Upon learning about the city's destruction, the prefect of Kaifeng was like the head of the five thunder.

How can such a strong city be broken by saying it?

A few days ago, Jin Yu and General led 30,000 Green Camp troops to reinforce Kaifeng Prefecture, giving Huang Sidao a reassurance.

He thought to himself that there were these 30,000 troops stationed, and Kaifeng Prefecture was as solid as a god, and the Ming army had no possibility of breaking the city.

Unexpectedly, less than five days later, the Ming army captured Kaifeng and controlled all four city gates.

The prefect's yamen was located slightly north of Kaifeng City, and the Ming army could not capture it for a while.

But the servants in the yamen had already run away, leaving only Huang Sidao's concubine.

At this moment, Huang Sidao's heart was mixed with all kinds of feelings.

According to the Qing court's laws, civil officials could not escape death if they lost their territory. If they died for their country, their wives, children, and children would not be implicated. If they surrender or escape, their families would be sent to the bannermen as slaves.

His first wife and mother are now in their hometown in Daming Mansion. If he escapes, his family will definitely be classified as a purse slave.

This is something Huang Sidao doesn't want to see.

After thinking about it, he decided to die for his country and let his family have a good end.

But how to die is a question.

Huang Sidao is a civil servant and has never held a knife with his own hands.

At first he wanted to draw his sword and commit suicide. But when he took off the decorative sword hanging on the wall, he pulled it out of the sheath, he found that he could not do anything.

The sword body was so cold that it only touched the yellow one on its neck and shivered, and the muscles on its body trembled.

No, this way of death hurts too much and is extremely indecent.

No matter what, Huang Sidao is also a scholar, how can he do something that is insulting?

Even if he dies, he will die decently.

If you can't commit suicide, then hang yourself.

With the help of his concubine, Huang Sidao hung the hemp rope on the beam of the roof and tied a dead knot.

After pulling it hard twice to confirm that there was no problem, Huang Sidao moved a round stool with trembling body and stepped on it with both feet.

The rope was a little tight, Huang Sidao tried it and swallowed and spitted a few times.

"After I die, you can take my body and ask the Ming army for credit."

Huang Sidao lowered his head and rushed to accompany him until the last concubine to give him the trouble.

"You followed me, I can't treat you badly."

Originally, Huang Sidao wanted to say something more, but when he heard the shouts of killing in the yard outside the house, he knew that the Ming army had rushed into the government office. If he delayed for a while, he would probably die.

Huang Sidao smiled miserably, resolutely stuffed his head into the rope cover, and kicked the round stool with his right foot.

The rope suddenly tightened, and Huang Sidao felt that his neck was stuck tightly and his breathing became difficult.

But this feeling lasted for only a moment and disappeared. He only felt someone hugging his legs and lifting them up desperately.

He glanced down at his eyes, and this man was not his concubine but who was it.

Huang Sidao couldn't help but be furious and scolded: "What are you doing?"

The concubine ignored Huang Sidao and shouted desperately to the outside: "Come on, the prefect of the Tartars is inside, come on!"

Huang Sidao said furiously: "I treat you very well, why do you betray me!"

The concubine sneered, "When you threw down fifty taels of silver for my father and forced me to kidnap me as a concubine, did you think that today would be there? You would die if you died, but since the Ming army has come in, I will naturally be able to sell the living people to them at a better price than handing over a corpse."

Huang Sidao suddenly realized and kicked his concubine desperately. But his whole body was hanging in the air, as soft as a noodle, and he couldn't use any effort.

At this moment, Huang Sidao was very desperate inside.

This bitch is so cruel.

The Ming army in the yard heard the shouts and turned around and broke into the door.

Seeing a woman holding Huang Sidao in her official robe, she immediately stepped forward to help and pulled Huang Sidao down with all her strength.

"This person is the prefect of Kaifeng appointed by the Tartars!"

The concubine admitted without mercy.

"Haha, I'm lucky if I catch a big fish."

An officer with the appearance of President Qian laughed out loud for a while, waved his hand and said, "Tie!"

The soldiers, like wolves and tigers, immediately rushed up, tied Huang Sidao with ropes, and tied them tightly.

Huang Sidao knew that there was no hope of escaping, so he closed his eyes and gave up resisting.

"This dog looked at the five or six people, but he was willing to be a dog for the Tartars and take it away to let the general lose his temper!"

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At this moment, Gao Jie was leading his personal soldiers to patrol near the City God Temple. When he saw General Qian under his command, he was coming with an obese man wearing an official robe and braids, and frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

President Qian knelt down and replied: "Report to the Grand Marshal, this man is the fake Kaifeng prefect appointed by the Tartars. He wanted to hang himself in the government office, but was hit by the general and tied up. Wait for the Grand Marshal to take the lead!"

Gao Jie looked up and down and said coldly, "What are you doing with this kind of dog thief? I'll drag it down and chop it!"

Just as Mr. Qian was about to hold his fist and take the order, he asked someone to take Huang Sidao away and execute him. Gao Jie suddenly shouted: "Slow down!"

"What else does the Grand Marshal have to give?"

Gao Jie sneered: "It's too cheap to cut this kind of scum with a knife. I decided to cast a bronze statue in Kaifeng City. Isn't this a ready-made mold?"

Mr. Qian was stunned at first, and then said happily: "What does the Grand Marshal mean is to cast a bronze statue alive?"

Generally speaking, casting bronze statues is about pouring hot copper water on pre-prepared molds and forming them in one go.

Gao Jie's meaning was obviously to pour copper water directly on Huang Sidao's body, which means to cast a bronze statue on his body.

"I want the general to let the people see what the consequences will be for the Tartars to be a fake official!"

Huang Sidao's eyes closed suddenly opened when he heard this, and cursed: "If you want to kill, kill, why do you insult me!"

"Insult? You deserve to say the word insult?"

Gao Jie spat out a mouthful of phlegm and shot straight to Huang Sidao's face.

"Climbing the Mountain Harrier, you won't die a good death. Do you think you can end up with a good end by working hard for the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty like this? Haha, your end will not be much better than mine!"

Huang Sidao knew that he would die, so he simply tried his best to speak out and cursed with all his heart.

Gao Jie's heart skipped a beat.

Although he has a good relationship with the emperor at present, he is a thief after all, so it is hard to guarantee that the emperor will not be wary of him.

When he was touched to the pain, Gao Jie said in anger: "Cut his tongue for me!"

Huang Sidao was not afraid at all, and cursed several times again until the soldier opened his mouth and cut off his tongue.

"Take it away and cast it into a bronze statue!"

Gao Jie's good mood disappeared and he waved impatiently.

The soldiers immediately dragged Huang Sidao away.

Alas, I hope he is thinking too much. Since the emperor has given him such an important task as the Northern Expedition, he must trust him. At this time, there must be no situation where the monarch and ministers are afraid of each other.

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Chapter completed!