When Chu Xianzhao stood in front of the coffin, the joy brought by frolicking with the girls suddenly disappeared, and the empress stood beside him with her hands on her abdomen, and the expressions of the two at this time were very subtle.

The coffin floating on the water was very large, like a big boat, and the Shuyue people believed that the strength came from the big river, like the white python on their flag, so let the ashes of the soldiers be scattered into the river, and the soul returned to heaven and the body to the river.

This search and funeral ship is very huge, made of nearly 100 pine trees in the mountains and forests, this ship has been made before the Danyang cavalry fought against the Yinguo Iron Cavalry, although it looks too simple and simple, but the solemnity brought by the huge has been lingering in people's hearts.

Most of the funeral boats of the Shuyue nobles are inlaid with precious jade and gold leaf, these nobles who swaddled with gold also used gold for burial after their deaths, and they should have used gold funeral ships as the city lord of Danyang City, but his family insisted on placing him with those soldiers who died in battle.

They put the city lord of Danyang City on the head of the bed, the city lord Cai Wenxuan was still wearing the armor before he died, the heavy iron armor was extremely dim in the autumn sun, the scarlet cloak spread out on both sides of his body, and the empress personally covered him with a Shuyue white python flag, instead of the blood python flag of Tantai Ninghua, the iron spear that had accompanied him for more than forty years stood on the bow of the ship, and the white flag hunted and flew on the edge of the gun, and behind him were many generals and soldiers lying with him who died in this war, and they were surrounded by all kinds of hay and fine incense wood, as well as large stones used for ballast.

In addition to the Shuyue people on this ship, there were many Yinguo soldiers who died in this war, Meng Yu felt that since the emperor had formed an alliance with the empress, then the land of Yinguo was the land of Shuyue, on the contrary, what was the difference between the Yinguo people buried in Shuyue and buried in their hometown? So he put their bodies in the hull of the ship, hoping that their families would not blame themselves.

Chu instantly summoned the big ship, was silent for a long time, and knelt down on one knee to show his condolences.

The empress said calmly: "In the past, when your father was a proton in my Shuyue Palace, he was even happier than my imperial brother, even if he saw my father, he would never kneel and kowtow, he felt that there was gold under the man's knees, even if he knelt those who died." Now there is no need to kneel, get up. ”

Chu Xianzhao stood up, stretched out his hand to touch the big ship, and didn't say anything.

The funeral procession finally came, they were uniformly dressed in black, representing the Yellow Spring and the human mourners, they went into the water in turn to push the boat, everyone stepped into the dive, the weight of this incomparably huge ship obviously exceeded the expectations of these mourners, they had to let the dozens of strong mourners push the stern, let the tallest two people hold the bow of the boat, and lead the ship forward.

The Empress stood on the shore and watched the ship enter the water, like a sharp spear, piercing into the wide and swift river, the ships collided with each other in the turbid current, and the afterglow of the setting sun spread on the surface of the river, as light as a spider's web, as light as a memory.

I watched my father and brother leave like this many years ago,

The first emperor and the first empress are waiting for you on the other side of the river, Brother Wenxuan, the empress thought sadly, they will forgive you for your helpless betrayal, just as I forgive you.

The huge wooden boat drifted through the torrent into the lower river basin, gradually accelerating towards the noisy river confluence, the empress could clearly see that the armor on Cai Wenxuan's body was bloody, and the old man's face was extremely peaceful, gradually facing the sunset.

The empress took the bow and arrow handed by the attendant, and shot the bow and arrow at the ship that was gradually moving away, Chu Xianzhao suddenly saw a trace of red fire coming out of the arrow, and then quickly shot out, the arrow was inserted into the bow of the ship like the wind, and the red fire bloomed violently. The flaming sails rapidly expanded, accelerating towards the end of destruction, and the silhouette of the ship was gradually engulfed in flames.

Can you forgive me, little princess?

I forgive you, I don't know what she said, but also what she thought in her heart, tears have blurred her vision.

Chu Xianzhao wanted to hold the empress's hand, but the empress silently walked to the highest point on the river bank, and behind the two of them, there were countless people of Danyang City who knelt down and sobbed, as well as the cavalry of the Yin Kingdom, the two stood side by side, watching the flames gradually extinguish, and the burning boat and the corpses on the boat merged into the river.

"The city lord of Danyang City will not surrender to the death, with the noble quality of a king, but it is a pity that he is oppressed by traitors, you will avenge him. ”

"That's what I want to do. The empress said: "It's a pity that Lijing City and Lin'an City are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, and the army that your father promised me has not yet come, so I can only rely on you and your father." ”

Speaking of the fact that there is no news about his father's army so far, Chu Xianzhao thought to himself suspiciously, but his father never lies, since he promised the empress that an army would come to support, then there will definitely be an army, and they just need to wait patiently. ”

Tantai walked silently to the right hand of the empress, and the Ju accompanied her, at this time she no longer had the liveliness and loveliness of the past, according to the mother's instructions, knelt down on her knees in the direction of the ship's departure, and kowtowed three times.

Then she stood up, holding Tai Ningsu in her right hand and Chu Xianzhao in her left hand.

He suddenly looked down at the tranquility of the platform, and asked a seemingly inappropriate question: "Do you want to be the empress of Shuyue in the future?"

This question confused her, she glanced up at her mother, but what she wanted in her heart was to play with Chu Xianzhao forever.

But she still made an answer that a princess should have: "Shuyue needs me to be the empress, I will be it." ”

This answer filled the empress with guilt, but she lowered her head and touched her daughter's hair, her eyes were particularly doting.

Chu Xianzhao said: "If I become the emperor of the Yin Kingdom in the future, then you will be the empress of Shuyue, and the iron wings of the Yin Kingdom will always be by your side, guarding your people, and no one can snatch your things." ”

"Is that what you mean or is that what your father meant?"

"The meaning of the third prince of Da Yin, Chu Xuan, but it will always be valid. ”

The empress looked solemn

Said: "I believe that you will become the emperor of the Yin Kingdom." ”

"Why is Aunt Ning so sure?"

"Because you're still with our mother and daughter. ”

When the empress said this, a breeze blew across her face, and her white hair flew with a thrilling beauty, Chu instantly summoned the empress's beautiful side face, and suddenly found that the empress had a trace of extremely fine crow's feet at the corner of her eyes, but this did not affect her beauty.

She is also as old as her father.

There will be a grand funeral ceremony in Danyang City tonight.

Guan Ju specially danced the sword for the dead soldiers.

Equipped with Huang Zhong Da Lu, Qin Se Silk Bamboo.

The singer and dancer are dressed in white linen, and they send the soul of the hero.

The lights in the city are like day, and the splendor is endless.

The people mourned the soldiers one after another, crying and singing louder.

The funeral song was filled in by Chu Xianzhao himself, sprinkled with one hundred and eight characters.

"Ten miles of horses and whips, our army is marching day by day. ”

"There is no dry soil in the lonely grave of Zhuma, and the women and children cry at low altitude. ”

"Killing is like sweeping away thousands of armies, and accumulating corpses is like a big hill. ”

"The iron hoof entered Shu to stretch out the right way, and the bloody slaughter of jackals. ”

"A glass of turbid wine toasts the world, and two lines of blood and tears are sprinkled on the chest......"

The empress stood solemnly, holding a bowl of cold wine in her hand, and slowly fell down on the city tower.

The tranquility of the platform and Guan Ju were crying.

Meng Yu and Guo Changfeng stood behind the empress, holding iron guns in their hands, listening to the lyrics, silent.

on the roof.

Chu Xianzhao slowly poured the wine, and then shed tears.

Zhu Ziwei looked at the third prince of Chu who was drunk lying on the roof, Chu Xianzhao was wearing white armor like a soldier, following the beat to hit the scabbard, the scarlet cloak behind him fluttered in the wind, and the pair of magnificent purple pupils became deeper and deeper, like a fairy sitting in the clouds and sky.

The immortals pour wine.

Falling on the earth turns into rain.

In the middle is life.

(End of chapter)