Her disheveled hair and lowered head covered the emotions on her face.
His eyes were red and tears fell at his feet.
Cen Zhan's blood trail also snaked under their feet.
He raised his head and made no eye contact, and everyone couldn't help but carefully observe the crowd of onlookers.
There are no familiar faces, but I understand very well in my heart.
Their time of death has come.
He withdrew his eyes and then became firm. His eyes, which had always been chaotic, became clear at this moment, as if he had just entered officialdom.
"Innocence will be judged by heaven and earth, and injustice will not be redressed!"
As soon as these words came out, several people on the execution ground cried out for injustice.
Without waiting for the guards to react, they committed suicide one by one on the execution ground.
Coincidentally, after a few people committed suicide after complaining, there was a sound of thunder.
But after a while, dark clouds came over, and there was lightning and thunder.
The heavy rain fell, washing away everything on the execution ground.
Such a change caused the people who were still watching to disperse immediately. Only a small number of people stood in the rain and watched the dead people on the execution ground.
Really, dead?
The heavy rain blurred my vision, but I tried to straighten my rickety back and smiled happily.
I couldn't tell whether it was rain or tears on my face.
Zhang Zhengqing stood on a high place holding an umbrella, and seemed to have seen the upcoming battle for the throne of the Xuan Dynasty from the execution ground.
The prince has come of age.
"Master Zhang, the government office is waiting for you to take charge."
Zhang Zhengqing saw a figure suddenly appear beside him. The man stood in the rain with his head lowered.
After ten years of training, Zhang Zhengqing could not tell who was standing in front of him.
It was a message and an order, and he didn't need to answer at all.
Holding the official seal in his hand, Zhang Zhengqing, the new Changzhou Futai can take office.
Holding an umbrella and walking across the bluestone of the street, the rain mixed with blood.
A killing and duel ended long before Zhang Zhengqing knew it.
Looking at the closed shop on the side, there was blood mixed with heavy rain in the gaps.
Zhang Zhengqing tightened his hand holding the umbrella, and the rain curtains could be heard. The sound of rain in his ears seemed to be the cry of a fight for mercy.
He stood with his eyes closed, opened his eyes again and looked at the red rainwater, then raised his feet and stepped on it.
Zhang Zhengqing's appointment brought the government office, which had become flustered by the fighting, back to normal.
In the rainy night, one decree after another was promulgated in an orderly manner.
The whole of Changzhou soon changed its blood. For the aristocratic families, it was the beginning of suppression, but for the people, it was just the replacement of new officials.
Qi Yuan led his people to Wuzhou, while the people in the dark place of the execution ground also rushed to the capital with their things.
"Its daybreak."
Qi Yuan rode his horse and waited outside the city with the reins in hand.
Cheng Wu looked at the sky turning white, it was indeed getting brighter.
"Enter the city."
Qi Yuan didn't feel relaxed when he saw the fireworks passing by.
Wuzhou is a place where families with thousands of years of history gather.
Wang family, a family is like a city.
Wuzhou can be said to be the place where the power of the family is most obvious, and it is also the most difficult place for Qi Yuan to clean up this time.
When the time came, the people in the city opened the city gate and saw Qi Yuan waiting outside the city with his cavalry.
"Welcome to Your Highness, Your Highness."
The city gate slowly opened. Outside the city was Qi Yuan who wanted to be purged by force. Inside the city was a family of officials who had been waiting for a long time.
Unscrupulous.
Qi Yuan looked at those people and chuckled.
The sword is unsheathed.
Qi Yuan held the reins tightly with one hand and the sword with the other. The kindness in his brows faded a lot.
Cheng Wu and others beside him also drew their swords and looked at the people in front of them with murderous intent.
Lu Changyu straightened his back and stood with his arms folded. As Wuzhou Futai, he saw Qi Yuan draw his sword without any fear in his eyes.
The government soldiers who were waiting in front of Lu Zhengyu blocked the city gate tightly.
And the people from Lu Changyu’s aristocratic family didn’t look at ease either.
Qi Yuan smiled and asked, "Rebellion?"
"How dare you, how dare you!"
Lu Changyu stood behind the soldiers and waved his hands, saying he didn't dare, but he raised his spear towards Qi Yuan and the others.
"Your Highness, why don't you dismount your horse and enter the city? Your Majesty has already prepared the sedan chair."
Lu Changyu pointed his hand respectfully, and sure enough, there was a soft sedan next to him.
"Do you know why the Wang family didn't come?"
The sudden words made the smile on Lu Changyu's face turn cold.
"Is Your Highness planning to force rebellion?"
When Qi Yuan heard this, he looked at the head of the aristocratic family who spoke and raised the corners of his mouth.
He lowered his eyes and looked down at the people ten steps away.
"I'm quelling the chaos."
As soon as Qi Yuan spoke, he raised the sword in his hand, and at the same time, Lu Changyu lowered his raised hand.
"kill!"
"Protect Your Highness!"
Cheng Wu immediately stood in front of Qi Yuan, and the people behind him also protected Qi Yuan tacitly.
The weapons met, and Qi Yuan looked at Lu Changyu calmly.
After Cheng Wu and the others kill the people who surround them, others will rush up.
Qi Yuan could only see a blade of weapons on the long street.
Qi Yuan dared to do this and had the power to do so, which represented Emperor Xuan's wishes.
Emperor Xuan had made up his mind to clean up, and they had no room for negotiation.
The news spread quickly. Even before Qi Yuan entered Changzhou to use the token, Emperor Xuan's transfer had already begun to cleanse the states.
By the time Qi Yuan settled everything and arrived in Wuzhou, the family had already suffered heavy losses.
Reverse or not, whatever they did was a dead end.
Lu Changyu looked at the powerful families behind him, and his hands were already sweating.
"Fire the arrow!"
With the command, arrows rained down from the sky.
Qi Yuan remained calm and even took back his sword without any haste.
Lu Changyu and others continued to retreat under the protection of the government soldiers.
But as the arrows rained down, more and more people fell.
"The head of the family..."
Before Lu Changyu could say anything, he groaned.
The head of the Lu family couldn't hear Lu Changyu's words clearly, but he retreated faster and faster.
Lu Changyu covered his shoulder where he was hit by the arrow, gritted his teeth and retreated.
The arrow rain stopped, and there were fallen people everywhere along the city gate.
"Enter the city."
Cheng Wu opened the way, and Qi Yuan rode through the city cave and looked at the retreating soldiers and looked away.
As Qi Yuan entered the city, Lu Changyu's face lost all color, and he could see the army outside the city through the city gate.
Emperor Xuan really wanted to kill them.
The army entered the city, but these aristocratic families were caught off guard by Emperor Xuan and had nothing to do.
The people behind Lu Changyu were calm, and looked a bit like a noble family in the face of defeat.
After the war, Emperor Xuan cooperated with the previous dynasty families to stabilize the country.
However, the long-standing shortcomings of the previous dynasty were not resolved with the end of the war. Instead, they became more obvious after the prince came of age.
Just looking at these troops, they shouldn't be owned by the noble family.
Perhaps these aristocratic families did not expect that Emperor Xuan would dare to clean up the country in one fell swoop despite the turmoil only a dozen years after his founding.
Obviously not all people in the aristocratic family are fools.
At least those families that have come forward who have not come forward are the most troublesome.
Qi Yuan understood Emperor Xuan's intentions more and more.
It is an assignment of trust, a test of experience, and a test of choice.
Emperor Xuan seemed to have given him the power, but in fact every step had been arranged in advance.
The army pressed on the city, and those aristocratic families that remained standing disappeared under the iron cavalry.
Qi Yuan rode his horse through the streets. Compared to Changzhou, the scene of corpses littering the fields in Wuzhou was more touching.
Qi Yuan had long been pessimistic, but Ye Wenxi was not.
After all the running and excitement, it was no surprise that Qi Yuan fell ill.
