At the end of September, the weather in the capital gradually cooled down, and the rebel generals Mianyu and Rong Lu of the Qing army in Jinzhou had been sent to Beijing, and they were accompanied by a number of Manchu generals Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Shengjing who surrendered outside the Guanwai, and Tan Shaoguang, who had been in charge of commanding them in the north.

After several years of campaigning, the Northern Front Army commanded by Tan Shaoguang had grown to more than 100,000 horses, including the former Young Guards and the Beidian cadres who were sent to the northeast, most of whom were local Han people living in the northeast, and there were even Koreans, Japanese, and Manchus in the army. For no other reason, all ethnic groups in the north are facing the threat of the Russians, and when the Russians invaded the northeast, they implemented a purge policy in order to build settlements, so Tan Shaoguang's army had all ethnic groups.

Like Chen Yucheng, he was one of the youngest generals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and his actions in the north were no worse than any important Taiping Heavenly Kingdom generals in the Guannei, and even he was able to maneuver between the Manchus, Russia, Korea, Japan and other forces, and his united front ability even surpassed Chen Yucheng.

This time, Tan Shaoguang escorted a group of people back to Beijing, in fact, the escort task was secondary, the most important thing was that the king of the west wanted to see him, Tan Shaoguang knew very well in his heart that there was going to be a large-scale war with Russia next, and the king of the west wanted to interview him.

When it was time to hand over the prisoners in the capital, Tan Shaoguang found that the rest of the captives and those who surrendered were quickly received by the military department, but Rong Lu was taken away by the people of the Intelligence Department. But he didn't think much about it, the herald told him to prepare well, and the king of the west would see him alone tomorrow morning. So Tan Shaoguang was very excited, he hadn't seen King Xi for several years, he had always exchanged letters, and he didn't know what King West had become now.

Until late at night, Tan Shaoguang was still preparing under the lights to report on his work when he met the King of the West tomorrow morning, the situation of the various forces in the entire north, the economy, culture, geographical environment of the north, and even the local customs. Tan Shaoguang is ready to make a detailed report. At the same time, in the Forbidden City Palace, King Xi and Queen Xi also did not sleep. The two of them were meeting with someone, someone who was making them feel embarrassed.

In the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, everyone was waiting outside the hall, and there were only three people in the huge room. Rong Lu devoured the wine and meat on the table. It seems that the experience of being a captive along the way has made him suffer enough.

Xiao Yungui didn't make a sound, looked down at him with a complicated mood, just kept drinking the stuffy wine, Hong Yun'er had an unbearable look on her face, and kept serving Rong Lu vegetables, no one in the whole room spoke, only the sound of Rong Lu eating.

After a moment, Rong Lu put down the dishes and chopsticks. After taking a sip of wine, he let out a long sigh of relief. He burped and wiped his mouth and said: "I have eaten so much, I have been eating some brown rice bran for more than ten days, as if I have returned to the days of my previous life." ”

Xiao Yungui sighed and said, "You haven't eaten brown rice bran in your previous life, right?" Rong Lu nodded and said: "This is not bad, although the family was poor in the past, they were always able to eat enough." Hong Yun'er interjected: "Well, in the past, when Agui and I followed the Taiping Army to fight around, it was sometimes very difficult, and I ate black beans for more than ten days in a row, and I want to vomit when I think about the taste now." ”

The three of them looked at each other and laughed, laughing so happily, as if they were classmates in their previous lives, but it was not right, the relationship between the three in their previous lives did not seem to be as close as it is now.

"Ronglu ......"

"Lu Sixuan, let's call back my original name."

Xiao Yungui glanced at him, nodded and said, "You are so calculating, for fear that the two of us will not remember the identity of your classmate, so we specially called back our original names to remind us?" ”

Lu Sixuan smiled and said: "When we met in the Yangtze River, we had an agreement, one party was defeated, and the other party would at least spare the other party's life, wouldn't it?" ”

Xiao Yungui sighed and said: "You are still a small farmer and your thoughts are too heavy, even if you don't have the agreement back then, looking at you like this now, Yun'er and I can't bear to do it." ”

Lu Sixuan smiled bitterly: "I killed so many people, don't you want to seek justice for those people?" ”

Hong Yun'er said: "Indeed, what you did to kill you 10,000 times is not enough, in order to get Qingyun to step down, you did not hesitate to cooperate with the British and French forces to lure the wolf into the house, resulting in the slaughter of the local people in Beijing and Tianjin, you are guilty of treason!"

Lu Sixuan shook his head and said: "You can't say that it is treason, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is not my country, as for the local people being looted and killed, it is indeed something I did not expect, I admit that I am guilty, but I can't put all the responsibility on my head." ”

Xiao Yungui was furious, he stood up and said loudly: "Lu Sixuan! You're still defending yourself! Aren't you afraid that those who died unjustly will come to you?! If you betray your country's sovereignty and seek glory for your own interests, don't you have any regrets?! ”

Lu Sixuan snorted and said, "It is Ronglu who betrays the country to seek glory, what does it have to do with me?" I'm an atheist, don't scare me! Betraying national sovereignty, hum, according to this statement, you two are only afraid of selling more in the south, not to mention that although I signed some things with Britain and France at that time, those things were not realized at all, how can we talk about betraying the country?! ”

Hong Yun'er secretly sighed in her heart that Lu Sixuan was really shameless, this kind of thing could be said, Xiao Yungui sneered: "Even if the real Rong Lu is afraid, he can't do what you do, when you carry out military cooperation with the British and French forces, you are already betraying the rights and interests of the country and the nation, and it is useless for you to quibble!" ”

Lu Sixuan raised his hands and said: "Okay, good, good, I admit to betraying the country, I admit to being a traitor, I admit that it's all my fault, okay?" But we made a pact back then, you can't kill me. ”

Xiao Yungui shook his head and said, "I can't do this, we didn't know that you would go so far, and we couldn't pull it back!" ”

Lu Sixuan stood up and pointed at Xiao Yungui and said angrily: "The surname is Xiao, you don't keep your promise!" You're a villain! Xiao Yungui was also furious, stood up and said, "What's wrong with me if I just don't talk about credit?" You wait to be executed after the public trial! Lu Sixuan scolded angrily in his mouth, and flew up to pounce: "Damn, then I'll pull you to die together!" The two were close, and Lu Sixuan's body was not weak, so the two scuffled together.

Hong Yun'er saw the two rolling together on the ground, like a hooligan fighting in the market, and she didn't know how to dissuade her, and finally after separating the two, she pulled out the long sword on the wall and pointed at Lu Sixuan and said angrily: "Lu Sixuan, are you still obsessed?" ”

Lu Sixuan sat on the ground and wiped the bloodshot from the corner of his mouth, suddenly laughed, and then hugged his head and cried after laughing, and muttered in his mouth: "Why, why, I just want to make my life a little better and you won't let me?!" ”

Xiao Yungui also wiped the blood and sweat on his face, sighed and said: "If in your previous life, you were in the position of a commoner, and you did something for your own better, the harm to others would not be great, but now that you are in a high position, your every move will affect millions of people, don't you know it?" ”

Lu Sixuan stopped crying and said lightly: "What does it matter to me whether others live or die? Xiao Yungui sighed again and said: "It seems that you still don't know what you're doing wrong, forget it, I don't want to say anything more to you." ”

Lu Sixuan said in a deep voice: "I know you won't let me go, just die, but promise me one thing before you die." ”

Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er glanced at each other and nodded slowly: "You say, as long as we can do it, we can satisfy you." ”

Lu Sixuan said: "Let me see Qingyun again!" Before Xiao Yungui could answer, Hong Yun'er hurriedly said: "We can't be the master of this, and I don't know if Qingyun still wants to see you." ”

Lu Sixuan looked at the two of them with pleading eyes and said, "You can go and ask Qingyun, I'm all dying, just let me see her again." ”

Xiao Yungui sighed and said, "Okay, Yun'er and I will go and ask her." ”

The next day, Hong Yun'er really went to Prince Alcohol's Mansion, and after listening to what Hong Yun'er brought, Song Qingyun didn't answer for a long time, and finally agreed to see Lu Sixuan after a long time.

In the afternoon of the same day, Lu Sixuan saw Song Qingyun in the palace, and Hong Yun'er did not disturb the two, but let them talk alone. For safety reasons, Hong Yun'er has been guarding the door, as long as she hears something wrong, she will rush in. But from beginning to end, there was no much movement in the house, just heard the two of them talking non-stop, but because they couldn't hear what the two said through the door.

After an hour, Song Qingyun walked out first, with tears in the corners of her eyes, and said to Hong Yun'er: "Okay, I'll go back first, by the way, Yun'er, before the execution, let him get drunk, so that there will be no pain and fear." ”

Hong Yun'er nodded, turned around and entered, only to see Lu Sixuan sitting on the ground alone, muttering incessantly: "Am I for myself?" Am I doing it for myself? Hong Yun'er didn't know how to persuade her, but she felt that Lu Sixuan seemed to have aged a lot all of a sudden, and the spirit of the whole person was also drained away.

Two days later, Mianyu and Ronglu were the treasonous Qing army generals in Dali Temple to accept the public trial of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Criminal Department, and were finally sentenced to death for more than ten major crimes such as treason.

In the applause and abuse of the people and visitors in the capital, Rong Lu walked the last part of his life, he was drunk, and there was not much fear and pain when he was executed, maybe death was a relief for him, or maybe it was the beginning of reincarnation...... (To be continued......)