Ruan Lu's eyes suddenly turned fierce, and he said slowly after a long time, "We look like this, don't you recognize who I am?" ”

He tried to make his voice sound as gentle as possible.

Ah Kong's immature eyes looked at him curiously, looking at the face that was almost exactly the same as him, and then crooked his mouth, and cried again with a "wow", "I want to find A-Niang, I want to go home, A-Niang said that Shi Ran is my father." ”

In those days, he slept with Shi Ran and Lian Zhi'er, and Shi Ran treated him very well, and even told him some stories, which he found interesting and very attached to him just by listening to them.

His words were like a dagger stabbing him in the chest, and his children couldn't help but cluck their teeth when they wanted to call Shi Ran their father.

It's the first time I've seen him so angry, and I can't help but shrink my shoulders in fright, cover my mouth, and cough forcefully.

When the four eyes met, there was no fear on Ah Kong's face, and the form and demeanor of the two people seemed to be a mirror on hold.

Finally, Ah Kong only gritted his teeth and rushed into the ice and snow outside.

Ruan Lu also hurriedly chased after him, and then clasped his shoulders stiffly, "You are kneeling in this snow, you must not get up without my orders." ”

It was getting cold outside, and the little body was still kneeling in the snow, like dead grass on the eaves. Shivering in the cold wind.

The pity in the house could no longer be watched, and the dark eyes were full of tears, "Lord Wang, since he will follow the concubine in the future, then please let him go." ”

Ruan Lu was exhausted, and only said that he wanted to go back to the study to deal with official business, but frowned and said, "Since you want to raise him, you can dispose of it." ”

After saying that, he returned to his study, but his mind was full of Akong's stubborn figure. Then he instructed the maid beside him, "Go and take a look quietly, how is Akong?" ”

It turned out that he was so worried about this child.

And at this moment, I saw my subordinates hurrying over, covered with wind and frost, and even a layer of frost between my hair and temples.

"Lord Wang, Shi Ran has been brought from Luoyang, do you want to see it?"

Ruan Lu put down the pen in his hand, then brushed his sleeve, and said coldly, "Let him in." ”

The shadow of the lamp swayed, and the charcoal basin in the room made a beeping sound, but after a long time, I saw a lonely figure slowly walking in, it was an extremely ordinary white robe, wearing it on his body, it was a little more fluttering, like a character outside the world.

"Shi Ran, I haven't seen you for a long time, you betrayed this king at the beginning, and this king will give you a high-ranking official today. Does this count as repaying grievances with virtue? ”

Shi Ran didn't have the slightest hint of fear, "Please also ask the prince to raise his noble hand, don't hurt her." ”

"What qualifications do you have to negotiate with this king now?" Ruan Lu's face changed suddenly, "This king wants you to write something today, if you don't write it, the people of the king of Ming Japan will go to Luoyang and kill you all over the house, how about it?" ”

At this time, Ruan Lu was like a demon, with only endless hatred in his eyes.

****

Since King Yan Cheng was killed that day, Lian Zhi'er has been under guard, only Dongxue is taking care of her, and he will never see his brother again.

On this day, she actually heard that Ruan Lu personally led troops to cover the matter of Hanguan.

Who doesn't know that winter is the world of the Beiliang people, and they don't know where Ruan Lu got such great self-confidence to attack desolation in such a season.

Lian Zhi'er got sick again that day, since she saw the body of King Yan Cheng that day, her illness has been good and bad, and she doesn't know what the reason is, only occasionally her heart hurts like a pinprick.

She drank a few doses of strong medicine, and then she seemed to fall asleep groggily.

Just in the haze, she felt a hot gaze fall on her face.

When she opened her eyes, she saw Lian Juan standing in front of her bed, and when she saw that she was awake, she subconsciously turned around to leave.

These days, he has lost some weight, but his eyes have brightened up surprisingly, and now that he has become the true king of Beiliang, he knows how heavy this burden is.

Lian Zhi'er sighed deeply, "Lian Huan, haven't you seen your sister for the rest of your life?" ”

Lian Huan paused at this time, and only turned his head slowly after a while, and only called in a low voice. "Sister, I'm going to cover up tomorrow, I know you hate me for killing my uncle, and you don't want to see me."

Lian Zhi'er sighed, "I just blame myself for not having a good time to look at you, and I failed Aunt Lan's original instructions." ”

Lian Huan couldn't help biting his lip, until there were a few faint traces of blood on his lips, and he said slowly, "Ah Zeng came back to Beiliang today. ”

Lian Zhi'er's heart was shocked, "What about dyeing?" Where is he? ”

"Sister, he betrayed us, and those who went to Luoyang with him have now been killed, and Ah Zeng escaped from death." The young man's teeth were clucking, and his eyes were also scarlet, "Ah Zeng also said that person has been named Taifu and has gone to Beijing to take office." ”

"No, it can't be." Lian Zhi'er shook her head, as if her last hope had been dashed, "How can he betray me, I have already married him, and we have made a vow on the snowy mountain." ”

Seeing that she was so unrelenting, Lian Huan took out the letter hidden in his cuffs, and without waiting for it to be handed over to Lian Zhi'er's hands, he said slowly, "We are all fooled, it was Ruan Lu who put him in Bei Liang in the first place, just to disturb Bei Liang, the person called Hanjian is Ruan Lu, Shi Ran has long known." It was the two of them who worked together to deceive Ah Kong, and then they also used King Shuolang. ”

Lian Zhi'er opened the envelope with trembling fingers, but saw that it was actually stained handwriting inside, and he told everything, saying that everything was just to confuse her, and he didn't want to marry her at all.

And there is also a letter of resignation.

She didn't dare to look at it anymore, as if every word seemed to be pierced into her heart.

Lian Huan looked at his sister's painful appearance, with stubbornness and unwillingness on his face, "Sister, don't worry, I will naturally make those ungrateful people in the Central Plains pay the price." ”

Lian Zhi'er slowly raised her eyes, "That Lian Mou is just a person who can only conspire and calculate, and he will be just a wine bag and rice bag on the battlefield, now that everyone in Beiliang has the ability to be killed, you are not Ruan Lu's opponent at all, our only way is to bow down to Chen Chen." ”

Lian Huan's face was blue, "After all, my sister still doesn't believe that I can defeat Ruan Lu, right?" ”

Lian Zhi'er nodded, "Yes." ”

At this time, I heard the sound of drums and the sound of armor blades colliding with each other, and I was about to go on an expedition.

Lian Juan didn't say anything, just turned around and left, Lian Zhi'er chased after her, but saw the maid at the door stop her.

Lian Zhi'er could only watch as the only relative who stayed by her side left her.

Even if Lian Zhi'er was hundreds of miles away, she could still hear the killing screams passing through the snow-capped mountains and reaching her ears.

However, only two days later, the old and weak women and children were full of fear. But he saw an iron rider coming from the south, covered with blood.

He roared, "Run for your life, Beiliang has been defeated, the whole army has been destroyed, and the king of Beiliang has been killed." ”

Lian Zhi'er was kneeling on the ground and praying for blessings to the snowy mountain, but he didn't expect to hear such a thing, and he only felt that the world was spinning for a while, and he almost fell to the ground.

But Lian Zhi'er didn't care about sadness and despair, so she hurriedly gave an order to let these women and children flee to the north for their lives.

Now the horses have been ridden away by the men, and all that remains are old horses, barely able to carry these people, but there are still some people who don't even have horses, so they can only run wild in the snow.

Lian Zhi'er only rummaged through all the tents, leaving no one behind.

Dongxue has been following her side, watching the shouting and killing in the direction of the cover letter pass gradually disappear, so she hurriedly said, "County Lord, you should also leave quickly, I am afraid that they will kill them in a while." ”

Lian Zhi'er looked at the women and children who disappeared into the snow, if Ruan Lu really led someone to kill them, where would they have any way to live. All right

She slowly walked into the king's tent and took out the golden seal that Lian Huan had hidden.

In the end, it is her own brother, and her preference for hiding things has never changed over the years.

"County Lord, what are you going to do?" Dongxue's face was full of panic.

Lian Zhi'er said slowly, "Now all the departments of Beiliang can't protect themselves, so we can only bow down and be subordinate." As long as I can exchange a way for these people to live, since I am the county lord of Beiliang, I should present this golden seal. ”

Dongxue gritted her teeth, "County master, the slave and maid are with you, and now that the princess is gone, you are the only master of the slave and maid." ”

Lian Zhi'er took a deep breath, and then grabbed her sleeve tightly, "You hide it immediately, and when you go to the Central Plains to find Shi Ran in the future, you will take Akong away." ”

"But didn't Shi Dye betray you?" Dongxue's face was full of hatred.

Lian Zhi'er said slowly, "The people who love each other the most in this world can also guess each other's thoughts, I believe that he will not fail me, I believe that he is coerced to do all this." ”

When Dongxue left with the only food, Lian Zhi'er rode the last horse and went straight to the Cover Pass.

At this time, the fire was already in the sky, and the corpses at the city gate were all over the place, and the blood flowed like a river, but more of them were from Beiliang.

But in the firelight, a woman dressed in green clothes came on horseback. The sleeves of my coat were flying, and my black hair was messy with the wind.

She didn't have a blade on her body, so the archers lurking in the distance didn't shoot a single arrow.

The firelight turned her cheeks red, and she slowly took out the golden seal, raised it above her head, and shouted sharply, "I am the lord of Beiliang County, and I want to see the regent." ”

Everyone was stunned, but they saw that a thin woman could make such a loud noise.

Soon, Ruan Lu's long figure appeared at the door of the Hidden Letter Pass, and slowly paced over.

But he saw that he was wearing silver armor, which was clean and without a trace of blood, and reflected the firelight, as if it was burning.

With each step, he stepped on a corpse, and then the corners of his lips slowly hooked, as if he was laughing, even the murderous ghosts from hell were nothing more than that.

This was the first time she had seen his face in more than a year, and she realized that even though he appeared in front of her as a cold man, the hatred in his eyes was still real.

Watching him get closer and closer, Lian Zhi'er clearly felt the eerie chill on him.

She slowly knelt on the ground and lifted the gold and silver high, symbolizing the most courageous totem of Beiliang, which had lost its glory for a hundred years in her hands.

"Please accept the golden seal from the regent, we in Beiliang are willing to bow down and be a minister from now on, and ask the regent to let the innocent people of Beiliang have a way to live."

Ruan Lu didn't pick it up, just looked at her condescendingly, "Innocent? There are no innocent people in Beiliang, they should all be killed! ”

Lian Zhi'er's face turned pale, and she didn't know what to say for a while.

And at this very moment. But he saw Ruan Lu slowly pick up a bow from the ground, and then pulled out an arrow from the corpse on the side, only looked up at the wide city gate, and said slowly, "Why don't we gamble?" ”

Lian Zhi'er looked up at him, but she didn't know what he meant.

His face was half-lit and half-darkened by the fire, but he saw him say slowly, "The city gate has just been shot out of a thumb-sized hole, if the county lord can shoot the arrow through, this king will receive your golden seal today." ”

Lian Zhi'er went and looked. It was so, but the entrance of the cave was lit by fire, and I couldn't see it clearly.

Lian Zhi'er held the golden seal in her arms, and then walked over to take the bow and arrow in his hand, which was still stained with bright red blood, staining her cold hands.

She is very good at riding and shooting, but after all, this is a matter of life and death for the people of Beiliang, and her fingertips can't help but tremble.

And at this moment, I saw Ruan Lu slowly coming over and personally set up a bow and arrow for her. Then he leaned into her ear and lowered his voice and said, "This king looks at it, but don't let this king down." ”

His fingertips inadvertently touched her jaw, and she was so frightened that she took a half step back, and the arrow in her hand almost shot out.

Shi Ran looked at her with a smile on his face, "The county lord can be careful, this is only one chance, and this king never gives others a second chance." ”

Lian Zhi'er then held his breath and aimed his arrow at the city gate.

But I heard the sound of "Zheng", the arrow penetrated the firelight and inserted it on the city gate, and the arrow feathers trembled slightly, and I don't know if it was penetrated.

Lian Zhi'er only felt as if her heart was about to jump out.

And at this moment, I saw Ruan Lu smiling at her, just like when he was in love in the past, with tenderness between his eyebrows, "Let's go, this king will take you to take a look." ”

After saying that, he actually took her cold and trembling hand, and walked slowly to the city gate, and her every step was in the blood, and the hem of her blue dress was dyed a brilliant red.

He walked slowly, and she was nervously searching for Lian Huan, afraid that her brother was among the piles of corpses.

It wasn't until he reached the city gate that he let go of her, stepped into the corridor first, then looked at the other side of the city gate, and said slowly, "Sure enough, I didn't disappoint this king." ”

Lian Zhi'er saw that there was only the tail of the arrow left here, and she must have really penetrated the arrow that she was suitable for, so she breathed a heavy sigh of relief, obviously it was winter, but her body was full of beads of sweat, as if she had just been brought out of the water.

Ruan Lu looked at her with a smile, and his voice was surprisingly gentle, "We have shared the same bed anyway, and there are excellent things to give you here." ”

Lian Zhi'er only stepped into the corridor, only stood beside him, and followed his gaze to look ahead. Suddenly, his eyes went dark and he sat down on the ground.

But seeing that Lian Huan was hanging here, the arrow that Shi Cai shot himself penetrated his chest, and the bright red blood stained his clothes, presumably he was not dead at all, but was captured alive by Ruan Lu and placed here.

"Connecting the Trusses." She roared, her voice sharp as a ghost.

However, Lian Huan's eyes were already open, his mouth was open, and he seemed to hear Lian Zhi'er's voice when he was dying, and he seemed to be screaming desperately, but she didn't hear anything.

It was she who killed her brother with her own hands, it was her.

Seeing her like this, Ruan Lu tugged at the placket of her clothes and dragged the thin and weak her in front of him, "Lian Zhi'er, do you know what heartache feels like today?" I don't hate you when you betrayed me and used me, but you killed my father. Driven my mother crazy, what this king collects today is just some interest, and you can't stand it like this? ”

Lian Zhi'er smashed his chest desperately with her fist, but he was wearing heavy armor, and she only hurt herself, and she couldn't hurt him half a point at all.

"I didn't, I didn't do that." Lian Zhi'er denied, "Ruan Lu, I hate you, and I will never forgive you in my life." ”

Ruan Lu sneered, "What you can't forgive should be yourself, just like this king, you can never forgive yourself, because a woman ruined her own family." ”

When he had finished speaking, he shook her off, took the handkerchief from his cuffs, and wiped his hands as if she were dirty.

But Lian Zhi'er sat on the ground like catkins, and tears the size of beans slowly rolled down her pale cheeks.

Ruan Lu threw the handkerchief in his hand on the ground, "Now that Shi Ran has betrayed you, and your relatives have left you, you see, this is what this king wants to see the most, and now he can finally get his wish." ”

Lian Zhi'er was trembling all over, she hated the person in front of her very much, and what she regretted the most now was to let Fu Yunhuang give him the gold medal, so that he could escape from the capital.

"I didn't do that." Lian Zhi'er's eyes were dead silent.

"It's still quibbling." Ruan Lu didn't want to believe it, but said slowly, "Give the golden seal to this king, in the future, this Beiliang will be a subject country of the Central Plains, and let this king slaughter it, it's really pleasant to think about it." ”

When Lian Zhi'er heard this, she still gritted her teeth, held back her tears, and sent the jade seal in her arms up, and in front of her was the dead King of Beiliang.

Ruan Lu took it slowly, then took it in his hand, and sneered, "Lian Zhi'er, this king said that as long as this king doesn't love you anymore, you will only have one way to die, and today this king will give you the most uncomfortable way to die, how about it?" ”