On September 14, the first year of Xuande, after negotiations, Zhu Gaoxu led his men to Fengyang Mansion without fighting to worship his ancestors.
Zhu Gaoxu was the grandson of the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. He wanted to worship his ancestors. It was difficult for the eunuchs and civil and military officials in Zhongdu to find any reason to refuse, and they did not want to be enemies with the King of Han.
Zhang Ning and others followed the army all the way.
Nanjing should have been martial law, and it is not easy to go into the city without permission; it is useless to go in. Only after the Han King's army occupied Nanjing can we try to rescue the Zhang family from prison through Zhu Heng's relationship.
There was another follower beside them: Zhao Erhu.
Apart from saying nothing about rebellion, Zhang Ning told him the actual situation that he was a wanted criminal.
But Zhao Erhu still has to follow him, perhaps because he is a person who cannot settle down in his hometown, and it is also due to his kindness.
The group of people stayed temporarily in Fengyang with the army. In the evening, Zhu Heng returned to his residence and talked to Zhang Ning as usual.
Seeing Zhu Heng's desire to speak but stop, Zhang Ning said: Zhu Butang said something directly.
Zhu Heng then said: How many of the people we sent to Nanjing were expelled from the city and returned.
Zhang Ning calmed down and followed his words: It was not a bad thing. Although the envoy was driven away, it means that the officials in Nanjing did not want to offend the King of Han, otherwise they should have arrested all those people and even beheaded and displayed to the public to show their determination.
That's exactly that.However... Zhu Hengdao, the person who came back told me that the people from the Ping'an family... were executed by Lingchi.
Zhang Ning was stunned for a moment and subconsciously repeated: Lingchi?
Zhu Heng said: Commonly known as Killing Thousand Killings means taking off all the criminals' clothes and tied them to the market. The executioner had to cut a thousand pieces of meat on them before they could die. It usually took several days to finish the pain. Some people even had to sprinkle salt water on the wound at night, which was extremely painful... This was one of the heaviest punishments in the Ming Dynasty, and it was even more miserable than putting on a oil pan.
A bloody scene of human flesh falling down with the knife appeared in Zhang Ning's mind, and he murmured: I have two women in my uncle's family, how old is there? How old is there for a child?
Zhu Heng sighed and after a while he said with apologies: I guess that the manifesto written by Brother Ping'an was spread and the emperor knew it was written by you. The emperor was furious and would use this heavy punishment.
The blue veins on Zhang Ning's forehead were rising, his eyes were red, soaked with tears and not falling off.
After he passed through his soul, he never regarded the Zhang Jiujin family as a relative, but at least he had been with him and was once a very familiar person around him...
The most unacceptable thing is that little niece, who knows nothing, Zhang Ning has even pinched her face and bought her a small toy when she went back.
None of the five people were traitors and evil, they were all kind ordinary people, but they were used with such bloody and cruel means.
Zhang Ning's heart trembled.
Brother Ping'an... Zhu Heng said kindly, opening his mouth but not knowing how to comfort him.
I want to calm down and say goodbye alone.Zhang Ning stood up and felt dizzy in his mind.
Zhu Heng hurriedly said: Come, I'll send Mr. Ping'an to rest.
A servant came in to help Zhang Ning, but he pushed it away. Zhu Heng walked out of the living room with him and followed him to the wing room where he entered the yard, and then told Zhang Ning's entourage to stop.
When the Taohua Fairy saw Zhang Ning walking straight into the warm pavilion and sitting down dejectedly, her expression was extremely abnormal, she hurriedly asked Lao Xu: What did that Lord Zhu say?
Old Xu whispered: People from the Zhang family were killed and Lingchi was executed.
The face of the Taohua Fairy changed, and she remembered that she had failed to save people.
No one dared to disturb Zhang Ning, so he could only take care of him outside.He sat in the chair for a long time and didn't eat dinner.
Zhang Ning knew some inhumane punishments in ancient times.
He also figured out the absurd rationality of this matter. Even if Zhu Zhanji did something unhuman, no one would say that he was wrong; just as Taizong ordered that the living person be thrown into a pan and cooked into bones, it would not affect his becoming a great emperor.
Perhaps it is not a big sin to kill someone in general.
Zhang Ning tried hard to recall the face of Zhu Zhanji whom he had met. This young man who was less than 30 years old was related to him.
But Zhang Ning has no feelings for him now. Perhaps one day this person can fall into his hands, and he can also taste the taste of killing thousands of swords.
At this moment, Zhang Ning became cold as iron. A wave of hatred quickly occupied his body and mind, and stimulated his angry young nature, and then hated all the rules of this society to the extreme.
Come and grind ink.Zhang Ning turned around and found that his voice was hoarse.
The Peach Blossom Fairy hurriedly ran in and accompanied him to carefully serve him in the pen.
She spread the paper in front of Zhang Ning, then put the ink-dipped brush into his palm, and whispered: Sir, why don’t you beat me up and scold me.
Bad man!Zhang Ning said, and then said, it's not your business, I never wanted to blame you, don't think too much.His speech was clear and seemed much more normal.
While writing a note, Zhang Ning said: I'll ask everyone to prepare. We will leave here directly after we leave the city tomorrow. I'll leave a note for Zhubutang in the room.
Everyone was dead, and Zhang Ning felt that there was no need to continue to follow the King of Han. He just wanted to go back and rebel.
The relationship between Zhang family and him was not as good as that of a normal relative, but the incident of such aroused Zhang Ning's great hatred.
Those survivors who were once murdered by Emperor Yongle were all relatives. He believed that these people were true and anti-social elements and could definitely be firm supporters in the early stage of the rebellion. Even if they did not feel the hope of success, they would have no choice.
The next day, when Zhubutang went to the central army, Zhang Ning took his entourage to take a horse out for a walk.
With the seal letter given by Zhu Heng, it was no difficulty for Zhang Ning and others to walk around the city and leave the city.
As soon as they left the city, they went up the Huai River and rode their horses straight to the west.
When the Han King discovers, they can't catch up, so they probably don't bother chasing.
A few days later, the group turned south, crossed the Yangtze River, and entered the territory of the Huguang Administration and the road back was getting closer and closer.
One day, everyone was resting in an inn. When the Taohua Fairy saw Zhang Ning being depressed, she couldn't stay in his room and said: I empathize with Mr. Ping'an's mood. I have lost my family before.
After hearing this, Zhang Ning remembered the peach blossom fairy and Fang Ling to make up. They should be the descendant of Jianwen's remains. He had never asked in detail before. When he heard her comforting herself so much, he couldn't help asking: I heard from Miss Fang that your surname was Wang, right?
The Peach Blossom Fairy nodded and said: My real name is Fairy Wang...
When Zhang Ning heard this, he almost didn't feel happy if he hadn't been in a bad mood these days.She asked again: Have you heard of Wang Jingzhi?
Zhang Ning thought for a long time and shook his head helplessly.
The Taohua Fairy said: My father’s name is Jingzhi, and he was the second best in the palace examination in the second year of Jianwen.Originally, the scholars of the article should be a Jinshi, but because his father was not good at his appearance, Emperor Jianwen looked down on him and gave the top scholar to Hu Guang.Later, when Nanjing was broken, Hu Guang surrendered to Zhu Di, and his father drank poisonous wine at home to repay the emperor's kindness.Zhu Di still refused to let our family go. The male was arrested and killed. The family either served as a prostitute or an official prostitute. Later, I was rescued by my father's friend and wandered all the way in the world. Finally, I became the former imperial guard Peng Tianheng who was doing private salt business.
I killed Peng Tianheng.Zhang Ning said.
He also blamed himself and hadn't done much good things over the years.The Peach Blossom Fairy disagreed, but we are in the world, and there is nothing we can do about today or tomorrow.
Zhang Ning said coldly: In the case of the imperial poisoning case during Yongle's reign, Peng Tianheng just sent the palace maid to death. He even insulted her before. Is there no way?And how did he treat Zhao Erniang? Is there any difference between this person and those cruel people in power?
So I also feel that he is responsible for it.The fairy of the Peach Blossom Fairy Wang no longer argues with him.
At this moment, Chunmei walked in and saw Zhang Ning talking, and she smiled: There is nothing to do in the long night, I asked for a horse hang tag from the shopkeeper, let's play cards.
Although they are both from the martial arts world, the Peach Blossom Fairy was not very accustomed to what this crazy woman did, but she wanted Zhang Ning to be more open-minded, so she agreed: Are you gambling for money? I don’t have much money.
Wasting time, I have no interest in gambling.Zhang Ning waved his hand.
Chunmei smiled and said: I thought of an interesting bet, let’s bet on clothes.
Ah?The Peach Blossom Fairy was stunned.
Chunmei said again: If you lose, just take one off, isn’t it interesting?Mr. Ping'an?
The peach blossom fairy's face suddenly turned red. She glanced at Chunmei, and then glanced at Zhang Ning with her aftertaste.
Zhang Ning was also stunned, then shook his head and said: Don’t joke, you all go to bed early and get up early tomorrow to rush.
The two women had to dismiss the room. As soon as they left the house, the Taohua Fairy said angrily: At this time, you are still joking like that. Fortunately, Ping An has a good temper, otherwise there would be someone who looks good to you.
Chunmei smiled, not saying anything.
The next day, a group of seven continued on the way, including three men and four women, including the little girl named Xiaohe.
Zhang Ning kept his promise and took the girl with him when he left Fengyang Mansion and ran away. He didn't even say hello to Zhu Heng. I think Zhu Heng wouldn't take it seriously.
The only problem is that this little girl can't ride a horse, and she is carried by her other women. Fortunately, the weight is quite light and the horses can still bear it.
A few days later, they bypassed the important town of Wuchang Prefecture and entered the territory of Changde Prefecture, but found that there were roadblocks at important passes, and the situation looked a bit abnormal.
Zhang Ning had a forged road guide, but in order to avoid accidents, they simply detoured from the west into the Changde boundary.
This road is relatively far away. Passing through Shimen County is the advantage that Shimen County is a remote county in the prefecture, and the government's rule is relatively weak, and there are not too many inspections on the road.
Zhu Gaoxu was the grandson of the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. He wanted to worship his ancestors. It was difficult for the eunuchs and civil and military officials in Zhongdu to find any reason to refuse, and they did not want to be enemies with the King of Han.
Zhang Ning and others followed the army all the way.
Nanjing should have been martial law, and it is not easy to go into the city without permission; it is useless to go in. Only after the Han King's army occupied Nanjing can we try to rescue the Zhang family from prison through Zhu Heng's relationship.
There was another follower beside them: Zhao Erhu.
Apart from saying nothing about rebellion, Zhang Ning told him the actual situation that he was a wanted criminal.
But Zhao Erhu still has to follow him, perhaps because he is a person who cannot settle down in his hometown, and it is also due to his kindness.
The group of people stayed temporarily in Fengyang with the army. In the evening, Zhu Heng returned to his residence and talked to Zhang Ning as usual.
Seeing Zhu Heng's desire to speak but stop, Zhang Ning said: Zhu Butang said something directly.
Zhu Heng then said: How many of the people we sent to Nanjing were expelled from the city and returned.
Zhang Ning calmed down and followed his words: It was not a bad thing. Although the envoy was driven away, it means that the officials in Nanjing did not want to offend the King of Han, otherwise they should have arrested all those people and even beheaded and displayed to the public to show their determination.
That's exactly that.However... Zhu Hengdao, the person who came back told me that the people from the Ping'an family... were executed by Lingchi.
Zhang Ning was stunned for a moment and subconsciously repeated: Lingchi?
Zhu Heng said: Commonly known as Killing Thousand Killings means taking off all the criminals' clothes and tied them to the market. The executioner had to cut a thousand pieces of meat on them before they could die. It usually took several days to finish the pain. Some people even had to sprinkle salt water on the wound at night, which was extremely painful... This was one of the heaviest punishments in the Ming Dynasty, and it was even more miserable than putting on a oil pan.
A bloody scene of human flesh falling down with the knife appeared in Zhang Ning's mind, and he murmured: I have two women in my uncle's family, how old is there? How old is there for a child?
Zhu Heng sighed and after a while he said with apologies: I guess that the manifesto written by Brother Ping'an was spread and the emperor knew it was written by you. The emperor was furious and would use this heavy punishment.
The blue veins on Zhang Ning's forehead were rising, his eyes were red, soaked with tears and not falling off.
After he passed through his soul, he never regarded the Zhang Jiujin family as a relative, but at least he had been with him and was once a very familiar person around him...
The most unacceptable thing is that little niece, who knows nothing, Zhang Ning has even pinched her face and bought her a small toy when she went back.
None of the five people were traitors and evil, they were all kind ordinary people, but they were used with such bloody and cruel means.
Zhang Ning's heart trembled.
Brother Ping'an... Zhu Heng said kindly, opening his mouth but not knowing how to comfort him.
I want to calm down and say goodbye alone.Zhang Ning stood up and felt dizzy in his mind.
Zhu Heng hurriedly said: Come, I'll send Mr. Ping'an to rest.
A servant came in to help Zhang Ning, but he pushed it away. Zhu Heng walked out of the living room with him and followed him to the wing room where he entered the yard, and then told Zhang Ning's entourage to stop.
When the Taohua Fairy saw Zhang Ning walking straight into the warm pavilion and sitting down dejectedly, her expression was extremely abnormal, she hurriedly asked Lao Xu: What did that Lord Zhu say?
Old Xu whispered: People from the Zhang family were killed and Lingchi was executed.
The face of the Taohua Fairy changed, and she remembered that she had failed to save people.
No one dared to disturb Zhang Ning, so he could only take care of him outside.He sat in the chair for a long time and didn't eat dinner.
Zhang Ning knew some inhumane punishments in ancient times.
He also figured out the absurd rationality of this matter. Even if Zhu Zhanji did something unhuman, no one would say that he was wrong; just as Taizong ordered that the living person be thrown into a pan and cooked into bones, it would not affect his becoming a great emperor.
Perhaps it is not a big sin to kill someone in general.
Zhang Ning tried hard to recall the face of Zhu Zhanji whom he had met. This young man who was less than 30 years old was related to him.
But Zhang Ning has no feelings for him now. Perhaps one day this person can fall into his hands, and he can also taste the taste of killing thousands of swords.
At this moment, Zhang Ning became cold as iron. A wave of hatred quickly occupied his body and mind, and stimulated his angry young nature, and then hated all the rules of this society to the extreme.
Come and grind ink.Zhang Ning turned around and found that his voice was hoarse.
The Peach Blossom Fairy hurriedly ran in and accompanied him to carefully serve him in the pen.
She spread the paper in front of Zhang Ning, then put the ink-dipped brush into his palm, and whispered: Sir, why don’t you beat me up and scold me.
Bad man!Zhang Ning said, and then said, it's not your business, I never wanted to blame you, don't think too much.His speech was clear and seemed much more normal.
While writing a note, Zhang Ning said: I'll ask everyone to prepare. We will leave here directly after we leave the city tomorrow. I'll leave a note for Zhubutang in the room.
Everyone was dead, and Zhang Ning felt that there was no need to continue to follow the King of Han. He just wanted to go back and rebel.
The relationship between Zhang family and him was not as good as that of a normal relative, but the incident of such aroused Zhang Ning's great hatred.
Those survivors who were once murdered by Emperor Yongle were all relatives. He believed that these people were true and anti-social elements and could definitely be firm supporters in the early stage of the rebellion. Even if they did not feel the hope of success, they would have no choice.
The next day, when Zhubutang went to the central army, Zhang Ning took his entourage to take a horse out for a walk.
With the seal letter given by Zhu Heng, it was no difficulty for Zhang Ning and others to walk around the city and leave the city.
As soon as they left the city, they went up the Huai River and rode their horses straight to the west.
When the Han King discovers, they can't catch up, so they probably don't bother chasing.
A few days later, the group turned south, crossed the Yangtze River, and entered the territory of the Huguang Administration and the road back was getting closer and closer.
One day, everyone was resting in an inn. When the Taohua Fairy saw Zhang Ning being depressed, she couldn't stay in his room and said: I empathize with Mr. Ping'an's mood. I have lost my family before.
After hearing this, Zhang Ning remembered the peach blossom fairy and Fang Ling to make up. They should be the descendant of Jianwen's remains. He had never asked in detail before. When he heard her comforting herself so much, he couldn't help asking: I heard from Miss Fang that your surname was Wang, right?
The Peach Blossom Fairy nodded and said: My real name is Fairy Wang...
When Zhang Ning heard this, he almost didn't feel happy if he hadn't been in a bad mood these days.She asked again: Have you heard of Wang Jingzhi?
Zhang Ning thought for a long time and shook his head helplessly.
The Taohua Fairy said: My father’s name is Jingzhi, and he was the second best in the palace examination in the second year of Jianwen.Originally, the scholars of the article should be a Jinshi, but because his father was not good at his appearance, Emperor Jianwen looked down on him and gave the top scholar to Hu Guang.Later, when Nanjing was broken, Hu Guang surrendered to Zhu Di, and his father drank poisonous wine at home to repay the emperor's kindness.Zhu Di still refused to let our family go. The male was arrested and killed. The family either served as a prostitute or an official prostitute. Later, I was rescued by my father's friend and wandered all the way in the world. Finally, I became the former imperial guard Peng Tianheng who was doing private salt business.
I killed Peng Tianheng.Zhang Ning said.
He also blamed himself and hadn't done much good things over the years.The Peach Blossom Fairy disagreed, but we are in the world, and there is nothing we can do about today or tomorrow.
Zhang Ning said coldly: In the case of the imperial poisoning case during Yongle's reign, Peng Tianheng just sent the palace maid to death. He even insulted her before. Is there no way?And how did he treat Zhao Erniang? Is there any difference between this person and those cruel people in power?
So I also feel that he is responsible for it.The fairy of the Peach Blossom Fairy Wang no longer argues with him.
At this moment, Chunmei walked in and saw Zhang Ning talking, and she smiled: There is nothing to do in the long night, I asked for a horse hang tag from the shopkeeper, let's play cards.
Although they are both from the martial arts world, the Peach Blossom Fairy was not very accustomed to what this crazy woman did, but she wanted Zhang Ning to be more open-minded, so she agreed: Are you gambling for money? I don’t have much money.
Wasting time, I have no interest in gambling.Zhang Ning waved his hand.
Chunmei smiled and said: I thought of an interesting bet, let’s bet on clothes.
Ah?The Peach Blossom Fairy was stunned.
Chunmei said again: If you lose, just take one off, isn’t it interesting?Mr. Ping'an?
The peach blossom fairy's face suddenly turned red. She glanced at Chunmei, and then glanced at Zhang Ning with her aftertaste.
Zhang Ning was also stunned, then shook his head and said: Don’t joke, you all go to bed early and get up early tomorrow to rush.
The two women had to dismiss the room. As soon as they left the house, the Taohua Fairy said angrily: At this time, you are still joking like that. Fortunately, Ping An has a good temper, otherwise there would be someone who looks good to you.
Chunmei smiled, not saying anything.
The next day, a group of seven continued on the way, including three men and four women, including the little girl named Xiaohe.
Zhang Ning kept his promise and took the girl with him when he left Fengyang Mansion and ran away. He didn't even say hello to Zhu Heng. I think Zhu Heng wouldn't take it seriously.
The only problem is that this little girl can't ride a horse, and she is carried by her other women. Fortunately, the weight is quite light and the horses can still bear it.
A few days later, they bypassed the important town of Wuchang Prefecture and entered the territory of Changde Prefecture, but found that there were roadblocks at important passes, and the situation looked a bit abnormal.
Zhang Ning had a forged road guide, but in order to avoid accidents, they simply detoured from the west into the Changde boundary.
This road is relatively far away. Passing through Shimen County is the advantage that Shimen County is a remote county in the prefecture, and the government's rule is relatively weak, and there are not too many inspections on the road.
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