Chapter 19: The Point of No Return for Heroes
When everything was arranged, General Lin returned to the Lin Mansion. Seeing Nian Xiaojiao, who had just arrived home, she sighed: "This is dangerous, you shouldn't go back." Shengsheng lived up to his father's heart. General Lin turned his head and said sternly to Qing Yu: "Before leaving, I said that if you leave Gushu, you will no longer be a person from the Senluo Palace, and you will never return. Senluo Palace, violators of the order are beheaded. ”
"Godfather, please don't punish Qing Yu. Everything is the daughter's idea, a number of fathers and godmothers have a good one, how can the daughter live alone? Nian Xiaojiao leaned on Mrs. Lin's shoulder: "In this world, Xiaojiao is already alone, you gave me a home, I want to protect this beauty." ”
"Dad, I'll protect Xiaojiao. Whoever wants to hurt her, step over my corpse. Lin Ke paralleled Nian Xiaojiao's side, with an undoubted look of protection. Xiaojiao's return, the happiest person is him.
"And me. Sister, I protect you. Lin Keyin also stepped forward and winked his right eye at Nian Xiaojiao playfully.
"General, we live and die together, no matter what happens, our family together is the greatest happiness." Mrs. Lin Ren Maruying said decisively and affectionately.
"Time is pressing, Gushu is already an empty city, we retreat to the Senluo Palace." General Lin had a solemn face, if he could, he really hoped that he would carry all this alone. With relatives, there is weakness and fear.
Soon, everyone evacuated from the Lin Mansion and retreated to the underground palace of the Senluo Palace.
Outside the city, after a night of rescue, the fire gradually subsided, but most of the grain and grass were damaged. In vain, the land is full of devastation and depression.
A man in the main tent was dressed in a bright yellow battle suit, his face was seven points similar to General Lin, his eyes were deep, and his face was resolute. It's just that General Lin is more rugged, and this man is more graceful and luxurious, which is the temperament of a superior who has been in a high position all year round. This is the Emperor of Xi.
"My emperor, the loss of grain and grass is serious, and the consumption of the army is huge, which is not enough to support a protracted war." A minister in the tent reported to the Xihuang Emperor.
"Fight quickly, prepare your troops for the attack. The city is bound to break today. Emperor Xi's eyes were half-narrowed, and he seemed to be in a stable mood, but in fact, his eyes were full of cruelty.
After a while, as the last trace of black air of the morning light dissipated, the red sun rose from the sky, and the clouds showed red or yellow light, but they could not dissipate the cold of the morning. For a time, the drums of war resounded in the sky, and the army gathered, ready to go. The strong outside and the middle are shaky, and they fail to resist a wave of attacks before they are broken into the city.
"Big brother hasn't seen you for a few years, so you're so vulnerable?" Emperor Xi looked at the broken city gate from a distance and said to himself. "That being the case, so many years of anxiety and anxiety is really a joke, you are no longer worthy, to be my opponent."
After a short time, the leader who entered the city returned: "Report, Gushu City has been taken, the whole city has been controlled, and the thieves are trapped in the Black Wind Lin Senluo Palace." ”
"Haha! Good. Emperor Xi laughed wildly, rode his horse on the Gushu Black Stone Ancient Road, and personally led the army to the Black Wind Forest.
In the Senluo Palace, the hall master and Ye Lao were in a secret room.
Ye Lao stroked his beard and said: "The bird brings news, everything is going well in Kyoto." The defenders are weak, our side is in a state of collapse, and Kyoto is already in the bag. ”
"Good." The hall lord smiled with relief, at least he had vitality: "It's just that the Black Wind Forest is difficult to resist the royal forces. At that time, I also bothered to ask Ye Lao to take my family away. ”
"Say anything frustrating, let's leave together." Ye Lao waved his hand impatiently: "That quirky little girl, it will be no good to meet her, you better take care of it yourself." Ye Lao thought about the baby that was snatched away by Nian Xiaojiao, who had just come back tonight, and his flesh hurt.
"Haha." The hall master looked at Ye Lao, his face became more and more solemn, and his eyes became more and more profound: "Please." ”
"Ahem~ Got it." The mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is full of buildings, and Ye Lao, who does not care about the world and concentrates on studying the art of the mechanism, also has more courage and perseverance, and is infected with miscellaneous strife and vulgar dust, and there is fighting spirit and anger in his eyebrows, eyes, face, and back. Once, he was also a man of the hour in the rivers and lakes, and the tiger that reined in his blades and claws was always the overlord.
"Report!" Outside the house, a bloodied guard rushed in
"How's it going?" The hall master sat down and asked hurriedly.
"Hall Master, the situation is not optimistic, the Night Wind Commander and all the guards of the Black Wind Forest, all, are dead." The guard looked sad: "But it's enough, we have sacrificed hundreds of people, and the enemy's casualties are more than ten times ours." The guard's bloody face had a hideous smile, and the people of the Senluo Hall were all outlaws, all of them were people full of blood and fighting spirit, and they fought heartily, fought to the point where they deserved, lived vividly, and died intensely. If you are brave and brave, you have fought hard and made the enemy tremble, that is enough, and if you die, why fear?
"Well done." The hall master got up and patted the guard's shoulder, turned back to Ye Lao and said, "Let's act." ”
The lord of the Senluo Hall concentrated the remnants of the Senluo Palace, and all went to the back mountain, where there is a deep stream that is bottomless, and the fog is shrouded all year round. On the edge of the abyss stayed Ye Lao's big bird, which was their last retreat and vitality.
"Ke Ping, Kyoto has been captured, and the future of the Panyue Kingdom will be handed over to you." The hall master looked at Lin Keping with hope, the young man in white clothes fluttering and steady, gentle and elegant as before.
"Father, the child can't afford it, and ask the father to evacuate first, and the child will be cut off." Lin Keping knelt down on one knee with his eyes downcast.
"Believe in you as a father, you have been my pride since I was a child." The hall master helped Lin Keping up.
Lin Keping's eyes were bright, and since he was a child, he was often blamed and punished by his father because he was good at writing and not being good at martial arts, and he went against his father's expectations. Unlike his younger brother Ke Yin, he can drink and compete with his father and get along well. The first time his father praised himself and recognized himself like this, Lin Keping's eyes were full of mist, and his eyes were red: "I thought my father didn't like children." ”
"Born in the royal family, having the ability to lead the dynasty means responsibility and responsibility. The hope of the father is that you can stay away, just keep your life safe, and not get involved in the disputes over the throne and the country, and you will not be so outstanding. Now it seems that blindly retreating and forbearing, if you lose your momentum, you will also lose your life. The lord of the hall said desolately: "Since you have this ability, my father will give you this great country, so that people will not be swords and I will be fish and meat." ”
"Father, the child understands, and he will live up to his expectations." Lin Keping looked up at his father, it turned out that so many years of grievances and forbearance, so many years of misunderstanding and alienation of his father, were just due to his father's protection.
"Ke Yin." The hall master turned to the sturdy and burly Lin Keyin.
"In!" Lam is well aware of the urgency of the current situation, and there is no usual stubbornness.
"Protect your eldest brother in the future and assist your eldest brother."
"Yes."
"The trap bird can't carry so many people at once, you go first." The hall master nodded at Ye Lao, and Ye Lao arranged for everyone to get on the three large trap birds that could carry people flying.
Wei Lin's wife, Ren Maruying, and Ren Xingzhi's deputy general, have always insisted on accompanying General Lin to evacuate.
"Big brother, let me find it easily." No sooner had the Trap Bird ascended than the once familiar voice came from behind.
Emperor Xi came from a distance with a group of bloodthirsty warriors. War is so cruel, the valiant soldier is a warrior on our side, and a butcher on the enemy's side. Killings and corpses make the participants and witnesses unable to see right and wrong and glory, victory or defeat, it is human life, how can one side succeed?
"Brother Huang, don't come unharmed." Lin Li smiled so much, after more than ten years, it was your life and death to see each other: "So so, why bother." ”
"There is a tiger in my ears, and my brother can't sleep at night." The palace has never been a place of mercy, and the supreme glory is also the supreme loneliness and fear, the loneliness of the solitary body, the fear of losing the heaven and the earth. The incumbent's desire to control power eventually fell on the powerless people and the unrestrained army.
"Brother Huang, don't you believe me?"
"Haha, it's ridiculous. What did Brother Huang do for my trust? Growing stronger and stronger, how can one mountain accommodate two tigers? ”
"Besides, you ask the lieutenant general next to you, can you be trusted?"
Lin Li looked back, the cold light Lingling, the comrades-in-arms who once fought side by side, the brothers who once shared life and death, stabbed the blade into General Lin's heart. Confusion, unwillingness, anger, and disappointment filled his eyes: "Why? ”
"National hatred and family hatred." Ren Xingzhi, his eyes were lowered, he had endured for many years, and he had no sense of pleasure in revenge, but he felt a faint pain, and the coldness spread all over his limbs and five bones.
"What about you, hate me too?" Lin Li looked at Mrs. Lin.
"General, I never thought of harming you, I'll accompany you." Mrs. Lin took out the sword of the guard on the side and cut it away without hesitation, the general had a trace of relief from his confidant, and also grief at the loss of his confidant. Not to mention hatred is also regret, even if you are an enemy, I hope you live well, why bother to accompany me, General Lin will not be blind to death.
Looking at the two who held hands at the end, and finally lost their breath, Emperor Xi looked at Ren Xingzhi, pulled the corner of his mouth, and smiled evilly: "What a good dog, follow me in the future." ”
"You don't deserve it." After Ren Xingzhi finished speaking, he jumped off the cliff resolutely, General, I will pay you this life.
"Tut-tut, it's stupid." Emperor Xi laughed, laughter through the sky, father and queen mother, do you see it, I am your most powerful emperor, smiling and laughing, it should be the wind that lost his eyes, these damn tears.
The people on the trap bird that were drifting away were stunned, and pathos enveloped everyone. Wei Lin Keping never shed tears: Father, I will carry your burden! I'll avenge your revenge. Never die.
The end of a generation of heroes has sown the seeds of hatred, which is strikingly similar to history.
"Emperor Xi not only did not expand his territory, but he lost a country." Behind the soldiers, a man walked out, with a bit of sarcasm and mockery in his words, shrouded in a large black and red cloak, and under the big black hat, the outline of his jaw was left behind.
"Hum a group of grasshoppers, let them jump for a few more days, this continent will be in my pocket sooner or later, go back to the base camp." With a wave of his hand, Emperor Xi has been wired this morning to report that Kyoto has fallen and there is no way back, as for where the base camp is located, it is unknown.
Ren Maruying and Ren Xingzhi were originally from Jin Liao, belonging to the descendants of the military, General Lin knew it from beginning to end, and the person that Ren Maruying admired happily before was the former Jin Liao Emperor, and General Lin also knew. Emperor Min was born tall and mighty, and he was good at leading troops to fight, and he was on a par with General Lin at that time. The confrontation between Jin Liao and Pan Yue is the game between Prince Min and General Lin, and no one can suppress anyone.