Chapter 141 Death Soldier
After the two men parted unhappily, Yang Jishan still released all the captured nobles who refused to surrender as promised. These people did not have great abilities, but each of them had a deep background.

Yang Xuangan did not dare to kill them, and Li Jiancheng naturally would not treat them unfairly, so he ordered people to boil water for them to bathe and change clothes, and then killed sheep and boiled wine as a welcome treat for them.

These people were also very tactful and thanked Li Jiancheng again and again, and begged him not to let them return to Chang'an. They wanted to continue fighting the rebels with the army.

They had already bet right that Yang Xuangan did not kill them, so naturally they wanted to help themselves rise to prominence. They would rather die than surrender after being captured and humiliated, and after finally returning they were still willing to stay on the front line and fight the enemy.

Just think about it, if this gets to His Majesty's ears, regardless of their merits and hard work, just this loyalty alone is at least enough for them to be promoted to higher positions and leap from a side branch of the family to a core member who needs special support.

"Sir, we will express our feelings later. Now we only ask that you give us the opportunity to serve you."

Faced with everyone's request, Li Jiancheng would certainly not refuse. These people could be said to be both civil and military, and could immediately play a role no matter what position they were placed in.

Li Jiancheng's subordinates, especially the civilians and recruits, still lacked corresponding managers. After all, he did not bring his own family assets with him.

To put it bluntly, I am just doing my job and I am not looking for any promotion, so there is no need to work so hard.

Li Jiancheng said with a smile: "Since you have asked me for help, how can I refuse? Besides, I dare not ask for it since it is my wish."

Everyone got what they wanted and became even closer to Li Jiancheng. It was not a matter of gratitude for saving their lives. Yang Xuangan had not killed them in the first place, but now they had to thank him for the credit they had gained by using his army.

These people had been worried about Yang Xuangan for so long, and had not been able to eat or sleep well. After drinking a few cups of hot wine, they all fell down one after another, and almost everyone had left.

Only the people from the Dou family and the Changsun family stayed, but they were not able to talk for a while. Li Jiancheng asked the servants in the tent to leave first and said to them, "The Dou family is my mother's family. Lord Changsun and I were good friends in the past. The noble lady of the family has made an engagement with my Erlang. In the end, we are all family. We can speak frankly about anything."

General Dou Dong said, "Among these people, there is Yang Xuangan's accomplice."

Zhang Sunjing, Junior Minister of the Imperial Guard, continued, "It can't be said that he is an insider, but he is just pretending to be nice. Yang Xuangan can see that. He just asked me to hand over this list to Lord Li before he left."

Li Jiancheng took over the three pages of official titles and names. The last letter read, "If God is on my side, with this letter, my family will be rich and powerful for generations and will remain the pillar of the state. If God is not on my side, please remember our friendship and help me preserve my good deeds so that my Yang family can be passed down with dignity."

Chang Sun Jing bowed and said, "From now on, I will have nothing to do with Yang Xuangan."

"nature."

After Changsun Jing left, Dou Dong snorted, "This man is definitely not a good person. When he was imprisoned, he tried to persuade us to surrender to Yang Xuangan."

"Uncle, but Li Mi asked you to help pass on a message."

Dou Dong was surprised when he heard this: "Darlang Shen, how did you know that?"

"Husband and wife are birds of a feather. When disaster strikes, they fly away separately. Yang Xuangan has already begun to plot his escape plan. How could Li Fazhu be willing to die for the Yang family's ambitions?
Dou Dong said, "He told me the other day that Yang Gong is so good that he doesn't want to win. All of my people are captives. Only Li Jiancheng may be able to save them. I hope you can speak for me."

Li Mi was originally supposed to be rescued, but I didn't expect that he would actually speak up on his own initiative. This was even better. It wouldn't be difficult to bring Yang Xuangan along at the same time. The world was corrupt to this extent, and the emperor was gradually losing control of the local areas.

As long as Chang'an, Luoyang and Jiangdu can be given away, the emperor will be far away.

But Li Jiancheng didn't say anything to Dou Dong. It was true that he was his mother's cousin, but he was only a relative, not a family member, so there was nothing much to say. "Thank you for your hard work, uncle. Go and have a rest first."

Dou Dong looked at Li Jiancheng for a long time and said: "This is incredible. If you need anything in the future, just let me know."

"Uncle, you are too kind. Jiancheng is a junior and can only ask for help from uncle. How dare I give you any orders?"

Dou Dong stood up and bowed solemnly: "I will take my leave."

My uncle cannot give me orders, but I can now consider myself your subordinate, right? Li Jiancheng had nothing to say and stood up to see him out of the tent.

The next morning they were assigned to different positions. They were not picky and chose to serve as soldiers if they were asked to and to enforce military discipline if they were asked to. They did not care about their official positions or ranks at all.

In the final analysis, they are just trying to get by temporarily. When the emperor returns, they will have something to say.

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At this time in Luoyang City, Fan Zigai once again killed many people, even several high-ranking officials. Yang Xuangan had been rebelling for so long, but he probably did not kill as many nobles and officials as Fan Zigai.

King Yang Tong of Yue, who was stationed in Luoyang, was already somewhat worried that the bloodthirsty Fan Zigai might capture him as well, because the person killed today was his uncle, with whom he had always been close.

In the hall, Fan Zigai said in a thick Lingnan dialect: "Since I have been ordered by your majesty to stay in Luoyang to assist the King of Yue, I will never let the rebels enter the city and destroy our Great Sui Dynasty. Those of you who want to betray your majesty should kill me first, and then talk about other things!"

Many officials below thought to themselves, if it weren't for you, an old man, you would have at least 500 soldiers protecting you whenever you go out. Do you think you could have survived until today?

Just then, someone at the door came to report that Fan Zigai's youngest son had been assassinated and his eldest son was also seriously injured and his life was hanging by a thread.

The King of Yue hurriedly said, "Quickly call the imperial physician to come and treat him."

Fan Zigai laughed and said, "You rats have no plan. Yang Xuangan claims to be the reincarnation of the Overlord, but he actually does such a shady thing. It shows that he is just a villain."

The civil and military officials below also looked at each other in bewilderment. If it was really done by Yang Xuangan, then it was indeed a bit too shameful to be tolerated in public.

In the court and on the battlefield, life and death is nothing, but if it directly involves family, then everyone will be in trouble. These are families that have been passed down for at least a hundred years, and no family can afford to support some death warriors.

Of course, some people suspect that this was done by the family of the official who lost his life because of Fan Zigai's killing of the chicken to scare the monkeys, which is also reasonable.

As a result, the next day, several more direct descendants of families were attacked and killed. Fan Zigai, who had not frowned even when his own son died, also frowned and ordered a thorough investigation.

Fan Zigai is now in a position of absolute power in Luoyang, and with the city gates blocked, his whereabouts were quickly tracked down. However, when the so-called death warriors really cannot escape, all that is left behind is a corpse.

The city of Luoyang was plunged into suspicion, and the already sharp contradictions became even more prominent.

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(End of this chapter)