Chapter 820: Farewell (I)
At the end of November of the twentieth year of Hongwei, Xu Rui's Northwest Army marched towards Changxing City, and finally returned to the capital of Great Wei after a long absence of several months before the lunar month.
In front of the majestic Changxing City, Zhong Qingyuan gathered the Northwest Army to hand over the ownership of Changxing City and the large areas of land annexed by the Southern Dynasties on behalf of King Wuling.
Princess Qixia, as the only bloodline of the Great Wei royal family, received the letter of state from Zhong Qingyuan on behalf of the Great Wei and announced the recovery of the entire Great Wei Dynasty.
No one could have imagined that this shocking war between the North and the South would end in such a dramatic way.
At this moment, Changxing City was jubilant, beating gongs and drums, celebrating the rebirth of Great Wei, Princess Qixia and Xu Rui, who completed this feat, were regarded as heroes who turned the tide, praised by the world, and their prestige was unparalleled for a while.
The hustle and bustle of the whole day is like the New Year, and Princess Qixia took the northwest civil and military to enjoy with the people, pushing the festive atmosphere into a climax.
At night, Princess Qixia returned to the messy Great Wei Palace, while Xu Rui came to the Great Wei military camp before the Southern Dynasty army returned to the division.
"Whose frame is this, and there is such a big pomp?"
The garrison officer who was about to change the guard looked at a heavily armed Xuanyuan and the hundreds of attendants around him, and asked enviously.
The tall and thin officer who was asked by him snorted coldly: "Who else could it be, naturally it is the little marquis of the Northern Dynasty!" ”
"Is that him? He even dared to come to our army to fight in the camp, and put on such a battle! ”
The officer guarding the camp suddenly frowned, and his face instantly turned cold.
"Why don't you dare?"
The tall and thin officer said: "The prince treats him as a guest, and I heard that several generals must agree to whatever the little marquis asks." ”
"Really?"
The officer guarding the camp said in disbelief: "We just lost a few small battles, if the prince hadn't chosen to negotiate peace with them at the beginning, it would not be certain who would have died!" ”
The tall and thin officer shook his head and said: "Who says it's not, I really don't know what the prince thinks, he made such a concession to the Northern Dynasty, and the brothers were fortunate to have to give up the country to others, which is really embarrassing." ”
"When is it your turn to talk about the prince here?"
At this moment, a cold voice suddenly came from behind the two.
The two officers turned their heads to look and saw Zhong Qingyuan standing behind him with a black face.
"The end will be a death penalty!"
The two officers' faces changed, and they quickly knelt down.
Zhong Qingyuan pouted and said: "Go to the military justice department to get thirty military sticks, if you dare to talk about the prince in the future, be careful that your heads are not protected!" ”
"Obey the general's orders!"
The two officers did not frown and immediately took the order.
However, Zhong Qingyuan's face did not improve at all, but became even colder.
"General, Champion Hou's frame is about to leave the camp!"
The soldier whispered a reminder in his ear.
Zhong Qingyuan immediately looked up at the frame that was slowly driving out of the barracks, and said coldly: "Keep up!" ”
The soldiers were stunned for a moment, and exclaimed: "General, if you let the prince know at this time......
Zhong Qingyuan waved his hand: "Don't worry, I just have something I want to ask him, and I won't make trouble." ”
With that, he turned over and got on his horse and followed Xu Rui's frame far away.
The soldiers didn't dare to say much when they heard this, so they hurriedly beckoned left and right to follow Zhong Qingyuan's footsteps.
"Master Hou, it seems that someone is following us."
As soon as he left the camp of the Southern Dynasty, Li Kuang in Xuanyuan reminded Xu Rui softly.
Xu Rui, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, seemed to know this, and waved his hand without even raising his eyelids: "It's okay, let them follow." ”
Seeing Xu Rui say this, Li Kuang didn't say much, so he had to gently knock on the car window to get Qin Fei, who was in charge of safety, ready.
The convoy didn't know how long it took, and the distance gradually bumped, as if it had come to a mountain road, and after walking for nearly two pillars of incense, the frame suddenly stopped.
"Master Hou, it's time to get there."
Qin Fei whispered a word of prayer beside the car, and Xu Rui, who had closed his eyes and recuperated the whole time, finally opened his eyes and slowly walked out of the frame.
It was a dark mass grave, full of nameless bones that had been scraped apart by wild dogs and foxes, and even though hundreds of soldiers had already lit their torches, it still smelled eerie.
"Master Hou, that is the burial place of General Liu, after the puppet emperor executed General Liu, he originally planned to abandon the corpse in the wilderness and let the wild dogs eat it, but fortunately, there are people in the army who have a clear conscience, risking their lives to steal the bones and bury them here, so that General Liu can avoid the disaster."
Qin Fei pointed to a new grave not far away and explained to Xu Rui heavily.
Xu Rui slowly walked to the grave, and saw that it was just a mound, and there was not even a decent tombstone, so he couldn't help but feel sour, took out a bottle of wine from the food box in his hand, and gently sprinkled it on the ground.
Watching the wine seep into the ground, as if he had been drinking with Liu Yi back then, Xu Rui felt a pain in his heart again, and muttered: "Father-in-law, the child is late, and you have suffered......
"Marshal, General Zhang Zuofeng has already chosen a new mound for General Liu, should you move the grave now?"
Qin Fei asked.
Xu Rui shook his head: "Don't worry, bring people up first!" ”
Qin Fei nodded, beckoned to a few pro-soldiers behind him, and immediately a pro-soldier walked over with a ragged person.
This person was disheveled, delirious, and smelled foul all over his body, and I heard that Xu Rui had just fished it out of the pigsty of the Southern Dynasty military camp.
With a "snap", the soldiers threw this person on the ground, this person seemed to have no pain at all, and after a moment of dizziness, he saw where Xu Rui was, and slowly crawled towards Xu Rui like an insect repellent.
As he crawled, he muttered, "Medicine...... My Medicine...... Let Huang Qing bring my medicine...... Otherwise...... Otherwise you're all going to die......"
It turned out that this matter was none other than His Royal Highness King Yu at the beginning!
When everyone saw that King Yu had become like this, they couldn't help but sigh for a while, who would have thought that the high-ranking prince, the emperor, would one day become this kind of leper dog?
Xu Rui approached King Yu, grabbed his hair, lifted him up, and sneered: "Look who I am!" ”
Yuwang was dirty and smelly, his eyes were scattered, and it was not easy to see Xu Rui's appearance clearly, and he was suddenly shocked, as if he had returned to reality slightly.
"Xu Rui, how could it be you?"
"You know my secret, you can't live, I'm going to kill you!"
King Yu seemed to be greatly frightened, and a hideous look suddenly flashed on his face, and he stretched out his hands and pinched Xu Rui's neck.
Xu Rui snorted coldly and threw King Yu to the ground.
Yuwang was in pain, fearful in his heart, and kept crawling back.
"Come on, escort, escort, it's not me, it's not me who hurt you, it's Huang Zhengyuan who did it, please let me go, let me go......"
King Yu burst into tears, and finally kowtowed to Xu Rui.
Xu Rui sighed and flicked his fingers, and an invisible sword qi suddenly flew out of his fingertips, gently slashing across the neck of desire.
In an instant, King Yu stiffened, his expression froze on his face, and then, his head suddenly fell like a ripe potato, and blood just sprinkled on Liu Yi's tomb.
King Yu's body is in a different place, the blood sacrifice is different, and the blood debt is repaid in blood.
At the moment when King Yu died, the soldiers came over with another person who was tied up by five flowers.
This person is none other than Huang Zhengyuan, another culprit.
Although Huang Zhengyuan was tied up with five flowers, he was dressed in a gorgeous official uniform of the Southern Dynasty, and before Xu Rui went to the camp of the Southern Dynasty to arrest him, he had already become the official of the Southern Dynasty.
"Xu Rui, long time no see."
Unlike King Yu's plea for mercy, Huang Zhengyuan seemed to have already guessed his ending and greeted Xu Rui calmly.
Xu Rui turned his head and waved his hand, asking the soldiers to untie him up.
"You tempted King Yu, cholera government, in a sense, Da Wei died at your hands, even I have to say admiration."
Xu Rui said coldly.
Huang Zhengyuan chuckled, rubbed his painful wrist and said, "Master Hou has won the award, didn't you break such a perfect plan?" ”
Xu Rui frowned: "Why did you do this?" ”