Four days later, the general Ishihara led his troops back to the imperial city, and the lords of the city from all over the city gathered under the city to jointly promote the prince Jiang Shangjing to the throne.

The three princes of the rebel thieves who plotted to usurp the throne were pushed out of the noon gate and beheaded to show the public under the witness of all the civil and military ministers and the people of the imperial city.

Even those traitors who followed the rebellion were all executed, including Du Xiaoqing's father, Du Guofu.

In the crowd, Du Xiaoqing's eyes were red from crying, and Xue Jian patted her on the shoulder and pulled her out of the execution ground.

Xue saw that he didn't know how to comfort the little girl, so he took her back to the martial arts hall.

Du Xiaoqing hid in the house alone, buried his head in the quilt, like a wounded deer, silently licking his wounds and sobbing.

Xue Jian sat on the steps at the door of the house, looking at the sky with mixed feelings.

If you really want to calculate it, the fall of the Du family was caused by him.

Du Xiaoqing knew this early on, but she never mentioned it, nor did she show the slightest hatred towards Xue Jian.

Gentle footsteps came, and a mature woman in a long aqua blue dress walked in from outside the courtyard.

Yurou lifted the hem of her skirt lightly and sat on the steps beside Xue Jian, the corners of her lips curled.

"Are you afraid that Xiaoqing will hate you?"

Xue Jian shook his head and said in a low voice.

"If hating me can make her live well, I hope so. ”

Yurou sighed softly, raised her hand and pulled a strand of green silk from her forehead behind her ear.

"She is very strong, much stronger than the average daughter, even without the Du family, I believe she can live well. Besides, doesn't she still have you?"

Xue Jian chuckled lightly and said lightly.

"The overall situation of the imperial city has been decided, and I am leaving. ”

A hint of surprise flashed in Yurou's eyes and asked.

"Where are you going? Go back to Nanfu City? With your merits, the Five Princes will never treat you badly, even if you move all your family to the Imperial City, it will be fine. ”

Xue Jian shook his head and said with a smile.

"I'm going to go to the Nanming Empire and find my own family. ”

Yurou was a little surprised.

The Southern Ming Empire is located in the southwest corner of the mainland, very far away from the Yu Dynasty, and the land route is difficult to travel, mostly lofty mountains and mountains, if you want to go there, you can only take the waterway.

She didn't expect that Xue Jian's family would be in such a distant place.

Yurou was slightly disappointed in her heart, and asked softly.

"After you went, did you come back?"

Xue Jian nodded.

"It shouldn't take too long to come back, as short as a year or two, as long as three or five years. ”

The corners of Yurou's mouth bloomed with a smile like a flower, she blinked her watery and amorous peach blossom eyes, and stared at Xue Jian slightly.

"A few years, for you, it's really not long, but for me, it's a long time, and then I'll be withered, and I'll be old. ”

Yurou smiled, her eyes were hooked, and the spring water inside was about to come out.

Xue Jian didn't understand the amorous feelings, and he also heard the hints in her words, and smiled bitterly in his heart, so he could only pretend to be a straight man.

"In the past few years, Xiaoqing has asked you. ”

Yurou rolled her eyes at him, a little angry.

She hinted at it so obviously, so she almost rubbed it up and said please pick it, this person is still pretending to be stupid.

At this moment, the door of the house behind them was opened, and Du Xiaoqing walked out with red eyes and said.

"I'm going with you. ”

Xue Jian hadn't thought about taking Du Xiaoqing with him and leaving her in the Imperial City Martial Arts Hall to cultivate more peacefully.

This time, who knows how many turmoil he will encounter on the road, and besides, he is a big man, followed by a little girl, not to mention the hindrance, and it is easy to provoke right and wrong.

"You just stay in the martial arts hall and practice hard, and I'll be back in a few years. ”

Du Xiaoqing's expression was firm, almost pleading.

"I don't want to stay here, it's okay for you to take me away, wherever I go. ”

Yurou also persuaded on the side.

"Since you rescued her, you have to be responsible to the end, what's the matter if you throw it at me every day, am I his mother, or are you his father?"

These words made Xue Jian feel extremely embarrassed suddenly, and his face instantly turned red with shame.

In the final analysis, he and Yurou are just business partners, and it is indeed inappropriate to ask someone to raise a little girl like this.

Xue Jian thought about it carefully and said softly.

"Okay, you can follow me, but there must be a reasonable identity between us, you worship me as a teacher, I will keep you by your side and teach you to cultivate. ”

Du Xiaoqing was overjoyed in his heart, and knelt down without hesitation.

"The teacher is above, please accept the disciple's bow. ”

Xue Jian stepped forward to help her up, thought about it, and directly purchased three yuan artifacts from the system and gave them to her, which was regarded as a gift for receiving apprentices.

After all, this was the first disciple he had received in his life, and he attached great importance to it in his heart.

When Du Xiaoqing saw the three yuan weapons, he excused himself, and was finally forced into his hand by Xue Jian.

Three days later, the enthronement ceremony of the five princes was held in the palace, and Xue Jian, as the sixth rank of the household department, naturally wore official uniforms and attended the ceremony.

The five princes wore a bright yellow dragon robe, and in the shouts of hundreds of civil and military officials, they stepped on the steps to the position of the Ninety-Five.

The golden dragon crown was crowned, and the five princes sat on the dragon chair, their right hands raised.

"Zhong Aiqing is flat. ”

The civil and military officials immediately got up.

Wearing a dragon robe, the new emperor who sat on the dragon chair had his own majestic bearing, and after saying a few words, the new emperor rewarded the heroes who exterminated the rebels this time.

The first is Xue Jian.

He can arguably take more credit than anyone else.

If it weren't for Xue Jian sneaking into the barracks and killing Chen Yufan and his three cronies, the five princes and others would still be in the imperial tomb at this moment, and they wouldn't even be able to enter the imperial city.

Not to mention, Xue Jian personally defeated the three princes, brought down thousands of gold, and eliminated all the credits of the corrupt officials in the court.

Xue Jian was canonized by the new emperor as a general of the chariot cavalry, a second-rank military general, with 100,000 soldiers, and his status was second only to the general Ishihara among the generals.

For this reward, no one in the court raised objections, on the contrary, they all had great respect for Xue Jian.

Although Xue Jian soared from a sixth-grade Tobu Lang to a second-rank military general, it was a unique thing in all dynasties.

But his reward was won by real merit and strength.

Then, Chu Tianming was named Taifu, Ma Zhong was canonized as the Pingdong General of Zhengsanpin, and some other meritorious people were all able to be added to the ranks.

Even the great generals and the city lords who came from all over the country were rewarded.

After the enthronement ceremony, Xue Jian asked the new emperor for a long vacation.

Although the new emperor wanted Xue Jian to stay very much, he also knew Xue Jian's potential and ambition, a peaceful Dayu Dynasty, and could not keep the eagle that was about to spread its wings and fly.

After personally practicing it for him, Xue Jian said goodbye to everyone and took Du Xiaoqing alone to embark on a journey south to cross the sea.