Use a substitute on your wedding night to scatter the ashes of your entire family

Two steps behind Madam He, a blood-stained clerk was being supported tightly by someone. He seemed to be exhausted, leaning against someone and gasping for breath. There was a bloodstain where he stood.

His lips were dry and cracked, and his head drooped weakly to the side. He swallowed hard and said, "Madam, I have fulfilled my mission and brought back the bamboo slips that accompanied the army."

Madam He ordered her two daughters-in-law to hold up the clerk's bloodstained arms, one on each side. "Sir, you are so kind. I thank you very much."

After saying this, he took the letter from the servant.

The clerk raised his drooping head and took out a scroll from the old lady's hand. He said, "Old lady, let me do it."

He gently broke away from the support of the two He family daughters-in-law and unfolded the letter, reading every word clearly.

"On the twelfth day of the winter month in the eighteenth year of Jingzhang, the King of Qi found the old general He Ding'an and asked him to end the war and return to the court before the end of the year. The old general He also felt that if the war continued to stalemate, it would be detrimental to the overall situation, so he summoned all the generals to the general's tent to discuss the matter."

"We have decided on a strategy to lure the enemy. General He proposed that on the 15th day of the winter month, he would lead 30,000 He family soldiers to the Yanshan Pass Gorge to lure out the 100,000 cavalrymen of the Xia Kingdom. The remaining 120,000 cavalrymen would be divided into three groups, led by deputy generals He Haifeng, He Haichen, and He Yongning, each with 40,000 soldiers. They would arrive at the Gorge before noon on the 16th day of the winter month and trap the Xia Kingdom army in the Gorge."

"However, the King of Qi raised doubts, saying that since it was a strategy to lure the enemy, the Xia army must be fully deployed. The Xia army was most afraid of the He family's men, so all the He family's men and General He led 30,000 He family troops to lure the enemy in the Yanshan Pass area, which was a good strategy."

"All the generals disagreed, saying that this move had nothing to do with the overall situation. Moreover, the three armies needed to be led by three deputy generals to ensure that they could reach Yanshan Pass Gorge before the 7th hour of the second day."

"Unexpectedly, the King of Qi was extremely determined and even put a knife to his neck to force the old general to surrender. The old general had no choice but to compromise. Before leaving, he repeatedly reminded the King of Qi to follow the original plan to encircle the Xia army in three directions. Then he took all the deputy generals and major generals of the He family and 30,000 He family troops with him, but they were trapped in the Yanshan Jia Gorge."

The clerk took a deep breath. Thinking back to what happened back then, he could still smell the pain of the knife cutting flesh and the fire burning corpses.

"The Xia army was successfully lured out, but General He and the 30,000 He family soldiers waited for no reinforcements. One day, two days, three days passed, and no reinforcements came until the last man stood. Even food and fodder failed to arrive."

"General He and ten other He family members, along with 30,000 He family soldiers, held out for three days and three nights, but all died of hunger on the 20th day of the winter month."

At this point, the clerk was already sobbing. He changed another scroll and continued, "General He was shot by several arrows and died on the spot. The deputy general, the major general and the other nine generals of the He family were also pierced by thousands of arrows. Thirty thousand He family soldiers were burned. The fire burned for a whole day and night until it was extinguished by heavy rain."

"Old General, all the generals, and the 30,000 He family soldiers have all turned into bones..."

Several people cried out in grief.

The document changed to another scroll: "On the 20th of the winter month, the Xia army had not yet withdrawn. The King of Qi divided the remaining 120,000 troops into three groups and rushed to the Yanshan Pass Gorge according to the original battle plan. A fierce battle broke out with the Xia army. On the 25th of the winter month, the army wiped out 50,000 enemies."

"The King of Hou Qi knelt down and cried, cursing General He for not listening to his advice and insisting on bringing all the men of the He family and 30,000 men to advance recklessly. Why did he ask them to wait four days before sending reinforcements, resulting in the death of 30,000 soldiers?"

The clerk read to this point, either because he was exhausted or because he could no longer bear that someone could be so shameless, and just handed the letter to Madam He.

He said, "Madam, the incident is recorded here. It was King Qi Lingyun who threatened his life first, and then refused to obey the military order and did not send reinforcements. It was King Qi who killed all the sons of the He family, and 30,000 soldiers died innocently! This old man, please beat the drum to report the incident, and take me with you."

As soon as he finished speaking, he fainted.

After hearing the military records, Li Shuangwan knew that on the 20th day of the winter month, Ling Yun sent someone to deliver military reports to Shengjing City at a speed of 800 miles.

On the twenty-fifth day of the winter month, the military report arrived in Shengjing.

Around 3 p.m., the messenger arrived in Shengjing.

And that so-called great victory of annihilating 50,000 enemies was paved with the flesh and blood of ten men including General He. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was profiting from the blood of others.

Madam He ordered her servants to help the clerk to the bamboo couch and just as she was about to tell someone to call for a doctor, a doctor squeezed out of the crowd, squatted in front of the clerk to examine him.

Li Shuangwan recognized this man. He was Doctor Liu from Baiyaotang. It was he who cured Zhang Shiyi's broken arm.

Madam He bowed deeply to him and said, "Thank you, Doctor Liu."

Doctor Liu did not even raise his head, and examined the clerk's injuries with a serious expression: "Madam, he is seriously injured and should not be moved."

The crowd fell silent instantly.

Madam He said anxiously, "Please do your best to save him, Doctor Liu. He is a great benefactor of our He family. Saving his life is our top priority."

The clerk didn't even dare to faint. Hearing these words in his confusion, he bit his tongue with all his strength and forced himself to wake up. He grabbed Doctor Liu's wrist and said, "I want to go!"

Doctor Liu was also a man with a bad temper. He raised his beard and glared at me: "You are fooling around. You are going to kill yourself!"

"I brought back the military intelligence letter, so I should go. Otherwise, what's the point of my life!"

Doctor Liu wiped his face fiercely, rummaged in his pocket, took out a porcelain bottle, poured out a pill and stuffed it into the clerk's mouth, cursing: "Go away, go away, don't say I cured you when you die!"

The clerk pulled the corner of his mouth and swallowed the extremely precious pill with blood.

Doctor Liu helped the man lie down with disdain: "Laughing is uglier than crying."

Seeing that the clerk's breathing was not only much steadier than before but his wound was no longer bleeding, Mrs. He's throat churned, her eyes were red, and tears rolled down. She must have thought that what Doctor Liu had just stuffed into his mouth was the legendary golden pill.

That was Baiyaotang's treasure, priceless. Two years ago, when his youngest son's life was hanging by a thread, he was unwilling to take it out to save his life.

For this reason, his wife broke off completely with him after his son's death.

But today, he actually...

"Doctor Liu, this is your..."

Doctor Liu waved his hand and squeezed out of the crowd: "It's just a broken pill."

Li Shuangwan clearly saw that his back was much more hunched than before, and when he left, he looked lonely and haggard.

Madam He's eyes, which were bloodshot from crying these past few days, watched Doctor Liu walk away, then she looked at Zheng Xinjiang.

She suppressed her sobs and said, "Commander-in-Chief Zheng, the military documents and records are all here. All the men in my He family were killed by the Second Prince, Prince of Qi Lingyun. He intercepted the reinforcements, cut off the food and grass, and forced 30,000 soldiers to die in the Yanshan Pass Gorge. Not a single body was left."

"He used my husband's military strategy to kill the enemy and retreat, not taking my husband's merit into account. The shameless King of Qi threw dirty water on my husband, wanting to make the deceased a disloyal and unjust man, a place that will be cursed by the world!"

"He drank my husband's blood, ate the flesh of my sons and grandsons, and even cursed that blood is fishy and meat is smelly. Ling Yun is so shameless, so shameless!"

"If he hadn't intercepted the reinforcements for four days, how could the men of my He family and 30,000 brave men of Northern Jin have died! This war should have ended long ago, and how could only 50,000 enemies be annihilated?!"

"Heaven is so unfair. I am now bringing all the old women of the He family and the only remaining male child in swaddling clothes to beat the drum of admonition. Even if I have to sacrifice my old bones, I swear to seek justice from His Majesty!"