Gangneung City,

After a fierce struggle for succession, this is temporarily the habitat of Xiao Yi, the king of Xiangdong, in order to show off the fruits of his victory, Xiao Yi set it as the capital of the Great Liang and called himself Emperor Liang.

The middle of winter is approaching, and the cold wind is biting, and a large flag with the word "Chen" written on the city wall is rattling.

Under the city tower, there are many soldiers dressed in silver ash armor, and above the city tower, a young man in a fox fur clutches the railing that has been peeled off, as if waiting for something, his five fingers spasm, looking very nervous and anxious.

At this time, everyone looked at a young man tied up on a cupola stone pillar on the city tower, and they all secretly marveled and sighed, I heard that this young man was a hostage captured by Chen Shuo, the son of King Chen, as long as this hostage was in hand, he would be able to make the national teacher Xie Ling, who could predict the national fortune in the Great Liang court, turn his hands into the clouds and cover his hands for the rain.

I have heard that Xie Ling since the name of Jiankang, has always been known for not close to women, Emperor Wu of Liang once wanted to marry his favorite granddaughter Princess Liyang to him as a wife, but he politely refused, a young man who did not even want to be a young man who did not want to be attached to the horse, who did not praise him for not tending to be inflammatory, not to mention that Princess Liyang is still the most beautiful woman in the capital of this dynasty.

However, who would have thought that this young national teacher, who is not close to women and does not love power and status, turned out to be a broken sleeve, and like those princes of the Xiao family, he admired such a humble slave from a poor family with an empty skin?

Tsk, it's really a hero who is sad about the beauty pass, even if the beauty is a man.

But when everyone's eyes were once again projected on the young man bound by the sky, they had to admit that even if they were men, this young man did live up to his reputation, and he had a color that all women in the world could hardly match.

"I just don't know, will the national teacher Xie Ling really throw himself into the net for this Su Liancheng?" A subordinate couldn't help but ask.

Twelve hours of waiting had already made the subordinates lose their patience.

But Chen Shuo did not lose patience, he stared at the city gate not far away like an eagle falcon, his lips that were blown dry by the wind moved, and then he said in a deep voice: "She will definitely come!" ”

Almost as soon as these words fell, there was a commotion outside the city gate, and the soldiers guarding the gate immediately stood up straight, holding their halberds in their hands and making a posture of meeting them at any time, and saw that a young man with extraordinary demeanor sat on a steed that had been dusted by the horse's hooves.

This young man was just wearing the most ordinary Xuanwen narrow-sleeved corseted robe, but the hearty and clear demeanor that stood like a jade mountain had a kind of aristocratic atmosphere from the high-ranking lords.

It was also at this time that everyone seemed to remember that this young national teacher who had entered the Nanliang Dynasty at a young age was originally born in Wuyi Lane and was a descendant of the Xie family of Chen County.

Since the Xiao dynasty became the emperor of the Song Dynasty, the Xie family of Chenjun has gradually withdrawn from the political and metallurgical center of the Southern Dynasty, and no one from the Xie family has entered the center of Taicheng or held the power of the feudal town in the past hundred years, but no one expected that a hundred years later, there would be such a young man rising like a star, re-entering the court in the name of the national teacher, illuminating the national capital of the entire Great Liang.

This person is the national teacher Xie Ling.

"Xie Ling, he is really here, he is really willing to throw himself into the net, why bother? It's just a humble slave. ”

The soldiers guarding the gate seemed to feel a little sorry, seeing such a handsome figure as Xie Ling, they couldn't bear to turn into dust in the end.

But pity is pity, since he has come, he is already destined to die here in the end, and there is no change.

"Open the city gate, I want to see your new emperor, Xiao Yi, the king of Xiangdong, and Chen Shuo, the son of the king of Chen."

Under Xie Ling's shout, the guards at the city gate looked at the fox man on the top of the city tower, but saw that the man raised his hand and made a gesture to open the door, so the city gate was opened.

Xie Ling immediately rode his horse into the city alone, stopped the horse's hooves under the city tower, and also looked at the young man hanging high in the air above the stone pillar, the young man's white clothes had become tattered, covered with blood, because he was seriously injured, he had fallen into a coma, and the young man's figure did not move.

Xie Ling's eyes were instantly full of crystals, and big tears slipped down in the wind and dried up, and immediately, she raised the burden in her hand, looked at the fox man standing on the top of the city tower, and said loudly: "Chen Shuo, I'm back, I also brought what you wanted, let him go!" ”

The last three words were so loud that she didn't notice that the young man bound on the stone pillar suddenly opened his eyes.

Chen Shuo laughed: "Okay, very good, Xie Ling, you are really affectionate and righteous, even a slave beside you can't bear to accept it on your behalf." ”

After that, he changed the conversation again, "Since you are so affectionate and righteous, then I will fulfill you, come on!" ”

Under his order, dozens of armored soldiers came through with halberds in their hands and surrounded Xie Ling, and at this moment, the young man on the stone pillar began to struggle, wanting to shout, but because he had not entered the water for two days, his voice was already hoarse, and he couldn't even make a sound, so he could only watch Xie Ling being escorted into the city tower by two sergeants.

Two days later,

In the dark and cramped cell, Xie Ling also wore heavy shackles on her hands and feet, and her whole body was nailed to the cross next to the wall, at this time her long hair was draped, and her body was also covered with blood, and the fire burning in the copper basin illuminated her pale and somewhat transparent cheeks, but her eyes were still bright and stunning.

"Xie Ling, are you still unwilling to admit defeat?" The man's gloomy voice came with a slightly hoarse voice.

Xie Ling raised his head and looked at the man who had been a confidant in the past, the man was still plump and handsome, and he was full of spirit, but there was a little less openness between his eyebrows, and a little more incomprehensible Yin Owl fierceness.

"As long as you are willing to assist me wholeheartedly and serve our Chen family, I can release you and Su Liancheng, and even I can show my uncle for your Xie family, so that your Xie family will still be the most prosperous clan after the establishment of the new dynasty."

"Heh, I'd rather fly with the bird, not with the yellow bird, Chen Shizi probably can't understand the meaning."

Xie Ling sneered, looking at the man with disdain in his eyes.

The man's eyes instantly ignited with anger, he strode towards Xie Ling, picked up her collar, and asked in a deep voice, "Serving our Chen family, will you be humiliated like this?" Is it the same dust as the light, or the same stream, Xie Ling, is there really no certainty in your heart, there is no black and white, treacherous and moral? ”

"Right and wrong? Traitorous morality? Xie Ling smiled bitterly, she looked at Chen Shuo, and asked coldly, "Chen Shuo, use my affection for you, gain my grandfather's trust, and pave the way for the rise of your Chen family, and when the world is in chaos and the Xie family is no longer useful to you, you can rationally do it immediately and betray the news that my Xie family left Jiankang, you just want to use me to go to Xiao Yi or Hou Jing to ask for credit, where do you have the morality?" ”

Chen Shuo's face changed greatly, and the look in his eyes became panicked.

However, he was only flustered for a moment, he laughed mockingly again, and said: "Xie Ling, it turns out that I am like this in your heart, you don't believe me, you think I deceived you, but do you know, who is Su Liancheng whom you believe in?" ”

Xie Ling looked at him in surprise, and listened to him, "Su Liancheng, his surname is not Su, but Murong, he is the youngest son of Murong Shaozong, and it was Murong Shaozong who arranged for his youngest son to lurk in the capital of my Southern Liang, what do you think Murong Liancheng is close to you and does not hesitate to sell himself to your Xie family, just to be a subordinate by your side, what is it for?" ”

Xie Ling was silent, Chen Shuo smiled proudly again, and continued, "Xie Ling, you also know that Murong Shaozong is a fierce general of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and he has won the trust of Gao Huan's father and son, a powerful minister of the Eastern Wei Dynasty.

I might as well tell you one more thing, now Gao Cheng is holding Xiao Yuanming's chess piece, and wants to threaten the general Wang Seng to identify Xiao Yuanming as the new emperor of the Great Liang, and even Gao Cheng wants to take advantage of the chaos in Southern Liang to get a piece of the pie, the consequences of all this, he Murong Liancheng really didn't do anything from it, he didn't betray you, and sold the news he got from you to Gao Cheng? ”

Xie Ling was still silent, but the pain and shock that rose in his eyebrows was enough to make Chen Shuo feel happy and proud.

Seeing her crystal clear eyes and a pair of ink pupils as fragile as glass, Chen Shuo seemed to be unbearable, raised his hand and stroked Xie Ling's cheek, and said softly: "Ah Ling, I really don't want to hurt you, as long as you are willing to follow me and help me sincerely, we are not afraid of a waiting scene, and we are not afraid of a Gao Cheng or Xiao Yi, as long as we join forces, with your talent, my Chen Clan's strength, we will be able to create a new prosperous era." ”

Speaking of this, the man seemed to be emotional, but seeing that Xie Ling's eyes had already wavered, he couldn't help but feel a trace of joy in his heart, coupled with the warmth of his tentacles, which made the charm that he had fantasized countless times in the past even worse.

Who would have thought that this young national teacher, who was once a powerful and popular young national teacher in the Southern Liang court, was actually a woman?

He was probably the first outsider outside of her family to know her secret!

Maybe she can't be called a woman who has captivated the country and the city, but she has a unique charm that is innocent and cold.

This kind of charm is both unbearable and uncontrollable.

After watching it for a long time, Chen Shuo didn't feel that he was uneasy, and he raised Xie Ling's chin sharply, and couldn't help but kiss it.

But just as he was about to touch her cherry lips, he felt a pain in his jaw, but Xie Ling suddenly opened his mouth and bit him hard, almost biting off a piece of flesh on his cheek.

Chen Shuo covered half of his bloody face, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

The anger also made his eyes red as bloodshot.

He raised his hand as if to give Xie Ling a slap, but saw Xie Ling staring at him coldly, and said mockingly: "People are swordsmen, I am fish and meat, since I have become a prisoner, you want to possess my body, I am powerless to resist, but after I die, I will end up being raped and ruined, what benefits can you get?" ”

"Chen Shuo, I thought you were just an ambitious king, but it turned out to be just a scheming villain, you think your words can separate me from Liancheng and dispel my trust in Liancheng?"

Chen Shuo couldn't help but be stunned, facing Xie Ling's direct gaze, he unconsciously felt a little shame and shame of being inferior.

He was unwilling, envious, and moved, and worked twelve times harder to cross the gap between him and her, but when his wish was fulfilled, this woman betrayed him again, and would rather choose a Xianbei slave whose status was even lower than him.

The endless unwillingness and humiliation prompted the resentment in his heart to burst out, and he clenched his fists again, and asked in a suppressed voice, "You really don't regret it?" ”

"Yes, I don't regret it."

With such a categorical answer, Chen Shuo couldn't help but grit his teeth, and spit out word by word of indignation:

"Then cut out her heart little by little, and see how long she can still be hard-mouthed!"

Immediately, someone came over with a gold-painted lacquer plate containing sharp weapons.

Soon, a cold sharp piercing pierced Xie Ling's heart, cutting through her skin and penetrating deep into her heart.

The pain made her let out a thump.

The man seemed to be unbearable, paused his steps, and asked again: "Ah Ling, I will give you another chance one last time, as long as you change your mind and let your Xie family help my Chen family ascend the throne, I can crown you as the queen in the future, so that your Xie family will be eternal in my Chen family, as long as you say, you regret ......"

Xie Ling sneered coldly, as if he had turned a deaf ear, and only repeated over and over again: "I don't regret it." ”

I don't regret it.

In this life, she can change the fate of the overturning of the family, and when this catastrophe comes, she will transfer some of the clansmen out of Nanliang, and retain the last bit of foundation and bloodline for the Xie family, what else does she regret?

Even if this is the retribution she suffered for changing her fate and going against the sky, it is worth it.

If she wants to say that she regrets, the only thing she may regret is that she failed to recognize Liancheng's heart earlier.

It's her who loses Liancheng.

It was she who left him alone in order to save his people, putting him in danger.

It was her selfishness that hurt him.

But even if she did it all over again, she might still choose to do so.

I'm sorry, Liancheng, since I can't save you, I'll pay you this life.

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In the second year of Liang Taiqing, Hou Jing raised troops in Shouyang, under the cooperation of Xiao Zhengde, the king of Linhe, with thousands of soldiers and horses to attack Jiankang Taicheng, the people of Jiankang City were burned and looted inhumanely, and the first order after he occupied Taicheng was to punish Wang Xie and the two major gate lords and scholars, and did not want the Wuyi Lane to be empty for a long time, and the national teacher Xie Ling successfully transferred the clansmen out of Jiankang, and since then thousands of soldiers and horses have no trace of Xie's family,

But just a few days later, no one would have thought that Xie Ling would return to the capital of Emperor Xiao Yi of Liang Yuan alone, it is said that he only saved his subordinate and lover Murong Liancheng in exchange for his life.

Since that day, no one has seen Xie Ling again.

What people know is that on that day, Murong Liancheng, who was originally suspended as a hostage on a stone pillar, suddenly broke free of his restraints and rushed into a heavenly prison in Jiangling City with the strength of one person, killing hundreds of soldiers in the prison in a row.

That killing was enough to shock the world, cry ghosts and gods, and even after a hundred years, it will make people talk about it.

Soon, the soldiers and horses of the Western Wei Dynasty invaded Jiangling City, Liang Yuan Emperor Xiao Yi was unable to resist at all, and soon surrendered, after the defeat of Xiao Yi in order to keep the collection of books from falling into the hands of the enemy, burned 140,000 scrolls, and died with them, since then, Liang died.