Chapter 20: Descending the City (3)
Zhao Mingtao didn't say anything to Xia Ruibei, as soon as the wine and food came up, he drank with his head down, and how to eat the food. Xia Ruibei kept refilling his wine, and cursed secretly in her heart: "It's best to drink to death." ”
Zhao Mingtao seemed to know what she was thinking, and suddenly looked at her: "Do you wish I drank to death in your heart?" ”
Xia Rui was frightened and forced out a smile: "How come?" You're too careful. ”
Zhao Mingtao sneered: "How could it not?" The person you hate the most right now must be me. ”
Xia Ruibei sighed: "You are dead, what good is it for me?" "If he dies, the city is broken, the city is broken, and she is the family of the defeated general, and it is just a dead end.
Zhao Mingtao said: "It's good if you know! If I die, all the people in this city, including your Xia family and the Ou family, will all die. Xijing has been guarding for such a long time, the two sides have fought more than ten times, and they have also killed many people, and they will definitely not let go of the old and young in this city. ”
Xia Ruibei gasped, her face turned pale, and her lips trembled: "You mean, slaughtering the city?" ”
Zhao Mingtao was noncommittal, the other party might not be able to slaughter the city, but he was very satisfied with Xia Ruibei's frightened expression, he was not happy, and it was good to have one more person to accompany him to be sad.
The two of them had their own hearts and continued to drink, even Xia Ruibei unknowingly poured the wine into her mouth, there is wine today and drunk today, regardless of whether he is right or wrong tomorrow. ”
"Do you hate me very much? Let's be honest. Zhao Mingtao suddenly said.
Xia Ruibei didn't answer, and asked knowingly, if she tortured him like this every day, would he hate her? Maybe he would have stabbed dozens of transparent holes in her body with a knife a long time ago. She can't be bitter, otherwise she must pierce dozens of transparent holes on him.
Zhao Mingtao looked at the wine in the cup: "What do you think, how do you compare with Ou Qingjin?" ”
Xia Ruibei said: "You are a noble emperor, a child of the clan, with heavy troops and a high position, what is he?" A commoner, at best, has a better family background. ”
Zhao Mingtao seemed to be a little more satisfied: "You were willing to marry me to be a child, was it because you thought I was in a high position?" Can it give you more? ”
Xia Ruibei didn't answer. That's it, she thought that she could get closer to power, she could get more, and she wouldn't be bullied again, but it turned out to hurt others and herself.
"I didn't get anything, but I had to accompany me to my life, I must be disappointed, right?"
It's not just disappointment, it's simply that the intestines are repentant.
Xia Rui wanted to ignore him, but when he thought of Liniang's begging for her, he said insincerely: "No, I'm already married, so I didn't think about that." ”
Zhao Mingtao curled the corners of his mouth: "Then what do you want?" ”
"What can I think about is just to have a comfortable life." Xia Ruibei's expression was very sad.
"So how can you be comfortable? Let's hear it. For the sake of you being about to accompany me to my death, perhaps I can promise you. There was already obvious sarcasm in Zhao Mingtao's eyes, what Li Niang was doing, he knew as soon as he guessed, but it was impossible for him to let go of Ou Ershao. Although Ou Qingjin ran fast, he couldn't get out of this bad breath, but it didn't seem bad to kill his brother.
Xia Ruibei struggled for a long time, but she was still reluctant to let go of this opportunity, and said with courage: "It's nothing, I dream at night, my dreams are very bad, and I want to do something good." Isn't there not enough people to defend the city, and if you can, how about letting the condemned prisoners in the prison follow you to defend the city? "Although there are dangers in defending the city, it is better to die than to live.
Zhao Mingtao smiled: "When did you become good?" But that's a good idea. By the way, let me tell you something, Ou Er Shao coaxed and robbed the military rations, was arrested, and should be beheaded according to the law. Someone came to intercede, and I was thinking about what to do. Spare him. I'm afraid that other people will be even worse in the future, and the city will be chaotic, if I don't forgive, I can't bear it. Now your idea is very good, and tomorrow I will send someone to burn the enemy's food, so that he can redeem his sins.
What can't you bear? Isn't it a dead end? It's better to go down with a knife. was played around by Zhao Mingtao like a cat playing with her, Xia Ruibei was resentful, hateful, and helpless, and sat on the side in a daze, just eager to poison Zhao Mingtao to death and let him have a rotten stomach.
Zhao Mingtao drank again, and saw that Xia Ruibei almost wrenched a juanpa in her hand, hugged her with a smile, and savagely poured her a large glass of wine: "Don't be sad, in this world, sincerity and sincerity are hard to find, and you can't eat them, power and money are the most real and reliable." You should have known this for a long time, otherwise you wouldn't have married me. When you are in the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, you should know who I am, don't think I'm not good enough for you, and don't think that I don't give you what you want, just think that you have lost money in business. ”
Xia Ruibei was almost choked to death by him, and heard him mention the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple - her bad luck started at that time, and she couldn't help but have a nameless evil fire in her heart, and said boldly: "Even if it is a business, it depends on the strength of both parties." I lost because there was too much difference in strength between the two sides, so I couldn't do it. It's not as good as Miss Fei, it's on par with you, but I'm afraid that you have no part in the end, and I'm afraid that this business will not succeed! ”
Zhao Mingtao was a little emotional tonight, and he was not angry at her collision, but just laughed and said, "If I didn't know you, I thought you were jealous." Since it's a business, you have to take risks. If you are careful enough and lucky enough, it is not impossible to make a profit. The reason why this business you did failed was not because you were unlucky, the opportunity was always there, because of you, you were so stupid. It's no wonder that your father looks down on you, his vision is shallow, he is willing to gamble but refuses to admit defeat, he is ambitious but has no ability, your money, if it weren't for your second sister to help you find the shopkeeper, I'm afraid that the shop would have closed down long ago, right? Do you really think you're awesome? If you weren't the third lady of the Xia family, you would be nothing, and you would not even be as good as a prostitute in a brothel. ”
Xia Ruibei was completely enraged by the contempt in his tone, and her self-esteem was hurt. Does he know her? What does he know about her? She was originally a pungent and didn't know how to advance or retreat, although she was a little cringed by him, it didn't mean that her temper was completely gone.
She turned pale, gritted her teeth and picked up the most ugly words: "What do you know about me? Am I stupid? I'm stupid, stupid to think of you in high esteem. There is a kind of person who is not convinced, he is born cheap, the more he can't get it, the more he thinks it's the best, and the one that others send to the door is the worst. ”
"Aren't you stupid? Don't you just want to get her? Aren't you lucky enough? Sitting in such a house, having everything, is not good enough? You don't have a chance? You also have a lot of opportunities. You tell me, what did you get? A charred corpse? You think I did it? Don't try to push it on me! I'm telling you, you forced it, and she did it herself, and she would rather be deformed by the fire than see this ugly face of yours! ”
Xia Ruibei was relieved, she offended him anyway, so she simply didn't do anything: "She won't let me marry you, she said she felt disgusted when she saw you!" You know, after she returned from the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, she soaked in the bathtub for a long time, and almost wiped off the skin of the places you touched by two layers. Do you want her? Don't say it's small, it's big, and she looks down on it! I'm willing to gamble but won't admit defeat? I'm ambitious but not capable? You're talking about yourself, right? Otherwise, you are desperately trying to take revenge on the Ou family, what are you doing with me? Am I not as good as a prostitute? If you want to marry a woman you don't like for the sake of glory and wealth, aren't you laughing and selling yourself? How are you better than me? I really regret not listening to her. ”
Zhao Mingtao's beautiful face distorted instantly, anger erupted in his eyes, his lips trembled, and he raised the wine glass in his hand and smashed it into Xia Ruibei's face. Xia Ruibei subconsciously stepped back, but he grabbed her hair, and before she could protect her face, he carried her hair and slammed it back and forth on the table.
Zhao Mingtao bumped into it and said viciously: "It's you, it's you, the vicious woman, who set fire to her." Didn't you just want to hurt her in the first place? It's not the first time you've done this kind of thing, isn't your home hollowed out by you? Isn't your father half angry with you? It's you, it's you! He refused to admit that Xia Ruixi died in his hands no matter what, so Xia Ruibei turned his back on this black cauldron.
Severe pain, tinnitus, blackening in front of her eyes, countless stars popping up, and fishy hot liquid flowing down from her forehead between her hair and sticking to her face, making her eyes a little unclear, when Xia Ruibei fainted in pain, she thought, let her die, she will be relieved when she dies, she is really stupid enough. It's just a matter of doing something wrong, and you always can't learn well, what do you do when you offend him?
Fang'er was so frightened that she was at a loss, her liver and gallbladder were broken, she didn't dare to scream, and she kowtowed desperately at the door with trembling hands and feet: "Master, you don't care about villains, please let our lady go." She was stunned, she didn't know what she was doing. She's still wounded, she's going to die, please......"
"Get out!" Zhao Mingtao shouted violently, seeing Xia Ruibei's eyes closed, her face covered with blood, not moving or struggling, and she also felt bored, so she threw Xia Ruibei, who had passed out, to the ground, and sat down and continued to drink, until she was drunk, staggered up, fell on the bed, and fell asleep.
Only then did Fang'er dare to call a little girl who was used to taking care of Xia Ruibei. The two tiptoed to carry Xia Ruibei to the soft couch on the side, took hot water to wash her face and scrub her wounds.
Untied his hair, he saw an inch-long wound between his hair, deep to the bone, and blood was still gushing out. Fang'er couldn't help but snort, and tears fell down her face.
Without Zhao Mingtao's permission, she didn't dare to ask a doctor, so she stubbornly found a bottle of wound medicine and poured it on Xia Ruibei's wound, took a clean handkerchief and pressed it.
Fang'er was half crying for Xia Ruibei, and half was crying for herself. She still has some feelings for Xia Ruibei, as soon as she was bought, Xia Ruibei took Xin'er to the capital, leaving her alone at home to train Mrs. Xia. Although I have always heard that the third lady has a bad temper, after Xia Ruibei came back, her temper changed greatly, although she was gloomy and didn't like to talk, she didn't be too harsh on her. In the later stage, he regarded her as a confidant, and if Xia Ruibei died, she would not end well.
Xia Ruibei, who was in a coma, hissed in pain, and slowly opened her eyes, her eyes were dim, and her whole body exuded death.
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