Taking the blame for the fake daughter: After being released from prison, she went on a killing spre
Chapter 183 Emperor Jingzhao passes away
Aunt Fu San's superb performance successfully fooled Fu Lao Er.
In the end, not only did Fu Laoer not get any benefit, he also gave away half of the steamed bun he had asked for.
"Second brother, we are all going to eat slop. Since we are brothers, please share your steamed bun with us!"
Aunt Fu San ignored Fu Laoer's expression and reached out to take the steamed bun from his bowl.
Fu Laoer was very angry, but there was nothing he could do.
"Second brother, don't forget your third brother when you get something good in the future! We are waiting for you here... Come here often..."
"Bah! I will never come here again." Fu Laoer held the bowl, pulled his son and ran away quickly.
Seeing this, Uncle Fu turned around and gave his wife a thumbs up.
"My lady, this is a really great move."
Sure enough, for a long time afterwards, Fu Laoer was never seen coming to the mansion to ask for food again.
Just half a month later, Emperor Jingzhao passed away. During the period of national mourning, Fu Wanshu temporarily closed all the shops under his name, and the family began to stay indoors.
In May of that year, the third prince Xiao Jing ascended the throne. The first thing the new emperor did after taking office was to strengthen the central government and vigorously reduce the power of the princes.
Prince Su's power in the three cities of Yanbei has seriously threatened the emperor's authority. In addition, Prince Su disobeyed the will of the previous emperor and used his own troops to plot a rebellion.
Therefore, the new emperor ordered his trusted general to lead an army of 50,000 to march north to attack Prince Su in the name of redressing his wrongdoing.
The new emperor urgently needed a victory to establish his authority, so this battle was crucial.
The cannon that Su Yueying had taught Emperor Jing Zhao to make earlier was finally going to come in handy.
The vanguard cavalry, consisting of 8,000 men, carrying 30 artillery pieces, was responsible for charging and breaking through the enemy's formation, in order to create the best situation for the arrival of the main force in the rear.
However, perhaps it was against the will of heaven. Since the vanguard army entered the northwest territory, it has been raining heavily. After three days of heavy rain, it finally turned into a continuous drizzle.
Although the light rain did not affect the march, it caused a big incident.
The gunpowder shells used in the artillery were all soaked in water due to improper storage. After the gunpowder dissolved in water, it could not be ignited at all, let alone explode.
The vanguard troops traveled thousands of miles pushing heavy artillery carts to the desolate land, but not only did it fail to help them kill all around, it became a burden instead.
Their strongest killer move became a decoration. At this time, the three thousand elite soldiers led by Xiao Jichen took advantage of the terrain to encircle and suppress this vanguard army.
However, in just two days, they defeated the larger force with a smaller one, killed the main commander of the vanguard army, and successfully disintegrated the vanguard army.
When the main force arrived at the main battlefield, what awaited them was a sky full of yellow smoke.
This is the smokescreen that Su Yunling specially developed to be used against the enemy. As long as you find the right time to release it with the advantage of wind direction, you can knock down thousands of troops in an instant.
However, this kind of smoke will only make people feel weak in their limbs and lose their combat capability within three days, and will not directly kill people.
After all, Prince Su wants to conquer the world with benevolence, not rule by brutal killing.
He would first call for surrender, and then kill those who refused to surrender.
With this combination of suppression and appeasement, most of the new emperor's 50,000-strong army switched to Prince Su's army.
With the help of his two sons and Su Yunling, Prince Su won almost without a fight.
The offensive and defensive situations on the battlefield changed. Xiao Jichen led his troops all the way to Shangjing and captured five cities in one month.
The new emperor's throne was shaky, and he was in a state of panic all day long. He sent all the available people, but all ended in failure.
"Your Majesty, our army has suffered setbacks one after another and morale is low. This cannot be resolved unless Your Majesty leads the army in person!"
Some civil officials risked their lives to advise the new emperor to lead the army in person.
Xiao Jing hasn't even gotten comfortable on the throne yet, and he's afraid of death, so how could he be willing to lead an army in person?
So he simply chose the most extreme method, which was to kill several military officers and detain the families of the generals who were going to the expedition, in order to threaten the generals to fight with all their strength, or else their entire family would be killed if they were defeated again.
When Prince Su learned the news, he immediately sent Xiao Mu to the capital secretly to try to rescue the generals' families.
Xiao Ji Chen stopped the attack and decided to defend to buy time for Xiao Mu's action.
This is a golden opportunity given to the new emperor to win over the hearts of the troops, and it must not be missed.
As they are all citizens of the Great Yin, Prince Su would rather win their willing long-term loyalty by winning their hearts than seeing the two armies fighting each other and causing rivers of blood to flow.
Xiao Mu acted quickly. He and his subordinates disguised themselves as beggars and sneaked into the capital city together with a group of real beggars.
Because of the war, a large number of beggars poured into the capital, so the imperial guards guarding the city gates only let them in after checking that they were not carrying any weapons.
Xiao Mu launched his operation that night after entering the city. The prison break went smoothly at first, until they were leaving, when the cry of a baby in swaddling clothes startled the imperial guards.
Two of Xiao Mu's men died on the spot while protecting the target, and Xiao Mu himself was hit by an arrow.
But in order not to delay his father and brother's plans, he led the remaining people to fight their way out of the prison and successfully disappeared into the night.
Their actions were exposed, and it was impossible for them to leave the city in a short time. It was even more difficult when they were carrying this group of elderly, children, women and children.
He could only try to hide the person in Shangjing first, and then spread the news...
The group was being chased all the way by pursuers. In order to buy time for others, Xiao Mu decided to lead the pursuers away alone.
He led the pursuers to a relatively remote mansion in the south of the city. His back was very weak due to blood loss.
Looking back, he saw that the pursuers were finally shaken off. He breathed a sigh of relief, then his vision went dark and he fell down on the stone steps.
The Fu family had not opened their door for many days. On this day, Fu Wanshu decided to go to Fengyue Tower to get an account book, but after opening the door, he found a winding bloodstain on the stone road in front of the door.
She immediately became alert and called the security guard to follow the blood trail to take a look.
Several tall and strong guards holding sticks carefully followed the winding blood trail to a low bush.
Fu Wanshu also followed them, wanting to see what was going on.
The leader pulled away the branches and saw a beggar in tattered clothes lying in a pool of blood.
"Miss, it's a male beggar."
Fu Wanshu leaned over and bent down to take a look. The beggar's face was so dirty that his features could not be seen clearly, nor his age. He could only judge that he was a man.
"See if he's dead?"
The unconscious Xiao Mu was dragged out and someone checked his breathing.
"Still breathing, but very faint."
Fu Wanshu thought about it and decided that although it was impossible to take him home, he was still willing to save his life and establish a good relationship with him.
She took out the medicine bottle from her sleeve, poured out two pills and had someone put them into his mouth. She then ordered someone to go back home and get a water bag and two sesame cakes.
After discovering that his wound was from an arrow, she didn't think much of it.
Because two days ago she heard that a riot broke out when beggars in the city were fighting for food, and in order to maintain order, the officers and soldiers shot and injured many refugees and beggars with arrows.
Due to the strict rules between men and women, she had someone apply medicine on him and bandage his wound.
She has done everything she can, and whether he can survive depends on his own luck.
When Fu Wanshu left, he ordered people to clean up all the bloodstains near the house to avoid unnecessary trouble.
"Boom——" Xiao Mu was awakened by the thunder.
When I woke up, I found that there was not only food and water around me, but my wounds had also been bandaged.
It turns out that I wasn't dreaming before.
He vaguely remembered that a gentle fairy saved her. Although he didn't see her face clearly, her voice was clear, melodious and extremely beautiful.
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