Ancestors, please don't crawl out again.

Chapter 126 Book of Life and Death

Wancheng.

A chaotic street.

"Could you please go and call Wang Dun for me?"

On the elephant-drawn carriage that had emerged from the spatial rift, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty spoke kindly to the little girl in front of him.

The latter, only thirteen or fourteen years old, was riding a horse and even carrying a knife. Its contents were unclear, but he was staring at him with wide eyes and an open mouth, completely petrified, like a Brazilian tortoise poking its head out…

Yang Feng didn't even see Wang Dun when he arrived in Xuchang!
Although a small vanguard of the Jin army did indeed venture out of Fangcheng Pass, it was repelled by Guo Mo, the governor of Yingchuan...

Li Ju and Guo Mo had already surrendered before Yang Feng attacked Luoyang.

They were both refugees from the north. Guo Mo had previously been appointed governor of Hanoi by Liu Kun, and Li Ju's most capable men were the Xianbei cavalry led by Zhang Zhao, a general under Liu Kun. The latter were originally sent by Liu Kun to reinforce Chang'an, but they couldn't go directly south from Jinyang, as the south was Liu Cong's capital, Pingyang, so they had to go through Shangdang and then Luoyang. However, Guo Mo was also trapped, and they could neither go to Chang'an nor return to Jinyang. They initially wanted to seek refuge with Shao Xu, but Li Ju persuaded them to stay.

Then Li Ju simply had them form ranks, which scared the Xiongnu away. Guo Mo was able to escape and head south, where he was appointed as the governor of Yingchuan and stationed in Yangdi.

Xingyang and Yingchuan were the two most important outposts of the Jin Dynasty in the north.

but……

They're basically cannon fodder.

Sima Rui took advantage of their lack of options—they either surrendered to the enemy or had to hold out—and abandoned them in these two places.

They will basically not receive any support.

Under these circumstances, neither of them hesitated at all when faced with their former superior Liu Kun's offer to surrender.

As for this place, it was actually Wang Dun's headquarters. My Great Jin, the military governor of six provinces, led an army of 200,000 to launch a northern expedition to recapture Luoyang. Along the way, we swept away dissidents; those who obeyed were driven to the front, and those who disobeyed were killed. With righteousness in hand and a large army at our command, who dared to oppose us? But after reaching Wancheng, he stopped advancing. Yang Feng waited for him anxiously in Xuchang for five days, but he didn't leave Wancheng. He simply sent troops to garrison Duyang and lock down Fangcheng Pass. Then, he spent his days here holding banquets and feasts.

They clearly have no intention of moving forward.

Actually, it makes sense when you think about it; Wang Dun wasn't exactly a loyal subject of the Sima family.

He used this opportunity to unify the upstream region.

Previously, Sima Rui did not actually have real control over the various places upstream. Especially after Wang Dun kicked Tao Kan to Guangzhou and then made his cousin Wang Yi the governor of Jingzhou, even the officials and people of Jingzhou were dissatisfied. The latter even refused to let Wang Yi go there and joined forces with Du Zeng.

The latter were former subordinates of Sima Xin, who had previously controlled the Jingling area.

This is similar to a bandit.

Tao Kan's relative by marriage, Zhou Fang, was also a thorn in Wang Dun's side.

In fact, Xun Song of Wancheng cannot be said to have submitted to Sima Rui.

He escaped from Luoyang, and his official position was bestowed by Sima Ye, not Sima Rui. Furthermore, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Military Affairs of Jingzhou and Jiangbei, overlapping with Wang Dun's position as Commander-in-Chief of the Military Affairs of six provinces including Jing and Xiang. This reflects the current awkward situation of Sima Rui's group, as Sima Rui is merely a local official. Although he is the head of the remaining few members of the Sima clan, he is still just a local official. The emperor is still Sima Ye. Even if Sima Ye is currently managing the toilets for Liu Cong, he is still the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, and the local officials he appoints are still legitimate local officials. He even sent a governor of Jingzhou!

Du Zeng has already been taken over.

They were legitimate local officials appointed by the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, while those appointed by Sima Rui were not as legitimate.

In fact, it wasn't just in the Jingxiang area; there were many such officials in Huaibei, western Shandong, and southern Shandong as well.

Wang Dun used the pretext of a northern expedition to recapture Luoyang to sweep away these small fry along the way and ensure his control over the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. As for the actual northward march to fight Yang Feng or Liu Cong...

Isn't there a fool like Zu Ti?

Zu Ti thought about it!
His ability to recapture Luoyang was due to Wang Dun's skillful command.

He lost because he was unlucky.

In short, Zu Ti's naive fantasy led Yang Feng to rush to Xuchang, only to be stood up by Wang Dun. Now that Wang Dun refuses to go to Xuchang, Yang Feng will come directly to him.

"Could you please go and call Wang Dun for me?"

Yang Feng said immediately.

The little girl finally woke up.

"Hurry back to the manor!"

She anxiously turned her horse around.

But the next moment something caught her hair, and she screamed in pain, instinctively leaning back and covering her hair with her hands. Then she turned her head and looked at the bastard behind her with teary eyes. He was holding a long hook with fingers at the end, which was hooking her hair.

"Look, I've already asked you to help, but you still won't. That's very impolite."

Yang Feng said with a smile.

Just then, Guo Mo stepped out of the spatial rift.

"Emperor Gaozu of the Great Han Dynasty visited Nanyang, and the people of Nanyang welcomed him!"

He shouted without hesitation.

And soldiers lined up behind him continued to emerge.

The civilians, soldiers, and even the little girl's maidservant on the street all instinctively knelt in terror, while she remained, tears welling in her eyes, trying to shake off the thing hooking her hair. More civilians and soldiers fled in panic, while an official-looking man led a large retinue of troops, rushing anxiously towards them. Horns sounded from the city walls, and even beacon fires were lit. An army of two hundred thousand—even if it was only nominally so—could not be contained within Wancheng alone; in fact, it consisted of various armies accompanying them from Xiangyang to Duyang. But no one expected Yang Feng to appear directly at their supreme commander's residence with his army!

"Your Majesty, this is the daughter of Xun Song, the General Who Pacifies the South and Commander-in-Chief of Military Affairs in Jiangbei, Jingzhou."

Guo Mo quickly said.

“Those are the relatives of the rebels, they’ve been captured.”

Yang Feng said.

Immediately afterward, the hook of his halberd quickly retracted, and the little girl screamed as she was pulled off her horse. She was then hooked and thrown backward onto the elephant carriage. Yang Feng raised his hand, grabbed her back, and put her aside as if he were grabbing the scruff of a cat's neck.

The latter clutched his head in pain and crouched down like a cat.

"go!"

Yang Feng said.

The elephant chariot immediately moved forward.

Amidst the trembling prostrations on both sides, they walked towards the government office that was already in sight.

Meanwhile, more and more soldiers gathered around him.

but……

No one dared to attack.

Soldiers continued to emerge from the spatial rift behind him.

Yang Feng reached out and took out a small booklet that was quite thick. It was called the Book of Life and Death. He then turned to a page and looked at the little girl who was still covering her head and squatting to the side with tears in her eyes.

"What is Xun Yi to your father?"

He said.

The little girl looked up.

"Great-grandfather".

she says.

"Ah, then you don't have to die. Your entire Yingchuan Xun family is going to be wiped out by him."

Yang Feng said calmly.

This is a list personally written by Emperor Taizu Gaozu, containing names of those who should have their entire families executed, or even their entire clans exterminated. It hasn't been made public yet, mainly because it's not finished. It will be proclaimed to the world as an imperial edict once completed. The reason for its incompleteness is simple: these powerful families are currently too chaotic. Those known to Yang Feng, Liu Kun, and others, need to be assessed to determine whether their crimes warrant death—this is an enormous undertaking. Furthermore, these families have too many branches; deciding which branches should be executed and which shouldn't is equally complex.

That's why it's called the Book of Life and Death.

From now on, you can check off each sect you want to wipe out, until all the sects that need to be wiped out are checked off.

Why did you wipe out their entire family?

The little girl said, crying.

"Aren't you responsible for making such a mess of the world? Xun Yi, as Sima Yan's confidant, was almost on par with Jia Chong. Jia Chong's entire family is dead, do you think Xun Yi's family still wants to live? Kill them regardless of gender, kill all of Sima Yi's descendants regardless of gender, kill all of Xun Yi's descendants regardless of gender, kill the descendants of Wang Shen and Wang Yan in the same way. Look at these people, their homes have been destroyed, their relatives have been eaten by foreign tribes, while those who caused their suffering are still high above, even wanting to be their emperors and their officials. It's utterly absurd."

Anyone who commits a crime must be punished.

Any family that commits a crime must also be punished.

Since no one in the human world punishes them, I will punish them on behalf of the Jade Emperor.

Tell me.

Are you willing to oppose me to protect those who caused you suffering, to allow the families who destroyed your homes and killed your loved ones to continue to lord it over you?

Yang Feng shouted.

The kneeling civilians and soldiers on both sides remained silent.

Yang Feng's language skills were almost superhuman; regardless of language differences, everyone understood him. Therefore, people here, regardless of their origin or language habits, could all comprehend his words. And everyone here was a refugee, including Xun Song himself, a survivor of the carnage in Luoyang, as were his followers. Yang Feng's words silenced everyone. They weren't stupid; the root causes of this chaos were twofold: the migration of the Hu people and the War of the Eight Princes.

In their struggle for the throne, the Sima family had already slaughtered countless people, leaving mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Unable to suppress the Hu people, the latter seized the opportunity to rebel and continue the carnage.

The culprit was still the Sima family.

This includes the powerful and influential families that supported the various princes of the Sima family.

They're the ones who caused it all.

But now...

These soldiers and civilians could only kneel silently on the ground.

At this moment, the official arrived with his troops. He looked intently at the little girl who was still crouching on the elephant carriage, covering her head.

He then knelt down on the ground.

"Your guilty subject Xun Song pays his respects to Emperor Gaozu."

He said.

He is a smart man.

With his daughter by Yang Feng's side, Sima Rui would never trust him again.

Besides, he wasn't a close confidant of Sima Rui.

“Get up. The Xun family of Yingchuan only executed Xun Yi’s family. Although Xun Yu followed the Cao family, he never betrayed the Han Dynasty.”

Yang Feng said.

Xun Yu did not betray the Han Dynasty.

He opposed Cao Cao's acceptance of the Nine Bestowments and was kicked out by Cao Cao, dying under mysterious circumstances. Regardless of whether he was Cao Cao's strategist, he remained a Han official until his death—that's a fact. However, Xun Yi, a close confidant of Sima Yan on par with Jia Chong, was certain to have his entire family exterminated. But Xun Yi died forty years earlier, and whether his descendants still existed was unclear to Yang Feng, and even Liu Kun was unsure. Nevertheless, the list had to be included.

Xun Song carefully stood up and looked at Yang Feng's back with a shocked gaze.

The grand procession continued to emerge.

At this moment, a troop of Jin soldiers appeared on the street to their flank.

They even began to form ranks and prepare for an attack.

but……

A troop of marching soldiers calmly turned around, stepped out of their ranks, and stopped. They raised their weapons, which looked like short spears, at the Jin army. The next moment, flames shot out from these weapons, and a deafening roar echoed through the city. Amid the screams of the kneeling soldiers and civilians, a large number of the Jin army soldiers who were still in formation opposite them fell instantly.

The general leading the Jin army stared in astonishment at the corpses of his men. He drew his sword with lightning speed, and a glint of light appeared on the blade.

He ran a few steps and then leaped up, raising his sword with both hands and slashing it down at the Han soldiers.

however……

The latter's weapons were all pointed at him.

The next moment, flames shot out from the front of the weapon again.

The general, still in mid-air, fell like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily to the ground.

He struggled, leaning on his sword, and tried to stand up.

Then another burst of flames erupted from those weapons, and he trembled as if he were being struck by countless fists. His armor was constantly breaking apart, and even blood was gushing from his back. In the end, it was all over. This general, who could have dominated the battlefield with his ancestral sword, was reduced to a bloody corpse.

Those who killed him were just a group of commoners who possessed no treasures or special abilities.

It can't even be called a battle.

The latter simply stood there and beckoned with his finger.

"Elderly families? Their era is over."

Emperor Taizu Gao sneered.

Then, he pulled out a gleaming golden weapon from somewhere and pointed it forward.

A large number of heavily armored soldiers were pouring out of the government office, and behind these soldiers were several generals who had not even had time to put on their armor, and behind them was a group of people in official uniforms.

"Wang Dun".

Guo Mo said.

Yang Feng looked at the middle-aged man in his fifties or sixties among those wearing official robes.

The king and the horse share the world.

One of the two most outstanding members of the Langya Wang clan.

Then Yang Feng raised the golden AK and pulled the trigger.

Gunshots suddenly rang out.

An official standing next to Wang Dun collapsed.

Wang Dun didn't even realize it was Yang Feng who did it. He only heard a loud bang, and then the official fell to the ground. He looked at the official on the ground, who was convulsing, blood gushing from his chest. Wang Dun then looked up at Yang Feng. But the next moment, Yang Feng pulled the trigger again. With another gunshot, the official on his other side also fell. Only then did Wang Dun realize it was Yang Feng. He looked at Yang Feng in shock, then quickly came to his senses and rushed towards his guards.

But he had only taken one step when Yang Feng fired another shot.

He immediately knelt down on the ground.

Those around him who were also fleeing were also frightened and stopped. They looked at Yang Feng in terror as his golden AK was pointed at them, constantly moving and changing targets.

They dared not move an inch.

"Come here, or you'll die."

Yang Feng said.

(End of this chapter)