Upon hearing the news of the city's destruction, Huang Sidao, the prefect of Kaifeng, was struck by thunder.
How could such a fortified city be destroyed so easily?
A few days ago, General Jin Yuhe led 30,000 green battalion troops to reinforce Kaifeng Mansion, which gave Huang Sidao a reassurance.
He thought that with these 30,000 troops garrisoned and Kaifeng Mansion impregnable, there was no possibility of the Ming army breaking the city.
Unexpectedly, in less than five days, the Ming army broke through Kaifeng and took control of all four city gates.
The prefect's Yamen is located slightly north of the center of Kaifeng City, and the Ming army will not be able to attack it for a while.
But all the servants and servants in the yamen had already disappeared, leaving only Huang Sidao's concubine.
At this moment, Huang Sidao had mixed feelings in his heart.
According to the laws and decrees of the Qing court, civil servants who lost their land could not escape death.
If you die for the country, your wife, children, and children will not be implicated.
If you surrender or escape, your family members will be sent to the bannermen as slaves.
His first wife and mother are now in his hometown in Daming Mansion.
If he escapes, his family members will definitely be classified as slaves.
This is what Huang Sidao doesn't want to see.
After much thought, he decided to die for his country and let his family have a good ending.
But how to die is a question.
Huang Sidao was a civil servant and had never held a sword personally.
At first he wanted to draw his sword and kill himself.
But when he took off the decorative sword hanging on the wall and unsheathed it, he found that he couldn't put it down.
The blade of the sword was so cold that Huang Sidao shuddered as soon as he touched it on his neck, and all the muscles in his body began to tremble.
No, this way of death is too painful and extremely dishonorable.
After all, Huang Sidao is also a scholar, how could he do something that is disgraceful to his gentleness.
Even if he dies, he must die decently.
If suicide is not an option, then hang yourself.
With the help of his concubine, Huang Sidao hung the hemp rope on the roof beam and tied it with a tight knot.
After pulling hard twice to confirm that there was no problem, Huang Sidao moved a round stool tremblingly and stepped on it with both feet.
The rope was a little tight.
Huang Sidao tried it and swallowed a few mouthfuls of spit.
"After I die, you can use my body to claim credit from the Ming army."
Huang Sidao lowered his head and told his concubine, who had been with him to the end, what to do.
"You followed me, I can't treat you badly."
Huang Sidao originally wanted to say something more, but when he heard shouts of killing coming from the yard outside the house, he knew that the Ming army had already rushed into the government office.
If he delayed for a moment longer, he would probably die.
Huang Sidao smiled miserably, resolutely put his head into the noose, and kicked the stool over with his right foot.
The rope suddenly tightened, and Huang Sidao felt that his neck was stuck tightly, making it difficult to breathe.
But this feeling only lasted for a moment and then disappeared.
He only felt that someone was hugging his legs and trying to lift them up.
He glanced down and saw that this person was not his concubine, but who she was.
Huang Sidao couldn't help but became furious and scolded: "What are you doing?"
But the concubine ignored Huang Sidao and shouted desperately outside: "Come here, the Tatar prefect is inside, come quickly."
Huang Sidao said angrily: "I treat you badly, why did you betray me?"
The concubine sneered and said: "When you left fifty taels of silver for my father and forcibly took me away to be your concubine, did you ever think that today you would be dead if you died, but now that the Ming army has come in, I will live with you."
Handing over a person to them will naturally fetch a better price than handing over a body.”
Huang Sidao suddenly realized and kicked the concubine with all his strength.
But when he was hanging in the air, his whole body was as soft as a noodle, and he couldn't use any strength at all.
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At this moment, Huang Sidao felt very desperate.
This bitch is so cruel.
When the Ming troops in the yard heard the shouts, they turned around and broke in through the door.
Seeing a woman holding Huang Sidao in official robes, she immediately stepped forward to help and got Huang Sidao off with all kinds of tricks.
"This person is the prefect of Kaifeng appointed by the Tatars."
The concubine pointed out without mercy.
"Haha, I'm lucky to have caught a big fish."
An officer who looked like Mr.
Qian laughed loudly for a while, waved his hand and said: "Tie him up."
Soldiers like wolves and tigers immediately swarmed up and tied Huang Sidao Wuhuada tightly with ropes.
Huang Sidao knew that there was no hope of escape, so he closed his eyes and gave up resistance.
"This bitch looks at five people and six people, and he is willing to be a dog for the Tatars, and take him away to make the commander feel ashamed."
At this moment, Gao Jie was leading his soldiers to patrol near the City God's Temple.
When he saw his subordinate Qian coming over with a fat man in official robes and pigtails, he frowned and asked, "What's going on?"
Mr.
Qian quickly knelt down and reported back: "Commander, this man is the pseudo-prefect of Kaifeng appointed by the Tatars.
He wanted to hang himself in the government office, but he was hit by the general and tied up.
He will wait for the commander to punish him."
Gao Jie looked Huang Sidao up and down and snorted coldly: "What are you doing with this kind of dog thief?
Drag him down and chop him down."
Mr.
Qian was just about to clasp his fists and accept the order, asking people to take Huang Sidao away for execution.
Gao Jie suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute!"
"What else does the commander have to say?"
Gao Jie sneered: "It would be too easy to kill such a scum with one knife.
I decided to cast a bronze statue in Kaifeng City.
Isn't this a ready-made mold?"
Mr.
Qian was stunned for a moment, then said happily: "What the commander-in-chief means is to cast a living bronze statue."
Generally speaking, when casting a bronze statue, hot copper water is poured into a pre-prepared mold and formed in one go.
Gao Jie obviously meant to pour copper water directly on Huang Sidao's body, that is, to cast a living bronze statue.
"I just want to show the people what it will be like to serve as a fake official for the Tatars."
Upon hearing this, Huang Sidao's closed eyes suddenly opened and he cursed: "Kill if you want, why do you insult me?"
"You deserve to be insulted by the word insult" Gao Jie spit out a mouthful of phlegm, which hit Huang Sidao's face.
"Mountain Harrier, you have to die a good death.
Do you think you will end up well by working for the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty like this?
Haha, your end will not be any better than mine."
Huang Sidao knew that he was going to die, so he just used his tongue and cursed loudly.
Gao Jie's heart thumped.
Although he currently has a good relationship with the Emperor, he is a thief by trade after all, so there is no guarantee that the Emperor will not be wary of him.
When the painful spot was touched, Gao Jie became angry and said: "Cut his tongue for me."
Huang Sidao was not afraid at all and cursed a few more times until the soldiers opened his mouth and cut off his tongue.
"Take it away and make it into a bronze statue" Gao Jie's good mood disappeared and he waved his hand impatiently.
The soldiers immediately dragged Huang Sidao away.
Alas, I hope he is overthinking it.
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Since the emperor entrusted him with such an important task as the Northern Expedition, he must have trusted him.
At this time, there must be no situation where the king and his ministers are jealous of each other
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