Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Caged Bird

The heavy hooves of the horse, like an arrow, never go back.

The palace wall is getting closer and closer, those trembling archers are hesitating whether to release their arrows, the guards under the palace wall widen their eyes, hesitantly raise the halberd in their hands, but no one notices that they themselves are retreating involuntarily. Seeing that the sharp arrow that pierced the peace was about to pierce through, perhaps it wanted to gouge through these flashy guards and nail them all to the palace wall. Or maybe it's just venting the anger in its heart, the pent-up, vigorous anger.

No one knows what the consequences will be.

Three hundred steps, two hundred steps.

It's getting closer.

"Crunch, crunch."

At this moment, a carriage suddenly emerged from a small alley in front of the palace, and two beautiful, snow-white little horses pulled the magnificent carriage to the bluestone road, and they seemed to have stopped steadily in the middle of the road as if they did not know that death was coming. Then they tilted their heads and flapped their eyes, stunned at the sharp cyan arrow.

"Herod'......"

The blue arrows paused twenty paces from the carriage, the baron of the third rank raised his horse's head high, the sturdy horses neighed loudly, their thick and powerful front hooves were scraped, and the halberds were stacked in the sun, as were the hundred green horsemen behind him.

One hundred and one people, like one.

In the middle of running at high speed, he suddenly reined in the horse and the formation was not chaotic, which was really the first ride in the world.

Looking at the still mountain of Chao Geqing's horse, the guards outside the palace and the archers on the palace wall first gasped in unison, and then couldn't help but sweat. If it is rushed towards the Geqing cavalry, there will inevitably be a river of blood flowing in front of the palace gate, and the guards will not be able to resist it, and if the Chao Geqing cavalry wants to crash open the city gate, it is also impractical, and they will eventually die under the archers and a steady stream of reinforcements. However, they are Chaoge Qing Cavalry, and if the soldiers of the rest of the country are stained with their blood, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Thanks to this carriage, the soldiers of the rest of the country thought.

"Phew, hoohoo."

The horse's hooves fell heavily, the war horse snorted heavily, and the third-class baron stared at the carriage from the crack in his helmet, they were not Dongyi people after all, and they couldn't act unscrupulously like Dongyi people, in front of innocent people, he couldn't help but take away the wings that brought death to people. The two mares, the coachman on the wheel, and the people in the carriage seemed to be stunned, and the curtain was not opened, nor did anyone speak, but they stopped quietly. The sunlight casts a clear shadow on the bluestone road. The baron of the third rank suddenly saw that the gladiolus flowers were carved on the beautiful wheels.

After a while, an unusually distinctive sound came from inside the car.

"Let's go, let's go." The voice trembled slightly, as if frightened.

"No."

The coachman on the wheel whipped his whip, and the eyes of the two little mares withdrew from the one hundred and one sturdy stallions, and reluctantly left, and the sun fell on the canopy, as if to inject a shallow light on it. Xingluo rode on his back, but what echoed in his mind was Fang Cai's unique voice, it was like the dew of early spring, falling from the branches, falling drop by drop in the clear cold pool, everyone who heard it would be difficult to forget, and even secretly felt that this was probably the best sound in the world.

The hundred Yan soldiers dressed in turquoise coats also seemed to be fascinated by it, or they were extremely disciplined, just waiting for Xingluo's orders. The atmosphere at this moment was extremely weird, like a giant lifting a war hammer that was as heavy as a mountain, but suddenly found that there was no target in front of him, it was a feeling that his strength had nowhere to vent, and he was instantly dazed.

Draw your sword and look around, dazed.

The young third-class baron still echoed the voice in his ears, he watched the carriage disappear into the crooked and narrow alleyway, and subconsciously shook his head, as if he wanted to shake off the inexplicable feeling, the soft sunlight shone on the eyes in the helmet, and the ruthlessness and determination were gradually dissipating, but he reined in his horse and began to slowly retreat.

A hundred Yan warriors followed him and retreated.

Do you want to do it again?

The guards outside the palace wall became nervous again, they lined up in a horizontal row at the leader's reprimand, squatted down, put the halberd against the gap in the bluestone slab, and raised the sharp halberd tip diagonally, and the archers on the palace wall took a deep breath and drew their bows and arrows. In any case, this is the palace city of the Yu Kingdom, even if they are riding towards the song and the youth, they can't be presumptuous here.

"Don't be presumptuous!"

A cold voice shouted, and then, from the depths of the solemn palace came a scholar in a white robe, and he pressed the thin sword at his waist and walked quickly to the gate of the palace city. The leader of the city guards recognized him, in recent days, this patriotic soldier named Kuai Wujian would come to the palace every day, and the king treated him very differently, I heard that he was a senior disciple of Mr. Guiguzi. Guiguzi, that's a fairy-like character. However, after all, this is the palace city of Yu Guo, and the guards guarding the city represent the face of Yu Guo, how can they be scolded by a white-clothed scholar?

The leader of the city guard said loudly: "No one is allowed to enter or leave without the permission of the king. ”

"See what this is?"

The white-clothed scholar looked up at the leader on the city wall, and in his hand he held an object, which was a jade slip, the size of a palm, with four fortresses carved on it, namely, the Fortress of the Ten Days, the Fortress of Snow Peak, the Fortress of Bronze and the Fortress of Tongyun. From the monarch to the Su people, they are full of pride in these four fortresses, and they do not forget to announce them to the public at all times, and this is the symbol of the Yu Kingdom.

See the order, such as seeing Yu Jun.

"Open the gates!"

"Bang, bang."

The heavy winch pulled, and the three-foot-high, half-foot-thick iron-inlaid wooden gate slowly separated to the left and right, and the armor soldiers behind the gate poured out like ants, lined up outside the palace, and quickly formed a defensive formation. The white-clothed man came out in line, his pace falling slowly, and he smiled and walked towards the Chao Geqing who was jogging on a horse.

……

The early autumn sun, warm and warm, spreads all over the streets and alleys of Izumo City, however, it is not omnipotent, there are always places that it cannot reach. For example, in the small courtyard of "Moxianglou", the cherry blossoms have been gone, and the gladiolus flowers are also blooming weakly, and they are moving towards the road of withering, but the thousand-year-old tree is blown green like the sea by this autumn wind, and it stretches out the graceful and ancient canopy, holding the entire courtyard in its arms.

The small courtyard is exceptionally quiet.

The carriage came in through the back door and stopped directly outside the green fence wall.

The rich coachman jumped down from the wheel and respectfully lifted the curtain.

A snowy hand stretched out from the curtain, it held the car edge slightly, and the quietly born woman was already standing on the wheel, she raised her beautiful face, squinted her eyes to look at the sun, and then, raised her hand, stretched out beautifully towards the warm sun, jumped off the wheel, and walked into the cold courtyard.

When she stretched, the coachman didn't dare to look at it, and kept his head down.

Maids named 'Flowerbeard' and 'Pretty Tongue' were waiting in the courtyard, tending to the pair of talking yellow-browed birds.

"Thief, thief." Two small birds are jumping around in the cage with a crisp sound.

"Who's the thief?" The stunning woman in the snow suit raised her head and tilted her head to ask the yellow-browed bird.

The flower beard and the beautiful tongue smiled secretly and lowered their heads.

"You're a thief, you're a thief." The two yellow-browed birds called loudly.

The coachman who followed the woman in the snow suit couldn't help but laugh and endure it very hard.

"Alas, their tongues are not cut well, they only speak of thieves."

After a while, the woman in the snow-clothed shrugged helplessly like a man, looking extremely chic, she walked into the room with a cyan Hunan bamboo curtain and a few fragrances, and sat down behind the black peach dwarf case. The coachman sat diagonally across from her, pressed his knees, and looked at his nose and his nose and his heart. And she was looking at the cherry tree swaying in the wind outside the window, her eyes were very beautiful, but her gaze was very scattered.

"Does Dong mainly repair the piano?" The beautiful tongue asked softly.

"Hmm."

The 'beautiful tongue' hugged the quaint Selai and put it on the table.

The woman in the snowsuit withdrew her gaze faintly, her eyes glowed with a hint of brilliance, and she lowered her head to compare the strings.

At this time, the coachman said, "Proprietor, will those Chao Ge Qingqi accept Kuai Wuji's proposal?" You know, for the sake of food, they do not hesitate to fight. ”

"Yes."

The woman in the snowcoat bowed her head and did not look at the coachman: "It is precisely because they are dying of hunger that they will definitely accept a month's food provided by Kuai Wuji." If you were a long-term waiter, or a ready-made chance to live, what would you choose? ”

"I will choose to live." The lively and cute 'Flower Beard' rolled his big eyes and interjected.

"This time, you're pretty smart." The woman in the snowsuit said.

Flowerbeard stuck out his tongue and blushed as red as an autumn day.

The coachman frowned and said, "The proprietor is too merciful, give them food, and they will continue to defend it." In that case, will the proprietor's plan not be in vain? ”

"No, it won't."

A string was stuck in the gap, the woman in snow stretched out her hand, and the 'beautiful tongue' handed a small silver sword, she used the silver sword to carefully stir the strings, afraid that it would break inside, a crystal clear bead of sweat condensed on the tip of her nose, and even her breathing was slightly heavier, but her voice was still cold: "If they don't give it to them at all, then they have only one way, and that is to defend to the end." But now it's different, one step forward is the bottomless abyss, one step back is the sea and the sky, if it were you, what would you choose? ”

"The sea is wide and the sky is wide." Flowerbeard rushes to the road.

The woman in the snowcoat raised her head obliquely and smiled at the flower-bearded woman.

Unbeknownst to him, Flowerbeard pointed to the birdcage on the tree outside the house, and said seriously: "Proprietor, I think, they think so too." ”

"Hey." The woman in the snow-clothed responded crisply, changed her mind, but was suddenly stunned, and looked at the bird waving its wings in the birdcage for a moment.

The atmosphere in the room was eerie, with a touch of sadness permeating the room.

After a long time, the coachman tried, and asked carefully, "What if they are determined to go forward?" The Yan people are fearless, and the blood of the Yan people is iron. ”

"Kuai Wujian will tell them the truth, of course, only part of the truth. And the truth is often brutal, and it can destroy seemingly unbreakable beliefs. ”

"Could it be that the proprietor thinks that the Ghost Car Legion can't take the Tenriday Fortress? It's time for them to make a move, the army of Vachu has already approached Jiangbei, and there is not much time left for them. ”

"No, maybe you can take it, maybe you can't. However, we cannot leave our fate to ambiguous choices. ”

"What if it still fails?"

"It is up to man to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen. We've been out for a long time, and it's time to go back to Yongdu. I want to listen to Cai Xuan's piano. ”

After saying this, the woman in the snowcoat stood up according to the strings, walked out of the house, came to the bottom of the tree and stared at the yellow-browed bird in the cage, and after a while, she lifted her toes, took the cage off, and opened the cage gate.

"Thief, thief." The yellow-browed birds cried loudly, and little by little they approached the mouth of the cage, and found that the cage that had prevented them from spreading their wings was gone, and they cried even more happily, and rushed into the sky quickly.

The snow-clad woman stood under the tree, watching.