Chapter 317: Executing the Traitors of the State

"Sever the head of Tuoba Wuji and hang it at the North Gate of Jincheng, to console the people and soldiers of Great Song who died at the hands of the Xiliang people." Zhao Xu gave a heavy snort.

Even killing Tuoba Wuji ten thousand times would not be enough to resolve the hatred in his heart.

But he wanted to use this method to tell the Xiliang people that their days of killing, burning, and looting in Jinzhou were over.

If they dare to invade again, Tuoba Wuji will be their fate.

At the same time, he was also telling the people of Jinzhou.

Your blood feud, I, Yan Wang, have avenged it for you.

Walking down the steps, he said to Chang Wei: "Find some clothes for these women to wear. If they still have family, send them home. If not, the army will temporarily manage their food and drink, and then find other ways to settle them."

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei acknowledged the order and had the generals go handle it immediately.

Leaving the courtyard, many more generals came to report.

A large number of similar women had been discovered all over Jincheng.

These women were all kept in captivity by Xiliang generals to vent their animalistic desires.

"Your Highness, more than three thousand women were discovered in the Jincheng military camp." After the sporadic discoveries.

Another general's report caused the anger in Zhao Xu's heart to reach its peak.

Seeing that Yan Wang's expression was unusually gloomy, the general whispered: "According to the captured Xiliang soldiers, these women were all used for the Xiliang soldiers in the city... there are even eight or nine-year-olds inside..."

"Do not say any more." Zhao Xu could no longer bear to listen, "Behead all the captured Xiliang soldiers in the city to show the public. If any of the captured soldiers have slaughtered my Great Song people or humiliated Great Song women, kill them without mercy!" Zhao Xu said angrily.

Chang Wei had never seen Yan Wang so angry.

At this moment, he was even a little afraid.

What he did not know was that these events had triggered Zhao Xu's memories of the era of suffering in his own country.

"These Xiliang people deserve to die; killing them is good." Chang Wei shouted.

Just as his voice fell, another general hurried over.

"Your Highness, we have captured many descendants of the Jinzhou Rich Clans in the city, but their Heads of the Family request to see Your Highness." The general said.

"The Four Great Noble Clans?" Zhao Xu frowned, "What are their surnames?"

"Replying to Your Highness, there are those surnamed Cao, those surnamed Chang, and others surnamed Qu and Hou." The general recited.

Chang Wei sneered, "Your Highness, it is them. These four families are famous throughout Jinzhou."

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, and a murderous intent suddenly rose in his heart.

The Xiliang people deserve to die, and these Rich Clans who willingly acted as Xiliang lackeys while Jinzhou was occupied by Xiliang deserve to die just as much.

They could have chosen not to resist, they could have fled, but to act as accomplices to the tyrant and aid in the evil deeds means they deserve to be hacked into ten thousand pieces.

The high coal prices in Yanzhou were also the handiwork of this group; it is simply shameless to the extreme.

However, he did want to hear what this so-called Four Great Wealthy Clans of Jinzhou had to argue.

"Bring them here." Zhao Xu said.

Before long, four old men wearing silk robes and with fawning expressions walked over.

Seeing Zhao Xu, they knelt down in a hurry, "Paying respects to His Highness Yan Wang,

Long live His Highness Yan Wang!"

Zhao Xu did not excuse them from the courtesy, only staring at them without speaking.

Seeing that Yan Wang did not speak, the four did not dare to stand up.

After a short silence, the person kneeling on the left suddenly threw himself to the ground and cried, "Thank you, Your Highness, for taking back Jincheng from the hands of Xiliang. Otherwise, we do not know how much more humiliation we would have suffered at the hands of the Xiliang people..."

"Yes, yes, we Rich Clans of Jinzhou have always been irreconcilable with Xiliang."

"We endured humiliation just to wait for the day Your Highness arrived."

"Your Highness, we have prepared an excellent wine banquet in our mansions, and we hope Your Highness will grace us with your presence."

"..."

The four of them scrambled to speak one by one, carefully observing Zhao Xu's expression.

"Hahaha..." Hearing this, Zhao Xu could not help but laugh.

He was laughing at the fact that there were such thick-skinned and shameless people in this world.

Yan Wang laughed.

The four looked at each other and also echoed with laughter, thinking that Yan Wang was pleased.

But the next moment, they suddenly saw Yan Wang's expression become filled with dark clouds.

"A pack of lies! Do you think I do not know that you attached yourselves to Xiliang, poisoned the people, and drove up coal prices in Yanzhou?" Zhao Xu shouted angrily, "Men, take these four out and behead them."

The four turned pale with fright upon hearing this.

The Cao family's Head of the Family, Cao Rui, seeing that Yan Wang truly intended to kill them, said urgently: "Your Highness, spare our lives! If we die, I fear the descendants in our families will start a rebellion, which will be difficult to manage."

Pausing, he continued: "If Your Highness shows mercy, we are willing to donate most of our family assets to Your Highness."

At this, Chang Wei sneered from the side, "After Tuoba Wuji occupied Jincheng, he made you disband your private armies, did he not? I would like to see what you have to start a rebellion with. And even if you still had private armies, His Highness killed and wiped out 150,000 Xiliang soldiers; what kind of things are you to dare threaten His Highness!"

Cao Rui was only babbling in his desperation; just as Chang Wei said, they now had no capital to bargain with Yan Wang.

Saying that was just to bluff Yan Wang; in reality, he wanted to bribe Yan Wang to save his life.

Exposed by Chang Wei, he was immediately flustered and at a loss.

"Your Highness, our family descendants will not rebel. What Cao Rui said is not our intention. Your Highness, we are willing to donate all our family assets, only begging Your Highness to spare our lives." The other three bowed repeatedly, begging for mercy.

Zhao Xu laughed in extreme anger.

This group of Rich Clans was used to acting overbearingly, and even at the brink of death, they still wanted to bluff him.

Being exposed and then acting so base, he walked straight past the four of them and dropped a sentence: "Your family assets, I will take myself; this is the reward for my conquest of Jinzhou. As for you, leaving you alive would be an endless disaster."

Hearing this, the four felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar; they knew Yan Wang's murderous intent was set.

Cao Rui could not help but scream hysterically: "Yan Wang, if you kill us, you will offend all the Rich Clans in the world! Throughout the dynasties, the Central Plains have changed countless emperors; no matter who comes, none can touch us Rich Clans. This is the rule—even the Xiliang people understand this. If you break this rule today, you are the enemy of all Rich Clans, and the Rich Clans of the entire Great Song will surely kill you!"

As his voice fell, Zhao Xu stopped his footsteps.

Cao Rui thought Yan Wang was afraid, and joy rose in his heart.

He said, "Your Highness, as long as you let us go, we will surely serve you as our master, and the entire Jinzhou will be yours."

"You must have said this to Tuoba Wuji as well," Zhao Xu said without turning his head, "and it seems you have forgotten one thing: this King built his foundation by killing Rich Clans; this King would rather be the enemy of all Rich Clans under heaven than be the enemy of the common people."

After speaking, he made a throat-slitting gesture.

Cao Rui's face immediately turned as pale as paper.

Chang Wei wore a mocking smile and whispered to Cao Rui, "Do you know why the soldiers of the Prince's Personal Army are willing to follow Yan Wang to the death, and are content to shed their blood and sacrifice their lives for him? It is precisely because he does not indulge the likes of you."

Patting Cao Rui on the shoulder, Chang Wei stood up.

At this moment, the Wangfu Army soldiers behind him drew their waist swords with a "clang."

Sword light flashed, and the four heads fell to the ground.

Looking at Yan Wang's back, a flicker of burning fervor flashed in the eyes of the soldiers who carried out the execution.

That was their King.

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