Beizhen Prefecture Division, Zhao Prison.

In the dimly lit cells, only rats and cockroaches make squirming sounds, looking for food scraps, and even crawling on people, because there is no difference between people living and dead.

With a sound of Kerala, the door to the cell was opened.

Shi Heng raised his head and asked weakly, "Is it time to go on the road?" ”

The jailer didn't answer, just untied the chains on Shi Heng's body and led him out.

Shi Heng smiled bitterly: "This is too stingy, isn't it, don't you even have a meal with a broken head?" ”

Still no one answered, Shi Heng was taken to a side room and looked at it, there was only a large bathtub inside.

"What kind of punishment is this?"

After living for so many years, I have never seen someone who kills people with a water tank, is there any difference between drowning people and beheading?

"There are clean clothes next to it after washing."

After the jailer finished speaking, he closed the door and left.

Shi Heng's face was full of confusion, what is the situation?

I haven't heard of the need to wash before killing the head, what kind of rule is this?

Anyway, this place is full of lice, and the itch is unbearable, so it can be more comfortable to take a bath.

Besides, life is almost gone, what's the big deal about taking a shower?

I ripped off my stinky clothes, took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and suddenly felt much more comfortable.

"Okay, no, it's grinding!"

"What's urging?" Shi Heng straightened his hair and asked, "Chop off your head or Ling Chi?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense, follow me!"

In the public house of the commander of the Beizhen Prefecture Division, Zhu Qizhen was wearing a blue brocade shirt and a scarf, and was reading the confession seriously.

Yuan Bin stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the person has arrived." ”

"Well, bring it in."

Yuan Bin hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, Shi Heng is guilty of rebellion, and the minister is worried about ......."

"It's okay!" Zhu Qizhen said without raising his head, "I have something serious to do with him!" ”

Yuan Bin had to nod and say, "Yes!" ”

After a while, Shi Heng was taken to the public room with a stunned face, and Yuan Bin followed closely behind him, pressing one hand on the hilt of the knife.

"Bold prisoner, when you see the emperor, you still don't bow down?"

Yuan Bin shouted, and Shi Heng realized that the young man dressed as a scholar in front of him turned out to be the current emperor.

"Sinner Shi Heng, knock on the emperor, long live my emperor!"

Zhu Qizhen raised his head and didn't speak, just looked at Shi Heng quietly.

Shi Heng was uneasy in his heart, he killed his head and killed his head, what kind of trouble is this?

"The criminal minister has said everything he should say, I just ask the emperor to see that the criminal minister has been guarding the border for many years, and there is no merit and hard work, give it a good time!"

Only then did Zhu Qizhen slowly speak: "You answer a question first, do you want to die or live?" ”

Shi Heng asked incredulously, "Is there still a way for the sinner to live?" ”

"Not necessarily," Zhu Qizhen shook his head and said, "I haven't thought about it yet!" ”

Shi Heng's face turned blue and white for a while, and he secretly wondered in his heart, which one is this singing?

After living for so long, I have never heard of the crime of rebellion and survive.

Seeing that Shi Heng was stunned and didn't speak, Yuan Bin urged: "The emperor asked you!" ”

Shi Heng put away his mind and asked tentatively: "How can you say that you want to die, and how can you say that you want to live?" ”

Zhu Qizhen smiled faintly and said: "If you want to die, it's easy to do, not only you, but also the hundreds of comrades on the list, as long as the executioner raises the knife and rolls over, to ensure that you can't die again." ”

"Then ......" Shi Heng seemed to hear the turn of events, and asked cautiously, "What if the criminal wants to live?" ”

"If you want to live......"

Zhu Qizhen paused and said, "It's not impossible. ”

Speaking of which, Shi Heng already knew very well in his heart that the emperor was by no means joking, and there was no reason for people to waste time joking with himself as a death row prisoner.

"The criminal minister begs the emperor for guidance!"

Zhu Qizhen suddenly asked, "Have you ever heard of the Wakos?" ”

Shi Heng has been guarding Datong all the year round, and he really hasn't dealt with the Japanese Kou, but he has heard of it.

"It's just a group of sea thieves, what do you need to do, please ask the emperor to make it clear!"

Zhu Qizhen put the confession in his hand aside, shook his head and said: "I just took a look, Cao Jixiang, this dog thing, actually recruited more than 500 people in the capital, and they are all young and strong men, if they are killed with a knife, although it is clean and neat, it is a pity after all......"

Shi Heng seemed to understand, and hurriedly said: "If the emperor is willing to give the criminal minister a chance, the criminal minister is willing to lead these more than 500 people to go overseas to eliminate the rebellion!" ”

Zhu Qizhen narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "The 200,000 guards of the imperial court can't eradicate the trouble, so what role can a mere 500 people play?" ”

"Even if you die in battle, it's better than being beheaded!" Shi Heng hurriedly said, "The criminal has fought all his life, and in the end he didn't die on the battlefield, but he carried the name of rebellion, isn't it a nest?" ”

"Do you know anything about the?"

Zhu Qizhen suddenly lost his temper, pointed at Shi Heng's nose and scolded: "When you followed Cao Jixiang's dog to plot a rebellion, didn't you think that there would be today?" ”

Shi Heng became more and more unconfident, sighed, and then said: "Wara also led the main force to attack Datong first, and the guilty ministers and Xining Marquis Song Ying, Wu Jinbo Zhu Mian fought with the enemy army in Yuyang Hekou, but the dog eunuch Guo Jing relied on Wang Zhen's backing and kept getting in the way, so that the division was undisciplined, the whole army was defeated, and the Marquis of Xining and Wu Jinbo were killed in battle. The criminal really shouldn't have fled, if he died in battle, at least he would have a reputation of loyalty, but now it's good, he has become a rebel and a thief, really, really...... Ay! ”

Zhu Qizhen asked again: "Even if you can't hold it, why do you rebel if you explain the cause and effect of the incident clearly, and strive to make meritorious contributions?" ”

Shi Heng's face was like ashes, and said: "The guilty minister thought that the emperor was not there, and he had a chance to make a comeback, but who knew that the king did not put the guilty minister in his eyes at all, but became more and more estranged, and so on, and when the emperor returned to Beijing to settle the accounts, the criminal minister still could not escape death, at this time, Cao Jixiang's dog thing came to the door, and the guilty minister's head was hot, and he got on their thief ship in a daze, and the criminal minister ...... Damn it! ”

Zhu Qizhen had a cold face and said, "I just took a general look, Cao Jixiang's more than 500 comrades were brought back from Datong by you?" ”

Shi Heng replied: "The emperor doesn't know, most of these people are soldiers who escaped from Datong with the criminal ministers, in fact, most of them don't know that they want to rebel, the criminal ministers only say that they want to do a big thing, I thought that when the sword soldiers of the Forbidden City are together, these people know the truth, and there is no way out." The sinners knew that their sins were unforgivable, and asked the emperor to be gracious and give them a chance. ”

Zhu Qizhen's face finally softened, and said, "What do you think of what Fang Caizhen said about the Japanese Kou? ”

Shi Heng's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he said: "If the emperor is willing to give the criminal minister a chance, the criminal minister will do his best to kill the enemy, even if he dies at sea, he will die without regrets!" ”

Zhu Qizhen shook his head and said: "If you are allowed to go to sea like this, I am afraid that the teacher will be unknown." ”

The hope in Shi Heng's eyes suddenly dimmed, and he said: "The emperor is right, the criminal is guilty of rebellion, and the crime is unforgivable!" ”

"I don't plan to send you to the sea, but ......"

Zhu Qizhen smiled mysteriously and said, "Go to sea for you!" ”

"What?"

Shi Heng was stunned on the spot, let me go and be a widow, what do you mean?

"Do you know why the soldiers and horses of the imperial court can't eradicate the plague?"

Shi Heng scratched his head and said, "Please also ask the emperor to make it clear!" ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "I have implemented a sea ban in the Ming Dynasty for many years, the officers and soldiers are not good at naval warfare, and the Japanese invaders come and go like the wind, and they often land on the shore and quickly evacuate after plundering, and they have already run to the sea before the Japanese guards mobilize men and horses, so I ask you to join them, break into the inside of the Japanese Invaders, and find their base camp!" ”

Shi Heng didn't know why, so he asked, "Sinner...... How to join them? ”

Zhu Qizhen thought for a moment, and then said: "I exiled hundreds of you to Qiongzhou, and before you arrived in Qiongzhou, you escaped, and then went to sea to become a coward. ”

Shi Heng understood, nodded again and again, and said: "Just wait for the criminal ministers to break into the inside of the Japanese and find their leader, and then kill them with one sword, and eliminate the future troubles forever!" ”

Zhu Qizhen shook his head and said: "These people are all outlaws, killing one or two leaders can't hurt the roots, your task is to find their base camp, draw a sea chart, and then find a way to send it back to Jingshi and hand it over to Yuan Bin, understand?" ”

"The sinner understands!"

"If this can be done, not only will you be exempted from the death penalty, but you will also be reinstated, and if you fail, I will not collect your body!"

Shi Heng hurriedly knelt down and bowed his head: "The criminal obeys the order!" ”

Zhu Qizhen looked at Yuan Bin and said, "You can arrange this matter, remember, the fewer people who know the truth, the better!" ”

Yuan Bin hurriedly saluted and said, "The minister obeys the order!" ”