Fifth, the golden armor of the dead

In 482 B.C., Wu Wangfu sent north to fight for hegemony, led a large army to ally with the Jinding Guild in Huangchi, and left the prince in charge of the country.

In the blink of an eye, spring turns to summer, and the change of seasons seems to be just a matter of moments. Gou Jian finally couldn't hold it back, and took advantage of the opportunity when King Wu went north to compete for hegemony and the division went abroad to attack Wu.

In the Drunken Moon Pavilion, Xiangbao was still quietly practicing calligraphy, and now her calligraphy was already very beautiful, as beautiful as Shi Lian's words. The palace was very quiet, and even the palace attendants and maids who came and went in the corridor lowered their heads and walked lightly, as if they were afraid of waking up the monsters dormant underground.

Everyone is at risk.

What about the husband? What will he do when he hears the news of the invasion of Wu in Huangchi?

Prince Friend is no longer the child who hid in Xiangbao's arms and cried.

and Wei Qin, the red-clothed one-armed general who was talked about by the girls of Wu State, was also fighting to defend the city.

The battle of Wuyue finally and inevitably happened.

Xiangbao has reached the point where she can't sleep peacefully, as long as she closes her eyes, she seems to be able to hear the sound of the golden iron horse outside the palace gate, and you will see Yun Ji's distorted and crazy expression in the fire that night, and she said sharply: "Why aren't you dead yet!" Why aren't you dead yet! ”

The curse-like words were imprinted in Xiangbao's heart and lingered.

"Ma'am." Ziruo came in with a decoction.

Xiangbao put down the pen and looked back at her: "Why are you?" What about joy? ”

"Madam......" Ziruo hesitated, "Are you deliberately alienating me?" ”

"When did it start?" Xiangbao smiled.

"What?"

"Was it designed to make you a slave from the beginning?" After all, it was difficult to calm down, Xiangbao smiled, and said a little astringently, "The king doesn't trust me, so he arranged for you to be by my side?" ”

Ziruo bit her lip: "You ......"

"If you want to be a slave, what conditions has the king promised you? After the deed is completed, will you enter the Drunken Moon Pavilion? Xiangbao shook his head, "I knew when I came back from Guanwa Palace, you are already the master of the Drunken Moon Pavilion." ”

"I'm sorry, madam......" Ziruo's eyes were a little red, as if she was about to cry.

"It's nothing, I'm still saying that, and you didn't really hurt me." Xiangbao smiled.

The Vietnamese army was divided into two routes, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and the prince led the army to fight in Hongshui.

"Si Xiang is no longer afraid of thunder, maybe he hasn't had nightmares for a long time." Before leaving, Si Xiang said to Xiangbao.

"Oh no, ma'am! The Vietnamese army began to attack the city! Just after lunchtime, Ziruo rushed into the Xiangbao room with a pale face and said.

"What? So fast? Xiangbao was shocked, "Who brought the soldiers?" ”

"I heard it's the black-faced general Cangwu."

Ford?

Xiangbao raised his head and stroked his forehead, feeling a headache, no wonder he would attack the city at this time, this would never be Gou Jian's idea, it must be Ah Fu who couldn't wait to save her.

Throwing down the pen, Xiangbao rushed out the door.

"Madam, the siege is going on outside, where are you going?" Joy grabbed Xiangbao and said urgently.

"General Cangwu, it's my old friend, I'll go see him."

Joy let go: "You...... Be careful. ”

"Hmm."

Xiangbao rushed out of the door and ran all the way, Hua Mei, Linglong, Yun Ji ...... The places where these women once lived are now deserted.

Led the horse, rode the horse and whipped, she went straight to the city gate.

The city of Gusu is depressed, the houses on the street are all locked doors and windows, and the whole city is like a dead city. Along the way, wounded soldiers were carried by him from time to time, all of them looking tired. At the gate of the city, Wu Zixu's head had been air-dried, and he had a pair of hollow eyes, and Xiangbao's scalp tightened for a while. This loyal and iron-clad Wu Xiangguo's prophecy before his death has been fulfilled, if he knows under the spring, should he cry or laugh?

"Sister?" It's the sound of Weiqin.

Xiangbao turned around and saw Wei Qin, who was not good-looking.

"Why don't you stay in the palace and come out for something?"

"Division...... Prince Friend, where is he? Worried about Si Xiang, Xiangbao asked.

Without saying anything, Wei Qin took Xiangbao's hand and led her into the city tower.

"Didn't General Cangwu attack the city?" Xiangbao asked.

"It looks like someone stopped me back."

Xiangbao nodded.

The case was full of books full of tactics on the art of war, and Si Xiang was so tired that he fell asleep. Behind him, there is a guqin hanging with a dark red body, which is very simple and elegant.

The slightly heroic eyebrows furrowed slightly, and Si Xiang's eyebrows were like a very bad husband, although he slept a little unsteadily, he really didn't have any more nightmares.

Someone stepped forward and whispered something to Wei Qin, who glanced at Xiangbao and turned around and walked out.

Xiangbao sat down indoors alone and quietly watched Si Xiang fall asleep. Si Xiang has admired his father very much since he was a child, although he imitates it everywhere and considers it step by step, but he is gentle by nature, it should be like his mother-in-law, the lonely woman in the deep palace......

"Mother?" The eyelashes fluttered slightly, and Si Xiang opened his eyes and looked at Xiangbao with some surprise.

Xiangbao came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Awake? ”

"Well, why don't you stay in the palace?" The first thing he said when he met was the same thing as Wei Qin.

"I'm so bored, come out and have a look." Xiangbao casually made an excuse.

Si Xiang didn't say anything anymore, and lowered his head to look through the books on the case.

"When you come out to fight, don't you forget to take the piano with you?" Walking forward and caressing the guqin, Xiangbao smiled.

"That's the only thing that woman left me, the items she brought into the palace herself." Si Xiang glanced up and said a little sullenly.

Xiangbao knew that the "woman" in his mouth was his mother's sister Mrs. Ji: "Your mother, she must love you very much." Stroking the guqin, as if touching the lonely woman's ten fingers, Xiangbao couldn't help but say.

"Hmm." Si Xiang lowered her head, "It hurts so much that you want to take me to death with you." ”

Xiangbao was slightly stunned.

"That thunderstorm night, when she was dying of poisoning, she pinched my neck with both hands." Si Xiang raised her head, gently stroked her neck, and said with a smile, "She said that she didn't feel at ease if she left me alone in that cannibalistic palace, she wanted to take me to die together." ”

Xiangbao frowned slightly, it turned out that he had been shouting "don't kill me" in his previous nightmares, and the person who wanted to kill him was none other than his mother.

It's just that what kind of situation should a woman be forced to want to die with her son in her arms?

"Forget it." His heart ached a little, and he raised his hand and patted his shoulder, which was much taller than her, Xiang Bao said.

"Well, I haven't had nightmares for a long time since my mother fell asleep on that thunderous night three years ago." Looking at Xiangbao, Si Xiang smiled.

These...... He had never told her before. After so many years, no matter how deep the scars are, they will heal.

"The Vietnamese army is attacking the city again!" Outside, there were deafening shouts of killing.

"Prepare for battle!"

"Report ...... The South Gate is broken! ”

"Report ...... Simon is broken! ”

"Report ...... The east gate is broken! ”

"The Vietnamese army is coming into the city......"

A sound stirred Xiangbao's heart like numbness. The husband took away the elite troops, and the rest were so vulnerable?

Si Xiang picked up his sword and walked out.

Xiangbao stood on the city tower, looking at the Shura battlefield under the city tower, shouting and killing one after another. The Vietnamese army has already entered the city, and General Cangwu is in the lead.

"Xiangbao!" Looking up, he saw Xiangbao, his eyes lit up slightly, "I'm here to save you back!" ”

Seeing him like this, Xiangbao was about to speak, but he was suddenly startled.

The gates of the four sides suddenly closed, and the four walls were full of yellow-armored warriors. The golden armor glowed blindingly under the scorching sun.

"Kill!" A golden-armored young man appeared on the city wall, with a golden helmet covering his face and a golden armor to protect his body, just listening to the voice, it was clearly Si Xiang!

The long sword in his hand shone brightly under the scorching sun, and Xiangbao couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly, this ...... Is it the Si Xiang she knows? The Si Xiang who kept calling her mother, the Si Xiang who wanted to protect her?

A call was given, and a salvo of 10,000 arrows was fired. Ah Fu was frightened and hurriedly wanted to withdraw his troops, but the four gates had been blocked, and there was no way to escape, and there was no way to avoid it.

Is this just a ploy to lure the enemy? No wonder the husband went to the Yellow Pool Alliance without fear, Si Xiang practiced for so long, just to bring out such a golden armor corps? Let Gou Jian return to Vietnam, just to test his loyalty, if Gou Jian sincerely submits, naturally can be at peace for the time being; If you try to do it, you will end up like this......

Xiangbao stood on top of the tower, watching the generals wail and the smell of blood circulating in the air. Ah Fu was covered in blood, fighting desperately, and even killed the city tower. Wei Qin's expression was grim, and he held a sword to protect Xiangbao behind him. He recognized it, this General Cangwu was the boy who chopped wood to keep Xiangbao warm in Liujun's drunkenness!

Xiangbao stood behind Wei Qin, looking at the simple boy who used to be covered in blood now, and couldn't speak for a while.

"Xiangbao...... Xiangbao! Come with me! I'm here to save you! With blood all over his face, Ah Fu rushed towards Xiangbao and slashed countless Wu soldiers along the way.

Xiangbao looked at his blood-stained hands in a daze, and in a trance, he remembered the incomparably delicious steamed cake in Liujun's drunkenness. Gently pushing Weiqin away, Xiangbao stepped forward: "Brother Afu......"

Seeing that Xiangbao was already close in front of him, Ah Fu's eyes were full of joy, and he reached out to pull her.

The hand stretched out in mid-air suddenly froze, and Ah Fu's eyes widened...... A golden arrow pierced through his chest......

Xiangbao suddenly raised his head, and on the opposite city wall, Si Xiang, who was dressed in gold armor, held a bent bow in his hand, and there was no arrow on the string, and the golden arrow was inserted in Ah Fu's chest......

Watching Ah Fu fall on his back, Xiangbao finally reached out and grabbed his big hand covered in blood. The hands are full of calluses, which were left over from the time when he was young and chopping wood.

"Incense...... Xiangbao ......" he held her hand tightly, "if...... You've always been just a little Xiangbao in the drunken king...... How nice it should be......"

Ah Fu looked at her, grinning, and his mouth was full of red blood.

"yes, that's what I thought, too." Holding his hand, Xiangbao knelt beside him, hanging her head weakly.

"You said at the time...... You said that Ah Fu has no ability to save you, I thought ...... I thought I had become General Cangwu...... to be able to ...... Can...... I'll take you away......" He twitched, a large amount of blood pouring out of his mouth.

Xiangbao bit her lip and suddenly remembered Qiuxue.

Ah Fu looked at Xiangbao, his eyes full of desolation.

Xiangbao lowered his head and slowly pressed his face against his blood-stained chest: "Brother Afu, thank you for coming to take me away......"

Ah Fu held her hand slightly, and then hung down weakly. Xiangbao believes more and more in Wu Zixu's remarks, she is really, an out-and-out disaster.

The sound of fighting in his ears gradually weakened, and Wei Qin bent down and held Xiangbao with one hand. Xiangbao stared blankly at the dazzling golden ...... on the opposite city wall.

"Wei Qin......" She spoke in a low voice.

"Well, what's wrong?" Wei Qin lowered her head and looked at her with some concern.

"I ...... It's really a curse. She spoke, her voice as thin as a gnat.

Wei Qin didn't make a sound, just hugged her tightly.

The Vietnamese army suffered a crushing defeat.

When I returned to the palace, the palace was lively again, and everyone was talking about how heroic His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was. Xiangbao went back to the room and climbed onto the couch under the worried eyes of Ziruo and Joy.

She wishfully wanted to keep Si Xiang, but forgot that he was not an ordinary child, he was born in the palace, he grew up in the palace, he was the son of Fucha, and he was the crown prince of Wu State......

The night was dark.

Xiangbao was lying on the bed, unable to sleep.

Shi Lian and Ah Fu's blood-covered appearances alternated in front of her eyes...... Her heart ached. Biting her lip, Xiangbao covered her heart, and her forehead was covered with cold sweat.

She jerked her head up and saw a dark figure standing in front of the bed.

"Who?"

"Sister, it's me." Gently moving the palace lamp, Xiangbao saw the man's face clearly, it was Yue Nu.

The sound of "sister" made her like a thorn in her back.

"The Yue soldiers were defeated." Yue Nu looked at her and spoke slowly.

"Well, it was unexpected." Xiangbao replied lightly.

"The soldiers and horses led by that stupid man in Cangwu have all been wiped out......," Yue Nu gritted her teeth slightly, "If I had known that that fool was actually coming for you, I would rather kill him myself." ”

"The dead are the greatest, girl, please accumulate some virtue."

"Dr. Fan's soldiers and horses are still outside the city, and they have not been evacuated." Yue Nu looked at her with a smile.

"Who the hell are you?"

Yue Nu laughed: "It's okay to tell you, I'm Gou Jian's younger sister, but I have been learning martial arts with my master since I was a child, and I haven't returned to Yue Country." ”

Xiangbao was still a little surprised, although she had guessed that her origin was not simple, but she didn't expect that she was Gou Jian's sister, the princess of Yueguo.

"If you die, Wei Qin will be very sad, right?" Yue Nu said suddenly.

Xiangbao looked at her and was silent.

"Wei Qin will definitely hate me." Yue Nu bit her lip, her face was a little pale, and then she said, "But if you die in the hands of others, Wei Qin will definitely not be angry with me." ”

After saying it to herself, Yue Nu turned around and left.

Watching Yue Nu leave, Xiangbao's palms oozed cold sweat slightly.

Because Xiangbao went back to the palace yesterday and ignored Si Xiang, Si Xiang came early in the morning to ask for sin.

"Mother......" Si Xiang stood in front of Xiangbao and pulled her sleeve, "Mother......"

Such a tall person, with an infinitely aggrieved expression, really doesn't match, Xiangbao just lowered his head and drank tea, without looking at him.

"Mother, I'm really just worried that the black-faced general will hurt you......" Seeing that Xiangbao ignored it, Si Xiang said hurriedly.

Xiangbao raised his head and looked at him, in front of him he was dressed in a wide-sleeved robe, such a harmless and beautiful young man, Xiangbao couldn't imagine what kind of expression he would have under the golden helmet when he killed someone.

"Mother......" Si Xiang was very aggrieved.

was in a stalemate, and suddenly heard chaos outside the palace.

"Oh no, no! A mob has broken into the palace! ”

It's noisy.

Frowning, Xiangbao hadn't gotten up yet, and he had already seen several fierce and vicious men break in.

"Who's Shih Tzu?" After looking around, the big men shouted.

"Who are you? How dare you trespass into the palace! Si Xiang said angrily.

"Hmph, we are all nameless pawns of Wu State, fighting desperately for Wu State, but you left Xi Shi's disaster that killed Wu Xiangguo in the palace! It's hard to be outraged! ”

"Bold rebels, dare to speak out!" Si Xiang was furious, drew his sword and stabbed.

"Stinky boy, I'm tired of being alive, watch Lao Tzu kill you!" One of the big men shouted and rushed up.

Xiangbao knew in his heart, these people must not be Wu people, if they were Wu people, he would not dare to speak disrespectfully to the prince if he was given great courage. Suddenly remembered Yue Nu's words last night, Xiangbao was shocked, this is a good game! When he looked up again, Si Xiang was defeated and retreated.

"Si Xiang, they are not Wu people, kill them!" Xiangbao hurriedly shouted.

"My armor...... Mother...... My armor ......," Si Xiang shouted as she stepped back.

Xiangbao is dumbfounded, this knot, and armor? Is it handsome?

"Mother...... I'm not going to kill...... Mother...... Sixiang doesn't kill people...... Father...... Father...... Armor ......" Si Xiang choked up and shouted in panic.

Xiangbao was shocked, and faintly felt that something was wrong, the Si Xiang who shot Ah Fu on the city tower that day was really the same person as the current Si Xiang?

Xiangbao was just about to step forward, but he was coldly pressed against his back with a sword, and when he turned around, it was Yue Nu.

Sure enough, it was her bureau.

"Killing you is much more boring than using you to lure your husband back." She sneered.

"Xi Shi, where is the water of Xi Shi?" The noise outside the door was getting closer.

Yue Nu smiled slightly and approached her: "Those outside the door are real mobs, I scattered some news and went out...... It's nothing more than Wu Zixu dying because of you...... The Wu Kingdom will be destroyed because of you, and you are the hero of the Yue Kingdom......"

Xiangbao gritted her teeth and glared at Yue Nu, who stretched out her hand and pushed Xiangbao out.

"Where's Shih Tzu? Shih Tzu ...... "The red-eyed mob broke in.

was pushed out of the Drunken Moon Pavilion by a group of mobs, and Xiangbao felt sorry in his heart.

Shi Lian, I can't escape what I should bear.

"Set fire to the palace." Behind him, there was a cold voice from Yue Nu.

Xiangbao froze suddenly, and the blood in his body seemed to suddenly condense.

"Yue Nu! You're going to kill me! Put Si Xiang! Xiangbao turned around, his eyes red, and yelled.

"Yue Nu! Put Si Xiang! ”

"Shi Lian died because of you, Cangwu died because of you, and now this Prince Wu also died because of you...... I want you to know that you are a true scourge. Although they were far away, the words of the Yue Nu clearly reached Xiangbao's ears.

The Drunken Moon Pavilion was on fire......

"Mother...... Mother...... Mother...... Father...... Sixiang doesn't kill people...... Mother...... Armor ......," Si Xiang screamed as if he was about to puncture Xiangbao's eardrums.

"Si Xiang! Si Xiang! Xiangbao shouted, struggling to rush into the Drunken Moon Pavilion. But the mob pushed her, so that she could not come forward, and she could only watch as the fire took advantage of the wind to swallow Si Xiang's voice.

"Mother......

Xiangbao's heart was almost paralyzed.

She struggled, and someone next to her strangled her fiercely: "You bad water, don't want to run!" ”

"Let go of me, let go of me...... Let go of me...... My son is inside...... My son is inside...... Si Xiang ...... Si Xiang ...... "Xiangbao struggled violently, and his arm was twisted and dislocated.

"Let me go...... Let me go...... Si Xiang ...... Si Xiang ......"

She can't break free, she can't break free......

The child, the child who called her mother, the child who gave her warmth when she needed it most...... He's in it...... He struggled in the fire...... He's calling her, he's calling his mother, he's calling her mother......

"Woe to the water, you woe to the water! You ...... curse," someone scolded fiercely.

Like a puppet doll that has lost its soul, Xiangbao was pushed and dragged away from the palace by the mob.

Above the Drunken Moon Pavilion, a thick cloud of smoke billowed out......

The lonely figure sitting on the edge of the pool with his legs bent, playing in the pool with his bare feet, threw the pebbles from the shore into the water......

He asked her to teach him how to play the water......

He called her mother, and he said he would protect her...... No one can bully her anymore......

He is afraid of thunder, and when he sleeps like her, he will have nightmares, smack his lips, and call his mother......

The child who called her mother......

Xiangbao's eyes were open, and his hands were tied and hung high above the tower, where Shi Lian had once been hanged. Sure enough, no one can replace what she should bear.

"Woe to the water...... Woe Water...... "There was a mess in her ears, and all kinds of eyes were looking at her, greedy...... Lustful, hateful...... Disdainful ......

All of a sudden, so tired.

If you die like this, can you get rid of it?

A red light suddenly burned her eyes, and Xiangbao looked at the familiar figure in a daze.

Wei Qin ......

His face was gloomy, and he held a sword with one arm, like an Asura demon from hell.

"Lord Sima?" When a guard saw that it was Wei Qin, he hurriedly greeted him, "This disaster is ......"

Before he finished speaking, a stream of blood spurted out, and the guard was already in a different place.

The crowd panicked.

Wei Qin was red-eyed, and when he saw someone, he cut it.

The city gate suddenly turned into a Shura hell.

That's the Shura hell she brought.

In a trance, Xiangbao suddenly remembered that when she was young, on that spring afternoon, she met Weiqin for the first time on the street, and then there was a sloppy old man who spat on her.

He scolded her for being a troublemaker.

Was it fate?

"Stop!" Suddenly, a sword struck Xiangbao's neck.

Wei Qin's blood-devouring eyes glared at the man. Frightened by Wei Qin's eyes, the sword-wielding hand trembled slightly, and a thin blood mark was drawn on Xiangbao's neck.

"If you dare to hurt her, I want you to be destroyed." Wei Qin's voice was so cold that it seemed to come from the depths of hell.

The sword-wielding man swallowed his saliva and steadied his trembling hand: "I...... You...... If you dare to take a step forward, I will ...... I'll kill her......"

Wei Qin held the sword in one hand and stood in place, his eyes were terrifyingly cold, but he didn't move a single bit.

"Hah...... Ha...... Haha......" The man with the sword laughed nervously, "You're scared...... You're afraid I'll kill her......"

As soon as these words came out, those who had just been killed and had no power to fight back were all ready to move, and they approached Wei Qin one after another, looking at the formation, as if they were going to eat Wei Qin alive.

Xiangbao knew that Wei Qin was afraid of the knife around her neck, and she would definitely not fight back. Xiangbao suddenly turned his head sideways, and the man with the sword didn't expect Xiangbao to be stupid enough to hit the knife edge by himself, and hurriedly put away the knife, but Xiangbao had already left a second blood mark on his neck.

Wei Qin's eyes widened, as if they were about to drip blood, and the hand holding the sword was trembling faintly.

"You...... You are crazy! The sword-wielder was startled and said angrily.

"Weiqin, listen." Xiangbao's voice was hoarse and terrifying, "They killed you, if you don't fight back, I will die in front of you immediately, believe it or not?" ”

Wei Qin looked up at her. Those who were about to make a move and planned to kill Wei Qin did not dare to move for a while. Stalemate, Xiangbao was hung so weakly that his hands and feet were not his own.

Alas, now Xiangbao finally understands that her fate was actually hanged alive.