Chapter 697 No Leisure
Within a few days after Da Xiazi returned to the court, he beheaded the four masterminds of the rebellion in Ding'an City, Rongzhou.
The weather in mid-October sometimes rains, and sometimes the sky is clear. Fortunately, on the 17th, it is blue and white with white clouds.
Fifteen miles north of the eastern suburbs of Yanjing, you can see a huge monument standing on the hillside on the stone path dug into the mountainside.
This towering building has been standing here for many years. It has been exposed to wind and rain, and on the flat sides, a little moss has climbed up on a carved personal name.
Below it, and even around it, are densely packed stone tablets, half a man tall, with the names of the heroes who died in the battle also engraved on them.
In recent years, with the Great Xia Dynasty's wars in the north and south, there have been more and more stone steles here, filling up the two hills, forming a shocking forest of steles.
The Forest of Steles, which was originally a deserted place, is now crowded with people, including people from the city or surrounding towns and villages.
From a distance, you can see a wooden platform set up outside the Forest of Steles.
It is the execution platform that has been rumored recently.
Around the wooden platform, there were many soldiers guarding the place, holding weapons and guarding the place intently.
In the mixed crowd, most of the voices were whispers among the common people. After all, they dared to rebel in Daxia, a country with great martial arts. They also wanted to see what kind of guy was so courageous.
Furthermore, I heard that His Majesty will also come.
The crowd of people looked around and waited eagerly when they heard a different sound. Many people looked over subconsciously. In their sight, four prison cars were slowly approaching.
Inside are four figures wearing prison uniforms.
Along with the prison car came galloping war horses. The leading figure was dressed in military uniform, with a red cape flying behind him.
Hundreds of soldiers standing neatly on the other side of the execution platform, holding the long soldiers in their hands, all knelt on the ground, and shouted in unison: "Greetings to my emperor!"
The heads were already on the ground. There were many black-haired Wang Langs with spring breezes on their faces, and a large number of civil and military officials such as Di Renjie and Li Bai came forward to greet them. They all raised their hands and said, "I pay homage to Your Majesty."
"No need to be polite, today. You just wait below the stage."
Su Chen waved his hand and asked them to stand still under the stage, and then led Dian Wei and Xu Chulong around the prison car and onto the execution platform.
The surrounding soldiers banged their weapons, and the sound of gold and iron clashing shook the sky for a while.
Su Chen looked majestic as he stepped onto the high platform step by step, his voice also echoing loudly at the same time.
“I brought my soldiers to the Western Expedition to avenge the people of Xizhou, and also to open up and expand the territory for the descendants of our people in Daxia, and to demonstrate the martial arts of Daxia. However, some people think that I am not here, this Daxia Xia can let them succeed!"
The wind whimpered and whistled in the mountains and forests.
Two bronze ingots were burning with flames, black smoke rose, and the flames swayed violently, reflecting the mighty and tall Da Xia Zi on the execution platform.
"I even defeated the great kings of the West, and even got the head of the god they were proud of."
Su Chen raised his hand, and soldiers pulled the carriage and carried King Arthur's stone head. Come out and let the people and soldiers present see clearly.
Seeing that the five senses on the stone head could actually move, and occasionally weird words were uttered, the crowd immediately became a noisy uproar.
"Even the gods of the Western barbarians have become a rare toy in my hands. And these rebellious people, who are they?!"
Su Chen walked to the execution platform Ahead, he stretched out his arms, his cloak fluttering in the wind, making a hunting sound.
"I have never been a soft-hearted person. Ever since I raised an army to resist the tyranny of the Yan State, millions of people have died directly or indirectly at my hands. Why not have four of them? But rebellion is a serious crime, and people commit it. If you make a mistake, you will be punished, but I will not harm my family, I will only kill the culprit!"
Su Chen's voice was low, carried by pure inner strength, and floated clearly in everyone's ears: "At the same time, I also I want to tell the people of the world that whoever wants to destroy the people's livelihood and contentment will die. There is no chance, even if they escape to the ends of the earth, my generals and spies are all familiar with the road."
After that, Su Chen! Wang Lang was signaled to come to the stage and read out the guilty evidence of the four people to everyone. When the last word fell, the four disheveled prisoners were dragged out of the prison car by the soldiers and put on the execution platform one by one. They were beaten on the back to make them kneel side by side.
The sun shone on the fanatical faces. They roared and roared as hard as they could to tear apart the finally unified Daxia country, and countless arms suddenly raised above their heads.
“Kill!”
"Kill!"
The murderous aura seemed to have condensed into a real thing. The birds that were living in the forest were frightened and flew into the sky at this moment, flying in panic everywhere in the darkness.
“The time has come for the execution!”
The four swords were unsheathed, bringing out a chill. The four people kneeling on the ground shivered nervously. They were greeted by Junchen’s special The binding method can only hammer the head, but cannot lift the neck, so people cannot see their true faces clearly.
The four execution soldiers carried heavy swords and walked to stand behind the trembling four people, then slowly raised the blade of the sword.
"In the land of Great Xia, no rebels will be left behind!" On the high platform, Su Chen turned around and walked towards the big chair, sat down and raised his hands: "Send them on their way!"
The four of them were trembling, trying hard to raise their heads and carry out the execution. The soldiers raised their swords and lowered them all.
With four thuds, four heads with messy hair fell to the ground and rolled, and blood arrows sprayed all over the ground.
Soon after, it was time to worship the monument again. Every time he returned from a battle, Su Chen would lead the civil and military forces to pay homage to the heroic souls who entered the mausoleum, and also to pay homage to all the soldiers who died in the past conquests.
After the sacrificial ceremony ended, the countless people around dispersed in twos and threes, and the troops stationed here and the Manchu civil and military forces also left one after another.
When everyone was almost gone, only Su Chen was left leading Dian Wei and Xu Chu to the hill not far from the Monument Mausoleum. There were already two people waiting here with their horses for a long time. "Your Majesty, my two brothers are leaving."
Zhang You and Xu Qinghu were dressed in ordinary people's clothes. They were from the military and were older. At first glance, Look, they are no different from the old farmers in the farm fields.
“I may never have the opportunity to meet His Majesty again in the future.”
Xu Qinghu suddenly shed tears and knelt down with his hands in his hands. Zhang You also knelt down beside him, and both of them knelt down on the ground. Three times.
Their voices were choked with sobs: "Your Majesty, take care!"
"I will never forget these two old generals!"
Su Chen helped the two people on the ground up and looked at their expressions. The emotions were a little complicated, "You... take care of yourself along the way."
"Your Majesty, please return to the palace quickly, and we will say goodbye!"
Zhang You and Xu Qinghu bowed their hands again , he got on his horse, turned around, swung his whip and made a snap, then galloped away. He stopped again halfway up the slope, looked at the summer sky, suddenly turned over and dismounted, and bowed again.
"Your Majesty, I am leaving!"
The two figures ran along the mountain ridge in the late autumn sunshine and gradually disappeared behind the forest.
"Let's go back too."
Su Chen tightened the reins, and Chao Dian and Xu asked in a low voice: "Where is Li Ru?"
"He ?”
Dian Wei frowned and looked at Xu Chu for help. The latter's eyes widened: "Look at what I do, these things are all yours to take care of!"
The three of them rode back to the foot of the mountain, Wu Zixun led the god Waiting at the machine camp, it was learned from him that Li Ru had gone to Feiyungang.
"Why, he wants to go to sea with Qin Hui?"
On the way back to Yanjing, Su Chen held the reins and smiled on the horse.
“Your Majesty, no.” Wu Zixun whispered: “When Governor Li went to Feiyungang, his expression was full of anger, and he kept cursing Master Qin, saying that he would go there and kill him. I heard that there was a general named Yue who went with Li Governor."
Su Chen was stunned for a moment, and then his expression quickly returned to normal.
I probably knew in my heart that Qin Hui was afraid that something bad would happen this time.
The mountain breeze blew through the marching queue, and the flags were hunting. Su Chen swept across the distant fields. The farmers were putting down their farm tools and preparing to go home. When the cool breeze blew through their necks, they picked up their hoes and stood by the roadside to watch. As the team gradually coming from a distance passed in front of him.
Soon, a pair of children greeted him at the entrance of the village. They watched the two children running happily in front of him and greeting other people in the village obediently from time to time.
The farmers followed behind and laughed happily.
...
In fact, Su Chen, Qin Qiong, and Yuchi Gong came to the palace as promised. According to Zhang Jiao's instructions, they were fully clothed and holding weapons, majestically guarding the door of the emperor's chamber.
Qin Qiong regained her old temper and let Su Chen sleep peacefully.
"What's wrong with the Lord here? If he dares to descend to the mortal world, I and Heitan will dare to kill him. Your Majesty, go to bed peacefully. Jingde and I are outside, ensuring that you sleep until dawn."
Qin Qiong is not just bragging. He and Yuchi Gong actually have experience in this area. Back then, Li Shimin killed too many people and had trouble falling asleep every night. He always felt like there was a ghost.
In the end, Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong were asked to guard outside the dormitory. With the murderous aura of the military generals who were unapproachable by gods and ghosts, they had a good sleep peacefully.
Since then, people have regarded Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong as door gods, replacing Shen Tu and Yu Lei.
However, Su Chen remembered that Guan Zhang Ma Zhao, or Guan Zhang Zhao Huang, were also used as door gods by the people. However, Guan Yu was so arrogant that Su Chen didn't even have to think about it. He would definitely not be able to invite him.
Unless it is Liu Bei who is sleeping.
Sure enough, Su Chen closed and opened his eyes, and it was already the early morning of the next day. He had never slept so comfortably since he returned to Yanjing.
‘It seems that God here is really causing trouble. ’
As for counterattack, Su Chen has never thought about it, and there is no way. That kind of thing is elusive and cannot be found.
As long as the method of immortality is found from the scabbard, what is the way of heaven and what is the destiny of the people. When the time comes, he and the ancestors of China will be the real destiny.
After putting on his robes, washing his face and teeth, Su Chen walked out of the bedroom and asked Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong to go back to rest. Then he took Dian Wei and Xu Chu to the front palace. Wu Zixun heard the news and hurried over to greet him. .
“Did you give Beigong Shu to the prince?”
"While Your Majesty was still awake, someone from the palace came to report the news. He has been sent to the East Palace."
Su Chen nodded and looked at the rising autumn sky with clouds shining in the east. Come, suddenly smiled again.
"Let's see what the prince does. Come, accompany me to visit the workshop outside the city."
(End of this chapter)