Chaos on the temples: You can't escape if you provoke treacherous ministers

Chapter 1056 Hanged himself

That night, [-] Zhenbei troops were ready to go. Just waiting for Yan Mu's order, they would force into Hukou City and force Lu Changan to hand over military power.Of course, if this battle is fought, it will definitely be a tough battle.

Liu Yunxiang helped Yan Mu put on his armor and sent him out of the camp.

"Be careful!" Liu Yunxiang warned again.

Yan Mu smiled, "As soon as the war breaks out, you will take Zijin and the others back to Shengjing to stabilize the situation and provide us with support."

"I know."

After all, this battle was fought by Yan Mu alone without any discussion by the court, so the court needed her to go back and appease him.But seeing that the soldiers were ready, Liu Yunxiang couldn't help but forget about Hukou City in the distance.

But this look seems a little different.

"It seems like a team of people is coming."

Yan Mu also looked over and saw a beating black shadow in the hazy night.Before he could see clearly, some of his soldiers came to report that a cavalry group had arrived from Hukou City.

"Go and ask what's going on." Yan Mu ordered.

The soldier ran back, and after a while, he came to report: "The person coming is General Li Chenyu, the guard of Hukou City. He has something important to report to the prince."

"Li Chenyu?" Yan Mu thought about this person carefully. He is Lu Changan's confidant and has been guarding Xizhou to stabilize his rear. "Let him come forward."

Soon, the soldiers led Li Chenyu over. He came in a hurry. He hadn't recovered yet and was still panting.After hurriedly coming up, he knelt down on one knee with a look of grief on his face.

"Qi reports to the King of Zhenbei, the Queen Mother, King Suping...he is dead!"

As soon as these words came out, Yan Mu and Liu Yunxiang were stunned for a while.

"W-what did you say? Who died?" Liu Yunxiang stepped forward and asked.

Li Chenyu cried out sadly, "King Suping, he, he hanged himself!"

Hang yourself?Lu Changan?

Liu Yunxiang's eyes widened, he couldn't believe it, he couldn't believe it, and Li Chenyu repeated it again. He was hanging in the courtyard where he lived, and when others found out, it was already cold.

Liu Yunxiang couldn't help but stumbled back, but luckily he was supported by Yan Mu.

"Why, why?" She looked at Yan Mu in confusion, "Why did he do such a stupid thing? I told him clearly that as long as he handed over the military power in the northwest, he would be guaranteed the title of king and rest in peace for the rest of his life. Why did he …”

As he spoke, tears fell out uncontrollably.

Yan Mu took a deep breath, "I'm afraid his self-esteem won't allow it."

But he really didn't expect Lu Changan to take this step. He gave up before the battle was even fought.

Li Chenyu presented the tiger talisman at this time, "Before his death, King Suping called several generals in the city to come to him, and made him do many wrong things, which are irreparable. If Xizhou is dragged into the war again, he will become an eternal enemy." A sinner. He gave the tiger talisman of Xizhou to the humble officials and asked us to return it to the court, but he didn't expect that these were his last words."

Yan Mu was silent for a moment, then stepped forward to catch the tiger charm.

That night, Yan Mu led [-] troops from Zhenbei into Hukou City and stationed them everywhere in the city. Then he took Liu Yunxiang to Mingyuan.

Lu Changan's palace is in Xianglan City. When he goes to other cities, he stays in orchid gardens specially built for him.

The Orchid Garden has been filled with soldiers. They all knelt on the ground and lowered their heads in grief.When they came to the backyard, there was no one in the yard. There were only wooden boards placed in the yard, and Lu Changan was lying on it.

He was still wearing the simple white robe he had seen her in during the day, lying there stiffly. Liu Yunxiang only glanced at his face, then did not dare to look again, and turned her back to him.

In his last life, he was killed in prison, and she collected his body.

In this life, he hanged himself, and she saw him in his most embarrassing state.

"You, why bother." Liu Yunxiang couldn't stop crying, "How could you do this to yourself in this way." Yan Mu stepped forward and hugged Liu Yunxiang, "For him, it's probably a relief. "

Freed from his inner demons, or perhaps this was his final atonement.

Liu Yunxiang raised his head and saw the bright moon in the sky through the branches of the tree in the courtyard.

She thought about what he said. He envied himself in the previous life, who was innocent.He chose this method because he probably wanted to clear his name.

Liu Yunxiang brought the burial cloth and covered it with Lu Changan himself.

When the king of Xizhou died, he naturally had to wait for generals from other cities to come and pay his respects.After three days of this, the funeral was held.

Early that morning, Liu Yunxiang put on plain clothes and sent Lu Changan off for the last time with Yan Mu.

Just when I came to Orchid Garden, I saw that there were soldiers inside and outside. They were not standing or kneeling, but sitting, and each of them had a bowl in front of him.

Liu Yunxiang and Yan Mu wanted to go in, but they couldn't even get in.

"What are you doing? I think the prince treated you well in the past, and this is how you repay him? Get up quickly, get out of the way, and let the prince's coffin come out!"

Li Chenyu shouted, but no one listened to him at all. The soldiers were still sitting there, looking like they would not give up until they achieved their goal.

"General Li, what's going on?" Yan Mu asked with a frown.
Seeing Yan Mu coming, Li Chenyu tried his best to pull out his feet from the crowd and trotted over.He wiped his sweat as he ran, his face full of anxiety.

"These are soldiers from the other four cities. They are blocking here to prevent the prince from going to the funeral."

"Why is this?" Yan Mu asked.

"I want military pay!"

Yan Mu took a deep breath and asked Li Chenyu to call the commanders of the other four cities over.

There are five cities in Xizhou, each city has a garrison, and each city has a general in charge.Five people, including Li Chenyu, came to Yan Mu and bowed respectfully.

"You want military pay, but you can't deny King Suping's funeral, right?" Yan Mu said in a deep voice.

A general with a stubble on his face clasped his fists and said: "King Suping owes us a lot of military pay. Now that he is dead, who can we ask for it from? Will the court pay us back?"

Another white-faced general also said: "Our soldiers are still hungry, and the families of the soldiers who died have not received their pensions. He walked away easily, but what should we do?"

"Yeah, what shall we do?"

"Are one hundred thousand soldiers going to starve to death?"

"Xizhou has been emptied out, and our soldiers have eaten up all the grass on the grassland!"

These generals were very angry. Each of them said that they would not say anything today and would not let Lu Changan go to the funeral.

After hearing what they said, Yan Mu realized how bad the situation inside the Xizhou Army was.Lu Changan died, but he left a mess.

Of course, what's the use of forcing a man to die? They just want him to represent the court to supplement their military salary.However, since the Xizhou Army has surrendered to the imperial court, it is reasonable for the imperial court to supplement these military salaries.

But at this moment, Liu Yunxiang pulled his sleeve, the two looked at each other, and took a few steps back.

"It can't be repaired." Liu Yunxiang denied in one sentence.

"Why?" Yan Mu was confused.

Liu Yunxiang sighed, "You don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are. Our treasury in Da Rong is still empty and we can't get it out at all."

(End of this chapter)