Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 32 The Dead Man
A dead soldier is a person who lives or dies for a mission.

The meaning of the term "death warrior" is actually "a brave warrior who is not afraid of death". This profession has formed a certain system as early as the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods in our country, and then it has developed and grown until today.

There is a good saying, "existence is reasonable", and the profession of the dead is the same. For the sake of faith, or for the glory and wealth, there are always people who go one after another to join the ranks of the dead, especially in the feudal society. , which is especially common.

Under such a social background, princes feed dead men for some private purposes. In this era, dead men have only two main tasks—assault and assassination!

In the era of cold weapons, it is very risky to perform missions such as assault and assassination. Therefore, after accepting the mission, the dead will prepare poison in advance. If they succeed, they will take the poison to commit suicide. Life keeps secrets for its master.

From this point of view, they are also a sad group of people.

There is a poem in "Historical Records: Biography of Assassins" written like this.

"The wind is shaky and the water is cold, and once the strong man goes, he will never return."

In one sentence, the assassin's tragedy is vividly described.

Gao Ming's current status is the prince of Tang Dynasty. He has no doubt that as long as he gives an order, someone will die for him, but this does not mean that he will not be moved.

Because he is Gao Ming, not Li Chengqian.

"The last general, Zhang Sizheng, is willing to die for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Hearing Zhang Sizheng's words, Gao Ming was moved. He went up and supported the opponent's hands, then helped him up, and then patted him on the shoulder with a smile.

"I believe you will die for me, but I hope you can live well. If you die, wouldn't this king lose a trustworthy brother? Haha!"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Zhang Sizheng's eyes turned red.

"Your Highness..."

For Zhang Sizheng, when he heard Gao Ming call him "brother", he had already decided to give his life to him.

This is his pride!

However, Gao Ming didn't know what was going on in his heart. Seeing his "moved to cry" expression on his face, Gao Ming was stunned.

"What's the matter? Blue skinny mushroom?"

At the moment when Gao Ming was in a daze, he only heard a few "plop plop", and saw that several other big men beside him also knelt down.

"I hope His Highness dies!"

The movements are uniform, the voice is very loud, and even the expressions are similar to Zhang Sizheng's, as if they are so moved that they are about to cry.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Gao Ming couldn't help feeling a little emotional, it turned out that it was so easy to win people's hearts!

In fact, Gao Ming also understood that the reason why the other party behaved like this was actually caused by the difference in status.

Gao Ming, as the prince of the Tang Dynasty, was at the top of the power pyramid of the entire Tang Dynasty. Even if a big man like him just casually showed his favor, he could flatter many officials of the Tang Dynasty, not to mention these dead men with low status. up.

For others, courtesy to corporals may be regarded as a virtue, but for Gao Ming, treating others equally has become his habit.

Although Gao Ming's status has changed a lot from before, in his subconscious mind, he is still the same A Zhai who stayed up late to play qualifying matches for others for two packs of instant noodles.

Therefore, although these days, in order to adapt to his status as the prince, he tried his best to put on a high-ranking appearance in front of the servants, but his nature could not be changed.

Now that Gao Ming looked at the Chinese characters kneeling on one knee in front of him, he immediately helped them up one by one without hesitation, and each time he lifted up a person, he patted the other person's shoulder lightly and said, "Okay." Brother", moved a group of rough men to tears.

It is no exaggeration to say that according to the current situation, even if Gao Ming asked them to rebel, few people would shrink back!
At the beginning, Prince Li Chengqian raised dead soldiers to do those unsightly things, such as assassinating Wei Wang Li Tai, assassinating his own teacher, and even preparing to rebel, but now Li Chengqian has disappeared, replaced by Gao Ming.

Of course Gao Ming would not be so stupid as to rebel, this is simply a thankless task.

Although he inherited Li Chengqian's identity, Gao Ming did not intend to follow Li Chengqian's old path, because he knew that that path would not work, so he decided to eliminate some of those potential threats.

The camp of dead soldiers is one of them. After all, once it is discovered that raising dead soldiers is easy to bring disaster on oneself.

Thinking of this, Gao Ming directly called He Gan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng to his study, and asked them directly and clearly.

"How many people do we have under our command?"

Hearing Gao Ming's question, Hegan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng's expressions froze immediately, and then they replied in unison: "A total of 180 people."

Hearing this number, Gao Ming was stunned for a moment.

At first he thought that the number of these dead soldiers was only about 100, but unexpectedly, it was almost 200. With the calculation of later generations of troops, so many people are enough to form a reinforced company. If so many people are exposed, I am afraid that his own There will be big trouble.

Thinking of this, Gao Ming frowned immediately, and then turned his gaze to Zhang Sizheng.

"How about the loyalty of these people?"

Hearing Gao Ming's question, Hegan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng looked at each other again, and then Hegan Chengji nodded towards Gao Ming.

"Your Highness, these people are all personally selected and trained by the subordinates. There is absolutely no problem with their loyalty, and their skills are also good. Even if they are against the most elite Qianniuwei, although I dare not say that they can win, but they will win if they fight to the death. No problem."

As soon as the topic of Hegan Chengji came to an end, Zhang Sizheng also walked away and nodded.

"Your Highness, when shall we do it?"

Hearing what the two said, Gao Ming was shocked again.

He originally planned to ask about the strength of his subordinates, but Hegan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng were better off. One compared the dead soldiers with the imperial guard Qianniuwei, and the other directly asked about the time of action.

Damn, if someone else heard this, they would think he was going to rebel!
Thinking of this, Gao Ming suddenly burst into anger, raised his fist towards the heads of Hegan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng, and "boomed" two chestnuts.

"Idiot! Don't talk nonsense if you don't know, you want to kill me?"

In fact, with the skills of Hegan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng, it was very easy to dodge, but they didn't do that, instead they took the two blows from Gao Ming, and then looked at him blankly.

"Then your Highness means..."

Seeing the puzzled faces of the two, Gao Ming sighed suddenly.

"Hey, I haven't given you a clear statement. It's no wonder that you think wrongly. The reason why I recruited you is actually to protect my safety, not to let you do something shady."

Having said that, Gao Ming patted Hegan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng on the shoulders again, and then nodded towards them.

"I didn't think well before, but now I've decided that I can't let you live in a dark corner all the time. Since you can die for me, I can't treat you badly, so I decided to give you an aboveboard identity!"

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Hegan Chengji's eyes widened in shock, revealing an unbelievable expression on his face.

Can the dead also have an aboveboard identity?With an aboveboard identity, is a dead man still a dead man?
(End of this chapter)