The Fengming Imperial Capital still stands there, exuding a primitive atmosphere. Over the past thousands of years, it has remained standing despite experiencing the baptism of several wars.
However, today's Imperial Capital is different from the bustling traffic in the past. It is full of chilling atmosphere. Almost no shop in the entire Imperial Capital is open.
In less than a month, the entire empire seemed to have changed. First, the news that Xia Changfeng had been killed shocked the entire Fengming Empire.
What is even more shocking is that the person who killed the Prince of Daxia was none other than Long Chen, the first person of the younger generation who was rising like a comet in the imperial capital.
When the projection of the shadow jade appeared in the Imperial Capital Square, everyone was stunned. The image of Long Chen killing Xia Changfeng and his group was completely displayed in front of everyone.
Long Chen, who was originally high-spirited and promising, suddenly became the most wanted criminal in two countries.
Everyone in the Long family was imprisoned overnight, and a few days later, a large number of soldiers were recalled to the imperial capital.
Before people understood what was going on, Daxia's 400,000 elite soldiers attacked the city, and the elite soldiers of the two countries faced off.
Everyone was extremely nervous for a moment, and the war was about to break out. It would be a horrific war, filling the hearts of people living in peaceful times with fear.
Fortunately, this war was not triggered. The fourth prince came forward to mediate, saying that he had caught the murderer and investigated the whole story, and would give the Great Xia Empire a satisfactory explanation.
The elite soldiers of the Daxia Empire withdrew from the imperial capital, but they did not stay away. Instead, they chose to camp eighty miles outside the imperial capital. Obviously, Fengming would definitely not hesitate to start a war if he did not come up with satisfactory conditions.
A chilling atmosphere enveloped the entire imperial capital. Although the emperor had Yinghou, Wuhou led most of the elite troops of the Fengming Empire.
However, things happened in a hurry, and there was no time to mobilize more troops. If a war broke out, regardless of victory or defeat, the imperial capital would inevitably face heavy casualties.
At the same time, many people sighed inwardly, didn't Fengming and Daxia have good relations with each other? Why did they suddenly meet at war with each other?
What an irony this is, often the unexpected enemy is the most deadly, otherwise it would not be easy for others to invade the imperial capital.
As the Long family was arrested, it caused an uproar in the imperial capital. The first thing people in the Fengming Empire thought of was Zhenyuan Hou, who was guarding the border and fighting against the barbarians.
The Marquis of Zhenyuan has been guarding the border for more than ten years, holding an elite army of more than 200,000 people, and has been fighting against the barbarians for many years. It can be said that they are the real elites.
Compared with those "elite soldiers" who eat peace food all year round and practice formations when they have nothing to do, this group of "elite soldiers" is just a big mess and there is no comparison at all.
The same soldiers, the elite soldiers under Zhenyuan Marquis, can definitely fight one against ten. After the Queen Mother ordered to take down the Long family, everyone was wondering what kind of actions Long Tianxiao would make.
Just ten days ago, news suddenly came out that Long Chen was ordered to kill Xia Changfeng by the eldest prince, who was also arrested.
Many "party members" were implicated and all were suppressed. Today is the day when all "murderers" will be executed.
Outside the imperial capital, the arena originally used for people to fight was demolished and a larger execution ground was built.
On both sides of the execution ground were the elites of the Daxia Empire and the Fengming Empire respectively, looking at each other from afar across the execution ground, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.
The people of Fengming Empire also gathered in the distance, watching the execution ground from a distance. This was the most sensational event in Fengming Empire in recent decades.
Not only were the family members of princes and princes beheaded, but also the prince who had been established as prince was beheaded, and dozens of courtiers were implicated. The scene was too shocking.
The execution ground was divided into two rows, upper and lower, and front and back. There were dozens of people in the front row, all wearing official uniforms, tied up with large strips, and kneeling on the ground.
Although they had been mentally prepared for a long time, people were still shocked. There were actually the prime minister, ministers and other high-ranking officials of the empire there. It was difficult to even meet them on weekdays, but today they turned out to be prisoners.
The most shocking thing is that at the front of the crowd is the eldest prince Chu Yang. The current Chu Yang has long lost the grace and splendor of the past. His hair is messy, his eyes are blurred, he is muttering something unknown, and he is constantly tinkering.
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Behind this group of people, there were more than twenty people. Among them were maids, servants, and old ladies. They were obviously members of the Long family.
Mrs. Long wore iron shackles on her hands, her face was haggard, her eyes were looking into the distance, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
Except for Mrs. Long, the other members of the Long family couldn't help crying loudly. Obviously they knew that today was the last day of their lives. Looking at the executioner beside them, they were filled with despair.
"Alas, it's our Long family that can't forgive you. If there is an afterlife, our Long family will definitely compensate you well. "
Mrs. Long looked at the people crying around her and couldn't help but sigh. After all, they were all innocent and were implicated by their Long family.
"Madam, please don't say that. We are born as members of the Long family and die as the ghosts of the Long family. We have no regrets." Bao'er, who was beside Mrs. Long, said firmly.
"Hmph, I still want to have an afterlife, so go ahead and dream. You Long family are all a bunch of idiots," a man said coldly, holding a long knife in his hand.
Mrs. Long stared at the man, with such hatred in her eyes that she wanted to bite him to death.
"Li Feng, you bastard, I won't let you go even if I'm a ghost," Mrs. Long said through gritted teeth.
This swordsman was none other than her nephew, her sister's son. Seeing this man, Mrs. Long's heart felt as painful as a needle pricking her.
She was once discouraged by her parents' unfeeling, but recently her parents' enthusiasm made her mistakenly believe that they had changed their minds. Although they seemed to be following others' influence, they were a family after all, so she still forgave them.
But what she didn't expect was that their approach was actually to push the Long family into the abyss of death, making her feel endless resentment.
When Ah Man returned to the Long family, he only said one sentence when he saw Mrs. Long: hurry up and ask Master Yunqi for help, and then he passed out.
It turned out that that day, when Aman saw the Yinghou chasing Long Chen, he was exhausted again. After taking a rest, he suddenly remembered Long Chen's instructions and hurried back to the imperial capital.
I don’t know whether it was Aman’s luck, or whether Yinghou’s subordinates were all working hard, but Aman returned to the imperial capital without any hindrance.
However, Ah Man did not dare to stop along the way, and relied on his will to hold on to Long's house. After the explanation, he fainted from exhaustion.
Ah Man didn't notice either. When he came back, Mrs. Long was chatting with her sister about household matters. Even if he noticed, he probably wouldn't think too much about it.
When Ah Man fell, Mrs. Long was shocked and hurriedly called for help. Mrs. Long’s sister immediately comforted Mrs. Long and called two people not far away to come over.
He said that Aman must have fainted because he was hungry, thirsty and anxious, so he woke him up first, but after several bowls of water, Aman still showed no signs of waking up.
Just when Mrs. Long felt that something was wrong, she suddenly smelled a fragrance, and then passed out. However, before she passed out, she saw her sister's mocking smile.
When she woke up again, the entire Long family was already in prison, which made Mrs. Long regretful, resentful, and deeply self-blame.
Li Feng looked at Mrs. Long who was gritting her teeth, and a sneer appeared on her face: "A ghost? Huh! Even if you are a ghost, you are still a bunch of confused ghosts, idiots who don't understand current affairs.
You were so confused more than ten years ago, and we drew a clear line with you at that time to avoid being implicated.
Now you are even more confused. If we just say a few nice words, you will take it seriously. For an idiot like you, it would be unjust if you don't die."
Mrs. Long was so angry that she was trembling all over, with tears streaming down her face, but she couldn't say a word. These were her relatives.
"You don't have to cry. I'm thinking of my relatives. I'll strike faster later. You won't feel the pain. You'll be fine soon." Li Feng gently shook the long knife in his hand and continued:
"But auntie, I really want to thank you. As long as you chop off your head, I will be able to rise to great heights immediately. Now that so many people have died in the empire, leaving many vacant positions, I, Li Feng, must be one of them.
When I become rich, I will not forget your kindness, aunt. During the holidays, I will buy generous paper money and burn more for you, haha."
"Li Feng, you must die a good death"
Seeing Li Feng's proud smile, Bao'er next to her cursed angrily. She couldn't stand the dressed-up beast in front of her. Remembering how he pretended to be obedient and obedient in the Long family, his face was disgusting.
"Don't you want to die a good death? Hehe, that's you. Your heads will fall to the ground soon. I want to see who doesn't want to die a good death." Li Feng looked at Bao'er gloomily and sneered.
"boom"
Just as Bao'er was about to retort, there was a sudden muffled sound and a figure was thrown beside them.
"Aman"
After seeing that figure clearly, Mrs. Long let out a cry of sorrow and tears burst into her eyes.
That person was none other than Ah Man, but now he looked like a hedgehog, with long iron thorns sticking out of his body.
It was a torture instrument called a bone-corroding nail, which was highly poisonous and could corrode human bones and cause pain to the bone marrow.
No one can withstand that kind of pain. Normal people can't even hold on to one of them, and even practitioners can't hold on to five. That kind of pain can kill people to death.
And Aman's body was almost covered with such nails, which showed how terrible pain Aman had to endure. Originally Aman had already passed out, but after being thrown like that, the nails hit his bones again, and he suddenly woke up from the pain.
"Mom, don't worry, Ah Man doesn't feel any pain." Seeing Mrs. Long crying, Ah Man said honestly, trying his best to smile.
But at this time, Ah Man was skinny and skinny, and it was very difficult to squeeze out a smile.
When Long Chen first brought Aman back, Long Chen told him what happened to Aman, hoping that his mother would recognize him as her godson.
Ah Man also kept calling Mrs. Long “mother”, but Mrs. Long always felt it was a bit strange and did not agree.
Seeing Ah Man address him like this, I couldn't help but feel sad: