"Why did the king let me see this man? I don't know her. Zhou Xian glared at the young woman in front of him who was tied to a pillar, who had been tortured to the point of being disrupted and her hair was scattered.

The cold and dark room and the indescribable mixed smell in the air made Zhou Xian feel creepy, and she didn't like the atmosphere here. All the faces of the people were cold and depressed, without a trace of smile, as if all the despair and darkness of the world were concentrated in this corner.

The enclosed space was very quiet, and Li Yu's voice had a sense of emptiness: "She's just a little palace maid, of course Empress E doesn't know her." ”

Zhou Xian felt as if Li Yu had become a walking corpse driven by power, struggling and resisting unscrupulously in despair, and became very strange.

"Why is she tied up here? Why did the king bring me here? Zhou Xian asked in a trembling voice.

Li Yu said: "Someone accused her of fornicating with the guards, according to the law, she was originally a capital crime......" He took a short sword from the eunuch's hand, the short sword was unsheathed, and put it on a white handkerchief, "Emperor E, you came to send her on the road, she deserved to die." ”

Zhou Xian glared at Li Yu, shook his head vigorously, and was so shocked that he couldn't say a complete sentence, "No...... Not ......"

Li Yu grabbed Zhou Xian's hand, picked up the short sword wrapped in a white handkerchief and stuffed it into her hand, then grabbed her hand and said, "She deserves to die." ”

It's like a mantra. Zhou Xian's heart was already like a mess, she couldn't resist Li Yu's meaning, she didn't have to care about truths such as holy decrees, she instinctively thought that she couldn't resist him. The palace maid deserves to die...... Zhou Xian didn't think so in his heart, just because he was accused of fornicating with the guards? What evidence is there and what did they do? If no one told her about these things, she couldn't agree whether the palace maid deserved to die. She was even tormented by a kind of shame because she had also lost her morality. And she was scared, afraid of this killing.

For a brief moment, her heart was so complicated.

Suddenly, Li Yu took her hand and stabbed it into the heart of the pillar! Before Zhou Xian could react, and before she could struggle, she heard a scream, and then her face was hot, and blood sprayed her face and chest.

In an instant, the blood on Zhou Xian's face immediately disappeared, and his clear gaze was also distracted. She saw a cloud of white mist rise from the ground, and all the strength of her body was drained at once, and she fell limply.

Li Yu hurriedly supported her. She couldn't see anything, her heart was sober, and she heard Li Yu's sigh of "hey" in her ears.

…… Zhou Xian felt that he was dead, and he had returned to his previous state of not being interested in everything. But she is still not crazy in the end, she can still answer expressionlessly when others talk to her, and she is still very polite and decent.

Sometimes she wonders, what is the purpose of human life, what is the meaning? This question seems difficult.

Two days later, a young woman came to the palace. This woman is not like ordinary women, twisting and pinching, and soft-spoken, but her demeanor is very free.

"This is Liu Liuqi, the daughter of Liu Renzhan, the general of the Southern Tang Dynasty." Li Yu said.

Liu Liuqi bowed with his fists in his fists: "Meet the queen." ”

Li Yu reminded: "You can't be like this in the future, pay attention to your words and deeds, don't be seen." ”

Liu Liuqi hugged his fists to his waist when he heard this, and bent his knees and said, "The concubine has seen the queen's mother." Zhou Xian looked at her and nodded lightly in response.

Li Yu said solemnly: "At that time, the envoy will ask Guo Blacksmith to offer a sword dance, and Guo Blacksmith and his minions will definitely be wary of this matter, so our greatest hope cannot be placed on this matter." Liu Liuqi disguised as Emperor E's personal maid, and he will hand it over to you; And Emperor E, as an internal response, only needs to find an opportunity for Liu Liuqi ......"

Zhou Xian listened to these words and felt that it was very absurd, and it was ridiculous to say a ridiculous thing so seriously and meticulously, but it couldn't make people laugh. Li Yu has gone completely insane! He looks normal, but in fact, he has been driven crazy by the coercion that has nowhere to escape. It may also be that the physical damage affected his mental health...... It's really unreasonable for eunuchs to go crazy to do things, and there are eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty who dare to directly wash the ministers of the court in the political hall, and openly slaughter them in the temple, even if they are rebellious, they can't do it!

And Zhou Xian had no choice at all, she didn't think she had a way to make Li Yu wake up, at this life-and-death juncture, he thought he had grasped the straw that saved his life! It's like a drowning person who desperately wraps himself around the neck of a rescuer, and he won't let go when he dies, it's useless to persuade him to let go, and even if he dies, he can't be broken.

"Liu Liuqi, what do you want?" Li Yu said, "Only what you want, I will do my best to give it to you." Just like the prince Dan, he does not hesitate to reward. ”

Zhou Xian's heart tightened again when she heard this, because she had heard about the wild history of Prince Dan seeing off Jing Ke, which was full of blood. Jing Ke and others went to the banquet before leaving, and praised a palace maid's hand for being very beautiful, so Prince Dan cut off the palace maid's hand and gave it to Jing Ke...... This world has been completely deformed in Zhou Xian's eyes.

Fortunately, Liu Liuqi said: "Don't reward the concubines, the hatred of the country and the revenge of killing the father, as long as you take revenge!" ”

When Zhou Xian heard this, he probably guessed what was going on with this Liu Liuyi. Liu Renzhan was defeated and captured in Shouzhou that year, and then there was no news, and he should have been killed when he heard this.

……

A few days later, Zhou Xian was hurriedly sent to the peace talks, but she just silently obeyed and did not think of resisting.

Because death is decided, why resist in vain if you are already desperate? Whether it succeeds or not, Guo Shao will not let go of himself, this kind of person who was born as a blacksmith and climbed up from a humble place is not easy, he values everything that he has obtained with great difficulty, and will never tolerate people who threaten him with this means.

The civil and military forces of the Zhou court will be put to death quickly, and the loyal followers of the queen mother and Guo blacksmith must not be like thunder?

Zhou Xian gently lifted the curtain and looked at the world outside blankly, everything was so sad and boring.

What a queen, it's just a joke, it's just a pawn! What kind of country, it is also a stage where actors jump up and down, from ancient times to the present, there is no Southern Tang Kingdom, and people don't want to live.

Starting from Jiangning Mansion, it only takes an hour to walk slowly to the camp of the Zhou army. A few days ago, the Zhou army started from quarrying, and the distance to approach the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty was only one hundred and twenty miles, and it had already arrived near the capital, but it had not yet been bullied to attack the city.

There was a loud question and answer outside, and Zhou Xian guessed from his words that he had arrived at the Zhou army camp.

A sonorous voice said loudly: "Only one person is allowed to enter, and the rest are not allowed to move!" Then there was no sound, and the other carriages with him were full of real courtesans, and at this time I was afraid that no one dared to say anything with fear; The Zhou army has always had strict military discipline, Zhou Xian has seen it, and no one in the Chinese army is noisy.

After a while, another voice said, "The men and women are separated, and the chariots of the courtesans come with me." ”

The carriage restarted, a "gurgling" sound was shaking the eardrums, Zhou Xian gently closed her eyes, she really felt that she was falling into an abyss, and even faintly felt the oncoming wind; At this moment, he is out of control, and the ending cannot be changed...... I don't know when it will end, and then I can hear a "bang" and die with my sins.

Two lines of tears slipped down his cheeks quietly. The soreness and pain suddenly came up, the emotions seemed to be released and collapsed with the tears, and a voice shouted in her heart: I have long known that everyone has to die, and I am not afraid of death! But I never thought of dying in such loneliness and ugliness......

The world is really like a dream, in just a few days, she has become a queen and a criminal waiting for trial, everything is so trance and empty.

Someone touched Zhou Xian's arm, Zhou Xian opened his eyes, and saw Liu Liuyi, who was pretending to be a maid next to him, handing over a handkerchief. Liu Liuqi said: "Is the queen scared or sad?" ”

Zhou Xian took the handkerchief and shook his head dejectedly.

Liu Liuqi whispered: "The concubine heard that His Majesty has favored Niangniang for several years, and you should be happy that you can die for him." ”

Zhou Xian couldn't explain to this woman, so he was silent. Liu Liuyi's words only brought her back to reality from her self-indulgence. Since Guo Shao received the envoy, he should have seen the secret letter sent with him, and he should have known that he was coming.

He'll definitely see himself. It's really uncomfortable to meet in such a way.

Just then, the carriage soon arrived at a place, and the women were invited down one after another. Zhou Xian came down to take a look, he was still in the camp of the Chinese army, and he could see a fence made of wooden piles in the distance, a big tent was in front of him, and there were all Zhou soldiers outside.

A military general and the young man next to him whispered: "Guo Dashuai is coming soon, do these people want to search their bodies first?" ”

The young man said: "These are women, we are suspicious of being frivolous and asking for trouble." There are women among the people cooking outside, and they can call two of them to come and search for us. It's just too late, Guo Dashuai will arrive soon. ”

The general asked, "What then?" ”

The young man said: "The first team of the pro-soldier brigade is all in the account, and I am keeping an eye on Guo Dashuai and these unknown women." ”

The military general hugged his fists and said: "Get the order." ”

Zhou Xian secretly thought when he heard this: Others are not stupid, they are so easy to assassinate, and it may be difficult for the two women to deal with the most powerful general of the Zhou army among the ten thousand armies.

The "courtesans" were then driven into the big tent next to them by all the soldiers, and Zhou Xian and Liu Liuqi also mixed in and went in. A few soldiers stood at the door, and the remaining twenty or so stubborn men stood in a row in front of the courtesans, staring at the movements of the women one by one. But many soldiers nearby still didn't look at the people they were facing, and quietly looked at Zhou Xian...... These people pretend to be businesslike, and I'm afraid they are also judging which one is the most beautiful.

At this moment, the young man at the door hurriedly said: "Guo Dashuai is here, stand up for Lao Tzu!" ”

Zhou Xian couldn't help but look at the door of the tent.

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