Transmigrating into a short-lived cannon fodder, she beat the son of destiny to pieces

The Imperial Palace of Yan State.

"Father/Emperor, spare my life!"

The seven-day deadline has arrived, and Ye Ling still failed to successfully produce gunpowder.

Under the order of Emperor Yan, Shen Yu and Ye Ling were escorted by the guards to kneel on the ground, looking very embarrassed.

The Emperor of Yan's face was gloomy, and his voice was as cold as ice. "I sent you to Daxia to exchange for peace for my Great Yan, but you were bewitched by this Daxia witch and fled back to your country!"

"Are you doing this to let the Central Plains cavalry crush our Great Yan?!"

Royal family members always put their own interests first, and Shen Yu naturally understood this.

So he made a decisive decision and cut off all ties with Ye Ling, "I know I was wrong. It was all because of this Great Xia witch who bewitched me!"

"Your Majesty, I was also possessed by a ghost for a moment. Please forgive me, Father, for the many years I have been a hostage in Daxia!"

Ye Ling didn't expect that Shen Yu's expression would change faster than turning the pages of a book, and now he even wanted to put all the blame on her.

"Shen Yu, it's obvious that you're eager for quick success and want to use the name of gunpowder to enhance your reputation. Now something's wrong..."

Shen Yu kicked her hard and said angrily, "Bitch! I was so blind that I actually believed your nonsense!"

"No wonder Song Jin ignored you when you joined him. It turns out there's something wrong with your explosives!"

Ye Ling was escorted by the guards and could not move.

Therefore, the kicks that Shen Yu had just given her landed on real targets. She was in so much pain that she couldn't speak and could only fall to the ground and wail in pain.

Seeing the two fighting each other, the Third Prince of Yan calmly gave some advice to the Emperor of Yan.

"Father, my brother has secretly fled back to Yan State. I'm afraid Daxia has already known about it. Now we have only two options."

Emperor Yan understood, "You mean..."

Shen Yu's secret escape back to Yan was, in a small sense, due to his personal selfishness, and in a big sense, it was due to the evil intentions of the entire Yan State.

Even if they send Shen Yu back, Daxia will never let it go!

Not long ago, the State of Yan also received news that the Xianbei had launched an attack on Daxia.

Now Daxia is fully committed to fighting against the Xianbei.

With Daxia's national strength, it is still very difficult to fight against two major forces at the same time.

"Instead of letting others slaughter us, why not give it a try? Perhaps we can change the dynasty of Yan State."

After hearing what the Third Prince of Yan said, Emperor Yan nodded approvingly.

Daxia was a fat sheep. If Daxia fell, Yan State could profit from it and rise up.

This may be a rare opportunity.

There was a strong ambition flashing in Emperor Yan's eyes.

The Third Prince of Yan struck while the iron was hot and continued, "Father, regarding the gunpowder issue, my brother also wants to benefit Great Yan."

"But no matter what, he is still the Second Prince of Great Yan. How about letting my brother take this opportunity to atone for his sins by conquering Great Xia?"

Shen Yu was a little surprised to see him pleading for him, but this was his only chance at the moment.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Shen Yu knelt down hurriedly to ask for instructions, to show his determination, "I also ask your Majesty to give me another chance. I am willing to be the vanguard and charge into battle for Great Yan!"

Looking at his disappointing son, Emperor Yan said coldly, "When you have time, learn from your brother. Don't be so ambitious and daydream all the time."

"Today, for the sake of the Third Brother, I will give you another chance. I hope you won't let me down again this time!"

"Yes." Shen Yu was dissatisfied when being compared with Yan San.

But he still suppressed the sharp murderous intent in his eyes, gritted his teeth and thanked the Third Prince Yan, "Thank you, my royal brother."

The Third Prince of Yan seemed unaware of this and said calmly, "Your Majesty, you are too polite. You and I are brothers, so we should help each other."

Seeing this, Emperor Yan nodded secretly in his heart.

After all, no father would like to see his children killing each other, and the emperor is no exception.

After the matter was settled, he looked at Ye Ling beside him.

"As for this Daxia woman... since she's useless, just kill her."

A few words decided Ye Ling's life or death.

Ye Ling: “!!!!”

Seeing that he was about to be dragged away by the guards and executed on the spot, Ye Ling immediately panicked, "Your Majesty, please don't kill me! I can still be useful!"

Emperor Yan glanced at her sideways, unmoved.

As the king of a country, he didn't think that a woman could bring anything to him.

Since it was a matter of life and death, Ye Ling no longer kept it a secret and said, "Your Majesty, I can make soap, mosquito coils and other items for Daxia."

"These are daily necessities that benefit the country and the people. They are definitely useful to Dayan!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Yan finally looked at Ye Ling seriously, "Oh?"

He had heard of these things. They were new gadgets released by Daxia this year and were very valuable.

He still has several copies of those things in his palace, and they are indeed very effective.

"Everything I said just now is true. Your Majesty, please give me some more time. If I am useless, Your Majesty, it will not be too late to take my life then!"

Emperor Yan remained silent, as if he was thinking about the feasibility of this matter.

The Third Prince of Yan said, "Father, she has a point. We might as well give her a chance. She can't escape our grasp anyway."

In this way, Ye Ling managed to save his life.

When she came to her senses, she found that she was sweating all over because of the shock!

At this moment, Ye Ling had completely lost the high spirits and condescending judgmental mentality that she had when she first arrived.

This was the first time she truly felt her own insignificance and the cruelty of this era!

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Late at night, on the hilltop of Lu County.

"Sir, please spare my life!"

"Please, sir, have mercy on me and spare my life!"

Looking at the corpses lying all over the place at their feet, the bandits' legs went weak and they trembled as they looked at Sui Ning.

"As long as you don't kill us, you can let us do anything!"

Just half an incense stick ago, Feiying Village was celebrating for the property they had robbed today, but was wiped out by Sui Ning and his men.

The bosses here were killed in no time.

Sui Ning's eyes were icy cold. "I want you to do something for me. If you do it well, I can naturally keep you alive. But if you pretend to obey me but secretly disobey me, your family..."

The same thing was happening simultaneously on several other hills in Lu County.

When Sui Ning and others first arrived in Lu County, the county magistrate Cai Jiansheng acted poor in front of them.

There are no weapons and no food.

Even 50% of the soldiers in the military camp used wooden sticks as weapons!

In a year of bumper harvest, not only did the soldiers in the military camp not have enough food to eat, but even the common people did not have any surplus food.

The prices set by major grain merchants in Lu County are twice as high as those in other regions.

In short, nothing in the entire Lu County is right.

Qin Zheng and others spent two days investigating secretly.

Only then did it come to light that Cai Jiansheng not only falsified accounts and lied about taxes, collecting more and paying less tribute, but he also registered all his properties under the names of his relatives and friends.

No one can find any fault with him.

In addition, Cai Jiansheng seemed to have secret business dealings with bandits and grain merchants.

Qin Ke and others only made a rough calculation and found that the wealth of this small county magistrate was no less than that of the wealthy businessmen in Beijing!

Officials and businessmen colluded with each other, and officials and bandits were in cahoots. As a result, many people in Lu County became bandits, and banditry was rampant.

According to their statistics, there are seven large bandit strongholds.

Therefore, Sui Ning, Qin Zheng and other generals divided their troops into seven groups to besiege the mountain stronghold.

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In a secret cave on the top of a mountain in Lu County.

Sui Ning ordered his men to put the confiscated gold, silver and jewelry in order, only to see that Qin Zheng had already dealt with the bandit problem and was waiting for everyone's return.

Seeing that Sui Ning was not injured, Qin Zheng asked, "Is everything going well?"

Sui Ning nodded, "Except for a few leaders in the village who have good martial arts skills, the rest of the people are just a bunch of rabble."

Most of them are ordinary people who are forced into a desperate situation.

As the two were talking, they saw Gu Ci rushing over with his men, his face full of joy, "Brother Zheng, Brother Ning! This time we really have a big harvest!"

"The stronghold I attacked is incredibly wealthy! Being a bandit is incredibly lucrative!"

Moreover, when attacking the stronghold, he also learned that there was a transaction between the government and the stronghold.

If the stronghold pays the government 10,000 taels of gold every month, both sides can live in peace.

However, after other generals gathered together, they all reported that the same situation occurred in other strongholds.

"This bastard official!"

All those present were young generals of the capital, carefully trained by their families and experienced in fighting on the battlefield. They had never seen such vile and dirty activities before.

Everyone's face turned red and they were very angry.

"Everyone, please be patient. We will definitely eradicate this cancer. Next, we should discuss our plan for tomorrow."

Everyone joined in the discussion with great enthusiasm.

Although they were a group of young generals who had not yet reached adulthood, each of them had a fire burning in his heart and was moving towards the same goal.

After tomorrow, there will be no more bandit troubles in Lu County!