Little thief Xiao clearly despised him, and he actually despised him like this.

Zhao Bin shouted angrily to his subordinates behind him, "Bring the bow and arrow."

Someone behind him came up with a bow and arrow.

Zhao Bin stretched out his hand for the bow and wanted to shoot it.

It's a pity that he didn't shoot an arrow, and a sharp gust of wind roared from behind him.

Zhao Bin turned around subconsciously, and saw Li Mao, the third-rank general, waving a big knife towards his neck.

Zhao Bin retreated furiously, and shouted at the same time: "Li Mao, do you want to rebel?"

Li Mao sneered: "Evil thief, you are the one who conspired against us, we are just doing justice for the heavens."

He yelled behind him in a low voice: "Brothers, we must atone for our sins by killing Bandit Zhao and presenting it to the emperor in order to protect the whole family."

After he finished speaking, several figures behind him moved.

The cronies beside Zhao Bin blinked and were trapped.

Li Mao came straight to Zhao Bin with a knife.

Zhao Bin yelled: "Come here, escort me."

At this time, he was pushed against the city wall by Li Mao, unable to move at all.

Several of his cronies were also trapped.

Jiyu's people were taken to Dingcheng by Zhao Lei.

Zhao Bin just felt desperate, how could this happen, how could this happen.

Although he was a general, but he was old, and he was no match for the reckless Li Mao. In the end, Li Mao beheaded him with a single knife.

Li Mao lifted Zhao Bin's head and shouted, "Zhao Bandit is executed, everyone put down their weapons and surrender."

When Zhao Bin's cronies saw Zhao Bin being beheaded, they were in a state of confusion and were all killed.

The people below the city wall panicked when they saw Zhao Bin was killed.

The members of Li Mao's party immediately opened the gate of the city. Li Mao and several of his brothers carried Zhao Bin's head and went straight out of the city, shouting: "Your Majesty will atone for your crime by beheading Zhao Bin."

Xiao Wenyu looked at the kneeling generals and nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, not bad."

After dawn, Zhao Lei and others were also killed.

Zhao's father and son were finally beheaded, and those who followed Zhao's rebellion were defeated in the end, and they put down their weapons and surrendered.

In Sucheng, Xiao Wenyu issued a decree: "Through the corpses of the rebel Zhao thief and his son for three days, the Zhao family will punish the nine clans, and all the members of the Zhao clan will punish the nine clans."

Three days later, Xiao Wenyu ordered the army to return to Beijing, and Longguan Customs handed it over to Xiao Wenjia. In Xiao Wenjia's hands, Xiao Wenjia got his wish and became the Great General of the Zhou Dynasty.

After Xiao Wenyu returned to Beijing, he not only wiped out Zhao's party members wantonly, but also wiped out all the aristocratic families in Beijing.

The summer of the eighth year of Taiping.

The Xie mansion was decorated with lanterns and festoons, and the mansion was filled with the sound of noisy instruments.

Today is the wedding day of the twins of the Xie family.

The fifth son, Xie Wenjun, married the daughter of Wailang, a fifth-rank member of the household department, and Xie Linglong married Qin Chaomu, the number one scholar of Kai Enke in the second year of Taiping.

Lu Jiao held Xie Linglong's hand in the master room of Linglong Courtyard, and patted her head reluctantly.

"Linglong, mother knows why you insist on marrying Qin Chaomu, it's hard for you."

As the most favored child of the Xie family, Xie Linglong did not look crooked, on the contrary, he was not only smart, but also very thoughtful.

As the chief minister's daughter and the emperor's righteous sister, she could have married the son of the best family in Kyoto, but she didn't.

She chose Qin Chaomu, the number one scholar in the second year of Taiping.

Although Qin Chaomu is the son of the Qin family in Yongzhou, the Qin family has already declined, and the Qin family is not considered a powerful family.

The reason why Xie Linglong chose the Qin family was because the Qin family was weak, and now the Xie family was in full swing. Not only was Xie Yunjin the chief assistant, but her eldest brother was the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, the second brother was the general guarding the Longguan Customs, and the third brother was the medical officer. Liupin Department Zheng, even her twin brother, was the number one scholar in the sixth year of Taiping.

Their Xie family is like a raging fire, and she can't marry at a higher age, otherwise it will be eye-catching, so Xie Linglong chose Qin Chaomu, the number one scholar in the second year of Taiping, and married at a lower age.

Lu Jiao knew her daughter's heart and was very reluctant.

Xie Linglong smiled and hugged her mother: "Mother, I am not wronged, Zhao Mu is very good, didn't he promise you that you will only marry me once in your life?"

Lu Jiao patted her head, thinking of how harsh she was to Xie Linglong when she was a child, she felt a little guilty.

Because Xie Linglong was loved by her father and brother when she was young, she was afraid that she would grow crooked, so she was often very strict with her.

Unexpectedly, in the end, the daughter chose to marry at a low price for the sake of the family.

"Mother feels distressed when she thinks of how harsh she was to you when you were a child. If you go back to the past, mother will definitely treat you well."

Xie Linglong heard her mother's self-blame, she put her arms around Lu Jiao's waist: "Mother, don't blame yourself, I think the reason why you look so good is because of mother's strict teaching, if it wasn't for mother, I would Probably as arrogant and self-willed as the girls from various families in the capital, so mother, don't blame yourself."

Lu Jiao stopped talking about the past, but took Xie Linglong's hand and said: "Since you have chosen Qin Chaomu, you will have a good time with him in the future, and remember that you are the daughter of the Xie family. The daughter of the Xie family will not If you are at a disadvantage, if the Qin family and he dare to bully you, you should fight back fiercely, don't forget that you have a father, a mother, and brothers in your waist."

Xie Linglong immediately responded with a smile: "Okay, I understand, I won't be bullied anymore."

The mother and daughter were talking in the room. Outside, Ding Xiang came in and reported: "Madam, Your Majesty and Empress have brought His Majesty the Crown Prince over."

In the third year of Taiping, Empress Pei Yu died of illness in Kunning Palace. In the fourth year of Taiping, the emperor made Wang Mengyao the queen of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and at the same time made the eldest prince the crown prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

So the queen who came today is Wang Mengyao.

Lu Jiao and Xie Linglong in the room heard Ding Xiang's report and stood up quickly. At this time, the eunuch's report sounded outside the room.

"Your Majesty is here, the Empress is here, and His Royal Highness is here."

Three figures came in from outside the house, it was Xiao Wenyu in a bright yellow dragon robe, the queen in a long skirt with phoenix patterns, and their son, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Lu Jiao and Xie Linglong looked at them and said, "Why are you leaving the palace?"

Although it has been a few years, Xiao Wenyu and Xie's family have no identity in these few years. On the contrary, they are still very affectionate, so they get along very casually in private.

After hearing Lu Jiao's words, Xiao Wenyu smiled and said, "Today, my brother and sister are getting married, so we naturally want to congratulate them."

Xie Linglong immediately smiled and congratulated, "Thank you, Brother Huang."

After hearing Xie Linglong's words, Xiao Wenyu glared at her angrily: "You, I really don't know what brother Huang can say about you."

Don't let him make her a princess, and don't want to marry into a powerful family in Beijing. Don't think that he doesn't know what she is thinking. It's just that the Xie family is enjoying the fire right now, and he doesn't want the Xie family to marry with other families in Beijing. ?

Xiao Wenyu was angry at first, angry that they didn't believe him, and he didn't care about Xie's family, but later he figured it out, although he didn't care, but Chaozhong was full of eyes, others might think too much, so Linglong insisted on marrying Qin Chaomu, he didn't be opposed to.

Although the Qin family is weak, Qin Chaomu himself is capable, and he can also climb up from behind. With him watching, Linglong will not be sad.

Xie Linglong heard Xiao Wenyu's accusation, and immediately smiled playfully at her imperial brother: "Royal brother, you look good again today."

Xiao Wenyu liked to hear Xie Linglong praise him for being handsome when he was a child, but when he heard it now, he suddenly returned to his childhood, and couldn't help laughing.

The prince on one side quickly presented his gift: "Auntie, this is a wedding gift from Qilin to Auntie."

Xie Linglong liked the prince very much. Although the prince was born to Xiao Wenyu, he often came to Xie's house, so he was very close to Xie's family.

"Thank you Qilin for the gift."

(end of this chapter)