Qu Shang suddenly turned around and returned to the south, which was something Nie Qingwan did not expect, and it was also something that everyone did not expect, Yin Xuan and Feng Chang rushed to the north to meet Nie Qingwan, and then marched one by one along the direction of the north to the east, and Nie Xifeng, Chen Wenqi, Nie Buwei, and Yin Tianye from the east also slowly gathered and converged.

The word convergence is easy to say, but it is actually time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it took four months.

In the past four months, Qu Shang has not appeared, and Nie Qingwan's prediction has deviated, just like in Fengqiu, Qu Shang can always break through.

When the few people met in a place that was neither east nor north, the weather also changed from hot to cold, and the north became cold, especially in December, but fortunately, they had already beaten the north and were going south again.

And the winter in the south of the country is extremely comfortable.

Several generals sat in front of Nie Qingwan with blood, holding hot mare's milk in their hands, and burning charcoal under their hands, this is the custom of northerners to take fire to warm their bodies, Nie Qingwan borrowed flowers to offer Buddha to several generals.

After taking a sip of hot mare's milk and warming up his body, Nie Xifeng said loudly: "Qu Shang has retracted back to the south again, and this time he must be captured alive in the south." ”

Chen Wen snorted heavily: "It's really a rabbit cub, he runs really fast, and it's also an evil sect, how did he run away from under our noses?" ”

Yin Xuan said: "Transfiguration." ”

Chen Wen raised his eyebrows: "Jianghu evil arts? ”

Nie Buwei said: "It's not an evil art, at most it's a physical skill for walking the rivers and lakes." ”

Yin Tianye said: "It seems that this person has walked on the rivers and lakes before, the prince went to ask the emperor to get the sword of the Son of Heaven before, and was besieged and killed by the people of the rivers and lakes, and on the way back, he was stopped and killed by the people of the rivers and lakes. ”

Chen Wenqi said: "This person knows all three religions and nine streams, and he used to be a prankster, right?" ”

Yin Tianye smiled: "It's quite appropriate." ”

Feng Chang said: "This person knows a lot of people, it is really exquisite, such a trip to the south, I am afraid that he is doing some conspiracy again, I think we still have to guard against it." ”

Yin Xuan said: "No matter what conspiracy he engages in, he will not succeed this time." ”

Everyone nodded, agreed, and then looked at Nie Qingwan again.

Seeing that she hadn't spoken, Yin Xuan took the lead in asking, "What is the Queen Mother thinking?" ”

Nie Qingwan drank the hot mare's milk slowly, frowned slightly, and said, "I'm a little hungry." ”

Yin Xuan: "......"

Everyone: "......"

Why are you thinking about food when we are discussing such a serious issue?

How the hell did you put that serious face up?

Ren Ji heard that she was hungry, and immediately said to her, "The slave will go and inform the stove to cook now." ”

After saying that, he immediately turned around and left.

Nie Qingwan ignored him, and said to Nie Yin: "Auntie, I remember that we brought some snacks from various countries in the Northland, it seems that there are also northern cakes, take some for me to taste, the one I tasted last time, what is it called, isn't it corn cake?" It's delicious, you can help me find out if there is any, and if there is, give Yin Xuan and them some too. ”

Nie Yin said: "Yes, a lot, you said last time you like to eat, I'm afraid that you won't be able to eat this time when you leave the Northland, so I brought a lot, I'll go get it now." ”

Nie Qingwan snorted, and when Nie Yin turned around to get it, she rushed to Nie Xifeng, Chen Wen slashed, Nie Buwei, Yin Tianye said: "The four of you haven't eaten yet, Yin Xuan and Feng Chang have already tasted it, this northern cake tastes really good, it's better than our Da Yin Yugong, my aunt will bring it in a while, you can taste it." ”

The four of them said the words of gratitude at the same time.

Yin Xuan pursed his thin lips lightly, lowered his head and drank hot mare's milk, thinking, corn cakes, in addition to sweetness, they are still sweet, and I don't know where it is delicious.

Yin Xuan doesn't like to eat, but every time she gives it, he still eats it.

They ate corn cakes and other snacks together, drank hot mare's milk, and when supper was served, several people sat down together for dinner.

It was cold, and Nie Qingwan didn't want to go out, but she ate a lot today, so she still called Yin Xuan to go for a walk.

Halfway through the walk, he asked Ren Ji to call the other five people to come over and take a walk together.

During her walk, she told the six generals about her plans for the future.

In fact, if there is a plan, there is no plan.

For by now, except for some countries in the south, all the other small countries have perished.

Nie Qingwan was not in a hurry, and he didn't plan to march again this winter, he asked the six generals to lead the order, let the soldiers rest for a month first, and then go south when the spring of the next year begins.

Yin Xuan heard Nie Qingwan say this, and disagreed very much: "If the Chinese New Year opens in spring and then goes south, doesn't that give Qu Shang several months of preparation time?" ”

Nie Qingwan said: "What can he prepare, at the end of the strong crossbow, no matter how much he prepares, it is useless." ”

Nie Xifeng interjected: "It's not useless, don't forget, he still has a very powerful oil rocket in his hand." ”

Yin Xuan nodded, what he was most worried about was this.

Hearing Nie Xifeng's words, Feng Chang, Nie Buwei, Yin Tianye, and Chen Wenqi all tightened their eyebrows, and they thought of the thrilling scene in Fengqiu where the Queen Mother was almost shot by an oil rocket.

Nie Buwei said: "It's better to go south earlier, if this person is not removed, we are resting and resting." ”

Chen Wenqi said: "I agree, go south first, kill Qu Shang and then rest." ”

Yin Tianye said: "Although I think the Queen Mother's words are fine, but the hidden danger is eliminated as soon as possible, and we can be comfortable one day earlier, so I also agree to go south first." ”

Since several generals have expressed their positions, Feng Chang also expressed his attitude, suggesting that he go south first, they can rest for a few days and adjust their status, but they can't give Qu Shang too much respite.

Nie Qingwan saw that the generals all supported going south first, so she had no choice but to comply with their wishes.

Therefore, after ten days of rest, the army marched out and went south.

Before the battle of Fengqiu, there were some small countries in the south that had been included in the Da Yin territory, but there were still many countries that were independent, they came all the way, some encountered resistance, some encountered those who directly opened the city gate and surrendered, and there were also those who met the monarch with the people outside the city gate to greet them, generally like this kind of surrender with the city gate or the monarchs kneeling outside the city gate with the people to welcome, Nie Qingwan did not move them at all, and did not hurt them.

However, there are exceptions.

This time, the large group of people marched to the gate of a small country, and the monarch knelt down with all the members of the royal family and the people to greet him, but Nie Qingwan sat on horseback, looked at those people, and did not move.

Her behavior was a little abnormal, and Yin Xuan couldn't help but glance at her.

Nie Qingwan didn't look at him, but stared at the kneeling crowd for a moment, from the king in front of him, to the royal family members behind, and then to the people.

After watching it for a long time, she shouted in a low voice: "Yin Xuan." ”

Yin Xuan immediately drove forward and responded: "Queen Mother." ”

Nie Qingwan raised her head slightly, looked at the city wall behind this group of people who were pressed by the black, and said, "Kill them all, women, children, old and young, not a single one is left, including livestock." ”

Yin Xuan listened to her order, and the whole person was stunned.

Not only was he stunned, but Feng Chang, Nie Xifeng, Chen Wenqi, Nie Buwei, Yin Tianye, and even Ren Ji and Nie Yin, as well as every lieutenant general who followed, and even the Da Yin soldiers who could hear Nie Qingwan's voice at close range, all stared at her in disbelief.

This is the first time that the Queen Mother has spoken to kill those who surrender voluntarily.

They have all surrendered, do they still want to kill?

Moreover, what did the Queen Mother say?

- All of them were killed, women, children, old and young, not one of them was left, including the livestock.

What does this mean, slaughtering the city?

When the kneeling monarch, the royal family members, and the people heard Nie Qingwan's words, they all raised their heads suddenly and looked at her.

Their legs are kneeling, but the look in their eyes is not kneeling.

Their loins are bent, but their wills are not bent.

They voted for an empty city, not a solid heart.

There are many people who are not convinced by the Queen Mother, and there are even more people who hate her, in recent years, the land of small countries has called this Queen Mother a demon and evil ghost, why did she come to defile their country, why did she come to destroy their home country, we don't move, we don't rob, we don't fight, what did we do wrong?

There's nothing wrong with that.

And they are right, the Queen Mother's actions are banditry.

But what can be done, the strong dominate the world, and the weak are resigned to fate.

After Nie Qingwan's order, Yin Xuan didn't move, and the other five generals didn't move, and everyone under the banner of the small country headed by the monarch looked at her with a cold face.

It was useless for them to resist, and they knew that they were going to die, and they knelt there and did not move.

Seeing that Yin Xuan didn't move, Nie Qingwan raised her voice and shouted: "Yin Xuan!" ”

Yin Xuan frowned, turned over and dismounted, then turned around and said to the other five generals, "Execute the order." ”

Feng Chang dismounted, Nie Xifeng dismounted, Chen Wen dismounted, Nie Buwei dismounted, Yin Tianye dismounted, and then they each brought their deputy generals, brought soldiers, and held butcher knives to kill those who knelt on the ground and surrendered without the power to fight back.

When they killed the king and the soldiers, they didn't have a soft hand, but when they killed the innocent people behind, they couldn't bear it several times, but they still fell the chopping knife, and when the blood splattered on their clothes and splashed on their faces, they thought in their hearts that the queen mother was really not human occasionally.

When they picked up the butcher's knife to kill those people, those people didn't move, they just knelt there, all their eyes looked at Nie Qingwan, and hatred surged into their eyes little by little.

Newborn children, newborn children, and even newborn cubs all died under the butcher's knife.

When it comes to infanticide, these generals and soldiers are tormented in their hearts.

The silent slaughter ritual unfolded in this small country, no one resisted, they did not kill enough, and the innocent people who had no power to fight back with their blades were condemned in their hearts.

After the slaughter ceremony, Yin Xuan came back covered in blood, his eyes were red, and the sword of the Son of Heaven thrust into the ground where Nie Qingwan was standing, and the whole person knelt down.

Feng Chang is the same, Nie Xifeng is the same, Chen Wen is the same, Nie Buwei is the same, Yin Tianye is the same, they don't understand why the Queen Mother wants to kill these people.

Nie Qingwan had already dismounted and was standing in front of the six kneeling people at this moment.

All six of them had their weapons in front of them, and there was blood on them, and their bodies and hands were covered in blood.

Nie Qingwan looked at them one by one, then took out the handkerchief, starting with Yin Xuan, squatting to wipe the blood on their hands for them.

When her handkerchief landed on Yin Xuan's hand, Yin Xuan looked up at her and asked, "Why do you want to do this?" ”

It was the first time in all his years of following her that he had questioned her in incomprehensible anger.

Nie Qingwan looked at him.

The boy was thirteen years old, and she was sixteen, and he had been following her for six years.

He has been very obedient in the past six years, but Nie Qingwan knows that he will slowly become disobedient in the future, because he has grown up, he has his own thoughts, he has his own judgment, he will have his own feelings, his own thoughts, his own standards for life, and most importantly, he has gradually had the power to resist her.

Nie Qingwan lowered her eyes and didn't answer, only quietly wiped the blood on his hands.

After wiping one handkerchief, she asked Nie Yin to take the second.

It wasn't until he wiped all the blood on Yin Xuan's hands that Yin Xuan grabbed her hand suddenly and asked persistently, "Why do you want to do this?" ”

Nie Qingwan's hand was pinched by him, but she didn't scream or bark, she only asked him calmly: "Do you know what kind of dog can't be kept?" ”

Yin Xuan was stunned.

Nie Qingwan withdrew her hand and went to wipe the blood on Feng Chang's hand, then Nie Xifeng, then Chen Wen, then Nie Buwei, then Yin Tianye, then the deputy general, and then the Great Yin soldiers.

The veils were dirty, and her hands were stained with the blood of the innocent man.

By the time she returned, an hour had passed.

She stood in front of everyone, not far away there was a river of blood, dead bodies everywhere, she didn't care, she just stood there, and said to the generals and soldiers in front of her: "The dog that doesn't bark can't stay, first, it won't watch the door, until the master ignores, and secondly, it is easy to betray the master, bite the master, today these people seem to have surrendered, but in fact they have a grudge against Da Yin, this resentment is not pulled out earlier, sooner or later it will harm Da Yin, I know, let you kill those innocent people, even children and women, you feel guilty, now I wipe the blood for you, This sin will be borne by me, even if my hands are stained with blood and my body is full of sins, I will not allow anyone, any force to have any possibility to offend every grass and soil, brick and tile, one person and one horse, or even ashes and dust of my Great Yin Empire, and what stands behind me is not a group of people, but a country, what I want to protect is every inch of grass and everything in this country, and I must not let anyone trample on it. ”

She looked at Yin Xuan again and said, "You are the crown prince, you should understand my hard work and intentions." ”

Yin Xuan bowed his head in shame: "I understand." ”

Nie Qingwan looked at the others again, and when the others heard what she said, they all said out loud that we understand.

Then Yin Xuan was the first to stand up and said to her, "I shouldn't question you." ”

Nie Qingwan sighed and said: "If you don't understand, it's normal to ask, I just want you to understand that the king of a country is not rich and noble, but so the debt, if you carry it, your people don't have to carry it." ”

Yin Xuan lowered his head and hummed, took another step in front of her, reached out and took out his handkerchief, and stood there to wipe the blood on her hands.

And seeing that her hands were stained with blood, Yin Xuan was very sad in his heart.

As soon as she said that she had wiped away their blood, she had borne such a debt for them.

However, he doesn't need her to bear it, he is willing to carry all the debts for her, he is willing to do it for her, he just doesn't want to accept that she is really a femme fatale, but in fact, sitting in her position, she has long been far away from kindness, in the future, will he also be such a person?

Suddenly, Yin Xuan actually had a trace of sadness.

For her, and for herself.

Yin Xuan silently wiped the blood on Nie Qingwan's hands, and when he wiped the blood on Nie Qingwan's hands, Feng Chang and the others all stood up, they stood there with a sense of ceremony, watching Yin Xuan wipe the blood off Nie Qingwan's hands, and then their hearts breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

The hand of the Queen Mother can guide the country, can kill deeply, and can make the canopy disappear in an instant, but it can not be stained with blood.

After this small country, everyone's understanding of the Queen Mother seems to have another layer, and at the same time, everyone, including Yin Xuan, suddenly realized very strongly that this woman who can sit on an equal footing with them, eat together, walk together, make plans together, and even have fun together, she is not an ordinary woman, she is the Queen Mother, and from this day on, everyone's awe of the Queen Mother has become a little heavier.

When the group continued to go south, Qu Shang had already received the news that Qu Shang was not in Qu or Shang country, he was in Bayi, Bayi was another hidden state of combat power, he commanded here, the left and right wings, as well as He Zhen and Yao Zhao, as well as the acting monarch of Bayi Hongkun and the training officer Zuo Jie.

Everyone looked at Qu Shang, their faces solemn.

Qu Shang was calm, there was no trace of panic on his face, he just looked up and asked them, "Is everything ready?" ”

The crowd replied, "Ready." ”

Qu Shang said: "The Empress Dowager of Da Yin has gone south all the way, the momentum is immense, the march is not fast, and she has to stay when she encounters a small country, and if she encounters resistance, it will take another time, so calculated, and when she really comes here, it will probably take a few months, these months to dig tunnels around the Bayi city wall, bury the oil fire, and dig tunnels under the streets in the city, bury the oil fire, once they enter the city, don't want to go out, she wants to catch turtles in my urn in the north, then I will burn turtles in an urn for them here, Now that Da Yin has many ears and eyes, you should be low-key when you act, and don't let the Empress Dowager and Prince Da Yin get any news. ”

The acting monarch of the Bayi garrison and the training officers Hongkun and Zuo Jie all obeyed the order, and then went down to deal with this important matter that could annihilate the Empress Dowager and the crown prince and even all the soldiers of Dayin in one fell swoop.

Qu Shang asked the right wing and He Zhen and Yao Zhao to help as well, leaving the left wing alone.

After the three of them left, the left wing asked Qu Shang: "Have you not returned to Qu or Shang in the past few months?" Staying in Bayi all the time? ”

Qu Shang said: "Well, the armaments of various countries have been arranged, they don't know where I am now, the Empress Dowager and the crown prince want to kill me, they don't know my whereabouts, they will be a small country and a small country, so we can buy the most time to prepare, I will make Bayi their burial place." ”