CHAPTER XLV
After drinking the water, his expression was gloomy. The firmament thought that Zhuan Xuan was exhausted all the way, so he asked the servants to clean up two good rooms in the palace, and let Zhen Xuan and Yi live in the room to rest. Zhen was tired and was about to rest, and the onlookers returned to their palaces and homes. He entered his room, closed the door, and collapsed on the bed motionless.
The body is tired, and the heart is even more tired. In the hard step by step walking road to Xiangcheng Road, Zhuan Xu's walking and conversations with Yi, Fengmen, and soldiers made Zhen Xuan forget the bloody scene for a while. Now, the dead soldiers and people appeared before his eyes, some of them were cut off by the rebels of the Gonggong, some of the soldiers were cut off with knives and axes by the Gonggong rebels, and some of the soldiers who were riddled with holes were lying on the ground, and many wounds on their bodies were bubbling out like springs of blood. The parents, wives and children of the dead soldiers and people lay on their stomachs and stood up one by one after suffering and walked towards them. Zhen Xuan subconsciously curled back on the bed, still blocked in the corner by those people, and they stretched out their hands one by one and scolded Zhen Xuan angrily.
"Yes, you're right, I'm a sinner, I'm a sinner. “
He covered his lips with the quilt and shouted heartbreakingly in the room. Yi's room is next to Zhuan. After lying in bed, Yi, who was full of food and drink, quickly fell asleep. I don't know how long it took before I fell asleep in a daze. Yi slept deeply, slept shallowly, and kept dreaming that the ghosts were crying to him about his guilt, and he kept crying in his sleep for his faults. The next day, when the sun was rising over the eastern horizon, he woke up from his sleep. After experiencing yesterday's nightmare, Zhen Xuan vented some of the self-blame in his heart, and the soreness in his body suppressed the brain's cranky thoughts to a certain extent. After experiencing so much pressure, his brain can finally breathe more freely and freely. When Zhen was about to get up, Yi woke up in his room. The two men went out of the room door almost at the same time. Yi walked over to Zhen Xuan's side.
"Leader, you see the Gate of the Sun gradually rising in the east, and it is only after the darkness of last night that he can bring light and heat back to our people, so that our people can live a happy life. ”
Yi is telling him, and he knows it in his heart. In the midst of these few days of war and flight, it was his darkest night.
"Thank you, Lord Yi, for your guidance, I can now hear the rooster crow at dawn, I am waking up from the darkness of the night, and by the middle of the day, I will be completely out into the sun. ”
"Leader, those soldiers and people who died in Huaicheng will be very happy when they hear your words. ”
Yi said this to see how much darkness there was in Zhen Xuan's heart. His heart was pierced by Yi's words, but he quickly came out of the darkness.
"To meet those kind, upright, intelligent, brave and warlike people and soldiers is something I can be proud of all my life. ”
The courtyard in front was overgrown with flowers and trees, and after Zhen Xuan and Yi finished speaking, Yi said that we should go to the garden of the leader of the Wuwai clan to relax. The fresh air, the fragrance of flowers, and the melodious sound of birdsong pull the bird back from the darkness. Zhen Xuan and Yi walked into a small forest, and Cangqiong suddenly walked out of the woods. All three of them were startled by the sudden appearance of each other, and then laughed at each other.
"You two were too tired yesterday, and the servant told me that you were still sleeping at dinner, so I took it upon myself to prevent them from waking you up, so that you could rest and rest, and ask the leader and Lord Yi for forgiveness if they were inconsiderate. ”
Zhen Xuan and Yi said that we were disturbing you, and we should ask for your understanding.
"Leader of the Wuhuai Clan, this is Elephant City, how can we leave Elephant City safely and return to the Imperial Capital?"
"Leader, do you think that our elephant city is small, and it is not as good as the prosperous imperial capital?"
"Xiangcheng has a large population, rich products, and the people have plenty of food and clothing, although it is not better than the imperial capital, but it is not worse than the imperial capital. ”
"In this case, the leader and Lord Yi will stay in Xiangcheng for a few more days, and let me accompany you here to explore the natural and social scenery that the emperor does not have. ”
"If it were in peacetime, I would definitely live in Xiangcheng for a few days, eat all the local delicacies of Xiangcheng, and visit all the places of interest near Xiangcheng, but now that the Gonggong is in rebellion, we will face a protracted war, in order to calm the war as soon as possible, and let the people live a healthy life as soon as possible, I must return to the imperial capital as soon as possible, and tell the world that I will unite the tribes of the Chinese nation to suppress the rebellion of the Gonggong. ”
"The leader thinks about the people of the world in times of danger and happiness, and Cangqiong is ashamed of himself. ”
"Since the leader must return to the imperial capital, I and the people of Xiangcheng are not keeping the leader, but you said how to return to the imperial capital, I feel puzzled in my heart, I sent troops to escort the leader and Lord Yi to the north, and it will take about half a month to return to the imperial capital, what is there to make difficult?"
When General Yi goes north, he will definitely encounter the rebels who have been ambushed by the Gonggong for Cangqiong to analyze.
"After listening to Lord Yi's analysis, the leader is unable to reach the imperial capital by going north, but going south is the territory of the Jiuli tribe, the previous tribal leader of the Jiuli tribe is Chiyou, Chiyou was defeated by the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor and died, the Jiuli tribe therefore took over the hatred with our Chinese nation, how could the Jiuli tribe allow the heirs of the Yellow Emperor to enter their territory, not to mention that even if the Jiuli tribe is willing, it is said that the endless sea is to go south, and the farther away from the imperial capital, we cannot want to return to the imperial capital in the south. If we go east, there is still an endless sea, and we will not be able to return to the imperial capital, how can this be?"
Zhuan Xuan and Yi fell into deep thought, the two of them must return to the imperial capital as soon as possible, but the only way to the imperial capital was cut off by the Gonggong, in Cangqiong's words, how should this be good? Cangqiong was silent with Zhuan Xuan and Yi for a while, and said to Zhuan Xuan and Yi: "When it's time for breakfast, we can't think of a way for a while, let's go to breakfast first, and then gather the civil and military officials of Xiangcheng after breakfast, and see if we can come up with a way to return to the imperial capital." "Yes, even if they searched their stomachs on an empty stomach, they couldn't think of a way, so they went to eat first according to what Cangqiong said. While eating, Yi, and Cangqiong were all caught up in the problem they couldn't find a solution to in the morning.