Chapter 536: After the War

The imperial city of praying for heaven is deserted and almost empty.

Members of the royal family were slaughtered by Yang Qin, including the maids and chamberlains of the harem. After Yang Qin occupied the imperial capital, he did not fall into the wine, he seemed to have an extremely firm goal, that is, to pray for the imperial family in blood.

The reason for Yang Qin's rebellion is no longer important, his hometown, Wangqin Province, almost all the forces of his family have also lost everything because of this rebellion. A family can endure hatred for decades, and finally seized the gap of praying for heaven and washed the entire royal family in one fell swoop, thinking from another angle, Yang Qin and his family are not ordinary people.

Huang Yuanwu sat in a side hall of the palace, looking at Yang Qin who was pressed and kneeling on the ground, looking at the appearance of his cloak and hair, looking at this man he had only seen for the second time but it was his father and enemy, his expression was indifferent.

Yang Qin failed, and all the forces that belonged to him, his subordinates and his army, were slaughtered before Huang Yuanwu entered the inner city, and there was no room for resistance. The current Yang Qin is really a lonely man and has no ability to resist.

He struggled and didn't want to kneel down for Huang Yuanwu, Huang Yuanwu waved his hand, and the sergeants on the left and right let go of Yang Qin, Yang Qin laughed, and sat straight on the ground of the main hall, with a hideous smile on his face, almost crazy.

Huang Yuanwu looked at him lightly, there were many questions, and he couldn't solve them yet. Yang Qin knew that he would die, and he might not necessarily say the answer he wanted, but Yang Qin was already the last participant in the Three Kings Rebellion that could be found, and if he didn't ask him, Huang Yuanwu couldn't find another breakthrough.

"Go out, all of you, and wait outside the temple, and do not come in without My call. Huang Yuanwu whispered to the guards on the left and right, and the guards saluted Huang Yuanwu gently, slowly retreated, and closed the door of the main hall outside.

In the entire hall, only Yang Qin and Huang Yuanwu were left. The heavy snow is still falling, and there are a few braziers in the hall, but they still can't withstand the cold, and you can feel a chill when you sit in the hall.

Huang Yuanwu gently pulled his big coat to make himself warmer, looked at Yang Qin, who was thinly dressed below, and was silent.

Yang Qin didn't seem to feel the cold at all, he just sat straight on the ground, his eyes staring at Huang Yuanwu, his breathing was heavy, and with every breath, he could see the thin mist in front of his mouth and nose. His hands were tied behind his back, unable to move.

For a long time, the two of them looked at each other like this, and neither of them spoke.

After a while, Huang Yuanwu spoke and said softly, "How do you feel?"

"One step too late, didn't kill you. Yang Qin smiled hideously, stared at Huang Yuanwu's face, and said sharply: "If you knew that this was the result, you would have provoked a big war and plunged the entire Qitian into chaos! Let tens of millions of ants bury me, hahahaha......" Saying that, Yang Qin laughed almost madly, Huang Yuanwu didn't speak, he sat quietly on the chair, calmly watching Yang Qin go crazy.

Such a person who has entered the strange road can only seek temporary benefits of his tongue.

The sound of wild laughter filled the entire hall, and it made people feel harsh when they heard it, Yang Qin laughed and burst into tears, his blood vessels erupted, and in the end, he couldn't tell whether he was laughing or crying.

After a long time, Yang Qin's laughter stopped, replaced by a dull breathing sound, his eyes never left Huang Yuanwu, and Huang Yuanwu had been looking at him lightly.

This is such a person who killed his father with his own hands. But now Huang Yuanwu looked at him, but there was no monstrous resentment in his heart, only a kind of sadness.

When Yang Qin swung his knife at Dongwang, could he have imagined that one day, he would have the same fate.

The Rebellion of the Three Kings subsided, and no one profited from this war that seemed to be caused by the pinnacle of power. The three palaces involved in the rebellion fell apart, and only the king of the west led the remnants of the army back to the palace of the west, and in the next ten years, he no longer had the ability to attack the imperial capital, and even self-preservation was a problem. Emperor Liangping of the Southern Prince, his whereabouts are unknown, and the entire Nanwang Mansion is falling apart, although it is still in order, if the emperor does not interfere, in the end, the entire territory of the Nanwang Mansion will also rebel.

Beiwangfu, Huang Zhengchu disappeared, his hundreds of thousands of troops disappeared strangely, Beiwangfu is the most weakened feudal palace by the imperial capital, plus the conquest of the Eastern Wangfu to the north, the current north, should be the most peaceful.

As for the East Palace...... In the end, the whole mess of praying for heaven went to the head of the East Palace.

Everyone, did not get what he finally wanted, and the result of this turmoil disappointed everyone. But everyone involved paid a terrible price.

Countless soldiers were killed in this turmoil, hundreds of people were displaced, and the entire imperial capital fell into panic. The royal family of Qitian was slaughtered, the officialdom of the imperial capital was looted, and what was left behind was a mess. All those who have gone through this turmoil have licked their wounds in their corners.

No one, is the real winner.

But no one expected that this turmoil, which swept the entire prayer sky, was actually controlled by someone. This is also what makes Huang Yuanwu angry the most.

These people behind the scenes have never shown their faces, they are like ghosts, they have done so many things, they have such great abilities, and after such a long time, Huang Yuanwu still knows almost nothing about them.

"Is it calm?" After a long time, Huang Yuanwu opened his mouth softly and asked Yang Qin, who was gasping for breath below.

At this moment, Yang Qin's face was covered with his tears and sweat, and the muscles on his face were already a little twitching, but he still laughed coldly, staring at Huang Yuanwu without saying a word.

"Do you know why I didn't kill you?" Huang Yuanwu looked at Yang Qin quietly, and his tone was very calm.

Yang Qin was silent, the smile on his face was gone, his cheeks were agitating, and he seemed to be accumulating strength.

Huang Yuanwu turned a blind eye to this, Yang Qin is now a turtle in the urn, he no longer has any ability to resist, even if he breaks free from the rope now, he is not Huang Yuanwu's opponent. What's more, just outside the hall, Huang Yuanwu's hundred-man guard team was guarding there, if Yang Qin made any abnormal moves, they would rush in as soon as possible, and Yang Qin would be broken into thousands of pieces.

"There's something I have to ask you. Huang Yuanwu ignored Yang Qin's actions and asked to himself: "Your choice of attacking the imperial capital is actually too accurate, did someone give you any news?"

Yang Qin was unmoved, still staring at Huang Yuanwu.

"How do you know that the Three Kings will rebel, and how do you know the exact date when they will reach the imperial capital? ”

"After occupying the imperial capital, you didn't support the new emperor as soon as possible, what have you done in the past few months?"

"Who killed your subordinates, and who is the person who gave you the news?"

Huang Yuanwu kept asking, Yang Qin didn't respond, he just stared at Huang Yuanwu, his arms were frantically exerting force, trying to break free from the rope that bound him. Huang Yuanwu was not in a hurry, he just sat like this, watching Yang Qin struggle below, his hand lightly resting on the hilt of the Dongwang Sword, and his heart was calm.

For a long time, Yang Qin did not break free from the bundle in the end

His rope, he gave up. With a long breath, Yang Qin finally spoke, and said to Huang Yuanwu: "You have a lot of questions, do you think I will help you?"

"You will. Huang Yuanwu looked at Yang Qin and replied indifferently: "Your hometown, Wangqin Province, as well as your family, your family and industry, and the traces of your ancestors, your parents, wife and children are all in Wangqin Province, and all the continuations of your Yang family are there." ”

Yang Qin was unmoved, Huang Yuanwu raised his head slightly, looked at the ceiling of the main hall, and then said softly again: "A catastrophe has fallen from the sky, now I am helpless, if I want to keep the foundation of praying for heaven, I need to find a place to conquer." You Wangqin Province is very close to the emperor, and because of you, the empire's policy towards Wangqin Province is lenient, the taxes are very low, and every family is very wealthy. As he spoke, Huang Yuanwu glanced at Yang Qin lightly and did not continue.

Yang Qin's eyes suddenly burst out with a violent killing intent and he struggled to stand up, but his current physical strength was not enough to make him stand up, he stared at Huang Yuanwu viciously, and said, "Huang Yuanwu, are you human?"

"I am. Huang Yuanwu's tone was still indifferent: "I am a human, I can also be a beast, or a demon." It depends on what I'm up against. Yang Qin, you are not human, so don't expect your enemy to be human. How much is benevolence, righteousness and morality worth to you?"

Yang Qingang gritted his teeth, he desperately got up from the ground, used his upper body to get himself up, while standing up, forced himself not to land on his knees, and finally almost used all his strength to get up from the ground, he glared at Huang Yuanwu viciously, and roared: "This has nothing to do with them! What's the matter, you are coming at me!"

"Do you think of yourself as a saint?" Huang Yuanwu said coldly: "From your point of view, you have to protect your Li Min and your family. But from my point of view, you're a murderer. You killed my father and occupied the imperial city, and countless royal family members and heavenly officials died at your hands, and now you remember that you still have a hometown? Do you now know that you still have descendants and relatives? In this world, you are the only one who has relatives? Are other people's relatives all grass mustard?"

Huang Yuanwu said, also stood up, shook his shoulders, took off the big sword on his body, held the hilt of the Dongwang Sword, took a step forward, stood on the steps of the main hall, looked at Yang Qin, who was panting at his feet, and a fierce light burst out in his eyes, and said: "If you insist on not saying it, don't blame me for being ruthless, the crime you committed, killing all the people related to you, is not enough to pay!"

Yang Qin's eyes were full of vicious light, and he glared at Huang Yuanwu viciously, but he didn't take a step forward, nor did he rush forward and make desperate moves with Huang Yuanwu. He knew that if he made a move, he would certainly die on the spot, but what Huang Yuanwu said was also true. After his death, the entire Wangqin Province will turn into a sea of fire under the iron hooves of praying for heaven, and all the hard work and all expectations will also come to naught.

There really isn't a winner in this fight.

After glaring at Huang Yuanwu for a long time, Yang Qin suddenly let out a long breath, his whole body sank, and he sat on the ground again, gasping more violently than before. Huang Yuanwu didn't move, he just stood on the steps, looking at the person at his feet, with mixed feelings.

In his plan, he really put the crusade against Wang Qin in the first place. In order to ensure the continuation of praying for heaven, Yang Qin's hometown of Wangqin may be the best target for conquest. If the grain and grass of Wangqin are looted, the people of the imperial capital may survive the current snow disaster.

"Good...... I say. Yang Qin glanced at Huang Yuanwu weakly, and in the end, he still compromised.