's suggestion, and after a few years, he personally entered the Heavenly King's Mansion to meet Hong Xiuquan for the first time, but in the Heavenly King's Mansion, Yang Xiuqing also suffered a fatal blow!

When Yang Xiuqing saw Hong Xiuquan, Hong Xiuquan's father and son were drinking and playing with many beautiful Wang Niang in the Forgotten Fei Pavilion in the West Garden, the grass in early spring outside the pavilion was tender green, the flowers were fragrant, the lake was rippling, the pavilion was red and leaning on the cui, the beauty was fragrant, and there were cockfights and bows, golden pots and arrows, and games and plays.

Under the envy of the comparison, Yang Xiuqing couldn't help but turn to Meng Deen, who was in charge of the women's camp next to him, and sighed: "It's still a comfortable day like this, compared with Long Live the Heavenly King, this king is really too tired." ”

Hong Xiuquan obviously didn't expect Yang Xiuqing to come to visit him, and in his excitement, Hong Xiuquan also called Yang Xiuqing's old name to greet him, "Silong, why did you come suddenly?" Come on, come on, there is your favorite Yongan salt-baked chicken and stuffed three treasures, and our brothers have a good drink. I remember that when we were in Yong'an, we just ate these two dishes and drank wine, and discussed a plan to break through the encirclement of Qing demons. ”

Hearing his old name, which was almost forgotten, and seeing Hong Xiuquan's affectionate face and his favorite dish when he was just developed, Yang Xiuqing of course recalled the past events of the Jintian Uprising and the establishment of Yong'an, and recalled the scene when he was in love with Hong Xiuquan, Xiao Chaogui, Feng Yunshan and others, his nose was sore, and tears couldn't help oozing from the corners of his eyes......

Hong Xiuquan really didn't know anything that happened in the outside world, and when he drank and talked with Yang Xiuqing, in addition to recounting the old feelings, he was thanking Yang Xiuqing for the generous treatment he gave to his family, without mentioning a word about political and military affairs. ”

Hong Xiuquan's words once again stabbed Yang Xiuqing's heart wound, seeing Hong Xiuquan's happy life at ease, and thinking of his heart for so many years, Fei's god, and the difficult situation of embattled and betrayal, and the dangerous situation of being the enemy, Yang Xiuqing finally made up his mind and said secretly: "It's still comfortable to live like this." ”

Then, when Yang Xiuqing explained the real situation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to Hong Xiuquan, and frankly admitted that he did have a clear move for the benefit of the Taiping Army, Hong Xiuquan also got angry and scolded Shi Dakai and others for being ignorant and bold, not understanding that Yang Xiuqing secretly allied with the Qing court for the sake of the interests of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and asked Yang Xiuqing to immediately send troops to fight to the death with Shi Dakai and others!

Seeing that Hong Xiuquan's angry appearance did not seem to be fake, Yang Xiuqing first shook his head and sighed, and then said: "Heavenly King, I have already thought about it carefully, and the Wing King and their troops are fighting, no matter how they fight, it is our heavenly brothers who will die, and no matter how they fight, it will be for nothing to clean the demon and surpass the little demon, so I came here today just to ask you to come out of the mountain again and take charge of my heavenly affairs again." ”

"You're not kidding, are you?" Hong Xiuquan asked in surprise.

"Of course not." Yang Xiuqing shook his head, first handed over the edict of the Wing King promised by Shi Dakai to Hong Xiuquan to watch, and then knelt down to Hong Xiuquan on both knees, and said with tears in his eyes: "Long live the King of Heaven, the younger brother deserves death, and he dare not ask for forgiveness, after the Wing King and they entered the city, the younger brother only begged the King of Heaven Long live you read that I have not treated you badly in these years, spare my family members not to die, spare my subordinate officials not to die, let them not freeze, don't starve, little brother I will be satisfied." ”

Hong Xiuquan also shed tears, knelt in front of Yang Xiuqing, and asked in a choked voice, "Silong, have you really made up your mind?" ”

Yang Xiuqing nodded tearfully, Hong Xiuquan hugged Yang Xiuqing and cried and said: "Silong, don't worry, what you do to me, I will do to you!" I, Hong Xiuquan, swear to my Heavenly Father, if I, Hong Xiuquan, break my oath, heaven and earth will be destroyed, and there will be no place to bury my death! ”

Yang Xiuqing cried, thanked Hong Xiuquan again and again, and hugged Hong Xiuquan and cried together......

Outside the Forget Flying Pavilion, hearing the tearful answer between Yang Xiuqing and Hong Xiuquan, Meng Deen also sighed softly, looked up at the sky, and a mysterious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth......