"Archer, release the arrow!" Hu Ningyong's face was gloomy, and he looked at Chu Liuyan and Xu Da with some hideousness. Although he knew in his heart that Zhu Yuanzhang had a soft spot for Chu Liuyan, he believed that Chu Liuyan and Xu Da were the real murderers of his uncle Hu Weiyong, and he would never give up until he killed the two.

There is another reason for this, that is, Hu Ningyong and Hu Weiyong, although they are ostensibly uncles and nephews, in fact, Hu Ning is Hu Weiyong's illegitimate son. Hu Ningyong's mother had an affair with Hu Weiyong and gave birth to him. Because, Hu Weiyong's death made him hate Chu Liuyan and Xu Da.

"Master Hu, I think ....... I think it's better to ask the emperor for orders before deciding whether to release the arrows or not. You see, the prince of Chu is also here, if he hurts the prince of Chu, the miscellaneous family is afraid ......" The eunuch Su Gonggong, who came with Hu Ningyong, asked. He has been with Zhu Yuanzhang for some days, and he is clear about Zhu Yuanzhang's intentions.

"Not necessarily. Since the emperor has given me the right to decide, the emperor naturally trusts me. Father-in-law Su, do you have any doubts about me? Hu Ningyong glared at Father-in-law Su fiercely, aggressively.

"We don't dare." Father-in-law Su had no choice but to lower his head and hide behind him. secretly notified the little eunuch around him and ordered him to hurry into the palace to ask the emperor for help.

"What are you still doing? Shoot the arrows! Hu Ning shouted bravely.

"Yes." The archers agreed in unison. Suddenly, the flying arrows were like meteors, shooting quickly towards Chu Liuyan, Xu Da and Xie Cui'e. Chu Liuyan and Xu Da were strong in martial arts, wielding a long sword in their hands to separate the flying arrows. While the two of them blocked the arrows around them, they also had to block the arrows for Xie Cui'e.

Still, an arrow shot into Xie Cui'e's leg. She let out an "oops" and lay down on the ground. Chu Liuyan and Xu Da were shocked when they saw this.

The flying arrows were still shot like flying arrows, but Xu Da and Chu Liuyan felt that it was becoming more and more difficult to block. Little by little, their physical strength is depleted. When their physical strength is exhausted, it is the time of death.

Xu Da saw that Chu Liuyan was drenched in sweat, and the back sores on his back attacked, which was very painful, and I was afraid that the two of them would not be able to support it for too long.

He said to Hu Ningyuan in a loud voice: "Hu Ningyong, don't you want me to eat the roast goose?" I'll eat it now, you let go of Prince Pingshuo. ”

Hu Ningyong laughed maniacally: "Let it go? If you let me let her go, will I let her go? Not only Prince Pingshuo, but also the woman on the ground, as long as it is the woman next to you Xu Da, they must all die. Hu Ning was brave and vicious, and said viciously. As soon as he thought of Hu Weiyong's death, his hatred for Xu Da and Chu Liuyan would deepen a little.

"Keep firing arrows for me!" Hu Weiyong shouted loudly.

"My lord, the emperor ordered that as long as Xu Daken eats roast goose meat, he can't hurt anyone in the Xu family with arrows, let alone Prince Pingshuo." Father-in-law Su was a little anxious and said loudly. The general who led the Jinyi Guard, when he heard Father-in-law Su's words, also said to Hu Ningyong: "Father-in-law Su has a point. The lord is here to pass on the decree to give the roast goose to the prince, and now he is willing to eat the roast goose given by the emperor, and the lord should not release the arrow anymore. After speaking, he turned back to the Jinyi guard behind him and said, "Stop firing arrows for me." ”

When the brocade guards saw that the general had given the order, everyone stopped firing arrows. Hu Weiyong was furious when he saw this, and roared and asked them to continue firing arrows. Brocade guards, look at me, I look at you, I don't know who to listen to. The little eunuch had already begged the emperor's edict and walked back, and he shouted loudly: "The emperor has ordered that as long as the Duke of Wei is willing to eat roast goose, he is not allowed to serve anyone in the palace." ”

Seeing that the emperor had personally given the order, the brocade guards immediately put away their bows and arrows. Hu Ningyong's eyes were split, and he glared at Father-in-law Su viciously.

The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will not return once he goes to the west. Xu Da picked up the roast goose meat, and felt sad in his heart. From Fengyang to the present, more than ten years have passed unconsciously. In the past ten years of his career, he won the world for Zhu Yuanzhang, he fought side by side with Chu Liuyan, but he also lost his only relative Xu Biyi, and now, it is not someone else who wants to force him to die, it is Zhu Yuanzhang who he assisted at the beginning.

When the army was first raised, all the people elected him as their leader. He had no intention of fame and fortune, but was just bent on seeking a better life for the people of the world, so he pushed off the leader and gave it to Zhu Yuanzhang. More than ten years later, Zhu Yuanzhang, who became the emperor, wanted to take his life because he was jealous of him.

Cang Tian is the best at playing tricks on people, and he just played a big joke with him.

"Brother Xu, you can't eat it!" Chu Liuyan walked to his side and fought side by side with him: "The emperor has the heart to take your life, you must not fulfill his wish." I...... I need you. Chu Liuyan's tears were as wanton as beads with broken threads. After so many years of fighting horses, whether facing the enemy or facing her soldiers, she has become a person who doesn't know what tears are. Now, for Xu Da, he can't help but cry like rain.

"Xu Da, you're not dead yet!" Hu Ningyong shouted and rushed forward, and the machete in his hand slashed at Xu Da. Chu Liuyan blocked it with a sword and fought with Hu Ning.

That is, more than a dozen rounds of kung fu, Chu Liuyan had already knocked Hu Ningyong to the ground. Hu Ningyong refused to give up, picked up the knife on the ground and threw it at Xu Da, but was blocked by Chu Liuyan's sword.

Hu Ningyong lowered his head decadently, Chu Liuyan breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head to look at Xu Da, but found that Xu Da had already swallowed most of the roast goose meat while she was fighting with Hu Ningyong.

"Brother Xu!" Chu Liuyan was startled, stepped forward, and knocked the roast goose meat in Xu Da's hand to the ground with the sword in his hand. Xu Da looked at Chu Liuyan with a pale face and didn't say a word. He just didn't want to bother her, that's all. So he would rather die himself.

Seeing that Xu Da had swallowed most of the roast goose meat, Hu Ningyong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and limped back to the back.

Chu Liuyan almost roared: "You all get out of here!" If anyone dares to surround the Guogong Mansion, I, Chu Liuyan, will be the first to take his life! You go back and ask Zhu Yuanzhang, if he doesn't care so much about his old feelings, I will lead troops to the Forbidden City tomorrow! As she spoke, she threw out a handful of plum blossom poison needles in her hand, and several people who were poisoned fell down one after another, and they died of exhaustion.

Chu Liuyan's ability is known to everyone. Although Hu Ningyong was defeated by her, he always felt that she was just a woman, so he shouted loudly: "Chu Liuyan, do you think you are still the king of Pingshuo?" Lord Ben just won't leave, Lord Ben just wants Xu Da's life, what can you do? ”

Chu Liuyan's eyes were full of yin owls, she didn't say a word again, a plum blossom needle hit her, and before Hu Ningyong could say a word, she was poisoned and fell to the ground. Knowing that he was dead, he couldn't understand why he died like this without knowing it.

"Get out of here!" Chu Liuyan said hysterically. Seeing this, Gonggong Su hurriedly ordered the Jinyi guards to leave.

When the people dispersed, Chu Liuyan turned his head to look at Xu Da. Xu Da's face was already as pale as paper, his body trembled slightly, Marshal Xu, who was tall and heroic in the past, was now sick and weak.

"Go get a doctor, go quickly!" Chu Liuyan ordered.

The subordinates of the Guogong Mansion were originally hiding aside, but when they heard Chu Liuyan's order, they hurriedly ran out to ask for a doctor. Chu Liuyan helped Xu Da to the room.

The doctor was soon here. And Xu Da is already weak. The doctor diagnosed Xu Da's symptoms, and Chu Liuyan and Xie Cui'e stood anxiously and waited.

"How's Guogong doing?" After the doctor's consultation, Chu Liuyan stepped forward and hurriedly asked.

The doctor shook his head, his face was very ugly, and he said to Chu Liuyan with some embarrassment: "Lord Wang, I'm afraid that the prince is sick...... According to the villain's diagnosis, Guogong seems to have taken roast goose meat before. Roast goose meat causes sores on Guogong's back, and the poison penetrates into the skin and intestines, and soon penetrates into the internal organs. I am really powerless and powerless, and I ask the prince to atone for his sins. ”

"Then ......" Although the ending was something Chu Liuyan had already expected, she still felt miserable after hearing it. In just a short period of time, she lost Liu Bowen, her best friend, and soon lost Xu Da, the best confidant in her life, how can outsiders understand the pain in her heart.

"So...... How many days are left in Guogong? Chu Liuyan licked his dry lips and asked with all his strength.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to stand it tonight." The doctor sighed, resigned, and refused to prescribe medicine again.

Chu Liuyan remembered that he saw a record about Xu Da in his mother Chen Sixi's codex. Chen Sixi's codex said that Xu Da, the Duke of Wei in the Ming Dynasty, was given roast goose meat by Zhu Yuanzhang because he offended Zhu Yuanzhang, causing Zhu Yuanzhang to die. At the beginning, after Chu Liuyan saw this record, he was troubled for a while. It's just that it was the Yuan Dynasty at that time, and there was no Ming Dynasty, so she thought maybe the record in the codex was just a story. Or, it's someone else's story, and it's just a coincidence that it has the same name as Xu Da and Zhu Yuanzhang. Now, I didn't expect that it really happened, and it came so suddenly.

When he was happy to leave, he used to tell her all the time. She didn't take it to heart at the time, but now she doesn't have time to do anything. Could this be the arrangement of fate?

Chu Liuyan looked at Xu Da's increasingly haggard face, and his heart became more and more uncomfortable. The feeling of grief, like a vast wave, beat her heart round after round. She held Xu Da's face and fell asleep beside him unconsciously.

After some time, she was awakened by the noise outside. She looked up and saw that the sky was already a little dark, and she couldn't help but blame herself secretly. The doctor said that Xu Da couldn't stay up tonight.

I don't know when, Xie Cui'e has already gone out. And the noise outside is getting louder and louder. She walked out and saw Tang He, Chang Sheng, Li Wenzhong, Mu Ying and other generals who lived and died together in the past. Except for Chang Yuchun, who died of illness a few days ago, and Liu Bowen, who was killed by Hu Weiyong.

"Chu Junshi ......" Tang He was getting fatter and fatter, and he called her name, as if he had been on the battlefield in the past: "How is the marshal's condition?" We've heard everything, but it's a pity we're late. ”

"We brought our horses and soldiers. We all listen to you what you say. Chang Sheng said. Zhu Yuanzhang's hatred of taking his wife sprinkled a handful of salt on the scars of his heart.

Chu Liuyan shook his head, took a long sigh of relief, and said, "This matter, it's no wonder you. Don't say it's you, it's me," Chu Liuyan laughed at himself: "I didn't expect such a thing to happen." Brother Xu, he ...... I'm afraid I won't be able to survive. When she said the last sentence, her eyes turned red unconsciously.

"We want to see the marshal." Mu Ying said. When Mu Ying was very young, she was once rescued by Xu Da and Chu Liuyan. Although he later became a righteous son with Zhu Yuanzhang, his relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang was not as close as that with Xu Da. Thanks to Xu Da's care on weekdays, he and Xu Da are more like father and son.

Chu Liuyan nodded and opened the door. More than a dozen high-ranking former generals and today's powerful ministers walked in together.

Xu Da was a little sober at this time, he looked extremely thin under the light, his face was already pale without any blood, and his eyes were a little scattered, he looked at the dozen brothers who were born and died in front of him, and tears couldn't help but flow from the corners of his eyes, he wanted to say something, but he moved his lips and couldn't say a word. When everyone saw his appearance, they couldn't help but weep.

They knelt down together. What they bow down to is not just a national prince, but a marshal who once led them to life and death, a hero who is not afraid of heaven and earth but dies unjustly, a general who has made great achievements throughout the ages, or a brother and friend who deserves their friendship.

Chu Liuyan's tears were surging again.

Chang Yuchun's three sons, Chang Mao, Chang Sheng and Chang Sen, have always regarded Xu Da as their biological father and have a strong relationship with Xu Da. Chang Mao is known as Master Mao, he has always been irritable, but he is brave and strategic, he angrily smashed his fist on the table, and the corner of the table was smashed off: "Lord Wang, please give an order, we will go to crusade against the faint king." ”

At this moment, Chu Liuyan also had a special embrace in her heart, she heard Chang Mao's words, and finally nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Xu Da was on the bed and shook his head vigorously. At this moment, his gaze was already very loose, and his mind was still clear. Chu Liuyan understands Xu Da's intentions, he has always tried his best to serve the country and the people, and he doesn't want to cause chaos in the world because of his death, causing the people to suffer and affecting innocent people.

Chu Liuyan nodded to Xu Da, indicating that he understood what he meant. Xu Da looked at Chu Liuyan, with a little affection hidden in his eyes. His breathing was already fading, his face was pale, and only a pair of eyes that had once been bright were open and refused to close. Chu Liuyan's clothes were wet with tears again, she looked at Xu Da and said, "Brother Xu, in fact, a long, long time ago, I didn't like Brother Liu anymore. I like you. ”

Xu Da understood Chu Liuyan's words, tears flowed out of the corners of his eyes, and the look in his eyes changed to surprise and satisfaction. Then, his breathing suddenly became rapid, and he closed his eyes. Closed eyes forever. I also stopped breathing.

"Brother Xu!" Chu Liuyan couldn't help but scream and began to cry. Then, the whole person is unconscious.

Chu Liuyan fell asleep for a day and a night. In the dream, she saw Xu Da walking towards him, Xu Da was dressed in a gray shirt, and his demeanor was upright, still the same as when she first met. He was followed by Xu Biyi, the little girl was innocent, as if she was the first time she saw her.

"Brother Xu." Chu Liuyan was pleasantly surprised and walked up. Xu Da also walked towards her. Their hands, clasped tightly. In the past and present lives, all the fate burst out at this moment.

However, when she wanted to talk to Xu Da, she found that there was no one in front of her. There was nothing in her hands. Their fate is the end of this life.

When Chu Liuyan woke up, Tang He, Chang Mao, and Chang Sen were by her side. She sat up, and then she realized that Xu Da was gone. Sadness came to my heart like a raging river, but not a single tear could be shed. There is always a time when people's tears will drain.

"Auntie," Chang Sen leaned down and said to her, "Are you okay?" ”

Chu Liuyan shook his head and said, "What about him? She asked Xu Da. Chang Sen also knew, and he replied, "The mourning hall is set up in the hall. All the uncles and uncles were out on vigil. Just wait for your aunt to give an order, whether it is against or not, we will only look forward to you. ”

Chu Liuyan sighed in a low voice, Zhu Yuanzhang's wanton killing of heroes has caused dissatisfaction among the ministers. are all brothers who were born and died with Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da, but now there are fewer than one, even Xu Da is gone.

Before Chu Liuyan could speak, he saw Chang Sheng stumbling in and shouted loudly: "Aunt Wang, it's not good, it's not good." The Duchess of the Kingdom wanted to commit suicide by hitting the pillar. Uncles and uncles are all in the mourning hall, and they can't stop it. ”

Although Chu Liuyan resented Xie Cui'e for colluding with Zhu Yuanzhang, after all, she was also the person who had served Xu Da wholeheartedly, and everything she had done, even if it was for her own sake, was also because she liked Xu Da in her heart. Chu Liuyan stood up, Chang Sen helped her, and walked out together.

When she arrived in the mourning hall, Xie Cui'e was really making trouble. Chu Liuyan glanced at Xie Cui'e coldly and said, "Madam, this is the Guogong Spiritual Hall. If you want to die, go elsewhere. ”

When Xie Cui'e heard Chu Liuyan's words, she was speechless for a while, and she didn't know what to say. Thinking of Xu Da's death again, he couldn't help but whimper and cry. She had just cried a few times when the doctor walked in and said, "Congratulations, Madame, Madame is pregnant with the posthumous son of the Duke of Guo." ”

When everyone heard this, they were a little surprised and asked, "Is this really true?" The doctor replied, "In front of so many adults, how dare the villain talk nonsense." Yesterday, the prince instructed the villain to treat his wife's leg injury, but his wife refused. The villain had no choice but to come back today. It turned out that the lady was pregnant. ”