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Chapter 256: Beacon Fires in the City (Part 2)

King Huai was not a hero of his generation, but at most he was a frustrated politician. But he still chose a tragic way to die on his own dragon throne and fulfill what he had sought for his life.

Liu Yu personally went to the Huai Palace in Jiankang City to confirm the death of King Huai. The person on the dragon throne was indeed the tall king I had seen before. Even the way of dying was majestic, and he held his hands on the armrest of the dragon throne, as if he was asleep.

"Brother Liu, is there no problem?" Chai Jin walked over and asked tentatively.

Chai Jin spoke in a strange tone. Those who didn't know thought he would hide the King of Huai, and he was afraid that someone would find a problem if he found out.

"No problem." Liu Yu sighed and said, "Put the body of King Huai and wait for the emperor's will."

Regarding King Huai, Liu Yu didn't think about how to deal with it. Such a rebel minister was a vassal king. There were usually two ways to deal with it. One was to be low-key and buried casually, or to bury King Huai in the standard of the prince in order to win people's hearts. In fact, it doesn't matter if a person dies. Liu Yu even wants to know some things that cannot be investigated, such as where King Chu Su Zhe went, whether Qian Hui, the Minister of Rites, had he come to find King Huai, etc. Now these problems have become headless cases with the death of King Huai.

Meng Chuliang's whereabouts were unknown. King Ding fled south, and Zhou Ying was captured and committed suicide. Many of the wealthy families in the city fled south, and many were anxiously waiting for the court to deal with it at home. Everything was waiting for the new emperor to deal with it.

After King Huai died, what remains was the complete pacification of Huai land, and the stability of the world was eliminated by other vassal kings. Liu Yu felt that he was much closer to his peaceful and worry-free life in his goal. Without the great troubles of King Huai, he could sleep peacefully in the future.

Liu Yu brought the news back to Yangzhou. When Su Yan learned that Liu Yu had confirmed the death of King Huai, he was a little turbulent. The excitement had passed. Now he felt that he had survived it, just like the sky was high and the birds could fly. No longer had to be scared by King Huai and the whole country all day long.

"Thank you for your hard work, sit down." Su Yan enthusiastically asked Liu Yu to sit down. As soon as the master and apprentice sat down, Su Yan didn't know what to say.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what will happen to King Ding, King Shu, King Jing and others?" Liu Yu asked respectfully.

Only two of them were present. This was the first time Liu Yu talked to Su Yan so politely. Su Yan was still a little uncomfortable and said in a daze: "Master. You should tell me, you can do whatever you say. The King Ding was caught?"

Liu Yu shook his head slightly and said, "When King Ding heard the news that Jiankang City was broken, he temporarily fled south. I think he should try his best to appease him."

"Then please comfort me. No problem." Su Yan said with a smile, and then worried, "He won't settle down first and rebel again, right? Master, you know that this King of Huai has almost killed me. If there is another King of Huai, then... I will really finish playing."

"Your Majesty pays attention to your words."

Su Yan said unhappily: "It doesn't matter what words you use. Anyway, you only hear them by your master. Yuan Xiang will come again later. Yuan Xiang always says a lot of truth when speaking, but he can't understand a lot of things. He is tired of talking to him."

Liu Yu knew that Yuan Bolang was running back and forth about establishing the year name. Originally, these should have been prepared to be finalized when the new emperor ascended the throne before the New Year. Unfortunately, it was the Guanzhong rebellion and then the Huai King rebelled. He did not give the civil officials time to prepare and discuss, and now the New Year has passed before he hastily prepared. Fortunately, setting the year name is not very complicated.

Su Yan didn't need to go to Jiankang City to take risks, he just needed to continue waiting for the exact news in Yangzhou City. Liu Yu came out of the palace and happened to meet the "Air Force" returning to the camp. This time, there were more than 200 hot air balloons sent out, and in the end only a dozen landed back to the ground. The rest either didn't know where they flew to. Or they had already crashed halfway. Fortunately, the hot air balloons were also carrying umbrella bags on their bodies, and most of them were able to come back safely.

If Meng Chuliang had seen the burned hot air balloon fragments and learned that someone had fallen to death, he would have thought that Liu Yu might have the arrangement of a magic weapon falling from the sky. But after all, people now have limited thinking and there is no conclusion on what they can clearly detect in advance.

Huo Bing was organizing members of the special forces. When he saw Liu Yu, Huo Bing came over and said with great anticipation: "I have made meritorious service this time. Should I be rewarded?"

Liu Yuxin said that Huo Bing was really anxious. Now the entire court is working hard to pacify Huainan. Huo Bing, who should have charged forward, returned to Yangzhou after the war and drove away.

"Why don't you solve the remnants of the Huai Army in Jiankang City?" Liu Yu asked.

"Those... don't need me, many people are rushing to do it, and they seem to be more urgent than me."

Liu Yu was holding some things in his hand. He was about to go back to have dinner with Xu Xuanzhu and the Han sisters. He walked and said, "If you don't grab those credits, there will always be someone who is more anxious than you."

While he was talking, Yuan Bolang had already arrived at the gate of the palace and bowed to Liu Yu from afar.

It is rare that Yuan Bolang, who was originally picky about Liu Yuheng, now he even expressed some respect to Liu Yu, and Liu Yu did not accept it. Now Yuan Bolang is very much like a villain of power, but just because of his sincere conviction for his military achievements, he will still face him in a tit-for-tat way.

"That old man often runs to the palace. What exactly is he doing?" Huo Bing asked after Liu Yu.

"Prime Minister, do you know what it is for?"

Huo Bing shook his head in confusion. Huo Bing had no understanding of the big and small figures in the court. He only knew that the one who was the king of heaven was the one who could listen to the young emperor. If it were someone else, he would only listen to Liu Yu at most, half of him listened, and half of his other half had to play tricks.

Liu Yuben also wanted Qu Zhu to go to Jiankang City and send the latest emperor's intention to Huai Land, but when he thought of Huo Bing, a ready-made person, he didn't want to be in trouble.

"Take these things to the prince consort of Chai Jinchai, and he should know how to handle the rest!"

In Su Yan's decree, there was a treatment for the body of King Huai, which was to be buried on the spot, with the specifications being simple but not being treated unfairly. In short, we must act in a low-key manner. As for King Ding, Su Yan also issued an order to appease him according to Liu Yu's wishes.

Now King Ding is a frightened bird. The King Ding army has just experienced defeat, and the army that has not been relied on is in danger. However, after all, the King of Shu still exists among the four major vassal kings. The court must take a gentle attitude to gain the recognition of these vassal kings and further seize their military power and privileges.

Liu Yu didn't want to go to Jiankang City to experience the once prosperous and now bleak vicissitudes, but that night, Liu Yu received an emergency battle report from the front line, saying that Huo Bing led his troops to fight again.

"What happened?" Liu Yu hurriedly asked him the commander.

"General Liu is like this. Our new commander, he was in trouble and insisted on putting all the prisoners in cages and parading. Those prisoners quit and then rebel. Many people are making trouble in the city and outside the city, and Jiankang City is on fire again!"

Liu Yu suddenly realized that this was the result of yesterday's unclear punishment of the deserters in Jiankang City. Those deserters were mixed with the people and would definitely make trouble when they had the chance. Liu Yu clenched his fists, wishing he could kill Huo Bing, who was idle and had nothing to do, and he wanted to kill Huo Bing, who was idle and had nothing to do, and he was going to make trouble! (To be continued...)
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