Chapter 58: Respect for Conscience 2
's keen insight immediately made Zhang Ru feel that something was wrong, he glanced at his subordinates, and then his subordinate Jinyi Wei pulled Xu You's subordinates away on the grounds that Lao Langzhong wanted to treat General Xu's injuries.
Gu Qian was a little confused: "Why did you break them down?" ”
Zhang Ru looked at Old Man Li: "What's the matter with that person?" ”
Old man Li said casually: "The person is not dead, just fake death, the old man has lost his pillow, don't move him for the time being, he will naturally wake up in a few hours." ”
"Didn't people freeze to death?" Gu Qian couldn't help but ask, he still didn't believe that there was a Lang Zhong in this world who could bring people back to life.
Although Old Man Li knew that these two people were big officials, his temper was notoriously stubborn, otherwise it would be impossible for him to run from Qizhou, Hubei Province to the cold Northeast to find medicinal materials.
He glanced at him angrily: "If you don't believe it, anyway, the old man said that he would wake up." ”
Gou Qian sighed sadly: "Alas. Xu You's fifty sticks, I'm afraid it's in vain. ”
Zhang Ru said: "It's not in vain!" Even if he knew in advance that this old man was not dead, the official would punish him. The upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, and the people under him dare to hide from him to rob the people's daughters, so they dare to hide from him to kill people and set fires. Not every time, so many people can exonerate him, and not every time, there will be an unprincipled official like his own official to come to trial. ”
A sentence that the upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked, but even Gu Qian himself was scolded in, but Gu Qian was not angry, on the contrary, he was very grateful to Zhang Ru: "Thank you for the maintenance." ”
Knowing that Cao Laohan was not dead, Zhang Ru was also relieved, and when he saw the stunned Cao Anu, he couldn't help but feel pity: "General Xu is a rough man, he won't hurt people like literati, but he is a good person, if the girl doesn't particularly hate him, she might as well consider it." This is not a concubine's room, when you enter the door of the Xu family, it is the step-room. ”
Although the folk customs of Liaodong are strong, but the woman has also learned three from the four virtues, hearing this young and good-looking adult say such a straightforward lifelong event, Cao Anu still blushed.
Na Langzhong said that Daddy was not dead, but Daddy hadn't woken up yet, so she naturally couldn't just agree.
Besides, even if Daddy is dead, there is a brother who was arrested by Jinyiwei, the eldest brother is like a father, and this kind of thing is not his turn as a woman to make her own decisions.
However, after the old man Li took medicine for Xu You, she took the initiative to take over the job of serving tea and water. According to her words, serving one person is also serving anyway, and serving two people is also serving.
The next day, in the Guangning Left Guard School, Zhang Ru and Wu Qian sat on the stage early, surrounded by the guards of the General Military Mansion and the Jinyi Guard. Below, there are tens of thousands of soldiers such as Quang Ninh Left Guard, Quang Ninh Right Guard, Quang Ninh Guard, Quang Ninh Qianwei, and Yizhou Guard.
The requirements of the big winter are a little bit, and the soldiers complain a lot, but fortunately, the handsome side can still be respected by the soldiers, although the team is a little lazy, but except for those soldiers who are unwell and are allowed, everyone else basically comes.
Ma San and a gang of accomplices were escorted to the point platform, and the thick snow on the platform was not cleared at all, so they knelt in the snow like this, except for Ma San, everyone else's heads were lowered. Although Ma San stuffed the cloth in his mouth, he still held his head high proudly.
Gu Qian strode forward, raised his hand to signal the soldiers who were talking quietly, and when his voice was quiet, he shouted loudly: "Today, there are Ma San and others, who do not respect the orders of the generals, bully the weak, and are ordered by the Governor of the Nine Sides, Lord Zhang, to expel Ma San and others from the military and correct the law on the spot." ”
After speaking, he made a gesture of invitation to Zhang Ru and retreated to the back.
Zhang Ru stepped forward, his eyes wandering over the faces of those soldiers, and the atmosphere of the scene seemed a little dull.
Under his silent coercion, the soldiers who had begun to talk again because of his words gradually shut up. Such a young governor of the Nine Sides, the three fires that came up were about to kill the people of Liaodong Town, and many soldiers looked at Zhang Ru's eyes full of hatred.
"The contemptible Zhang Ru, who is the governor of the nine sides, ordered the rectification of the nine sides, and Zhang is duty-bound. All of you present are the humerus of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also incumbent upon you.
Ma San pretended to be the order of the general Xu You, robbed a famous woman at the gate of Changning, and forced the sixty-year-old man to death, and his crime should be punished!
I have a million-strong army, and there are not a few black sheep in the army, but the nine sides are heavy, and such black sheep are not allowed.
In his position, he sought his government, in the past, I was a dignified teacher, and I couldn't even beat the Jianyu in a corner of the country, because of the existence of these black sheep. ”
was described as a black sheep, Ma San didn't react at all, but Zhang Ru's next words made him excited.
Because Zhang Ru said: "Such a person is not enough to kill the people, and in the future, there will be a pillar of shame in the nine major towns of the Ming Dynasty." Those who violate the rules and regulations, the official will have their names engraved on the pillar of shame! A hundred or even a thousand years later, let future generations see what kind of person broke the military discipline of my Ming Dynasty, and what kind of person trampled the Ming Law under their feet. ”
Ma San struggled frantically to stand up, but the two brocade guards pressed his shoulders tightly, and a big snow nest was ground on his knees, and his eyes turned red, and he still couldn't stand up.
Zhang Ru said coldly: "Loosen the bind and let him speak." ”
After losing the rags stuffed in his mouth, Ma San opened his mouth and said, "The adult is unfair!" ”
Zhang Ru snorted coldly: "Oh, in front of the soldiers of the three armies, I want to ask how I acted unfairly." ”
Ma San had no restraints, and those brocade guards no longer pressed his shoulders, but he didn't stand up, still kneeling on the ground, his face was sad, and his tone was sad: "Ma San has fought for the war, and there have been no less than fifty wars, and there is no merit and hard work. Now that he made a mistake, the commander wanted to kill or chop, and Ma San did not complain. Wrong is wrong, there is a mistake, I admit it three times. But the commander wants to erase Ma San's merits because Ma San did something wrong, and Ma San thinks it's unfair! ”
Zhang Ru's face softened slightly: "Do you remember now that you are a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, and do you now remember that you once fought bloodily for this country full of holes?" Do you now know that behind you is your own robed brother? ”
"Ma San has never forgotten." Ma San said angrily.
Zhang Ru shouted: "I haven't forgotten it, just stand up and talk back to Lao Tzu!" ”
Ma San stubbornly knelt on the ground: "I did something wrong, I have no face to stand up!" ”
"I don't have kneeling soldiers, only generals who died in battle!" Zhang Ru walked over quickly, grabbed Ma San's arm, and forcibly pulled him up from the ground.
Then, he turned to Fan Tong and shouted, "Fan Tong, bring the wine to Lao Tzu!" ”
A jar of good Shudi Dukang wine was carried up, and a porcelain bowl was stuffed into each soldier's hand, and as soon as the cover was opened, the strong aroma of wine immediately spread out.
The entire school yard was shrouded in the aroma of wine.
The soldiers who were kept in the dark did not know what the young governor of the Nine Sides was going to do, and stretched out his frostbite-covered hand and held the porcelain bowl steadily.
Zhang Ru personally poured a full bottle of wine for Ma San, and then raised the wine bowl: "This bowl, respect the sky, no king, there is no self, Xie Taizu drove out the Tartars!" ”
A bowl of Du Kang, which was drunk dry, and the intensity was only comparable to that of the beer of later generations, and Zhang Ru raised the bowl again: "This bowl, respect the earth, no land can feed hundreds of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty, thank you for the kindness of your relatives." ”
The third bowl of wine was poured, Zhang Ru turned around and raised the bowl towards Ma San: "The third bowl, I respect the conscience in the middle, you Ma San is worthy of the king, and the next is worthy of the kiss, but the only thing I am sorry for is the steaming conscience in your chest." After this bowl, Ben Shuai will personally send you on your way! ”
Ma San's voice choked: "Please ask the marshal to promise the crime." ”
"Say!" Zhang Ru nodded vigorously.
Ma San said: "Please don't engrave Ma San's name on the pillar of shame!" ”
Zhang Ru thought for a moment, and finally nodded, this action made Ma San drink the wine in the bowl in one gulp.
"Listen to my orders, all soldiers, turn around!" Zhang Ru slammed the wine bowl on the ground, and then shouted hoarsely with a red face.
This Du Kang wine is not high, but after drinking it, it is much stronger than the beer in the previous life, and the most important thing is that this home-brewed shochu has a lot of stamina. So Zhang Ru, who had never drunk much wine in this life, after drinking three bowls of wine, his blood surged, and he blushed and became Guan Gong.
The first to turn around was the men and horses of Changning Wei Guiqian's headquarters, and as soon as these people turned around, those soldiers who were still hesitating naturally turned around.
When it was confirmed that everyone had turned around, the condemned prisoner who was pulled out of the dungeon to replace Ma San was pulled onto the Dianjiang platform, and before Ma San could open his mouth to ask, there was already a Jinyi guard covering his mouth and dragging the Dianjiangtai into the sack containing the condemned prisoner.
"Brother Ma, go all the way!"
The sound of the embroidered spring knife unsheathed was not loud, but it touched the hearts of everyone present, and when a soft click sounded in the wilderness, many people who knew Ma San in Yizhou Wei had tears welling up in their eyes.
Although Ma San is usually domineering, he is still good to his brothers in the army, he is the commander of the personal soldiers of the Yizhou general Xu You, and he was born and died together with the general, many times the people below make mistakes, he will help to say good things.
Now, however, the man was going to die, and he had been killed by a so-called Governor of the Nine Sides, who could not have been younger. At this moment, many people in Yizhou Wei had a grudge against Zhang Ru.
The bloody head fell into the snow, stained red with white snow, Zhang Ru didn't look at it, and said loudly to the soldiers who were facing away from the general: "I hope that all brothers will strictly abide by the law of the country in the future, abide by military discipline, and if there is a repeat offender, it will be severely punished!" ”
After speaking, he and Wu Qian walked away next to a group of brocade guards and the personal soldiers of the General Military Mansion, leaving a group of soldiers in the wind and snow, like clay sculptures.
As soon as he returned to the General Military Mansion, Wu Qian impatiently pressed Zhang Ru on the chair, and his wrinkled face was full of questions: "Why didn't I know in advance?" ”