Chapter Seventy-Three
"Your Majesty!" The man who was the general of the country let out a wail and fell to the ground, not looking like a high-ranking man at all. The man sitting on the top chair glanced coldly at the man who had collapsed on the ground, and if this person was his most trusted confidant, then he would probably add the word "once" now. To be honest, he was not angry at the two completely different reports in front of him, he really didn't want to and didn't dare to believe that the general he trusted would deliberately deceive him.
"Your Majesty!" The man who almost frightened him lay on the ground in embarrassment, and said everything he knew as if he was grasping a life-saving straw, "Your Majesty! I really didn't lie to you! By the way, I remember," his face turned red as if it had regained some anger in an instant: "Your Majesty! It must have been someone else who bought my men, yes, it must be like this! As long as the king spares my life, I will find out what happened! ”
The king, who was sitting high on it, snorted coldly again, and continued to stroke the Persian cat in his hand as if he didn't care about his assurance, "You? Hum! Do you know what that subordinate you sent out today did? ”
General Guogong paused for a moment, and then lowered his head: "The minister doesn't know, please show the king,"
"Humph!" There was another angry snort from above, and the man's voice couldn't hide it even if it tried to hide its anger, "See for yourself." With that, the king's hand slapped heavily on the desk, and swept the two thin reports in front of General Guogong.
"This is," after reading a few lines, General Guogong's face instantly changed color, "This is absolutely impossible, the king, the minister is willing to testify for the person sent by the minister, he will definitely not do this, if the king does not believe it, the minister is willing to vouch for his surname!" ”
"Humph!" Another cold snort, but this time there was a little more disdain in the snort, "Get up, my Guogong General, if your head is so easy to cut off, then that younger brother of mine will not send an assassin to take your surname!" ”
The general got up from the ground in a daze, and although the sarcasm in his words was exposed, the king seemed to have secretly said that he would no longer ask for his head.
"Keep your head for me to find out about it first, and the other one is from my henchmen, so there will be no mistakes. Listen, I'll give you three days to find out, and if you return these two copies of the report to me intact at that time, then I'll have to pick off your head. ”
General Guogong knelt down tremblingly, "Thank you for the grace of not killing, but"
The man who had already gotten up from the chair frowned, "Just what? Don't talk about it, say whatever you want, and I will forgive you for your innocence. ”
General Guogong cautiously spoke, "What if this matter is related to the Protector General?" The man standing on the high place sneered, "Didn't you say that your subordinates must be reliable?" Why are you suddenly suspicious of him now? ”
General Guogong's face changed several times, and finally he fell to his knees, "The minister refers to just in case, if he really votes for the side of the protector king, I will definitely not be partial." ”
The expression on that person's face suddenly turned cold, "I can also give you four words now, act impartially!" Do you remember clearly? ”
General Guogong kowtowed heavily, "The minister has written it down, and the minister wants to ask again, if you want to ask the princess about this matter."
The man who stood up suddenly widened his eyes, and his burning gaze pierced him in the face, but it was General Guogong who stood neither humble nor arrogant, as if he didn't know anything.
The man at the top let out a long sigh of relief, "I'll let you go, remember, just come back and report back, don't hand me the report back - I don't know who else I can trust anymore." ”
General Guogong looked solemn and replied respectfully: "Yes." ”
The royal capital of Gaul, in an ordinary house on the outskirts of Gaul.
The little girl, who had cried all night, lay quietly in the arms of a delicate woman, smacking her lips as if she remembered something, and a long drop of saliva flowed out as if she had eaten enough. The soft woman was holding the child in her arms, obviously there were fine beads of sweat on her head, but she was reluctant to put her down in her hands, probably in her eyes, only she was the most important.
Two full days have passed since that day. In the past two days, the little girl has been crying all the time, crying hoarsely, her eyes are red and swollen, and she can no longer squeeze out tears, so she can only stubbornly push her hand away there. She almost went crazy after not sleeping for two days, she clicked on the little girl's sleeping hole almost instantly, and then sent a spoonful of milk that had been blown cold into the little girl's mouth, even if it was an adult, it was a little unbearable after being hungry for two days, let alone just such a small child.
She couldn't help but smile bitterly, that day she was only staring at when the guard would make a move, and she forgot to even grab the little girl's wrist. Now, the little girl in her arms must have begun to hate herself, it hurt her so much, she must hate herself even more when she was confined to this small courtyard since she was a child, maybe even the dishes she made began to hate, she used to want to raise her as her real daughter, but when she saw that person's face, she forgot everything, how could anyone in the world forget her daughter's mother, I can only say that I still don't treat her as my own, right?
The woman smiled wryly, and suddenly remembered the man's face, a face she would never forget, a face she hated all her life, and she still remembered the horror on his face when he took his child away. Why, why does Heaven punish my child so much, even though he is not born together, but has the same face? If she could, she would be willing to take all the blame for her children. But she knew that she would never have the opportunity to replace her own children, even if she was the princess, even if she was the king's favorite concubine, and now, she was just a woman who was grounded here.
It was all the slander of the sorcerer, saying that there was a thousand-faced demon girl who was a disaster to the world, and if a girl was born that looked exactly the same, she could only leave one to live, and she still clearly remembered that the king's eyes were red and he pulled her hair and dragged her up from the ground, letting those strands of hair that were pulled and broken flutter weakly in the air, "What do you say, to encircle your child?" What about Rou'er's child, she has just given birth, how can I bear to sink her child into the holy lake to worship the heavens?! ”
Enduring the pain of her hair being grabbed, her voice trembled, as if she was not distressing for herself, but still thinking about her child, "But the king can't sink the concubine's child to the bottom of the lake, right?" That is also the king's child, Your Majesty! ”
She remembered the sudden astonishment on the face of the man who could tell the difference between life and death, as if he had heard it a long time ago. She wept as her supple hair slowly slipped from the man's fingers, "Did Your Majesty honor the agreement you made with your concubine?" Your Majesty's promise to the concubine's father has also been forgotten? ”
"Ding!" The crisp sound of the impact made everyone's hearts tremble, and the chief of the guard who had been accompanying the general was already red-eyed, if the mastiff king, who was fighting against the strongest elite under the command of the king of Gaul, learned of this, he would probably immediately order his 200,000 men to be killed.
"Your Majesty?" What is unexpected is that the originally unsuspecting general will escape this catastrophe unscathed, he just like premeditated, and people can't feel his deliberate way to raise his arm to the height of the blade just deliberately touched, and then slowly took off the helmet against the cold blade that was close but powerless against him, and by the way, he accidentally dropped the helmet in front of the girl, The swords of the guards who were about to land the female stabbing guest on the ground had to be carefully stopped in front of him as he was about to pick up his helmet. For a moment, the chief of the guard had a very funny illusion, and the general, who has never been close to women, would have a day when his heart was moved?!
"Your Majesty! This guy she! Ignoring the menacing soldier next to him, the general just glanced at her as if reproaching the girl for being uncreative, yawned impatiently, turned around and ordered, "Take her to my big tent," and when the guards looked at each other, he suddenly turned back mysteriously and whispered in the ear of the chief of the guard: "The weather is really good today, haha--you are not allowed to rub oil in private!" Even if you can't move a finger of her, otherwise I'll be anxious with you - I want my wife to marry one by herself and come back, and see what is good about other people's wives! ”
The "king" and the guards were stunned for a moment, I don't know who made the first laugh, like a voice that had been held back for a long time, it spread without giving people face, and a few patrol soldiers who didn't know what was going on hurriedly walked over, and were scolded back by the people with tears in their laughing eyes.
"I wonder what the king likes her to become?" A guy with a sarcoma on his forehead looked at the slender and fragile girl in the field with a smile, as if she was not an assassin who had just almost hurt their general, and looked at her more like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered than an assassin, and her big eyes flashed with infinite panic.
"Why don't you strip her naked and give her to the king?" The other guy jerked his weapon into the ground, and the others said that even sows were rare since they came to this place where birds don't, and that if this girl was really naked in front of him, he would be the first to pounce.
"You're stupid, big one," the person next to him hurriedly pulled him away from the girl, how could the person who scooped the spoon in a pot not know what the big fool was thinking, wasn't that woman explicitly forbidden to be touched, how could he dare to move his hands and feet, isn't this deadly?! Besides, this woman doesn't look like a fuel-efficient lamp, if she meets the wrong person, it will be a small matter if she has fewer fingers and fewer arms, and if she even has her surname and her life, it will be a little too worthless.
"Stop!" The man with a trace of gray hair on his sideburns slapped away the hand that seemed to be about to pinch the girl's arm in distress. Seeing this famous old general, those attendants bowed their heads one by one and saluted, "Good old general." ”
"Who is she?" The silver-haired general's brow furrowed hastily, and he asked before he could see the girl's face. Anyone knows that the king of Gaul is not close to women, how can there suddenly be an extra woman in the barracks today, is it?
The observant scribe replied on the side: "General, this woman said that she would give a gift to the general, and the guards guarding the gate of the village saw that she was weak and seemed to know martial arts at all, so she would be let in, but I didn't expect her to want to kill the general immediately!" ”
"Yes, yes, she just suddenly pulled out a knife without even blinking her eyes!" As if afraid that the old general would not believe it, all the guards testified in unison, and the guard with sarcoma on his head deliberately picked up the steel knife from the ground and handed it to the old general, "This is the knife!" ”
Almost all the evidence proved that the weak girl in front of her was the assassin who was about to assassinate the general just now, but the old general still didn't want to stop there, "What does the king mean?" ”
"The king ordered that this woman should be sent to his big tent, and that we should not touch a single hair of her, and that he said, "He deliberately lowered his head with a little weakness."
"What did you say?" The old general's eyebrows furrowed deeply, everyone knows that the king of Gaul is not a person who does not know the importance of things, but this girl seems to have a special charm, maybe the general has another deep meaning, and he admires the young old general who became the king of Gaul at a young age, and he believes that the young man's conduct will never be as bad as everyone thinks. To do this, he must find out what the young general said.
"The king said that he should appreciate and appreciate well." As soon as the guard who knew that he had lost his words finished speaking, he immediately pleaded on one knee and confessed: "The little one said the wrong thing, please punish the general." ”
"There's nothing wrong with you, there's nothing to blame," the old general's brows furrowed and stretched, as if he had just heard a piece of news that was enough to comfort him, but the smile on his face was not so stretched in the next second: "What appreciation?" ”
"That's not right! What the king said should be to play with it? The other guy who was ready to be in the limelight hurriedly grabbed the conversation, but with his wisdom he could never think of the consequences of doing so.
"How unreasonable!" The old general's white beard immediately jumped up as if it had been caught in flames, and he seemed to be somewhat convinced, but as if he was not sure, he repeated the profound words over and over again: "Appreciation, appreciation? Playing around? What kind of words is this! Could it be that he really is."
"General, do you need us to prepare something urgent" Several guards glanced at each other, and the handsome guard at the head coughed lightly, as if he was a little unwilling to wave his fist at the guy who was rushing behind him and holding his shield.
"What?" The old general replied absentmindedly.
"New quilts, rouge gouache or something, anyway, you have to cut a few pieces of wood to build a decent house for the newcomers, right?"
"Seven media and eight hires can't be sloppy at all"
"Yes, it's the first time for any girl, this is a big deal, and you can't be sloppy."
For some reason, the people who didn't dare to speak out loud just now all came to talk about this, as if they had already told the matchmaker.
"Shut up!" The old general shouted, "This is absolutely impossible!" This woman's origin is unknown, and she has already committed a capital crime by daring to break into the barracks, and the assassination of Wang Shang is enough to make her head fall off ten times! You still dare to talk nonsense, come on! The general waved his hand, and a group of patrolling soldiers immediately trotted over, "General! ”
"Take this woman to the school grounds, and she will be beheaded immediately!"
"Old general," Seeing that two soldiers were about to run over to tie people up, the guard who was the leader changed his face, and finally couldn't help but stand in front of the girl. walked up to the old general with a smile that even a fool knew what it meant, and suddenly lowered his voice: "The old general wants to execute this woman so hastily, I'm afraid it's not good?" How do you explain it to the king? You know, she is the person the king personally ordered to come down! If it was just an ordinary interrogation, the old general's situation would be dangerous, and maybe he would be added to the trumped-up charges by those who had ill intentions, and the old general also knew that the new king had just ascended the throne, and the foundation was not stable, so the old general would think twice. As he spoke, the chief guard casually kicked the few guys behind him who were squeezing their eyebrows and laughing, "You guys, don't laugh anymore!" ”
As if he had been startled, the old general's hand shook, and he dropped the sword that had never left him on the ground. Even the guards were a little surprised: "General? Checkmate! ”
"Oh," the old general woke up, "this man is useless when he gets old, and he can't even hold a sword in his hand, so if the king orders it, then send it over quickly." As he spoke, the old general's face was cloudy and he glanced at the girl who had never looked up, and suddenly sighed heavily, but he didn't say a word.
"What's wrong with the old general?" Everyone knew that the old general was a confidant of the king of Gaul, but they did not know why he was so strange in his current behavior. The person with a sarcoma on his head pondered wildly, could it be that the old general also took a fancy to that woman?!
It has been five years and three months since the Gallic tyrant became king. Seventeen scars, seventeen wounds, none of which deviated more than an inch from the point. The young man in the big tent casually poured a packet of knife medicine on the lower part of his left abdomen, and the blood, soaked in white medicine powder in an instant, gradually stopped, but the severe pain made his two raised eyebrows frown, even if he endured it, he could still feel the pain of the fire, and he wanted to burn through the intestines, and the flames raged in every part of his body, he was already a little unable to support it, but when he heard the voice of his subordinates outside the tent, he still tried his best to make his tone as calm and full of confidence as usual, "Let her in!" ”
The guard outside the tent answered, and a slender figure walked in through the sunlight that had just been lifted through the curtain that had just been opened. She staggered, probably because the soldiers who didn't know what it meant to be pitiful and cherished jade saw that she was walking too slowly, so they pushed her, and she stopped before she almost rushed to the desk. I could see that she was a little overwhelmed, maybe she was worried about what kind of punishment she would receive? Qin Yang smiled, she was really a little girl who didn't know anything about the world, she couldn't be calm and composed as a killer, and she wouldn't show the weakness of just a girl in a brocade room who didn't leave the boudoir. But the sheer courage to stand in front of me is already surprising. Qin Yang couldn't help but secretly think that if he still had a little strength, he would definitely press her to the bed and have a good time, for some reason he just wanted to see the way she couldn't help but scream with fear in her heart, the kind of humiliating look that could instantly shatter her meager self-confidence and make her have to open her mouth and beg for herself, that should have been her happiest moment.
But now he can't even move a finger, and not only that, but the military book in front of him seems to have gradually turned into a white point of light hovering in front of him in a trance. In the end, he could only make himself try to raise his head, and then let the smile that couldn't be counted as a smile bloom on his face, "Can you pour me a glass of water?" ”
A woman's heart can never be spied on, especially a woman who has been a killer, Qin Yang doesn't know what this woman in front of her will do, maybe she will really kill herself with a knife to relieve her hatred - it's not that this is not impossible, her sword is placed next to the desk, if it is her, she can do this, after all, she just wanted to learn how to bully men and women like a rich young master with thousands of dollars to play with her, and if she wasn't injured, she might have killed her just now.
Maybe it's because of face, maybe it's because I can finally play such a game happily, or maybe it's just a game I play with myself. Anyway, that good-looking chick still didn't abandon herself, and if she found that she couldn't move at all, she didn't know what kind of expression she would show? Was she ecstatic, full of resentment, or did he not let himself continue to think about it, how could it be, how could she care about her life or death, perhaps, her early death would make her feel relieved, right?
"What?" The girl didn't look like someone trained as an assassin, and the surprise on her face wasn't casually faked, could it be that she guessed wrong, she wasn't the one who wanted to take her last name? So why would she go out of her way to reach herself? Could it be that the success or failure of the mission did not matter to her at all? How is this possible! Even if you think about it with your toes, the 'big-chested' general of the three antis will not bet on such a stupid killer, although he doesn't look down on that guy very much, but as an opponent, he still respects the person who has always 'cared for him', and this new scar on his body is also due to him.
Seeing his pale face, the girl stopped in an instant, the voice was so weak, the weakness didn't look like it came from a general who commanded tens of thousands of troops. Only then did she realize the dark red puddle under her feet, the red liquid that curved like a crescent moon gathered more and more, and soon spread to her feet, as if alive, the few tentacles that had been separated stretched out towards her. (To be continued.) )