Xicheng is a slum area, most of the houses here are made of grass and trees, very dense, and there are many more people living in other places, after all, no matter in that era, the poor always accounted for the majority.

The sleeping people were awakened by the earth-shattering shouts outside the city, and hurriedly ran up, and suddenly saw that several surrounding streets were burning with raging fires, and suddenly there was a bang, and they heard someone shouting that the city was broken, and the soldiers had entered the city, and there was no doubt in their hearts, and everyone wanted to grow an extra pair of legs, and ran frantically towards the south of the city, the north of the city or the east of the city.

In the panic, a group of unidentified men also appeared out of nowhere, holding a bright single knife in their hands, and rushed into the crowd, regardless of men, women, old and children, killing people when they saw them.

As the screams of terror rang out, scarlet blood soon stained the snow on the ground.

The people who were already frightened were even more frightened at this time, and while they spread their feet and ran wildly, the aura of panic soon enveloped the entire Jiangyang City.

The soldiers defending the east and south cities and the north city stood on the city wall and saw the fire on the west side of the city, shouting and killing constantly, they were already demoralized at this time, and they did not have any suspense at this time, turned their heads and looked at me, I looked at you again, although they didn't say it, but their hearts were very obviously written on their faces.

One of the more daring soldiers suddenly said this kind of heartfelt voice of everyone: "Run! ”

……

Jiangyang City, in the prison

A group of jailers in charge of guarding were gathering in front of the gate at this time and looking out, looking at the fire that had already reflected half of the sky on the side of Xicheng, and the continuous shouts of killing, their faces were also full of anxiety and uneasiness, and they were talking about something in a whisper.

At this time, one of them suddenly said, "Come back, come back, look." ”

Hearing this, everyone looked at the road ahead at the same time, and through the faint light of snow, they vaguely saw a figure running towards this side in a hurry, and before the person could run closer, the jailer here couldn't help but ask, "How is it?" What do you think? What exactly do you see? ”

The jailer was out of breath when he ran to the crowd with a panicked face, and he gasped and said to one of the men: "The city, the city is broken, the Yi soldiers have entered the city, and they are killing people and setting fire everywhere, chief, let's run." ”

"Ahh

Although they had already guessed the result, everyone was taken aback when the jailer who had gone to inquire about the news said it.

"Head, let's go, if we don't go, it'll be too late." One of the jailers said hurriedly: "I have heard from others that these people are extremely fierce, and everywhere they go, there are no chickens and dogs. ”

"We're gone, what are these prisoners going to do?" One of the people next to him immediately answered.

"When the soldiers come, we will stay here and have nothing to do, so let's hurry home and take the old and the young to escape."

Everyone's eyes were on a middle-aged man in the middle, who was clearly the leader of the place.

It seemed that he couldn't make up his mind for a while, and he hesitated and didn't know what to do, but he couldn't help a group of Lou Luo under his command, and finally had to grit his teeth: "Go!" ”

A group of people hurriedly walked down the steps towards the street in front of them, but as soon as they were halfway there, a figure suddenly flashed out of the shade of the tree on the side of the road, and the speed was extremely fast, and all the jailers were taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Who?" ”

The figure that suddenly appeared did not speak, only a cold light flashed, and then a scream of "ahhhhh

Before the rest of the jailers could react to what was going on, the cold light flashed a few more times, and then several more jailers fell down amid screams.

The remaining few jailers finally realized that they had been attacked, but at this time, they were only thinking about running for their lives, and their hearts were already full of fear.

Ignoring the few companions who had fallen to the ground, and who did not know whether they were alive or dead, they all turned and ran in the direction of the street, and in a few breaths they ran away without a trace.

The man who flashed out of the shade of the tree was dressed in black, and his head and face were wrapped in black cloth, and only a pair of eyes could be seen. Seeing the jailers fleeing, he didn't chase after them, but only scolded coldly: "A bunch of waste!" So saying, he stretched out his foot and kicked the corpse of the leader of the jailers, so that his body, which had been lying on his side, turned on his back, and then bent down, groped for a moment from the corpse's waist, and untied a bunch of keys.

When the man got the key, he turned and ran towards the prison.

The gates of the prison were unlocked, and they were still open, and the man in black walked all the way unhindered, and went straight into cell A. The shouts from Xicheng couldn't reach here, and it was late at night, so the prison seemed unusually quiet.

The aisle was lit by oil lamps, and the dim light illuminated the gloomy cell, and the man walked to one of the cells, and through the fence, he saw several female dependents huddled in a corner, leaning on each other, as if they had fallen asleep.

The man removed the black cloth wrapped around his head and face, and shouted, "Madame." ”

Several female dependents woke up from their sleep, and when they saw the man standing at the door, they couldn't help but be slightly surprised, and one of the older women spoke: "Du San, why are you here?" ”

The man named Du San was only eighteen or nineteen years old, with a thin body, the contours of his face were as sharp as a knife, and his eyes faintly revealed a bit of fierceness. He did not rush to answer the woman's question, but looked down and found the one in the cell from the bunch of keys, opened the thick iron lock, ran in, and knelt down before the women: "Madam, I have come to get you out." ”

The eldest of these ladies was about fifty years old, the others were in their thirties and twenty-eights, and the youngest was only thirteen or fourteen years old.

The older woman listened to Du San's words, and her brows couldn't help frowning: "How did you get in?" ”

Du San was slightly stunned, and then understood the old woman's thoughts, obviously they still knew what was happening outside, and then said: "Madam, the city is broken, the Yi soldiers have entered the city, and now people are killing people and setting fire everywhere outside, and the people here have all fled." ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the women present showed shock, and the elderly woman was silent for a long time, and suddenly said, "What about the emperor?" ”

Du San said truthfully: "The emperor went out of the palace half a month ago, and those ministers also followed, and even those concubines in the palace were taken away, saying that they were going hunting, and they have not come back until now, and there are only some palace maids and eunuchs left in the entire palace." ”

The old woman was silent for a while, her eyes revealing endless sadness and desolation.

Seeing that the old woman hadn't moved yet, Du San couldn't help but become a little anxious, and hurriedly urged: "Madam, let's go quickly, the Yi soldiers have already entered the city, and it will be too late if they don't leave." ”

The rest of the women also looked at the old woman, but the old woman didn't look at them, but shook her head gently: "You guys go, leave me alone." Her tone was very light, but underneath this lightness was an incomparably firm calmness and pride.

"Madame, why is that?" Yamaki was still kneeling on the ground, and the rest of the women, except for him, also looked a little confused, but they still didn't speak.

The old woman did not have the slightest emotional fluctuation on her face, she was as calm as a pool of autumn water, and said slowly: "My lord has been iron all his life, and he has devoted himself to the Great Jin Kingdom. Even if he was unjustly imprisoned, in the face of life and death, he did not insult the word loyalty and filial piety, let alone give in to anyone. As his wife, I will preserve this last dignity for him no matter what. Since it is the Holy Decree that has brought us here, then it is necessary to use the Holy Decree to invite us out, otherwise it will be death, and I will never steal life. ”

After listening to the old woman's words, the eyes of the other women, who were still a little confused, gradually became indifferent and calm, and one of the younger women said: "That's right, the men of our Meng family are all heroic, although we are not a scarf country, but we can't insult their prestige." If my mother doesn't leave, we won't leave either. ”