Ding Yunyi kept waving the dragon's teeth in his hand like a madman, constantly killing the targets in front of him.
Duan San'er never left Ding Yunyi's side, guarding him against the constant attacks from around him, just like a loyal dog with red eyes.
Guan Weiying and Jin Shuibo were completely at a loss as they watched helplessly as their men fell to the enemy's sword.
What kind of killing god is that!
"Block! Block!"
Guan Weiying screamed in despair, and Jin Shuibo rushed forward bravely. He didn't know if he could stop this murderous god, but he had to try no matter what.
Benxiao let out a terrifying neigh and rushed towards him. The majestic knight on the horse had a face as dark as water, and the sword that exuded the light of death only shocked people.
Close, getting closer...
Ding Yunyi had no intention of slowing down at all, and the strong wind whipped up by "Dragon Tooth" swept towards the target...
Jin Shuibo didn't stop either. The two war horses and two swords just passed each other...
The war horse rushed for dozens of steps and finally stopped... Jin Shuibo sat on the war horse, motionless... Then, his body shook, and then, a head rolled away from him
body...
Those royal guards were horrified to see a scene that they would never forget if they were alive:
A headless corpse was sitting on a horse. Blood was still pouring out of his neck...
Guan Weiying witnessed all this with his own eyes. He let out a pitiful cry, turned his horse and ran away. Although he was a royal guard, and although he usually showed off his power, such a terrifying and tragic scene completely shattered his fighting spirit.
Run? Ding Yunyi sneered. The dragon tooth in his hand flew out.
A whine came from Guan Weiying's mouth, and he fell off his horse.
Ben Xiao slowly walked towards him, and when he came to him, Ding Yunyi got off the horse and stared at the man on the ground who was screaming in pain.
"Don't kill me, don't kill me..." Guan Xiangying still had dragon teeth stuck on his back. He kept squirming in a pool of blood and begged.
Ding Yunyi didn't say anything, but slowly took out a short musket from his arms, which Jiao Xu had given to him at that time.
He pointed the muzzle of the gun at Guan Weiying's head, with a terrible smile on his face: "This is the greeting brought to you by the people of Changping Village..." There was a loud sound.
Ding Yunyi put away his musket and pulled out the dragon's tooth from Guan Weiying's body.
By this time, all fighting had stopped.
Ding Yunyi was covered in blood, Duan San'er was covered in blood, Hong Tiaoyuan was covered in blood, and Lao Ji was covered in blood... But they were all still standing. But those Jinyi guards had all turned into corpses.
.....
Lao Ji tried his best to count the bodies: "There are thirty-seven people in total, and none of them can escape."
"Third brother, are you satisfied?" Hong Tiaoyuan said weakly.
He tried his best, and the person lying here almost became him.
"Thirty-seven people cannot exchange for the more than 100 lives of Changping Village." Ding Yunyi said lightly, he stepped forward to check Hong Tiaoyuan's wounds: "Brother, you are old, these wounds on your body are enough
I've been keeping you in bed for months."
Hong Tiaoyuan laughed "haha". The pain from the wound completely distorted his face: "Am I old? Ding Laosan, come and try to fight me again!"
"I won't fight with you." Ding Yunyi shook his head: "You can't beat me...and I won't fight with my elder brother...elder brother"! When he heard these two words again, Hong
Tiaoyuan's eyes were a little moist. He seemed to think of those happy days in Penghu again.
"This time we have all caused a huge disaster." Lao Ji sighed. He was also covered in injuries and was stumbling: "If the news spreads, you, Ding Laosan, will have the support of the Holy One. Lao Ji and I will
Hong’s head can’t be saved.”
Ding Yunyi never thought that even Lao Ji could be so good at fighting. He smiled and said, "Second brother, why don't you come back to Taiwan with me?"
"I won't go, I won't go." Lao Ji said repeatedly: "Taiwan is your world, what can we do if we go? Retirement? Forget it, forget it, my family and Lao Hong's are all in their hands.
Well. Lao San, you go back and be your Uncle Wu Lie. Life or death for me and Lao Hong is up to us... Lao Ji's words were a bit waning.
In fact, everyone knows that he and Hong Tiaoyuan can no longer return to Taiwan. In Taiwan, there is only one eldest brother, and that is Ding Yunyi. If they go back now, even if Ding Yunyi doesn't care, who in Taiwan will regard them as the eldest and second brother?
Taiwan has long been Ding Yunyi’s Taiwan!
Hong Tiaoyuan asked Duan Saner to lead the horse for him. With the help of Ding Yunyi, he and Lao Ji reluctantly got on the horse. He bowed his hand to Ding Yunyi and said: "Third brother, always remember the words "loyalty and loyalty to the country". Don't let it down.
You must meet the Holy Emperor's expectations of you. Otherwise, even if there are tens of thousands of people protecting you, I...I will definitely take your life!"
"Brother, second brother, take care!"
Ding Yunyi didn't make any promises to him, he just said calmly.
Hong Tiaoyuan looked at him blankly, then suddenly let out a long sigh, clamped his horse with all his strength, and disappeared out of sight.
Maybe at that moment he had understood that no one could control Ding Yunyi, not him, not anyone... Gu Hengbo and the others had been waiting until the sunset, when they saw two bloody men riding on
The war horses came slowly.
Under the setting sun, their shadows were stretched very long. The people on the horse were tired, but they sat upright.
Ding Yunyi came to them, glanced at Jiao Xu and Yue Mei, and said softly: "We have avenged the revenge of Changping Village for you... Yue Mei covered her face and burst into tears again.
Revenge, revenge... But her husband is gone. Now, almost everyone in the village is dead... Now, there is only one place for her to go:
Taiwan......
Yuemei vowed that no matter how difficult it was, she would raise her and her husband's children and tell their children what a brave man his father was.
Jiao Xuwei walked over tremblingly: "Sir, what should we do with these people in Changping Village?"
Ding Yunyi looked at the corpses on the ground and sighed softly: "We can't take them back... cremate them all... Jiao Xu nodded silently.
Ding Yunyi is taking action, Jiao Xu is taking action, Yue Mei is taking action, Xu Yuqing and his wife are taking action, Gu Hengbo and the others are also taking action... Each of them is taking care of the body of their deceased, without fear or disgust.
, they just hope that these people can maintain their final dignity as much as possible before being cremated...
The corpses were gathered together, and Ding Yunyi held a torch in his hand and handed it to Yue Mei.
Yuemei's hand that took the torch was trembling, but she tried to make her hand holding the torch firmer. She took one last look at her relatives, and then threw the torch out with her eyes closed.
Tears flowed from her eyes...
The fire pierced the night sky. Xu Yuqing looked at the corpses that were gradually being burned in the fire and sighed: "The Jin Yiwei harmed people. In the 20th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu had already seen the shortcomings of the Jin Yiwei and burned them.
The torture tools of the Jin Yiwei showed the determination to abolish the Jin Yiwei. In the 26th year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu officially abolished the Jin Yiwei. Unfortunately, after the success of the Jingnan Emperor, Emperor Chengzu reactivated the Jin Yiwei. Not only that, but the spy nature of the Jin Yiwei was further strengthened...
...Ding Yunyi feels the same way. The existence of Jinyiwei is really a big problem for the Ming Dynasty.
The leader of the Jinyiwei is called the commander, who is usually held by the emperor's trusted generals, and is rarely held by eunuchs. His function is to "directly control the guards, patrol and arrest". A single number basically divides the Jinyiwei into two completely different departments.
The Imperial Guards, who are responsible for guarding the bodyguards, displaying the guard of honor and accompanying the emperor on tours, are basically the same as the traditional Imperial Guards. The more famous among them are the "Generals of the Han Dynasty". Although these people are called "Generals", they are actually only responsible for serving in the palace.
They served as servants, conveyed the emperor's orders, and also performed security work. To put it bluntly, they were stakes on the palace hall. Of course, these "stakes" were not ordinary people. They were generally tall and powerful, with strong backs and strong backs, and full of energy.
His voice was loud and majestic in appearance, which had a certain deterrent effect on those who did not know the details of the Ming Dynasty. The Han generals formed their own battalion in the Jinyi Guards, with about 1,500 people in the early days. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, due to the bureaucracy,
With the expansion of the organization, the number of Han generals also increased to more than 5,000.
As for "inspection and arrest", this is what makes the Jinyiwei different from other imperial guards of other dynasties, and it is also the reason why it can be remembered by people. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention of establishing the Jinyiwei was just to record the ceremonial guard, but
Later, due to his wanton slaughter of heroes, he felt that the traditional judicial institutions, the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate were not comfortable to use, so he upgraded the function of the Jinyiwei and made it the emperor's personal police.
School lieutenants and warriors are called "Tiqi" when they perform the task of arresting thieves and traitors. The number of Tiqi is at least one thousand and at most as many as 60,000. The Jinyiwei officer school generally selects Kong Wu from among the people.
Good citizens who are strong and have no bad records are admitted to the charge, and then they are promoted step by step based on ability and qualifications. At the same time, the official position of Jin Yiwei is also allowed to be hereditary.
The first two emperors of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, had high requirements for the maintenance of imperial power and the integrity of officials that were not found in other dynasties due to the particularity of their origins. This made the Jin Yiwei's "inspection and arrest" function unlimited.
enlarged.
Generally speaking, the work of Jinyiwei is limited to detecting various intelligence and handling cases assigned by the emperor. However, when an ambitious and ruthless commander comes to power, he will use his position to spare no effort to create trouble, which can not only attack dissidents, but also
It can be used as capital for your own promotion.
For example, Ji Gang during Chengzu's reign, Lu Gao during Yingzong's reign, Qian Ning during Wuzong's reign, etc. When they were in power, Tiqi came out everywhere, from the prime ministers to the vassal kings and down to the common people. They were all under their surveillance, and they were under their supervision.
As long as his orders are disobeyed, families will be destroyed, and the whole country is shrouded in an atmosphere of terror. The Fusi Prison in Beizhen is full of all kinds of innocent people, and the upright people who died under the torture of Jin Yiwei are even more.
Countless. What’s even more frightening is that this kind of terrifying atmosphere, unlike the short-term appearance during the Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian period, was almost continuous in the Ming Dynasty. This kind of uncontrolled arrests greatly affected the emperor and the bureaucracy.
The relationship between them caused the officials, people, army and emperor to alienate each other. No wonder some people said that the Ming Dynasty was not destroyed by rogue bandits, but by factory guards.
Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, also knew that such cruel policies could not last long. Therefore, after the Lan Yu case, that is, in the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu after most of the heroes were killed, Zhu Yuanzhang "declared that no one in the inner and outer prisons could go to the Imperial Guard.
"The Great and Small Xianjing Law Division", so he ordered that the power of the Jinyiwei be greatly reduced.
However, the bad government caused by the bad intentions at the time of the creation of the terracotta warriors was difficult to eradicate. When his son Zhu Di, King of Yan, took advantage of the special opportunity that all the civil and military heroes in the capital had been killed, and his vitality was seriously damaged, he raised an army to seize the throne of Ming Taizu's direct grandson Jian.
Emperor Wen's throne was for Ming Chengzu. In order to suppress the dissatisfaction of his subjects against him, he would inevitably have to massacre the subjects who were loyal to Emperor Jianwen. However, this required a secret service agency. Therefore, in the hands of Ming Chengzu, all the power of Jinyiwei was obtained.
It was restored and strengthened. For example, Yuan Bin was awarded the special title of Shangzhuguo, Commander-in-Chief of the Zuo Army, and was promoted to Guanglu Dafu, the most prominent commander.
The two dynasties of the early Ming Dynasty reused Jinyiwei. After that, the Ming dynasty made it difficult to get rid of this shortcoming.
Thinking of Jin Yiwei, Ding Yunyi suddenly thought of his own secret service organization "Golden Sword Guard". Although Golden Sword Guard is very different from Jin Yiwei, they do many of the same things.
To a certain extent, Golden Blade Guards also have great rights.
So, will the Golden Blade Guards, who hold such power, gradually expand like the Jinyi Guards?
More and more people are going to Taiwan, and there are all kinds of people. Therefore, Ding Yunyi still needs the existence of Golden Sword Guards at present, but what about the future? What should we do in the future?
When I want to control the Golden Blade Guard, can I still have it completely in my hands?
Or is it possible that the Golden Blade Guard will start to reduce its rights before it has reached that point?
Everything has two sides. We need it, but we are also worried about its hugeness. When the time comes, it will inevitably become a difficult situation.
What to do? Ding Yunyi hasn't thought about it yet.
"Sir, everything here has been settled. It's time for us to set off." Duan San'er came to Ding Yunyi's side and said.
"Yes, it's time to set off." Ding Yunyi nodded and glanced at the night.