As the capital, the prison in Chang'an City may not be better than that of remote counties in the empire, and even because it is full of people all year round, the conditions may be worse.

Therefore, Zhou Bo, the founding hero of the Han Dynasty who had been brave all his life and had 100,000 troops, was still scared of the "primeness of prisoners".

The prisoners of Wei State were even better than those in the Han Dynasty. The fifth reunion was full of respect for Confucius and Confucianism, and the inner one was like Xiaowu and Xiaoxuan, who valued the art of punishment. The prisons under the jurisdiction of the Tingwei were divided into several levels. Those who were extremely guilty and could not let them die easily were often detained in the prison alone and monitored by a dedicated person to prevent them from committing suicide.

Even though he was so strict, Fang Wang still had many opportunities for self-destruction. However, he had been enduring the meal like a pig for the past six months, survived the cold night, and survived the situation in order to see the "North-South Union" he woven with one hand trapped the fifth relationship like a net, causing the Wei Kingdom to suffer a severe blow!

If he could really see that day, the fifth reunion would definitely break his car in anger, but Fang Wang could also be satisfied. Before his death, he laughed happily and was happy that he finally defeated the son of heaven!

However, when the bell of the dynasty in the fifth year of Wude (29 AD), Wei Daxing, who had not seen for a long time, visited the prison, sat outside the prison, and told Fang Wang something through the cold railing.

"Fang Wang, Wei Xiang is dead."

Every word from Feng Yan was like a bell, bumping into Fang Wang's heart, making his beliefs and expectations that he had persisted in the dark prison until now were broken!

The Xiongnu's invasion against Hexi was repelled by Wu and Han, and the rebellion of the Western Qiang was also suppressed by Ma Yuan. Fang Wang's former lord Wei Xiang committed suicide. Not only did the Wei State not lose a county of land, but also occupied Wudu. He broke into a strife in the "solidity of mountains and rivers" where Shu family was married. Even Hu Han and Lu Fang in the north were defeated and died, and were cut into twelve sections...

"Fang Wang, when you are taken outside and go to the East City of Chang'an to behead you, you can pass through the barbarian residence on Gaojie, and Lu Fang's head will be hanging there!"

Feng Yan's words were filled with compassion: it was his plan to encourage the Di people in Wudu to rebel against Shu, and the defeat of Hu and Han generals also had the effect of operating for several years. Fang Wang once connected almost all forces in the world to jointly deal with the fifth relationship, while Feng Yan defeated the magic and resolved it one by one with similar means!

This scene is no less than Zhang Yi's defeat of the six countries and the coalition forces of the five countries collapsed outside Hangu Pass!

As the final winner of this battle between strategists, Feng Yan can now act as a winner, and the other party hopes to say something:

"Fang Zizhan, you lost!"

Fang Wang's face turned pale. After waiting for half a year, he finally got such a result. Wei had just ended the battle of Huaibei with Liu Xiu. His troops were exhausted, and the people were exhausted. The west, south and north were promoted together. Even if Wei could not be destroyed at one time, at least the fifth reunion could spit out Bingzhou and Liangzhou. But why did this end result?

He did not think it was his own problem, but only blamed Wei Xiang for being incompetent, Lu Fang for being incompetent, Gongsun Shu for being incompetent, Liu Xiu for being incompetent, and the Xiongnu Shanyu for being incompetent!

After missing this opportunity, it was almost impossible for other forces to turn the tables, but Fang Wang was still dissatisfied and squeezed out a few words from his teeth: "Sad, it's a pity that my trick is my regret. I only regret that there are no heroes in the world, which makes the fifth child famous!"

In the past, Feng Yan would definitely argue with him with red neck, but this time, Feng Yan sat firmly with a big thorn, and asked with a smile: "What is a hero? Is Qin Emperor and Han Ancestor?"

Fang Wang sneered: "Of course, the fifth relationship is compared to it, like a candle to compare with the sun and the moon."

"Mr. Fang was wrong again!"

Feng Yan shook his head and said, "Emperor Qin Shi succeeded to the six generations. With his power to defeat, he eroded the world and annexed the Warring States Period. The country was one. The land was wider than that of the Five Emperors and the merits of three generations, and he was indeed a hero."

"But who are their opponents? Han Wang'an, King Wei is a nameless king; King Chu Fu Chu is just a puppet of powerful ministers; King Zhao is a foolish person, appointed eunuchs and killed Li Mu; King Yan Xi was keen on forming alliances with Qin in his early years and fought with Zhao. In his later years, he was anxious and only knew that he could assassinate Qin, but he was not smart. As for King Jian of Qi, he sat down to Qin and defeated the five countries, and surrendered, starved to death among the trees, and laughed for future generations."

"There is also Emperor Gao of Han. Liu Bang was born in a commoner and fought his sword to capture the world. He could not get the Zen of Tang and Yu, nor was he ranked as the King of Tang and Wu. He moved the dragon and tiger transformation, and led the storm, conquered chaos and attacked riots, and cleared the Emperor's Yu. He killed Qin in three years, destroyed Chu in five years, and within eight years, the sea was determined. Such figures have been since ancient times, and have never been included in books. They are simply like gods. If they were not a talented man, how could they achieve such achievements?"

Feng Yan said: "But among Liu Bang's opponents, except for Xiang Yu who was still listed as the "Big History" by the Grand Historian, and Tian Heng and others had a little ambition, there were no outstanding people. Wei Bao, Chen Yu, Ying Bu, etc., were just thieves who were lucky enough to be in troubled times."

"According to what you said, the Qin Emperor and Han Ancestor are invincible. Is it enough to deny the heroic achievements of the two?"

After a passage broke Fang Wang's subjective fallacy, Feng Yan said: "To put it simply, being smart and showing off is called heroic; being brave and powerful is called heroic."

Feng Yan bowed to the Weiyang Palace: "My lord has great wisdom and wisdom. He has a lot of wisdom and plans. He has a dragon rising in Xinqin with his sage virtue and spirit power. Feng raised him in Weijun. He resolutely opposed Xin at the time when it was most suitable. He led the clans to scattered soldiers, scattered Hongmen, drove away Weiyang, defeated the enemy enemy in Xinmang, destroyed the army of the eight schools, and thunder shook the world. If he had no courage, how could he make such a decision? Then he swept the world, eliminated disasters and destroyed Wudao. In the eight years, the north was great and the tyranny of Xinmang, and the Great Wei Dynasty was abolished, and the people were promulgated, and the people were rescued from the water and fire, and the people were relieved from the upside down. Looking at the past, it was enough to be compared with Han Gao."

"Gongsun Shu, Wei Xiang, Lu Fang and other eccentrics are indeed mediocre people; the Xiongnu were seldom and the Western Qiang fled because the Qianghu was stupid and could not compete with the dignified king's army; but Liu Xiu was also a hero for a while and had the posture of a hidden dragon. The reason why he was powerless was that he could only go southeast because my lord was more heroic than him, so he could suppress Uncle Liu Wen and was unable to move!"

Feng Yan said in the end, his face was full of solemnity: "The career of a hero should be recorded by the books of history and evaluated by the generations behind us. How could you slander it in just a few words?"

This was Feng Yan's long-lost rebuttal, and it was also the conclusion he had thought hard after the despair in recent years. He also said Fang Wang for a moment, so he took advantage of the victory and refused to give him a chance to refute: "I came here today just as an opponent to send Mr. Fang for the last journey."

Fang Wang seemed to understand something. He raised his head, but saw Feng Yan standing up. The prison officer who had been waiting behind him for a long time also stepped forward to open the door. The iron shackles in his hands collided with each other, and the jingle sounded.

"Your Majesty said that today is the festival of the fifth year of Wude. However, Wei Xiang's head does not enter Guanzhong, and Lu Fang's head is only hanging on the barbarian residence, which is a bit deserted. Usually, people's families celebrate festivals and festivals, and they also know that the beheaded pigs are lively. Today, the government of the Great Wei Dynasty also wants to kill someone to meet the red to cheer up the beginning of this new year!"

"Mr. Fang, please follow me to Dongshikou and receive five punishments!"

...

"Today's city should be very lively?"

Wearing the emperor's crown robe and preparing to go to the Zhengdan Grand Court to have fun with the ministers. The fifth reunion remembered that today was very happy and even gave an order to kill a pig.

The attendant of the side was Dou Gu, who was only in his teens but was quite agile. The emperor suddenly asked a question. He was stunned for a moment before answering: "It is still a rare five punishments to be executed, and it is inevitable for onlookers."

In addition to the legendary invented strange punishments by Jie and Zhou of Xia, Shang and Zhou, the five punishments can be described as the ceiling of torture, which is as famous as the chariot. As the name suggests, a total of five punishments must be used, first imparting the punishment of ink and tattooing on the face. When the prisoner is awake, he carves his guilt one by one on his cheek and forehead! He is bleeding, and then his nose is cut and his left and right toes are cut, because Fang Wang is lobbying by his mouth, and his tongue must be broken. Then he uses a wooden burr-covered whip and slowly beat him to death! Finally, he owls his head and chops the corpse into meat sauce in public.

It sounds quite cruel. In history, only two people were sentenced to five punishments, one was Qin Prime Minister Li Si, who was out of Zhao Gao's murder; the other was the miserable Peng Yue, who was deceived by Empress Lu to Chang'an for crimes of treason.

"Fang Wang's crime is more serious than Li Si and Peng Yue."

He did not hate his opponents, whether they were virtuous or foolish, but the other party had long disgusted the fifth reunion for a long time, but he endured the victory of the third line of Wei before he issued a killing order.

If the front line is defeated, Fang Wang is the target of venting his anger. If the front line wins, Fang Wang's death will become a joyful thing that adds icing on the cake. People in Chang'an will definitely see it like a blocked person today.

"Yesterday's New Year's Eve, I bid farewell to the old year. In addition to the Weiyang Palace's orders guards to burn torches and go out, Chang'an people beat drums to drive out the epidemic and drive away old things. This hope is also the evil of yesterday, so I will drive it away. I only hope that there are fewer people in this world who are afraid of the world's chaos."

But the fifth reunion himself doesn’t have to see the cool scene. I heard Fang Wang screaming and let Feng Yan describe it later...

He put on his full set of crowns and went to the Zhengdan Dynasty. The Weiyang Palace was already the stairs of the Lang General, with tiger halberds crossing, dragon ridges filling the courtyard, and cloud flags browning the glow.

Because the situation in Wei State turned the crisis into peace, this time it was done more solemnly. To be specific, it was nothing more than the officials congratulating the first month. Officials at all levels congratulate the emperor according to their ranks. Long live the palace after more than 2,000 stones. Then they raised their cups and sat in front of them. Sikong served soup, the farmers served food, and played the music of food. All officials received banquets and made great music. Everyone listened to music and had a big meal together.

Of course, the generals from all sides who did not attend also delivered their New Year memorials. In addition to congratulating the emperor, these guys did not forget to ask for credit and fight.

Geng Bozhao, the general of the chariot and cavalry in Bingzhou, became ill again after winning a battle easily! At first, he felt that the Huns were not as strong as they imagined, so he asked to force their troops to go north and recover Shuofang, Wuyuan and other counties to prevent the Huns from entering and turning it into a southward base.

Ma Yuan occupied Wudu, which gave Longyou a springboard to attack Hanzhong and Shu. He began to take up Gongsun Shu's idea. In the letter, he called his childhood friend a "frog in the well". General Ma wanted to go down the well to fish him up and stew him.

As for the generals in the south, General Zhang Zong, the East, was very concerned about Huainan. After Cen Peng repelled the attack of Qin Feng's old subordinates, he hoped to attack Nanjun, seize Jiangling City, cut off the connection between Wu and Shu, and lure the two countries to send their main forces to fight in the decisive battle in Jianghan, and make every effort to achieve his contributions...

After looking around, the fifth reunion kept all the requests for battle and refused to send them, and only gave the generals a death order.

"This is the fifth year of Wude. Ten years ago, Wude will no longer start a war and recuperate."

"Just wait for five years to complete the troops and armor, sufficient food and fodder, and the people seek common ground, and then send troops to swallow Shu and destroy Wu!"

The dawn has appeared, and the fifth reunion now wants to retract his fist and accumulate strength. He will only wait for one blow to swing out in five years!

Clear the inside and clean up the mess left by Wang Mang!

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ps: There is only one last chapter left in the fourth volume, and this month cannot be over. We strive to finish before the New Year.
Chapter completed!