204 Living sacrifice sandalwood locust

Destroy Karasuma, this time Liu Hong's royal expedition is considered to be a successful end. Liu Hong did not stay anymore, and with his team, he began to return to the dynasty victoriously.

The news of the big victory was transmitted back to Dahan early in the morning. The current big man is happy from top to bottom. There was no way not to be happy, the emperor drove this personal expedition, directly destroyed the three great enemies of Xianbei, Goguryeo and Karasuma, and directly occupied their territory. The land obtained is almost more than the existing area of Dahan. Such a big victory, although it cannot be said that it is unprecedented, can be compared with this great victory in this dynasty, which is almost the founding of Gaozu and the restoration of Emperor Guangwu. Others, even Emperor Wu defeated the Xiongnu, but he couldn't catch up with this victory.

The big victory is still secondary, and everyone knows that this victory is a real war to destroy the country. Directly plundered everything in Xianbei, Goguryeo, and Karasuma, and occupied their lands. The benefits are almost impossible to count. Next, it must be the distribution of these benefits, which is the focus of everyone's happiness.

The people of Dahan are happy, and Liu Hong is also happy. With such a big victory, his position is almost unshakable. Then if the dividends of this war are lowered, the various contradictions of the Han will be alleviated, and he will be able to enjoy life in peace and stability.

Just when Liu Hong was looking forward to a better life in the future, someone came to report that Prime Minister Liu Qi led hundreds of civil and military officials, and was already waiting in front to welcome their triumphant army.

Liu Hong stood on the front of the car and saw that there was indeed a black press in front of him. And the front greeted people, and at this time I also saw the triumphant procession, and in an instant, there was a noise of gongs and drums.

Coming to the front, under the guidance of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Qiao Xuan, after a series of ceremonies. Liu Hong called Liu Qi to the front.

"Uncle Huang, this place is still far from the capital, why did you bring someone to welcome you first?"

"Your Majesty, this is only a hundred miles away from the capital, and it is not far away. With your victory this time, if you really can't catch up, Weichen wants to go to Liaoxi in person to greet Your Majesty and all the triumphant soldiers. ”

Now Liu Qian, that face is smiling like a flower. You know, these three enemies. They were all destroyed during his time as prime minister, and history will record this merit for him.

"Your Majesty, you have won such a big victory this time, we are all proud of it. You don't know these days. The foreign envoys who came to offer their gifts were in batches. They were about to squeeze the door of the Ministry of Rites down. ”

"Oh. Then Uncle Huang should also be very busy, right? ”

"This kind of thing, no matter how busy he is, Weichen is happy. Not to mention the destruction of the three great enemies, just by catching the sandalwood acacia, Weichen is willing to die even if he is busy. As he spoke, Liu Qian pointed to the sandalwood in the prisoner car behind him. continued: "This guy was crazy at the time, and even the emperor's title and relatives refused it. This incident made the Han a laughing stock among the subject countries. ”

Uncle Huang said so. I remembered it. Now that we have caught Tanshi Huai, should we escort him to the tomb of the first emperor to worship. ”

"This is a good idea, that is, to help the first emperor wash away the shame and improve the morale of the Han." However, Liu Qian then asked: "But Your Majesty, my dynasty has never held such a living memorial, there is no specific charter, we don't know how to proceed." ”

"Ahem, there's no specific charter for what's the big deal, let's just create a charter ourselves. It's nothing more than an ordinary sacrificial ceremony, plus the slaughter of a living person, what's so difficult about it. ”

"Ah, what does Your Majesty mean is to slaughter Tanshi Huai in front of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor?" Liu Qian was quite surprised, his original intention was to escort Tanshi Huai to the first emperor's spirit to make a appearance.

"Isn't it a living sacrifice, if you don't kill him, what kind of living sacrifice is it!" Liu Hong ignored Liu Qian's discrepancy and continued: "On the day of the live sacrifice, I will also call those messengers over and let them know that the Han cannot be provoked. ”

"Yes, according to Your Majesty, this is also considered waste utilization."

In this way, in the discussion between the two, Liu Hong and the others returned to the capital. Liu Qian didn't stay, and went directly to arrange the matter of the live sacrifice. And Liu Hong didn't rest, after all, after the big victory, there are countless things waiting for him to deal with.

For example, amnesty to the world, celebration of the whole world, and rewarding meritorious heroes, these things all need to be done by him himself. So Liu Hong was also busy for three days without touching his feet.

Early in the morning, Liu Hong took the ministers of civil and military affairs and envoys from various countries to the mausoleum of Emperor Huan to hold a living sacrifice ceremony. This ceremony is not only for Liu Hong to help Emperor Huan wash away the humiliation, but also to deter other countries. After all, the fruits of this victory are too big for the Han to digest in a short time. Now it is necessary to deter the foreigners and make them all honest.

In the sound of Qiao Xuan reading the sacrificial text, Liu Hong led everyone to pay homage to Emperor Huan. As soon as the sacrificial text was read, Tan Shihuai and his son Helian were escorted to the mausoleum together.

Tan Shihuai knew that he was in a catastrophe this time, so he no longer had the spirit he had before, and when he was escorted up, his whole head was pulled. And his son Helian, who was in a similar situation to him, looked dead.

Now they are just sacrifices waiting to be slaughtered. Therefore, the knife and axe hands, regardless of whether they have spirit or not, as soon as they are escorted up, they directly tie the sandalwood locust to the stake that has been erected a long time ago. But his son Helian was pressed to his knees beside him.

Originally, according to Liu Qi's intentions, he directly cut off the head of Tanshi Huai, and the memorial service was over. But Liu Hong felt that this would not have much of a deterrent effect. Therefore, let Liu Qian make the scene a little bloody.

This is difficult for Liu Qian and Qiao Xuan, the two discussed for a long time, but they didn't come up with how to fix the bloody scene. In the end, it was decided to disembowel Tanshi Huai and dig out his heart, and his son and Lian were directly beheaded.

Beheading is not new, but Liu Hong is very curious about this disembowelment, so he has been watching it.

After the sandalwood was tied, a knife and axe hand stood in front of him. At this moment, another axeman, holding a tray, stood next to the axeman.

The knife and axe hand took a dagger from the tray and put it in his mouth, and then ripped open the sandalwood locust's clothes with both hands, revealing his shaggy chest. At this time, Tanshi Huai's head slowly raised, and Liu Hong also saw a frightened look in his eyes.

The knife and axe hand didn't care about anything else, picked up a bowl of liquor on the tray, and poured it directly on Tanshi Huai's chest. At this time, Tanshi Huai's body tensed, and then he closed his eyes tightly.

The knife and axe man took the dagger in his hand, and the sword and axe hand beside him also raised the big knife high. As Qiao Xuan's memorial began, the head of Helian here fell in response. The other axe hand also plunged a dagger into the chest of the sandalwood locust.

Tanshi Huai snorted, his eyes widened, and the knife and axe hand also pulled out his heart at this time. A bright red heart is still beating, but the peerless hero of the grassland, the sandalwood locust, has passed away in a strong unwillingness. (To be continued......)