Chapter 34 A glimmer of life
It is said that Yin Wugeng was taken away by several mysterious people, got on the horse, and didn't know where to go. In a short time, this group of people had arrived at the patriotic capital in the east of Chaoge City. As soon as Yin Wugeng looked up and saw that the city was also full of white flags, he thought: 'It seems that the death of King Wu is true......
The general led Yin Wugeng into the city and went straight to a mansion. Yin Wugeng also read some poetry books when he was a child, knew a few words, and saw that there were three big characters of 'Guan Shufu' in the main book on the house.
"Uncle Guan's Mansion?" Yin Wugeng thought: "I heard that this Uncle Guan is the younger brother of King Wu, we have never met, I don't know what to do with me?"
Several attendants stood in front of the mansion to greet everyone, and shouted at Yin Wugeng: "Oh, Yin Gongzi is here, please enter the mansion!" Yin Wugeng got off the horse and followed the waiter into the mansion cautiously.
When they entered the mansion, there were already three people standing on top of the main hall, as if they had been waiting for a long time. Yin Wugeng saw that these three people were brightly dressed and had a smile on their faces, although they had never seen them, but they also guessed in their hearts, "This is Uncle Guan's Mansion, look at this posture, these three old guys are the three younger brothers of King Wu, Uncle Guan Ji Xian, Uncle Cai Ji Du, and Uncle Huo Ji?"
As soon as the three of them saw Yin Wugeng coming, they all stepped forward to greet each other with smiles: "I have heard the name of my son for a long time, and I have never had the opportunity to visit him, and it is really my luck to see him today!"
Since Yin Wugeng was sensible, he had seen all the people in the market, when did he have any dealings with this dignitary? Fortunately, Concubine Zhen never forgot to teach etiquette on weekdays, and also replied: "The boy is a common man, how dare he accept the courtesy of the three adults." "But I pondered in my heart: 'I have lived with my mother in Chaoge for more than five years, and the people in the government have never looked at my mother and daughter, and there must be a reason for treating each other like this now......
As if an old friend had met, Ji Xian stepped forward and took Yin Wugeng's hand and said with a smile: "Come, Yin Gongzi, please take a seat." The four of them sat across from each other. Ji Xian ordered someone to put down the wine and melons and fruits and scatter them, raised his glass and said to everyone: "Come on, you and I will have a drink with my son first!"
Yin Wugeng had never drunk wine and it was not good to lose face for the three of them, so he reluctantly took a sip, only to feel a hot current of heartburn coming down, and secretly complained in his heart: "Wow, it's so spicy! It's so spicy! I often hear people say that wine is a poison that pierces the intestines, and sure enough!"
After three rounds of drinking, Ji Xian's face suddenly darkened, and he slowly said to Yin Wugeng: "Presumably the prince has heard of it. I have been in the country for more than seven years, but now misfortune has fallen from the sky. King Wu died, and the whole country grieved!" Yin Wugeng didn't know what Ji Xian meant, so he had to respond: "King Wu died, it's really a great misfortune. ”
Ji Xian glanced at Yin Wugeng again, and said quietly: "King Wu has the virtue of mercy, and when he forgave his son for sin, can he still remember?" King Wu is the king of benevolence and virtue, and he forgave the sins of my mother and son back then, Yin Wugeng never dared to forget!"
"Okay!" Ji Xian smiled slightly when he heard this, and said: "But now that the bones of King Wu are not cold, there are people who are trying to seize the throne and divide the world of my Ji family!"
As soon as these words came out, Yin Wugeng's slightly drunken feeling had already cleared up with a cold sweat, and he thought in his heart: "Really let my mother say it?
When Ji Xian saw Yin Wugeng's appearance, he laughed and said, "Don't be surprised, son, and listen to me." As the saying goes, 'the father dies and the son succeeds, and the brother dies and the younger brother dies', King Wu died, his son is still young, I am the younger brother of King Wu, and I should succeed to the throne only in terms of qualifications. However, Ji Dan, a thief, nominally established King Wu's youngest son Ji Chan as 'Cheng Wang', but in fact, he controlled the government and covered the sky with one hand! It was really a common indignation of people and gods!" Uncle Cai and Uncle Huo on the side echoed one after another: "Exactly! Exactly!"
After hearing these words, Yin Wugeng put his heart back into his stomach slightly, "It turns out that there is a dispute between them in the royal family, what does this have to do with me?" Then he stood up and bowed to the three of them, and said: "This is the matter of the Great Zhou royal family, I am just an outsider, how can I be qualified to speak? There is still a mother waiting at home, and today the boy will leave." "Then he will retire.
How do you know that Ji Xian stepped forward to hold Yin Wugeng's hand, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said in a low voice: "Childe's words are wrong, if there is no Great Zhou, Childe is probably the Son of Heaven at this moment! Besides, Gongzi is the orthodoxy of the bloodline of the Great Shang, so he never thought about avenging his father and reviving the Great Shang?"
The meaning of these words was profound, but it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, Yin Wugeng trembled and thought in his heart: '...... Isn't this a temptation for me? I am young, but how can I admit such a thing, when I am a fool?' took a step back and said, "My lord. Although I am the son of the king of Xu, how dare I dare to rebel with the great grace of the king of Wu? My mother and son live in the city of Chaoge, and they spend their days chopping wood and pulp to wash their days.
Ji Xian laughed and said: "There are only four of you and me here, eight ears, there is no need to hide it! ”
Yin Wugeng felt a sense of foreboding in his heart, and he didn't want to ask any more.
Ji Xian stared at Yin Wugeng, bent down and said word by word in his ear: "Now there are many remnants of Yin Shang, and there is a group of old ministers who have the heart of resuming business from time to time. I would like to share the world with my son!"
Yin Wugeng couldn't have dreamed that Ji Xian would say such a thing, and thought: "This disaster is not small! Since he dares to tell these things, if I don't allow it, my life will be difficult to protect...... No matter what, I don't care if I die, and once I die, I won't affect my mother. Yin Wugeng turned his heart down, suddenly pushed away Ji Xian in front of him, and said loudly: "Although I am young, I have been taught by my mother and know loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness. As a minister of Zhou, you are the brother of King Wu, and instead of thinking of serving the country, you try to rebel for your own selfishness, how can King Wu turn a blind eye when he has a spirit in the sky? I, Yin Wugeng, stand up to the sky and the earth, and will never conspire with you!"
Ji Xian's face was red when he heard this, his muscles twitched, and he scolded angrily: "Bold boy! I don't want you to be stubborn!" When he was young, the guards brought a woman in green clothes from the apse. When Yin Wugeng saw this person, he was immediately shocked out of his body, "Mother!"
Seeing Concubine Zhen fall into the hands of the other party, Yin Wugeng felt a chill in his heart, and shouted: "Mother, don't hurt my mother!" was about to step forward, but saw the guard raise a knife on Concubine Zhen's neck and shouted: "Don't move!"
Ji Xian said gloomily: "Since I have told you today, how can I let your mother and son leave? I have heard that you are quite filial piety, and now your mother's life is in your thoughts." You...... Is it allowed?"
When Yin Wugeng saw that his mother was being controlled, he was immediately confused, and his heart was like numbness, and he didn't know what to do.
Although Concubine Zhen was in a mess, she still raised her head and shouted: "Geng'er, King Wu treats you and my mother and son well, and you must not do anything treacherous because of me!"
Yin Wugeng was eager to save his mother, and hurriedly shouted: "And leave my mother's life, I ...... I promise you!"
Concubine Zhen has a straightforward and strong personality, knowing that Yin Wugeng is burdened by filial piety, and she is anxious: 'If I don't die, Geng'er will be used by gangsters and do great evil things to leave a stench for 10,000 years.' Then he snatched his waist knife and wiped his neck to kill himself.
"Geng'er! farewell!" I saw a stream of hot blood splashing out and spraying Ji Xian's face all over his body, startling him a row, and shouting: "Crazy! " Concubine Zhen immediately fell to the ground and died, and a bead flower on her head rolled down at Yin Wugeng's feet.
Ji Xian hurriedly hid his face and said angrily: "Bold slut, drag it down!"
Yin Wugeng was stunned when he saw this tragic situation, and now the only relative in the world has also left him, how can he be embarrassed? He knelt on the ground with weak legs and only held the bead flower tightly in his hand......
I don't know how long it took, but when Yin Wugeng opened his eyes again, he only saw that it was dark all around. "Where am I? Could it be that I have already entered the underworld? If I enter the underworld, I can reunite with my mother. Suddenly, there was the sound of water droplets in his ears, and Yin Wugeng, who was cold under him, trembled.
He opened his eyes and saw a ray of light shining through a small window and striking the tall wooden grille. Only then did I realize that I was in a cold prison.
"Bead Flower ......" Yin Wugeng was excited, groped up and down for a moment and took out a bead flower from his sleeve, which was the relic of Concubine Zhen. Yin Wugeng couldn't help crying when he saw the sorrow coming from things, and couldn't help crying: "God, poor my mother and son have never done anything hurtful to heaven and reason, and they just want to live a peaceful life, and they don't want to suffer today's catastrophe." ”
Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps coming from far and near, and Yin Wugeng knew that someone was coming, and hurriedly put the bead back in his sleeve and wiped away the tears in his eyes. When he was young, the footsteps were getting closer and closer, and a person walked to the wooden fence and said coldly: "Young Master Yin, is it still comfortable here?" Yin Wugeng looked up and couldn't help but have fire in his eyes, the person who came was the enemy Ji Xian.
"Ji Xian!" Yin Wugeng scolded angrily: "Shameless villain, what enmity does my mother and son have against you, and want to kill me?"
Ji Xian sneered: "Stinky boy, I gave you directions earlier but you didn't go, who can blame you for being like this now? We have already made a plan to use your name to lead the old ministers of Yin Shang to rebel." When the inside and outside join forces to seize the position of the Son of Heaven, it will not be too late to kill you at that time. He laughed and walked away.
It is said that after the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, some of the remnants of the Yin Shang still missed the Great Shang, refused to obey the control, and often rebelled in various places. The third uncle (Guan Shu Ji Xian, Cai Shu Ji Du, and Huo Shu Ji) used the name of Yin Wugeng to spread rumors, saying that he wanted to revive the Great Shang, and at the same time slandered the Duke of Zhou, saying that he planned to murder King Cheng and usurp the throne in an attempt to raise an army to rebel. In less than a month, smoke erupted inside and outside the government. At this time, Jiang Shang's god was finished, and he was unwilling to stay in the court for a long time after the death of King Wu, so he returned to his hometown. Ji Dan tried his best to support the son of King Wu as King Cheng, but King Cheng was still young, only nine years old, so he respected Ji Dan as 'Duke of Zhou', and all major affairs of the Zhou State were handled by Duke Zhou. The Duke of Zhou led the army to the east with the order of King Cheng, and once again returned to Muye to kill Chaoge. The third uncle, who had been prepared for a long time, hijacked Yin Wugeng and personally led the old department of Yin Shang to fight back wildly. But Yin Wugeng did not succumb to the third uncle's hostage from beginning to end, and did not give orders. Therefore, the army was not aligned, and it was defeated in the first battle, and the rebels collapsed in a short time.
The third uncle saw that the general trend had gone, so he could only hold Yin Wugeng hostage and want to flee to the north in order to make a comeback. Duke Zhou sent a large army to chase and intercept them, and finally captured the four people. After that, Uncle Guan was executed, and Uncle Cai and Uncle Huo were exiled. Only Yin Wugeng was the only one left who was put on death row and beheaded three days later......
Three days later, the pickaxe capital was cloudy and the wind was smashing, and the flags fluttered in front of the noon gate. Two columns of men and horses will be like iron buckets around the noon gate, and some bold people around are watching the excitement, not knowing who to kill today.
When he was young, a gong sounded, and a tall horse strode and stopped in front of the beheading platform, and the person on the horse was Zhou Gong Ji Dan. He dismounted and sat down slowly on the platform, as if waiting for something.
Zhou Gong personally went to the school to supervise the beheading, and the person who was going to be beheaded today was definitely not an idle person, and the surrounding people were talking about it. Zhou Gong looked up at the sky, the sky was gloomy, and there was an indescribable depression in his heart, thinking: 'Why do you always feel a little restless...... and then look at the sun It is noon. As soon as the hour came, Zhou Gong ordered: "Take Yin Wugeng!"
When he was young, he saw Yin Wugeng being taken out of the prisoner car with shackles on his hands and feet. He was cloaked in a mantle and a prison uniform, but his eyes were still bright and his gait was still steady. Walking in front of Zhou Gong, Yin Wugeng knelt down and said: "Sinner Yin Wugeng, I have seen Zhou Gong." ”
As soon as these words came out, the people watching from the periphery of the school were surprised: "It turns out that the person who is going to be beheaded today is the third son of the king of Xu!" "I heard that he colluded with the third uncle to rebel before, and it seems that he will inevitably die!" "It's a pity! This child is still so young......
As soon as Zhou Gong saw Yin Wugeng's resolute face and upright eyebrows, he couldn't help but move in his heart: 'This son is quite heroic and martial, and he has the style of the king of Zhou!' and asked: "Yin Wugeng, after you are the king of Zhou, King Wu Rende can't bear to kill you and demote you to a commoner." Why don't you want to repay the favor, but collude with the third uncle to rebel?"
Yin Wugeng's face did not change, and replied word by word: "Duke Zhou, although the criminal minister is the son of King Zhou, he is favored by King Wu. Is it a man who will take revenge? In fact, he was forced by the third uncle to be trapped in a den of thieves. Why should I be afraid of death? But I really have no objection!
Seeing that his appearance was good and upright, Zhou Gongdan hesitated for a while, but then thought about it: "This son is not a thing in the pool, and he is not his mastermind this time, but after all, he is a merchant bloodline, and there are many remnants of Shang, so it is difficult to guarantee that he will not rebel in the future." I am entrusted by King Wu to assist the Great Zhou, if I make a big mistake in the future because of the benevolence of today's thoughts, it will be too late to regret it!" Then he made a ruthless heart and shouted loudly: "Be bold and traitor! What you have committed has been seen by everyone, how can you deny it! Remembering that you are the blood of the Shang Dynasty, leave your whole body, and be buried in the Shang Mausoleum after death. ”
Zhou Gong then issued an order to behead Yin Wugeng. Yin Wugeng sighed and bowed to the sky, and shouted loudly: "I, Yin Wugeng, stand up to the sky and the earth, although I die today, I have no regrets!" and then went to the guillotine.
The nephew stood behind Yin Wugeng with a five-foot ghost head knife in his hand, and shouted, "Kneel!"
Yin Wugeng's face was like frost, and two words came out of his mouth: "Don't kneel!"
Zhou Gong asked, "Why don't you kneel?"
Yin Wugeng said word by word: "I am a descendant of Yin Shang, kneeling to heaven and earth! Kneeling down to my ancestors and parents! Not kneeling to others!"
Seeing this, Zhou Gong ordered: "That's it, let's stand and execute!"
The executioner was ordered to prepare for execution, and Yin Wugeng immediately closed his eyes. At this moment, suddenly the sky and the earth changed color and the wind surged, and the executioner holding the ghost-headed knife only felt chills all over his body. Zhou Gong looked up at the sky and saw a burst of red light surging from the tomb of Emperor Yin Shang twenty miles away from Chaoge, Zhou Gong was afraid that things would change and ordered: "Quick!
The last drop of Dashang's blood is in danger......