Xu Shiyang stood on the edge of the huge crater formed by the explosion and glanced inside.

There were several charred corpses piled up there, but nothing else - the wreckage of the carriage had been blown to pieces and blown away.

Even the corpses at the bottom now were thrown in by the guards who cleaned up the battlefield.

After the battle, Li Kui asked Xu Shiyang if he wanted to keep the corpses for the time being so that his identity could be reviewed, but Xu Shiyang refused, and he directly ordered all the corpses to be buried on the spot - directly using the large crater formed by the explosion.

"It's enough to have a captive, there's no need to check the identity of the body."

Xu Shiyang saw very clearly that many of the people who came to attack this time were Han Chinese. In that case, it's a hundred to die, try not to involve too much, anyway, they didn't bring any loss to their side.

As for those who survived, this Xu Shiyang didn't have much good way, the Criminal Department was not as soft on them as himself, and maybe they would be tortured to force them to bite some people out.

What Xu Shiyang can do is try to protect the families of those attackers and not be implicated too much — if they are really innocent.

'Heh, am I going to be too virgin like this?' ’

Xu Shiyang laughed at himself in his heart.

He found that his heart was much weaker now, and he actually wanted to show mercy to the enemy's subordinates.

What is the reason for this? Maybe it's because I met my grandchildren a few months ago while touring the Western Regions?

That's right, Xu Shiyang's age is less than forty years old, but his eldest grandson is almost two years old - Xu Daixuan's harem has all the foreign countries in the Western Regions, as well as some aristocratic girls dedicated to the Tibetan nobles, for this kind of marriage, Xu Daixuan only left the position of the princess of Qin to be determined, and others did not refuse, so he already had 3 children at the age of 20, and several were about to be born.

Speaking of which, in this day and age, I'm already an old man, right? ’

Seeing the baby's tender smiling face, Xu Shiyang always felt that he should restrain the cold character he had cultivated on the battlefield for a long time.

It's just that the empire has grown into the behemoth it is today, and the influence it can exert on the empire is actually decreasing.

For example, today's massive assassination, Xu Shiyang wants to gently expose the past, and only punish the criminals who were directly caught.

But the Criminal Department will definitely not do this, they will not show mercy even if they don't even the nine clans of criminals.

Xu Shiyang can directly order intervention, but what if the Criminal Department refuses on the grounds that his life is related to the stability of the empire?

Besides, the Criminal Department has an independent will to be interfered with by superiors as little as possible, this is the goal that Xu Shiyang has deliberately pursued for a long time, and now that the goal has been achieved, I am afraid that the result will not echo Xu Shiyang's intentions now, right?

Xu Shiyang suddenly felt that it would be good if all the assassins among the Han people died directly, so that he could cut off the clues in a grand manner and prevent the Criminal Department from expanding the case.

Unfortunately, this is not possible.

Even if Xu Shiyang kills the captives now, there must be a lot of captives in the direction of Dali City and the direction of the military camp, right?

Where else can he go and kill all the captives?

It's impossible to think about.

Xu Shiyang shook his head helplessly.

"Handsome! Is Dashuai okay? ”

A group of cavalry rushed towards this side panting, and was stopped by the guards more than a hundred meters away.

After checking the documents, they were released from the garrison near Dali City, and after seeing the explosion here, they immediately realized that Xu Shiyang was also attacked, so the officers hurriedly mobilized all the cavalry on hand and sent them to the farm.

"I'm fine, you're a garrison? Didn't the camp also be attacked? Were there any casualties? Xu Shiyang asked the leading officer.

"No, don't worry, Dashuai." The officer breathed a sigh of relief: "There were no casualties on our side, and the incoming enemy was stopped by us from a long distance. We are more worried about your safety, and we are relieved to see that you are okay. ”

"Dali City has also been attacked, have you sent someone over there to take a look?"

"There have already been teams over, but I guess there are no casualties over there."

"Why?"

"Dali's city defense force is actually not strong, our garrisons are not in the city, if there are attackers after the self-blowing carriage, then they will definitely be able to enter the city."

Xu Shiyang nodded, admitting that what the officer said made sense: "Then hurry up and go to the city to see what the situation is!" ”

The situation is bad.

At the gate where Dali was attacked, all 12 people were wiped out at the checkpoint responsible for checking the entry and exit of people - a whole infantry squad with two low-level civilians and hundreds of Dali civilians (the only good thing was that there were no Han Chinese among these civilians).

Later, taking advantage of the explosion to empty the gatekeepers, dozens of attackers burst into the city and slashed and slashed, causing about 300 casualties – including an unfortunate family of Han Chinese immigrants, all of whom died.

The attackers aroused public anger, when the Chinese army entered the city to clear the attack, the people of the whole Dali city took the initiative to cooperate, and searched for the attackers everywhere, and by the early morning of the next day, the attackers were all destroyed, 55 people died, and 19 people were captured.

The captives were all directly arrested by the Chinese army, and those who were caught by the locals were all lynched to death - whether it was the Dali people, the Tibetan lamas, or the Han people, they were completely treated as one person.

"Heh, I was trying to find a way to let it go gently."

After the political envoy got the specific news, Xu Shiyang shook his head with a smile:

"If there are Han people sacrificed, then it can't be done like this."

"Your Highness still wants to let them go?" The political envoy of Yunnan Province heard Xu Shiyang's whisper, and he said with some dissatisfaction: "Such a thief, not punishing his nine clans is not enough to be angry!" ”

"The Nine Clans are over." Xu Shiyang said softly: "I don't care about the others, some of them are Han people, try to make as little involvement as possible, if their relatives are not involved in this incident, they will be sentenced to exile at most." ”

"Your Highness, repay grievances with virtue, how can you repay virtue!"

"What is this to repay grievances with virtue? I just hope that there will be some innocent people. ”

"They are rebels! How can there be innocent people for the great crime of treason! ”

The political envoy was a little dissatisfied, and said:

"Your Highness, don't say any more, you have a good rest, this is not something that the lower officials can decide, if you want to forgive some people, you can communicate with the adults of the Criminal Department when the time comes."

Xu Shiyang looked at him and was speechless for a while.

He was a good official in the traditional sense, diligent and loving the people, able to bring in investment for his own rule, and attached great importance to the economic development of Yunnan Province.

But this is such a person, who also feels that the family of the attacker is also unforgivable.

"Forget it, I don't care too much, when the time comes, I will mention it to the criminal department in my own name, if the criminal department thinks that the relatives of these people also deserve to die, I will not interfere." ’

Then again, weren't the family killed in the attack also innocent? Criminals don't care about the innocent, so why should I care about their loved ones? ’

Xu Shiyang finally figured it out a little.

To be merciful to one's enemies is to be evil to one's own people.