The sky was misty and bright, and the cold wind carried the strong smell of blood. Thirty palace maids and eunuchs from the Wulie Palace came and went with buckets, pouring out well water to wash away layers of blood on the ground, and using brooms to sweep the blood to the corners. The drainage outlet flows out of the palace along the channel under the floor tiles, or sinks into the ground.
Hundreds of carriages were parked on one side, and headless corpses and severed heads were piled into the carriages regardless of identity.
When it was time to go to court, the civil and military officials gathered in Chengyun Hall and found that some of the ministers were missing. Surprise, silence, horror... expressions were written on everyone's faces.
Soon, Mrs. Jiang brought the emperor to court, and a general named Dong Zhuo led Li Jue into the palace. He casually bowed his hands to the woman who was sitting timidly, and then looked at the faces in the palace.
"Today you know more or less what happened. Someone in the palace conspired with outsiders to attack the palace with the intention of kidnapping the Queen Mother and Her Majesty. The crime is unforgivable! There are also many officials outside the palace who made suggestions and contributed people to participate in the rebellion... You thought it was a big deal. Without the general, the palace will be empty? Why do you think Dong is not talented but he has the trust of the general?"
Dong Zhuo walked a few steps, with a ferocious smile on his face, "Let me tell you, it's not how alert Dong and General Li are, but the attack on the inner palace of the imperial city. We are familiar with each other better than you, and better than anyone else. These thoughts of yours, How can you hide it from me!"
Hearing this, Li Jue laughed unconsciously.
The civil and military people around had shocked expressions. This sentence meant that this vicious fat old man and that Li Jue had done this before, but obviously not in Yan State, so where? Could it be the Central Plains or further south?
"...You think that if you have committed a crime, Dong will forgive your family like a general?" Dong Zhuo's smiling words seemed cold, and he raised his hand and pointed outside the palace, "Unfortunately, Dong has been sitting in the palace for a while recently. , sent an order that the guards who were executed today should go to the officials, and all the women’s families should be confiscated, and none of the men should be retained.”
He paused, then smiled and said to the remaining civil servants: "You guys, you will miss the general's kindness to you in court!"
After a while, Xiliang soldiers stood outside the hall.
"General Dong, the total number of people who caused the rebellion is 1,170, and their bodies and heads have been accurately counted."
Dong Zhuo nodded and waved: "Pull it out of the city, dig a hole and bury it."
"yes!"
After the Xiliang soldiers left, Dong Zhuo turned around and looked at Jiang in the Golden Palace and the somewhat frightened little emperor. He narrowed his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, do you think Dong did the right thing?"
"...General Dong...did...you did the right thing." Ms. Jiang had not yet recovered from the execution scene last night. At this time, facing the rough and brutal Dong Zhuo and Li Jue, she nodded with a pale face. .
"Thank you Queen Mother for the compliment!"
Dong Zhuo turned around with a smile, his eyes turned to the officials who were still there, and his rough voice became ferocious: "This group of people has passed. You should think carefully about where to go from now on. Now the general is running across the snowy fields to stabilize the barbarians. It's hard work. The Wei State south of the Hunjiang River has invaded our Yan territory. Don't do anything to disturb the Yan State or hold back the general. Otherwise, it will not be as simple as execution. Dong will let you see what cruelty is. How about when I dig out the liver and cook it, let your family members share it with you?"
Suddenly no one dared to speak. Qin Xiuwen lowered his face and sighed heavily. He knew that he couldn't do it yesterday, but people like Pan Yu just couldn't listen.
He was also glad that he didn't just follow their lead.
"Ministers, let's discuss this."
Dong Zhuo waved his hand, put his wide sleeves behind his back, walked to the front of the generals and stood there, closed his eyes and listened to the government affairs of the court, as if he was back to the past.
…
This morning, carloads of corpses were pulled out of the imperial city. No matter what, they would be seen by the people in the city, causing a cry of surprise. In the city's hundreds of government buildings, war horses galloped, and groups of Xiliang soldiers broke into the palace, taking away many The family members of the officials, including the young and strong men, were all imprisoned. The female family members were handed over to the government office to write the roster and slave registration, and then distributed them one by one.
The panic caused by the blood was quickly diluted by the news that Xueyuan's slaves had surrendered. This news undoubtedly poured a spoonful of boiling oil into the anger of the people who were still being invaded by Wei.
In the past, most of the slave tribes entered the Yan Kingdom in the form of employment, but now the meaning of surrender is different. When talking about this in the streets and alleys, there was a vague tone of pride in the words.
"Inspiring news is exactly what is meant to be spread in a decadent period, to lift people's spirits."
When Zhuge Liang heard the news from the fast horse, he waved his feather fan and asked the general's officials to spread the news as soon as possible. This would not only benefit Su Chen's reputation, but also benefit the public's morale.
In the past three days, the turmoil in the palace had spread to almost all parts of Yanzhou, and then it also aroused public opinion with fast horses traveling day and night to the south, west, and east.
Feiyungang.
Previously, Haixing Marquis Zhao Guangwei passed through this place during his Northern Expedition and took it into his hands. With the surrender of military power, it returned to the court, or in other words fell into the hands of Su Chen.
It is called a port, but in fact it is no different from the county town. It has 20,000 households. There is no city wall to the east, but a stretch of ferry terminals. A large number of offshore ships and merchant ships come from the south and dock here to load and unload goods.
Amidst the annoying chirping of cicadas, the bustle of people on the long street, and the various shouts, a woman in commoner clothes wiped her forehead with her sleeves, and slowly walked past the business travelers and pedestrians driving their cars, carrying her baggage, and among the crowds. , her figure looks thick, but not many people deliberately look at her.
At this time, there was an endless stream of carriages coming and going on the pier. Several foreigners with red hair and blue eyes talked and quarreled with the people from the Shipping Department, and were then detained by the soldiers.
The boatman or porter who was watching the show laughed loudly, and then he saw the stout woman walking alone, holding on to the carriage and laughing twice.
Soon, the woman walked into the tea server at the dock.
At a table not far away, two burly men came over to her and invited the woman to sit down. They also asked the waiter who was squatting on the earthen stove to make a fire to add a bowl of herbal tea.
"The ship has been arranged. It is taking the Wei Guopeng County trade route. In half an hour, the leader can board the ship and head south."
The woman took a sip of tea and raised her face slightly. If you look closely, you can see that the face painted with pink and white is exactly the outline of a man's face. He whispered to the men on both sides:
"What's the investigation going on at the Yan State's court during this period?"
"Every state and county is the leader's shadow, and he invites the rivers and lakes to hunt him down. The rewards are extremely generous!"
One of the two men whispered, and his peripheral vision quietly drifted towards his companion opposite. Just as he was about to say the next words, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his waist and abdomen. When he lowered his head, he saw a long, slender awl piercing his abdominal cavity.
Xiao Mochu stabbed his two men hard again with both hands, and after sinking the slender long awl into their bodies, he raised his hands to press their heads and lay on the table.
He calmly picked up the tea bowl and continued to drink tea, but there was a cold murderous intent in his eyes.
"Su Chen... I will come back and kill you as soon as I find out the martial arts of your ancestors."
His low murmur was inconspicuous among the noisy people around him.
The temperature is getting warmer.
The sea breeze blows in from the outside, making people feel cool. Most of the merchants coming and going on the pier will rest at the roadside tea shops to quench their thirst. There are also travelers from all over the world. Some people they know and some they don’t know squeeze together at the table and chat. When he is in a mood, he will inevitably talk about what he has seen and heard in other places, or because of some things, he will angrily spit on the ground.
"The rebels have entered the capital and the Yan Kingdom has been in chaos... We poor people may not have a good life for a few days."
"You are just talking nonsense. Your Majesty is still in charge of the court now. When did the chaos begin?"
"Good news, good news!"
Someone rushed into the tea room and shouted excitedly to the guests: "The news just came from Yanjing. The slaves have surrendered."
Everyone in the tea room was in an uproar.
Many people know that the relationship between the slaves and the imperial court is that the barbarians who often live in the snowy fields, are cruel and aggressive, and take money to do things, will actually surrender now?
The store clerk was also curious and urged the customers:
"Tell me what's going on?"
"The general led his troops there in person, and in seven or eight days, he brought the slaves into submission. Oh... how should I put it? There are rumors that the general is a rebel who stole the imperial court, but he is really a man of facts." The man said with some trepidation: "Wei State invaded Fenzhou, and there was little food in Yanzhou. The generals even sent troops for reinforcements. It's not like what is said outside!"
"Haha, if he is unbearable, how can he gather so many elite soldiers and generals under his command?!"
"well said!"
Most of the business travelers in the tea shop were straightforward people who were not afraid of meat and vegetables. At this time, Xiao Mo was sipping tea and hearing the news. He was extremely shocked. He originally taught in the desert, but later moved to the north with his master. In the Yan Kingdom, he knew a little about the slaves in the snowy plains. His junior brother Bei Gongye had also tried to make plans for them, but was rejected by them all.
I didn't expect to be so convinced by the other party.
Before he could digest the news, the man who came in just asked for tea and mysteriously told the others another story.
"Everyone who comes to the north will always hear about the rivers, lakes and green forests... I guess many people have heard of the name of the Sword God, but... the Sword God can only be considered a legend from now on..."
The people around him gradually became quiet, and they were shocked by his words. When Xiao Mo suddenly heard the word 'Sword God', he stopped when he was about to stand up and leave, and sat down again.
"Sword God Yuan Baisheng... I have heard about it in Wu State. What happened to him?" A businessman with an accent from Wu Yue asked in Yan dialect.
"died!"
The man begging for tea looked outside and whispered to the tea guests here: "The Sword God ran to assassinate the general and was surrounded by soldiers and horses. Even the disciples in the sect were later killed by the troops sent by the general. Those who kill will be killed, and those who will escape will be gone. Now there will be no more Snow Mountain Sword Gate."
hiss!
There was a sound of inhalation in the tea room, and Xiao Mochu also trembled. He had heard the name of the Sword God for a long time. He had heard Xiao Wenbi say before that Yuan Bai Sheng was above him in terms of martial arts attainment and realm cultivation. If Breaking through the realm of Grand Master, it is impossible to cultivate the way to control weapons through the air, killing people hundreds of miles away without being visible.
Unexpectedly, he died like this.
"The Sword God, an old man with great martial arts skills, why was he killed like this?" Some well-informed businessmen in the tea room asked unwillingly.
"Hey, you all know that the Sword God is powerful, but do you know how difficult it is to assassinate the general."
The man was holding tea and talking eloquently.
"It is said that... the generals are descended from the stars in the sky, and there are countless capable people and strangers around them. According to the rumors outside, the generals are all great. I will analyze them together below. Hey, guess what, The number of people with high martial arts skills around the general is frightening. Not to mention the fierce generals who lead the troops, the guard named Dian Wei alone is invulnerable. In the Battle of Longyang, one person was able to kill him on the top of the city. He was so ferocious. What's more, Da It is said that there are sword masters and sword immortals beside the general as guards. The sword master, he can defeat one of them, but can he defeat two of them?"
There was a sudden silence in the tea shop. Some of them came from other countries and only heard the name of the Sword God. When they heard it now, they couldn't help but be speechless. The general who controlled the court of the Yan Kingdom was actually accompanied by the Sword Master and the Sword Immortal. As a guard.
The news they brought back was enough to brag about in front of their relatives and friends for a while.
Xiao Motu's face was gloomy, and he suddenly felt that even if he practiced the martial arts of the ancestors of the Su family, he might not be able to kill the opponent. He estimated the time, threw the tea money on the table, stood up, dragged his long skirt and left quickly, heading for the agreed merchant ship heading south to the Wei Kingdom.
Soon, the tea boy who was clearing the table screamed, and the government officials from Feiyungang came to trace the body. The merchant ship heading south, carrying Xiao Motuo, who had changed his clothes, left the ferry bridge, turned around, and headed south. Went to Peng County of Wei State.
at the same time.
Yan State, Fenzhou.
The Wei army that had swept through half of Fenzhou was still marching in. Among the two Yanjing troops coming from far away, a cavalry of 3,000 people completed a detour in Junzhou and launched an attack on the ferry behind Wei State.
same moment.
Xia Houyuan led 10,000 Xiliang soldiers to unexpectedly attack from the south of Junzhou, and cut off the central Wei army in the middle.
Yesterday, the spring breeze got stuck, and I couldn’t write it until after four o’clock.
(End of chapter)
