Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 286
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"King Chuang, you will never be wronged!" After listening to Gao Yingxiang's recitation of the letter written by Young Master Zhang in public, Li Zicheng, Gao Yingxiang's deputy, immediately jumped up as if his butt was on fire, rushed to Gao Yingxiang, knelt down on his knees, kowtowed, and screamed: "Chuang!" Wang, the general can swear to the sky that he never colluded with the puppy official, and he never accepted any official position from him!"

"Chuang Wang, you don't even believe in such a stupid divorce plan, do you?" Unlike Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, who has already pulled together a team of more than 5000 people alone, is not afraid of Gao Yingxiang's suspicion. The dog officer said that I was going to give him the heads of Luo Rucai and Mr. Fan, if I really planned to do this, there would be plenty of opportunities under the city of Tongguan and on the way back to Xi'an, why wait until now?"

"King Chuang, this is Zhang Haogu's little mad dog's plan to divorce!" Fan Wencheng, who knows the young master Zhang very well, also said firmly: "The little mad dog Zhang is best at despicable and shameless tricks. One move is more shameless than one move, and one move is more vicious than another move. Back then, our Daming Fourth Baylor and my master Huang Taiji Baylor were killed by his divorce plan, and his family was ruined! If you believe his nonsense , then you just wait to be fooled and suffer!"

Young Master Zhang's plan to divorce is really too simple and simple. Not only Fan Wencheng saw it at a glance, but even the illiterate thieves didn't believe it at all. Don't be fooled.Gao Yingxiang said with a smile: "What are you in a hurry for? Can't I see the scheming of the little dog officer Zhang Haogu? I read it in front of you today, but I don't want you to listen. That little dog officer Zhang Haogu has How stupid, to use such a stupid plan to divide our rebels! The legendary dog ​​officer who is invincible is so stupid, it seems that the day when we overthrow the dog emperor is not far away! Haha, hahahaha... "

"King Chuang is right, the puppy officer is really stupid enough." All the thieves echoed and laughed, laughing at the crudeness and stupidity of Young Master Zhang's treachery.Only Fan Wencheng couldn't laugh - because Fan Wencheng really knew his old enemy, Young Master Zhang, and he also knew that Master Zhang's letter was probably just an introduction, and there must be countless unscrupulous and vicious behind-the-scenes that smoked from the ancestral graves. .At this time, Gao Yingxiang ordered again: "General Chuang (Li Zicheng), get up, it's getting late, everyone should go back to rest. The puppy officer is watching the city and pulling out the camp today, and he will come to attack tomorrow in all likelihood. In the city, everyone has raised enough energy, let him show him how powerful he is."

"Go to bed." The bandits agreed abruptly, and dispersed in twos and threes. Gao Yingxiang led Li Zicheng to patrol the city wall, while Fan Wencheng walked with Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong.On the way back to the room, Fan Wencheng warned Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong: "Cao Tianwang, Eight Great Kings, you have to be careful what happened today, that little mad dog Zhang Haogu is treacherous far beyond your imagination, he wrote this letter A fake letter that can be debunked at a glance and shot on the city wall is probably just an introduction, and there must be countless tricks behind it. If you don’t let you be suspicious of each other, you will never stop! So you two must remember what Zhang Haogu said No matter what you say, even if it is a hype, you two must not believe it!"

"It's up to you to say? It's not like we haven't been tricked by Zhang Haogu's little mad dog, so how can we say he was fooled?" Zhang Xianzhong replied lazily.Luo Rucai did not dare to take it lightly, nodded solemnly and said: "Mr. Fan's words are very true, you must be careful, Eighth King, even though we all believe that you will not collude with the puppy officer, there is no guarantee that King Chuang will not be suspicious—— He read the letter from Officer Zhang Xiaogou in public today, and I am worried that he just wants to warn you and Li Zicheng, so that you don't dare to act rashly."

"Isn't it? Gao Yingxiang shouldn't be so narrow-minded, right?" Zhang Xianzhong asked casually.Fan Wencheng and Luo Rucai nodded solemnly together, and Fan Wencheng said in a low voice: "Eight Great Kings, don't forget that your army is now stationed in Xi'an City, mixed with Gao Yingxiang's army, how could Gao Yingxiang not guard against you suddenly Betrayal, open the city gate and exchange his head for glory and wealth? So the students think that you'd better find an opportunity to show your loyalty to Chuang Wang and dispel his suspicions, so as to prevent any accidents."

"Eight Great Kings, have you heard the story about three people becoming tigers?" Luo Rucai also warned: "One person said that there were tigers in the market, but Gao Yingxiang definitely didn't believe it; You will be suspicious; when the third person says that there are tigers in the market, Gao Yingxiang will definitely believe it! If you don’t follow Mr. Fan’s instructions and find a way to show your loyalty to Gao Yingxiang, maybe one day Gao Yingxiang will become suspicious of you, You don't want to hurt him, but he wants to hurt you instead."

"Is it so dangerous?" Zhang Xianzhong was a little guilty by Fan Wencheng and Luo Rucai's words. He was about to ask Luo Rucai and Fan Wencheng how to make Gao Yingxiang suspicious of him. When General Wang He Chuang was patrolling the city, he caught a spy who called the city at the bottom of the city. The spy claimed to be your former subordinate. He came to deliver a letter to you after the order of Zhang Haogu, the little dog officer. King Chuang asked you to go to the city wall to identify it immediately. .”

"The second person who said that there are tigers in the market is here!" Fan Wencheng and Luo Rucai's hearts sank at the same time, and they hurriedly accompanied Zhang Xianzhong up to the city wall, and went around to the north gate to meet Gao Yingxiang.When they arrived at the north gate tower, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai waited for the bandit leader to see a ragged bandit soldier kneeling in front of Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng, wiping his nose and tears while talking something, Fan Wencheng was taken aback. He rushed up and shouted: "King Chuang, don't believe it! You can't believe a word of Zhang Haogu's little mad dog. This is a terrible lesson for our Dajin Kingdom with the blood of countless soldiers!"

"So, do you want to say that this traitor is not the former subordinate of the Eight Great Kings?" Gao Yingxiang asked coldly.Fan Wencheng and the others were stunned, but when Zhang Xianzhong snatched the torch to identify it carefully, he saw that the bandit soldier looked familiar, and the bandit soldier also shouted excitedly: "Eight Great Kings, I finally see you again, little one!" It's Chen Guohua, the Chen Guohua who has followed you since the Mizhi incident!"

"It's you? Why are you here?" Zhang Xianzhong also recognized his subordinates and hurriedly asked him the reason for appearing here.The bandit soldier kowtowed and cried with tears in his eyes: "During the battle at Gaolingdu, I was beaten unconscious by Officer Zhang Xiaogou's soldiers and became a prisoner. Officer Xiaogou asked me to confess, but I refused and was whipped by him again. Beat the whip. Tonight, the puppy officer suddenly called the little one into his tent again, saying that he wanted to let me go back to your side, the king, and asked me to bring a letter to you, the little dog. The officer's soldiers escorted them here, but they were captured by King Chuang's soldiers."

"Officer Zhang Xiaogou asked you to bring me a letter? Where is the letter?" Zhang Xianzhong's face changed drastically, and he secretly cried in his heart.Sure enough, Gao Yingxiang immediately held up a letter and said with a smile: "Here, congratulations, Mr. Zhang Jun, the commander-in-chief of the Shaanxi Xi'an Prefecture of Ming Dynasty personally appointed by Officer Zhang Haogu!"

"King Chuang, what are you kidding? When did I become the General Soldier of Xi'an personally appointed by the puppy officer?" Zhang Xianzhong cried out in frustration, grabbed the letter and opened it, only to find that the letter contained the An official official document of the Ming government with the seal of Young Master Zhang—Zhang Xianzhong is hereby appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Xi'an Prefecture of Shaanxi, the Ming Dynasty!In this way, the governor of the five provinces of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Haogu,!On February [-]th, the ninth year of Great Tomorrow.

"Officer Zhang Xiaogou really appointed me to be the second-rank Xi'an commander-in-chief?!" Zhang Xianzhong had been the leader of the guard squad, and of course he knew at a glance that if he took this letter of appointment to the Daming Xi'an barracks, he would immediately become a real soldier. The second-rank Xi'an General Soldier——Speaking of conscience, at that moment, Zhang Xianzhong, who dreamed of becoming a high-ranking official, was really a little bit tempted!Fan Wencheng next to him jumped three feet high, snatched the letter of appointment, tore it to pieces, and shouted like crazy: "King Chuang, this is a divorce, this is Zhang Haogu, a little mad dog." Trick! He wants to instigate mutual suspicion between you and the Eight Great Kings so that he can seize the opportunity to attack the city, so you must not be fooled!"

"King Chuang, this is Zhang Haogu's poisonous plan for the three officials to become a tiger!" Luo Rucai also shouted profusely, "He first sent people to shoot letters, and then asked the captives to send false letters of appointment, the purpose is to let Chuang Wang, you are suspicious of the Eight Great Kings and create estrangement, so that he can continue to sow discord and achieve his despicable goals! I bet that the little dog official Zhang Haogu will definitely have another trick to continue to provoke the relationship between you and the Eight Great Kings , This is his usual method, you must not believe it."

"Then why is he only staring at Zhang Xianzhong to divorce? Not to alienate my relationship with Wang Ziyong and Lao Huihui?" Gao Yingxiang asked dubiously.Zhang Xianzhong was furious, jumped up and said: "King Chuang, so you doubt me? Well, what do you want me to do, so that you will believe that I was not bought by Zhang Haogu's puppy officer?"

"Eight Great Kings, it's not that I don't believe you." Gao Yingxiang asked suspiciously: "I'm just wondering, why did Zhang Haogu's little mad dog just focus on you? He pardoned you and appointed you an official. Why aren't the other kings like this?"

"How do I know?" Zhang Xianzhong couldn't tell, and suddenly drew out his sword, which scared Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang's soldiers to draw out their swords together. Unexpectedly, Zhang Xianzhong suddenly swung the sword and chopped the thief Chen Guohua who brought the letter of appointment. He cut it into two pieces, brandished the bloody steel knife and roared: "King Chuang, you should believe it now, right? I, Zhang Xianzhong, can swear to God, if I have any collusion with Zhang Haogu, the little dog officer, call me to be destroyed by heaven and earth." Die badly!"

"King Chuang, the Eight Great Kings and dog officials are not the same, you have to believe him." Luo Rucai hurriedly grabbed Zhang Xianzhong's arm holding the knife to avoid Gao Yingxiang's suspicion, and said nervously: "King Chuang, how about it, if you still don't believe me, Then when Officer Zhang Haogu led the troops to attack the city, the Eight Great Kings and I rushed to the front line with the army to fight against Officer Zhang Haogu, you should believe that, right?"

"Eight Great Kings, don't get me wrong, I have no doubts about your intentions." Gao Yingxiang also knew that among the thieves, Zhang Xianzhong killed the most people, and the possibility of rebelling against the rebels was extremely small. Seeing Zhang Xianzhong's determination to kill his own subordinates, he slowed down. He said with a smile: "It's just that since Officer Zhang Haogu sent someone to send the official document of appointment, I can't let you know, right? Well, that's all for today, pass on my order, and from now on in the city If anyone dares to slander the Eight Great Kings who surrendered to the dog officials, they will be killed immediately!"

Under Zhang Xianzhong's determination to kill the soldiers, a turmoil that had already taken shape subsided, but it was a pity that Master Zhang's three-person tiger scheme was too vicious. Although Gao Yingxiang knew it was a scheme, he was more or less still There was some suspicion and estrangement towards Zhang Xianzhong - this is also a common problem of all those in high positions.At the same time, the news that Young Master Zhang directly appointed Zhang Xianzhong as the commander-in-chief of Xi'an also quietly spread among the armies of various rebels, making many rebel leaders vigilant, for fear that Zhang Xianzhong would use his precious blood to stain his court red Official robes, be wary of Zhang Xianzhong.Although Zhang Xianzhong, who was thick on the outside and thin on the inside, was keenly aware of these changes, he was struggling to distinguish between words, so he had no choice but to let him go, and only waited until the battlefield to prove his innocence with a bloody battle.

Zhang Xianzhong hoped to prove his determination to revolt on the battlefield, but Young Master Zhang did not give him this opportunity at all. In the early morning of the next two days, that is, the early morning of February 21, the ninth year of Da Ming Qi, all kinds of thieves went up to the city wall to monitor the Ming Dynasty. When the army moved, it was found that the Ming army camp in the north was quiet and there was no movement, only some soldiers were running and practicing, and there was no sign of sending troops to attack the city.While the heads of the thieves were puzzled, they were more or less fortunate—no matter whether this city of Xi'an could be held in the future, at least we could live happily in Xi'an city for a few more days.At this time, a thief general came to Li Zicheng and reported to Li Zicheng: "Chuangjiang, there seems to be something under the fourth tower on the west side of the north gate, can you go and have a look?"

"Lead me there." Li Zicheng deserved to be unlucky, he followed the thief to the scene without thinking too much, leaned out of the city wall and looked down, only to see that there was indeed a bright yellow silk package at the foot of the city wall, very eye-catching among the dead bodies and trees , I don't know if the people in the city threw it down, or someone secretly put it there last night.Li Zicheng was curious, and ordered: "Put a person down in a hanging basket, and pick up that package to have a look."

The thieves followed the order, put down a thieves in a hanging basket, picked up the package, carried it up the city wall and handed it to Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng unwrapped the package and found an extremely delicate sandalwood box inside the package. However, there was only one official document of the Ming government with a vermilion lacquer cover in the box. Li Zicheng knew a few words quite well. He lowered his voice and commanded viciously to the bandit soldiers: "No one is allowed to tell about this matter, do you understand?!" The bandit soldiers did not dare to answer, but a cold voice came from behind, "Chuangjiang, what are you talking about?" Things, are you not allowed to speak out?"

"King Chuang?!" Li Zicheng's face changed drastically again, and he looked back in fear, and he saw Gao Yingxiang leading a group of thieves, standing behind him silently.Gao Yingxiang also stopped talking, and stretched out his hand directly to Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng understood, quickly took out the official document, held it in front of Gao Yingxiang with trembling hands, and explained tremblingly: "King Chuang, I am afraid that you will be angry when you see this thing. , but there is no other meaning."

"I hereby appoint Li Zicheng——." Gao Yingxiang opened the official document, and read calmly: "He is the commander-in-chief of the Yan'an Prefecture of Shaanxi, Daming! This certificate, the governor of the five provinces of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Haogu! Eighth day... February [-]th?" After reading this, Gao Yingxiang slowed down his voice, glanced at Li Zicheng, and repeated: "February [-]th."

"My lord, you have been wronged!" Li Zicheng was so frightened that he fell to his knees.Gao Yingxiang didn't bother to pay attention to him, and asked the bandits around him directly, "When was this thing? Where was it found?"

"Hui Chuangwang was found at the foot of the city wall at dawn today. It seems that he was thrown from the city wall." The bandits around replied truthfully.In this way, Li Zicheng is even more difficult to tell - no matter how stupid the thief is, he will definitely suspect that he saw that the evidence of Zhang Xianzhong's collusion with the government has been exposed, and he is afraid that the evidence of his collusion with the government will also be exposed. Only then quietly threw the evidence under the city in the middle of the night, destroying the corpses and destroying the traces.In fear, Li Zicheng kowtowed desperately and said: "My lord, this is a trick, it is the trick of Zhang Haogu, the little dog official! I can swear that I just saw this thing just now! If there is a half-truth In other words, tell the last general to hit the sky with five lightning strikes, and he will die a terrible death!"

"Then why did you hide this thing?" Gao Yingxiang suddenly raised his voice, and asked viciously, "Are you worried that I doubt you? Am I the one who doesn't trust my subordinates so much?"

"Damn it, damn it!" Li Zicheng slapped himself desperately, and argued with a sad face: "The general is afraid that King Chuang will not be able to explain it clearly after seeing this thing, so...but the general swears, this thing It wasn't the last general who threw it off the city wall!"

"Chuang Wang, this thing must have been sent by Zhang Haogu's little mad dog to put it under the city overnight." Fan Wencheng explained: "This matter, from the very beginning, was Zhang Haogu's little mad dog's serial plan. First, he intentionally pardoned the crimes committed by the Eight Great Kings and Chuang Jiang in public, and then used a fake letter and two fake appointment letters to separate and slander us, trying to divide us. This is the usual method of the little mad dog. , Fake book tricks, and deadly tricks are tricked one after another, they are extremely sinister and vicious, you must not be fooled by King Chuang."

Still the same sentence, the most powerful thing about the tricks used by Young Master Zhang, who is good at perceiving people's hearts, is that even if people see through, he has to be fooled obediently. In the book, I repeatedly reminded myself that what Fan Wencheng said was reasonable, and that the possibility of Li Zicheng, who was loyal to him, betraying the rebel army was very small, but he still couldn't help but start to speculate—whether Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, the two rebels, were really killed by Zhang Xiaogou The official's high-ranking official Houlu bought it, right?And Fan Wencheng was also sweating profusely. He knew that this was a shameless and poisonous scheme of Young Master Zhang, but he couldn't completely dismantle it and resolve it. Cheng Hu's poisonous plan also has an extremely insidious effect, which is to shake Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng's determination to revolt, and make these two thieves unknowingly have such a thought-maybe they will live better if they surrender to the government!

"Choke!" At this time, Li Zicheng, who couldn't tell, was forced to have no choice but to draw his sword across his neck, and cried loudly: "King Chuang, if you still don't believe in the general, then the general will die in front of you. Prove my innocence!" The thieves who were friends with Li Zicheng next to him were shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold Li Zicheng, and begged Gao Yingxiang: "King Chuang, General Chuang is loyal to you, and he will definitely not surrender to the dog official. You have to trust him."

"Who says I don't believe him anymore?" Gao Yingxiang tried to throw away his doubts about Li Zicheng in his mind, stepped forward to help Li Zicheng himself, and comforted him with a smile: "General Chuang, you don't need to do this, this is Zhang Haogu puppy Why can’t I see the official’s divorce plan? Put down the knife quickly, don’t hurt yourself.” Gao Yingxiang turned to the generals and shouted: “Listen up, General Chuang is my most trusted general, and he is loyal to me. Geng Geng, if you are chewing his tongue indiscriminately, be careful who you eat!"

"Yes." The thieves agreed abruptly, while Li Zicheng was so excited that he burst into tears, and struggled to kowtow to Gao Yingxiang to thank him. Gao Yingxiang laughed loudly and comforted Li Zicheng for a long time before he stopped crying.After the turmoil subsided, Gao Yingxiang led the bandits to the tower to drink. Li Zicheng volunteered to stay and patrol the city to monitor the movements of the Ming army. Zhang Xianzhong, who was walking at the end, saw the bandits walking away, suddenly turned his head and patted Li Zicheng's face. With a smile on his shoulders, "Chuangjiang, how are you? Now you should know what it's like to have a hundred mouths and not be able to explain it?"

"Understood." Li Zicheng nodded dejectedly, then gritted his teeth and said, "That goddamn little dog officer, we both recruited him and provoked him? Why did he use such shameless tricks to deal with us?"

"Li Hongji, do you feel that Zhang Haogu might really appreciate us both?" Zhang Xianzhong suddenly said something surprising, and said in a low voice: "Remember what Zhang Haogu said to us yesterday, both inside and outside the words? The meaning of recruiting us is to send both of us a letter of appointment as a chief military officer, isn't this an obvious hint—as long as we surrender to him, we can become high officials?!"

"Eight Great Kings!" Li Zicheng's face changed color again, and when he hurriedly looked to the left and right, he found that the people next to him were standing far away, and they probably didn't hear Zhang Xianzhong's words, so Li Zicheng said in a low voice: "Eight Great Kings, you can't say that." Nonsense, watch your head."

"Be careful with your heads? If you and I work together, who else would dare to take our heads?" Zhang Xianzhong snorted coldly, and then said: "Forget it, let's talk about it later, I'm going to drink first, let's have a few drinks together when we have time." After finishing speaking, Zhang Xianzhong turned his head and left.

"I want to be an official!" At this time, a long voice suddenly came from under the city wall, "Murder and arson will be summoned!" When Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng turned their heads to look together, they saw several people rushing out of the ruins not far from the city. Riding, one of the Ming army knights waving a binoculars laughed and shouted loudly, "If you want to be an official, you will be recruited for murder and arson—!"

"Who is this guy?"

"It seems to be Officer Zhang Xiaogou's personal soldier, the one who blocked Officer Zhang Xiaogou with a shield yesterday."

(End of this chapter)