At three quarters of the hour, Xia Shang left the Xiao family.
Xiao Keer hid in her room and didn't dare to go out to see anyone. She blushed and seemed to be still thinking about what happened last night. How could she crawl on someone else's body so well?
This matter is probably enough for Xiao Ke'er to think about for a while, but what happened last night spread pretty well within the Xiao family.
Although Butler Liu has ordered everyone not to discuss this matter, he will be severely punished if found out. But everyone knows that paper cannot cover the fire, and things that should be spread out will always be known to others.
The Xiao family seemed a little confused because of this matter.
Xia Shang was not affected at all. Anyway, he was already thick-skinned and was not afraid of what others would say.
Xia Shang left in a hurry, mainly because he heard that the captured Japanese were dealt with outside Xuzhou early this morning. It seemed that hundreds of them were captured and all executed at once.
Hearing such news, Xia Shang didn't know how to describe his feelings.
Think about it, after all, there are hundreds of lives, and they are all executed in one go. It doesn't seem like the attitude you should have towards prisoners of war.
However, those people were all Japanese and had no right to enjoy the kindness of others. Execution was just the retribution they deserved. At this time, it would be a bit pretentious and hypocritical to show mercy to others.
The two thoughts made Xia Shang somewhat conflicted, and Li Xin came to inform him that he wanted him to go outside the city to preside over the aftermath of the execution.
Xia Shang quickened his pace and prepared to see what was going on.
After an hour, Xia Shang arrived outside Xuzhou City.
I found that a lot of Xuzhou people had gathered here, but the execution scene had ended, and everyone was preparing to leave the scene of the incident amid small discussions.
Judging from the expressions of the people, most of them were excited and fanatical.
The hatred for pirates and Japanese people has penetrated deep into the bones of the people of Xuzhou. Seeing these Japanese people who harmed the people of Xuzhou being executed, can be regarded as a fierce sigh of relief.
The air was filled with the smell of blood, and there was still a lot of water on the ground. Although the horror of the execution ground had not yet been seen, the blood had seeped through the crowd and flowed far away.
An officer and soldier saw Xia Shang, came up to lead the way, and led Xia Shang into the crowd.
In addition to hundreds of execution soldiers, there were only a few generals around. Li Xin didn't know where, it was Jiang Hailong who was attacking Xia Shang.
Said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has ordered Mr. Xia to handle the subsequent affairs."
Jiang Hailong said, pointing to the large burial pit in front of him.
It was filled with the corpses of hundreds of people. The sight made Xia Shang dare not look directly at it. He looked at it lightly and quickly turned his head to look elsewhere.
Jiang Hailong looked at Xia Shang's expression, frowned and asked, "Mr. Xia, do you have any questions? How about asking the prince to find another person to handle it?"
Xia Shang waved his hand to indicate that he had no problem, but did not speak.
Jiang Hailong also nodded and left with a few people.
This kind of thing is not important, but people always need to be here to keep an eye on it.
The reason why Li Xin arranged for Xia Shang to deal with such insignificant matters is also very simple.
After all, Xia Shang made great contributions to the great victory he just experienced.
Not only in the army, but also in the hearts of the people in Xuzhou City, they all admired this man from the capital who joined the army.
It is true that Li Xin brought Xia Shang here to solve the pirate crisis, but obviously he did not want Xia Shang to establish prestige in the military through this operation, let alone leave too much of a good reputation in Xuzhou.
The plan to dig the waterway was very successful, but Li Xin later discovered that he had made a major mistake.
Because many people in the city participated in this operation, with the people there is no way to control public opinion. If there were not so many servants involved, Li Xin would naturally be able to control his words and take credit for the action since then, but with these servants
With their participation, they experienced everything with their own eyes. Those who were lucky enough to survive would naturally go to the city to spread the word about the incident.
Now the whole city knew what Xia Shang had done, and everyone was praising Xia Shang. By the time Li Xin realized what he had done, nothing could be changed.
Things have reached this point, and Li Xin naturally has to find a way to make up for it.
Now that the crisis in Xuzhou has been alleviated, the pirates will not make any big moves in a short period of time. At this time, letting Xia Shang do some irrelevant things and gradually diluting the story of Xia Shang is a simple and effective way to control influence.
Xia Shang knew Li Xin's intentions very well.
Li Xin's defensiveness towards herself now is very detrimental to her future actions, but there is nothing that can be done about it.
Xia Shang can control himself not to think too much, but he cannot control other people's thinking.
However, Xia and Shang merged
Regardless of Li Xin's precautions, no matter what Li Xin thought, Xia Shang himself was very clear about his purpose.
I came here just to solve the crisis in Xuzhou, without any intention of taking this opportunity to gain authority in the military or leave a name among the people.
Looking at the mess in front of him that made people afraid to look directly at it, Xia Shang smiled bitterly and shook his head.
At this time, a young soldier walked up to Xia Shang and said, "Sir, my name is A Cheng. He is the captain of the ninth battalion in the East District. He is responsible for cooperating with you in handling affairs."
Xiao Bing was very young, but he was very strong and taller than Xia Shang. However, his military uniform seemed to be a few sizes too small and looked a little funny on him. Even he was pulling at his clothes from time to time.
Xia Shang looked at him: "What should we do next? I don't know very well."
"Replying to your lord, this little guy is specialized in doing this. He just burned thousands of dead people a few days ago. You don't have to worry about anything, just leave it to the little guy."
Xia Shang nodded.
Ah Cheng smiled naively and turned around to greet the many soldiers standing by the pit. The soldiers began to fill the pit with combustion-supporting materials.
"Burn directly in the pit?" Xia Shang was confused.
"yes."
"So can it be burned cleanly?"
"It's impossible to burn them all. There are too many dead people to deal with. If you let it sit for a while and fill it with soil, it won't affect anything. People who don't know will not know how many people are buried underneath when they walk up. The adults don't know.
, The suburbs of Xuzhou are full of such death pits. Dead people have been buried in all dynasties, and they are all like this. If they are not kept intact, one day a hoe will bring out many dead people."
Xia Shang watched this young boy staring at the dead man without changing his expression, and sighed in his heart, feeling that it was not easy for both the living and the dead in this era.
Soon, the fire pit started to burn, and the heat wave soared into the sky, suffocating everyone around it.
Xia Shang also left.
Ah Cheng followed Xia Shang: "Master Xia, there are still some people here who need you to deal with."
"who?"
"The bandits were found among the Japanese. They are all Chinese living in Xuzhou. They all said that they were coerced by the Japanese, so they did bad things. The prince didn't even know that these things existed, and we
The soldiers didn't know what to do, so they locked them up temporarily."