Chapter 5: Wildfires
From time to time, there was a thunderstorm outside the window with the sound of singing and laughter, and the wooden grid looked out, and there was a big feast in the royal city.
They are fierce and fierce, and they like to sing and indulge in wine the most, even if they are babies, they can already drink when they drink milk.
Since entering the capital of Zelu, for four consecutive days, the royal city has been so lively, the soldiers drink and talk happily, and some of them can not afford to get drunk for two days.
The soldiers of Chiyuan City are all fierce and abnormal, they go to the battlefield to fight bravely and well, kill all sides, and when they get off the battlefield, they love to drink and eat meat, and have fun in time.
For them, Zelu City's surrender is the trend of the times, and it is already a blessing to not slaughter the entire city, so how can anyone come to find trouble without knowing whether they are alive or dead?
In the blink of an eye, the long night was approaching, and the palace was full of staggering, and the sound of laughter covered the mournful weeping of the deceased, and no one noticed the flickering candlelight in front of the Lingling Temple, and a slender and nimble shadow turned into it to avoid the drunken soldiers.
But if she had looked a little more closely, she might have noticed a black shadow lurking outside the window.
The Spirit Hall is located in a remote area, and the sound of the victors in the city celebrating is blocked out by thunderstorms, and in the darkness, the shadows of the branches outside the window are swaying with the wind and rain, constantly making a "rustling" sound, which makes it very gloomy and quiet.
There were few candles in the Spirit Hall, the entire hall was in shadows, and the corners were even darker, and occasionally a few lightning bolts fell, reflecting several corpses in the center of the Spirit Hall.
Unaffected by this, she held her breath, and after making sure that there was no second living person besides her, she carefully fumbled to open the fire fold, and by the dim candlelight, quietly walked to the corpses in the center of the hall.
She crouched down and gently pulled away the white silk cloth covering the corpse, revealing a little surprise in the candle-lit eyes when she saw the corpse clearly.
The wrist with the wood carved beads slowly stretched out, and the slender fingertips swept over the obviously mended neck on the corpse, that's right, the person whose head was sewn on the corpse was Si Fenghao, and the two female corpses beside him should be Si Nanyue's mother and sister-in-law.
After confirming that it was correct, Muge sprinkled the spirits he had brought with him on several corpses.
To be honest, deep down in her Muge's heart, she admires Si Nanyue a little, although Si Nanyue is an enemy, but she is rational enough and ruthless enough, if all this does not happen, they may become friends, but ......
Her eyes looked at the wooden beads on her wrists, Si Nanyue took away her only relative, and she was destined to be enemies between them.
Qi Muge lowered his voice and said softly: "Little brother, this is just the beginning, you should watch ...... patiently."
With that, the fire fold in his hand was thrown to the ground by his wooden lattice, and soon, the corpse burned under the influence of alcohol.
The flames reflected her Muge's face distorted with hatred, and she let out a long sigh of relief when she had achieved her goal, and was about to leave before anyone noticed it, when suddenly a strong, strange smell crept into her nostrils.
Before she had time to think about it, the flames on her corpse swooped down on her with lightning speed, spreading to the entire Spirit Temple.
"It's !! oil"
Qimuge exclaimed, and then heard a loud noise in her ears, everything was in a moment, and before she could react, the heat wave and the sudden explosion engulfed her whole body in the sea of fire.
At the same time, the dark shadow hidden outside the Soul Hall suddenly disappeared just as the firelight was about to reach him.
The earth-shattering noise woke up the drunken invaders, and by the time they arrived, the Spirit Hall had already collapsed, and the fire continued to spread in the city, and the palace people and soldiers tried their best to extinguish the fire.
Si Nanyue stood in front of the window in a white filial piety dress, as if all the hustle and bustle outside had nothing to do with her, she was so thin and pale, it seemed that she would shatter at the slightest touch.
Those eyes without sorrow or joy watched the smoke billowing all over the palace, and it was only then that she truly realized that her family would never return.
"Father, forgive your daughter for being unfilial, Helian is determined to use the state funeral to attract people who rebel against him, they are the sparks of the restoration of the country, and the daughter must not let them take risks. It is not difficult to kill Helian now, but if he dies, the Chiyuan City Lord will never give up, and Zelu will never be at peace...... It's useless for me, the people are in front, I can only grieve you, but Si Nanyue hereby promises that I will not let you sacrifice in vain, and after all the dust, I will enter Jiuquan and make amends to everyone. ”
The tails of her eyes were slightly red, and the tears in her eyes finally did not fall, and she knew very well that crying would not do anything, but would only make the enemy more proud.
From then on, all the pain and fear, hatred and sorrow, will be turned into the motivation for her to restore the country, until the day when she slashes the enemy, and her life is for it.
"Miss, it's not good, it's not good!!"
A sharp voice pierced the calm in the room, and Xi Ming broke in with a shout, Si Nanyue turned sideways slightly, put her hand to her lips, and her soft voice was no different from usual.
"Be quiet, don't disturb the ancestors."
Xi Ming didn't expect Si Nanyue to react like this, she immediately reacted that it was not a coincidence that the matter of setting up the Spirit Hall was not a coincidence, Xi Ming was stunned in place for a few seconds before she stepped forward with heavy steps, she sobbed and asked, "Miss, why?" You have already saved the people of Zelu City, why don't you let them be buried in the earth? That's ...... That's the city lord and the lady, and the young lady Ah ......"
Si Nanyue opened her mouth, but she didn't say anything, her eyes didn't leave the smoke and fire outside the window, and the room returned to the deathly silence before, until the door was kicked open hard.
Helian Jue hurriedly walked in front of her, grabbed Si Nanyue's neck directly with his big hand, and lifted it up effortlessly, the murderous aura boiling in his golden eyes almost tore her apart.
"The lord of the castle had better come up with an explanation that is acceptable to the king, otherwise, Zelu City will become a dead city tonight!!"
"Miss...... Hurry up and let go of my young lady!! ”
The situation is urgent, Xi Ming can't worry too much, and he picked up the vase on the table and was about to smash it, Si Nanyue waved his hand at Xi Ming with the difficulty of using the only strength left, gritted his teeth and said, "Retreat...... Retire! ”
Xi Ming stopped the movements in her hand, looking at all this with tears in her eyes, and finally she put down the vase weakly, and left the room stupidly, sobbing silently in front of the palace door, from time to time looking back at the closed room with red eyes, and then looking in the direction of the Spirit Palace, tears fell like rain.
Xi Ming has always believed in her second miss, she has been like this since she was a child, no matter what tricky problems she encounters, the second miss can always deal with those headaches, and it is the same now, the people of Zelu City are still alive in the world, which once again proves that the second miss is right.
It's just that she can't figure out why the second miss has to destroy the Spirit Palace, and ...... How could there be so much gunpowder in the Spirit Temple, could it be......
Xi Ming seemed to think of something, and suddenly realized, she remembered that before the war began, the second lady said that the spiritual hall had not been repaired for a long time, and the ancestors were disrespectful, so the hall was placed all over again, could it be that the gunpowder was put in at that time?
"But that was two years ago, and it hasn't happened yet......"
Xi Ming muttered, she found that she always had problems that she couldn't figure out, and she had a headache, Xi Ming simply didn't want to, she sat on the steps, looked at the raging fire in the distance, thinking of the people who were still around her a few days ago, how could they all leave in the blink of an eye, she sobbed in a low voice, and tears filled her eyes again.
In the house, Si Nanyue was still struggling, Helian Jue's hand left the short knife on his waist, and at the same time pinched Si Nanyue's hand and threw it to the side, throwing her to the ground.
She was dizzy in front of her, and she didn't care about standing up, so she breathed heavily, her throat hurt as if she was about to be strangled, if Helian didn't let go, I'm afraid she would have stepped into the Yama Palace.
"Multi-...... Thank you, Your Highness, and let me go...... Cherish tea, cough cough ......"
Helian snorted coldly: "A lowly slave, it's not worth the king's own hands. ”
He looked condescendingly at Si Nanyue who was lying on the ground, and the anger in his eyes did not subside, "I'm still waiting for the city lord's explanation!" ”
"Yes."
Si Nanyue stood up against the root of the wall, her thin body swaying, and it seemed that she would fall to the ground again in the next second.
"It was I who instigated the girl Qimuge to destroy the Spirit Temple."
She admitted the matter straight to the point, which made Helian Decision a little unexpected.
"Reason."
Si Nanyue raised her eyes and looked directly at Helian Du, she didn't answer his question, but asked slowly, "Your Highness really wants to lure out the rebels of Zelu City?" ”
As soon as these words came out, Helian couldn't help frowning, looked at Si Nanyue with his spare eyes, and listened to her again: "Your Highness has postponed the time of the state funeral to tomorrow, and has informed all the people of Zelu City about this matter. ”
"Ha ......"
Helian Jie's expression turned into a smile, he really meant this in his heart, this Si Nanyue is indeed smart, he nodded, and motioned for her to continue.
Si Nanyue paused and said: "But killing them is probably not conducive to His Highness's plan, for the sake of His Highness's ambitions, please leave them alive for the time being, in case of future needs." ”
Helian was stunned for a moment, he couldn't even believe his ears, he narrowed his golden eyes, and took a few steps forward, his whole body was full of dangerous aura, and the strong sense of oppression made Si Nanyue a little out of breath.
"What the hell are you trying to say?!"
Si Nanyue still looked directly into his eyes calmly, "Isn't it too strange that you didn't even let go of the old and weak women and children in the city when you ordered the slaughter of those cities that were attacked and defeated before, and you didn't kill them all?" ”
Helian Jue sneered: "Hasn't the city lord heard of the remnant Kou Mo chasing? ”
"Three years ago, I went to Ancient Domain City."
Si Nanyue ignored his question, but said to herself, even her voice trembled.
Her memory was pulled back to that year, and it was also after seeing hell on earth that Si Nanyue made up her mind that no matter what price she had to pay, she would never let Zelu City end up like this.