Chapter two hundred and thirty-four: a full closing
To say that Ma Shiying is smart is not an exaggeration; to say that he is stupid is quite reasonable.
They thought that as long as they had enough money with them and dressed up as a passing businessman, even if they encountered soldiers guarding various important roads and gave them enough money, it would be fine. But they did not expect that an ordinary passing businessman would not
With so many boxes, they looked like they were moving.
Furthermore, the servants around him are all tall and tall, with sharp eyes. How can they be the servants of an ordinary businessman's house? They say they are all martial arts practitioners, and they all look down upon them. At this glance, they have killed people.
His eyes never whisper to each other, his eyes are bright and his steps are steady.
Quite a bit like a soldier.
A team of Jin Yiwei rode on horseback to search for Ma Shiying's traces along the way. A message was sent from above to search along the road from Yingtianfu to Taiwan. Ma Shiying's team was relatively large, and it would be very troublesome if they took a small road. Therefore, he would inevitably disguise himself and set off from the main road.
In this way, hundreds of Jin Yiwei kept searching the avenue.
It wasn't until a group of cavalry passed by that they discovered that the leader had a rather ruthless and sinister look on his face. Looking at his clothes, they were not even ordinary clothes, but rather some of the fabrics from the south of the Yangtze River that were used to pay tribute to the imperial court.
This detail immediately caught his attention, and he immediately ordered the convoy to be surrounded. After taking a closer look, he found that between every two carriages, there was a pile of cargo that felt like something was placed there. Until the sun slowly turned
When I came, I saw that there was a faint flash of sharpness there!
It is undoubtedly a weapon!
However, this Jin Yiwei Qianhu was not in a hurry. Instead, he first sent someone to report the news, and then he immediately informed the soldiers, and then slowly prepared to surround them.
Until Ma Luan felt something was wrong and asked that question, Qianhu immediately shouted: "You rebels! I have been ordered by Your Majesty to arrest Ma Shiying and others! Come on, capture them!"
As soon as he said these words, Ma Luan quickly drew his sword with quick eyes and hands, and immediately chopped down the soldier closest to him to the ground. Then he ran back without stopping. The servants knew that they had been exposed, so they immediately stopped covering up and immediately
Pull out the sword hidden in the carriage next to you and arm yourself.
The Jin Yiwei who had been staring at them also immediately rushed forward with their swords drawn and stood with them.
Qian Hu also immediately ordered everyone to surround and kill Ma Shiying and others, and shouted: "Except Ma Shiying and his son! No one else will be left alive! Whoever kills one person will be rewarded with a hundred taels! Charge!"
In fact, he still had one sentence that he had not finished saying, that is: Even if he is a child, he must not let it go.
With such a large reward, all the Jin Yiwei and soldiers rushed forward with a roar, and fought fiercely with Ma Shiying's guards. The first moment of the battle, there was the sound of swords clashing, and the next moment was several seconds.
Arcs of blood flew into the air, and many people were killed on the spot.
Ma Shiying, who was sitting in the carriage, couldn't help but panic in her heart. She never expected that after passing so many checkpoints, the carriage would overturn here. She hurriedly shouted outside: "Luan'er! Protect me as a father!"
After Ma Luan outside slashed a Jin Yiwei who rushed over, he immediately rushed to the carriage where Ma Shiying was sitting. He opened the curtain and gasped: "Father, run! There are too many of them, and there will be more soon."
Reinforcements! If you don’t run, you won’t be able to leave in a while!”
But Ma Shiying was unwilling to give up the treasures of more than a dozen carriages, which he had saved all his life. If he suddenly gave them all up now, wouldn't it cost him his life? But now that he was in danger, how could he keep these treasures?
Where's the next? I can't help but feel pain in my heart. I really can't bear to leave these treasures behind.
It wasn't until his son begged that he reluctantly got off the carriage, but suddenly ran back and took out something from the carriage. Seeing this, Ma Luan couldn't help but scolded: "Dad, what time is it? Why?"
Still can’t bear these things?”
"As long as we sell this, we will have food and clothing for the rest of our lives!"
Ma Shiying stuffed the object directly into his arms, with an expression that no one could snatch it away. Ma Luan was also very angry and helpless because of this father, but he had no choice but to do it after all, he was his biological father, so he pulled him to the side of the mountain forest.
He ran away madly.
There was still the sound of swords clashing behind him, and there were screams from time to time. The smell of blood swept through the place instantly, and even the fragrance of the surrounding green trees couldn't stop this smell.
At this time, the reinforcements from the Jin Yi Guard Brigade arrived quickly and immediately killed the guards who were still resisting. After a while, the place was covered with corpses and the ground was covered with blood.
The person who came was Zhang Fu, a member of the royal guard. He just glanced at the corpses everywhere, and then immediately asked the Qianhu coldly: "Where is Ma Shiying?"
Seeing that the person who came was his superior, Qianhu immediately stepped forward and replied respectfully: "Report to Lord Qianshi, Ma Shiying took advantage of the chaos and escaped with his son during the fierce battle just now! He should be in that mountain forest at this time.
"
"Chase!"
With an order, followed by the crisp sound of a riding whip, he immediately led a large group of guards in uniform and pursued them directly into the mountains and forests.
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Yingtian Mansion has also been beheading officials and generals who have been reported to have helped or were friendly to them in the past few days. This time, Zhu Ling also directly started killing people.
, since the last time he killed a group of people in the capital, there has never been such a killing spree.
In less than three days, nearly seven to eight hundred people were beheaded one after another. The execution ground was dyed red with blood, and even the executioner's guillotine was changed several times for the first time. But they also made a lot of money these days.
, especially those who were beheaded were officials or wealthy people. In order for their relatives to die more comfortably, their families secretly gave them some money to make them more comfortable.
It's so uncomfortable even when I'm dying, and it's not easy even when I'm down there.
Zhu Ling was not idle these days. He first summoned Wu Linzheng and others whom he had not seen for a long time and comforted them. Then he rewarded these loyal ministers as usual, including official positions and gold and silver treasures. However, he was not stingy.
Several of them are already members of the cabinet, and they are also second-rank officials, with almost no title left.
All I can do is add the rank of a first-rank official, give some rewards, and have a meal together, which is pretty much it.
Only this time, the performance of Lu Zhenfei and Zheng Chenggong surprised him. He never expected that the plan and implementation of rescuing Wu Linzheng and others and rescuing Guan Ningjun this time were basically Zheng Chenggong. And the one who rescued Yong Wang and Ding Wang,
It was also planned by Lu Zhenfei. The two of them must be well rewarded.
"Lu Zhenfei listens!"
"I'm the governor of Huai'an, Lu Zhenfei is here!" Lu Zhenfei immediately knelt on his knees and bowed his head to obey orders.
"The emperor was entrusted with the destiny, and the edict said: Governor Lu Zhenfei, regardless of himself, cared about the court. He committed himself to the enemy camp and dedicated himself to the country. He secretly rescued the two highnesses of King Yong and King Ding, which was a real contribution. He made great contributions to annihilating Ma Shiying and other rebellious ministers.
For your indelible achievements, from now on, I will appoint you as the third-grade governor of Jiangnan, supervise all salt taxes and mineral taxes in Jiangnan, so that my Ming Dynasty can have a safe Jiangnan. I appreciate this!"
As Wang Chengen's sharp and high-pitched voice fell, Lu Zhenfei, who was kneeling on the ground, immediately shouted: "Your Majesty, Lu Zhenfei, thanks the Lord for your kindness. I hope that Your Majesty and the Ming Dynasty will live forever and live forever!"
Then when facing Zheng Chenggong, Zhu Ling was not in a hurry to reward him. After all, there was another background behind him, which also caused a headache for the court.
Although Zheng Zhilong is now called a general of the Ming Dynasty, his heart is not in the Ming Dynasty. He still lives the same life as he once did, and the navy of the imperial court has long lost its former glory, so what he did
It was also very helpless. But in the future, if we want the Ming Dynasty to completely recover and have the strength to annihilate and defeat the enemy, the waterway must be opened.
And the key to opening up the sea does not lie with the ignorant officials, but with Zheng Zhilong.
No matter how organized he is, he still allows his subordinates to plunder merchant ships in the South China Sea. Not only the foreigners want to plunder, but also the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty. He also wants to take something. In this way, maritime merchants will inevitably be restricted.
Living. It is naturally difficult and ups and downs to make money from foreigners.
Moreover, Zheng Zhilong is a good person. Even if he knows history, he may not be able to grasp others. But he has a breakthrough point, and this breakthrough point is naturally Zheng Chenggong. Zheng Chenggong can also be regarded as the son of a pirate, but his person
But he has the appearance of a naval commander, and in history he even made a heroic feat of regaining Taiwan!
It's just that his idea of restoring the country was different from Li Dingguo's at the time. After all, he didn't have a firm determination on who should be the emperor. He just felt that whoever should do it in the world should not be done by Jiannu. This made Li Dingguo extremely difficult at that time.
, if the two of them had joined forces at that time, there would have been some hope of regaining sight.
Looking at Zheng Chenggong kneeling below, Zhu Ling also pondered for a long time amid everyone's doubts, and finally said slowly: "Did you save Mr. Wu?"
"Exactly, Your Majesty."
Zheng Chenggong did not raise his head, but spoke respectfully. He currently has no official position and no status, so he is treated as a commoner and cannot look at His Majesty at will.
"Then Guan Ningjun is you too?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
In fact, Zheng Chenggong didn't know why His Majesty asked these things. Master Wu should have told His Majesty these things. I really don't know the meaning of asking this again today?
"If I ask you to save another person, will you go?"
Although he didn't know who he would save, Zheng Chenggong still agreed: "You are willing, how dare you ask Your Majesty who you want to save?"