Half a year after Grand Duke Autry signed the handover agreement and took over the Linjiang Military Region.

On the night of April 21, the 14th year of Honkai, this is an unforgettable day for all the people of the empire, and even the whole world, the king of the Red Blood Empire came to the Eagle Banner Army Field Hospital, and the chief medical officer announced that the rescue that lasted for a year had failed, and a generation of imperial generals Leng Kite died.

It was night, the royal capital was full of mourning flags, the city was crying bitterly, the entire northern border of the empire fell snow overnight, such a heavy snow is rare to see in a hundred years, every snowflake has the size of a fist, whistling in the streets and alleys of the city, freezing the northern frontier of the empire in an instant.

In the royal capital, all the flying kite eagle flags that stretched through the city were removed and replaced with pure black mourning flags, which kept fluttering under the cold wind mixed with frost and snow.

In the house, the old man stood in front of the window, the child in his arms held the imitation military badge of the Eagle Banner Army picked up on the street and cried loudly, the old man put his forehead on the child's face, stared at the shocking snow outside the window, and lamented sadly: "Look at it, Liang is dying, and the sky is crying." ”

April should have warmed up, but the bitter cold wind was blowing throughout the north, blowing the mourning flag of the royal capital to the hunt, those soldiers of the Eagle Banner Army who were like ashes stood in the heavy snow with the mourning flag, they did not shout or cry, because they knew that the most despised in the general's life were the weak soldiers, they mourned the death of the general in their own silent way, some of them handed over their shifts in silence after standing guard, and some people stood there all night, and when they were found in the morning, they had been frozen into ice sculptures by the heavy snow...

In the next year and a half, from April of the 14th year of the Honkai to November of the 15th year of the Honkai, the Dawn City in the Jiangnan area underwent drastic changes, which was known as the "Dawn Purge" in history.

Dawn City had an independence referendum in the Northern Expedition War in Honkai 7 years, and was suppressed by the politically sensitive Marquis Charles, this federal nobleman knows very well that it is okay for the Federation to show off its power in the co-governed area, but once it involves the division of territory, this will step on the red line of the empire, not to mention that there are eagle generals like Leng Kite in the imperial military who can fight well, once Dawn City openly declares independence, the blow of the Eagle Banner Army is likely to follow.

However, when the news of the death of the Imperial Admiral Leng Kite came, the most deterrent shackles of this layer were broken, and the independent forces of Dawn City were like wildfire, and the city that had been politically encroached upon for a long time officially submitted a petition to the Grand Duke's Palace: Dawn City was separated from the Imperial jurisdiction and officially incorporated into the territory of the Union.

Without the mysterious killer, the matter would have been on the agenda soon, but since the flames of independence were ignited, many of the consuls in charge of the matter and the leaders of the civil separatist forces were beheaded, which led to the "Dawn Purge" that would later go down in history.

In the nearly three years from the beginning of Honkai 13 to the end of Honkai 15, the desert executioner Wine and Meat Monk did not do well, and he has not been able to accurately find out the killer who is rampant in the Grand Duke's Mansion, and because of this, Grand Duke Inved has to take extreme measures.

On a dark night, the Grand Duke's Guard, armed to the teeth, surrounded the Grand Duke's Mansion and blocked every exit, except for the henchmen of the Grand Duke of Invede, and people of political value like Shiso, all the rest of the retainers, subordinates, and servants, no matter how many years they had worked, no matter what dedication they had, they were all killed from top to bottom.

After the night of the massacre, 307 heads were neatly arranged in the central square of the Grand Duke's Mansion, which contained directors who had worked for the Grand Duke's Mansion for more than ten years or even decades, beautiful young maids, cooks in the back kitchen, and old women in charge of bookkeeping.

The little fox's head is also inside, but only Shisu knows that this little fox is not the little fox, and the appearance of the jade-faced fox using the transformation ring does not appear out of thin air, but refers to a person who exists in reality.

If it is only 307 Grand Duke servants who fall to the ground, it is not enough to call it the "Dawn Purge", according to the previous idea of the wine and meat monk, the killer should be hidden in the Grand Duke's Mansion, but the actual situation is that even if the Grand Duke's Mansion is fully cleansed, the assassination is still happening.

From this, Grand Duke Invid concluded that whether the killer fled on the night of the purge, or was not in the Grand Duke's Mansion from the beginning, there was only one possibility now: in the people!

As a result, the Grand Duke's Mansion issued the strictest curfew, all residents were forbidden to go out after 7 o'clock at night, and neighbors could report to each other, if they observed someone returning home late, or if there was any unusual behavior in normal times, they could report it to the Grand Duke's Office, and a search team led by the wine and meat monk came to the door to investigate, and if there was anything suspicious, they were immediately arrested and interrogated, and those who were arrested were almost never able to return.

This is a more terrible purge than the Great Purge of Skull City, Luo Wei drew a line when he cleaned Skull City, and all those who touched the line were executed, and they were all killed.

But the Dawn City Purges are different, it does not have a clear line, up to the federal nobles, down to the ruffians and beggars, everyone has the right to report, it is very likely that you whispered something to someone today, and even glanced at some dark corner, and it was immediately reported, and the devilish wine and meat monk immediately came to the door, and once there was anything suspicious after questioning and investigation, it was immediately arrested.

If the punishment is unknowable, it is unpredictable.

Under this extreme pressure, Dawn City has become a taut string, and even a zone of "safety" to madness, where neighbors watch each other, and all shadows are nowhere to be hidden, even the mysterious killer is struggling, and there are only a few murders in more than a year, and it doesn't take long for him to disappear.

Later, the whole thing took a turn for the worse, and rumors appeared among the people that this mysterious killer was not a single person, but a group sent by the empire to prevent the independence of Dawn City, so it would assassinate the independent forces of Dawn City.

The ruthless purge gradually turned into a frenzied wave, and all kinds of independent political slogans were plastered all over the streets, but anyone who showed no support for the independence of Dawn City, or a neutral attitude, was immediately regarded as an accomplice of the killers and sent to the Grand Duke's Mansion to be punished.

Under the pressure, Dawn City has changed, no matter how decadent and extravagant it used to be, at least it is still a city with the best livelihood index, but at this time, it has turned into a cold political machine, and the overwhelming independent slogans have become a fuse, connecting the red-blooded empire that has lost its cold kite on the left, and the federal heavy industry corps on the right, just waiting for a small flame to appear and ignite it...

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