Chapter 1665: Reunion

But they obviously didn't expect that there were people in places they didn't know who were trying every means to kill them. And Wang Yan was known for being good to his own people, actually handing over military power directly and letting people toss about themselves.

Furthermore, is Wang Yan really such a kind person? Does he really have no thoughts about the imperial family and no feelings for wealth?

Looking at the silent Yixin and Cixi, Vanguard Commander waved his hand: "Forget it, you all run for your lives. I believe you all have arrangements. I won't live long, so I'll buy you some time."

"Your Majesty~"

The two looked at Vanguard Commander, very moved.

By the time this news spread in the core circle, even more people were moved. One by one, they all came to the carriage to talk to Vanguard Commander, but they all spoke very quickly. However, the sincere emotions smoothed out other unpleasantness; it was just coming out and going in, leaking the temperature in the carriage, from spring to what seemed like the beginning of winter.

Vanguard Commander fiddled with his opium pipe and tightened the quilt on his body...

For a force that has fallen into an absolute dead end, with no chance of turning around, wanting to have hearts, wanting to talk about unity, and wanting to overcome difficulties together is absolutely impossible.

These Manchu Qing princes and ministers all had their own forces. Of course, they all had their own places to go. In fact, even the imperial family had already been scattered. Some ran with this team, and some ran away in all directions like others, changing their names and hiding in the sea of people.

However, the imperial family could run, but the emperor could not.

His target was too big, and wanting to hide was almost impossible. Without absolute secrecy, he couldn't achieve true thoroughness. He could only run openly with people.

Of course, the more important reason is that Vanguard Commander was the monarch of a fallen nation and was terminally ill, so it didn't matter anymore, which is why he didn't go overseas.

How could he really gamble his own life on Wang Yan's benevolence...

So Vanguard Commander was now directly using his own rotten life to attract attention; this was the last thing he could do. As for what the remaining people should do... Heaven knows...

So, without the people below knowing, this huge fleeing team still maintained its original speed, but people left one after another, running in different directions.

However, it was a pity that those who left were the core figures of the upper level, and they still left quietly. By the time others discovered it, it was already too late. Because the gates had been tightened, and those who wanted to run were all caught and killed.

Even if they were destined not to run, they had to stabilize the situation when they weren't caught. Once people were allowed to run away on a large scale, panic would spread. By then, one or two mounted officers wouldn't be able to scare the dozens or hundreds of people below.

Such a situation of course couldn't be maintained for long, but they didn't think about how long it would last; dragging it out for one day was one day...

Su Zixuan rode fast, personally leading the troops to chase in the wind and snow. After galloping all the way, she finally caught up with the fleeing team that stretched for several miles.

It wasn't as difficult as imagined. After a burst of gunfire, the team of several miles collapsed.

Su Zixuan, hiding in the team, even felt in a trance that many people were running with smiles, and some were crying and kneeling to surrender. The Northeast was too cold, the snow was too big, and the emperor they were loyal to was too ruthless; they had no fighting spirit at all, and no intention to protect the emperor.

However, as the saying goes, a broken ship still has three nails. The Manchu Qing, which had ruled the Divine Land for more than two hundred years, of course also had loyal people.

Just as they were about to catch up with Vanguard Commander's carriage, Vanguard Commander's guards erupted with super-strong mobility and combat power. The speed of the escape suddenly increased, the intensity of the interception instantly increased, and the fighting will was quite tenacious.

However, under the bombardment of dozens of mortars, all this ended.

Su Zixuan, accompanied by the Assistant Regional Commander, arrived beside Vanguard Commander's carriage.

"Madam, the Manchu Qing Emperor and Empress are here. They are still alive, just sick and unable to move."

Not only were they alive, but everything in the carriage had been checked to prevent accidents. The Assistant Regional Commander was extremely cautious in coming out with Su Zixuan.

Su Zixuan glanced at the eunuchs and palace maids kneeling on the ground, then flicked the horse whip in her hand and said: "They are already the monarch of a fallen nation, and they are still putting on airs waiting for us to pay respects? Pack them up and bring them down."

Two people from the guards naturally came out, grabbed the eunuchs and palace maids, and entered the carriage...

"Where are the others?" Su Zixuan asked.

An officer with blood on him, steaming with heat, walked over: "Reporting to Madam, they all ran away in advance. Some went to the outlet to the sea to take a boat overseas, some went north, maybe hiding, or maybe running toward Russia. They have been gone for two or three days, traveling light. Our pursuit might..."

The Assistant Regional Commander stared: "I didn't ask you to say 'might'."

"Why are you staring?" Su Zixuan said. "What he said is the truth; it is his judgment as a commander. However, thinking that they are pampered, their bodies can't stand such tossing, so they shouldn't be able to run very fast. Scatter the people to chase and see; we will definitely be able to catch some back.

In addition, our large army cannot stop. Go to the outlet to the sea and take a look. If we can catch their warships, that's also good. Didn't Pang Qingyun sink one in the south earlier? Maybe we'll be lucky and sink one of theirs too. Go quickly."

So the officer responded and turned to leave without any hesitation. In a short while, a large group of people was separated to continue the pursuit...

When those people left on fast horses, Vanguard Commander and Ci'an were helped down from the carriage by eunuchs and palace maids.

Su Zixuan looked silently at the man standing in front of her who couldn't even stand steady, with a pale face and withered appearance. The unpleasant smell was clear even in the cold wind. If it weren't for the fact that this person was still wearing a dragon robe very decently, there was no appearance of an emperor at all.

Seeing Vanguard Commander and Ci'an staring with wide eyes, Su Zixuan took a step back and fanned her nose in disgust, but still smiled: "Didn't expect Wang Yan to let a woman command a large army?"

"Wang Yan has courage." Vanguard Commander expressed approval, then said, "I know you, Su Zixuan, you were a person of the Heavenly Kingdom before, and later followed Wang Yan."

"Didn't expect that even in this state, you can still remember me. Admirable."

Vanguard Commander of course heard the resentment in Su Zixuan's words. He frowned and asked: "Do you have a grudge against me?"

"I have a grudge!"

Su Zixuan wanted to make people understand ghosts, so she thoughtfully explained the reason.

So Vanguard Commander sighed sadly: "I understand. It turns out it was all because of you; otherwise, Wang Yan might really not have been willing to spend too much energy on us..."

"What beautiful things are you thinking about? You have also read history books; have you seen any last emperor of a dynasty run away?" Su Zixuan was surprised at Vanguard Commander's lack of understanding. "I think you have really ruined your brain by smoking opium. Do you think Wang Yan didn't send troops to chase and kill you earlier because he is some great kind person?

Let me tell you, those people of yours hiding everywhere are all linked together. There are also quite a few people seeking death and following you, and there are people watching them all. Wang Yan knows you won't live long and won't become a climate, so he is too lazy to bother with you and is looking for those who are more harmful. If you had gathered troops to fight him for ten days or half a month, you would be dead.

Although it was me, this woman, who held a grudge and was arrogant, begging him to let me lead troops to find you. But I don't know whether he had thought about it long ago or if it was a temporary idea."

"He is a terrible person; it's hard to imagine he is not yet thirty years old."

Su Zixuan sneered: "Alright, that's enough. You can be considered to have died clearly. I have prepared a pot of poisonous wine for the two of you. You two go on the road. I will see you off."

Of course, no one wants to die, but when they know they have to die, people have a bit of courage. Especially since this was the Emperor and Empress of the Manchu Qing, they didn't die gloriously, but they still had to have some face.

So, under the gaze of a group of people, the two picked up the wine cups with trembling hands, looked up and drank them, and then died in pain in front of everyone.

Su Zixuan just watched them suppress the pain, struggling on the ground in a state worse than death, until they breathed their last.

"I think this mountain is quite good. Didn't they start their business here? It's also their ancestral land." Su Zixuan waved her hand. "Dig a pit and bury them."

"Yes!"

The soldiers on the side listened to the order, a team of people came out, dragged the corpses, carried the shovels, and buried them directly in the wilderness.

Su Zixuan could be considered to have been decent; at least she gave them a piece of decency, left a whole corpse, and finally settled them. Being able to do this was really not bad.

Facing hatred, not everyone can restrain themselves or wants to restrain themselves. For example, the most famous one, Wu Yuan whipping the corpse...

Su Zixuan didn't stay here for long and continued to set off. She really didn't want those people to run away and live a good life outside. She even wanted to find the remnants of the Manchu Qing after the main investigation, and kill all those who secretly enjoyed wealth, enjoyed peace, and used the past as wine—don't let any of them have a good time!

So she really led the troops to chase and kill all the way, and caught quite a few people. It was equivalent to half of the main force of the imperial family following the emperor, and they were basically all reimbursed; she didn't want any living captives.

It's just that in the end, some people left on warships. Just as Vanguard Commander said, they went overseas to be monkeys.

In addition, Su Zixuan's action this time had no losses. After all, just by copying Vanguard Commander's team, they found many treasures, gold, jewelry, strange stones, antiques, etc., a whole pile of things. Catching others could also find many treasures; after all, only rich people need to hide...

The capital, Hall of Preserving Harmony.

Now here it has undergone simple transformation and become Wang Yan's office. At the same time, the daily court hearing is also here, belonging to an enlarged meeting of a hundred or eighty people, for daily conveying the spirit of instructions.

Wang Yan wanted to go to the West Garden, but that side was still being repaired. The situation in the palace was quite bad, and the maintenance was not good; it was not decent at all.

In recent years, there has been constant fighting and constant exploitation. First there was the Opium War, then the Heavenly Kingdom Uprising, and then Wang Yan gained the mountains and rivers, and money was spent everywhere. Although the royal family didn't spend money, the expenses were too large, affecting income, so the life in the palace was of course not easy.

What's worse is that what he got was an empty shell; he didn't get much treasure and wealth, and he actually didn't have much money. To be honest, he couldn't even afford to live in the palace, and he couldn't afford to support so many subordinates.

However, he didn't need money, because the money was printed by him, and it hadn't been benchmarked against other equivalents; it was directly issued credit currency. He said print how much, and it could be printed how much.

So for a period of time recently, even in winter, the capital had not been quiet. Various projects had been planned, such as the transformation of the city's drainage system, the renovation of old houses, road repair, city wall repair, palace repair, urban expansion, industrial construction, wonder building, etc., etc., a whole pile of projects waiting to be built.

This was just for the capital alone. In addition, there were construction plans all over the country, as well as other agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery industries...

Although internal contradictions were layered and external intentions to destroy him were not dead, Wang Yan had already started the era of great construction. With money, people, and invincibility!

And in the Hall of Preserving Harmony at this moment, Su Zixuan held the child and spoke happily: "Basically all were caught and executed. It's just that the child born to Cixi was not found. According to the people serving by her side, it might be hidden in the city under a pseudonym."

"Just a child who hasn't grown up, it doesn't matter."

"Aren't you afraid that these people will mix into our internal ranks in the future and try to subvert us?"

"Where is there a future? There is already a big pile now. No matter how subverted, he still has to do things. If he does the right thing, it's naturally good for him; if he does the wrong thing, he won't be able to be good even if he wants to."

Wang Yan didn't care much about the aftermath. He generally tried his best to do his best while alive, and the rest had nothing to do with him.

"You have finally taken revenge this time and can finally be at ease."

Sunlight penetrated, and he unfolded a painting to appreciate it. And in the scroll cylinder on the ground, there was a large pile of scrolls. On the shelf, various porcelains, strange stones, jewelry, and artifacts were displayed.

Hearing Wang Yan's words, Su Zixuan said: "I still want to pursue them in the future. Those who run outside can't be allowed to be at ease either."

"It's all up to your wishes, as long as you don't find it tiring."

"Who would ever complain about having too much power in their hands? If you can't tolerate others, then I certainly won't cause you any trouble."

"Power is responsibility. Many people have misunderstood this problem. They only want power and don't want to bear responsibility." Wang Yan waved his hand. "I will have the person responsible for the investigation report to you later."

"It seems you quite like these antiques. Why didn't you show it before?"

"I didn't like them before because I didn't have them. Now, although I have them, I don't like them much either; I just appreciate the craftsmanship and learn a little. The Heavenly King gave me a batch, you have a batch here, copying the house after entering the city copied a batch, and Li Wantang helped knock a batch. There are so many things that there is no place to put them. In my spare time, I have something to do, and I can also make some progress."

"Big Brother! Congratulations!"

With a loud shout, Zhao Erhu walked in laughing heartily, opened his arms to hug Wang Yan. "I've waited so long, and finally I get to see you and say this 'congratulations.' Back then, you told me and Third Brother that as long as we dared to fight for our lives, we could live a good life. But we haven't really fought for our lives yet, and this life has come to an end."

"What kind of bullshit are you talking about? The good life has just begun. You've come to an end, but I haven't. I think you want to wait for me to die and inherit my throne."

"I just came from the Hall of Supreme Harmony and sat for a while; it's uncomfortable and hurts the butt. Mainly, being an emperor has too many things to do. I've been in charge of logistics for these years, and it really cost me half my life. Big Brother, I'm two years younger than you, look at my white hair. I don't want to go out anymore; I just want to live a good life for a few years."

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