Beijing.

In the palace, in front of a palace gate, several maids were talking quietly.

"I was really tired last night. I waited all night."

"No, I've never seen the Holy One get so angry."

"I heard something big happened in the north."

"I know, it seems something happened in Mozhou."

The maids all looked haggard. Emperor Qingxiang stayed up all night last night. He kept cursing and smashing things, which frightened them so much that they were frightened all night.

Those of them who were well-informed probably knew what happened.

Su Yuan, the son of Su Tufeng, the former king of Zhenbei, captured Taiyuan, the capital of Mozhou, and captured Xu Yichuan, the governor of Mozhou alive. After that, he formally raised the rebel flag, proclaimed himself king, and announced to the world.

This caused shock throughout the world.

It has been more than 400 years since the Great Zhou Dynasty. There have been wars, but there has never been such a serious war in which an entire state was lost!

After Emperor Qingxiang learned the news, he was so angry that he cursed in the palace. Knowing that this happened not long before his sixtieth birthday, it was really a good "birthday wish" for him.

"Just watch, there's going to be a big battle again." After a palace maid finished speaking, she caught a glimpse of a figure in the distance and immediately closed her mouth.

The other maids also bowed their heads.

Fu Chengyang came from a distance, his face as gloomy as water.

He approached and asked, "Is the Holy One awake?"

The palace maid shook her head: "I'm not awake yet. Your Majesty didn't sleep last night, and he just fell asleep now."

Fu Chengyang nodded, turned and left.

His face looked ugly, but the reason was not because the assassination he arranged failed.

But his assassin actually betrayed him.

This is the first of its kind in "Spider".

This is really a humiliation for him. You must know that Jia Wu is a number A killer. There are only seven people in number A, and each of them is his right-hand man and his adopted son and daughter.

Now Jiawu's betrayal is absolutely unforgivable to him.

He hates betrayers even more than he hates conspirators like Su Yuan, because it reminds him of some past events, past events of being betrayed.

When he went to Spider Headquarters, the young man in charge of reception undoubtedly knew about Jiawu's betrayal. When he saw Fu Chengyang, his face was very pale.

"Father, please let me go to Mozhou. I will personally get rid of Jiawu and clean up the family!"

"No, I have other arrangements for you." Fu Chengyang said coldly, "Didn't A3 come back? Let her go."

"Jia San..." The young man was startled, "Father, her strength..."

Fu Chengyang glanced at the young man: "Are you questioning me?"

"My child doesn't dare!"

"Next time, you know what the result will be." After Fu Chengyang finished speaking, he turned and left, pausing when he reached the door.

"Those who despise Jia San will not end well. Have you forgotten how Su Yuan's mother, who was born with Dzogchen Perfection, died?"

Cold sweat broke out on the young man's forehead: "Yes, foster father, I understand!"

…

Mozhou, Guancheng.

This is a small city on the edge of Mozhou. Because it is close to a stone mine, there is a large amount of ore stored in the city.

Such a small town, usually inconspicuous, has undoubtedly attracted all the attention of the entire Mozhou.

Because this city was the only one that did not surrender.

Three days have passed since Su Yuan occupied Taiyuan.

Within three days, all the cities in Mozhou surrendered one after another. Su Yuan did not need to take the initiative to issue any letters to persuade them to surrender. As soon as the Zhenbei Army appeared, the city defenders were reluctant and opened the city gates directly.

They all understand that there is no point in defending, not to mention that the salary is not worth risking their lives. Even if it is worth it, there are no reinforcements!

If the reinforcements of the Zhou Dynasty were to come, they must first pass through the "Tianmen Pass", which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Tianmen Pass was less than fifty miles east of Taiyuan City and had long been firmly controlled by Su Yuan's North-Suppressing Army.

The reinforcements of the Great Zhou Dynasty are coming, and they must first break through the barrier, and then rush for reinforcements. By then, their bones will be eaten by dogs, so why are they still defending?

As a result, all the cities in Mozhou surrendered one after another within a few days.

Only this Guancheng will not surrender.

In front of the city, thousands of Zhenbei troops were already in formation, and Su Yuan seemed to be there too.

He looked at the city wall in the distance, and the scout reported:

"Your Majesty, I found out clearly that the person guarding the city is Chen Ge."

"Chen Ge, I seem to have seen this name before." Su Yuan pondered for a moment and thought about it, "Oh, he is the fourth son of the head of the Chen family."

The patriarch of the Chen family in Mozhou has been taken to Taiyuan Prison. One of his sons was stabbed to death by Shen Lian, and another had his throat pierced by Jiawu using an Emei thorn in front of the battle.

Now, Chen Ge must have received the news, so he had no choice but to surrender.

He looked at the closed city gate and did not let the Zhenbei Army attack by force. It could be captured, but it would cost a lot of lives.

Although he was not afraid of death when summoning soldiers, Su Yuan did not want to treat them purely as data. It would be better to have fewer casualties.

He used the Heavenly Weapon Talisman and chose to summon.

Boom boom boom boom!

Catapults appeared in front of the battle one after another.

This was the result of his fourth summons, a hundred old-fashioned catapults.

Because it is old-fashioned, its power is average, but the key is that there are many, there are a hundred of them. In addition, the city is not big and the towers are average, so it cannot bear it.

After the summons was completed, Su Yuan asked the soldiers to control the catapult and directly hit the city wall and tower.

Phew! Phew! Phew!

The sound of hundreds of stones flying into the sky was very emotional, and when they fell down it was even more shocking, like a rain of stones.

But this shock was like a nightmare to the soldiers guarding Guancheng.

They really didn't know where so many catapults came from, and the big rocks falling from the sky stunned them.

Twenty or thirty guards had no time to dodge and were hit on the head and died immediately. Others screamed in fear and went to find cover.

However, the city gate tower made of wood could not withstand the throwing of large stones and collapsed and was destroyed after a while. The soldiers who defended the city lost their bunkers and had no choice but to run down the city.

At this time, Chen Ge was holding a long sword, standing at the steps of the city wall, and beheaded a soldier who ran down.

He shouted: "Anyone who leaves the city wall without authorization will die! Go back! Go back and shoot arrows!"

The soldiers guarding the city were stunned. How could they fire arrows? The catapults outside were rumbling and smashing rocks. Besides, at such a long distance, the Zhenbei Army was all in full armor. Even if it hit someone, it wouldn't do much. Killing!

Not only did the soldiers understand this, but Chen Ge himself also understood it.

But he could never allow Guancheng to be breached like this! He knew that several of his brothers had died at the hands of the Zhenbei Army, and he didn't want to become one of them.

He was only in his early twenties and had not enjoyed enough glory and wealth, so how could he die?

Boom boom!

The catapults outside the city fired another round of volleys. This time, stones jumped over the city wall and hit the inner city. Several soldiers were unable to dodge and were swept up by the stones. Their bodies were immediately covered in blood.

"ah!

!”

Several people fell to the ground, covering their wounds and screaming in agony.

This horrific scene frightened the other soldiers. Their psychological defenses could not bear it and they were unwilling to die in such a meaningless way.

A young officer had a fierce look in his eyes. When Chen Ge was not paying attention, he snatched the long sword from his hand and stabbed it into his stomach while the latter looked shocked.

"you!"

Chen Ge's guards also went to see the soldiers who were hit by stones and had no time to react.

The young officer stabbed Chen Ge with his sword and said loudly: "This bitch wants the brothers to die, so the brothers will kill this bitch first!"

"Not bad! Kill him!"

"His grandma, I have long disliked this beast of the Chen family!"

The soldiers needed an outlet for their fearful emotions. At this time, under the leadership of the junior officers, they all drew their swords and slashed at Chen Ge, cutting him into a bloody man in the blink of an eye.

Chen Ge's guards were all dumbfounded. They stood there and did not dare to move. They watched helplessly as the soldiers hacked Chen Ge to death, then ran to the city gate and opened it to welcome the Zhenbei Army into the city.

Su Yuan was happy to see the city gate open, but also a little disappointed.

He thought the city could hold on for a while longer, but the catapults had just fired four volleys, and the defenders couldn't stand it anymore.

The Zhenbei Army entered the city and took control of the city defenses with ease.

The soldiers who dedicated the city also brought Chen Ge's body immediately, hoping to please Su Yuan.

But Su Yuan took a look at the bloody corpse and was not very interested.

After leaving a thousand soldiers to maintain public order in the city, he returned to Taiyuan.

So far, the entire city of Mozhou has surrendered to Su Yuan, and he officially owns a state.

After returning to Taiyuan City, he came to Yuanzhou Mufu, which can now be said to be Bei'an Prince's Mansion.

After occupying Taiyuan, Su Yuan naturally moved the palace here. In any case, Taiyuan is the capital city of Mozhou and is located in the center. There is no reason to return to Beifeng City to live after taking this place.

He directly used Xu Yichuan's Prefecture Palace as his new palace and moved some items from Zhenbei Palace to it.

The chief steward Yang Zhen was busy cleaning up the new prince's palace, while Su Yuan found Shen Lian and asked about the progress of "the common people solving the case".

Letting the common people decide whether to retain old officials was an idea that Su Yuan and Lu Wuyou came up with at the same time.

Those officials believed that Su Yuan would not be able to manage Mozhou without them, which was actually a big fallacy. Because they did not know that Su Yuan could summon soldiers to manage it.

Public security and other aspects are managed by ordinary soldiers, and some government affairs can be left to the Jinyiwei. With the intelligence of the Jinyiwei, they may not be able to handle government affairs particularly well, but at least they can maintain a clean environment.

Not to mention the former officials, many of whom were donated money, and there was no lack of nepotism. Some officials with wine bags and rice bags, even if they were allowed to be Xiliang soldiers, were better than them.

But Su Yuan did not want to go to extremes and beat all officials to death with a stick.

He believed that there were still good officials in Mozhou, but they were very rare, so he let the people judge them.

The people who usually lived in Mozhou knew which official was good and which was bad. Now Su Yuan let them decide, which undoubtedly greatly aroused the enthusiasm of the people.

Although many people in Taiyuan have heard about Beifeng City's good policies before and heard that Su Yuan is a good prince who loves his people like his own son, these are just rumors after all, and no one knows the truth.

Now that Su Yuan has entered Taiyuan, the people have not been harassed at all since the army entered the city. Moreover, with experience in Beifeng City, Su Yuan also quickly moved Beifeng City's public security management model to Taiyuan.

Soon the people discovered that Taiyuan now is completely different from the past. The most obvious thing is that many exorbitant taxes and donations no longer need to be paid, and some rogues on the streets were also arrested by the Zhenbei Army. The burly

Spirited soldiers patrol on time, and the city has never felt so safe.

This sense of security made the common people feel comfortable, and they were even more shocked when they learned that Su Yuan was going to deal with the original officials based on their opinions.

It has never happened before that the common people condemned officials.

Now that Su Yuan has made it a reality, the people have exploded with unimaginable enthusiasm.

To this end, Su Yuan also specially set up a "Information and Inquiry Department" where people could come here to report any grievances they had against officials.

In order to prevent people from being afraid and encourage them, Su Yuan also set up rewards for reporting. As long as the reports are verified to be correct, people can get actual money.

This also caused a long queue to form at the door as soon as Zhifangsi opened the door.

"Guan Ye." A trembling old man entered the Zhiwen Department. His movements were a bit reserved.

The young man sitting behind the table smiled and said, "Old man, please have a seat."

There are chairs on both sides of the table. The old man was a little afraid to sit down at first, but after the young man's strong request, he sat down carefully.

The young man was also a member of the Jinyi Guards and was transferred by Su Yuan to be the "Investing Officer" of the Reporting Department, responsible for recording reports from the common people.

"My lord, this is evidence that the common people were beaten up by Wang Beiyang, the original magistrate of Andong County." The old man took out a stack of documents wrapped in oil paper from his arms, his face full of sadness.

"Fifteen years ago, Xiao Min was accused of hiding a fugitive. Andong County Magistrate Wang Beiyang refused to listen to Xiao Min's excuse. He slapped Xiao Min dozens of times, forced Xiao Min to sign a recognizance for the crime, and imprisoned Xiao Min for five years.

"

"These are the evidence collected by Xiaomin's relatives for Xiaomin, and what Wang Beiyang said personally. He said that he just disliked Xiaomin and dared to refute him in court, so he wanted to punish Xiaomin..."

While listening to what the old man said, the young man wrote down the confession with pen and paper. After writing down, he collected the old man's evidence and put it into a box together with the confession.

"Old man, please go back first. We will arrange for people to investigate this matter. If confirmed, it will add to Wang Beiyang's guilt. You will also receive a certain amount of compensation."

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir!" The old man knelt down excitedly.

The young man quickly stopped him and said, "There is no need to thank me, old man. These are all orders from Prince Bei'an."

The old man nodded, with tears in his eyes: "The King of Bei'an must be a god who came down to earth to save us ordinary people..."

Like an old man, all the people who came to visit him were grateful to Su Yuan. It can be said that in just a few days, Su Yuan gained the infinite love of the people.

Those who hate him are basically only those in prison and some street gangsters. In the past, these people often idled around and made mischief on the streets. Now the soldiers under Su Yuan will not tolerate them and will arrest them if they dare to cause trouble.

As a result, in just a few days, Taiyuan City became peaceful, and the people welcomed the beginning of a new life with great peace of mind and joy.

But Su Yuan's liquidation of those powerful families and corrupt officials is not over yet.

Taiyuan City Prison.

Led by the jailer, Lu Wuyou came outside a cell.

There was a man sitting in the cell. When he saw him coming, he immediately stood up and stared at him with straight eyebrows.

"You go first." Lu Wuyou said to the jailer.

After the jailer left, Lu Wuyou and the people in the prison looked at each other speechlessly.

After a while, it was Lu Wuyou who spoke first: "Father."

"Don't call me that! You are no longer part of my Lu family!" the old man in the cell shouted harshly.

This old man is none other than the old man of the Lu family.

On the day of the Taiyuan war, he hid in the underground secret room of the Lu family. He originally thought he could escape the Zhenbei Army's search, but he was caught because Lu Wuyou reported on it, which made him very angry.

Only a few sons besides him knew about that secret room. In order to keep it secret, he didn't even tell his wives and concubines! In the end, one of his sons betrayed him, which made him unbearable.

In the past few days in prison, the more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and he wished he could beat Lu Wuyou to death with a few sticks.

Now that Lu Wuyou was in front of him, while he was angry, he also started to think about some practical issues.

Lu family, what should we do?

Mr. Lu looked at his silent second son and suddenly said, "Lu Wuyou, if you still regard me as your father, promise me something."

"Let you out? This -"

"No." Mr. Lu sneered, "That traitor Su Yuan will not let me go. Just look at how he treated Zhang Yuandong and the others in Beifeng City. If you ask at Caishikou, I guess we old guys,

The end won’t be much better!”

"..."

"What I asked you to promise me is that you leave a way out for your brothers! You don't have to treat me as your father, but you have to let your brothers, your nephews and nieces go!"

"...I'm sorry, I can't agree." Lu Wuyou shook his head, "If they are innocent, no one will make things difficult for them. If they are guilty, I have no power to pardon them."

"What did you say? Bastard!" Mr. Lu slammed his fist on the cell door and roared in a low voice, "Beast! Do you really want to kill the entire Lu family and make the Lu family extinct? You are still not a human being!"

Lu Wuyou faced his father's rage, but he remained calm.

He looked into his father's eyes and said, "Father, have you ever thought about how many people you have killed and how many people the Lu family has killed. You may not remember clearly, but I remember it very clearly."

"Eight years ago, in order to get rid of your competitors, you hired people to set fire to the Li family who owned a bank. All forty-five members of the Li family were burned to death and choked to death that night, and no one survived. The eldest brother was also involved in this matter, and he was responsible

Bring people to block the door of the Li family's house to prevent people from running out, right?"

"..."

"Also, after the Lu family bank issued the bank loan, they sent people pretending to be robbers and ambushed the borrowers on their way back. They ambush and snatch the money and take it back to the bank. The borrowers were forced to sell their property to repay the bank loans...

…You must have done dozens of such things.”

When Mr. Lu heard this, his face turned green and white, and he gritted his teeth and said, "If you don't deal with others, others will deal with you! The weak will eat the strong, what do you know?"

Lu Wuyou sighed: "I really don't understand, but I know this is wrong. So I want to change. It's my luck that I met a wise master like King Bei'an, and I have the opportunity to realize my ideals and ambitions."

."

"Master Ming?! He is just a traitor!"

Seeing that his father was so angry and started to curse, Lu Wuyou didn't want to say any more.

He turned and left, saying one last time before leaving: "Father, this is the last time I see you. You can rest assured that the Lu family will not be extinct, and the prince will not harm the innocent children of the Lu family. But the Lu family in the past will disappear.
Chapter completed!