The early morning sun dispelled the autumn mood, and the swaying wicker was graceful,

Xu You rode into Taicheng.

Following on the side was An Zishang, King Ling was a little fat, but he was quite strong on a horse, looking at the fiasco in Taicheng, his old eyes wept, and said: "Jinling Imperial Prefecture, hand over Zhu Lou, who would have thought that there would be today?" ”

Xu You squinted his eyes and didn't make a sound.

The last time I came to Taicheng was late at night, I didn't take a closer look at the scenery of this city in the city, which will step on the moss and bones all over the place, look at the fang, even the pavilion is crossed, carved Luan and carved trees, green and red Danying, worthy of the magnificent Xiongqi four words.

When he arrived at the Taiji Palace, the door of the palace had been destroyed, and the hall was also in a mess, Xu You turned over and dismounted, sat on the steps, An Zishang came over panting, and sat side by side with Xu You, but he was not very particular.

To be honest, Xu You's impression of this dew bird prince is actually quite good!

"Weizhi, what should I do with the puppet emperor, can the lord give you the charter in private?"

Xu You said: "The Lord just asked me to follow and take a look, there is no will, the Taiwei can dispose of it by himself, I have no objection!" ”

"Hey," The sweat on An Zishang's forehead looked a little funny at such a close distance, but he unconsciously got closer, his fat face trembled, and said: "Others say that if you kill, you will kill, but the puppet emperor has sat on that chair, and the killing is unknown......

The corners of Xu You's lips raised slightly, as if there was a hint of ridicule, and said: "False is false, sitting on the dragon chair but there is no mandate of heaven, killing it is to obey the heavens, this great virtue, where does it come from unknown?" ”

After a pause, he turned his head to look at An Zishang and said, "Taiwei, I heard that your seventh son was brutalized by An Xiuming, but you have no desire for revenge?" ”

An Zishang scratched his hair painfully and said, "I can't wait to dig out his heart and liver with my own hands to see what it looks like, so ruthless and unjust!" ”

"That's it!" Xu You said softly: "Why don't you want to think about it, General Tan is in charge of the killing, why do you want to let the Taiwei come to Taicheng to go this way?" How can the Lord not know about the murderous feud between you and An Xiuming? ”

An Zishang was stunned suddenly, and after a while, his eyes showed a little ruthlessness, and said, "I understand!" ”

The battle was nearing the end, most of the Chinese army laid down their arms and surrendered in the same place, Tan Xiaozu was busy collecting the defeated soldiers, searching for the rebels everywhere, and after most of the hour, he came to the Taiji Hall to see Xu You and An Zishang.

An Zishang jumped up from the steps, embarrassed that he could jump so eagerly so fat, and asked, "Did you catch it?" ”

"No, I searched all the halls and asked the palace people, but no one knew his whereabouts......"

"What about the pseudo-queen? What about the puppet prince, and what about the other rebels? ”

"The puppet queen and the three princes have been controlled, and all the rebels have been arrested, only the puppet emperor can't find a trace!"

"What should I do? Don't let him run! An Zi still slapped his thigh in a hurry, turned around twice in place, and said: "General Che Cai, An Xiuming must have escaped from the city, please immediately send a capable person to lead the troops to chase after him, if he really lets him run, there will be endless troubles." ”

Tan Xiaozu did not agree immediately, but looked at Xu You first, Xu You was silent for a while, and said: "Don't worry, if he goes out of the city alone, go and chase now, the sky and the earth are big, where can I get there?" On the contrary, we announced to the world our incompetence and failure, and in the future, someone will definitely make a fuss about this, and whoever wants to rebel will erect the banner of An Xiuming, and that will be the real endless trouble. On the contrary, if we remain quiet, first concentrate our efforts on searching the city, and then secretly send people to visit after we are sure that there is no one in the city, it doesn't matter if we really find nothing, we can claim that we have killed the puppet emperor, and even if he rises again elsewhere, we can say that that person is a fake, and it will muddy the waters, which is enough to calm the hearts of the people and the army. ”

Tan Xiaozu obviously thought about the same as Xu You, and said: "Tai Lieutenant, what the hussar general said, I think it is reasonable, now send troops to chase, raise the division and mobilize the people, it's good to catch it, if you can't catch it, it's too bad for us......"

An Zishang is not a fool, although he is a lieutenant, and a leading general, he is the nominal commander of the three armies, but there is not a single soldier under his hands, the Jingzhou army is all in the hands of Tan Xiaozu, the Youdu army is Xu You's, and the Pingjiang army is also friendly with Xu You, the two of them have the same opinion, which means the final decision, not to mention him, even the emperor is afraid and can't oppose it.

"Yes, yes, I'm old and confused, so I'll do what Wei Zhi says!"

At this moment, the soldiers came in and reported: "Marshal, there is a little eunuch who holds this thing and says that he wants to show it to the hussar general, and that he has something big to tell him......

Tan Xiaozu took it, it was a small coin, missing a half-crescent-shaped corner, which looked old, and I don't know what it was famous for. He handed it to Xu You, Xu You only glanced at it, and immediately said, "Quickly invite that little eunuch in!" Also, don't be rude to him! ”

The soldiers were scared half to death, he just pushed the little eunuch a few times, and kicked his ass twice, listening to the hussar general's tone, it seemed that he really had a lot to do with the little eunuch, he smiled bitterly in his heart, where do I dare to be rude, I have to treat people as uncles.

After a while, the little eunuch walked up to him with his head down, and was just about to bend his knees, but Xu You grabbed his arm and said, "Is it Li Dolphin Slave?" ”

Listening to the gentle voice like green stream water, the little eunuch's body trembled violently, and it took a while to raise his head, the family was ruined, and the tears that did not flow out of the suffering of being tortured into the palace were strangely uncontained, and said: "Lang Jun, I am a guinea slave......"

Xu You's heart rose with unspeakable sadness, and said, "Dolphin slave, what about your mother, how could she enter the palace?" ”

"I ...... Ah, Lang Jun, I'll talk about my business slowly later, I, I know where the emperor is hiding......"

"What?" An Zishang exclaimed, "Where is he hiding? ”

Li Guannu led everyone to the dry well in the backyard of Hanzhang Palace, pointed inside, and said in a low voice: "I can't see it this way, in fact, there is a small hole down there that can hide one person......

Tan Xiaozu ordered 500 people to hold shields with swords, surround the dry well, and then threw more than a dozen torches inside, and the dry grass at the bottom of the well instantly emitted choking smoke, and saw a person flying out of the well wall from the inside.

There was no need for Xu You to make a move, Zhu Wuchen's figure flashed, and he fought with that person in the air for half a move, directly sealed his dantian and threw it to the ground, it was really An Xiuming.

An Zishang was angry from his heart, slapped him in the face heavily, and said, "What is the great sin of my rebellion and obedience, that you actually killed my seventh son?" ”

The corners of An Xiuming's mouth were bleeding, and he sighed: "Killing my brothers, I lost my uncle!" His gaze swept over Xu You, Tan Xiaozu and others, and finally landed on Li Guinu, shook his head and didn't say anything, sat up cross-legged, closed his eyes and said nothing.

An Zishang was even more angry, pointing at his nose and scolding, this prince who once showed his birds in public opened his mouth to taste the market, and the scolding was called a vivid.

An Xiuming finally couldn't stand it anymore, and said sharply: "Why bother saying more!" Kill and kill, can you still survive? I'm dead! ”

"Good! I will fulfill you, come! ”

An Zishang immediately ordered to behead An Xiuming's three sons, and when it was An Xiuming's turn, he hesitated for a while, and it can be seen that the ominous idea of killing the emperor is still lingering in his mind.

Xu You smiled and said, "I'll share the worries of the captain!" Pulling out the iron knife at his waist, in full view of everyone, the tip of the knife was against An Xiuming's heart, looked down at him, and said word by word: "Kill my Xu family, and there will be today's disaster...... Go with peace of mind, under the Yellow Spring, there are many unjust souls waiting to crush your bones and scatter ashes! ”

An Xiuming was dying, and fear suddenly filled his heart, and he couldn't help but beg for mercy: "Don't kill ......"

Su Tie's knife sharpened the iron like clay, and with almost no force, he could clearly feel the blade breaking through the skin, advancing through the layers of subcutaneous tissue, and passing through the gaps in the bones accurately, until it suddenly loosened and pierced the heart.

An Xiuming suddenly opened his mouth wide, like a fish out of water, his face was full of pain, the light in his eyes dissipated little by little, and he hung his head and died.

The knife was drawn, and blood splattered bluestone.

The people in the courtyard, from An Zishang to ordinary soldiers, were all silent!

Xu You turned around and said with a smile: "Tai Wei, fortunately, I am not dishonored!" ”

An Zishang felt that his throat was a little dry, and he subconsciously squeezed out a somewhat flattering smile and said: "It's all up to the hussar general......" He didn't even scream slightly, and turned his head and ordered: "Show the heads of the four traitors, father and son to the public in Zhuquehang, and hang the bodies in the east and west city Cao, exposed to the sun for ten days!" ”

Xu You turned over and got on the horse, turned his head to look at Tan Xiaozu, and said: "General Che Cai, I will go to Xuanwu Lake now, if there is no accident, the Shen family has become a turtle in the urn, and all matters in Taicheng are decided by you and Taiwei, and you must not be careless, if you should kill, you will be killed, and welcome the lord into the city in the afternoon, to ensure that nothing goes wrong!" ”

Tan Xiaozu solemnly listened to the order and said, "No! ”

The hussar general is more than the third duke, and more than the chariot general, but he may not be able to command Tan Xiaozu. In the final analysis, it still depends on the comparison of strength, An Zishang is an empty captain, so his words, Tan Xiaozu can listen to it or not, Xu You is different, Xu You has a heavy army, the key is to have a deep connection with Tan Xiaozu and outsiders do not know, his orders, Tan Xiaozu should abide by it.

Xu You rode out of the city alone, and when he arrived at Xuanwu Lake, he saw burned boats, corpses all over the lake, and the blood that filled the heavens and the earth, and the pungent smell of blood shrouded a radius of several miles, as if he had stepped into the gloomy ghost domain.

"Shanzong, you are so bold!"

Rao is Xu You was not shocked, and he was also speechless by the scene in front of him. This is Jinling, it is the imperial capital, even if you want to kill all the Shen clans, you can escort them to the mountains outside the city and deal with them quietly, like this, it is too blatant and too terrifying.

Shan Zong knelt down and bowed down, repented heartbreakingly, and said: "This matter is a nonsense act, if the Lord blames, I am willing to bear it." ”

Xu You couldn't cry or laugh, Youdu Jun had already branded himself as someone Xu, one glory and one loss, how could he still be so clear, and said angrily: "Get up!" You annihilated 30,000 elites of Shen thieves with more than 700 casualties, this is a great achievement, the Lord has not yet rewarded you, how can you blame? As for the others, whoever dares to rap and cut their tongues is. ”

Shanzong climbed up and said with a hippie smile: "Lang Jun, Shen Muzhi and the remnants of the Shen family have been arrested, you see, how to soak them?" ”

"Let's go, go and see this Shen family master!"

Seeing Shen Muzhi, Xu You asked Shanzong to tie him up, helped him to sit on a chair, brought another cup of hot tea, and said with a smile: "Shen Gong, are you thirsty?" Eat tea first, and talk after eating! ”

Shen Muzhi was not polite, he opened his mouth and drank it all, wiped his mouth and didn't speak, Shen Qing, who was kneeling behind him, craned his neck and shouted: "Xu You, how do you want to torture us, come quickly, if you frown, you are not a descendant of the Shen family!" ”

"Back then, you invaded Yixing, wantonly abused and killed for pleasure, cut off my seventh uncle's limbs, drove him to crawl out more than 30 steps, and died of blood; cut out my pregnant ninth uncle and mother, cut the belly, picked out the baby that had already been formed, and hung the tip of the gun to boast; I stripped my aunts naked, and made them run and shoot arrows from behind, to see who could shoot more; As for my unmarried sisters, the fate was even more miserable...... Your descendants of the Shen clan are nothing more than the same kind of beasts, what is there to be proud of? ”

Xu You's tone was very calm, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him, but in Shen Muzhi's ears, his hands and feet trembled uncontrollably.

Destroying the Xu clan is a political struggle, a power struggle, and the eradication of dissidents, he doesn't regret it, in fact, he kills and kills, but he can't kill people too much, and deliberately indulge his subordinates to commit these unforgivable sins, even if Xu You kills the entire Shen family, it is not too much.

"However, the biggest difference between me and you beasts is that I still have a bit of humanity, and I never take pleasure in torturing people." Xu You said quietly: "As long as Shen Gong is willing to write a handwritten sheet and write out in detail the conspiracy between you and An Xiuming, Sun Guan and others to unjustly kill the Xu family, I guarantee that you, your son and the clansmen will have a decent way to die." ”

"Okay, I'll write!"

Shen Muzhi agreed without hesitation, and fell into the hands of Xu You, death is not terrible, what is terrible is to repeat the torture suffered by the children of the Xu family back then, if they can die with dignity if they write a performance, it may not be a great luck.

"Shanzong, get pen and ink for Shen Gong!"

Shen Muzhi lifted the pen a few times, but he was upset and couldn't write smoothly, so he said helplessly; "Can you ask Yue'er to ghostwrite?"

Shen Yue was brought over from the kneeling people next to him, his tattered clothes, his hair was scattered, his nose was blue and his face was swollen, and he was obviously treated inhumanely. He lowered his head, didn't look at Xu You, grabbed a pen and wrote the beginning of the guilty minister Mu Zhi's sincere expression on the white paper, and silently waited for Shen Muzhi to dictate.

This is once the best friend, wandering in the mountains and forests, talking about everything, after all, he is relatively speechless, drawing a knife to see each other. Xu You didn't speak, and he didn't even look at Shen Yue more, the country hated the family feud, and he had already crushed the past friendship beyond recognition.

His surname is Xu, his surname is Shen, this is a bloodline that cannot be changed!

It's also an irreconcilable blood feud!

Waiting for Shen Muzhi to finish dictating how they secretly planned, and then signed and pressed his fingerprints, Xu You took it into his arms, arched his hand, and said with a slight smile: "Shen Gong, go all the way!" ”

Shan Zong said loudly: "Execution!" ”

Below Shen Muzhi, all the people of the Shen clan were pulled to the lake, kneeling in a row, and as the knives in their hands fell, the heads rolled into the lake one after another, adding dozens of souls to this Xuanwu Lake. It is said that many years later, there are still common people who hear a hundred ghosts crying at night on the shore of Xuanwu Lake, so Xuanwu Lake is also known as Ghost Crying Lake.