Chapter 181 Li Zicheng's Situation 2
Everything that happened to Jiang Xiang would be repeated by the other Ming officials who had surrendered. Zhao Xiaofei thought: As long as his side was strong and grew stronger, those Ming officials who had surrendered would turn to his side, and a domino effect would occur.
Imagine one day, after I lead my army to win several great victories, other places surrender or even switch sides in the middle of the battle. I will give the Jianlu and the courier Li Zicheng a taste of their own medicine, and let them taste the pain that my cheap father-in-law Chongzhen once suffered.
As for those former Ming officials who surrendered and were granted titles of nobility and would not be implicated, Zhao Xiaofei could really say in his heart, "Haha! How could I spare you? Grandma! Even if I grant you titles of nobility, I can still take your lives."
In the palace, Zhao Xiaofei asked, "Brother! These officials who surrendered will be given titles of nobility in the future. It makes me angry just thinking about it! Is there any way to make all of these people die?"
"There are plenty of ways! For example, I heard that Jiang Xiang has kidney disease and diabetes. He definitely needs treatment. Looking at this time and space, I am the only one who can save him! Let's treat him well first, and when he lets down his guard against us, I, your eldest brother, will give him more insulin, and I can take his life, and no one will know. Can the coroner these days detect it?" Zhao Xiaokun sneered.
"Brother is still the best! I will ask the Jinyiwei to collect more information to see what diseases these officials have?" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"It doesn't matter if they are not sick! Big brother, I can still cure their diseases! For example, we can give them some of the jewelry I make. There will be no problem at first, but people will get sick after a long time." Zhao Xiaokun said.
"Brother! There won't be any problem with this thing, right?" Zhao Xiaofei said doubtfully.
"No! They are all things that cannot be made in this time and space! For example, the night-shining pearls made in modern society are actually made of phosphorescent zinc sulfide and radium salts. People who play with them for a long time will be harmed by radioactive elements, causing cancer and kidney failure. Although this thing has been banned in modern times. But I can still find it. I will ask someone to make a batch of them. When these surrendered officials really return to the Ming Dynasty, we will say that they have made meritorious services. We will reward each of them with a night-shining pearl in the name of the little emperor, and tell them that playing with this thing often can prolong life. Most of these people will be fooled. Then they will all die inexplicably." Zhao Xiaokun said.
"Brother! Great! Really great!" Zhao Xiaofei imitated the tone of Commander Gao in Tunnel Warfare.
"If there are people left by chance, we can just roll them into balls or squash them if we want! If Zhu Yuanzhang had learned chemistry well, he probably wouldn't have had to bombard the celebration building!" said Zhao Xiaokun.
Zhao Xiaofei thought to himself: If Zhu Yuanzhang had this trick, he'd probably have both become a nephew and been honored with a memorial archway. However, the Zhu family did make a significant contribution to the translation of modern chemistry into Chinese. The characters in the periodic table of elements were all taken from them.
Anyway, the brothers were spewing out vicious schemes one after another, and Jiang Xiang soon received a gift. Two night-shining pearls the size of pigeon eggs were placed in front of Jiang Xiang.
Jiang Xiang's eyes lit up green as he watched. The messenger then said, "Master Jiang! These are palace treasures, ten in total. The prince promised the emperor that you would definitely kill Zhang Tianlin and achieve remarkable feats for the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, how could these two night-shining pearls be in your hands?"
"I'll go back and tell the Emperor and the Prince that I was wrong before and I beg for forgiveness. This time I'll definitely accomplish something remarkable for the Ming Dynasty, kill Zhang Tianlin, and get rid of Wu Sangui!" Jiang Xiang said from the bottom of his heart. This time, Jiang Xiang really meant it.
"Lord Jiang! In addition, I have brought you a special medicine prepared by Admiral Zhao. The prince heard that you have diabetes, so he specially asked his elder brother to prepare medicine to cure Lord Jiang's hidden disease. If Lord Jiang is afraid that the medicine is poisonous, you can find someone with the same disease as you to try it first! You know, the prince's elder brother is a medical expert in our Ming Dynasty. The plague medicine was prepared by him. Don't you think that your disease is easy to cure for Admiral Zhao?" The messenger laughed.
Jiang Xiang knew that Zhao Xiaofei's medicine had once been effective in treating the plague. His elder brother had even opened a clinic in the capital with Imperial Physician Hu, and anyone who wanted to see them had to make an appointment. Some even booked appointments two years in advance. It was arguably not only the best in the capital, but also few doctors in the entire Ming Dynasty could match their skills. At the time, he had even considered finding an excuse to report to the capital and receive treatment there. Now, that was no longer necessary; the medicine was delivered to him.
You said you suspected the medicine was poisonous? Impossible? Would they give me such an expensive gift just to poison me? That's way too much, isn't it? Besides, I'm still very useful to the Ming Dynasty; there's no way they'd poison me at this moment. But Jiang Xiang was still cautious. After all, they'd given me a ton of medicine! She could have her butler try it first; his condition was the same as hers. If he was fine after taking it for a while, she could take it herself.
Sadly, Jiang Xiang hadn't guessed Zhao Xiaofei's intentions correctly. There was nothing wrong with the medicine, only the gift itself. Jiang Xiang didn't dare carry it with him at the moment, so he hid it away. Occasionally, he'd take it out and admire it at night! Its soft, shimmering light was captivating. Jiang Xiang planned to pass it down as a family heirloom, to his descendants.
Zhang Tianlin is now the general of Datong of Dashun, with no less than 50,000 soldiers under his command. Jiang Xiang is the deputy general with less than 20,000 men under his command. He used to be the general of Xuanhua Town in the Ming Dynasty. After surrendering to the Dashun Army, he also served as a guide, leading the Dashun Army. As a result, when he encountered a group of tough guys and diehard fans of the Ming Dynasty on the road, he was beaten and fled in embarrassment. Jiang Xiang and his brother Jiang Rang were rescued by Zhang Tianlin. From then on, the brothers Jiang Xiang and Jiang Rang obeyed Zhang Tianlin in everything and tried to show their filial piety. Whenever they had beautiful women and treasures, they would find ways to send them to Zhang Tianlin. They also asked Zhang Tianlin to be their big brother and become brothers of the opposite sex.
Although Zhang Tianlin disagreed, he still promoted the two. Now, one of them was his right-hand man, and the other was the Datong Guerrilla General. They both controlled a large number of troops. Zhang Tianlin did this not only out of selfish motives, but also to show those surrendered Ming officials how the Dashun treated those who were capable and sincerely served the Dashun.
What Zhang Tianlin didn’t expect was that the shadow of death was approaching him, and he was about to face a catastrophe!
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