Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 909: Saint Feng Sheng
Mrs. Sun was not a shrewd person and did not notice any difference in Feng Sheng's tone. She just thought that her master's fame was growing and was being spread among the people. So she told Feng Sheng what she had heard today with great excitement.

Feng Sheng then knew that today, a group of storytellers from the Twelve Towers of Jinling had published a brand new script, "Records of Heroes of the Ming Dynasty", which tells a series of moving stories that happened during the period when the Hongwu Emperor was persecuted by the Yuan court and, seeing the tyranny of the Yuan court and the people's miserable life, he led righteous people to rise up and destroy the Yuan court.

Among them, of course, there is Feng Sheng’s role.

Feng Sheng originally guessed that these writers wanted to make up some stories to praise him, so that he would be afraid to continue to be in the limelight and take the initiative to retreat. He was the leader of the military heroes in the capital. If he retreated and kept silent, the military heroes would naturally become a mess... But after hearing this, Feng Sheng was confused again. Why did these storytellers not sound like they were praising him, the Duke of Song, but wanted to "praise and kill" all the military heroes who founded the country?

Praising one to death will only make the tree stand out in the forest... Praising all the military merits to death? This will only make the reputation of military merits among the people rise even higher!
Can that group of people be so kind?

"Madam, where are you listening to the book? I'll go and take a look." After thinking for a while, Feng Sheng stood up. After all, Madam Ru is a woman, and she doesn't know the dangers of the world. Since the other party has already made a move, she should go and listen. Maybe there is some hidden trick in it.

Seeing that the master was interested, Madam Sun smiled even more brightly and told Feng Sheng that the Twelve Towers of Jinling and all the major theaters were telling the story of the Great Ming Heroes Record today. Feng Sheng nodded, called the personal guards to change into his official uniform, and went to the Fuleyuan on the Qinhuai River.

The hall of Fuleyuan is always full of people. This is the place where the story of the Three Kingdoms was first told. Therefore, in the minds of the old Yingtian people, the storyteller of Fuleyuan, Lao Zhang, is the best storyteller in the entire Ming Dynasty. Lao Zhang is indeed quite good at it. Although he is old now and rarely goes on stage to tell stories in person, when he does, the flavor of his stories is a little stronger than that of other storytellers.

Today was the rare day for Old Zhang to go on stage and tell a story, and what he told was the latest story book "The Heroes of the Ming Dynasty". This "The Heroes of the Ming Dynasty" was composed of stories about the generals of the Ming Dynasty.

Coincidentally, when Feng Sheng came, he was talking about the story of his attack on Gaoyou as Xu Da's deputy general.

Feng Sheng's face immediately looked a little ugly.

Among the dukes of the Ming Dynasty, Feng Sheng's position was actually somewhat exaggerated, because the one that Zhu Yuanzhang really valued was actually Feng Sheng's elder brother Feng Guoyong. Because Feng Guoyong died early, Feng Sheng inherited his brother's position, which allowed him to hold a high position in the Ming army at that time.

The Battle of Gaoyou was actually the first time Feng Sheng led an army on his own. But the battle was not very impressive.

At that time, Xu Da and Feng Sheng failed to capture Gaoyou, so Xu Da decided to divide his troops, returning to support other places while leaving Feng Sheng to attack Gaoyou on his own.

Unexpectedly, Feng Sheng fell into the trap of Gaoyou city defenders to pretend to surrender, killing more than a hundred people including General Kang Tai. Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and hurriedly recalled Feng Sheng. After beating him with ten sticks, he ordered him to walk back to Gaoyou city and continue the siege.

Such a shameful black history is naturally a scar in Feng Sheng's heart. Now that this group of people gathered here to listen to his embarrassing past, Feng Sheng naturally couldn't have a good face.

"What do you mean by spreading reputation... This is clearly an intentional attempt to ruin my reputation! Are they using methods of open praise and hidden sarcasm?" Feng Sheng said gritting his teeth.

Unexpectedly, after listening carefully, the anger in Feng Sheng's heart gradually dissipated. As Old Zhang continued to talk, he opened his mouth wide and could not close it for a long time.

Why does the Feng Sheng mentioned by old Zhang... sound like he is... a completely different person from me?
Is this Feng Sheng? Then who am I? Is it possible that we have the same name?
Feng Sheng suddenly began to doubt.

According to Old Zhang, the Battle of Gaoyou was completely different from what Feng Sheng remembered.

In the words of Old Zhang, Feng Sheng in the Battle of Gaoyou was a "benevolent general" with lofty ambitions and a heart for the people. He saw that the enemy was resisting stubbornly and the people in Gaoyou City were in dire straits because of the enemy's brutality, so he worked day and night, always thinking about ending the battle as soon as possible.

In order to capture the city as soon as possible and liberate the people, he accepted the surrender of the city defender, but unexpectedly he fell into the trap of the city defender's false surrender... For this reason, he, Feng Sheng's close friend Kang Tai, and more than a hundred Ming army soldiers were ambushed and died miserably. This part was performed very touchingly by Old Zhang, saying that he, Feng Sheng, was outside the city, while his close friend was trapped in the city. He, Feng Sheng, was heartbroken, but could only cry outside the city.

Heroes shed tears, and the audience was moved to tears. Feng Sheng, on the other hand, was bewildered.

Kangtai was a surrendered general. If it weren’t for the war, the two of them would probably have never met in their lives... How come he suddenly became my best friend?

Afterwards, Feng Sheng was sad and resigned from his position as a general and returned to Zhu Yuanzhang's side. The majestic, kind and wise Emperor Hongwu told him how much Kang Tai valued him when he was alive, and once told Zhu Yuanzhang that he wanted to achieve the ideal of expelling the Yuan invaders and saving the people with Feng Sheng.

Inspired by this, Feng Sheng decided to carry on his friend's last wish and walked back to the city of Gaoyou on foot. Afterwards, he bravely climbed the city wall and attacked Gaoyou. After that, he carried on Kangtai's last wish to save the people, fought battles in the south and the north, saved the people, and finally became a generation of Duke of Song...

The whole story is full of heroic spirit, yet tear-jerking, and it made the audience very excited.

"Damn it... Is this me? The character in this story is me?" In the crowd of people vying to applaud, only Feng Sheng was confused and at a loss. He, Feng Sheng, was not a good person. In his early years, he even bullied men and women, violated military laws, and angered the emperor. But how could this story... how could it...

Why do you make him sound like a saint?

"Duke, I didn't expect that you would actually carry such a heavy legacy of an old friend..." Beside him, the personal soldiers who were taken out of the palace by him were in tears. They really didn't expect that the general they served day and night would be such a great man. They looked at him with eyes full of respect and excitement. "Duke, don't worry. From now on, General Kangtai's legacy is also our ambition. We will definitely be loyal to you, Duke, and help you to help the world!"

"Hehe, hehe..." Feng Sheng was very embarrassed, but could only nod woodenly.

(End of this chapter)