Chapter 214

If I die now, perhaps my family won't be implicated.

Anyway, in a small border town, a few deaths is common and the news will not be reported to the capital.

Even if it was transmitted, it wouldn't matter.

It is their blessing to be able to vent the prince's anger.

Soon, screams, pleas for mercy, and shouts were heard throughout the government office in Lu City.

The noise was so loud that many passers-by were frightened.

...What big deal happened?
However, this is just the beginning.

Within one day, all the ferry crossings on Dayang Lake, which runs through several cities, were blocked, and no ships were allowed to pass. Even the ships, fishermen, and even civilians who passed through the lake in the past few days were captured and interrogated.

Some ships were not destined for Lucheng, but without any hesitation, a deputy general led the troops to chase them.

That very night, villagers in the village near Dayang Lake heard some noises.

Some of the braver ones secretly looked outside and saw a huge ship parked on the lake not far away, with flames rising from the deck.

By the light of the fire, one could clearly see the sails rustling in the strong wind, and the deck was crowded with people kneeling.

Their hands and feet were tied, their mouths were gagged, and they were thrown into the icy lake one by one like dumplings.

More than one hundred people were drowned in the lake.

This matter was not deliberately concealed, so the news began to spread wildly the next day.

Combined with the order from above to close all ferry crossings, even the most ordinary people knew that something big must have happened on Dayang Lake.

All kinds of rumors are heard everywhere.

It is said that something happened to the family of some important person here.

Some said that some treasure was found at the bottom of the lake, so the soldiers kept salvaging it day and night. Some even said that the Jin Kingdom sent many spies here, a group of them were caught and the lake was filled, but a few ruthless characters still escaped, and the superiors went to such great lengths to capture the spies.

In short, the news became more and more exaggerated.

Within two days, neighboring Hezhou also became lively.

The Li family is a well-known wealthy family in Hezhou. It is said that wealth cannot last for more than three generations, but their family has been passed down for more than a hundred years, with many branches and leaves, including the side branches, there are nearly a thousand people.

They were able to get along with everyone, paying tribute to the government and dealing with bandits. Only the unarmed common people could be bullied. With money in hand, they were always successful and their business was booming.

A young master of the Li family once joked at a drinking table that a family like theirs would only be destroyed overnight if the Jin army broke into the city.

Otherwise, even if you encounter squandering and spendthrift descendants, it will be enough to ruin several generations, and there will still be a chance for them to make a comeback.

However, the Jin army did not attack, but the Li family suffered the disaster of destruction without any warning.

Mingfeng personally ordered the troops to go to Hezhou. Within one day, this large clan of nearly a thousand people completely disappeared.

It disappeared completely.

Not only the names of the people, but all the memorial archways, steles, inscriptions, and even the records in the county annals related to the Li family had their names erased.

The Hezhou Li clan no longer exists.

Perhaps many years later, there will be elderly people who still vaguely remember that when they were young, there was a once-prosperous Li family in Hezhou City.

But that's about it.

There will be no record of their ever existing.

Xie Wan Ning heard the news more than half a month after she left Lucheng.

At that time, she was no longer in the north, but had already set foot in the south.

I even spent New Year's Eve and Lantern Festival alone on the road.