On March 24, the ninth year of Xianchu, Hou Tianjing was killed by the rebel army, and the Liang army recovered Yecheng. At this point, the Liang State recovered all the land north of the river, the Qin State was destroyed, Cui Ju himself removed the title of King of Jin, and the Liang State granted Cui Ju the title.

As the King of Guiyi, he still ruled Jinyang and other places.

Murong Ling arrived in Fuyang and took Zhu Xuehua out. Xiang Xiaoyu entrusted the affairs of the city to Lu Tianxing, a famous doctor in Fuyang, and followed Murong Ling back to Fanyang. Zhu Xuehua was not happy: "Uncle Xiang, we husband and wife

Let’s ride back to Fanyang together, and you’re following behind, so what’s going on?”

Xiang Xiaoyu unscrewed the wine gourd and took a sip of wine: "I'm not that boring person, but if I don't leave today, I'm afraid I will die in Fuyang. The officials sent by the imperial court to take over the city will arrive soon. We are in Fuyang."

Yang has killed hundreds of aristocratic and wealthy families, and I'm afraid it will be a disaster if he stays. Besides, I'm only temporarily taking care of the city's affairs, so I have to get out early to make room for the new governor."

Zhu Xuehua was still smiling before, but now she was no longer happy: "Will people who surrender like Uncle Xiang and my brother have a good life in the future?"

Xiang Xiaoyu thought for a while: "There is no danger for the time being, but it may be in the future. After all, we are all people from untouchable backgrounds. Although we have made military exploits, it still depends on whether the imperial court recognizes them or not."

Murong Ling turned around and said: "If you don't have an official position, you will be light."

Xiang Xiaoyu smiled: "General Murong has seen clearly that capable people in this world are often burdened by fame, and either their fame will be lost forever or their reputation will be ruined. But a pariah like me still wants to give it a try, and we are no better than

They are bad"

Zhu Xuehua stopped: "Uncle Xiang, my brother is also a person like you. He always wants to get ahead, so I am really worried about his future."

Xiang Xiaoyu looked at Zhu Xuehua: "If your brother has a good opportunity, he might be able to achieve a great career, but now that the world is about to stabilize, I'm afraid there is no chance."

Murong Ling was not very interested in these things and picked a peach blossom from the side: "It's better to look at the flowers and drink. Wouldn't it be more comfortable to live like this?"

Xiang Xiaoyu and Zhu Xuehua were afraid that he would be unhappy, so they nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, we are going to have a good drink when we arrive in Fanyang."

Li Xiaofei and Zhu Yaoshi waited at the city gate for several days, and finally Murong Ling and Zhu Xuehua and the others arrived. Zhu Yaoshi and his sister burst into tears when they met each other. Murong Ling coughed next to him: "I can't pick someone up, it's like parting from life to death."

, as for? "

Li Xiaofei also asked Xiang Xiaoyu about the situation in Fuyang City, and clapped his fingers to Xiaoyu: "I'm afraid the new governor has already arrived. This time we don't ask for any reward from the court, as long as we don't cure our disease."

Sin will be cured"

Li Xiaofei and Zhu Yaoshi were both surprised: "We chased for hundreds of miles, killed thousands of enemy troops, and recovered dozens of cities. How can we be punished?"

Xiang Xiaoyu shook his head: "Have you two forgotten that we killed so many people in Fuyang? Two months after you left, news continued to come that the prime ministers of Jinling were very angry and wanted to

Punish our sins. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have followed Fan Yang.”

Pharmacist Zhu looked into the distance: "I and my brothers killed this man. If you want to punish him in the future, I will be the one to do it."

Li Xiaofei waved his hand: "Don't think things are so bad. I am the commander-in-chief. If you want to punish someone, you must punish me, but I won't just let him go."

Murong Ling saw that the conversation between the few people at the door was getting more and more serious, so she took Li Xiao and flew to the city: "The two brothers and sisters have just parted ways, and you grown men are here again, making it seem like they are going to the execution ground. I'm going to vomit."

Come out, is there some good wine in Fanyang City that you two are reluctant to take out?"

Several people laughed and drank heavily.

On April 18th, Zhong Zhiming led the newly appointed prefect Sima Bie to Fanyang. Li Xiaofei was very happy when he saw Zhong Zhiming coming. He took Pharmacist Murong Ling and Zhu out of the city ten miles to greet him, while Xiang Xiaoyu made official arrangements in the city.

banquet.

When Zhong Zhiming saw Li Xiaofei on the horse, he waved his hand: "Boy, I haven't seen you for a few months, but you have already occupied the city and led tens of thousands of troops. What a good boy, you are worthy of being promoted by General Chen himself."

Li Xiaofei came over to lead Zhong Zhiming's horse: "General Zhong, don't make fun of me. General Zhong has recovered so many states and counties and made countless military exploits. I still have to learn a lot from General Zhong."

Zhong Zhiming laughed: "Good boy, can talk"

The official in red next to Zhong Zhiming spoke in a strange way: "Are you Li Xiaofei? What is your current position? I heard that you disobey the court and have the idea of ​​separatist states and counties to rebel, is that true?"

Li Xiaofei was stunned, this was going to kill him. Before Li Xiaofei could answer, Zhong Zhiming took over: "Xiaofei, this is Mr. Xiao Ming, the governor of Youzhou appointed by the imperial court. The others are all here together."

Don't drive me to thank you, Sima Wangding, why don't you pay homage to your lords?"

Li Xiaofei understood this and led everyone to kneel down and worship Xiao Ming and others. Zhong Zhiming said before Xiao Ming could continue speaking: "This Li Xiaofei is a partial general under the Hussars General Chen Hongyi, and a guerrilla general appointed by the emperor."

Murong Ling sent out troops to recapture dozens of cities from Li Yang to Fan Yang. He always fought according to General Chen's dispatch. Moreover, he had no military power, no separatist faction, and he would not rebel against the imperial court. "

Xiao Ming squinted his eyes: "People like this who come from a humble background will be embarrassed by their heavy responsibility if they don't give it a try. Okay, let's go to the city first."

Li Xiaofei stood up and stopped talking. He and Zhu Yaoshi lowered their heads and welcomed Zhong Zhiming and Xiao Ming into the government office. Xiao Ming sat directly in the main hall, and Zhong Zhiming read out the imperial edict: Under the imperial edict, Hussar General Chen Hongyi reported to Shen De the day before yesterday

, Chen Kuan, Murong Ling, Li Xiaofei and more than 100 people have made meritorious deeds in the list. After inspection by the imperial court, it was found to be false and exaggerated. However, since the soldiers have fought hard for many years and verified their military exploits, the rewards are as follows: Shen Deqian, General Huwei, Murong Lingqian

General Chen Kuan moved to Yangwei General, Li Xiaofei moved to General Hengjiang..."

Zhong Zhiming took a quarter of an hour to finish reciting, and only at the end were the names of Zhu Yaoshi and Xiang Xiaoyu. Zhu Yaoshi gave Fan Yang the false title of Commander of the Horse Army, and Xiang Xiaoyu gave the false title of Fan Yang Commander of the Infantry Army. Li Xiaofei and others kowtowed in thanks.

Then Xiao Ming announced the second decree: "Check out Li Xiaofei, Murong Ling, and pharmacist Zhu who sent troops to rob Xiaoyu and others and kill innocent people indiscriminately. I want the four of them to have made military exploits. Their merits and demerits will be offset, and Murong Ling will be exempted from the post of general."

, Li Xiaofei is removed from the post of General Hengjiang, Zhu Yaoshi Fan Yang is removed from the false title of Commander of the Horse Army, and Xiang Xiaoyu is removed from the false title of Commander of the Infantry Army Fan Yang."

Li Xiaofei and the other four were stunned for a moment, then kowtowed to express their gratitude. Xiao Ming glanced at them and said, "I'm afraid there are some cases of killing good people and taking merit on the battlefield. I will conduct a strict investigation after I take office. If it is verified, I will

We should report to the Ming court and wait for the court’s decision.”

Zhong Zhiming coughed, Li Xiaofei and others continued to kowtow, Zhong Zhiming walked over: "Master Xiao, it is not too late to wait until the whole Youzhou settles down before investigating the case. Li Xiaofei and others have already set up a banquet for several adults. Everyone

You, sir, have been tired from riding and riding, so you should take a break and take a good rest."

Xiao Ming and the others saw that Li Xiaofei and the others did not have a seizure, so they went away to the banquet. The banquet was extremely dull, and the four Li Xiaofei just followed Zhong Zhiming's instructions. Fortunately, Xiao Ming and the others were not heavy drinkers, so it ended quickly.

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That night, Li Xiaofei and four others met with Zhong Zhiming. Since the imperial court had sent the governor Sima Biejia, the four of them had to go to Li Xiaofei's military camp outside Fanyang City to wait for new orders. Zhong Zhiming smiled bitterly: "You can't stay in this military camp either.

It's been a few days, and soon the imperial court will send troops and horses to garrison, and the tens of thousands of people you recruited will be sent away."

Li Xiaofei suddenly thought of something and patted his head: "Fortunately, I have been drinking recently and got into trouble. There are still dozens of carts of gold and silver in the camp. Let's go and share them with the brothers overnight so that they can pay for their settlement. Otherwise, they will become

"refugee"

Zhong Zhiming smiled: "You did a good job fighting this battle. You actually got so much property. It's good. These refugees have been fighting desperately for a mouthful of food. Giving them a way to survive is better than occupying the mountain and becoming king in the future."

Be good to thieves and bandits"

Li Xiaofei and the four of them said goodbye to Zhong Zhiming, took Zhu Xuehua with them, and went to the military camp outside the city to distribute ten carts of gold and silver property to their 8,000 men. The next day, there were only more than 2,000 people left in the military camp. Li Xiaofei saw

Looking at the two thousand people, he decided to take them to Xiangguo and hand them over to Chen Hongyi.

Just as the team was about to set off, a group of people came from the city. They were Xiao Ming's guards. One of them pointed at Li Xiaofei and said, "You are so audacious that you dare to secretly divide the treasury property. Do you think you are guilty?"

Just when Li Xiaofei was about to speak, Murong Ling threw a knife and pierced the man's chest. The other guards were so frightened that they almost fell off their horses. When Xiang Xiaoyu saw that this was bad, the guards who killed the governor of Youzhou, this was a bad shape.

They are complicit in the rebellion. Before Xiang Xiaoyu could figure out how to deal with the aftermath, Murong Ling rushed over and drew his sword: "Kill!"

Zhu Yaoshi was the first to react. He drew his bow and arrow and shot a guard soldier who was about to pull him back. Others swarmed up and killed all these dozen people. Murong Ling pointed to the cesspit in the military camp: "Buried!"

, everyone threw all the bodies of these dozen people into the manure pit and buried them.

Li Xiaofei immediately reacted: "Let's continue returning to Xiangguo. As for the property, Xiao Ming's guards embezzled it and flew away. There are more than two thousand of us. No matter how cruel they are, they don't dare to kill us all!"

When passing by Fuyang, he saw many heads hanging at the gate of the city. Li Xiaofei approached and inquired and found out that Xie Ren, the governor from Fuyang, had convicted all the refugee soldiers who had helped Li Xiaofei defend the city for indiscriminate killing of innocent people and looting people's property.

After killing them all, their heads were displayed to the public. Xiang Xiaoyu couldn't help but regret: "I should have taken them away with me." A beggar next to him sneered: "How many of you were able to save? Finally, a fool, the governor, killed the rich and gave to the poor to divide the fields and houses.

Now the relatives of the wealthy families came back, and they lit sky lanterns, soaked pig cages, cracked carts, and hung these untouchables. The number of people who died in the past few days was not only 2,000 but also 1,780. Alas, none of the foreigners came to kill them.

It's good to be so ruthless. They say they are regaining the lost land and unifying the world, but they are showing no mercy when killing their own people."

Li Xiaofei and Zhu Yaoshi's eyes were red, and Murong Ling also drew his knife and rushed towards the city. He shouted to Xiaoyu: "Don't make the same mistake again and again. If you continue to kill, you will never look back!" Murong Ling turned around.

:"Wait for me! I'll come as soon as I go!"

Half an hour later, Murong Ling rushed out of the city gate with his face covered and threw a few heads on the ground. The people on the edge of the city gathered around and saw that it was the heads of the prefect Xie Ren and Sima and several commanders. The people

They rushed to tell each other, and the soldiers and horses in the city searched for the assassins everywhere.
Chapter completed!