Everyone thought that the spy was on Yang Tao's side. Even Yang Tao himself was so worried.
Unexpectedly, the final investigation revealed that Jiang Pengji had a problem. The spy bribed by the Nan family was not a trusted official. He was not even considered a mid-level official. He was just a small official who had no sense of existence but could grasp some of Jiang Pengji's whereabouts.
Jiang Pengji did not know whether to be angry or glad when she heard the news.
She was angry at this person's betrayal and deception. She was glad that the person who made a mistake was not the trusted official.
When Wei Ci learned of this, he was really relieved.
Although the Emperor in the previous life was different from the lord in this life, the nature of the two was still the same. They hated betrayal the most.
If a small character betrayed her, then so be it. The lord's anger was like a storm that would stop after a while.
If the spy was a familiar face to the lord, then there would be no end to this matter. She would deal with it extremely ruthlessly.
A typical example was Xu Ke's rebellion in the previous life. After two or three years of allegiance, no one expected this rebellion.
The impact was also quite far-reaching. When the Emperor mentioned Xu Ke in his later years, he still hated him and had the urge to dig his grave and flog his corpse.
It was difficult for the Emperor to raise troops in the previous life, but he did not suffer many losses. It could be counted on one hand.
The one that left a deep impression was when Qiguan Rang assisted the old lord, Prince Changshou. When the Emperor was at the frontline, he led the troops and almost destroyed the Emperor's nest. The other time was when Xu Ke secretly instigated several middle-level generals to rebel. When the Emperor was in a stalemate with the enemy, he used false information to trick the Emperor into leading 500 soldiers into Jin Qichuan. There were still 7,000 soldiers lying in ambush in the Jin Qichuan valley. Xu Ke had planned for this for a long time. His plan was flawless. When everyone discovered the rebellion and led troops to reinforce the Emperor, a day and a night had passed.
"Tsk … If it weren't for Thief Liu's stupidity, courage, and arrogance, it wouldn't have taken you so long to realize that something was wrong."
Xu Ke's mockery was not unreasonable.
The story of the wolf coming was often told. When the wolf really came, everyone could not believe it.
Similarly, the Emperor led the vanguard and frequently used the unconventional tactics. After a long time, everyone got used to it and their vigilance was greatly reduced. When she was plotted against by her trusted confidant and fell into danger, the civil and military officials in the tent did not react in time.
Xu Ke thought that His Majesty would definitely die. Even the people in the tent thought so. The military camp was preparing for the funeral.
Unexpectedly, the people searching for His Majesty's body followed the bodies of the rebels and found His Majesty sitting in a daze in the middle of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
Wei Ci had never seen that scene before, but he could imagine it from someone else's retelling.
From the valley to her feet, the short distance of a thousand feet was filled with countless broken limbs and remains. Blood gathered into a blood-red trickle.
The pool of blood converged in one place, and the yellow mud on the ground could not absorb all of it in time.
His Majesty, who had always been high-spirited, showed a rare look of disappointment. His eyes were red and bloodshot.
[Xu Ke betrayed us?]
Qiguan Rang replied in a low voice, "Yes."
[Death by a thousand cuts.] His Majesty took a deep breath and added expressionlessly, "I'll do it."
Qiguan Rang asked her, "My lord, you don't need to bring Xu Ke here for interrogation … Why did he betray us?"
[Betrayal is betrayal. When he did this, he was already a dead man.] His Majesty mocked in a hoarse voice, "I have no interest in his growth story. What kind of past did he have, what did he go through, and what did he do? Is this the reason why he betrayed me? "
Qiguan Rang was silent.
[Even if I don't interrogate him, I know why he did this. It was most likely for his old master.] His Majesty sneered and said, "He was so loyal to his old master, so I fulfilled his wish. He was willing to plot for his old master for many years to assassinate me, so he was also willing to bear the punishment of death by a thousand cuts for him, right?]
Of course, in the end, Xu Ke did not die by a thousand cuts, but he was killed by His Majesty herself. His corpse was hung in Jinqichuan and could not be buried.
The generals who accompanied Xu Ke were not so lucky. They were almost all killed by His Majesty in one breath.
His Majesty reprimanded whoever pleaded for them. During that time, everyone was in danger. Even if the counselors tried to persuade her with emotion and reason, telling her that killing so many generals at once would cause her to lose a lot of strength and ask her to think twice, they still did not have the determination to save His Majesty.
His Majesty was determined to kill this group of rebels and traitors even if he was willing to suffer a great loss of strength.
Wei Ci remembered that after the Jiang dynasty was founded, a few officials who were on good terms with Xu Ke wanted to take advantage of His Majesty's good mood to ask for mercy so that Xu Ke's corpse could be buried. In the end, those officials were reprimanded by His Majesty. They were all ordered to be suspended from their duties and go home to reflect on themselves for two months.
Until Wei Ci drew his sword and committed suicide in his previous life, Xu Ke's corpse was still hung in Jinqichuan.
From this, it could be seen that His Majesty's attitude towards the betrayal of a trusted official was that he would bear a grudge for a lifetime.
Therefore, Wei Ci was glad that the traitors this time were minor characters.
The Nan family and the gentry clans that the Nan family secretly colluded with were all wiped out by Yang Tao and his troops. The traitors were publicly executed by a thousand cuts.
This shock lasted for more than half a month before it finally subsided.
Obviously, not much time had passed, but everyone had the illusion that it was a lifetime ago.
The gentry clans of Nansheng, Fen Zhou, and Jiang Zhou were even more cautious. They were dispirited and listless, not daring to jump around for a short period of time. This was because they realized that the superiority of the gentry clans did not work in front of Jiang Pengji, a bandit tyrant.
Her capital to establish a foothold in this chaotic world was not controlled by the gentry clans. She did things unscrupulously, committing murder, arson, and looting with a clear conscience.
She was a smelly, hard, and stubborn rock in the latrine. The gentry clans, as precious goose eggs, collided with her. The gains did not make up for the losses.
They could not afford to provoke her, could not afford to provoke her.
The chaos on Jiang Pengji's side had just calmed down, but a new storm was brewing in the other two places, affecting the situation of the entire world.
One was Qiguan Rang and Sun Wen of Zhanjiang Pass. When these two black-hearted people got together, their black-bellied index was off the charts. They would plot against whoever they wanted.
The other was An Cui's side. His beloved concubine, the Princess of Xichang, was diagnosed to be more than a month pregnant during the New Year!
The New Year was coming. An Cui, who had been suffering from an unmentionable illness for many years, had successfully gotten his beloved concubine pregnant. This was double happiness. An Cui was ecstatic!
In his joy, An Cui rewarded the three armies to celebrate. Everyone was happy and harmonious.
However, Nie Qing of Zhongzhao was not in the mood to celebrate the New Year.
The gloomy and gloomy atmosphere of the Nie family was a stark contrast to An Cui.
Nie Qing had experienced the deaths of his father and father-in-law, as well as the betrayal of his cousin, Nie Yang. This allowed him to grow rapidly in a short year.
Sadly, the speed of Nie Qing's growth could not keep up with the changes in the situation in Zhongzhao.
Speaking of which, it made people sigh. Thinking back to when Nie Liang was still around, Nie Qing was the target of everyone's fawning.
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