The Xie family was on full alert the whole day, and the head of the Xie family was ready to die, but Zhuge Yu did not send out troops.
By the evening, the Xie family could no longer maintain their high morale and dragged their exhausted bodies back to the ancestral home.
Xie Lantian couldn't rest yet, as the business of conscripting young men was not going smoothly.
Most of the young and strong people have hidden themselves. This is an unprecedented situation.
When Xie Qi came to say goodbye, Xia Lanzhi hid in the carriage behind him and said, "If we can't force them to be soldiers, why not recruit farmers at the price of three liters of millet, regardless of gender, and give priority to the poor."
Xie Qi made the suggestion and turned to leave.
Xie Lantian resisted the urge to lift the car curtain and say goodbye to Xia Lanzhi again, and decided to adopt Xie Qi's suggestion.
Xie Qi took advantage of the night and led a dozen people out of the city.
This secret passage was dug by the Tartars. When the Xie family suddenly launched an attack, the Tartars who knew about this secret passage were captured before they could react.
Now, Xie Qi is going to rely on this secret passage to escape from Yongzhou.
"Don't panic, Madam Xia. We will reach the foot of Beauty Hill if we walk one more stick of incense forward."
Meiren Slope is a hill of medium size. From a distance it looks like a drunk beauty lying on the grassland, hence the name Meiren Slope.
Xie Qi had observed carefully when he was on the city wall. Zhuge Yu brought few people with him. They only surrounded a few city gates and did not send anyone to Meiren Slope.
This is also the reason why he agreed to let Xie Runtian take Xia Lanzhi with him.
"Madam Xia, what are you going to do when you go to the capital?"
Xia Lanzhi touched the warm jade pendant on her waist, her expression dazed: "Buy a small yard, raise a kitten, and bask in the sun during the day."
Xie Qi did not comment.
A ball of light appeared at the end of the road, and the scent of grass came from the air.
Coming!
Xie Qi covered his eyes with his hands. The sunlight was too dazzling and he couldn't react for a while.
"who?!"
Xie Qi narrowed his eyes and was surprised to find that he was surrounded.
Hundreds of Yunzhou cavalrymen appeared at Meiren Hill at some point in time, surrounding the exit in an orderly manner without making any noise.
Xie Qi and others were like headless prey, running headfirst into the pocket they had prepared long ago.
……
Xie Runtian had a good sleep, and on the next day, he continued to follow the head of the Xie family to the city wall.
One is born, the second is cooked.
The Xie family, who were very large, felt more courageous and confident because of their safety yesterday.
"It's just defending the city, nothing more."
"Yunzhou must be running out of gunpowder. On New Year's Eve, Yunzhou set off fireworks for a long time. They wasted gunpowder like this, so they deserved it."
The Xie family members chatted with each other, standing on the city wall in a relaxed manner, as if they were sightseeing.
Unlike yesterday, Zhuge Yu went out with about a hundred soldiers.
Xie Runtian raised his eyebrows. What were they going to do? Even if they had gunpowder, they couldn't capture Yongzhou City with just a hundred or so people.
They still stopped outside the range of the crossbows, and then sent someone to shout.
The person sent out this time was not Temuqile, but a thin and small soldier.
When he came closer, everyone could tell that he was a female soldier. No wonder he was so thin.
The female soldier was wearing short-sleeved leather armor and had a trumpet on her back. She was probably over 30 years old, with a thin build and ordinary facial features.
She came out alone, with no worry or anxiety about the powerful enemies on the city wall, nor was she calm or complacent.
She just rode her horse to the foot of the city wall, took down the trumpet behind her, and spoke loudly with a clear voice and deep breath.
"The victims, Xia Lanzhi and Xia Chuan, sued Xie Runtian for forcibly seizing a woman and framing the Bai family..."
A series of charges were carried by the wind to the city walls.
Xie Runtian was stunned. What nonsense was she talking about? !
It was obvious that he and Lanzhi were in love with each other and were very affectionate.
After the female soldier finished stating the crime without any emotion, she asked, "Xie Runtian, what do you have to say?"
Xie Runtian's cheeks flushed. "If you want to accuse someone, you can always find a pretext. Don't use the Xia family's name to slander me."
The female soldier didn't say anything, but just pointed in the direction of the Yunzhou Army.
A girl appeared in the army. It was Xia Lanzhi, who had escaped from the city due to marriage.
Xie Runtian's heart tightened, Lanzhi was caught!
Xia Lanzhi looked at the towering city walls, opened her mouth and breathed in deeply. This was grassland, and it smelled like freedom.
She cried loudly about the persecution that Xie Runtian had inflicted on their two families. Her voice was shrill and she couldn't stop crying.
The surrounding Yunzhou soldiers all showed expressions of pity on their faces.
But because of the distance, the Xie family members on the Yunzhou city wall could not hear what she was saying at all.
Until they saw Xia Lanzhi holding up a large white cloth with the words "Redress" written on it.
Xie Runtian stood there, his eyes were empty and lifeless, his face was as pale as paper, and it seemed as if all his soul had been sucked out of him.
Lanzhi, why would Lanzhi do this?! She must have been forced!
The female soldier did not give Xie Runtian another chance to speak, and said decisively: "Xie Runtian has committed 32 crimes, and he will be punished for multiple crimes. With the special approval of Lord Zhuge Yu, special cases will be handled specially, and he will be shot immediately."
Just as he finished speaking, the Yunzhou soldiers in front of Zhuge Yu raised their firearms and fired.
The bullet flew through the hall and hit Xie Runtian accurately between the eyebrows.
Xie Runtian fell to the ground with a bang, and blood gushed out from the hole between his eyebrows.
His eyes were wide open, and his face was full of astonishment.
"Ah!! Ah!"
The Xie family members on the city wall cried out in surprise.
Xie Runtian died just like that? !
The two armies are so far apart!
He was shot to death just like that!
He didn't even have time to leave a last word, he died so easily, like an ant being crushed at will.
Xie Ershisan's legs were shaking, tears were streaming down his face, and he was so scared that he couldn't utter a complete sentence: "Home, Patriarch, go back, go back."
Don't stay here and die.
The female soldiers on the city wall looked like the enchanting Black and White Impermanence, no, they were more like the judge holding the book of life and death.
"The 23rd son of the Xie family has seized someone else's property, involving 17 counts of human life. According to the Yunzhou Criminal Law, he should be beheaded! With the special approval of Lord Zhuge Yu, the execution can be carried out!"
There was another gunshot.
Xie Ershisanlang, who had been crying just now, lowered his head and found a bright red flower blooming on his left chest.
That's my own blood.
Xie Ershisanlang fell to the ground, and he never understood until his death who he had killed and who had filed the complaint.
There was silence on the city wall for a moment. The next second, the Xie family was in an uproar. They scrambled to get down from the city wall.
How can family honor be as important as your own life?
The King of Hell of Yunzhou really showed no mercy when he took action.
The voices of the female soldiers outside the city were like a devil, lingering in everyone's ears.
"Thank you, Benda, for forcibly abducting 83 young men from the Jilijisi tribe. According to the Yunzhou Criminal Law, they should be executed. With the special approval of Lord Zhuge Yu, the execution will be carried out immediately!"
"Madam Xie, you forced women of good character into prostitution and persecuted 134 innocent women. According to the Yunzhou Women's Protection Ordinance, you should be executed. With the special approval of Lord Zhuge Yu, you will be executed immediately!"
"Xie's eldest daughter..."