Chapter 177: Tiger Poison Doesn't Eat Children?
The Great Han Jingshi staged countless thrilling and heartfelt deeds on this night.
At the life-and-death juncture when foreign invasions and the country suffered, there were certainly people who were greedy for life and afraid of death, and they groveled to their knees and did not hesitate to betray their promises and sell their lords for glory in order to survive for themselves.
But, in the same way, there is also such a group of people, they sacrifice their lives for righteousness, loyal to the country, for the little persistence in their hearts, they can throw their heads, sprinkle blood, they do not care about life and death, regardless of success or failure, their hearts and blood, eternal life.
In the inner courtyard of the Prince's Mansion, a dignified and virtuous woman is sitting in the main hall, she is not very old, only nineteen years old, and she is indeed a good year of youth.
She is the wife of Liu Zhengqi, the crown prince of the dynasty, the crown princess of the Han Dynasty, and Cai Zipei, the daughter of Cai Junmang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.
"The old minister pays a visit to the princess."
"Excuse me, give me a seat."
"Princess Xie."
An old man with a white beard got up and sat down.
Cai Zipei stood up, bowed him deeply, and said, "My daughter has seen her father." ”
It turned out that this old man was Cai Junmang, one of the several important ministers of the court.
"Hurry up." Cai Junmang bent down slightly and said.
"Daddy is here tonight, but he has something to discuss with his daughter?" Cai Zipei looked at the old father in front of him, and after a few days, he looked much older, which showed that the siege of the Huns had made him very worried.
Cai Junmang nodded slightly, but didn't say a word, just looked at his daughter a little strangely.
"Daddy, you...... What's wrong with you? Cai Zipei was surprised and asked.
Cai Junmang slowly stood up, pointed out the window with his hand, and asked, "Princess, did you hear that?" ”
Cai Zipei followed his fingers, and countless stars flashed in the dark night sky outside the window, looking beautiful and charming. However, a few wisps of black smoke rose up, ruining the peaceful night.
The sound of shouting and killing, although it was quite far away, was also pressing step by step, constantly moving towards here.
"Yes, my daughter heard it." Cai Zipei said calmly.
"I don't know why, the Huns have broken the city, the fall of the capital division has become a settlement, and there is no power to return to heaven." Cai Junmang said slowly, his tone gradually lowered, and finally there was a hint of crying.
"My daughter knows." Cai Zipei got up and walked to his father's side and tapped him lightly on his back.
Cai Junmang closed his eyes, calmed down his mood, and asked slowly, "Your Highness has already left, right?" ”
Cai Zipei snorted, turned her head to look out the window, and didn't know if she wanted to find the person she was looking for in the endless night.
Cai Junmang opened his old and dizzy eyes, stared at Cai Zipei's face, and suddenly asked, "Pei'er, are you...... Do you regret it? ”
Cai Zipei looked back in surprise, in her memory, since she became the crown princess, her father had never called her nickname in such a tone.
It seems that that is a very distant thing.
"What do you regret......?" Cai Zipei asked in a low voice.
"Have you ever regretted marrying His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Cai Junmang asked.
"Why did Daddy say that?" Cai Zipei asked in surprise.
"Do you regret it?" Cai Junmang didn't answer, just asked insistently.
Cai Zipei lowered her head, and after a while, she raised her head again and said, "My daughter has no regrets." ”
Cai Junmang nodded heavily and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has the important task of recovering the country, and we must not be a drag on him." ”
Cai Zipei was shocked, and looked at her father with a hint of inquiry.
Cai Junmang turned his head away and said slowly: "Today, the old father is here to see his daughter for the last time. ”
"Daddy......" Cai Zipei exclaimed in surprise and grabbed her father's hand tightly, however, those big hands were cold and piercing, making her shiver unfreely.
"Pelle, you know what? Anyone in our Cai family can be a prisoner, but not one person. Cai Junmang turned his face away, as if muttering to himself.
On Cai Zipei's pretty face, the blood gradually faded, leaving only a thrilling paleness.
His hands were shaking, his body was shaking, even his voice was shaking. It's just that he still said it word by word: "You are the crown princess of our Han." ”
He looked at his daughter's eyes full of strange feelings, sadness, grief, pleading, regret, but more helplessness.
Cai Zipei was silent, and after half a sound, she calmly raised her head and looked deeply at her father, who was even older.
She got up, knelt down, kowtowed three times, and said, "Father, your nurturing grace, the daughter can only repay it in the next life." ”
With that, she looked through the window again, at the firmament filled with infinite darkness, and turned to enter the inner room. I didn't see any movement for a long time.
Cai Junmang trembled, barely supported himself to his feet, and stumbled away. Two lines of old tears slipped silently down his face.
Just as he walked out of the prince's mansion, he heard the noise inside getting louder and louder.
The corners of his mouth twitched slowly, and he muttered a sentence: "Tiger poison does not eat children...... Tiger poison does not eat children...... Tiger poison doesn't eat children. ”
That night, Cai Junmang, the secretary of the Han Dynasty Rite Department, swallowed gold and died.
Xiang Ming led more than 20 horsemen to the West Gate, which was already crowded with panicked people, who wanted to flee out of the city with their families.
If the Huns had not captured the Jingshi, they would naturally not have done so, but at this time, the Jingshi had fallen and settled, and the news spread throughout the city like wings, scratching the chaos like a spark of fire, gradually spreading, and there was an uncontrollable trend.
Outside the West Gate, the Huns had already deployed an army of 20,000, which was not their main direction of attack, and the reason why the army was deployed here, supplemented by a feint, was to prevent someone from taking advantage of the chaos to escape.
"Open the city gate quickly......" Xiang Ming shouted loudly, and the sound was so loud that it spread far away.
"General, there are Hun cavalry outside the city." When a thousand-person commander guarding the city saw Xiang Ming's clothes and knew that his official position was far above him, but now was an extraordinary period, how could he dare to open the city gate easily.
Xiang Ming snorted angrily and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going out of the city, so don't you open the door soon." ”
The thousand-person chief was in his heart, looked back, and sure enough, he saw a person wearing a dragon robe, although it was only a four-clawed golden dragon, but it represented the identity of the prince.
His face changed several times, and he finally gave his hand and said: "The small one has not received a military order, and this city cannot be opened, please forgive the general." ”
A hint of approval flashed in Xiang Ming's eyes, but he shouted sharply: "Who is your chief, let him come to see me." ”
"Is it Big Brother? How did you get back. ”
Hearing this voice, the thousand-person leader immediately breathed a sigh of relief, took a step back, gave way to the passage, and bowed: "I've seen General Fang." ”
Xiang Ming looked at it and immediately recognized that the person was Fang Youya, a brother in the clan.
"Youya, you came just in time, I want to escort His Royal Highness the Crown Prince out of the city, you order the door to be opened." Xiang Ming also showed a smile, it turned out that the guard of Ximen turned out to be his own family, so it would be much easier.
Fang You Aya frowned slightly, and couldn't help but hesitate, his gaze moved back, and suddenly saw the soldier in the dragon robe, his face changed, and he was about to speak, but he heard a slight voice in his ear.
"Youya, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is behind, you open the door, and I will lead the enemy away."
Ahh
His expression was solemn, and he suddenly turned around and shouted, "Open the door." ”
Several soldiers received the order and immediately ran down.
Fang Youya turned around again and said to his brother: "Big brother, there are still two hundred cavalry under the command of the younger brother, all of whom are the children of our Fang family, so let us give you a ride." ”
Xiang Ming shook his head and refused: "No, your responsibility is to guard the West Gate, how can you get out of the city." ”
With a miserable smile, Fang Youya said: "Big brother, don't lie to me, can Jingshi still hold it?" ”
Xiang Ming opened his mouth to speak, but seeing the desperate look in his eyes, this comforting word could not be said in any way.
Fang Youya pointed to the twenty horsemen behind his brother and said, "Big brother, do you want to escort the prince with just this little bit of people?" It's ridiculous, isn't it? ”
Xiang Ming was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly understood. Escorting the prince is such an important matter, let alone 200 people, even if it is 2,000 people, it is not necessarily too many. If only he was the twenty horsemen who escorted the prince out of the city, it would only be a joke. Not to mention that the Huns didn't believe it, even after he was woken up, he didn't believe it at this time.
Xiang Ming's mind suddenly remembered the fifty Black Flag soldiers brought by Xu Haifeng's trip, if it was them, maybe he would be able to do it.
"Big brother, how's it going?" Seeing that his brother didn't seem to understand what he meant, Fang Youya anxiously urged.
"Alas...... Well, you go and prepare. Xiang Ming let out a long sigh.
A moment later, the city gate was opened, and Fang Youya moved quickly, and the horse team was ready.
Xiang Ming said softly, "Youya, I'm sorry. ”
Fang Youya raised her eyes to look at the eldest brother she had admired the most since childhood, and said with a smile: "Big brother, I have no regrets. ”
He turned his head and shouted, "Are you afraid?" ”
"Don't be afraid."
The roars of the two hundred men echoed in the night sky, making people's blood boil.
Xiang Ming nodded heavily, pulled the reins, and said, "Come with me." ”
He took the lead, galloping out of the wide open gate, followed by two hundred and twenty-one horsemen.
They all know that this is not nine deaths and one life, but ten deaths and no life, but among them, no one has flinched and retreated, the children of the Fang family, they have always been a banner of the Han Dynasty, a symbol of heroism and invincibility.
They rushed towards the Huns, who were a hundred times their size, without hesitation.
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