Chapter 829 Da Ding

The palace gates of Wanchun Palace are all open, and the dead corpses everywhere in the palace cover the red and willow green spring colors. Dou Jiande stood under a crooked neck and weeping willows, dressed in gray cloth, with white temples, and I don't know if it was because he was wearing a little thin, and his body trembled slightly. At this time, he looked like an emperor, more like an ordinary old peasant.

When Li Xian appeared outside the palace gate, Dou Jiande beckoned to this side.

He had seen Li Xian, but he only vaguely remembered his appearance. Originally, a man like Li Xian was the kind of type that people would never forget, even if they just looked at it from a distance, they could still make people still have an impression after a long time. When Dou Jiande saw a large group of cavalry from outside the palace gate and a person arrived, he knew that it must be Li Xian.

Li Xian walked slowly into the palace gate, looked at the tragic scene in the palace, and couldn't help but shake his head slightly. The scale of Wanchun-Palace is not comparable to Chang'an Taiji Palace, but the servants in the palace are not necessarily less than those in Taiji Palace. But under the killing, there was not a single living mouth left.

The corpses of palace maids and eunuchs are everywhere, and the most heart-warming thing is the little palace maid who was curled up in the corner of the wall and killed by random arrows, looking like she was fourteen or fifteen years old, huddled there in a ball, even if she died, the panic and fear on her face were still so clear.

Li Xian walked very slowly, and Dou Jiande was not in a hurry.

When the two men came face to face, there was a brief silence.

"Thank you."

In the end, Li Xian spoke first and said thank you.

"Thank you for helping you conquer my capital?"

Dou Jiande asked.

Li Xian shook his head and said: "Today's siege of my subordinates lost nearly 5,000 people, if you didn't choose to kill Wang Roar at this time, more people would have died under my command, I thank you, thank you for making my subordinates have a lot less casualties." ”

Dou Jiande was stunned, and then smiled self-deprecatingly: "I thought you were thanking me for helping you accomplish the great cause of dominating the world." ”

"For me now...... That's not that hard. ”

Li Xian replied lightly.

The corners of Dou Jiande's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help laughing: "I remember that when I was young, I didn't have the confidence and domineering like you, even after I started the army, I was still trembling, lest I lose the future I had won so hard." Even after ascending the throne and becoming emperor, I never thought that it would be a simple and easy matter to win the world. ”

"I don't think it's easy."

Li Xian also smiled: "If I didn't have the advantage, I would naturally not be able to say such hypocrisy." If you were the winner, perhaps you would have said it more easily and simply than I did. ”

"You're too realistic."

Dou Jiande shook his head: "It's come to this point, what are you going to tell me?" ”

Li Xian was silent and did not answer.

"At the very least, I should say that I should go all the way."

Dou Jiande said with relief: "You and I have been fighting for so many years, if you can wish at the last moment, it is expected that I will walk on Huangquan Road with a lot of peace of mind." ”

Li Xian nodded, but still did not speak.

Dou Jiande couldn't help but laugh again: "You are a lot better than I imagined, at least you don't have the hypocrisy to say anything like leaving my life." If you do, I might look down on you. It is not easy for young people to have such a mind and honesty. ”

"You are a Hebei tiger, although you are still injured, you dare not stay."

Li Xian said in a sincere tone.

Dou Jiande snorted and said: "The reason why I haven't stabbed myself yet, but waited for you to come, is because I have something to ask for, and I hope you can help me if I can." ”

"You say."

"My wife, Cao, died at the hands of Wang Roar, and I have never found his body. If you're willing to help, please bury her body with me...... Appreciate. ”

"Good"

Li Xian nodded: "I will do my best." ”

"Thank you"

Dou Jiande hugged his fists, picked up a hemp rope on the ground and threw it on the crooked neck tree. Li Xian shook his head and said, "This way of dying is a bit wronged by you, and the appearance of such a dead person after death will always be ugly." The second department of our military audit department has a secret poison, which is tasteless and unconscious, and looks like normal after death. When I find your wife's body and bury it with you, she will not dislike your ugly death when you meet underground. ”

Dou Jiande was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing out loud: "If these words didn't come out of your mouth, I would definitely be angry." ”

"There's one more question."

Li Xian glanced back at the dead bodies everywhere: "Why do you want to kill all these people?" ”

Dou Jiande thought for a while and replied: "Although I have already lost, I can't leave nothing behind after ten years of fighting. I'm dead...... You still have to bring some people down to serve, you will be heroes in the world, and you will be ghosts and heroes after death. ”

Li Xian asked, "You should bring more soldiers and horses." ”

Dou Jiande laughed: "All the soldiers and horses in this city are left for you...... You won't be at ease in the future. ”

Li Xian sighed, took out a porcelain vase from the deerskin pouch and handed it to him.

After Dou Jiande took it, he couldn't help but ask, "Why do you carry poison with you?" ”

Li Xian smiled: "I have had a determination since I was a child, and it has not changed until now. If one day I can't fight my fate and have to die, I must die by my own hands. And I'm too stinky and beautiful to hang myself and leave me with a long tongue. I was afraid of pain and didn't want to commit suicide with a knife. So I had to carry poison with me, and it was the kind of poison that didn't hurt after eating it. ”

"I want to die more comfortably."

Dou Jiande said with emotion: "If this world does not belong to you, who else can it belong to?" ”

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Xu Shiji and the others only saw His Royal Highness King Yan and Dou Jiande talking under the crooked neck willow tree outside the main hall, the two of them laughed from time to time, and they seemed to be talking happily, but Xu Shiji looked worried, and the more His Royal Highness King Yan and Dou Jiande laughed, the more worried he was. When he saw Dou Jiande hanging a hemp rope on the crooked neck tree, his heart relaxed a little. But His Royal Highness King Yan stopped him, which made his heart hang again.

He looked back at Pei Xingyan and Xiong Kuohai and said, "If the lord comes back after a while and Dou Jiande is not dead, you two will go in." ”

Pei Xingyan and Xiong Kuohai nodded, and Pei Xingyan said: "Marshal, don't worry, Dou Jiande will die no matter what." ”

Xiong Kuohai said: "Dou Jiande still has many loyal subordinates in Hebei, and if the lord is soft-hearted, it will inevitably lead to trouble." There are at least 20,000 soldiers outside the Wanchun Palace who still miss him, and he will not die...... Those who surrender will not be settled. ”

Xu Shiji snorted, tidied up the clothes on his body, and then walked into the palace: "I'll go and ask the lord to come out, and the two of you will go in." Don't do it in front of everyone, it's best to leave him with a whole corpse. After a while, all those surrendered troops were gathered, and it was said that Dou Jiande committed suicide. ”

"Whoa!"

The generals responded, and they couldn't help but look back at the Xia Kingdom troops who had already put down their weapons not far away.

But just when Xu Shiji just walked into the palace gate, Li Xian had already turned around and walked back. Dou Jiande, who was standing under the crooked neck willow tree, looked at Li Xian's back and sighed, then turned around and walked into the main hall of Wanchun-Palace.

Xu Shiji was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously stopped.

Li Xian walked all the way to Xu Shiji's side, and after stopping, he patted Xu Shiji's shoulder: "Let him go quietly by himself, he doesn't lack this courage." ”

Xu Shiji nodded and asked, "How to deal with the aftermath?" ”

Li Xian didn't look back, was silent for a while and said: "According to the emperor's etiquette, I have to help the soul in person." Let Dou Jiande's soldiers all wear filial piety, and they will be buried in the mausoleum that Dou Jiande has built outside the city. Post a notice to appease the people in the city. The eunuchs and palace maids who died in the palace were buried together. ”

"Whoa!"

Xu Shiji responded, and his hanging heart finally let go.

Although Dou Jiande has lost the hearts of the people in recent years, he has been running Hebei for many years, and it is inevitable that there will be people who remember his love and righteousness in the states and counties that have not yet been conquered. As for the officials in various parts of Hebei, except for the heinous people who are greedy for money and bend the law, all the others are in their original positions, and at least they should not be touched in the near future. Send people everywhere to spread the news of Dou Jiande's suicide. Tell those Xia officials who are still defending the city that if they surrender sincerely, they will not kill anyone indiscriminately. ”

"Also...... Find a way to find the body of Queen Cao, Wang He's cronies should know that whether they can find it or not, they will find it. ”

"The minister understands!"

Xu Shiji nodded.

Li Xian thought for a while and then ordered: "Go and look for it with great fanfare, so that the people of the whole of Haozhou will know that we are looking for it, and let the land of Hebei know about it." Hurry up and rush to Xue Wanche and Li Daozong's army, the hundreds of thousands of Zhou troops trapped by them actually still recognize Dou Jiande in their hearts, Wang Roar has no affection for them, and it is not worth remembering. Let Xue Wanche and Li Daozong's soldiers and horses wear filial piety clothes, and if they don't attack within three days, they will say that they are mourning for Dou Jiande...... If those Zhou troops don't surrender, they will all be slaughtered. ”

"The minister understands!"

Xu Shiji repeated, his heart full of admiration for Li Xian.

He originally wanted to persuade Li Xian that it was not appropriate to be too tough in governing Hebei. The people of Hebei are too hard, and if the suppression is too strict, it is inevitable that some people will provoke trouble. If you play the banner of avenging Dou Jiande, if you don't kill it in time, it will inevitably become a big problem. Hearing Li Xian say this, it is obvious that this layer is also taken into account.

Hebei is a land of a hundred battles, and Dou Jiande has indeed done nothing for the people in Hebei for many years, and the people will inevitably miss him.

"Governing officials is the first layer, and governing the people is fundamental...... Turning around, he sent people to the counties to post notices, and all counties in Hebei were exempted from paying taxes on money and grain for one year. The people don't want to make trouble, and even if someone wants to take advantage of the opportunity, they can't do it. ”

Li Xian said as he walked out: "In addition, I will instruct the people of the Military Inspection Department to keep an eye on it, if the people in the army have a high-flying behavior and bully Dou Jiande's subordinates, they will not be pardoned, and there will be no forgiveness for killing." Dou Jiande's subordinates kept everything they could, and they couldn't move too much for at least three years. Take your time and don't rush. ”

Xu Shiji breathed a long sigh of relief, and couldn't help asking, "The lord still wants to get out of the plug?" ”

Li Xian smiled and said, "I know that you will definitely stop Lone, but this trip must be gone." I have promised the Master, and I have also promised others...... Can't help but go. ”

"As for those people in Chang'an City...... I didn't want to go unsteady before I got out of the plug, I was going to play, but I was afraid that I wouldn't have a chance in the future. Since you can play freely, let Luo Shixin and Pei Xingyan rush back with 30,000 elite horsemen in the starry night, don't reveal a little news, and ...... to the generals in the army Let's just say that the two of them went after the Tielers. ”

"Obey the order!"

Xu Shiji couldn't help but take a deep breath again, he knew that this world was ...... It's going to be decided.

"In addition, those generals in the army who have secret connections with Chang'an, you all gather up tonight and wait in the main hall of Wanchun-Gong, just say that Lone personally set up a celebration banquet...... Let the majestic sea lead the soldiers to do it, it's not Cao Cao...... I have no interest in doing this kind of thing. As for their families, the men were to be put to death, young and old, and the women were given and sent into slavery. The lonely heart had to be ruthless once, this time he killed harder, killed more, and it was inevitable that someone would tremble when he had this idea again in the future. ”

"Whoa!"