Now let's go back to more than 2,000 years ago, the era of this magnificent and feudal dynasty.

She is a slave who built the Great Wall, but she was also born after the military general, her father Li Xin was a captain under the command of General Wang Jian of the pre-Qin Dynasty, and when Wang Jian commanded Yan, he captured Liaodong with the Qin general Wang Ben and captured Yan Wang Xi, so far the Yan State was destroyed, and after returning to the dynasty, he was named the captain of the dart cavalry, leading 100,000 troops. Later, during the battle of Qin and Chu, he led 200,000 southern expeditions to Chu led by Meng Tian and was broken by the army led by Xiang Yan, the Qin army was defeated and fled, losing two camps, and then Zhao Gao slandered in front of the king of Qin and was slandered for the crime of rebellion, so the whole family was beheaded, and the remaining son and a daughter, the father's cronies desperately wanted to keep the blood of the captain, at this time she was only 9 years old, she said to the deputy general, there are eggs under the nest, the king will not stop if he doesn't see his brother with his own eyes, let me replace my brother, uncle, you take my brother away!

At this time, she looked into her brother's eyes and said to him, the children of the Li family are definitely not greedy for life and afraid of death, the Li family has their own appearance, and they can't let their ancestors be ashamed, so my brother must live, live on behalf of the whole family, and must wash away the grievances of the Li family in his lifetime.

The elder brother agreed with tears, he had been reluctant to look at this young and persistent sister, and the deputy general couldn't bear to see such a sad scene, so he had to turn his head over, pull his brother's arm, and urge him to leave quickly.

My brother walked a few steps and finally turned around, he said loudly, I know that the Li family boy bleeds and does not shed tears, but this is the last time my brother will cry for you, you must remember, if there is a little bit of vitality, you must seize it, and you must live to wait for the day when your brother comes to you!

She nodded fiercely, she bit her lip to prevent herself from crying, she knew that if her brother saw her crying, she would never bear to leave, so even if the blood came out of her mouth, she would never cry at this time!

Although she knew that this time it must be nine deaths, after all, she was only a nine-year-old baby, and she never understood the meaning of death, but she knew that her father and uncles were not afraid of death, so she would not be afraid.

When Qin Bing arrived, they only saw a child sitting on the main hall, although she was young, she had an immovable temperament, her eyebrows were delicate, her expression was elegant, and there was no trace of fear on her face.

The leader drew his sword and placed it on his neck, the sharp edge of which had cut through the skin on her neck, but he was still calm and unafraid.

The general looked at him and secretly thought in his heart that he was really worthy of being the son of a tiger general, he could have such courage at a young age, and he must be a rare general in the future, and he loved talent, so he interceded for her in front of the king, and bribed the eunuchs around the king to say good things, and finally pardoned her capital crime and was sent to the Great Wall to do coolies.

Qin Shi Mingyue Han Shi Pass, thousands of miles of Long March people have not returned, maybe you have not been here will not understand how many hands are used in this soil base, how many lives are accumulated, and what is buried under the loess is a lot of white bones. She walked barefoot across the land, rubble on the pavement, some of which had cut the skin of her feet, blood gushing out and blending together with the yellow sand until it dried and turned black and stuck to her feet.

Like those slaves who built the Great Wall, she worked day after day under the whip of the leather whip, no matter how much wind and sand, or under the scorching sun, in addition to obedience or obedience, although she was still just a child at that time, because of her father, she could not even use her real name, and the general who saved her changed another name for her, Purple Night.

"Brother Ziye, I heard that the princess will come here to inspect today, what do you say the princess will look like?" Dongsheng asked as he shook Ziye's arm with curiosity.

Ziye looked at Dongsheng's swarthy face and shook his head: "I haven't seen it either." "Most of the coolies here are guilty of crimes or family crimes and were implicated here, and Dongsheng and his grandfather were also a county guard's family, the county guard was beheaded because of the delay in the military situation, and his family was also punished, Dongsheng was brought here to do coolies with his grandfather when he was 5 years old, and when he first came, he was often bullied by other coolies, fortunately a few years older than him Ziye helped, poor Dongsheng had lost his parents forever before he had time to enjoy the joy of childhood with his parents, Originally, his parents named him Dongsheng in the hope that he could rise from the east like the rising sun, hoping that he could thrive, but they never thought that they would never see this rising sun again. Ziye saved him, and he treated Ziye as his own brother, and Ziye was also separated from his brother since he was a child, so he also took more care of this brother who was seven years younger than her.

Originally, she thought that the princess came to inspect just a little girl of seven or eight years old, and out of curiosity about the border of the Great Wall, they still had to do their own thing, but when the princess really came, the foreman shouted for all the coolies to gather and neatly line up in two teams to wait for the princess.

She stood aside like those slaves and waited for the princess to come, when Ziye was just 13 years old, the first time she saw the princess of Daqin, what she longed for in her heart was not curiosity about the princess but a kind of longing and envy, the same girl, but one was the daughter of the royal family with thousands of favors and honors, and she was a prisoner of the order for her brother. She looked at the princess's immature face, her bright eyes and bright teeth and complexion like jade, and she forgot her identity for a moment and was stunned, and the eunuchs around her saw that this slave dared to stare at the princess's face so presumptuously, and scolded with a sharp voice: "Bold slave, dare to peep at our princess so rudely!" ”

Ziye had no choice but to put aside her wait-and-see eyes, although she was extremely disgusted with these eunuchs in her heart, because her father was slandered by Zhao Gao, a eunuch, and their Li family was ruined, but she also knew that this was not the time for her own ability, she was just a humble slave, if she really offended the princess to cure her for some crime, I am afraid that the little life that she had saved so hard would be in vain, she always remembered what her brother said to her, she must live well and wait until the day when she can reunite with her brother. Therefore, although Zi Ye's heart was unwilling, she still knelt down and asked for the princess's forgiveness, but the moment she lowered her head, the unyielding and stubbornness hidden in her eyes were all in front of her, and the little girl who was only eight years old could see it.

The princess said to the eunuch beside her in a childish voice: "Joy, I think he has no intention of offending, so forgive him." ”

The eunuch replied joyfully and respectfully, "Oh! Then he cleared his throat and shouted, "Get up!" Zi Ye got up, but never looked up at the princess again.

Then I only heard Joy continue: "Today, Princess Yingxi went out to patrol the Great Wall, thinking of Wang Enhao, seeing that the construction of the Great Wall is so hard, I specially reward you with some porridge!" ”

As soon as Dongsheng heard that there was something to eat, he immediately tugged Ziye's arm with excitement on his face, and muttered in a low voice: "Brother Ziye, there is something delicious!" ”

The porridge given by the princess is not a delicacies from the mountains and seas or delicious snacks, but an ordinary gruel with some dates and white-flour steamed buns, but these things are delicious for the slaves who have built the Great Wall for many years, Zi Ye took a bite of the white-flour steamed buns in her hand and forgot how long she hadn't eaten a good meal, this hot white-flour steamed buns seemed to evoke her infinite childhood memories, when she was a child, she ate with her father and brother together, although her father was often very strict, but she would also talk and laugh with herself and her brother at the dinner table.

A fierce commotion woke Ziye from her memories, she looked up and saw that it was the place where the steamed buns were made, because the eldest family was not full of food and clothing, so the slaves who were originally queuing up in order to get more steamed buns squeezed each other, scrambling to run to the front of the team, it was originally your turn to send it to you, and then it became a direct take by yourself, always thinking about taking more for yourself, and the people behind were not happy, so more and more slaves scrambled to grab the steamed buns, and a large group of people not only squeezed the table where the steamed buns were placed, There were also a few people who accidentally knocked the princess next to him to the ground, and the eunuch, who was squeezed aside by the slaves, raised his eyebrows with joy and shouted angrily: "You, you lowly slaves dare to offend the princess, but you know that offending the princess is a capital crime!" Come on, who pushed the princess to the ground just now, and dragged him out for me! ”

As soon as the slaves heard of the capital crime, they immediately scattered and fled in a panic, and the surrounding soldiers immediately surrounded the fleeing slaves, and the foreman shouted: "Who of you has offended the princess just now, stand up quickly and don't bother the others, or everyone will die!" All the slaves did not dare to move, they looked at each other, and at this time a few slaves shouted: "I saw the princess who was pushed down by the old firewood just now!" "Yes, it's Lao Chai Tou, it's him who offended the princess!" The other slaves felt that they could find a substitute for the dead ghost to atone for their crimes, and some even pushed Lao Chai Tou out directly.

"No, it's not my grandfather!" Dongsheng immediately ran out and hugged his grandfather who was pushed to the ground, this group of guys usually bullied themselves for being weak, and he was left with his grandfather all the time, although Dongsheng was very small, but he understood that these guys pushed grandpa out just to want grandpa to die, and he couldn't let grandpa die.

"Dongsheng, good." Lao Chai Tou is already in his sixties, his face is wrinkled, his clothes are ragged, and he is so thin that he only has skin and bones, if it weren't for his young grandson, I'm afraid he would have been unable to hold it anymore, and the reason why he has been holding a breath is to watch his grandson grow up to take care of himself, he slowly stroked Dongsheng's head with his hand Old tears.

"Wow, it turns out that you old guy dared to offend the princess, come and drag him to the skinning pavilion for me, I want you damn slaves to know the fate of daring to offend the princess!"

Zi Ye frowned coldly when he heard the three words of Peeling Pavilion, his right hand was clenched into a fist, he must find a way to save Grandpa Chai, since saving Dongsheng in the past year, he has not been bullied by those slaves anymore, Zi Ye has also regarded Dongsheng's grandfather as his own grandfather, and he has been holding back the grievances in his heart for a long time, and occasionally Zi Ye will vent it in front of his grandfather, it is his grandfather who told him earnestly that he must stand up to the sky and the earth, and he must live well in the future no matter what he wants to serve the country, and he must wash away the grievances of his family, Although he can't tell his grandfather the true identity of his daughter, his grandfather loves him like a real relative and elder.

And what kind of place is the peeling pavilion, I'm afraid no one knows better than the slaves here, the peeling pavilion is a place dedicated to dealing with those slaves who want to escape, the laws of the Qin Dynasty are strict, especially all kinds of torture, peeling is one of them, when peeling, the knife is from the back spine, the skin and flesh are separated with a knife, like a butterfly spreading its wings to tear the skin in half, and here it is even more cruel, those soldiers bury the escaped slaves alive in the sand in the platform, expose their heads, and then cut a cross on the top of their heads, Tear the scalp and pour mercury into it, the mercury is very heavy, it will separate the skin from the flesh, and the buried person will not be able to stand it, and will continue to writhe in pain, and finally a smooth and bloody body jumps out of the sand, leaving a complete human skin.

All the slaves stood on both sides of the pavilion and watched, and Joy told the little eunuchs to take the princess to another place to rest and avoid seeing such a horrific scene of execution. Ziye also stood on the outermost periphery and watched a few soldiers grab his grandfather and drag him to the skinning pavilion, Dongsheng cried and hugged his grandfather and didn't let those soldiers take away his grandfather, but those soldiers were tall and big, Dongsheng was just a child and had no strength to resist at all, he was pulled to the other side by a soldier, as soon as the soldier let go, Dongsheng immediately ran to his grandfather's place again, he was young and ran fast before he ran a few steps and fell to the ground, Dongsheng got up and patted the soil on his body and remembered his grandfather's words, Dongsheng will definitely become a man who is immediately in the sky, if he is a man, he should bleed without tears, yes, he can't shed tears, Dongsheng endured the pain and ran to his grandfather with tears, and Ziye, who was standing on the side, wiped his slightly moist eyes, the fist in his hand clenched harder, and his eyes scanned around while thinking about how to save Grandpa Chai.

Just as everyone was watching a brutal execution, someone on the other side shouted: "Someone has kidnapped the princess, come quickly!" ”

Seeing the princess being held hostage, Joy was almost so frightened that she didn't faint, this time she accompanied the princess on a tour and was fine, in case something happened to the princess, don't want your own life, I'm afraid I can't afford to peel off ten layers of skin! He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and raised his voice and shouted: "You bold slave, do you know that offending the princess is a capital crime, if anything happens to the princess, not only will you die, but everyone here will be punished, don't let the princess go quickly!" ”

Zi Ye still held the dagger in her hand tightly, this dagger was picked up from the buried stone and sand when she was working, it could also be a dead person's belongings, she had been secretly hiding it just to keep it to protect herself, and now one end of this dagger has been against the princess's delicate and snow-white neck, to Zi Ye's surprise, this little princess who was held in her arms with a dagger against her neck did not make the slightest sound from beginning to end, even if she didn't even struggle, Zi Ye thought maybe it was because the princess was so young that she was frightened.

"You bunch of waste, why don't you hurry up and save the princess!" Joy said as he cocked his finger and commanded the soldiers.

"Don't come here!" Purple Night shouted as she stared at the guards who wanted to get closer. "Princess, Ziye didn't mean to offend, it's just that it wasn't Grandpa Chai who pushed the princess down just now, Ziye just hoped that the princess could pardon Grandpa, and those people pushed the princess down just now was not intentional, they were just hungry for too long and got dazed for a while before they accidentally touched the princess, and the princess just fell down but had to pay with our lives, the princess knows that we people have to work on the Great Wall regardless of wind and sun, and we have no food and clothing for three meals a day, but we are lowly slaves, But we are also flesh and blood people, as long as the princess says a word, they don't have to die, and grandpa doesn't have to be punished so badly, we will definitely be grateful to the princess, and the princess's kindness will never be forgotten! ”

"Hmph, why do you say that the person who overthrew the princess just now is not this old fellow, you bold slave not only holds the princess hostage but also dares to instigate the princess to pardon you, it's really whimsical!" Joy snorted disapprovingly. "What are you still standing and watching, hurry up and get the princess out!"

As soon as the soldiers wanted to step forward, a crisp voice shouted: "Bold, joyful, you know that he has a dagger in his hand and still dares to call someone to come forward, do you want to ignore the safety of this palace?" Zi Ye didn't expect that in such a situation, the little girl who was only eight years old next to her would say such majestic words, was she really not afraid at all?

Hearing the princess's shout, Joy was immediately so frightened that his legs and feet fell to his knees and did not dare to get up, and now he looked domineering just now, and now he kowtowed as if he had lost his soul and shouted: "The princess forgives her sins, the princess forgives her sins!" ”

"You slave want to save the person just now, don't let go quickly, if you really hurt this palace, I'm afraid you will really have to punish the crime together!" When Zi Ye heard this, she really let go of the dagger and knelt down and said, "Please ask the princess to forgive grandpa!" ”

Ying Xi looked at the person who was still holding a dagger against his neck just now, maybe it was an ordinary little girl who was held hostage just now, she should have been scared and cried, but she was born in the emperor's family, and she has been used to seeing the harem's deception since she was a child, even if her life is threatened, she can also deal with it calmly, this may not be the scheming that she should have at her age, and said slowly: "Originally, this palace didn't want to see blood today, joy, you just let go of the old man just now." ”

"Yes, yes, princess!" Joy kowtowed, stood up, and ordered the soldiers to let go of the old firewood, as long as the princess was okay, as long as the princess did not cure her own sins!

The fists that Zi Ye had been clenching all this time finally stretched out, just like the heart she had been hanging.

"Did you know that holding a princess hostage is also a capital offense?" Ying Xi approached Ziye's ear and said such a sentence in a voice that only the two of them could hear, Ziye looked up at the princess, and then the princess smiled like an innocent little girl, turned around and said: "Hehe, joy, this palace has played enough today, let's go back to the palace!" ”

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