Chapter 124: The Throne

For the residents of the Baidi tribe, who had been paralyzed by peace for many years, when the army that did not belong to them entered the city, took control of the palace, and tied up the old men of the great clans of the Baidi tribe in the past.

They suddenly discovered that Bai Dibu had undergone earth-shattering changes.

The peace they were accustomed to seemed to disappear unconsciously.

The black-armored knights on their horses, and the silver-armored warriors who kept pouring in from outside the city, were meaningless unknown enemies they had never heard of.

It is impossible for either the Jizi Joseon or the Linhu to have such a well-equipped army, let alone the cautious savages who still wear animal skins as armor.

These are some enemies that have come out of nowhere!

The people began to panic, but they did not dare to resist, and without waiting for anyone to issue an order, they knelt at the door of their homes, waiting for an unknown fate, and for a time the entire city fell into unknown darkness and silence along with the setting sun.

The black-armored knights, armed with torches, lit up half of the city, and in a few moments, bonfires were lit on the walls of the outer and inner cities, completely illuminating the entire city.

The darkness was dispelled, but the civilians on their knees grew more and more afraid.

But in addition to fear, looking at the more miserable appearance of the big clan nobles in the square who had never seen them before, there was schadenfreude in their eyes that could not be hidden.

Because they knew that even if Bai Di changed hands, the fate of these civilians would not be too miserable, after all, the operation of the city still needed them to control the slaves.

All the people of the big clans of the Bai Di tribe were tied up in the square, like livestock waiting to be slaughtered, because they couldn't make a sound because they had something stuffed in their mouths, but the choking sound coming from their throats was still upsetting.

"You don't have to worry, you can't die yet." Fei Tong rode on his horse, looking down at this group of former 'colleagues and friends', with a sarcastic smile on his face, "Look around, these heavenly gods, you don't have any luck, wait for what the nobles ask, you will answer anything, maybe you can end up with a good end." ”

After Fei Tong finished speaking, he walked to a huge bronze bell in the square, laboriously picked up the bell and pestle and began to hit the bell, I don't know how many years of inheritance of the bronze bell emitted a loud and heavy sound wave, spreading to all around, echoing throughout the city.

The civilians who heard the bell hesitated for a moment, and finally crawled towards the square.

In a few moments, the huge and spacious square was filled with people.

"Don't panic, people." Fei Tong cleared his throat and shouted to the people kneeling outside the square, "The Sang clan has no way, killing the king and usurping the throne, all these years of fish and meat Qiancheng and Zhou clan and other foreign clans have done wrong, today will finally be retribution, the heavens will send a divine soldier to punish their crimes, don't panic, all the clansmen, it is only about these chaotic ministers and thieves, and it has nothing to do with the clansmen." ”

After Fei Tong shouted at the top of his voice, everyone was indifferent, still kneeling on the ground and trembling.

"Don't worry, these are the Heavenly Emperor's divine soldiers, they will only punish the most evil people, and will not harm the good people, you can go back to rest as soon as possible, tomorrow there will be a detention officer to visit each house, I hope you don't move around without permission, wait patiently at home." Fei Tong continued, "Now everyone can go back to sleep. ”

After Fei Tong finished shouting, the people in front began to whisper, and the originally quiet square slowly became noisy, but no one dared to leave.

"Boom!" The sound of hundreds of sharp knives unsheathed drowned out the noise of the crowd.

The crowd looked at the blades in the hands of the knights around them, and began to crawl towards their homes, although they panicked, but there was no chaotic stampede, it can be seen that these residents seem to be surprised by this kind of scene.

After all the residents returned to their homes, Fei Tong asked the Zhu family beside him with a flattering face, "Mr. Zhu, don't worry, they all said that these clansmen are very well-behaved and there will be no trouble." ”

The Zhu family saw everything in their eyes and nodded.

Bai Dibu's folk customs are indeed completely different from those in the Central Plains, he was worried that it would cause the people to mutin and cause unnecessary trouble, so he thought of letting Fei Tong perform a play to appease the people.

But now it seems that these people do not buy it, and do not seem to have any opinion on who the masters are, and do not know whether to say that they are simple or indifferent.

However, it seems that this group of fat and oily big clan clansmen in the square, the Zhu family feels that it is normal for these commoners to have no feelings for the ruler.

The Zhu family asked his subordinates to take people from various clans to raid the house, unlike Qiu He's house during the day, the Zhu family mainly copied grain and books, which Wang Xu had told to collect well, and they were more important than those useless jewels.

The rest is interrogation, these big clans of the Bai Di tribe have important channels and information for trading or communication between the Bai Di tribe and other tribes, and this information is even more important.

The Zhu family moved their muscles and bones, aimed at a guy who was so frightened that he had already peed his pants, looked at Tu Tan, who had already taken away a group of people, shook his head with a smile, and was about to start working, but saw Zhai Qiu and Qiu He, who were riding a moose, coming towards them.

"Mr. Zhu." Qiu He jumped off the moose and bowed.

"Things in the palace are settled?" The Zhu family looked at Zhai Qiu meaningfully and said with a smile.

"I'll go to the outer city to patrol first, and the emperor will come tomorrow morning, so I can't afford to miss it." Zhai Qiu opened his mouth coldly, nodded at the Zhu family, and urged the moose towards the outer city, and then the silver-armored Lan army continued to gather behind him.

"There is nothing to deal with in the palace, but there are a lot of things to deal with on our side." Qiu He said with a smile: "It looks like I'm going to stay up late." ”

"It's not necessary to stay up late, this kind of thing is slow work and careful work, don't be in a hurry, you probably didn't sleep yesterday, you can go and rest first." The Zhu family looked at Qiu He's somewhat reddened eyes and smiled.

"It's a little tiring indeed." Qiu He raised his eyebrows slightly and smiled, "Then I'll be lazy and bother Mr. Zhu." ”

"I really let you rest, don't get me wrong." The Zhu family chuckled.

Qiu He was stunned: "What does Mr. Zhu mean?" ”

"No matter how deep it is in the outer city, it's no problem, but once you're in the Lonely Bamboo Country, it's best to only understand the superficial meaning, otherwise it's easy to have unnecessary misunderstandings." The Zhu family smiled and patted Qiu He's shoulder.

Qiu He was stunned for a while, and finally returned to the Zhou mansion with a frown, pondering the words of the Zhu family repeatedly, but finally couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell asleep.

Probably in the entire city, only Qiu He can sleep so peacefully.

The bonfires on the city wall were extinguished and burned again, and there were continuous fires outside the city, and finally the sun came out, and the city of Qiancheng, which had been in a panic all night, finally slowly quieted down.

Zhai Qiu, who had spent a night inspecting every corner around the city, could finally take a rest, his already weak body seemed to become weaker after staying up all night, and he began to cough after returning to the city wall and sitting down.

"General, the morning dew is heavy, go back and rest." The adjutant general frowned and looked at Zhai Qiu, who was coughing constantly, and said with concern.

"You guys rest for a while, I'm here to greet the Emperor, this is the first official mission of our Lan Army." Zhai Qiu covered his mouth and waved his hand, coughing as he said.

The deputy general was about to say something, but was pressed on the shoulder by a big hand, turned his head and was startled when he saw Tu Tan, and knelt down to say hello.

"Go ahead, let the brothers start the meal, and cook the mutton soup today." Tu Tan smiled and sent the deputy general away, to Zhai Qiu's side, and squinted at him, "If you can't hold on, just rest for a while, the emperor said that the body is the capital of the revolution, and it will not benefit anyone if it is boiled down." ”

"I'm not sleepy at all, I'm still a little excited." Zhai Qiu covered his mouth and coughed violently twice, and shook his hand quietly.

"How's the throne?" Tu Tan pretended not to see the blood stains he threw away.

"Oh." Zhai Qiu subconsciously hesitated and shook his head, "It's not good." ”

"If you want, the Emperor will let you sit back in that position." Tu Tan grinned and said, "That position should have been yours, your father Zhai Yu is his son-in-law, you are his only son, the Zhai family is full of men, one hundred and thirty-six people, and only your father survived in the end, so whether it is the name or the will of heaven, you can sit on that throne." ”

Zhai Qiu's body trembled, and his eyes, which were originally red because of staying up late, became more and more scarlet, "Zhai Yu? My father's name? ”

"The Zhou clan still has the genealogy of your Zhai clan." Tu Tan nodded.

"What about my mother?" Zhai Qiu's voice became more and more hoarse.

"You haven't seen her?" Tu Tan frowned slightly, "I remember, you said that your surname was told to you by your mother." ”

"When I was four years old, she showed up once, and after telling me her last name, I never saw her again, and I was raised by a mother sheep." Zhai Qiu's body began to tremble uncontrollably, and he pursed his lips as if he was enduring this.

"Your father organized an uprising that failed, and I think your mother must have died with you." Tu Tan touched the beard on his chin.

"Oh." Zhai Qiu's eyes darkened.

"What about your decision?" Tu Tan tilted his head and asked.

"Master will get revenge another day, and he will also return to the throne of Tu He?" Zhai Qiu suddenly asked rhetorically.

"Tu He Guo is no longer here, I'm just here for revenge, but Bai Dibu, and even Zhongshan Guo are still there." Tu Tan said with a smile.

"I'm not here for revenge." Zhai Qiu shook his head: "I'm here to repay the favor." ”

Tu Tan's pupils shrank.

"I don't have any concept about ascending to the throne, I just want to repay the emperor for his reinvention and recreation, and of course, the master's teaching." Zhai Qiu raised the corners of his mouth hard.

"It seems that in the past few days you have been by the emperor's side, you have made rapid progress." Tu Tan chuckled and stood up, "Since you don't want to, then this city can only be given to Daliang, it's really a little reluctant, such a big city." ”

Zhai Qiu blinked, and said with a smile, "Didn't Master say that the city that the emperor wants to build is a city that is more majestic than Xianyang City, why do you suddenly feel sorry for this dry city again?" ”

"Mosquito legs are also meat, and you naturally don't understand if you haven't eaten meat, of course, those who eat too much meat from Daliangzao definitely don't understand." Tu Tan chuckled and pouted, "It's all fucking good." ”

Zhai Qiu watched Tu Tan scold and laugh down the city wall with some confusion, covered his mouth and coughed twice, looking at the ground outside the city that was illuminated by the morning sun and turned dark red, although the corners of his mouth were inexplicably raised, and then leaned against the wall and closed his eyes.