"Brother Gao, I heard that Chongzhen was attacked twice in Shangdang. Huang Degong has rushed to escort him. Should we also send someone to express his gratitude?"
In a hall with five entrances to the courtyard in Liaocheng, Li Chengdong looked at Gao Jie who was sitting upright and said.
It's just that although his words were directed at Gao Jie, his eyes were more focused on Xing who was aside, with a flattering look on his face, like a pug wagging its tail begging for mercy.
In fact, if this expression is used well, it can be very flattering.
It's a pity that Li Chengdong has a donkey face and old skin with vertical and horizontal wrinkles. He is not only unflattering, but also a bit scary.
Speaking of which, Mrs. Xing is also a weirdo. Although she is already a mature woman, she still retains her charm and dresses very delicately.
Logically speaking, most such people only like beautiful things. Unexpectedly, she smiled when she saw Li Chengdong's scary expression.
When Li Chengdong saw this, he was immediately calm.
It turned out that after coming to Shandong this time, although Xing did not question Li Benzhen, he used excuses to kill more than a dozen soldiers who were with him at the time and had not yet died in the battle.
Moreover, the most fashionable and cruel method in Beijing was used - live mutilation.
Because the executioners were not clever in their execution, the soldiers were so painful that they just wanted to die quickly.
But Xing ordered people to behead him for a day, and also asked generals from more than a hundred households to watch the execution.
Since Li Chengdong watched the execution, he would be awakened by the ferocious faces and shrill screams of the soldiers for four or five nights in a row.
Although Mrs. Xing behaved very kindly to him afterwards, he became more and more respectful, fearing to offend Mr. Xing.
So every time he discussed matters, he had to look at Mr. Xing's expression first. Only when he saw that the other party didn't look angry did he dare to continue speaking.
Gao Jie didn't know whether he was used to it or didn't notice the change in their expressions. After hearing Li Chengdong's words, he said dissatisfiedly: "Shangdang is hundreds of miles away from here, and that bitch Xie Sheng has been eyeing me, so how can I have the time to go there?" Leave him alone!"
Li Chengdong saw Mr. Xing's brows slightly frowning, and then smiled and said: "That's what I say, but he is the emperor after all. Now that he is being attacked, if we don't show anything, I'm afraid he will hate us."
Gao Jie sneered: "He still dares to bear grudges against me. As long as I take Shandong, it will be a chokehold on his neck. Then it will be enough for him to beg me."
"Besides, Zuo Liangyu is in Shanxi, and I haven't heard of him sending troops. If Chongzhen wants to bear grudges, he should also grudge Zuo Liangyu."
Li Chengdong smiled awkwardly, looked at Mr. Xing and said, "Sister-in-law, what do you think of this matter?"
Mr. Xing straightened his temples and said with a smile on his face: "How can I, a woman, understand such important military matters? I just heard that His Majesty was in Liaodong a few days ago. Why is it that he is about to reach Shangdang? Is this reliable? "
Li Chengdong nodded and said: "This matter should be reliable, because Chong... His Majesty has been attacked twice. I heard that the person who attacked the second time was particularly fierce. If Huang Degong hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid something might have happened to His Majesty. "
"And now Huang Degong is escorting Shangdang with more than 5,000 people. If His Majesty was not there, the news would have spread long ago."
Mr. Xing shook his head and said with a sweet smile: "Your news is accurate, but I heard that Huang Degong only led his troops to guard the perimeter and did not see His Majesty."
Li Chengdong said with a look of surprise: "Sister-in-law, this news comes from..."
As soon as he spoke, he realized that it was too rash, so he hurriedly changed his words: "It has always been accurate. If His Majesty is not in the Shangdang, why would Zhang Dabiao and others fly His Majesty's flag?"
Mr. Xing smiled, looked at Gao Jie again and said, "Master, what do you think?"
Gao Jie was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "Madam, you know what I am... you should just tell me what you think!"
Mr. Xing smiled proudly and said, "If I guess correctly, His Majesty's move should be to attract everyone's attention and reduce the pressure on Li Ruolian."
"Because according to my information, the reason why Li Ruolian was trapped in Huaxian County by Ren Qi was because he was attacked by a mysterious army, which weakened his combat power."
"Now Zhang Dabiao and others are also attacked by a mysterious army. It seems to be the same team. If I am not wrong, Li Ruolian will break out soon."
"When the time comes he..."
"He won't be able to do anything then!"
Gao Jie already looked dissatisfied when he heard the word "Li Ruolian". Now when he heard Mrs. Xing praising Li Ruolian, he interrupted her loudly and said in a deep voice: "Chongzhen is really confused!"
"Then Li Ruolian was just a small role in Jinyiwei before. In just a few days, he was named Mighty Uncle and asked to control the soldiers and horses in Henan."
"Sooner or later, Li Chongzhen's practice of indiscriminate loyalty and nepotism will be surrounded by Li... in the capital."
After Gao Jie passed away vaguely, he glanced at Mr. Xing guiltily, and was relieved when he saw that the other person's expression was as usual.
It turns out that Mrs. Xing, who prides herself on being extremely intelligent, lost her virginity to Li Zicheng because of one careless move. She often felt ashamed of her life. Not only did she not allow people to mention her past, but sometimes she accidentally mentioned Li Zicheng, which would bring about unreasonable disasters. .
Although Gao Jie was her husband, he was henpecked, which was why he acted with such guilty conscience.
Hearing this, Mr. Xing shook his head slightly and said, "Master, you are wrong. Your Majesty does not value Li Ruolian, he values the passage to Henan."
"Now that Shandong has not been recovered after nearly a month of fighting, His Majesty must have lost confidence in Shi Kefa, so he asked Li Ruolian to secretly seize the eastern part of Henan in order to transport grain from the south to the north..."
As she was talking, she saw a maid with a beautiful face and graceful figure coming up to serve tea with a tea tray, and she couldn't help but frowned.
You must know that what they are talking about at this moment is a major military matter. Not to mention maids, even generals are not qualified to participate.
But this maid came in uninvited and behaved calmly, not like a maid at all.
Then she discovered that Gao Jie's eyes gleamed when he saw the maid, pretending to be majestic, and when the maid looked at Gao Jie, her eyes were affectionate, with a look of resentment on her face.
When Mr. Xing saw this, he was immediately furious.
She took advantage of the maid serving her tea and deliberately knocked over the tea cup. Then she ordered the maid to be dragged out and beaten for disrespecting the mistress.
Although the maid begged Gao Jie many times, Gao Jie did not dare to say a word and just watched her leave.
After a while, the servant came in and reported that the maidservant could not bear the beating and was already dead.
Mr. Xing nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Gao Jie with tears in his eyes and said, "Master, I just want her to have a long memory so that she can serve the master better, but I didn't expect that I would harm this flower-like girl!"
"Hey, it was me who caused trouble by coming to the hall after all. I'd better go back!"
After she said that, she pretended to wipe away her tears, stood up and left.
Gao Jie was waiting for her to come up with an idea at this moment, but how could he let her leave? He hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade her, and had the maid's body thrown into the wilderness, so that he could keep the Xing family.
Some people died, but not completely...
