Extraneous one: Regret
At that time, Shen Du was sitting in the meeting hall of the General Wei Mansion in Xijiang, discussing with Zhu Youji and Fu Huaide the countermeasures to repel Xisheng.
Suddenly, he felt his heart tremble, as if something had broken in his heart, and his face changed in an instant.
He wanted to try to calm down, but he only felt that his mind was getting more and more chaotic, and he didn't even know what Zhu Youji was talking about.
This feeling of tremor has been experienced by Shen Du. At that time, in the pear blossom forest of Xishan, when Shen Su was injured and unconscious, he had such a feeling; When Gu Yan was in Shengyuanyuan, he looked at the basins of blood and water, and he also felt like this.
Now, the feeling of this tremor was so strong that it made his hands and feet tremble.
His face became so ugly that the rest of the hall couldn't help but stop, and their eyes fell on him.
Fu Huaide asked with concern: "Jizhi, how are you?" ”
Shen Du is his sister's son-in-law, and he even rescued him in the deep cliff of Wuling, and his feelings are unusual. Moreover, Shen Du also rushed from Jingzhao to Western Xinjiang to fight the enemy, which made Fu Huaide look at three points.
Shen Du didn't know what to say, so he could only reluctantly smile and said, "I'm sorry, I suddenly feel quite depressed, so I'll leave for a while." ”
With that, Shen Du stood up, arched his hand towards everyone, and staggered away from the council hall, still flustered in his heart.
When he left the council hall, he immediately summoned Runian and asked, "Is there any news from the family?" ”
Runian shook his head and replied that there were no new letters. The news they received recently was the news that Gu Yandao's Seven Princes might be unfavorable. Besides, there are no new ones.
Shen Du took a deep breath, trying to calm his ups and downs, and then said, "You send a letter home immediately to see if there is any response." I always felt like something bad was happening. ”
As soon as Runian and Qu Xuan heard this, their faces also changed. The two of them have been in the Shen family for so many years, and they know what Shen Du means by "bad things".
Qu Xuan immediately said: "Master, I will send a letter to Jingzhao immediately." ”
They are now in the western frontier, and there is war here in the western frontier. They send letters in addition to them. There's nothing more you can do.
Shen Du frowned, suppressed this tremor, and then turned around and strode back to the council hall. He was eager to return to Jingzhao immediately to see if his father and Ah Bi were okay. But......
Before he returned to Jingzhao. Be sure to drive the Xisheng army back to Xisheng!
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Meanwhile. Jingzhao Tianjiao Jiazi No. 1 Prison. Shen Su coughed intermittently, blood was swimming from the corners of his mouth, and he looked shocking.
The jailer of the prison looked at the emaciated old man from afar. I can't imagine that this person is the Iron Blood Emperor; It is even more unimaginable that the old man in front of him actually killed the monarch in the Zichen Palace!
Now, the emperor is seriously injured and unconscious, and there is only one breath left to determine his life and death, and the murderer of the emperor has been brought to the prison.
The No. 1 prison of Jiazi, which has been vacant for more than ten years, finally came, and he was still such an old man.
For a while, the jailer felt incredible, so he had to look at Shen Su with complicated eyes, and still cautiously stayed outside the No. 1 prison.
Shen Su didn't pay attention to the jailer's gaze, and after coughing, he just focused on smoothing the clothes on his body, which were stained with blood.
The blood on this is not his, but Qu Chan's.
The old servant who had followed him all his life finally stood in front of Shen Su, blocked the fierce exploits of the Tiger Ben Army, bought a little time for Shen Su, and waited for the arrival of the Empress Dowager Zheng.
After hearing the singing of "The Queen Mother has arrived", Qu Chan only felt that his body was loose, and he couldn't support it anymore, and fell in front of Shen Su, like a fallen old pine.
Qu Chan's last words before he died were: "Master...... Wait...... Wait for the young master to ......"
At that moment, Shen Su only felt that his heart was empty, and then there was an earth-shattering cough, as if he had even coughed out his heart and lungs.
In the end, he only coughed up a large mouthful of blood and sprayed it on the gray cloth shoes in front of him.
Empress Dowager Zheng in Dingyuan Temple is here.
Shen Su had blood in his mouth, and he wanted to say something to the Empress Dowager Zheng, but he spurted out a mouthful of blood, and then passed out.
When he woke up, he was already in prison, still in prison No. 1.
The No. 1 prison of the first word is held for the most heinous crimes, and there is no forgiveness. Now, Shen Su is locked up here.
His movements were so focused that it was as if his whole body was immersed in them, and he didn't even know that Prison No. 1 was coming, and he didn't come back to his senses until the jailer knocked on the iron fence.
The person who came to the No. 1 prison was the Empress Dowager Zheng.
Also, now the only person who is related to Shen Su and can come to the No. 1 prison is the Empress Dowager Zheng.
An iron fence separates Shen Su and Empress Dowager Zheng, one person is inside the prison and one person is outside the prison.
Shen Su knew why Empress Dowager Zheng was coming. This was once the most noble woman in Dading, and she was a soft-hearted person from beginning to end. Otherwise, she would not have abandoned her oath and entered the Zichen Palace, and came to the No. 1 prison.
Empress Dowager Zheng looked at Shen Su who was curled up in a ball, her eyes gradually moistened, and her voice was choked in her throat, and she couldn't swallow it. If she could, she would rather have closed her eyes and never see anything in the world again.
However, no, she is still alive.
It was only at this time that she understood what Shen Su meant by what he said after getting the Nine Phoenix Order.
"Please also ask Niangniang to remember a love with him and pity his descendants."
Shen Su said this at the time, she only said that Shen Su asked her to help cover up Shen Du's life experience, but she didn't want to, Shen Su had already decided to die and had already decided to enter the palace to kill the king...... Kill her son!
The "pity" that Shen Su said originally came from this: to remove Shen Du from the matter of killing the king, to keep Shen Du, and to keep the only descendant of the Yuan family. -- Remembering the affection with him, and pity his descendants.
Now her son is seriously injured and unconscious, but she can't hold the killer accountable, let alone ...... Take the Shen family to pay for your life.
Shen Su looked up at Empress Dowager Zheng and said dumbly: "Niangniang, Ah Bi...... Yuan Yuan ......"
Empress Dowager Zheng was able to arrive in time, it must be because Gu Yan noticed something. Before entering the palace, Shen Su had already given an order to the Shen family's secret subordinates to escort Gu Yan and Yuan Yuan out of Jingzhao. Now, how are they?
Until he died, he was never at ease, and this was it.
Empress Dowager Zheng wiped away her tears and said lightly: "If you really pity them, you shouldn't act in Zichen Palace." Is that...... Your students, how dare you, how can you be willing? ”
How can you give it? Emperor Chongde is his only student, or the emperor of Dading, how dare he? How can you give it? Don't dare, don't give up, still do that. The dagger, which symbolized his glory, was inserted into Emperor Chongde's left chest.
At this point, it's useless to talk about it.
Shen Su closed his eyes tiredly, listening to everything that Empress Dowager Zheng said, for some reason, he felt a little relaxed.
The Seventh Prince broke his leg and was recuperating in the Seven Princes' Mansion at the moment, so he couldn't meddle in court affairs at all; Now the power of Dading has fallen into the hands of the Empress Dowager Zheng;
In the Zichen Palace, Empress Dowager Zheng couldn't suppress Shen Su's murder of the monarch, so she threw Shen Su into the prison, waiting for the emperor to wake up before making another decision;
And Gu Yan and Yuan Yuan are still in the Shen family, and they are still guarded by the Tiger Army. Empress Dowager Zheng seemed to have forgotten these two people, and the courtiers only cared about the life and death of Emperor Chongde, not him.
Maintaining such a situation has done everything that the Empress Dowager Zheng can do, and it is also the greatest pity of the Empress Dowager Zheng. Although her heart is cut when she does these things.
Shen Su coughed, and after a slight pause, asked, "Niangniang...... What is your regret in your heart? ”
Empress Dowager Zheng didn't expect Shen Su to ask such a question. When she lived in seclusion in Dingyuan Temple, she felt that the biggest regret in her life was the death of Dingguo Gong, which became something she could never overcome.
Her son killed the person she loved and respected the most in her life.
However, at this moment, what Empress Dowager Zheng regrets the most is no longer this. Her biggest regret is that she did not personally raise Emperor Chongde, so that she ...... With everything that followed.
The corners of Shen Su's lips curled slightly, there was a bright light in his eyes, and he actually smiled: "My biggest regret...... I can't wait. Aqu told me to wait, I can't wait......"
In the eyes of Empress Dowager Zheng, Shen Su's eyes were frighteningly bright, and his gray face was frighteningly thin. At this moment, Empress Dowager Zheng thought of the words "return to the light".
She knew that Shen Su was dying. The person in front of her obviously killed her son, why did she feel sad because he was about to die?
The tears that Empress Dowager Zheng wiped away poured out again, life is very difficult, but that's it.
Shen Su also knew that he was dying.
At this moment, those years of training in the army, those treacherous events, and even those indescribable remorse and illness are gone. The only thing he saw in his eyes was the child he saw in Luzhou.
The child, from looking at him with great alarm in rags, to gradually getting closer to him, began to call him "father-in-law"; Later, when the child grew older, he called him "father" and would make fun of him just to make him happy; Later, the child carefully picked up a swaddling baby and said with a smile, "Father, you are a grandfather!" ”
Shen Su seemed to see Shen Du rushing back from the Western Frontier, rushing into the prison, half-kneeling in front of him, and calling him "Father, Father" incessantly.
Shen Su tried to straighten up and stretched out his hand to hug Shen Du, the smile on his face deepened.
Empress Dowager Zheng watched Shen Su's movements blankly, watching him smile and stretch out his hand, as if holding something...... Hold on to the void.
Empress Dowager Zheng covered her mouth tightly, and her tears fell even more fiercely.
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Three days later, the emperor collapsed, and the Empress Dowager Zheng listened to the government. At the same time, the first good news came from the Western Frontier Guard.
A month later, Xisheng was defeated and retreated, the general He Hu died, the Xisheng army was almost annihilated, and the Nine Emperors Zhu Xuanzhi was born and made great contributions.
Subsequently, Shen Du galloped back to Jingzhao, but he never saw Shen Su again.
Shen Du mourned, killed the Seven Princes, killed the Queen, supported the Nine Emperors Zhu Xuanzhi to ascend the throne, and the dynasty was peaceful. (To be continued.) )