It’s hard to break a phoenix’s destiny

Chapter 522: Blood Flows Like a River, Heaven and Earth Are Dark
Now it was Sima Pi's turn. He touched his face and found blood on his hands. He fled from the main house howling like a wolf. When he ran into the yard, he slipped on the mud under his feet and fell heavily to the ground. His head hit the well beside him and he fainted instantly.

The guards and servants were extremely panicked and didn't know what to do.

The head of the Xiang family tugged at his clothes, looked inside the house, then looked outside, and with a slight smile on his face, he turned his head and bowed to the statue of the great ancestor enshrined on the table in the main room, whispering something. After that, he began to hurriedly direct everyone to deal with the current situation.

There were lightning and thunder all night long, and the whole Xiangcheng was trembling.

But the next morning was a sunny and beautiful day. The people were in a good mood. When they opened the doors and windows to start a new day, they found that Sima Yue's 200,000 troops had all entered the city and began searching house to house, saying they were looking for the murderer in black.

As a result, the whole Xiangcheng was in chaos, all the houses were searched, and all the valuables were robbed, even the big families were not spared. So, the young and strong men in the big families took up their weapons and fought Sima Yue's men head-on, and the scene became extremely ugly again.

When the prefect of Xiangcheng saw this chaos, he went home quietly without saying a word, packed up his gold and silver jewelry, and fled with his eighty-year-old mother, wife and children, and his whereabouts are unknown.

Three days later, the news of Sima Yue's death had spread, and the surrounding forces were ready to move. Of course, the fastest ones were the bandits who had been in the south of Xiangcheng, but when their leader got the news, he didn't even have time to eat, and rushed into Xiangcheng with his men, catching Sima Yue's unprepared generals off guard, and they fled.

Sima Yue's general, Taiwei Wang Yan, originally planned to keep the death a secret, but now there was no other way, so he quickly gathered all the people he could and took Sima Yue's coffin away from Xiangcheng. But at this time, Liu Yuan's general Shi Le was nearby. He was very excited when he got the news, after all, everyone knew that Sima Yue was going back to his fiefdom in Donghai with a lot of treasures he had robbed throughout his life.

Therefore, Shi Le did not hesitate at all and led 10,000 people to Xiangcheng. Their soldiers were more brave and good at fighting than the bandits, and they often fought one against a hundred, so they quickly took the initiative.

A fierce battle took place outside Ningping City.

Shi Le not only killed Sima Yue's general Qian Duan with his own hands, but also stabbed Sima Pi, who was unconscious in the carriage, with a spear.

Sima Yue's army was defeated.

Shi Le surrounded the defeated 100,000 soldiers with his cavalry and shot them with bows and arrows. More than 100,000 princes, soldiers and common people were trampled like a mountain and all were annihilated. Among them, 36 kings of Sima Yue's family were killed. Later, Shi Le burned Sima Yue's coffin, and Wang Mi's brother Wang Zhang burned and killed the remaining soldiers. The blood flowed like a river, and the sky was dark.

Upon learning the news, Sima Chi blamed all the crimes on Sima Yue and issued an edict to demote Sima Yue to the rank of county king.

The story of the Rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Jin Dynasty in history also came to an end here.

Those princes and nobles may feel that they can breathe a sigh of relief, after all, the imperial power in the world now belongs to Sima Chi, and finally no one comes out to cause trouble. But the people are still in dire straits, they are still hungry, and there are starving bones everywhere on the road. But what? Those royal nobles and generals are still singing and dancing, lamenting that their power is not big enough, and that they don’t have enough gold and silver. Some people even lament that the fate of the Phoenix Queen in the Luoyang Palace is indeed not smooth.

Because there were rumors that Empress Hui had been seriously ill for half a year and had not recovered at all. She had even asked to go to Jinyong City to recuperate, fearing that the illness would remain in the palace. Empress Liang Lanbi naturally agreed, and Sima Chi did not come to visit her because he was very busy now, busy enjoying the fulfillment of being the emperor and reviewing memorials and commanding the world.

A hearty summer rain fell, nourishing the long-dry land. The gullies were filled with bright, glowing water, making the entire farmland and even the wasteland appear unusually full of vitality.

Finally, summer is here.

No matter how dead branches and fallen bones there were, at this moment they became scenes that were not even worth mentioning in the history books, but they left a deep mark in Yang Xianrong's heart.

She walked out of the dark room of the ancestral hall of the Xiang family mansion, passing through smoke and ruins. When she stood on the main battlefield outside Ningping City, the strong smell of blood and corruption made her truly experience the cruelty of war and the brutality of human nature.

At this time, Shi Le's army had already been convoyed. The 100,000 people of Sima Yue of the Great Jin Dynasty had already been exposed to the wilderness, and no one was even able to come to collect the bodies. They slowly rotted in the heavy rain and gradually merged with the soil... Those once lively faces just lay there quietly in various postures in such a hideous manner...

"Girl, stop looking and go away." Cui Xi said in a low voice, and reached out to support her, fearing that she would fall.

But Yang Xianrong smiled and continued to watch the green grass beside the corpses still growing tenaciously.

"Third sister, I have informed my eldest brother to come out of Jinyong City as soon as possible and join us." Yang Xiankang also stood beside her. The unburned black smoke was floating in the air, with a strange smell that made people feel very uncomfortable. "This kind of place has a strong yin energy. You are weak, don't stay here for too long."

"Yeah, let's go quickly, it stinks." Xu Henian shook his whisk, but still recited a few scriptures in a low voice, then pinched out a talisman in his hand and threw it into the air.

The yellow paper fluttered and suddenly burned, emitting an extremely bright light, but disappeared in an instant.

For those who stare at it, there seems to be a dark shadow lingering in front of their eyes, which lasts for a long time.

"Zhang Liangchu and Qin Chaoge haven't been found yet, right?" Yang Xianrong didn't turn her head, she was still looking at the place where the light disappeared.

"No." Xu Henian shook his head. "You know, the Yang family's carriage is really hard to move. Your second brother and Cui Xi can't lift it. And we are in the whirlpool of rapids. It's lucky that the three of us are alive."

"Yeah." Yang Xianrong sighed softly, "Who knew it would turn out like this?"

“Third sister, why don’t you just cry? Don’t hold it in.” Yang Xiankang was very worried about her current state. He stared at her intently, not even missing the slightest changes on her face. “Anyway, Sima Yue is dead now. You have avenged that… stupid… emperor. That’s good.”