CHAPTER XLIV
Tan Ling said politely
"That's it, that's it, the city lord's house, the daughter of his family is prepared for me"
Lai Kui laughed awkwardly a few times, and he was secretly proud in his heart.
Tan Ling looked at Lai Kui and said
"You go and send a letter to the city lord of Peacock City, and say that I want his two daughters, the eldest daughter, right? How many daughters does he have? ”
Lai Kui hesitated
"Commander, it's not that I don't go to deliver the letter, it's that it's inconvenient for me to go.
People and ghosts have different paths, I'm afraid that if I go, it will be bad.
The City Lord of Peacock City has three daughters. But only the two eldest daughters can dance. ”
"Rubbish, you old trash." Tan Ling scolded.
"Archers, come to me." Tan Ling shouted.
The soldiers guarding outside the big tent walked into the tent, bowed together and said to Tan Ling
"Commander, subordinates, what do you command?"
Tan Ling said with a sneer
"Go and bring my bow, and by the way, call the military doctor to come too."
Soon the two soldiers carried it very carefully, a very large bow and arrow with a different form from ordinary bows and arrows, a straight bow. Step into the tent.
The military doctor also followed, and the military doctor was a very young man, and he walked into Tan Ling and took the initiative to say
"Commander, your injuries aren't healed yet. This is another way to open the bow and hang the arrow, and if you push too your arm, the wound will be torn. ”
Tan Ling frowned lightly, and his face changed and said
"You come and re-bandage me and wrap my chest tightly. I'll be fine. ”
The military doctor walked into Tan Ling, who was sitting in the tent, and carefully untied the old gauze for him.
He began to bandage his chest with new white gauze in circles, and then stabbed him tightly.
When the military doctor was stabbed, Tan Ling's face showed a distorted expression of pain.
He was in terrible pain, and that night Zhong Liguo's knife stabbed him in the side of the chest, almost taking Tan Ling's life. The slightest difference is to talk about the spirit and pick up a life.
Everything was ready, Tan Ling stepped out of the big tent and stepped into his war horse. The two soldiers approached together with a straight bow.
He leaned down and grabbed the bow, picked it up with his right hand, and galloped away with his whip.
Looking at the right distance, Tan Ling inserted a clip on the tip of the bow and arrow, and the clip sent a letter. Do a good job of clipping letters.
Hang up the bow and arrow with a letter, and shoot it directly.
The Shurakshasa who had been standing on the city wall in the early morning was impartial and happened to look at the feathered arrow, shooting straight at a large thick pillar beside him.
Shurakshasa walked over and carefully plucked the feather arrow and tore off the clip envelope. Take out a letter and open it.
You're trapped in the city
I'm on the outskirts of the city
See who's capable
Ruixiang is good
Please donate your daughter
The golden flower is too beautiful
The saffron is so cute
If it is a castle protection pool
It's best to offer flowers at all
Talk about the spirit
Shurakshasa vomited blood after reading it, Jinhua was his greatest hope, and Honghua might be able to discuss one or two. He couldn't help but be annoyed.
After Shurakshasa looked at the arrow, he stepped back from his horse and silently looked at his own spirit from afar. He waved his fist with his hand to show that he could not compromise.
Tan Ling then aimed at the target, hung up the feather arrow, and pulled the bow again, shooting straight and straight.
Shurakshasa has sharp eyes and a fast body, and he bows his head sharply to avoid the past.
Er Shao was standing right behind him, impartial, just hit the arrow, and was the first arrow. He fell on his heels, and his body shook straight and he was weak.
Lao Yu knelt on the ground, "Woo, woo, woo, woo." Crying bitterly, the second young man, who was only in his twenties, suddenly disappeared.
On the city wall, carried down from the wall, row after row were wounded. Some people are still bleeding, and some people have no breath. The military doctor was too busy to take care of anything.
Taking advantage of the fact that Tan Ling was not besieging the city wall at this time, Shurakshasa walked down the high city wall command platform with a slow breath, and he wanted to check his army.
Lao Yu touched his tears. Holding back his grief, he silently walked beside Shurakshasa and accompanied him to inspect the wounded.
In the center of Peacock Villas, the road that runs through the square, the bluestone roadbed, and the square full of flowers.
They were all dirty wounded. The two military doctors were too busy to take care of it. Several older women, with white cloths wrapped around their belts, would walk here to bandage the wounded, and then run there to give the wounded water.
Half of the people of the city were busy burying the gates with a large log.
The gates were almost knocked out of the cracks. The other half of the people were digging trenches, preparing for the battle when the enemy entered the city.
Watch the people be busy. Shurakshasa felt very guilty in his heart, especially when he thought of the soldiers who were seriously wounded.
He felt very guilty, if he gave his daughter, he could avoid such a tragic thing.
After weighing it, he felt that it was to offer his own golden flower, or red flower. Think twice. The continuation of the war must be stopped, otherwise the Golden Flower and the Red Flower will be sacrificed in vain.
In a trance, Shurakshasa walked to the door of his house in a daze, and Jinhua stood at the gate, staring at his father.
The more Jinhua valued his father's attitude towards him, the more Shurakshasa deliberately avoided it, and he didn't have any courage to face Jinhua who was standing and looking at him.
Jinhua was also very smart, and noticed some very strange reactions from her father. Honghua also came out of the backyard, and she saw her father, exhausted, leaning back in the big chair in the living room.
Honghua was very sensible and made a cup of strong ginger black tea herself, took it out and gently placed it next to her father. I brought a low stool and carefully massaged Shurakshasa's thighs.
A burst of small fists, vigorously hitting his thighs, Shurakshasa is very comfortable. He had been standing on the podium for a day and a night.
Jin Hua silently walked to the kitchen to stew a backyard in person, caught and killed the old female duck who was washed and emptied of the blood.
This old female duck was the last left in the family, because it was still laying eggs, and the red flower had been hidden from everyone and not taken out to the army.
The other old hens in the family also took it to the military doctors to make tonics for the wounded to eat and drink.
Da Man and Ah Qing were very diligent in lighting the fire to help, and the aroma of the duck after it was stewed crawled into the nose of the woman in the kitchen.
Da Man and Ah Qing swallowed their saliva in their stomachs.
Since the siege of the city by the ghost troops, the family has always eaten and drunk a vegan diet.
Shurakshasa is very selfless, and shares all his best reserves of chickens, ducks, fish, and wild boar for the winter with the army.
I only have some sun-dried vegetables and pickled vegetables at home.
After making the old duck, Jinhua personally took it out and walked to the restaurant, where grandma and Honghua were sitting.
Only Shurakshasa walked alone into his study, locking the door. He was silently weeping over the relics of his deceased wife, Jinhua and Honghua's mother.
Shurakshasa regretted that he did not follow his wife.
He really couldn't afford to leave his mother and two young daughters behind. thought that on that snowy peak, his wife starved to death to save herself.
Chu Chu's pitiful appearance, Shurakshasa dug into his heart and cried.
Now for the peace of Peacock City and the life of the people, I have to send my two daughters who are like flowers and jade to the ghost clan.
The Shurakshasa was even more uncomfortable and self-blaming for beating his chest.
He stroked his wife's clothes, silently shedding men's tears. The door was pushed open at this time, and Lao Yu stood in front of the door.
Shouted
"City Lord, something is wrong, then Tan Ling personally threw a large army to attack us.
If we don't stop fighting, we will suffer heavy casualties, and we will really not be able to keep the city wall.
I'm afraid Tan Ling will succeed in the capture.
Now the newly wounded and the wounded, as long as they can move around, have climbed the city wall to fight again, but the manpower is becoming more and more insufficient. ”
Shurakshasa secretly wiped away his tears, turned around and looked at Lao Yu and said
"Don't worry. I still have a stable meal at home.
You, an old man who spends all day soaking in rice, will be with Jinhua and Honghua tonight. Let's have one last meal. ”
Lao Yu wondered
"What do you mean by the last meal?"
"City Lord, do you have anything you can do? What do you mean? What a good girl with a golden flower and that red flower, what are your plans? ”
Shurakshasa didn't say anything, just handed the letter he put away after reading it alone and handed it to Lao Yu.
Lao Yu hurriedly opened the letter and looked at it with serious eyes. After reading it, Lao Yu was in tears.
He held his breath and said with anger in his mouth
"City Lord, don't you want it? The golden flower and the red flower are white together to talk about the spirit.
That Tan Ling was a scheming liar.
You can't just send away your own gold and red flowers for nothing, unless he promises not to invade my Peacock City again. ”
Shurakshasa also said earnestly
"This is at least what we have to make sure to do. is to send out golden flowers and red flowers, and their ghost clan must withdraw and extinguish the fire and no longer invade Peacock City. ”
Lao Yu said with a smile on his face
"Reconciliation, a test of the spirit. It's just that there won't be a happy ending.
That is, the ghost clan will not invade us for the time being, and they will not regret it in the future without a watch, and then make a comeback to attack the city. ”
The Shuraksa became even more distressed. He said helplessly
"However, we don't have any other good way now, the people of Peacock City and the home of the Peacock King. What a hundred years of inheritance! It's really falling. ”
"Besides, once the ghost clan successfully attacks the city and enters the Peacock City, it will be even more devastating.
I cannot allow the people to suffer such sins with me, the lord of the city. I am the wicked man of the ages. ”
Lao Yu looked up at the moonlight and sighed
"The rebirth of the peacock nirvana was originally a natural law, but the safety of this Peacock City is so tormenting."
Shurakshasa smashed his fist on the small coffee table and said fiercely
"As long as, even if one of the people of Peacock City is saved in the end, even if it is just the home of the Peacock King. What's so great about me losing my daughter."
Lao Yu knelt on the ground and shook his head painfully and said
"City Lord, you are also making up for the loss of the sheep like this, and it will not help."
Shurakshasa also shook his head painfully and said
"That's it, so be it. I don't have any other good idea. ”
Honghua suddenly rushed into the house and hugged Shurashasa's legs, "Wow, wow, wow, wow." Crying out in pain.