In the following day, there were beheadings everywhere, and the gold, silver, treasures, and valuables found from the Xiao family were loaded into twenty carts.

Just these belongings of the Xiao family can be worth half of the national treasury.

At the same time, countless people have not even woken up, and they will be broken open at home, forcibly pulled from bed, and then dragged outside the noon gate and beheaded.

All of a sudden, the entire noon gate was bleeding, and the thick blood mixed with the dirt on the ground, and even spread to other streets.

Because there were too many prisoners on death row, there were not enough executioners, so the butcher who was killing pigs in the nearby market was also dragged over and temporarily acted as executioners.

The killings lasted for three full days, and in addition to those killed, tens of thousands more people were sent into exile.

And that evening, it was Chinese New Year's Eve.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, it should have been a time for thousands of families to rejoice, but at this time, the capital fell into a dead silence.

In the afternoon, an edict suddenly came out of the imperial city.

Officials and their families above the fifth rank were invited to the palace to spend Chinese New Year's Eve together, and then welcome the New Year together.

It can be regarded as removing one bad luck.

So the ministers, who had just rested for a while, hurried to the palace.

Some of them became frightened birds, and when they heard that they were going to be announced at night, they couldn't help but wonder if there was another palace change, and they reluctantly entered the palace after a long time.

At this time, the imperial garden had been cleaned, the delicacies for the banquet of many ministers had already been prepared, the stage had been set up, and there were still small fireworks next to it, which was so lively and festive that it was impossible to see that this place had been a bloody place full of killings a day before.

When Shen Youqiu arrived, a general was performing a drama on the stage to recover the outside of the plug, and the general directly turned over two heels, which immediately caused the whole hall to applaud, she applauded, and a low voice suddenly came from her ears. new

"Is it pretty?"

"It's pretty good."

"Since then, I've often taken you to the troupe to see how about it?"

The person behind her walked to her side, and a big hand couldn't help but hold her hand tightly, very tightly.

On the side, Concubine Yuan looked at the two of them and couldn't help but smile, "I'll go to see the emperor first, and I won't disturb your husband and wife."

"How was it last night?"

Shen Youqiu finally turned around and glanced at Qi Jingxing with a little concern, "The fire in the palace, we have seen it in the Hanshan Temple dozens of miles away, who set such a big fire?"

"It's those old guys of the Xiao family, seeing that the rebellion failed, they actually wanted to burn everyone to death with a fire."

Qi Jingxing smiled: "However, apart from his own people, he didn't hurt anyone else, and as for your husband and me, it is impossible to be hurt."

"But you're not in any trouble."

"No trouble." Shen Youqiu raised his eyebrows, "I just didn't expect that Concubine Yuan would have a son, and I didn't expect Brother Chang's identity to be like that."

"I just found out not too long ago."

Qi Jingxing touched his nose, and suddenly leaned closer to her ear, "Don't talk about others, I've been lurking all these times, and I haven't been able to come to see you, Youqiu, I really miss you for my husband, tonight, let's go home early."

As he spoke, his hand couldn't help but knead Shen Youqiu's hand, his eyes looked calm, but in fact, it was like a ball of lava, steaming with scorching heat.

The warm breath sprayed on the edge of his ears, Shen Youqiu's face turned red for no reason, and his body was soft for a while.

"Then it depends on whether the emperor lets you go back tonight." She glanced at him with disgust, and there was a flustered tone in her tone that she didn't even feel.

"Sister Shen!"

A voice interrupted the two men.

It turned out to be Lin Rufeng, who was in charge of patrolling outside the field tonight, and happened to meet the two of them.

"Sister Shen, why is your face red? Did you drink?"

Being asked like this, Shen Youqiu suddenly felt embarrassed and embarrassed to be caught and, and subconsciously wanted to shake off Qi Jingxing's hand, but was firmly caught.

Qi Jingxing noticed her movements, his face suddenly turned cold, and he grabbed her hand directly, revealing the palms of the two people holding tightly in front of Lin Rufeng.

The smile on Lin Rufeng's face suddenly froze, but it was only for a moment, and it returned to normal.

"No drinking."

Shen Yueqiu simply didn't bother to care about Qi Jingxing's rather childish behavior, and smiled casually: "If Ruyue knew that you hadn't gone to the northern border yet, she would definitely be happy."

"I'll have to leave tomorrow." Lin Rufeng looked helpless, "Now everyone thinks that I am in charge of the northern border, but in fact, I just asked Yue Ruge to help me watch, and I am afraid that there will be problems after a long time, so I have to hurry back."

"I see, come back sooner."

At this time, more and more ministers came to the dinner, and when they saw this lively scene, the stone hanging in their hearts was finally put down.

Some people noticed Qi Jingxing and Shen Youqiu, and immediately changed around and greeted them with a smile.

Now everyone knows that Qi Jingxing and Lin Rufeng are the heroes of the rescue, they are so young now, and they are favored by the emperor, and they will definitely have greater achievements in the future.

So they are naturally happy to make friends.

Some people can't help but make noise.

"Two generals, the emperor summoned us to the palace tonight, what special will there be?"

"Naturally, we spend Chinese New Year's Eve together, what are you afraid of such a good thing?" Qi Jingxing said lightly.

"Is it just a regular dinner party?"

"It's no ordinary dinner." On the side, Shen Youqiu smiled slightly, "There will be other happy events."

"What's the big deal?" The official couldn't help but ask.

"You'll find out later."

The night is getting deeper and deeper, and everyone is basically here, and the opera team on the stage has not stopped until now, and the lively atmosphere has gradually relaxed everyone's sensitive and tense nerves.

At this time, the voice of the troupe suddenly stopped.

"The Emperor has arrived!"

The emperor appeared, and everyone quickly knelt down and saluted.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Congratulations to the emperor on Chinese New Year's Eve and a prosperous New Year!"

"I wish the emperor a thousand generations and a generation of bright monarchs!"

Everyone congratulated in unison, and the smile on the emperor's face became thicker and thicker.

"All the lovers are flat!"

The emperor said with a smile: "Yesterday I removed a lot of rebels and parties, and now it is Chinese New Year's Eve, which is about to remove the old and welcome the new, and the dragon is happy, and intends to make the palace lively and lively, and remove the bad spirit, and suddenly invite everyone to come and celebrate this Spring Festival together, tonight Aiqing can eat and drink well, do not be polite and restrained."

"Besides, I have one more important thing to announce."