Chapter 21: The Three Months of Filial Piety Unfinished
In such a huge Golden Palace, all the civil and military officials and the emperor sat high, but they were silent.
The eyes were different, but they were either shocked or surprised, and they slowly moved with the four guards of the palace gate.
Four great generals were carrying a shelf with a mouthful of weapons on it.
When the Han general placed the weapon rack in the hall, Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting upright on the dragon chaise, looked at the octagonal iron cone on the rack that was more than meter long, thick with the mouth of the bowl and the tip of the head, and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his eyes.
The iron cone is dark and inconspicuous, with the surface of the cone handle as thick as the mouth of the bowl, which is uneven. You can tell at a glance that it is a shoddy thing. But on the head of the octagonal cone, the thick layer of dark red dirt, with a scattering evil spirit, makes people shudder.
For a moment, the sound of sucking cold air sounded in the hall.
Emperor Chongzhen let out a breath, forcing himself to suppress the moving look on his face. He slowly put down the memorial in his hand, covered his hands on it, and pressed it hard.
Then he spoke: "The memorials of the Ji Liao Commander, all the officials have known it. The good news should not be false."
When Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, he was ambitious and took Taizu and Chengzu as his ambitions to make the world peaceful and the rivers clear and the sea peaceful. However, after he ascended the throne, he realized that the state was difficult.
All the civil and military officials in the court, he could hardly believe any of them.
There are lies and good news is often fabricated.
Only then did he realize that the emperor called himself a lonely person and a widow, was not reserved.
Therefore, during the previous court meeting, there was a Liaodong news report, which he did not believe. Especially after reading the detailed description of the Hong Chengchou news report, he felt as if he was reading a novel of the novel, which was so ridiculous.
Someone who was the Overlord of Chu, who had to use his own strength to smack the top leaders of the Tartars. As a result, the Ming army won a great victory, beheading 20,000 levels and capturing more than 10,000.
This is clearly a joke!
Deceiving the king!
In the good news, Hong Chengchou had never made any modifications. He said and said straightforwardly, presenting everything that happened since Zhao Yu appeared.
Hong Chengchou also knew that this fact was a bit incredible. But he had evidence.
Therefore, while sending back the good news, Hong Chengchou sent someone to take the lead, carrying ten cars of people and carrying an iron cone.
Moreover, the person who reported the news was Li Fuming, the general of Tashan, and a group of soldiers who had witnessed Zhao Yu's fierce power.
He himself was cleaning up the mess after the war and waiting for the imperial court to transfer orders.
At present, Li Fuming was standing in the row of generals.
The previous good news was presented by Li Fuming himself. Emperor Chongzhen was the first to see the good news in the Golden Palace. Even Li Fuming had never seen it - it was a memorial from the supervisor to the emperor after all.
When Emperor Chongzhen asked his personal eunuch Wang Chengen to read out the good news in front of the civil and military officials of the court, what followed was a tide of condemnation.
The officials and generals first pointed their finger at Li Fuming, saying that they were just falsely spreading good news and deceiving the emperor and wanting to take him down and behead him and show them to the public.
Li Fuming was mentally prepared.
He was calm and he first made a little refutation and then showed the evidence.
So a great Han general lifted the iron cone placed outside the hall.
The iron cone was full of evil spirits, which made people feel a little chilled. But it was still not enough for the civil and military officials of the court to believe that they would be talking to each other in the past night.
Some people say: It’s just a fake. If an iron cone is heavy, it will be heavy. Just throw someone to death on the head of the cone. It’s not like this that I can’t be created.
Li Fuming still smiled faintly and never had any stage fright.
He only knew that this was the truth. And after this matter was implemented, he made contributions.
So he went out to worship: "Your Majesty!"
Emperor Chongzhen brushed his sleeves and robe: "Say."
Li Fuming then turned around a few steps, reached the weapon stand in front of the hall, pointed to the three feet of the tapered handle, and said, "Your Majesty, you have never looked closely. Let's look here!"
Some people close to the front of the civil and military officials looked sideways and looked closely and showed surprise.
The emperor nodded to Wang Chengen beside him. Wang Chengen walked down the steps and came close to him. Following Li Fuming's finger, he saw a clear palm print three feet above the tapered handle!
It was clearly a big hand, once held here, with peerless divine power, which made a mark of this gold and iron thing!
Wang Chengen took another step forward and looked at it carefully. It was clear that the palm prints, even the palm prints on them were lifelike. This was clearly not artificial!
He couldn't help but stretch out his hand, closed the palm print but grabbed it, then quickly returned to the emperor, and shouted: "Go back to Your Majesty, there is a lifelike palm print on the tapered handle. As I see it, it should not be artificial."
"Palmprint?!"
Emperor Chongzhen said in surprise: "Is it the hero who made it with bare hands?"
Just turned his eyes to Li Fuming.
Li Fuming bowed quickly and said, "Your Majesty, this iron cone was built by the Mo General who sent people to the Mo General overnight. At that time, the Hong General sent troops to Songshan to confront Jinzhou. The Mo General was in charge of the rear of Tashan to ensure the smooth flow of food. That night, the slave chief Huang Taiji sent 8,000 Ajige Jingqi to attack Tashan around Songshan, and wanted to cut off our army's retreat. The Mo General had only 3,000 troops from Tashan, and the whole city was full of food and grass. All the attack and defense equipment were taken away by the Superior General. The Mo General was ready to live and die with the city."
Righteousness.
"The general sent his tent to the tent to not accept the Tartars at night, and investigated the movements of the Tatars. At the foot of the mountain outside Tashan, he met Zhuang Shi Zhao. Zhuang Shi Zhao was ambushed on the pass with one knife. He also asked the general to send his troops to the general Ye Busuo to send his merits and let Ye Busuo take back Tashan to report the news. Please send troops immediately."
Li Fuming looked incredible: "The generals thought they were not convinced. The generals had few soldiers, but they were not elite, and they were not enough offensive and defensive equipment. In order to protect the city, how could they dare to go out of the city to fight?"
When the emperor heard this, he and the civil and military officials in the court nodded in agreement.
I heard Li Fuming say, "But soon, about a stick of incense, there was no time for a night to report. It was said that Zhao Zhuangshi killed Ajige, and the eight thousand troops of Ajige killed were about to collapse."
Everyone showed incredible expressions on their faces.
"The last general is skeptical." Li Fuming said: "So he sent a team of personal soldiers to check it out. But it was true!"
"So you led your army out of the city?" the emperor couldn't help asking.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Fuming said: "If you say that you don't stop what you said before, you still have doubts, but the personal soldiers of the last generals are old brothers for many years, and you will never deceive the last generals."
The emperor nodded slightly.
"When the last general led his army to Lianshan Pass," Li Fuming exclaimed: "Ajig's eight thousand elite cavalry have been cut off half by Zhuang Shi Zhao. Many of them have kneeled down and surrendered, and there are very few who have escaped."
Hong Chengchou's memorial was also described in the battle of Zhao Yu's formation to kill Ajige and defeating the 8,000 troops, but it was not detailed. Now that Li Fuming said one by one, the emperor couldn't help but be amazed, his face turned red, and he clapped his hands repeatedly.
Then Li Fuming said that he invited Zhao Yu to Tashan, and then sent a message to Hong Chengchou, and then he asked Tashan craftsmen to melt such a large iron cone for Zhao Yu overnight.
"This iron cone is the one who is in charge of the Mo General. Whether there are palm patterns on it, the Mo General is very clear in his heart." Li Fuming said: "Zhao Zhuangshi defeated Ajige that day, and arrived at Songshan the next day, and that night, the commander Hong sent troops. This iron cone was only in Zhao Zhuangshi's hands for a day and a night."
After hearing this, everyone was silent.
After a long time, Emperor Chongzhen sighed, "It's a real warrior!"
He looked at the iron cone: "The cone is covered with blood from Tartars. The life of the slave chief is really a magic weapon!"
Then he couldn't wait to ask, "Where is Mr. Zhao now? Have you ever come to the capital with you?"
Hearing this, Li Fuming couldn't help but look regretful, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that the supervisor's memorial has never been stated. Zhao Zhuangshi had no intention of being in the army. He was a native of Daxing Fort in Ningyuan. The last general's ancestral home was in Dafu Fort, and was a close neighbor. The last general had a detailed discussion with Zhao Zhuangshi that night. He knew that he came out of the mountain just to avenge his revenge."
After a pause, he said: "After defeating the Tartars that night, the supervisor interrogated the captives and learned that Zhao Zhuangshi rushed to the front of a group of senior generals such as the slave chief, and killed six or seven senior Tartars including Duoduo and other slave chiefs, and captured the slave chief Huang Taiji alive, and then disappeared with the slave chief."
"The next day, the iron cone was found at the gate of Tashan City."
"When Mo will return to the mansion, the heads of Ajige whom Zhao Zhuangshi, whom Mo will keep, and another general who was proven to be the eldest son of the slave chief Huang Taiji, will be gone."
Seeing that the emperor also showed regret, Li Fuming couldn't help but say, "As far as the last guess, Zhao Zhuangshi thought he had taken the head, took the slave chief, returned to his hometown to pay tribute to his parents."
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Although Emperor Chongzhen regretted, he did not give up.
Although Li Fuming said that Zhao Yu had no intention of going to the military, Chongzhen did not believe it. Who is not aware of the civil and military skills, the goods and the imperial family?
Such a talent, with his own strength, defeated the soldiers and horses of the Tartar clan. It was a blessing from God!
When the Ming Dynasty was in trouble with internal and external troubles, such a person suddenly appeared and helped the imperial army to set the victory. Isn’t this God’s will?
Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but think that if he found this god-given warrior, even the Tartars would be no match for him, then how could he be a mere thief?
Therefore, he hurriedly sent an order to Liaodong, and ordered Hong Chengchou to find Zhao Yu.
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Outside the mountain village, under the old pineapple, I didn’t know how to set up a small thatched hut.
Zhao Yu sat cross-legged in the hut, wearing mourning clothes, quietly staring at the altar, occasionally crossing the altar, looking at the decaying village.
On the altar, more than ten human heads were shriveled, the flesh on the face had dried up, like a dead tree bark, pressing against the bones. The eyes had maggots and sunken.
It seems particularly hideous and terrifying.
The smell of corpse was filled with stench. If it weren't for the hut at the upper vent, Zhao Yu would probably be so invincible that he would be fumigated.
Five or six days have passed.
Qiu Laohu looked back and said that the weather was particularly hot these days. Although the more than ten heads had been pickled, they could not stand such weather.
On that day, Zhao Yu killed Huang Taiji in front of the altar and sacrificed his parents and relatives, so he temporarily settled down here.
Chapter completed!