Chapter 173: Escape
Chunqiu's nose was sour, and dazzle flowed out of the corners of his eyes. He gritted his teeth, held back his grief and ran away.
He didn't know where he was running, but he was sure that it wasn't in the same direction as them. Just as he had run some distance, he heard a terrible scream from behind him.
"It's not them, it's not them......"
His tears kept flowing, and his steps grew heavier.
At last he stopped, and there was a red wall in front of him, and he was free when he climbed over it. But he couldn't do that, they died for him, how could he turn a blind eye?
The screams behind him continued, and although he didn't know what was happening, he could guess that it must have been terrible.
He slowly turned to look behind him, and the tragic scene behind him was something he would never forget.
The cruel soldiers slashed at them with knives, and they clung to the soldiers' legs to prevent them from moving.
Their bodies were slashed by the soldier's broadsword, and blood flowed down their bodies.
His eyes widened and his fists clenched, but he could only watch them hacked to death except for his indignation here.
Liu Er hugged the soldier's leg tightly, and there was blood in his mouth and body. But he still didn't want to let go.
His eyes kept on Chunqiu, and he couldn't bear to close them, because he hadn't seen his benefactor run out yet.
Chunqiu looked at Liu Er's eyes, and his heart was filled with this pair of brave and kind! Shocked by the sad eyes. What did they do to them like this, is it a trumped-up Donglin Party?
"Liu Er, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry, it should be me who died, but I'm standing here watching you......"
Liu Er's eyes kept staring at him, even though his body was slashed with countless knives, he still gritted his teeth and insisted on looking at him. His eyes keep sending a signal, it's to go!
Hurry up, what a simple word. However, Liu Er's fast walk could no longer be spoken. He could only convey the last words of his heart through his eyes.
"Liu Er, may you be a cow and a horse in your next life, and don't be a common man anymore!"
He endured his grief and turned and jumped onto the wall, looked at him one last time, jumped off the wall and walked away.
Liu Er saw that his benefactor left safely, and after he was stabbed for the last time, a relieved smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he closed his eyes and left the world where he had suffered so much forever.
The sky was suddenly cloudy, and soon it was pouring rain. Blood stained the rain red, and the rain diluted the blood. Soon, their bodies were washed clean as if nothing had happened.
Spring and Autumn were running in the rain, and he felt that the rain seemed to be red as well. He crawled into the pool and wept bitterly. Perhaps he is already the luckiest man of this era, and he and the people he loves are still alive. Although they live in different places, they still hope to meet again, or even be together.
The rain kept washing down his back, like pity for him and like a cry of sorrow for the dead.
"Liu Er, you are heroes, the greatest common people of this era!"
His fists kept pounding in the muddy water, and drowning splashed on his face. His roar rippled in the rain like a tragic song. But no matter how loud he roared, God just gave him an unprepared rain.
The prison break that occurred in Dongchang was suppressed by Grandpa Wei, so no one knew what happened. The bodies that had been hacked to death were also secretly transported. Just like this heavy rain, it came without warning, and it left quietly.
"What a Xia Dong, you dare to escape under my nose!"
Gonggong Wei was so angry that his eyes were red, and he couldn't wait to catch him now. The emperor just left here, he wanted to be a way out for these ordinary people, but they didn't know what to do, and risked death to escape from prison.
"Someone!"
He screamed.
"Yes, Gonggong!"
The soldiers lined up replied in unison.
"The remnants of the Donglin Party ignored the law of the Ming Dynasty and escaped from prison with several prisoners, and our family ordered you to arrest him within three days. In addition, kill all the men named Xia Dong in the city! ”
After he finished speaking, he looked at the rain on the bluestone after the rain stopped, and the cornices were still reflected on the rain.
"Xia Dong, you forced our family, you definitely won't be able to run this time!"
His heart has turned upside down. Or is he too soft-hearted, and he still wants to ask a little bit about the Donglin Party from his mouth.
"Yes, Gonggong!"
The soldiers stepped out in the rain.
"Factory father, this Xia Dong is too bold and reckless, this is a blatant provocation against you!"
The eunuch standing on the side said with a slanted mouth.
When Gonggong Wei heard what he said, he turned his head and glared at him, then turned to leave.
This incident will definitely set off another bloody storm in the world, and countless ordinary people will suffer.
Dongchang blocked the major exits of the capital overnight and stepped up patrols and inspections on important road sections. The sleeping people didn't know what was going on, but when they woke up one night, the capital was no longer what they imagined.
......
The eyeliner that Concubine Shufei planted in Dongchang played a big role this time, and soon the news that it was blocked by Dongchang reached her ears. When she heard the news, she immediately remembered to tell Du Wanjun.
"Du Wanjun, let's see if you have anything to say this time!"
Before she had time to change her clothes, she went to the Jade Palace.
"Male concubine, Concubine Lady is here!"
The little eunuch walked in and said to Wanjun.
"Let him in!"
He turned the page of the book in his hand and continued to look at it.
"I said Du Wanjun, why don't you welcome this palace to come? Why don't you even want to greet it? ”
Before the concubine came in, she roared at the top of her voice.
She said that she walked in the middle, and when she saw Wanjun reading, she smiled again: "Yo, are you reading a book?" Can't you see, you still have this leisure and elegance? ”
She walked over and picked up her book and looked at it, as if not to see what it was about, but to increase her ridicule.
"Wanjun, do you know what I'm looking for you?"
She sat down and asked with a smile.
"What's the matter?"
He asked indifferently.
"You're sure to want to know."
She flipped the teacup over, put it away, and said, "What, is this your hospitality?" ”
"Concubine Shu, you know that I'm about to die of depression these days, so how can I still be in the mood to chat with you. I originally wanted to read a book for a while to calm myself down for a while, but who knows, the more I read it, the more irritated I become! ”
He frowned and said irritably.
"Are you thinking about Xia Dong?"
She asked with a smile.
"yes, I wonder how he's doing? Don't know what to do next? ”
He smiled helplessly, picked up the teapot and filled their teacups.
"So, if my news were about him, would you still be so sullen and depressed?"
Her fingers ran lightly over the rim of the teacup, as if to tell him that her message was important to him.
"Are you saying you have any news about Xia Dong?"
He immediately felt as if he had been domulant, and his eyes lit up.
"Yes, I'm here to tell you about him today!"
She said with a smile.
"Just at night, Xia Dong escaped from prison with a group of people, but he escaped alone, and everyone else died!"
She glanced around cautiously a few times as she spoke, then whispered.
"What? Did he escape from prison? ”
As soon as he heard the news, he shouted in surprise with wide eyes.
"Be quiet, don't let anyone hear you. This news has been blocked by Dongchang, don't talk nonsense to others......"
Concubine Shu leaned in front of him and whispered.
"Got it, I'm not going to tell anyone. But why did he escape from prison? ”
He couldn't figure out why he wanted to escape from prison, and he was going to escape with the other prisoners.
"How did he escape from prison?"
He thought about it for a long time and didn't figure it out.
"Now, you don't care why he escaped from prison, but care about how he won't be caught!"
Concubine Shu drank a cup of tea and looked him in the eye.
"Gonggong Wei ordered all the men named Xia Dong in the world to be killed, I'm afraid he will not be able to escape this catastrophe this time!"
She's not actually alarmist, if he is really caught, there will be only a dead end.
"So what now? Just waiting for him to be caught? ”
He asked anxiously.
"I can't help it, so as soon as I got the news, I rushed to tell you!"
She said.
"If he really was Spring and Autumn, he would definitely escape. As long as he escapes to the outside of the gate, it will be fine! ”
He secretly rejoiced in his heart, but his face did not show it.
"The most pitiful thing is the common people......"
He looked into Concubine Shu's eyes and said.
"Yes! But why aren't you worried about his life or death at all? ”
She asked, surprised.
"Worried, how can you not be worried? It's just that I don't know what to do, and he's already escaped, so he's out of our sight, and even if I wanted to, I couldn't help him! ”
He explained to the concubine.
"However, this matter is very involved, and if I let Gonggong Wei mess around like this, then I'm afraid I'm ...... Ming."
Concubine Shu looked at him sadly and said.
"Concubine, the people are pitiful, but what can we do?"
He said helplessly looking into her eyes.
"Wanjun, I have never thought about the common people. thinks that as long as you live well, you can do whatever other people do. But then I realized that we have what the common people don't have, and if we don't think about them. Who else will think about them? ”
Concubine Shu seems to have changed a person, what she said is also very reasonable, the people of the world are waiting for us to rescue them, but we are still forgetting them for our own affairs! ”
"But do we have any other choice? What is the difference between being a common man and being an official in Daming? What's more, we're just concubines! ”
Wanjun looked at her melancholy face and said.
"Wanjun, you have changed, you were able to risk your life for one thing, why are you so cowardly now?"
Concubine Shu was indeed surprised, and her change was indeed too surprising. Everyone in the Forbidden City is changing, they haven't changed for the worse, but they certainly haven't changed for the better. They become deprived of all the qualities that a "human" should have for a while.
"Concubine, maybe I've really changed, but who can guarantee that it will always change?"
He walked to the door, opened it, and watched the sky appear as stars appeared after the rain. The moon is emitting a silvery white moonlight in a proud manner.