On the streets of Fuzhou City, there are many people standing in rows of iron cages, these people are tightly handcuffed and fall on the top of the cage, because the cage is designed too high, these prisoners must try their best to tiptoe to support the weight of their whole body, this is a specially designed station cage, standing for a day The prisoner's wrist is pulled bloody, as long as he is locked in, he can hardly survive for three days......

At noon, the scorching sun shone on the bare heads of these captives, and the pig's tails at the back of their heads were spread out and draped, and from the outside, the appearance of these people was both strange and indescribably ridiculous, and the surrounding guards suddenly stood up and saluted, but these people did not have much strength to raise their heads, they only felt that someone approached the cage and looked at them carefully, and some of the stronger people used their last strength to beg: "Okay, give me a good time, right?" ”

In a blur, some of the captives heard the laughter, followed by a voice, but it was to the surrounding guards: "Give them some water to sober up, it is too cheap for them to go like this, and besides, you should observe their reactions more often, don't let them stand dead, let them stay on the verge of death, so that they can suffer more......"

These vicious words made the heads of all the captives who heard it slam, and many wanted to scold, but unfortunately their dry lips seemed to be glued together and could not be opened.

"The name of Yang Peeling is powerful in Liaodong, what I saw today, it really deserves its name......" An old voice suddenly sounded.

Yang Bo was stunned for a moment, smiled and walked towards the voice, and the man slowly turned around. Although Kong Youde's face was full of lost souls, his eyes were still bright, and the captives above the Han Army's banner were treated preferentially. They were not handcuffed, but they stood in a cage for public display, and even the cage was covered with wooden planks to block the sun.

"It turned out to be Kong Youde of Weizhen Denglai, General Kong!" Yang Bo smiled and bowed to him.

"The surname is Yang, today you are a knife and I am a fish, why do you insult people too much? If you want to kill, you have to kill and be happy, what kind of hero is torturing people? Kong Youde's face was calm. It's like talking to a friend.

Before Yang Bo could answer, one of the people in the cage next to him hit his head on the cage again and again, and said with tears in his eyes: "Lord Yang." General Yang, there are a large number of adults, and the small Geng Zhong is willing to surrender, and only asks the adults to spare the villain's life. In the future, there will be a great incoming, but there will be a sending. The sword mountain and the sea of fire are small and will not frown......"

Hearing Geng Zhongming begging for mercy, the prisoners in several cages on the side also begged one after another.

"Cao Shaozhong, the secretary of the guilty capital, knocked to see Lord Yang, there is an eighty old mother on the villain, and there is a young son waiting to be fed, please ask the adult to spare the little one's rotten life......"

"Little Liu Chengzu, the villain is also Han, and he had to vote for Tartar, but the villain has never done anything that hurts the heavens and reason? I beg my lord......"

Yang Bo looked at Kong Youde with a smile. Kong Youde's face was resentful, but he just frowned. didn't speak, but Yang Bo didn't let him go, Wen Yan asked: "General Kong, your subordinates seem to have repentance, and this official is a little embarrassed, is this a release?" Or don't let it go? ”

Hearing Yang Bo's words, these captives seemed to hear a glimmer of life, and suddenly their pleading voices became more earnest, so they almost opened their chests and took out their hearts to show Yang Bo.

"Haha" Kong Youde suddenly looked up to the sky and smiled, his tall body looked more and more depressed in the cage, "You fools, the surname Yang is just teasing you and others, Lushun is strong and strong, and the subordinates surnamed Yang are full of talents, where can you fools?" Whether you ask for it or not is the end of sending Jing Lingchi, you are dying to the end, especially in your dreams? ”

Kong Youde's words made many people stop crying and pleading, and they all looked at Yang Bo in a daze.

Yang Bo restrained his smile and said: "Yes, but it doesn't necessarily send you all to the Beijing Division, just like you Kong Youde, but the official has his own disposal ......"

Hearing Yang Bo's indifferent words, many captives lost the last straw, and the voices begging for mercy were endless.

Kong Youde looked at Yang Bo, as if he wanted to see through what he was thinking, and after a while, Kong Youde slowly spoke: "In August of the fourth year of Chongzhen, the Houjin soldiers came to the Daling River, the Beijing division was shaken, Kong was ordered by the governor of Denglai Sun Yuanhua to rescue the Daling River, in December, the military department had arrived, Kong did not receive a penny of food, so he took two thousand brothers from Liaodong to pull out, the time was very cold, icy and snowy, the food was insufficient, Denglai to the Daling River was thousands of miles away, the soldiers slept in the open air, hungry and full, and where we passed, the gates of each city were closed, you can't even buy food ......"

Yang Bo beckoned, Xiao Wu hurriedly ran towards the house on the street with a few guards, and soon, he came out with a sandalwood black chair, Yang Bo sat down with a big thorn, Xiao Wu served tea, Yang Bo gestured to Kong Youde, pointed to the teacup, and saw Kong Youde drink a few sips, and then signaled that he was continuing to listen.

Kong Youde glanced at Yang Bo and recalled with some desolation: "...... The farther north you go, the colder the weather becomes, and it is not an exaggeration to call it an ice dripping water, the soldiers are still wearing jackets, and many people can freeze to death every day when they camp, lack of food and clothing, the soldiers are noisy and uneasy, and the holy decree cannot be done, Kong Mou In order to maintain morale, even if he knows that they are stealing chickens and dogs all the way, he also turns a blind eye, and Lord Yang is also the person who leads the troops, so he naturally understands Kong's helplessness. ”

Yang Bo smiled and blew the foam, and said, "Yang's soldiers didn't eat much of the Ming Dynasty's food, but they never did anything like stealing chickens and touching dogs. Stealing a vegetable today, tomorrow you will rob a pig, dare to steal today, tomorrow you will rob it, once the mouth is opened, the harm is endless......"

Kong Youde snorted and said stupidly: "Lord Yang has nobles in the court to take care of, and the soldiers of the department have no worries about food and clothing, which is naturally a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, Kong has never been treated by the Denglai gentry, and has been repeatedly squeezed out by civilian officials. ”

Seeing that Yang Bo just smiled and didn't refute, Kong Youde said again: "...... In order to serve the imperial court, we can only swallow our anger, and we dare not delay for half a minute. What to rob the people, extort the rich, rape and plunder, do not dare to do. In this way, I waited all the way to Wuqiao, Dezhou Mansion, Shandong. ”

Hearing the name of Wuqiao, many of the prisoners who were sitting in the cage suddenly reacted like pins, some of their faces were faintly full of anger, and some of them buried their heads and cried in a low voice.

“…… When he arrived at Wuqiao, he couldn't enter the city as usual, and Kong finally found a place outside the city to settle the soldiers, so he planned to ask the local county order for some grain and grass relief. Unexpectedly, not only did he not get relief, but he suffered great humiliation, and Kong didn't get a grain of rice. Instead, he was sneered at by the county order, Kong had no choice, and wanted to sell some war horses for emergency, where did he know that the black-hearted shopkeeper of the rice grain store saw us Liaodong people. Not only do they not sell rice grain. He also scolded us with disrespectful words, Kong someone showed softness in every way, said all the good things, Fang Mingxuan did not want to change some food, suffered a big loss Kong someone couldn't help but dare not say, after going back, the family around him was still resentful, and leaked the humiliation of Kong someone, and the soldiers in the battalion were uneasy. Kong was appeased in every possible way, and finally suppressed it. But something happened in the evening, and Kong couldn't hold it down anymore......"

Kong Youde burst into tears, and the captives around him were silent.

Yang Bo smiled slightly and said, "This official knows that a chicken caused the Wuqiao Mutiny."

Kong Youde sniffed and calmed down for a while, and then said casually: "That's natural, who else in the Ming Dynasty doesn't know about the Wuqiao Mutiny?" The court regards us like pigs and dogs, and the gentry guard us like thieves, so let's let them know that pigs and dogs will bite people when they are in a hurry, let's let them see what a real thief is. ”

Several captives suddenly said loudly: "Dashuai, the little one followed you from Shandong back to Dengzhou, and it was not a pleasure along the way!" The little one died today, and he doesn't regret it! ”

Kong Youde smiled miserably, and said: "Since Yuan Dog Thief killed Mao Shuai without permission, the islands of the Dongjiang River have starved to death countless times, and since then they have been in a slump, and the soldiers on all islands have found their own way to survive, and even secretly communicated with Houjin, if they were not forced to have no way out, how could these people who originally had a blood feud with Houjin be like this?" Although Kong has served Sun Junmen, Sun Junmen is a civil official, where will he look at us vulgar martial artists? Later, when he entered Dengzhou, Kong remembered the old grace and restrained his subordinates, and he did not dare to offend the military gate in the slightest. ”

Yang Bo laughed: "Although you didn't kill Boren, Boren died because of you, and Master Sun still died in your hands after all."

Kong Youde said without guilt: "Life and death are the destiny of each other, and Kong is not a Bodhisattva, where can he manage so much?" ”

Seeing that Yang Bo wanted to speak, Kong Youde waved his hand and said: "General Yang may think that Kong said so much, it is nothing more than begging General Yang to spare his life in the next article, if Lord Yang thinks so, it will disappoint someone Kong, although someone Kong is from a humble background and has never studied, but the loyal ministers and the two masters still know, the Great Khan treats me like a mountain, and Kong is defeated only to die, and I want to wag my tail to the Ming Kingdom and beg for mercy......"

Yang Bo interrupted Kong Youde's words with a smile and said: "I didn't intend to let you live, whether it is Wuzhen Hachao, Han Junqi, and no matter how many reasons you have, although I am related to General Kong, but whether it is sympathy or pity, you will not escape death in the end." ”

Kong Youde grabbed the railing of the iron cage, looked at Yang Bo and said, "Lord Yang is untrustworthy? Yesterday, Lord Yang personally promised that the selected soldiers of the Han Army Banner would not be killed, and today he will break his promise? ”

Yang Bo shook his head: "I let them do the most bitter thing, only give them a bowl of porridge to hang on to their lives, let them do coolies for three months, even if they are strong, they will die cleanly." ”

Kong Youde let go of his hand weakly, sat down on the ground in a daze, and muttered after a while: "Yang Bo, hello, very good!" It is rumored that you are famous for murder in the outside world, but it is not groundless, but what kind of grudge do you have with us, and you have to kill us before you are willing? ”

Yang Bo got up and said coldly: "I have no selfish grudges with you, but recently the money is a little tight, this official is going to sell you who slaughtered Dengzhou beasts to the people of Dengzhou, I don't hide from you, our craftsmen are making a gadget called an iron brush, this gadget is brushed from your meaty place first, it will not die immediately, the pain is inevitable on the day, the meat brushed down will be auctioned, the highest price will get it, brush it three times will heal you, and then brush it after healing the injury, every piece of meat on your body can be sold for a lot of silver, but it can't be wasted." ”

The captives reacted differently, Kong Youde's face was full of despair, Geng Zhongming cried and grabbed the ground, and more wailed and cried, hitting his head with blood.

“…… You don't dare to aim your butcher's knife at Zhu Youzhen, at the civil and military officials, at the powerful gentry, but at the unarmed people, how innocent are the people? You have all kinds of grievances, grievances imposed on you by the people of the Ming Dynasty? You have targeted violence at hundreds of thousands of people in Dengzhou, you have eaten all the women and children in Dengzhou that day, and today, it is your turn to be eaten by others, you think you are cruel, and now you meet someone who is even more brutal, what else do you have to say? ”

After speaking, Yang Bo sneered a few times, turned around and left despite the miserable pleadings of the captives......

Dedicated to the innocent compatriots who died in Kunming (to be continued......