When Zheng Rong heard that Sun Hao was in such a desperate situation today, he was still praising his demeanor back then. The dignity and vanity in his heart were greatly satisfied. He said with a smile: "Since the old general trusts me, why don't you open the door and accept your surrender immediately? I will treat you like a distinguished guest.”
Sun Hao replied: "I don't dare. In fact, as long as the emperor is satisfied with one thing, it is to take away this white head from me, or to cut him into pieces with a thousand knives and to execute him late. I don't dare to complain at all..." "
Hearing his sincerity, Zheng Rong couldn't help but put away his smile and said: "Is there anything in the world that I can't do? If the old general has anything to do, just talk it through."
Sun Hao looked serious and said: "Then please forgive my Prince of Lingnan! Your Majesty, he rebelled and committed a crime. I also know that the crime is unforgivable... But... But... Your Majesty, he is the Emperor's biological brother after all. , he is a brother from the same mother, so please allow him to spend his old age peacefully, as a common man!" As he spoke, Sun Hao actually cried a little.
Zheng Rong said: "I can agree to all kinds of things, but this Zheng Gui, even if I want to spare him, I still have Wang Fa and my great Han ancestors. , I'm afraid they may not be able to spare him. Whether to kill or behead him, whether to imprison or imprison him, is all decided by public opinion, and I cannot do it alone. But given Zheng Gui's crime, I am afraid that he cannot be spared lightly!"
When Sun Hao heard the emperor's categorical words, he felt bitter in his mouth and said: "The general has no other request, I just ask the emperor to let the prince go. If the emperor refuses, then the general will have no choice but to fight to the end..."
"Presumptuous!" Zheng Rong interrupted Sun Hao before he could finish his words, "Old man! I call you 'Old General' just to give you some face. What qualifications do you have to negotiate terms with me? A p.s. A rebellious warrior actually dares to protect the prince, do you really think he is anything special?"
After hearing this, Sun Hao was not angry at all, and sighed and said: "Your Majesty, it's really unbearable for me to call you 'Old General'. It's not as pleasant as 'Old Man'." To be honest, the emperor said that a group of civil and military officials from the south of the Yangtze River were imprisoned in the Taoist yamen behind the 'old man'. As long as the emperor Jinkou said, 'Don't kill the King of Lingnan,' the generals would plead guilty and surrender immediately. Otherwise, these people would probably It will also become the coffin board of the 'old man'..."
Zheng Rong sneered: "Do you still want to use these people to blackmail me? This group of people received my salary, but threw the entire Jiangnan Road to the rebels. I don't know how to deal with them, so why should I think about them? If you die, you will die. There are fewer people working in the fields, so how can there be fewer people who want to be officials? "
When Zheng Rong blurted out these words, Sun Hao on the opposite side naturally felt his heart tightening, and all the civil and military officials on his side also felt a little chilled. However, what the emperor said was reasonable and irrefutable, but his tone was extremely blunt, which made people feel uncomfortable hearing it.
Here Zheng Rong was still unyielding and said: "Old man, are you going to surrender? If you don't surrender, I will issue an order to attack. After capturing this place, I will send troops to hunt down this kid Zheng Yu. Time is tight, don’t waste time by procrastinating!”
After hearing this, Sun Hao shrank down from the wall, as if he was discussing with his subordinates. After a moment, he climbed up the wall again and said: "Your Majesty, there is no other way. I will open the door right now." Surrender… "
Zheng Rong felt happy when he heard that Sun Hao finally surrendered, and said: "Okay, a man who understands the current situation is a hero. Since the old general has surrendered, I will still do what I promised you just now. Then please ask the old general to disarm and disarm. You can't carry a single person with you." Guard, come out and meet."
Sun Hao agreed and worked in the yamen for a while. Sure enough, he came out of the yamen gate that opened a gap, and saw that he had his hands empty, took off his armor, and was only wearing a short cotton-padded jacket, limping. Walk towards Zheng Rong.
Upon seeing this, several personal guards immediately surrounded Sun Hao and patted him, trying to confirm that he indeed did not carry any weapons or blades. These guards checked very seriously, checking everything from top to bottom, but when they touched Sun Hao's thigh, the veteran suddenly shook all over and fell to the ground, with an obvious expression of pain on his face.
The guards were shocked and hurriedly took half a step back. They drew out their sabers from their waists and pointed them at Sun Hao.
Sun Hao gritted his teeth and endured for a while, squeezed out a smile, and struggled on the ground and said: "It's okay. I was hit by your army's arrow and injured my foot. Don't scare everyone..."
Seeing Sun Hao's old and pitiful appearance, everyone couldn't help but feel some compassion in their hearts, and quickly helped him up and carried him to Zheng Rong.
Emperor Zheng Rong also saw Sun Hao in such a mess a few steps away, so he stepped forward and said, "Old General, the old general is suffering. It's all Zheng Gui's fault. The good King of Lingnan wants to be the emperor... I don't know what this emperor has. What a good job. Although I am in the ninth level, sometimes when I think about it, I am really not as happy as when I was in the position of King Youyan... "
Zheng Rong was talking half-heartedly when he suddenly heard Sun Hao interrupt: "Your Majesty, you only come here to surrender when you are desperate. This old face is not good-looking, so I brought some greeting gifts."
Zheng Rong felt happy after hearing this, felt a little strange, and felt a little curious, so he asked: "Old General, I am rich all over the world. I wonder what the old general has brought me?"
Sun Hao seemed to be in great pain at the injured area on his leg. He subconsciously reached out to touch it and suddenly shouted: "That's it!" As he shouted, the old general burst out with strength from nowhere. He suddenly jumped up from the ground and jumped to the side of Emperor Zheng Rong, but there was a spike nearly a foot long in his hand, which went straight into Emperor Zheng Rong's eyes.
It turned out that the injury on Sun Hao's leg was not caused by an officer's arrow, but that he gritted his teeth and stabbed a sharp thorn into his thigh. The purpose was to hide it from the search of the emperor's personal guards, and then take advantage of the fact that no one was aware of it. Be prepared, waiting for an opportunity to be detrimental to the emperor.
Fortunately, he came up with such a plan in such a short period of time, and his action was extremely concealed and quick. Not only did he miss the imperial guards present, but also Yuchi Lianghong and Yuchi Jiming, who were always waiting behind the emperor. The two martial arts masters, father and daughter, had no time to react.
Emperor Zheng Rong, who was restrained, saw a sharp and cold thorn dangling in front of his eyes. He couldn't help but feel dizzy and asked hurriedly: "You... what are you going to do?" Although he was already trying to stay calm. , but there was still a tone of panic in his words.
Most of the people around the emperor were from Lao Youyan Dao. They were used to seeing how calm and steady King Youyan was back then. How had they ever seen the emperor in such a state of embarrassment today
It was Prime Minister Zhongli Kuang who showed a calmness that ordinary people did not have at this critical moment. He stepped forward and said: "General Sun, everything is easy to say, but please don't do stupid things. Our emperor is a good emperor and a rare British master. , Holy Lord, if you are not careful, I am afraid there will be no one in the world to preside over this."
Sun Hao nodded and said: "Although I am confused, I am not an unreasonable person. The emperor is a good emperor, I know it in my heart. It is precisely because of this that I risk my life to ask the emperor to say: Let him go. The prince of Lingnan. As soon as the emperor opens his mouth, I will immediately kill myself without touching a hair of the emperor." Although his words were sincere and polite, the sharp thorn in his hand was not far away from Zheng Rong's eyeballs.
At this moment, Emperor Zheng Rong finally calmed down and said: "What if I promised you here, but go back and break my promise and kill Zheng Gui immediately? The old general's life will be in vain."
Sun Hao smiled bitterly: "I've pawned everything out today. What's the pawning? The emperor is a good emperor and a real man who has promised a lot of money. He will definitely not be able to do such a thing to get rich by breaking his promise."
I don’t know whether Sun Hao prepared these words in advance or thought of it on the spur of the moment. Saying it in front of everyone, he almost put the emperor on the head - if the emperor really said what he said, it would not count. Have you killed a bad emperor or a fake man
At this time, I heard someone say: "The Master said: 'If you want an alliance, the gods will not listen.' Long live General Sun's threat. We all present have seen it. How can the emperor's words in this situation count?" …”
Everyone looked up according to the voice, but the speaker was Shi Liangzhi, the Minister of Rites.
Qiu Yizhi had always had prejudices against Shi Liangzhi, but today it was in line with etiquette to hear him quote from scriptures. Finally, he somewhat admired his reading of poetry and books.
Then I heard Zhongli Kuang say: "General Sun, the prince of Lingnan risked the disapproval of the world and raised a flag to rebel. He has already committed an unpardonable crime. The emperor may still consider that he is a brother of the same mother and is outside the law. Be merciful and forgive him for his death. But the general actually held the emperor hostage again today and committed another unforgivable crime. Although this crime was committed by the old general, according to the law of continuous presumption, at least half of it must be recorded on the Prince of Lingnan. With such two crimes punished at the same time, does Prince Lingnan still have a chance to survive? "
After hearing Zhongli Kuang's analysis, Sun Hao was in a state of confusion and hurriedly said: "I never thought of this, I never thought of this... This is all my own doing, and I have nothing to do with the prince of Lingnan... I don't have anything to do with Lingnan." The prince’s affairs…”
While Sun Hao was panicking for a moment, Yuchi Lianghong, who was behind the emperor, suddenly stepped up to Sun Hao's side. At the same time, he raised his arms and used all his strength to hit Sun Hao's right wrist holding the spike. .
Yuchi Jiming is so skilled in martial arts. With such a full blow with both hands, even stubborn rocks may be broken. How many people in the world can resist his move? I saw that one of Sun Hao's hands was broken instantly, and he was swaying. However, he still had some strength left and swung back behind him.
At the same time, Yuchi Jiming also flew towards Sun Hao, using all his strength to push him to the ground and hold him down.
The movements of the father and daughter were like thunder and lightning. If they happened to blink, they would not even be able to see clearly what was happening. They would see that the veteran who was holding the emperor hostage had already been subdued.
Everyone was shocked, including the emperor. His knees gave out and he collapsed.
Qiu Yizhi hurriedly stepped forward to support the emperor, and shouted: "Are you all stupid? Why don't you quickly bring a stool so that the emperor can rest?" He then ordered Yuchi Jiming, "Jiming, please put Sun Hao suppressed it, but don’t let him get up again.”
While they were talking, several soldiers moved a chair and placed it behind Zheng Rong. Qiu Yizhi slowly supported the emperor and sat down, already sweating from the heat.
Zhongli Kuang stepped forward and knelt down and said: "The Emperor was frightened. It was the ministers' poor thinking that gave Sun Hao the opportunity to take action. Please forgive me!"