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Chapter 112 Chapter One Hundred and Eleven

In the ninth year of Jianhong (AD 428), Qifu Chipan, the king of Western Qin, said to his second son Mumo on the hospital bed: "You have been the prince for eight years, and it is not easy. After I die, you can keep the existing status of Western Qin. The territory is quite good." Soon, Chi Pan died of illness, and Mu Mo succeeded to the throne. In the second year of Yonghong (AD 429), Mu Mo's younger brother Shu Luo committed adultery with Chi Pan's left wife, Tufa Shi, and was discovered by Mu Mo.Mu Mo persuaded them to be more careful, but Shu Luo not only refused to listen, but also conspired with his uncle Shi Kuang to kill Mu Mo and defected to Beiliang.Shu Luo let Mrs. Baldness steal the key of the palace gate, but because she was too nervous, Mrs. Mrs. Baldness took the key by mistake, and Shu Luo couldn't open the palace door no matter what, but was discovered by the gatekeeper and told Mu Mo.Mu Mo was furious, and ordered Shu Luo and his accomplices to be wiped out.Mu Mo whipped Shi Kuang wantonly, and Shi Kuang said with wide eyes, "I deserve you to die, but I will never accept your whip." Mu Mo cut open his chest with a knife, and then threw him into the Yellow River.Shi Kuang's younger brother Bai Yang and Qu Lie complained to Mu Mo, and Mu Mo killed them both.Mu Mo's indiscriminate killing aroused the resentment of the followers, and many people defected from Mu Mo one after another.

In November of the third year of Yonghong (AD 430), more than 10,000 Qiang people in Nan'an rebelled against Mu Mo, and Mu Mo calmed them down with the help of Di Wang Yang Nandang.In the first month of the second year, Lord Xia He Lianding sent Wei Fa with 10,000 people to besiege Nan'an.At that time, all the food in Nan'an City was eaten up, and there was a tragic scene of cannibalism.The civil servants and military generals of the Western Qin Dynasty sneaked across the city wall to surrender to Xia Guo, but Mu Mo had no choice but to go out of the city with 500 clan members to surrender to Xia, and was killed by Helian Ding soon after.Western Qin perished.

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