On October 12 of the 16th year of Yuan Qi, the clear sunlight contrasted with the withered yellow fields around Wangbei, which looked particularly abrupt. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the vast mountains and forests, only a few bird calls will occasionally sound, and when you hear the cry, you always feel that it is desolate and cold.

In the south of the city, on the bluestone bridge across the Blue River, there are more than a dozen carriages traveling from the Blue Pass, loaded with various materials. I can't count how many times the convoy has traveled back and forth in these few miles. A sturdy pony dedicated to carrying heavy loads and pulling equipment, all four-legged horses are a little sluggish. Every time the sergeant following the carriage tapped the horse's rump, the pony would spew violently out of its nose, but it could not move fast anyway.

Ma Shang is like this, and the people in the city are already physically and mentally exhausted.

The sound of collecting, carrying, and cleaning in pieces floats throughout Wangbei City. There will be intermittent cries and shouts, but for most people, their expressions have become numb.

The things brought in by the convoy from the south into the city were unloaded after not going more than a mile, and then immediately returned the same way. The carts heading west from the city entered the city empty, leaving with a full load.

Inside the car, there were corpses. and irreparable clutter that can be used to make firewood.

There were a lot of people who wept dry tears and followed behind these cars. They did not have time to send their relatives and friends into the loess, so they could only follow them outside the city and watch the dead disappear into the flames.

Gray and yellow wilderness, new graves arranged. The ground is dark, and the liver and intestines are broken. There are no flowers, no food to present, no words and no songs to mourn. When I was born, I didn't know each other, and I melted into a grave of ashes. There is no comforter on his side, and the city is full of hurts.

And the world of the living is still waiting for them behind them.

The home that has been reduced to ruins, the life of a lonely person, and the illusory but inextricable painful longing are all waiting.

......

Inside the Castle Lord's Mansion.

Ji Hua walked quickly, kneading his right arm with his left hand, turned to the front of a half-branched military tent, and said quickly: "General, Shizi, chasing out of the city, and the ghost fox who rushed to Shaoyang Mountain are back. The warlock who entered the mountain found a big pit that had been blown out in the depths of Shaoyang Mountain, twenty zhang deep, but there was nothing in it, and there was no abnormality in the surroundings. ”

Liang Zhen'a nodded and said, "Notify the rotation of the soldiers, it's been a night." ”

"Yes!" Ji Hua answered and left.

"There is nothing and no abnormal ......" Next to the Fox King, Yin Chiyuan and Nan Ge glanced at each other, then turned their heads and said suspiciously: "General, it seems that those black ministers have disappeared again......?"

"Perhaps, it has been repaired, and after today, I will go into the mountain again to check. Liang Zhen'a thought for a moment, and then replied. He looked out of the tent again, and a middle-aged scribe not far away was whispering something to a few sergeants, when he sent the sergeant away and turned around and walked this way.

Yin Chiyuan had already left his seat, limped slightly to meet him, and asked, "Zeng Rui, how is the water?"

"No change...... Zeng Rui shook his head, his face was full of anxiety, and he kept clasping his hands and said: "The corpses and dirty things in the canal in the city have finally been fished out, and we should be able to get water in two hours." Detoxifying herbs, and alum, are also prepared out of some. But the well water is still poisonous, so it shouldn't be...... The underground water veins in Wangbei are very shallow, and they have always been living water, but it has been almost three days, and they still can't drink it......"

"Why is that?" Nange frowned.

"There should be something in the well. Liang Zhen'a said later, beckoned to the ghost fox on the side, and said in a deep voice: "Pick out two teams of people with good water quality who can dive underwater for half a moment, and go down the well." ”

The ghost fox obeyed the order, and Yin Chiyuan stepped forward and said, "General, apart from those pockets containing poison, is there anything else in the well?"

Liang Zhen bowed his head and said: "The emperor's guards may have nailed some poisons directly into the water, medicine sacs, and even poisonous people. ”

"This is a desperate plan...... Yin Chiyuan gritted his teeth, "Why, they will do everything, even to attack the civilians in this city?"

"Wangbei City, in their plan, there may be only one obstacle, right?" Zeng Rui sighed, "The peace in Shenzhou is all fake...... General, Shizi, this day has come. ”

"This is Zhongzhou and Xingjun, declaring war on us! We are waiting to sharpen our blades, aren't we just waiting for this moment?" Nange said with a clenched fist.

"The detailed information of Wangbei in the past few days has been sent to Fengyuan. As soon as the battle in Qingyeyuan is over, my father and King Liang should start a new war......" Yin Chiyuan took a breath, looked at Nange and said, "It seems that your days in Dongzhou should be over." ”

Nan Ge patted him on the shoulder, showed a slight smile, and said, "The days when we open up Shenzhou will also begin!"

......

Inside the small courtyard in the south of the city.

"Vomit—"

Jiudao lay on the bench and vomited again with great effort, and his head and arms drooped again.

Yu Xin gave him a smooth back, frowned, and said, "Spit it out?"

"Maybe......" Nine Swords said weakly.

"Let's just say that you, don't wait for the water to boil before drinking, no matter how you say it, it can also reduce the toxicity. Just drink it, and drink a pot. ”

"Good...... Good skin, eight a day, eight glasses of water......" Nine Knife Weakness said again.

"I'm watering your face!" Yu Xin scolded bitterly, and then he raised his eyebrows again and said with a smile: "However, fortunately, thanks to your drug test, everyone is fine...... Your Royal Highness, you have the legendary demeanor of Shennong tasting a hundred herbs!"

"Heh, hehe...... Hiccup!over, it's over......" Jiudao trembled his fingers.

"Since you've had eight drinks...... It's not bad at all. Yu Xin said, holding a big bowl, "Come on, good man, it!"

"What is this...... Nine Blades asked, tilting his head and raising his eyes.

"Soot plus alkaline water, and some emetics like quinoa gourd dioxide. Yu Xin said gently.

"Damn, don't drink ......," Jiudao shook his head.

"What a man! What a temper...... Come, good, drink. Yu Xin brought the bowl to the face of the nine knives.

"Yu Xin, your uncle ......," the nine-knife urn reprimanded.

"Hi, don't be stressed...... You just think it's black sesame paste, and that's it, come on, open your mouth!—"

"Ahh......h

"Ahh

In a moment, the bowl was empty.

"How do you feel?" Yu Xin asked with a smile as he removed the bowl and shook his sleeves.

"Warm ...... Warm, very close and caring...... Vomit—"