Liu Yi frowned as he looked at the scene in front of him, turned his eyes and whispered to Chu Yiqing: "Aunt Chu, I'm sorry!"
Chu Yiqing slowly reined in the horse, shook his head, and whispered: "You didn't do it, why do you need to apologize?"
Even so, the person who committed the crime was his elder brother after all, so Liu Yi still couldn't hide his guilt.
Mai Xiang hurried forward, walked side by side with Liu Yi, and stretched out her arm to hold Liu Yi's hand to express comfort.
Slowly approaching Zhujiazui, I saw a large number of people guarding the entrance to the village. As soon as those people saw Chu and Qing, they stepped forward and asked loudly: "Who are they?" [
Chu Yiqing took out the tokens of the four cities of Yanjing, and those people quickly knelt on the ground and saluted respectfully: "It turns out that the city lord has arrived. See the city lord!"
Chu Yiqing got off his horse first, followed closely by Liu Yi and Mai Xiang.
"Get up, thank you for your hard work!" Chu Yiqing said quietly, handed the horses to the guards, and took Liu Yi and Mai Xiang into Zhujiazui.
As soon as he entered the village, he saw Lei Yuan and his people coming in a hurry. He quickly saluted and said, "I've met Madam!"
"I've met the city lord!" Everyone saluted respectfully.
Although Chu Yiqing obtained the Four Cities of Yanjing from Bai Yu, he never showed up. Lei Yuan had always led them, so this was the first time Chu Yiqing met the leaders of the Four Cities of Yanjing.
"Madam, let's talk inside!" Lei Yuan said quickly, leading Chu Yiqing to a courtyard in the village, which was Lingdang's hometown back then. Now the two houses in front and back are occupied by people from the four cities of Yanjing.
Lei Yuan's office is in the main room of Lingdang's house, with a simple square table and long benches.
After Chu Yiqing entered the house, Lei Yuan quickly ordered the servant to make tea, and then asked: "Have you eaten, madam? Do you want someone to prepare food?"
Mai Xiang quickly said: "Master Lei, it's up to me. You just need to tell me where the stove and food are!"
Lei Yuan nodded quickly and asked people to take Mai Xiang out of the door.
In the main room, Chu Yiqing drank a cup of tea and got straight to the point: "I'm in such a hurry this time that I can't notify you in advance. Please tell me about the current situation first!"
Lei Yuan hurriedly said: "About seven days ago, a group of people of unknown origin attacked Zhujiazui. These people were all well-trained. At first glance, they were not ordinary people who robbed homes and houses. Moreover, their target was very clear, which was the saint behind the village.
Fortunately, the subordinates discovered the spring in time, and they were repelled after a night of fierce fighting. However, these people later took the villagers of Zhujiazui as hostages and asked us to hand over the holy spring. Although we tried our best, but... those who later
We dispersed the people and sent people to follow them quietly, only then did we find out that they were from Rao State!"
Chu Yiqing frowned and asked in a deep voice: "How many people died in Zhujiazui?"
Lei Yuan whispered: "There are about forty or fifty people... They used the villagers to blackmail us into handing over the holy spring. If we don't hand over, we will kill them. There is really nothing I can do!"
Chu Yiqing said angrily: "The villagers in Zhujiazui are not soldiers, they are innocent people! They actually attacked the unarmed people!"
Lei Yuan lowered his head and fell silent.
Chu Yiqing stood up irritably. She should have thought that the existence of the holy spring would bring great disaster to Zhujiazui. The last time Zhu Chongwen led his people to attack the holy spring, she should have been so vigilant and moved the villagers away.
, but over the years, one thing happened after another, and before she could think about it carefully, the tragedy had already happened!
Just when Chu Yiqing was feeling irritable, there was a sudden commotion outside the yard, as if someone was shouting something. Lei Yuan's expression changed and he whispered: "Madam, it's those villagers, they..."
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Chu Yiqing said solemnly: "All this is caused by me, so I will naturally face it!"
Lei Yuan had no choice but to respond and follow respectfully.
Before Chu Yiqing could open the door, she saw Mai Xiang burst in. Her clothes were stained, and she exclaimed in shock: "Auntie, these villagers don't know what's going on, why suddenly..."
Chu Yiqing's eyes darkened.
I don't know when some villagers gathered outside the yard, most of them were old people. Zhu Yongfa, the village chief of Zhujiazui, was also among them. However, unlike when he saw Chu Yiqing before, Zhu Yongfa's face was full of grief and indignation, and he still had a hand in his hand.
He was holding some mud and was being restrained by people from the four cities of Yanjing and escorted him to the courtyard.
"Chu Yiqing, do you still dare to come back? Do you still dare to come back?" Zhu Yongfa shouted loudly, looking sad, angry and messy.
Chu Yiqing frowned and was about to ask more questions when she heard Lei Yuan whisper in her ear: "Both village chief Zhu's two sons were killed by Rao people. His wife was too sad and passed away the day before yesterday."
!Now he is the only one left in the village chief’s family!”
Chu Yiqing was startled, and his eyes slowly opened wide.
"Auntie, auntie!" Mai Xiang couldn't care less about the dirt all over her body at this moment, and quickly stepped forward to hold Chu Yiqing's hand, "Auntie, this is none of my business, don't worry about it!"
Chu Yiqing stood there in shock, speechless.
"Chu Yiqing, if you hadn't dug out the holy spring out of selfishness, how could so many people have died in our village? Look up!" Zhu Yongfa said loudly, and he saw all the villagers taking their bags from the bags they were carrying.
There were about forty people showing up one by one. The dark wood and large vermilion characters were shocking!
"Take them away quickly!" Lei Yuan said solemnly.
Chu Yiqing suddenly raised his hand, and Lei Yuan quickly lowered his head, not daring to say anything more.
Chu Yiqing stepped forward slowly. In her eyes, she could only see the expressions of grief and anger of the Zhujiazui villagers, which were so unforgettable.
The villagers threw away the mud and stones in their hands again, and Chu Yiqing stood upright in the yard, letting them throw those dirty things on her body.
With a "Bang!" sound, Chu Yiqing felt a pain in his forehead, and everything in front of him turned red.
"Stop, you all stop!" Mai Xiang suddenly rushed up and stood in front of Chu Yiqing, "Back when you were counting tons of money, what was your attitude towards my aunt? Shengquan is for
You have brought disaster, but you have also brought you money. Without my aunt and the holy spring, you would still be starving now!"
"We would rather starve, live the poor life we had before, than give away black-haired people to white-haired people, or have our families broken up!" There was an old man in his sixties, who was trying hard with the wooden stick in his hand to support his body.
He landed on the ground and shouted in a deep voice.
"What's the point of talking about this now? Why didn't you tell me when my aunt dug out the spring water and asked you to grow rice and lotus roots?" Mai Xiang asked incessantly.
The villagers were stunned for a moment, but someone still shouted back: "You regard the holy spring as more important than our lives, you..."
Lei Yuan stood up and said loudly: "We can only save your lives by keeping the holy spring. Do you think that if the holy spring is lost, can you still live?"
"Anyway, Zhujiazui can't live anymore, we have to move the village!" Someone shouted, looking sad and angry, pointing a finger at Chu Yiqing and shouting: "These are all thanks to you, you must give us all an explanation.
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Mai Xiang shouted loudly: "Did we say we won't give you an explanation? You dare to hurt the current queen, don't you want your life?"
When Mai Xiang shouted, those who were filled with indignation before were all stunned and raised their eyes to look at Chu Yiqing.
Chu Yiqing took out the handkerchief from his arms, slowly wrapped his forehead, and said in a deep voice: "This is what I, Chu Yiqing, owe you. You may have hit me or scolded me. Don't worry, yours
I will take full responsibility for my life, and now it’s time for me to settle the accounts with those people!”
A kind of swelling hatred, even in the approaching twilight, can be felt by everyone.
Chu Yiqing stood coldly in front of everyone. She didn't have any inner struggle, she was just calm, yet so aggressive that it was shocking, more powerful than the intense emotional release.
Such calm deep hatred and anger are aloof and uncontrollable existences, majestic and inviolable, covering them indifferently, as if they have despised everything in the world.
"Lei Yuan, take the people and follow me!" Chu Yiqing said coldly, striding out of the yard. The cold aura that filled his body made everyone avoid him.
"Yes!" Lei Yuan seemed to want to say something else, but looking at the woman's stern little face, he could only respond.
Lei Yuan and his men followed Chu Yiqing closely out of the yard.
"Auntie!" Mai Xiang said anxiously, stamping her feet, then raised her eyes to look at the bewildered villagers, and said coldly: "If you really have the guts, if you really want to avenge your relatives, you can go find Rao Jun.
!My aunt is kind and kind, but it’s just this time!”
Everyone stood there, speechless for a long time.
Mai Xiang quickly caught up.
Behind him, Liu Yi's face was full of guilt. He went into the house, took the sword, and chased out.
The dusk is heavy and the wind is blowing.
The vast world is like a heavy-color painting with ink splashed on it, and the writing is sloppy and unclear.
Chu Yiqing led about a thousand people on horseback on the road, and the sound of the cold wind blew violently. His forehead was still hurting, and the pain all turned into a kind of hatred, a kind of hatred for that person.
meaning.
If she had allowed that person to die at the hands of Ren Yazi back then, so many people would not have died in Zhujiazui now!
When the two countries were at war, the people who were wronged the most were the people, but that man was so cruel to attack the people he wronged.
Chu Yiqing once again heard the sound of blood flowing in her blood vessels. She put the baggage on her back on her chest. Inside was her weapon!
Lei Yuan's face was full of worry. Several times he rode up to catch up with Chu Yiqing and wanted to speak, but he swallowed his words.
Everyone finally reached the border between the two countries. At this moment, there was chaos between heaven and earth. Everyone rode their horses and stood on the top of the mountain. At the bottom of the mountain was Rao Guo's camp.
"Madam!" Lei Yuan finally couldn't help it and whispered: "We can't provoke a war. Now Rao Guozheng can't find a reason to start a war!"
"Then I'll give him this excuse. Anyway, this battle will happen sooner or later!" Chu Yiqing whispered, taking the lead to get off his horse.
"You just wait here, I'll go myself!" She is familiar with burying explosives better than anyone else, and it's not easy for her to reveal her whereabouts alone.
"Aunt Chu, let me go with you!" Liu Yi stood up suddenly.
Chu Yiqing shook his head and whispered: "Those people are your people after all, you can't do anything!"
Liu Yi stood there, his back suddenly straightened.
"Aunt..." Mai Xiang also stepped forward, as if she wanted to say something.
"You guys stay here, don't worry, I will come back safely!" Chu Yiqing whispered. As soon as he finished speaking, the person had already moved a few meters away and quickly disappeared into the dusk.
Although there were soldiers guarding Rao Jun's camp, and patrols passed by from time to time, it was not very difficult for Chu Yiqing to sneak into the camp and plant explosives. However, in just a quarter of an hour, Chu Yiqing
All the explosive bags have been placed, and two of them have been placed in General Rao Guo's camp.
Just when Chu Yiqing was about to return home, suddenly, a familiar voice rang in the tent. She suddenly stopped and turned around to hide in the shadows.
At this time, the lights in General Rao's camp were brightly lit. After seeing Emperor Rao who was in plain clothes, General Ruhar couldn't help being surprised. He quickly put his hands on his chest and saluted: "See me."
Emperor, long live my emperor! Long live my emperor!"
Liu Gan raised his hand and said: "General Lu, please get up!"
Ruhar quickly stood up and said respectfully: "I didn't know that my emperor was here in person. Ruhar was derelict in his duty!"
Liu Qian said quietly: "I came out incognito this time, so it's reasonable that you don't know. I just want to know when can I get the holy spring?"
Ruhar quickly said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, now the food and grass have reached the border, and the 20,000-strong army is ready to go. The ministers want to attack Zhujiazui early tomorrow morning. Although the people in Zhujiazui are highly skilled in martial arts, they only have 1,000 soldiers."
The large number of people, even if we add the 2,000 border defenders, is no match for our 20,000 people. With our 20,000 people, we can definitely capture Zhujiazui before noon tomorrow and wait for the Lucheng defenders to catch up.
When it arrives, our 100,000 reinforcements will also arrive. If Emperor Li insists on taking back the Holy Spring, then we will have a war between the two countries and see who is afraid of whom!"
Liu Gan smiled slowly and looked at him with deep eyes, "The drought in Dongcha'er is getting more and more serious. It is already March. If there is no water again... In short, I hope that this time, no matter what, we can get the water first."
Go down to Zhujiazui and get the holy spring to solve the current crisis!"
Ruhar quickly said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. Now that we have killed the villagers in Zhujiazui, the holy spring has brought disaster to the villagers. It is too late for them to hate the holy spring. If they are smart, they should understand that the holy spring
It will only bring disaster to them, and they should have handed over the holy spring long ago!"
Liu Qian curled his lips coldly, "I want to see your achievements tomorrow!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Ruhar said quickly, but after a pause, he added, "Your Majesty, I heard that the Queen of Li State, the legendary goddess of agriculture, has arrived in Lucheng. Maybe this time
My son is in Zhujiazui. It is said that this queen of the Li Kingdom can not only turn decay into magic, but also has great martial arts. Emperor Luo was injured in his hands back then! If we can really see this legendary peasant tomorrow,
Goddess, should that minister be captured alive or..."
The camp suddenly became quiet, and Liu Qian seemed to be deep in thought. Soon, he raised his eyes and said, "If you could capture her alive, she wouldn't have hurt Emperor Luo in front of so many soldiers!"
Ruhar was dissatisfied and said: "Perhaps the rumors are wrong or maybe it's just a woman. Where did she get this ability? Besides, if it weren't for the prince standing still last time, maybe if our two countries united, Li Guo would have become It’s in our bag!”
"That's enough. Don't talk about what happened before. What I want to see is your record!" Liu Gan said coldly.
Ruhar knelt on the ground again and said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that I will never disappoint the Emperor's expectations, and I will definitely capture the Holy Spring tomorrow!"
Liu Gan nodded.
Chu Yiqing's eyes darkened. It seemed that if she didn't come tonight, the war would be inevitable tomorrow. She looked at the figures in the tent and was about to find a way to catch Liu Gan when she saw a patrol. The soldiers walked toward the direction where she was hiding, and Chu Yiqing had no choice but to turn around, but unexpectedly, the general's tent happened to be lifted up, and a figure walked out, just in time to meet Chu Yiqing face to face.
"It's you?" The man whispered, seemingly in disbelief.
Chu Yiqing did not expect to meet Liu Gan under such circumstances. Just when she was about to take action to restrain Liu Gan, a cold sword suddenly stabbed out from behind Liu Gan. Chu Yiqing dodged and dodged. I saw a bunch of people on patrol who had heard the noise and ran towards me.
Chu Yiqing didn't care about catching Liu Gan, so he jumped up to the top of the tent, took a breath of energy, and jumped quickly on top of the tent. After a few minutes, he jumped out of the tent and jumped on the rope that was tied to him before. The horse galloping outside the camp took out the signal arrow in his arms and sent out a signal.
A Diamond Sky Chaser suddenly bloomed in the sky. At this moment, there was suddenly a faint sound of horse hooves coming from behind.
Chu Yiqing galloped her horse while looking back. When she realized that there was only one person chasing her, she slowly slowed down her horse until she could see that person clearly.
It turned out to be Liu Gan!
Chu Yiqing reined in the horse, stopped suddenly, turned around, and looked at the man coldly.
Liu Gan also reined in the horse. The horse spun three times and stopped three meters away from Chu Yiqing.
The two faced each other in silence, with the faint moonlight falling on them.
Liu Qian looked at the woman in front of him quietly. He had mixed feelings for a moment. He seemed to have a lot to say, but at this moment, he didn't know where to start.
"Are you... okay? Is that person nice to you?" Finally, he slowly broke the silence.
Chu Yiqing raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "You are not qualified to ask me this. I want to ask you, you once promised not to harass people in Zhujiazui, why did you break your promise? ?”
Facing the woman's question, Liu Qian felt a lot of astringency pouring into his heart for a moment. He slowly raised his lips and did not answer, but continued to ask, "You have suffered so much hardship in the capital. Do you think that for the sake of Is he really worth it?"
Chu Yiqing didn't want to talk to him anymore, and said coldly: "Since you broke your promise, then I will make you pay the price, Liu Qian, remember, you owe me all this!"
Liu Qian was startled, as if he didn't understand what Chu Yiqing meant. At this moment, deafening sounds suddenly sounded behind him, and clusters of firelights shot into the sky, accompanied by thick black smoke.
Liu Qian was shocked. He quickly turned around and looked at the camp in the distance. He saw that the fire had spread into the sky, and there were faint figures of people moving in the fire!
"This is the price you pay for breaking your promise!" Chu Yiqing said in a deep voice: "If you want to have your own way, Li Huang and I will be with you at any time. If you want to sue for peace, I will wait for you at Zhujiazui at noon tomorrow! Yes! Now, Liu Yi is in my hands!"
After Chu Yiqing said these words, he clamped the horse's belly with his legs and galloped away, leaving Liu Gan sitting coldly on the horse.
Behind you, the fire is getting stronger and stronger!
The fire burned all night, and by the next day, the air across the land was filled with a burning smell.
In the early morning, Chu Yiqing stretched out and went to the ground to put on his boots. He saw Mai Xiang had already picked up the curtain and came in. He was holding a bowl of egg fried rice in his hand. His face was full of joy: "Auntie, are you awake? Come on, let's eat first." I ordered this egg fried rice and this egg drop soup!”
Mai Xiang carefully placed the bowl in front of Chu Yiqing and handed over the spoon with her own hand.
Chu Yiqing smiled and said: "I haven't washed it yet, where can you put it first?"
Mai Xiang responded and looked outside as if something was wrong.
"What's wrong?" Chu Yiqing wiped his face with a towel, then took a comb and simply combed his hair, rolled it up casually, and pinned the phoenix hairpin on.
Mai Xiang pursed her lips toward the outside.
Chu Yiqing stood up and looked around, and saw the villagers kneeling on the ground in the yard. The leader was Zhu Yongfa.
Chu Yiqing's eyes darkened and he whispered: "Go and let them get up!"
Mai Xiang shook his head and said: "I won't go. These people think about my aunt when they eat meat and drink wine. When something happens, they treat her like that, just like when my parents met in Shangjia Village. Generally speaking, everything is ungrateful! Just kneel down and die on your knees!"
Chu Yiqing curled his lips lightly, "I asked them to get up because I don't owe them anything now, and I have avenged their revenge for them. If they are willing to stay, they can continue to stay, but it is dangerous." Put it here and tell them clearly that if they are not willing to stay, each of them will be given a hundred taels of silver and let them make a living on their own, and they will not owe each other anything in the future!"
"Auntie, you are so kind!" Mai Xiang said displeasedly, "Repay me one hundred taels of silver!".
"I don't mean well, I just understand the mood of these people. They have indeed lost their relatives, and this disaster was indeed brought to them by the holy spring! They are indeed implicated by me!" Chu Yiqing said calmly, his expression getting more and more serious. Indifferently, "Go out and tell them!"
Mai Xiang reluctantly went out.
As soon as Zhu Yongfa saw the fragrance of wheat coming out, he quickly knelt forward and said, "Miss Zhao, is the Queen up? We want to see the Queen!"
Mai Xiang crossed her arms in front of her and said coldly: "My aunt will not see you. Yesterday, my aunt paid back what she owed you. This revenge has been avenged for you. My aunt said that you are willing to stay. Just continue to stay. If you don’t want to stay, I’ll buy you out for the rest of your life with one hundred taels of silver each, and no one will be involved in the future!”
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