Li Yi and Miss Liu Er looked at each other, then moved their eyes to the man and asked, "What did you just say? Say it again."
"shut up!"
The tied middle-aged man stared at the man, his breathing was rapid and his eyes were about to burst.
He began to struggle hard, and the rope on his body rubbed red marks on his exposed skin.
No matter how slow the reaction was, the man brought here by Lao Fang knew that General Wei was definitely not playing some indescribable game when he was tied up like this. He looked at Li Yi and Miss Liu Er and said in a trembling voice: "You, you guys,
Who are you..."
Li Yi looked at the middle-aged man, shook his head and said, "Don't waste your efforts. The more you struggle, the tighter the rope becomes..."
He didn't know who had tied the rope just now. The way it was tied was so shameful. He looked at Lao Fang and said, "Help him untie it."
As soon as he untied the rope from his body, the middle-aged man ran wildly outside the village, but was of course stopped by Lao Fang.
He lowered his voice and roared: "Let me go, I have something important to do. When I come back, I will let you do whatever you want!"
"What's the use of going alone, are you going to die?" Li Yi looked at him, said lightly, and then asked: "The princess he just mentioned, is it Princess Duanrong of Wu Kingdom, Yang Liuqing?"
The middle-aged man stopped struggling and looked at Li Yi with burning eyes, "How do you know the princess's name?"
Li Yi's eyes signaled Lao Fang to let him go. Miss Liu Er had already walked aside and was whispering some instructions to Bai Su, who was petty-minded and petty-chested.
Li Yi looked at the bald man next to him and said, "Let them all go."
The middle-aged man stood there in a daze. He had experienced several ups and downs in a short period of time. Even though he had a strong mind, he could not calm down for a while.
Lao Fang patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Don't be nervous, we are on our own."
…
Thorn Ridge.
Thorny Ridge is located on the border of Wu Kingdom. A few dozen miles deeper, it is a chaotic place without any jurisdiction. The people and traders nearby will not easily set foot there.
Thorn Ridge, somewhere in the forest.
The deputy general named Chen Qing wiped the blood from his forehead and hissed: "Princess, tonight I will lead two hundred people and they will break out of a gap even if they die. When the time comes, we will stop them and the rest will escort you."
His Royal Highness Prince He Jing went all the way north, and when he arrived at the chaotic place, General He Wei joined him, and there was nothing they could do to their two Highnesses..."
Opposite him, a young woman's hair was messy and her body was stained with blood. However, there was no fear on her face. Her eyes were sharp and she shook her head and said: "Today's raid, everyone will retreat with me..."
"Princess!" Chen Qing looked at him and said in a deep voice: "There are pursuers in front and an ambush behind. We are forced here and there is no way out. I hope that Your Highness will not go his own way and put the overall situation first!"
"Sister Huang, Sister Huang, I don't want to die, I don't want to die!" A boy of thirteen or fourteen staggered over, wiped his tears, and cried: "Let's surrender. If we surrender, they will
They won’t kill me anymore, I don’t want to die yet!”
Yang Liuqing looked at him with a complicated expression, but did not speak.
Chen Qing looked at the young man in front of him, gritted his teeth and said, "Your Highness Prince Jing, there is no point in surrendering, they will not let us go..."
A hint of resentment suddenly appeared on the young man's face. He pointed at him and said loudly: "It's all your fault, it's all your fault. If you hadn't killed so many of them, they would definitely not have killed us..."
"Shut up!" Yang Liuqing finally couldn't help but scolded, looked left and right, and said, "Take him down!"
When the two guards carried him away, he was still flapping around with his hands and feet, saying loudly: "Sister Huang, I don't want to die, I don't want to die, save me, save me..."
It wasn't until he couldn't hear his voice that Yang Liuqing looked at Chen Qing and asked, "What's the situation at the bottom of the mountain?"
Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said: "They are temporarily stationed at the foot of the mountain and sent a letter up. It said that as long as we are willing to surrender, our two highnesses will not be harmed. The deadline is tomorrow morning. If we don't do it early tomorrow morning,
Surrender, and they will attack..."
"It won't hurt..." Yang Liuqing looked at the setting sun on the horizon and said, "Given the temperament of the Second Emperor Brother, he probably won't let it go..."
"He wished he could kill all the princes, so how could he let his two highnesses go..." An old figure came over, coughed twice, and said: "Just as General Chen said, we will forcefully break through tonight, and your highnesses will take Jing with them.
King, go to the Land of Chaos to meet General Wei..."
"Prime Minister..."
The old man waved his hand and interrupted her, "As long as His Highness and Prince Jing are fine, we still have a chance..."
"Chen Qing!"
He suddenly shouted lowly.
"The end is here!"
"Immediately arrange manpower to make a surprise attack down the mountain at midnight tonight and escort the two highnesses away!"
"yes!"
Chen Qing turned around and left without looking back. They still had 300 people who could fight. If they could break through, there was still a glimmer of hope...
After Chen Qing left, the old man looked at the mountains and forests in the distance that were gradually disappearing into darkness, and suddenly said: "If your highness can escape this time, please don't come back again."
Yang Liuqing looked at him, her lips slightly parted: "Prime Minister..."
The old man stretched out his hand and pressed it down gently, indicating that she should stop talking. Then he spoke again and said: "Prince Jing cannot be brought up. This burden, which is as heavy as a mountain, should not fall on the shoulders of His Highness. Your Highness will go to Qi State."
Okay, let’s go to Jingguo, forget Wuguo, forget hatred, forget Princess Duanrong, and live an ordinary life..."
Yang Liuqing shook his head and said: "I once swore that I would not be a human being unless I could avenge my father, the queen, my queen, and my eldest brother..."
"After all, we have nothing left..." the old man sighed and said: "Jingguo is at its peak and getting stronger day by day. The three princes of Qi State have the heart to rule the world and have the ability to govern the country. Yang Ze kills his brother and his father. It is not allowed by heaven.
, maybe our country, Wu, has run out of strength, and we just pity the people..."
Yang Liuqing lowered her head, clenched her fists, and gritted her teeth: "I will never give up..."
The old man looked at her, with a trace of affection in his eyes, and finally shook his head, sighed, and turned to leave.
Yang Liuqing stood there for an unknown amount of time, with her clenched fists and fingernails deeply dug into her palms. She looked up at the full moon in the sky, her face full of perseverance.
But behind this perseverance, there is also a hint of weakness and helplessness that is deeply hidden.
If she could, why would she be willing to bear such a blood feud? Why would she be willing to take on such a heavy responsibility that would make people breathless?
Why doesn't she want to be an ordinary woman?
How she wants to be an ordinary woman...
Tomorrow will be fifteen.
Three years ago, she didn't have to face all the things she needs to face today, and she could still live in that small courtyard, which contained almost all the happiness in her life.
In that small courtyard, there is a master who is strict but teaches her to spare no effort to be cool on the outside and hot on the inside; there is her most admired Master Li Yi who is very lazy but will never be troubled by anything;
Uncle Ruyi, who is a master of martial arts; and there is also the naive girl Xiaohuan, who is always silly but kind-hearted...
That small courtyard and everything about Liu Meng were things she would never let go of or forget in her life.
How are they doing now?
When I left, Uncle Ruyi was pregnant. The child should be almost three years old now. I don’t know if it is a boy or a girl...
Is Master Li Yi still so afraid of the master? I wonder how his relationship with Miss Ruoqing and Miss Zuimo is going...
She didn’t know if Master still bullied her uncle often, and she didn’t know if Master had ever competed with the Pearl Princess. She didn’t even know - did Master still blame her?
She turned her head and looked in a certain direction. She knew that they were now in Shuzhou, a place of chaos, but this was a distance that she would never be able to cross in her life...
Under the thorn ridge, figures swayed and there were countless fires.
At the front of the crowd, two generals on horseback kept looking at the dark mountain road.
One person turned around and looked around and said, "General, we have to wait for another night, why not let them camp here first."
"No need." A person next to him waved his hand and said, "Attack in time!"
"Attack by force at Zishi?" The man was startled and asked in disbelief: "But didn't His Majesty issue an imperial decree not to hurt the princess and Prince Jing..."
"I don't know what the imperial edict is..." The man in armor grinned and whispered: "I only know that the secret letter your Majesty gave me said - No survivors left!"
