My Antique Mirror Is A Portal To Another World-Chapter 652: Massacre, Terror
Climbing the stairs, Wen Kang’s heart burned with excitement, and his eyes couldn’t look away from the dragon throne. Standing at the top of the stairs, Wen Kang solemnly walked toward the dragon throne.
Reaching out to touch the dragon throne’s armrest, he took a deep breath and muttered, "Finally... The day this throne belongs to me is finally here."
After caressing the dragon throne for a moment, Wen Kang turned around, spread out his arms, and then slowly sat down. Facing the rebel general and the rebel soldiers, Wen Kang raised his chin and puffed up his chest.
Waving his hand, he solemnly said, "All beloved subjects, rise."
Below, the rebel general and the rebel soldiers responded in unison, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Watching them stand up, Wen Kang laughed victoriously. "Ha ha ha! This empire is finally mine! Ha! Ha! Ha!"
While Wen Kang and his men were drowning in their victorious rebellion, the ministers and generals of the Yu Empire were escaping from the imperial capital city. Unfortunately, before they could leave their mansions, the rebel army had arrived.
Bam!
The captain kicked open the door, then ordered sternly, "Arrest all of them! If they try to escape, execute them on the spot!"
"Yes, Captain!"
At the sight of the rebel army rushing into their house, the vice-minister, his family, and the servants screamed in terror.
"Ah! Help!"
Seeing a servant trying to escape, a rebel soldier raised his sword and stabbed the servant in the back, instantly killing him.
Thud!
Witnessing this, the womenfolk and maidservants screamed in horror.
"Ah! Murder!"
"He killed Xiao Lu!"
Annoyed by their screams, the captain shouted, "Shut up! Otherwise, I will make you shut up forever!"
Startled by his threat, the women quickly covered their mouths and tremblingly cried in silence.
After the screaming stopped, the captain looked around and pointed at a middle-aged man. "Arrest him!"
"Yes, Captain!" Two rebel soldiers responded, then approached the middle-aged man and grabbed his arms.
"Let me go! Don’t you know who I am?!" The middle-aged man asked furiously as he struggled in futility.
The captain sneered, then said, "Of course, we know who you are. His Majesty wants to see all ministers and generals. Vice Minister of Rites, you had better come with us obediently."
After saying that, he glanced at the two rebel soldiers and ordered, "Take him away!"
Dragged away by the rebel soldiers, the middle-aged man struggled hard. "Let me go! You all will die a horrible death! Let me go!"
"Husband!"
"Father!"
Seeing this, his wife tried to rush toward him, only to be kicked back by the rebel soldiers.
"Ah!"
The young masters and young ladies exclaimed in horror when they saw this.
"Mother!"
The eldest young master hurried toward his mother and picked her up. Seeing that his mother only suffered some scratches from the fall, he carefully supported her up.
The rebel soldier glared at the middle-aged woman and shouted, "Stay put!"
The middle-aged woman shrank into her son’s arms, then cried in fear and helplessness.
After the middle-aged man was dragged away, the captain ordered, "Clean this place up."
"Yes, Captain!"
Receiving the order, the rebel soldiers quickly searched the mansion, taking away everything that had value.
Seeing this, the vice-minister’s old mother couldn’t handle the shock and anger. Tremblingly pointing at the rebel army, she coughed out a mouthful of blood, then fainted.
"Cough!"
Startled by this, the middle-aged woman and the others exclaimed at the same time.
"Mother!"
"Grandmother!"
"Old Madam!"
While the family members and servants were fussing over the old madam, the rebel soldiers had moved everything valuable out of the mansion.
When the last box was loaded into the wooden cart, the captain ordered, "Guard this place! Nobody can go in or out without permission!"
"Yes, Captain!"
Leaving more than a dozen soldiers to guard the minister’s mansion, the rebel captain led the rest of the rebel soldiers and brought their loot into the imperial palace.
After the door closed behind the rebel army and was locked from the outside, the middle-aged woman hurriedly ordered, "Quick! Bring the Old Madam back to her courtyard and summon the family doctor!"
"Yes, Madam!" A maidservant responded, then pushed her trembling body up and rushed away to call for the family doctor.
While the family members of the Vice Minister of Rites were in panic, the same situation happened at the other ministers’ and generals’ mansions.
That night, the imperial capital city of the Yu Empire was filled with screams and horror.
When the first ray of sunlight broke through the gloomy clouds on the eastern horizon, the air of the entire imperial capital city was filled with the smell of blood.
Unlike the usual lively city, today, the imperial capital city was silent, and the streets were deserted.
Inside one of the houses, a five-year-old boy was standing on top of a wooden stool, staring outside through a small crack in the window. In his small clenched hand, a maltose candy had melted slightly from his body warmth.
As he stared at the line of people dragged by the soldiers wearing bronze armor, his mother suddenly grabbed him from behind.
"Don’t look," she urgently said, then carried the boy into the bedroom, while her husband hurriedly closed the window and locked it.
Without making a sound, the man hurried back into the bedroom to guard his family.
Outside, the ministers and generals of the Yu Empire were escorted toward the imperial palace. With their hands tied up, they couldn’t do anything except obediently follow the rebel army.
Walking in the middle of the long line, a young Hanlin Academy historian glanced at his teacher, who was dragging his sprained leg beside him.
Seeing his teacher struggling along the way, the Hanlin Academy historian reached toward the Vice Minister of Rites to support him.
"Teacher, are you alright?" he whispered quietly.
Glancing at his student, the Vice Minister of Rites answered in a low voice, "I’m fine. How about you?"
"What are you two doing?!"
