Chapter Ninety-Eight: Life and Death Are Undecided

Yiguang looked coldly at the frightened Wen Chong, she knew that Wen Chong had guessed it, but it was too late, "This gilt inlaid Qibao hairpin was found by me in the Mingfeng Palace, and my sister left in a hurry that day and forgot to take it away; So, you really didn't pull it out, but Sister Zheng did die in your hands, which you personally recognized! ”

In the past few days, she used the effect of mixing spices with forget-me-free flowers to stun the soldiers guarding and quietly left the Guanwa Palace to track down Zheng Dan's death. After several investigations, the only witness was found, that is, the coachman; But she didn't show up, but secretly observed, because she needed a reason to convince the coachman to testify against the language, and the coachman's only child was the opportunity she found. However, Yiguang knows that the literary style is clever and eloquent, and a single witness is not enough to make him admit his guilt, but things have changed, and the physical evidence is nowhere to be found, and the only way is to let him admit that he killed Zheng Dan in person, so there are those above.

"You...... You framed me! "It's the first time that Wen Chong has been deceived so badly, and he is so angry that he almost goes crazy.

"If you don't do something wrong, how can I hurt you?" Yiguang said indifferently: "If you do everything, you will not be able to escape cause and effect!" ”

"You ......" Wen Chong just said a word, his throat was sweet, and a mouthful of blood spit out, staining the newly made gorgeous clothes.

Gongzishan didn't care about the blood, grabbed Wen Chong's clothes, and his strength was so great that he almost lifted his whole person off the ground, his eyes were full of blood oozing out of anger, and he roared hoarsely: "Why do you want to kill Dan'er?" Why? Say! ”

Wen Chong was so strangled by his clothes that he couldn't breathe, and hurriedly pulled Gongzishan's hand away, panting: "If I don't kill Zheng Dan, will you stand here today and fight for this throne?" ”

"So...... You've been taking advantage of me? Gongzishan asked bitterly, he had always been interested in Wen Chong, and regarded him as a close friend, but the latter not only had bad intentions, but also killed the woman he loved the most.

"Yes!" At this time, Wen Chong had nothing to hide, and said coldly: "I want to support you to the throne, but you have always hesitated and refused to confront your husband, so I had no choice but to kill Zheng Dan." After a pause, he said: "If you agree in the morning, why do I need to do that murderous thing, Zheng Dan is not so much dead in my hands, but in your hands, it was your indecision that killed her, you are the murderer!" ”

"Shut up!" Gongzishan roared loudly, panting heavily, and after a while, he drew out his long sword and said word by word: "Today, I will break your body into ten thousand pieces to sacrifice Dan'er's spirit in the sky!" ”

At this moment, Gongzishan had already forgotten about Yiguang and the husband outside the city, and there was only one thought in his heart, that is, to kill Wen Chong and avenge Zheng Dan.

Seeing the long sword shining in the sun, Wen Chong showed a look of fear and panic, knelt on the ground with a "plop", and begged: "I know that I am wrong, please ask the second son to be merciful and spare my life." ”

"Spare you?" Gongzi Shan laughed angrily, "When you killed Dan'er, did you ever want to spare her life?" Without waiting for Wen Chong to answer, he shook his head again and said, "No, you killed her without hesitation, and threw her body on the street, so that her body was exposed to the streets!" ”

"I ...... I was confused for a moment, and when I think about it afterwards, I regret it. "Wen Chong's old tears are all over the place, coupled with the blood on his mouth, he looks really pitiful," said ...... Even if the second son kills me, Zheng Meiren will not be resurrected, so he will let ......"

"Don't think!" Gongzi Mountain was like a wounded beast, his eyes were about to split, and he pointed at Wen Chong and said coldly: "No matter what, you must die today!" ”

"Spare your life, the second son spare your life!" Wen Chong cried and begged as he climbed in front of Childe Mountain and hugged his legs.

Staring at the Wen Chong at his feet, the killing intent in Gongzishan's eyes became more and more blazing, his right hand was horizontal, and the long sword stabbed hard at the back of the Wen Chong's neck, seeing that Wen Chong was about to die under the sword, he suddenly stopped, staring at his lower abdomen with an unbelievable gaze, there was a dagger pierced at some point, and it was none other than someone else who was holding the dagger, it was the Wen Chong who was crying and begging bitterly just now, but at this moment, there was no pity on the latter's face, only viciousness.

He understood, Wen Chong crawled over, not to plead, but to wait for an opportunity to kill him, what a poisonous mind!

Gongzishan hated it, tried his best to stab the sword again, but this time, he still didn't kill Wen Chong, because the latter moved faster than him, pulled out the dagger as fast as lightning, and stabbed him in the chest, and his warm heart was stabbed by the cold dagger, and it stopped beating instantly.

Gongzishan fell on his back with endless unwillingness and resentment, and until he swallowed his last breath, his bloodshot eyes were wide open, as if he was cursing Wenzhong.

Tu Dagger had been stunned there since just now, until Gongzishan was killed at this moment, and he woke up, he stared at the swaying Wen Chong like a ghost, "You...... You killed the second son? ”

Wen Chong spat out a mouthful of blood foam, and said without the slightest emotion: "If I don't kill him, he will kill us!" ”

"So what do we do now?" Tudagger asked at a loss.

Wen Chong walked up to him and said coldly: "There are two ways in front of you, one is to let the husband come in and let him kill us." ”

Tu Dagger shook his head again and again, and rejected the proposal without hesitation, "I don't want to die, what is the other way?" ”

Wen Chong had expected him to reply, "The other way is to continue." He walked to the other side of the city wall, looked at the Gusu City, and said slowly: "The Wu Kingdom has occupied this city for so long, and it is time to change the master." ”

Tu Dagger thought about it several times before he realized the meaning of the words, "You...... Do you mean to set yourself up as king? As he said this, his body trembled, and he didn't know whether he was excited or afraid. The two of them only talked and did not notice that there were two people missing from the wall.

Wen Chong did not answer the rhetorical question, "The general has an immortal talent, rather than succumbing to others, it is better to show his talent and leave a legacy for a hundred generations!" ”

Tu Dagger was so shocked by Wen Chong's bold and arrogant words that he couldn't speak for a long time, but it was undeniable that he was moved, the country is so magnificent and beautiful, who doesn't want to hold it in his hands and step on it?

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, but he suddenly had one thing, everyone in the world wants to be king, but there is no one in a thousand who succeeds, and there is no one in ten thousand, why?

The king, not only needs ambition, but also needs ability and wisdom, he is just a general, there is still merit in going into battle to kill the enemy, on the scheming of the city government, he is not even as good as Gongzi Mountain, what qualifications do you have to be the king?

But Tu Dagger couldn't imagine this, at this moment, all his mind was occupied by the words "king and hegemon", and it was constantly expanding, as if it was about to rise out of his chest.

Just as Tu Dagger opened his mouth to agree to the text, there was a sudden noisy sound from the city, followed by the sound of a sword unsheathed, and he hurriedly looked down, and he saw a person who should never be here - Wu Zixu!

Wu Zixu under the city noticed the gaze of Tu Dagger, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that although his face was much older and his beard and hair were white, his eyes were still as sharp as a sword, and he stabbed Tu Dagger in a hurry to avoid it, not daring to look at him.

At that time, Yiguang gave a salute to Wu Zixu, and said solemnly: "The king of Yiguang Dynasty thanks Wu Xiangken for not caring about his past suspicions and sacrificing his life to help." ”

Wu Zixu looked at Yiguang with a complicated expression, opened his mouth as if he wanted to speak, but he didn't say it after all, just turned into a long sigh.

His mood is complicated, on the one hand, he hates Yiguang as a spy of the Yue country, and separates their monarchs and ministers; On the one hand, he admired and thanked Yiguang, who was willing to stand up at this critical moment of the life and death of the Wu country, and a weak woman ran around to stop the conspiracy of the literary species; So at this moment, I really don't know what to say to Yiguang, sighing...... Perhaps the best response.

Wu Zixu adjusted his mood slightly, looked around at the soldiers who were holding swords with cold eyes, and said loudly: "How did the old man teach you before, one day you are a soldier of Wu State, and you are a soldier of Wu State for the rest of your life, and you will be loyal to the king, and you will do your part as a soldier!" It's good for you, the old man has only been away for a few days, and he has forgotten everything, and he still wants to do something to abandon the king and betray his righteousness, are you worthy of the armor on your body and your conscience? As he spoke, he stepped forward again, "The old man is here, if you want to follow the dagger villain to make trouble, step over the old man!" ”

Wu Zixu was dressed in a horse, and his prestige was extremely high, and those soldiers were so afraid that he didn't dare to speak out by him, and I don't know how long it took, a voice suddenly sounded in the crowd, "The villain doesn't dare to forget the teachings of Lord Xiangguo, but the king is greedy for women, and he insists on going out regardless of our life and death; Do you know how many people the king brought with him when he went on the expedition, more than 70,000 people, and how many people are coming back now—10,000, only 10,000! Speaking of this, the voice choked up and said sadly: "The villain's father and eldest brother are inside, and they ...... They ......"

The man was so choked that he couldn't speak, but it had already made the eyes of countless soldiers red, and he was so sad that he was the only one who had relatives who went out with his husband to conquer Vietnam.

Wu Zixu also looked gloomy, but he knew that the top priority was to persuade them to open the city gate and not to follow the dagger and the literature to make trouble, so he quickly cleaned up his mood and said: "Do you think that if the king does not go on an expedition, the Yue Kingdom will not attack Gusu?" Naive! ”

The voice just now said excitedly: "At least there will be no such fiasco, let alone so many deaths!" ”

"The battlefield is changing rapidly, who can determine whether you win or lose? If you are on the battlefield, you must be prepared to die, greedy for life and afraid of death, it is better to hide at home and be a turtle with a shrunken head! Wu Zixu said loudly, although he looked a lot older, he was full of vitality and looked very good.

"You keep the king out of the city, what if the Vietnamese army attacks? Are there not enough people who are afraid of death? Or do you think this wall will be able to stop the Vietnamese army? ”

The soldiers were silently speechless by him, and Wu Zixu's words continued, "The king may have something inconsiderate, but it is by no means comparable to the two of them, who are these two people?" One is a treacherous villain, the other is a spy of the Yue Kingdom, and he also killed the second son, mentioning their names is too dirty for the old man's mouth, you actually plan to listen to these two villains, you are simply confused. ”

Tu Dagger's face was red by him, and he defended: "Prime Minister Wu's words are wrong, the king is immoral, and the capable person knows it." ”

"Phew!" Wu Zixu smacked on the ground unceremoniously, and said with disdain: "What kind of thing are you, you dare to call yourself capable!" ”

Tu Dagger was scolded by him and said angrily: "Presumptuous, do you really think that you are still high and commanding the military power?" Now you are just a commoner. As he spoke, he said, "Come, arrest him!" ”

The soldiers looked at each other, and no one moved, and when the dagger saw this, he panicked in his heart, and said sharply: "Are you deaf one by one, arrest him immediately!" ”

Let him jump there in a hurry, no one has ever moved, these soldiers are convinced, there is always only one Wu Zixu, in front of the former, the dagger is a clown who jumps off the beam.

"Someone, get him arrested!" Wu Zixu said the same words as the dagger, almost as soon as the voice fell, countless soldiers poured out and tied the dagger tightly, the latter hurriedly wanted to ask Wen for help, but found that the latter was missing, it should have found that the situation was wrong, and quietly slipped away while everyone was unprepared.

If the dagger was dead, he knew that everything was over......

Wu Zixu's eyes swept over the dagger's face, still so disdainful, and finally stopped at the closed city gate, and after a long sigh, he said, "Open the city gate!" ”

With Wu Zixu's words, the city gate that kept the husband outside the city for a whole day slowly opened, and a crisis that was enough to subvert the Wu State was quietly resolved under the joint cooperation of Yiguang and Wu Zixu, almost without a single soldier, becoming a legend in the history books, thousands of years later, only Zhuge Liang's empty city plan can be compared.

Fucha excitedly looked at Yiguang who appeared in sight, and was about to dismount, when suddenly there was a pain in his chest, and then he lost consciousness and fell off the horse.

"King! King! Ji Lin was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, but no matter how he called, the husband did not respond, and his face was like gold paper.

Just when he was at a loss, Yiguang hurriedly ran over, didn't care about words, his fingers quickly put on the wrist of the husband, the veins as thin as a gossamer made her face extremely ugly, took out the silver needle he carried with him and pierced it into several big holes around the husband's body, and did not take it off, and said directly: "Immediately carry the king to the Changle Hall of the Guanwa Palace, be careful, don't touch the silver needle on his body, otherwise there will be a worry about his life." ”

Ji Lin hurriedly agreed, and personally took a few people to carefully carry the husband to the Guanwa Palace, but fortunately, the crisis had been resolved, and it was okay for him to leave temporarily.

Yiguang was about to go with him, remembering that he still had a few words to say to Wu Zixu, and hurriedly looked in the direction where he was, but there was no one everywhere, strange, where did he go?

Arnold greeted him and said, "Niangniang is looking for Wu Xiang?" ”

"Yes, do you know where he went?"

"Wu Xiang returned home, and before leaving, he asked the slave and maid to tell the mother four words - so that he could do it himself."

Yiguang sighed lightly and said, "Got it, let's go." ”

Back in the Changle Palace, the husband had been placed on the couch, the whole person curled up in a ball, his hands clenched tightly to his chest, and his expression was very painful.

Ji Lin waited there anxiously, saw Yiguang come in, and hurriedly said: "Queen, look at the king, the king suddenly had a pain in his chest just now." ”

"I see, you all go out." Yiguang just checked the pulse of Fucha, knowing that he was suffering from injuries and fatigue that caused angina pectoris, which should have been wrong earlier, but because of the rebellion of Gongzishan and Wenzhong, Fucha has been forcibly patient, and then the crisis was lifted, and as soon as his spirit was relaxed, the illness broke out all of a sudden.

Looking at the back of Ji Lin's departure, Yiguang suddenly said: General Ji stays. ”

Ji Lin turned around suspiciously, "What else does the queen have to say?" ”

Yiguang hesitated for a moment and said, "I know you were brought out by Wu Xiang, go and see him." ”

Hearing this, Ji Lin's eyes lit up, but soon dimmed again, and he bowed his head and said: "The king has an order, and the generals of the court are not allowed to enter and leave the prime minister's mansion, and the general will not dare to disobey." ”

"On the king's side, I will explain to him, just go, if anyone asks, it will be my order, and I will be responsible for everything that happens, and it has nothing to do with the general."

Ji Lin looked at Yiguang in surprise, and after seeing that she was sure that she was not joking, he was so excited that even his voice trembled, "Thank you Niangniang, the last general...... Appreciate. ”

"Let's go." After seeing Ji Lin leave, Yiguang asked Arnold to fetch the medicine box and carefully administer the needle to the husband, this time it was not like when he was outside the city before, just to temporarily stabilize his condition; This time the silver needles were dense, almost inserted all over the husband's body, not to mention hundreds of them, Arnold was dazzled on the side, often she didn't see clearly, Yiguang had already pricked it with a needle, and I don't know how Yiguang could remember so many acupoints without any difference.

After the last silver needle, Yiguang breathed a long sigh of relief, wiped off the dense cold sweat on his forehead, the needle just now, looked relaxed, but in fact it was very dangerous, as long as she fell a wrong needle, her husband would lose her life, and she had to be firm-minded, otherwise she would never be able to stand the pressure on this life-hanging needle.

After a while, Yiguang asked Arnold to take a pen and paper, wrote down a prescription, and said: "Go and grab the medicine according to what is written above, remember, one centimeter cannot be more, one centimeter cannot be less; Then fry it in three bowls of water into one bowl, and you fry it yourself, and you are not allowed to fake the hands of others. ”

"Slaves and maids can be saved." Arnold nodded, took the prescription and left, and after about half an hour, she came in with a bowl of colored medicine.

"I'll do it." Yiguang took the medicine bowl, carefully blew it and fed it to the mouth of the husband, just fed it and it flowed out, and fed a few mouthfuls in succession, the fucha in the coma did not know how to swallow at all, in desperation, Yiguang could only mouth-to-mouth, a small mouthful of feeding, enough to feed half a column of incense for a long time, only barely finished feeding, and then took out the pill left by Shi Gong before his death, crushed it and mixed it with water, so after a while, the husband's face was a little better than before.

Arnold said with concern: "Niangniang, is the king all right?" ”

"It's not that simple." Yiguang smiled bitterly: "If you just have an illness and seek medical treatment, it is easy to say, but the king has dragged on for so long, coupled with injuries, fever, and depression, I don't know how much more complicated the condition is, and even I am not sure." ”

Arnold was startled and blurted out: "Niangniang is saying that the king will ......" The word "death" behind her was swallowed back alive, but her eyes were still round, full of horror.

Yiguang stroked his husband's hot cheeks, and his voice trembled slightly, "I have done everything I can do, and whether I can survive it depends on the king himself." Speaking of this, she leaned down, pressed her husband's cheek, and whispered in his ear: "The king said that you want to be a husband and wife with me for life, you have no jokes, you must wake up, and don't leave me alone." ”