Ashes

"What? Defected?" Nurhachi was shocked, "Who is it?"

"It's Shuotuo, Zaisangu, and Moluohun."

"Has anyone caught it?"

"All caught."

"Take them to the palace!"

Just now, he was immersed in the joy of talking with his two young sons, and Nurhachi was poured a basin of cold water head-on.

He restrained his anger, and said to his two sons in as gentle a tone as possible: "Go ahead and play, Father Khan has something to deal with."

The two watched Nurhachi leave, and Dorgon kept staring as if his eyes were glued to Nurhachi.

After people left out of sight, Dorgon pushed Duoduo with his arm: "Shall we go to eavesdrop?"

Doduo was the most enthusiastic about eavesdropping, and the chicken nodded like a pecking rice: "Okay, okay."

Through the gap in the window, Dorgon looked into the hall.

Above the main hall, the atmosphere was dignified. Three people who tried to defect knelt down in front of Nurhachi one by one. They were disheveled and their clothes were torn. It seemed that there were many conflicts when they were arrested.

The dim candlelight made each of their faces darker, making them look even more gloomy.

Although Zaisangu lowered his head, his eyes kept turning, watching the surrounding situation.Mo Luohun was his brother-in-law and Urgudai's younger brother. He was downcast with a bitter face.But Shuotuo, instead of bowing his head, straightened his chest and looked straight ahead.

Nurhachi was furious, slapped the armrest, and asked, "You guys are either descendants of the clan or relatives of the clan, why did you defect! Could it be that I treat you badly?"

The people below did not speak. Zaisangu glanced up and went down again, while Shuo Tuo still held his head high.

It was Daishan and Amin who both got the news and hurried into the hall.

As soon as he heard that his son had defected, Daishan was angry and nervous. He was angry that this son who didn't like him would actually annoy him, and he was nervous because he was afraid that he would hurt himself.

He didn't know yet that he was about to be wiped out.

As soon as he entered the hall and saw Shuotuo, he rushed up and kicked him down: "You rebellious offspring, you will embarrass me!"

Shuo Tuo was kicked and fell to the ground, but he straightened up again and stared at Dai Shan viciously.

Seeing Daishan's actions, Amin was taken aback for a moment, and then slapped Zhai Sanggu on the face: "Defect? ​​Are you tired of working?"

Moluohun's older brother Urgudai also came and stood aside in horror, at a loss for what to do.

After a while, the other two big Baylors who were notified, Mang Gurtai and Huang Taiji also arrived one after another.

Everyone is here, and a big show is about to start.

Dorgon watched secretly, smiling secretly.

Daishan knelt down in front of Nurhachi and kowtowed heavily: "Father Khan, such a rebellious son dares to defect to my Dajin, and it is useless for me to support him. Please Father Khan punish him with death."

Amin also knelt beside Daishan, echoing him.

With a gloomy face, Nurhachi ignored Daishan, and said to Shuotuo and the others, "Say it! Why did you defect!"

Zhai Sanggu said submissively first: "Actually, we don't want to...we just...we..."

"What do you just want?"

Before they could answer, Daishan jumped up and punched and kicked Shuo Tuo: "How dare you make excuses! You still haven't confessed your crimes honestly!"

Shuo Tuo was knocked to the ground by him, but he gritted his teeth from beginning to end and said nothing.

"Okay Daishan, let them talk." Nurhachi stopped him.

Zhai Sanggu hurriedly said: "Khan, if possible, we don't want to escape, we have reasons!"

"What's your reason?"

Daishan roared: "What can you have to worry about? Defecting is a death penalty! Father Khan, please punish them!"

Shuo Tuo, who had been silent all this time, finally broke out, shouting at the top of his voice, "We can't live any longer!"

Zaisangu glanced at it, he knew that his play was over and he could leave.

"What can't you survive! You're talking nonsense here!" Daishan kicked him away again.

"Daishan, let him talk!" Nurhachi scolded.

Shuo Tuo said almost in a growl: "My Ama doesn't regard me as a son at all, but treats me as a thorn in my flesh. If I stay here any longer, I will definitely be tortured to death by him!"

"What nonsense are you talking about! When did I torture you!" Daishan was furious.

"Every time you divide the population, you give me the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and I can't do any work. Every time I come back from hunting, I always get the least prey. There is not enough food at all. My people are hungry. Several of them died. I have never even seen those valuable furs! You just listened to that woman’s words, and made things difficult for me everywhere!”

"You don't work hard, and you still want me to give you more things?"

"I didn't rush to the front in any war, why didn't I work hard! Even my younger brothers who are just toddler have a better life than me, but I can't even eat enough. What's the point of me keeping it? It's better to go out and make a name for yourself than to watch you and that woman face here!"

"You unfilial son, greedy and full of nonsense!"

"I'm telling the truth!"

Nurhachi couldn't stand it any longer, and shouted loudly: "Enough!"

Tianming Khan was furious, and everyone fell to the ground, silent like a cicada.

Even Dorgon and Duoduo who were outside the house couldn't help shivering.

Doduo pulled Dorgon in fear: "Brother, let's go, don't watch."

Dorgon didn't even blink his eyes: "Look again." In addition to looking at Daishan and Shuotuo who were the most noisy, he also glanced at Huang Taiji standing in the corner from time to time, his eyes were always indifferent, It was as if everything in front of him hadn't affected him in the slightest.

"Father Khan, don't believe every truthful word of this rebellious son." Daishan began to panic, "He escaped with other people, and he should be punished for the crime. Please, Father Khan, hand him over to me to deal with."

Nurhachi looked at Daishan with a cold and deep gaze.He is Destiny Khan who swept across Mongolia, and he is Nurhachi who has killed countless people. At this moment, his eyes are like a fierce god, which can kill people.

Daishan was terrified, his throat seemed to be stuffed with a foreign object, his mouth was half open, unable to make a sound.

"Adun." Nurhachi ordered, "Go to Shuo Tuo's house and have a look."

"Cha." A-Dun took the order and left.

The long wait is a torment.Everyone's body is like a fire ignited, burning blazingly, scorching the heart.The air was scorched and suffocated by the heat, the blood was scorched dry, and the flesh slowly withered like coke.

No one dared to speak, as if there were pairs of invisible hands pressing down on their necks, making them unable to lift their heads.

The corners of Nurhachi's mouth trembled slightly, staring at everyone in the hall.

He couldn't believe what he saw: his son, who wanted his grandson dead.

Those terrible and bloody memories hit him like a huge wave.He recalled his younger brother Shuerhaqi's screams of despair when he was imprisoned by a high wall, and recalled the hateful eyes of his eldest son Chu Ying when he was executed, and Shuo Tuo's eyes at this moment were exactly the same.

The tragedies that have happened before are being repeated before his eyes, full of hatred and resentment.

He was extremely distressed, and regretted his cruel and decisive actions in the past. Whenever he woke up in the middle of the night and his memory came back, his heart was pierced like a knife.

In the body of his Aixinjueluo family, there is blood of fratricide.

"Shuotuo, who is that woman you are talking about?" Nurhachi asked.

"It's my stepmother, Nalashi. She always finds fault with me everywhere, arranging all kinds of crimes for me, wishing I could disappear."

"Mang Gurtai, who is acting on behalf of the benevolent family, are you clear?" Nurhachi turned to Mang Gurtai who was watching.

Mang Gurtai was called by him unexpectedly, he hesitated and said: "This...I...actually I don't know very well..."

Nurhachi snorted: "Huang Taiji, tell me."

Finally it was Huang Taiji's turn, and he slowly raised his head, showing a troubled expression: "Father, I can't say anything about the second brother's family, the second sister-in-law is indeed quite arrogant, and we younger brothers are more or less the same. I have been taught, but after all, it is the second brother's Fujin, so what can we say?"

He said it cleverly, he didn't say that Dai Shan was bad, he only said that Fujin was bad, but he hit the point: that's the second brother's woman.

Dorgon listened from a distance, shaking his head secretly, this kind of kung fu of killing without blood, you have to learn from him.

"It's ridiculous!" Nurhachi's anger burned again, "I also have many Fujins, and you are also born to my ex-wife. Have I abused you? I love you very much, right? Shuo Tuo is not afraid of death on the battlefield. I also know that instead of feeling honored, you listened to your step-wife and made things difficult for him!"

"I don't, Father Khan, that's not the case." Daishan tried his best to defend, "This naughty son... is this naughty son who has misbehaved... He, he even had an affair with me, a concubine!"

"I didn't! That woman was talking nonsense!" Shuo Tuo roared.

When mentioning the matter of adultery, Nurhachi's pupils suddenly widened, and his reason was almost burnt out.

Just when he was about to scold, A-Dun came back, and he looked around the situation in the hall. It was even worse than when he left.

He wanted to lean forward and whisper to Nurhachi, but Nurhachi shouted: "Just stand there and say it, so that everyone can hear it!"

A Dun stood there in embarrassment: "The situation in Shuotuotaiji's house is indeed not good. There is very little food and meat, most of the slaves are thin and weak, and there is a hole in the roof."

Nurhachi was furious: "Daishan, is this how you treat your son?"

Daishan knelt on the ground, trembling, and couldn't say a word anymore.

"You still desperately want me to sentence him to death for defection. You are trying to use my hand to kill my grandson! How sinister your intentions are! How vicious your heart is! How many times have I said that you want to Love your brothers, love your nephews, have you listened? Are you ignoring me, Ama? How can a person like you manage the country and command the Eight Banners if he becomes Khan in the future? You are innocent to you How can you treat your brothers and subjects so cruelly? How can you be my son? How can you be my successor!"

Those words were like landslides and ground cracks, smashing Daishan to the point of bleeding.His image as the successor of martial arts and martial arts collapsed and shattered overnight.

Nurhachi stood up abruptly, glaring angrily.

Everyone slumped to the ground.

Nurhachi looked around and announced loudly.