Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Echelon of Hosts
The flag moves to cover the day, and the swords and guns are like forests to reach Wanfeng!
Before I knew it, it was already dawning. In the faint morning light, I saw that outside the Huangzhuang, within a radius of several miles, it was already surrounded by officers and soldiers. The composition of these officers and soldiers is very chaotic, there are the fans of the West Factory and the East Factory, the teams of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, the personnel of the Jinyi Guard, and the Beijing Army brought by the Military Department. The front row of the sword and axe bearers pressed the formation, the fire team guarded on both sides, the archers were hidden behind, and there was a row of cannons waiting to be fired in the distance.
However, these soldiers may not know that they may not have the slightest place to use in the future, although each of them has the mood of swearing to save the car and make meritorious contributions, but the situation is stronger than others, although they are here, they can only silently witness the tide of history rushing forward.
At the front of the procession, near the gate of the Imperial Village, there was a row of people, all of whom were dressed in different attire, obviously in high positions, led by an old man with a gray beard and wearing a civil robe. They were all looking at the gate of the Imperial Village with full attention at the moment, waiting for the people inside to come out.
Yang Tinghe's mood was very complicated, at this time, he didn't know what to do, in a trance, he actually remembered the "Tumubao Change" in his heart, at that time, wasn't the emperor also captured? That time, the country suffered a huge disaster, and finally paid compensation to cede the land, lost power and humiliated the country, and only then did the emperor change back, which can be said to make the face of the Ming Dynasty lose face, and this time, the emperor stayed in the capital, and actually became a prisoner again, and then I don't know what kind of harsh conditions the thief wants to propose, and the country doesn't know what kind of sacrifice to make. Whenever he thought of sacrificing a lot of money and land in exchange for a useless emperor, Yang Tinghe couldn't help but feel heartbroken, wishing that those thieves would slaughter the emperor with a knife, so that he could also have a little less moral burden, and decisively led his troops to rush into the imperial village and crush the thieves into meat sauce.
It's not safe, it's absolutely unsafe, the emperor is in the capital, and he can be captured, let alone after leaving the capital, so at this time, Yang Tinghe feels that even if Zhu Houzhao kneels down and begs him in the future, he will definitely not let this emperor go out of Beijing, let alone let him do any royal conquest, which will only send the country to the top of the knife. In line with the mentality of being responsible for the imperial court, the great tomorrow, and the people of the Ming Dynasty, he will never let such a thing happen.
"Look, my lord, someone is out!" Just when Yang Tinghe was clenching his fists and holding his breath, someone suddenly let out a low voice, and then he saw a dripping figure with a cloaked head, stumbling out of the gate of the imperial village.
Seeing this situation, several soldiers hurriedly rushed up and carried the man over, and then everyone looked at it and exclaimed: "Gonggong Liu?!" ”
Yes, the person who came out was Liu Jin, his hands were crippled, and he was highly poisoned, if it weren't for the deep internal strength to resist the poison, I was afraid that he would have died a long time ago, even so, he was dying at this time, even if he could be saved, I was afraid that this martial arts would never want to practice again, and since he was crippled, the power in his hands, without thinking, would have to leave him.
I didn't expect a generation of power rapists to end up like this, which really makes people sigh.
However, Liu Jin didn't expect these at this time, there was only one thing in his heart, that is, to be loyal to the emperor.
"Lord Yang, don't do it, don't do it, the emperor has an edict, let's, let you stay put, Your Majesty, he, he will come out immediately!"
Liu Jin was lying on a door panel, and was carried by several soldiers and stood there.
"Grandpa Liu, what happened?" Yang Tinghe stepped forward and asked.
"Hey, it's hard to say, it's all our family's fault, our family deserves to die-" Thinking of what happened last night, Liu Jin burst into tears.
Hearing Liu Jin's words, Yang Tinghe's heart moved, and he said quietly: "What else does Your Majesty want?" ”
"No, no, those, those thieves just ordered our family to come out and spread the word, and there is nothing else to say. If the adults are ready, you can, you can shout inside," Liu Jin finished speaking, and lay down weakly.
Seeing this situation, Yang Tinghe waved his hand, called a confidant, and then said to him: "Send Father-in-law Liu back to the house, pay attention to the good life and protect the father-in-law!" ”
As Yang Tinghe spoke, he glanced at the henchman, and the man immediately understood, and hurriedly took the order and led someone to escort Liu Jin away.
Seeing Liu Jin leave, Yang Tinghe ordered someone to shout inside the imperial village.
After shouting, I waited for a while, and then I saw a few figures slowly walking out of the gate of Huangzhuang, the first one, dressed in brocade clothes, holding a sword in his hand, holding a five or six-year-old girl in his arms, who is not Zhu Houzhao?
Zhu Houzhao walked out of the gate and stood still, behind him were Liang Hong, Ling Huchong and others, and then behind him were the members of the Five Poisons Sect and the group of nuns of the Hengshan Sect, Wang Shouren was hiding at the back of the crowd, he was now extremely struggling in his heart, his consciousness was already a little blurred, he never thought that things would end up like this, he didn't know what kind of life he would face next, when he thought that his family might suffer because of this, he wanted to die immediately.
However, everyone was in no mood to care about him, and all they were thinking about now was how to escape from the capital.
"Ministers to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
At this time, seeing Zhu Houzhao come out, Yang Tinghe immediately led people to kneel down together.
Seeing this situation, Zhu Houzhao glanced at it, said flattened, and then took a closer look and found that those who should have come seemed to have come.
The left is Yang Tinghe, Xie Qian and other military generals, the right is Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong and other internal servants, in addition to tens of thousands of soldiers and horses behind them, it can be said that this formation is amazingly big, the most important thing is that although they are large in number and the ingredients are also very mixed, they are orderly and powerful, which makes Zhu Hou take care of it, and he is secretly happy in his heart, thinking that the military power of my Ming Dynasty is still very good.
"Ahem, all Aiqing have worked hard," After checking, Zhu Houzhao cleared his throat, and then said aloud to Yang Tinghe and others: "In recent days, I have been indulging in fun, which has made all Aiqing tired. Before Zhu Houzhao spoke, he first criticized himself, which was to appease the hearts of those ministers, and then he paused, and then continued: "It's just that today, there is still one thing to worry about you Aiqing. You Aiqing also saw that there was a group of martial arts friends behind me, and now they have some small requirements. ”
It's coming, and it's time to start making demands!
At this time, Yang Tinghe clenched his fists, and there was a burst of indignation in his heart, almost about to hate Zhu Houzhao to death. You say that you, the emperor, are so unreliable? Honestly staying in the palace, can this happen? You have to run around, you have to cause trouble, where are you like an emperor? Aren't you going to be angry? Yang Tinghe pondered that if this Zhu Houzhao was his son, it would be strange if he didn't kill him!
"Your Majesty, I don't know what your friends in the rivers and lakes want," Angry is angry, Yang Tinghe is the head of the ministers after all, and he has to step forward to answer at the moment.
"It's very simple, listen to the ministers, I have made a decree, to give them two hundred and fifty fast horses, each batch of dry food for five days to be prepared, plus fifty taels of silver, after the secretary and others receive the order, immediately go to prepare, the time is an hour, if it is delayed, I will punish you heavily!" Zhu Hou looked at Yang Tinghe and the others.
Hearing this, Yang Tinghe finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, thinking that these thieves seemed to be just trying to escape, so this would be easy to do, and there was not much loss in the end. Thinking of this, Yang Tinghe hurriedly ordered people to prepare, and then led the ministers to continue to guard the periphery of the Huangzhuang.
"Yang Tinghe, Zhang Yong, and Gu Dayong listened to the order," Seeing that Yang Tinghe sent someone to handle the horse items, Zhu Houzhao sent another order: "The three Aiqing, gather people and horses to come to Huangzhuang late at night to see the driver, so that I feel very relieved, but now that I have finished driving, the three Aiqing will send the soldiers and horses first, and they will each go back to the old department, rest assured about state affairs, don't make a disturbance, and serve later, whoever has a problem with his subordinates, I will punish whom!" ”
After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he looked at Yang Tinghe and the others with cold eyes. Yang Tinghe had no choice but to order everyone to disperse first, but a group of important ministers did not leave, and there were hundreds of soldiers guarding the periphery.
"With the Nine Gates Admiral opening the Nine Gates, I want to personally send a few martial arts friends out of the city, because I want to talk to a few friends about some private matters, everyone is not allowed to follow closely, all fall back ten miles, if anyone comes close, will not be forgiven!" Seeing that the soldiers and horses were dispersed, Zhu Houzhao made another will, and Yang Tinghe and others had no choice but to receive the order.
After a while, two hundred and fifty fast horses arrived, Liang Hong and others got on the horse, Zhu Houzhao also rode the horse, the reins were led by Ling Hu Chong, and then the group slowly walked towards the city gate.
As he was walking, he suddenly heard a person shouting: "Wang Yangming, you are so bold, you actually colluded with thieves and threatened Your Majesty, do you know what crime you should be guilty of!" ”
Hearing this shout, everyone immediately turned their heads to look over, only to find that the person who shouted was Zhang Yong, the commander of the Nine Gates, and after Wang Shouren heard his words, he was even more embarrassed, took out his long sword, put it on his neck, and then said loudly: "Wang Yangming is sorry Your Majesty, I will apologize with death today!" ”
"Brother Shouren, never!" At this time, Liang Hong exclaimed, flew forward, and took the long sword in Wang Shouren's hand, but Wang Shouren was desperate, and he didn't feel that he was using his strength to seize the sword, and at the same time shouted to Liang Hong: "Big brother, you don't want to stop me, the little brother has made up his mind, please do it!" ”
"Stupid!" Seeing this situation, Liang Hong was anxious for a while, and in a hurry, he turned his head to look at Zhu Houzhao and said: "Brother Zhu, Liang has a reluctant request, can you ask Brother Zhu to pardon Brother Shouren's crime and bypass his family?" Brother Shouren is loyal and patriotic, and he is definitely not a bad person! Everything he did was to save me, and he never expected things to turn out like this. ”