Chapter 126: The Death of Zhu Youlang
"Abdication?" Zhu Youlang shook his head, "Why did I abdicate?" After speaking, he snorted again: "They didn't catch me." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Xu Lin said: "Your Majesty's abdication, not only can save your life, but also avoid being exiled outside the border, the slave believes that His Royal Highness King Qi will definitely treat His Majesty well." ”
"What His Royal Highness King Qi, that thief Xiucai would like to die, how can he be kind to me..."
Zhu Youlang was very angry, suddenly frozen, his voice stopped abruptly, and he subconsciously looked at Xu Lin who stood up.
Xu Lin didn't speak, but looked at Zhu Youlang quietly.
"You?"
It was hard for Zhu Youlang to believe that this little eunuch was actually Zhou Shixiang's person, but the reality did not allow him not to believe it.
"The slave maid is also for the good of Your Majesty, if Your Majesty is willing to abdicate, the slave and maid will take Your Majesty out of this place." Xu Lin knelt down as he spoke.
"Even you have betrayed me, who else in this world can I trust!"
Zhu Youlang laughed angrily, the thief Xiucai's hand was stretched out to his side, but it was ridiculous not only did he not know, but Wu Sangui didn't know either. In vain, he was ready to go to King Li Jin, so he reused this little eunuch, which is really hateful and hateful!
"Your Majesty, just listen to the slave's advice!"
Xu Lin really didn't want His Majesty the Emperor to go headlong into a dead end. He was recruited into the Military Intelligence Department two years ago, and in order to be able to get close to Zhu Youlang, he ruthlessly castrated himself, but he never complained. Because if it weren't for the Taiping Army, his mother and sister would have been tortured to death by the Qing soldiers under Xian Guoan. If it weren't for the Taipings, he would have been driven by the Qing soldiers to fill the trench full of dead people, just like his father. He simply wouldn't have lived to this day.
Xu Lin received a very clear task, that is, to find a way to get close to Zhu Youlang and poison him at every opportunity. But he never had a chance, until Wu Sanfu and Zhang Guozhu abandoned Guiyang and fled with Zhu Youlang. At that time, the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace were in chaos, and not many people kept up with Zhu Youlang's team, only him, gritted his teeth and followed all the way, and then approached Zhu Youlang's sight step by step. Originally, Wu Sanfu's killing of Zhu Youlang was something Xu Lin was happy to see, but he thought that Zhu Youlang was the emperor after all, and it was really tragic to be separated by a corpse after death, so he rushed out and asked Wu Sanfu to give Zhu Youlang a decent death. It's just that he never thought that Wu Sanfu was shot dead before he could execute Zhu Youlang, and then Zhu Youlang fled with him.
Xu Lin is a single-line leader who accepts, in addition to knowing his mission, he doesn't know the other arrangements of the Military Intelligence Department, so he doesn't know whether the soldiers and horses who shot Wu Sanfu are his own horses, so he has to follow Zhu Youlang. It's just that Zhu Youlang didn't know that when they absconded in the woods, Xu Lin always held a dagger in his hand. The dagger's mark on the trees in the forest pointed to the pool.
Xu Lin is very simple, the training of the Military Intelligence Department is very good, and he also believes that he can complete the task. But when he really wanted him to start, he hesitated, because the person he wanted to kill was after all the person who had been the emperor of the Ming Dynasty for sixteen years, and the hope that countless soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty had placed on him in the past sixteen years. Even if what he did was extremely chilling and disappointing, he was the Son of Heaven after all.
Xu Lin's heart softened, so he changed his mind, he wanted to give Zhu Youlang, who had been the emperor for sixteen years, a choice that seemed to him to be very feasible, that is, to ask Zhu Youlang to abdicate, and then return to the domain in peace, or even exile to a desert island. In this way, the ending of this Son of Heaven will undoubtedly be more perfect than death, at least, very humane. No matter what others think, Xu Lin believes that Zhu Youlang at least did not surrender to the Manchus, which is enough to save his life. It's just that he doesn't know if his approach will be accepted by the above, because after all, this is just his wishful thinking, and he is just an insignificant little person. But no matter what, he has to give it a try, give Zhu Youlang a chance, and give himself a chance. It's a pity that Zhu Youlang didn't accept his kindness, and he gave up this opportunity.
"What if I don't listen to you!"
Zhu Youlang thought that he was much taller than this little eunuch, and he actually stepped forward and kicked Xu Lin to the ground. Xu Lin didn't dare to resist, and let Zhu Youlang kick and beat him, until Zhu Youlang had no strength to kick, he struggled to get up from the ground, and still persuaded Zhu Youlang to abdicate.
"Get out, you get out of here, I don't want to see you again!"
Zhu Youlang couldn't listen to it at all, he only had the anger of betrayal in his heart. Xu Lin let out a long sigh and slowly retreated backwards, but he stood still away from Zhu Youzhang.
"Why aren't you leaving? ... Yes, you're going to report to the rebels and thieves that I'm here! ”
Zhu Youlang is fierce, he can't help those soldiers, can't he help a weak little eunuch. He turned his heart sideways, and if this little eunuch did not die, he would have to die. Although he had never killed anyone, not even a chicken, he knew what to do to save his life. In order to save his life, he did everything! He would rather regret it afterwards, cry bitterly afterwards, blame himself in every possible way, and never put himself in danger.
However, just as Zhu Youlang took a few steps forward, ready to poison Xu Lin, a voice from the dark side drifted into his ears.
"Your Majesty, what do you want to do?"
This sudden sound made Zhu Youlang tremble in fright, and he was shocked to find that two black shadows came out of Xu Lin's left and right sides.
This little eunuch still has a helper?!
Zhu Youlang's soul was scattered, and he instinctively turned around and wanted to go back, but his body turned around, but he couldn't get out of his feet. Behind him, two black shadows blocked Zhu Youlang's retreat.
"Xu Lin, you did a good job, this work has been written down for you, and there will be a lot of rewards when you look back!"
The person who spoke was Pan Jianshan, a military intelligence envoy sent by the Military Intelligence Department in Guizhou, whose ancestral home was Danyang, Jiangsu, but when he was 14 years old, he fled south with his family to Lingnan to avoid the Qing army. When the Taiping Army marched west to Guangxi, the Military Intelligence Department took a fancy to him when recruiting guides, so he joined the Taiping Army. Because he is not only familiar with the terrain of the southwest, but also has studied private schools for several years, is literate and hyphenated, and is quite effective in handling affairs, he was promoted to one hundred households and is responsible for the Guizhou Military Intelligence Department.
"I can't see it, His Majesty the Emperor is very black-hearted, tsk."
The man on Pan Jianshan's left sneered and approached Zhu Youlang, who was already stunned. This person's name is Li Yanzhao, a native of Long'an Mansion, Sichuan. After the Qing army entered Sichuan, he organized an anti-Qing division in Sichuan, and after the defeat, he and his brothers fell into the area of Qingcheng Mountain. At the end of last year, he was favored by the Sichuan Military Intelligence Department and paid him a lot of money, asking him to investigate the military situation in Sichuan.
One of the two people who blocked Zhu Youlang's retreat was Li Yuancheng, who went to Rong County to persuade Di Sanpin to send troops, and the other was Pan Jianshan's subordinate Zhang Xingzuo, who was born in Orion and shot a good arrow, and the big bow he carried with him was said to have been used by Zhang Xianzhong, the king of Daxi.
"If it weren't for the code left by Brother Xu, I really didn't know that His Majesty the Emperor had fled here."
Li Yuancheng and Zhang Xingzuo approached at the same time and completely surrounded Zhu Youlang.
Pan Jianshan glanced at Cong Shan in the distance, and said to Li Yanzhao: "Tan Yi and Di Sanpin's people are about to search here, without further ado, let's do it." ”
Li Yanzhao nodded slightly, and took a step forward to attack Zhu Youlang, but he stopped and hesitated: "How to kill?" ”
Pan Jianshan hesitated for a moment and said, "I can stab you to death." ”
"Good!"
Since Li Yanzhao failed to oppose the Qing Dynasty and fell into the grass, he has acted regardless of good or evil, and after so many years of banditry career, his hands have long been stained with countless blood. The Taiping army paid him a lot of money, and Hugh said that he was killing the emperor, that is, letting him be the Jade Emperor, and he did not frown.
Xu Lin hesitated, knowing that Zhu Youlang would definitely die, but he still couldn't help but say, "Lord Baihu, are you going to capture people alive?" ”
Pan Jianshan glanced at Xu Lin coldly, Xu Lin immediately knew that he was wrong, lowered his head, and said in a low voice: "Zhu Youlang is the Son of Heaven after all, the adults should give him dignity." ”
"Brother Zhang has a bow there, so hang him with a bowstring."
Li Yanzhao was the most annoying and unhappy, and he motioned to Zhang Xingzuo to take off the bow on his body and strangle Zhu Youlang with a bowstring. Pan Jianshan did not object, Li Yuancheng did not say anything, Zhang Xingzuo took off the bow, smiled, walked towards Zhu Youlang, and was about to strangle Zhu Youlang's neck with a bowstring, but Pan Jianshan waved him to stop, and then said to Zhu Youlang: "Your Majesty, someone asked me to bring you a word, abandon the world, you can't be the master, and now you are the master of the people!" After speaking, he waved his hand: "Do it!" ”
"Don't kill me!" Zhu Youlang screamed in surprise and begged: "Don't kill me, I am willing to abdicate, I am willing to be a commoner, I will write an abdication edict immediately, so that he doesn't have to worry about me." ”
"Huh?"
Pan Jianshan was stunned, and what Zhu Youlang said made him quite tempted. He looked at Li Yuancheng, who was also embarrassed, not knowing if this was feasible. Li Yanzhao and Zhang Xingzuo are doing things with money, although they are no longer the emperor is a rare thing, but how can they also kill the king, if they can take the silver without using their hands, why don't they do it.
"My lord, since Zhu Youlang is willing to issue an edict of abdication, it is better to leave his life for the time being, and it will be decided by the above."
Xu Lin didn't want Zhu Youlang to die, so he naturally wanted to say a word for him at this time. Pan Jianshan couldn't make up his mind, this matter was very important, and he couldn't decide it alone, so he discussed it with Li Yuancheng in a low voice, and when the two were talking, they saw that Zhu Youlang didn't know where to get the strength, and suddenly pushed away Zhang Xingzuo, who was relaxing his vigilance, and then rushed desperately into the forest.
"Catch him!"
Pan Jianshan and the others were shocked and hurriedly rushed up. But Zhu Youlang's speed was too fast, and it was dark night, and he couldn't see far away, but he lost Zhu Youlang's figure in the blink of an eye.
"It's broken!"
Pan Jianshan regretted that his intestines were blue, but he couldn't regret it at the moment, so he could only take Li Yanzhao and them into the forest to search. The vast woods were pitch black, Zhu Youlang really ran in, and where could he find him again. Everyone searched in the forest for a while, but found nothing, they were all anxious and angry. Suddenly, I heard a scream in front of me, and the voice was obviously Zhu Youlang. Everyone was amazed, and regardless of whether there were stumbling blocks on the ground, they only rushed in the direction from which the sound came. Halfway through, I heard an "ah" sound, and then there was a sound of falling water.
"Cat Bear!"
Xu Lin was a small person, and he was the first to run to the place, but the first thing he saw was the cat and bear on the edge of the pool. Further on, there was a cliff, and below the cliff was a deep pool, and the pool of water was connected with the pool where they had just rested. In sight, Zhu Youlang was desperately struggling in the pool and calling for help.
"Save me, save me, I can't water, I can't water..."
Zhu Youlang's screams came up from the bottom of the pond and echoed everywhere in the forest. The bear was also frightened, and when he saw another group of monsters coming, he hurriedly ran into the distance, and did not dare to turn his head.
Pan Jianshan and the others also rushed over, looking at Zhu Youlang who fell into the pool, only in a daze. Xu Lin wanted to go down to save people, but this cliff was more than ten feet high, and he couldn't catch up with it.
Soon, Zhu Youlang in the pool stopped struggling, and there was no more cry for help.