The world was deathly silent, except for the desperate shouts, cries, and pleas; there was nothing else.
A group of people from Lincheng had already been brought over, and the rest were still being brought over in droves. The massacre of the city had officially begun.
Helian Qianxun and Feng Qian, along with two or three subordinates, spent the entire day inquiring, but to no avail. Disappointed, they rushed to the city gate, only to find old people, children, and women struggling and pleading in agony, a scene of utter despair. Yet, those atop the city walls remained motionless, as if they had neither heard nor seen anything.
Feng Qian was furious and shouted at the people on the city wall: "Ye Lingfeng, you devil! What you did is no different from what Feng Zixiao did. You are both the same kind of people and will be despised by the world."
As Feng Qian spoke, she tried to climb up the city wall, but one of Ji Shaocheng's men blocked her way. She coldly said, "Get out of my way."
Ji Shaocheng walked over and waved his hand to signal his men to make way. In truth, he hoped that someone could stop the emperor from doing this. Looking at the people crying and grieving in front of him, he really couldn't bring himself to do it. Although he was also in pain and heartbroken because Ling'er was missing, Ling'er, if she were alive, would not want to see such a massacre.
Having received the order, his subordinates released Feng Qian and Helian Qianxun onto the city wall.
Feng Qian rushed to Ye Lingfeng's side and grabbed him, saying, "Ye Lingfeng, if you want to deal with Feng Zixiao, then deal with Feng Zixiao. What do you mean by doing this? Why are you making things difficult for the people of Lincheng?"
Ye Lingfeng turned to look at Feng Qian, who was crying, a flash of impatience in his eyes, and then coldly said, "I said that if Ling'er does not appear by evening, I will massacre the city, and the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty should be buried with her."
So what if they get a bad reputation? They were doing well in the Northern Lu Kingdom, what did they do to deserve this? Why should Ling'er suffer like this? Without Ling'er, he doesn't care about anything else.
After he finished speaking, without even glancing at Feng Qian and Helian Qianxun behind him, he waved his hand and gave a bloodthirsty and cruel command: "Kill."
The people below the city wall burst into tears, cursing fiercely, but they couldn't budge Ye Lingfeng an inch.
Downstairs, swords were raised high, and it looked as if blood would soon stain the city wall red. Just then, soldiers on the high wall shouted, "Look!"
Several pairs of eyes immediately turned towards them. Feng Qian and Helian Qianxun also looked over at the same time. Then, Feng Qian was the first to react. Overjoyed, she ordered down from the city wall: "Stop! Stop! Her Majesty the Empress is back! Her Majesty the Empress is alright! Everyone, stop!"
Below the city gate, several figures came riding the wind. The one in the lead was Hai Ling, who had rushed over as fast as she could. She stopped below the city gate and looked up at the person on the city gate. The person stared at her blankly, seemingly unable to accept the fact that she was still alive. When he was sure that she was alive, his lifeless eyes finally filled with a hazy glow. Then, with golden light, he suddenly leaped down from the high wall like a shooting star, landing right in front of Hai Ling.
Feng Qian, who was on the city wall, suddenly went limp and could no longer support herself. She collapsed into Helian Qianxun's arms. Helian Qianxun hugged her tightly, gently stroked her long hair, and said softly, "Qian'er, it's alright, everything will be alright."
At this moment, everyone was looking down from the city wall. Not only the soldiers and generals of Beilu, but also the common people of the Great Zhou Dynasty looked on with gratitude. Many people kowtowed and thanked them repeatedly. Fortunately, the Empress of Beilu was alright, otherwise they would all have died. It seems that God is kind. Just when they were about to enter the gates of hell, this happened. (The latest chapter of the novel "Back to the Three Kingdoms as a Bodyguard")
Some people couldn't handle the shock and fainted.
At this moment, Ji Shaocheng looked at the kneeling people of Lincheng at the city gate and waved his hand to give the order.
"Release everyone."
"Yes, General."
Everyone immediately obeyed and released the people of Lincheng. In truth, if the Empress hadn't disappeared, and if the Emperor weren't a bloodthirsty person, he would never have targeted these people.
Now that the Empress has returned, they naturally cannot target the people of Lincheng.
The people in front of the gate were released. Everyone had escaped with their lives, so they dared not stay there. They were afraid that if they did not leave, they would be arrested again. So in the blink of an eye, everyone in front of the city gate had left. Those who had fainted from the shock were also dragged away.
Below the city gate, Hai Ling and Ye Lingfeng gazed at each other intently. Looking at her beloved man, her face had become noticeably thinner, and her once-proud black hair was now streaked with white frosting. Tears streamed down her face uncontrollably. Ye Lingfeng was overwhelmed with the joy of regaining what he had lost, and remained silent for a long time until Hai Ling wept. He felt a pang of heartache and reached out his long, jade-like hand to wipe away her tears.
"Ling'er, what's wrong? Why are you crying?"
After saying that, he reached out and pulled her into a tight embrace, as if he wanted to embed her entirely in his arms and never be separated from her again.
He said in a hoarse voice, "Do you know how scared you were? Please don't do anything like this again."
Although he had sent her away before, it was much less serious than what happened this time.
"It won't happen again."
Hailing nestled in his arms, gently shaking her head. Even without him saying anything, she knew he was terrified. A once stunningly beautiful man had become a lifeless corpse—wasn't that enough to show how much pain he was in? Seeing him like this, she felt an overwhelming pang of heartache.
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"Mmm." Ye Lingfeng nodded, holding her tightly and not moving anymore. Feeling that this soft person had finally returned to his side, his heart finally settled down.
Behind them, Shi Mei, Shi Lan, and the others had tears welling up in their eyes, but their lips unconsciously curved into a smile, their faces full of joy. It was wonderful, everything had gone smoothly, thank goodness.
Besides these people, there was also a resolute man standing far away on the high wall, a slight smile on his sculpted features, raising an eyebrow and looking towards the horizon. Should he also let go? He believed that one day God would treat him kindly and let him meet a woman who belonged to him.
With Hai Ling unharmed, Ye Lingfeng naturally stopped insisting on massacring the city, and the group returned to their residence in Lincheng.
The streets were starting to fill with life again, and some of the bolder residents of Lincheng began to venture out. They knew that the Empress of Beilu Kingdom had returned, and Emperor Xie would no longer order a massacre. There was no need to hide any longer. Lincheng no longer belonged to Dazhou City; it had been occupied by Beilu Kingdom, and the city was likely now under Beilu's control. However, for the common people, it made no difference whether the city belonged to Beilu or Dazhou Dynasty.
In the main hall of the mansion, Ye Lingfeng sat at the head of the table, with Hai Ling sitting beside him. At this moment, Ye Lingfeng had regained some warmth, which was completely different from his previous cold demeanor. Before, he was simply a devil from hell, but now he had become a gentleman of elegant bearing.
At the front seat sat Emperor Mu Ye of Shaoyi Kingdom, Helian Qianxun, Feng Qian, and others. Below them sat the ministers of Beilu Kingdom. Ye Lingfeng's dark, cold eyes looked at Feng Qian, and he slowly spoke: "Now that Ling'er is back, I will no longer attack other cities of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Except for Lincheng, the others still belong to the Great Zhou Dynasty."
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Feng Qian breathed a sigh of relief. It was already fortunate that Bei Lu did not attack other cities. As for Lincheng, they did not want to take it back. Losing a city was not very important. What they feared most was that the world would be plunged into chaos.
"But I have one condition."
Ye Lingfeng suddenly spoke up: "This is on the premise that the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty is not Feng Zixiao. If Feng Zixiao is still the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, then our Northern Lu Kingdom will be irreconcilable enemies with the Great Zhou Dynasty, and I will continue to attack any city of the Great Zhou Dynasty."
Feng Qian frowned, then said in a deep voice, "Emperor Xie, rest assured, the Great Zhou Dynasty is currently ruled by Prince Jing."
She stood up after speaking. Now that the problem here was solved, they needed to return to the capital, as the succession of the seventh prince was crucial.
“Alright,” Ye Lingfeng nodded and said nothing more. Now that Feng Zixiao has disappeared, there are two possibilities: one, he has returned to the Great Zhou Dynasty; two, he has infiltrated their Northern Lu. Therefore, they must return to Bianliang City as soon as possible to prevent Feng Zixiao from doing anything more drastic. Behind Feng Zixiao is Dana Tu Ke’er, and this woman will definitely be ruthless and want to destroy the Northern Lu Kingdom.
Helian Qianxun and Feng Qian bid each other farewell and led their people away from Lincheng, heading towards the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Lincheng became part of the Northern Lu Kingdom. Ye Lingfeng left behind two generals and stationed 50,000 elite troops there. In addition, he ordered the two generals to begin building city walls outside Lincheng to separate the Great Zhou Dynasty from the Northern Lu Kingdom. This was the second checkpoint between the Northern Lu Kingdom and the Great Zhou Dynasty.
As for the appointment of the prefect of Lincheng, they will select someone to take office after they return to the capital.
After Ye Lingfeng had made all the arrangements, he led the remaining 50,000 elite troops back to Fengwu City from Hongxue Lake.