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But after ten days, the old capital is no longer the bustling capital in Sima Liang's memory.

The once-prosperous market has become sluggish, and the faint sound of the piano is no longer heard on both sides of the Jinshui River with the sound of oars and lamps.

Since he abandoned the city and went to Nanzhao, most of the people in the city also fled.

Old Beijing has become a dead city.

Sima Liang's prison car entered the city through the North Pian Gate. In his 35 years of life memory, he actually spent more than half of his time in the old capital.He was born in the capital, and when he became an adult, he went to the fiefdom to become a vassal. After the death of Emperor Longcheng, he returned to the capital.

Whether he is a royal family member, a vassal king, or an emperor, Sima Liang's carriages always enter the city through the wide and tall Dongyang Gate, and the North Pian Gate, which is the passageway for the carriages and horses transporting Yexiang in the palace.

Sima Liang raised his head, and the wooden cage prison car divided the sky above his head into small squares, and he would touch it with a slight movement of his body, and it was very uncomfortable to be held by the shackles.

Now he is only fit to enter the city through the northern gate, the dilapidated and dilapidated city gate that is close at hand, and the glorious atmosphere under Zhengyang Gate are like two worlds.

It is indeed two worlds.

From the emperor to the prisoner, it took less than ten days in total.Sima Liang, who has been rich for half his life, never dreamed that he would return to the old capital in a prison car, and it would be the final outcome.

Once you pass through the north gate, you probably won't have the chance to leave again, and you will be a ghost of this centuries-old imperial city.

Thinking back on the experience of less than ten days, Sima Liang seemed like a lifetime ago, and it would be a lie to say that he has no regrets.

Ever since he chose to abandon the city that day and fled to Nanzhao in a hurry, from the beginning he had the intention of sticking to it and waiting for reinforcements from the frontier army.

It's not that he doesn't know what the Yu family and Xie family are thinking, and abandoning the imperial city is the worst policy.But the power of the giant building car is really terrifying, as long as he closes his eyes, he will dream that the high city walls of the old capital are shrouded in huge shadows, and fear has already occupied all his mind.

Nanzhao is better, not to mention that the city is small, and it is located in the rolling Bailong Mountain. The mountain road is rugged and easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as it is managed properly, it can enjoy stability for a while.

It's just that although he thought well, the reality didn't develop according to his expectation. As soon as Sima Liang's car drove out of the capital, the situation changed very quickly.

First, the Xie family and the Yu family faced the emperor, saying that the Hu people were approaching the old capital, and their ancestral hall might not be able to be preserved, so they asked Sima Liang to approve the two families to return to their hometowns to protect the clan, so as to attract firepower for the emperor to evacuate.

Although he knew that the two families had other ideas, and there was nothing wrong with what he said, Emperor Zhengming had to "cry bitterly" to thank them, and then bid farewell to the two families.

It's not that he doesn't want to get angry, but now that Hu Qi is going to enter the old capital in a few days, the most important thing is to escape for his life, so there is no room for wasting time on the two families.

When he returns to the main hall in the future, he will be punished for the serious crime of running away from the two families!

Yu Jie left the cavalry that night and withdrew his own soldiers along the way.The two families have always been the leaders in the Zhengming Dynasty. When they moved, the small family below quickly moved their minds.It's just that they are not as strong and powerful as Yu Jie's soldiers, rich and powerful, and they still have to rely on the might of the remaining 5 Xihe troops, so they didn't act rashly for a while.

It's just that Sima Liang didn't expect that the confidant and subordinate brought out from his own fief by the loyal fifty thousand Xihe Erlang, who he thought was loyal, had a different heart in the successive defeats early in the morning.On the first day, the surface light was barely maintained, but from the second day onwards, the army guarding him became less and less, and became sparser day by day. Many generals and lieutenants who were seen in the morning disappeared at night, along with their soldiers. Also missing.

In this way, the 4 Xihe Army became 3, 1, [-]...

In the end, Sima Liang followed, leaving only his most core 5000 Imperial Forest Army, his servants who were close to him, and the children of the family who had no power to restrain them. Anyone with some strength had already made a living by himself.

Sima Liang was angry, scolded, and irritable.

However, he also knew that he was no longer Emperor Zhengming who was sitting on the imperial throne in the capital and had countless soldiers, horses and food. The current him was no different from a homeless wild dog.When he was the king of Xihe, his fief was taken by the barbarians, and the only Nanzhao he could go to was not as moist as the territory of a big family.

No money, no food, and it is difficult to turn over, what can be used to suppress the unruly intentions of the generals? !

In the era of war, it doesn't matter who the emperor is, what matters is whether he has weapons and guns that can fight.The Xihe King's Army originally included the soldiers of the aristocratic family, which is why Sima Liang couldn't be like his cousin Sima Ye, who could kill the aristocratic family without hesitation. His armed forces still needed the support of the aristocratic family.

But now, the family has abandoned the emperor.Sima Liang was stripped of his most glamorous coat, revealing his frail and ugly nature.

He is not reconciled, he is furious, but he is powerless against reality.

With the current situation in chaos, everyone knew that Sima Liang was the most obvious target, the main target of the barbarians.King Zuoguli ordered that a reward be offered for the capture of the Ye Dynasty emperor alive.

Who is willing to take such a risk?

At this time, escorting is not an honor, but a great danger of losing one's life and dragging down the whole family, so parting ways is the right solution.

Without the escort of a large number of soldiers and horses, Sima Liang made this step extremely difficult.

The concubines from the great families left with the family early in the morning, leaving either the second or third-rate families who had nowhere to go and wanted to fight for a turnaround, or the servants who came from humble backgrounds.A group of mobs stumbled and panicked, desperately fleeing towards Nanzhao City, but after all, they were no match for Hu Qi's steed.

In the early morning of the fifth day, Sima Liang and his party were besieged at the foot of Bailong Mountain, unable to struggle anymore.

Sima Liang kept his eyes closed when he was escorted into the prison van.

He knew that as the "Son of Heaven" of the Ye Dynasty, he should commit suicide before falling into the hands of the barbarians, die for the country, and leave a clear name for the historian to record.

But he couldn't do it.

Better to die than to live.The frontier army is still there, and the nominal court and soldiers of the Ye Dynasty are still there. As long as he can survive, even if he is temporarily demoted to a commoner, he will always be able to recover his position one day in the future.

No matter whether it's from aristocratic families, frontier soldiers, or those ambitious villains, no matter how they play tricks, this world is still the Sima family's world after all. As long as he is still alive, everyone will praise him, Sima, on the altar , even if he is only a puppet in name only, he must be "rescued" from the hands of the barbarians first, after all, he is better than Sima Ye's unscrupulous sense of current affairs.

When a person dies, he is really dead, and nothing is left.

He didn't want to die, and naturally none of the concubines, servants and family thought about it.

The heroic resistance expected by the Hu people did not exist at all, and a group of people obediently captured them without fighting, and were caught in a net by the stones.

"Grippy!"

The general sneered, not hiding the contempt in his eyes.

"The business general in Donglai City was wronged for his death, and the leader following him is a softie, and he is not worthy to lead the warriors at all!"

Sima Liang didn't understand what the bearded General Hu was talking about.Now his prison car had arrived at the gate of Beibian, and there happened to be a prison caravan ahead of him about to enter the city, and the two sides collided.

Sima Liang could tell at a glance that there were many familiar faces in some of the prison cars on the opposite side.

When he entered Beijing many years ago, he also tried to find ways to win the prestigious Xue Bi and Xue Shangshu Ling.At that time, the young and old gentlemen of the Xue family were all high-spirited, no matter how far or near they were, they all looked as if they had attained the Tao and ascended to heaven alone, and even the offspring of the royal family wanted to avoid his limelight.

Now, he is also a prisoner.

"Xue Yijian, Xue Yitang, Xue Chongli, Xue Chongyi..."

Sima Liang chanted the names of several people one by one, and his heart was suddenly filled with refreshing malice.

He has dealt with the Xue family too much.Xue Yiluan of the Xue family used to be his confidant, but Xue Yibian revealed that he had an affair with He Yue's family.He summoned Xue Yiluan into the palace for questioning, but Xue Yiluan was poisoned to death in the side hall, leaving him speechless.

In the end, it was found that it was the nail left by the former queen Xue Yiwei, but the pot of dirty water had been poured on Sima Liang's head, and it could no longer be washed clean.

Afterwards, Xue Yijian used this as an excuse to occupy the two iron workshops of Changzhou and Hengshou. He sent General Xie Ze to crusade, but was killed by the Huhou Gorge with thunderbolts.

Thinking about it now, Xue Yinian had voted for King Zuoguli a long time ago, otherwise how could those Hu people suddenly appear at the place where the army must pass, Xie Ze was really wronged when he died!

It's just that Xue Yijian never expected that Xue Yijian would end up like this.It's such a pleasure to seek the skin of a tiger and eat back at yourself!

After thinking about it, he laughed, and the laughter was hearty, which made the Hu cavalry guards look sideways.

"Is this the emperor of the Ye Dynasty?"

A clansman he knew came over from the opposite convoy and looked curiously at Sima Liang who was locked in the prison car.

"It's courageous, and I can still laugh at this time."

"I don't have the courage, I don't know what kind of madness I have today."

Hu Qi guard rolled his eyes.

Prairie warriors look down on eggless cowards the most.The emperor of this industry raised his hands and surrendered even though there were soldiers and horses around him, which is very embarrassing.

"Hey, at least the ears are clean."

The people of his tribe pouted at their prison convoy.

"From Changzhou to this road, I have been scolding all the time, and I can't understand what the industry is saying. I am so annoying."

"I asked the sheep slave and said that those people scolded us for being dishonest and disloyal to our brothers... Hehe, when did the grassland warrior and the sheep slave become brothers?!"

The guard looked in the direction he pointed.

"Then you are also going to the sky prison? The sky prison can hold so many people"

But his fellow countryman shook his head.

"No."

"I heard from Su Da that these people were designated by the Holy Witch. After entering the city, they will be escorted to the Holy Witch Hall. They are the ones that King Zuo handed over to the Holy Witch."

"what?"

"These soft bones, open the door to let the tribe's enemies into the city, and expect to be rewarded. This kind of jackal who betrayed the tribe and just survived will bite us back at any time. King Zuo will not value it!"

When he said this, the guard Hu Qi understood.

When Kaesong enlarged the army and entered the city, it turned out to be the big businessman in Changzhou. It is said that the gift of iron ore and sword workshops will please King Zuo.

I don't know what happened this time, but the whole family was imprisoned and given to the Holy Witch of Huo Lei...

What does the Holy Witch want these bones for?