Late at night, the soldiers who followed Dongchuan Hou back in embarrassment, after eating, drinking and resting, put on brand-new weapons and armor, divided into ten-man teams, and rushed out like wolves and tigers. The prince's mansion and the military camp rushed to all parts of the city.
They couldn't defeat the Qingtang barbarians, but they couldn't be more skilled at killing good people and taking credit.
At the same time, Dongchuan Hou's personal soldiers also planned to take out the sins and anger they suffered at the Qingtang barbarians on the unlucky ghosts who were about to be killed in the city.
The north side of the city is mainly occupied by ordinary people. Almost all of them are asleep at the moment. It can be said that the surroundings are pitch black. Except for the lantern carried by the watchman, there is almost no light.
Likewise, except for the sound of the watchman and the occasional barking of dogs, no other sounds could be heard.
People living here are reluctant to even light candles, so naturally there is no nightlife and they all go to bed very early. At this point, everyone has fallen asleep.
But at this moment, a violent banging on the door suddenly sounded, followed by sharp screams and cries. While breaking the tranquility of the night, it also woke up the sleeping people here one after another, making them panic and uneasy. , every household huddled together, guessing what happened.
Are there demons that appear at night and kill and eat people?
Or were the Qingtang barbarians breaking through the city, attacking, burning, killing and looting?
While these people were guessing, suddenly their door was violently broken in from the outside.
Immediately afterwards, a group of heavily armed soldiers rushed in.
Seeing the armor and military uniforms worn by these soldiers, the people in the house were shocked and recognized that these uninvited guests who broke into the home were neither monsters nor Qingtang barbarians, but Qingtang guards. The soldiers are the personal soldiers of Dongchuan Hou.
So they bravely said: "Master, what happened? We are good people, and our whole family is a good citizen."
"Whether you are a good citizen or not is not your decision."
The leader who entered the room held a torch in his hand. He used it to shine on the people in the room and asked in a cold voice: "Are all your family members here?"
The people in the room hurriedly said: "They are all here, they are all here, Master Jun, our whole family is really a good citizen..."
When Shi Chang saw that the people in the room were all old and weak women and children, with no young and strong men, his face suddenly darkened and he shouted: "What good people, you are clearly spies sent by Qingtang, kill them all!"
The soldiers who followed him in immediately drew their weapons and pounced on several people in the room.
Seeing this, the woman hugged the child tightly in her arms and cried for mercy: "Master, have mercy on me, Master, have mercy on me. My man is also a soldier of the Qingtang Guard. He fought with the Qingtang barbarians before and died in the battle. We It is absolutely impossible for our family to be some Qingtang spies, I hope the military master will find out..."
After hearing this, several soldiers visibly hesitated and looked at the commander.
The chief was also a little hesitant, but he soon thought of the consequences of not completing the task. He gritted his teeth and said, "I'm sorry, madam, if I keep you alive, we will die. After you get down, do it for me." Say sorry to your man.”
At the same time, he drew his knife and stepped forward to kill the woman and the child in her arms.
However, just as his sword was about to fall, a figure suddenly appeared in the room, blocking the sword swung by the chief and his men.
"boom!"
The long swords in the hands of the commander and several soldiers were not only blocked, but also cut off simultaneously.
And their bodies were knocked out like kites with broken strings, directly smashing through the earth wall, vomiting blood and flying out of the house, which immediately aroused the consternation and vigilance of other Dongchuan Hou's soldiers outside the house.
At the same time, in the wealthy area in the south of the city, Prince Dongchuan, who was sitting on a four-wheeled vehicle, was personally leading a team to collect heads and plunder property.
The truly powerful people had already left Qingtang Acropolis at the beginning of the war. The people staying here at the moment are all ordinary businessmen. He has money, but no power and no connections.
So in the eyes of Dongchuan Hou and Dongchuan Hou Shizi, these businessmen became fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered!
These merchants often have a large number of slaves in their homes. If you kill them, you can harvest a large number of heads. At the same time, after raiding their homes, you can also obtain a large amount of property, which can be used to reward the three armies and boost morale in case of possible future attacks. The war that emerged.
"The sheep have been fattened, it's time to harvest..."
Sitting on a four-wheeled vehicle, witnessing soldiers breaking open the doors of large houses and rushing in like wolves to kill people and ransack their homes, Prince Dongchuan said this with a gloomy face.
He did not stop, but let the soldiers behind him push him forward.
What Dongchuan Hou Shizi wants to do this time is not only to kill good people and steal gold and silver.
He also wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of those who were at odds with them in Qingtang Guard City.
Among them, the one with the highest status was Xu Qing, the prefect of Qingtang Acropolis.
In order for this murderous act to be completed successfully, Xu Qing must die. Otherwise, whether he gives a secret message to the emperor or directly submits a memorial, it will be a disaster for Dongchuan Hou and his party.
Only if this person is dead is it safest!
The same principle also applies to Liao Tixue.
As soon as Dongchuan Hou Shizi was pushed to the prefect's Yamen, he saw the policemen and officers on duty in the Yamen, looking at him in shock at the Yamen gate.
Xu Qing was among them. He was not fully clothed yet. Apparently he got up from the bed in a hurry after hearing the screams and calls for help.
Seeing Dongchuan Hou Shizi coming over with a group of fully armed soldiers, Xu Qing was first surprised: "Little Marquis? Are you not dead yet?"
He didn't bother to guess why Dongchuan Hou Shizi was able to 'resurrect from the dead', and hurriedly asked: "What happened in the city? Why are there cries and screams everywhere?"
"It's nothing serious. We're just hunting Qingtang spies."
Prince Dongchuan was sitting on a four-wheeled vehicle, shaking his feather fan gently and saying, "I don't care whether it's cool or not."
"Catch and kill Qingtang spies? Are those people Qingtang spies?"
Xu Qing looked angry and raised his hand to point to the left front of the government office.
Dongchuan Hou Shizi glanced in the direction of his finger, which was the home of a fur merchant in the city.
At this moment, all the belongings from the fur merchant's house were taken out and piled on the roadside for counting. Several soldiers were still quietly stuffing gold, silver and jewelry into their arms.
Next to them were a group of servants in their prime. They were tied up with ropes by the soldiers, held up with swords and guns, and prepared to be twisted and sent into the military camp. What awaits them is either cannon fodder or hard labor.
The old, weak, women and children in the house were all killed and their heads cut off. After some special treatment, they were to serve as the heads of the enemies captured in this 'big victory'.
Dongchuan Hou Shizi withdrew his gaze, nodded, and said seriously: "Yes, they are all Qingtang spies! Do you think Qingtang is cunning? Not only did he develop these businessmen in the city into spies, , even you, Magistrate Xu, were bribed by them and became their insider."
"You said I'm also a spy from Qingtang?" Xu Qing was stunned for a moment and then laughed angrily. "Where's the evidence?"
"You want evidence? This is not easy! Come here, bring out the evidence and show it to our prefect." Dongchuan Hou Shizi sneered, waved his hand, and ordered to the soldiers behind him.
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