Chapter 272: A Beautiful Woman Has an Appointment 1
The person who said this was none other than Zhang Long, Zhao Hu’s die-hard brother during his lifetime. The two of them came from the same village and grew up together. Later, they were both drafted into the Chu army to serve in the army. Zhao Hu was reckless by nature and a bit
He was lustful, so he made a lot of mistakes during his military service, mostly because of women. Zhang Long's character was completely different. He was upright but calm, generous but not brave and wise.
It is precisely because of the difference in personality that the two men's official positions in the army are far apart. Zhang Long has now been promoted from a flag officer to a general soldier, while Zhao Hu is still a fifth-rank flag officer. Although
Even so, the relationship between the two is still better than that of real brothers. This time Zhao Hu committed a serious crime. Zhang Long begged Shao Yan more than once and even offered his own head in exchange for his brother's life. However, everyone is equal before the law.
, there is no room for any self-sacrifice, so Shao Yan rejected his request mercilessly at that time
Zhang Long couldn't bear to see his brother's head missing, so he pretended that he was unwell early this morning, and Zhang Baihu allowed him to stay in the army to recuperate. Little did he know that when Zhao Hu and others were brought to the execution ground, he had already changed into
He took the people's clothes and infiltrated into the crowd of onlookers. Although he never saw the tragic scene of people's heads falling to the ground, he encountered the most tragic scene. Eighteen people and eighteen blood marks, all of them looked like a knife.
Cutting the flesh in his heart one by one
"Brother, I have always complained about my elder brother. I remember you told me in the early years that you were getting older and wanted to marry a daughter-in-law and live a good life. My elder brother once promised you a marriage, but then he actually forgot about it.
, If not, why would you commit this crime?"
The cold wind whistled slightly in his ears. Zhang Long sat cross-legged by the city wall, talking and lighting a pile of yellow paper. His expression was very haggard, especially under the reflection of red light.
One feels very pale and helpless
He was sitting facing the city wall, and suddenly he saw a tall figure on the side of his body. He turned sideways suddenly, and saw that Shao Yan was also there paying homage to the dead souls in the same way. He hurriedly wiped the
With tears in the corners of his eyes, he ran over and saluted: "The last general, Zhang Long, has seen my emperor, long live..."
Shao Yan said sincerely: "You don't need to be polite if you love me."
"Your Majesty, why don't you..." Zhang Long hesitated to speak.
Shao Yan threw all the stack of ghost papers in his hand into the fire, then looked at the blood marks on the city wall, sighed and said: "You are missing your brothers, so why am I not? They are not only your good brothers, but also
They are my loyal and brave disciples. Although they have committed an unforgivable crime today, their fierce loyalty to me and to the Donglin court cannot be erased."
Zhang Long said with tears: "The emperor can be so considerate of his subordinates and caress his subjects. If our brothers have spirits in heaven, they will feel at ease even under the Nine Springs."
Shao Yan nodded, and then sighed deeply: "The state has national laws, and families have family rules. Even though they have made countless achievements in the past, in the face of national laws and friendship, I can only choose the former. Merits are rewarded, and crimes must be punished."
, This is not only the foundation of governing a country, but also the way to govern a family." At this point, he turned his head and said seriously: "Zhang Aiqing, do you think that I am a little too unreasonable to do this?"
"No," Zhang Long said categorically: "Brothers have all said that the emperor is a wise king. They just hate wasting this life. They all look forward to following you in the next life to conquer the world. Regarding this, the general will also express his gratitude.
If the emperor has no talent, as long as the emperor needs to use the position of the general in the future, the general will be devastated and die."
Another loyal and brave general. It seems that my coming to this world has not been in vain. I have met so many loyal brothers. Shao Yan couldn't help but feel relieved. He walked over, patted his shoulder and said solemnly: "
Good brothers, if I have loyal ministers and good generals like you by my side, why worry about not being able to dominate the world?"
When Zhang Long heard the word "good brother", his confidence doubled and he said: "The emperor decides when to send troops, and the general will not hesitate to lead the troops immediately."
Shao Yan smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, now that we have captured the island, we can use it as a base to expand our troops and recharge our batteries. When the time is right, we will send out troops again to compete in the Central Plains."
"What the emperor said is true." Zhang Long nodded happily. At this moment, Bai Ruxue ran over in a hurry. Seeing her nervousness, Shao Yan immediately went over to meet her. Bai Ruxue took a breath,
Said: "Your Majesty, the concubines of the Nile Kingdom are finally willing to speak."
When Shao Yan heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "That's great. In this way, we can find their family members."
"But..." Bai Ruxue's face darkened and he hesitated: "What they brought is very bad news."
Seeing her eyes flickering as she spoke, as if she was deliberately avoiding something, Shao Yan immediately said generously: "Zhang Long is not an outsider, you just have to come in."
Bai Ruxue said: "I heard from them that there are a large number of Liang Guo spies lurking on the island. These people are all disguised as common people and are distributed around, and they control the families of all the palace concubines. Once the palace concubines talk nonsense, they will
He will kill his family members in revenge. A few days ago, a palace concubine received a revenge letter from these spies, with the fingers of her family members sandwiched in it." As she said this, she took out a yellow envelope from her arms.
Shao Yan opened the envelope, but saw that there was no letter inside, only two amputated fingers. When he turned it over, he found eight small words written on the back of the envelope: "Learning from the past, don't say more." "This is unreasonable, these Liang people are simply
This is too much to deceive others." After Zhang Long heard this letter, he couldn't help but stamped his foot in anger and gritted his teeth.
Shao Yan was angry in his heart, but he just didn't show it. He said with a sullen face: "A centipede insect is dead but not stiff. If I guess correctly, these people have been hiding here for more than a few days. Their original purpose is
We want to contact Yelubu through the palace concubine and further improve the so-called relations between the two countries. Now that Yelubu is dead, they will definitely not let us live in peace and will definitely do some sabotage activities."
"Then what should we do?" Bai Ruxue asked eagerly
Shao Yan smiled coldly and said calmly: "People like this are just black sheep in the world. One word, kill."
Zhang Long clenched his fist angrily and said: "Your Majesty, this matter will be left to the general. The general will take people over now and arrest them all."
Shao Yan nodded and said: "Okay, I'm sure, but you and your men must disguise themselves first. The fact that these people can be placed on the island means they are desperadoes. Try not to alert them head-on."
, to prevent them from jumping over the wall and taking human life lightly, do you understand?"
"General, I understand. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, general will live up to his expectations." With that, Zhang Long stood up and left.
Seeing his hurried away figure, Shao Yan couldn't help but take a breath of air. Bai Ruxue couldn't help but wonder: "Is it possible that the emperor is worried about leaving this matter to Zhang Long?"
Shao Yan shook his head and said: "Zhang Long is not as brutal as Zhao Hu, nor as brave as Zhang Huaide. Compared with Zhang Baihu, he just lacks many years of experience in the battlefield. At this time,
He just needs to be trained hard. I believe that in the near future, this person will become a rare tiger general in our Donglin Kingdom."
Bai Ruxue pursed her lips and smiled: "Your Majesty, please forgive Ruxue for talking too much. Sometimes, Ruxue feels that your eyes seem to be extraordinary. You can see many things more clearly, more clearly, and further than others. And
You know a lot of things that even those of us have never seen. If it weren’t for personal contact, Ruxue wouldn’t be able to believe that you are from this era.”
When Shao Yan heard this, he was stunned. Oh my god, could this girl have seen through me?
Seeing his confused expression, Bai Ruxue chuckled and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be so nervous. Ruxue just said casually. What Ruxue means is that if you are not a person of this era, you must be a god sent from heaven to save you."
We, all peoples, are in the midst of water and fire.”
Shao Yan chuckled: "Do you believe there are ghosts and gods in this world?"
Bai Ruxue shook her head and said: "Of course I don't believe it. If there were really ghosts and gods in this world, people's lives wouldn't be so sad."
Shao Yan smiled slightly and stopped talking. The two of them then walked all the way to the palace. When there was no teacher to return home, Shao Yan temporarily lived in Yelubu's palace. After such a modification, the originally luxurious palace became more like
A large courtyard with no hint of royal flavor at all
Just when they were about to step into the palace gate, they overheard a woman's noise coming from the side of the palace gate, and the two immediately walked in the direction of the sound.
Walking out of the palace gate, they saw Liu Meng and her brother standing at the gate from a distance, with more than a dozen Donglin officers and soldiers standing behind them. It seemed that the officers and soldiers encountered trouble first, and they just happened to catch up with Liu Meng and her brother passing by.
This leads to the above scene
Standing outside the door were two stunning young men. The leader held a folding fan in his hand and was dressed like a scholar. The young man behind him also carried a baggage on his back. He looked like a young man from a rich family.
Rushing for exam in Beijing
The stunning young master shook the fan in his hand and said with a generous smile: "I just want to come in and see you, but I don't want you two to do anything to make things difficult for you. Is this the way you treat guests in your country?"
Liu Chan glanced sideways at the man and sneered: "Look at your character, you are so evil. You are still fanning in the middle of winter. Are you sick, or are you deliberately showing off? I can tell you, here
This is the residence of our Lord Long Live, and no idlers are allowed to enter."
The stunning young master put away the folding fan in his hand and chuckled: "Young Master, please don't talk nonsense. How can you conclude that I am an 'exotic person' before you even know my identity?"
Liu Meng smiled contemptuously and said: "What is your identity? I really have no interest in it. If you want to visit the mountains and rivers here, I advise you to take a detour. This is a royal forbidden area and is not suitable for you."
Before the stunning young master could speak, the handsome young man behind him couldn't help but pouted and said, "You two are so bold. Do you know who my young master is?"
Liu Meng and Liu Chan regarded him as a fox pretending to be a tiger and ignored him, and then ordered the soldiers to drive them out. Young Master Juese hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Since you two are so ignorant of etiquette, I won't talk to you anymore. Why bother?"
Please send a message to Shao Yan for me, saying that a friend named Xiang wants to see him."
"Damn it!" When Liu Chan heard this, he couldn't help but became furious and said: "You're such a devilish young master, how dare you call the emperor by his name? Why don't you give up your head?"
The stunning young man was stunned for a moment, then pouted and said: "This damn Shaoyan, bad Shaoyan, he lied to me again, I'm so angry."