Ouyang Xiong and Yan Wuji arrived at a village in the north of Hongdong County and met Gao Yigong and his party who came to meet them.

Seeing that it was only Ouyang Xiong and the others, and Yan Wuji's face was pale, it seemed that he had suffered internal injuries, and Gao Yigong knew that the rescue here had failed.

Ouyang Xiong walked back and forth in the team for a long time, and didn't see his apprentice Liu Xingyue, so he asked anxiously: "Yigong, what about Xingyue, didn't you save him?" ”

Gao Yigong sighed: "Uncle, we saved Brother Liu, but who knew that we didn't see anyone else the next day." Brother Liu didn't see King Gao Chuang, did he go to Jingshi. ”

Ouyang Xiong scolded with a gloomy face: "A guy who doesn't measure himself, it's his dereliction of duty not to protect King Chuang, and he still has the heart to go to Jingshi, I can't save people, he will have a way to go." ”

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In July of the ninth year of Chongzhen, this summer was extremely hot.

Jingshi Jinyi Guard commanded the Yamen.

Xihaisheng Xin Tiedan, and a large group of brocade-clothed guards stood outside the yamen, at this time the drums in the imperial city sounded in unison, a team of honor guards walked in front, and in the middle was a yellow sedan chair of sixty-four people.

The sedan chair stopped at the door, and Xihaisheng Xin Tiedan and all the brocade guards knelt down in unison.

Emperor Chongzhen Zhu You got off the sedan chair, and his mood seemed to be very good: "You are all up, you have worked hard all the way, this time you will catch the thief back, and the world will be much more peaceful." ”

Xi Haisheng and the others stood up, and Emperor Chongzhen took the lead in entering the Jinyi Wei Yamen.

In the courtyard of the Jinyi Guard's Yamen, under the courtyard wall and on the ridge of the roof are the Jinyi guards, who are heavily guarded, as if facing a great enemy, seeing Emperor Chongzhen come in, the guards did not relax, nor did they salute.

In the middle of the compound, the iron gates of a prisoner cart had been lowered.

Inside the iron gate is a wrist-thick steel railing, through the railing, I can see, there is a tall man with messy hair, that person looks at the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen who came over in a trance.

Zhu Youzhen circled around the car, stood opposite the people in the prisoner car, looked at the opponent of more than ten years, and was finally taken to Jingshi, and it was in front of him.

Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen laughed.

It seems to be a catharsis for the stress and tension of nearly a decade, but also a demonstration to his opponents.

After Zhu Youzhen smiled, he sat on a chair brought by the brocade guard, and said to the people in the prisoner car: "Gao Yingxiang, do you know who I am? ”

Chongzhen said it three times in a row, but Gao Yingxiang in the prisoner car still had a dull gaze and did not react at all.

The deputy commander of Jinyiwei made Xi Haisheng stand behind Chongzhen, a little nervous, obviously relieved Gao Yingxiang's acupoint, the medicine he had been taking on the road had been stopped for two days, he should be sober and could speak, could it be that the drug was overdosed, Gao Yingxiang was numb and did not react at all?

At this time, Gao Yingxiang in the prisoner car suddenly snorted, and his eyes became a little angry.

Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen and everyone watched quietly.

Gao Yingxiang turned his head, he looked at everyone in front of him for a while, and then saw Xin Tiedan, Gao Yingxiang's eyes showed murderous and disdainful.

Xin Tiedan had already lowered his head.

Gao Yingxiang's hands pulled the iron chain, the iron chain rattled, and several brocade-clothed guards rushed over to stop it.

Chongzhen said softly: "Leave him alone, let him move." ”

As soon as Chongzhen finished speaking, Gao Yingxiang shouted at Xin Tiedan:

"Xin Tiedan, in vain for me to trust you, you actually used and pity more than ten years of emotion, deceived me Gao Yingxiang, thinking that I Gao Yingxiang was all over the world, invincible, and was deceived by the villain, I am not sorry to die, my hundreds of thousands of soldiers have already died in Heishuiyu in the Meridian Valley, children, Gao Yingxiang has no eyes and no beads, and mistakenly believes in others, so that you have followed me astray, and I Gao Yingxiang will come to accompany you immediately."

After Gao Yingxiang finished speaking, he looked up to the sky and smiled, the laughter was poignant and tragic!

Chongzhen sat below, listening to the laughter, his whole body was creepy, and his hands were sweaty.

At this time, Gao Yingxiang looked at Chongzhen and the people below, and laughed:

"Look at your sedan chair, I can guess that you are Chongzhen Xiaoer, a good country has made you run into what you are now, what confidence do you have to come to see my jokes, I still have countless soldiers in the Central Plains, it will not take ten years, Li Zicheng will lead troops into the capital, and your fate will be even more miserable." Hahaha! ”

Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen stood up, his face was blue and purple without saying a word, and he got into a sedan chair and entered the imperial city.

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The West Market, which is five miles west of the Imperial City of Beijing, has been crowded with people for two days.

People came to watch the execution of the prisoner, and this prisoner was not an ordinary person, it was Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, who had led hundreds of thousands of righteous troops in the past ten years and galloped through the provinces of the northwest and the Central Plains.

Because Gao Yingxiang's crime is extremely heinous, it is also the same as Yuan Chonghuan who stood here six years ago, he is Ling Chi, which is commonly known as a thousand cuts.

Two days have passed, Gao Yingxiang is already incomplete, most of the white clothes and white pants he was wearing are gone, and the rest have been dyed dark red.

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, Ling Chi's executioner could not die until he had cut 3,600 knives, and several executioners were still cutting their bodies without much flesh and skin, and many people watching did not dare to look at it anymore, so they walked away with their faces covered.

Today is the third and last day, Gao Yingxiang is not dead, he is even a little sane, looking at the crowd.

Liu Xingyue squeezed through the crowd and rushed inside, and when she saw Gao Yingxiang exposing most of the bones all over her body, she immediately burst into tears.

At this time, he thought of the scene when the two first met in Lanzhou Wei more than ten years ago, as well as the battle for more than ten years, Liu Xingyue has always been by Gao Yingxiang's side.

The relationship between the two is no longer a simple relationship between the king and the general, and it has long surpassed the emotions between the brothers of the year, which is a kind of love of living and dying together and accompanying each other.

Liu Xingyue was in a trance, and seemed to see Gao Yingxiang also looking at him.

At this time, the executioner cut Gao Yingxiang's face, Liu Xingyue's heart was like a knife, she couldn't control herself anymore, she flew up and jumped towards Gao Yingxiang.

Seeing Liu Xingyue flying over, Gao Yingxiang even showed a smile on his face.

Before Liu Xingyue rushed to Gao Yingxiang, hundreds of brocade guards had already surrounded him in the middle, and Liu Xingyue didn't resist the swords of the brocade guards, letting them cut and pierce on his body, just to watch and accompany the eldest brother who was close at hand, to break into the king Gao Yingxiang.

After a while, Liu Xingyue was already covered in bruises and covered in blood, Gao Yingxiang couldn't stand it at this time, looked at Liu Xingyue for the last time, and slowly closed his eyes.

Liu Xingyue shouted in mourning: "Big brother wait for me, I'm here to accompany you." ”

After speaking, Liu Xingyue straightened her chest and met the sword stabbed by the brocade guard in front of her, the sword pierced into Liu Xingyue's chest, and the person fell to the ground.

At this time, an old man in gray walked over, and when he saw this scene, the old man in gray turned around and sighed, with a little tears in his eyes.

"Thousands of miles to the machine,

Guan Shan is like flying.

Shuoqi transmission gold demolition,

Ironclad in cold light.

The general died in a hundred battles,

Ten years of strong men. ”

The old man in gray shook his head and looked up to the sky and sang.

The old man in gray sang and walked.

It was as if he had heard the sound of the piano and the song of ten years ago.

Just like the beauty of the year, she was still waiting for him.

(End of Volume 5)