As night fell, south of Zhuxian Town, nearby government officials gathered on the river bank. In the light of torches, the blood-red color floated down from the upper reaches, and then there were corpses one after another.
On the roadside not far away, there were residents and pedestrians nearby in twos and threes. Seeing this scene, most of them became panicked.
At this time, not many people knew what happened to the north, but in the evening, someone had seen a bloody figure riding a horse passing by. When a government official from a nearby small place came over and saw the scene in the water, he was frightened for a while.
This is the only time I have seen such a scene in the capital of Gyeonggi Province, and it happened not long ago. When the Jurchens came last autumn, the water on the river turned red, but the Jurchens had just left... Could it be that they came back again?
Suddenly, there was a small commotion nearby.
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On the horizon, the last embers of the setting sun are gone, and the wilderness is filled with the smell of blood.
Occasionally, the sound of ** could be heard in the black outline. When Chen Jianyu sat up from the ground in a daze, his hands were sticky. It was something flowing out of the nearby corpse - he didn't know which part of the internal organs it was.
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Severe pain passed into his head, and his body trembled, "Heh, heh..." twice, it was not a laugh, but a suppressed cry.
Bodies were scattered around.
Even a green forest hero who has traveled around the world and has been killing people for a long time may not have seen such a scene - he has heard of similar things before - when the Jurchens came, the battlefield was really a battlefield of Shura. He was able to kill in the green forest
He has become so famous, has experienced killing battles, and has seen a lot of dead people, but he has never seen anything like this. When he heard about the scene of the battle with the Jurchens on the battlefield, he could not think clearly about the scene, but at the moment
, I can make some guesses.
Green Forest people have their own way to travel around the world. Selling to the emperor's family is the same way, and not messing with officialdom is the same way. No matter how powerful a person is, he cannot be stopped when encountering the army. This is a consensus that ordinary people can understand, but blocking
The constant awareness is completely different from the feeling of actually facing the army one day.
When he saw the pale man on the hill, Chen Jianyu thought about whether he should find a reason to challenge him first. The great monk was called the best in the world. His martial arts might be really good, but he himself
Since my debut, I have never been afraid of anyone. If you want to walk a narrow road and become famous, you have to fight hard, not to mention that the other person may not be able to do anything to you if they maintain their own identity.
Then thousands of cavalry stood out, and the front of the army surged in like a huge wave.
Even the best in the world had no choice but to run away in the crowd, and the rest of the people were successively involved in the wave of killing. For a moment, the night wind in the air seemed to be sticky! There were people in the back who were being killed one after another.
They were involved, and the screams resounded through the dusk. Some people saw that they could not escape and wanted to turn around and fight. Before they could say anything, they were knocked away by the galloping horses. At the other end of the field of vision, there were even fireworks and arrows that came in a hurry.
The crowd stared dumbfounded for a moment, and then joined the fleeing crowd.
He was knocked away by a galloping horse and then knocked unconscious by the horse's hooves. The running cavalry only stepped on him twice. The injuries were all on the left thigh. Now the leg bones are broken and the tentacles are bloody.
. He understood that he was a disabled person. Crying came from his mouth, and he straightened his legs with difficulty. Not far away, there was also a faint sound of crying.
The people who came at this time were all men of the world. The heroes of the world would not shed tears easily. If it were not just pain, sorrow, and weakness to the extreme, they would not have heard such a sound.
For fights in the arena, even confrontations in the ring, and various accidents, they have already prepared for it, and they are mostly mentally prepared for anything that happens. But today, people like themselves are really involved.
In such a fierce battle, to put it lightly, they are just bystanders, but to put it more seriously, everyone wants to be famous, but there is no time to do anything. The leader of the Great Light comes up with his followers, and the other party blocks it. Even if the two sides fight, they will fight.
It's just a fierce fight. At most, it gets to you, and then you take action to make the other party look good.
However, there was nothing. With so many people, there was no way to survive.
Perhaps the same is true for the leader of the Great Light. This is really not a game at their level. The best in the world can only run away at the first moment in such a battle. Thinking back to the pale young man
, Thinking back to the provocations that came to the door a few days ago, Chen Jianyu felt very upset. But he didn't understand that it was just such a thing. People like him came to Beijing just to gain fame and status. Even if he offended someone for a while,
Why should there be such an ending...
The light flashed, and the crying man not far away waved his hand and opened the fire fold. The light gradually brightened, illuminating the blood-stained face and faintly illuminating a small circle around it. Chen Jianyu is here
Looking at the light, I wanted to speak for a moment, but I heard a pop, and a flying arrow was pierced into the chest of the figure in the circle. The man fell, and the fire fold fell to the ground.
It went on and off several times and finally went out.
In the distance, the figure of the horse walked silently for a few steps in the darkness. The knight named Yuwen Feidu watched the light extinguish, then pulled out an arrow from his back and put it on the bow string.
In the darkness, there were vague figures waiting quietly, ready to shoot the survivors or those who came to collect the bodies.
To the north, the cavalry's main formation was already far away on its way back to the military camp. A group of people dragged a simple cart through Zhuxian Town. Ning Yi was walking among the crowd, and there was an old man's body on the cart.
The stars in the sky were dim, and when I looked around, I saw that the land of Bianliang was surrounding me. Several chief officers hurried back to Bianliang City, but there was a group of people following them. It didn't matter anymore.
In the surrounding fields and hills, there were figures crouching in the darkness. They looked from a distance, or ran along for a while. After a while, they disappeared into the original darkness again.
In Bianliang City, all kinds of news came, and the atmosphere at the upper level has become tense, and the storm is about to come, and it is about to break out.
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Tong Guan had already rarely lost his temper twice in the mansion. When the servants came running in, they were prepared for him to lose his temper a third time, but no such thing happened immediately.
"...Qin, Qin Siyuan is already - already dead."
Even a servant with a military background took some effort to finish the sentence. Tong Guan held a pair of iron bladders in his hands, stopped turning, and blinked. He could obviously predict this.
, but after the matter was confirmed, he was stunned for a while.
Then he took a breath and said in a low voice: "Dead? Killed by Lin Zongwu?"
"My lord, no. He and his wife and concubine committed suicide by taking poison."
"Suicide." Tong Guan repeated it. After a while, he said, "What about his son? Where is Qin Shaoqian?"
The servant answered the question. After hearing the answer, Tong Guan nodded slowly. He walked to the side and sat on a chair. "Old Qin, this person is really... he has always been prosperous, but in the end...
…Follow what is good without any resistance…”
However, he also knew in his heart that this was because Qin Siyuan had blocked his escape route in a series of extreme actions. Just as he was about to sigh, someone else came in in a hurry.
"Report! General Han Jinghan has entered the city!"
"Oh, he has entered the city, where are his soldiers?"
"I heard that I was on my way back to the military camp."
Tong Guan pursed his lips slightly and frowned: "...He still dares to return to the city." Then he sighed slightly. The look on his eyebrows became even more complicated.
"General Han went directly to the palace. It is said that he went to plead guilty to the Holy One in person."
"I know." Tong Guan put down the two iron gall bladders in his hands, stood up, and seemed to be talking to himself, "I'm back... Is it true... I can't kill him if I'm a saint..."
After hearing the news that the Luliang rebels were dispatched, Tong Guan's reaction was the most angry. Although he was a military commander and had led the army in recent years, he often lost his temper, but some of his anger was fake, but this time it was real. But listen
After saying that the cavalry team was back, his tone obviously became a little complicated. At this time, Tan Zhen, Li Bingwen and others had entered the palace. He was no longer in charge of the army in name. After a while, he went straight out to walk in the garden. His expression was complicated.
, I don’t know what he is thinking.
In the palace, Zhou Zhe raised his eyes from behind the desk and looked at Han Jing kneeling below.
"Do you think I can't kill you?"
"I know that I will die if I am guilty, so I ask your Majesty to convict me and grant me death."
Zhou Zhe frowned and stood up. He had just strode in from outside the hall, sat behind the desk and immersed himself in handling a book before starting to speak. At this time, he came out from behind the desk and pointed at Han Jing, his eyes filled with tears.
It was anger, his fingers trembled, and his mouth opened twice.
He didn't expect that the other party didn't even say a word of defense. To kill or not to kill, that was the question.
"You." His tone was suppressed, "Tell me everything clearly!"
"I know that I am guilty and have let down Your Majesty. This matter concerns military law. Han Jing does not want to be a quibbler. However, this matter only concerns Han Jing. I hope that Your Majesty will kill Han Jing if he considers the cavalry to protect the city in Luliang."
one person!"
"You are a bachelor!" Zhou Zhe then yelled, "You have done a good job in protecting the city, are you using the credit to blackmail me? Tell me! Whether or not to kill you is my business. I want to know now what happened.
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Han Jing knelt down and was silent for a long time: "We and the Luliang people came out of the camp this time to kill people for personal reasons."
"Okay, a capital offense!" Zhou Zhe said.
"We are waiting to kill Lin Zongwu, the leader of the Great Light Cult."
"Hmph." Zhou Zhe snorted softly, "I have heard of this man. How big a rival is he and you, do you want all of you to kill him!?"
Han Jing fell silent again, and after a moment, he spoke: "Your Majesty, do you know what kind of life we and other Luliang people have lived?"
"... Deep in the mountains and old forests, the land is barren, and you can't harvest much from what you plant. We are waiting near Yanmen Pass, right on the border. The Liao people plow grass and valleys every year. As soon as they come here, people will die.
If there is not enough food to eat, it has to be taken away by others. Every year since I was a child, I have seen people around me freeze to death, starve to death, and be killed. Your Majesty, Han Jing has done all kinds of evil in his life and in the past few decades.
I have killed people and eaten people when I was hungry. People in Luliang Mountain are not only killed by people outside, but people inside also kill each other, just because the food is so small, how can they feed people alive if they don't die?
.Outside, it is said that if you rejoice by the Fen River, hum in the southeast of Shanxi, and cry in the Luliang Mountains, you will die at Yanmen Pass. Your Majesty, my mother was starved to death. When a person is about to starve to death, in fact, he still cries.
Those who won’t come out…”
"Okay." Hearing what Han Jing said slowly, he frowned and waved his hand, "What does this have to do with you going out to the camp privately to seek revenge!"
Han Jing paused for a moment: "Lüliang Mountain gradually became better after having a big boss. The big boss was a female prostitute. She ran around for the sake of living. She persuaded us to join forces and do business with the surroundings, and finally revitalized a
The village. Your Majesty, this is what I am talking about. However, only we know the hardships and hardships involved. The hardships experienced by the head of the family are not just life and death. Han Jing did not hide it from your majesty. When life was the most difficult, there were also people in the village.
We have done illegal things. We did business with the Liao people and sold some ceramics, calligraphy and paintings, just for some food..."
"I'm afraid I've transported iron too." Zhou Zhe said.
"There are not many iron tools in the mountains. For self-defense, we kept what we had. This is the foundation of our life. Without it, we can't live without food. Moreover, what we hate most are the Liao people. Every year
In Dacao Valley, countless companions died at the hands of the Liao people. The leader of the family, the Master, also died trying to assassinate the Liao generals. It was also for this reason that later, His Majesty presided over the expedition against the Liao people. Everyone in the village applauded and was able to recruit us, and we, etc.
The purpose of establishing the military system was to make it easier to buy food from the outside world. But I often forgot about these things. Later I heard that the Jurchens were going south, and with the support of the elders in the village, we went south together."
"...It's not easy for you either." Zhou Zhe nodded and said.
"It's not easy to survive in remote mountains. Everyone in Qingmuzhai remembers the kindness of the head of the family. Although she is a female, for us, it is not too early to say that she is like giving birth to my parents and raising my parents.
Two years ago, Lin Zongwu came to the mountains and said he wanted to do business with us. We naturally welcomed him, but later he wanted to take over the power of Luliang Mountain. He relied on his martial arts to compete with the master. In fact, we lived in the mountains.
Fighting on the battlefield and wielding a sword to survive is just a normal thing. If we take our lives, it is just fate. However, when life is better, how can we let the master fight for our lives again."
Zhou Zhe said: "It's good for you to think so. What happened next?"
"We tried to dissuade you, but the master decided to take action in order to make the matter easier to discuss and not to force us too much." Han Jing knelt there and took a deep breath, "The monk used despicable means, causing the master to be injured and vomit blood.
, and then left. Your Majesty, this matter is a great shame and humiliation for Qingmuzhai. Therefore, when he appears today, we will kill him. But I know that it is a serious crime for the army to leave the camp privately. I do not regret killing that person.
Monk, I only regret that I have failed Your Majesty, and please forgive me."
The imperial study became quiet. Zhou Zhe put his hands behind his back, thoughts flashing in his eyes. He was silent for a moment, then turned his head and looked at Han Jing.
Suddenly asked: "This...is what Ning Yi and Ning Liheng taught you to say?" (To be continued.)