"No gift." Shao Yan waved his hand and said cheerfully: "Since you have surrendered to our Donglin Kingdom, why is Han Diansi still so unhappy? Could it be that he is dissatisfied with my decision, or..."
Han Qi hurriedly shook his head and said: "It is indeed a benevolent act for the emperor to ignore past grievances and recruit sinners like us. How can Han complain about it? It's just that the Lord of Yelu had a favor for Han in his early years, and Han did not dare to
I have forgotten that now that he has passed away, Han has no time to appreciate his kindness. He just wants to spend the rest of his life guarding his mausoleum and asks for the emperor's permission."
Shao Yan couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Although this man was not a good official when he was an official in the court, now that the Nile Kingdom has completely collapsed, he can still stick to his dead master. This shows that his
Fan Zhongxin, it is very rare for a minister to be able to do this. If I don't fulfill his wish, it would be a bit unreasonable. I thought about it and said generously: "To be honest, my army has just arrived on the island, and there are many
I still don’t understand things very well. There are many places where I still need to rely on you old ministers. Now it seems... Haha, since Han Diansi has made up his mind, I can’t force it. I am quite touched that you are so loyal. Okay, I
That’s right. In addition, I will give you another hundred taels of gold and a hundred fertile fields. Although this money is not much, it should be enough for you to spend the rest of your life."
When Han Qi heard this, he was stunned. When he was an official in the court, he often helped Yelu Bu do some shameful things, such as pretending to be a god to pray for rain, pretending to be a wizard to defraud people of money, defrauding sex, etc.
Theoretically speaking, these were Yelubu's ideas, and he could only be regarded as an accomplice at best. Just when Shao Yan led the Donglin army to occupy the island, and then after Yelubu was executed on the spot by the villagers at Caishikou, he gradually realized
He realized that the things he had done in the past were so absurd, so contrary to the laws of nature, and so unforgivable. If he were to be punished for several crimes, even if he died a hundred times, it would not be a pity.
Today, instead of pursuing his crime, Shao Yan took special care of him. He was first shocked, and secondly moved, with tears in his eyes.
This detail had long been noticed by Shao Yan, who deliberately joked: "I heard that Yelubu had the ability to call for wind and rain, but I never thought that all these so-called 'rains' came out of Han Diansi's eyes.
, it seems that Han Diansi has been working hard these past few years."
Han Qi couldn't help bursting into tears and said with a smile: "The emperor is laughing at Han. He is a sinner. The emperor does not pursue Han's previous crimes. That is a great kindness to Han. Han is unworthy of the emperor and even more unworthy of him."
How can the island residents have the dignity to accept the emperor's reward? Han is so bold that he asks the emperor to take back his life." Yan Bi bowed deeply.
Shao Yan smiled and said: "Han Diansi once said that humans are not grass, so who can have no faults? Moreover, most of these are caused by Yelubu's willfulness. Your 'God' king also looks like a romantic man.
A suave and beautiful man, but he was so ugly in his heart. He used people as dolls and did not regard ordinary people as human beings at all. However, before he died, he did a sensible thing, that is, he revised the book and asked you to wait.
Kaicheng surrendered and spared the lives of hundreds of people
Through this incident, I hope you can understand a truth. When any two countries go to war, it is the common people who will suffer in the end, and these suffering common people are precisely the main body of a country. Therefore, if you want to repent, you don’t have to spend your whole life
Staying in front of Yelubu's grave will only make you live in a shadow forever. In my opinion, you can spend your whole life on the purpose of benefiting the people. What is happiness in this world?
Only when you see joyful smiles on many people's faces can you be truly happy. Do you understand what I mean?"
Han Qi suddenly enlightened and nodded sincerely: "It can be said that listening to your words is better than studying for ten years. The emperor's words made Han suddenly enlightened. Han knew what to do. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, Han will definitely
You won’t be disappointed”
"Yeah" Shao Yan smiled knowingly
After Han Qi left, Shao Yan raised his head and took a deep breath into the blue sky. At this time, Mu Ying quietly came to his side and said with a sweet smile: "Han Qi has been helping Zhou to abuse him for many years, and he has been harmed by him."
There are countless people in his life. According to the laws of our dynasty, the death penalty is not an exaggeration. However, the emperor intends to make him repent and benefit the people. In this way, he will definitely be able to do his best to serve the emperor, and the people will be more prosperous from now on.
I have found a man of great kindness, the emperor is wise and wise, and I really make all the ministers fall to the ground.”
Shao Yan slowly lowered his head, gently twisted her red nose with his hand, and said with a wicked smile: "When did you, this girl, learn to flatter you?"
Mu Ying's pretty face turned red and she hurriedly said: "What I said is the truth, and I don't mean the slightest bit of flattery."
Shao Yan said earnestly: "Killing people is nothing but a nod. The reason why I don't pursue Han Qi's crime is because I think he is not bad at heart. If I am right, he held hundreds of people hostage a few days ago as a crime."
The hostage actually just wanted to scare us, he had no murderous intention at all."
"Then, why did the emperor agree to compete with Yelubu?" Mu Ying looked at him in confusion, then frowned slightly and said, "Do you know that you scared the three of us to death that day?
…”
Shao Yan knew that the other two people she was referring to were Cao Xuanjiao and Bai Ruxue. Speaking of which, the competition that day was really exciting. If he hadn't angered Yelubu with his provoking method earlier, he might have become that guy's subordinate.
Dead soul, no wonder this girl is unhappy
Seeing that this girl looked cute when she was angry, Shao Yan took advantage of her not paying attention, lowered his head and kissed her hard on the forehead, giggling and saying: "My kisses are always hot, if you don't believe me, just touch her."
Mu Ying's cheeks felt hot after being kissed like this, and her face turned red, even to the root of her neck. When she innocently touched her forehead with her hand, she realized that Shao Yan had already patted his butt and ran away, and she felt ashamed.
He was also happy and couldn't help but said angrily, Your Majesty, you will be cheating
…
Unconsciously, a few days have passed, and the order of the island has gradually returned to normal. The buildings that were damaged by the war have been restored to their original appearance, and the flag of Donglin Kingdom has been planted on the eaves of every city and every household.
, the streets and alleys are very lively
In order to celebrate the return of the island, Shao Yan ordered Chang Yixiao and Zhang Huaide to take the beasts and put on a complete performance for the island residents. Chang Yixiao saves trouble. He will do whatever the emperor says, but Zhang Huaide does.
He was full of complaints. During the last performance, he originally collected a lot of reward money, but in the end, all of it was given to the Dianji master Han Qi as a "filial piety". Now it's better, Han Qi has left, and not only can't he get the money back?
, and he has to continue to perform for free, there is no way, the emperor's words are imperial edicts, even if he has 110,000 reluctances in his heart, he dare not say no.
The weather was particularly good on the day of the performance. The sun was shining in the sky and the whole earth was warmed. Local residents came from all directions to watch the scene. Under the command of two animal trainers, Zhang Huaide and Chang Yixiao, several beasts performed wonderfully.
, has won enthusiastic praise from the audience countless times.
After the performance, people dispersed. Chang Yixiao and several assistants put the beast back into the cage, and then packed up the tools properly. Only Zhang Huaide sat alone on a small stone pier and complained.
"Chang Yixiao, do you think the emperor has forgotten us? Now that the Nile Kingdom has been defeated and the island has returned, our mission has been successfully completed. Logically speaking, the emperor should let us return to the army.
Why is there no news at all until now? We can’t be allowed to stay with these beasts for the rest of our lives? How boring would that be?”
"Then what do you think is so exciting?" As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Shao Yan, dressed in casual clothes, slowly walking out from behind him, accompanied by Bai Ruxue and Mu Ying.
Zhang Huaide, Chang Yixiao and the others were surprised and were about to kneel down to perform the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers. Shao Yan blinked at them. Then everyone thought that the emperor was going on tour incognito and could not reveal his identity, so they respectfully retreated to both sides.
Shao Yan walked up to Zhang Huaide and said, "Lao Zhang, do you know why I left you in the circus?"
Zhang Huaide shook his head and said, "I don't know."
"You and Chang Yixiao are good at everything, but they have a common shortcoming, that is, they are too impetuous. An impetuous person can only be a vanguard on the battlefield, taking the lead. He may seem majestic, but he is
Never think about achieving anything big, because killing the enemy in battle does not rely solely on brute force, but also requires some use of brains. You should be calm when you should calm down. It does not mean that you have to rush forward with a knife. In that case, it will be very easy.
You fell into the enemy's trap." Shao Yan smiled calmly and continued: "The purpose of keeping you here is to test your patience. It has been several months now, but Chang Yixiao has made some progress.
He won’t be as irritable as before. Based on this alone, Lao Zhang, you have to study hard with him."
Zhang Huaide blushed and clenched his fists and said: "I understand, I will try my best to correct myself in the future and strive to return to the army as soon as possible."
Shao Yan nodded with satisfaction, then took two books without covers from Mu Ying, handed them into their hands respectively, and said: "Some time ago, I asked Xuanjiao to copy two military books, and now I have specially handed them over to them.
I give it to you two. I hope you have time to look at it more and ask me if you don’t understand anything.”
The two of them caught the book as if they had found a treasure. They couldn't put it down and started flipping through it. Shao Yan saw that they were flipping through the book with gusto and didn't even care about what he said, so he quietly took Bai with him.
Ruxue, Mu Ying left
The three of them walked to the street. This was Shao Yan's first private visit since he pacified the island. Every time he saw the smiling faces of the people passing by, he suddenly felt indescribable pride and joy in his heart, because
, From now on, these residents no longer have to endure Yelubu's oppression for no reason, let alone give their daughters as offerings to others for waste. However, one thing is very puzzling to him. The victimized women in the palace have not been able to understand her until now.
No one came to claim it. For this reason, he once asked these women in detail, but they all just cried but said nothing. Looking at their expressions, they seemed to be full of grievances, but they did not dare to speak out.
At that time, Shao Yan thought that they did not dare to tell the truth because they were afraid of him, so he asked Bai Ruxue, Mu Ying, and even Cao Xuanjiao to come together, but the result was the same. These women refused to say anything, considering that they might
It was because of the shadow of the palace that led to such a lonely character. Therefore, Shao Yan asked Bai Ruxue to find a house outside the palace for them to live there temporarily, and allowed their families to freely go and collect it.
people
It has been three days, but I don’t know if they have been taken home by their families? Shao Yan was walking on the street and thought worriedly.
Bai Ruxue and Mu Ying saw what he was thinking and immediately accompanied him towards the house where the women lived. Unexpectedly, as soon as the three of them arrived at the gate, they heard many women calling for help.
Ghosts cry, wolves howl, it's very pitiful
Without saying anything, Shao Yan took the lead and walked quickly inside. He saw more than ten women in messy clothes running out of the inner room. Looking at their clothes, it was obvious that they had been torn. One of them was a plump woman.
He hurriedly rushed to Shao Yan and cried: "Your Majesty, please let us go."
Throughout the room, in addition to the woman's cries, there were also the lustful laughter of countless men. Shao Yan was about to reach out to help the woman up when he saw another slender woman running out of the back room. Her clothes were in tatters.
, the ice and snow skin was looming, her eyes were blank, her legs were lingering on the threshold, as if she was looking for someone to rescue her.
"Smelly bastard, if I hadn't worked so hard for you, would you be where you are today? Why don't you let me have fun with you?" As he spoke, a drunk Donglin soldier walked out of it.
He was in a daze and naturally did not pay attention to his surroundings. Seeing that the woman at the door refused to submit, he suddenly showed a ferocious face, brandished a sharp knife, and stabbed the woman in the chest from behind.