"Is the Duke always so noisy? He chatters like a crow, which is annoying." Xiao Luolan's breath was cold, and her heart ached endlessly.
Wei Yanshan put down his hand: "Is the princess angry?"
He sat next to Princess Youzhou and said, "Princess, do you know how many of my people your husband has killed? There are tens of thousands of them. The blood is flowing in the oars, and the bones are piled up in mountains."
"Zhou Xu is only allowed to kill my people, but I am not allowed to kill Zhou Xu's people?" Wei Yanshan said: "There is no such reason in this world."
"You want to fight for the world." Xiao Luolan mocked: "But you don't even love your wife and son, how can you love the people of the world? God is blind when the world is in your hands."
He felt the continuous pain on the tip of his tongue, and untimely thought about whether Princess Youzhou suffered the same pain as him when she held the fragment in her lips.
Wei Yanshan said nothing, and after a while he said: "If the monarch of the world puts his love on the people around him, it will be a disaster for the people of the world."
Xiao Luolan understood this sentence deeply.
Wei Yanshan unlocked Princess Youzhou's shackles.
Xiao Luolan moved her sore and numb wrist, feeling anxious.
Wei Yanshan watched Princess Youzhou leave, lying on his back with an expressionless face.
How is Zhou Xu better than him?
In his early years, he was a robber, violent and lawless. When he arrived in Jianghuai, he killed people like hemp, and even sent troops to kill him. In terms of cruelty, he was on par with him. They were all competing for the world. Good people have long been eaten. , now it is not ridiculous to say that he has great love, and I wonder what kind of drug Zhou Xu gave Mrs. Xiao?
Chapter 314
When Xiao Luolan returned to Xiyuan, she heard the movement in Luhua Palace.
She hurriedly ran over and found that Dongxue was pushed to the ground by the patrol guard. The old housekeeper looked calm at the side. Dongxue looked up and saw the princess, and then relaxed her struggle.
"Next time you dare to leave the garden privately, even if the princess wants to protect you, she won't be able to protect you." The old housekeeper warned and left with the patrol guards.
Xiao Luolan quickly helped Dong Xue up: "How are you?"
"I'm fine. You didn't come home all night. I'm worried. Madam, what happened?" Dongxue looked at the pale princess worriedly, then carefully checked her body and found that the princess's wrists were red, and her head was red. The hairpin was gone, and I couldn't help but feel nervous.
Xiao Luolan took Dongxue back to the inner room. The temperature in the inner room was freezing cold and there were ice basins all around to relieve the heat. However, Xiao Luolan was so anxious that sweat was pouring from her forehead. She put her hands together tightly and moved her skirt around. Piaoduan: "Things are very bad. Wei Guogong sent people to arrest the Tang family and Qi Shilang last night and put them in jail."
Dongxue was shocked: "Shilang Qi is the envoy who is going to recruit peace, and he is also being detained?"
Xiao Luolan nodded and walked around the room restlessly: "And Mr. Xie, you said before that in addition to the Minister Qi, there are also people from the Xie family who are selected for this recruitment. They are all in Luoyang. This should what to do?"
The Xie family and Qi Shilang are still Youzhou's insiders in the imperial court. Once discovered, the imperial court and Wei Guogong will definitely get rid of them quickly.
Xiao Luolan felt a chill in her heart. No matter how she thought about it, this was a dead end. Wei Guogong would definitely not let them go.
Dongxue's face was solemn, and she comforted her first: "Don't worry, the Xie family is a big family in the world. The person who is recruiting people this time is Mr. Xie Wanjun. His eldest brother is the prime minister, and his second brother is the minister of the Ministry of Rites. Wei Guogong should You won’t be so merciless.”
But Xiao Luolan still couldn't calm down. She could feel Wei Yanshan's murderous intention when he said those words. He really wanted to kill the Xie family and the Tang family.
What should she do? Xiao Luolan sat until dusk but couldn't come up with a countermeasure.
at the same time.
Luoyang prison.
Jiang Sanlang looked at Tang Wu in the cell. He was holding a whip, looked at the Tang family in the cell, and finally focused on Xie Qingwu.
Xie Wanjun opened his eyes immediately, and Qi Nanhua's mouth was bitter. He had a premonition that his death was really coming this time!
"Thank you Sanniang." Jiang Sanlang walked to Xie Qingwu, who was being held in solitary confinement, and motioned to the cell leader to open the cell door: "Come out."
"What do you want to do?" Xie Wanjun shouted sharply.
Jiang Sanlang impatiently hit the railing with his whip: "You Xie family and Tang family are both traitors. You are about to die, and you still dare to scream. Believe it or not, I will let the jailer give you some suffering!"
Xie Wanjun's eyes were cold.
Tang Wu grabbed the railing: "Jiang San, if you want to hit me, hit me. What are you going to do with Qing Wu?"
Xie Qingwu's face turned pale for a moment, but she adjusted her clothes and stood up. She looked at the opened cell door, then at the guards who had entered the cell, and walked out.
Jiang Sanlang glanced at Tang Wu, and his anger subsided a little. He walked to the railing and said: "Why did your Tang family betray the Duke? Do such stupid things, with the Duke's temperament, do you think your father Can brother still survive?"
Tang Wu's face turned pale. He stretched out his hand to reach for Jiang Sanlang's shoulder, as if he was struck by lightning: "Daddy, daddy..."
"Sometimes standing in the wrong team can be fatal." Jiang Sanlang took a step back. Even though he was a good friend, he would not rescue the Tang family at this moment: "When the underworld reunites, I can only blame you Tang family and Xie family for being blind. Bar."
Tang Bingbai shook the railing vigorously: "Jiang San, what did you do to my father and brother?"
"Come here." Jiang Sanlang only looked at Xie Qingwu: "Follow me."
Xie Qingwu walked behind Jiang Sanlang.
After she left, Tang Bingbai kicked the railing angrily and asked in panic: "Mom, second uncle, what should we do now?"
"What a man, what a crying man!" Mother Tang reprimanded angrily, with a cold face and slightly trembling lips: "There is no perfect plan in this world..."
Xie Wanjun said: "The war is about to begin. I'm afraid Wei Gong wants to attack us to scare some people who are interested."
Xue Si, who was imprisoned in another cell, felt that he was extremely unlucky. He sighed silently. When Governor Shi led people to search his house last night, he changed into slave clothes. Now he is with a lot of Xie family slaves. This time If he could escape, Xue Si thought about worshiping Buddha.
If the Duke of Wei really wanted to kill people to establish his authority, besides the master of the Tang Mansion and others, would the slaves also have to be killed? Xue Si thought deeply.
the other side.
Xie Qingwu looked at Wei Erlang, a little surprised but also a little aware that it was Wei Erlang who wanted to see her. When they were in Chang'an, Wei Erlang had expressed his love for her, but his father politely declined.
Wei Ci couldn't hide his complicated feelings, he said: "I thought about it all night, but I still don't understand why your Xie family turned to Zhou Youzhou. When you were in Chang'an, you refused any banquet I organized. Is this the same reason?"
Xie Qingwu didn't say anything. She just gently brushed her hair behind her ears. Her face was beautiful and fair. What was there to say? Wei Erlang was often away from Chang'an. Naturally, he didn't know that Duan Dang covered the sky with one hand in the court. It's hard to get ahead. Just like last year, her third uncle was dismissed from his official position as long as he made the Duan Party members unhappy. Before the incident was exposed, the third uncle's recruitment trip was also caused by the Duan Party members. Because he wanted to kill his third uncle.
The fight between partisans has always been a matter of life and death.
Since she, Xie, wants to compete, she naturally has to strive to be the best in the world, instead of being reduced to a second-rate person who can be manipulated by others at will.
"As long as I think about it, your little tricks can't be hidden from my eyes." Wei Ci said in her heart: "The Tang family is hopeless. Sooner or later, the Xie family will follow the Tang family's footsteps. If you leave the Xie family now, you can still survive."
When Xie Qingwu heard this, she smiled and said: "Whether Qingwu is dead or alive, I don't need to worry about Mr. Wei Erlang." She gave her a blessing and turned to leave.
Jiang Sanlang looked at Wei Erlang: "Cixin, I think the young lady of the Xie family really doesn't know what is good and what is good. Your good words to persuade her are useless. Let her know the consequences of going against the Duke, and she will be afraid."
Wei Cixin recovered her disappointment and said, "You don't need to do anything extra. The Xie family is not an ordinary family."
Jiang Sanlang was a little unwilling, but he obeyed and left with Wei Erlang.
When Han Fu returned to Luoyang with the Tang family from Ruzhou, it was a cloudy day with strong winds. The rain that had been delayed for several months was buried in the dark clouds. Countless farmers were looking forward to it. When he jumped out of the Tang family, When the horse arrived in the bluestone courtyard of Luoyang Palace, the rain finally started to fall.
Wei Yanshan was sitting on the rocking chair under the eaves. The iron horse on the eaves was blown by the wind, and the sound was high and harsh, piercing the eardrums.
The entire courtyard was full of Tang family members. Xie Wanjun, who was brought out of the prison, closed his eyes slightly. Xie Qingwu was pressed to the ground, with rain on her face. Suddenly, she heard a burst of heavy footsteps, which shook the stone bricks. She looked back , are two generals covered in armor.
Han Fu also looked at these two generals. They were Dong Hun and Yuan Shuye, the brave generals under the lord's command. Dong Hun was the general who led troops from Fengxiang to Baqiao last year. Unfortunately, the Duke's plan was broken by the rebels, and half of them were mistakes. It is because of Mr. Wuji that this is the reason why Han Fu doesn’t like Mr. Wuji.
"Is this the traitor?" Dong Hun said in a rough voice. He had an ugly face but was extremely powerful. Without saying a word, he swung his sword down and his head fell to the ground.
Soon, some soldiers picked up the heads, put them in wooden boxes, and arranged them in rows.
When Xiao Luolan was invited, she saw headless corpses all over the ground. She stepped in a pool of blood, and the heavy rain poured down, making it difficult for her to see how many people had died.
"There is another envoy from the Emperor." Dong Hun grabbed the collar of Qi Shilang and looked at Wei Guogong: "Duke, do you want to kill him?"
Qi Nanhua's legs were trembling a little. He was almost scared to death by the ferocity of this general. He was so scared that he was trembling and speechless.
Wei Yanshan rested his head on his hands, looking at ease.
"It is enough for the emperor's messenger to thank you, sir. Then he will give these gifts to the rebels."
Xie Wanjun's eyes were red, and Xie Qingwu's hand was so painful when her second uncle squeezed her that it almost made her cry.
Qi Nanhua's legs were completely weak. Knowing that his death was imminent, he looked at the sword that was about to cut off and said, "Slow down, slow down."
"My lord, it's me." Qi Nanhua's throat was shaking: "I'll do it myself."
Dong Hun glanced at the Duke and saw that he didn't speak, so he slashed with his sword. He didn't expect him to escape, and caught him again like an eagle catching a chicken.
"Princess, do you know Minister Qi?" Wei Yanshan looked at Princess Youzhou among a pile of corpses.
Xiao Luolan looked at Qi Nanhua, who gave her a smile that was uglier than crying.
She walked over, her hands and feet as cold as a snowman in winter.
"Let the princess watch, it's a joke." Qi Nanhua trembled, still very scared, but he didn't seem to be so scared anymore. What he did was to put his head in the waistband of his pants. He could kill others, and others You can kill him, all you have to do is support the dragon, but now, it seems that you are about to die before you can enjoy the results. I think this life seems to be just like that.
But in the blink of an eye, Qi Nanhua's head was about to fall to the ground like the dozens of others before him. Dong Hun, who was executing the execution, saw Princess Youzhou's sudden outstretched hand and had to chop the knife at an angle.
Qi Nanhua fell to the ground. He covered his neck and felt blood pouring out from between his fingers. The ground was soon stained red, and his vision became increasingly blurry.
Xiao Luolan knelt beside him, the rain was pouring, and blood splashed on her face.
She looked up at Wei Yanshan.
As the rain fell, two shocking drops of blood and tears seemed to flow from her eyes.
Wei Yanshan felt that the wound on the tip of his tongue began to hurt sharply again, and the scar on his neck was also filled with pain from the bone marrow, making his voice even colder.
"If there is anyone inside or outside the imperial court who votes against Zhou, this will be the fate."
Chapter 315 (Transition Chapter)
When Cunzhen returned to his Tao Mansion, he went directly to his room. He opened the door and walked hurriedly.
He Jin put down the Buddhist scripture in his hand, his double eyes looked extremely strange in the dim sky. He looked at his friend who was breathing unevenly and smelled the faint smell of blood on his body.
"Kill them all?" he asked in a low voice.
"Don't go out recently." Cunzhen emphasized again: "The Tang family collaborated with the enemy and treason. Except for some slaves and married women, no adult men were spared. Their heads have been put in boxes. Even the Minister of Qi was poisoned. , the Duke ordered Mr. Xie to bring the anti-thief alliance relics to recruit people, for fear of being a demonstration."
He Jin remained silent.
"The Duke is obviously planning to hit those families with two minds. The Tang family is just a signal. Next is the Xie family in Chang'an. There is no longer any neutral faction." Master Cunzhen said, any neutrality at this time means Betrayal.
"Tonight, many aristocratic families have made it clear that they will work with Duke Wei and the court to fight against the rebels and regain the mountains and rivers. Dr. Lu collected the bodies of the Tang family and wrote a eulogy." Cunzhen took a sip of tea, and this series Things happened in a short period of time, and he only saw these secret events after following Governor Shi.
"General Dong Hun Dong was granted the title of Zheng by the Duke of the State. The governor of Ruzhou and Ruzhou has already gone to Ruzhou to take up his post."
Now it has reached a critical moment, and everyone feels the tremendous pressure from the rebels. Jing Xiang's rebellion has put a knot in the throat of Wei Guogong.
