The sun is gradually sinking in the west.

Standing on the top of the hills and mountains, Cui Zixuan looked fascinated at the rivers and mountains soaked in the sunset, as well as the plains that could not be seen at a glance on the other side of the river, and he muttered: "This country and mountain are really magnificent." ”

Li Zongnan, who had lost a lot of weight, came behind him, and he whispered: "I didn't expect it, it's all come to this point, and you still have the mood to enjoy the scenery." ”

Cui Zixuan smiled, he looked back at Li Zongnan and asked, "How are Cui Xing and Li Yan?"

Li Zongnan shook his head and said in a low voice: "I'm exhausted and all my thoughts are frustrated, plus I can't get a doctor—it should be the situation of these two days." However, looking at the Zhao brothers' frame, I'm afraid that we will die before them. Li Zongnan said: "These days, more than a dozen relatives and friends die every day, and I am numb. ”

Although it is a troubled time, these family members, especially those old people and female dependents, have not suffered much. Therefore, those people in the family who have been pampered for a lifetime have fallen ill one by one, and one after another died on the way. When they came out of the beam, there were still more than 1,000 people from the major families combined, but now there are only more than 200 people left on this mountain.

Li Zongnan's eyes turned to Cui Zixuan's snow-white temples, and then at Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Kuangyi's army on the other side of the river, and he smiled bitterly: "This time, we have finally come to an end." We're at the end of our rope!"

Cui Zixuan did not speak.

Li Zongnan glanced at the Houzhou military camp opposite where smoke was wafting up, and suddenly asked: "I heard that your woman has conceived a child for you? I don't know if it's a man or a woman? If it's a boy, your roots won't be cut off." ”

At the mention of Jiang Mi, a touch of tenderness flashed on Cui Zixuan's face, and in a blink of an eye, that gentleness turned into a deep pain, he shook his head and said in a low voice: "If he is born with so much to bear, I would rather he not be born." After a pause, Cui Zixuan smiled bitterly: "I knew that today, I should have persevered with my family back then, and I could give that woman a few years of real peace and joy." He said in a hoarse voice, "I always thought I could give her a lot, but since she married me, she hasn't had a good day." If there is an afterlife, I would rather not carry this family, or all these parents and relatives, I would rather be an orphan born in an ordinary family, just like that, guarding her male farmer and female weaving, peaceful and carefree to live the last life. He said in a low voice: "If people in this life, from youth to old age, can sleep when they want to, and eat when they want, it may be a great blessing." ”

Li Zongnan said in a low voice: "What's the use of talking about this now?"

Cui Zixuan also muttered: "Yes, what's the use of talking about this now?"

At this time, a rush of footsteps came, and a Cui servant came behind Cui Zixuan and said, "Lang Jun, the old lady is no good." ”

Cui Zixuan turned around slowly.

It's very strange, there was no surprise on his face, not even too much pain, and even Li Zongnan on one side was indifferent at this time.

After a while, Cui Zixuan said, "Let's go, let's take a look." ”

Mrs. Cui is no good, the whole person is on the verge of dying, in fact, Mrs. Cui, the culprit who led to this catastrophe, was not young, and made such a fatal mistake, in the process of escaping for two or three months, they all fell ill one after another, and Mrs. Lu, one of the culprits, also passed away half a month ago, as for the other clan elders, they also died almost along the way.

The old men of these families, who have been pampered and pampered all their lives, have children and grandchildren, although they will not let them be violent in the wilderness, but because they are in a hurry to flee for their lives, it is normal to cremate the bones one by one. Such a death is too much different from the beautiful funeral they imagined, and Dai Xiao of the Ju clan is too much.

Cui Zixuan walked very fast, and when he saw him coming, all the Cui clansmen around Old Madam Cui retreated.

Seeing her grandson approaching, Old Madam Cui struggled to sit up, her cloudy eyes flashed with tears, and in a low voice, Old Madam Cui murmured, "Xuan'er." ”

Cui Zixuan knelt down in front of her, and he took Mrs. Cui's hand.

Old Madam Cui's eyes turned to Cui Zixuan's hair that had turned white overnight, and said with tears: "Xuan'er, grandmother is a sinner through the ages, after I die, you will also cremate me." ”

Cui Zixuan did not speak.

Old Madam Cui clenched his hand and muttered, "I heard that the Jiang family is pregnant with your child? ”

Old Mrs. Cui said with tears in her eyes: "Xuan'er, grandmother regrets it, grandmother regrets it." ”

Cui Zixuan did not speak.

Mrs. Cui muttered to herself again: "In my grandmother's life, I finally owe Jiang a 'sorry'." Originally, with her to assist you, your Boling Cui clan can be glorious for another hundred years, all grandmothers are narrow-minded, grandmothers are reluctant to let go of power, grandmothers are sinners through the ages!"

Suddenly, Mrs. Cui held Cui Zixuan's hand tightly, and she said with tears in her eyes: "After you go out this time, when you see Jiang, you will tell her, it is my grandmother who can't live with her, and in the future, you treat her well, and you two will live a life of affection and love." She doesn't want you to take a concubine, so don't take a concubine...... She is so blessed, what could have saved the tide was that her grandmother held on to the old concept and harmed everyone......" As she spoke, Old Madam Cui suddenly raised her head, and said to Cui Zixuan with her eyes shining: "Xuan'er, after you go out, you must live a good life with her." ”

Cui Zixuan finally burst into tears, he slowly stretched out his sleeves to cover his eyes, and at this time, behind Cui Zixuan, I don't know which Boling Cui clan's disciple suddenly said: "Where is there anything to follow?" At the foot of the mountain, it has been surrounded by Zhao Kuangyin's army, and now, just wait for him to give an order to exterminate us!"

Old Madam Cui has been sick, how can she know about this? At that moment, her eyes widened, and after a while of squeezing in her throat, Old Madam Cui stared, her hand holding Cui Zixuan loosened, her head drooped, and she died with her eyes open.

Cui Zixuan stretched out his hand, he slowly wiped the eyes of Mrs. Cui wide open, and when he turned his head, Cui Zixuan was already in tears.

......

Jiang Mi hurried up, and on this day, he finally came to the place that the Cui clan's subordinates said. When they arrived here, it was less than half a day away from the mountain where Cui Zixuan and the others last stayed.

All the way, Jiang Mi was already haggard, probably because the belief in saving Cui Zixuan drove her, along the way, although she was in pain and vomited frequently, her eyes were always bright, and the whole person sat straight.

Looking outside for a while, Jiang Mi ordered, "Stop." ”

The carriage stopped.

Jiang Mi asked, "Cui Lang, are they in front?"

One of the subordinates said, "Yes, just ahead." ”

At this moment, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came, and in a blink of an eye, a Cui clan's subordinate rushed to Jiang Mi and said in a trembling voice: "Madam, the Hou Zhou army was found in front, it is Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Kuangyi's team, it is said that there are 50,000 people!"

When Zhao Kuangyin's army appeared in this kind of place, needless to say, everyone also knew what their purpose was.

Jiang Mi closed her eyes.

After a while, Jiang Mi opened his eyes and asked, "What about the geographical chronicles here, I asked you to collect them, have you collected them?"

A subordinate hurriedly said, "It's been collected." ”

They came with two geographical journals.

Jiang Mi buried her head in looking at it.

After a while, Jiang Mi suddenly closed the geographical chronicles, and she turned to one of her subordinates and said, "Call everyone here." ”

After a while, five hundred Cui clan subordinates stood in front of Jiang Mi.

Jiang Mi climbed out of the carriage with her waist on her back, she looked at her subordinates, and said in a deep voice: "What is the situation now, I don't need to tell you if I think about it." ”

Jiang Mi picked up a branch from the ground and drew it on the ground, and as she painted, she said, "I just saw the geography here. There is a river in this place, it flows like this......" Jiang Mi drew a map on the ground, looked up at everyone and said: "It's the rainy season, I have long noticed this way, there are many water flows in the river, and the place where Zhao Kuangyin's army is stationed is located in the plain area formed by the impact of the river for many years, and such a plain area will flood in July and August every year. ”

Jiang Mi stretched out her finger and slowly stroked, slowly, her finger pointed to the dam upstream of the river, and said in a dumb voice: "You will send three hundred people to guard here, just wait for me to break the embankment!"

When everyone heard this, they were all overjoyed, and one of his subordinates asked, "Madam, what about you?"

Jiang Mi said in a hoarse voice: "I, I'll negotiate with Zhao Kuangyin!"

......

Looking at Zhao Kuangyin's army that gradually appeared in the field of vision, Jiang Mi said in a hoarse voice: "Where is the gouache on my clothes? ”

"Yes. ”

At this time, it was noon, and smoke was billowing everywhere in the Zhao family's army, Zhao Kuangyi walked to Zhao Kuangyin's side, and he asked, "Big brother, the ships have been found, don't you attack yet?"

Zhao Kuangyin didn't speak, but Shi Shouxin on one side said: "Really speaking, these families are also a little pitiful, they want to kill Chai Zongxun, even I want to kill it." ”

Zhao Kuangyin's eyes widened, and he said angrily: "Silence!"

Shi Shouxin hurriedly shut up.

Zhao Pu said on the side: "No matter what, we brought back the heads of these family members, which can be regarded as an explanation to the first emperor." Of course, he didn't say the most important sentence, Chai Zongxun, as a son, didn't remember revenge after the first emperor was poisoned and was only busy eradicating dissent, and Zhao Kuangyin, the henchman of the first emperor, only wanted to avenge the first emperor wholeheartedly, so that the world could see it, and they knew that in terms of temperament, Zhao Kuangyin and Chai Zongxun were clearly high and low.

Since the last time he knew that Chai Zongxun intended to do something to them, after some discussion, the hearts of the Zhao family had a vague objection, and because of this, there was this trip to besiege and kill the family. In their calculations, just waiting to put the heads of these people in the family in front of the tomb of the first emperor, Zhao Kuangyin took advantage of the righteousness in front of Chai Zongxun and the people of the world.

A few people were still discussing, and suddenly, there was a commotion in the army, Shi Shouxin looked back and exclaimed, "Who is that?"

Everyone turned their heads, only to see a carriage appearing in the midst of the army, surrounded by dozens of guards, and was heading in their direction.

At this time, how could a carriage come, and it came from behind them?

After a while, Zhao Kuangyin led Zhao Kuangyi and a few people over. In a few moments, they came face to face with the carriage.

And with the appearance of Zhao Kuangyin and others, the knights surrounding the carriage retreated, the carriage slowly stopped, and then, Jiang Mi, who was pregnant with Liujia, appeared in front of everyone with the support of a guard.