Wang Lang seemed to be familiar with this area. Under his guidance, the group of people came to the foot of a mountain in a roundabout way.
There is a dilapidated thatched house here. It looks like it has been abandoned for a long time. The windows and doors have rotted away. Looking inside, it is empty and there is nothing.
Wang Lang walked directly into the thatched house, looked around, then walked to the center of the thatched house, stamped his feet on the ground, and said: "Pull this place open!"
Everyone looked at each other, wondering what Wang Lang was doing. Zhong Sheng glanced at Wang Lang, shook his head and said to his subordinates: "Didn't you hear what His Majesty said?"
The guards did not dare to neglect any more. They did not bring tools for digging the earth, so they all took out their swords from their ribs and started digging the soil on the ground with all their hands.
They dug more than half a meter deep, but there was nothing in the ground. People looked at Zhong Sheng in confusion. Zhong Sheng turned to look at Wang Lang and said cautiously: "Your Majesty..."
Wang Lang said from the ground: "Keep digging, the digging is not deep enough!"
Zhong Sheng raised his head to his men, signaling them to continue digging deeper.
People dug about one meter deep, and suddenly they felt something hard in the soil. They quickly peeled away the floating soil on top, and took a closer look. It turned out that there was a large copper box buried under the soil.
This big box is not small, and it is extremely heavy. People hold on to the edges and cannot lift it up at all.
As a last resort, people could only continue digging along the edge of the box, but soon they encountered hard objects one after another around the box. When the soil was pushed away, they were still large copper boxes.
Zhong Sheng couldn't help but swallowed his saliva, glanced at Wang Lang, then waved to the people standing around and said, "Let's go out and wait!"
As they exited the thatched huts and made enough space, the people dug faster.
It didn't take long before four soldiers used all their strength to lift a large box. Carrying it from the inside to the outside, just a few steps away, already made the four burly men panting from exhaustion.
,sweating a lot.
When people put the box down, there was a muffled sound on the ground. Wang Lang glanced left and right, walked forward, and slowly opened the lid of the box. Everyone around them stared at it and looked inside the box.
The moment the lid of the box was opened, a golden light suddenly appeared inside. People couldn't help but squint their eyes and take a closer look. They saw that the box was filled with gold bricks, and a whole large
box.
No wonder it took four burly men to exert all their strength to lift this small box.
There was strength in numbers, and it didn't take long for people to carry out five large boxes one after another, making a total of six boxes, which were lined up in a row on the ground.
When the lid of the box was opened, it was filled with gold. Not to mention the guards below were dumbfounded, even Zhong Sheng was also dumbfounded.
Coming from the Guangyang Palace, he was already used to seeing gold, silver and jewelry, but this was the first time he saw so much gold.
Wang Lang looked at Zhong Sheng beside him triumphantly and said, "General Zhong, do you still think that I am lying to you?" How much reward do you want, but I can't afford it?
Zhong Sheng swallowed his saliva, bowed and saluted, and said: "This general is blind, please forgive me!"
Looking at Zhong Sheng who was bowing and saluting, Wang Lang couldn't help laughing. But suddenly, there was a pop and Wang Lang's laughter stopped suddenly. He couldn't help opening his eyes wide and looking at Zhong Sheng in disbelief.
The palace guards around were also stunned. They all opened their mouths unconsciously, and they came to their senses after a while.
Zhong Sheng, who was bowing to salute, had unknowingly pulled out the sword from his ribs. The blade of the sword penetrated Wang Lang's lower abdomen, and the tip of the sword came out from his back.
"You...you..." Wang Lang opened and closed his mouth, trying to speak, but all he spit out was blood.
Zhong Sheng took a step forward, approached the prince, and said beside him: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry, King Guangyang has an order, or he will take your head back to Handan to return to Handan!"
As he spoke, he drew his sword backwards, and with a rustling sound, the sword edge was pulled out from Wang Lang's lower abdomen.
Wang Lang couldn't help but took two steps back. Zhong Sheng stepped forward, raised his sword and brought it down. There was a crisp click in his ear, and Wang Lang's head fell off.
Hiss! A blood arrow shot out from the short neck. Zhong Sheng wiped a handful of the blood splashed on his face, shook his sword at the same time, and shouted in a loud voice: "Kill everyone, leave no one behind!"
Following his order, the guards sent by Liu Jie drew out their swords one after another and struck dead blows at the palace guards around them.
Liu Jie's men were already large in number, numbering in the hundreds, but the palace guards only had about 200 people, and due to lack of preparation, they were caught off guard by the surrounding Liu Jie's men. In just an instant, there were dozens of people.
Hit by a sword and fell to the ground.
The rest of the palace guards turned around and wanted to run away, but there was still no time.
Liu Jie's men surrounded the hundred or so of them and launched a siege against them. This could no longer be called a battle, it was completely a one-sided massacre.
Not even a cup of tea was used in the time before and after. More than two hundred palace guards who followed the prince and escaped from Handan all fell into a pool of blood.
Zhong Sheng carried his sword and walked among the corpses scattered everywhere. When he saw some of them were still gasping for breath, he immediately went up and struck a blow with his sword.
He walked around from beginning to end to make sure that no one was left alive. Then he took out a piece of linen cloth from his armor, placed Wang Lang's head in the linen cloth, and wrapped it carefully.
At this time, a guard came forward and said, "General, what should I do with her?"
As he spoke, the guard pointed his sword at the prince's beloved concubine, who was sitting in the carriage and had been frightened. A cold light flashed in Zhong Sheng's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "The king's order is to kill everyone!"
The guard shrank his neck in fright, paused for a moment, and whispered: "General, it would be a pity to kill her directly. What brothers are saying is, can you... kill her later?"
When Zhong Sheng heard this, he immediately understood what the people below him meant. He pondered for a moment and said, "Let brothers hurry up!" After saying that, he added: "Also, send some brothers to nearby villages and towns for more information.
Find some carriages and come back!"
"Yes!" The guard responded with a happy face.
Wang Lang thought that Liu Jie was loyal to him, so he sent hundreds of guards to protect him and escape from Handan. But little did he know that Liu Jie had two purposes for doing this. First, he, Liu Jie, deserved the credit for killing Wang Lang.
Secondly, he wanted to get the money that Wang Lang had hidden outside the city. He did not intend to keep it all for himself, but wanted to give it to Liu Xiu. In this way, his contribution would be greater and he would receive more courtesy.
And the status you get will be higher.
In terms of city government and calculations, Liu Lin and Liu Jie are really not on the same level. Liu Jie's scheming is far superior to Liu Lin's.
When Zhong Sheng and others brought Wang Lang's head and six boxes of gold back to Handan and placed them in front of Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu was overjoyed. Whether it was Wang Lang's head or the six boxes of gold,
It is very important to Liu Xiu.
By getting the prince's head, he could give an explanation to the imperial court and the people of Hebei. With so much gold, Liu Xiu could hoard more grain, supplies and military pay, and collect more soldiers.
Liu Xiu sent a message to Xie Gong, saying that after Wang Lang fled Handan, he was killed by his subordinates and his body was abandoned in the wilderness. Now, his head was picked up by passing villagers and sent to Handan City.
After Xie Gong got the news, he rushed to Liu Xiu's mansion without a moment's delay. He only saw Wang Lang's head, but naturally he couldn't see the six boxes of gold.
He circled around Wang Lang's head and murmured: "It turns out that this thief is Wang Lang!" As he spoke, he looked at Liu Xiu and said: "Wu Xinhou, Wang Lang's head should be removed as soon as possible.
Just send it to Chang'an!"
Liu Xiu nodded, and then asked with a smile: "I wonder if Xie Shangshu will send people to Chang'an, or if I will send people to Chang'an?"
Whoever sends someone to send Wang Lang's head to Chang'an is equivalent to who killed Wang Lang. There is a big difference here.
Xie Gong heard the words and said seriously: "Since it is the prince's head that Wu Xinhou has obtained, it should be sent to Chang'an by Wu Xinhou."
When Liu Xiu heard this, he couldn't help but clicked his tongue in his heart. Speaking of it, Xie Gong was really a good person, but it was a pity that he had an elm head and a muscle, and was loyal to Liu Xuan.
He nodded and said: "In that case, I will immediately send someone to send Wang Lang's head to Chang'an."
Xie Gong changed the topic and asked: "Marquis Wu Xin, didn't Wang Lang take away all the gold and silver jewelry when he fled Handan? I wonder where those gold and silver jewelry are now?"
Liu Xiu had long thought that Xie Gong would ask this, but without even thinking about it, he said: "Wang Lang was killed by his subordinates, and his gold, silver and jewels were naturally robbed by his subordinates. Now he wants to trace the money."
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Xie Gong stared at Liu Xiu and took a deep breath. Now that Wang Lang is dead and his subordinates have all run away and dispersed, they are dead without evidence. Whatever you say is what you say.
He said meaningfully: "Eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor are the things to do. Marquis Wu Xin is famous for his benevolence in the world, so he should be loyal to your majesty!"
Liu Xiuxiao asked: "Are Xie Shangshu's words implying that I am disloyal to His Majesty?"
Xie bowed and said: "Marquis Wu Xin made serious remarks. I am just giving you a reminder. After all, Your Majesty treats Marquis Wu Xin very well!"
What he meant was that when Liu wanted to rebel and commit treasonous acts, your majesty only killed Liu Xiu. Instead of killing Liu Xiu, he also made him a marquis, which can be said to be the most benevolent and righteous act.
When Liu Xiu heard this, the expression on his face did not change, and his hands naturally went behind his back. If you were standing behind him, you could see that Liu Xiu's hands were tightly clenched into fists, his finger joints were white, and his nails were
They were all embedded in the skin and flesh of the palm, bleeding streaks oozing out.
He said quietly: "Yes, His Majesty's treatment of me is indeed 'not unkind'. To describe it as 'a mountain of kindness' is not an exaggeration."
Xie bowed and said: "Wu Xinhou understands this, I have nothing more to say! Farewell!" After saying this, he bowed to Liu Xiushen, turned around and walked out.
When Xie Gong left, he saw that Liu Xiu was suppressing his anger. Liu Jie sneered and said, "Da Sima, this Xie Gong has a vicious mind and even more vicious words. You must not stay!"
Liu Xiu took a long breath, and the anger in his heart quickly dissipated. He smiled at Liu Jie and said, "What King Guangyang said makes sense!"
He thanked Liu in one word, and then handed over to Liu Jie, saying seriously: "Thanks to the help of King Guangyang this time, I not only killed the prince, but also took back the money that the prince had looted!"
Liu Jie quickly returned the gift and said: "Da Sima and I are now in the same boat, we should no longer be separated from each other!"
Liu Xiu said: "Xiu Ding will keep the kindness of King Guangyang in mind!"
When Liu Jie heard this, his face suddenly lit up with joy. He looked around, approached Liu Xiu, and said, "Now that Wang Lang is dead and Hebei has no owner, why doesn't Grand Sima seize this opportunity and take another step forward?!"
Liu Xiu now only holds the title of Marquis, so how can he be qualified to be crowned king? Therefore, only when Liu Xiu sits on the throne can his title of King of Guangyang be justified.
