Chapter 48: Reduced to a prisoner
Princess Beiliang cried and broke her liver and intestines, "No, I'm going to find the prince, he is our Beiliang's god of war, and no one can match ......"
After saying that, she was going to the palace to find King Beiliang.
Lian Shuo grabbed her suddenly, knelt on the ground, and pleaded, "Aunt Lan, let's take those remnants and flee quickly, if we all die here, what will you do with Huan'er?" In the future, our Beiliang country will fall on him. ”
Princess Beiliang was not an ordinary woman after all, so she had to put away her tears, thinking only about the overall situation, so she pulled a horse and quickly climbed up.
Lian Zhi'er still stood there stupidly, forgetting her sadness and crying, like a stake.
Lian Shuo hurriedly got on the horse, then lifted her by the waist, put her on the horse's back, and then protected her with his burly body.
He found a horn with the Beiliang totem out of nowhere, and while blowing "woo", he held the bloody knife in his hand and shouted, "The soldiers of Beiliang listen to the order, go to the North City Gate immediately, let's rush out, and put down everything in our hands." ”
The courtyard of Beiliang Mansion is full of piles of gold and silver, how can you give it up, there are still people who are crazy and have to stuff gold leaves into their arms.
but they all sacrificed their lives and not their wealth.
Lian Shuo's eyes were red, and with a machete, he cut off the head of a soldier with gold and silver beside him, and then threw his bloody head into the pile of gold and silver, and everyone stopped their movements in an instant.
"Those who violate the order will be killed." Lian Shuo's shouts were earth-shattering.
Soon the soldiers were grouped up in processions, or mounted on horses they had found, and rushed only to the northern gates.
From afar, I saw a silver-armored guard galloping with halberds in the palace, presumably the people brought to the palace by King Beiliang had been wiped out.
Lian Zhi'er rode on the horse, and even though her brother's hand passed under her ribs and held her tightly in his arms, she was still swallowed up by despair.
The soldiers of Beiliang were running wildly on the streets of the capital, but Lian Shuo was galloping and blowing the sound of horns. Immediately, countless soldiers who had lost their armor and abandoned their armor ran around, and presumably those soldiers who went to carry gold and silver everywhere were plotted and ambushed.
When everyone rushed to the north gate, there were no more than 20,000 of the 100,000 iron horsemen in the past, but the north gate was open, and it seemed that the people of the Central Plains did not dare to leave them in the city to be killed.
Until the North City Gate, those soldiers had already escorted Princess Beiliang out first. Lian Zhi'er rode with his brother, but the horse was injured again, and the two of them almost came to the rear.
At the north gate, the thick city wall is very high, almost covering the sky and the sun, it is obviously the height of summer, the cold wind blows along the road, almost everyone crawls out of the dead ground, only to feel the eerie cold.
The almost invincible Beiliang Iron Cavalry finally fled the capital in such an embarrassing and humiliating way.
Lian Shuo jumped off his horse, and several of his cronies tightened their reins, and several stopped to the sound of neighing horses.
"Sister, go back to Beiliang, there will be no father and brother in the future, and you must live carefree." Obviously said goodbye. His voice was still resolute.
"Won't my brother come with us?" Lian Zhi'er's hand was tightly gripping the reins, and even his fingertips were trembling, "I don't have a father anymore, doesn't my brother want me too?" Let's go back to Beiliang together, okay? ”
Lian Shuo couldn't bear to say any more warm words, "These ungrateful people in the Central Plains will not let my brother leave here safely, and only if my brother stays here, can he guard the city gate and delay your departure." ”
Even Zhi'er's heart seemed to be broken, but he saw his brother's thick hand slap on the horse's buttocks, and the frightened horse galloped away like a sharp sword.
And with Lian Shuo, there are also thirteen iron horsemen, all of whom are determined to die, to buy time for those who escape, otherwise the people of Beiliang will be wiped out in a foreign land.
The horse galloped, and Lian Zhi'er threw herself on the horse's back, but she only felt something in her chest, and she remembered that it was the jade pendant, and Shi Ran was waiting for her under the Bodhi tree.
She tightened the reins, and the galloping horse finally stopped, but her snow-white palms were already tired and densely covered with wounds.
Lian Zhi'er raised her head and saw the branches of the trees that were higher than the city wall from afar, she knew that the time would soon come, and he said that he would go back to Beiliang with her, how could she miss the appointment?!
She saw that Beiliang's military horses in the distance were getting farther and farther away, but she still gritted her teeth and turned back.
When she turned back, she saw that her brother Lian Shuo and the thirteen warriors of Beiliang had already blocked the city gate with horizontal swords, and occasionally scattered pursuers were all killed, and the gaps in the blue bricks were filled with bright red blood.
Hear the sound of horses' hooves behind you. Lian Shuo turned his head suddenly, and when he saw that it was Lian Zhi'er, he suddenly roared angrily, "Why don't you go quickly?" What are you doing here? ”
Lian Zhi'er's horse was wounded, and after galloping for so long, it could no longer support it, and after making a final neigh, it fell violently.
She didn't have time to jump off the horse, but her leg was smashed by the horse, and she couldn't climb out for a long time.
Lian Shuo roared and cut off the head of the guard opposite, and then hurried over and pulled her out from under the horse's belly. Then he pinched her shoulders hard, staring at him with blood-red eyes, "What are you doing when you come back?" Why don't you go quickly? ”
Looking at Lian Shuo, who was covered in blood, the quilt in her eyes kept rolling down, "Shi Dye...... He's still waiting for me to go back to Beiliang together, and I can't leave him behind. ”
Lian Shuo also knew about her appointment with Shi Ran, and when he was very anxious and related to life and death, he still knew that if he said goodbye today, it would be difficult to say goodbye to life and death, even if she returned to Beiliang in the coming day, she would be lonely and lonely for a lifetime.
"Okay, my brother is here waiting for you to come back." He gritted his teeth, but when he saw some pursuers coming out of which alley, he took the machete in his hand and killed, and then turned his head and shouted at Lian Zhi'er, "Why don't you go quickly, what are you doing in a daze?" ”
Lian Zhi'er turned around and ran under the almost sky-high Bodhi tree.
But after a stick of incense, she had already run away. But he saw that under the tall tree was empty, only a few fallen leaves, lying there alone.
He still missed the appointment, Lian Zhi'er couldn't help but take out the piece of jade in his arms, clutched it in his hand, and hot tears slipped from her eyes and rolled onto the filthy cheeks.
And at this moment, I saw a sound of horses' hooves in the distance, but I saw hundreds of iron horsemen in the distance, led by a long sword, wearing silver armor, and rushing to the north gate majestically.
It was Ruan Lu who passed by here.
She wanted to hide, but it was too late, and she was wearing Bei Liang's clothes, and it was difficult not to attract attention.
She turned around and ran, but before she had run a few steps, she heard the sound of "whining" behind her, and before she could turn back, a rope was stuck around her neck.
Lian Zhi'er turned her head in panic, only to see Ruan Lu's face with a cruel smile, and the other end of the rope around her neck was held in his hand, "As this Shizi said, you can't run out of my palm." ”
"Let go of me and let me go." Lian Zhi'er was trembling all over. Ruan Lu is a complete madman, he can really do anything.
But soon Ruan Lu and the others drove their horses to the city gate, and she was dragged like a livestock, and when she was halfway there, she accidentally fell, because she was wearing a thick body, and she was not injured, but she was dragged by the horses, but she kicked up the dust in the sky, choked in her throat, and felt as uncomfortable as death.
She was finally dragged to the north gate, only to see her brother at a glance, while the other thirteen had already died in battle, and around her were mountains of corpses, bleeding profusely.
And Lian Shuo was holding a knife in his hand, and his body was already stained with blood, except for his dark eyes, everything else was bright red.
"Come on, who's coming?!" A group of soldiers surrounded in the distance, swords in their hands, but no one dared to step forward again.
Lian Zhi'er struggled desperately, tearing the rope around her neck with her hands, biting it with her teeth, even though her teeth were full of blood, but to no avail.
At this time, more and more people rushed over, pulling the bow and arrow in his hand from afar, just waiting for Ruan Lu's order, this first warrior of Beiliang will die with ten thousand arrows piercing his heart.
"Don't." Even Zhi'er didn't struggle anymore, she ran to Ruan Lu's horse at once, knelt on the ground, kowtowed until her forehead was full of blood, "I offended you before, it has nothing to do with my brother, you let us go, we will never come to the Central Plains again in this life." ”
Ruan Lu's gaze fell on her, cold and thorough, "Don't you understand it now?" It's that you can't go back to Beiliang for the rest of your life! ”
After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him slowly lowered the bow in their hands.
"Since he is the first warrior of Beiliang, let's see how many people he can kill before he falls." Ruan Lu sneered, and then shouted, "Who cut off Lian Shuo's head." The bounty is 1,000 taels and is added for three years. ”
When those who were cowardly and did not dare to come forward heard this, they all gritted their teeth and rushed forward.
Lian Shuo screamed, and then slashed away one by one, until he killed twenty people in a row, he could no longer stand up, he only fell, no matter how much he struggled, it was useless.
Even if it was a child who walked past now, it would have ended his life.
Even Zhi'er's throat was hoarse when he cried, and his brother's wine was like a sea, and his strength was able to pull out the mountain, and his breath was overwhelming, and a hundred-pound knife was like a feather in front of him. He is the god of war of Bei Liang and has never lost anyone.
Now that he has lasted long enough, it is enough for the people of Beiliang to leave here safely.
Lian Zhi'er got up from the ground and staggered to Lian Shuo, but Ruan Lu let go of the rope in his hand, as if he had promised her to say goodbye to Lian Shuo, but the playful indifference in his eyes was enough to show that he was just enjoying this tragic drama.
Lian Zhi'er crawled to Lian Shuo, but saw that his brother was still open, and when he saw her, this burly man with a height of eight feet, still had tears in his eyes.
He struggled to sit up, looked around, and sure enough, there was no Shi Dye's figure, so he said slowly in a hoarse voice, "I should have expected that the man would not go to the appointment, and the people in their Central Plains are just some ungrateful." ”
Seeing him spitting out blood as he spoke, Lian Zhi'er cried, "Don't say it, brother." ”
Lian Shuo wanted to wipe the tears rolling on her face with his own hands, but saw that his hands were full of blackened blood, but he finally slowly took it back, "Zhi'er, don't be afraid, my brother can only do the last thing for you, don't be afraid of ......." ”
Obviously comforting him, but his hands were constantly shaking.
Lian Zhi'er was about to ask, but saw Lian Shuo tear off the rope around her neck, and then his hand grabbed her slender throat.
The feeling of suffocation swept over, but she didn't struggle, just looked at his brother calmly, but saw that a tear slipped from the corner of Lian Shuo's eyes, but it soon melted into the black blood, and there was no trace of it.
She knew what her brother was going to do. She can't live today, instead of being killed by those Central Plains people, it is better to die in the hands of her brother today.
She is the most noble county lord of Beiliang, the pearl of the king of Beiliang, she died at this time, but she left the last physique and face for Beiliang.
Lian Shuo's tendons were bursting, and his fingers were getting harder and harder, and Lian Zhi'er had already closed his eyes at this time, and he was about to leave his soul and return to the underworld.
However, at this moment, a sharp arrow shot from the back of Lian Zhi'er's head, almost against her earlobe, and then plunged straight into Lian Shuo's throat.
At the last moment, Lian Zhi'er felt her brother's hand let go, and the air poured in again, and she opened her eyes while coughing.
And when she saw the arrow around her brother's neck, she hurriedly shook his shoulder, but there was still no movement, and finally she fell into the dead bodies all over the ground.
Lian Zhi'er turned his head, but saw that the bow in Ruan Lu's hand had not had time to be withdrawn, and the arrow just now was actually shot by him.
With a "buzzing" sound in her head and a gold star in her eyes, she casually grabbed a sword beside her, and then killed Ruan Lu.
It was he who killed her brother, and she asked him to bury her brother, and she only had this one thought in her heart.
At this time, Ruan Lu had already got off the horse, threw the bow and arrow in his hand to the guards beside him, and when he saw her killing, he only pulled out the sword in his arms unhurriedly, and with a slight pick, the sword in her hand fell off from her hand, but the tiger's mouth was already numb from shock.
She gritted her teeth and ran over to pick up the sword, and then rushed to him, several times, but he carelessly picked it away.
He was just playing with her, and in front of him, she was like a baby, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't hurt half of him.
She finally understood that she was just a grasshopper shaking a tree, and in desperation, she put the knife across her neck, and maybe she could catch up with her father and brother on the Huangquan Road.
Finally, Ruan Lu gradually lost his patience, only picked out the sword in her hand, and then dragged her, and the other hand slashed at her neck, and she passed out completely.
At this time, more and more soldiers were gathered, and the city gate of Beiliang was almost blocked. A general stepped forward, knelt on the ground and replied, "His Royal Highness, do you want to chase?" ”
Ruan Lu's eyes were cold, and he only looked at Lian Shuo's corpse in the distance, and hooked the corners of his lips, "No need, Bei Liang is no longer a threat to us, why kill them all?" ”
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Lian Zhi'er had a long, long dream, in which she returned to the day she left Beiliang.
That day, the father sent his cronies to Beiliang to pick her up, saying that his father had killed the rebellious vassal king, and that he was already a hero praised by everyone, and only said that she should also go to see the prosperity of the capital.
Lian Zhi'er has always been where there is a lot of activity, and he just hurriedly packed some of his things and was about to leave.
She didn't have anything, just some children's things to play with, and the milk cakes she liked to eat, but she was just a bag.
Then she instructed the maids to take care of the snow rabbit she picked up, as well as some strange flowers, plants, fish and insects, and explained for half an hour.
Princess Beiliang personally sent her on the horse, and her younger brother Lian Huan reluctantly stretched out his hand to her, insisting on walking with her sister, seeing that everyone was not allowed to cry "wow".
Princess Beiliang is still not at ease, this is the first time Lian Zhi'er has been out of Beiliang.
Lian Zhi'er said that she will come back soon, that is, no matter how prosperous the capital is, Beiliang is still her home.
Only then did she know that it was such a long way to go to the capital, and she had seen a lot of novelties that she had never seen before on the way, until she came to the bustling capital.
It's just that such a prosperous capital has become a purgatory on earth.
In any case, she has to go back to Beiliang, even if she dies, her bones will be buried in Beiliang.
When Lian Zhi'er woke up. Tears were all over his face like spider silk.
When she opened her eyes, what she saw was the curtain of cicada wing veil, and the house was burning with a very light incense, and for a while she didn't know where she was, but the blood stains on her clothes, which clearly made her understand that the killing was not a nightmare for her, she had no father, no brother.
She tried to struggle to get up, but found that her hands and feet were bound, and she couldn't move at all.
Lian Zhi'er looked around in fear, but saw that the things in the house were all rare things, presumably the owner of this room was an extraordinary person, and faintly she saw the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table in the room, and couldn't help but be happy in her heart, could this be the house of Shi Dye, did he save her?
At this moment, I heard the door squeak open, and it seemed that someone had come in.
While she struggled to look up, she had already involuntarily called out, "Shi Dye ......"
At this moment, however, she had met the eyes of the man who had entered, and the color in his eyes was even worse when he heard her name call out.
Lian Zhi'er's heart suddenly cooled, but he saw that the person who came changed the armor, but he was wearing a dark shirt, and the corners of his lips were hooked up but there was a sneer, but it became more and more angular, and his body was full of anger.
It was Ruan Lu who she hated to the core.
"Disappointed?"
Drops of tears fell down her eyes, and she roared like a trapped little beast, "Let me go." ”
Ruan Lu slowly paced over, sat next to her, slowly grabbed her chin with cold fingers, and then leaned over and said in her ear, "You know, your desperate appearance is very fond of this world. ”
His hot breath brushed into her ear, and he slowly kissed her earlobe.
Lian Zhi'er desperately retreated until he was an inch away from him, and when he raised his eyes, he saw his gloomy gaze, only to feel trembling all over, "I will never like you, I only have Shi Dye in my heart, don't be delusional." ”
Before she finished speaking, a slap "snapped" on her cheek, and her white cheeks suddenly turned red, and there was a faint trace of blood on the corner of her lips.
"Slut." His voice was extremely cold, "This son doesn't want your cheap love." As long as you are a person, you will be enough to relieve the boredom and have fun in this life! ”
Lian Zhi'er still recovered from the panic, but saw that his hand had already grabbed her neck brutally, accompanied by the feeling of suffocation, the sound of cracking silk came, and the buttons on her body "crackled" and fell to the ground, revealing the snow-like skin on her chest.
She was so ashamed that her thin lips turned bloody, and she couldn't move at all because her hands were tied, just like meat on a chopping board.
"My daddy's brother is going to kill you and break you to pieces......," she roared, as if she had forgotten the painful memories.
When Ruan Lu heard this, he sat up slowly, his voice cold, "Okay, then I'll take you to meet your relatives." ”
Lian Zhi'er was dragged out of the house by him. Only then did she find herself in a remote courtyard, although it was also in Beijing, but it was very quiet.
Her arm seemed to be torn off by him, and she struggled desperately, even tearing at his embroidered robe with her teeth, but to no avail, his strength was too great, and she was like a child in front of him.
She was brutally dragged into the carriage by him, her head slammed against the wall of the carriage, and the heart-wrenching pain spread to her limbs, and she couldn't get up for a long time, only floating on the carriage like catkins.
I don't know how long she walked, she was pulled off the carriage by Ruan Lu again, and when she raised her eyes to look, she was the most familiar with her. Beiliang Palace.
But he saw that the plaque had been smashed, and someone was carrying boxes of treasures into the carriage and heading straight for the palace.
At this time, she saw the person she had dreamed of seeing, but she saw Shi Ran coming out of the mansion, followed by a civil official wearing a black gauze hat, who was holding a thick stack of lists in his hand, presumably Shi Ran was ordered to count the belongings of the Beiliang Palace.
But I saw that Shi Ran's eyebrows were still lonely, and he took away the elegance of the world.
"Shi Ran, save me......" Lian Zhi'er called him, this was her last glimmer of hope.
Hearing someone call her name, Shi Ran's gaze slowly fell on her, and the dark pupils were still so indifferent and cold, as if just one glance at her had defiled him.
She couldn't help but think that when she first saw him, he was also so high-minded and self-proclaimed, no matter how good he was, he was also a cold-hearted person.
"Shi Ran, save me, Ruan Lu is a madman, he will kill me." She cried and cried, ignoring her face, and almost fell into the dust, "You take me away, okay?" ”
Ruan Lu stopped, looked at Shi Ran directly, and said in a low voice, "This county lord of Beiliang has a deep affection for Lord Shi, if you want it, this will give him to you, how about it?" In the future, if she is a wife or a concubine by your side, or a slave or a maidservant, she will have nothing to do with anyone! ”
Lian Zhi'er only felt so happy when she heard this, and she only thought that she had picked up a life.
"Not necessarily." Shi Ran's voice was very faint, and after speaking, he turned around and left, without the slightest nostalgia.
"Why? Why? She really wanted to know, he had clearly said that he wanted to marry her, and even that night there was already a husband and wife, and he had written to her that he wanted to give up all glory and only want to go back to Beiliang with her.
Ruan Lu smiled and grabbed her throat, "Look, people don't want you, you have to die in my hands today." Tut-tut...... It's pathetic. ”
After he finished speaking, he dragged her into the courtyard, and he walked so fast that she could not keep up with his pace, and because her hands were still tied, she fell to the ground at once, but he did not pay any attention to her, and only dragged her forward, letting her knees be scraped with stones.
The guard guarding the door saw Lian Zhi'er and gave her a strange gaze on her chest, and she realized that the neckline that she had torn was open and she could faintly see the snow-colored skin.
A wave of shame swept over, and now she is just an animal in the eyes of everyone, let people trample on it, how can she talk about that humble self-esteem?
"Your Royal Highness, ...... you are"
Ruan Lu's gaze was slightly on them, "If something happens in the house for a while, you don't have to go in." ”
The soldiers showed a look of surprise and said with a smile, "Yes, the subordinates have written it down." ”
It wasn't until she entered the main room that Ruan Lu let go of her hand. The voice was still cold, "Look at the father and brother you miss in your heart, and see if they can save you." ”
Lian Zhi'er staggered up from the ground, looked up, and saw two coffins in the middle of the house.
She walked over, but saw that the lid of the coffin was uncovered, and her father and brother were lying inside, and his father had a broken arrow stuck in his chest.
"Father, brother......" She knelt on the ground, crying so much that she wanted to die immediately.
In desperation, she was about to hit the coffin.
However, Ruan Lu grabbed her, and then pulled her back violently, and she fell to the ground hard. She suddenly felt that her limbs were broken, and she couldn't get up again for a long time.
He tore her shirt and looked at her condescendingly, then slowly put his hand on his belt.
She naturally understood what he was trying to do, and she got up from the ground, shivering with cold.
Lian Zhi'er kept kowtowing, and after a while, his head was already bleeding, "Don't be here, my father and brother are still here, I promise you everything, will you take me out of here?" ”
Ruan Lu had a cruel smile on his face, "It's late." ”
She closed her eyes in despair as he covered him.
Her eyes were pitch black, and perhaps she would have no luster in her life.
I don't know how long it took, Lian Zhi'er slowly opened his eyes, but saw that he was already dressed. looked at her condescendingly, with a shuddering smile on her face.
He picked up the bits and pieces of her clothes and threw them on top of her.
Coincidentally, at this time, the letter and jade pendant that Shi Ran gave her fell out, and she, who was originally numb like a puppet, seemed to have suffered a needle, grabbed the jade pendant and the envelope and protected them in her arms, as if they were the most important thing in her life.
His gaze grew colder, and then he took out a dagger from his bosom and threw it in front of her, his voice still cruel and terrifying, "Now you can die." ”
Lian Zhi'er's eyes were hazy, she pulled out her sharp dagger, raised her eyes to look at the coffins of her father and brother, and aimed the blade at her throat.
At this time, Ruan Lu's voice came again, "When you die, I will take your corpse and feed it to the dogs. ”
Lian Zhi'er raised her head, but there was endless hatred in her eyes, "Why? Why are you doing this to me? ”
"Whatever I want in this world, I will easily get it, but you don't want to marry me, which makes me bother. Now that I've got it, it's no fun. He smiled, but his eyes were cold, "It's a pity, if you die, you will never be able to return to Beiliang." ”
Lian Zhi'er slowly let go of the knife in her hand, and she raised her eyes to look at the two coffins in the house, "No, one day I must return to Beiliang with the bones of my father and brother." ”
"It looks like I'm scared of death." He sneered, and then said in a sarcastic voice, "This son sees that you still have some meaning, why don't you stay by this son's side, if this son is happy, he will reward you with a bite to eat, how about it?" ”
Lian Zhi'er's fingers clenched the envelope and jade pendant tightly, and her voice was firm, "No." ”
"I really don't know how to lift." Ruan Lu said viciously, "Don't worry, no one in this world will ever know that the county lord of Beiliang is still in the capital, and you will have to live in the mud in the future to see if you can live until the day you return to Beiliang." ”
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The death of King Beiliang's father and son soon spread all over the world.
Only then did everyone know that the king of Beiliang led his troops into the palace and wanted to assassinate the queen mother, but was killed on the spot.
The 100,000 iron cavalry of Beiliang looted everywhere, killed 80,000, and the rest fled. The emperor was merciful and had pardoned the rebels of Beiliang, only saying that the father and son of the king of Beiliang had been ambushed and would not pursue the people of Beiliang.
But the people of Beiliang are also bloody, and now the two gods of war in Beiliang have been killed, leaving only a five or six-year-old son, but they have completely cut off contact with the Central Plains, and the border land is even more garrisoned with 20,000 soldiers, even the trade has been cut off.
Beiliang will no longer be in the climate for a few years, but looking at the posture as if it is about to make a comeback, this makes the people of the Central Plains more and more worried.
The blood-soaked Beiliang people will always avenge their two gods of war and the county lord who has no bones left.