Might as well be burned to death!
On the top floor of Dongguan City in Guangzhou, Shang Zhixin, who was slumped in a chair, listened to what Jin Guang said about Shang Kexi being captured, beaten and writing a letter to Emperor Kangxi asking for help. He no longer missed his father at all, but was looking forward to it. Dad died early.
This is not because he is unfilial, but because he knows that his father is dead and there is no way to save him... It is impossible for Kangxi to save Shang Kexi, and he does not love Shang Kexi that much.
If Shang Kexi died on the battlefield and died like a loyal Qing vassal king, then Emperor Kangxi might be kind and spare Shang Zhixin's life.
But now Shang Kexi wrote a letter begging for mercy because he was afraid of death and pain, and Kangxi couldn't get angry after seeing it? Shang Kexi no longer belongs to Kangxi to be killed now, but Shang Zhixin still belongs to Emperor Kangxi to kill... Kangxi couldn't kill the old one, so why can't he kill the younger one?
This unfilial father is really harmful to his children! It was so unfilial to harm his son with a letter begging for mercy when he was about to die.
Jin Guang seemed to know what Shang Zhixin was thinking, and said with tears: "Sir, they are torturing the prince! There are torture experts from Dongchang in the army of the puppet Zhu San Taisun, and they have prepared the top ten tortures of Dongchang to punish the prince. The prince really can't stand it anymore." .....So even though I knew it was a ruse, I had no choice but to bite the bullet and write the letter."
Shang Zhixin said: "The third prince Zhu and the third grandson Zhu must be fake. How can there be one of the ten tortures of Dongchang?"
Seeing the confusion on Shang Zhixin's face, Jin Guang knew that this unfilial son was doubting his father, so he could only say with tears: "Your Majesty, what I said is true! Those who tortured the prince are indeed Dongchang They are masters from a good background, and they still speak with accents from Baoding Prefecture..."
Old Man Jin did not tell the truth completely. Those "Dongchang masters" did speak with Baoding accents, but they were all under 20 years old. It was impossible for them to be old people who followed Prince Zhu San from Beijing.
But Shang Zhixin is not so "observant". When he heard about the Dongchang masters who played Baodingyin, he immediately thought of the gray-haired Dongchang old man - this is the Dongchang minions getting old!
But how did these old people from Dongchang end up with Zhu San’s grandson? Are the third prince Zhu and the third grandson Zhu both real?
The jade certificates and edicts that prove the identity of Prince Zhu were all sent to Guangdong by Wu Yingxiong... Thinking of this, Shang Zhixin's face suddenly changed and he blurted out: "No, I fell in love with Wu Yingxiong." Bet it! He has been Prince Zhu’s son for a long time!"
"What?" Jin Guang was shocked when Shang Zhixin mentioned Wu Yingxiong, "Master, how do you know that this matter is related to Wu Yingxiong? I don't seem to have mentioned that the fake grandson Zhu San wanted to exchange the prince for Wu Yingxiong, right?"
"What? Trade my Ama for Wu Yingxiong..." Shang Zhixin looked at Jin Guang in surprise, "Strategic Advisor, are you serious?"
"Really, really..." Jin Guang quickly took out the handwritten letter written by Shang Kexi and handed it to Shang Zhixin with both hands.
Shang Zhixin quickly took the envelope. The envelope was not sealed, so Shang Zhixin took out the letter paper inside and read it. First, I read it ten lines at a glance, and then read it carefully, word by word.
After reading this, Shang Zhixin's face turned blue and he gritted his teeth, looking like he was about to kill someone. Jin Guang was so frightened that he thought the prince was going to kill someone and silence him, so he stepped back.
But what Shang Zhixin said next surprised Jin Guang beyond measure.
"Well, what a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty Wu Sangui, what a Wu Yingxiong who is in the Qing camp and has a clear mind! I, Shang Zhixin, blindly believed in you two. I thought that you two would advance and retreat together with my Shang family and support the bandits together. I didn’t expect...you, the third prince Zhu, and the third grandson Zhu are all in the same group!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what are you talking about? Are you drunk too much..." Wang Guodong, the commander-in-chief under Shang Zhixin, was also on the Dongguan Tower at this time. Hearing Shang Zhixin's words, he felt unbelievable. He thought the prince was talking nonsense!
Li Tianzhi, the chief historian of Pingnan Palace, was also frightened by Shang Zhixin's words. He looked around and found that there were many bannermen and servants of Pingnan Palace standing on the Dongguan Tower at this time!
God knows whether these people are tight-lipped... If Shang Zhixin's words spread, not only Wu Sangui will regard Pingnan Palace as his mortal enemy, but even the emperor will not collapse in Pingnan Palace. Pingxi Palace is still powerful At the same time, we must protect the Nanwang Mansion!
Maybe the descendants of the Shang family who escaped the current disaster would be killed by Emperor Kangxi to show the court's trust in Wu Sangui, an old traitor.
Just when Li Tianzhi was thinking about how to keep his master's secret, Shang Zhixin said "poison" again. He said with an annoyed look: "I didn't drink. I was really fooled by Wu Yingxiong..." What happened in Chaozhou was all caused by the Wu family!
The 'Chongzhen Edict' and Zhu Cijiong's jade certificate were not collected from Danan Mountain, but were sent to me by someone sent by Wu Yingxiong! "
"What?"
"My lord, what did you say?"
"My lord, are you telling the truth?"
Shang Zhixin also risked his life. At this point, he also knew that he would never recover... He was originally blamed for the "Chongzhen Imperial Decree"! Now what little strength the family had was lost to the unfilial father.
And the city of Guangzhou is about to be lost to him!
How could Emperor Kangxi spare him?
But I answer that Gong Shangzhixin is not the kind of master who is willing to die casually... Even if he dies, he will have to support two people!
As for the two people on the back, one is named Wu Sangui and the other is named Wu Yingxiong!
Shang Zhixin gritted his teeth and said: "My Shang family ended up like this because of Wu Sangui and Wu Yingxiong. You should all know the person who gave me the 'Chongzhen Edict' and the Zhu Cijiong Jade Certificate. He is the one who followed Liu Xuanchu. Yang Qilong is spinning!
He originally pretended to be a monk in Beijing, but he was actually a member of King Pingxi and had been working for Wu Yingxiong. That day he came to me with Wu Yingxiong's autographed letter, Chongzhen's edict, and Zhu Cijiong's jade certificate... By the way, I also have the autographed letter from that bastard Wu Yingxiong in my hand! "
There are also handwritten letters!
It seems to be true!
At this time, the old military advisor Jin Guangjin also had a look of realization: "No wonder the soldiers of the fake Prince Zhu are so good at fighting. They are so powerful when it rains heavily and Zhuge Tianlei is no longer needed. It turns out that Wu Sangui's people are helping them!"
Wu Sangui's army is recognized as the strongest below the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers!
If Wu Sangui sent fierce men from the army to serve as the backbone of the Third Prince Zhu, then it would not be surprising that the Third Prince Zhu's army is particularly capable of fighting.
Moreover, Wu Sangui also has channels to send people to Guangdong. Gaolei Commander-in-Chief Zu Zeqing is Wu Sangui’s cousin, one of his own!
Zhao Desheng, the commander-in-chief of Zhangzhou in Fujian, was also Wu Sangui's old department, right next to Chaozhou!
Shang Zhixin saw Jin Guang, Li Tianzhi, and Wang Guodong all looking dumbfounded. He stamped his feet and said, "If you don't believe it, come back with me... I'll show it to you!"
As he spoke, he stood up and walked down from the Dongguan Tower without waiting for anyone to agree, and then went straight to the Prince's Mansion.
Jin Guang, Li Tianzhi, and Wang Guodong looked at each other and had no choice but to follow them to the Prince's Mansion.
When the group arrived at the gate of the Prince's Mansion, they discovered that the place was crowded with officials from Guangdong Province or Guangzhou Mansion who came to inquire about the news.
Guangzhou is the capital of Guangdong. In addition to the Pingnan palace system, there are Futai yamen, as well as a large number of yamen such as Fantai, Naitai, Xuetai, Daotai, etc. There are a bunch of officials in every yamen. Now these officials have heard that King Pingnan was defeated, so they all came to the Prince's Mansion to inquire about the news.
In addition, Shang Kexi has more than thirty adult sons who are also in Guangzhou. Now they are all running to find their father... Shang Kexi is their biological father. If there is no more, then the eldest brother is Father, Shang Zhixin has succeeded as King Pingnan and will continue to be a father to everyone!
