Chapter 33: Breaking the City and Accepting Wives (2)
After breaking the city, Sun Ce personally climbed the city tower, killed the generals who defended the city, and shocked the four realms, so that the more than 2,000 defenders of Wancheng were terrified, and they all raised their hands to surrender, and they no longer dared to resist stubbornly.
The capture of this city was far smoother than expected, and all the veterans breathed a sigh of relief. Sun Ce didn't show the slightest joy and relief, and after entrusting everything to Cheng Pu and Han Dang, he rode alone to the Qiao family's old house.
The streets and alleys in the city were still trapped by the formation, and Sun Ce led his troops to walk along the city wall, but he didn't notice it, and now he entered the city alone, and after a few circles, he found that there was no other mechanism. Turning around like this will only sink in this maze whirlpool, Sun Ce thought about it and carefully recalled the street scene of Wancheng that Da Qiao had told him. The alleys she played with when she was a child, the shops she bought with sugar piles, and the piles and piles, Sun Ce firmly remembered them, and now she relies on these clues to grope all the way to the Qiao family's old house.
To this day, Sun Ce still can't figure out why he, a always well-behaved and gentle lady, would leave his daughter, who hurts like a heart, and leave his aunt without saying goodbye. He really failed to protect his father-in-law, broke his promise in front of Da Qiao, and made her sad, but these were really not what he wanted, how could he make her ruthless, leave her daughter, mother-in-law and Jiangdong's family, and run back to her hometown?
The most difficult thing for Sun Ce to accept is that she also gave up on him, when she was in Gusu, her eyes were always so affectionate when she looked at him, like him, there was only each other in her eyes, why did he lead the troops to fight Chen Yu, she didn't say goodbye, and put herself in danger. Sun Ce had 10,000 points of incomprehension in his heart, and even more 10,000 points of annoyance, but more than these two, he felt sorry for her. Thinking that she must have cried day and night because of Qiao Rui's death, Sun Ce was sad for a while, and he no longer had any resentment, he just wanted to hurry back to her side and hug her into his arms.
Thinking of this, Sun Ce turned over and dismounted, and was about to knock on the door, when he heard a rush of footsteps in the narrow alley, followed by a scolding and rough male voice. Sun Ce suddenly looked back, only to see Zhang Xun staggering over with more than 20 soldiers from the lower part, and Da Qiao, who he had been thinking about for a long time, was also in the crowd.
Sun Ce wanted to hide in the shadows to see what kind of medicine they were selling in their gourds, but when he saw that Da Qiao couldn't care about it anymore, he hurriedly showed his figure. When Zhang Xun and his subordinates saw Sun Ce, they turned their heads and wanted to flee, but they suddenly remembered that Sun Ce was just alone, and hurriedly stopped and firmly controlled Da Qiao in the crowd.
Sun Ce's eyes were tightly locked on Da Qiao's little face, not seen for a few months, she became thinner and thinner, and finally raised her red and white face to become the color of green jade again, which set off her flawless facial features more and more delicate and smart, I see pity, under such a thin body, it is difficult for others to see that she is pregnant, but Da Qiao's figure Sun Ce is extremely familiar, and at a glance he found that she has a body, he involuntarily stepped forward, his eyes were full of joy that could not be hidden: "Ying'er ......"
Although Da Qiao blamed Sun Ce, and there were 10,000 suspicious shadows in his heart to ask him clearly, he also knew that he must not help outsiders at this time, he pursed his thin lips and looked at Sun Ce, shook his head gently, signaling him not to move rashly, and his heartbeat missed a beat without arguing.
Unconsciously, it has been several years since Juchao's first acquaintance, and he is still as handsome and flying as he was back then, but the city and his wrist have not improved much compared to back then, but Xiang Da Qiao's eyes have never changed. Facing such a sincere eye wave, Da Qiao was in a trance for a moment, and he couldn't imagine that he would use despicable means to calculate himself.
Zhang Xun also saw that Sun Ce cared about Da Qiao, and secretly congratulated himself that he had robbed the right person, waved his hand, signaled his subordinates to draw their swords and hold their swords, and surrounded Sun Ce, while he stood in front of Da Qiao, and said with a dignified manner: "Miss Da Qiao is the orphan of General Qiao's colleague, General Ben has been friends with General Qiao for many years, and he will protect him, what is General Sun going to do?" In broad daylight, robbing people's daughters? β
Sun Ce looked at Zhang Xun with a blank look on his face, and asked forcefully, "What do you want?" β
In the courtyard of Qiao's house, Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao did not enter the hall, standing in the courtyard waiting for news, and now they naturally heard the sound of noise outside the door. Xiao Qiao got up anxiously and was about to go out, but was stopped by Zhou Yu, only to hear him lower his voice and say, "Don't be busy, now is not the time for us to go out." β
Although Xiao Qiao believed in Zhou Yu, he still couldn't help but worry about Da Qiao: "My sister has a body, and my brother-in-law is only one person, is it really okay?" β
Hearing that Da Qiao was pregnant again, Zhou Yu's expression relaxed a little: "Then it doesn't matter, if Bo Fu knows that Mrs. Qiao is pregnant, a hundred Zhang Xun can be stunned." Don't underestimate your brother-in-law, these shrimp soldiers and crab generals don't have anything to do at all. β
Every word Zhou Yu said, Xiao Qiao was convinced, she breathed a long sigh of relief, her expression relaxed a little, raised her eyes and hit Zhou Yu's eyes for a moment, her little face turned red, and she said, "Why do you keep looking at me......"
From the moment they met until now, she didn't have a word of resentment or blame, and she didn't even mention the pain caused to her by her father's death, but Zhou Yu still saw the pain she had endured from her emaciated face and slightly blue eye sockets, he raised his hand and gently brushed her creamy cheeks, and said in a low voice: "I won't let you leave my side again in the future." β
Xiao Qiao seemed to hear a few different meanings from Zhou Yu's words, looked at him in a daze, and before he could ask, he heard a string sound outside the door. Zhou Yu's expression tightened, and he told Xiao Qiao to hide, and he climbed the low wall of the old mansion with a bow, only to see that Sun Ce was really brave and had snatched Da Qiao back to his side, while Zhang Xun and more than 20 of his subordinates had already staggered, some blood was splashed three feet and their heads were in different places, and some were lucky to survive but could not get up again.
Although Da Qiao is the daughter of Jiangmen, it is very rare to see such a close killing, at this time he was held in Sun Ce's arms, his face was pale, his hands were caressing his lower abdomen, and his calves couldn't help trembling.
A few zhang away, Changmu Xiu, who disappeared under the city, actually got out of nowhere, holding a big bow and firing several arrows at Sun Ce. Sun Ce wanted to take care of Da Qiao, and his actions were naturally not as agile as usual, and the arrows passed by, causing Da Qiao to shout in a lost voice: "Sun Lang! β
Changmu Xiu saw that Sun Ce cared about Da Qiao more than himself, so he simply fired arrows at Da Qiao again and again, Sun Ce hurriedly blocked Da Qiao behind him, and in a panic, his left arm was bruised by the arrow feather.
Chang Mu Xiu's despicability was really outrageous, Zhou Yu saw the opportunity, vigorously pulled his bow, and released two arrows in a row, one arrow missed the stray arrow flying towards Sun Ce, and the other arrow flew straight towards Long Mu Xiu's heart. Nagasaki Xiu's reaction was extremely agile, and he dodged sideways, and the arrow shot straight into his left arm, he screamed miserably, and staggered to the ground, unable to get up for a long time under the new and old injuries.
At the same time, LΓΌ Meng led his troops to pursue Changmu Xiu, and finally went around here, and dozens of soldiers stepped forward and surrounded Zhang Xun and others and Changmu Xiu respectively. Nagamu Xiu took advantage of the chaos to release a hidden weapon, whistled, grabbed a horse, struggled and turned over, and fled desperately. Zhou Yu hurriedly sent another arrow, and the arrow feather flew straight into Changmu Xiu's shoulder blade, but he endured the severe pain and galloped all the way away, and finally disappeared from everyone's sight.
Lu Meng wanted to chase after him, but he listened to Sun Ce's painful instructions: "Don't chase, this person is cunning, and he makes good use of treacherous formations, and if he chases again, he is afraid that he will fall into his trap...... Besides, Gong Jin's two arrows were enough to kill him. β
Lu Meng gave up his orders and led the soldiers to deal with Zhang Xun and others. Xiao Qiao couldn't hold back any longer, broke out of the door, and stepped forward to support Da Qiao: "Sister, ......are you okay?"
Da Qiao was frightened, his expression was extremely ugly, but his little hand tightly covered Sun Ce's injured arm. Sun Ce saw that Da Qiao still felt sorry for him, and all the grievances in his heart disappeared, and a light smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Okay, Madame shouldn't stand for a long time, let's go into the house and talk about it." β
Qiao's house this out of the three-entry courtyard, is Qiao Rui after the development of the year, on the basis of the ancestral house to expand and rebuild, although it is a martial arts mansion, but there is no trace of roughness: Zhilan laurel tree, small bridge flowing water, a flower and a tree are planted by the mother of Erqiao, although the Yiren have been dead for many years, the layout of the court has not changed at all, and there is no trace of chaos.
After Sun Ce and Zhou Yu entered the mansion, they first went to worship and burn incense in front of Qiao Rui's spiritual seat in the main hall. Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao couldn't help but cry sadly, and it took a while to come to their senses, Da Qiao remembered that Sun Ce had an injury on his arm, and he cared about it but didn't want to declare it, so he went to the wing room under the pretext that he was unwell, and let Xiao Qiao dig out the medicine box.
How could Xiao Qiao not know Da Qiao's thoughts, and handed the box to Sun Ce: "There is medicinal wine in the box, brother-in-law wipe it himself." β
Seeing that Da Qiao still cared about herself, she thought that she was no longer angry, and she didn't want to be like this now, so she had to explain patiently: "My father-in-law's matter is my miscalculation, but I didn't do it intentionally." Ying'er is angry and complains about me, I have nothing to say, but I would rather you beat me and beat me than you ignore me......"
Da Qiao leaned on the soft couch, tears rolled down his cheeks, and his lips opened slightly, but he didn't know where to start. In the past few days, Da Qiao has not only experienced the pain of losing his father, but also lived in self-blame every day. How struggling and tormented she was in her heart, Xiao Qiao saw it in her eyes, and explained to Sun Ce: "That...... Brother-in-law, father's affairs, we are all very sad, but my sister is not angry with you because of this. When we were in Gusu before, Changmu Xiu's sister said that the letter that my father promised you to marry back then was forged by you Changmu Xiu, so I forgot to avoid even my grandfather's name in it...... Now my sister thinks that the reason why my father was killed was because of her ...... with you."
Listening to Xiao Qiao's words, Sun Ce was stunned, and it took a while to remember the content of the letter she mentioned. Being wronged like this, Sun Ce only felt that his anger was burning up, he was extremely angry, his tight chest rose and fell endlessly, but he was still reluctant to say a heavy sentence from Da Qiao: "You and I have been married for many years, and we have outstanding kindness, you actually don't believe me at such a juncture, what Changmu Xiu's sister should you believe?" Their sister and brother are wolf ambitions, and I haven't settled accounts with them yet, and because of such a thing, you left Qiong'er and my mother and ran back to Wancheng with your aunt? Before crossing the river, I was really afraid that General Qiao would not agree to our marriage, but that doesn't mean that I would deceive you by such means! Now that General Qiao is gone, I am so stigmatized by someone with a heart, I am really at a loss for words. But I hope you can think about it, after many years of companionship, day and night, is your man really so unbearable? β
"I don't want to believe more than anyone else that you're like that, but there are so many flaws in that letter...... Sun Lang, even if it was really not you who asked Nagamu Xiu to do it, but it was really because of me, because of our relationship, that my father was sent to the front line and lost his life...... I can not hate you, I don't hate you, but I can't help but hate myself......" Da Qiao said, tears raining down, Xiao Qiao sat in front of her and supported her thin body, and couldn't help crying.
Zhou Yu, who had not interjected, stepped forward at this time and sighed: "Mrs. Qiao's condolences, please listen to what Zhou Mou said: If you want to find out whether General Qiao has agreed to this family business, why just read that letter?" When General Qiao died, Zhou was only dozens of miles away from him, found an old man, and brought him all the way here. Originally, I just wanted him to tell you about General Qiao's recent situation in the past few years, so that your sisters could be relieved a little, but now it seems that I am afraid that I will have to rely on him to help the lord wash away his grievances. I have ordered Lu Meng to bring this person, and I guess it should have arrived by this time. β