Ah Ke lingered outside Xia Ruibei's courtyard for a long time, and finally sighed and left.

She is already married, although she is a hungry wolf, but she is married after all. And he is nothing, just a man whose head hangs on the handle of a knife, who may die at any moment, and who will set off with the army tomorrow, and who cannot control her.

As soon as Ah Ke returned to the barracks, your said, "General Liu is looking for you." ”

After entering General Liu's camp tent, he saw that the marshal was also inside, Ah Ke was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly saluted.

General Liu said: "This time, he is the one who has made the greatest meritorious service. ”

The handsome man looked at Ah Ke with a smile: "The young man is good." I think he'll take your place for the time being. ”

General Liu smiled and said, "Vice General Shu, haven't you thanked the general?" ”

Ah Ke was in a fog, so he half-knelt down and thanked the handsome. After sending the marshal away, he learned that General Liu was the one who was about to stay behind to cooperate with Zhao Mingtao to garrison Xijing City. The army of 5,000 people under his command will all be stationed in Xijing, and the elite of Xijing will be replaced, handed over to Ah Ke to lead, and go north to fight against the puppet emperor.

Ah Ke was a little apprehensive: "General, I can't do it." ”

General Liu glared at him: "No, if it doesn't work, just wait to explain your head." This is a military order, you know? What can be changed just after you said it? How many people can't hope for it, why can't you hold up the wall with mud? ”

These are extraordinary times, and as long as he knows how to fight, nothing else matters. What's more, the army that is about to be handed over to him is probably not so easy to take care of, and if it doesn't work, forget it; If you can bring it out to him, wouldn't it be a surprise?

Ah Ke was very distressed, he didn't know why General Liu favored him so much? However, he did not forget to ask General Liu to take care of the Ou family, and by the way, he added fuel and vinegar to Zhao Mingtao's actions.

General Liu sighed and patted him on the shoulder: "What can it be?" It's not like I have to watch him have a good time. But don't worry, since it's your family, it's my family, I must take a good look at it for you, who told you kid to dig me out of the pile of dead people? You kid have to do a good job, don't lose my face! ”

Ah Ke responded gratefully, thinking that he must work hard, make a name for himself, and make achievements.

Xia Ruibei was lying on her back on the soft couch under the window, with a white cloth wrapped around her head, a high fever, an abnormal flush on her face, and three quilts on her body and shivering with cold.

Fang'er took a bowl of medicinal juice and persuaded her to drink a little softly: "This is what the master asked Liniang to send, you can drink some, just drink it, and leave Qingshan without worrying about running out of firewood." ”

Xia Ruibei closed her eyes tightly and was unmoved. As a result of being beaten violently, Ou Ershao died outside the city, and she got a few bottles of medicine and two bottles of wound medicine secretly sent by Liniang. It is impossible for Mr. and Mrs. Xia to come to see her, Zhao Mingtao did not call the doctor to see her injury, let alone allowed her to go out, saying that she had lost his face by looking like this.

What is left in the green mountains without fear of no firewood? One more day of her life is one more day of sin. Now that there are wars in various places, business has long been gone, and she, except for being the daughter of the Xia family and Xia Ruixi's sister, is really useless.

Fang'er sighed: "Madame......"

Xia Ruibei finally snorted: "Don't call my lady......" I used to think this title was not bad, but now it is a great irony, reminding her anytime and anywhere how naïve, how ignorant, and how stupid she is.

Fang'er had no choice but to say: "There is always a cold wind blowing in under this window, so it is better for you to sleep on the inner bed." ”

Xia Ruibei said viciously: "I don't sleep where he slept, I feel sick when I think about it." ”

Fang'er put down the medicine bowl in frustration and sat aside in a daze. One of the master and servant closed his eyes and pretended to be dead, and the other looked at the ground in a daze.

There were two light peeling sounds outside the door, Fang'er glanced at Xia Ruibei, and hurriedly got up to open the door, only to see a handsome boy standing outside the door: "Sister Fang'er, you let the news of the inquiry be heard." ”

Fang'er hurriedly closed the door: "Let's go over and say." ”

The two of them walked to the hidden place under the porch and whispered.

"What? People are already on their way? Will you get married soon? Fang'er tightened the corners of her clothes in a frenzy and muttered to herself: "How good is this?" How good is that? ”

As soon as people came, they came in the name of the new emperor to marry and become the princess. And Xia Ruibei's side room was not mentioned at all, which means that people don't recognize her at all. She has now lost Zhao Mingtao's favor again, and wants to be a side concubine, but I'm afraid it's impossible, no status, no favor, and when the new princess comes, where will she live?

Xiao Tong coughed lowly: "Sister Fang'er? ”

Fang'er came back to her senses, took out a piece of broken silver weighing about one or two from her purse and stuffed it into Xiao Tong's hand: "Thank you for your hard work, if you have any more news, remember to tell me." ”

Seeing the little boy walk away, Fang'er lingered under the porch for a long time before she made up her mind to go into the house and have a showdown with Xia Ruibei: "Madam, you don't want the slave to call you like that, you are still Madame." Please have an idea, the lord has been officially crowned king, the new princess is the sister of the new emperor Rong Guifei, the concubine of Generalissimo Rong, and she will get married as soon as she comes. You are not mentioned in the Divine Decree, you ......"

Xia Ruibei didn't react. From the day she knew that Zhao Mingtao was going to surrender, she had no illusions about her future and life.

Fang'er shed tears and said, "The slave knows that you don't like to hear it, but I have to tell you what I should say." If you decide to die, the slave and the maid will accompany you, anyway, if you die, the slave and the maid will have no way to live, so it is better to follow you and have a reputation for loyalty. If you don't want to die, you should take care of your body, and you have to plan as soon as possible. You are still young, your days are still long, even if you are not for others, you should not be too cheap for others. ”

Xia Ruibei turned over, her side turned inward, as if she was asleep.

Fang'er stood silently for a while, sighed and turned to go out.

It was getting late, and Fang'er came in with a lacquered tray, on which there was a bowl of porridge and two or three side dishes, a bowl and a pair of chopsticks. Whether Xia Ruibei eats it or not, she has to be prepared.

When she entered the room, she saw that the medicine bowl on the table was empty, and she was overjoyed, and said in a trembling voice: "Madame......"

Xia Ruibei didn't look back, and said in a muffled voice: "Put the food on the table, I will naturally eat it when I want to." ”

Fang'er got this sound, and she was even happier than picking up the gold ingot, and responded one after another: "Okay, okay, the slave will go to decoction and change the medicine for you later." ”

Xia Ruibei sat up, picked up the porridge, and swallowed it one by one with tears, she had a strong desire in her heart, she wanted to live! She must watch Zhao Mingtao die well!

Zhao Mingtao was in a very bad mood today, and when he thought of his title, he was angry. Becoming a king is to remind him that he will become a king and defeat him, and warn him that he has many other thoughts.

The most hateful thing is that the general named Liu Lizi who stayed behind in the new dynasty to cooperate with him to garrison Xijing looked smiling, but he was actually a ruthless guy.

It's just a matter of changing the guard, Zhao Mingtao is mentally prepared, since it has fallen, people will definitely take away some of the troops here and replace them with their own people, it doesn't matter, anyway, on the land of Xijing City, there are so many soldiers, they can't take them away, most people are still willing to listen to him, just manage it slowly.

It's just that he didn't expect this bastard to give him so faceless.

At the reception banquet given to Liu Lizi by Xijing officials, but there was a disagreement, and Liu Lizi hacked the political envoy Zhang to death in front of him and the officials of Xijingyuan. He also used drunkenness to pounce on him and cut off Master Zhang's head, picked it up with a gun, and played it like a ball, splashing blood. The faces of the civil officials were pale, and some people were even frightened to death on the spot.

After a long time, this guy kicked Master Zhang's head far away, and said to him with the smell of wine: "I'm sorry, Lord Cheng, the last general is a rough man, and his temper is not good, so I can't see this kind of fake and sour person." Thank you for your continued understanding. ”

Before Zhao Mingtao could speak, Liu Lizi patted his head again and said, "Ah, how can this be good?" This Lord Zhang, still want to work with us to manage Xijing City? It's miserable now, who will manage it? I don't know what that stuff is. Raising his eyes and looking at Zhao Mingtao with a smile: "Lord Cheng, you are a nobleman, with three heads and six arms, you know everything, are you bothered by your old man?" Of course, I won't let you work hard in vain, I will definitely take care of the affairs in the army, and I will never let you worry about it! ”

What kind of political envoy? In wartime, these civilian positions play a fart role? This is to seize his military power in public, and it is not at all the same as the conditions they negotiated in the first place. Zhao Mingtao was furious and took the case: "It's too presumptuous! What do you think of this place? We said it was good, how can we say that it will change? If you don't believe in your words, how can you serve the world? I will definitely explain this matter to the Holy Lord, and ask the Great Marshal for an explanation! ”

Seeing that he was angry, his soldiers also unsheathed their swords, and Liu Lizi's men also unsheathed their swords at the same time, and the two sides were tense.

Liu Lizi's eyes rolled and laughed: "It's just a joke after drinking, how can you take it seriously?" We are one family, don't talk about two families, put it away, put it away, don't hurt the harmony. If the prince doesn't want to do anything in the yamen, forget it, don't be angry, I'll find someone else to do it. ”

Liu Lizi didn't ask Zhao Mingtao's opinion, and casually clicked one from his own people: "It's you." Go and take the official seal of the political envoy, and tomorrow I will go to the council of the yamen, if there is a mistake, I will ask you. ”

Zhao Mingtao was half angry, and what made him even more angry was still to come, Liu Lizi squinted his eyes and came to his face with the smell of wine: "I have a Shibo who lives here, surnamed Ou, known as Ou Er, you know?" It's a famous family in your Xijing City, I'm going to visit his old man tomorrow, but it's inconvenient in the army, and I can't find a decent gift, isn't it, please help my brother with this? ”

"Brother?" Liu Lizi, a vulgar person, dared to call a dragon son and a phoenix grandson like him a brother and sister? Zhao Mingtao's face changed a few colors in an instant.

Someone whispered a few words to Liu Lizi, and Liu Lizi suddenly realized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was mistaken." Your status is noble, where can you compare with us? Why did you think I forgot about such an important matter? What a damn one! The main thing is that I haven't turned the corner yet, I'm stupid, don't you care? ”

Before Zhao Mingtao could recover from it, Liu Lizi chased after him to borrow gifts, asking for rice, gold and silver, and medicinal materials, saying that he was going to send them to the Ou family, and asked him to take them with him.

Zhao Mingtao couldn't resist it, so he had to quit halfway under the pretense of being too strong to drink. When he came out, Liu Lizi's piercing laughter made him feel like he had been pricked by thousands of needles, and he was extremely depressed, so he found another place, drunk and drunk, and felt better. If you're in a bad mood, you have to find a place to vent.

Xia Ruibei was about to rest, only to hear a loud "clang", Zhao Mingtao's eyes were red, and he staggered in.

As soon as Fang'er stepped forward and curtsied, he grabbed her hair and threw it out: "Get out!" ”

Xia Ruibei looked at Zhao Mingtao with wide eyes in horror, gritted her teeth, her whole body trembled uncontrollably, and she subconsciously shrank her shoulders.

Zhao Mingtao looked at Xia Ruibei with red eyes, and only after a while did he squeeze out a sentence: "Your life is really hard, you can't beat you to death no matter how you fight." ”

Xia Ruibei felt a chill when she heard this, and Zhao Mingtao sneered: "I'm just here to tell you that your side concubine can't do it." ”

Can't her side concubine do it? He, the prince, is doing well again? The person who knows the times is Junjie, Xia Ruibei leaned over and saluted him: "Congratulations to the prince." ”

A simple sentence, Zhao Mingtao heard a different taste, his eyes were about to crack, and he grabbed Xia Ruibei's hair and pulled the unhealed wound, Xia Ruibei gasped in pain and trembled slightly.

Zhao Mingtao slapped him several times in a row, and said in a hoarse voice: "Ask me for mercy, ask me for mercy, and I will spare you." ”

Xia Ruibei was silent, Zhao Mingtao waited impatiently, slammed her to the ground, and restlessly searched back and forth in the house to find the tools at hand.

Before the door was closed, Fang'er ...... faintly cried outside the door.

Xia Ruibei shivered, she couldn't die like this, even if she died, she had to pull a cushion. She struggled to the ground: "I was wrong, please spare me." ”

Zhao Mingtao was very drunk, and Xia Ruibei in front of him became Xia Ruixi for a while, Liu Lizi for a while, Master Xia for a while, Ou Qingjin for a while, in short, he was the person he hated the most.

Zhao Mingtao laughed half-madly and kicked Xia Ruibei to the ground: "Slut! That's when you learned about begging for mercy? It's late! You know you're against me! All you know is against me! I'll kill you, chop you up and feed the dogs!" “

Xia Ruibei slowly raised her head, wiped a mouthful of blood from the corner of her mouth, glanced at the copper drill on the side of the charcoal basin, and her eyes radiated a desperate and crazy light. She crawled towards the charcoal basin quietly, and just a few steps away, her ankle was pulled back by Zhao Mingtao, and her skin was grinding on the blue brick floor, but she couldn't catch up with the shame and pain she was about to endure.

Four volumes: Small Days