"Mother...mother..."
Chen Shaozong's mother didn't know she had arrived at first. She was sitting in the car. Although Jianlu's service was in place, she was old and tired from the journey. When she was squinting, she suddenly woke up: "My son?"
As for my son's voice, it is engraved in my bones. Others might not be able to tell the difference between the sounds, but Chen Shaozong's mother heard it all at once.
After listening attentively for a moment, she heard the sound of "Mother" being shouted amidst the rapid sound of horse hooves. Chen Shaozong's mother was confirmed. She was suddenly filled with surprises. Was she really going to see her son?
She couldn't wait for the maid serving her in the car to open the curtain, so she took the lead and opened the curtain directly. She looked up and sure enough, she saw the son whom she had longed for and engraved in her bones, galloping towards her on horseback. , has arrived not far away.
"My son..." The old lady could no longer suppress her excitement and shouted quickly.
At the same time, this covered carriage was the only one in the team. Chen Shaozong came towards this carriage. He was overjoyed to see his mother appear on the carriage, safe and sound.
The galloping horse suddenly had its reins tightened, stopped suddenly, raised its front hooves, and made a painful neighing sound. Chen Shaozong, who was on horseback, didn't care about this at all. Before the horse's front hooves hit the ground, he rolled off the saddle and fell off the horse. He lost his balance and even fell when he reached the ground. However, he did not pause and turned over. He got up, rushed to the carriage, and knelt down heavily. With tears in his eyes, he raised his head and looked at his mother and said: "Mom, my child is unfilial and you have to suffer!"
After finishing speaking, he kowtowed heavily.
When the old lady saw it, she felt very distressed. She quickly got out of the car without any help from the maid, and helped her son up. She looked left and right, and said with choked sobs: "My son, what do you think your mother will do?" I’ll never see you again, just be okay, just be okay!”
As he spoke, he stroked the mud from his son's forehead and patted the dust on his body.
At this time, Chen Shaozong was speechless and simply stopped talking. He just looked at his mother, with tears still on his face, but he kept giggling.
For him, he also thought that he would never see his mother again. Now that I can still see my mother safe and sound, I am naturally very happy.
The Jianlu around watched this scene silently, and many of them had a touch of emotion on their faces.
Although they are Jianru, they are also human beings, and they also have parents and brothers. The true love revealed when mother and son reunite can be clearly felt without the need for words.
After seeing that her son was fine, the old lady came to her senses first. Along the way, she kept remembering this incident, so she quickly asked her son: "Where is the emperor? His kindness to my Chen family is as great as the ocean. Mother must go. Thank you for your kindness!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Shaozong came to his senses and said quickly: "The Emperor is in Jinzhou City!"
As he spoke, he suddenly became elated, and hurriedly said to his mother: "Mother, the emperor praised you. The emperor said that you are an example for the people of the Ming Dynasty. Those prisoners can be released and then captured, but you are It must be rescued.”
Upon hearing this, the old lady was also very excited. This is what the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty said. He was just doing his duty, but the emperor spent such a high price to save him. How virtuous and capable! The ancestors of the Chen family, have you heard? What an honor! It is the glory of the Chen family!
Chen Shaozong was excited when he suddenly heard a whining sound. He turned around and found that Geng Jimao was tied to a horse with something stuffed in his mouth and a look of begging in his eyes.
Fortunately, he didn't see it. When he saw it, he suddenly became furious. He immediately stepped forward and pointed at Geng Jimao's nose. The veins on his face popped out with anger, and he shouted sternly: "The Geng family has such a bad person like you." A filial son! He was so dedicated to currying favor with the Tatars that he even betrayed his own father. Lieutenant General Geng really died an unjust death!"
"Woooooo..." Geng Jimao wanted to say something, but he could only whimper and couldn't say anything.
Chen Shaozong ignored him. He was like a pig and a dog, and every word was dirty. He turned around and quickly found the coffin containing Geng Zhongming's body. He walked over, his expression became sad, and he looked at it for a while, but said nothing.
To be honest, his mood was a bit complicated. If Ming Dynasty was not powerful enough, then he was a pawn used by Geng Zhongming to lure the Dongjiang Army ashore. Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty was strong enough to make Geng Zhongming realize that there was no future for him to follow Jianlu, so he decided to fake it and arranged everything that followed.
If Geng Zhongming was still alive, he would definitely ask some questions. But now that Geng Zhongming is dead, everything is forgotten.
Not long after, Baoding Governor Lu Xiangsheng was ordered to hand over the hostages. Emperor Chongzhen himself was watching from the top of Jinzhou City.
Daishan and the three thousand Jianlu, in fact, there are no more three thousand Jianlu. Dozens of them died during the previous construction of Jinzhou fortifications. After being stripped of all weapons and armor, he returned to Jianlu wearing only a pair of clothes. Daishan himself happened to get into the carriage where Chen Shaozong's mother had sat.
Chen Shaozong's mother, with the support of Chen Shaozong himself, walked to Jinzhou City. Accompanying him were Geng Jimao who was tied up and a coffin.
Nearly 20,000 soldiers of the Ming Army looked at the scene in front of them. To be honest, their emotions were very complicated.
When they looked at Chen Shaozong's mother, they admired her very much. This old mother understood the righteousness well and taught her son to recognize right and wrong, good and evil. She would rather die than have her son work for the Jianlu again and wanted her son to return to the Ming Dynasty.
When looking at the tied man, although most people did not recognize him, they all knew that this man was Geng Jimao, the son of Geng Zhongming. When his father wanted to return to the Ming Dynasty, he betrayed his father and even thought about annihilating the Dongjiang Army. As a Han Chinese, he worked so hard for the rebels, a man who had forgotten his ancestors. It's a pity that now his master can't save him and has to hand him over.
When the soldiers of the Ming army saw the coffin again, they felt sorry for Geng Zhongming and admired him at the same time. No matter what, Geng Zhongming was a king with a different surname in Jianlu's side, but he still wanted to return to the Ming Dynasty and abandon darkness to the Ming Dynasty. This shows that he still has loyalty in his heart.
Of course they didn't know that Geng Zhongming's story of turning from darkness to light was actually very tortuous. The things mentioned in his suicide note were the fact that he finally decided to abandon the dark side and join the Ming Dynasty after seeing the power of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen had issued an order to keep it secret, and only a few people knew about it. No matter what, Geng Zhongming did die to return to the Ming Dynasty, so let him be more glorious.
All the officers and soldiers of the Ming Army looked at the three people who had exchanged the lives of Prince Jianlu Li and three thousand Jianlu soldiers. After a long while, they all turned their heads to look at where the imperial commander was on the top of the city.
The emperor, who is above the ninth level, controls thousands of living beings. Logically speaking, it is unattainable. However, at this moment, they felt that they were not far away from the emperor.
The emperor is also a human being of flesh and blood, not someone who lives in a temple and can only be used to pay homage.
For his subjects, he will do everything possible to protect them; for loyal people, he will save them no matter what the cost.
The emperor really needs to use his actual actions to set an example to his subjects, punish evil and promote good!
Throughout history, there have been many wise and powerful emperors, but it is rare to have an emperor like the current emperor, and most of them just pay lip service!
It is really a blessing for our generation and the people of Ming Dynasty to have such an emperor!
In the end, without anyone's deliberate guidance, after the exchange was completed, nearly 20,000 Ming troops kneeled down to the majestic emperor on the top of Jinzhou City and shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live !”
Daishan, who had already embarked on his return journey, couldn't help but sigh when he heard the high-morale voice coming from behind him. He was not at all happy that he had escaped and ascended to heaven.
After walking for a while, one of Yue Tuo's cronies got into the car. Seeing that he was in a very low mood, he said to him: "My lord, you have to take care of yourself. You have to go and deal with the matter in Shengjing." OK!"
Dai Shan was a little surprised when he heard this, so he asked him: "The emperor has the final say on matters in Shengjing. This time when I go back, I will have to apologize to the emperor for the sin of falling into Jinzhou..."
Knowing that Dai Shan didn't know yet, Yue Tuo's confidant immediately whispered: "Your Majesty has passed away, and there is no decree to appoint a successor. Now Shengjing City is tense, and everyone is eyeing the emperor's position. Master, I mean the prince After I return, if I can use your prestige to intimidate them, maybe it will be my lineage’s turn to take the throne of the Qing Dynasty.”
That's right, everyone is jealous of the emperor's position, even Yue Tuo is no exception. Now that he has rescued his father, his lineage, including the two Qing princes, is more important than other lines. There is also a fight for the throne.
At this time, Dai Shan listened, but he was not attracted by the issue of the throne. On the contrary, he was so surprised by Huang Taiji's death that he was stunned for a moment.
In the first half of his life, he had actually been scheming and fighting for power with Huang Taiji. However, no matter how hard he tried, even if he united with Amin and others, he was ultimately defeated by Huang Taiji and could only obey Huang Taiji's orders.
In the second half of his life, he saw with his own eyes that after Huang Taiji took over the position of Xianhan, the Jianzhou Jurchens became more and more powerful, and finally established a country and proclaimed themselves emperor, dominating Liaodong and the grasslands, and even defeated North Korea to declare itself a vassal and pay tribute.
Therefore, in the end, he accepted his fate and obeyed Huang Taiji, and he never had any other thoughts.
However, at this time, he suddenly heard that Huang Taiji was dead! Just when the Qing Dynasty was in such difficulty, Huang Taiji died!
After a while, Daishan suddenly came back to his senses. With the rare agility of his age, he grabbed the man's collar and asked sternly: "The emperor is fine, why is he gone? What's going on? Why is it so sudden?"
The man had just thought that Daishan had turned into a sluggish old man, but suddenly he turned into a tiger again. He was a little frightened. After all, when Daishan was all-powerful, he was still playing in the mud.
He did not dare to be negligent and replied quickly: "The emperor was so angry that he vomited blood. The imperial doctor told him not to be angry, but he became angry again and vomited blood several times, and then...then..."
Upon hearing this, Daishan's mind immediately flashed back to the previous scene of Huang Taiji vomiting blood. For some reason, Emperor Chongzhen's face immediately appeared in his mind.
The Ming emperor was definitely involved in Huang Taiji's death! But, so what, he is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, what can he do?
Thinking of this, he remembered what he had just heard, saying that Shengjing was already at war with each other in order to compete for the throne. Suddenly, he became anxious.
If this was a peaceful time, or if the Qing Dynasty was not in the current predicament, Daishan would not mind fighting for the throne. But at this moment, he deeply felt the threat of the Ming Emperor, and had personally participated in the Jurchens' step-by-step journey to where they were today. He would never allow the Qing Dynasty to fall apart due to internal strife.
Thinking about this, from the moment he surrendered at the top of Jinzhou City, he had been disheartened, like an old man with a graceful appearance. Suddenly, he was radiant with fighting spirit, as if he was a completely different person, and he immediately urged Go quickly and rush back to Shengjing immediately.
Regarding this change in Daishan, Emperor Chongzhen was not omnipotent and had not thought of it before. Although he later learned through the Class-A eavesdropping seeds on Daishan that, firstly, it was not easy to pursue him, and secondly, Emperor Chongzhen believed that even if Huang Taiji was still alive, he would not be able to defeat him, let alone that Huang Taiji was dead.
Therefore, he didn't care about Daishan, and even had some vague expectations. How would Jianlu's history eventually turn out with the flapping of his butterfly wings?
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was also busy. He received Chen Shaozong's mother, honored her, named her his wife, granted her a palace in the capital, and drove her back to the capital.
Chen Shaozong did not go back, but strongly requested to stay and kill the prisoners. According to his statement, he said that he was very familiar with Liaodong and that staying in Liaodong would be more useful than going to the capital. His mother also supported him and told him to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country to thank the emperor for his kindness!
In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen did not force it. Geng Zhongming's body was buried outside Jinzhou City, on the land where he once fought. However, the spirit tablets will be taken to the capital and moved into the Martyrs' Shrine in the capital, where they can enjoy the incense of the Ming Dynasty and coexist with the country.
As for Geng Jimao, in response to the strong request of some Ming soldiers, he was first shackled to the public for three days, was spit on and scorned by others, and then was dealt with Ling Chi. When he breathed his last, he was sealed in a bronze statue and knelt in front of his father. Confession before the grave. As long as the Ming Dynasty exists, he will kneel here for a day, be despised by the people of the Ming Dynasty, and be used as a negative teaching material to educate their children.
