Ning Chen was amused, stood up slowly, asked the soldier beside him for a knife, and walked towards Qu Lang step by step. "You want to enter the palace? It's easy. I'll castrate you and you can enter the palace." "As for asking Emperor Xuan to give you the throne... I'm afraid it's a bit difficult, after all, I haven't thought about it that way." Seeing Ning Chen walking over with a knife, Qu Lang shuddered. "What do you want to do?" Ning Chen smiled and said, "I will fulfill your wish. Don't you want to enter the palace? I will personally cleanse your body." Qu Lang looked at the knife flashing coldly in Ning Chen's hand with a look of horror on his face. Ning Chen narrowed his eyes slightly and raised the knife in his hand. Heads rolled down and blood splattered. He threw the knife in his hand to the soldier and muttered: "I cut it wrong. I cut off the small head but accidentally cut off the big head... But it doesn't matter. Where is the head that isn't cut?"
"Old Feng, take his head and tell the rebels... that the old thief King Rui has escaped and Qu Lang is dead. Let them put down their weapons and surrender. Those who surrender will not be killed, and those who resist will be killed without mercy!" Feng Qizheng nodded, "Yes!" "But where do you think the old thief King Rui escaped?" Ning Chen smiled calmly, "It's not difficult to guess. We came from the north. To the west is Daxuan and he doesn't dare to go. To the east is the sea... He can only escape south." "If what I expected is true, the old thief King Rui has fled to South Vietnam!" "We'll talk about these things later. First we need to pacify Xiangzhou." Feng Qizheng nodded and ran away with Qu Lang's head. The Eastern Border Army was originally as afraid of Ning Chen as a tiger. After learning that King Rui had escaped and Qu Lang was dead, the army was completely demoralized. How could they still have the courage to resist... almost all of them surrendered. In less than two hours, the battle was over! At dawn, Ning Chen entered the city. Prince Rui's Mansion. Ning Chen looked at the words "Jinluan Palace" and laughed out loud. King Rui proclaimed himself emperor, and within a few months, he abandoned the country and fled. After entering, Ning Chen laughed out loud when he saw the dragon chair. Ning Chen walked around the house. "Is the Eastern Border Army still honest?" Yuan Long leaned over and said: "The weapons have been confiscated and a special person has been assigned to guard them." Ning Chen nodded slightly.
When these surrendered troops turn around, he will divide them into two groups, and one group will bring Sun Gaohan back to the border. The other wave will be sent to Beilinguan and handed over to Liang Jingwu. Then, troops will be mobilized from these two places to guard the eastern coastline. "Yuan Long, you lead the Ning'an Army to arrest people from the Showa Kingdom and the city's dignitaries, nobles and nobles." Yuan Long was stunned for a moment and said, "Are all the people from Zhaohe arrested?" "What's the meaning?" "Old thief King Rui allowed Showa people to get married and have children in Xiangzhou. There are many Showa people in this city who married local women and settled down and started families." Ning Chen raised his eyebrows slightly and said in a deep voice: "Arrest them all. If they are from Zhaohe, kill them all. No one will be spared!" "No one related to the Showa people can be spared... If there are any family members, they will all be marked as slaves, all the men will be exiled, and the women will be sent to the Jiaofang Division." "Remember, no trace of Showa blood is allowed to be left on the land of Daxuan!" According to the Daxuan laws, as long as you are marked as a slave, you will not be able to get married and have children for the rest of your life, and your incest will be completely cut off until you die of old age. "I will obey your orders!" Yuan Long took the order and left. "Lu Ming." Lu Ming hurriedly stepped forward, "The general is here!" Ning Chen looked at him and smiled: "You performed well this time!" "Thank you, General, for giving us the opportunity to make a difference." Ning Chen said calmly: "Ask your people to guard the four city gates and not allow anyone to escape from the city... Let He Guanyu lead people to search for those noble families and dignitaries." "I will obey your orders!" Lu Ming took the order and left. Ning Chen came to the study room. He wrote a good news and sent someone back to the capital. Until evening. Yuan Long came to report, saying that more than 5,000 people were arrested in total, including people from Showa and others related to Showa. He couldn't be held in prison at all, so he could only be temporarily held in a military camp. "Very efficient?" Yuan Long said: "Thanks to the help of the people." "Um?"
Yuan Long leaned over, "The old thief King Rui proclaimed himself emperor and made the people of Xiangzhou miserable... He imposed various excessive taxes and forced the people to build a palace for him." "Those Showa people burned, killed, and looted in Xiangzhou. The dignitaries and noble families took the opportunity to make money wantonly, and the people couldn't live any longer." "When we searched today, the people took the initiative to report the hiding places of the traitors, and even led the way themselves...it shows that the people hate these traitors very much." Ning Chen smiled and said: "Since ancient times, those who win the hearts of the people win the world. Water can carry a boat but also capsize it." "Prince Rui failed to seize the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in a hurry. The makeshift team that was built on the grass platform will fall sooner or later... Even if we don't invade, sooner or later the people will chop off his head." Yuan Long nodded slightly. "General Ning, we have searched the palace and found very few valuables. It seems that they were all taken away by the old thief King Rui." Ning Chen's face darkened slightly, "As you said, the old thief King Rui must have been plundering the people's wealth... There is nothing valuable in the house now, and he must have taken everything to South Vietnam." Yuan Long leaned over and said: "Then shall we send troops to South Vietnam?" Ning Chen waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, Prince Rui won't live long... South Vietnam protected him because of his gold and silver treasures and the 20,000 soldiers." "I understand Kang Luo's methods. Once the old thief King Rui is drained of his property and his 20,000 troops are annexed, and he is no longer useful, Kang Luo will personally chop off his head." Ning Chen narrowed his eyes slightly and muttered: "The old thief King Rui can give it to South Vietnam, and the 20,000 rebels can also be given to them... But those gold and silver treasures must be returned." "The gold and silver treasures that Prince Rui took away are absolutely astronomical figures... Nanyue cannot be cheap. I have to write a letter to Kang Luo and ask him to return the gold and silver." Yuan Long scratched his head, "Will Kang Luo agree?" "Definitely not. Who wants to spit out the fat in his mouth?" Ning Chen said with a smile, "But I can try to discuss it with Kang Luo, and I can pay half of it back." Ning Chen came to the desk and started writing quickly. to whom It May Concern: Brother Kang, long time no see, I miss you so much. My Daxuan traitor, King Rui, fled to South Vietnam. This old thief is cunning and cunning. Brother Kang must be careful. Man, I don’t want it anymore. But those gold, silver and jewels are my Daxuan's people's treasure and anointing. I ask Brother Kang to show your noble hand and return them in full, or... you can pay back half of them! You see I'm so polite, I hope you don't know what's good and what's wrong...don't make me angry, I will even scare myself if I get angry. Finally, I’d like to ask out of curiosity, what are the measurements of the most beautiful woman in South Vietnam? Ning Chen wrote the letter and handed it to Yuan Long, "Send someone to send this letter to the southern border, give it to Tong Yuanzhou, and then ask him to deliver it to Kang Luo." "Yes, General Mo will go right now!" Yuan Long had a strange expression. Ning Chen didn't carry the content of the letter behind his back. He had seen it... Can it be written like this? "etc!" Ning Chen stopped him and said: "First, post notices and provide clues to the traitors. As long as they catch a traitor, they will be rewarded with a tael of silver... We can't let the people's hard work go in vain!" "Second, those traitors, don't waste food. Starting tomorrow, they will be dragged to Caishikou and beheaded in public."
"Third, warn the grain merchants and salt merchants in the city that if they dare to take the opportunity to raise prices and make the people unable to eat... I will make it impossible for them to eat forever." Yuan Long leaned over and clasped his fists, "The last general takes orders!"