Hey, you are reborn too?

Jiang Mian narrowed his eyes slightly. This man had an unusual aura.

He blinked slightly and met the emperor's gaze.

The emperor met those cold and indifferent eyes, and his heart couldn't help but tremble again.

The pupil shrank slightly, and the emperor inexplicably tasted some bloodthirsty meaning in it. He vaguely felt that a cold murderous intent flashed in the eyes.

Just as he was about to squint his eyes to take a closer look, the hint of coldness had already been like a fish leaping into the sea, being silently swept away by the light-colored waves, washing away all traces of its existence.

Never to be found again, no evidence left.

When the emperor looked at Jiang Mian, he subconsciously curled up his five fingers and tightened the corners of his mouth.

Jiang Mian looked relaxed, but he understood in his heart.

It seems that the old emperor may have noticed something. After all, at this time in the previous life, he really loved me deeply and obeyed me in every way.

What? Jiang Mian frowned slightly, then let go.

Could it be that when he was investigating the case of the Chizhou prefect, he was too well-informed and had too much evidence, which aroused the emperor's suspicion?

Not really.

Jiang Mian lowered his eyes slightly. In this eye contact, he took the initiative.

Since he had started the eye contact, he was also the one who ended it.

He cupped his hands and said indifferently, "Your son respectfully sends your father, the emperor, and your mother off."

It seems that I need to speed up my plans.

If he continued to slowly gain power over Beili and Dayuan as he did in his previous life, then each step would be safe and sound.

However, Jiang Mian raised the corners of his lips slightly, as an inexplicable intuition told him that the man in front of him, whom he called "Father", would not give him such a good opportunity again.

He was not afraid, nor did he feel any fear in his heart. Instead, he felt a sense of anticipation.

In his previous life, he held the power of Beili, suppressed all the ministers, and with thunderous means, he cut the Gordian knot and solved Beili's long-standing illness.

He then personally led the Beili army to fight against Dayuan.

Even though he failed to protect Avi in ​​his previous life, judging from the part where the emperor personally led the army to fight, everything went extremely smoothly.

With me around, the morale of the Beili army boosted greatly.

Under Jiang Yu's rule, the Dayuan army was exhausted and weak, and was no match for the well-trained Beili army.

Therefore, as soon as the two sides fought, the Dayuan army was defeated almost immediately.

Even those who resisted stubbornly like Xie Yongwei's father and brother were suspected by Jiang Yu. While they were fighting bravely on the front line, they were quickly summoned to the palace and killed with a cup of poisoned wine.

If the army withdraws and the people are left behind, how can they survive?

As the army retreated rapidly and the people followed suit, Beili captured several cities in Dayuan at lightning speed.

In his previous life, Jiang Mian set rules for conquering cities, prohibiting the indiscriminate killing of innocent people.

But he actually knew in his heart that the army needed a lot of supplies and was extremely tired after marching and fighting for days.

Therefore, it is inevitable that he would be greedy for some of the local people's belongings.

Jiang Mian knew that leading troops was not just about sending soldiers to the front lines to fight, but also about giving them actual benefits. However, Beili’s national strength was not abundant, and supporting a large number of troops this time had already exhausted most of the national strength.

It is really impossible to guarantee that every soldier in the army has good material support.

They were short of supplies, and when they saw these items in the captured cities, they would inevitably have evil thoughts and try to steal them.

Although Jiang Mian had the idea of ​​incorporating Dayuan into his territory in his previous life, he did not have much sympathy for the people of Dayuan.

After all, according to the education he received since childhood, all people from Dayuan deserve to die!

But for some reason, on the day of departure, the smile of that girl from many years ago suddenly appeared in his mind.

With just one thought, he made a strict rule.

Never kill innocent people in Dayuan.

However, even if he spared those people's lives, Jiang Mian had to admit that he didn't want to let the people of Dayuan have an easy life.

Therefore, he turned a blind eye to the soldiers' small-scale looting.

After all, my mother has always taught me that the people of Dayuan are all lowly bastards.

Sparing their lives was already an act of great mercy on my part.

What does it matter if some property is stolen?

Anyway, in the minds of the people of Dayuan, aren’t the Beili people a symbol of barbarism?

With the commander's superb military skills and a huge gap in the strength of the armies, the Beili army made rapid progress.

Ever since the two generals of the Xie family were suspected by the emperor until their death, no short-sighted general of Dayuan dared to fight against the Beili Army.

Even if they resisted for a while, they only dared to fight against the weaker forces in the Beili Army.

As for the elite soldiers led by the Lord of Beili, they would never dare to fight against them. Often, they would flee in panic as soon as they saw them from a distance.

Jiang Mian still had a trace of sympathy for the people of Dayuan.

But he was merciless to the Dayuan soldiers who went to the battlefield.

My mother once said, and I have also felt it deeply, that being kind to the enemy is being cruel to yourself.

Jiang Mian had already figured this out thoroughly when he used scissors to kill an assassin and a palace maid many years ago.

On the battlefield, swords have no mercy. Either you die or I die.

Jiang Mian's response to those defecting Dayuan soldiers was to command his troops to march straight in and chop off their heads one by one.

Unless that person has already knelt down and begged for mercy before the knives arrive.

They reacted too quickly and were extremely shameless.

After a while, he had no idea how many heads he had chopped off.

As for the extremely sharp Tianhong Sword, which had accompanied him in battles for a long time, it had been stained with the blood of countless people from the Great Abyss.

Over time, his nickname "Beili Killer God" spread.

Sometimes when Jiang Mian woke up from his dreams at midnight, staring at the gauze curtain, he would silently recall the bloody scenes of his previous life. Perhaps, it was because he had committed too many sins of killing in his previous life that caused Awei and their children in his previous life to not be saved by him in time.

Instead, they all died at the hands of that madman Jiang Yu.

But if he could go back to his previous life and be given another chance, Jiang Mian would definitely make the same choice. After all, everyone in Dayuan, except her, deserved to die.

But when Jiang Mian thinks back now, he feels a sense of confusion that he hasn’t felt for a long time.

Awei told herself that she wanted to find a wise ruler for Dayuan.

I want to see a truly peaceful and prosperous Dayuan, with the people living and working in peace and contentment, with no suspicion between the emperor and his ministers in the court, and with the military officials truly loyal to the emperor.

Jiang Mian looked at her serious eyes at that time and almost subconsciously had a reaction - he covered her mouth and told her not to continue talking.

But seeing the deep desire in her eyes, Jiang Mian couldn't bring himself to do it. He pinched the tender flesh on the outside of his thigh hard, almost making it bleed, before he could barely control the desire in his heart and pretended to listen patiently.

But even if we put aside the fact that he had deep feelings for Awei, Jiang Mian had other reasons to listen to her.

After all, Jiang Mian himself couldn't help but wonder, who is the wise ruler that Awei has chosen?

However, the things he expected often did not turn out well.

That time was an exception and he didn't know the outcome.

As for now...

Jiang Mian licked his dry lips gently.