The emperor wanted Liu Xianggong to go to Hexi to be a marshal and supervise the war.
Letting an eighty-year-old man go to the battlefield, letting a prime minister who is about to retire go to the battlefield... How ridiculous!
When the civil and military officials in the court learned about this, they were very emotional. That night, all the important officials gathered at Prime Minister Liu's house to express their dissatisfaction for him. Prime Minister Liu sat against the wall, looking haggard. He looked around one by one. The candlelight was dim, and the important officials all had sad eyes.
The rabbit dies and the fox mourns, that's all.
The Wei Dynasty had a system of multiple prime ministers. There should have been five prime ministers at this time, but one prime minister had retired years ago, and no one had filled the vacant position. Now, the remaining three prime ministers gathered here, and seeing Prime Minister Liu being treated like this by the emperor, they felt more empathy than other ministers, and felt chilled in their hearts.
Several ministers said they wanted to plead for Prime Minister Liu and knock on the palace gate at night, leading the ministers to ask the emperor to revoke his decision.
Prime Minister Liu forced himself to cheer up and said sternly to stop the sorrow in the room: "Why are you crying? You are as ridiculous as ignorant women and children. How can you take back the golden words? As for me...what do I have to fear about going to Hexi? I am an old horse in the stable, strong and healthy, just right to go to Hexi to supervise the battle! The Prime Minister's personal visit, isn't this a reassurance to our Wei Dynasty?
"Why are you crying?!"
So all the civil and military officials suppressed their sorrow and tried to say some encouraging words.
But before leaving, the other three gentlemen murmured on behalf of everyone: "Mr. Liu, after you leave, what do you think we should do?"
Liu Xianggong was silent for a moment, then slowly replied, "Your Majesty is like this because of the instigation of the traitors! Only by eliminating the treacherous eunuchs can Your Majesty be clear-headed!"
Several old ministers looked strange, but nodded.
Wei Shu mixed in with the other ministers and went to see Prime Minister Liu with the others that night. Compared with the grief of other ministers, Wei Shu was much calmer and didn't even say a word. He felt like a duckweed being swept away by the flood. The surging flood was coming towards him and he could no longer see what was ahead.
The emperor wanted to negotiate peace, but to negotiate peace he would have to give up Jiannan. How would he resettle the people of Jiannan? Wouldn’t it mean giving it to the southern barbarians and letting hundreds of thousands or even millions of people become slaves of another country?
If they did not negotiate peace, they would be going against the emperor and Liu Wenji, a powerful eunuch. After all, the emperor was the emperor. When he started killing people, would he be able to kill all the civil and military officials in the court?
Wei Shu and his ministers left Liu's house. When he looked back, he saw the dark study room covered by an elm tree. The tree's shade was thick, and the lonely shadow of the old man was reflected on the window.
Prime Minister Liu said that the eunuchs should be eliminated and the imperial court should be cleared... But can the problems of the Wei Dynasty be solved by clearing the imperial court?
Once, before he went on a diplomatic mission, he said to his second brother, "Just do good things and don't worry about the future."
He doesn't ask about the future.
But what is the good thing now?
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The next day, Liu Xianggong left the city to take up his post in Hexi. At the morning court session that day, all the officials asked for leave and escorted Liu Xianggong out of the city.
Because of the open customs of the people in Wei, the king and ministers rarely wore formal clothes when attending court. But on this day, the ministers who escorted Liu Xianggong out of the city were dressed in red and green, and their official uniforms were majestic.
Their silent but suppressed confrontation attracted the attention of the people of Chang'an. The people were moved and followed the officials to escort Liu Xianggong out of Chang'an.
The emperor was furious when he learned this. He slumped on the dragon throne, looking at the empty hall, feeling dizzy and fearful.
The emperor came to his senses and immediately asked Liu Wenji to chase the man!
The emperor asked Liu Wenji to escort Liu Xianggong on his behalf, and gave Liu Xianggong the title of Grand Marshal, and promised that he would never remove him from the position of prime minister. The emperor was afraid of the rebellion of his ministers, so he asked Liu Wenji to make it clear that the emperor regretted it, but the emperor was not joking and could not take back the imperial edict. The emperor would wait for Liu Xianggong to come back in Chang'an and reserve a position for Liu Xianggong...
The ruler and his subjects should not lose their minds!
The emperor's behavior made the ministers who resisted him soften their attitude. After Liu Xianggong left, the ministers went back to the city in twos and threes. Wei Shu stood in the crowd and heard the noise and looked in one direction.
It was Lord Zhao who was riding with Liu Wenji, and a child was being held by his nurse, singing the nursery rhyme "The Great Traitor". The child was innocent and naive, and Liu Wenji's face was gloomy. Lord Zhao suddenly became angry: "Ridiculous! What are you singing? Come, take them away..."
He wanted to say that he was thrown into prison, but he saw Wei Shu looking at him. The young man's eyes were like ice and snow, and Lord Zhao felt a chill on his back, thinking of the entanglement between the other party and his own Wu Niang, the fate that he had broken up. Lord Zhao became even angrier, but he saw more ministers looking at him.
Lord Zhao's palms were sweating.
He said vaguely: "It won't happen again."
Liu Wenji looked on indifferently from his horse. Seeing that Lord Zhao was timid, he sneered and pulled the reins to ride away.
Lord Zhao rode up to him and said with a smile, "Don't be upset, sir. It's because the people are ignorant and talking nonsense. I will have someone investigate today. If anyone is heard singing this kind of nursery rhyme again, they will be thrown into jail."
Liu Wenji asked in return: "Can you stop the flow of people and stop the people's unrest?"
Duke Zhao was stunned.
Liu Wenji looked ahead, the palace was hidden behind thick dark clouds. The road ahead was muddy, he was stuck in the mud, and both moving forward and backward were obstacles. Liu Wenji closed his eyes, his hand holding the reins trembled slightly, and the veins on the back of his hand throbbed.
Liu Wenji murmured to himself: "I've been put into a fire pit..."
After returning to the palace, Liu Wenji reported to the emperor what happened today. The emperor looked gloomy and confused. After a moment of trance, he comforted Liu Wenji and said indignantly: "Eunuch Liu is my right-hand man, like my second parent! How could it be what the people said? I know it in my heart. I have wronged Eunuch Liu."
Liu Wenzhi said he dared not, his expression respectful but indifferent.
After the emperor rewarded him with many precious items and fine houses, he felt relieved and started talking about peace talks again.
The emperor wanted to negotiate peace, but the incident of sending Prime Minister Liu to Hexi taught him a lesson, and he did not dare to use force to push the matter forward for a while.
Liu Wenji thought of the look in Wei Shu's eyes today, which was inexplicably cold and calm, making him feel particularly uncomfortable. Those who had been on good terms with him in the past have now become political enemies, which makes him feel disgusted when he thinks of them.
Liu Wenji said: "For such a matter as peace negotiation, why not let Wei Qilang, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, go? Although Wei Qilang doesn't talk much, he is very eloquent. Otherwise, how could he complete the mission? He has dealt with those Hu people for many years and knows them best... Why not let Wei Qilang go to negotiate peace!"
The emperor's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately ordered someone to summon him. But the emperor hesitated for a while, fearing that the incident with Liu Xianggong would happen again, so he did not issue an imperial decree directly, but asked the eunuch to take his oral order to Wei's mansion and ask Wei Qilang to come to the palace to see him.
Wei Shu sat in the backyard of his house in a daze. He sat under the vines, vaguely thinking of the two days that year when Concubine Zhao Ling stayed in his house.
When he was in a trance, the eunuchs from the palace came to visit him. The servants led the eunuchs to see Wei Shu, and the young eunuch politely told Wei Shu the intention of the palace, asking him to enter the palace, accept the order, and immediately go to Jiannan to negotiate peace with the Nanman.
Wei Shu stared at the eunuch and fell into deep thought.
For a moment, he had an idea to negotiate peace and delay time by prolonging the peace negotiation line. But he quickly rejected his idea. Once the peace negotiation started, he would become a joke, and Jiannan would not be able to start a war again. Wouldn't that be exactly what the emperor wanted?
Moreover, the emperor sent all the ministers out of the court one by one. The ministers who dared to resist the emperor were all out. Wouldn't it be true that the emperor could do whatever he wanted in the court? Then what was the significance of Liu Xianggong going to Hexi?
Wei Shu raised his eyes and spoke clearly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I cannot go to the palace, nor can I go to Jiannan."
The eunuch's eyelids twitched.
He cursed inwardly that this task was difficult to handle, but the eunuch still smiled and said, "This...it's hard for me to reply. This is an order from His Majesty, how can a doctor refuse? There must be a reason."
Wei Shu: "I am seriously ill, so I cannot enter the palace. I feel ashamed to face your majesty, and I am terrified, but I really cannot enter the palace."
The eunuch was at a loss: "Are you sick?"
Without saying a word, Wei Shu drew the sword from his waist and casually slashed his arm. The sword was so sharp that it pierced the bone and drew blood. Blood flowed down Wei Shu's wide, scarlet official robe that he had not yet changed. The color of the official robe was stained even darker by the blood.
Blood dripped onto the young man's snow-white arm. Wei Shu raised his eyes and looked at the eunuch.
The eunuch was frightened by him and took three steps back, fearing that this brazen minister would also stab him. The eunuch said: "Doctor, aren't you afraid that Your Majesty will punish you for your behavior?!"
Wei Shu said calmly: "Then treat it. As a minister, I will be a martyr for the king. I have already known this. May I ask if Your Majesty has the same understanding?"
He trembled, "Crazy, crazy... So Doctor Wei is really that ill. I understand... I will report this to Your Majesty right away."
At this time in the palace, the overwhelmed emperor once again received Yan Shang's life-threatening orders and concerns about the Jiannan war. The emperor became even more panicked when he thought about what would happen if Yan Shang knew that his teacher was demoted to Hexi.
Why were all the ministers he met so powerful?
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It was five days later that Yan Shang found out what had happened in Chang'an.
When Mu Wanyao learned that Liu Xianggong had gone to Hexi, she was furious at first, thinking that the emperor was even more absurd than she thought. Then she thought of Yan Shang, and was afraid that Yan Shang was upset, so she went to see him immediately.
Yan Shang was practicing calligraphy in the study.
Whenever he was upset, he would practice calligraphy to calm his mood. After years of doing this, Yan Shang's calligraphy was very different from when Mu Wanyao first met him.
Mu Wanyao looked at the words written by Yan Shang from behind, and remembered that his previous handwriting was neat and solemn, with a strict structure, but it really lacked the beauty of calligraphy; but now Yan Shang's handwriting was dark and simple, and contained an unyielding momentum.
Yan Shang turned around and said, "I already know what happened to my teacher. I was just about to write a letter to lead the scholars to defend my teacher and question Your Majesty."
Mu Wanyao chuckled: "Your Majesty is going to be pissed off by you master and disciple again. Aren't you afraid that he will kill you?"
Yan Shang smiled: "The late emperor has issued an order that unless you and I rebel, the current emperor cannot touch the two of us. If Your Majesty had the courage to resist the late emperor's will, you would not have the heart to negotiate peace today."
He closed his eyes and said, "I just want to force him, to compel him. I want him to be afraid of me, but also to have to use me. How can you expect a horse to run and not eat grass at the same time? If he dares to kill all the civil and military officials in the court, I will respect his courage."
Mu Wanyao: "Before he left, your teacher said that only by clearing the emperor's entourage and removing the corrupt officials can all this be resolved."
Yan Shang: "Oh? How did Chang'an spread it?"
He only read the letters about his teacher, and then he became angry and stopped reading. Mu Wanyao, however, finished reading all the letters. She stood beside the desk and told Yan Shang by counting on her fingers how much the officials and the common people in Chang'an hated the eunuchs.
It is said that the whole Chang'an hated Liu Wenji.
The words are still fascinating.
Mu Wan glanced at him and said, "You look sad. What does that mean? Are you feeling sorry for Liu Wenji? Do you sympathize with him?"
Yan Shang: "Don't you think it's ridiculous? Even if Liu Wenji is guilty, the one who is more guilty is obviously the emperor himself. But we, as ministers, including my teacher, dare not say that Your Majesty is bad, but only say that it is the treacherous eunuchs who are ruining the country. It seems that if Liu Wenji is eliminated, the world will be clear.
"But isn't it Your Majesty who has committed the greater sin? The person who wanted to send Jiannan out without hesitation after Liu Wenji informed him of the conditions of the Nanman was not Liu Wenji, but Your Majesty. As a high-ranking eunuch, Liu Wenji seemed to have great power, but everything he had was given by the emperor, and he did not have a solid support behind him. Everything he did was dependent on Your Majesty's trust in him. Once Your Majesty wants to take back power... the power of the eunuchs is the easiest to take back.
"Everyone in the world says that it was Liu Wenji who deceived your majesty, but in fact, didn't your majesty also deceive Liu Wenji? Liu Wenji's current situation was pushed to the top by your majesty. It was your majesty who deliberately let Liu Wenji go to the front to shield him from the spit of the ministers.
"Liu Wenji is aware that he is using His Majesty to satisfy his inflated ambitions, but he does not know that His Majesty is also using him to get rid of people he does not like and voices he does not want to hear. And one day... if one day really comes, the world is in chaos and cannot go on any longer, the Emperor only needs to push Liu Wenji out to die, and all the civil and military officials in the court will still come back to support His Majesty.
"As long as Liu Wenji is killed alone, Your Majesty will still be a good Majesty to the people of the world."
Yan Shang said sarcastically: "Yaoyao, a tyrant is nothing special, but a tyrant who knows what he is doing but doesn't care and still wants to enjoy himself without caring about the lives of those behind him is the most terrifying.
"When His Majesty was not His Majesty, but the Prince of Jin, he still had the heart to do things. But he had endured for too many years for the throne, and had been oppressed by the former Crown Prince and the King of Qin for too many years... His psychology had become twisted and he was no longer normal.
"When His Majesty first became emperor, he came to ask me for advice on official business and how to be a wise ruler. But later, he thought I was meddling in his affairs and suspected that I wanted to manipulate him. He and Liu Wenji hit it off immediately. He pretended to be reluctant to let me go, but he also wished that I would get out of Chang'an as soon as possible and not get in his way...
"He no longer wants to be a wise ruler. He just wants to be an emperor, an emperor who only enjoys himself!"
Mu Wan shook her head and looked at him blankly.
She said: "Your thoughts... no one dares to think like this."
Yan Shang lowered his eyes, sat down, and leaned against Mu Wan. He said softly, "I only dare to say this to you."
Mu Wanyao hugged him gently, letting his face rest on her chest. She looked at him tiredly closing his eyes in her arms, and brushed his face with her fingers, thinking that he had lost a lot of weight in recent days.
She loved him in her heart, so like a mother comforting her child, she said softly: "Don't worry about those things for now. Second brother Yan, we are human, not gods. Problems must be solved one by one. Now... let's take care of the war in Jiannan first.
"Jiannan has already stopped fighting for a month... We can't delay it any longer."
Yan Shang opened his eyes in her arms.
He was exhausted, but he struggled to sit up and said, "I'll write a letter to Commander Jiannan to ask how things are going over there..."
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Jiannan's current situation is that there is no progress.
The commander-in-chief and the Guangzhou governor Yan Shang had been corresponding for several months. At first, they were just colleagues, but later he regarded Yan Shang as his close friend and confided his grievances to him.
The Central Government will not allow them to fight! If Jiannan does not fight, they will just watch the arrogant southern barbarians crush them every day!
The central government did not send anyone to negotiate peace, but only allowed those eunuchs to act arrogantly in the military camp.
There was no more food and grass, no military pay, no way to fight. And the Central Command wanted to hand over Jiannan... The commander did not dare to leave the tent. He did not know how to explain to his soldiers, nor how to explain to the people of Jiannan.
How could he say that the imperial court was going to abandon you and make you slaves of another country?
Yan Shang wrote again, and the coach replied in agony: "Su Chen, I am anxious day and night, and I can't hold on any longer...
"I feel guilty towards my soldiers and the people every day. But what can I do if I have no food or money?
"Su Chen, I don't know how long I can hold on... Perhaps I will become a sinner for all eternity, a sinner who lost Jiannan... But His Majesty has given his order, how can you and I disobey?"
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When the commander was in a dilemma, Yang Si, Zhao Lingfei and Yan Xiaozhou climbed up the hill and watched the entire county city being destroyed by the enemy.
Zhao Lingfei and Yan Xiaozhou had accompanied Yang Si to climb the mountain to see the terrain. Now that Jiannan was not allowed to fight, the soldiers were required to evacuate the civilians. However, the southern barbarians had already tried to come in from the border counties, burning, killing and looting, but the soldiers did not care.
The wind blew their clothes as they stood on the hill, quietly watching what seemed to be another conflict happening below.
It was a group of southern barbarians who came to rob the people of their food. The people howled and refused to give it, and were whipped. The soldiers of Jiannan passed by, and they lowered their heads and dared not intervene. There was a huge noise below, but when it reached the hill, it was only the sound of the wind.
The mighty, endless sound of the wind.
Yan Xiaozhou was lost in thought as he looked at the ant-like people below. Concubine Zhao Ling also looked at them quietly, then slowly turned her gaze away. But Yang Si was no longer looking at them. He just glanced at them and went to look at the entire terrain.
After a long while, Concubine Zhao Ling asked, "Cousin, are you ready?"
Yang Si: “Yeah.”
He made a vague movement in the air with his finger and said, "The court does not allow soldiers to fight, but I am not a soldier. People like us are just coolies, not soldiers. I have convinced all of us to take action at dawn tonight, raid the Nanman camp, and take back everything they have stolen. If we can't take it back, burn it!
"Never leave it to them!"
Yan Xiaozhou said worriedly, "I'm afraid they will find out about Sanlang..."
Concubine Zhao Ling said coldly: "I will take responsibility for my cousin! My father is the Minister of War. I wonder who dares to touch the daughter of the Minister of War!"
Neither Yang Si nor Yan Xiaozhou said anything.
Zhao Lingfei turned her head to look at them, and saw the two of them standing side by side. She was almost swallowed by shame, and felt that she was out of place here. Wasn't Jiannan's suffering all caused by Liu Wenji? Wasn't it all her father who helped the tyrant?
She was ashamed to mention her father!
But at this time, she has to use her identity to help her cousin...
Concubine Zhao Ling felt a pang of pain in her heart. Yan Xiaozhou was being held on the shoulder by Yang Si as they walked down the mountain. When they were halfway down the mountain, the two of them turned back and waited for her.
Yan Xiaozhou said softly: "Sister Lingfei, why don't you leave? It's getting dark, let's go down the mountain quickly. I'll make porridge for everyone today, it's delicious, Sister Lingfei, don't miss it."
Zhao Lingfei looked over and saw Yan Xiaozhou's eyes were gentle, without any hostility towards her. She looked at Yang Si again, and Yang Si smiled and hooked his finger at her, but said impatiently: "Why don't you come over here? You are so nagging."
Zhao Lingfei chuckled, caught up with the two, and followed them down the mountain. She stared at their backs, and saw that the man was tall and majestic, and the woman was slender, and they were both the best people in the world... Zhao Lingfei raised her eyes and stared at the sky.
In order to protect these best people, she has to become an enemy of her own father.
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Yang Si led his men to attack the enemy camp at night and successfully seized several carts of food. Before dawn, the food was thrown outside the homes of the people whose food had been stolen. After dawn, the people in the city were rejoicing everywhere.
The atmosphere in the military camp was tense, and they were trying to find out who was so bold. The eunuchs and the southern barbarians came together to question the commander, who said he didn't know. The eunuchs insisted that the commander hand over the person, and the commander had no choice but to search the camp to find out who dared to do this.
Finally, the investigation was traced back to Yang Si.
At this time, Concubine Zhao Ling jumped out and said that she was the daughter of the Minister of War, and who would dare to touch Yang Si in front of her!
The eunuch smiled and said, "So you are Zhao Wuniang. Your father has already told us that if we see Zhao Wuniang, we should kidnap her and take her back to Chang'an. Jiannan's affairs are not something Wuniang can interfere with!"
They tied Yang Si up, and Zhao Lingfei and Yang Si fought with them in the military camp. The two were good at martial arts, and the military camp took a lot of effort to knock them down. But when the eunuchs wanted to take them away, the commander-in-chief intervened and said he wanted to interrogate them first.
So, Zhao Wuniang was taken away unwillingly. But Concubine Zhao Lingfei was prepared in her heart. These eunuchs dared not hurt her. Sister Yan Xiaozhou would put drugs in their food as a doctor to save herself. After they got out, they would save their cousin together.
I don’t know what to do in the future, I just know that I can’t give in.
In the military camp, the commander looked at Yang Sanlang, who was tied up and kneeling on the ground. After the arrogant eunuch left, the commander untied Yang Si and let the young man stand up. The commander looked at him and said, "Sanlang, you have won several battles. Can you tell me, if you were the commander today, how would you fight this battle?"
Yang Si looked at it in surprise.
The commander's face was covered with stubble and he looked extremely haggard. The commander's desk was filled with letters. Yang Si had excellent eyesight and he saw a familiar name at a glance.
Words are still popular.
Yang Si was suspicious and was about to guess what the relationship between Yan Shang and the commander was, when the commander noticed his gaze and covered the letter with other letters. The commander smiled and explained: "Yan Suchen and I are good friends. In the past few months, I have discussed a lot about the war in Jiannan. It was Suchen who suggested that I use you several times.
"I wanted to discuss with Su Chen how to fight this war, but Su Chen said it would be better to ask you than to ask him. I have always been curious about what kind of person this military genius is that is praised by people like Yan Suchen. Because you are charged with treason, I cannot talk to you too much.
"Tonight is a good opportunity. Why don't you just tell me what you want to do? If you were me, how would you fight?"
Yang Si asked in return: "General, do you and Yan Er often discuss war?"
His eyes sparkled as he said, "Does Yan Er know about the current situation in Jiannan? He has always been good at politics. Has he said anything about how to resolve the situation in Jiannan? We can't just not fight forever, can we?"
The commander was reluctant to talk about his correspondence with Yan Shang, and only said, "We were just talking about the recent official transfers. It has nothing to do with you. You should just talk about what you are good at."
Yang Si was silent for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he felt that the person Yan Shang trusted, he should be able to trust. So he sat cross-legged and talked about how he would plan to fight if he were in the same situation.
When Yang Si mentioned the war, he was full of energy and his eyes were bright, which was very different from his usual calm appearance... The commander looked at him, slightly dazed, and sighed. Is this how Yan Shang talked about the old Yang Si?
They are all old.
It's time to give way to young people like Yan Shang and Yang Si.
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No matter what Yang Si said to the commander-in-chief, he was still thrown into prison by the eunuchs, who said they wanted to kill him to give an explanation to the Nanman.
Yang Si, who was imprisoned, naturally did not know that the commander-in-chief committed suicide with a knife the night after he talked with him.
He didn't leave a single word before he died, nor did he make any excuses for himself.
He refused to withdraw his troops, nor did he dare to disobey the emperor's order. He was in agony, with no way forward or backward, and could only die to apologize.
The whole army camp was filled with grief, and the soldiers surrounded the eunuchs' tents, scaring them so much that they dared not go out. Later, the soldiers who had been instigated by the eunuchs took advantage of the situation and quelled the chaos in the army camp. In such a serious situation, there must be something new to divert everyone's attention, so that people can't always focus on the death of the commander-in-chief.
The solution the eunuchs came up with was to kill Yang Si.
Kill Yang Si and quell the anger of the southern barbarians. But Yang Si was not even a soldier, so these soldiers should not care if he died, right?
However, the atmosphere in the camp was depressing and the soldiers were all holding back their anger.
At dawn, Zhao Lingfei mixed in with the soldiers and watched her cousin being carried onto the stage and tied up. She clenched her fists and was extremely angry. She vowed to rush up to save her cousin, and Han Shuxing, who was with Xiaozhou's sister, would come to support her... to save her cousin from here!
Who dares to kill her cousin!
Not even her father!
Yang Si had a blank expression on his face and refused to kneel. The wind was howling, and the eunuchs looked at this man who refused to kneel with ridicule. The executioner hit his legs and whipped him... but he couldn't make Yang Si kneel.
Yang Si was disdainful and didn't even look at them.
They spent too much effort trying to get Yang Si to kneel down, and the eunuchs made a fool of themselves. The soldiers below were already mocking them, and the eunuchs were angry and felt that the longer they dragged on, the more they looked like a joke.
The eunuch shouted, "Execute!
"Execution——"
The burly executioner held a long knife in his hand, with a muscular body. He looked at the young man in front of him with the knife in his hand, but there was a sharp sound of breaking through the air -
The whole audience was in uproar!
A long black arrow came from far away, flew over the head of the executioner, and shot straight at the executioner. The arrow shot straight into the neck of the executioner without hesitation. Blood splattered everywhere, and the executioner fell to the ground with his eyes wide open before he felt any pain.
Yang Si was stunned.
All the soldiers were stunned.
Zhao Lingfei, who was hiding among the soldiers trying to save people, was stunned.
Everyone turned back together——
The young man in a white robe and a jade crown, holding a long crossbow and with his sleeves fluttering, stood at the entrance of the military camp behind the crowd.
She is elegant and graceful, like a beautiful lady walking among the humans.
The eunuch following behind the young man was sweating and looked pale. He shouted at everyone in the room, "What are you standing there for? Why don't you come and pay your respects to the Grand Marshal of the Army? This is our new commander-in-chief, who was named the Grand Marshal of the Army by His Majesty and is also the Chief of Staff of the Southern Jianmen Army... Why don't you come and pay your respects?!"
Yan Shang smiled and retracted the crossbow in his hand.
He stood at the gate of the military camp, in the windward direction, smiling at Yang Si on the stage, and smiling at everyone in the camp.
He said slowly: "It's our first meeting, everyone is polite."
He did not drop the crossbow in his hand, but looked at the stunned eunuchs on the stage and smiled gently: "The heavy arrow has no edge, which is not my intention. Everyone, be careful."
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