Late Ming Dynasty: Oops, I am surrounded by the Donglin Party

Zuo Liangyu felt his head buzzing when he heard this.

His face changed drastically, and he immediately shouted to the outside of the door:

"Guards, come and protect me!"

"Ah——" Suddenly there were bursts of fighting sounds outside, mixed with the wailing of soldiers.

Zuo Menggeng was originally drunk and didn't care much, but now he was not only sober, but also almost out of his mind.

"Ma Xianglin, I was conferred the title of Earl of Ningnan by the imperial court. How dare you treat me like this?" Zuo Liangyu drew his weapon and pointed at Ma Xianglin.

Fortunately, he was extremely cautious. Even when he was having a meal with Ma Xianglin, he never handed over the sword at his waist to anyone else.

Zuo Liangyu was extremely shocked at this moment. He now thought that perhaps the other party had already started planning when Qin Liangyu went to Shiqu to see him in person.

But he just couldn't understand why a mere chieftain of Shiqun dared to attack him without an imperial decree.

Just relying on those more than 2,000 remaining white-flag soldiers?

He was the Earl of Ningnan in the current dynasty, and also an important general with 50,000 troops under his command. No matter what title he held, he could not be killed or saved by a mere envoy like Ma Xianglin.

Zuo Menggeng hid behind Zuo Liangyu with trembling legs.

“But you are not like that now. I am ordered to kill the thief, Zuo Liangyu. Do you want to be decent and surrender?

Or... I'll help you save face."

Ma Xianglin stared at Zuo Liangyu coldly and slowly drew his weapon.

During the years of fighting, Ma Xianglin was always at the forefront of the charge. His ferocity burst out, making Zuo Liangyu's face turn extremely ugly.

When Zuo Liangyu first joined the army, he fought bravely, but since he held a high position, in order to maintain his position, he not only often disobeyed orders to attack, but also rarely went to the battlefield himself.

In addition, due to his indulgence in sensual pleasures in recent years, his physical strength is no longer as good as before.

"Where is the imperial edict? If you want to die, let me die knowingly. I want to see the imperial edict!" Zuo Liangyu shouted while observing the environment in the house, as if he was looking for an opportunity to escape.

There were a total of just over 2,000 White Spear Soldiers in Shiqu City. Although their strength was still four times that of his, those chosen to serve as his guards were all elite.

He did not expect to escape unscathed, but as long as he escaped from the house and reunited with his guards, it would not be impossible for him to break out of the encirclement.

But Ma Xianglin had fought on the battlefield for many years, so how could he have fallen into Zuo Liangyu's trap?

His mother told him very clearly that as soon as the opportunity came, Zuo Liangyu must be killed as quickly as possible without any delay.

"You know you're going to die, don't you? What does it have to do with me? Look at the knife!"

As he spoke, Ma Xianglin rushed forward with his knife. Zuo Liangyu blocked it with his knife and felt his head numb.

Zuo Liangyu immediately knew that he could not be Ma Xianglin's opponent. While dodging and blocking, he also hoped that the other party would spare him:

"We have been fighting for half of our lives just to stand out from the crowd, for fame and fortune.

As long as—ah—"

Zuo Liangyu was stabbed in the right hind leg by Ma Xianglin. He screamed in pain and managed to stay put.

"As long as Brother Ma can spare my life, I will let you lead all my subordinates.

I still have... still have two hundred thousand in gold and silver... still have... ah——"

Zuo Liangyu was unable to dodge and his left arm flew into the air. Ma Xianglin took advantage of the situation, stepped forward and stabbed Zuo Liangyu's left chest with a knife.

Zuo Liangyu fell down, leaning against the wall. His eyes were wide open as he glared at Ma Xianglin. He wanted to curse loudly, but only blood came out of his mouth as his strength quickly drained away from his body.

"You really think that everyone is the same as you. People like you deserve death."

After Ma Xianglin finished speaking, without waiting for Zuo Liangyu to actually die, he stepped forward, grabbed Zuo Liangyu's hair with his left hand, and slashed Zuo Liangyu's neck violently with his right hand.

Blood immediately spurted out from Zuo Liangyu's carotid artery. Zuo Liangyu's whole body was convulsing and he waved his arm around wildly, but Ma Xianglin remained calm and stepped on Zuo Liangyu's arm with his left foot.

One, two, three times, in just a moment, Zuo Liangyu's head was chopped off.

Ma Xianglin was about to walk out the door, holding a sword in one hand and Zuo Liangyu's bloody head in the other, but suddenly he found Zuo Menggeng staring at him with terrified eyes under the wine table.

"Don't... don't kill me. I can do anything you ask me to do, but don't... don't kill me! Please!"

Zuo Menggeng witnessed his father's tragic condition with his own eyes, especially his father's head dangling in front of him, which frightened him so much that he almost fainted.

In addition to the smell of blood, the room was instantly filled with the smell of urine.

Ma Xianglin frowned, his face full of contempt.

When the strong gets angry, he swings his sword at the stronger one. When the weak gets angry, he swings his sword at the weaker one.

Although Zuo Liangyu was guilty of many crimes and deserved no death, no matter what, Zuo Liangyu was the father of this Zuo Menggeng.

Watching your loved ones being killed, even if you don't know how much you can do, you should still be brave enough to avenge your father.

Zuo Menggeng, on the other hand, didn't care at all about his relatives being killed and was only concerned about begging for mercy and saving his own life.

A real man should die if he wants to, but such an embarrassing state of mind is truly despicable.

At this time, the fighting outside had ended, and several White Spear Army soldiers rushed in. Ma Xianglin ordered them to tie up Zuo Menggeng.

On the other hand, Qin Yiming was leading hundreds of White Spear Army soldiers to confront Zuo Liangyu's personal guards.

This group of people were very cautious. Even though Qin Yiming brought wine and meat and tried to dissuade them many times, they refused to drink more.

In order not to affect the overall situation, Qin Yiming immediately decided to fight head-on. After a fierce fight, he finally surrounded this group of guards in a dead end.

This group of personal guards fought desperately and refused to surrender. Qin Yiming became furious and was about to lead his men in another charge, but he saw Ma Xianglin rushing over with a group of archers.

His body was soaked in blood, his left hand still holding Zuo Liangyu's head. He walked up to the group of stubbornly resisting guards and said:

"Zuo Liangyu killed civilians without authorization, was corrupt and lawless, disobeyed orders, and committed many evil deeds. Your Majesty has ordered that Zuo Liangyu be executed.

Now Zuo Liangyu has been executed. If you surrender, you can be spared. If you resist stubbornly, you will be wiped out!"

After saying that, Ma Xianglin threw Zuo Liangyu's head at the group of people.

More than two hundred archers drew their bows and aimed their arrows at Zuo Liangyu's personal guards not far away.

The leader is dead, and the personal guards should have died to atone for their sins, but these personal guards obviously don't have this awareness.

Since Zuo Liangyu is dead, all persistence is meaningless. Of course, staying alive is the most important thing.

Dang clang——

It was unknown who was the first to drop his weapon and kneel on the ground, but soon hundreds of guards knelt down in surrender.

Ma Xianglin and Qin Yiming finally felt relieved.

Without even changing their clothes, they rushed to Qin Liangyu's residence and told her the good news.

Qin Liangyu did not seem very happy when she heard this, but her expression was a little solemn.

She walked to the main hall of the inner room with a cane, put down the cane, and came out holding a brocade box with great care.

The brocade box was wrapped in yellow silk embroidered with golden dragons. Qin Liangyu opened the brocade box.

There was an imperial edict and a letter inside.

At this time, Qin Liangyu's eyes were already filled with tears. She carefully took out the imperial edict and slowly walked into the yard.

Hang it high above your head, face the direction of Beijing, and kowtow to express gratitude.

Ma Xianglin and Qin Yiming looked at each other and immediately knelt down behind Qin Liangyu.

The yard is very quiet in winter, with only the bright moon hanging high in the sky, gazing at the devastated land.

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