The mountains are verdant.

The tall Hangu Pass is behind him, a team of knights protecting a carriage is running wildly on the official road, the mountains and forests on both sides continue to go backwards, a burst of smoke and dust rises, and then look back, there is actually a team of knights chasing.

"Those dog thieves are about to catch up!"

The leading knight said anxiously while raising his whip, and the other knight roared in a low voice: "It's really not good to fight with those aggressive dog thieves, and if you escape like this, you will be caught sooner or later." ”

When the chief heard this, he immediately dissuaded: "Those are all warriors recruited by the imperial court, compared to us, we are simply vulnerable, and we will die if we die, but what should they do, Madam?" ”

"It's hateful, Huo Guang, a dog thief, has been killed to this point and exiled to the Western Regions, who can get there alive."

"Whew!"

The sharp arrow struck, and a knight who had been running wildly fell to the ground in response, and was directly killed by an arrow.

"Big brother!"

A cry of sorrow sounded, and he wanted to turn around and fight desperately, but with a few sounds of breaking the air, two arrows shot him in the shoulder and abdomen, instantly shooting him off his horse.

Falling from a horse at such a high speed, he was naturally killed instantly, and he didn't even see the whole corpse, his feet were hung on the stirrups, and then he was dragged by the frightened horse over a boulder, and it was scraped in half in an instant.

"I can't escape!"

All the knights who were fleeing for their lives finally admitted this cruel fact, turned around and fought with the cavalry sent by the imperial court, and within a quarter of an hour, the imperial cavalry killed all the knights on the spot.

The Imperial Court Tiqi is only losing two people.

This group of black-clothed tiedians walked to the carriage with the reins, and opened the curtain of the carriage, and there were five people sitting in the horse, two quite beautiful women, looking at the age of standing before they arrived, wearing palace clothes, and they were about to come out, and two young girls who had not yet reached the end of the rope snuggled up to the two of them, like budding flowers, looking quite similar to two women, very beautiful, and a slightly younger boy shrunk in the innermost part of the carriage.

The black-clothed cavalry led by him took out the portrait, then took out a book, and said expressionlessly: "The great priest Shang Lu, colluded with Prince He, intended to kill the king, and died by sitting in the law."

One wife, one concubine, one concubine, one concubine, and one concubine were sentenced to exile to the Western Regions.

to sign the name. ”

The leader of the cavalry read out the names one by one, checked them correctly, and then asked the five people to sign and draw them.

In the face of Tiqi, who was like a messenger of hell, these five pampered noblewomen and noble children were already frightened and stupid, besides, even if they were not stupid, who would sign the book that represented death?

The leader of the cavalry was not surprised, but said lightly: "Four of the five of you are weak women, and it is lucky to meet this official, who is a son of Confucianism, so it is easy to talk."

After signing this booklet, if you are willing to commit suicide, can the official allow it, is it not good to leave a decent copy?

Otherwise, in this wilderness, these dozens of men with strong blood and strength are not something I can control.

He who always has to die, so why should he suffer that sin? ”

Seeing a few trembling signs, the leader of the cavalry lifted the reins and asked, "Is there anyone who wants to commit suicide?"

I can lend you a knife.

The advice of this official is to die here directly, otherwise with your identity and appearance, the exile will only be a meal for those treacherous officials. ”

The words of the leader of the cavalry made the two women tremble, and the leader of the cavalry kindly asked, "It seems that you don't dare, do you need help?" This official has always had a good heart. ”

The two women trembled and nodded, they really did not want to be exiled, let alone let their beloved daughter be humiliated, and dying here was indeed the best ending.

"Poof!"

The knife of the leader of the cavalry was very fast, like a butcher, and he sent a few people away without any hesitation, because the knife was too fast, and there was probably no pain before death.

Seeing the bright red blood dripping on the ground, the leader of the cavalry slowly put away his knife and said to the left and right: "Is this official too kind and has a bottom line?" ”

Everyone nodded, in this kind of wilderness, facing four beautiful women, and being able to send them away decently, it is indeed a conscience and a bottom line.

"After all, I have read the books of sages, so I still have to be a good person and return to Chang'an to restore my life."

Click.

As the group of knights set out on the way back, there were clouds in the sky, and the cold wind gradually blew, and flakes of snow gradually fell.

White snowflakes mingled with bright red and black bloodstains, and the corpses were gradually buried, and by the time the winter foraging beasts had eaten them, no one would ever know what had happened here.

……

Yuan Feng 20 years, December.

The emperor worships the emperor and adds the throne of the Son of Heaven.

The courtiers marched and changed the year name to "Lingjue", and the next year was the first year of Lingjue.

The first thing Huo Guang did after he took the throne was to award a reward.

"Edict: Have there been kings since ancient times who have won the hearts of the people without rewarding meritorious heroes?

I thought it wasn't.

I was in the midst of my weakness and suffered great calamities, and the blessings and misfortunes of life and death were in the hands of the prince.

Now that I am sitting on the throne, even if this is God's favor for me, can I ignore the merits of your ministers?

I understand that you have received the favor of the previous emperor, so I have repaid me, and now I am willing to follow the example of the first emperor and bestow great grace on you. ”

The position of the three dukes and nine kings, the high position of two thousand stones, the six counties of the three rivers, the position of the lieutenant colonel and the general of the royal feather forest, this is the spoils of war that day for the emperor to seize the throne.

It has been like this since ancient times, and you should get as much as you give.

The courtiers have a scale in their hearts, and if they don't get what they deserve, they will become unstable.

In the end, the king either killed those heroes under the pretext of sitting in the law, or his position was not guaranteed.

Huo Guang and the ministers who rose up rose up either for speculation or to repay Liu Xun's kindness.

No matter what the reason, Liu She can't take it for granted, one yard to one yard.

He must renew his kindness to these courtiers.

Of course, the current Liu She doesn't understand this, and it is Huo Guang who presides over the reward.

Punishment and reward are the authority of the lord, and Huo Guang is not an official regent, so these actions make him quite criticized.

But Huo Guang has a strong personality, he still rarely speaks, he does things step by step every day, and he doesn't care about the ups and downs outside.

Overall, the reward is a happy event, and at most some people are sour, and it does not affect the overall situation.

But the second thing Huo Guang has to do is not so simple.

Liquidation!

The cruelty of the liquidation presided over by Huo Guang far exceeded the liquidation carried out by Liu Xun on the descendants of Emperor Liu Dan.

The reasons are, of course, complex.

First of all, Emperor Liu Dan's wives and concubines and children are guaranteed by Luo Shi, which is a very important point.

Secondly, Jingnan was jointly launched by the princes of the world, and there were too many people staring at Liu Dan's descendants.

In other words, there is no hidden danger of Liu Dan's descendants resurrecting and making a comeback.

Therefore, Liu Xun can let them go from the imperial court and let them die "naturally".

The last one, Liu Xun's succession to the throne is after the crown, and he has the eldest son, even if Liu Xun has an accident, his eldest son can also succeed to the throne, and the throne will not fall back into the hands of Liu Dan's family.

From these three points, you can see why Huo Guang wants to brutally liquidate Liu He's descendants.

The fundamental reason is two points, first, this is a coup d'état struggle within the royal family, the scope and power of the impact are not large enough to form a strong opposition force, and the second is that Liu She is too young!

Once Liu She has an accident, according to the order of succession, the empress dowager is likely to send the descendants of Prince He to the throne.

It's nothing for the royal family.

The queen mother is still the queen mother, and there is no difference to the princes and kings of the Liu family, even to the powerful and princes in the world.

But it is unacceptable to Huo Guang and others!

Not only Huo Guang alone, but everyone involved in the palace change, all demanded that Liu He's son be exterminated, except for the infant baby, all of whom must be killed, and the infant baby must also be strictly guarded, abolished as a concubine, and most importantly, expelled from the Liu family genealogy.

In this era, after expulsion from the genealogy, it is not considered a family, and naturally it loses the qualification to inherit the throne.

Actually, this is prepared to kill him first in case of an accident.

After all, killing a concubine and killing a close clan relative are completely different concepts.

The Queen Mother is naturally well aware of this.

But she knows very well that this matter cannot be stopped now, and all she can do now is to take good care of the emperor and let the emperor grow up healthy.

It's not just Liu He.

Liu He's forces are miscellaneous but not refined and impure, Huo Guang and others believe that these forces will definitely be rebellious when they see Liu He being liquidated like this.

Besides, if these people are not liquidated, how can Huo Guang and their people be placed?

The positions of the three princes and nine kings were not empty before, and they didn't need to be violently seized, did they have to wait for the other party to take the initiative to back down?

Besides, even if they take the initiative to retreat, who can guarantee that those people will not counterattack?

Unless these people enter Zhaocheng, they can be believed, but unfortunately, these people do not have such qualifications.

Zhaocheng is not a cat or a dog.

If you can't go to Zhaocheng, you can't prove that there is no threat, then there is only a dead end!

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(End of chapter)