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The other eunuch was a young man named Wu Liangfu, the playmate of Emperor Shunzhi, only two or three years older than the little emperor.

"Empress Dowager, eat something."

The old eunuch Yang Chengshun knelt on the ground, took out pancakes from his arms, and offered them: "This is what the slaves brought when they left the palace. Now that the palace people are separated, I can only wrong the queen mother to eat this kind of coarse food."

Da Yuer nodded in approval: "You have a heart."

Da Yuer divided the pancake in half and handed half to the little emperor: "Eat it."

Shunzhi took a bite of the cake and immediately spat it out: "Bah, it's too bad."

Yang Chengshun hastily kowtowed: "Your Majesty, please calm down. There has been a shortage of food in the past few years, and the palace people have been eating rough food. Please, Your Majesty, be wronged for a while."

Yang Chengshun, as Da Yuer's confidant, of course doesn't need to eat rough food, but he flees in the middle of the night, so what can he get.

Da Yuer reprimanded sharply: "What time is it? If you don't eat any more, you will starve to death. Swallow it!"

Shunzhi was so frightened that he quickly lowered his head and gnawed on the cake, swallowing it into his belly, suppressing the discomfort.

The four of them hid in the woods by the roadside, and Da Yuer said, "Just wait here, there must be people from the clan who will come, more than one or two escaped from the city last night."

The little eunuch Wu Liangfu was also panicking from hunger, looking at the cake that Shunzhi spit out on the ground, he asked, "Your Majesty, can I eat?"

"Let's eat." Shunzhi grew up with Wu Liangfu, and their relationship is very close.

Wu Liangfu quickly squatted down, picked up the pancake and stuffed it into his mouth.

Waiting left and right until noon, someone finally came on the road.And there was more than one, there were more than a dozen people in total, two of them were wearing silk robes over leather armor, and the rest were Tartar civilians inside and outside the city.

"Go, let them escort you!" Da Yuer commanded.

The old eunuch said to the young eunuch, "Go."

Wu Liangfu had no choice but to run out of the grove, and quickly retreated: "Queen Mother, there is something wrong with those people outside."

"Why is it wrong?" Da Yuer asked.

Wu Liangfu analyzed: "The Eight Banners sergeant with the weapon was wearing a silk robe, but a large piece of leather armor was exposed on his chest. Those who wore leather armor were all Eight Banners soldiers who lived outside the city. How could they afford fine silk? Robes? Among the remaining people, two are court ladies, you can tell by their clothes. The other men and women, some of them are obviously nobles, but they seem to be called around by two soldiers."

Da Yuer immediately came to his senses: "Are you, two soldiers who lived outside the city and robbed the silk robes of the Manchu nobles halfway?"

Wu Liangfu: "Not only did they rob the robes, but they also killed people. There was a big gash on the chest. It was because the silk robes were torn apart that a large piece of leather armor was exposed. They killed the noble men, robbed the nobles of their goods, and Order the court ladies and noble family members. Those noble family slaves should also be subdued by them."

Da Yuer praised: "You are very clever."

The two big soldiers on the road were obviously separated from their families.With their wives and children separated, they had nothing to look forward to. When they met the Manchu nobles on the way, they simply chose to kill and steal their goods, and robbed their wives and servants along the way.

This kind of behavior is a capital offense. If Da Yuer dared to show his face, they would even dare to kill the Queen Mother.

Wu Liangfu's stomach became more and more hungry, and he knew that the old eunuch still had pancakes in his arms.Sure enough, not long after, the old eunuch secretly hid himself and ate pancakes under the pretext of going to shit.

Wu Liangfu said: "The empress dowager pleaded guilty, and the slave also wants to make it convenient."

Da Yuer looked disgusted: "Go."

Wu Liangfu tiptoed to follow, and saw the old eunuch squatting in the bushes, quietly eating pancakes happily.

He thought of asking for it, but felt that the old eunuch would not give it.

The two big soldiers in the past gave Wu Liangfu another idea.Soldiers can kill people and steal money, and even take the female relatives of Manchurian nobles. Why can't I kill the emperor and make meritorious service?

The Qing Dynasty is definitely gone. Even if they escape with the emperor, they don’t know what to do in the future.

Wu Liangfu picked up a stone, hid it behind his back and approached it slowly.

The old eunuch Yang Chengshun suddenly said, "Are you here to beg for cakes? I only brought four pieces of cakes from the palace, so I have to save them, there is still a long way to go."

Wu Liangfu smiled and said, "I'll take a shit."

"Stop making friends with me, get out of here." Yang Chengshun cursed.

Wu Liangfu approached while talking: "I heard that husband Yang is from Shenyang?"

Yang Chengshun was chewing on pancakes, and his words were a bit vague: "You are from Shenyang, and you are still a military household. You have been with Emperor Taizong (Huang Taiji) since you were ten years old. Where are you from?"

Wu Liangfu: "My hometown is in Jinzhou."

Yang Chengshun said disdainfully: "Jinzhou? That's the newly attached person, and he has only served in our Qing Dynasty for a few years. Don't think that you can be equal to me because you are His Majesty's companion. I am from Shenyang, and you are from Jinzhou. In terms of seniority, I will throw you ten times street."

"Don't dare, I'm about to curry favor with Mrs. Yang."

With a flattering smile on his face, Wu Liangfu finally walked up to him, and then he picked up a stone and threw it at the old eunuch.

"what!"

It's a pity that Wu Liangfu is not strong enough, and he doesn't know which part is suitable to hit.A stone hit the opponent's forehead, although it made his head bleed, but the old eunuch not only didn't die, he didn't even pass out, clutching his forehead and screaming.

"There are snakes!"

Wu Liangfu yelled and smashed it down again.

This time the old eunuch was completely blinded, but he still didn't faint, and still kept screaming.

"It's such a big snake, Mr. Yang, run away!" Wu Liangfu continued to shout, swinging the stone wildly in his hand.

Finally, the old eunuch stopped screaming, and fell down in the bushes with his head covered in blood.

Da Yuer came over with Shunzhi, and asked from a distance, "What kind of snake is it? Did you get bitten?"

Wu Liangfu replied: "Back to the queen mother, it is a poisonous snake and has been beaten to death. However, Mrs. Yang was startled, so frightened that she sat down in the excrement and picked leaves to wipe her ass."

Da Yuer was so disgusted that she pulled her son and turned to leave.

Wu Liangfu wiped off the blood from his hands, then pulled out the belt of the old eunuch's trousers, and walked slowly towards Dayuer and Shunzhi.

Da Yuer sat with his back to him and asked, "Have you finished it yet?"

Wu Liangfu: "Back to the queen mother, Mr. Yang has too much shit on him, I'm afraid he has to wash his pants to clean it."

"Don't do that." Da Yu'er said disgustedly.

Shunzhi didn't care, and turned around: "Ryosuke, we...why are you stained with blood?"

Wu Liangfu replied: "Snake blood, I want to eat the snake skin and roast it."

Da Yuer felt something was wrong, killing a snake can still splatter blood?

Da Yuer turned her head to look, and saw Wu Liangfu take out the belt from behind, and then strangled her neck violently.

Not only strangled, but also wrapped around.

Da Yuer subconsciously wanted to tear it apart, but the tighter she tightened, she suffocated and said in horror: "Quick... let go, don't... kill me... I..."

"what are you doing?"

Shunzhi was terrified and didn't react at the first moment. He was stunned for more than ten seconds before shouting: "Quickly let go of the queen mother!"

Wu Liangfu was unmoved, and exerted all his strength, trying to strangle Dayuer to death as soon as possible.

Shunzhi finally stood up and wanted to save his mother's life.But he was only 12 years old and his body was weak. Wu Liangfu was already 15 years old, so he was no match for Wu Liangfu at all.

After tearing for a long time, Da Yuer finally died.

Shunzhi was still trying to drag him away, but was kicked over by Wu Liangfu.

"Your Majesty, don't blame me," Wu Liangfu approached step by step with his trouser belt in hand, "I know that Your Majesty is kind, and in recent years, His Majesty has treated my slave best. Today, Your Majesty, please treat me well again, and use Your Majesty's life." , in exchange for the slaves to make meritorious service in the Nanjing court."

Shunzhi was furious, got up and rushed towards Wu Liangfu: "You evil slave, pay back my mother's life!"

"Snapped!"

Wu Liangfu slapped him across the face, causing Shunzhi's eyes to stare.He sneered and said, "Sure enough, no matter how kind your Majesty treats me, he only treats me as a slave. Your Majesty, who is born to be a slave? I am also a descendant of the general family. If your father did not send troops, I would still be a master."

Shunzhi was slapped, trembling with fear, and finally lost his prestige, but humbly begged for mercy: "For the sake of many years of love, please let me go, we are friends when we get better."

Wu Liangfu laughed loudly: "A friend without eggs."

Historically, Wu Liangfu was a celebrity and a reformer of the eunuch system in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

He stayed dormant until Shunzhi was in charge, and suddenly appeared to interfere with the court.Under the protection of Shunzhi, Da Yuer had nothing to do with him.It was not until Shunzhi's death that Dayuer ordered Wu Liangfu to be convicted and executed.

If Shunzhi hadn't died so early, there might have been great eunuchs taking power in the early Qing Dynasty.

Facing the little emperor's begging for mercy, Wu Liangfu became more and more excited. He finally realized the joy of being a human being, not a dog being called around.

"Die!"

The waistband of the trousers was wrapped around Shunzhi's neck, and the veins on Wu Liangfu's forehead were exposed. While exerting force, he savored Shunzhi's terrified expression before he died.

After killing three people one after another, the eunuch lost his strength and lay down on the ground for a long time.

He took pancakes from the old eunuch's arms, sat next to the corpse and devoured them.Since he didn't have a knife and couldn't cut off the heads, he hid the three corpses in the bushes, and took off the jade pendant from Shunzhi's waist as a token.

Wu Liangfu was so excited that his hands were shaking, and he quickly ran towards Hetuala.

On the way, he saw an army from a distance, but it was the army of Suohun and Erke Daiqing. More than 3000 people were fleeing towards Changbai Mountain.

Wu Liangfu was so frightened that he quickly hid in the forest.

Next, he walked day and night, and finally came to Hetuala hungry.He stood at the foot of the city and shouted: "I killed the emperor and queen mother of the Tartars, hurry up and carry the corpses with me!"

Chapter 696 [Dutch Prisoners of War]

The first good news that Zhao Han received was not from the Northeast, but from Taiwan.

The Dutch in Zeelandia were besieged for ten months.At last they ate their food, and cried out for surrender,

If you want to kill, you can do whatever you want, just give him something to eat before he dies.

The Dutch East India Company ignored this, as if nothing happened.

The governor of Batavia, Van der Lin, and the commander of the navy, Van der Laan, these two surnamed Fan, are busy making money.They stepped up their exploitation of the Javanese natives, and smuggled goods to the Spaniards in the southern Philippine archipelago. They made a lot of money, waiting for the Dutch headquarters to deal with them.

At the same time, the situation in the Arabian Peninsula has become extremely tense.Indigenous powers, Ottomans, Persians,

The Netherlands, Britain, and Portugal were all involved, and even the Mughals were affected. Countless warships were piled up in the West Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf.

None of these countries really want to go to war, but they are afraid of the enemy sending troops.

Even the Dutch warships in Ceylon were transferred to the Arabian Peninsula to prepare for war. How could they care about continuing to fight with China?

Tensions in the Arabian Peninsula stemmed from the rise of the Aribba Dynasty (Oman).

Just last year, Yariba, the founding Sultan of Oman, suddenly became seriously ill and died, attracting countless external forces to make a move.Under the game of all parties, Yariba's nephew succeeded in succeeding to the throne. The new sultan was not a soft persimmon, and immediately launched a general attack on Portugal after he took the throne.

None of the Portuguese colonial castles in Oman remained, all of which were breached by the new Sultan.

The Netherlands, Britain, Persia, and Ottomans all wanted to get involved there and take over the Portuguese colonies.But the new Sultan of Oman is too fierce. Taking advantage of the mutual fear of several major forces, he not only regained the entire country, but also supported the merchants of his own country, and joined forces with Arab merchants in the surrounding areas to start doing business in sea trade.

At the same time, the new Sultan of Oman has also vigorously developed the navy and actively strengthened the sea power (decades later, only two generations of father and son were used, and the Oman navy became the overlord of the Indian Ocean).

In addition, the Sultan of Oman successfully expelled Portugal, which greatly encouraged the Green Christians in East Africa.Leaders of Green Cults from all over the world,

Asking for help one after another, the Sultan of Oman generously sent troops to attack Portuguese castles along the coast of East Africa.

Later even hit Mombasa (Kenya), Zanzibar (Tanzania) and Madagascar,

Become the absolute hegemon of East Africa.

Many inconspicuous small countries, the ancestors were once rich! But Portugal, completely devastated, was beaten by the Sultan of Oman to nowhere.

In addition to the situation in East Africa, the bigger problem facing the Netherlands is that the Zemstvo faction has begun to take power.

Just this year, the Dutch Consul William II died of smallpox.His only son, William III, was born eight days after his death, and the Dutch Zemstvo took the opportunity to seize power.

The Zemstvo faction convened a parliament and announced that the Netherlands would no longer have a unified army, and that the defense of the provinces would be their own responsibility.

Among the seven provinces, five provinces have announced that the post of "government" will be abolished in the future, and the Netherlands has entered "the first period of no governance".

The ruling of the Netherlands is the king of the Netherlands in disguise. It is held by the Prince of Orange family. Land attack on Holland.The Netherlands was completely defeated by France, and the Zemstvo faction remembered the Orange family and invited William III to command the army.

After repelling the French army, William III went to marry England and became the king of England because of this.

And concurrently as the ruling of the Netherlands.

Britain and the Netherlands, which have been fighting for decades, are ruled by the same king.

This coquettish operation made the King of France look stupid: Why am I cooperating with the British to fight the war?

This year, the Dutch ruler Willem II died, and Willem III was still a baby.The Dutch Zemstvo faction tore the country apart, and only then did the operation of selling warships to the United Kingdom come into being.Similarly, the Dutch East India Company was also affected, and its internal affairs were in a mess, and it was impossible to spare a hand to wrestle with China.

Nanjing.

A group of red-haired and green-eyed prisoners of war were escorted ashore, attracting passers-by to watch.

Foreign devils are becoming more and more common, but it is still strange to see so many at one time.