Chapter 862: Fearing on the beach, speaking of fear, sighing at Lingding in the ocean (Part 2)
The sea breeze whimpered and the lights swayed. On the dim small platform, two figures suddenly rushed across a distance of more than ten feet and hit the low railing at the edge of the platform.
Qin Hui's throat made a dull sound, and he kept pushing forward. His eyes were wide open and bloodshot. Zhou Pei's thin figure was about to be pushed down, and his long hair was flying in the night wind.
Among them, the hairpin on her head was pierced into Qin Hui's face and penetrated the old man's mouth. At this time, half of the hairpin was exposed on the left side of his face, and the sharp half pierced out of the right side. The bloody smell gradually
The dispersion made his whole expression look particularly strange.
At the moment when Qin Hui rushed up, Zhou Pei turned around and pulled out the metal hairpin on his head, and stabbed it hard on the other person's head. The hairpin pierced Qin Hui's face, and the old man probably felt the same in his heart.
He was horrified, but without any pause or even a cry, he slammed Zhou Pei to the railing and pinched Zhou Pei's neck with both hands.
Zhou Pei struggled hard, kicked Qin Hui twice, grabbed the railing with one hand, and started to break the hands around her neck with the other hand. Qin Hui's orange-skin old face revealed half of a hairpin, and his originally upright face
His face looked particularly strange in the light at this time, and he made a painful sound of "ho ho ho ho" from his mouth.
In front of the dragon boat, the brightly lit night banquet was still going on, and the sound of silk and bamboo could be heard faintly from there. In the sea breeze behind, half of the moon's face exposed from behind the clouds gradually disappeared, as if it was preparing for what happened here.
Feeling sad about things. Dark clouds hang over the sea.
Her long hair was flying in the wind, and Zhou Pei's strength gradually weakened. She reached out with both hands and grabbed Qin Hui's hand, but her eyes gradually turned upward. The old man's eyes were red, and there was blood on his face. Even though
Already old, his hands holding Zhou Pei's neck were still firm - this was his last chance.
Over the years, all his plans have been based on the power of the king. If Jun Wu and Zhou Pei could realize his value and take him as their teacher, he would not settle for the second best and turn to Zhou Yong.
If Zhou Yong had been a strong emperor and adopted many of his ideas, the Wu Dynasty would not have fallen to this point.
If the Wu Dynasty had not fallen to this point, he would not have made a plan to Zhou Yong to cut off the strong man's wrist and lead to a fight between the Jin Kingdom and the Black Flag.
He has already put forward such a plan. The Wu Dynasty needs time and patience to wait, quietly waiting for the result of the two tigers' struggle to appear. Even if they are weak, no matter how great the suffering is, they must endure it.
But Zhou Yong is dying!
This was an outcome that he had never expected. When Zhou Yong died, the short-sighted princess and prince would definitely hate him and launch a liquidation. He did not regret his death, but his plans for the Wu Dynasty and his calculations for future revitalization were all over the place.
The hope that millions of people in the Wu Dynasty are waiting for cannot be lost like this!
“Ho ho ho ho ho—”
In the severe pain, the blood in the old man's mouth mixed with the saliva and flew out from the ferocious mouth. He grabbed Zhou Pei's throat with force and pushed her towards the sea outside the platform!
Fortunately, the princess committed suicide by throwing herself into the sea before. As long as she throws herself into the sea again before Zhou Yong passes away, the Crown Prince of Jiangning will be able to control the justice of the court, whether he is alive or dead, after all.
Zhou Pei's consciousness gradually became blurred, and suddenly, something seemed to come from him.
The door outside the small platform was opened, and someone ran in. After being slightly stunned, she rushed over. It was a relatively slender figure. She came over, grabbed Qin Hui's hand, and tried to open it: "What are you doing--"
But it was Zhao Xiaosong.
She was only halfway through her words when Qin Hui turned his face in his eyes. Zhao Xiaosong saw the ferocious face with a hairpin in it and was covered in blood in the light. He was startled, but she did not stop holding her hand.
He hugged Zhou Pei's waist and pulled her back. Qin Hui freed up a hand and slapped Zhao Xiaosong on the face, and then kicked her. Zhao Xiaosong staggered twice, but did not let go.
Qin Hui left his neck with one hand, and Zhou Pei's consciousness gradually recovered. She hugged Qin Hui's hand and struggled to lean back. Zhao Xiaosong also pulled her waist to give her strength. When the strength gradually returned, she
He bit Qin Hui's hand. Qin Hui shrank back in pain. Zhou Pei covered his neck and staggered away from the railing. Qin Hui grabbed him. Zhao Xiaosong rushed over and hugged his waist tightly. He just kept shouting: "Princess."
Run quickly, princess, run quickly..."
Qin Hui grabbed her hair and beat her hard on the head, turning the dark platform into a strange silhouette. Zhou Pei's long hair was messy. She straightened up and walked inside without looking back. She headed into the small house.
Go over the shelf and try to open and rummage through the boxes and boxes on top.
A "ho" sound came from behind, like the roar of a ferocious beast. The ferocious old man suddenly pulled out the hairpin from his face in the night wind, and pierced it into Zhao Xiaosong's back. He only heard a miserable "ah" sound.
Yelling, the girl was stabbed in the shoulder and fell to the ground.
In the dim light, the wind was blowing rapidly, and the lower half of Qin Hui's face was covered with blood. With red eyes, he walked towards Zhou Pei, his hands trembling as he groped for his waist, and he took out a dagger.
Staggering towards Zhou Pei, the wooden boxes Zhou Pei opened were filled with useless pens and papers.
"...for...this world...you people...ignorant..."
His eyes were red and he was making strange noises from his mouth. Zhou Pei grabbed an inkstone in a box, turned around and swung it on his head with a bang.
Qin Hui staggered two steps and fell to the ground. His forehead was bleeding and his head was buzzing. At some point, he rolled over on the ground and tried to get up.
"Help...help..."
At this time, Zhao Xiaosong was crying on the ground. Zhou Pei walked up to Qin Hui with an inkstone in his hands. His long hair was hanging down, and his eyes were as cold as ice. She struck Qin Hui's arm that was still subconsciously holding the dagger.
Go down.
She had been exhausted mentally and physically for the past few days, her body was weak, and her strength was not very strong. After two consecutive hits, Qin Hui let go of the dagger, but his arm was not broken. Zhou Pei hit him on the top of his head with a bang again. In the dim light,
As the girl cried, tears fell from Zhou Pei's eyes. She hit the inkstone on the old man's head one by one. Qin Hui was still crawling on the ground. After a while, his head was covered with blood.
The guards who heard the noise had already run over and rushed into the door. They were all stunned by this bloody and strange scene. Qin Hui's face was distorted while he was crawling on the ground, and he was still moving slightly. Zhou Pei took the
The inkstone hit him on the head and hit his face. When the guard came in, she threw away the inkstone, walked straight over, and pulled out the long knife from the other man's waist.
She turned around and came back with a long knife. Qin Hui was lying on the ground, unable to move at all, and a half-foot-long blood stain was dragged out on the floor. Zhou Pei's eyes were cold, but tears were flowing again. On the other side of the terrace, Zhao Xiaosong said:
He kept sobbing.
Zhou Pei was stunned for a while, lowered the blade and said: "Save people."
The singing and dancing at the front of the dragon boat was still going on. After a while, someone came to report what happened at the rear. Zhou Pei cleaned up her injuries and came over - she knocked off the nails on her hand while waving the inkstone, and she was dripping with blood afterwards.
The bruises on her neck were still there - she explained the whole incident to Zhou Yong. The only witness at this time was her maid Zhao Xiaosong. She could not prove many things. Zhou Yong listened in the hospital bed.
After that, he just nodded relaxedly: "As long as my daughter is fine, it will be fine. As long as my daughter is fine, it will be fine..."
——From beginning to end, he never considered his responsibility as an emperor.
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The truth behind Zhou Pei's murder of Qin Hui may be difficult to tell from now on, but Zhou Pei's murder and Qin Hui's tragic death have a huge symbolic meaning in the small court of Longchuan.
On August 16, Yu Zihua, the commander in charge of the imperial army, and Li Wei, the navy general in charge of the dragon boat fleet, expressed their loyalty to Zhou Pei at Zhou Yong's signal. As the news was confirmed and expanded, on August 17, Zhou Yong convened
At the court meeting, the decree to pass on the throne to the throne was confirmed and issued.
Didn't she know before that she needed to pass on the throne as soon as possible, at least to give her younger brother who was fighting in Jiangning a legitimate name? However, when she was kidnapped on the ship like this, there was no available manpower around her, and the ministers on the ship would not
She was willing that her group had lost its orthodox status. After experiencing the betrayal, Zhou Pei no longer spoke rashly. It was not until she killed Qin Hui with her own hands and received the support of the military that the matter was finalized.
Since the Taihu Fleet had already entered the sea to pursue them, the message could only be conveyed to the world through small boats carrying envoys ashore. The dragon boat fleet continued to drift south, looking for opportunities to land safely.
After the decree of passing on the throne was sent out, Zhou Yong's health deteriorated. He could hardly eat. He was occasionally confused, and only a few times he was still somewhat awake. Life on the ship was not beautiful. He occasionally mentioned to Zhou Pei that Jiang Ning
The autumn was very beautiful. Zhou Pei asked if he wanted to dock, but Zhou Yong shook his head and refused.
In this way, he drifted all the way. On the morning of August 28th, Zhou Yong's spirit became better. Everyone understood that he had returned to the light. A group of concubines gathered over, but Zhou Yong didn't say anything to them.
. He called his daughter to the bedside and talked about his experiences in Jiangning when he was walking chickens and fighting dogs. He had no ambition since he was a child. His family also raised him as a dandy prince. He married a wife and concubines, but they never regarded him as a prince.
The thing is, when Zhou Pei and Jun Wu were playing around outside all day long, Zhou Yong was not a good father. In fact, he gradually started to care about these children. It seemed that he started to care about them after his first search of mountains and seas.
Something happened.
"I am not a good father, a good prince, or a good emperor..."
He talked about himself like this, and soon he thought of Zhou Xuan and Kang Xian who had passed away long ago.
"...When I was young, I was very afraid of Aunt Zhou Xuan, and I couldn't talk to Kang Xian. I envied them... I don't know when it was, but I also wanted to be like Aunt Huang. I had some things under my control and became a good person.
Prince, I can't do it well. Your father and I... stole other people's shops by clever means, and soon they were all gone. I was still bored, but... for a short period of time, I also wanted to be a good person.
Prince...I can't be that..."
His eyes have gradually become blurred.
"They... let me succeed as emperor because... I have a pair of good children. I really have a pair of good children, but unfortunately... this country was defeated by me. Xiao Pei... Xiao Pei..."
He called his daughter's name, Zhou Pei reached out, and he grabbed Zhou Pei's hand.
"Many people...many people...died. I saw...many people died. When I was at sea, your grandma Zhou Xuan and grandpa Kang Xian were killed in Jiangning. I'm sorry for them...and Lao Qin."
Sir, how many things has he done for this country? Zhou Zhe killed him, and he didn't complain... I, the Wu Dynasty, the Zhou family... have been in the Wu Dynasty for more than two hundred years, dad... I don't want him to break in my hands.
, I was already wrong..."
He grabbed Zhou Pei with chicken claw-like hands: "I have no face to see them, I have no face to go ashore. After I die, you throw me into the sea to atone for my sins... I am dead, I am dead... I shouldn't be afraid
Now...you assist Junwu, Xiaopei...you assist Junwu and pass on the Zhou family to the world, pass it on...pass it on...ah?"
He said it several times, and Zhou Pei nodded in tears. Zhou Yong never felt it, but looked blankly in expectation: "...ah?"
"...Okay! Dad...Okay."
Zhou Pei cried and said.
"...ah...ha."
Zhou Yong nodded, and the expression on his face gradually relaxed: "Do you think... is the sea cold..." and then said, "You and Jun Wu... want to come and see me..."
After a while, he whispered: "Xiao Pei... you and Ning Yi..." After a long time between the two sentences, his eyes gradually stopped, and all the words stopped here.
At the moment of death, Zhou Yong only weighed more than fifty kilograms of skin and bones. He was the incompetent emperor who caused the entire Wu Dynasty people to fall into hell, and he was also an ordinary person who was drained of his flesh and blood by his status as emperor.