The guards on the avenue leading to Changle Palace stood guard with serious faces as usual, and sometimes a cold wind whistled past Han Xin and Xiao He, and the wind was as loud as a roaring dragon flying through the sky, the two couldn't help but shiver at the same time, and looked at each other again, Han Xin was not the first time to enter the palace, but this time he entered the palace but felt that the palace was full of murderous atmosphere. Han Xin suddenly felt that tonight's silence was unusual, and Xiao He never talked about any topics along the way, but just followed him all the way to the palace.

"Prime Minister, why don't you see a minister entering the palace?" Han Xin looked hesitant and a little uneasy, and walked and asked Xiao He, but his pace slowed down a lot.

"The general forgot again, the ministers had already entered the palace in advance, and they were waiting for the general." Xiao He explained quietly and calmly, and the hesitation on Han Xin's face decreased slightly, but he was still uneasy.

Xiao He led Han Xin straight to Changle Palace. Suddenly, Han Xin stopped suddenly, and when he looked up, he saw that it was the apse of Changxin Palace where Empress Lu lived, Han Xin was shocked, took two steps back, and asked Xiao He in a panic with round eyes, "How did you get to the queen's bedroom?" Xiao He hurriedly stepped forward to touch his back to comfort him, with a stiff smile on his face, "Exactly, the prince hasn't seen the general for many years, and he wants to chat with the general for a while, and he thinks that the Hongtai people are too noisy and noisy, so he wants the general to bring you here directly." Han Xin stared at Xiao He suspiciously for a long time. Xiao He lightly bowed his hand to Han Xin, "I'll report it." ”

After a while, the door of Changxin Palace was opened again, and the dim candlelight inside shone on Han Xin's clothes, and then a little eunuch wearing a eunuch hat trotted out, bowed deeply to Han Xin, and then whispered to Han Xin, "General, please come in with the servant." "Wait." Han Xin hurriedly walked to the little eunuch's side, grabbed the little eunuch's hand and asked, "Did any courtiers enter the palace tonight to congratulate?" The little eunuch said without thinking, "Yes, the courtiers have already arrived, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to talk to the general alone for a while." Han Xin was still very vigilant and asked the little eunuch, "Where is Prime Minister Xiao?" Where do you lead me? The little eunuch said, "The prince and Prime Minister Xiao Cheng are included, and the general is with the servants." Han Xin thought for a while, or felt that there were no loopholes and left with the little eunuch.

Go out from the back door of Changxin Palace, walk a thousand steps to the east is the bell room, the bell room is in the easternmost part of Changxin Palace, there are few people to go at ordinary times, the more you go to the east, the more you feel quiet, the more you go east, the more scarce the lights. When Han Xin saw the little eunuch leading him towards the bell room, he was very puzzled, and he told himself that the prince was also very weird, so he chose a remote bell room to summon him. When he arrived at the door of the bell room, the little eunuch went in again to report it, that is, the door of the bell room was wide open, and a bright light shone out from the inside. The little eunuch whispered inside, "The Marquis of Huaiyin does not enter the palace-"

Han Xin hesitated for a moment and entered, his feet had just stood firmly, and before he could observe where the prince was in the palace, he heard the door behind him 'clang' and close tightly. Han Xin was suddenly startled, and when he looked back, he saw a row of figures standing in a row outside the window, and when he felt that he had been fooled, he turned around and looked at the hall again, but it was empty, only a few bright lights jumping up and down, and the atmosphere around him was extremely tense. Han Xin looked at the hall precautionarily, feeling a little nervous and panicked in his heart, and shouted in a voice, "Prime Minister Xiao-" Only Han Xin's echo floated in the hall. "His Royal Highness the Prince—" Still no one appeared. Suddenly, Han Xin knelt on the ground with a 'poof-' and said as if he was bowing to the head, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is Changle Weiyang, and the minister Han Xin sees the prince." As soon as the words fell, he saw that the lights in the hall instantly decreased a lot, and the hall suddenly became much darker, and then he heard the sound of feet stepping on the floor from the left and right ear halls, as if there were many people, and the sound was getting closer and closer, and when Han Xin didn't have time to react, there were already twenty or thirty people around him, all of them were samurai with tigers on their backs and bad faces. Han Xin immediately understood that he had entered a death palace, and there was no congratulatory meeting tonight, and what Xiao He said was completely trying to bring himself here. Han Xin's hands creaked, and he slowly stood up from the ground, and swept his cold eyes around the samurai surrounding him. "Up-" Suddenly, a samurai shouted, and everyone rushed towards Han Xin, Han Xin led the troops for many years and had a few efforts, at first he effortlessly kicked left and right to knock down dozens of people, how could there be too many people, and more than a dozen back and forth, and finally some of the samurai simply picked up their weapons and attacked Han Xin from everywhere, and it didn't take long for Han Xin to be wounded all over his body, and his physical strength was too much, and the samurai flocked to tie Han Xin up.

When Han Xin was confused, he heard a burst of unhurried footsteps coming towards him, and suddenly the footsteps stopped, Han Xin opened his eyes and saw a person standing in front of him wearing black phoenix clogs on his feet, Han Xin looked up, this person was wearing a black and red straight skirt, majestic and gorgeous, and when he looked up, Han Xin's eyes were round, and he immediately got up and said in surprise, "It's you?" "It's me." Empress Lu stood opposite Han Xin with a solemn face. Han Xin inadvertently whispered to himself, "Prime Minister ...... me" Han Xin suppressed the nervousness in his heart, and immediately looked at Lu Hou without changing his face and asked, "Why did you bring me here at all times?" You tied me up for no reason, why? Empress Lu coldly glanced at Han Xin, turned around to the atrium, and suddenly turned around and pointed at Han Xin coldly, scolding, "Betraying the emperor and conspiring against Chen Xin is disloyal; intends to raise troops in the pass, and then attack and kill the prince and the palace, which is not the way; The emperor once undressed you and made you a prince and general, so that you were unparalleled in the country and shocked Kyushu, and you were unkind and wanted to oppose him, which is unjust; Ignoring his parents, abandoning his wife and son, and making himself fall into the path of death, this is unfilial piety, unfaithfulness, unrighteousness and unfilial piety, you really deserve to die. ”

Han Xin heard Lu Hou's words, and his heart had long been out of strength, and he didn't have to ask Lu Hou to come up with evidence, since she said these words, there would inevitably be evidence in her hands, Han Xin took two steps back in despair, beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, and suddenly felt his mouth dry, and muttered in despair, "He forced me, he forced me." ”

"Someone-" Empress Lu shouted, and immediately two eunuchs approached with coarse leather sacks, and when they arrived at Han Xin's side, they put the coarse leather sack on Han Xin's body. Han Xin was shocked and struggled, but was framed to death by the people left and right, Han Xin shouted anxiously, "What does the queen mean?" Empress Lu just circled Han Xin, who was covered with a coarse leather sack, but didn't say a word. What about the prime minister? Prime Minister, save me-" Han Xin was really scared, although his voice was loud but trembling, Xiao He was never seen in the hall, and the rough leather sack kept trembling with Han Xin. The two eunuchs put Han Xin down, tied the sack strap at his feet, and tied the seal with a thick rope, leaving Han Xin struggling inside. The eunuch looked at Empress Lu, Empress Lu nodded to him, and suddenly Han Xin shouted 'Ah-', the sack had already been dragged up and hung in the main hall, and Han Xin was naturally hanging upside down in the air.

"You're going to kill me?" Han Xin in the sack roared like a lion.

Lu Hou did not speak.

Han Xin couldn't bear it anymore, and grabbed the sack like a flood that burst the embankment and scolded Empress Lu, "Half of the Liu family has most of my merits, I, Han Xin, have been injured a lot for your Han family, and you are mean and unrighteous and put me to death regardless of my merits, who is unjust?" The emperor originally dissected a letter with me and named me the king of Chu, but he demoted him to a marquis and put Chang'an under house arrest, which was the emperor's injustice. Your ambition is rampant, you participate in court politics everywhere, and you want to kill heroes because of your remarks, and your reputation will be scolded by future generations. ”

Empress Lu's face sank, and he glanced at the eunuch with murderous eyes, and after the eunuch comprehended it, he gestured to the dim place of the candle flame, and immediately dozens of eunuchs came out with sharpened bamboo sticks, and gathered around Han Xin hanging on the beam, all watching Lu Hou's behavior. Han Xin in the sack didn't know anything, and he was still swearing in his mouth. Suddenly, Empress Lu glanced at the eunuchs, and Empress Lu murmured softly with a smug and vicious look, "This palace will kill you with a cold weapon that doesn't see the sky, the earth, or the sword and the halberd." The eunuchs raised the sharpened bamboo sticks in their hands and stabbed Han Xin wrapped in the bag, Han Xin screamed miserably, and shouted and scolded, "Hate me for not using Kuaiche's plan to divide the world, hate me for being blinded and gullible Liu Bang, hate me for betraying Zhong Lixuan to save my life, hate me for not being able to respond to Chen Feng earlier, and attack and kill you, a poisonous woman." When the eunuchs heard this, they stabbed at the swaying sack fiercely, Han Xin was already covered with holes, and the blood stained the coarse leather sack red, dripping blood continuously. Han Xin's tragic and painful screams became louder and louder, "The cunning rabbit is dead, the lackeys are cooking, the high birds are exhausted, the good bow is hidden, the enemy country is broken, and the ministers are dead......" shouted miserably over and over again, and after a while, the voice became smaller and smaller, and finally Han Xin's shouts were mixed with the sound of the eunuchs stabbing his flesh and blood, and then the terrifying 'swoop' sound and blood droplets were louder than Han Xin's miserable shouts, and Han Xin in the sack seemed to be moving and swaying with the sack. The bamboo sticks in the hands of the eunuchs were stained with Han Xin's bright red hot blood, and they kept poking the sack that had already been red because they did not have Empress Lu's order.

There was a killing aura of lion predation in Empress Lu's eyes, seeing that Han Xin was not moving and was not as frightened as ordinary women did not dare to stay here, but surprisingly showed amazing courage and courage and the vicious side of the woman, looking at the bloody sack, Empress Lu was surprised to calm down, then closed her eyes tightly, and said softly, "You are a fierce tiger, I need to kill you." ”

"Xiao He-" Suddenly there was a flutter in the sack, which frightened everyone and couldn't help but take a step back, and Han Xin's tragic and terrifying screams came from the bag, and the tragic and terrifying sound echoed in the bell room, but at this time, Lu Hou was startled, and he clenched his chest to calm himself. The warriors and eunuchs were stunned by Han Xin's miserable shouts, and their faces were too frightened to move. Everyone looked at the sack that was blurred and swaying from side to side, and a quarter of an hour passed, the sack never shook again, and suddenly the bell room was silent and only the sound of blood droplets was heard, and the atmosphere was dull and could not breathe.

Empress Lu looked at the red sack, turned around and went to the apse, but saw Xiao He standing in front of the three-legged tripod with an expressionless face, motionless and unaware of Empress Lu's arrival. It turned out that after Xiao He entered the palace to report that Han Xin was outside the palace, Xiao He already knew that Lu Hou would kill Han Xin, because he was ashamed of Han Xin, Xiao He asked Lu Hou Mo to make himself face Han Xin, and after thinking about it, he asked Xiao He to wait in the back hall. Xiao He heard the whole conversation between Han Xin and Lu Hou in the apse, as well as Han Xin's last heart-rending and miserable and terrifying shout 'Xiao He-', when that heart-rending cry came into Xiao He's ears, Xiao He's eyes widened, and the helpless tears of the two lines of powerlessness rolled down, and when Han Xin heard that there was no sound anymore, Xiao He 'snapped-' and slapped three times in his face.

"Prime Minister Xiao Cheng-" Empress Lu summoned Xiao He, who was in a daze. Xiao He came back to his senses, and immediately walked quickly to Lu Hou's eyes, but he was not very enthusiastic.

"Han Shin is dead." Lu Hou said quietly. "Congratulations, Niangniang." Xiao He continued to arch his hand. Empress Lu had been planning for a long time in her abdomen, so she said to Xiao He with a smile, "The merit of capturing Han Xin is indispensable to the prime minister, and the palace will ask the emperor for merit and reward for the prince." Xiao He hurriedly waved his hand and excused himself, "Those who plot rebellion should be punished, the minister has no credit, and the mother does not need to work hard for the minister." Empress Lu smiled, turned around and walked out of the hall, turned around to the door of the hall and said to Xiao He, "According to the Han law, how to deal with conspiracy and rebellion?" Xiao He was dumbfounded for a long time, and even Han Xin's clansmen might not be able to be saved, so he arched his hands tremblingly and said lightly, "Annihilation...... Three Tribes. As soon as Xiao He's words fell, Lu Hou immediately resolutely continued, "Han Xin's death will inevitably cause a counterattack from his forces, and he will strangle them before he knows it, and the matter of clan punishment will be handed over to the prince." Remember, it is clear that the three clans are punished, but in fact, they do not let go of those who are involved with Han Xin. Xiao He was stunned, and Empress Lu had already walked out of the hall quickly.

Xiao He had to lead part of the Imperial Forest Army in the palace to hunt down the people of the Han Xin family and kill them. Xiao He led the five hundred Imperial Forest Army to return to the mansion for the time being, from luring Han Xin into the palace to Han Xin's death, it took three hours, and at this time Xiao He returned to the mansion for about three hours. Xiao He's wife and his son have never slept since Xiao He left, because of the urgency of the people in the palace, Xiao He's family thought that something had happened to Xiao He and they never dared to sleep again. When Xiao He entered the house, the eldest son leaned on the couch and squinted, and Mrs. Xiao paced around the house restlessly, seeing Xiao He coming back, Mrs. Xiao hurriedly stepped forward, but Xiao He fell into Mrs. Xiao's arms as if he had no strength, and Mrs. Xiao screamed in fright, "Husband, husband wake up." Xiao He's eldest son heard the sound, and immediately woke up and took three steps to Xiao He, calling Xiao He, "Father, father-" Xiao He woke up slowly, and after a little slowdown, he asked his eldest son to help him sit on the couch. Xiao He's eldest son clenched Xiao He's hand worriedly and said, "Father is tired, just rest, the child is guarding you." Mrs. Xiao hurriedly brought hot soup and told Xiao He to drink it, "Husband is tired, let's rest quickly." Xiao He waved his hand, and said to his eldest son and wife with a pale face, "I'm tired, but I can't rest." Han Xin's rebellion has been executed, and I will go and destroy his family. ”

"What?" Mrs. Xiao and her son were shocked, and Mrs. Xiao asked, "But Empress Lu was executed?" Xiao He said 'um', "It was I who brought Han Xin into the palace." Suddenly, Xiao He grabbed Mrs. Xiao's hand and said in a panic, "Madam, the people of the world and future generations are going to scold me Xiao He, Han Xin has beaten half of the Han family, he is unparalleled, and the people's hearts are back, I and Empress Lu killed him." Mrs. Xiao knew that Xiao He was remorseful and guilty for Han Xin's death, so she stroked his back and comforted him, "This matter is not to blame the husband, as the prime minister, it is the husband's responsibility to consolidate the Han family." Xiao He's eldest son was busy asking Xiao He about the process before and after Han Xin's death, Xiao He explained the whole thing in detail, and Xiao He's eldest son comforted his father like Mrs. Xiao, "Father's actions are right, Han Xin is meritorious, but he shouldn't be rebellious, merit and demerits can't be offset, father should not feel guilty." Xiao He's eldest son suddenly knelt in front of Xiao He and asked for his life, "If the father doesn't want to punish the three clans of Han and Xin, and the son is willing to do it for you, you are tired, and the son will act on your behalf, okay?" Xiao He was stunned for a moment, staring at his son for a long time, thinking that he was ashamed of Han Xin, he was very reluctant to meet Han Xin's family, and after thinking about it, he agreed to his son to go and kill Han Xin's family. Xiao He handed over the edict and tiger talisman to his son to destroy the three clans of Han Xin, and told him that Han Xin's wife and son both lived in Xianyang, his mother's home, and his son took the edict and the tiger talisman and got up and went out.

"Xiao Lu-" Xiao He suddenly got up and hurriedly called his son, Xiao Lu turned around and asked his father what was the matter, Xiao He Lao suddenly had a charitable request in his eyes, and solemnly instructed his son, "Leave a root for the Marquis of Huaiyin." Xiao Lu nodded and went out.

Xiao Lu led the army to Xianyang at night, and five hundred soldiers surrounded an inconspicuous mansion. Xiao Lu personally stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after a while, a man who looked like an old man poked his head out, and when he saw that the mansion was surrounded, he was immediately frightened and wanted to return to the mansion, Xiao Lu grabbed him and said politely, "Report to Mrs. Han, Xiao He wants to see him." The old man heard Xiao He's name and immediately turned around and reported inside, and after a while, a woman with a beautiful appearance but a sad face came out of it, and the woman saw Xiao Lu and said bluntly, "The public is not Prime Minister Xiao." As she spoke, the woman looked at the five hundred soldiers behind Xiao Lu and immediately understood everything, and the woman asked Xiao Lu with a calm face, "Marquis of Huaiyin...... Dead, right? Xiao Lu seemed to be surprised for a moment, and then nodded. It turned out that Han Xin's wife Ming Ning knew about Han Xin's rebellion, but many persuasions were to no avail, but Han Xin was sent back to Xianyang's mother's house, and since she came back, she has not relaxed for a day, always worried about Han Xin's life, and now that Han Xin is dead, Ming Ning is not surprised and does not cry, but is very calm and indifferent.

Xiao Lu took out the edict and opened it to read it, "Huaiyin Marquis Han Xinyin conspired with Chen Xian, and wanted to rebel against him......" When Xiao Lu was reading, Ming Ning interrupted him, "Gong Mo wants to read it again, I know that the crime of rebellion must be punished." Concubine, there are parents and children in the back room, wait for me to call them out. Ming Ning called his parents and son out to stand in a row, Ming Ning's parents didn't know what was going on, and they stepped forward to ask Xiao Lu, but Ming Ning grabbed his parents with one hand and said bluntly, "The daughter is not filial, and the son-in-law of the second elder wants to rebel and has been executed." "Huh?" Mingning's parents screamed in surprise and looked at Mingning at a loss. Ming Ning took her frightened son into her arms, touched her son's head and instructed, "Shi'er, your father is a big husband who stands up to the sky, but he has traveled far away, and his mother is going to accompany him at this moment, if you want to follow, come back later with your grandfather and grandmother, okay?" Han Shi'er was only five years old at this time, and she couldn't understand her mother's words, so she only looked at her mother in a daze without saying a word. Ming Ning smiled bitterly, turned around and grabbed her parents' hands, and said with tears in her eyes, "My husband has done something wrong, and my daughter wants to accompany him to atone for his sins, and the second old man blames me?" Mingning's parents shook their heads with tears in their eyes, "If you go, we will follow closely." Ming Ning smiled bitterly, but the corners of his mouth were gushing and bleeding without warning, and he fell to the ground in a short time. It turned out that when Ming Ning finished instructing his son to turn around, he had already put a pill of poison in his mouth. As soon as Ming Ning fell to the ground, Ming Ning's parents took advantage of Xiao Lu's inattention to pick up his knife, and both of them used this sword to kill themselves on the ground. Han Shi'er cried into tears.

Xiao Lu and his soldiers were stunned and shocked, but they deeply respected Han Xin's wife Ming Ning and Ming Ning's family. Xiao Lu picked up Han Shi'er, who was crying on the ground, wiped his tears and dusted him, Xiao Lu squatted down and said, "Manhood doesn't cry, you know?" Han Shi'er looked at Xiao Lu with a choked voice, with panic, pity, hatred, and defense in her watery eyes. Xiao Lu asked, "What's your name?" "Han Shi'er." "Will you come with me?" Han Shi'er choked up and took two steps back in fear. Xiao Lu smiled and said gently, "Your father wants you to live, so you have to go with me." After that, regardless of whether Han Shi'er was willing or not, he forcibly carried him on the horse and went back.

Xiao Lu returned to the early morning of the morning, and brought Han Shi'er home secretly, Xiao He hurriedly came out to pick up Xiao Lu, and saw Xiao Lu coming back with a sleeping child, Xiao He asked who it was, Xiao Lu said that it was Han Xin's only son, Han Shi'er. Xiao He was shocked and accused Xiao Lu, "I asked you to leave a root for him, but I didn't ask you to go home to get it, Empress Lu knows, but I don't want to say it clearly." Xiao Lu took Han Shi'er back to the house, and said to Xiao He with a smile, "Father, don't worry, those five hundred soldiers won't speak." ”

"Why?"

"Han Xinguo is unparalleled, Mrs. Han is loyal and righteous, Mrs. Han's parents are well aware of reason, Mrs. Han and her parents died quietly in front of those five hundred soldiers, very shocking."

Xiao He was speechless, and after a while, he solemnly instructed Xiao Lu, "Send Han Shi'er to South Vietnam as soon as possible." ”

Xiao Lu thought about it for a while and responded.

When the sky was bright, Xiao He entered the palace to report the news of the death of Mrs. Han Xin, his parents and son to Empress Lu, and Empress Lu said 'um' and asked Xiao He to continue to deal with everyone involved with Han Xin. In the past few days, nearly 1,000 people who were involved with Han Xin were either executed or exiled for 3,000 miles. Taking advantage of the capture and killing of Han Xinyu's party, Xiao He arranged for Xiao Lu to send someone to secretly send Han Shi'er out of Chang'an to Nanyue, and when he left, he specially instructed Han Shi'er to no longer have the surname Han in the future, but change his surname to Wei.

Han Xin's death, Chang'an earthquake, everyone knows the ability and courage of Empress Lu, or regret Han Xin's death, and the people of Chang'an have compiled many songs for Han Xin, praising his merits and regretting his death. Empress Lu was afraid that the people would lose the support of the people because of Han Xin's death, so he hurriedly wrote an urgent report about the execution of Han Xin and handed it to Wang Ling to send to Handan to ask Liu Bang for instructions.