On the same day, after receiving Zhao Yuancai's secret order, Wei Mu hurried to Nanyan.
At the same time, Zhao Yuanxi ordered the remnants of Yu Shui's army to be integrated, and ordered Zongwei Bailiba to quickly expand the army and intensify training to deal with the army of Xiao Boyuan, the Marquis of Southern Yan.
This army is the dredging army.
A few days later, people from King Yi Zhao Yuanli sent the former crown prince Zhao Yuanli and his son, as well as Xiao Shuai's two-year-old son to Nanyan and handed them over to Xiao Boyuan, the Marquis of Nanyan.
Seeing the former crown prince Zhao Yuanmin and his son, Xiao Boyuan, Xiao Luan and his son were shocked. After asking, they found out that it was Xiao Shuai who secretly let the former crown prince Zhao Yuanmin and his son escape.
"broken!"
Xiao Luan realized at that time that his sister Xiao Shuai had done something wrong, which might implicate their Nanyan Xiao family, so he suggested that his father Xiao Boyuan kill the former prince Zhao Yuanmin and his son, and send their heads to Daliang.
Xiao Luan believes that this is the only way to calm Zhao Yuancai's anger - let the Xiao family do something for Zhao Yuancai that he desperately wants to do but has no worries about, that is, kill Zhao Yuanxi and his son!
However, Xiao Boyuan hesitated under the pleading of the former prince Zhao Yuanqi.
Because he and the former crown prince Zhao Yuanyi were Weng's son-in-law after all. Although the former crown prince Zhai treated his daughter Xiao Qing badly, Zhao Yuanwen did not treat the latter badly.
On the contrary, the Xiao family of Nanyan owed something to the former prince Zhao Yuanqi.
However, considering that the former prince Zhao Yuanyi was now a rebellious person, Xiao Boyuan finally decided not to protect the former prince Zhao Yuanyi, nor to kill the latter.
Therefore, Xiao Boyuan kept the baby boy born to his daughter Xiao Shuai and ordered the former prince Zhao Yuanmin and his son to leave Nanyan immediately.
Seeing this, the people of King Yi Zhao Yuanli immediately arranged to send the former crown prince Zhao Yuanli and his son away from Wei State. After all, King Yi Zhao Yuanli had already guessed the reaction of the Xiao family of Nanyan.
However, Xiao Luan strongly opposed it. He believed that the former prince Zhao Yuanqi and his son must be killed in order to redeem his sister Xiao Shuai's fault.
Therefore, he led two hundred cavalry that night to catch up with the team of King Yi Zhao Yuanli escorting the former prince Zhao Yuanli and his son. He killed the former prince Zhao Yuanli and his son, cut off their heads and brought them back to Nanyan.
Xiao Boyuan was shocked when he learned about this, but now that the matter had come to this, there was nothing he could do.
Two days later, Wei Mu came to Nanyan. Although he deliberately concealed the purpose of his visit and only came in the name of reminiscing about the past, Xiao Luan still saw through Wei Mu's intention at a glance and asked someone to deliver the gifts of Zhao Yuanqi and his son.
First level.
At that time, Wei Mu was shocked.
After being shocked, Wei Mu had to admit that Xiao Luan was decisive and ruthless, much stronger than his father Xiao Boyuan.
Unfortunately, Xiao Luan's only miscalculation was that Zhao Yuancai accidentally killed his sister Xiao Shuai when he became angry.
If Zhao Yuanxi had restrained his anger at that time and did not kill Xiao Shuai, then Xiao Luan's actions could indeed have redeemed Xiao Shuai's fault. But unfortunately, Zhao Yuanxi had killed Xiao Shuai by mistake, making everything irreversible.
Therefore, at that time, Wei Mu half-truthfully stated his purpose of coming: "To tell you the truth, in fact, Wei came here just under His Majesty's secret order to apprehend the rebellious Zhao Yuanmin and his son... Fortunately, the two of them were not betrayed by the rebellion.
Otherwise, Wei will have no choice but to ask the Emperor to order him to take charge of the Southern Yan Army."
Hearing this, Xiao Boyuan was frightened, but Xiao Luan was proud, thinking that his wise decision had saved his Nanyan Xiao family.
Later, Wei Mu coaxed Xiao Boyuan, Xiao Luan and his son into taking the heads of former crown prince Zhao Yuanli and his son to Daliang, saying that this would better "prove Qingbai".
Xiao Boyuan, the Marquis of Nan Yan, and his son Xiao Luan did not doubt his presence, so they asked Wei Mu, the emperor's envoy, to take charge of the Nan Yan army. The father and his son took the heads of the former prince Zhao Yuan and his son to Daliang.
Moreover, Wei Mu told Xiao Boyuan, Xiao Luan and his son not to leak any information about this trip. After all, transporting the "heads of former prince Zhao Yuanmin and his son" should not be made public.
After hearing this, Nanyan Marquis Xiao Boyuan and his son Xiao Luan were convinced, so they took the heads of the former prince Zhao Yuanmin and his son and went to Daliang in disguise.
Unexpectedly, Wei Mu secretly sent someone to contact Daliang, so that after the Marquis of Nanyan Xiao Boyuan and his son arrived in Daliang, they were imprisoned by Zhao Yuanci.
At this time, Wei Mu was in charge of the Nanyan Army. He "collected" Nanyan Marquis Xiao Boyuan for embezzling military pay, colluding with South Korea and other crimes, and secretly sent people to Daliang.
After these evidences were sent to Daliang, the government and the public were shocked.
At this time, Wei Mu deliberately spread the rumor among the Southern Yan army that "Wei Wang Zhao Yuanxi wanted to plot a murder because he was afraid that Xiao Boyuan, the Marquis of Southern Yan, had military power." He instigated the Southern Yan army to advance towards Daliang, forcing Wei Wang Zhao Yuanxi and the court to release Nan Yan.
Yanhou Xiao Boyuan, Xiao Luan and his son.
Therefore, the soldiers of the Nanyan Army rose up in anger and headed for Daliang.
This move was tantamount to confirming the charge that "Xiao Boyuan, the Marquis of Southern Yan, raised troops to rebel", which made everyone in the court furious.
No one knew that at this time, Nan Yanhou Xiao Boyuan and his son Xiao Luan had already been secretly imprisoned in Daliang by the eunuch.
A few days later, the imperial court issued a notice and sentenced Xiao Boyuan, the Marquis of Nanyan, for various crimes such as "embezzling military pay", "consorting with South Korea", "colluding with the rebellious minister Zhao Yuanqi", "raising troops to rebel", etc. Bailiba, Xu Yin and other emperor Zongwei were ordered to lead
The Jun Shui Army attacked the Nan Yan Army.
Under the control of Wei Mu, the Nanyan army was defeated by the Junshui army without any dispute, and more than ten thousand Nanyan soldiers were executed on the spot.
Immediately, Bailiba, Xu Yin and Wei Mu led the dredging army to counterattack Nanyan, and wiped out the Xiao family of Nanyan as well as the nobles and aristocratic families married to the Xiao family.
Poor nobles and aristocratic families, they were slaughtered by the dredging army before they knew what happened.
Afterwards, the Jun Shui Army escorted these nobles and aristocratic families to Daliang.
At this time, Zhao Yuanxi also ordered the eunuch to hand over Xiao Boyuan, Marquis of Nanyan, and his son Xiao Luan to the Junshui Army, and announced to the outside world that they were "captured in the rebel army."
A few days later, Wei Wang Zhao Yuansi ordered from the Chui Gong Hall that all nobles and aristocratic families suspected of "Nan Yanhou Xiao Boyuan's rebellion" should be executed at the vegetable market in Daliang City.
Poor Xiao Boyuan, the Marquis of Nanyan, did not understand why Zhao Yuancai wanted to kill him until his death. Even before he died, he still shouted "Unjust".
The number of people executed this time was far more than that of Prince Zhao Yuanli and his party before the last execution, because at that time some nobles and aristocratic families had a certain degree of marriage relationship with the Xiao family of Nanyan. Therefore, at this critical moment, Xiao got
His explanation was clear, so he could avoid being settled by Zhao Yuansi.
And now, since Zhao Yuanxi has determined to eradicate the Xiao family of Nanyan, then those people who were lucky enough to escape will naturally be liquidated again.
Because of this, more people were executed in Caishikou this time than last time, so that there were piles of heads in Caishikou and blood everywhere. The smell of blood took several months to gradually dissipate.
To what extent were the killings carried out? The killings were so intense that even heroes like Zhao Yuanxi felt tired and a little intolerable. One can imagine how many people were executed.
So, in the end, Zhao Yuanci relented and only killed the Xiao family and other nobles and family members who were married to him, sparing those insignificant people such as domestic servants, house slaves, and family guards.
However, this move allowed an evil shark to be released - Xiao Luan, the youngest son of Nan Yanhou.
It turned out that Xiao Luan had a guard who looked similar to him. When the inner chamberlain took into custody Nanyan Marquis Xiao Boyuan and Xiao Luan and his son, this loyal guard replaced the young master Xiao Luan.
Although it was regrettable at the time that Xiao Luan was still detained by the inner guards after pretending to be a guard, the identities of the two were not exchanged.
This caused the fake Xiao Luan, the guard, to replace Xiao Luan, along with Nan Yan Marquis Xiao Boyuan and the rest of the Nan Yan Xiao family, to be executed at Caishikou. However, the real Xiao Luan escaped because of Zhao Yuanxi's momentary softness.
One calamity.
After the execution, the remaining persons were imprisoned in the prison.
At this time, Yi Wang Zhao Yuanli had already learned of the "death of Xiao Shuai" - although the court claimed that Xiao Shuai was captured because of her father and brother's rebellion, and begged Wei Wang Zhao Yuanxi to commit suicide in vain, Yi Wang Zhao Yuanli was a rare success.
Someone who knows the cause and effect of the whole thing.
Out of pity for the survivors of the Xiao family and many other aristocratic families, King Yi Zhao Yuanli went to the Ministry of Punishment Prison to visit the prisoners, looking for a way to rescue these survivors. Unexpectedly, by coincidence, he recognized Xiao Luan.
You know, since Xiao Luan secretly supported Zhao Yuanxi, Yi Wang Zhao Yuanli became a good friend with Xiao Luan. He originally thought that his friend had been executed at Caishikou, but unexpectedly, this friend escaped by chance.
Out of resentment towards his brother Zhao Yuanxi who killed Xiao Shuai by mistake, and because Xiao Luan was Xiao Shuai's most beloved brother, Yi Wang Zhao Yuanli tried his best to save these survivors and took advantage of the situation when no one was paying attention.
, brought out Xiao Luan among them, and let him escape from Daliang through the secret passage under Prince Yi's Mansion.
And it was precisely because of Yi Wang Zhao Yuanli's momentary move that Zhao Yuanxi's action to eradicate the Xiao family of Nanyan had a fatal trouble - that is, Xiao Luan, the son of the Xiao family, escaped.
Xiao Luan's talent was ten times that of his father Xiao Boyuan, Marquis of Nanyan. After escaping from Daliang, he managed to find out the truth about Zhao Yuansi's revenge.
At this point, Xiao Luan, as a member of the Conglong ministers, turned against Zhao Yuanxi. He secretly gathered the implicated nobles, survivors of the aristocratic families, as well as survivors and family members of the Nanyan Army, and gradually began to attack the Ji Zhao royal family.
, especially the revenge of Wei King Zhao Yuansi.
This force that intended to overthrow the Wei State and overthrow the power of Wei King Zhao Yuansi was called "the remnants of the Xiao family".
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Listening to King Yi Zhao Yuanli slowly telling the secrets of that year, many guests in the main hall of Zhongyang Hunting Palace were all dumbfounded.
No one thought that the "Xiao Family Rebellion" case that was making a lot of noise at that time was actually an unjust case from beginning to end, and the person who promoted this unjust case was actually the current king of Wei, Zhao Yuansi.
Zhao Hongrun was also dumbfounded. He finally understood why his uncle, the Sixth Prince, had told him that his father, Zhao Yuanxi, was a ruthless tyrant.
In the silent hall, Emperor Wei looked at King Yi Zhao Yuanli expressionlessly and slowly closed his eyes.
He also did not expect that this time he did not catch the big fish Xiao Luan, but he caught his most trusted brother - the sixth brother Zhao Yuanli.
However, this farce should end.
Emperor Wei glanced at Zhao Yuanli with complicated emotions.
At the same time, within Yuanyang County, the general of the Southern Yan Army, Wei Mu, had noticed the fire in the direction of Zhongyang Palace, and immediately ordered the entire army to assemble, and summoned the deputy general Ai He to the commander's tent.
"Ai He, follow me to Zhongyang Palace immediately!"
"Yes!" Lieutenant General Ai He clasped his fists.
However, just as Wei Mu turned around, he saw a sneer rising from the corner of Ai He's mouth. A dagger slipped from his sleeve. He walked forward quietly, covered Wei Mu's mouth with one hand, and held the dagger in his hand with his right hand.
It stabbed into Wei Mu's back.
"Ai He, you..." Wei Mu was stabbed in the back by a dagger. He looked at Ai He with wide eyes in disbelief as if he was struck by lightning. However, he saw the latter whispering to Wei Mu: "Wei Mu, the Marquis of Nan Yan is here.
I’m waiting for you under Jiuquan!”
"You... are actually..."
Wei Mu opened his eyes wide and refused to close his eyes.
Looking indifferently at Wei Mu's body at his feet, Ai He threw the dagger away.
At this time, several Nanyan soldiers walked outside the tent, and the leader said: "Wei Mu's guards have been killed."
"You didn't alert the soldiers in the camp, did you?" Ai He asked.
"No." The soldier replied.
"Very good." Ai He nodded with satisfaction. After taking a cold look at Wei Mu's body, he lifted up the tent and walked to the camp.
At this time, thousands of Nanyan troops were ready in the camp.
I saw Ai He taking the horse rein from a soldier, getting on his horse, pulling out the sharp sword from his waist, and pointing in the direction of Zhongyang Hunting Palace.
"The general has an order, the enemy is in the palace of Yang, Xing, Zhong!"
"Whoa whoa!"
Thousands of soldiers of the Southern Yan Army raised their arms and shouted, running straight towards Zhongyang Palace.