Chapter 407: How could Five-lang be reckless? [Many thanks! Bow again! Owed

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Zhang Fangyan bowed and answered, stood by the parapet, and even nodded slightly to the head eunuch in the palace with an apologetic look.

The head eunuch was somewhat flattered and hurriedly bowed in return.

Listening to the booming discussion of the commoners suddenly rising under the city wall on the city gate tower,

"Start!"

The Emperor said.

The head eunuch smiled and reminded Zhang Fangyan beside him.

Zhang Fangyan listened carefully, and after hearing it, shouted loudly at the parapet: "Proclaim the Bai Gao surrendered people..."

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

Of course, it's not to say that all eunuchs' voices were sharp, it's just that those who weren't sharp hadn't climbed to the position of head eunuch yet.

After Zhang Fangyan shouted,

Following behind the Great Zhou cavalry, the Bai Gao power-holding nobles like Renzuo and Zuejue, who had long since gotten off the carriages and were wearing white clothes, bowed their heads one after another and followed behind Liang Yi's family toward the Jinglong Gate gate tower.

The discussion that suddenly rose was because this group of former Bai Gao nobles got off the carriages.

This group of former Bai Gao nobles had quite a few people who could understand Great Zhou language. At this time, listening to the discussion around them, several people had quite indignant expressions on their faces.

Zuejue Zhejue Zhongding among the Bai Gao crowd naturally felt the emotions of the people beside him, and he suddenly looked at the Great Zhou cavalry standing on both sides.

Sure enough,

Among the Great Zhou cavalry who had followed Xu Zaijing and Zhang Fangyan and were now standing solemnly on both sides, quite a few were looking at the Bai Gao people with unkind expressions.

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

The reason they were still polite to the Bai Gao surrendered people along the way was because they had military orders; at this time, they wished someone would move recklessly.

"Cough!"

"His Majesty the Great Zhou Emperor not letting us get off the carriages outside the city is already giving us great face."

Zuejue Zhejue Zhongding said in the crowd in a Bai Gao language that was neither high nor low.

"Hey! What are you Bai Gao people whispering about? Are you saying bad things about our Great Zhou??"

Rong Xian, who was wearing a set of shiny armor and a large red cloak, was originally in a forward position,

At this time, he had already dismounted and was standing solemnly to the side. He held the knife handle with one hand and pointed with the horse whip in the other, shouting at Zuejue Zhejue Zhongding.

Hearing this reprimanding shout from Rong Xian, the Bianjing wealthy squires and squires watching the excitement shouted one after another:

"That's right!"

"I heard it!"

"Still not convinced after surrendering?"

"Damn it!"

"Pfft!"

The surroundings became noisy again.

Among the hundred sentences of the watching commoners, not even half a pleasant word could be found.

"Wow, Brother Xian is so majestic, so good at speaking!"

"I think Brother Xian's momentum is much greater than the big one at the front just now."

The Dou family young lady to the side let out a heartfelt exclamation.

And on the second floor of the 'A Pot of Tea' tea house,

Gu Tingyi, who heard it very clearly, looked at Chai Zhengzheng and Zhang family's Fifth Lady awkwardly.

Rong Feiyan withdrew her gaze looking toward the city tower, and supported her forehead in great pain.

On the city tower,

Looking at the somewhat chaotic situation under the city, Zhang Fangyan frowned slightly.

The head eunuch to the side said in a low voice: "Dalang, no need to worry, when they walk under the city wall, order them to offer the surrender table."

Zhang Fangyan nodded, and seeing Liang Yi's family arrive near the city wall, stopping at the position sandwiched by the color sheds on both sides, he continued to shout loudly: "Order the Bai Gao surrendered people to offer the surrender table!"

Walking at the very front, Liang Yi Fu, feeling the gazes of the Great Zhou nobles and high officials around him, knelt on the ground at once, held the surrender table high above his head, and shouted: "Bai Gao sinner Liang Yi Fu, today..."

The Bai Gao people behind also hurriedly knelt down.

Under the city wall,

The Great Zhou Ministry of Rites official hurriedly stepped forward to take the surrender table from Liang Yi Fu's hand, but didn't let him stand up.

In the color sheds on both sides of the Bai Gao surrendered people,

Marquis Xiangyang looked at Liang Yi Fu in front of the group of Bai Gao nobles, and said to Marquis Lian above: "Old Marquis, you say if it weren't for this Liang Yi family's tossing in Bai Gao, would they Bai Gao still be like this?"

Marquis Lian to the side looked at the Bai Gao nobles with cold eyes. Hearing Marquis Xiangyang's question, Marquis Lian stroked his beard and didn't speak, but leaned forward slightly and looked at the Duke of England who was further ahead to seek his opinion.

The Duke of England and Marquis Lian and Marquis Xiangyang looked at each other and said: "Yes! Three-sided attack, even if you slowly use troops to grind, you can grind them to death."

"But..."

"At that time... Sigh! I don't know how many good sons of our Great Zhou wouldn't be able to return."

Marquis Xiangyang, who had also led troops when he was young, lost his previous playfulness, and nodded with a solemn expression.

"Father-in-law, will this Liang Yi family be enfeoffed as a Duke like the Meng family at the beginning of the founding of the dynasty?"

Qi Duke Qi Yiqiu, who was sitting slightly behind, asked.

Hearing this,

The three top Great Zhou power-holding old men looked at each other. 【407-59

The Duke of Lian curled his lips in a sneer: "If Xu Hou had attacked Keyi Gate and Xingqing Prefecture before the earthquake, and Liang Yi's family had surrendered, they naturally wouldn't have lost their position as a Duke; but now... humph!"

The Duke of Ying nodded in agreement: "The reason the Founding Emperor treated the Meng family with such generosity was because the Meng family had ruled the Shu region for many years, and the people of Shu had received much of their grace. Liang Yi's family..."

Saying this, the Duke of Ying shook his head; from the usurpation until now, Liang Yi's family had ruled Bai Gao for less than two years.

While the several Dukes and Marquises were speaking,

the Bai Gao surrender document had already been sent to the city tower.

"Liang Yifu, His Majesty asks you if the journey to the capital was smooth?"

"Replying to His Majesty, it was naturally smooth; along the way, the sinners were treated quite favorably."

"His Majesty says, you have worked hard on this journey!"

"I dare not, I dare not!"

After listening to the dialogue on the city tower, the Emperor said: "Let him stand up, and ask what the commotion just now was about!"

Zhang Fangyan acted according to orders.

Liang Yifu, below the city tower, was helped up by the Ministry of Rites officials.

"His Majesty asks, who was the person speaking in the crowd just now after you all got off the carriage that caused the commotion!"

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

A group of Bai Gao nobles, who had not yet stood up, turned their heads or tilted their heads one after another to look at Jue Zhejue Zhongding in the crowd.

"Replying to His Majesty, it was the child of the Jue family who spoke."

On the city tower,

the Emperor, sitting on the dragon throne, looked at Xu Zaijing after hearing the reply.

Xu Zaijing, who was standing to the side with the smiling Zhao Fang, hurriedly put away his smile and nodded very formally to the Emperor.

"Why does this name sound somewhat familiar?"

The Emperor said to the Great Eunuch standing by the parapet not far away.

"Your Majesty, this person seems to be the former envoy of Bai Gao in Bianjing."

The Emperor nodded: "Let him come and reply, and tell Me what he was muttering just now!"

Zhang Fangyan shouted these words, and not long after, someone walked over from below the city tower and shouted in Great Zhou language: "Your Majesty, the sinner Jue Zhejue Zhongding was saying just now..."

The Emperor listened and nodded: "He is someone who understands the times and knows what is good! Fifth Young Master, was it the Jue family who helped in Xingqing Prefecture before?"

"Yes!"

Xu Zaijing bowed and said.

Just after finishing speaking,

suddenly,

a voice shouted loudly in the Bai Gao language reached the city tower.

There were also shouts in Great Zhou language: "Kneel down!", "Presumptuous!", "Who told you to stand up!"

"Your Majesty! A Bai Gao person who was kneeling has stood up and is shouting wildly."

The Great Eunuch said with some panic on his face.

Zhang Fangyan didn't show much surprise, just turned sideways, bowed to the Emperor, and waited for the Emperor to speak.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Fang, beside Xu Zaijing, looked at the Great Eunuch with great surprise, and then glanced at Xu Zaijing.

The Great Ministers standing around the wooden platform bowed and spoke with anger on their faces.

The Emperor seemed to have a plan in mind, waved his hand at the Great Ministers to indicate they didn't need to speak, and then looked at the Ministry of Rites translation official beside the wooden platform.

The translation official hurriedly bowed and walked to the front of the wooden platform: "Your Majesty, the Bai Gao youth below the city tower is saying that our Great Zhou won unfairly, relying entirely on the power of the earthquake, and he wants to compete with our Great Zhou warriors."

The Emperor curled his lips in a sneer: "Ask him which family he is from! Why didn't he raise this issue on the road during the many days of travel?"

"Yes!"

The translation official hurriedly walked to the parapet and shouted forcefully in the Bai Gao language.

Zhang Fangyan shouted the Emperor's question loudly.

Below the city tower,

Liang Yifu's face had already become extremely ugly,

and Liang Yiren, not far behind him, was looking at the Bai Gao youth who had stood up with eyes full of hatred.

Jue Zhejue Zhongding turned back to look at the sturdy youth who had stood up, his eyes full of helplessness and pain.

At this moment, the sturdy youth who had stood up had already finished shouting his background.

On the city tower,

the translation official: "Your Majesty, he says he is a descendant of the Fangdang family. He also said he was feeling unwell on the road, so he didn't bring it up."

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

"Your Majesty, he is one of the people dragged out of the city by the soldiers before departure."

Zhang Fangyan said while bowing.

The Emperor nodded.

What Zhang Fangyan said was that before departure, the Great Zhou army had dragged people out one by one according to the list provided by Zhao Taifeng.

Among them were many family heirs hidden by Bai Gao nobles, or young people in the clan with promising futures.

These people might not have had prominent official positions or reputations in Bai Gao, but they were like seeds buried in the ground.

Of course, there were also Bai Gao families who were unwilling to surrender in their hearts.

Their attitude of opposing Great Zhou was even more stubborn; they were the kind of people who would support whoever was the Emperor of Bai Gao as long as they were fighting Great Zhou.

If these seeds and families remained in Bai Gao, the harm would be extraordinary.

Perhaps one day, if one were not careful, it would be another Bai Gao rebellion, involving an unknown number of Great Zhou troops.

If there hadn't been a spy like Zhao Taifeng who had worked in Bai Gao for many years, it would have been very difficult for Great Zhou to find such people.

But today, Bai Gao could almost be said to have been uprooted, and without these obstacles, the things that follow will be much easier.

Thinking of these things, the Emperor looked at Zhao Zilong and Zhao Meifeng, who were calm and unruffled, with emotion and even a hint of apology.

Below the city wall, there were also Ministry of Rites translation officials synchronizing the Bai Gao youth's reply.

"Feeling unwell? I think you just didn't have the guts!"

"If he had dared to bring it up on the road, the soldiers of the Western Army would have dared to bury him."

"He looks simple and honest, but he is actually deep in scheming!"

The Great Zhou Bianjing commoners standing behind the Imperial Guard soldiers maintaining order shouted loudly.

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

Someone else stood up from among the kneeling Bai Gao people and shouted in somewhat stiff Great Zhou language.

The horses of the Great Zhou cavalry, standing solemnly on both sides, seemed to sense the familiar fighting spirit of their riders and moved one after another.

On the city tower,

Zhao Fang stared at the scene below and said to Xu Zaijing with some anger in his tone: "Jing Ge'er, why are they so ungrateful? Father Emperor is benevolent, yet they are so rude!"

Xu Zaijing whispered: "Your Highness, I heard in the army that they are one of the few families that ambushed our Great Zhou generals at the beginning of the founding of Great Zhou! Today, they are measuring the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, thinking that His Majesty will kill them in Bianjing, which is why they jumped out."

"Jing Ge'er, it was a war between two countries before, and in war, there is deception; since they have surrendered, the past should naturally be wiped clean! How could Father Emperor kill them in the capital!"

Zhao Fang said with a solemn face.

"Your Highness, at that time, Bai Gao had not yet been founded, and several families like Fangdang said they wanted to surrender to Great Zhou! Our Great Zhou generals trusted them lightly and only brought their personal guards to show sincerity, but as a result..."

"If there hadn't been such an incident, Bai Gao would never have had the opportunity to be founded."

"They naturally know the severity of this matter."

After finishing, Xu Zaijing shook his head, sighing both at the Great Zhou generals who trusted others lightly in the early years and suffered a setback, and at these Bai Gao tribes who were treacherous and vicious.

Zhao Fang's eyes were full of thought, as if he were recalling whether his teacher had ever told him about this matter.

"Jing Ge'er, since they know this, why didn't they resist in Bai Gao?"

Xu Zaijing smiled: "Old General Cao suddenly arrested people the second day after accepting the surrender, and how many years have passed since the ambush? Thinking that there would be nothing to worry about after surrendering, how could they have had any precautions to resist?"

Zhao Fang nodded, his eyes lit up, and he leaned toward Xu Zaijing and whispered: "Jing Ge'er, do you think someone stimulated them on the way..."

Thinking of the surname of the general who was ambushed, Xu Zaijing took a deep breath: "If it's really as Your Highness said, then they are truly vengeful."

Zhao Fang nodded in agreement.

"Xu family boy!"

"Your Majesty!"

"Go, teach them a lesson, but don't cause any loss of life!"

"Yes!"

"Remember, you must suppress them in one go!"

The Emperor instructed.

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

Zhao Fang encouraged Xu Zaijing beside him: "Jing Ge'er, you must suppress them!"

Xu Zaijing nodded heavily and promised: "Okay!"

Afterward, he turned sideways toward the parapet and began to trot.

In the wide-eyed gaze of the Emperor, Zhao Fang, the Great Eunuch, Zhang Fangyan, and several Great Ministers,

Xu Zaijing had already stepped onto the parapet in a few steps.

The Emperor stood up abruptly and shouted loudly: "Stop! What are you doing, boy?"

Xu Zaijing, standing on the parapet, looked at the people below the city tower behind him and said: "Your Majesty... boy, I am going to suppress them in one go!"

"How will you suppress them? Huh?"

The Emperor asked angrily.

Xu Zaijing turned his head to look below the city wall, where Liang Yifu, Jue Zhejue Zhongding, and other Bai Gao people were looking up at him with eyes full of incomprehension,

the Dukes and Marquises in the colorful shed to the side were all looking up at him,

the Great Zhou cavalry standing solemnly on both sides were looking over here while soothing their horses,

and there were many Bianjing soldiers and civilians watching from upstairs and downstairs, inside and outside, who were also pointing at Xu Zaijing at this time.

Some Great Madams or noble young ladies upstairs were even more dumbfounded.

"Your Majesty, I will fly down from here and then stand steadily in front of them; wouldn't that suppress them in one go!"

"Hu Nao!"

The Emperor flicked his sleeve and said.

"Walk down honestly for Me!"

"Yes!"

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

Below the city tower,

Jue Zhejue Zhongding, who vaguely heard the dialogue, looked up at the height of the inner city wall, which was less than thirty feet,

and he truly felt that, with Xu Fifth Young Master's ability, he wasn't talking nonsense.

(End of chapter)