Mao Wenlong, who had a long-haired face, felt anxious and uneasy as he escorted Liu Zhaosun to the execution ground.
The area around the execution ground was already densely packed with Kaiyuan people, as well as some businessmen from Haixi and North Korea, all looking at Mao Wenlong with ill intentions.
The incident happened in a hurry. Many people in Kaiyuan heard that Liu Shen, who had done good deeds, was going to be beheaded by a high-ranking official from Shenyang, so they came from home to watch.
In order to kill Liu Zhaosun smoothly without causing unnecessary casualties, Xiong Tingbi did not hesitate to put himself in danger. He only brought five or six Liao Town generals with him to Kaiyuan City.
It turned out that there were too few people.
If Lord Xiong could be like his younger generation Yuan Chonghuan, before killing Mao Wenlong:
A little more care, a little more patience, a little more acting skills, a little more glass of wine,
There will be no unexpected situations.
Liu Zhaosun may be like Mao Wenlong, and his name will last forever and become the memory of future generations of people with lofty ideals.
The so-called wise man will make mistakes every time he thinks.
Xiong Tingbi and Liao Zhen Jiangmen have many calculations
They calculated the exact time for Jiannu to withdraw his troops, the number of remaining Ming troops in the city, the grain and grass reserves of the army in the city, and even Liu Zhaosun's last words:
"Don't kill my brothers. My adoptive father has money hidden in Tusi Cave in the southwest. He has several million taels. I'll give it all to you!"
However, these people can never calculate the details beyond the battlefield: human hope
For these people who are unscrupulous and have no bottom line in order to achieve their goals, it is unimaginable and incomprehensible for the people of Kaiyuan to continue to support Liu Zhaosun after suffering a military disaster.
Just like Kang Yingqian, he couldn't understand what Liu Zhaosun meant.
"The so-called great road is to make many friends and few enemies."
Kang Yingqian looked at Liu Zhaosun who was about to die, looked at the turbulent public sentiment in front of him, remembered the avenue discussed last night, and nodded thoughtfully.
Mao Wenlong doesn't understand the avenue now.
His throat squirmed, pretending to ignore the contemptuous and hateful looks from around him.
This great man, who was called by Dong Qichang to be an extraordinary hero, had sweaty palms at this time, and he regretted even more that he had come to Kaiyuan to take this trip into the muddy water.
Around the execution ground, people from the Liao Dynasty came from behind and asked in a low voice what happened to the people in front.
These Liao civilians who had just finished cutting off the defeated troops were still covered in bones and dregs, and their eyes were blood-red after not sleeping all night. The image was quite frightening.
"Liu Zhaosun, I am under the orders of Shangguan, don't blame me,"
Mao Wenlong is now just a small guard in Kuoyang. After Xiong Tingbi entered the Liao Dynasty, he was recruited to Shenyang and followed Lord Xiong to kill people.
Mao Wenlong would kill whomever Master Jinglue asked him to kill. In the past few days, Mao Wenlong killed three generals and two guerrillas, and two of his swords were broken. In his eyes, these generals in Liao Town drank the blood of their soldiers and had nothing to lose. It's not a pity to die, it's better to kill them more times. He believed that if all these generals were killed, the great cause of Ping Liao mentioned by the emperor would be realized.
In this way, Mao Wenlong cut down all the way from Shenyang to Kaiyuan, until today he cut down Liu Zhaosun.
In Mao Wenlong's view, the general he was about to kill was very different from other military leaders.
He has a handsome appearance, is loved by the people, has a free and bold temperament, is generous with money, and can talk about two million taels...
Mao Wenlong knew that Liu Zhaosun guarded Kaiyuan, fought bloody battles with the Tatars, and repelled the four Baylors. He respected him as a man. He probably had many advantages in him, but he had limited time and would not list them one by one. After all, Lord Jinglue was still there. urge.
Mao Wenlong raised his knife.
"General Mao, don't kill my brother, I have money! Millions of taels of silver! Really, in Chengdu, you can take the money to Pi Island and do your..."
Mao Wenlong picked up the handle of the knife, hit Liu Zhaosun on the back, and cursed:
"Damn it, I respect you as a man and want to give you a good time, but you are still bluffing me. Li Rubai is so greedy. He only got 60,000 silver from his family. You said you have two million taels?!"
Liu Zhaosun was tied up all over. Under Mao Wenlong's blow, he fell to the ground, his face stuck in the dust, and the tip of his nose smelled the blood left by the defeated soldiers.
At the last moment, the image of an old monk from Guiyuan Temple teaching Zen appeared in his mind.
"When is the time to retaliate? Donor Liu, as the saying goes, you kill him in this life, he will kill you in the next life, and he will kill you again in a later life. You just can't stop! In the constant reincarnation of you killing him, and he killing you. , if one party stops and stops killing, naturally the cycle of killing each other will stop, and then the karma of killing will be freed..."
His body was dripping with blood, as if he had been fished out of bloody water. He was extremely weak and fell to the ground.
Mao Wenlong picked up the prisoner again and moved the loose hair on the back of his neck to make it easier to behead him.
Liu Zhaosun stared blankly ahead, not knowing what he was looking at, and his eyes had begun to become blurry.
The execution ground was suddenly filled with people, and several Jurchens in the distance were shouting loudly, not knowing what they were talking about.
A woman holding a baby in her arms and holding a short knife walked towards Mao Wenlong step by step.
Behind the crowd was a field overgrown with grass. Dozens of North Korean businessmen were lurking in the field, looking toward the execution ground.
The leader looked at Mao Wenlong and slowly raised the Kaiyuan bow in his hand.
"General Jin, there are Liao soldiers outside the city. How can we take General Liu Shen out?"
North Korean lieutenant general Jin Yinghe fully drew the ancestral two-stone Kaiyuan bow, looked at the flashing target along the arrow cluster, and suddenly loosened the bow string.
"We are not going out, we have to follow General Liu,"
"Master Jinglue, you can't stay here for a long time. I didn't expect Liu Thief to be able to confuse people's hearts less than half a month after he came to Kaiyuan. In the end, I will see that there are many Liu Thief remnants in this city. Once I kill him, I will hurry back to Shenyang."
Zu Dashou, the guerrilla from the Jingdong camp, looked up at the Liao people gathered in front of him, his scalp numb. He was a general in Liaodong and had fought hundreds of battles in his life, but this was the first time he had seen such a scene.
Xiong Tingbi dropped the teacup to the ground with his hand, stood up, pointed at Zu Dashou's nose and said angrily:
"If you are afraid, go back to Shenyang now. I am here alone! I want to see who dares to hinder Liaodong's plan!"
Xiong Tingbi slammed his palm on the table, making a thumping sound.
Ten days ago, the little eunuch in charge of the food department exposed Wei Zhongxian's evil conspiracy in colluding with the generals of Liao Town to frame the cabinet ministers.
Jinyiwei searched the Korean ginseng and dongzhu at Eunuch Wei's residence and implicated Liu Zhaosun.
At the same time, more than 30 students in Liaodong signed a letter, accusing Liu Zhaosun of harming Liao people, saying that he connived with the southern soldiers to massacre the countryside and killed several students. There were both personal and material evidence.
Of course, Ding Bi and the others were not idle either. Several Liao Town generals worked hard and finally found two southern soldiers who had escaped from Kuandian.
After being bribed with a lot of money, Liu Zhaosun's various "miracles" from the battlefield of Sarhu to Shenyang City were confessed one by one.
From the beheading of Jiang Hongli to the torture of defeated soldiers, from the private payment of soldiers' pay to the summoning of souls on the battlefield, and even down to Liu Zhaosun's visit to several beauties of North Korea in one night, they were all used as evidence of crime after being polished by the censor and submitted to the cabinet.
With these dirty materials, and the fact that Wei Zhongxian, the Chief of Ceremonies, made trouble - raising military salary for his brother from all over the place.
The cabinet was also dissatisfied with this anomaly in Liaodong. Since the Chief of Ceremonies sacrificed Wei Zhongxian, Liao Town had to sacrifice Liu Zhaosun, even though Liu was no longer under their control.
In short, the leaders of several parties unanimously decided that Xiong Tingbi would appear and kill this person first and then tell him.
For Xiong Tingbi, perhaps like Yuan Chonghuan later, he would never allow an outlier to appear in Liaodong, where he was the commander-in-chief, even if Liu Zhaosun was really pursuing the Jin Dynasty.
It is said that before fighting against the outside world, one must first make peace with the inside. This is an eternal truth.
"I am entrusted with the favor of the emperor and am conducting a military campaign in Liaodong. My purpose is to wipe out the Jiannu slaves and destroy this royal food for our emperor. Anyone who stands in the way can be killed. Li Rubai can be killed if he is afraid. Liu Zhaosun can also be killed if he disturbs Liaodong!"
"I have put my life at risk for a long time. I killed Li Rubai the day before yesterday and the assassin assassinated me? Do you think I am afraid?"
When Xiong Tingbi said this, he suddenly remembered something and asked loudly:
"Why hasn't Mao Wenlong brought the head? Could it be that I have to behead him personally!"
Zu Dashou quickly looked over there and saw that Mao Wenlong had disappeared. On the execution ground where Liu Zhaosun had been kneeling just now, there were only dense figures of common people, many of whom were holding swords in their hands and looking fiercely at this direction.
"Sir, Mao Wenlong is missing."
