After finalizing this matter, Li Xian immediately asked people to find several Taoists in Luoyang Palace City who were responsible for supervising the cultivation of Fengxian Palace.

These Taoists all have official positions, and are responsible for the construction and layout of Fengxian Palace on weekdays, and the leader is called Master Dongxuan, and there are many believers in Luoyang City, and they are very prestigious.

After Dong Xuan and the others left Li Xian's place, they immediately opened an altar in the city and announced that they would sacrifice to the sky.

This sacrifice is a sacrifice of a living person.

……

Before the flood appeared, Li Xian was ordered to investigate the people who colluded with Xu Zhengye in Luoyang City, and in order to obtain a detailed list of internal responses, Li Xian took 500 military generals who had positions under Xu Zhengye in the past from the captured Xu rebels and sent them to Luoyang for interrogation.

Li Xian, the general list of internal responses in Luoyang City, has been obtained, and now many suspects have been arrested.

The word "same party" is not just a superficial meaning.

In addition to the list that was prying out of the mouths of Xu Zhengye's henchmen and prisoners, Li Xian also held another list in his hand - that was the inner servant who came from Beijing to deliver the decree this time, and secretly handed it to him.

His surname overlapped with many of his interrogations, but many others were not.

The intention of the Holy Emperor was already very obvious, since he wanted to do it, he would completely remove those thorns called dissidents in one fell swoop—whether they were involved in Xu Zhengye's affairs or not.

In other words, the theory of Xu Zhengye's complicity was just a name from the beginning.

And the scope of this "inventory" is not only in the land of Luoyang, but the place where the empress is looking at the entire Central Plains, especially the most Xuanhe surname, which is enough to tear apart the four major scholar families whose interests are closely linked.

Therefore, who to deal with next and how to do it, Li Xian is already very clear in his heart.

He no longer had to interrogate the captives.

However, he soon discovered that these captives, who were already useless, had another use.

Killing the Xu army prisoners and sacrificing to heaven was a decision made by Li Xian after consultation with some Luoyang officials.

The Dongxuan Taoist who presided over the ceremony of worshiping the heavens claimed that the flood disaster and the flood washed away the Fengxian Palace, all because Xu Zhengye's deeds were extremely evil and sinful, so that they angered the heavens, and the anger of the heavens was difficult to eliminate, and the anger of the Xu thief was not eliminated for a long time!

In the name of appeasing the wrath of heaven, they took two hundred captives to the altar and beheaded them.

Blood flowed down the rune marks of the altar, mixed with the rain, and stained several streets in Luoyang City.

This move was undoubtedly bloody, and it was precisely because it was bloody enough to deter people everywhere, and it succeeded in suppressing those rumors that were unfavorable to the empress for a while.

In order to confirm this, they claimed that they would sacrifice 200 captives to heaven every day until the wrath of heaven was appeased.

Li Xian and others are bloody, but it is not an unauthorized precedent, Dasheng since the establishment of the dynasty, although there are few living sacrifices, but the killing of prisoners and sacrifices, but there have always been precedents to follow.

Although there are many literati in Luoyang City who criticize this incident, they can only condemn one or two from the level of moral atmosphere.

The scholars in the city were already restless, and Li Xian's move, in addition to reversing public opinion, was obviously also aimed at them!

You can kill prisoners of war today, and tomorrow you can kill them who are also Xu Zheng's amateur party and sacrifice to the sky!

The people of the Shi clan were angry but uneasy, and there were Xuance troops inside and outside Luoyang City to guard and suppress them, and because of the floods, many of the main roads were washed away, and many of the literati women and children in their clan could not escape from Luoyang in time.

Under such natural disasters and man-made disasters, they have become trapped beasts, and the only way to save themselves now may be to ask the Zheng family in Xingyang for help!

So, they decided to send a credible person to secretly send a letter to Xingyang.

……

Li Xian also ordered a thousand soldiers under his command, accompanied by two Luoyang officials, to leave Luoyang in the rain and rush to Bianzhou.

They did not enter Bianzhou City, but went directly to the large military camp that was camped on a higher ground outside Bianzhou City.

Knowing that the commander Xiao Min was not in the camp, the military general and two Luoyang officials led by him immediately ordered the camp to quickly count the Xu army prisoners of war and escort them all to Luoyang.

Several generals in the battalion went to talk with them to inquire about the matter, but they took a tough attitude, saying only that they were acting on the orders of General Li Xian, and that the matter was of great importance and should not be delayed.

At this moment, the rain was a little lighter, not far away a group of prisoners of war with chains on their feet were filling the sacks with sand in the rain, and the military general under Li Xian's command immediately signaled his subordinates to drive those prisoners of war over, took the hemp rope, and immediately counted them and tied them up, as if treating livestock.

The remaining prisoners of war in Luoyang City could not "support" for two days, and they needed to bring these prisoners of war back as soon as possible.

"There are now more than 60,000 prisoners of war in the camp, and it will take at least a whole day to complete the count." Captain Bai frowned and said: "And this matter is not trivial, we must wait for the commander to return to the camp and discuss with a few adults in person before handing over these prisoners of war." ”

The military general sneered, pressed his hand on the scabbard on his waist, and said sharply: "It is a matter of sacrificing to the heavens and the fortune of the country. ”

When these words were spoken, the prisoners of war who were being tied up on the side were all shocked.

Worship the sky?

So, the rumors you heard yesterday are true?

It's not enough to kill those people in Luoyang City, do you want to take them all to sacrifice to the sky?!

"You ...... What do you do? ”

"Let go of me!"

As prisoners of war, they naturally cannot be treated preferentially, these days in the camp do the hardest and most tiring errands, eat the worst food, but they know their identity and situation, as long as they can survive.

And although it was hard to be a prisoner of war, fortunately, General Ning Yuan had spoken, so at least there was no abuse of prisoners of war in the camp, so they never thought of resisting.

When they wanted to surrender, they just wanted to live!

But at this moment, these people were going to take them to sacrifice to the heavens, and under the fear that their lives were threatened, some people began to struggle to resist.

An emaciated prisoner of war staggered out of the ranks and shouted in a panic: "Captain Bai, we don't want to go to Luoyang!" General Ning Yuan and Commander Xiao personally said that if you don't kill those who surrender, you can't-"

As an arrow pierced his heart, his voice abruptly stopped, and he fell into the muddy water.

The one holding the bow and crossbow was the general under Li Xian.

His voice was cold: "Those who dare to resist, General Ben doesn't mind killing you on the spot!" ”

Looking at the companion who was lying on his stomach in the muddy water, his body twitched slightly, and blood kept gushing out of his mouth, a burly captive was sad and angry when he saw this: "Junko has never resisted and hurt people!" He's just cowardly! ”

He turned his head sharply, looked at the general who had shot his companion, clenched his fists, and broke the hemp rope: "You are too much of a deception!" ”

"The left and right are dead, and instead of being sacrificed like pigs, sheep and livestock, why don't you kill it!"

From being forcibly conscripted by the Xu army to being defeated and becoming prisoners, how could they have had a choice along the way...... I thought that all this was finally over, but now I have to be killed as a sacrifice for no reason!

What kind of cannibalistic world is this!

The man's eyes were red: "Lao Tzu will fight with you today!" ”

With some skill, he snatched the knife from a soldier with his bare hands.

And he should have some prestige among this group of prisoners of war, and when he saw his move, the prisoners of war behind him immediately followed.

"Stop! Get them under control! Captain Bai said quickly.

"Pigs, sheep and livestock?" Seeing this, the military general sarcastically said: "I overestimate myself, but I am just a group of ants who are not self-sufficient." ”

As he spoke, he motioned to his armor-clad subordinates behind him to step forward: "Dare to resist, not a single one will be left!" Afterwards, their heads were counted, and many of them were brought back to Luoyang! ”

"Yes!"

Seeing that the burly man at the head was full of hatred and raised his knife and ran towards him, he squinted his eyes, picked up the bow and crossbow in his hand again, and aimed at the man.

"Whew!"

The sharp arrow broke through the air, but it did not come from his hand, but from the side, piercing his arm alive!

His face turned hideous with pain, and the crossbow in his hand fell to his feet, and he took two steps back, and at the same time turned to look at the source of the sharp arrow.

"General He!" The Luoyang officials behind him held him up, exclaimed in surprise, and also looked in the direction where the sound of horses' hooves came from.

A group of men rode up, clad in garments of lily in addition to their armor, and the leader of them was armed with a longbow and reined in five or six paces from them.

She leaned slightly and drew her bow and arrow again, but it fell to the ground.

The burly prisoner of war who rushed with his knife in his hand looked at the sharp arrow that fell at his feet, and his body couldn't help but be stunned.

"Whoever dares to take half a step again will be killed." The voice of the girl holding the bow was not heavy, but it was a little cold like needle rain, which made people dare not make a mistake.

“…… It's the head of the church who is back! ”

"General Ning Yuan!"

"General!"

For a while, there were shouts of everything, and soldiers continued to surround and salute.

Captain Bai took the opportunity to control the chaotic prisoners of war.

“…… It turned out to be General Ning Yuan! The military general who was shot through his right arm by an arrow from Chang Sui Ning turned pale from pain, and he stared at the man on the horse: "Dare to ask General Ning Yuan why he rashly acted to hurt people?" ”

"It's me who should ask why you interfere in the affairs of our army without authorization." The maiden drove the horse a few more paces, and under her mount was a very burly and beautiful brown and red horse, whose eyes looked wild and untamable, and which occasionally spewed white vapor at him from his nostrils, and looked very defiant.

The man on the horse looked at him and the two officials condescendingly: "When marching outside, only the military regulations must not be disordered, and under the premise that there is no general in charge of our army, you make trouble without authorization, use swords and arrows, and shout and make trouble, so even if I kill you by military law, why not?" ”

In this way, she still showed mercy to her subordinates?

"You ......" A Luoyang official angrily stretched out his hand to her: "I have an important order with us, but I am on the order of General Li Xian to escort these prisoners of war to Luoyang!" ”

They moved out of Li Xian's name, but saw that the girl's attitude was still the same, and even had two more points of contempt: "Why did General Li Xian come to ask for prisoners of war again?" Wasn't the one he had taken away enough for him to interrogate? ”

This seemed to be mocking Li Xian's incompetent tone, which made the military general with an injured arm very angry.

He is the son of a servant of the Korean government, his name and surname are given by the Korean government, called He Shan, and he has followed Li Xian's side since he was a child, and he is extremely loyal.

But he was somewhat afraid of Chang Suining's name, and did not want to conflict with her, so he forcibly endured the anger of being injured in the arm, and explained to her that the purpose of these prisoners of war was to worship the heavens, not to interrogate.

A sneer appeared in Chang Suining's eyes.

A good one sacrifices to the heavens, and a good one kills two hundred people a day until the wrath of the heavens is appeased.

Kill 200 people a day, keep killing, and the rain will always stop one day, and then it will mean that the wrath of the sky will stop, right?

She knew that the Fengxian Palace in Luoyang City had been washed away, and there were rumors that were unfavorable to the Holy Book Emperor, and Li Xian's move was to create another rumor to cover up that rumor.

In order to make the rumors he created more impactful, he chose the bloody method of sacrificing prisoners of war to divert the attention of the world.

And at the same time, it can deter and suppress those Luoyang Shi clans, and prepare public opinion for the complete elimination of them.

It's a good way to look at it and you can't go wrong.

Seeing that she was silent for a while, He Shan endured the pain and said calmly: "This matter is very important, and I also ask General Ning Yuan to cooperate with us and others." ”

Chang Sui Ning glanced at the prisoners of war who were regained control, looking frightened or angry, and said, "I can't agree to this, you can't take them away." ”

What?

He Shan only thought that he had misheard.

Most of the prisoners of war also had difficulty reacting for a while.

"I have promised them with my own mouth that those who descend will not be killed. Although they were prisoners of war, they were dealt with by their own military laws. Chang Sui Ning said.

A Luoyang official asked in a deep voice, "Does General Ning Yuan know what the crime of colliding and blocking the ritual of sacrificing to the heavens is?" ”

"Dare to ask who initiated this so-called ritual of sacrificing to the heavens?" Chang Suining's gaze swept towards him: "Is it a saint, or are you lords who are anxious to get rid of their responsibilities for fear of being charged with the crime of supervising and guarding the Immortal Palace?" ”

The official's face changed slightly: "...... General Ning Yuan must know that this is General Li Xian's intention, and General Li Xian will dispose of the remnants of the Xu clan by the holy order! ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand in the direction of Jingshi and said, "Since General Li Xian is ordered to deal with the remnants of the Xu family, he can naturally be the master of dealing with these prisoners of war!" ”

He moved out of the name of a saint, but listened to the girl who still refused to dismount and reminded in a faint voice: "However, I am also being ordered to clean up the remnants of the Xu family. ”

"And as far as I know, General Li Xian was ordered to thoroughly investigate the remaining internal responses in Luoyang City, and I am responsible for the remnants of the Xu Army everywhere."

Another Luoyang official couldn't bear to step forward and asked forcefully: "What if we are going to take these prisoners of war today!" ”

The girl looked at him with a smile and said, "Then try it." ”

As she spoke, the horse beneath her suddenly neighed and raised its hooves, as if about to step on it, and the officer hurriedly took two steps back in fright, and looked again, only to see the horse snorting at him.

The official's face was gloomy for a moment, and his expression was indescribable...... He was frightened and laughed at by a horse! It just doesn't make sense!

At this time, the girl who had only heard the horse spoke again, and spat out arrogant words.

Good night lovely people