Chapter 40 The Return of Nanshan
The sun was setting in the west, and the geese returning from the north also stopped resting, while Murong Chui and his party were still running wildly as if they were dying. Seeing that the escape had been revealed, and he didn't know how many checkpoints there were on the road ahead, and how many pursuers would follow, Murong Chui's left and right guards were a little desperate, and even more afraid, and many of the accompanying generals left and escaped.
The danger of hanging upside down, people are selfish, and common feelings are forgivable, and Murong Chui has no complaints.
The despair in his heart has been like a sky that has darkened little by little, and sorrow has come from it and slowly spread.
The sentinel came to report that the meeting of Dragon City had been leaked, and many checkpoints had been set up on the way to Dragon City, just waiting for Murong Chui and his party to throw themselves into the net!
There is an ambush in front of him blocking the road, and there are chasing soldiers cutting off the line, he is in a dilemma, and there is no way out!
Looking at the barren grass here, the ruined wells are ruined, and I think that he Murong Chuirong Rongma is going to die here all his life!
"I wanted to protect the eastern capital with self-integrity, but now the matter has been leaked, and I can't plan for it."
Murong Ling pulled his father to the side, and only his three younger brothers, Lan Jian, Gao Bi and Murong Kai were present, all of whom were Murong Chui's relatives who could be said to be alive and dead.
He looked at his father's desperate eyes, and the panic of the day added a few marks to his vicissitudes of life, it was the ruthlessness of the years, and the unrighteousness of the court!
He knew that Dragon City was now impossible to go, and if he went to Dragon City, he could only die in vain.
"It's come to this, why do you want to do it?" Murong Chui sighed deeply, already a little weak.
"Lord Qin recruits Yan Yingjie, it's better to go back."
As soon as he heard Murong Ling finish speaking, Murong Chui immediately shook his head, although Fu Jian is the master of Ming, but he Murong Chui is Yan Chen, how can he betray Yan out of Qin?
"My Xianbei clan, after the Murong clan, can't bear to rebel."
"Father, if it is not a dead end, how can a son want this?" Murong Ling immediately knelt down and persuaded hard.
What he has in his bones is also the blood of the Murong royal family, that arrogance, that heroism, where can he go to the Qin State to send people under the fence, but other than that, they have no way to live!
He Murong Ling is not afraid of death, but he is afraid that his father will die in the dust, his father is the god of war of Dayan, and the last hope of the Xianbei clan, for the sake of Dayan, he must also let his father live, otherwise the Xianbei clan will not have a glorious day!
"May my uncle return to the Qin Kingdom, when the Great Yan still exists, if the uncle dies here, the Yan Kingdom will die as well! Please ask my uncle to read the Zongmiao Sheji, so as to seek the future and return to Qin! ”
Murong Kai knelt down with Murong Ling, he knew that today is not the difference between success and defeat, it is the importance of the country's survival! From the moment he decided to follow Murong out of Yecheng, he knew that he had made a clear break with the corrupt imperial court. But the hegemony of the Zuhun clan and Murong Ping, the slander and debasement of Murong Chui, and even the persecution, are all desperate ways to push Dayan up the cliff step by step with their own hands.
Without Murong Chui's father and son, what country cannot be invaded? Why can't you attack it?
The glimmering hope that still existed in his heart was that Murong Chui could one day establish a new and powerful Yan Kingdom!
Murong Chui can't die! You can't even die in this place!
"Lord Wang, please return to the Qin Kingdom!" Gao Bi also knelt down heavily and persuaded.
"Father, please go back to the Qin Kingdom!" Murong Nong and Murong Long both knelt down and persuaded.
Murong Bao also knelt down, he didn't know what kind of decision it was to go to the Qin State, at least now he couldn't estimate it. From the moment he left the mansion today, his brain and heart had already been overloaded. The father and brother fled, the younger brother informed, and after the chasing soldiers were broken, Longcheng set up cards, one by one, all of which hit his nerves, so that he didn't know what to do in all directions.
He can only believe now that his eldest brother will always make the most correct decision!
"Alotun."
"Listen to the order."
Lan Jian held Murong Trai's shoulder, he knew that this decision was very difficult for Murong Trai, but he had no choice.
Murong glanced at Concubine Duan Yuan, who was waiting in the distance, and she also looked at him, looking at each other, speechless but with the same mind. She nodded at him, meaning to say, don't be obsessed, take this life lightly!
Ding Ruosu sat on the ground, pulling the grass roots unhappily, why did they discuss and not bring her with them. If it is a man's discussion, it is inconvenient for the woman to participate, how can Duan Yuanqing seem to be able to communicate with Murong Chui, but Murong Ling didn't even look at her. Isn't he worried about where she was injured after chasing the soldiers all the way?
"Today's plan, give up this and be safe."
Murong Chui sighed deeply again, this time although it was not because of despair, but it was a deeper helplessness and desolation than despair.
"That's all there is to it."
Murong Ling got up and supported his father's crumbling body, no one knew better than him how much strength his father had to use to make this decision.
He couldn't help but look at the vast road ahead, in the darkness, it was still darkness, and they had no choice but to bury their heads in the future.
The State of Qin, a country that felt strange to him, was their only refuge now.
"Ling'er, Chang'an is far away, and it passes through Yecheng, how are we going to go?"
Even though Murong Chui had made plans to leave Yan and run to Qin, this road was not easy to walk.
"Father, I'm afraid we have to turn back to Yecheng before we can go to Chang'an."
Murong Ling sighed, looked back, Chang'an is far away, and the road ahead is far away.
"Big brother, are you crazy, now the whole Yecheng must be chasing us, we are going to Yecheng now, it is not the same as throwing ourselves into the net!"
Murong Bao hurriedly shook his head and immediately exclaimed.
They finally escaped from Yecheng, where is the reason to go back!
"Kugou, we have no choice, if we go further, it will be contrary to the road to Qin, once we encounter the next level, the danger is no different from returning to Ye City."
"You have seen the pursuit along the way."
Murong Bao couldn't help but think of the escape from death just now, and now that he thinks about it, he still has a cold sweat behind him, if he is caught by the pursuers of the Yan Kingdom, it will be a dead end to go back to their whole mansion.
He was still young, and he really didn't want to die so young.
It seems that if you think about it, there are risks both horizontally and vertically, so it makes no difference where you go.
"Big brother, I know what you said, but I'm still a little scared, Yecheng is now heavily defended, how can we avoid being seen and seen in the city!"
"Yes, Ling'er, what Kugou said is not wrong, our family is also familiar faces in Yecheng, if you want to go back, how can you hide it from the eyes and ears of the court?"
Murong Chui was also a little worried, now that the matter was revealed, every step he took was like a knife on a tightrope, and it was extremely dangerous. He didn't want anyone who followed him all the way to be put to death for his sin.
"Father, I'm afraid we won't be able to ride horses anymore, and the horseshoe prints in this vicinity will all be destroyed, so that the pursuers can't see our movements."
"There are so many cavalry, father, you have all been dismissed, go to Chang'an, I am not completely sure, let them each escape."
"Uncle, I agree with the words of the Son. Yecheng is our hometown after all, even if we are caught in Yecheng, there are still hundreds of officials to intercede, and there is still room for mediation. ”
Murong Kai and Murong Ling glanced at each other, and the plans of talents abounded.
With the prestige of their King Wu father and son in Yecheng, even if they temporarily unveil an uprising, they must have the support of the generals, and it is not so easy for the Queen Mother and Murong Ping to let them die.
But if they encounter a killer sent by the Queen Mother at an unknown level in this wilderness, they will die an unknown death.
When you return to Yecheng, you can put it to death and come back to life.
Even though the two hoped that King Wu could raise troops on the side of the Qing monarch and kill traitors like Murong Ping, they were afraid that if they returned to Yecheng, his father would still be stumped by loyalty and righteousness for the rest of his life.
"Ah Liudun, I don't think Murong Ping would have imagined that we would return to Yecheng, this is the most dangerous place, but the safest." Lan Jian also nodded.
"For the sake of today, this is the only way."
Running all the way and the crisis all the way have made this man, who is nearly half a hundred years old, physically and mentally exhausted.
Now he really doesn't know how to go ahead, since the two juniors he values the most, his eldest son Murong Ling and his nephew Murong Kai, both say that this method is feasible, then they will bite the bullet and try their luck.
As soon as Gao Bi heard that Murong Chui was going to dismiss everyone, he immediately said urgently, "Lord Wang, the prince, you can dismiss others, but I, Gao Bi, am going to follow you to the death, no matter where you go now, I will follow you!" ”
He has always followed King Wu and his loyalty, and this dedication will not stop until he dies.
"We must, advance and retreat together, just like on the battlefield!"
Murong Chui held Gao Bi's shoulder tightly, and his heart was moved, there were not many generals who could follow him to the death at this critical moment.
Back then, Gao Bi and Concubine Duan Zhao were imprisoned together and tortured, but they never revealed a word. This loyalty, this affection, he Murong Chui deeply remembered in his heart, this is a firmness that no test can shake.
King Wu listened to Murong Ling's plan, dismissed the cavalry, and destroyed the horse's hoof mark, intending to leave no trace and quietly.
In order to conceal and be thoughtful, everyone changed into beggar clothes and returned to Yecheng from the Nanshan Road in the dark.
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The night, dark as ink, comes from the darkness, and the stars are not visible.
The wind passed, the horse's hooves were strong, and the girl whipped her and galloped all the way, as if she had entered a no-man's land.
Murong Ling, how are you doing now?!
Have you encountered a pursuer? Do you get out of the way? Are there any injuries?
She had too many worries in her heart, and all of them turned into the strength in her hands and galloped on her horse.
Suddenly, Song Ling reined in her horse, she saw the fire in front of her from a distance, and she could see dozens of camp tents, she should have encountered Murong Qiang's pursuers.
So, Murong Ling, is it not far ahead?
A trace of excitement flashed in her heart, and she immediately ordered everyone to cover their masks and quietly go around.
It's just that she didn't know that although she caught up with Murong Qiang's pursuers, Murong Ling had already quietly gone to Yecheng from the Nanshan Road at this time.
The world is so big, he and her, in the end, are still staggered.
Just like a predestined fate, no one can change it.