Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 327 Youbu Chishan, fate is determined by the Lord

Chen Zheng came after hearing the news and frowned slightly when he saw the corpse on the ground.

Although it is an open secret that Concubine Shu is not favored, as the emperor's concubine and her brother died here, we must pay attention to it, and we need to give an explanation to the emperor.

No matter who is involved in this matter, the murderer will not be spared now. After all, this matter has a bearing on the emperor's face.

"When the two of us got up at night, we saw Zhang Heling moving toward the kitchen. We guessed that he... he probably wanted to eat secretly in the kitchen. But we didn't dare to say anything, and then we went back to the Tongbu to sleep. I really don’t know who stabbed him to death!” The two Imperial College students looked very panicked and told them what they saw and heard last night.

"You guys have been having a hard time during this trip. Who did Zhang Heling have a grudge with?" Chen Zheng naturally knew that there were constant grudges between these young masters along the way, so he immediately asked with a serious face.

Zhang Lun and Wang Shouren were standing here to watch, and the two of them suddenly became the focus of their companions' attention because they both had a violent conflict with the arrogant Zhang Heling.

Now that Zhang Heling was suddenly killed, both of them were heavily suspected.

"Where were you two at midnight last night?" Yu Yuanzan kept paying attention to the young master's reaction, and immediately looked at Zhang Lun and Wang Shouren and asked in a deep voice.

Zhang Lun and Wang Shouren looked at each other and replied innocently: "At this time... of course I am sleeping!"

"Who will testify?" Yu Yuanzan maintained a skeptical spirit and asked again in a deep voice.

Zhang Cang and Wang Shouren were dumbfounded and looked around innocently, hoping that someone would watch them while sleeping, but at the same time they were afraid that someone would actually watch them while sleeping.

At this time, Lin Yuanyang strode in from the outside and reported: "Your Majesty, the perpetrator fled the scene directly after committing the crime. I just followed the blood stains and traces left by the perpetrator. The perpetrator is very familiar with the terrain in this area. , and the direction he fled was to the same location as the Aeta tribe, so I’m afraid this matter was done by the Aeta tribe!”

call……

Zhang Lun and Wang Shouren thought that they would become the biggest suspects, but they didn't expect that this sturdy first Wu Kui had found clues, and they couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Lin Yuanyang has grown a lot over the years, and he added with a firm look: "The Imperial Envoy may not know something. Since our Luzon Guards were stationed here, people from the nearby Aeta tribe often come to steal food, and the objects in the camp have also been stolen. Something is missing. I am afraid that the Aeta people came here yesterday to steal food, but they met Zhang Heling who also went to the kitchen to steal food. I don’t know why the Aeta people stabbed Zhang Heling to death!"

Although the lack of water here is not conducive to human survival, the Aeta people are the earliest indigenous people of this island and they have very superb survival skills.

Ming adheres to the principle of not doing evil. Although his strength is far superior to the opponent, he chooses to get along with the nearby Aeta tribe and turns a blind eye to the theft behavior of some of their personnel.

In fact, they usually lock the kitchen, but last night everyone had too much fun, and many people even drank some wine, so they let everyone in Aeta enter the kitchen, and even found the food they put in the kitchen. Knives.

As a result, I don't know what kind of conflict happened between them. The Aeta stabbed Zhang Heling to death, and even ran away with the bloody knife.

"Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, I heard Lin Tongzhi and other soldiers mention this matter earlier. Since these barbarians did not get much, I ordered you not to argue with these people! Now it seems that this matter is indeed the negligence of I, and what happened here is Big mistake today!" Yu Yuanzan knew that if he wanted to convince the public, he had to be responsible, so he immediately took the responsibility and said.

When Chen Zheng learned the whole story, he immediately expressed his position seriously: "We in the Ming Dynasty do not advocate provoking the aborigines of Luzon, but they dare to attack Concubine Shu's biological brother. This matter must be explained and His Majesty must be satisfied. the result of!"

"I humbly obey my orders!" Yu Yuanzan and Lin Yuanyang realized the intention of the imperial envoy and immediately expressed their stance together with murderous intent.

They can tolerate the petty theft of Aeta people, and can even provide some help to Aeta people, but they cannot tolerate their murderous behavior, let alone desecrate the imperial power.

Not to mention that the person they killed was the biological brother of the current concubine Shu, even if it was an ordinary Ming Dynasty soldier, the Aeta people would have to pay a bloody price.

The morning sun has risen high, and the golden sunshine falls on this mountainous area with complex terrain.

The indigenous people of Luzon are not the Año people who brought pottery craftsmanship, nor are they the Mayans who later immigrated from the Malay Peninsula and Indonesia, but the Aeta people who started the Stone Age civilization.

It's just that the Aeta people's bodies are too weak and their productivity is too backward, so that their living space has been squeezed into the corner of Luzon Island.

Since they did not have a country or a federation, they all existed in the form of small tribes, and many small tribes were even on the verge of destruction.

The Chishan tribe is the strongest tribe nearby, with a population of several hundred. They live at the junction of forest and mountainous areas, and mainly make a living by hunting monkeys.

They are far away from the river, and naturally far away from farming. Their main daily work is hunting, and now they are returning with a full load in the morning sun.

"Split the meat!"

Several monkeys had been captured by the hunting team. A strong middle-aged man with a short stature holding a long gun shouted at the people in the cave.

Hundreds of skinny Aeta people came out of the cave after hearing the news. Most of them looked at the monkeys eagerly, their eyes looking extremely eager for the meat.

A sharp kitchen knife passed through it, and the meat that originally took a long time to cut was magically separated, which shocked the Aeta people who were watching.

"It is indeed a good knife! The people of the Ming Dynasty are really full of treasures. I have to bring another one back next time!" After a few cuts, the young man who was cutting said with emotion to a young man as thin as a monkey. .

"Why is this the only thing today!"

"Our third child was injured just now. Isn't this too little?"

"You put in the most effort in hunting, but you probably got too much!"

……

The people of the Chishan tribe seemed simple and honest, but when they returned from the harvest, they still only got a few scraps. The meat dividers who stayed in the tribe every day got a large piece of good meat, and they couldn't help but complain.

"If you keep arguing, there will be no meat at all, and I will feed all of you to the earth dragon!" A strong man in charge of dividing the meat controlled the stone knife and threatened arrogantly.

call out!
A sharp arrow with silver light flew from the west and stuck directly into the chest of the strong man who was showing off his strength. Blood immediately spurted out like a free money.

"People from the Ming Dynasty!"

Roman, the leader of the Chishan tribe, saw a flash of anger in his eyes when he saw the Ming army appearing.

The buildings of the Chishan tribe are mainly caves. They live in low-lying caves, and the well-trained Ming Dynasty army has quietly surrounded it.

"People from the Ming Dynasty!"

"He is really from the Ming Dynasty!"

"We are surrounded by Ming Dynasty people!"

……

When the people of the Chishan tribe saw that they were surrounded and saw the Ming soldiers with their bows and arrows ready, they also felt a sense of danger.

As long as these Ming people are willing, they can actually massacre hundreds of members of their Chishan tribe without any effort at all. "Come on, fight them!" Luo Man, the leader of the Chishan tribe, knew that Daming was coming with bad intentions, but he still commanded his capable general.

More than ten strong men with short statures holding stone axes immediately rushed towards Yu Yuanzan's direction, which was also a place where they often went in and out.

call out!call out!call out!
With an order, this improved bow and arrow exploded with greater lethality.

puff!puff!puff!
The Aeta people didn't even have animal skins on their bodies, and they couldn't resist the flying arrows. They suddenly became living targets and fell into a pool of blood one after another.

In the face of the powerful and well-armed Ming army, not to mention that they were still engaged in slash-and-burn farming, even the Malani Kingdom was actually vulnerable.

"We surrender!"

Facing such a powerful Ming army, the leader of the Chishan tribe, Luo Man, decisively threw away his weapons and surrendered to the Ming army on his knees.

This time the sun has risen high, and all the Chishan tribesmen present are bathed in the sunshine.

Zhang Heling's body was carried out and placed in front of the Chishan tribe and others.

If there were no changes in history, this man would be a superior uncle and one of the most favored relatives in the history of the Ming Dynasty.But now, he has become a dead body at such a young age.

When the Aeta man who was as skinny as a monkey just now saw the corpse that was delivered, he suddenly became nervous.

Lin Yuanyang had already found the bloody murder weapon and handed the kitchen knife to Chen Zhengdao: "Your Majesty, this is the missing kitchen knife last night, and it is also the murder weapon that killed Zhang Heling!"

"Which of you sneaked into our Daming camp last night, and who killed this person?" Zhang Zheng saw that the kitchen knife was very similar to the wound, and he pointed at Zhang Heling's body and asked in a deep voice.

"What the hell is going on?"

"I heard that the sword was stolen from the Ming camp!"

"Nonsense, that sword must belong to the Ming Dynasty. I heard that this time it was a murder to seize the sword!"

"No wonder the Ming Dynasty people want to surround us. How can we steal people's things and kill people?"

……

Faced with the people of the Chishan tribe who came to investigate and question the crime, the people of the Chishan tribe quickly knew what was going on, but they did not cover up the people, but began to blame their own people for being reckless.

If they didn't kill anyone this time, the situation would definitely be different from the current one.

Roman, the leader of the Chishan tribe, knew that the matter was inevitable, so he pointed directly at his young subordinate who was as skinny as a monkey: "He brought the knife back!"

"So, it was you who killed this person last night, but is that true?" Zhang Zheng looked like he had a burning gaze, and he immediately pointed at the body on the ground and asked.

The young man, who was as skinny as a monkey, had erratic eyes at this moment, but suddenly pointed at his leader and said: "I...I obeyed the leader last night!"

"It doesn't matter who you listen to. What matters is whether you killed him?" Zhang Zheng glanced at Roman lightly and then asked.

The young man, who was as thin as a monkey, hesitated for a moment, then pointed to Zhang Heling's body and explained: "He wanted to catch me, so I stabbed him!"

Chen Zheng got this answer and knew that the case was solved, but he couldn't be happy no matter what.

The emperor's concubine's biological brother was killed. This matter itself was already very difficult, and handing over the Chishan tribe now might not be able to quell the possible pillow storm.

But now that things have happened, the only way to cut through the mess quickly is to make a gesture to Yu Yuanzan secretly.

"What did you arrest me for?"

The young man, who was as skinny as a monkey, was picked up like a chicken by Lin Yuanyang. However, when it was the turn of Roman, the leader of the Chishan tribe, he was strongly protested by Roman.

puff!
puff!
The sword flashed across, and the two heads fell to the ground one after another.

Not to mention the people of the Chishan tribe who were watching, even the soldiers of the Ming army who surrounded the place were secretly shocked when they saw this neat scene.

Yu Yuanzan was a man who had been on the battlefield, and he seemed to deal with the murderers mercilessly. Naturally, the leader who ordered the murderers to go to the camp was not immune.

"died?"

"died!"

"Really dead!"

……

Hundreds of people from the Chishan tribe saw their leader being killed on the spot by the powerful Ming Dynasty people, but there was no excessive anger on their faces. Instead, there was a look of confusion in their eyes.

Chen Zheng was wearing a Ming Dynasty official uniform today and spoke eloquently to the Chishan tribe people present: "We in the Ming Dynasty only came here to mine gold. If you dare to hurt us again in the future, this will be your fate!"

As he spoke, he pointed at the corpse of their leader and warned everyone present.

Daming can adhere to the Confucian approach, but if these people don't know how to praise, then he doesn't mind letting them know that the people of Daming are sacred and inviolable through bloodbath.

"Meet the new master!"

After hundreds of Aeta people exchanged glances, they suddenly knelt down and said to Chen Zheng.

This move stunned Chen Zheng. Yu Yuanzan and Lin Yuanyang were equally puzzled, but they didn't understand that they just killed their leader, so how could they become their new masters?
Chen Zheng didn't want to be labeled as a rebel just because he had hundreds of more slaves, so he immediately denied it: "Don't talk nonsense here, I am not your master!"

"You killed our leader, so you will replace the leader and become our new master!" One of the older Aeta Renren said with great certainty.

They don't know how long they have lived here, but it has been like this for generations, and they must obey their leader absolutely.

Now that their leader was killed by the powerful Ming Dynasty people, they need to find a new master, and this Ming Dynasty leader naturally becomes their new master.

Chen Zheng knew very well that he could not give excuses to his political opponents, so he explained in a serious manner: "No, I am just the imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty. If you insist on talking about your new master, it is our king - the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!"

(End of this chapter)