Ashes

Huang Taiji decided not to pursue Lin Danhan anymore, and returned to Shenyang with his troops. According to the usual practice, Guihua City was burned down, and only the Silver Buddha Temple was kept.

The joy of victory spread to everyone's heart, except Dege.Because his seemingly insignificant leg injury did not heal, but tended to worsen.

"What's going on, have you treated Dege Lei Baylor well?" Huang Taiji stood beside Dege Lei's bed, questioning the doctor.

The doctors bowed their heads and knelt aside, not daring to speak.

Huang Taiji said displeased: "I'm asking you something. Let me tell you, how is his leg injury? Can it be cured?"

A doctor trembled and said: "Hui Dahan, although Dege Lei Baylor's wound is not big, but it is deep, and it was not easy to heal. It may be because of the hard journey back from naturalization, and the wound has not been recuperated. Infected, suppurated."

"I'll just ask you if you can cure it, don't talk so much nonsense."

The man lowered his head again: "I will do my best."

Huang Taiji looked at De Gelei who was lying on the bed, comatose due to high fever, his eyes seemed worried, but actually there was a trace of chill.

Within a few days after returning to Shenyang, he sometimes became sober, sometimes lethargic, and became thinner and thinner.

"You go back first."

Huang Taiji waved his hand, and sat on Dege's bed, some memories from the past emerged in his mind.

The young Dege class and the young Yue Tuo always like to follow themselves, listening to themselves tell the stories from the book, leaving a wise and gentle image in their young hearts, it seems that as long as they follow behind, the future It is bright.Although the two of them are uncles and nephews in seniority, they are as close as brothers.

Huang Taiji patted De Gelei on the shoulder, and said softly, "Have a good rest."

And in the office of the Ministry of Households under the control of De Gelei, it is also a mess, with all kinds of paperwork piled up on the table, and there is no time to deal with it, which is completely different from the orderly look before.

Huang Taiji originally arranged for Jierhalang and Dorgon to take turns hosting the seal of the household department, but neither of them was good at handling it, and they didn't like to deal with such trivial matters as the household department, so the backlog of affairs became a mountain.Although they can completely leave the matter to Chengzheng and Qi Xinlang below, they still stay in the household department to work together with a serious attitude.

Dorgon yawned and lazily dropped something like a roster on the table.He looked at Jierharang, who was looking at an account book, but obviously, he couldn't read it at all, and his eyebrows were knitted together.

"Let's take a break, and let the people below tell us about it tomorrow, otherwise we won't have any clues. How about going to my house for a drink now?" Dorgon no longer wanted to look at the pile of things that he hadn't had time to see. document.

Ji Erhalang also threw the account book aside in conceit, and rubbed the corners of his eyes: "That's fine."

"Hey, tell me, why did Dege get so sick all of a sudden? Wasn't he still fine when he was naturalized?"

"I don't know. It's probably because I didn't take care of it when I came back. For example, I encountered something dirty. Speaking of which, our doctors are not very good."

"Is he still okay? He's already lying on the bed unconscious."

"That depends on his good fortune. Isn't he in good health on weekdays? It depends on whether he can survive."

"Speaking of..." Dorgon said while observing Jierhalang's expression, "The fifth brother just passed away, and he fell down, really..."

Jierhalang didn't know what he was thinking, and after hearing his words, he became even more frowning.

"Let's go, don't waste time here." Dorgon urged.

"Well, let's go first." Jierhalang also felt relieved, "We came back from the expedition of the Hal Ministry, and there are many officials who need to be transferred. If your place is busy, you won't use it tomorrow. I will handle it. gone."

"I'm fine over there. It's all done by the people below. I just need to take a look."

Ji Erhalang sighed: "You really are a man of work. The Khan did not misunderstand you. He always praised you for managing the official department well. I can't do it. The Khan said that I managed the Ministry of Punishment in a mess. "

"Don't say that, we've always been very messy about the criminal law. In the past, the family head and the banner head had the final say. There was no such thing as trial and sentencing. A criminal department popped up all of a sudden. Everyone is not used to it. Your affairs are natural. It is difficult to do. Besides, you are too soft-hearted, which is not a good thing. "

The two walked towards Dorgon's mansion while talking.

Years of running-in, Jierharang has long forgotten how much he hated Dorgon. As for why this happened, he has never thought about it, let alone realized that his attitude is changing.It also seemed to be natural, and slowly began to feel that Dorgon was loyal to the Great Khan and worked for Dajin wholeheartedly, and he got close to him unconsciously.He is far from Dorgon's vigilance, he will not realize that this is the result of Dorgon's deliberate approach.

In Dorgon's heart, there is only one thought, that is, even if the forces of Xianglan Banner do not support him, they must not oppose him.What's more, Jierhalang is still Huang Taiji's confidant.

As for the Dege class, Dorgon thought of various possibilities.Things happened so strangely that he had to suspect that someone had interfered.

For a full month, Dege was suffering, and finally he couldn't bear it, and died.

On the night of De Gelei's death, Dorgon wanted to talk to Huang Taiji, but he didn't expect him to summon himself into the palace first.

When Dorgon entered the room, Huang Taiji's expression remained the same, as if everything was under his control in a leisurely manner.

On the way here, Dorgon considered what he was going to say. He felt that the death of Dege was absolutely inseparable from Huang Taiji, but he didn't quite believe it, because after all, Dege was also a man he had cultivated for a long time. How could he be willing to say that? Throw it away.

But before Dorgon opened his mouth, Huang Taiji said first: "Come and see, do you know this thing?"

Huang Taiji threw something on the table, and Dorgon stepped forward to look at it, his face suddenly changed, and he couldn't help sneering: "This Dundari is too elusive, I thought I was very cautious and avoided him eyes and ears."

"It really is you." Huang Taiji looked as expected, "You are very careful, it was not Dundari who told me about it, but my people accidentally found it in Manggurtai's house, I carefully After thinking about it for a few days, I just think that it is impossible for Mangurtai to have such courage, such great ambition, and dare to do things so generously, I can only think of you."

Dorgon said coldly: "Are you praising me or belittling me?"

"For the time being, you can take it as a compliment."

Dorgon wanted to see his mood at the moment from his face, but he concealed it very well, and there was no way for people to see through it easily.

What Huang Taiji took out was not an ordinary thing, but a wooden plaque, engraved impressively on it: Seal of the Emperor of the Kingdom of Jin.

This is something that only King Khan can have!Mang Gurtai kept this wooden sign privately, but it was a serious crime of treason.

And this wooden sign was hidden in Mangurtai's home by Dorgon.

"You can tell me your whole plan now. I guess, when you were dismissed from Mangurtai to Baylor, you have already planned to this point?" Huang Taiji pointed to the wooden sign.

"Then I also want to ask you, what happened to Mangurtai's attendant, and what happened to the Dege class?"

Huang Taiji, who was always expressionless, suddenly smiled: "You finally asked, I thought you were going to play riddles with me all the time."

"Each each other."

Huang Taiji's smile relieved Dorgon's nervous heart, but he quickly became alert again, who knows if he was acting for him.

Huang Taiji saw this change in his eyes and immediately understood it.So he walked slowly to the kang table and sat down, pointing to the opposite side and said: "Sit down and talk, I think we will talk for a long time today, don't stand up."

Dorgon was also polite, and sat down at the Kang table.Without the barrier of the desk, the distance between the two of them seemed to be much closer, and their tone was not as stiff as before.

"You killed Mang Gurtai, right?" Huang Taiji asked first.

"Yes, I asked someone to do it." Dorgon said bluntly.

"I knew you still hated him, that's why you wanted his life. Then why did you make these arrangements?"

"One person, one question, I should ask you." Dorgon refused to suffer, "Did you kill Mangurtai's attendant?"

"Yes." Huang Taiji admitted without any unnecessary explanation.

"What about Derge? His injury..."

"The second question, let me ask first: Mangurtai people are dead, why do you have to arrange these?"

Dorgon showed an angry look on his face: "How could he be so cheap, he died too easily. Amin was still in prison and despised by others, but Mang Gurtai died without pain at all. I don’t understand the hatred, I want him to be ruined. I asked you, does De Gelei’s death have anything to do with you?”

Huang Taiji didn't hesitate, but his voice still involuntarily lowered a little: "I let the doctor do it."

Hearing his own confession, Dorgon secretly said, if it is true, he still finds it inconceivable: "Why do you do that?"

"How did you plan to frame Mang Gurtai for treason?" Huang Taiji asked coldly.

"I made several of the same wooden signs and hid them in Mangurtai's home. I have arranged for someone. When the time comes, he will stand up and report on Mangurtai. Search, and his charges will be confirmed."

Huang Taiji couldn't sit still anymore, he wandered back and forth in the room, frowning slightly, thinking quickly in his mind.

Dorgon looked at him, followed him from side to side, and asked again: "Why did you kill Dege?"

Vaguely, he could guess what Huang Taiji was thinking, but for some reason, he just wanted to hear what Huang Taiji had to say.