Cao Xing returned to the southern city with his soldiers and horses. When he came, the scattered soldiers had already assembled. Except for three or forty people who were slightly injured, the others were all intact.

Cao Xing walked ahead on horseback, looking quite tired, and yawned again and again: "The cleaning is finally finished, and I can sleep well when I go back."

Ma Zhong looked through the names on the 'Book of Life and Death', and once again confirmed that there was no one to write to, he carefully took it back into his arms.

Taking a deep breath, he seemed to be able to smell the strong blood that diffused in all directions.

Seeing Cao Xing coming on horseback, the guard on the south tower ran down to the city.

"General Pan, are you leaving the city?"

Seeing the blood stains on Cao Xing's body, he thought he had completed the master's plan, so he asked curiously.

Snapped!

Cao Xing raised his hand and slapped him with a big mouth, which made the man so messed up that he couldn't find him. Then he said arrogantly: "Go and open the city gate, I'm going back to receive merit from General Yuan!"

The guarding general was obviously stunned by this slap. While feeling resentful in his heart, he didn't dare to turn his back on the spot, so he could only order someone to open the city gate aggrieved.

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Oh~oh~oh~~~

The crowing of the rooster awakened the sleeping people in the city.

Zhang Laojiu, who lives in the west of the city, got up early as usual, splashed cold water on his face, picked up his hoe, and prepared to go out to farm.

People at that time did not have the concept of 'eating breakfast', only noon and dinner.

Since the moth thief, wars have been raging in the Central Plains, and countless people have been forcibly displaced.Not to mention two meals, if there is one meal, there will not be so many corpses starved to death on the way.

Compared with the Central Plains, Guanzhong is much more stable. Most people don't say they can eat and wear without worrying about it, at least they won't go hungry.

For the people at the bottom, this is already a great kindness.

After Zhang Laojiu went out, the sky was not fully bright yet, he hummed an unknown song, thinking about how much grain and food he would have left this year, excluding taxes.

After walking for a while, he stopped suddenly, his simple yellow face seemed a little puzzled, he sniffed his nose again, as if there was a fishy smell in the air.

This fishy smell is not like the smell of slaughtered chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs, but an indescribable feeling, which makes the chest tight.

People are always curious about unknown things.

Even Zhang Laojiu, who is a farmer, was no exception. He was curious and decided to find out, so he slowly groped along the direction where the fishy smell came from.

The fishy smell came from the direction of the market. At this time, the vendors had not opened their shops, and there was not a single pedestrian on the street.

When Zhang Laojiu walked to the gate of the market, the fishy smell was already extremely strong, even a little smoky.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhang Laojiu's eyes widened, and he was stunned and shocked!

dead!

So many dead people!

Not far in front of him, two or three hundred corpses were stacked together, like a square tower, as tall as several people.

Zhang Laojiu is just a farmer with his face turned to the loess and his back to the sky. He has dealt with the land all his life, and he has never seen such a horrible scene.

When he saw it for the first time, he was scared out of his wits by the fierce eyes of the corpse facing him, and fell back to the ground.

Then he ran towards the official mansion, rolling and crawling, beating the big leather drum at the gate of Chang'an Lingfu with a thump, thud, thump.

…………

Weiyang Palace, Xuanshi Palace.

The emperor Liu Xie ascended the throne of God, and from his yawning from time to time, we can know that the emperor did not sleep well last night.

"I will pay my respects to Your Majesty, Your Majesty will last forever." All the officials in the palace bowed and saluted the emperor one after another.

Liu Xiegang wanted to say, "Everything is flat", but when he looked down, it was wrong!

"Why are there so many Qing families missing this morning?"

Liu Xie asked in bewilderment. During the court meeting on weekdays, one or two people would be missing.But if there are two or 30 people missing, as long as you are not blind, you can see it. After all, there is such a large space left.

"Why isn't Sikong here?"

When he looked ahead, Liu Xie became more and more curious. The three men at the top were only Yang Biao and Wang Yun, without Sikong and Huangwan.

"Return to Your Majesty, Huang Sikong has taken two months of sick leave, and may not be able to enter the court to discuss politics in a short period of time." Wang Yun, who was in charge of personnel affairs, came out and said.

Liu Xie heard that since Huang Wan was ill, he ignored him and pointed to the vacant seats and asked, "Then what about the others, are they also ill?"

Except for Sikong Huangwan, Jiuqing sent three people, and other doctors, Lingshi, and Langguan were also missing a large area.

What about people?

Everyone in the hall looked at me and at you, but they didn't dare to speak.

"Why is the Qing family not talking anymore, but I asked the wrong question?" Liu Xie became more and more curious about this. In the past, the Qing family always had disputes in the court hall, but why is it so quiet today.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the other ministers will not be able to come."

After a while of silence, Taiwei Yang Biao came out and reported to the emperor: "Just last night, more than [-] courtiers including Taichang Qing Geng Mi, Tingwei Qing Du Huan, etc., were killed, and their bodies were all placed in the courtyard. Live."

All the officials in the hall heard the words, although they were all mentally prepared, but they couldn't help being moved when they heard it from Yang Biao's mouth again.

More than twenty courtiers, many officials in the city, and hundreds of mansions were all destroyed overnight.In addition to the officials and government servants who lay dead on the street, the number of people who died during the night was 8000.

This is still at the feet of the Son of Heaven.

How appalling!

"What!" Liu Xie, who was on the throne, turned pale with shock when he suddenly learned of this.

In Liu Xie's impression, Dong Zhuo was the only person who dared to do such a cruel thing.

Can……

Not long ago, Dong Zhuo had died.

The young emperor was at a loss on the throne, and there was a trace of fear in his blank eyes. All the officials and ministers below were silent.

For a moment, the huge Xuanshi Hall fell into a pool of stagnant silence.

After a while, the Son of Heaven finally came to his senses, restrained the fear in his heart, and tried to keep his tone as calm as possible: "Taiwei, do you know who did it?"

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