After reading the whole family's minds, the eldest daughter awakened

Chapter 24 Killing civilians indiscriminately for military merit?
  "Don't worry, Mr. Zhou. Since you have come to a place under the jurisdiction of Xianguan, let him fulfill his duties as a landlord."

"No, we are in a hurry to go back and recover. Miss Li, do you think so?"

Zhou Yanting looked at Li Youwei with evil intentions.

Wang Boyan blocked Li Youwei behind him and raised a smile on his lips.

That smile was three parts sarcastic, three parts sarcastic, and four parts careless.

"Master Zhou always targets a little girl. Isn't it interesting?"

Facing Wang Boyan, Zhou Yanting subconsciously felt a little timid.

"Did General Wang misunderstand something? I just think Miss Li is very opinionated, so I want to hear more of her opinions."

"Oh, since that's the case, let's go."

Wang Boyan waved his hand and flew on his horse first.

Li Youwei carried Nalan Ling onto the horse, then got on the horse and sat behind her.

Nalan Ling twisted his hand while leading the people to prepare kerosene. Li Youwei was worried about her riding alone, so he planned to take her with him all the way back.

Zhou Yanting fell behind on horseback with his men, with murderous intent in his eyes.

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhou, everything is ready. I guarantee they won't be able to turn over."

"Do it carefully and don't leave any clues."

"You can rest assured that I will handle my affairs."

Li You, the only pedestrian, once again rushed back to the capital in five days.

The fat county magistrate's good news was sent by 800-mile express, so Emperor Nanchen had already received the news.

Li Youwei and others were greeted by the crowds of people, and countless petals fell on several people from the second floor.

Nalan Ling touched Li Youwei's arm behind him.

"You Wei, isn't this welcome parade a bit exaggerated?"

They just wiped out a group of bandits. Those who didn't know better thought they were going to the battlefield to kill the enemy and return home victorious.

"Just wait and see what happens."

If the guess is correct, all this was arranged by Zhou Yanting. They don't have to do anything now, they just need to follow the plan.

When the dean heard that Wang Boyan and others had won a great victory without losing a single soldier, he had already led the students to wait at the door. In the end, he was told that several people went directly to the palace to meet the saint.

"Dean, let's go back first. We won't come back so soon after entering the palace."

The dean nodded, "You're right, the Holy One has designated to reward them personally."

The other masters nodded in agreement.

“This is the first time that students from our college have led a team, and I didn’t expect them to do so beautifully.

But I heard that Zhou Yanting didn't do anything to suppress the bandits this time. What's going on? "

"Zhou Yanting and Li Youwei are celebrating the holidays. Maybe he is isolated."

Master Zhou maliciously speculated.

"Master Zhou, you can take random medicines, but you can't say random words. How could you deliberately bring trouble to You Wei?

I know that you target her everywhere because of Zhou Tengfei, and that's all. If you dare to talk nonsense this time, this dean will not spare you. "

The dean is an upright person, and he has never been afraid even when facing the Zhou family, which is at its peak.

The Zhou family tried many ways to frame him, but in the end they failed.

The dean's students are all over Nanchen Kingdom, even the emperor is his student, and he is an old man who follows the queen mother.

Even if Emperor Nanchen doted on the imperial concubine, he would not be able to attack such an old minister.

Later, when the Zhou family saw that the dean did not pose a substantial threat to them, they temporarily let him go.

Master Zhou knew the dean's status, and when he saw that he was really angry, he did not dare to say anything more.

In the Jinluan Palace, Emperor Nanchen was delighted. He praised Li Youwei and others, and even gave them a bunch of rewards.

"You are indeed a student from Hongru Academy. You have not disappointed me. I will wait to see your performance in the imperial examination in three years' time."

"Your Majesty, this reward is well deserved. During this bandit suppression mission, the heads of the bandits were captured by General Wang and others. Your Majesty, please take back the reward for your ministers."

Zhou Yanting came out and knelt in the main hall, speaking sincerely.

Emperor Nanchen nodded with satisfaction, "As expected of the Zhou family, you did not embarrass the imperial concubine. Just because of your humble attitude, you should be rewarded."

Those ministers who were devoted to the country felt even colder after hearing Emperor Nanchen's words.

The ministers who support the Zhou family have further strengthened their position. As long as the imperial concubine is around, His Majesty will always favor the Zhou family. As long as they are of the same mind as the imperial concubine.

While Zhou Yanting was still politely refusing, the eunuch hurriedly walked to Emperor Nan Chen and whispered a few words to him.

Emperor Nanchen frowned and asked the eunuch to bring the person up.

Soon, the county magistrate in charge of Jade Village knelt in the main hall.

"The humble minister is guilty, please Your Majesty to put him to death."

"Look up and say something."

"Yes, Your Majesty, this time General Wang and others went to Yushi Village to suppress bandits. I am very grateful, but they should not kill innocent people indiscriminately.

I used to report my merits to them in the booklet, but I was also forced by them. "

The ministers in the main hall were a little confused after hearing this. Aren't they going to kill bandits and eliminate harm for the people? Why are you still killing people?
  "To tell the truth, what happened?"

"Back to Your Majesty, after Li Youwei and others came to Yushi Village, they not only burned the bandits to death, but also the people of Yushi Village were burned to death and used as heads."

In Nanchen Kingdom, there are several ways to calculate military merit, one of which is to count heads.

The ministers who had praised Li Youwei just now also looked at them with different eyes.

Emperor Nanchen was even more furious.

"How arrogant, you are so brave. Except for Zhou Yanting, you dragged everyone down and beat them with a hundred boards and then sent them to the sky prison."

Nalan Ling's body was already weak. If he was hit with these hundred boards, he would be dead immediately, and he would not even have the chance to be imprisoned in the sky prison.

Although Li Youwei is powerful, he is only a ten-year-old child and cannot survive under a hundred giant boards.

Even Wang Boyan, who has experienced life and death on the battlefield, may not be able to survive.

The Prime Minister was the first to be unable to bear it anymore and knelt down in the main hall with a plop and began to plead for mercy.

"Your Majesty, there must be a misunderstanding here. The previous good news was reported by Huang County Magistrate. Now he is saying this again. We can't just believe his words."

General Wang also knelt down to plead for mercy.

"Master Li, what do you think?"

Two of the fathers of the three people who were about to be slapped have already knelt down. The only one who didn't was Li Dengyuan, so Emperor Nan Chen directly called his name.

Li Dengyuan hurriedly knelt beside the two of them.

"Your Majesty, although Li Youwei is Wei Chen's daughter, if she really kills people for military merit, Wei Chen will definitely be the first to kill her relatives."

"Okay, you are indeed my favorite. The eldest princess did not marry the wrong person."

"Your Majesty is so complimentary."

Li Dengyuan kowtowed and thanked him, then knelt aside in a polite manner.

Emperor Nanchen looked at the prime minister and the general.

"I hate people who don't know how good the world is just because of their merits. You should really learn from Mr. Li."

"Your Majesty, I believe that my daughter will never do such an unconscionable thing. Can you send someone to Jade Village to verify this matter?"

The prime minister was in tears. He only had a daughter. If she died, he would not want to live anymore.

"Your Majesty, this humble minister is getting old and has long wanted to retire and return home. I only ask that Your Majesty can give me a chance to investigate again."

General Wang was even more ruthless and wanted to hand over his military power in exchange for Wang Boyan's life.

(End of this chapter)