Ashes

The two walked to the distance unhurriedly, Huang Taiji looked in the direction of Dorgon in the distance again, and said: "What are you running here to argue with him, people will think you are bullying the small by the big Woolen cloth."

Hearing that there was a hint of reproach in his words, Ji Erhalang said angrily: "He is very eloquent, how can I bully him? I was so angry to death by what he said."

Huang Taiji was startled, and couldn't stop laughing: "What did he say?"

"He meant to say, so what if I don't obey, I still don't listen to you?"

Huang Taiji couldn't stop laughing when he heard the words, he couldn't even breathe.

Jierhalang was ashamed and annoyed: "Brother, you are still laughing at me! You are clearly showing favoritism to him!"

"I was wrong, I just couldn't help it."

Seeing that he was still laughing, Jierhalang became even angrier.

"Okay, okay." Huang Taiji patted Ji Erhalang, "Why are you angry with him, he is still a child."

"What kid? He's freaking out!"

"Stop talking, how are you doing?"

Seeing that it was time to talk about business, Ji Erhalang put away his anger and said seriously: "They have already set off for Fuzhou, and they have made arrangements, so I came to tell you, don't you feel relieved when I do things?"

"Of course don't worry." Huang Taiji comforted him, "Are you still angry?"

"He killed Erdene Bakshi. You only deal with him like this. Isn't it too cheap for him?"

"Just to warn him, I don't want to target him."

"He is broken. If you despise him, you will only make yourself unlucky." Thinking of Dorgon's arrogant attitude just now, Ji Erhalang was not angry at all.

"I don't despise him. Since you also said that he is a monster, I don't want to push him to my opposite. I have too many people to deal with, and I don't want to add another one. If it can be used by me, that would be even better .”

"Although you intend to do so, how can you guarantee that he will not target you?"

"No matter how wild an eagle is, it can be trained, it depends on the method used." Huang Taiji suddenly said.

Jierharang didn't understand at all: "What do you mean?"

"Nothing?" Huang Taiji smiled, "Accompany me to eat before going back?"

Jierhalang made a strange face: "You are Dorgon and you still want me to eat with you?"

"What are you talking about?" Huang Taiji pretended to be angry, "Come on, let's sit down somewhere and talk."

When Liaoyang heard the news of Dorgon's injury, they were really nervous, and immediately sent two doctors.

Arrived in Yaozhou early the next morning, and as soon as Dorgon woke up, Dundari brought a doctor to examine his injuries carefully.

While asking the doctor to bandage him, Dorgon asked Dundari: "Where is the starling? Have you gone out to work again?"

"Master Belle went to bed late yesterday and just woke up."

Going to bed late?I'm afraid it's related to Jierharang, right?

While speaking, Huang Taiji came and asked about Dorgon's injury, and learned that there was no serious problem, but still need to observe for another ten days.

"It's fine." Huang Taiji walked over.

Dorgon thought that he was going to say rest again, stay in the residence and don't run around, but unexpectedly he waved his hand: "Want to go out?"

"Are you allowing me to go out?"

"You have such a big idea, will you be willing to listen to me?"

"Are you afraid that I will be in danger if I go out?"

"I'll just protect you."

At last he is not a rigid person, Dorgon followed Huang Taiji out.

Dorgon's hands were inconvenient, so Huang Taiji took the reins of his mount, and the two walked slowly.

"Brother, where are we going?"

"You just follow me."

Today's city looks very deserted, both sides of the street are gray and cold.Dorgon felt that something was wrong, and when he thought about it carefully, there was no one in the city that was supposed to be full of craftsmen and coolies.

The two turned around to a half-built house, which was a small open space. Dorgon saw that all the slaves who built the city were gathered here, and they knelt down in darkness.

There were a dozen or so people kneeling in front of them, all tied with hemp ropes, all of them bowed their heads, and there were more or less signs of beatings on their bodies, and some of them were already shaking with fear.

And standing around them were heavily armed soldiers with swords in their hands.

Huang Taiji dismounted first and helped Dorgon down.

The fortification guerrilla on the side has already come to him, and whispered: "Sibeile, everyone is here."

Huang Taiji didn't look at him, but kept looking at Dorgon.

Dorgon looked around and pointed to the ten or so people in front: "Those are the roommates of the assailant, right?"

Guerrilla hurriedly replied: "Yes, they have already been interrogated."

"What was the result of the interrogation?"

The man replied embarrassingly, "Nothing came out of the question."

Dorgon smiled unsurprisingly, and said to Huang Taiji: "It turns out that Myna brought me here specially for this matter."

"It was you who was hurt, of course I will bring you here."

"What do you want my starling to do?"

"It's up to you to decide."

Dorgon thought for a while, and since he said he was the one to make the decision, he would be impolite, and said to the guerrilla: "Father Khan attaches great importance to the construction of the city, and the sooner the construction is completed, the better the soldiers will set up troops sooner." , so I set aside a lot of rice salt, saying let everyone work hard, don't delay, you didn't seek personal gain from it, did you secretly deduct it?"

The man panicked when he heard it, and hurriedly said: "Go back to Lord Baylor, I dare not hold back."

"Really do not have?"

"Absolutely not." The man only replied a few words, and he was already sweating profusely.

"Oh, that's good." Dorgon smiled again, and stopped asking, and said to Huang Taiji, "Forget it, starling, since the perpetrators committed suicide in fear of crime, I am not seriously injured anyway. Zhucheng What's more important, gathering so many people, isn't it a waste of half a day, and ruining the father's big business?"

"Really don't pursue it?"

"No." Dorgon said and walked in front of a craftsman. The craftsman was the most timid. From the very beginning, he was curled up, his head almost hit the ground, sobbing non-stop, and Dorgon frowned. Frowning: "What's there to cry about? What does a big man look like crying? I haven't said to kill you yet. It's not as good as your companion who dared to attack me."

The craftsman tried his best to hold back, his body trembling slightly.

Dorgon raised his eyes and glanced at the people kneeling on the ground. These people were basically Han people who had returned from captivity. Some were resentful, some were frightened, some were numb.

For these unarmed people, Dorgon had no intention of showing the superiority of the conqueror, nor did he show hypocritical benevolence. He thought for a moment, and just said something suitable for his age: "Okay, let's all go back to work, and get rid of it early." Once the city is built, you should go back as soon as possible."

Everyone looked at him in amazement, and couldn't believe that they were let off so easily. The night before, the incident of someone stabbing a small Baylor, who was on patrol, was widely circulated in the barracks. Many people felt that While resolving their hatred, they were all worried about whether they would be implicated, and were driven here by the supervisors early in the morning, waiting for the trial.

Dorgon looked at Huang Taiji, who always had a faint smile on his face.

"Brother, do you think this is okay?" Dorgon returned to him, although he had already said to let them go, but after all, Huang Taiji is the biggest here, so he still has to give him some face.

Huang Taiji smiled and said, "It's fine if you think it's okay. Come on, get on the horse."

Dorgon sat firmly on the horse, and said, "Will my starling think I'm too soft-hearted?"

Huang Taiji's expression was indescribably weird: "Soft-hearted? You are a kid in his teens, and you dare to force Hu Erhan and Erdeni to death. If I think you are soft-hearted, am I stupid? I'm afraid I will be My fourteenth brother looked down on me."

His words that seemed sincere and joked made Dorgon feel uncomfortable: "It seems that the starling still hates me."

"No, it's too late for me to appreciate you. In the future, we will definitely capture countless cities and be stained with the blood of countless people. What we want to do is not a saint, but a ruler. If we are soft-hearted, we will not be able to do such things. But we What we want to rule is people, not ghosts, and what we want is a prosperous world, not a sea of ​​blood and hell, so we don't need to go to war for some trivial things." Huang Taiji glanced at Dorgon's arm, his face flickering. With a look of ruthlessness, "Of course, I don't think your injury is a trivial matter. If the murderer is still alive, no matter what the reason is, I will tear him into pieces."

"What the starling said is also what I think." What I have done is far beyond my age, and I don't want to talk in front of him anymore.

"However, how to master this speed is not an easy task. If you are not careful, you will either be cruel or cowardly. I also hope that you can always maintain that balance point."

These words were actually Huang Taiji reminding himself by admonishing him, but to Dorgon's ears, it had a different flavor.

Dorgon looked back at the group of craftsmen who were gradually dispersing, all kinds of things from the past came to mind.

He also felt the bad government he had implemented in the past, and he suddenly wanted to know, if the person who faced such a complicated situation and the harsh environment was Huang Taiji, what would he do?

"Brother..."

Huang Taiji responded, "What's wrong?"

But how should these questions be asked?Dorgon looked at Huang Taiji and hesitated for a long time, and when he said it to others, even if Huang Taiji didn't regard him as a lunatic, he would be surprised. How can he explain the lie?

"It's nothing..." In the end, he still couldn't speak.

After all, those are their own problems, how can they be faked by others?

Huang Taiji didn't care too much: "I have already had someone report my father's sweat. Let's go back later so that you can heal your injuries and not be tired from the journey. I may go to other places to see, I can't be here with you every day, but I will keep Dundari here. If you want to go out, you must let him protect you. If you feel unwell, you should immediately see a doctor..."

"Brother, do you really think I'm an ignorant child?"

Huang Taiji smiled knowingly: "In short, I'm relieved that everything is fine with you."