The public trial caused angry curses from the people. Although Emperor Yangsheng was the emperor emeritus, the angry people rushed forward regardless.

Patriarch Chunyu, Patriarch Guo...didn't move.

They all knew that it was not the emperor who killed them, but they could not understand why the emperor was so brave as to openly say such unbelievable words.

Qi Songliang invited out the Proud Emperor Yin Jin'an. Yin Jin'an wore a mask and looked at the angry people. He only said one sentence: "Permanent house arrest, you are not allowed to leave unless you die."

He is His Majesty, and killing his father in public is against human ethics, so he should be imprisoned for life.

The common people felt that Emperor Aotian was really kind.

The retired emperor was taken to a courtyard in the cold palace of the imperial palace in endless fear and reluctance. Once the door was locked, his life was over.

The head of the Chunyu family took the lead, handed over all the family property to the national treasury, asked to become a monk, and prayed for the country under the guidance of the ancient Buddha.

The Guo and Ma families followed suit, donated their property, and became monks.

Some other powerful people handed over their property and did not become monks, which meant returning to their ancestral hometowns and leaving the sad place.

Wang Can made the decision himself. He took over all the family property and sent them to Buddhist temples to become monks with great fanfare. Those who returned to their ancestral hometowns were also seen off when they left the city.

However, what the people did not know was that anyone leaving the city, whether bald or with hair, would be killed without exception.

"You have done such a wicked thing, and you still want to run to the Buddha to disgust the gods. Don't embarrass my Majesty."

"If shaving one's head can atone for one's sins, what is the point of having laws in this world?"

"Buddhism is pure, how can there be room for filthy people like you?"

After this group of people were interrogated and killed, the next ones left were the Chu family and the Cui family.

Because these people's crimes were even more serious, and their crimes were more sensational than the case of the emperor killing the powerful.

The government posted the notice of executing the Chu family members early on, so at the end of April, thousands of people flocked to the streets to watch the execution of the Chu family members.

Wang Can pulled Emperor Yang Sheng over and stood together on the watchtower of the imperial palace, watching with his own eyes as the executioner tortured Chu Hanhua and the old lady of the Chu family to death.

The rest were sentenced to death.

Emperor Yang Sheng said bitterly: "He doesn't even let his own brothers go. Aren't you afraid of following him?"

"Your Majesty, your skill in sowing discord is too poor. No wonder Chu Jiang plays you into his hands."

Wang Can said sarcastically, “Your Majesty Emperor Aotian is a rare good emperor in a thousand years, and he is strict in rewards and punishments.

He killed Chu's son and did not touch the other princes.

I am not afraid of him killing me. If one day I become a traitor, I will be killed!"

"You are loyal!"

"Yes, I have no other ability but loyalty." Wang Can is now healthy and standing in front of Emperor Yang Sheng, like a tall green bamboo. "Your Majesty is my benefactor, my mentor, and the dazzling sun in the sky. You are nothing like those two princes Xiao Hongyu and Xiao Hongcheng, who actually drank their stepmother's blood."

Emperor Yang Sheng and Yin Jinan's loyal ministers had no common language.

Wang Can forced him to watch the execution, and then had him carried back to the confinement yard, saying, "Your Majesty has led the army in person to fight the Liao army. The emperor is doing nothing. Try to waste less food and medicine in the future."

Emperor Yang Sheng: ...

Yin Jinan was neither at the execution ground nor in the capital. He had already joined forces with Gu Bahuang to attack the Liao army.

Of course, he also brought along the little Taoist priest Jiutian.

Last year, the Liao army joined forces with the Uighurs to invade the Qi State (Western Xia) and occupied five cities. However, after hearing that Yin Jinan was hunting down Jie Gan with great force, they did not dare to send their heads to the capital.

They wanted to take advantage of the civil unrest in Xixia/Qi to swallow up Qi, but were afraid that they would not be able to digest it, so they occupied five cities in the north of Qi and waited and watched.

Yin Jinan had always been the one talking about Wei Mu's revenge, while Qi Songliang, Wang Can, Xiahou Yan and others were taking action. Yin Jinan and Gu Bahuang were fully committed to making the clay jar bomb.

On the tenth day of April, Yin Jinan led the army in person and headed for the northern border with Gu Bahuang.

Because they used earthenware jar mines, it was not like in the past, with an army of hundreds of thousands, and the baggage camp alone was huge.

Yin Jinan led the cavalry.

The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry consisted of one thousand men, and they were considered Yin Jinan's personal guards. Yin Jinan did not ask Xiahou Yan to follow him, as the imperial palace had to be guarded by one's own people.

Gu Bahuang led an army of 10,000.

These 10,000 people were not the ones that originally fought their way to the capital, but many of the original soldiers applied to go to the battlefield. Soldiers are born to go to the battlefield. What kind of soldiers are they if they don't go to the battlefield?

Zhang Xiangshan is one of them. He is one year older than Yin Jinan. After joining the army, he was well fed and well clothed, and received intensive training every day. He grew taller and stronger, and wanted to make great achievements and return home in glory.

He was the first one to follow His Majesty in throwing grenades, so Gu Bahuang had a good impression of him. He has now been promoted to centurion.

Zhang Xiangshan trained extremely hard. He worked hard without any encouragement. He felt that he worked twice as hard as others in daily training, so naturally he made great progress.

This time he begged to go together, and Gu Bahuang agreed.

Qi was not a large state, and it only took seven or eight days to ride a horse from the capital to the northern border. However, the Liao army came from the northwest, so it took about ten days to turn northwest.

On April 15th, the night of the full moon, they arrived at Heishui Town in Yanzhou.

Gu Bahuang asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to go to Yanzhou Prefecture City to recuperate for a day?"

"No need! The Liao army has occupied five cities in Qi. The entire city of Yanzhou must be fighting the enemy. We don't need to harass them anymore. Tomorrow, send someone to tell them that I will arrive at the Black Water City occupied by the enemy tomorrow."

Heishui City, the most prosperous city in the northwest of Western Xia, is not only rich in mines, but also a trade and transportation hub for Western Xia, Liao, Uighurs, Yulong Kingdom and other countries.

This city is much richer than Xingqing Prefecture.

Therefore, the Liao army, Khitan, Gaochang, and Pseudo-Wul all coveted this city.

Historically, this city has been moved back and forth among several neighboring countries and has frequently changed owners.

Yin Jinan is not in a hurry at all as they will attack Blackwater City tomorrow.

The army was stationed by the Black Water Lake. Zhang Xiangshan came with the baggage train. The baggage train now also had horse-drawn carriages, so the speed was not very slow.

We set up camp by the lake and built a simple shed. We gathered together gravel and bricks to set up a stove.

Yin Jinan, Gu Bahuang and other generals discussed the battle plan in the tent, while Jiutian followed Zhang Xiangshan and others to collect firewood and cook.

She happily picked up firewood by the water and kept looking around the lake to see if there were any fish.

There was no fresh fish or meat in the dry food I brought. If there were fish in the lake, I could just catch a few and make soup for my second uncle.

Because of the war, the fields near Blackwater Lake were left barren, and the crops in the fields were overgrown with weeds. No one took care of them, and the crops were all eaten by the weeds.

It is now mid-April (in the lunar calendar), and bean sprouts mature in June. Zhang Xiangshan held Jiutian's hand and said, "Let's go to the fields to look for bean sprouts. The green edamame should be ready to eat."

Five people from the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry immediately walked out and followed Jiutian silently.

When Zhang Xiangshan saw them following Jiutian, he realized belatedly that Jiutian was no longer the little Taoist priest, but the most honorable Princess Longxiang of Qi State.

He stammered, "Princess, I'm sorry..."

Jiu Tian said with a smile: "Don't call me princess, let's go find some beans."

The weeds in the fields were very tall, and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were not very good at farming, but Zhang Xiangshan understood. After a while, he shouted happily, "Princess, Princess, come here quickly."

There was a large area of ​​miscellaneous seedlings. Jiutian was excited and asked excitedly: "Can all these be eaten?"

Zhang Xiangshan pointed to a bunch of pea pods and said to Jiutian: "These are edible. I picked them for you."

He was picking pea pods, and Jiutian also started picking them. Several men from the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry went forward silently to pick them, and soon they picked a large bunch.

Zhang Xiangshan pointed to the green beans and red beans tangled together and said that this was also delicious and could be used to make soup to relieve summer heat.

Several people picked a lot of beans, and finally found some snap beans, but the snap beans were not yet fully grown, so it would be a pity to pick them.

Just when I was struggling with the issue, I suddenly heard the sound of hurried horse hooves in the front, and someone shouted "Hey", followed by "Help, help", it was a woman's voice.

When a few people stood up, they saw a girl and a young man riding horses on the path ahead, fleeing in a panic. Behind them were five or six Liao soldiers who were as ferocious as wolves and tigers, riding their horses and chasing them wildly, with arrows on their shoulders and waving ring knives in their hands.

Zhang Xiangshan had no weapon in his hands, but he couldn't help but watch the Liao army kill civilians, so he picked up two bricks.

Several members of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry followed Jiutian with expressionless faces.

Their goal is to protect Jiu Tian, ​​and the life and death of others has nothing to do with them.

However, Zhang Xiangshan's two broken bricks were no match for the Liao army, and throwing them over would be tantamount to seeking death.

Jiutian grabbed Zhang Xiangshan.

Zhang Xiangshan looked at her and said anxiously in a low voice: "Princess, those are Liao bandits, you should go back quickly."

"You go back too."

"Oh, let's go quickly..." Zhang Xiangshan was conflicted. He felt guilty for not helping the person in need, but Jiutian's safety was more important.

Several people turned around and ran. Jiutian secretly made some gestures and quietly placed a taboo on the two civilians, so that those Liao soldiers could no longer get close.

She dragged Zhang Xiangshan's hand, holding the pods she had picked, and whispered, "Go back quickly, don't look, and don't get close."

Zhang Xiangshan looked at her suspiciously. Jiutian’s safety was the most important thing, so the five Tiger and Leopard Cavalry guards escorted them back.

After returning to the camp, Zhang Xiangshan and Jiutian dropped Dou and immediately went to report to Gu Bahuang and Yin Jinan that the Liao army was chasing two civilians.

"Uncle, the Liao army and those two girls are probably in the same group. They came out to find out our background."

Zhang Xiangshan said: "A girl and a boy."

Jiu Tian said with certainty: "That young man is also a girl. How can a girl walk in the wilderness? Besides, how can six Liao soldiers not catch two girls? It's obviously an act."

As they were talking, the two girls carrying bags had already run to this camp, but were stopped by the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry at the outskirts: "Girls, please take a detour!"

The young woman said with a smile, "My daughter Zhao Qiaoqiao went to Lingzhou to seek refuge with her relatives, who were robbed by the Liao army. Can I rest near your camp tonight? I promise not to enter your camp."

She was not tall, with a smooth, white, rosy and transparent face, and her hair was as shiny as black lacquer.

But her clothes were tight, her breasts were full and her waist was as slender as a willow branch.

This is a noble lady, generous and independent, with lively eyes and charming corners of the eyes.

She has a charming aura and a seductive look that makes men's mouths dry at the first sight.

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