The great battle ceased.
Several stone monuments collapsed, and many stone statues and other objects were also bombarded into pieces.
The soldiers who formed a shield formation slowly stepped forward, their pace was slow but extremely uniform, and they landed gently on the ground, but they formed a dull mass.
Blood oozed from the corner of Zhu Youwen's mouth, and he half-knelt on one knee on the ground. It was only because he was supporting the Longquan Sword with his right hand that he didn't collapse.
The machine-like shield array finally arrived in front of him. After a moment of silence, a warrior in golden robes came out of the shield array and slowly walked around behind him with an iron chain in hand.
Zhu Youwen showed no reaction.
His Dantian has been destroyed.
In a moment, two iron hooks suddenly penetrated Zhu Youwen's bones and pulled him backwards.
Just as the Longquan Sword in his hand fell off, a guard in Jinyi instantly jumped over and picked it up. Then he rushed to the empress behind him and presented the Longquan Sword with both hands.
She folded her hand and put the hilt of the sword into her palm. The empress closed her phoenix eyes. After carefully looking at the sword body, she handed the Longquan Sword to Kui Mu who was standing aside with satisfaction.
"Send people to hurry up and send them to Taiyuan."
Kui Mu nodded and accepted the order, took it with both hands, and put it into a brand new sword box.
On the other side, Zhu Youwen was lying on his back like a withered tree, exuding a gray-grey air of death.
The extremely beautiful boots slowly appeared in his sight, and then stopped.
Hou Qing knelt down, looked at Zhu Youwen's appearance carefully, and nodded with satisfaction: "The hexagram is very accurate."
"Kill me." Zhu Youwen closed his eyes without any emotion at all.
Hou Qing looked serious and comforted: "Don't worry, you will die later. Before that, someone asked me to take you to see her."
Zhu Youwen opened his eyes angrily: "But Li Jing!"
"no."
With a cold smile, Zhu Youwen closed his eyes without interest.
Hou Qing carefully looked at Zhu Youwen's flame-like hair and rough face, and couldn't help but sigh: "I don't know what else to study on such a useless technique."
He stood up and turned his back to everyone.
"Drag him down."
At this time, Black and White Wuchang were also tightly locked and escorted past Hou Qing.
"Zombie Ancestor, Master Corpse Ancestor! Both my brother and sister were oppressed by the Ghost King, so they had no choice but to sacrifice their lives for him! He gave us the Xuanming Blood Pill. Without the antidote, we will definitely die! Save us, save us. us!"
Chang Haoling seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and regardless of Zhu Youwen who was also beside him, he tried to break away from the soldiers on both sides and rushed towards Hou Qing.
Corpse Ancestor frowned and took a step back without leaving a trace.
After seeing Bai Wuchang's pale makeup, he took a step back without changing his expression.
"We also know something! There is a treasure box in Zhu Youwen's arms, which contains key clues to the Longquan treasure!"
Chang Haoling, however, was eager to make a contribution and spoke hurriedly.
Hou Qing remained unmoved, but Zhu Youwen, whose bones were locked beside him, snorted heavily.
Chang Xuanling also sneered at him.
Now that we are all prisoners, who is afraid of whom?
But a soldier immediately took Black and White Wuchang and the found treasure box to meet the empress.
"This treasure box was brought out by Zhu Youwen in Qianling Mausoleum."
Hei Wuchang kept saying as if he was claiming credit: "But there is a mystery hidden in this treasure box. Anyone who looks inside the box will commit suicide inexplicably."
The empress nodded slightly, it was indeed exactly what Li Jing said in her letter.
"Leave them both to Corpse Ancestor for arrangement."
She turned her horse's head and rode away.
The black and white impermanence is dumbfounded.
Is this saving lives?
Hou Qing also thought it was troublesome, and he would not let the two of them ask Zhu Youwen for the antidote. After careful consideration, he could only hand them over to others to deal with.
Anyway, he is a ghost doctor and can eat it.
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"His Royal Highness King Xin, you are a little busy..."
In Luzhou City, in the grain and equipment warehouse, a young Tang Dynasty official was welcomed today.
Li Xingyun, who was wearing a crimson official uniform, was holding an account book and carefully proofreading the account books sent by all parties.
After more than half a year, his figure has become somewhat thinner. The cheeks are a little smaller and the chin is unshaven, making him look a bit more mature.
If you think about it carefully, the emperor's only brother, the only prince of the Tang Dynasty, is also twenty-two years old.
At this time, Li Xingyun was sitting behind Mu Gu, frowning subconsciously, without raising his head, still looking at the account books carefully, but his voice was a little dissatisfied: "I have told you so many times, as long as you are in the camp, you can only Call me by my official title.”
The visitor was stunned for a moment, then laughed, cupped his hands and said: "Transporter, are you already busy now?"
"Is there something important? If not, just wait."
Li Xingyun still didn't raise his head, holding a charcoal pen and writing continuously. After a moment, he suddenly felt something was wrong and suddenly raised his head.
Then, his eyes lit up, he stood up in surprise and said, "Brother Zhang! Why did you come to Luzhou?"
Zhang Zifan laughed, took a few steps forward, and hugged Li Xingyun who came out.
"After the Holy Emperor conquered Taiyuan, he issued an order to let many students studying in Hanlin go north to observe the suffering of the people, the chaos of the war, and the ways of being an official."
Li Xingyun called a subordinate next to him and asked him to record the accounts for him, and accompanied Zhang Zifan outside.
After hearing what he said, he looked at Luzhou City, which was still being rebuilt, sighed quietly, and agreed: "The people in Hebei are suffering very much. Every time I look at it, I feel that Guanzhong is a paradise..."
Zhang Zifan had a smile on his lips, fanning a folding fan with one hand, and commented with his hands behind his back: "The Holy One has now restored the Three Jins and Hedong. He has decreed that taxes will be exempted for three years. From now on, every year will surely be better than the last."
Nodding slightly, Li Xingyun wondered: "If we just let the students travel, we wouldn't have to spend so much time, right?"
"It's so much trouble!"
Zhang Zifan had a serious look on his face: "It's not just Hebei. I actually came north from Kaifeng in the Central Plains this time. Although those places have recovered for half a year, they are only slightly better than Hebei - refugees are still everywhere, and there is a shortage of people everywhere. . All state capitals are counting on the autumn harvest to tide over the difficulties."
Li Xingyun deeply agreed.
He is now the deputy envoy of water transport in Hebei Province. The amount of grain, grass and weapons passing through his hands every day can be said to be an astronomical figure.
It’s no secret that firewood and rice are expensive, but the daily military supplies consumed by the armies of the Northern Expedition often make even a high-ranking master feel pain in his heart.
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Zhang Zifan continued to speak: "The Holy Spirit is calling students to go north to Taiyuan this time to start a subject in Taiyuan and personally select the officials in Hebei."
Li Xingyun nodded suddenly.
These days, he also heard the news.
Just for the old officials of the Jin State, as many as a thousand people were executed, including high-ranking officials of the three tribes of the Yi Dynasty.
For a time, the original officials in Hebei were in turmoil. Everyone reported on each other, and countless people were implicated. Therefore, there were many official vacancies for nothing.
It is worth mentioning that Li Jing originally wanted to kill the nine clansmen of Li Keyong, but in Taiyuan City, anyone who was related to Li Keyong had already run away.
It is said that he went west to join Li Siyuan.
"The Holy Emperor's employment of people is quite similar to that of the Wuzong."
After Zhang Zifan became an official in the court, he studied the history books very much.
During the Tang Dynasty, only Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty was cruel and ruthless in his rectification of officialdom. It could be described as drastic and drastic. At that time, people were killed and officials were frightened.
But in comparison, Li Jing seems to be more prosperous today. According to rumors, the emperor deliberately made a law - any official who has corruption exceeding fifty taels will be beheaded.
Although it is unheard of, it seems a bit shocking. But when you think about it carefully, it makes sense.
The salaries of officials in the Tang Dynasty were already very high, and in order to prevent officials below them from being corrupted, Li Jing even raised the salary by another 10% on the original basis.
If you continue to commit corruption under such circumstances, you should indeed be killed.
Li Xingyun is a bit complicated. Over the past year, he feels that Li Jing is a very strange person.
Regarding the people, he could be described as loving them like a son and thinking deeply. It seems that he can get everything he wants and do anything he can.
But he is extremely ruthless towards officials. Whether it is soft policies or tough methods, he can often make the officials who face him sweat.
However, he is also very obedient and always accepts advice with an open mind...
Very complicated and contradictory.
Li Xingyun thought that he couldn't do this, and he didn't want to do it.
"Having seen the hardships faced by the people, I believe these people will be able to treat the people well when they become officials in the future."
he said softly.
Zhang Zifan squinted his eyes slightly, wondering what he was thinking.
After a while, he said again before leaving: "By the way, the Holy One has already found the location of the Longquan treasure. King Xin may be summoned to Taiyuan soon."
Li Xingyun said goodbye to him and watched the team of hundreds of students slowly move northward, walking through uninhabited fields and new villages and towns.
He sighed deeply and returned to the warehouse in the city.
He couldn't help but miss Lu Linxuan who was far away in Luoyang.
Junior sister, what are you doing now?
