The people are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death? When a person is not afraid of the threat of death, it is truly fearless. The Cui family is second only to the Yuan family in Hebei, and they do nothing less to be domineering on weekdays. Now that the family is in trouble, no one in Yecheng dares to speak.

The people don't say that they have been oppressed by the Cui family in ordinary times, but today they see the Cui family unlucky and clap their hands and say that it is too late, let alone sympathize with the Cui family, and the family does not dare to say that Zhu Ling represents Yuan Xi behind him. Zhu Ling is Yuan Xi's Chinese army protector, and that position can only be held by cronies among cronies, so Zhu Ling's words and deeds are regarded by outsiders as Yuan Xi's instructions, which will not make people suspicious at all. But in fact, except for the trial, almost no one knew that Zhu Ling's wanton search for Yecheng Cui's family was just acting privately.

Zhu Ling acted quickly, arrested on the same day, and beheaded the next day, without giving anyone time to react, and when someone wanted to send someone to Yuan Xi to intercede for the Cui family, Cui Yan, the head of the Cui family, went down, and more than 300 members of the Cui family living in Yecheng had become ghosts.

At the corner of the street where his son Zhu Zhi was killed, Zhu Ling personally cut off Cui Lin's head, which can be regarded as the end of this revenge. Although the trial has regained its freedom at this time, it also feels a little helpless in the face of the situation at this time.

Poke a hole in the sky! It is not an exaggeration to describe the person who killed the Cui family in Yecheng. The Cui family is deeply rooted in Hebei, and many people in the family hold important positions in Hebei, Zhu Ling slaughtered more than 300 members of the Cui family in Yecheng in one fell swoop, if Zhu Ling is not disposed of, Hebei will collapse in an instant.

In order to take into account the overall situation, the trial had to put Zhu Ling on death row. And at this time, the frightened Yecheng family finally came back to their senses, and it was not out of Yuan Xi's instructions to dare to deal with the Cui family, but Zhu Ling's personal vendetta in the communiqué. If Zhu Lingruo still controls Yecheng, these people don't dare to complain. The handle of the knife is held in the other party's hand, why should he have trouble with his own flesh and neck? But Zhu Ling's wish was fulfilled after his revenge, and he not only released the trial, but also took the initiative to hand over the military power in his hand to the trial, and he waited for the fate.

At this time, if you don't beat the water dogs, when will you wait?

A righteous and dignified face appeared like a marquee in front of the judge, which made the judge feel disgusted for a while. Why did you go earlier? At this time, he jumped up and down to demand that Zhu Ling be severely punished, and that he should make an example of more than 300 members of the Cui family who died unjustly.

Zhu Ling must die, but not to cooperate with the Yecheng family to perform their fairness and justice, but to appease the children of the Cui family who were holding important positions in the counties of Hebei at this time. These people were furious after hearing the bad news of Yecheng, and they wanted to break Zhu Ling's body into ten thousand pieces, and in order to appease these people, Zhu Ling must die.

Zhu Ling is a good father. In order to avenge his son, he did not think about his own future, but chose the most direct way of revenge. Now that the revenge has been avenged, Zhu Ling's wish has been fulfilled, and he has forgotten about his personal life and death. As for his family, after stabbing the murderer Cui Lin, Zhu Ling's wife dismissed the Zhu family's servants, and then committed suicide by hanging the beam. If it weren't for the purpose of giving Yuan Xi an explanation, Zhu Ling would probably have committed suicide at this time and went to Huangquan with his wife.

Murderer, tyrannical...... All kinds of infamy were pressed on Zhu Ling's head one by one by those families who wanted to reflect their benevolence and justice, but Zhu Ling had already left his personal reputation behind, so he didn't care about these infamy at all. After being tried and put on death row, Zhu Ling seemed very calm, not noisy, not noisy or hysterical, just calmly waiting for the moment when his life would end.

"Wenbo ......" Just when Zhu Ling ignored the affairs outside the prison and closed his eyes to reminisce about the past, Yuan Xi's voice sounded in his ears. Zhu Ling thought he had heard it wrong at first, but when he opened his eyes, he found that Yuan Xi was dressed in dust and dust, and he was standing outside the prison looking at him with a complicated expression.

"It turned out that the lord came in person, Zhu Ling was rude, and he met the lord." Zhu Ling said that he was rude, but he didn't move, he was about to die, and he still paid attention to what to do with that set of false etiquette.

Yuan Xi didn't blame him, looked at Zhu Ling and said, "Wenbo, you really stabbed me in a big basket this time." ”

"The lord forgives the sin, but Zhu Ling didn't think it through, and I hope the lord can take care of it more."

“…… Aren't you afraid that I will kill you to appease the Cui family? Yuan Xi was a little unaccustomed to Zhu Ling's hobby-like attitude at this time, and asked with dissatisfaction.

"Lord, Zhu Ling knows that he will definitely die this time, and if there is any rudeness, please don't take it to heart." Zhu Ling replied indifferently.

"Do you know you're going to die? So why do you want to go your own way? ”

"The revenge of killing a son is not avenged. Now that the revenge has been avenged, Zhu Ling no longer cares about his personal safety, and he is still alive at this time, just to give an explanation to the lord, so the lord does not have to worry, although he took Zhu Ling's head to calm the anger of the Cui family. It's just that there is a word that Zhu Ling doesn't vomit or is unhappy, and I hope the lord can listen to it. ”

Zhu Ling knew things so well, but it made the rhetoric that Yuan Xilai thought of before useless, and when he heard the words, he said, "Do you still have any unfulfilled wishes?" ”

"Lord, now that Zhu Ling's family is ruined, what else can he wish. What I want to say to the lord is just to remind the lord that the family is not credible, but just a group of grass on the wall, and the interests of the family come first. Now that Hebei is weak and the imperial court is strong, the lord needs to be cautious so as not to be used as a gift to please the new lord in the future. ”

“…… I made a note of your reminder, is there anything else you would like to say? Yuan Xi asked Zhu Lingdao with a calm expression.

Zhu Ling didn't care whether Yuan Xi heard his reminder or not, and said with a smile: "No, I don't know when the lord plans to let Zhu Ling return to heaven?" ”

“…… Three days later, he was beheaded in the south of the city. ”

"In this way, I don't know if Zhu Ling's head can calm the anger of the Cui family. Lord, take care, I hope you and I don't meet in Huangquan too early. ”

Zhu Ling is very free and easy, and he doesn't care about his life and death at all, and Yuan Xi really can't keep Zhu Ling this time. Unlike Gao Ran, Zhu Ling's disaster this time was too great, and he didn't even have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions. And just beheading, this is already Yuan Xi's greatest effort.

In ancient times, there were many kinds of torture, such as splitting the five chariots, beheading, and chopping ...... Five chariots split is five horses to divide the corpse, with five horses respectively to tie the limbs and neck of the prisoner, under an order, respectively to five directions to gallop, the prisoner was also divided The first hero of the Tang Dynasty, Li Cunxiao, is the five chariots split and died.

Chopping is also called fish scale chopping, and there are also called thousands of knives, covering the prisoner with a fishing net, and some people on both sides tighten it, and the flesh on the prisoner's body is strangled into small pieces, and then cut with a blade. Depending on the severity of the crime committed, the number of knives with which the prisoner was cut varied. Liu Jin, the great eunuch during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, is said to have been cut with more than 3,700 knives, and it took three days to complete the execution. It is said that Liu Jin was sent back to the prison on the first day of torture and drank two bowls of porridge after being given wound medicine, which shows how big the heart of this goods is.

Compared with the five chariots and chopping, the most cruel thing is the beheading. As the name suggests, the waist beheading is to use a giant axe to cut the prisoner in two with a giant axe. However, since most of the main organs of the human body are concentrated in the chest cavity, the prisoner does not die immediately after the execution, but needs to continue for a period of time before he dies.

The punishment of beheading, in ancient times, was a treatment that only nobles could enjoy, and a knife ended the pain. Yuan Xi can let Zhu Ling "enjoy" this treatment, it can be said that he has done his best. The family clan in Hebei was naturally dissatisfied with Yuan Xi's treatment of Zhu Ling, thinking that the beheading was really cheap for Zhu Ling, but Yuan Jun's open jaw and Gao Ran spoke for Zhu Ling almost at the same time.

On the day Zhu Ling was beheaded, there were thousands of empty alleys in Yecheng, and countless people came to "see him off" for Zhu Ling, and Zhu Ling didn't shout anything about being a hero eighteen years later, but just looked at those who came to watch the execution with a calm expression. As soon as the three-way soul chasing drum stopped, as the executioner's hand rose and fell, Zhu Ling's head rolled to the ground, but the expression on Zhu Ling's face was very serene, which made the children of the Cui family who watched it regrettable.

The Cui family suffered heavy losses this time, except for more than a dozen elite children of the family who were not in Yecheng, the entire Cui family was killed. And without the suppression of the head of the family, Cui Yan, the children of the Cui family, who were lucky enough to escape, also fell into infighting after the revenge was avenged. They are all young and vigorous, high-minded and arrogant, and naturally they are like cockfights, and no one obeys anyone.

The Cui family fell apart and split into several families at once, each claiming to be the orthodoxy of the Cui family, and Yuan Xi also took this opportunity to continue to divide and disintegrate the Cui family. Those families who had been good friends with the Cui family in the past also showed their deep fangs at this time, and began to continue to encroach on the land that originally belonged to the Cui family.

The second largest clan in Hebei has suddenly fallen to the point where everyone can be bullied, this psychological gap is unacceptable to many children of the Cui family, and Yuan Xi's fanning in the shadows makes the Cui family even more annoyed. For the sake of the family's future, just as Zhu Ling reminded Yuan Xi, the Cui family's abandonment of Yuan Xi was like throwing away a rag that had been used, and began to send people to contact the imperial court, hinting that the Cui family was looking forward to returning to the imperial family.

However, Liu Xie was not very interested in the flattering eyes thrown by the Cui family. It's right to think about it, who would like wall grass? If you see that you are powerful today, I will follow you, and tomorrow when you see that others are powerful, will they abandon you and go to others? The Cui family's influence in Hebei is indeed huge, but with Cui Yan being killed, the Cui family's position in Hebei will sooner or later be replaced by other families. At this time, what is the benefit of accepting a dilapidated Cui family for Liu Xie?

Liu Xieke has always disliked the family sitting big. Xun Yu and Zhong Xuan, the representatives of these families, are clear about Liu Xie's intentions, so for the development of their own clan, they adopt the method of splitting, just like the Tui En order of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, as long as the children of the family reach a certain age, they must set up their own doors, which weakens the strength of the family, but also ensures that the family will not be dissatisfied with the emperor because of excessive power, so as to suffer from the emperor's suppression.

But the Cui family is different, before the accident, although the Cui family did not dare to say that they covered the sky with one hand in Hebei, their sphere of influence was not much different. Such a big family is the object of the imperial court that must be divided and disintegrated, how could Liu Xie ask for trouble at this time. When the Cui family was in trouble, it was already considered Liu Xie's benevolence and righteousness, and he also counted on the Liu Association to accept the Cui family, so that the Cui family could continue to live his dream of being a wealthy family in Hebei, and Liu Xie was not sick.

did not get a response from the imperial court, and the Cui family, who did not give up, found a new buyer, Karasuma Wang. There are two reasons for looking at Bunton, one is that Bunton has soldiers in his hands, if he can get Bunton's help, Yuan Xi and other families who are eyeing the Cui family will be restrained, and the other is that Bunton is a Karasuma person, and for those barbarians, the Cui family has always thought that they are simple-minded and easy to control.

Is it really easy to be controlled? The answer is no. Whether or not he can grow all the way from the leader of a small tribe to the Karasuma people, no matter what else he is, this vision alone is higher than many of his peers. Badun knows very well who has the final say in this Hebei. On the surface, he accepted the gift from the Cui family, but as soon as he turned his face, he told Yuan Xi about it, and Yuan Xi was very angry when he learned that the Cui family had contacted him privately, but he remained quiet, just because the Cui family still controlled more than a dozen counties at this time, and once they were forced to take risks, the unlucky one was his own Hebei.

Yuan Xi did not move on the surface, but in private, he continued to install cronies around the Cui family. The Cui family suffered a great disaster and suffered heavy losses, and it was the time to recruit people on a large scale, and the people selected by Yuan Xi were successfully mixed with those Cui family officials and became a poisonous arrow that killed people.

You can't be in a hurry to deal with the Cui family, Yuan Xi knows this, and the war with the imperial court is the top priority at the moment. Yuan Xi would rush back to Yecheng regardless of the front-line battle, firstly for Zhu Ling's affairs, and secondly, to meet with Badun and ask him to send troops to help. Regarding Yuan Xi's request, Badun agreed without much hesitation.

Bun Dun is a smart man, he is very aware of the attitude of the Han court towards foreign races, although he is the king of Karasuma, but compared to the Xiongnu, Xianbei or the Qiang tribes earlier, his strength is still weaker. Looking at the current situation of the various ethnic groups who have surrendered to the Han Dynasty, the common people are better, but the leaders of the various ethnic groups in the past can only stay in Chang'an to eat idle meals, and this result is unwilling to accept by the very self-motivated Rathon.

How can the rights that have been obtained easily be given up, and unless it is absolutely necessary, Badun will not consider following the example of the Xiongnu or Xianbei to submit to the Han court. And he is weak, and it is unrealistic to want to face the Han court, so he knows very well that he and Yuan Xi are grasshoppers on a rope, and no one can run.

Badun's promise greatly encouraged Yuan Xi's determination to resist the imperial court, at least he was no longer alone. In order to achieve the effect of surprise, Yuan Xi agreed with Badun that the secret march should not be publicized, and only wait for the Han army to suddenly fight a battle when it is proud.

But can things really go as smoothly as Yuan Xi expects? At this time, the Han army was confronting the Yuan army outside Puyang City, Gao Lan's fraudulent surrender had been made Liu Xie see through, Gao Ran and Tian Feng thought they had a plan, but they didn't know that Liu Xie and the strategists had dug a pit, so they waited for Gao Ran to jump off by himself.

According to the results of the discussion between Tian Feng and Gao Lan, Gao Ran would infiltrate the Han army camp in the name of fraudulent surrender, and then when the time agreed with Tian Feng arrived, he suddenly attacked in the Han army camp and defeated the Han army in a battle.

Gao Gao came to Liu Xie's face for the second time and said the time when Gao Ran's troops came to surrender. Liu Xie didn't say much after he found out, but just told Gundam to remind Gao Ran to be careful, and then he would order Cao Zhang to lead his troops to respond. But as soon as Gao Gao left, Liu Xie immediately asked people to find Jia Xu, Cao Zhang, and Guan Ping.

"Holy Lord, are you going to debunk Gao Lan's deception in person or will you plan it and wait for Tian Feng to prepare for Gao Lan's internal and external cooperation?" Jia Xu asked slowly.

"Of course I want to cuddle the grass and beat the rabbit and clean up these two together." Liu Xie replied without hesitation. It's just that what's the point of killing a high view, taking advantage of as much as you can is king.

"Since the Holy One plans to do so, then I'll do things later." Jia Xu, who received Liu Xie's accurate reply, said quite confidently.

"Oh? Will Wen and Ji be released? ”

"Gao Ran came to surrender, did not move, and when he settled down in the camp, as long as he moved a little in their diet, he naturally did not need to spend a single soldier. As for Tian Feng, please enter the urn at that time. ”

"Good idea." Liu Xie nodded in praise, and then asked Cao Zhang, "Ziwen, what are you frowning about?" Do you think this is inappropriate? ”

"Holy Lord, of course there is no problem with Mr. Jia's plan, but the last general thinks that this method of medicine is a bit too much?" Cao Zhang hesitated, but still insisted on saying his opinion.

"What's next? Ziwen, you remember, in order to win, you should do whatever it takes. Although the means of drugged medicine are not very clear, at least they can save the lives of those soldiers and allow them to return to their families alive. Although it is inevitable that there will be deaths in war, Ziwen, I still hope that you as generals can cherish your soldiers more, and don't waste your lives for the sake of personal honor. I believe that you and Guan Ping can join forces to capture Gao Ran alive, but in order to show your bravery, you will not spare the lives of your soldiers......"

"Lord, I was wrong, don't chant the scriptures, can you succeed?" Cao Zhang begged for mercy.

"Hmph, even if you know each other, I'll spare you this time. But remember, if Gao Ran's deception is because of you and he is alerted, then I promise that I will definitely pull you to tell you the truth for three days and three nights in the future. ”

"Don't worry, the last general will not dare to miss the lord's big thing." Cao Zhang hurriedly assured.

……

Three days later, Gao Ran took advantage of the night to lead 3,000 people to the place agreed with Liu Xie in advance, and successfully entered the Han camp under the cover of Cao Zhang. Tian Feng, who had been waiting for the news, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he learned that Gao Ran had entered the Han camp, but he didn't know that Gao Ran was like a sheep entering the mouth of a tiger, and there was no return.