Zong Han was suddenly arrested during this coup because one of his subordinates, the Khitan general, reported that another general, Gao Qingyi, had embezzled 10,000 yuan in bribes.
Corruption and bribery are very common among the Jurchen nobles. There were not many such punishments in the past. This time, He Ci adopted Yu Wenxuzhong's strategy and gave him a "public crime" imitating the Song Dynasty and sent him to prison. Discuss.
Gao Qingyi was Zong Han's right-hand man. At this time, Zong Han had lost power. Whether in terms of strategy or psychological dependence, he wanted to save Gao Qingyi's life, so he took out his "death-free token" to redeem Gao Qingyi's life.
It turns out that after the old Wolf Lord ascended the throne, in order to win over Zong Han's faction, he ordered to reward him with a "death-free token", which was almost as effective as the Song Dynasty's iron coupon elixir book. But the difference was that it also had certain rights to mobilize troops, which meant something. It is said that it is more effective than the iron coupon elixir book.
After Zong Han handed over the iron bond, he was drunk and dreaming at home every day, and he didn't even have the intention to play with the women he usually liked. At this time, he was already in his fifties. In the past two years, he had lost political power and indulged in excessive sexual pleasures. Too fat and puffy, the former top warrior of Daikin found it difficult to even gallop on horseback.
On this day, an outsider came in. He thought there was news about Gao Qingyi, so he got up drunk, but was put to the neck with a knife. The person behind him laughed loudly: "Zong Han, you have this day too."
The person who came was none other than Puruhu.
Zong Han knew something was wrong, so he said: "Puluhu, let me go quickly. I will lead the army to kill Heci and make you the wolf lord."
Puluhu sneered: "You are just saying it now, isn't it too late? I will take you to meet Gao Qingyi today."
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Jin Wushu rushed to Beijing and immediately entered the palace to see the Wolf Lord and assassinate him.
Although he was seriously injured and had not recovered, he still supported himself without being carried. When he entered the Qianyuan Hall, he found that it was no longer what it used to be. The Qianyuan Hall had completely imitated the appearance of the Song Dynasty palace, with kings and ministers.
The spring in the Jin Kingdom was still very cold, and the wind and snow were still raging. But as soon as Jin Wushu entered, he immediately felt warm as spring. The charcoal stove inside was modeled on the Song Dynasty, and it burned very vigorously.
The python robes of the officials are all designed according to Yu Wenxuzhong. According to the fact that the Kingdom of Jin is water, senior officials all wear narrow-sleeved soap robes with patterns of bears, deers, and mountains on them, which is called "Autumn Water Clothes." They wear a jade belt around their waists. , wearing a gold medal on the left, a betel sword on the right, and black leather boots on the feet. The officials also imitated the Song Dynasty on their heads, wearing seven-beam crowns and five-beam crowns according to their ranks. The ministers were divided into two rows, with the thorns on the left The stepfather, Jin Wushu's brother Zongqian, is headed, and the one on the right is headed by Puluhu. Both of them added a Diao Chan cage scarf to show their noble status on the seven-beam crown.
Everyone was shocked when they saw the fourth prince coming in in such a mess. Jin Wushu also didn't expect that the palace would undergo such earth-shaking changes even after he had been away for such a short period of time.
Although he was covered in scars, he still held the Fang Tian painted halberd tightly in his hand with a majestic expression. Everyone knew that he was commanding the puppet Qi army to beat the Song general Liu Guang and retreated to several states and counties, so they did not dare to look down upon him. When Zong Qian saw his brother coming back, he was naturally overjoyed. He went to help him with his own hands and asked affectionately, "Thank you for your hard work, Wu Shu."
Before Jin Wushu could answer, he saw Lord Wolf, wearing a thorn head and a Chu yellow Luo robe, walking into the imperial cave surrounded by the ceremonial guards. The ministers knelt down to worship in Jurchen style, but shouted in Chinese: " Long live, long live, long live". Because their Jurchen script did not have similar words, they used Chinese transliteration.
Jin Wushu also knelt down among the ministers, but he saw that this young emperor, if it weren't for the two thick braids on his head, looked exactly like the Han emperor.
He felt very uncomfortable, but he heard He Ci say: "Wu Shu is so hard, I will make him the king of Yue and give him a full set of scepters."
Jin Wushu had long received the news that he had been crowned the king of Yue. At this time, he officially received the decree to express his gratitude. After he thanked him, he was not overjoyed, so at the stepfather's suggestion, Heci changed his relatives this time. He then said: "My fourth uncle worked hard and was injured for the country, so I will give him a seat."
A palace official immediately moved a chair, and Jin Wushu sat down. Everyone looked enviously.
Jin Wushu reported some situations in the Song Dynasty, and specifically mentioned the current situation of Liu Yu and the puppet Qi. Then the ministers withdrew from the court, and Zong Qian left his brothers behind and gave them a banquet to discuss.
After the two drank three glasses of wine, Zong Qian said: "Zong Han has always harbored evil intentions and was dissatisfied with Little Wolf Lord. Now, Imperial Master Yuwen and I have planned to arrest him. What do you think we should do?"
Jin Wushu thought for a while. He and Zong Han were mortal enemies. He thought Zong Qian had killed Zong Han, but he didn't expect Zong Han was still alive. He was not in a hurry to kill Zong Han at this time, so he said, "Zong Han made great contributions to destroying the Liao and Song Dynasties." , and there is no obvious trace of betrayal, how can you kill him openly? "
Zong Qian lowered his voice: "To be honest, Puluhu has become more and more domineering recently and is very disrespectful to the Little Wolf Lord..."
He only said this, but Jin Wushu was shocked and immediately understood that Zong Gan's killing of Zong Han was just an excuse, and the real purpose was to deal with Pulu Hu. First cut off Zong Han's threat, and then completely destroy Pulu Tiger.
He naturally understood that since Zong Qian secretly ordered him to rush back quickly, he had to agree with his opinion. However, he still sought truth from facts and only said: "Now the Song Kingdom has not yet been pacified, but the capable generals of the Jin Kingdom have been killed by joint assassins one after another. Zong Han He and Puluhu are both capable generals. If we kill them, won’t we lose even more generals?”
Zong Qian was a little displeased when he saw that he was so "ignorant of the general situation" and said: "Fourth brother, if Little Wolf Lord's country is not protected, how can we destroy the Liao and Song Dynasties?"
Even when his father, Old Wolf Lord, was still alive, he still maintained a strong Jurchen slavery and democracy. Jin Wushu was deeply affected by this. Seeing that Heci was now completely dominated by the Ninth Five-Year Plan of the Song Dynasty, he was secretly angry, but he felt that Zong Qian said: "That being the case, Third Brother will just take care of it."
Zong Qian stared at him: "Do you support it?"
He said slowly: "I should follow my third brother to secure my position as Little Wolf Lord."
Zong Qian was very satisfied with what he said. He also knew that after cutting off those generals, future troops would basically rely on this fourth brother who was familiar with the situation in the Southern Dynasties, so he became even more affectionate to him, and the gifts he gave him were more than the combined assassination and reward for the Yue Kingdom. The degree of king.
It's freezing cold and the north wind is raging. Even in the house, you can hear the sound of the north wind.
Jin Wushu rested all night, opened the door and looked at the ice and snow in the North. He couldn't help but feel melancholy. If it were the Southern Dynasty, the grass would grow and the orioles would fly away.
Wearing thick furs, he came to the prison of the Kingdom of Jin.
The prison of the Jin Kingdom was very special. It only dug a few large pits four to five feet deep, and posted a few veterans to guard them. When the prisoner was released, he was put on wooden shackles and shackles, and made to sit in a wicker basket tied with hemp rope. Inside, he was hung down into the deep pit. When he stepped out of the basket, the jailer held up the rope to collect the basket.
This kind of open-air pit often freezes prisoners to death in the cold winter. Even though there is a thick layer of dry grass and wheat straw underneath, it is still so cold that people shiver.
As soon as Jin Wushu arrived at the prison, he heard a burst of fierce insults: "Where is He Ci? Tell him to come out. I have an iron ticket to avoid death, how dare he take me?"
The person escorting him was Puluhu, who sneered: "Where is your iron bond?"
Zong Han hissed: "Don't you know that the iron certificate was given to me by your father?"
Pruhu laughed proudly: "It doesn't matter if I didn't see it."
Gao Qingyi had already been executed. Only then did Zong Han realize that he had just given away an iron ticket to avoid death in vain. He couldn't get the iron ticket and was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and suddenly said: "There is another one in the palace, you can go Ask He Ci..."
Puluhu pushed him: "If you have it, take it out. If you don't have it, don't be nagging."
In despair, Zong Han suddenly saw Jin Wushu standing aside, looking at him from a distance, as if he had seen a savior. He did not care that this was his enemy, and shouted: "Wushu, come here, you have something too." Iron coupon, tell me..."
Jin Wushu walked over in a few steps and saw Zong Han being guarded by four soldiers. His body was very fat due to excessive drinking and sex. He was already out of breath after this struggle. Where was the slightest trace of the former brave general
Seeing that he was silent, Zong Han shouted anxiously: "Fourth Prince, you need to know that you also have a ticket to avoid death..."
The Jin Dynasty originally did not have jade seals. At first, they used gold and jade seized from the Liao Kingdom. The iron stamps were in the shape of roll tiles, with gold characters written on them in Jurchen script. The name of the person is written. For example, the one given to Zong Han is: "Give Zong Han, and no one will be asked about it except for rebellion and punishment." The iron coupon is made of two pieces, one is given to the hero, and the other is kept in the palace for verification.
Jin Wushu naturally knew the detailed story, but at this time he knew that Zong Han's iron bond had been lost and he had to die. Although the rabbit was dead and the fox was sad, he just shook his head and said nothing.
Puluhu laughed and said, "Zonghan, what's the matter? Wushu doesn't remember whether you have it or not. You just have to die."
Zong Han cursed loudly: "I just regret that I didn't get up early and give up the country to He Ci, but I was murdered by this little bastard. Wu Shu, you need to remember, if He Ci can get rid of me today, you may not be able to do anything." A good ending. You still pray that your iron bond will not be deceived by He Ci. Now that all the brothers have been killed, it will be your turn next... "
Puluhu didn't let him continue scolding, so he stuffed a ball of torn cotton wool into Zonghan's mouth. He could only struggle desperately, making a terrible whining sound, and moving his hands and feet wildly.
Puluhu immediately ordered Zong Han to be put into a large wooden box, and the soldiers carried him into the prison where Gao Qingyi was once detained. Zong Han was tied with a thick hemp rope around his neck, and then was thrown into a deep pit. Poor Jin Guo The most powerful general was killed in this way.
Jin Wushu witnessed the whole process. Standing on the snow, he felt a chill on his back.
Puluhu ran over and extended his hand to him enthusiastically: "Wushu, it's a great day today. Haha, get rid of Zong Han. I'll treat you to a banquet at my house."
Jin Wushu laughed: "Okay, okay."
As he followed Puluhu forward, his vest became even colder. Today is Zonghan, tomorrow he is Puluhu, but what about the day after tomorrow? Will it be oneself or others in the future
Especially since my iron bond has been lost.
It was taken away by Hua Rong.
Originally, he had almost considered that one day he would be able to use the Iron Coupon. However, after witnessing Zong Han's death with his own eyes, he understood the importance of the Iron Coupon.
But, how can Hua Rong be willing to return her
The snow was very thick, and his black gold boots were deeply dug in. He pulled out the boots with force, and couldn't help but take a sip of the powerful burning knife he carried with him. The thumb and index finger of his right hand were disabled, and he could only use his left hand. He held up the wine bag and smiled bitterly in his heart. No matter how cruel that woman was, no matter how life and death faced her, she only lost two of her fingers. And what about the thorns? I'm just afraid that the next step will be my own head.
He touched his neck with his severed hand. There was snow piled on his neck, which was cold. He brushed the snow away. In fact, the most powerful enemy is often not the enemy country, but the politicians. Throughout the ages, many heroes did not die on the battlefield. But he died in the hands of the monarch's powerful ministers.