Chapter 604: Southbound (1)

At noon, the sun rises to the highest point in the sky and spreads its rays all over the world. According to the popular theory of yin and yang, noon is the time when the yang energy between heaven and earth is at its peak, the rigid pole is easy to break, the yang pole is yin, and later it is the time when the yang energy weakens and the yin and yang alternate. One of the most suitable things at this time is to kill people by execution!

Outside Chang'an City, the piles were lined up, and the men and women wearing sin clothes tied to the piles looked embarrassed, and their mouths couldn't help but make whimpering sounds. Looking at their appearance, no one would have thought that not long ago, the male owner of this family was in power, and he could determine the life and death of the nobles in the court with a single word. I don't know how many officials were killed by him during that time, but when he killed people, he was afraid and never thought that the retribution would come so quickly, and within a few days, it would be his turn to fall to the same fate.

The whole family of the Yin Shishi was imprisoned and never dealt with, just waiting for Li Yuan to make a decision. Although Tang Guogong has always been benevolent, it is impossible to be merciful in the face of thieves who dig up his ancestral grave. What's more, he killed so many people, expelled the people from the city, and finally almost burned the entire city, including the imperial palace. In Chang'an City, from His Majesty to the people, they have been offended all over again, and it is not surprising that they were all killed.

Although there are officers and soldiers guarding the court, they are more responsible for maintaining order and do not have to worry about someone kidnapping the prisoners. The soldiers and civilians in the city are eager to eat the flesh and skin of the underworld, and no one will sacrifice their lives to save them. Even if there are really people who don't know whether they are alive or dead, they will have to be eaten alive by the people who heard the news and came to watch the beheading.

Li Yuan, as the Duke of Tang Guo, naturally couldn't do this errand of prison, and the person in charge of this matter was Wei Xuan, who didn't ask about everything when he returned home under the pretext of illness. Wei Xuan also knew that he was different from Yang Yu, not only was he not useful, but he was a thorn in Li Yuan's side. Whether it is the identity and qualifications of his own officialdom, or the previous experience of being in charge of Chang'an, it is a reason for Li Yuan to get rid of himself. He can set up Yang Yu as a puppet, but he will never allow himself to have the opportunity to participate in the manipulation again, so he will close the door and thank the guests after returning to obedience, and he will not ask about everything and just wait for the old man to die at home.

Unexpectedly, Li Yuan still refused to let go, and under the pretext that Wei Xuan was in charge of Fa Cao, he ordered Wei Xuan to be beheaded by will. Its intention is naturally to beat Wei Xuan, after all, everyone knows that the person who digs the ancestral grave of the Li family is the Yin World Master, and it is Wei Xuan who nods behind him. Even if you can't order a kill because of the overall situation, you always have to beat him to know that it's powerful. Let him witness the scene of the Yin Shishi being beheaded with his own eyes, which can be regarded as killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys, and the situation is just like "accompanying and tying".

Looking at the Yin family members on the court who were like animals waiting to be slaughtered, Wei Xuan sighed in his heart. From the moment he ordered the arrest of the Yin Shi Master, he knew that he was destined to end like this, but he would not be hypocritical and merciful, he was more worried about the fate of the emperor in his heart.

The so-called benevolent Tang Guogong treats himself, an obedient minister, with such means. With his age and physique, even if no one comes to kill, he won't live long, but Tang Guogong refuses to wait even for this little time. To force oneself to be beheaded is to remind oneself to hurry up and die, and not to live any longer. After the death of the Yin Shishi, it was his turn.

This is true for yourself, let alone for others. Even the brilliant Le Langjun under his command did not escape his wrists. This trip to Jiangdu seems to have gone and never returned, but I don't know if this handsome young man who looks like his father wants to understand at this time that Tang Guogong, who he regards as his father, is actually not as benevolent as the outside legend.

Wei Xuan peeked behind him, and there was a wide range of umbrellas behind him, and under the umbrellas were the nobles in Beijing. After all, the Yin Shi Master has done a lot of evil, and killing him is very happy, and even the people have to come to watch and behead the officials, how can they be absent? Besides, if you don't come at such a time, wouldn't it be easy to bear the charge of colluding with thieves and harboring evil intentions? Today, the Chinese military generals of Chang'an City were all present to watch the beheading, regardless of the size of their official positions, and it was nothing more than a high-ranking official who opened his umbrella cover, and low-grade officials watched from behind.

The first place is naturally Li Yuan, and the Li family's children in Chang'an are by his side. As the Li family, it is reasonable to watch the culprit who excavated his ancestral ancestor to be punished by the Ming Dynasty, and outsiders have nothing to blame. But Wei Xuan knew that Li Yuan's arrangement today was not as simple as letting his children vent their anger. Today is not only the day when the Yin family is killed, but also the day when Xu Le sent an envoy to Jiangdu. Pulling Li Shimin here to watch the murder is to prevent him from seeing off Xu Le, so that there will be any twists and turns.

Although on the surface, Xu Le's mission was a secret act, and even the entire covenant behavior had to be concealed from others, and it was natural not to let his children see him off. But as a veteran of the ups and downs of the sea for decades, Wei Xuan naturally knew that Li Yuan's arrangement was obviously not so simple.

Xu Le's so-called secret envoy, in fact, who in Chang'an City does not know who has an identity? Even an old man like himself who is waiting to die, he knows the date and hour of Xu Le's mission, so which one can he hide? The so-called secret envoy, this secret word is impossible to talk about in the first place.

Li Yuan is not an idiot, not to mention that he is still in wartime, and the strictness of civil control far exceeds that of the peaceful years. If Li Yuan had the intention to keep secrets, it would never be possible to let the news leak. Judging from his many years of experience in officialdom, the fact that Xu Le's envoy made a fuss to the point that everyone knew about it must be the result of Li Yuan's acquiescence and even connivance. Looking at his arrangements today, Wei Xuan became more and more convinced that Li Yuan might not be as kind to his subordinate Le Langjun as the legend said.

As for the reason...... Perhaps few people know better than themselves today, after all, the death of the abolished prince and even the disaster of the Xu family, he not only experienced the whole process, but also knew the inside story. Although there are not many parties left now, and it is unlikely that the truth of what happened back then will be found out, Li Yuan is still mostly wary in his heart, worried that the tiger around him will one day uncontrollably attack himself. I didn't want to cut off the way for talents to meet, so I came up with such a way to borrow the knife of the Son of Heaven to get rid of this hidden danger among my subordinates. Thinking about His Majesty's temper again, if he saw this culprit who killed Yujuluo and caused Chang'an to change hands, he would not care about any consequences, and he would kill this young man first. Li Yuan also figured out His Majesty's temperament to make this arrangement.

What a thief who is loyal on the outside and traitor on the inside, and hides a knife in his smile! Wei Xuan scolded in his heart, although he could see Li Yuan's plan, he couldn't do anything, after all, even if he risked his life at the moment, it was impossible to change any result. If you want to blame it, you can only blame the country for being like this, and it is beyond human power to recover. Whether Xu Le is a thousand years old, their lives are not in their own hands, maybe it is the best result to let them be confused like this.

"The hour has come!" A loud shout from the Peng officials interrupted Wei Xuan's thoughts, the county prince who once held the position of Fa Cao and the ministers is now in mourning, even the little Peng officials dare to shout on the side, and this shout is full of urging. Even this little official can see that he is unable to protect himself, so what's the use of thinking about others?

Wei Xuan only felt a sense of powerlessness coming, and he couldn't do anything, so he waved his hand and said in a hoarse voice: "Execution!" ”

Under the umbrella cover, Li Yan's brows furrowed slightly, and her eyes had already left the law field and looked in the direction of the city. She is known as the chivalrous daughter of the Li family and likes bow and knife martial arts, so naturally she is not so squeamish that she can't see the dead. Even when she was at home, she had thought more than once that she wanted to personally end the Yin World Master and avenge the ancestors of the Li family. But now her mind is no longer on the group of death row prisoners waiting to be executed in the Yin family, she only thinks about going into the city to see Xu Le off.

Although this bastard doesn't know what to do, he has set a rule since he broke into the Xuanjia riding camp, and women are not allowed to break in casually, so that he can't see him later. Although this bastard doesn't know how to be grateful, he doesn't come to see him when he can't see him, and he doesn't know how to ask someone to thank him with a message, but he is always a great hero of the Li family, and this envoy is the result of the wrestling between the two brothers of the Li family, and he always feels a little unhappy.

Even if my brother and sister-in-law repeatedly told me that this matter was important and Le Langjun was willing to go and not allow himself to make trouble in it, it was always right to go to see him off. Originally, I had prepared all the gifts and letters, but I was dragged by my father to see that I couldn't do the killing, wouldn't I be in a hurry?

Those letters were written to the famous ladies in Jiangdu City, and they were also the life charms he prepared for Xu Le, this thing was never sent, how should the bastard survive when he arrives in Jiangdu? Now I can only hope that my sister-in-law will arrange the family to do things effectively, so don't delay the big thing.

The light of the knife flickered, the head fell to the ground, and blood flowed freely on the ground. The corpses of the Yin Shi Master and his sons and nephews were divided into two parts, and then it was the turn of those female dependents. Looking at the corpses of the Yin Shishi and the others, a smile appeared on Li Yuan's face. Excavating the ancestral grave is a mortal enemy, and no matter how happy Li Yuan is, he will not be blamed, but whether he is happy for the death of the Yin World Master is only clear in the hearts of the parties themselves.

The officials shouted, "The hour has come." The sword flashed, and the lives of the Yin family were also declared to be over in this shout, and no one was spared except for a few young children. This situation is actually very similar to the Xu family back then, the difference is that the descendants of the Yin family have neither a martial arts grandfather who escaped with his grandchildren, nor the kind of natural environment for them to grow up. They will move into the Li family and grow up under the watchful eye of the Li family, with Li Yuan's benevolence, they will naturally not allow anyone to beat and scold them, but there will never be another Xu Le.

At the ferry.

Xu Le, who was dressed in casual clothes, said to the general in front of him: "Thank you Erlang on my behalf." ”

The general didn't expect Xu Le to be so kind to him, and he was a little flattered, and hurriedly said, "This is natural...... It's just that if Jiu Niang asks? ”

"I'll just say that I received those letters, and you can rest assured that she won't ask." Xu Le smiled as he spoke, then turned around and got on the boat. Amid the shouts of sailors, the big ship slowly sailed out of the ferry, and at the same time that the Yin family was beheaded, Xu Le also left Chang'an and went straight to Jiangdu.