latest chapter!

Yang Shou himself fell into the water, and was lifted up by his subordinates who knew how to handle water. He put him on a wooden door and escaped.

He watched helplessly as the two large ships sank, killing numerous people and drowning. Their corpses were floating on the surface of the river and being swept downstream by the river. He broke out in a cold sweat.

My mission this time was to escort Li Yu and other members of the royal family to Bianjing City to be inspected and entrusted by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. This was a ceremony of acceptance of surrender.

The emperor of the Song Dynasty forgave Li Yu and others and granted him the title of lord, which reflected Zhao Kuangyin's ambition and courage, and was also a demonstration for the other princes who had not surrendered.

Now that they all died in the river, how do other princes view this matter?

It would make people think that the Song Dynasty had no tolerance for people and secretly sent people to sabotage it, so that all the surrendered Southern Tang monarchs and royal heirs would be killed to avoid future troubles.

This will have a very bad impact on the image of the Song Dynasty.

Yang Shou felt that he couldn't explain anything, and he couldn't explain it himself. How could he explain it to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty?

He was very worried that in order to block Yuyou's mouth and in order to make the people of Tang Dynasty angry, the Zhao Guan family would kill him and sue the world.

"It's over, it's over now."

Yang Shou wished he could cry loudly, and asked the boat to fish out the heirs of the Li family immediately to see how many people were still alive and to save every one they could.

Suddenly, a large-scale corpse recovery scene appeared on the entire river.

The boats of the Song army kept fishing for the corpses of the Li and Tang royal families in the river.

However, most of the Li royal family members have drowned.

For example, the bodies of Li Congshan, Li Congyi, Empress Dowager Zhong, Princess Daning, Li Yu's concubines, etc. were fished out one after another and had drowned.

Including Li Yu himself, he was also unfortunately killed.

"Ahem!"

Zhou Ehuang here was proficient in water properties, and out of the desire to protect his children, he rescued his youngest son on a wooden board. He held on to the wooden board tightly. When he was rescued on the boat, he was already exhausted and could not drink.

Shaojiang water, but my life was saved

She looked towards the river. Many corpses were floating, many familiar faces, former family members, relatives, as well as her husband and eldest son, who drowned and died, which devastated Zhou Ehuang.

Fortunately, Zhou Jiamin and Princess Yongning did not follow, otherwise, they would not have been able to escape bad luck.

After half a day of rescue and salvage, less than 20% of the Li family members were lucky enough to survive.

Nearly seventy or eighty corpses were fished out, transported to the shore, and placed together in a very miserable way.

There are also some people who were washed away by the river and their bodies were missing, which means they are missing. Their chances of survival are also not high.

"ah--"

Cries were everywhere, and the surviving members of the Li royal family were wailing and shouting.

"Our Li family is a royal family, but we have ended up like this. Heaven, ancestors, please open your eyes and see."

A surviving man named Li is Li Yu's cousin and a member of the royal family. He is also a descendant of Li Min.

There is also Gong'e, the princess survived, vomiting the river water in her stomach, and crying bitterly.

At dusk that day, the news of the shipwreck was delivered to Jinling City by fast horse.

After Cao Bin learned the news, he was also extremely surprised. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.

"Snapped!"

Pan Mei slapped the case and said angrily: "What does this Yang Shou do for food? He cannot escape the blame for such a disaster."

"Yes, this Yang Shou has caused a big disaster, how will it end?" Li Jixun was also deeply moved.

No one dared to get involved with this matter, because almost all the Southern Tang royal family including Li Yu drowned while crossing the river in one day. When the people of the Southern Tang Dynasty heard the news, they would definitely be excited and suspected that it was the Song Army themselves.

What they did was not to let the Southern Tang royal family enter the Song Dynasty alive, so as to avoid future troubles.

As long as they are incited, it will definitely trigger the officers and soldiers from various states and counties in the Southern Tang Dynasty to continue to resist and continue to fight against the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty in the name of revenge for Li Yu and others.

"This incident is indeed unexpected and unexpected. Who is behind the scenes?"

Cao Bin was full of doubts, but he couldn't guess who did it.

They are all generals, not conspirators or strategists. It is difficult to guess such conspiracies.

Li Jixun said: "Could it be the Khitans who did it, or the Shu people, or the Southern Han people, all have motives. They killed the members of the Li royal family, caused an uproar in the world, and dumped the blame on the Song Dynasty. Everyone thought it was the Great Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty cannot accept the surrender of the king, which will make all the princes resist to the death, and also make the remaining states of the Southern Tang Dynasty become angry with the same enemy."

"This is unknown. Send someone to investigate all the boatmen and sailors on that day to see who are suspicious people and their origins. Follow the clues to find out who is behind the scenes. You can also explain it to the officials.

Otherwise, if our officials are furious in Bianjing City, they will also turn their anger on me and others." Cao Bin sighed lightly, feeling that things had become complicated and difficult.

Pan Mei analyzed: "The attack was too harsh this time. He probably had a grudge with Li Yu and others, so he just wiped out the clan. If you just want to blame the Song Dynasty, you can just assassinate Li Yu. There is no need to kill the entire Li family."

Catch them all in one fell swoop and kill them painfully."

Wang Shenqi said: "Jinling Ferry is guarded by Wuyue soldiers. It would be most convenient for them if they can change the manpower. Could it be that the Wuyue people hate the Li royal family and have had a feud for generations, so they took the risk this time and sought the death of a soldier?"

He suspected that he had fallen in love with the Wuyue people. After all, the Wuyue Kingdom and the Southern Tang Dynasty had a feud. They had been attacking each other for decades, and the grudges were deep.

"It's possible, but we need evidence. Let's send someone to check and see."

Cao Bin felt that there was no basis for analysis after analysis and doubt after doubt, and nothing could be done.

"Next, first control the ministers and generals in the city to prevent them from having extreme reactions after getting the news!"

"In addition, the people inside the city and the soldiers and prisoners outside the city must be guarded to prevent the news from spreading and causing mutiny and mutiny."

Cao Bin was worried that this incident would arouse the grief and anger of the people in Jinling, and they would be very emotional and might cause an accident.

Pan Mei nodded: "General Cao said that what we have to face are the people in the city and the surrendered ministers."

Wang Shenqi stood up and said: "I will leave the city right away, lead people to take the captured Tang army to the camp, and strengthen the protection to prevent the soldiers from getting the news and causing trouble."

After Cao Bin nodded, he looked at Li Jixun and said: "Mobilize troops and strictly guard the city gates of Jinling. Intensify patrols in all streets. If any people who gather to cause trouble are found, they will be arrested immediately and suppressed quickly."

"Yes!" Li Jixun clasped his fists and accepted the order.

Cao Bin glanced at Pan Mei again and said, "Let's go tell the surrenderers of the Tang Dynasty. The news cannot be concealed. It's up to us to take the initiative to tell them, lest they become suspicious and fanned out."

"Okay, that's all." Pan Mei also stood up and agreed to Cao Bin's suggestion.
Chapter completed!