Chapter 047: The Aftermath of the Catastrophe
Gong Changqing's consciousness was completely blurred, he didn't know where he was at the moment, and when he woke up, it was already the next day. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Gong Changqing slowly opened his eyes, and just as he wanted to move his body, he found that he was pressed by something. When he took a closer look, several corpses were pressing against his body.
"I've carefully checked them all, and I've made up for those who haven't died." An officer and soldier shouted loudly.
Only then did Gong Changqing see clearly that he was still in the palace at the moment. There are still many officers and soldiers around, and they are pulling out the corpses, looking for the people who are not dead in the palace. Suddenly, Gong Changqing saw a man who pretended to be dead, facing the sword assassination of officers and soldiers, and let out a miserable scream.
Screams erupted in several places, followed by screams from several places, and the officers and soldiers not only stabbed them with knives, but also burned the dead with red-hot irons. Even if you can endure the stinging of the sword, the red and hot iron can make life worse than death.
Gong Changqing listened to the footsteps and noticed that several people were walking towards him; Gong Changqing could clearly feel that someone was picking up his body.
Gong Changqing suddenly felt that something hot was coming towards his face, of course it was a soldering iron, a soldering iron that was burned red. Gong Changqing had already seen them cruelly treat the undead people of Gong Xuge just now, and now it was finally his turn. Gong Changqing didn't dare to move, he didn't have the strength to fight anymore at the moment, if he moved by himself, he would be dismembered by a group of officers and soldiers. The hot soldering iron made a squeaking sound on the left side of Gong Changqing's face, and Gong Changqing could smell the roasted meat on his face, emitting a burning smell.
At this time, an officer and soldier came over and saw that Gong Changqing was covered in blood, but saw that Gong Changqing was not wearing the black uniform of Gong Xuge, so he yelled at the officers and soldiers who were torture Gong Changqing: "What are you doing, look at what this person is wearing, it shouldn't look like a person from Gong Xuge; People are dead, and you're still burning. Quickly clear out our people and transport them back to be buried. ”
Gong Changqing had already hurt to the bones, but in the face of the pain felt by the officers and soldiers who slaughtered the Gong Xu Pavilion, the pain of the soldering iron was nothing at all. Later, several low-ranking soldiers carried the body of Gong Changqing and the bodies of the officers and soldiers who died in the battle onto a carriage. Gong Changqing felt that he had been thrown onto a pile of corpses, and then carried them out of the palace pavilion with a bump.
The officers and soldiers in the palace pavilion, no one paid attention to the carload of corpses anymore, and all their energy was spent on continuing to find the remaining living parts of the palace pavilion. Gong Changqing slowly opened his eyes, and he saw a hell with a group of butchers standing. Yesterday, the palace pavilion was as joyful as the New Year, but today it has become a hell full of corpses. Life is so wonderful, no one can predict what will happen to them in the next moment.
Gong Changqing, who couldn't stand the pain anymore, started a new round of coma. The carriage continued in the direction of Jinling under the drive of the corpse bearer.
Suddenly, one coachman said to another, "Man, their government is really slamming the door, and they want us to transport so many corpses to Jinling with just a little silver." You see, it's been three days, and the corpses are starting to stink, so let's dispose of them. ”
The other coachman also said indignantly: "It's really ****** bad luck, what to bury, don't you see there's a big hole in front." Let's just throw them down, it will save more trouble. ”
The two grooms looked at each other, and they really did what they said. The two drove the carriage carrying the corpses to a large pit, and threw more than a dozen corpses into the pit with all their might. Gong Changqing was also unfortunately thrown down.
In the dark of the night, it began to rain; The small pit of corpses was slowly flooded by the rain. The pile of corpses suddenly began to squirm, and a bloody hand stretched out from below, little by little, a figure suddenly appeared. He is Gong Changqing, stimulated by the cold rain, Gong Changqing finally woke up. The pouring rain quickly washed away the dirt on Gong Changqing's body, and the deafening thunder seemed to have an accident and made a grievance for Gong Changqing's encounter.
Gong Changqing instinctively crawled out of the corpse pit, he didn't know where he was at the moment. In the icy rain stimulates the nerves, he is very awake. But the more this happened, the more painful he became, remembering the encounters one after another, he understood that he had nothing left at the moment. lost all the relatives of Gong Xu Pavilion and Gong Xu Pavilion, and lost his favorite woman Murong Ruolin.
Gong Changqing is like a down-and-out wild ghost, unable to find a place for his soul. He dragged his numb body and wandered around aimlessly.
Gong Changqing hadn't eaten for a few days, and finally collapsed on the side of the road with exhaustion. But he was lucky that he was rescued by people passing by.
"He's awake, grandma, big brother he's awake." A fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy excitedly shouted to an old woman resting on the side of the road.
Gong Changqing slowly opened his eyes and saw two thin figures, one old and one young, whose clothes were also patches and patches. The little boy picked up a piece of dry and hard cake, broke it a little with his skinny hand, and sent it to the palace chief's mouth and said, "Big brother, you eat some." ”
Gong Changqing's heart suddenly gave birth to a trace of warmth, he had already lost all his thoughts, and when he saw a pair of clear eyes without any impurities, maybe there was nothing that could soothe his heart more at this moment.
The old woman saw the deep burn on the left side of Gong Changqing's face, and said with some sympathy: "Young man, looking at you like this, you must have suffered some great crime." ”
Gong Changqing touched his face with his hand, and it was no longer as smooth and delicate as it once was. He wasn't surprised, just stared blankly ahead.
The little boy saw that Gong Changqing ignored him, but he was not angry, and said: "Big brother, if you don't eat this, then you can go to the front with me and grandma to get porridge, and they all said that there is an official government in front of the post station to distribute money and food." ”
The old woman said again: "Alas, it was all the sins done by the palace and the pavilion, what a group of beasts who have lost their conscience, causing thousands of people to be displaced and homeless. Fortunately, the government wiped out the brutes in one fell swoop. Countless relief money and food were also seized, or my grandson and I would have starved to death. ”
Gong Changqing heard the conversation between the ancestors and grandchildren in front of him at this moment, and his heart was very uncomfortable; What is the important task of restoring the country, what is the prince of the former dynasty. It was because of himself that so many people were displaced, and so many people in the palace were also killed for themselves.
Why is he not dead, and he, who is regarded as the culprit, is still alive and well. Do you want to spend the rest of your life paying for the sins you have committed? If he said that he was the young master of the palace pavilion at this moment, would he scare away the kind-hearted ancestors and grandchildren in front of him, and even attract the people to divide their bodies with knives. Gong Changqing kept thinking about it, completely ignoring the eager concern of the little boy in front of him.
The old woman saw that Gong Changqing was still depressed, and suddenly walked up to Gong Changqing with a cane, stomped on the ground with her crutches, and said: "You don't take your life seriously at such a young age, isn't your face ruined, you are not even as good as me, the old woman is not as good as me, last year's flood, my family of ten, now there are only my grandparents and grandchildren, I didn't think of looking for death." Ants are still stealing life, you are a young man, and you are not missing arms and legs, you don't cherish yourself like this, have you ever thought about your parents, with hard work to raise you; Is that what makes you despise your life so much? ”
"Grandson, let's go, let's go and get porridge." After the old woman finished speaking, she took the little boy and walked towards the post station ahead.
Gong Changqing seemed to be touched by the old woman's words, he was not uncommon with the status of the prince of the previous dynasty, and he had no ambitions, and wanted to restore the Great Jin Dynasty; Maybe the end of my life at this moment is God's punishment for me. Gong Changqing suddenly picked up the cake that the little boy had placed next to him just now, and then put it in his mouth. Gong Changqing, who is accustomed to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, has never eaten such a hard thing, it is really like chewing wax. But he seemed to feel that the more he ate, the better it tasted, and the more he ate, the hungrier he became. Gong Changqing devoured the whole dry cake, but suddenly coughed and vomited. Eating too quickly and urgently, and without drinking a little water, Gong Changqing's face began to turn red.
At this moment, the little boy just now ran over: "Big brother, drink some water; Just now, grandma remembered to give you bread, but she didn't give you water. This is what Grandma asked me to come back to you, and if you figure it out, you can't live without water if you want to eat bread. ”
Gong Changqing took the water from the little boy's hand, as if he had never drunk such delicious water in his life, and drank it all in one go. Gong Changqing said thank you embarrassedly, and then returned the water bag to the little boy.
The little boy saw that Gong Changqing had finally started to eat, and continued with some joy: "Big brother, why don't you go to the front post station with me, there is free porridge to drink." ”
Gong Changqing drank some water and reluctantly stood up, but his legs were still a little shaky. The little boy stepped forward to help Gong Changqing, but how could his thin body help Gong Changqing. Gong Changqing couldn't refuse the little boy's kindness, so he had to let the little boy support him, more like the little boy leaning on Gong Changqing.
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