I only heard the god of Qiu Yi say calmly: "Have you seen the group of guards next to Zheng Xin?" Although they are ignorant of current affairs, they occupy the word 'loyalty'. Therefore I want to give them a battlefield death, and I will give you twenty crossbows, and can you shoot them all? ”

Meng Hong raised his eyes and looked, and saw that there were only eight guards in the mouth of Qiu Yi, and they were standing on the flat ground without cover, and twenty crossbow arrows shot them to death, which was really a piece of cake, so he arched his hand and spit out a word: "Yes!" ”

"Good!" Qiu Yi said as he took twenty crossbow arrows from others and handed them to Meng Hong, "Then let me see your magic shot!" ”

Meng Hong took the crossbow arrow, took another crossbow, kicked the crossbow machine unusually calmly, put on the crossbow arrow, lifted the crossbow flat, and pulled the trigger with a slight aim. With the screech of the bolt as it relaxed, a bolt flew straight out and hit the throat of one of the guards armed with a long knife, who immediately spurted out a mouthful of blood, staggered and fell to the ground, and after a few slight convulsions, died.

Seeing this, the troops immediately erupted into a shocking cheer.

Meng Hong was extremely calm, and shot another crossbow bolt, taking the life of one of Zheng Xin's guards, followed by another round of cheers.

In this way, Meng Hong kept repeating the action mechanically, and Zheng Xin was missing a guard by his side. The remaining few guards didn't want to be killed by someone like a target like this, and wanted to fight to the death, but when they raised their eyes, they saw that they were surrounded by tens of thousands of troops, and it was the Heavenly King Laozi, and it was impossible to rush out.

As soon as they hesitated, three or four more companions fell to the cheers of their opponents.

In this way, in the blink of an eye, Meng Hong completed the task, turned around and arched his hand: "My lord, the last general has been ordered to kill all Zheng Xin's guards, this is the remaining crossbow arrows, please inspect it." As he spoke, he held a crossbow and handed it to Qiu Yizhi.

Qiu Yizhi took the rest of the crossbow arrows, threw them on the ground casually, patted Meng Hong's shoulder appreciatively, and then raised his head and said to Zheng Xin: "Zheng Xin, you are now a sturdy and sturdy general with a light pole, why don't you surrender immediately?" ”

Zheng Xin gritted his teeth and said, "I will not surrender until I die." If you want to kill, come and kill! As he spoke, he pointed at Qiu Yi with the sword in his hand.

"No surrender? I'm afraid that you can't help it. Qiu Yizhi said hatefully, and then turned to Wei Chi Jiming beside him and said, "Ji Ming, this person is the culprit who killed your father, why don't you take him down for me?" ”

Yu Chi Jiming waited for a long time, just waiting for Qiu Yizhi's words, heard him say this, immediately rubbed his body forward, lightly and skillfully grabbed a few movements, and unloaded the sword that maintained Zheng Xin's last dignity from his hand, grabbed the placket of Zheng Xin's chest, and brought him to Qiu Yizhi.

Qiu Yizhi was extremely proud, and his mouth was so dry that it was almost on fire, and somehow he took a mouthful of saliva, and spat it in front of Zheng Xin's face, and then looked up to the sky and laughed.

What kind of person is Zheng Xin, how has he ever suffered such an insult, he really wants to pounce on Qiu Yizhi's body, even if he bites it with his teeth, he will bite Qiu Yizhi to death. But next to him, Wei Chi Jiming put a hand on his shoulder lightly and heavily, which made him unable to exert any strength up and down, and he couldn't move up and down.

Qiu Yizhi saw Zheng Xin's angry but helpless look, and the resentment that had accumulated in his chest these times finally had a chance to vent, and he grinned and laughed loudly: "Zheng Xin, look at your appearance, you are like a fish on the ground, no matter how hard you struggle, you can't avoid the last knife!" He laughed again.

Everyone also laughed together, but unexpectedly, Qiu Yizhi couldn't stop laughing, he laughed so hysterically, laughed so sensational, and laughed so wildly and uninhibitedly, so that everyone was afraid that Qiu Yizhi would be overjoyed and hurt their hearts, and they stopped laughing.

It was Lin Shuhan who took half a step forward, gently patted Qiu Yizhi's shoulder, and said in a low voice: "My lord, there are still things to do, Zheng Xin can humiliate him a little." ”

Qiu Yizhi listened, then he accepted the laughter, but the corners of his mouth were still smiling, and he was about to answer, but he heard the "black-necked toad" behind him say: "My lord, the emperor wants to come over, is it okay?" ”

Qiu Yizhi pondered for a while, and said: "It's good to ask the emperor to see the soldiers fighting from birth to death, so it's good to invite him over." "It is appalling that the emperor is autocratic and autocratic, and today he has been reduced to the point where he can only move with the consent of a courtier.

Not long after, Emperor Zheng Qi really came.

At the time of the battle, there were not so many honor guards for the emperor to support the pomp, so there were only eighteen brightly dressed forbidden soldiers, a bright yellow canopy, and a royal chariot led by four white horses of solid color, showing the majesty of the emperor.

When everyone saw that the emperor was coming, they all knelt down and kowtowed, and the mountain shouted "Long live".

Only one of Qiu Yi stood tall and looked at everyone's humble expressions with expressionless faces.

Zheng Qi has been the emperor for two months - although he is a puppet - but he is also somewhat familiar with his supremacy and the corresponding etiquette, and he is still wondering why Qiu Yizhi did not fall to the ground.

But seeing Qiu Yi's hand pressing the treasure knife, he walked up to the emperor unhurriedly and said: "Your Majesty, these are all meritorious men who escaped death after the bloody battle, and you still don't issue an order to ask them to be exempted from courtesy?" ”

Zheng Chao was stunned for a moment, and parroted and said: "The ministers are exempt from courtesy." ”

When everyone saw this scene, they all knew that Qiu Yizhi's actions were too indifferent to the emperor, but they were afraid of his authority and didn't dare to speak out.

Qiu Yizhi is a smart person, he has guessed everyone's thoughts, he is a little proud and a little vigilant, and he seems to feel that what he did on a whim is a little too much, and he was just about to think about diverting his attention, but unexpectedly, a person stepped forward and arched his hand: "My lord, why don't you visit the emperor, it seems that you don't talk about the courtesy of the ministers, right?" ”

When Qiu Yizhi heard this, he was about to get angry, but when he turned his head to see that the person who spoke was Zheng Tinghang, he immediately turned his anger into joy, and said: "It turned out to be Lord Zheng Tinghang, the director of Caoyun, you transferred the grain and grass materials hoarded in the south of the Yangtze River to Jiangbei, and funded Marshal Dai, this credit is not worse than the desperate generals on the battlefield......

Zheng Tinghang interrupted Qiu Yizhi's words and said, "This is just a little duty of the lower officials. If the official asks, please answer the question. ”

Qiu Yizhi was choked up by Zheng Tinghang's question, and suddenly remembered that this Zheng Tinghang is a very stubborn and pedantic person, and for this kind of scholar, the details of etiquette are the most exquisite. However, Zheng Tinghang is indeed a meritorious man—he presses so tightly that he can't reprimand and punish in front of the public—which really puts Qiu Yizhi in a dilemma.

At this moment, I heard Uncle Lin say coldly: "Hasn't Master Zheng read "The Book of Rites"? It says that 'those who are in armor do not worship', and the sages also have an allusion that 'those in armor do not worship'. Lord Qiu is the commander who leads the army to fight, and it is certainly necessary to bow down to the emperor, and it is not a disrespectful thing to forget for a while. The emperor will naturally be considerate. ”

Lin Shuhan was well-informed and knowledgeable, and when he said these few words, the aggressive Zheng Tinghang was speechless.

Qiu Yizhi was relieved, and for the sake of Zheng Tinghang's scholarly spirit and great merit, he arched his hand to him and said, "Lord Zheng's words, I listened to them, just pay attention to them in the future." "It's a confession.

He suddenly changed his words again, stretched out his hand, and scolded: "Zheng Xin! The emperor is here, why don't you worship? ”

Only then did everyone realize that Zheng Xin, who had been captured, also stood in place from beginning to end and did not kneel down to the emperor and salute.

I only heard Zheng Xin say coldly: "Zheng Qi is my son, only the son has ever knelt to the father, and there has never been a reason for the father to kneel to the son!" ”

"Hahaha!" Qiu Yizhi laughed again, "You're wrong. The emperor is the son of Zheng Miao, the third son of Emperor Daxing, and has nothing to do with you, let alone your son. You are a rebel and thief, why can't you want him to kneel? If you're injured and can't bend your knee, I can send someone to help you. ”

Suddenly, I heard Zheng Qi say: "I see...... It's better to be exempt...... "He has been Zheng Xin's son for nearly ten years, and it is still quite difficult for him to bear the worship of his father.

"Your Majesty, this is wrong. Where is the difference between the top and bottom, the government and the opposition, the inside and outside, and the enemy and the enemy? It is embodied in a 'ritual', which is the reason why the sage designated the ritual. Fang Caichen forgot to salute for a while, and Zheng Tinghang, a Zheng minister, pointed out that a person like a loyal servant of the monarch was also disgraced. How could the emperor dispense with Zheng Xin's etiquette? Qiu Yizhi's words were categorical, leaving Zheng Qi speechless.

He turned around and saw that Zheng Xin still didn't kneel, smiled "hum", and instructed left and right: "This person refuses to kneel, maybe his knee is broken." Since it's broken, it's useless to keep it, so I just interrupted it! ”

Zheng Xin is still a descendant of the royal faction, although Qiu Yizhi's personal soldiers are all lawless bandits, but when he heard this, he thought he was joking, and looked at each other, but he didn't dare to do it.

But when he heard Qiu Yizhi laugh again, he said, "What? Are they all deaf? Didn't hear me? And when my words have come out, someone will break his leg, either his leg or yours. ”

As soon as he said this, the pro-soldiers did not hesitate any longer, walked to Zheng Xin's side in a group, and set up Zheng Xin on the left and right.

Zheng Xin was immediately furious and reprimanded: "You are bold! You are presumptuous! What are you doing! I am the prince, and you are guilty of capital punishment by doing this! ”

Before his bravado shouting had settled, he saw two other soldiers holding a scabbard in their hands and slamming them into Zheng Xin's kneecap.

These two scabbards are made of fine whole pieces of nanmu, and they are no different from two iron rods. After the two sticks were hit, Zheng Xin's two patellas were suddenly shattered, his legs could no longer support him, and the whole person fell down.

Zheng Xin, as the eldest prince, in order to buy people's hearts, whether intentionally or not, always made a polite corporal and approachable appearance. Now it is a civil war in the imperial court, and many soldiers on both sides have dealt with Zheng Xin, seeing that the prince who respected only under the emperor in the past has become like this today, although it is said that it is "the king is defeated", but there is still some unbearable in his heart, many people either don't look over, or bow their heads, and don't want to see such a tragic situation.

At this time, Zheng Tinghang stepped forward again and said, "My lord, Zheng Xin's disobedience and chaos should certainly be punished. But after all, he is a descendant of the royal family, and he uses lynching in front of the public and in full view, where does he put the royal dignity? Where to put the decency of the imperial court? Please also ask the adults not to torture Zheng Xin. ”

Zheng Tinghang's words are indeed reasonable.

Qiu Yizhi was also impulsive, and when he said this, he came to his senses a little, pursed his mouth, as if he was explaining to himself, and said to Zheng Xin: "Zheng Xin, if you were willing to kneel down sincerely, why did you fall to this point?" Alright, I'll call two people to help you up. ”

Unexpectedly, Zheng Xin didn't appreciate it at all, turned over on the ground, and actually struggled to sit up, with an extremely painful expression on his face, and said, "Who wants you to show favor here?" 'The sub-line of the mountain wolf, the ambition is rampant'. If it weren't for the pirate Li Shengjie, if it weren't for Dai Luanxiang's rebellion, you would have been captured alive by me. Now the one kneeling here is none other than you! You're just a fluke win, there's nothing to be proud of! ”

Qiu Yizhi is a mouthful, and when he heard Zheng Xin say this, he naturally intended to argue with him: "I remember that after the failure of the Lingnan prince, Emperor Daxing and Prime Minister Zhongli once discussed with me the success or failure of the Lingnan prince. I remember that when I talked about why the king of Lingnan failed, the first emperor and his master said the most was the phrase 'there is much help for the righteous, but little help for the unjust'. The Lingnan prince is brilliant and strong, but he is still defeated by the word 'Heavenly Dao'. What's more, you're a person with extremely mediocre talents? ”

Qiu Yizhi sneered and scolded these words, and said it so unhappily, so he continued: "Don't be unconvinced. Let me ask you, where are the third brother Zheng Sen, General Zuo Wei Hu, and General Zhang Long? If they help you fight, how could Marshal Dai Luanxiang, although he is strong in soldiers, be so easy to get it? How can you be so humiliated? ”

Qiu Yizhi not only brought out the words of the old emperor Zheng Rong, but also said the truth, Zheng Xin was even more undoubtedly refuted, but his two eyes were still staring at Qiu Yizhi, as if he wanted to see through, see through, and see death to the enemy in front of him.

Qiu Yizhi was a little hairy by Zheng Xin, and said viciously: "What are you watching me do?" If you have this leisure, you might as well look around, see that all around me are my soldiers and horses, as long as I open my lips and move my fingers, you will turn into powder! ”

Zheng Xin is not a person who is afraid of death, the power of Qiu Yizhi's cruel words is not as good as Fang Cai's layers of reasoning, which made Zheng Xin laugh "haha": "Okay! Win or lose, but so, if you fall into my hands, you will give the order! ”

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Zheng became nervous at first, and said to Qiu Yizhi: "Uncle Emperor of the Prison Country, this doesn't seem to be right, right?" In front of so many people, they killed the royal family, and the royal face didn't know where to put it in the future? Just ask Uncle Jianguo to think about it for the sake of him being with you for so many years, right? All right? ”

Everyone has only heard of the emperor's words, say kill and kill, say let go, no one has ever seen the emperor plead with a courtier, all eyes on Qiu Yizhi, to see how he responds.

Qiu Yizhi didn't listen to the emperor's plea at all, and said: "Your Majesty, you are still young, you don't understand this kind of thing, let's let Weichen do it for the emperor." ”

As he spoke, he instructed the guards around the emperor again: "The emperor is tired, so you will escort the emperor down to rest." ”

At this moment, Qiu Yizhi's words were much more effective than the emperor's holy decree, and the royal guards listened to his words, and hurriedly retreated the imperial chariot that the emperor Zheng Qi was riding.

Qiu Yizhi thought that the emperor was not present, so no one stopped him from disposing of Zheng Xin, but he heard Zheng Tinghang step forward again and said: "Lord Qiu, Zheng Xin is certainly a heinous crime. However, the imperial court has a system of the imperial court, and if a person like him commits such a crime, it is natural that he should be convicted by the head of the Zhongshu Province and tried by the various ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Otherwise, the private massacre will inevitably damage the dignity of the imperial court. ”

Qiu Yizhi had just turned things around when he was almost defeated, and he was in a good mood under a big victory, but he didn't expect Zheng Tinghang to come out and pour cold water on himself again and again, and he hated Qiu Yizhi so much that he gritted his teeth.

He really wanted to ignore Zheng Tinghang's words as a deaf ear, or simply drive him away, but after thinking about it, although Zheng Tinghang was a little detoured, what he said was the true thoughts in the hearts of many readers.

Until, although these nerds can't lift their hands or shoulders, the bald pen in their hands is not forgiving, not to mention writing a few strokes for you in the official historical record, or scolding you a few words in their own notebook anthology, which can make you stink for 10,000 years.

So Qiu Yizhi settled down and said, "Master Zheng, you have misunderstood me. Now on the battlefield, if Zheng Xin is killed, he will be killed. This kind of death is much more decent than sending it to the vegetable market after three trials and three decisions! ”

Zheng Tinghang was thinking about etiquette, but he really didn't expect this setback, and he hesitated for a long time before he said: "There are regulations on discussing relatives, nobles, and merit in the Han Dynasty, and Zheng Xin's identity and merit may not be ......."

"Not necessarily?" Qiu Yizhi's general Zheng Tinghang's words interrupted, "As a prince, Zheng Xin is indeed a prince, indeed a nobleman, and has indeed made some contributions, all of which I recognize." However, his murder of the king, the killing of the teacher, and the slaughter of the younger brother are all heinous crimes, and any of them will inevitably scrape him with 3,000 knives and then die. Whether it is pro, expensive, or meritorious, what else can be counted in the face of these great sins? Is it really necessary to make his sins clear to the world one by one, so as to preserve the dignity of the court? ”

Qiu Yizhi's words were selfish but selfless, unfair but public, and finally made the upright Zheng Tinghang shut up.

So Qiu Yizhi turned his head and said to Zheng Xin again, and said, "Did you hear what I just said?" I want to preserve your dignity, but if you don't want it, I don't force it. ”

As he spoke, Qiu Yizhi untied his pure black Western Regions Treasure Knife, along with the scabbard, from his waist, threw it in front of Zheng Xin, and left without looking back.