Do you know: I am Xu Jiazi

Chapter 400: Why would Wu Lang act so foolishly? [Thank you! Goodbye! I owe you words]

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After Zhang Fangyan bowed in response, he stood by the parapet and nodded slightly to the palace eunuch with a slightly apologetic look.

The eunuch was somewhat flattered and bowed quickly.

From the city gate tower, I heard the people's sudden discussions below the city wall.
"let's start!"

said the emperor.

The eunuch smiled and reminded Zhang Fangyan.

After listening carefully, Zhang Fangyan shouted loudly from behind the wall: "Announce the surrender of Gao Zhu."

Unlike the sharp voice of the eunuch, Zhang Fangyan's voice was very clear and loud.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that all eunuchs have sharp voices, but those who are not sharp have not yet climbed to the position of chief eunuch.

Zhang Fangyan finished shouting,
Following behind the Great Zhou cavalry, the powerful nobles of Baigao, such as Baigao Guorenduo and Zhuaijue, who had already got off the carriage and were wearing white clothes, bowed their heads and followed Liang Yijia towards the Jinglongmen gatehouse.

The sudden discussion that just occurred was caused by this group of former high-ranking dignitaries getting off the carriage.

Many of these former Baigao nobles were able to hear the words of the Great Zhou. Listening to the discussions around them, some of them had angry looks on their faces.

Zhuajue Zhongding, who was among the Baigao crowd, naturally felt the emotions of the people around him. He suddenly looked at the Great Zhou cavalry standing on both sides with some emotion.

really,

Among the Great Zhou cavalrymen who had followed Xu Zaijing and Zhang Fangyan and were now standing on both sides, many were looking at the people of Bai Gaoguo with unfriendly expressions.

This group of Great Zhou cavalrymen came from the Western Army, and many of their comrades and relatives died on the battlefield.

The reason why he was polite to the surrendered people of Baigao along the way was that he had military orders and was eager for someone to make a move.

"cough!"

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Zhou did not let us get off the car outside the city. He has already been very respectful to us."

Zhuajue Zhongding spoke in a neither too high nor too low voice among the crowd.

"Hey! What are you mumbling about, Bai Gaoren? Are you saying something bad about my Great Zhou?"

The honorable man, wearing a shiny armor and a bright red cape, was already in the front position.

At this time, he had dismounted and stood aside, holding the hilt of the knife in one hand and the horsewhip in the other, pointing at Zhua Jue Zhongding and shouting.

Hearing Rong Xian's scolding voice, the wealthy officials in Bianjing who were watching all spoke up:

"That's right!"

"I heard!"

"You still don't accept it even though you surrendered?"

"It's in debt!"

"spit!"

The surroundings suddenly became noisy again.

Among the hundred words spoken by the onlookers, there was not a single nice word.

"Wow, Brother Xian is so impressive and good at talking!"

"I think Brother Xian is much more imposing than the one who just led the fight."

The girl from the Dou family in the wooden building nearby sighed heartfeltly.

On the second floor of the 'One Pot of Tea' teahouse,

Gu Tingyi, who heard it very clearly, looked at Chai Zhengzheng and Zhang Jiawu Niang awkwardly.

Rong Feiyan withdrew her gaze from the city wall and held her forehead in pain.

On the tower,
Looking at the chaotic scene outside the city, Zhang Fangyan frowned slightly.

The eunuch beside him whispered, "Don't worry, Dalang. Wait until they reach the city wall and order them to present the surrender."

Zhang Fangyan nodded, watching the people from Liang Yi's family approach the city wall and stop at the position where the colorful tents on both sides were sandwiched. He continued to shout loudly: "Order the Baigao surrenderers to present the surrender letter!"

Liang Yifu, who was walking in the front, felt the gazes of the nobles and high officials of the Great Zhou around him, and immediately knelt on the ground, raised the surrender letter high above his head, and shouted: "Liang Yifu, the criminal of Bai Gao, today."

Behind him, Master Bai also knelt down hurriedly.

Under the city wall,
An official from the Ministry of Rites of the Great Zhou Dynasty hurried forward and took the surrender letter from Liang Yi Fu's hand, but did not let him stand up.

In the colorful tents on both sides of the Baigao people,

Marquis Xiangyang looked at Liang Yifu who was standing in front of the Baigao nobles, and said to Duke Lian who was at the top, "Old Master, if the Liang Yi family hadn't been causing trouble in Baigao, would they still be like this?"

Duke Lian on the side looked at the noble Bai Gao with cold eyes. When he heard the question from Marquis Xiangyang, he stroked his beard and said nothing. Instead, he leaned forward slightly and looked at the Duke Ying who was further ahead for his opinion.

Duke Ying, Duke Lian, and Marquis Xiangyang looked at each other and said, "Yes! We can attack them from three sides, even if we slowly wear them down with our military strength, we can still kill them."

"but"

"At that time, oh! I don't know how many good men of my Great Zhou would never come back."

Marquis of Xiangyang also led troops when he was young. He stopped laughing and nodded solemnly.

"Father-in-law, will the Liang Yi family be granted the title of Duke like the Meng family during the time of Taizu?"

Duke Qi Yiqiu, who was sitting a little further back, asked.

Hearing this,

The three most powerful elders in the Great Zhou Dynasty, two dukes and one marquis, looked at each other.

Duke Lian sneered, "If the Liang Yi family surrendered when Xu Hou attacked Keyi Gate and Xingqing Mansion without causing any earthquake, they would naturally retain their title of Duke. But now... Humph!"

Duke Ying nodded in agreement: "The reason why Taizu treated the Meng family so well is because the Meng family has been in charge of Shu for many years, and the people of Shu have benefited from their kindness. Liang Yi's family..."

As he spoke, the Duke of Ying shook his head. From the time he usurped the throne to now, the Liang Yi family had been controlling the Bai Gao for less than two years.

When the dukes and marquises were speaking,
Bai Gao's surrender letter has been delivered to the top of the city wall.

"Liang Yifu, His Majesty is asking if your journey to the capital was smooth?"

"Your Majesty, it went smoothly. I was treated well along the way."

"Your Majesty said you've worked hard along the way!"

"Don't dare, don't dare!"

After listening to the conversation on the tower, the emperor said, "Let him stand up and ask him what the commotion was about!"

Zhang Fangyan followed orders.

Liang Yifu, who was standing under the city wall, was helped up by officials from the Ministry of Rites.

"Your Majesty asks, who was the one who spoke in the crowd and caused the commotion after you got off the car just now?"

Listening to Zhang Fangyan's questioning, Liang Yi Fu bowed and looked behind him.

However, a group of white nobles had not yet stood up. They turned around or sideways to look at Zhua Jue Zhongding in the crowd.

"Your Majesty, it was the child from the Zhajue family who said that."

On the tower,
After hearing the reply, the emperor sitting on the dragon throne looked at Xu Zaijing.
Xu Zaijing, who was standing next to the smiling Zhao Fang, quickly put away his smile and nodded formally to the emperor.

"Why does this name sound familiar?"

The emperor spoke to the eunuch who was standing by the parapet not far away.

"Your Majesty, this man seems to be Bai Gao's envoy in Bianjing."

The emperor nodded: "Let him come back and tell me what he was mumbling just now!"

Zhang Fangyan shouted this out, and soon someone came up from the tower and shouted in the Great Zhou dialect: "Your Majesty, the criminal Zhajue Zhongding was just saying that."

The emperor nodded and said, "He is a man who knows what is good and what is bad! Wu Lang, did you ask the Jue family to help you in Xingqing Mansion before?"

"Yes!"

Xu Zaijing bowed.

Just finished speaking,

suddenly,

There were voices shouting in Baigao dialect that reached the tower. There were also shouts in Da Zhou dialect, such as "Kneel down!", "How dare you!", and "Who told you to stand up!"

"Your Majesty! A kneeling Bai Gaoren has stood up and is talking nonsense loudly."

The eunuch said with some panic on his face.

Zhang Fangyan did not show much surprise. He just turned sideways and bowed to the emperor, waiting for the emperor to speak.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Fang, who was beside Xu Zaijing, looked at the eunuch with surprise, and then looked at Xu Zaijing again.

The senior officials standing around the wooden platform bowed and spoke with angry expressions.

The emperor seemed to know what was going on. He waved to the ministers, indicating that they did not need to speak, and then looked at the translation official from the Ministry of Rites beside the wooden platform.

The interpreter hurriedly bowed and walked to the wooden platform and said, "Your Majesty, the little boy Bai Gao below the city wall is saying that our Great Zhou won unfairly and that it was all due to the power of the earthquake. He wants to compete with our Great Zhou warriors."

The emperor sneered and said, "Ask him who he is from! Why didn't he bring up this matter on the way after so many days on the road?"

"Yes!"

The interpreter hurried to the wall and started asking questions in Baigao dialect.

Zhang Fangyan continued to shout out the emperor's question.

Under the city tower,
Liang Yifu's face had become extremely ugly.

Liang Yiren, who was not far behind him, looked at the tall and white young man who stood up with hatred in his eyes.

Zhuajue Zhongding turned around and looked at the muscular young man who stood up, his eyes full of helplessness and regret.

At this moment, the young man who stood up had already finished shouting out his origins.

On the tower,
The interpreter said, "Your Majesty, he said he was the son of the Fang family. He also said he felt a little unwell on the way, so he didn't bring it up."

Hearing this, the emperor looked at Zhang Fangyan who was standing by the parapet.

"Your Majesty, this is one of the people that the men dragged out of the city before setting off."

Zhang Fangyan bowed and said.

The emperor nodded.

Zhang Fangyan was talking about how before setting off, the Great Zhou army dragged out people one by one according to the list provided by Zhao Taifeng.

Many of them are the hidden heirs of the White Nobles, or young people with a promising future in the clan.

These people may not have prominent official positions in Baigao, but they are like buried seeds.

Of course, there is also the Baigao family who are unwilling to surrender in their hearts.

Their attitude against the Great Zhou was extremely stubborn. They were the type of people who would support whoever was the emperor of Bai Gao as long as they went to war with the Great Zhou.

If these seeds and families are left in Baigao, the harm will be extremely serious.

If we are not careful one day, there might be another Baigao Rebellion, and who knows how many troops of the Great Zhou will be involved.

If there weren't spies like Zhao Taifeng who had worked in Baigao for many years, it would be very difficult for Da Zhou to find such people.

But today, Bai Gao can almost be said to have been uprooted. Without these obstacles, things will be much easier in the future.

Thinking of this, the emperor looked at Zhao Zilong and Zhao Meifeng, who were standing aside calmly, with emotion and a little apology.

Under the city wall, there was also a translation official from the Ministry of Rites who was responding to the tall white young man's words.

"Feeling unwell? I don't think you have the guts to do that!"

"If he dares to mention it on the road, the men of the Western Army will dare to bury it."

"He looks like a simple and honest person, but he is actually very scheming!"

The people of Bianjing, the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, who stood behind the imperial guards who were maintaining order, shouted loudly.

"Is there anyone in the Great Zhou who dares to fight me?"

Another person stood up from among the kneeling Bai Gaoren and shouted in the somewhat stiff Da Zhou dialect.

The horses of the Great Zhou cavalry standing solemnly on both sides seemed to sense the fighting spirit of the knights who were very familiar to them, and began to move one after another.

On the tower,
Zhao Fang stared at the scene below and said to Xu Zaijing in an angry tone, "Jing'er, how could they be so ungrateful? Father is so kind, yet they are so rude!"

Xu Zaijing whispered, "Your Highness, I heard in the army that they were one of the families that ambushed and killed our generals at the beginning of the Great Zhou Dynasty! Today, I was thinking that Your Majesty would kill them in Bianjing, so I jumped out."

"Brother Jing, the two countries were at war before, and war is all about deception. Now that they have surrendered, all the previous things will be forgiven! How could the emperor kill them in the capital!"

Zhao Fang said with a serious face.

"Your Highness, at that time, Baigao had not yet established a country. Fangdang and several other families said they wanted to surrender to the Great Zhou! My Great Zhou generals believed them and only brought their own troops to show their sincerity. As a result..."

"If this hadn't happened, Bai Gao wouldn't have had the chance to establish a country."

"They naturally know the pros and cons of this matter."

After saying this, Xu Zaijing shook his head, lamenting that the generals of the Great Zhou in the early years had trusted others too easily and ended up in trouble, and also lamenting that these members of the Baigao tribe were untrustworthy, cunning and vicious.

Zhao Fang's eyes were full of thought, as if he was thinking about whether his teacher had ever talked about this matter.

"Brother Jing, if they knew this, why didn't they resist in Baigao?"

Xu Zaijing smiled: "General Cao suddenly arrested people on the second day after accepting the surrender, and the ambush happened many years ago. How could they be prepared to resist when they thought they would be safe after accepting the surrender?"

Zhao Fang nodded, his eyes lit up, and he came close to Xu Zaijing and whispered, "Brother Jing, do you think anyone provoked them along the way?"

Thinking of the surname of the ambushed general, Xu Zaijing took a deep breath and said, "If it is really as Your Highness said, then he really bears a grudge."

Zhao Fang nodded in agreement.

"Xu family boy!"

"His Majesty!"

"Go, teach them a lesson, but don't kill anyone!"

"Yes!"

"Remember, you have to subdue them immediately!"

The emperor instructed.

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

Zhao Fang encouraged Xu Zaijing, "Brother Jing, you must calm them down!"

Xu Zaijing nodded heavily and promised: "Okay!"

Then he turned sideways and trotted toward the wall.
In the wide-eyed eyes of the emperor, Zhao Fang, the chief eunuch, Zhang Fangyan, and several senior officials,

Xu Zaijing had already stepped onto the parapet wall in a few steps.
The emperor stood up and shouted, "Stop! What are you doing?"

Xu Zaijing, who was standing on the parapet, looked at the people under the tower behind him and said, "Your Majesty, I'm going to subdue them right away!"

"How to do it? Huh?"

The emperor asked angrily.

Xu Zaijing looked back at the city wall, where Liang Yifu, Zhajue Zhongding and other Bai masters were looking up at him with puzzled eyes.
The dukes and marquises in the nearby colorful pavilions all looked up at him.
The Great Zhou cavalry standing on both sides were looking here while calming their horses.

There were also many soldiers and civilians from Bian Jing who were watching from above and below the buildings, inside and outside, and were pointing fingers at Xu Zaijing.

The ladies and noble ladies upstairs were even more stunned.

"Your Majesty, if I just jump down from here and stand firmly in front of them, wouldn't it be enough to intimidate them immediately?"

"Nonsense!"

The emperor flicked his sleeves and said.

"Just keep going!"

"Yes!"

Xu Zaijing jumped from the parapet to the city wall and walked down dejectedly.

Under the city tower,
Faintly hearing the conversation, Zhua Jue Zhongding looked up at the inner city wall, which was less than three meters high.

He sincerely felt that based on Xu Wulang's ability, he was not fooling around.

(End of this chapter)