Chapter 1 New Year (Five)

The heavy rain washed away the blood and filth on the ground.

A few tender grass buds stubbornly poked their heads from the soil that was once plated with plasma, adding a little color to the vast rain curtain. Several skylarks chased and sang among the blue-gray towers in the rain. Compared to humans, they seem to know how to cherish this short spring light.

In the Youdu Prefecture, Nanjing, Liao Kingdom, there are several blue-gray houses, and the shadows of candles are shaking.

A group of soldiers wearing straw raincoats quickly ran past the window, and the heavy footsteps shattered the tranquility in the rain curtain.

"Who?" Someone in the room asked in panic.

Outside the house, no one spoke. The answer was only a dozen spears. The lake gauze that was stuck on the window frame was broken in an instant. Immediately afterwards, the soldiers kicked open the door and swarmed in. The people in the house cursed, screamed, begged for mercy. Finally, as a burst of muffled thunder rolled over, all the sounds disappeared. The soldiers in the straw raincoat appeared again outside the door, and wherever their steps passed, the rain blushed.

The red glows lead from one house to another.

Yelu Chiquan, Han Dexin, Han Delin, Han Defeng, and other Han nephews of the Han family of the De generation led a large group of soldiers from all over the place to run around in the rain. Soon, strings of red appeared wherever each team passed, just like wildfire burning on the water.

"Click--!"

"Click--!"

"Click--!"

Lightning accompanied by thunder, one after another, as if it was about to completely break and reshape this ugly world.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and I could no longer see the people opposite me after three steps. The larks stopped singing and hid in the dense leaves. The grass that had just stretched out the leaves was also trampled on by blood-stained boots and was ravaged into mud again.

When the storm finally stopped, it was already the next morning.

The red on the ground was diluted by the rain and the blood in the air was blown clean by the wind. Most people living in the city did not notice the massacre that occurred last night and the first half of the night. Those who should do business continued to do business, and those who should do the bar continued to make the bar, and were busy for the two meals a day for the whole family. Only a very small number of people with sharp eyes discovered that the city center was close to the Privy Councilor's Office, and smoke did not rise like before.

However, people with sharp eyes usually don’t have bad minds. They know that if they want to prevent their home from being affected by the fish, they can only understand some words in their hearts and cannot be said to them no matter what.

They knew that the owners of several of his yards were all named Lu.

They also know how much influence the Lu family has in Youzhou.

However, the Lu family in Nanjing, a large family that had been prominent in Youzhou for hundreds of years, was completely uprooted overnight. All the adult men in the family were either killed in office or in their own houses, and none of them missed the net. Among them, there were even a Hanlin bachelor who went home to visit relatives, a deputy envoy of the Southern Privy Council, and a member of the Privy Council.

The ones who were killed on the same night were all men, women, young and old in the main branch of the Lu family, all young talents in the side branch, and all the confidant and minions under the command of more than a dozen officials. The total number of people, roughly estimated by those with a heart, was as high as 700 to 800. And such a large-scale massacre was just the rumor that had just quietly emerged in the city in recent days. "A large clan in Youzhou was interested in Liu Han, trying to collude with Guo Wei and retake Yan Yun!"

As for whether the Lu family really colluded with Guo Wei, the general of Liu Han Kingdom, or was framed, there were probably only a very small number of people killed and those who ordered the murder to be killed. After all, this is Youzhou, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. It is harder for people outside to find out the truth than climbing to the sky.

"Even, even Scholar Lu was killed! Brother, if the emperor asks us for evidence, it may not be easy to explain!" Not all the murderers were unscrupulous, at least they commanded Han Kuangxian, after killing the person, were a little uneasy. Taking advantage of the opportunity of his brothers gathering after breakfast, he whispered to Han Kuangsi, the brother who was in charge of all affairs in Youzhou.

"If you weren't on your carelessness and fell into a thief, of course I would wait for Mr. Lu to return to Shangjing and let him die at the hands of the thieves!" Han Kuangsi, the Privy Councilor of the Southern Court of the Great Liao Kingdom and the governor of Youzhou, gave him a fierce look and responded angrily, "The problem is, you are trying to make me angry. It doesn't count as if you were captured alive, but you even wrote a letter with a shameless face to ask me to redeem you. If that letter was confiscated by the Lu family and sent to Shangjing, how much better will our Han family be in the end than the Lu family?"

"Uh--, this..." Han Kuangxian's face suddenly turned into purple eggplant. He looked down at his feet, hoping to find a hole in the ground to drill it in.

A month and a half ago, the letter of help was written to Han Kuangsi was not his original intention. When he was captured, he made up his mind to rather die than surrender. However, Zheng Ziming was really despicable and actually gave a very strange poison in his meal. It was colorless and tasteless, and invisible. The first few days only made him feel very pleasing. But in the days that followed, when it was time to eat, he did not taste the kind of food with special "seasoning" added, and it seemed that a hundred cats were shaking their claws. In desperation, he could only take the initiative to surrender to the surname Zheng and agreed to all the requests of this person.

Dingzhou and Qizhou, more than 60,000 people who were originally to be taken to Youzhou, and 40,000 shi of military rations. This is the "value" offered by Zheng Ziming for Han Kuangxian and other captured Youzhou generals. Although the transaction between the two parties was conducted under absolutely confidentiality, after Fu Laolang and Guo Wei also led their troops to the battlefield, the Youzhou army could not defend the two cities at all. However, after the bloody battle, the city was destroyed and retreated, and the city was still bowed to the original state. After all, there was a huge difference. Those who truly knew the war could see the tricks at a glance.

"Brother, Kuang Xian has no choice. The boy named Zheng has learned a lot of evil ways from somewhere. I was more careful and even got plotted by him to almost lose my life. Kuang Xian fell into this man's hands, and I'm afraid he would have no choice but to do anything!" Han Kuangmei, deputy envoy of the Southern Privy Council, and Han Kuangxian, couldn't help but walk forward and excuse him.

"You have the nerve to say it!" Han Kuangsi's anger immediately changed his direction of venting. He glared at him fiercely and shouted, "I fought a war for a lifetime, but in the end he was killed by a few young people who had not grown all their hair. If I hadn't been afraid that something would happen to you, I specially arranged someone to pick you up, maybe I would have to exchange Zhuozhou City for you!"

"Uh--, this..." Han Kuangmei was also blushed with shame. After a while, she couldn't say anything.
Chapter completed!