Chapter 8 8. Xu Shouhui was murdered, Ni Wenjun was killed in Huangzhou

While the rebel armies from all walks of life developed and expanded, Xu Shouhui's Tianwan Kingdom also experienced a tortuous development process.In the thirteenth year from Yuan to Zhengzheng, the Tianwan Kingdom was suppressed and encircled by the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty. An important leader, Peng Yingyu, unfortunately died in battle. Even the capital of the country, Qishui, was breached, and many soldiers died.Xu Shouhui retreated to Huangmei County and Mianyang County successively. At the same time, he rectified the army and persisted in fighting.After three years of hard work, the Red Turban Army led by Xu Shouhui launched a massive counterattack, regained Jiangxi and Hunan, and took control of the Sichuan Basin and part of Shaanxi.The capital was established again in Hanyang County, and the reign name was changed to Taiping.

The time soon came to September in the seventeenth year of Yuan Zhizheng (1357), which was the season of crisp autumn.Seeing the rapidly growing Red Turban Army, Xu Shouhui's morale was rising day by day, and he was full of pride, ready to do a big job.However, Xu Shouhui didn't know that his subordinate Ni Wenjun was planning to kill him.Ni Wenjun was an early general who followed Xu Shouhui and contributed a lot to Tianwan Kingdom. After moving the capital to Hanyang, he was named a Taiwei and held military and political power with a very high rank.But Ni Wenjun is not satisfied with this status. In his heart, his credit and ability are not inferior to Grand Master Zou Pusheng, and he has always been dissatisfied with Xu Shouhui.In his opinion, Xu Shouhui's ability was mediocre, not to mention any talent. Because Tianwan Kingdom was in a difficult period, Ni Wenjun, like everyone else, was looking forward to defeating the besieging Yuan army as soon as possible and revive Tianwan's prestige.Now once the victory is achieved, the thoughts in everyone's heart are exposed.

Ni Wenjun was the first to act.Ni Wenjun knew that murdering Xu Shouhui was not so easy. Since ancient times, murdering an emperor was the most dangerous thing. Although Tianwan Kingdom is still a small country, the emperor is not a wise person.However, you have to find a helper.Of course Ni Wenjun also knows the pros and cons of finding a helper. You will always owe that person a debt, or if he changes his mind midway and reveals the conspiracy, he will die before he can act.Ni Wenjun thought and compared the people around him one by one, and finally decided to choose Chen Youliang.From Ni Wenjun's point of view, Chen Youliang is his old subordinate who was single-handedly promoted by himself, and Ni Wenjun has always trusted him.Chen Youliang is very capable, ambitious, and courageous. According to Ni Wenjun's understanding of him, he is not satisfied with the status quo.

The Double Ninth Festival is here, the weather is fine, and it is a good day for climbing.Ni Wenjun invited Chen Youliang to climb the mountain to reminisce about the old days. Of course, Chen Youliang couldn't refuse. No matter how much Ni Wenjun treated him, he was as grateful as a mountain. When the two set off, they were in a good mood. They talked a lot about the past along the way, and finally Ni Wenjun felt that the time had come. "Friendship, you have followed me for many years, knowing that you are not an ordinary person, you will definitely achieve great things. The position of Marshal of the Army, I really wronged you..."

Although Chen Youliang was dissatisfied with the status quo, he never showed it and was always respectful to the marshals and ministers.Hearing these words, I couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. I didn't know whether Ni Wenjun wanted to promote himself, or beat himself to see if he had two intentions.Chen Youliang has always been very good at guessing other people's psychology and being careful in doing things. Hearing this, he didn't know how to respond for a while, so he decided to keep silent and listen to what Ni Wenjun had to say next. Seeing Chen Youliang's face turned cold, he was suddenly speechless.Ni Wenjun almost guessed what was going on in Chen Youliang's mind. Chen Youliang was very good at hiding himself and knew how to read his words.Ni Wenjun said with emotion: "People will always be somewhat dissatisfied with the reality, which is normal. Just like me and Zou Pusheng, we fought together in the past, but now he is more dignified than me, and the official is also bigger than me. , in this heart..."

Chen Youliang said: "Yes, Zou Pusheng can't compare to Taiwei's ability. Don't take it too seriously. I believe the emperor will promote you soon." Chen Youliang is very good at pleasing people. Ni Wenjun deliberately said angrily: "Don't mention the emperor, I think he is worse than you, he can't tell right from wrong, he can't fight, and he can't govern the country." He said while observing Chen Youliang's expression. Chen Youliang was really flustered now, and hurriedly said: "I'm just an ordinary person, how can I say that, Taiwei's joke is a little outrageous." Chen Youliang understood Ni Wenjun's intentions in his heart, it turned out that he was not dissatisfied with Zou Pusheng, but dissatisfied emperor.

A gust of autumn wind blew past, which seemed to make the two of them calmer.Ni Wenjun stopped talking too much, he believed that the smart Chen Youliang should understand his dissatisfaction, first revealed some ideas to Chen Youliang, and then pulled Chen Youliang into the water step by step, and then murdered Xu Shouhui together, this is Ni Wenjun's thinking at this time. After a few days, Ni Wenjun went to Chen Youliang to discuss matters again.After the discussion, Ni Wenjun repeated the old story, this time Ni Wenjun set a trap, so that Chen Youliang had to cooperate with him. "Youliang, our relationship has come to this point. I have thought about some things for a long time, but I decided to say them." Ni Wenjun seemed to be very worried.

I saw Chen Youliang rolled his eyes twice, lowered his head, listened attentively, and behaved very obediently. "A few days ago, I received a secret report that someone reported that you had the intention of treason. This is not a trivial matter. In consideration of love, I have not disclosed this matter. If you think it is known by outsiders, you can..." Ni Wenjun lowered his voice and said very mysteriously. Chen Youliang is not someone who is easy to be deceived, but he knows what kind of medicine Ni Wenjun sells, and he also knows that if he does not admit it at this time, then Ni Wenjun will frame him. If he admits it, he will be really wronged.Chen Youliang knew that in the political vortex, it was either your death or my death, so he frowned and remained silent for a long time before he asked: "What do you think I should do to save my life? I hope the captain can give me some advice."

Ni Wenjun knew that this trick had already worked. He just admired Chen Youliang's calmness and cunning, and his unhurriedness. It is very useful to win over such a person. Ni Wenjun pretended to be deep and said: "Actually, I had to do it. I should be loyal to the emperor, but now you insist that you want to rebel. This secret report has been detained by me, and it has already attracted the attention of Zou Pusheng and the others. I didn't want to tell you, I can take it alone, but thinking about your future and your family, I have to discuss countermeasures with you." Chen Youliang raised his head, he had been very quiet, and now he was waiting for Ni Wenjun to speak out his real thoughts.

Ni Wenjun said: "The matter has come to this point, in order to save our lives, we have nothing to endure. If we work together, except for Xu Shouhui, we will be the head of the Tianwan Kingdom. Who dares to look down on us, who dares to frame us! The charge of rebellion has already been affixed, and now I can only argue." At this point, Ni Wenjun completely dragged Chen Youliang into the water, and the two began a rigorous plan. Ni Wenjun knew that Xu Shouhui liked to hunt, because he was often proud of his bow-drawing skills, so he decided to take the opportunity of inviting Xu Shouhui to hunt and shoot him to death with a poisoned arrow.

Xu Shouhui, who hadn't left the city for a long time, decided to go hunting outside the city under the persuasion of Ni Wenjun and Chen Youliang.When Xu Shouhui went out, he was naturally supported by everyone and brought many guards with him.Ni Wenjun decided to accompany Xu Shouhui out of the city by himself, and asked Chen Youliang to greet him in the city. Once he succeeded in shooting the emperor outside the city, he asked Chen Youliang to rebel in the city immediately.Ni Wenjun accompanied the emperor to hunt. Although he was lightly dressed and did not bring any entourage, he was well prepared.He arranged a dozen of his cronies near the woods dozens of miles outside the city. These people were all wearing armor, black cloth on their heads, and holding sharp swords. They lay in ambush around the bushes, waiting for Ni Wenjun's order to act.At the same time, Ni Wenjun had people dig a lot of traps in the woods and caught several elk. Ni Wenjun led Xu Shouhui to this dense forest. The sunlight in the dense forest was scattered sparsely through the layers of leaves. Although it was early autumn, it was a bit chilly.Fortunately, under Ni Wenjun's all kinds of compliments, Xu Shouhui seemed very interested, and just shot a few hares.Amid the flattery of everyone, Xu Shouhui's laughter echoed in the woods. Ni Wenjun was overjoyed to see Xu Shouhui so relaxed. He quietly asked a follower to secretly inform the nearby ambushers to release the elk.Sure enough, not long after, a fat elk came galloping from nearby, and Ni Wenjun shouted loudly: "Hurry up, the emperor, the elk!" Xu Shouhui also saw the elk waiting to be chased. Hearing this, he felt very strange. Seeing that the emperor had doubts, his personal guard said, "Your Majesty, wait for the villain to shoot you to worship you." Xu Shouhui acquiesced, and the guard said Bi Zongma chased after him, and just after running not far, he and his horse fell into a pit, and were screamed by the iron spikes in the pit, and there were random arrows shooting straight at them, the guard was silent for a moment.Seeing this situation, Xu Shouhui was shocked and realized that the matter was fraudulent. He glared at Ni Wenjun, then turned his horse's head and galloped away. When the news reached the capital, Chen Youliang removed the layout in the city in time, and secretly returned to Huangzhou, pretending to be ignorant. But Ni Wenjun saw that the incident had come to this point, and he could not escape the guilt, so he took his soldiers and fled to Huangzhou for help.Because Huangzhou was within Chen Youliang's sphere of influence, even though he dared not believe with full confidence that Chen Youliang would save him, he had nowhere to escape. The news of Ni Wenjun's arrival in Huangzhou quickly reached Xu Shouhui, and Xu Shouhui would naturally not let this traitor go. Chen Youliang knew clearly that although he hadn't received an order to hunt down and kill Ni Wenjun, it was absolutely unacceptable for Ni Wenjun to be with him, and he couldn't drive Ni Wenjun away, which was not in line with human nature. Ni Wenjun saw that Chen Youliang did not look unwelcome, and lived in Huangzhou quite at ease, and vowed to make Chen Youliang believe that he would kill Xu Shouhui.His next plan is to storm Hanyang and fight for life and death. Hearing this, Chen Youliang made up his mind to act, otherwise he would fall into the quagmire, on the one hand, the pressure from Xu Shouhui, on the other hand, the danger of rebellion.Although Chen Youliang is ambitious, he is not ready to fight this trapped beast any longer.He decided to kill Ni Wenjun first and claim credit for Xu Shouhui. In this way, Ni Wenjun's plot to kill Xu Shouhui was revealed, and he was killed by Chen Youliang in Huangzhou.Ni Wenjun's attempt to kill Xu Shouhui did not have much impact on the entire Tianwan Kingdom. This kind of assassination and struggle existed in every dynasty and court.However, this incident affected and inspired one person, and that person is Chen Youliang.What Ni Wenjun bought with his life was only to pave the way to success for Chen Youliang. First, Xu Shouhui made Chen Youliang a political official with his help, and Chen Youliang accepted Ni Wenjun's military force. Then Chen Youliang had greater ambitions in his heart. In his mind was a greater attempt at power.