Chapter 19: First Sight (2)
The soldiers who were ordered by the Cao family carried weapons, rushed into the Yuan Mansion in an orderly and fast manner, surrounded them, and the water was impassable. They were dressed in hard armor, but they were more or less porous, and they were stained with newly coagulated blood.
Is that all the blood of the people of Yecheng?
They walked in, and they also brought the smell of blood. The smell of blood was very strong, thick and depressing, reminding me of the dark and blood-seeping ground of the Dragon Terrace and the blood mist wafting in the air. It turns out that not only will the dragon slaying and the immortals be drenched in blood, but the war in the world will also have such a taste. I can't put it into words, but it makes me shudder. I don't know if it's flesh or anger.
The soldiers all poured in, and in the distance a man was tall and majestic, and the general in a black suit stopped in the middle of the gate, and landed cleanly, and the soldiers around him made way for him, and he strode in, as if there was a wind under his feet.
Is that him? Such a posture, such a pomp, probably can only be him.
I lowered my head, what should have come is still coming.
"Who are you?" The voice was hard, cold, emotionless, aggressive, like a warrior's sharp knives and swords. After all, he should only be seventeen or eighteen years old now, why is a young man not childish at all, and even casual words are full of murderous aura on the battlefield?
At this moment, I knelt on the ground and hugged Mrs. Liu, she was trembling, and I could only hug her tightly to comfort her. I didn't speak, my head bowed, my long hair half-covered my face, and the black silk hung down on the ground and was covered with dust. It's very embarrassing, probably only one pair of eyes in the whole body are clean and bright.
"Speak." He stood in front of me, and I didn't dare to look up, but I could only see a pair of bloodstained and muddy boots in front of me, and the big eyes like the fierce beast head and brass bells on the upper of the boots stared at me intently, which made people shudder. His tone was still as cold and hard as steel, and probably a little more impatient. Is this impatient? Oh, most of the people who practice martial arts are rude and reckless, and they don't have any ink on their chests.
"I'm Heluo." It's strange that I was born with a character that is not afraid of heaven and earth, but in the face of him, I cowardly retreated. Now there is still Mrs. Liu waiting for my protection, and I told myself to be brave and strong, and finally I raised my head and made eye contact with him.
What a pair of beautiful eyes.
If he were a woman, he would have looked forward to life; If it is born on a man's face, it must be a scholar or swordsman who sprinkles a long sword and a pot of wine. It's a pity that such a pair of refracted sunlight is not inferior to the sunshine, and the bright eyes are born on the face of such a general, this reckless man.
He had armor on his head and dust on his face. He was so tall that I knelt on the ground and looked up, I couldn't see his face clearly, but I felt that these eyes gave me a sense of intimacy.
But how so? He is the Yama of the battlefield, his army has killed thousands of Yecheng people, Mrs. Liu once told me that the Cao family's army burned and plundered everywhere, and everywhere they went, there was no grass, and the old, weak, sick, disabled, women and children were not spared.
Slowly lowered my head and stopped looking at him, I shook Mrs. Liu's hand, the old hand was like a branch of dead wood, full of wrinkles, she hesitated for a moment, but still said in an old voice: "She is the wife of my second son Yuan Xi, Zhen's ......"
I closed my eyes, unwilling to face what was going to happen next. He's going to take me captive, he's going to imprison me, right? Am I going to be reduced to a plaything at the hands of their father and son? How could I ever bow my head to fate? But as fate would have it, I could only walk step by step towards the tragedy that I had been arranged by others.
Suddenly, I felt a cold hand pull away my long black hair that was messily hanging on the ground, my face was cold, this hand touched my cheeks and did not give birth to any warmth, a light appeared in front of my eyes, I looked up slightly, and found him bent down and stood in front of me, frowning, looking at my face.
His cold hand wiped the dust off my cheeks little by little, carefully brushed my hair so that my eyes were completely bright, he slowly brushed my eyelashes, I subconsciously closed my eyes and slowly opened them.
I couldn't help but frown as cold fingers touched the bridge of my nose and lips, and the smell of blood on his hands was on his hands.
Suddenly he moved a lot rougher, two fingers supported my chin, forcing me to look up and look at him, suddenly he shook his hand, my face was thrown away by this not big, not small, not light, not heavy, I fell to the ground and almost knelt unsteadily, Mrs. Liu held me up, he sneered on the top of my head with a cold, cold voice as cold as his hand, the original words of praise are not just sarcastic or contemptuous at the moment: "Sure enough, it's a beauty." ”
"The business that my father asked me to do is done, treat Mrs. Liu well, and you will take her away." He whispered a command to the lieutenant general beside him, and turned to leave.
"Where are you going?" I suddenly mustered up my courage and raised my head to ask him, my voice still a little hoarse. Hearing my voice, he stopped and turned his head slightly to look at me.
"Come home with me." With that, he turned and walked away, walked out of the gate quickly, and rode away on his horse.
He didn't tie me up and take me captive? I was surprised, I thought I was going to suffer something. He also wanted to be kind to Mrs. Liu, and he didn't ask anything, but fortunately, fortunately, it seems that he is not very ruthless......
The rude soldiers around them looked at each other, a little at a loss. The lieutenant just now came over and bowed his head and saluted me: "Madam, let's go." ”
"Excuse me, I still have two more words to say to Mrs. Liu." I bowed my head to him, and he saluted me, not despising me like the others, so I spoke very politely.
"Please hurry up." He saluted again, beckoned after speaking, and motioned for two soldiers to come up and take care of us, and he ordered a team of men and horses to enter the backyard of the Yuan Mansion, presumably to check whether there were any descendants of the Yuan family in the courtyard. Who would believe it, there is a huge Yuan Mansion, and there are only two of our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
"Mother-in-law, the Yuan Mansion will let you continue to live, the furnishings inside, I'm afraid it's not as good as before, and the number of people serving will be reduced a lot, but I don't think it's too sad in the future......" I helped Mrs. Liu, who was still kneeling on the ground, to help her to the side of the steps and sit down, I still knelt in front of her, and gently explained to her what happened next.
"Child, I'm sorry for you......" As she spoke, she burst into tears, shaking her head again and again and reproaching herself, "I'm old, but I'm afraid that you will have to suffer in the future." ”
"It's fine." I patted her hand, stood up and looked at the deputy general standing not far away, he couldn't do it after a long time, I leaned forward and hugged Mrs. Liu, "Mother-in-law take care." ”
She nodded with tears in her eyes and let go of my hand. I didn't say much, I stood up and straightened my clothes, walked in front of the lieutenant three paces away as dignified and decent as possible.
"Let's go." I turned my head again to look at the originally magnificent but now bleak Yuan Mansion, slowly walked out of the gate, got into the carriage that had been prepared long ago, and was not gorgeous and exquisite, and let the strange coachman take me wherever I went.