Chapter 324: Infant Sacrifice

On the fifth day of October in the first year of the Xi Yuan Dynasty, the edict from the north to the south departed from Luojing.

At this time, I didn't know that I was going to have a bunch of noble relatives in Hongmei, and she was potentially with her "sixth uncle" in Dailuo Mountain, not far from Jianyang City.

The mountains are like snails green, and the water is like eye waves.

The thousand-year-old city of Jianyang is like a charming and amorous beauty mole dotted between the beautiful eyebrows and eyes of the south of the Yangtze River.

Heading south, Xiao Hong's left battalion went down the Xilan River. They are secretly coerced and eaten along the way, and those who do not listen to persuasion will be killed directly, and now they are stationed in the Dailuo Mountain Pass fifty miles northwest of Jianyang City, blocking the local soldiers and horses that should be urgently summoned by the small court of Jianyang.

And Xiao Yuan, who was on the other side, came over with great momentum, and saw that there was only two or three hundred miles left from Jianyang.

The planned military policy was implemented smoothly, and Jianyang was also in sight, but the current situation made the Xiao family brothers particularly puzzled.

Jianyang City is obviously under heavy siege, but it still does not block the city gate, and does not prevent outsiders from living in the fine work, and it is completely undefended, and there is no atmosphere of war at all.

What should be done to such an instigating enemy? The jumping general went out to beat his chest and shouted, like a fool, "I'm going to beat you?" And then watch a city of officials and citizens buzz around like headless flies?

But in Jianyang City, there is a stupid little emperor who His Majesty the Emperor Jing Chao confessed that he could not bump and touch, and he wanted to be sent to Gunian County intact for resettlement, and there was also a precious stone that could not be touched and could not be thrown away.

The front army reported to the camp, and the second child of the Xiao family, who had always been calm and conservative, slowly advanced with his headquarters, and at the same time ordered the front to wait patiently for him to arrive in Jianyang before making plans. According to Xiao Tan, he had sent several letters to persuade the Jianyang court officials to surrender to the city, leaving enough time for the people in the city to figure it out and take the initiative to erect a flag and disarm them.

It has a long history. The Jianyang City of Wenyun Changlong must not be bloody, and the tiles will not be damaged, and it is good to change the master in a peaceful peace.

As a result, an extremely strange scene appeared on the front line.

Jianyang City, which opened the city gate, was far away from the Northern Army barracks with the banner of the Jing Dynasty, and the people outside the city simply took the courage after a few days of panic and followed the old rules of sunrise. The sun sets. Even more daring, they even set up a stall near the barracks to start a business.

After pinching his wife's belly, which had been pregnant for six months, Xiao Hong, who was anxious to return, simply crossed his heart after another letter to the coach, and changed his clothes and took people into the unguarded Jianyang to find out.

Even if the war seems to be about to break out, Jianyang City is still full of traffic and is very lively.

Xiao Hong pretended to be a rich son from a neighboring state and county who came to Jianyang, and wandered around with slaves and maids, and sure enough, he found that the soldiers and civilians in the city really did not have the slightest desire to fight.

The teahouse is full of fragrant tea. The idlers who talk about current affairs, and the unscrupulous chat content is still guessing when the imperial court will descend, or what kind of officials will be sealed by the emperor of the Jing Dynasty.

"That demon concubine Zhang who brought disaster to the country and the people must die!" , someone raised his voice and roared, and immediately greeted the chorus like a sea of mountains for a while.

Don't ask about the sin of the man, but the city that begs the demon girl to die is already terminally ill!

In the midst of the cheers, not only did Hongmei, who came with her, change her face, but Xiao Hong and several other attachΓ©s couldn't help but add a little more disdain to their eyes.

"Uncle Lu! If the ministers of the city have surrendered. I can't touch them anymore, can I? ”。 Xiao Hong took a deep breath, resisted the urge to burst his chest, and asked Lu Harrier beside him in a low voice.

Lu Harrier nodded helplessly.

Originally, I wanted to clear my head by asking knowingly, but listening to such an answer was enough to make people depressed to death. Xiao Hong waved his hand, signaled his hand to meet the tea money, and stretched out his hand again. took the amethyst that jumped from under the beams of the teahouse.

After a few months of eating Jiangnan wild food, the little thing with a round belly wagged its tail comfortably and curled up on his arm.

Zhou Manyun's selfishness was heavy, and he drove Lu Shouguang to the East Palace, but he detained Amethyst. Xiao Hong went on the expedition. Let Amethyst follow.

After about an hour, the people who had spied on the enemy were ready to return to the camp. Although the city is not defended and the soldiers do not want to fight, but after all, the current Jianyang is still the enemy's territory, and it is necessary to stop in moderation if you are in danger.

Not long after leaving the door of the teahouse, Xiao Hong paused and stared at the five or six gray-clothed people who were walking not far away.

Several people were dressed in plain gray clothes, barefoot and mango shoes, carrying large baskets and small baskets, some of which also showed a few tender branches and leaves. At first glance, it is similar to the dress of the poor medicine farmers in the nearby mountains, but the first old man with white hair and dark complexion is wrapped around his head, holding a cane with chicken blood, and he faintly reveals an unusual frame style.

People are weird, and the things they bring are weird. Xiao Hong didn't see that these people were wrong at first, but Amethyst, who had always been lazy, suddenly raised her little ears, her glass eyes were burning, and she looked like she was about to pounce on them.

"Young master, you go back and rest first. The old slave took Amethyst to the farmer's market! Lu Harrier's one-arm grabbed Xiao Hong's sleeve and shook his head imperceptibly.

Xiao Hong took half a step back, stretched out his arm to put it on his shoulder, and jumped onto Lu Harrier's shoulder with Amethyst.

The old scout walked three or five feet away after a while, hanging the inappropriate gray-clothed man from a distance, humming a small song from the south of the Yangtze River in his mouth, and the amethyst flicked his tail accordingly, and one man and one beast cooperated with the old man who immediately seemed to be training the small animal juggling......

Moth Meiyue only showed a touch at dusk and disappeared immediately, and the darkness of the night was pulled down, and there was a dying silence in the Jianyang Palace.

A burst of giggling laughter rang out in front of the open space in the northwest corner of Hanshu Palace.

A wide incense couch was erected in front of the door of the main hall, and on the couch, a peerless beauty with black hair like a waterfall hanging down to her waist wore a light and fleshy silk veil, half-curled up with fragrant feet, and looked at the people who were busy in the courtyard and laughed inexplicably.

There were two other men on the couch.

One was clothed and skinless, with his hair scattered, lying on his side on a pillow, hiding his face in the shadows. He frowned at the flirtatious laughter, and immediately reverted to a statue-like expressionless face, his eyes closed and silent.

Another handsome young man sitting at the end of the couch, dressed brightly and neatly, laughed a few times with the laughing beauty.

In the center of the courtyard, it was the group of gray-clothed people that Xiao Hong and the others had seen in Jianyang City during the day, all with solemn expressions.

Seeing Zhang Xixi laughing non-stop, the white-bearded old man was a little angry. Ignoring that the woman was the master of the house that had been feeding and drinking them during this time, she smacked the cane in her hand to the ground, coughing in her mouth as a reminder.

Concubine Zhang, who had just come to see the excitement, pursed her lips disdainfully, and slowly straightened up with a bit of arrogance, ready to leave.

"Concubine Niang! Just stay a little longer! Gao Wei, who was sitting at the end of the couch, moved his body forward, and directly pressed a pair of dissuasive hands ambiguously on the root of Zhang Xixi's thighs, and glanced at the young man who was sleeping on the couch with a suggestive look.

I forgot that I came here to see his out-of-control appearance. Zhang Xixi bloomed like a flower and smiled, and her soft body rubbed back, sticking to the warm skin behind her.

A few loud baby cries rang out at the right time, Zhang Xixi's bright eyes turned, leaned over to the ear of the sleeping young man, raised his voice, and asked coquettishly: "Brother Xiaoyu, why don't we bet again, can this child survive this time?" ”

"Can't!" , Xu Yu, who was lying on the couch on her side, let the woman reach out and touch her cheeks and ears, and only squeezed out two words from between her teeth and closed her mouth.

Zhang Xixi rarely heard Xu Yu's words, and smiled even more happily. She exaggeratedly stretched out a lotus root arm and shook it towards the middle of the courtyard, shouting loudly, "Elder Kui! He said he couldn't live with that! ”

Elder Kui, who was muttering words in his mouth, clenched the blood vine staff in his hand and glanced fiercely at the place where the words came from.

"Elder Kui is annoyed!" , Zhang Xixi pretended to be frightened and bowed down, as if he was about to shrink into Xu Yu's arms, and said with a smile: "Brother Xiao Yu, you are angry with him!" This is already the third child, right? You can't guess every time, it's so ruthless! It's a shame that you're still the biological father of the children. ”

A piercing word. Xu Yu, who was originally holding on to his calmness, immediately frowned, and then, gritted his teeth and slowly relaxed his eyebrows, and sneered: "No matter how many you are, they are just destined to die by birth!" ”

With this sentence, he simply raised his voice deliberately, so that the few persistent gray-clothed people in the courtyard could hear it.

It's just that the festival has begun, and the people who are seriously engaged no longer want to be distracted and go to the side of just spectators.

Elder Kui held his breath and quietly took out a red light from an open swaddling cloth on the desk, looked at the baby who had just reached the full moon, and carefully placed the child on the star map in the middle of the courtyard.

The festival lasted less than half an hour, and only Zhang Xixi's extraordinarily considerate voice was faintly relayed from the strong and weak baby's cry, "A lot of snakes, scorpions, insects and ants crawled over, and they crawled onto the little doll...... He would even kick his leg and throw down a small snake............ Yo! Why didn't he move, as if he was dead? It's a moment faster than the last one...... Now, two spiders are vying to bite his nose......"

"Enough!" , Xu Yu finally couldn't bear to turn over and sit up, stomped on the ground, stared at Elder Kui in the center of the courtyard with round eyes, and shouted: "Since you failed, why do you want to continue!" Hurry up and pack it up and take it to ...... Thrown! ”

"Yes! Young Lord! With a lost face, Elder Kui and his companions silently sprinkled a circle of poison repellent and walked towards the remaining baby skeleton in the courtyard.

"Alas! What a pity! However, this palace can choose some more well-born women to dedicate to the young master of Nanzhao! Zhang Xixi laughed and leaned back together.

Elder Kui walked over quickly, and sincerely thanked the concubine for Xu Yu, as if he was going to bring the woman immediately. (To be continued......)