Dawei, the imperial capital of Wei.
It's also snowing heavily, but the snow in Wei Capital is not as overbearing and domineering as Qingqiu City.
The same goose-feather heavy snow, when the snow falls in Qingqiu City, there is a hint of iron-blooded evil spirit. The cold air freezes the snowflakes as hard as porcelain flakes. Ordinary mortals may be hit by snowflakes on the face. A bruise.
The snow in Weidu is also heavy goose-feather snow, but it is light and agile, moving with the wind, like a goddess scattering flowers, with a touch of poetry and a touch of elegance, slowly falling to the ground and falling into the river, covering the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers.
In the imperial city of Wei Capital, in a crystal palace built with extremely thin slices of pure natural crystal, Xiahou Luming, the contemporary god emperor of the Wei Dynasty, sat cross-legged behind a crystal table inlaid with colorful gems. He looked at the many courtiers in the Crystal Palace with a gentle expression.
In the Crystal Palace, there were nearly a hundred small tables inlaid with crystals and colorful gems. Compared with the table in front of Xiahou Luming, they only lacked two colors of gems, but they were equally jewel-like, gorgeous and noble.
Nearly a hundred leaders of the powerful families of the Great Wei Kingdom were sitting behind the desk. They all wore long robes, high crowns, and long beards. Every hair on their bodies exuded the elegance of a 'scribe'.
In the Wei Dynasty, the literary style was at its peak, and the royal family and the scholar-bureaucrats in the Wei Dynasty shared the world. Therefore, any important state affairs were handled by everyone through consultation.
So Xia Houcheng had been captured alive by Wu Tie for several days on the battlefield of the Three Kingdoms. Here in the capital of Wei, the top figures of the kingdom were still bargaining - to save people, they must be saved.
But how to save
Is it to seize people by force, or to redeem them at a high price
If someone is to be captured by force, should the royal family do it, or the family members, or the royal family and the family team up to do it
If it is redeemed at a high price, what price will it be? Will the royal family pay the money, or will the family be more generous
In addition, why was Xia Houcheng captured alive on the battlefield of the Three Kingdoms
Whose responsibility is this
Is it the responsibility of the current crown prince Xiahou Xi, who led the troops to attack the Qingqiu Divine Kingdom, or is it the responsibility of the family officials accompanying the army? Is there any other reason for this? Is there a conspiracy, is there someone deliberately betraying the interests of the Kingdom of God
The top bosses of the Wei Dynasty are pampered and have a lot of leisure. They are best at talking with a cup of tea and a few friends. They are all full of literary talent and have countless fantastic ideas in their heads. They can be called the most imaginative group of people in the world.
As they chatted, the topic spread endlessly.
The top family member of the Wei Dynasty is related to the Xiahou family. The head of the Cao family, who was founded by a branch of the Xiahou family many years ago, waved his goose feather fan and made a voice as clear as a crane. He solemnly put forward his guess. .
"Your Majesty, gentlemen, is it possible that Xiahou Shen's capture was actually... a conspiracy between Qingqiu and Dawu?"
"Actually, they are working together to plot against me, Da Wei, secretly?"
"Young Master Tushantang, Linghu Jiu, is actually the bait thrown by Linghu Qingqing?"
"My guess seems a bit ridiculous at first, but what if... it comes true? If so, I, the Wei Dynasty, will be in great danger."
In the Crystal Palace, even Xiahou Luming's eyes lit up and his face turned red with excitement.
This new idea is possible, it is possible!
If it is true, Xia Houcheng's capture was a conspiracy between Dawu and Qingqiu Kingdom, and the two countries joined forces to plot against Dawei... Several old gentlemen who are good at writing slogans have already rolled their eyes and started to formulate an article to criticize Dawu. The article about the battle with Qingqiu.
Xiahou Luming applauded vigorously, and the other nearly one hundred powerful men and women also applauded.
There was thunderous applause for a while, and people cheered for the head of the Cao family.
Everyone's discussion became more and more heated. They began to discuss that if Xiahou Shuan's capture was really a conspiracy, then it would be difficult to recapture him by force. What if the powerful elder who went to seize the person encountered the two countries joining forces? What about the trap
Therefore, the use of force is out of the question.
"Redemption, redemption can avoid all dangers, and at the same time let us see clearly what their intentions are." The head of the Zhang family, who is also a top family member, waved a large fan made of black crane feathers, waving the feather fan vigorously and loudly Shouting.
"However, we need to negotiate seriously about the redemption fee... How much is Xia Houchun worth, how much are we prepared to pay, and how much is the price the enemy is prepared to pay... The so-called strategizing, we must consider all possibilities Consider it seriously.”
Xiahou Luming applauded again.
All the family heads also applauded.
The Zhang clan leader stood up with a smile, bowed slightly to greet everyone around him, then sat back in his seat, smiled and raised the gorgeous wine cup made of rhinoceros horn, and drank the wine in one gulp with his head held high triumphantly.
A pretty palace maid walked over quickly, smiled and poured a glass of wine for the Zhang clan leader.
The palace maid's boots are extremely high-grade Nine Refined Immortal Weapons. The palace maid's steps are light. With every step she takes, her boots will leave a fist-sized golden light on the ground. After the palace maid passes by, the golden light slowly blooms. , it is a golden lotus.
Lotus flowers grow every step of the way, so beautiful... The high-ranking palace maids in the imperial city of Wei Dynasty, their clothes, boots, etc., have all kinds of wonderful functions.
This is evident from the richness and romance of the Wei Dynasty.
The big guys continued to discuss Xia Houcheng's issue enthusiastically.
As for the safety of Xiahou Shu, who had fallen into Wu Tie's hands, no one, including Xiahou Luming, took it seriously.
Xia Houcheng is a god after all.
And he is a god from the Xiahou royal family.
This is not the same thing as ordinary prisoners.
Ordinary soldiers were captured alive. Unless there was a large-scale heaven-sacrifice event, where prisoners were slaughtered to offer sacrifices to the gods, ordinary soldiers would not be slaughtered wantonly, let alone an important person with Xiahou Shen's status and cultivation.
There has been constant fighting between the three kingdoms, and there have been times when great powers in the realm of gods have fallen. This kind of thing has happened more than once.
But the captured gods, from ancient times to the present, have all returned safely to their home countries.
On this point, the Three Kingdoms have some potential tacit understanding...especially the royal family, and the important figures of the royal family, unless they are directly killed on the battlefield, otherwise the royal family will eventually be able to return safely if they become prisoners.
After all, who can guarantee that he will not become a prisoner in the future, right
Waves of applause came from the Crystal Palace. The guards, maids, and eunuchs standing far and near outside the Crystal Palace were admiring the beautiful scenery with smiles on their faces.
A red-robed eunuch stood at the door of the Crystal Palace, looking at the stretch of sandbar on the frozen lake in the distance, and nodded seriously: "After the spring begins, a line of reeds must be planted on that sandbar... Then... Get some big ibises.”
"In this way, next winter the snow will be nothing but sandbars, reeds, and bird shadows... beautiful, beautiful!"
This is Da Wei, a head eunuch who has a certain degree of aesthetic ability and can carefully create the most poetic and picturesque living space for his master, ensuring that every year the emperor of Da Wei and the nobles in the imperial city enjoy the most beautiful scenery during the four seasons. The scenery I saw was all novel.
A group of clouds and water shadows came quickly from the distant sky.
Like Qingqiu Divine Kingdom, Wei Capital also has many restrictions, and ordinary monks cannot fly to the sky and escape.
Only close relatives who can isolate the forbidden effects of the city defense array with the ban card issued by the Emperor of Wei can fly into the air and escape.
Seeing the cloud light flying quickly, the bodies of several eunuchs standing at the door of the Crystal Palace trembled. A purple-robed eunuch hurriedly flexed his fingers and gently touched a small jade chime hanging on the door, "ding ding" several times. The long sound of the chime immediately silenced the Crystal Palace.
Yunguang quickly fell from the sky, the door of the Crystal Palace opened, and Yunguang immediately flew into the Crystal Palace.
Wearing a splendid hundred-flowered war robe, bright silver armor, and a unicorn crown on his head, Xiahou Tengjiao, the mighty and handsome commander of the Imperial Guard of the God, broke into the Crystal Palace and knelt down on one knee with a 'thud' sound.
"Your Majesty, ancestor Xiahou Shen has died."
Xiahou Tengjiao's face was slightly swollen, and his eyes were a little red... Xiahou Sheng happened to be the direct ancestor of his clan, and the biggest supporter of his clan within the Xiahou clan.
With the death of Xiahou Shu, the status of his tribe within the Xiahou clan is bound to decline in the future, and even his position as the commander-in-chief of the Divine Emperor's Guards will immediately be under the most direct threat.
"Oh, the ancestor of Sheng has escaped, I'm so happy." Xiahou Luming was really drunk.
For several days in a row, everyone discussed Xiahou Sheng's issues day and night, chatting as much as they wanted, and drank heavily. Even though Xiahou Luming had half a level of cultivation in the realm of gods and had already begun to condense his divine body, he drank strong alcohol for several days. He was also a little dizzy.
Therefore, he misunderstood Xiahou Tengjiao's words.
"Your Majesty, the ancestor Xiahou Shen has fallen... King An Huo Xiong of the Qingqiu Divine Kingdom broke into the battlefield of the Three Kingdoms and... killed the ancestor in public." Xiahou Tengjiao's tears fell from his eyes: "Your Majesty, Please, please rush to the front line to avenge our ancestors."
Xiahou Luming finally heard Xiahou Tengjiao's words clearly.
In the Crystal Palace, the faces of nearly a hundred giant clan heads were all stiff. Their fair and moist faces turned pale, like a group of chalk-coated zombies, so stiff and lifeless.
"This... breaks the rules..." The head of the Cao family shook the feather fan in his hand vigorously.
"Little Huo Xiong, how dare you do this..." Zhang's family head shook his big crane-feather fan angrily.
"frenzied."
"That's unreasonable."
"Simply, not a son of man..."
All the top bosses of the Wei Kingdom in the Crystal Palace were furious. They stood up one by one and used all kinds of gorgeous words to criticize Wu Tie.
Xiahou Luming's eyes began to become bloodshot. He stared straight at Xiahou Tengjiao and asked him through gritted teeth: "Are you sure about the news?"
Xiahou Tengjiao nodded vigorously.
Xiahou Luming quickly glanced at the big bosses of the wealthy families in the Crystal Palace.
In the Wei Dynasty, the royal family did not have an absolute advantage. In fact, the royal family was just an alliance leader elected by the 'Family Alliance'.
Losing a family elder in the realm of gods was a heart-wrenching pain for the Xiahou family.
This loss cannot be in vain.
Xiahou Luming stood up and said in a deep voice: "My lords, Huo Xiong's behavior is completely disrespectful of dignity... He can kill the elder of my royal family today, but tomorrow, I am afraid that the ancestors of all families will be killed by him. .”
The head of the Cao family said solemnly: "My child deserves to die."
The head of the Zhang family said sternly: "Kill them with all your strength."
All the family heads expressed their opinions that Wu Tie's behavior of beating the prisoners to death in public after capturing them alive had exceeded the psychological bottom line of big men like Wei.
It's too cruel, too cruel, too unreasonable, and too unethical.
Wu Tie's behavior has threatened the safety of the bosses and many family elders behind these bosses.
Therefore, nearly a hundred of the top wealthy families in the Wei Dynasty reached an unprecedented tacit understanding and unanimously approved the killing order for King An Huo Xiong.
Huo Xiong must die.
Moreover, he must die in front of the public, he must die in full view of the public, and he must die miserably.
Otherwise, it will not be enough to shock the world, not enough to reflect the majesty of the Wei Dynasty, and not enough to reflect the determination of the Wei Dynasty.
Finally, after a brief five hours of bargaining, Xiahou Luming and a group of big guys made a decision.
Being able to make such a major decision in just five hours was unprecedentedly efficient in the history of the Wei Dynasty.
The Xiahou family dispatched two elders of the divine realm, and the ten most powerful clans such as the Cao family and the Zhang family each dispatched an elder of the divine realm. The royal family also dispatched a country-suppressing artifact to go to the battlefield of the Three Kingdoms to kill King An Huo Xiong. .
As for the many other powerful families, they will continue to provide troops, baggage, and equipment, and rush to the battlefield of the Three Kingdoms quickly, striving to launch a short and fast offensive, and try their best to expand their battlefield advantage over Qingqiu Divine Kingdom.
Of course, although this decision has been made, it will take a certain amount of time to actually implement it.
For example, the Xiahou clan dispatched two elders who were in the realm of gods. Which two elders were they dispatched? This also requires careful consideration and consideration of interests within the royal family.
Xia Houcheng has fallen. What if another elder who goes out to take action dies... So, what should be done about the division of interests within the family
The other ten top sects also have such exquisite requirements. The battlefield is dangerous and dangerous. The battlefield is not the usual dancing and writing, nor is it the usual poetry reciting and counterpointing. It is about killing people...
Even if no one dies, if a certain family elder is seriously injured and his strength declines significantly within a certain period of time, there will be various undercurrents within the family.
How to handle these relationships well, and which family elder to send out... This must be decided through a serious family elders meeting.
Therefore, Xiahou Luming estimated that it would take about ten days or half a month before this revenge team composed of twelve powerful gods could set off.
However, this efficiency is already very good.
The scholarly demeanor of Da Wei cannot be like those barbaric warriors of Da Wu, who do everything in a hurry like burning their buttocks.
Be calm, be organized, and follow the procedure step by step.
Moreover, if we set off again in ten days and a half, the dispatched elders can still go with the reinforcements sent by each family.
The twelve elders went out together. This was a grand event that had not happened in the Kingdom of Wei for many years. The twelve elders could not be allowed to set off alone. These reinforcements just serve as a guard of honor to perform in a grand manner.
Wu Tie has returned to the Bailangchuan defense line from the battlefield of the Three Kingdoms and began to receive the military cities and prisoners returned by Dawu.
But in just over ten hours, Wu Tie had already received a commendation order from Linghu Qingqing.
Linghu Qingqing expressed great satisfaction at Wu Tie's brazen execution of Xia Houcheng.
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