Digging one’s own grave

"Du Fuwei - surrendered?" Li Zitong flicked his wrist, and the cup fell from his hand to the ground, shattering into pieces.

Yin Qian, the minister of Taichang Temple, nodded in fear and said: "In the battle of Liuhe County, Du Fuwei's elite soldiers were first bombarded by Qi artillery, and then crushed by Youzhou cavalry. Almost the entire army was wiped out. Chu The Qi army was defeated, and Du Fuwei fled into Liuhe County. Only ten thousand of the 50,000-strong army remained. Even Fu Gongyou and Wang Xiongdan were captured alive by the Qi army. The Qi army then surrounded Liuhe County. The next day, Du Fuwei led The crowd surrendered out of the city, and Gao Changqing made him the Duke of Liyang County and the general manager of Danyang. Gao Changqing also sent him to attack Shen Faxing."

Li Zitong felt bitter in his heart and secretly cursed Du Fuwei as a useless waste. He personally led an army of 50,000 people and was defeated by the Qi army in such a short period of time. However, when he thought about it, he personally led an army of 90,000 people. The Qi army was killed and annihilated within a few days. The eldest brother had no right to laugh at the second brother. The only blame was that the Qi army was too powerful and the artillery was too powerful.

But Du Fuwei is such a coward and has no backbone. He surrendered to Gao Changqing so easily. Alas, what should we do now? Du Fuwei can't count on it. Shen Faxing is in the south of the Yangtze River and has the natural danger of the Yangtze River. He can live in peace for the time being. I'm afraid he won't be in a hurry to save himself, and Shen Faxing is worse than Du Fuwei. Facing Qi's powerful navy, he may not be able to protect himself in the end.

For a moment, Li Zitong couldn't help but feel restless. Although Jiangdu City was strong, it was just an isolated and helpless city after all. As long as the Qi army besieged and did not attack, they would be trapped to death sooner or later. The only solution now is to break through the siege by force. , instead of waiting until the end to be captured, why not fight while the soldiers still have the strength?

Just when Li Zitong was hesitating, there was a sudden commotion outside. Li Zitong was slightly startled, and hurriedly flew to take the knife in his hand, and shouted sharply: "What happened?"

Two guards rushed in and reported: "Your Majesty, suddenly many strange eagles came from the sky."

"Strange eagle?" Li Zitong hurriedly ran out of the hall, looked up, and saw a dozen mighty flying eagles circling in the sky, and these eagles seemed to be holding something on their legs. eccentric.

At this time, an eagle dropped the thing it was holding, and it was blown away by the wind. It turned out to be a large number of small notes. These notes flew with the wind and scattered into the streets and alleys of the city. , floating everywhere.

Soon, the things on the eagle's legs fell off one after another, and there were still a lot of papers, like flowers raining from the sky. The people in the city came forward to pick them up out of curiosity, only to find that there were words on them, so they looked for literate people one after another. People come and read it.

Coincidentally, a piece of paper fell just above Li Zitong's head. He stretched out his hand to grab it and unfolded it curiously. His face suddenly turned livid.

It turned out that there were a lot of words written in a strange writing style on the note, which listed Li Zitong's ten major crimes. He almost called him a heinous devil in the city, called on the soldiers and civilians in the city to rise up in rebellion, and gave extremely extreme instructions. The reward is generous. Anyone who captures Li Zitong alive will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold and is granted the title of Duke. Anyone who presents Li Zitong's head will be rewarded with 800 taels of gold and is granted the title of Duke. It is also specifically stated that regardless of status, in other words, even if They are Li Zitong's wife, children, brothers, and family relatives. As long as they kill their relatives for justice, they can get this reward.

Li Zitong's whole body was about to explode, and his face was so gloomy that ink was dripping from his face. You, Gao Changqing, are so sinister and vicious, and you have used such tricks!

"General Wen Lang, please pass on my order to seize and burn all the notes scattered in the city. Anyone who dares to keep private notes and refuse to hand them over to the Yi tribe will be punished!" Li Zitong yelled in a ferocious voice.

General Wen Lang, namely Wen Dongsheng, was the leader of Li Zitong's bodyguards and served as Huben Zhonglang General. He solemnly accepted his promise and immediately led thousands of guards to rush out of Jiangdu Palace and collect the notes that had fallen into the city.

Just like rumors, they will definitely become more exaggerated and outrageous as they spread. Once an order from above is implemented at the grassroots level, it will inevitably be amplified due to various reasons. The same is true for Li Zitong's order. He originally only asked for the collection of paper

If the Yi tribe secretly hid the note and refused to hand it over, the soldiers and guards below would enlarge the scope of their execution. Anyone who found the note at home, whether intentionally or unintentionally, would have their homes confiscated and exterminate the three tribes.

There are many benefits to confiscating homes, especially for some wealthy families. The soldiers who participated in the raids made a lot of money. These soldiers tasted the sweetness and understood the taste, and even intentionally or unintentionally expanded the scope of the attack. Through the search,

They break into the house openly under pretexts, smuggle and rob, or even threaten to extort. Most people have no choice but to spend money to eliminate the disaster. A small number of people who refuse to resist will immediately put a note in a corner of your house, and then

The crime of concealing a private note led to the confiscation of the family and the extermination of the family.

For a time, the entire Jiangdu city was in a bloody turmoil, and everyone was in danger. The atmosphere was as oppressive as a powder keg, as if it could explode with just one click. And Li Zitong was so anxious now that he had no time to care about the life and death of these ordinary people.

He said that he didn't know, and even if he knew, he would only give him a few gentle reprimands. After all, the people who took the lead in doing these bad things were his bodyguards and soldiers, and he still had to rely on these people to maintain his rule.

During the day, the Qi army still bombarded Jiangdu City once in the morning, noon and night. Li Zitong had been depressed for days. He often drank and had fun with his concubines in the harem. He was so drunk that he felt like a broken pot. The civil and military men under his command

Seeing this, the ministers inevitably had their own thoughts and secretly prepared to find their own way out.

On this day, Li Zitong was a little drunk and came to the Queen's Yong'an Palace. He pushed Queen Cui Shiyao onto the bed and became happy. As a result, he accidentally found a note from under the pillow. When he took it out, he found that it was Qi Shiyao.

The military eagle dropped the inciting notes into the city, and his face suddenly darkened.

With a slap in the face, a blood-red palm mark appeared on Cui Shiyao's pretty face, and blood oozed from the corner of her mouth.

"Bitch, where did this note come from?" Li Zitong asked sternly while riding on Cui Shiyao. The latter was probably stunned. After being stunned for a while, he came back to his senses and yelled: "I'm not here either."

I know!"

Li Zitong was furious, jumped up, drew his sword, pointed it at Cui Shiyao, and cursed murderously: "You are such a shameless little whore. You have a note hidden under your pillow. How dare you quibble? She is indeed the most vicious woman."

Human heart, you want to kill me so that you can use my head to claim credit from Gao Changqing, right?"

Cui Shiyao's face turned pale, she shook her head violently and said, "I don't have this note. This note is not from me. Your Majesty knows it for sure!"

Li Zitong couldn't believe it. He cut down the curtain of the mosquito net with a sword and said sternly: "Bitch, don't think that I don't know that you still miss Gao Changqing. Hehe, now I'm desperate, you little whore must want to take it."

It’s a good idea to offer my head to Gao Changqing for self-protection, and to show off a little bit of coquettishness, maybe to gain Gao Changqing’s favor and favor. What a good idea, do you have any other accomplices?”

Cui Shiyao was shocked and angry. She was originally the eldest lady with a unruly temper. In the past, Li Zitong pampered her and let her go. It was not until Li Zitong became successful that her temper tempered and she turned to please and flatter Li Zitong.

Now that he was so wronged by Li Zitong, he immediately exploded. He didn't even care about being naked. He jumped up from the bed and said angrily: "Fuck you, I said this note is not mine if it doesn't belong to me."

Yes, you have no ability yourself. You were beaten to pieces by Gao Changqing, and now you are taking your anger out on me. Bah, I, Cui Shiyao, was so blind back then that I followed you, a useless piece of trash!"

Li Zitong was stunned for a moment, then he laughed angrily and said, "What, finally admit it? In your eyes, I, Li Zitong, am a waste, no match for Gao Changqing!"

Cui Shiyao gritted her teeth and said: "Yes, you are a waste. You are not even worthy of carrying Gao Changqing's shoes. I, Cui Shiyao, should not have been with you in the first place. You have deceived me."

Li Zitong's face turned red and his eyes were cracked. Cui Shiyao couldn't help being a little scared when she saw this, and she also regretted speaking harshly. However, with her always unruly character, she obviously would not bow her head at this time.

"Shameless whore, I will kill you!" Li Zitong was about to chop down the sword with a swipe of his hand. Cui Shiyao was so scared that she closed her eyes, but after waiting for a while, nothing happened, so she secretly opened her eyes and took a look, and found Li Zitong.

Tong Zhi held his long sword high, his expression changed, and he suddenly became bolder again. With a plump chest, he said loudly: "Kill, you kill. Anyway, if the city is broken, it will be a death. Let's die now, so as not to worry about it every day!"

Li Zitong's wrist trembled. Looking at the woman in front of him who had spent a lot of effort to get it, he was still reluctant to kill her. He snorted and sheathed the long sword.

Cui Shiyao breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this, a trace of pride flashed in her eyes, and she sneered: "Kill, why not kill? Useless trash!"

Li Zitong's eyelids twitched and he said coldly: "It's too easy to kill you now. I'm going to keep you as a prostitute and torture me slowly!" After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the room.

When Cui Shiyao saw Li Zitong leaving with his sword, her legs softened and she fell down on the bed. However, at this moment, a scream came from outside, which scared her and jumped up again.

There were screams outside. Cui Shiyao hurriedly put on her clothes and rushed out of the room. She found several palace maids lying in a pool of blood, and one of them had her head missing. The state of death was quite horrific.

"I have ordered that all the maids, eunuchs, nuns, etc. in Yong'an Palace, except the Queen, be arrested and executed!" Li Zitong's cold and cruel voice came in from outside.

Cui Shiyao's eyes darkened and she fell to the ground.

Soon, a large group of guards rushed in, arrested and killed all the palace residents in Yong'an Palace. The cry and screams resounded throughout Jiangdu Palace, and the strong smell of blood lingered for a long time. The concubines in other palaces were so scared that they fell silent.

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The atmosphere in the entire Jiangdu City has become extremely depressing!
Chapter completed!