Ming Dynasty Road

Chapter 16
The sound of fighting all night, the sound of firecrackers and firecrackers all night resounded in Songshan City, the sky was already bright, and the sun slowly rose from the horizon again as usual.

Songshan City was captured by the Qing army from the Ming Dynasty a few years ago. In that battle, the Qing army defeated the Ming army and sent the Ming army back to Shanhaiguan. Since then, no Ming army has fought back. Therefore, the Han people in Songshan City The people were all moved out of the inner city, and the inner city was moved in by the Manchus who moved here later, so the relationship between the Manchus and the Han people has always been bad, and the Manchus in the city have never regarded the Han people as human beings, and the Han people have been living At the bottom of Matsuyama Castle.

The sound of fierce fighting last night lasted the whole night until the early morning. Shi Xiaoqiang, who lives in the outer city, got up very early. The sound of fighting last night scared him so much that he didn’t sleep all night. Only then did he dare to hold the wooden door of his small courtyard and look outside, but after just a glance, Shi Xiaoqiang's tears flowed out of his eyes uncontrollably. On the street, countless soldiers wearing Daming battle armor were orderly Cleaning up the corpses on the street, the big letters on the armor stimulated Shi Xiaoqiang's nerves.

For five years, since the Ming army was defeated by the Tartars in the Battle of Songshan, the people in Songshan City have lived in dire straits. The Manchus bullied the Han people in the city wantonly. All the Han people in Songshan City must shave their hair and wear the same braids as the Manchus. Since ancient times, the Han people have had the idea that their bodies, hair and skin should be taken care of by their parents, and the Manchus’ braids are like ugly rat tails. The Han people are naturally unwilling to implement it. Shi Xiaoqiang's father was beaten to death at home by the damned Manchus because he resisted the hair-shaving order, and his mother was also captured by the Manchus and made a slave. A deep sense of shame, what kind of a man can't even protect his relatives, but what can he do in the face of the butcher's knives of the Manchus? All the sharp weapons in the house were confiscated by the Manchus as murder weapons , the entire street is only given a kitchen knife, and more than a dozen families have to take shifts to cook, what a shame!
At this time, when he saw the Ming army whose memory was already blurred, Shi Xiaoqiang's dry eyes were filled with tears, and the excitement in his heart was hard to describe. Kneeling straight in front of his father's spiritual tablet, he kowtowed three times, his voice bloody, and Shi Xiaoqiang cried out with trembling excitement: "Father, you are blessed by the spirit of heaven, the imperial army has returned, I finally called back, after five years, your vengeance has finally been avenged, and you can rest in peace under the Nine Springs."

Grandma Li, who lives in the outer city, sleeps less because she is getting older. She also got up early and swept the yard as usual. Just after cleaning half of the yard, she heard the horse team passing by on the street outside, and she trembled. Weiwei opened a small slit, and saw a large group of cavalry passing slowly, neatly marching in an orderly manner, they were the uniforms of the Ming army, and this group of people did not have the disgusting money rat tail like long braids of the soldiers, Grandma Li suddenly felt powerless. It was the army of the Ming Dynasty, the army of the imperial court. Grandma Li threw the broom in her hand, turned around trembling and went back to her kitchen. I will make some steamed buns for these children. He must have been hungry after a night of battle. The old man was so excited that he could only sway, tears streaming down his face while working, muttering in his mouth: "It's been five years, and you are finally back. You should fight back sooner, my poor Neither will my son... This is fate, the court has not forgotten us!" The tears contained so much grievance, how bitter they were, but the court army finally returned to Songshan, and the bitter tears turned into tears. Tears of ecstasy.

Gradually, the people from the outer city slowly poured into the streets of the outer city, and the whole Songshan City boiled. After five years, the imperial army finally came back, and more and more people rushed out of their homes, demanding Telling others the good news, the cavalrymen of Daming saw the common people walking on the street, straightened their backs one by one, and walked in a neat team in Songshan City, with neat military appearance and high morale!
"It's the army of the imperial court, it's really the army of the imperial court, and it's finally here."

"Yes, look at our army is really magnificent, this time we don't have to be bullied by these Manchus again, hey, look, isn't that Liu Si."

"Isn't that bastard Liu Si? This bastard has blackmailed me a lot."

"Look quickly, it's the gang of traitors guarding the city. They're all being guarded by our Daming soldiers. Isn't that the Tartar governor Sokoha? He's also been arrested."

"There is also Tartar Governor Sokoha in the team. He has finally been arrested, and he is no longer afraid that his daughter will be taken away by him."

"Sokoha, you god damn it, you gave my daughter back my life"

"Smash them to death, smash them, smash them to death"

I don't know who among the people yelled, and immediately, the cabbage gang and rotten eggs swarmed towards Liu Si, Sokoha and the green battalion guarding the city, including a few broken bricks, and immediately smashed Liu Si. Si and Sokoha's faces were covered with blood, and even some of the Manchu prisoners in the team were not spared.

Liu Si and Sokoha's heads were covered with blood, and they were scared to hide everywhere. Liu Si was brought alive from his concubine's bed at night by Ming soldiers. The blood on the head and the cabbage gang on the ears are so embarrassing and embarrassing, the eyes of the people are full of panic, no matter how they think that they have the same scene today, they are so scared that they lower their heads to avoid the oncoming rotten eggs.

Seeing that Liu Si and the others were about to be crushed to death, and some Ming soldiers who were escorting them also suffered a lot of wronged vegetables, Niu Yong immediately asked the soldiers to stop, Master Zhao will have to interrogate these people in a while.

Although the people were excited, they could still control their emotions. When they saw the soldiers coming out to stop them, they stopped attacking Liu Si and the others, but they all followed the torrent of the team, and after a while they became the governor who followed the team to the inner city. government.

Liu Si and other Green Battalion soldiers were escorted and knelt in the open space in front of the Governor's Mansion, and saw a young general sitting on a stool in front of the Governor's Mansion, "I am the general appointed by the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Yi, Fellow folks, let's see if you know the people kneeling below. If anyone has any grievances today, you can tell them. The imperial army has already occupied Songshan City. You don't have to be bullied by the Tartars anymore. What's the matter? You can speak out your grievances, and today I, Zhao Yi, will seek justice for all the fellow villagers."

"My lord must decide for the villain." A shrill male voice rang out in the crowd, and a thin man with blood on his head ran out of the crowd crying and howling, knelt on the ground with a "plop", kowtowed It was like garlic, there was blood everywhere, and the sound hit the ears. This scene shocked the Ming soldiers standing around him dumbfounded. How wronged this man was.

Zhao Yi saw the man crying and kowtowed because he saw blood, so he knew that this man must have suffered great wrongs. Zhao Yi said solemnly: "Whoever is kneeling, you can tell what wronged you have. Today, I, Zhao Yi There will definitely be justice for you."

It was Shi Xiaoqiang who was kneeling, and seeing that Shi Xiaoqiang calmed down his excitement, he sobbed and said: "My lord
The villain Shi Xiaoqiang originally lived on the edge of Songshan City. He has a house and a field at home, and his life is boundless.Who would have thought that Liu Si, who was guarding the city, was arrogant and merciless, colluding with officials to look down on the sky, occupying my big house and taking my land.I fell out with him, and was beaten by a stick. My wife scolded him for deceiving good people, but he took him into the government and humiliated me. My wife hanged herself when she got home because of her strong character. Also, my elderly father was also beaten to death by the Manchus after he was secretly sued by Liu Si, a bastard, for the "hair shaving order". My mother was also arrested and made a Manchurian I don't know if I'm a coated slave, and I don't know if I'm dead or not. ! !I just hope that the adults can make decisions for the villains. "These hatreds are destroying Shi Xiaoqiang's heart day and night, and today he finally said it out, and after he finished speaking, Shi Xiaoqiang was sobbing and almost passed out.

Hearing the pressure of the bloody forest, Zhao Yideng stood up suddenly, and shouted loudly at Liu Si who was kneeling in the open space: "Liu Si, I ask you, is what Shi Xiaoqiang said true?"

"Return to my lord, it is true. My lord, please forgive me. I did all this under the instruction of Governor Sokoha. My lord, I am wronged!" Shi Zai was frightened by the angry roar and trembled all over, and replied tremblingly, pointing his hand at Sokoha while shouting for injustice, Sokoha was furious when he saw that Liu Si, who was usually a pug, betrayed him at this time. Sokoha yelled: "You dog slave, I..." Before Sokoha finished speaking, a knife handle hit Sokoha's mouth, and all the teeth in his mouth were smashed down. Keha rolled all over the ground, but could no longer make a sound, and the people present immediately shouted hello.

Seeing that Liu Si had confessed to the crime, Zhao Yi pressed his hands, and there was no sound on the court. Zhao Yi said: "Okay, since you have confessed to the crime, then I don't think I have wronged you. Come, come and take Liu Si Pull it down and cut it."

After speaking, several soldiers around him quickly stepped forward, pulled Liu Si, raised the cold sword, and slashed at the neck of Liu Si who was kneeling on the ground and mourning, once, twice, three times, I don't know if the soldiers deliberately Yes, I took a steel knife with a curly blade, and it took four or five blows to chop off Liu Si's head. Immediately, Liu Siqiang's blood sprayed out like a fountain two feet high.

Silence, a long silence, thousands of people stood blankly in the arena, without a single sound, until Liu Si's head rolled on the ground like a ball, and his headless body fell to the ground like a rag. There was thunderous applause, and the people went crazy with excitement. This bastard Liu Si finally died. How many blood and tears, how many grievances have ended at this moment, five years, five years of grievances and five years of blood and tears. At this moment, the explosion broke out, and the crowd rushed into the field frantically, gnawing on Liu Si's body with their mouths, Liu Si's head was trampled into a puddle of mud, this dog should be hacked into pieces, and Zhao Si was solved , the people with murderous looks looked at Sokoha who was still rolling all over the floor.

Before Zhao Yi tried Governor Sokoha, the common people smashed Sokoha's head with hoes and wooden sticks in their hands, murderous, full of murderous aura, and the people who had been suppressed for five years were completely ignited today. I was finally able to kill this Sokoha who killed people and raped women. Countless innocent people's daughters were taken into the mansion by this beast and tortured to death. How many old people's sons were captured by this beast and became slaves and never came back. , smash him to death!The people in the city only have this idea!

Seeing the murderous civilians, Zhao Yi thought for a moment, then waved his hands. The soldiers who were about to step forward to stop them all retreated. Ordering Niu Yong to send all the women and children of the Manchu people to the governor's mansion to be imprisoned, Zhao Yi can only do this. Zhao Yi knows that only the people who have suffered too much and experienced all kinds of pain will be so angry. Zhao Yi He made up his mind in his heart that he would never let the people of Daming be bullied by the Tartars. He fixed his eyes on the direction of Manqing in the distance of Songshan, and unconsciously clenched his fists even tighter.

Tartar, don't worry, I, Zhao Yi, will look for you!Just wait, wait to meet the wrath from Daming!

(End of this chapter)