mynovelweb Chapter 200 Ling Shumo and others are taken as hostages
Chapter 200 Ling Shumo and others are taken as hostages
"hiss"
Bai Wan felt the pain from the whip and before she knew it she was discovering her skin was torn and bleeding.
This man was someone who could endure pain, so he just touched the cuts on his body and counted them.
"Seven is unlucky, one more to make it even!"
How many people couldn't bear the torture in this villa outside Beijing and cried out.
But as for Han Miaoran, it was impossible for her to cry or even scream out in pain.
It’s not so much that he’s tough, it’s more that he feels he’s thick-skinned and doesn’t care at all.
Now, six years have passed, and not only has he become less fearless of death, but he has also become more courageous and is good at making fun of others.
Eunuch Wei, with a white cloth tied on his forehead, quietly led the Empress Dowager to a corner.
"Queen, he pretended to be crazy and stupid to escape in the first place, and he is probably trying to do the same thing again this time. Don't be fooled by him!"
Acting crazy and stupid...
The Empress Dowager Cixi closed her eyes deeply, and seemed to recall the chaotic look of this man holding the Picking Vetch Grass in his hand.
At that time, Han Miaoyan was brought to trial and torture after being imprisoned for three months.
He suddenly became disheveled, eating mud and grass, and tried to snatch the guards' swords and stab himself.
The most absurd thing was that this man was rolling on the ground naked, yelling and screaming like crazy.
Everyone thought he had gone crazy, which was why they accidentally let him run away from his villa outside Beijing.
Maybe I was really crazy then, and now I am just pretending to be crazy.
The Empress Dowager Cixi looked at the stunning work on the wall, and then glanced at the blind man sitting on the ground.
The same method cannot be used a second time...
It would be a pity if the person with the magic pen remained among the common people.
The Empress Dowager Cixi's tone was deeply weary, but with rare kindness:
"What do you want? Fame, wealth, status or a beautiful woman. As long as you can understand the meaning of the painting, I can give you everything!"
I identified some more white peas.
He lay in the flickering light of the snow, looking like a monk with no desires or requests.
"You are looking for an object or a person, but the place you put it is based on the painting, right?"
The man raised his head and smiled cynically, with a hint of mockery between his eyebrows.
The Empress Dowager Cixi was startled, and suddenly realized that this man had a strong will and a heavy heart, so she said nothing.
Bai Wan sat up helplessly, "It's just my guess."
Although he didn't care about anything, it was not that he couldn't guess.
The Empress Dowager stared at him silently, her face solemn: "Yes, if you can solve it, you can pick whatever you want in heaven and earth!"
"Hahaha……"
Bai Wan seemed to have heard something funny and laughed wildly and arrogantly, making the Empress Dowager Cixi's face look very ugly.
"What are you laughing at?" The person opposite glared at him.
Bai Wan laughed with interest: "If it is really so important, then I will die the moment I tell you the meaning of the painting."
He thought to himself.
Is this a will or a military order? Or is it the hidden account of the national treasury? Or is it a treasure map?
Only one of these reasons could have caused such a fight and kept people fighting for six years.
The Empress Dowager took a deep breath and said, "Then you can continue to stay here!"
"lifetime--"
These three words were spoken with great emphasis, with a drawn-out tone.
The door slammed shut.
Bai Wan seemed to sigh slightly, "A good queen mother who doesn't care about her son's misrule and causing chaos in the country, comes to torment a rogue painter like me. I wonder if she has lost her mind."
Whatever.
The Queen Mother is nothing more than a parasite who married into a wealthy family, does not work, and only feeds on the people's wealth.
A look of sadness flashed across his face, and he felt some pain in his head again.
"Did anyone come here just now?!"
He sighed and quickly fumbled for the clay tablet, vaguely seeing the three words "Empress Dowager Cixi".
He counted the scars on his body again.
Exactly seven whip marks!
Ominous!
……
Big win one hundred and twenty-one, January.
The winter snow is falling.
The snow fell even harder this year, covering most of the country.
Xuan Li really didn’t keep his promise. Four months after he got the treasures of the three cities, he launched an attack on Da Ying…
The Xuanli monarch announced to the world without shame: "Within a year, we will win a big victory. Within a month, we will capture the capital."
The first city that Xuanli's army attacked was Dingzhou...
Ling Shumo was well prepared. He ordered the provincial and border troops to stop the offensive and wrote to the court for reinforcements.
However, there was no reinforcement from the capital, so he tried to buy stability with gold, silver, treasures and beauties.
The court's peace faction was still delusional. Emperor Jiaxing still asked Ling Shumo to submit in everything and not resist, hoping to negotiate peace with Xuanli again.
Therefore, the Xuanli people who originally lived in Dingzhouli became arrogant and began to smash and rob the Daying people's shops and bully women.
They even took gold excrement and leftovers and threw them in front of the Dingzhou government gate. They also threw black glass coins for people to use and discarded big win copper coins.
For a time, the people complained bitterly.
Ling Shumo could no longer tolerate this, and finally arrested all the Xuanli people who were causing trouble and executed those who were most guilty one by one.
There is no doubt that this behavior is a disruption of peace talks and a blatant opposition to the court.
At this time, Dingzhou City had been surrounded by the Xuanli Army.
Death and blood spread throughout the city...
On the first day, the defending general Niu Jin was killed in battle.
On the second day, Deputy General Dong Qing died for his country.
The third day...
Dozens of soldiers guarding the city lined up the bodies, each of them dying with their eyes wide open...
In the end, Ling Shumo, the military governor of Dingzhou, had no choice but to take up arms and resist in anger, leading the civilian border troops to defend the city.
He was wearing armor and looked furious: "Follow me and defend the city to the death!"
These border troops had originally been ceded three cities, and they were even more resentful about losing their homeland, so they were all brave and fierce.
"Swear to defend the city to the death!"
"Swear to defend the city to the death!"
……
Filled with blood, the border soldiers of Dingzhou roared like thunder and followed him to defend the city.
Therefore, Xuanli Jun ordered his generals to attack Dingzhou fiercely, but they were constantly met with stubborn resistance.
Due to the severe winter cold, Xuan Li wanted to fight quickly and could not delay.
Ling Shumo came up with the idea of pouring water on the city wall, causing the city wall to freeze on all sides, thus quickly freezing the city, making it difficult for Xuan Li to attack for a long time.
He insisted on defending Dingzhou Prefecture for ten full days...
During these ten days, the two armies fought bloody battles many times.
However, Xuanli's army was unable to capture the city and its commander, seeing that he had no other options, had to withdraw his troops and change his plan.
Soon,
The news that Ling Shumo disobeyed the emperor's order to obey everything and insisted on defending the city and defeating Xuan Li reached the capital.
Emperor Jiaxing was furious!
He just felt that this minister did not respect the emperor's order and disrupted the peace talks between Xuanli and Daying.
But this time, Xuanli's attack was defeated.
Its commander realized that Ling Shumo, the military governor of Dingzhou, was a talented person, so he added a clause to the peace document with Emperor Jiaxing.
In addition to gold, silver, jewelry, cloth, silk, beauties and horses.
They want Ling Shumo and a few others, the generals and officials who successfully fought against the Xuanli Army, as hostages!