Rebirth of the Splendid Phoenix

Chapter 82: Conspiracy?

"Take care, I will bring someone to rescue you as soon as possible."

Bailifeng held the rein of the horse and looked at Xie Jinhua who was also riding on the horse, with deep guilt in his eyes.

In his opinion, asking a woman to risk her life to buy time for him, even if the woman is sent by the emperor, cannot make him feel at ease.

"If you really feel uneasy, then don't waste time, just go. Besides, it's not sure who will save who."

Xie Jinhua smiled slightly, and waved to Bailifeng.

Bailifeng took a deep look at Xie Jinhua, turned around and left with a group of people, and in an instant, there were only a few people left on the spot.

"Brother Qin, why don't you go? If you go to Xuzhou now, you will die."

Xu Yanran's niece from Xuzhou Prefecture was her elder brother's daughter who came to live here. Miss Xu was very frightened by Qin Zheng's methods of interrogating the prisoners, and she looked at Qin Zheng with unconcealed fear in her eyes.

But what she was even more afraid of was that she would be left in this place, with no one to accompany her and protect her.

So at this moment, Xu Yanran didn't care about the fear in her heart anymore, and summoned up her courage to prevent Qin Zheng from following Xie Jinhua to die.

Xie Jinhua didn't even know how to deal with the matter with Qin Zheng, so she didn't want to worry about it at this time, so she gave Qin Zheng a look, and galloped off to wait.

"Brother Qin, the life and death of those people in Xuzhou has nothing to do with you. Even if they were really killed by that villain, His Majesty would not blame you if you think about it. You have already saved me. I know that those people colluded with Xiyuan Kingdom. It can be proved that your credit is enough.”

Xu Yanran's voice lowered a little bit because of Qin Zheng's cold face.

"Let go."

Qin Zheng snorted coldly, Xu Yanran thought of Qin Zheng breaking the prisoner's bones one by one without blinking, her complexion turned pale, and she subconsciously let go of her hand.

But she still stood in front of Qin Zheng's horse, her eyes full of pleading.

She didn't want to be left behind, no matter how scary Qin Zheng was, he was the one who rescued her from Xuzhou Mansion.

Xu Yanran saw with her own eyes that all the houses of the Xuzhou State Mansion were destroyed, that blood flowed into rivers, and that the sea of ​​flames filled the sky with her own eyes, she was terrified.

The only thing she can trust and make her feel safe is Qin Zheng who rescued her from that hell.

"Don't go, brother Qin, I'm afraid alone."

Xu Yanran let go of all her arrogance and self-esteem in the past, and only begged Qin Zheng not to leave.

"You're not alone here."

Qin Zheng raised the reins lightly with his hand, and the horse ran past Xu Yanran, leaving the girl standing alone, shivering under the cold wind.

She looked at the back of Qin Zheng galloping away with Xie Jinhua, and the weakness and fear in her eyes disappeared little by little, turning into resentment.

"You are so decisive, be careful that the other party will hate you because of love."

When Xie Jinhua and Qin Zheng talked about Xu Yanran, it was not teasing or jealousy, but a reminder.

A woman's heart is sometimes very soft, and sometimes she is more ruthless than most men.

Although Xu Yanran was just a little girl, Xie Jinhua couldn't help but pay more attention and vigilance because of Qin Zheng.

Qin Zheng tapped the horse's belly lightly, increasing his speed a bit, and he was on par with Xie Jinhua: "The two over there are both good fighters of Suzaku Guard, if there is really an enemy who finds here, they will definitely be able to protect her well. "

Qin Zheng felt that he had done enough. Although he did not send the Buddha to the west, he was not bad.

Xie Jinhua turned his head and glanced at Qin Zheng: "But Miss Xu wants your protection."

"But I don't want to."

Qin Zheng replied like this.

Xie Jinhua was silent for a while: "I might lose my life if I go, Ah Zheng, just like Miss Xu said, you don't have to go, you have already fulfilled your duty."

Qin Zheng didn't look at Xie Jinhua, he looked ahead: "Then will you not go?"

He asked Xie Jinhua back.

"will not."

Xie Jinhua replied without hesitation.

Since she and the emperor begged to come to the south, since she knew what the prefect of Ningzhou had done, even if she had found Qin Zheng, there was absolutely no reason to give up halfway.

She couldn't do anything to stop a killing, but leave indifferently.

"My answer is the same as yours. Wherever you are, I will be there!"

Qin Zheng's whip was raised and lowered, and the horse's hooves flew up, leaving a cloud of smoke and dust behind him in an instant.

"Sister, let's go to Xuzhou City first!"

Qin Zheng's voice was full of youthful spirit, and Xie Jinhua forgot those worries for a while, and smiled slightly: "Okay, let's compare!"

It turned out to be such a wonderful feeling to be accompanied by such a man who can be trusted no matter when and where, who can walk side by side.

Xie Jinhua didn't feel like he was going to a near-death situation, but like going to a garden party, full of relaxation.

Unknowingly, the young man's feeling in Xie Jinhua's heart quietly changed.

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The magistrate of Ningzhou wanted to attack the yamen and kill all the rebellious people. The time was set at noon, and the place was on the law ground of Xuzhou mansion.

Xuzhou, once bustling and noisy, once the gateway to the south of the Yangtze River, now looks like hell.

There were hundreds of people kneeling in the center of the execution ground. Everyone's hands were tied behind their backs, and they were kneeling on the ground under the pressure of soldiers. There were men, women, old and young. The prefect of Ningzhou and Xuzhou are both in charge, but every time someone scolds, the soldiers around him beat the head and body fiercely with scabbards, treating them like livestock, until the people who scolded are covered in blood, It wasn't until the opponent was knocked down to the ground that he couldn't make a sound anymore, then he stopped moving.

Before noon, when the head was beheaded, countless blood was already flowing on the execution ground.

A circle of armored soldiers with unsheathed swords and weapons surrounded the execution ground. Several feet away from the soldiers, there were dark figures, all of whom were people from Xuzhou. Their faces were full of numbness and grief. They and the soldiers In the middle, there were countless corpses, those who tried to attack the execution ground, who wanted to save the people who were waiting to be beheaded on the execution ground, or those who tried to appeal to the prefect of Ningzhou for grievances.

The magistrate of Ningzhou drank a cup of tea, looked up at the sky, and then at the corona: "The criminals on the court attacked the yamen with the intention of killing the imperial court officials. They don't know the imperial court. They are treasonous. According to my Daqing law, they will punish the nine clans. It's noon. , execution."

As the red stick in the hands of the prefect of Ningzhou was thrown out, a mournful cry suddenly erupted from the onlookers suppressed by those soldiers with knives: "The court has no way, the dog officials are in power, the emperor is fatuous, and the country will not be ruled!" !"

This sound seemed to open the valve of anger. The sound of the emperor's stupidity, Daqing's failure, and the court's injustice continued to sound from all directions. For a while, half of Xuzhou City seemed to be filled with this angry and mournful cry. average.

Gradually, some people walked towards the pair of knives facing them, one by one, row by row: "The court is immoral, the emperor is stupid! Our family is innocent, we Xuzhou people are not wrong, the ones who deserve to be damned are not Xuzhou people!"

While shouting, he rushed forward regardless of life and death.

No matter how many soldiers there were, there were not as many as the people. For a while, many soldiers had their weapons taken away by the people, and they were dragged and beaten by the people.

The scene was completely out of control.

"Bold, bold, dare to offend the imperial court and His Majesty in such a way. I think the untouchables in Xuzhou City are all traitors, and they should all die. Come!"

"Arrest all those who criticize the imperial court and criticize His Majesty at will, and execute them together! Anyone who resists and obstructs will be killed on the spot!"

The moment the magistrate of Ningzhou saw the commotion of the people, his eyes lit up instantly, but his face was full of shock and anger.

He winked at Xuzhou Dutong beside him, telling him to follow the plan.

Xu Zhou looked at the bloody scene in front of him, with a hint of hesitation in his eyes.

But thinking of his wife and children, thinking of his elderly parents, he gritted his teeth, raised his head violently, and said loudly, "Archers are ready!"

Soldiers with bows and arrows appeared on the tops of trees in the streets and houses, and at any commanding height.

"put!"

As soon as the word was put, those civilians who had rushed to the front fell down in rows, and the soldiers who were entangled with each other fell together.

The rain of arrows all over the sky made the people scream and panic, and they couldn't help but back away.

"Help!"

"Sir, spare your life!"

"I don't want to die!"

After a round of arrow rain, corpses were left everywhere.

Many people crouched on the ground with their heads in their hands.

The scene stopped for a moment.

Now the situation has actually been brought under control, and the dead bodies left by a round of arrow rain are enough to deter the scene, but his mission is to make Xuzhou more chaotic.

Xuzhou all closed his eyes, as if he couldn't see the cries of the people begging for mercy, and couldn't see the blood all over the sky.

Raise your hand: "let it go again".

Before a single word could be uttered, a clear voice suddenly came from behind the people: "Your Majesty ordered the third-rank female officials to be here, and Xuzhou officials haven't come to see you yet!"

All the archers in that direction have been restrained by Qin Zheng. Xie Jinhua is dressed in a bright red female official costume, with a Nine-Dragon Pendant bestowed by the emperor on his waist. There is a majesty and solemnity between the clear and beautiful eyebrows, and he slowly and involuntarily parted. The crowd walked towards the execution ground.

There are many soldiers on both sides holding their swords, and the blades are flashing above their heads. Apart from the back, other directions, one after another long arrows are aimed at Xie Jinhua's whole body. As long as Xuzhou gives a unified order, in an instant, Xie Jinhua It will turn into a hedgehog.

But Xie Jinhua seemed to turn a blind eye to the sword, the long arrow, and all the hostility, and just walked step by step.

The people around looked at Xie Jinhua eagerly, with pleading in their eyes, even if they didn't really believe that the emperor would send such a young girl as an imperial envoy, but at this moment they had no other hope.

The magistrate of Ningzhou looked at Xie Jinhua, his eyes narrowed slightly, she waded up the steps, her back was straight, she was obviously a young woman, but she gave off a more majestic feeling than a man.

"His Majesty's order is here, and everyone in the Xuzhou Mansion is still kneeling to accept the order!"

Xie Jinhua raised the Nine Dragon Pendant in his hand, that thing not only can make the Suzaku Guard obey orders, but even the court officials who have some knowledge will know its weight.

The Ningzhou prefectural government sneered, and looked at Xie Jinhua with some mockery in his eyes: "I never knew that the imperial envoy sent by His Majesty was a woman, who knows whether the decree you said is true or not, my lord, let me tell you about your majesty first." Take a look at the decree."

He is now in control of the troops and power, he doesn't care if Xie Jinhua is true or not, he just wants to see what the other party will say.

After all, he said that Xie Jinhua is real, and Xie Jinhua is true, and he said that Xie Jinhua is fake, and she is fake.

Xie Jinhua had already met the prefect of Ningzhou face to face. Looking at the disapproving face of the prefect of Ningzhou, he held up the Kowloon pendant and paused every word: "Your Majesty has a decree. The plague in Xuzhou is rampant. The previous governor of Xuzhou is incompetent. The highest officer of the neighboring prefecture is in charge of Xuzhou on his behalf. No single case of plague patients should be allowed to spread out of Xuzhou, and the epidemic must not be allowed to spread. However, if there is a plague, all those who come into contact with it will be imprisoned. Everything else will be dealt with severely!"

As soon as the so-called will of Xie Jin's painting came to an end, there was an uproar, those people who were looking forward to her just now cursed at her, but Ningzhou Prefecture's eyes were very bright, and the cold smile on his lips turned into a proud and wild smile. Laughing: "Your Majesty is wise, I accept the order and thank you!"

The magistrate of Ningzhou knelt down to receive the order, and felt that everything went smoothly, even smoother than he expected, and Xie Jin's paintings were much more pleasing to the eye.

He did not suspect that Xie Jinhua was falsely preaching the imperial decree, because Xie Jinhua was a woman, still a young woman.

Xie Jinhua personally helped Ningzhou prefect: "My lord, I have already conveyed your majesty's will. Your majesty is most worried about the plague. How is the plague in Xuzhou under control? Did those people get the plague?"

Xie Jinhua refers to those people who are still tied up in the execution ground.

The magistrate of Ningzhou chuckled: "These untouchables attacked the yamen in an attempt to rebel, so of course they have to be executed. If Mr. Xie wants to, you can also supervise and execute him to make your majesty famous."

His eyes secretly observed the woman.

Xie Jinhua's eyes were bright, and he seemed to be really interested. After a while, he waved his hand impatiently: "Forget it, it's too troublesome. Your Majesty sent me here to deal with the plague. I heard that there are many people in Ningzhou. The people caught the plague, I think the people at the scene are quite healthy, why don't we send these disorderly people to take care of the plague patients, if they recover, it will be fine, if not, then they will be burned together, and it will save us trouble."

Xie Jinhua has a vicious and indifferent face.

The magistrate of Ningzhou smiled reassuringly. Hearing the voices around him yelling at the court, the emperor, and Xie Jinhua, who had raised their voices a lot, he felt very comfortable all over his body: "Okay, I'll let you thank the lady officer. Let those untouchables and untouchables make use of their waste."

Facing the noon sun, Xie Jinhua looked at the civilians escorted away by the officers and soldiers, slightly pursed his lips, and his eyes were gloomy.

She is only responsible for delaying time. In the face of a powerful enemy, instead of confronting it directly, it is better to join forces with it temporarily, give the other party what they want, and get what they want.

(End of this chapter)