"What kind of cousin? Everyone can kill the rebellious ministers and traitors. Come and fire arrows!" Facing Li Shun and the Cao Gang's retreating people, Li Changyuan, who was the transfer envoy of Shuidu Supervisor, showed no mercy at all. Thousands of river soldiers under his command aimed at them.
These people shot several arrows in a row. At this time, the Cao gang had no armor to protect themselves and no cover, so they were shot again and again.
Li Shun woke up when he saw brothers falling one after another around him.
The mantis stalks the cicada, followed by the oriole. If he succeeds, his cousin will take advantage of the opportunity to grab a share of the profits. If he fails, this will be his end.
He became his cousin's stepping stone in officialdom.
Li Shun was a person with general knowledge and knew that he could not escape tonight. He looked at his cousin with resentment in his eyes, drew out his sharp sword and pierced his abdomen with it, and slowly fell down with a look of reluctance.
"Since we both have the same surname of Li, I will use my death to contribute my own strength to my cousin's higher official position. I hope you can do better than me after getting a higher official position." After finishing speaking, Li
Go away with hatred.
Seeing Li Shun's death, Li Changyuan breathed a sigh of relief.
Not many people knew the secret of their uncle-nephew relationship. Once tonight's incident happened, as Shuidu Supervisor's transfer envoy, he would not be able to break away from the relationship no matter what. But if he captured the rebels, it would be a different story.
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Seeing that everyone in Caogang had fallen, Li Changyuan's eyes became extremely fierce.
"All the river soldiers listen to the order. Every corpse will be inspected by me. As long as there is still breath left, no one will be left alive. Otherwise, Your Majesty will not be able to spare everyone. Do you understand?"
All the river soldiers responded in unison: "Understood."
In less than a stick of incense, thousands of Hedao soldiers stabbed these Caobang corpses all over. No matter whether they were alive or not, they would never come back to life.
Until now, Li Changyuan was completely relieved.
Woods at night.
Qin Huaidao led hundreds of garrison troops towards the direction where Li Shun was fleeing. He saw fire ahead and the team was serious and neat, warning everyone to be alert. It was not until he got closer that he discovered that it was the Hedao soldiers.
Li Changyuan had quick eyesight and knew that the person coming must be His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. He quickly ran to Qin Huaidao without any weapons, knelt down with a plop and kowtowed repeatedly: "I am guilty. I didn't know that Your Majesty has already arrived at Jinmen Ferry, and I let Your Majesty encounter this murderous hand."
, Fortunately, Your Majesty is fine, and I have killed all these thieves. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Seeing that it was the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal transfer envoy appointed by the Shuidu Supervisor, Qin Huaidao's eyes turned slightly cold.
The transshipment envoy has always been in charge of both sides of the canal. On weekdays, everything has always been peaceful. The various Cao gangs are also having a good time in the canal. In the past few days, he has used thousands of river soldiers to set up checkpoints on both sides of the canal, causing such a big fuss.
There was no possibility that something had slipped through the net, but something like this happened at Jinmen Crossing.
Even if something goes wrong, it is hard not to doubt that he, a Shuidu Supervisory Envoy, could happen to lead such a large number of river soldiers who knew the retreat route of these Cao Gang members and intercepted them here.
Qin Huaidao sneered, drew his sword and put it on Li Changyuan's neck, with a sinister smile: "Are you the transshipment envoy of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal? Thanks to you, countless civilian ships have been stranded on the canal recently, so that my official ship sailed to Jinmen Ferry
At that time, when I saw a large number of civilian ships, I took it for granted and almost died. Do you think you should die?"
There were thousands of river soldiers in front of him. Qin Huaidao would certainly not confront the opponent head-on at such a close distance. Besides, these river soldiers were soldiers of the Han Dynasty. How could they be allowed to be used by this unknown transporter?
So Qin Huaidao just said something to scare him.
Hearing His Majesty's accusations, Li Changyuan became even more panicked: "Your Majesty, I am ignorant, and I never thought that these thieves would get into civilian ships. However, I set up a checkpoint to inspect the ship for the sake of Your Majesty's safety. I hope that Your Majesty will keep an eye on me."
In terms of loyalty, the culpability of the subordinate officer should be reduced."
"You still know how to beg for mercy? Let me ask you, how did you know that these people were intercepting and killing me at Jinmen Crossing, and how did you organize thousands of river soldiers, but it happened to be an hour late, and in the end you could only wait until the other party was fleeing?
Intercepted?"
Qin Huaidao hit the nail on the head. This transporter happened to appear here with so many river soldiers. It is impossible not to know what would happen here, but he did not show up when the battle was the fiercest. Anyone with a brain knows this.
What is this guy planning?
Unfortunately, the matter was urgent and Qin Huaidao had no evidence.
Now he is pressing the question just to see if the other party can reveal some flaws in every question and answer.
Unexpectedly, the other party seemed to have been prepared and kowtowed to Qin Huaidao again: "Your Majesty, you are wronged. I don't know what happened here. I just heard that a large number of civilian ships gathered here. I also checked the place where the canal was set up, and found that this place was supposed to be set up."
However, due to the negligence of the officials below, the card was not set up, so I specially brought troops to check it, and happened to encounter it."
"Humph, what a coincidence. Do you believe what you say?" Even Fang Yiai, who never liked to talk to these officials, couldn't help but speak. If His Majesty hadn't been here, he would have killed this guy with a knife.
When Li Changyuan heard someone else talking, he looked up slightly and found that this person was Fang Yiai, one of the ten generals who was personally rewarded by His Majesty. He quickly lowered his head and explained: "It's such a coincidence. What a coincidence.
Even the officials can't believe it. If you don't believe it, your Majesty can ask someone to see if this is the reason."
Since he dared to come and had the courage to sacrifice all the people from the Cao Gang at the critical moment, how could he not do a good job in showing off? Qin Huaidao finally figured it out.
People act as spearmen, and they advance and retreat from the rear with evidence.
It's really insidious.
Seeing that he could not break through the questioning, Qin Huaidao asked him again: "Since it is a coincidence, I will not pursue this matter for the time being. Let me ask you, who is the body on the ground, and why did you attack me here?"
Li Changyuan kowtowed again: "Back to Your Majesty, I saw that these corpses and clothes looked like people from the Cao Gang who often walked on the Grand Canal. As for why they assassinated Your Majesty, I don't know."
Qin Huaidao suddenly shouted: "You are such a lucky messenger, you are so brave!"
Li Changyuan was suddenly stunned.
He looked at His Majesty blankly and said in astonishment: "Your Majesty, I am very timid. I wonder why Your Majesty said this?"
Qin Huaidao said: "You are the leader of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and thousands of river soldiers are under your jurisdiction. The area on both sides of the strait only stretches for thousands of miles, but under your nose, a rebel army of this size has developed. Without your connivance,
, how could this be the case?”
Hearing this guilt, Li Changyuan was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.
"Your Majesty clearly knows that since I became the transshipment envoy, I have been working diligently and have never slacked off. However, the affairs of the Grand Canal are complicated, and even if I am busy, I can't do it."