Chapter 1265 I'm not afraid of being smashed to pieces
Although it was freezing cold outside the tent and the cold wind was raging, it was as warm as spring inside the coach's tent.
"You don't even want to ask how the battle went?" Zhu Yong gave Xu Jingchang a blank look.
Xu Jingchang personally poured a cup of hot daughter's red wine for Zhu Yong and handed it to him. He smiled and said, "Warm yourself up first."
"Hey, you really can keep your composure..." Zhu Yong took the wine glass, looked at the amber-colored wine in the white porcelain wine glass and said, "No matter how good the wine is, it tastes bitter to me now."
"Do you even need to ask? If the war goes well, you won't be able to come back now." Mr. Xu's speech and behavior showed elegance in his bones. He said unhurriedly: "But it doesn't matter. It was just a test in the first place. No one was hurt.
Just stay on."
"Hehe, the cost of this test is not small. Nearly three thousand soldiers were killed outside the camp gate without even stirring up any waves..." Zhu Yong said with a look of pain on his face: "Wang Xian, you are talking about dogs.
, What do you mean if you don’t attack the city properly and spend all your energy on repairing its turtle shell?” He was really heartbroken. The dignified Xuanfu commander-in-chief now only has 30,000 soldiers left, and he went to another one at a time.
It's done, and if we continue to straighten things out, we'll have to become a bare-bones commander.
Xu Jingchang was different. He brought 90,000 troops, and they were not damaged at all. Naturally, he said calmly: "If Wang Xian is willing to repair, let him do it. We won't be fooled by him and just surround him like this."
Going to Badaling. It’s getting colder every day, let’s see how long he can last.”
"Hey, that's the only way it can be." Zhu Yong nodded fiercely, drank the wine in the quilt, and said extremely depressed: "You said that I usually have a good relationship with him, why did you catch me and bully him?
Where are you?" As he spoke, Zhu Yong put down his wine glass and said: "When you fought with me, you were invincible. But when you got in front of Lao Wang, you suddenly turned into a turtle! We fought together, and I was the one who lost soldiers and generals!"
"Hahaha..." Xu Jingchang patted his shoulder and laughed: "You can't say that, Zheng Heng even lost his head..."
"That's true." Zhu Yong felt much better after hearing this and said: "That idiot's head is full of soybean juice, and he actually went to Wang Xian's mother-in-law to plot against him. Isn't he lighting a lantern in a manhole and seeking death?!"
"Indecent, indecent." Xu Jingchang shook his head helplessly and sighed: "I hope this will end soon and leave this ghost place as soon as possible. Life is really too difficult..."
"You are the only one who is having a hard time?" Zhu Yong scolded with a smile, "How about living like a fairy?"
Xu Jingchang shook his head and smiled without saying a word. In his eyes, even if life in Datong City is suffering, only when he returns to the capital and his own comfort zone can he live a life like a fairy...
But no matter what, the two of them are still in a happy mood. Up to now, they can no longer imagine how Wang Xian can escape from this dragnet... Since he wants to spend it, then let him spend it with him.
chant……
At the beginning, Arutai, Chakohan and others also thought so...
In Beijing, seven days have passed since Wang Xianbing arrived at Juyong Pass. During the seven days, every bit of news from Juyong Pass affected the minds of the monarchs, ministers and people. Fortunately, it was all good news...
When it was known that Wang Xian's army was stopped at Juyongguan and did not even have the courage to attack. As a result, Duke Dingguo, who was driven away, led an army of more than 100,000 to block Badaling. Only then did the monarchs, ministers and people in Beijing break free from extreme fear.
It seems that no matter how strong Wang Xian is, he is not a god after all. Under the impregnable Juyongguan defense line and the heavy encirclement of more than 200,000 troops, it is impossible for him to threaten the capital...
The common people finally stopped gathering under the city gate, crying and shouting to leave the city. The tense heartstrings of the emperor and ministers finally relaxed. Zhu Zhanji and Yang Shiqi began to arrest the whole family of Wang Xian's party. At the beginning,
, they were worried that if Wang Xian created another miracle and broke through Juyong Pass, and his troops reached the gates of Beijing, they would not dare to arrest anyone.
At this moment, seeing that Wang Xian had no hope of breaking out for a while, he quickly asked Dongchang to arrest people. Teams of Dongchang fans with leather boots and white hats, with fully armed soldiers, were in the capital.
They rampaged through the streets and alleys, kicked open the doors, chained up all the people in the house, regardless of gender, old or young, and drove them outside. They were strung together with the prisoners they had captured before, like a long
The centipede dragged them through the streets and alleys, doing everything possible to humiliate them.
As Wang Xian's sister and brother-in-law, Yin Ling and Yu Qian were naturally the focus of care. In fact, on the night when the two were first released, the Jinyiwei people tried to send them out of the capital and seek refuge in Shandong. However, the two
They were tightly guarded by the people from Dongchang, and the entire alley where they lived was completely blocked. No matter how capable the Jinyiwei were, they could not transport two living people out under such circumstances.
After the news of Wang Xian's rebellion came, Yu Qian and Yin Ling knew that they would be arrested and imprisoned by the Dongchang people again. They did not want to be humiliated anymore, so they piled firewood from the woodshed at home in the main room.
During the process, they poured vegetable oil on the firewood, and when the people from Dongchang came to the door, they both set themselves on fire.
This day happens to be the Winter Solstice. The so-called Winter Solstice Dumplings and Summer Solstice Noodles are all northerners eating dumplings on this day. The couple used the last bit of dough at home to roll out the dough, and then cut the last carrot into cubes and mixed it with the eggs to make the filling.
Son, he sat in the main room and wrapped dumplings calmly.
Water is boiling on the charcoal stove next to it, and the charcoal fire in the stove is strong. Just take out a piece of charcoal and the entire hall can be lit in an instant.
But there was no trace of fear on their faces. They carefully made out beautiful dumplings one after another and arranged them neatly on the chopping board. If you look carefully, you will find that those dumplings are like using a ruler to clamp them.
They are arranged the same, whether vertically or horizontally, the distance is exactly the same. Yu Qian's meticulousness permeates every aspect of life, and only Yinling can stand him...
A chopping board was laid out, and Yin Ling opened the lid of the pot and put dumplings into the boiling water. Yu Qian sat quietly opposite her, wiping his fingers carefully with a white towel while looking at his wife's face intently. The light of the furnace
Yin Ling's face was reflected in red. This was such a happy winter scene, but now it will become the last memory before farewell.
Yu Qian seemed to go back to the brightly lit Lantern Festival more than ten years ago, and how he looked when he first met her. At that time, Yin Ling was still childish, so delicate, naive and unruly, and her whole body was filled with carefreeness.
The youthful atmosphere.
More than ten years have passed, and she is already his mature and beautiful wife. However, he cannot bring her a happy and safe life. Tonight, she will accompany him on the road to death. Thinking of this, Yu Qian felt like a knife was piercing his heart.
I couldn't help but say softly: "I'm sorry."
"How do you say this?" Yin Ling's gaze shifted from the tumbling dumplings to her husband's face.
"If I hadn't been so stubborn and followed your second brother's arrangement to go to Shandong, I wouldn't be here today." Yu Qian said apologetically.
Yin Ling shook her head gently. "I am the one who should say I'm sorry. If it hadn't been for my second brother's matter, my husband was still an official of the imperial court. How could he be in jail?"
"Second brother, he was forced to do nothing." Yu Qian said softly: "Forget it, there is no need for the family to apologize."
"That's right." Yin Ling smiled, paused, and asked hesitantly: "There is something I have always wanted to ask you."
"Madam, please speak." Yu Qian said with a smile. The husband and wife have always been so respectful to each other, and their relationship has only grown deeper over time in such an ordinary relationship.
"Ms. sir, what do you think of my second brother?" Yin Ling sighed softly after saying this. This was a knot in her heart. Her most beloved second brother has now become a rebel in the Ming Dynasty. She is really afraid that her husband will be like a traditional scholar-official.
Look at him the same way.
"Second brother..." Yu Qian paused and replied with a firm look: "That's right. He never wanted to betray the court, let alone have any disobedience. It's those people who judge the heart of a gentleman with a villain's heart, step by step.
He forced me to this day." As he said this, Yu Qian raised his eyebrows and said in a more determined tone: "If the king treats his ministers as his brothers and feet, then his ministers will regard him as his heart and soul; if his ministers regard his ministers as grass and mustard, then his ministers will regard him as a bandit!
A gentleman's loyalty is for the world and the people, not for one family. As long as he is worthy of the people of the world, he is still a gentleman and a loyal minister in my heart!"
After hearing this, Yin Ling smiled with relief and said, "Second brother will definitely be very happy if he can hear what you said." He said with a sad look on his face, "It's a pity that we will never see each other again."
Yu Qian stretched out his hand, wiped away the tears from the corner of his wife's eyes, and said softly: "The dumplings are ready to be taken out of the pot."
Yin Ling nodded, then picked up the fence to hold the dumplings. At this time, there was a violent banging on the door outside, "Open the door, open the door!"
Yin Ling's heart sank, and the hand holding the bowl shook. Yu Qian held her shoulder and took the bowl steadily, "Ignore them, let's eat a few dumplings before we are on our way."
After two bowls of dumplings were placed, Yu Qian handed the chopsticks to his wife, then picked up a pair of chopsticks, picked up a dumpling, put it into his mouth and chewed it slowly.
Inspired by her husband, Yin Ling also calmed down, picked up her chopsticks, and ate the dumplings.
At this time, the courtyard door outside was kicked open fiercely, and the fans from Dongchang swarmed in with iron-chained weapons. They saw the couple sitting by the stove in the main room, eating the winter solstice food calmly.
dumpling.
The gangsters were stunned for a moment. They had arrested so many people, but they had never seen such a big-hearted person... The leading stall owner was about to shout and ask someone to take them down, when he suddenly froze.
It turned out that he saw that the main room was filled with firewood, and the vegetable oil on the firewood was still dripping. As long as the red fire was overturned, the whole room would be engulfed in fire in an instant.
At this point even a fool can see that these two people are about to set themselves on fire!
The stall owner quickly raised his hand to stop his men from acting rashly, and said with a dark face: "Hurry up and ask Shuntian Mansion to send two water dragons!"
The men were not stupid, so they dared to ignite the fire and burn themselves. They quickly ran out to bring the water hose to extinguish the fire.