() These words were like a basin of cold water, which poured Zeng on her heart, took a few steps back, looked Zhao Shu up and down, and by the dim light in the room, she finally noticed the indifference in Zhao Shu's eyes.

"I know, the slave family is not worthy of going with the son, you are a high king, born noble, how could you escape with a lowly woman, this, this is the whimsy of the slave family."

Zhao Shu sighed slightly.

She was extremely disappointed, and her eyes were full of tears.

"The slave family is wrong, the slave family is wrong."

"Okay, it's Xiao Wang who let the girl down."

"Your Highness, can you bear to watch your son die?"

"No, this king doesn't want to!"

Zeng wiped away his tears, knelt down, and kowtowed to Zhao Shu Bangbang three times.

"Your Highness, so far, Lord Chengguo, they haven't come to arrest me yet, can you let me go?"

Zhaoshu's mood at the moment is a little complicated, if he escapes, then Guo Zihu's painstakingly conceived plan will be leaked, in case Ezhou is prepared, then their actions will definitely fail.

Zeng grabbed a piece of clothing from the bed and draped it over her body, preparing to escape, when Zhao Shu suddenly stepped forward and grabbed her arm.

"Where are you going?"

Zeng was stunned for a moment, her eyes were already red and swollen from crying, and now she couldn't shed tears.

"Your Highness, you, you won't let go of the slave family?"

Zhao Shu hardened his heart fiercely.

"Son, it's not that this king won't let you go, if you want to blame it, blame all this for fate, if there is an afterlife, this king swears that he will not disappoint you."

"Okay, ha, haha"

Zeng nodded, and she suddenly laughed, laughing so much that two bloody tears flowed from her eyes.

Zhao Shu had never seen anyone laugh so sadly, laugh so painfully.

"Don't do that, son."

"What if you don't?"

There was a sound of footsteps outside, but stopped at the door.

Zhao Shu stood up suddenly, he walked to the window and pushed it open, only to see four guards standing outside. They all had knives at their waists.

"Your Highness, is the person who killed the slave family here?"

Zeng looked at Zhao Shu, and his eyes had become dull.

Zhao Shu wanted to defend himself, but felt that he couldn't defend himself, so he said hatefully outside the window: "What are you doing here? ”。

The guards outside replied cautiously: "Your Highness, Lord Guo asked his subordinates to remind you that the hour is coming." ”

Just now, Guo Zihu asked Zhaoshu to deal with Zeng's matter before the second watch, and now that the time has come, if Zeng doesn't take poison, they will come in and do it.

Zhao Shu was furious.

"What do you want to do!"

The guards outside glanced at each other and pushed the door in.

Zeng smiled sadly.

"Your Highness, you, hello, so ruthless"

Zhaoshu seemed to have been whipped, and he asked himself in his heart: "Even if Guo Zihu didn't send someone here, would I really let him go?" ”

Zeng picked up the porcelain bottle from the table, covered it to his chest, silently recited two sentences in his mouth, and then uncorked the bottle with a bang.

"Your Highness, before you die, there is only one thing I want you to satisfy."

Zhao Shu nodded.

"Okay, if this king can do it, he will do it for you."

"The slave family grew up by the river since childhood, and the later troupe was also on a red boat, after the slave family died, don't dig a pit and bury it, just throw the slave family wrapped in a mat into the river, so that I can return to my hometown with a wisp of ghost."

Zhao Shu hesitated for a moment, but looked at Zeng's resentful eyes and finally nodded.

"Okay, this king agrees."

Zeng said goodbye softly, covered his face with one hand, and poured the contents of the porcelain vase into his mouth with his head up.

Zhao Shu stretched out his hand and wanted to help Zeng, but Zeng pushed him away.

"Son, please don't hate me, I'm also a last resort"

Zeng looked at Zhao Shu in despair, she took two steps back, suddenly covered her stomach with her hands, spurted a mouthful of blood from her mouth, and her body fell to the ground limply.

Zhao Shu stepped over and wanted to help Zeng, but Zeng spurted out another mouthful of blood, and Zhao Shu hurriedly got out of the way.

Zeng's last look was heartache.

Zhao Shu stood there for a long time, and when he saw Zeng lying on the ground motionless, he turned his head to look at the four guards.

"Go and see if she's dead."

A guard walked over and probed Zeng's snort, found that she was not breathing, and saw her lying on her stomach, with one arm exposed, and pinched her pulse.

"Your Highness, Miss Zeng's snort is gone, but she still seems to have a little heartbeat."

Zhao Shu picked up the porcelain vase on the ground, sniffed it, and shook his head.

"This is Hedinghong's poisonous wine, and there is no livelihood if you drink it." He waved his hand again, "Why don't you go find a bed?" ”

This kind of poisonous wine was commonly used in the palace before, and Zhao Shu had smelled it once, so the smell was familiar to him, as for the faint heartbeat, it was not dead yet, and it was gone immediately.

"Yes"

The two guards hurriedly ran out, and after a short time they came in with a roll of mats, and they wrapped Zeng's body and found a rope to tie the ends together.

"Your Highness, what are we going to do, do we really throw her into the river?"

Zhao Shu hesitated for a moment, he was really a little unbearable.

"Okay, throw it away, this is Miss Zeng's wish before her death, since this king promised, he should fulfill his promise."

"Your Highness, do you want to ask Lord Guo?"

Zhao Shu flicked his sleeves hatefully.

"Ask yourselves!"

After saying that, he walked away and never looked back.

Outside the house, a cold wind blew in his face, and Zhao Shu shivered, and secretly wondered in his heart: "Is it that I go to Ezhou, will it not go well?" ”

***

The tenth day of the seventh month.

Daybreak.

Zhao Zhen was in Ezhou and received two war reports early in the morning.

The first battle report was written by Yu Yuanxiang, he asked for credit for the deputy general Xiong Zhang in the battle report, this Xiong Zhang first defeated Chuzhou, then Haizhou, and now actually took Xuzhou, he and Caizhou looked at each other, each other was horns, which made Wan Yan A Shilan a big headache, and could only divide troops to block Xiong Zhang's forward momentum.

Zhao Zhen was overjoyed, but he didn't expect Xiong Zhang to be a good general, he brought less than 5,000 people and horses, and he actually played triumphant songs and won battles along the way.

In fact, in these state capitals in Jiangbei, most of the Dajing army fled before the people arrived, everyone heard that Wan Yan A Shilan was murderous, who dared to stay?

Later, Wan Yan A Shilan sent some men and horses to the state capitals in Jiangbei, most of them were led by Mou Ke Jilie, their purpose was to collect the surrounding grain and grass, send people to the capital, and provide supplies for the besieging army, so Xiong Zhang came, it didn't take much effort at all, and these state capitals were successfully recovered.

Yu Yuanxiang and Xiong Zhang didn't know that because of their advance, there was a problem with Wanyan A Shilan to scavenge food from nearby, so Wu Qixiu gave the Dalang lord an idea, and there was a scene of cannibalism in the Dajing army.

The second war report is the news from General Le Zhong with flying pigeons, it turned out that he led the navy to Hangzhou Bay from the sea, and defeated Wan Yan Congfu, who was loading the ship, Wan Yan Congfu plundered a lot of wealth along the way, he loaded the ship and planned to transport it back, but was beaten by Le Zhong to abandon the ship and land.

When Ke Lezhong led people off the ship to pursue, they were killed by Wan Yan Congfu, and they could not defeat the Dajing army on land, so they could only retreat to the ship and wait for the fighters.

The eighth master stood beside Zhao Zhen, his expression a little hesitant.

"Your Highness, there is one more thing to tell you."

"What's the matter?"

"Ma Guang and Cao Bangjie are back, just outside the city, saying that they want to plead guilty to you, please don't kill them."

Zhao Zhen raised his eyebrows, and his teeth itched with hatred.

"These two guys still know that they are back, didn't they go to Dongting Lake to be water thieves, and they still have the face to come back, what about their remnants?"

"They only brought back a hundred cavalry, and the others were infantrymen, and they were still waiting on Dongting Lake."

"Didn't they want to be water thieves, why are they back!"

"Yes, Your Highness, don't talk angry, what are you going to do with them?"

Zhao Zhen snorted.

"I really want to beat them up and cut them again, but now that the affairs in the army have been handed over to General Wei Xingwei, he will deal with it."

The eighth master has been with Zhao Zhen for so long, and he hasn't seen anyone he kill, after all, Ma Guang and Cao Bangjie have followed all the way from Fenzhou, and they have some feelings, and if they really want to kill them, they still can't bear it.

"Your Highness, if you hand them over to General Wei, these two heartless guys will die, you see, General Wei is in Ezhou, and the military orders are like mountains, who dares to say half a word?"