Chapter Fifty-Eight: Living Hell on Earth
At the end of the day, the howling wind gradually settled, and only the snow was still falling endlessly, rustling on the patio and on the roof.
On the way back to the inn with Gu Yuexi, who was flushed and ashamed, Han Yu always said nothing. After entering the inn, he only said to Li Ping, "Take her back to the house to rest." ”
Then, without looking at Gu Yuexi, he went upstairs with a cold face.
"General, she's gone back to the house and slept." Li Ping gently closed the door and replied.
Han Yu didn't reply, he suddenly felt that the stove in the house was too hot, and he felt uneasy no matter how he sat up and lay down, and he frowned and paced back and forth under the lamp.
Xu Feng knew his heart very well, and he didn't dare to move, so he stood by the side and thought about his own thoughts, from the danger he was in at the moment, to Wang Ze's leading the army to the border of the defense of the country at this moment, and he didn't feel worried.
"Fair," Han Yu suddenly turned around and asked, "How long do you think you can keep it according to Wen Qian's ability?" ”
Xu Feng was stunned by his question, and after thinking for a while, he replied, "Now the Nanying battle line is too long, resulting in the scattered garrison of troops. If Wen Qian gave up the Fengling, which was easy to attack and difficult to defend, he would instead garrison all his troops in Yishou
The resistance of Guangyang, which is difficult to attack, is more than enough to defend for more than half a month-" Speaking of this, Xu Feng suddenly muttered for a long time, and muttered again, "I'm only afraid of Wen Qian'......"
"I'm afraid that Wen Qian's temperament is too arrogant, and he has to care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, and he refuses to gather troops to defend the decisive battle in Guangyang! Is that right? Han Yu interrupted with a gloomy face.
"Yes......" Xu Feng nodded, "I'm afraid that if we can't wait for the withdrawal of the country, our Nanda Battalion will already be ......."
"Yes, I understand Wen Qian's temperament......" Han Yu sat down at the table with some annoyance, "After this battle, even if you can retreat from the enemy army, Nanda Camp will probably be greatly injured!" ”
When the three people in the house were depressed, they heard a letter from the second shopkeeper outside the door.
Li Ping listened to it for a long time, but he didn't really understand what was going on, and when he saw that Han Yu was reading the letter, he poked Xu Feng and asked in a low voice, "Fair, why is the general so worried?" What will happen to our Nanda Camp that will lead to annihilation? ”
Xu Feng sighed, and whispered to Li Ping about the current situation of the Jingshi, as well as Feng Tai's conspiracy and Wang Ze's overnight rush to the border of the Patriotic Empire.
Li Ping heard this, and immediately turned red with anger, and said, "Grandma's! Lao Tzu then touched into Feng Tai's birdman's house and tied him up to see the general! ”
Han Yu had finished reading the letter, and his face sank again when he listened to Li Ping's words, and he paced to the window, and when he pushed it open, he saw that it was almost time. The wind outside the house rose again, but it was not too big, and it made a gentle whistling sound, like crying and complaining, and immediately said to Li Ping, "It's very cold outside, help me bring a thick jacket!" ”
"The general is going out?" Li Ping was surprised, "This kind of weather, the sky is dark, how to make it?" No matter how big it is, it will wait until tomorrow, so why do you have to do it tonight? ”
"That's it!" Xu Feng also persuaded, "This Jing Shigu is Feng Tai's eyeliner, and he has completely torn his face with him today, so I am afraid that it will be unfortunate to go out late at night at this moment!" ”
Han Yu didn't answer, just slapped the letter in his hand on the table.
Xu Feng and Li Ping glanced at each other, cautiously stepped forward to pick it up, and approached the light to see what was going on. Fang knew that this letter was written by Gao Fan, but the content of the letter was to inform Han Yu: Feng Tai's murderous intent has risen, and the city defense Yulin army has begun to assemble, and there is a fear that there will be a move in the near future, so it is necessary to find a way to escape from the capital division as soon as possible.
Xu Feng looked at it, and was even more worried that Han Yu might have an accident when he went out late at night, but he still didn't give up trying to dissuade him, and after looking at Han Yu's gaze, he didn't dare to speak.
Han Yu noticed this and said with a smile, "Presumably, since I entered this inn, Feng Tai has already laid a lot of eyeliner in ambush to monitor my every move. And these days, Gao Fan has been in close contact with me. Since Feng Tai has already had murderous intent towards me, then Gao Fan's situation at the moment is the most dangerous?
Li Ping heard this and hurriedly said, "Don't be afraid that the general is noisy and verbose, Gao Fan is very sleek, and he must have slipped away at this moment." If the general is still not at ease, let the last general go to check on him, and if there is really any danger, the last general will escort him out of the city desperately......"
"Shut up!" Han Yu suddenly glared at him and scolded, "The eldest husband is in the world, how can he do something that insults his loyalty because he is greedy for life and afraid of death!" ”
Han Yu immediately remembered that Li Ping didn't know the origin of Gao Fan and himself. His father Gan Qing has been unjustly killed, and according to Gao Fan's temperament, he is afraid that he will not steal his life. If you don't go to the rescue, what face will you have to face Gan Qing on that Huangquan Road in the future?
Thinking of this, he put on a thick jacket and shouted at Li Ping, "Lead the way!" With that, he walked out of the house in a few steps.
Xu Feng and Li Ping glanced at each other, sighed separately, and then tightly escorted Han Yu downstairs.
The innkeeper hadn't slept yet, he was sitting under the lamp with his eyes squinting and taking inventory, and when he saw that Han Yu and the three of them were going out in the middle of the night, he was startled, and hurriedly reached out to stop him, "Everyone! What else is there to do in the middle of the night when I need to go out? Just give me some money and send my fellows out to do it......"
Han Yu was just about to reply, when he suddenly heard Li Ping beside him shouting, "What nonsense!" Hurry up and open the door! ”
The shopkeeper saw Li Ping's tiger with a fierce face. was so frightened that he didn't dare to say a word, so he hurriedly opened the door and let them out.
Xu Feng had just stepped on the threshold with his front foot, and suddenly turned around and instructed the shopkeeper, "You just guard here, let's go and go back!" ”
Seeing that he was really pitiful, Han Yu smiled and said, "No need, you just have to keep your ears open and listen to us come back and call the door." ”
Outside, the wind was gusting, the snow was half a foot deep, and the sky was covered with goose feathers. On the street, the previous bustle has long been lost, the lights are dark, and the silence is a little hairy.
Li Ping led the way, and the three of them walked in the snow for a long time before they saw a broken thatched house with flashing lights in a secluded place.
"It should be here...... Li Ping replied.
Han Yu was just about to step forward and push the door, but he vaguely heard a miserable cry and whimpering from inside, as if he was still muttering something, and he couldn't hear it very clearly.
Xu Feng hurriedly stepped forward, but found that the door was not bolted, and with a slight push, with a squeak, the three of them flashed in one after another.
As soon as he entered the house, Han Yu was stunned - it was clearly a scene of living hell in front of him.
The small room was empty, the ashes were extinguished, shivering with cold, and the snow that drifted in through the crack in the door covered a thin layer.
Following the crying, Han Yu saw a white-haired old lady in her sixties, guarding the small candlestick lamp of the miserable flame, lying on the rotten wooden bed, her face was swollen from crying, and her voice was out of breath.
And on the board bed was a disheveled corpse, only seventeen or eighteen years old under the beautiful face, the clothes had already been torn apart, the corners of the mouth and the body were covered with blood scratches, and the death was particularly terrifying.
Looking at such a miserable scene in front of him, Han Yu shuddered from the bottom of his heart. I often say that if my hands are covered with blood, I will go to hell in the future. But now after seeing this living hell on earth, Han Yu's face turned pale and almost fell on the spot.
When the old lady heard someone enter, she lifted her shriveled and wrinkled face of hope and stared at the three richly dressed men in front of her. At first, he was as expressionless as a piece of wood, and then suddenly burst out with a hahahehe smirk, "Here you guys again?" Make haste and see what else you have taken away, and take them all. Mess me up! Hahahahaha......ha My poor daughter, I was killed by you brutes who killed a thousand knives before I was married!!! ”
"Auntie......" Han Yu endured the sourness, and his scalp was numb for a while.
I have been fighting for many years, and my hands are stained with the blood of countless soldiers, but I have not experienced the feeling of fear in my bones and skin today.
Han Yu tried his best to calm down and said softly, "You...... You don't know me anymore? I'm filial piety......" This battle-hardened, ghostly and decisive general somehow couldn't help but tremble.
He wanted to step forward to comfort, but after seeing Gao Fan's mother's shining gaze, he retreated in cringe.
Li Ping recognized that the corpse lying on the bed was Gao Fan's little sister, and stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "What happened?" Why can't I see your son at home? ”
"Son?" The old lady suddenly began to cry again, but there was not a single tear, but there was no tear, only her hands twitched and screamed in the air, "My son may have been killed by you!" Give back my son! ”
At this moment, Gao Fan's mother couldn't contain herself, and jumped up on the bed like crazy, trembling and scratching next to her daughter's corpse, her hoarse voice howling higher and higher.
Han Yu didn't dare to listen to it anymore, and secretly threw away the usual copper coin and put it next to the old lady's bed.
Li Ping also stumbled back in shock, hurriedly pulled the corner of Han Yu's clothes, opened the door and flashed out. Although Xu Feng was also a famous general in the world and had killed countless enemies, he couldn't stand the scene in front of him, and his mind unconsciously flashed the scene of Wen Xiangding being wiped out in the past, and hurriedly followed.
Han Yu fled back to the street, his heart was pounding, and after seeing Li Ping and Xu Feng behind him, he shook his head again and again, "That damn Feng Tai, the crimes he has committed are really too many to mention!" Ling Chi is not enough to repay the blood debt committed! Tomorrow, let's find a way to scrape together more money, so that Li Ping can help his mother as Gao Fan's friend! ”
The three men were silent and walked back to the store with heavy steps, the soft snow creaking beneath their feet. A howling wind whipped up the snow and dust.
Xu Feng shuddered, the scene of the tragic death of the whole clan of Yue Guowen in the past was vivid, and he couldn't help but slow down, press his sword and look around, and walked to the door.
Xu Feng took advantage of the dim light under the eaves to suddenly see a small piece of red blood seeping into the snow, and immediately swung his arms and drew his sword, and shouted, "Ziyuan, protect the general!" ”
With that, he jumped up with a lunge first, and kicked the door of the store with all his legs, and the broken door fell inward.