Two-Dog, Liu Ju, Huo Qubing, Wei Qing, and Chen Piggy led fifty thousand riders in a lightning night assault on Chang'an.
Zhuque Avenue ran red. The Dou remnants and Jiang Chong's faction were exterminated, not even dogs or chickens spared.
At the gate of Changle Palace, Piggy met the old eunuch who had once sewn five taels into his swaddling clothes twenty years ago.
He smiled sweetly and took the head in one stroke:
"Old thing, twenty years ago you sewed five taels into my blanket.
Today I carve you into exactly five taels of meat—no more, no less."
Emperor Wu knelt before the Palace of Perpetual Peace, embracing Liu Ju and weeping:
"My son… I trusted traitors and nearly destroyed the House of Liu!"
Two-Dog stood on the steps below, cleaver still dripping, and gave a cold laugh:
"Your Majesty, the trotters are still hot.
Let's eat first, talk state affairs later—how about it?"