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Chapter 519 Cruel liquidation
The distant mountains are green.

The tall Hangu Pass is right behind, a team of knights is running wildly on the official road protecting a carriage, the mountains and forests on both sides continue to go back, a burst of smoke and dust rises, and looking back, there is actually another team The knights are in pursuit.

"The gang of 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 impossible to fight those aggressive dog thieves. If you escape like this, you will be caught sooner or later."

The leader immediately dissuaded him after hearing the words: "They are all warriors recruited by the imperial court. Compared with us, we are simply vulnerable. We will die if we die, but what will Madam and the others do?"

"It's hateful, Huo Guang, a bastard, has been exterminated to such an extent, and exiled to the Western Regions, who can get there alive."

"call out!"

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

"Brother!"

A mournful cry sounded, and he wanted to turn around and fight desperately, but following the sound of several piercing sounds, two arrows shot at his shoulders and abdomen, instantly shooting him off the horse.

Falling off a horse at such a high speed naturally killed him immediately, and even the whole body could not be seen. His feet were hung on the stirrups, and then he was dragged by the startled horse past a huge boulder, which was scraped in half in an instant. .

"I can't escape!"

All the knights who were running for their lives finally admitted this cruel fact, and turned around to fight with the Tiqi sent by the imperial court. Within a quarter of an hour, the imperial Tiqi killed all the knights on the spot.

Chaoting Tiqi only lost two people here.

The group of black-clothed women rode the reins and walked to the side of the carriage, opened the curtain of the carriage, and there were five people sitting in the horse, two quite beautiful women, who were not yet [-] years old, wearing palace attire, It was about to come out, and the two young girls who had not yet reached the age were clinging to them tightly, like budding flowers, they looked similar to the two women, they were very beautiful, and there was a slightly younger boy huddled in the innermost part of the carriage.

The leader Tiqi in black took out the portrait, then took out a book, and said expressionlessly: "The great minister, Shang Lu, colluded with the assassination of Prince He, intending to kill the king, and died by sitting.

One wife, one concubine, one daughter-in-law, one concubine, and one concubine were sentenced to exile in the Western Regions.

Come sign your name. "

The leader of Tiqi read out the names one by one, checked that they were correct, and then asked the five people to sign.

Facing Tiqi, who was like an angel of hell, these five pampered ladies and noble children were already scared stupid. Besides, even if they were not stupid, who would sign the book that represents death?

The leader of Tiqi was not surprised, but said indifferently: "Four out of five of you are weak women, you are lucky to meet this official, and this official is a Confucian student, so it is still easy to talk to.

After signing this booklet, if you are willing to commit suicide, the official can allow it. Wouldn't it be nice to leave a decent one?

Otherwise, I can't control these dozens of bloody men in the wilderness.

You are always going to die, why should you suffer that crime? "

Seeing several people signing their names tremblingly, the leader of Tiqi raised the reins and asked: "Is there anyone who wants to commit suicide?
I can lend you a knife.

My suggestion is to die here directly, otherwise, with your identities and appearances, the road to exile will be nothing more than a meal for those treacherous subordinates. "

The words of the leader of the Tiqi made the two women tremble uncontrollably. The leader of the Tiqi asked kindly: "It seems that you are afraid, do you need help? I have always been kind."

The two women shook their heads and nodded. They really didn't want to be exiled, and they didn't want to let their most beloved daughter suffer humiliation. Die here is indeed the best ending.

"Pfft!"

The leader of Tiqi's knife was very fast, like a butcher, he sent away several people 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 Tiqi slowly put away the knife, and said to the left and right: "Is this officer too kind and has a bottom line?"

Everyone nodded one after another. In this wilderness, facing four pretty 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 want to be a good person and return to Chang'an."

blah blah blah.

A group of knights set foot on the way back. There were clouds in the sky, the cold wind gradually passed by, and pieces of snowflakes gradually fell.

The white snowflakes mixed with the bright red and black blood, and the corpses were gradually buried. When the beasts foraging for food in winter ate the corpses, no one knew what happened here.

……

Yuanfeng 20 years, December.

The emperor worshiped Su Wang and went to the emperor's heaven, adding the throne of emperor.

The courtiers entered and changed the year name to "Lingjue", taking next year as the first year of Lingjue.

The first thing Huo Guang did after he came to power was to offer a reward.

"Shangyu: Since ancient times, has there been a king who won the hearts of the people without rewarding his heroes?
I thought it was not.

When I was young and weak, I encountered catastrophe, and life and death were in the hands of the crown prince.

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

I understand that you ministers repay me because of the kindness you received from the late emperor. Now I am willing to follow the example of the late emperor and bestow generous favors on you ministers. "

Three lords and nine nobles, two thousand shi high positions, three rivers and six counties, the positions of the Royal Habayashi Lieutenant Colonel and General, these are the spoils that should be obtained for the emperor's victory that day.

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

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

In the end, the king either used the excuse of the meritorious officials to kill those meritorious officials, or his position was not guaranteed.

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

No matter what the reason is, Liu She can't take it for granted, and one size fits the other.

He must renew his favor to these courtiers.

Of course, the current Liu She didn't understand this, and Huo Guang was the one who presided over the award.

Punishments and rewards are the authority of the owner, and Huo Guang is not an official regent. These actions have caused him to be criticized.

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

Generally speaking, conferring a reward is a happy event, at most some people will be upset, and it will not affect the overall situation.

But the second thing Huo Guang had to do was not so simple.

Liquidation!

The cruelty of the liquidation presided over by Huo Guang far exceeds the liquidation that Liu Xun carried out against the descendants of Emperor Liu Dan.

The reasons are of course complex.

First of all, it is very important that Liu Dan's wives, concubines and children are guaranteed by Luo Shi.

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

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

So Liu Xun can let them go from the court and let them die "naturally".

The last one is that after Liu Xun succeeded to the throne, he had the eldest son. Even if something happened to Liu Xun, his eldest son could still succeed to the throne, and the throne would not fall back to the hands of Liu Dan's family.

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

There are two fundamental reasons. First, this is a coup struggle within the royal family. The scope and influence involved are not large enough to form a strong opposition force. 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 the crown prince He to the throne.

This is nothing to the royal family.

The empress dowager is still the empress dowager, and to the princes and kings of the Liu family, there is no difference, not even to the powerful and powerful princes in the world.

But it is unacceptable to Huo Guang and others!

Not only Huo Guang alone, but everyone who participated in the palace change demanded that Liu He's son be exterminated, except for the baby who was still in his infancy. Common people, the most important thing is to expel Liu's genealogy.

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

In fact, it was prepared to kill him first in the event of an accident.

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

The empress dowager is naturally well aware of these.

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

Liu He is not alone.

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

Besides, if these people are not liquidated, how will Huo Guang and his people be placed there?

The positions of Sangong Jiuqing and so on were not vacant before, and they didn't need to be seized by violence. Should we wait for the other party to voluntarily back down?

Besides, even if they voluntarily back down, who can guarantee that those people will not counterattack?
Only when these people enter Zhaocheng can people believe it, but unfortunately, these people do not have such qualifications.

Zhaocheng doesn't accept all kinds of cats and dogs.

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

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(End of this chapter)