Chapter 176: The Guillotine
The second day was a good day, the wind was beautiful, the sun shone warmly on the people, dispelling the cold, and the three of them sat in silence in the lobby of the inn, and the food on the table did not move for half a minute.
Qi Luo hurriedly ran in, panting, "Childe, the Hou Ye has already set off to parade through the streets, and he will be beheaded at the city gate at noon. ”
Xiao Yu'an got up suddenly, lowered the brim of his hat on his head and walked out.
Seventeen and Yiren looked at each other, and they all took their hats and followed.
"The people were dissatisfied, but they didn't dare to speak out, and Wushushe took the lead to beat the drums and voice grievances, but it was useless, and the government didn't accept it, saying that they had no evidence."
Qi Luo hurriedly followed behind him and reported the situation.
The family is above, the people don't dare to speak, there are no scholars who are proud, and they are not used to spontaneously organizing to seek justice, but it is just to no avail, even if they want to take care of it, this matter is planned by Xiao Ye, and those people who have no scholars are just two sentences of shouting for him.
On the contrary, he just wanted to make this matter as big as possible, so as to attract their attention, and those people in Wushushe also helped him invisibly, why didn't Xiao Ye do it?
Thinking of this, Yiren had a bad premonition in her heart, and she said calmly, "What will Hou Ye do next?"
Qi Luo was silent, probably no news.
The three of them followed the onlookers at the door with the brim of their hats, Xiao Yu'an has been calm, the sword in his hand is about to come out at any time, he is wearing a coarse linen dress today, but it is difficult to hide the temperament on his body.
On the contrary, Seventeen, wearing this clothes is as good as flowing, adding a bit of fireworks, but his face has never eased, he sensed Xiao Yu'an's emotions, and pressed his sword down with his hand, "Don't be impulsive, Hou Ye said that he has a way." ”
Xiao Yu'an came to his senses at this time, and his eyes stared at the gate of Xiao Hou's Mansion for a moment.
The heavy gate slowly opened, and two teams of soldiers streamed out from inside, neatly lined up on both sides, and Xiao Ding came out of Xiao Houfu, causing a commotion.
Although his hands were handcuffed, he could not hide his spirit, he was wearing a battle robe, his hair was meticulously lost, his big knife was hanging from his waist, and he strode out, like a soldier who was going to the battlefield.
Xiao Ye said that he remembered some merits in his early years and fulfilled one of his wishes, he said that he wanted to start from home, change into decent clothes and go to the guillotine again, Xiao Ye agreed.
He greeted the people around him with a smile, asked if the second sister of the Li family had a child, asked how many litters the piglets on the neighboring street had given birth, and he also asked the blacksmith who was injured in farm work to go back to recuperate, don't come out to see the excitement, saying that he has an old bone, there is nothing lively to see, and the people in the crowd laughed and joked with him, and they were silent with a smile.
Xiao Yu'an looked at Xiao Ding, whose temples were white, as if he was pressed by a big stone, and he couldn't breathe, and his fists were clenched tightly.
Xiao Ding walked forward, and the two sides automatically gave way to each other, Xiao Yu'an's footsteps froze in place, unable to move, lowering his head and pressing the brim of his hat.
Xiao Ding looked at the man standing in front of him, was stunned for a moment, and then smiled gently, "Young man, you are in the way of the old man." ”
"I didn't!" Xiao Yu'an lowered his head and choked lightly, as if he had an unspeakable grievance.
Xiao Ding sighed and bypassed him, "Young man, don't be impulsive in doing things, think about the consequences, and think about the people behind you." ”
Xiao Yu'an came back to his senses as if he was a blow to the head, and saw Seventeen and Yiren watching him on the side, and Seventeen's hand was on the saber at his waist, which was a posture of being ready to fight at any time.
A wave of frustration welled up in his heart, and he stepped aside, slowly moving forward with the wandering people.
Seventeen was on the side of Ito, and felt someone tearing his shirt, he lowered his head, and saw a little beggar sticking to his trouser leg, stuffing the note in his hand quickly, and then ran away, Seventeen pinched the note in his hand, and had a bad premonition.
"In this life, I have fought on the battlefield all my life, and I have never lived in the officialdom, so I might as well talk to you about some things."
He thought he was a storyteller, smiling, and as if he said casually, "If you want to talk about the sun in the west, and rise up in the east, you want to say this king, oh!" I can't look at it. ”
No one in the crowd answered, and he said: "There are many celebrities in this Dayan, a century-old family, officials protect each other, protect personal interests, and they are on the rise, but the mercenaries are self-respecting, seeking power and usurping the throne, they should be killed!"
"For the sake of imperial power and wealth, sell the land, plot to kill loyal ministers, chill the morale of our generals, and destroy the morale of our army, you should be killed!"
The more he spoke, the heavier it became, and even the first smile was gone, he was a sad and indignant court official, he pointed to the sky, "In order to please the voice of the people, deceive my people for ignorance, bully him into being stupid and powerless, do whatever he wants, he should be killed!" ”
A loud voice sounded from the front, and Xiao Ding's voice ran through the entire East Street.
He had already walked on the guillotine, and without hesitation, he pointed to the crowd of onlookers below, "Today's situation is caused by all of you, remember, it is your cowardice that makes the family strong." ”
Everyone was silent, Xiao Ding didn't want their silence, he had red eyes, "You are high-sounding and sacrifice your life for Dayan, but what you do the most is to pay tribute to the souls of the wronged, you keep saying wronged, the way of heaven, justice, but you will always stand by, you complain, but never change, you are stupid and unconscious, you always wait for the country to be strong, and never think about what you should do." ”
As he spoke, he smiled, and slowly paced back to the guillotine, his eyes staring at Xiao Yu'an standing below, as if to see him through, his voice was loud but sad, "Dayan's sorrow has never been the corruption of the court, but the dullness and ignorance of the subjects. ”
Cold sweat continued to break out on the forehead of the prisoner, although the emperor gave an order to let him say whatever he wanted, but he didn't expect Xiao Ding to say this and insult the emperor, but it was disrespectful, he didn't dare to listen anymore, and asked the people below to prepare to do it.
The executioner kicked him in the knee, and Xiao Ding had to half-kneel down and burst into laughter, which annoyed him, and he pressed Xiao Ding's head to the guillotine.
Xiao Yu'an looked at the person who bent his knees, his expression moved slightly, and he was stopped by Seventeen.
"Your Majesty the Emperor! Soldiers of the Northwest! I'm coming to you! My son, don't worry, keep your heart! ”
Xiao Yu'an suddenly, felt that his heart was pricked, his face suddenly turned pale, and the seventeenth beside him also reacted, and hurriedly unfolded the note in his hand, which was also full of seriousness, Yiren noticed that something was wrong with him, turned his head to look, and grabbed the people around him as soon as possible, but did not catch anything.
"Brother Xiao!"
Xiao Yu'an gave an order, signaled to do it, he had already flown a few times, jumped in front of the guillotine, the crowd was mixed, Xiao Yu'an fought with the surrounding soldiers, outnumbered, barely resisted.
Qi Luo squeezed to Seventeen's side from behind, protecting Yiren, Yiren was concerned about Xiao Yu'an, and hurriedly asked Qi Luo, "What's the matter?"
Qi Luo resisted and responded, "Our people are detained, and they can't get in at all." ”
"Who is it?"
"Xiao Jiajun."
"Boom", Yiren reacted and went to see Xiao Yu'an who was fighting in front, "Quick, take Xiao Yu'an away for me and stop him!" ”
Seventeen couldn't rush out when he heard Qi Luo's words, but unfortunately it was still too late.
Xiao Yu'an watched his father's head fall to the ground, and he could even feel the blood splashing on his face, hot, red blood.
The human head rolled and rolled on the ground, and because of the chaos of the crowd, it was kicked around as a plaything, and the original meticulous hair became messy, and the crown of hair on the head was kicked somewhere.
Xiao Yu'an's blood seemed to be coagulated, his body was numb, and his shoulder was pierced by a spear, but he couldn't feel the pain.
Seventeen rushed forward, dispersed all the people around him, and grabbed Xiao Yu'an, "Hurry up!" ”
Xiao Yu'an's whole person still seemed to have lost his mind, his whole body was soft and lifeless.
Seeing this, Seventeen shook the long whip on his waist and knocked down a piece, so as to roar at Xiao Yu'an, "Revenge!" ”
They are outnumbered, if Xiao Yu'an falls again, they have no magic at all, even if they provoke him, they must ignite his fighting spirit.
If so, Xiao Yu'an seemed to be ignited, her eyes were red, Yiren was mixed in the crowd, it was not easy to be discovered, Qi Luo took her to the side early, Seventeen didn't need to be distracted, and concentrated on dealing with this side, but in the end, there were only two of them, and they couldn't last long.
The two of them were back to back, in a defensive posture, and those soldiers were shocked by their combat effectiveness and did not dare to step forward for a while.
"Remember, you owe me my life." With that, Seventeen rushed out first, shook the long whip in his hand, and opened a way, "Hurry up!" ”
Xiao Yu'an didn't have time to react, so he rushed to that road, and when he saw everyone rushing towards Seventeen, he looked at the man with red eyes from a distance, and then looked down at his trembling hands stained with blood, and ran back.
Seeing him running back again, Seventeen was angry, waving the long whip in his hand and yelling at him angrily, "You grandson, what are you running back to do!" ”
"Let's go together!"
Seventeen was really angry, but there was a wordless touch, and in the end he could only hold back one sentence, "Unreasonable." ”
Xiao Yu'an ignored him, and the strength in his hand gradually lost his strength.
"The two of us, I'm afraid we're really going to die on the same day, the same month, the same year."
"Phew!" Seventeen leaned against his back, visibly disdainful, "What nonsense, No!" Reinforcements aren't coming! ”
Xiao Yu'an looked back, and saw that the people without a book and a group of beggars rushed to this side, scattering the soldiers, and then a group of black-clothed people rushed in, protected the two of them to death, sent them out of the encirclement, and dispersed in a hurry.
"Who are they?"
"Xiao Jiajun." Seventeen said in a deep voice, Xiao Yu'an didn't react, "What did you say?"
When the Yiren arrived, they saw that the atmosphere between them was a little frozen, and they had probably guessed, "I let the people in the study house create chaos, they will not be able to react for a while, go back first, it is too dangerous here." ”
"Why is Xiao Jiajun here?"
Yiren looked at the persistent Xiao Yu'an, and also said coldly, "Let's talk about it later." ”
Xiao Yu'an glanced at the chaotic crowd, saw the messy head, and said lightly: "I want to collect my father's body."
"Smack!"
"Little lady!" Seventeen didn't expect Yiren to do this, but his first reaction was to hold her hand and protect him in his arms, for fear that she would be injured.
Xiao Yu'an slowly turned his head, looking at the Yiren who was beating him with shocked eyes, Yiren looked directly at him, took off the sword of the Son of Heaven at his waist, and put it in front of him, "I order you, retreat!" ”
Xiao Yu'an wanted to speak again, but Yiren interrupted him, "If you don't obey the order, the crime will be added to the first." ”
He had never seen her so resolute, and he was a little dazed for a while, but he still didn't look back after all.
Yiren seemed to lose his strength, leaning weakly on Seventeen's arms, most of the weight of his body was on him, and Seventeen circled him so that she could relay.
The four of them lowered the brim of their hats and hurried to the city gate, where they saw that the gate was closed, and many soldiers stood in front of them.
"Sure enough, it's a trap!"
The city gate has been blocked, and it is impossible to get out, they can only wait for what Xiao Ye's next move is, Seventeen and Yiren glanced at each other, and they both saw uneasiness in each other's eyes.
There is no book to go back, and Zhangyunjian is also the key object of supervision, they will not be stupid enough to send them to death, and they can't implicate those people for no reason.
Seventeen thought about it and took them to Beggar's Alley on South Street, where it was inconspicuous and no one would pay attention, and there was a bunch of beggars to cover and sentry, at least safer than outside.
As soon as he settled down, Xiao Yu'an asked the doubts in his heart, "Why is Xiao Jiajun there?" Why would they stop me old people. ”
Seventeen handed him the note in his hand, Xiao Yu'an couldn't wait to unfold it, it was written that his person was detained by Xiao Jiajun, so that he didn't think about saving people, Xiao Jiajun had changed hands.
"So, my father never wanted to live, it was all a hoax, why would he do it?"
Xiao Yu'an couldn't figure it out, but Seventeen and Yiren knew it in their hearts, but they couldn't say anything.
Xiao Yu'an forgot to go out decadently, Yiren was not at ease, and wanted to follow him, "Don't come with me, I want to be quiet alone." ”
He stood alone in the moonlight, dressed in coarse linen clothes, and felt a little abandoned.
Seventeen handed him the note in his hand, Xiao Yu'an couldn't wait to unfold it, it was written that his person was detained by Xiao Jiajun, so that he didn't think about saving people, Xiao Jiajun had changed hands.
"So, my father never wanted to live, it was all a hoax, why would he do it?"
Xiao Yu'an couldn't figure it out, but Seventeen and Yiren knew it in their hearts, but they couldn't say anything.
Xiao Yu'an forgot to go out decadently, Yiren was not at ease, and wanted to follow him, "Don't come with me, I want to be quiet alone." ”
He stood alone in the moonlight, dressed in coarse linen clothes, and felt a little abandoned.
Seventeen handed him the note in his hand, Xiao Yu'an couldn't wait to unfold it, it was written that his person was detained by Xiao Jiajun, so that he didn't think about saving people, Xiao Jiajun had changed hands.
"So, my father never wanted to live, it was all a hoax, why would he do it?"
Xiao Yu'an couldn't figure it out, but Seventeen and Yiren knew it in their hearts, but they couldn't say anything.
Xiao Yu'an forgot to go out decadently, Yiren was not at ease, and wanted to follow him, "Don't come with me, I want to be quiet alone." ”
He stood alone in the moonlight, dressed in coarse linen clothes, and felt a little abandoned.