Chapter 9: Who Is It?
After I came back, everything was the same as last time, I couldn't control my body at first, like watching a movie, and the characters were doing what they were supposed to do.
Just when Empress Nanqiao was desperate to hug the Starfall National Teacher, and then the faces of the two sides were about to meet, at this time, the Starfall National Teacher turned her head, pushed the Empress away ruthlessly, and said: "Since this is the case, then you will still be your princess, and I will also be my national teacher." The national teacher turned his head and left, and at this moment, tears slid down the cheeks of the empress behind her.
At this moment, Gu Che and Changle were shocked, the plot did not go in the direction they thought, Changle understood everything, and the first question that lingered in his heart was unanimously answered, and he shouted in his heart: "It turned out to be him, it turned out to be him, and the national teacher was the first black-robed person to come in." And Gu Che thought to himself: "It seems that this identity cannot be hidden." ”
But the two sides still couldn't control their bodies at this time, the national teacher returned to his home, sitting in the study in front of the map and the leaf in a daze for a long time, and the empress did not return to her bedroom, but came to the sand table of the daytime discussion, a shadow that could not be dissolved was always hovering on her brows, at present, the original empress did not have a way to win this decisive battle, and the general she relied on turned out to be a lord faction, which made the already low morale, even worse, huge pressure, the pressure of the Empress Nanqiao could not breathe, She didn't want to surrender, but would it really solve the current crisis?
It was night, and suddenly there was a dense sound of footsteps outside, which woke the empress from her contemplation, because General Zhu Gui with hundreds of personal guards surrounded the main hall of the meeting, and Zhu Gui wanted to force the palace!! The empress did not panic, but said calmly: "General Zhu, come in." I saw Zhu Gui fully armed with armor, step by step heavy and firm towards the main hall, as when the day came, squeak, the door was pushed open, Zhu Gui stepped into the main hall, and saw a haggard woman, accompanied by a little light, sitting at the table, Zhu Gui was worried for a while.
"Uncle Zhu, it's been a long time since I've called you like that, I remember that you hugged me when I was a child." The empress said unhurriedly, as if she was not forcing the palace at present, but the uncle and nephew who had not seen her for many years were reminiscing.
"Yes empress, it was not long after you were born, I and the first emperor finally won the Nanban after two years of blood, here I and the first emperor are thinking about how to defeat the Northern Wei Dynasty, and you came from the side hall, I have to hold you to see this sand table, 15 years have passed." Zhu Gui also seemed to fall into memory.
"Yes, time flies so fast, it would be nice if my father was here." The Empress kept her eyes on the oil lamp.
"After surrendering, if Wei can keep its promise, I will follow the first emperor as soon as possible." Zhu Gui said in an undeniable tone.
"Uncle Zhu, do what you think, I'm tired" The empress turned her head to look at Zhu Gui, and at this time the princess seemed to be relieved of all the pressure, but she looked even more haggard.
"Yes, Your Majesty." At this time, there was no need to say anything else, Zhu Gui walked out of the hall with heavier steps, and with a squeak, the door of the hall was closed again.
The empress in the palace suddenly thought: "If Wei can keep his promise, this is undoubtedly the best ending, so maybe he can really be an ordinary couple with Xingluo and go out to see the world." ”
Suddenly a burst of fire light fell from the sky outside, and the noise outside gradually became louder, and the star falling national division used magic to severely hit General Zhu Gui, it turned out that from the personal guards surrounding the main hall, someone went to report to the national teacher, saying that the general rebelled and wanted to be unfavorable to the empress. When the national teacher arrived, the general had already entered the main hall, in order to prevent an accident for the queen's safety, the national teacher waited until the general came out and then started, and used magic to hit the general in one fell swoop, and the rest of the guards were also taken down by the palace guards who rushed over.
Then he knocked on the door and entered the main hall, and saw that the empress was intact, but her face was even more haggard, and the two didn't seem to have to say anything, and the national teacher didn't ask.
"He came to persuade me to surrender, he was right, if I surrendered, it would be safe to surrender to Shu, and you and I would not be the national teacher and empress, so we could be a bunch of ordinary couples." The Empress broke the silence and laughed miserably;
"Under the nest, how can there be no eggs, you clearly know that with the brutality of the Wei State, it is impossible to spare all the soldiers and civilians, and the example of the Wu State is close at hand" Master Xingluo said calmly;
At this moment, the two regained control of their bodies, seemingly a little embarrassed, and neither of them knew how to speak.
"What now?" Changle first broke the quiet and asked, judging the two of them with the empress who was about to collapse just now, although his face was still haggard and pitiful, but he gave people the feeling of calmness and wisdom.
"Surrender." Gu Che said succinctly, both of them are smart people, and there is no need to pretend;
"Why?" Changle asked, Gu Che was silent, not knowing whether to consider whether to say it or how to say it;
"Now you and I are grasshoppers on the same rope, I guess, you don't know the answer completely, and it's just some conjectures and assumptions, but because you came in first, you have more information than we have, and if we cooperate, your conjecture must be better realized." Changle immediately analyzed calmly, there was no pleading in his tone, there was just the mutual benefit of the two sides of the negotiation.
Gu Che looked up and saw the empress's pale lips, and subconsciously swallowed his saliva, Changle was also looking at each other at this time, seeing this action, a trace of blush swelled on Shengxue's face, as if they both recalled the same scene, and the hearts of both sides suddenly took off their guard.
"I was the first to come in and found that the black mist and the ancient monument exuded the same sky-high resentment, I guessed that it should be someone's grudge before death, and after a series of coincidences, this ancient battlefield stopped." Gu Che stared at the empress's face, but what he remembered in his mind was the fairy clothes fluttering Changle he met outside the black mist;
"You mean that our focus should be on finding the resentful person, not winning the decisive battle?" Changle drew inferences;
"And you said surrender because you guessed that this person was Zhu Gui." Changle remembered what Gu Che had just said;
Gu Che seemed to be a little distracted, and Changle tapped his fingers on the table, pulling Gu Che's thoughts back.
"This is just my current conjecture, because in the last round, the war has been won, but in the end it was still destroyed by the monk with one blow, so it shows that the victory or defeat of the decisive battle is not the key to this illusion." Gu Che listened to Changle's analysis, his eyes were quite appreciative, and he continued;
"And from the perspective of the original scenario development, Zhu Guizai was rejected by the empress, and he still had to force the palace to do this, and then he was severely injured by the national teacher, the empress should not surrender again, and in the original time and space, there should be no battle array, so it is impossible to win the war, and in the end, the country is destroyed and the people are slaughtered, which may make Zhu Gui's resentment reach a peak, making this illusion arise." Gu Che analyzed the situation just now.
"Okay, then we'll do as you say." After listening to it, Changle agreed with Gu Che's analysis.
"It's not you, it's you, only you know about it, and I don't need to tell them my identity, they know that things can't go in the direction we expected because of their other ideas." Gu Che solemnly instructed.
"I'll go back first, and you can arrange the rest." Gu Che then said, and walked out.
Immediately afterwards, the doctor was quickly sent to treat Zhu Gui, and then Zhu Gui and the butcher were summoned to the palace for discussion, and the three fell into a long silence.
"In this way, even if you win the battle head-on, you will not be able to escape the level of the monks behind, and now the time that this body can control is getting shorter and shorter." This time Ding Ming spoke first, and said irritably, the teacup in his hand fell to the ground unintentionally, he just found that his hand was shaking, he was afraid, he had never encountered this situation in the sect before, basically after he finished speaking, the problem was naturally solved by someone to help him, but several failures, as the time of the illusion was getting longer and longer, I don't know what was waiting for him in the end, but he knew that he didn't want to die.
"Oh, I don't need to put down such heavy hands, how can I carry my old arms and legs." Wang Zhen was half-lying on the chair and shouting. Both are confused about the current situation and have no direction.
"If we don't come, this war will definitely end in failure, we can't wait for the second round of monks, then the end is the city is ruined, maybe we can change our thinking, assuming that the purpose of this illusion needs to save more people, then Zhu Gui's original surrender is also a way of thinking, and there is no other better way at present." Changle said firmly.
"If this line of thinking is not right, you must know that there is not much time left for us, and maybe the next time will be the end." Ding Ming knocked his fist on the sand table, the dust on the sand table was everywhere, and then one foot of the table broke directly, the sand table leaned on the ground, and the sand gradually flowed to the floor on one side.
"If you don't have a new idea, just do what I say, and instead of sitting still, take the initiative." Changle's words cannot be denied.
Wang Zhen dragged his sick body and found the two hundred personal guards, explaining that the empress was willing to surrender and let them arrange contact and negotiations, one of the personal guards came out and said: "General Zhu, early tomorrow morning, I will take you to Qiyangpo to talk to Zhao Dadu, the governor of our army, about the specific details and personnel handover." "It turns out that this Wei army's meticulous work has been lurking among Zhu Gui's personal guards.
Early the next morning, before dawn, I saw Wang Zhen and a person riding a horse to the outside of the city, to a cliff slope, the sun had just risen, and the Wei army also came to two people, one was Zhao Sheng, and the other was Zhu Gui did not know.
"General Zhu, don't come unharmed." Zhao Sheng said with a spring breeze on his face;
"Let's get straight to the point." Wang Zhen said, because he didn't know what to say.
"Since General Zhu is so refreshing, then I will say it bluntly, after you surrender, we will take over the entire city, and you and the empress will move to the capital of Wei."
"Yes." Wang Zhen replied;
“。。。。。 Okay" Zhao Sheng was speechless for a while, he didn't expect him to agree so happily, without the slightest bargaining, and he didn't say anything about adding officials to knighthood and so on, so that a lot of rhetoric he prepared was useless.
"Then arrange the handover as soon as possible." Wang Zhen said that because he is Wang Zhen, not Zhu Gui, so things that last more than 3 days are not within the scope of his consideration. How did Zhao Sheng feel that he surrendered or surrendered himself, he was more anxious than himself, completely subverting the image of the general who ordered troops on the battlefield and shrouded in horse leather.
"Then at the end of this afternoon, all of you will surrender and you will not be allowed to carry any weapons, otherwise I will not be able to guarantee your safety." Zhao Sheng emphasized;
At this moment, the sun has leaked half of his body in the sky, and Wang Zhen returned to the Shu City Tower.
"It's done, before three o'clock this afternoon, surrender without weapons, you and I will go to live in the capital of Wei." After Wang Zhen finished speaking, he pointed to him and the princess.
"Okay, we'll see today." Changle said.
In the afternoon, the army of 50,000 abandoned their armor and walked out of the tower unarmed, led by Wang Zhen on horseback, like a shepherd, with a flock of lambs to the slaughter.
Then it was the handover, the Wei army sent people to divide the 50,000 people into 500 groups, each 100 people as a group, into the 200,000 people, this time is very orderly, the Wei army is also very patient to wait, after the completion of the arrangement, the sky has darkened, the sky shining by the sunset, like blood.
Wang Zhen was just about to speak, only to see Zhao Sheng pull out his sword, pointed to the sky, and in an instant all the Wei troops began to strangle the surrendered army, a one-sided massacre, the Wei army mechanically shot out, pulled out the gun, and killed even the Wei army itself was frightened, Wang Zhen's eyes were split, although it was not Zhu Gui who occupied the body at this time, but it was indeed him Wang Zhen sent these 50,000 people who believed in him unconditionally to the tiger's mouth, and fell in pieces.
Wang Zhen shouted: "Zhao Sheng, I'm your uncle." ”
Then he rode a horse and rushed desperately towards Zhao Sheng, but the heavy soldiers in the middle had already blocked him in front, only to see the horse's front legs cut off and kneel on the ground, at this time Zhu Gui was still sitting on the horse, bows and arrows, knives, and guns were stuck all over his body, like a bleeding weapon rack, and his face could not tell whether it was blood or blood and tears.
On the city tower, overlooking the entire battlefield, you can see more clearly that the Shu army was slaughtered by rows and rows, as skilled as farmers harvesting wheat, Changle was shocked by the slaughter scene at this moment, his fists clenched fiercely, and from the gloom behind Changle, a calm and even cold voice came: "It's over, next one." ”
Sure enough, it was not long before it started again, this time it meant that they had been in the audience for a longer time, and when they came to the palace, Zhu Hui came to ask for surrender, and the empress was furious... Zhu Gui was severely injured by the national teacher, and his personal guards were imprisoned, and the national teacher came to find the empress;
"Under the nest, how can there be no eggs, you clearly know that with the brutality of the Wei State, it is impossible to spare all the soldiers and civilians, and the example of the Wu State is close at hand" Master Xingluo said calmly;
Empress Nanqiao didn't speak, it seemed that after the two accidents of the general, her persistence was a little shaken.
"If you put yourself to death and come back to life, you may still have the opportunity to surrender voluntarily, and the only thing that awaits us is slaughter." The star fell and the national teacher said firmly, this firmness rekindled the fighting spirit of Empress Nanqiao;
After returning home, Xingluo Guoshi walked to the study, looked at the map book on the table for a long time, there was a mark on a page and the triangular leaves, and then opened a book from the shelf, the mezzanine on the wall opened, an ancient tripod and a thin piece of paper, which seemed to rub the inscription on the top, not the current text, only to see Xingluo muttering familiarly.
The next day, the upcoming decisive battle made everyone face unprecedented pressure, in the face of pressure, some people became stronger, but some people became more crazy.
The empress asked all the soldiers whose relatives were in the city to go home to see their relatives for the last time, because tomorrow's performance on the battlefield will determine whether their relatives are still there, and tomorrow's decisive battle will be a battle to the death.
The original body of the pioneer butcher is a person whose intelligence is not as good as ordinary people, but the limbs are extremely developed, because of his strong body and the state of not afraid of death, so that he has repeatedly performed miraculous feats on the battlefield, and also made him get more rewards, his father and sister can also live a better life, every time he goes home, the pioneer butcher always buys half a pig back, his parents and sister are very happy, and the family can have a happy reunion dinner.
But when he went home today, he only saw his father's body leaning against the pillar, his mother's body fell on the table, beaten to death, his sister did not know where to go, his anger and sadness made him hug his parents' bodies, and wailed in pain, the sound was earth-shattering, and suddenly the neighbor next door timidly walked in and said, "Your sister was taken away by the people of the county king's mansion." "The pressure of the city break makes people who are usually as timid as rats fearless.
The butcher put down his parents, his eyes were red, and he rushed directly to the county king's mansion, rushed to the door, and shouted, "Xiaolan, where are you?" Then go directly inside, the doorman said, "This is the county king's mansion, there is nothing you want Xiaolan, Xiaohong, idle people and leave as soon as possible", but the butcher ignored him, big hands for a while, how far it was still left, only to see the door immediately closed, the butcher raised the stone lion at the door with both hands above his head, and smashed it directly towards the gate, the gate flew directly to five meters to open, and the small guy behind him died directly on the spot.
"You disturbed my dreams early in the morning, do you want to die" A young man scolded and scolded, walked out of the room in disheveled clothes, looked up and suddenly saw a big man outside covered in armor, shouting Xiaolan in his mouth, looking for someone around, listening to his voice, he walked towards him, the king of the county shouted: "Someone, stop him for me", retreated again and again, tripped over the steps, supported his hands on the ground, kicked back again and again, and retreated rapidly.
The butcher was also extremely fast, rushing to the king of the county, just when he was about to catch him, the king of the county closed his eyes, a puddle of water stains out of the line under the crotch, suddenly a black shadow rushed to the king, one hand grabbed the butcher's hand, and threw the butcher heavily to the rear of the king of the county with a momentum of four or two thousand catties, only to hear a bang, the dust was flying, the butcher seemed to have no pain, and his eyes rushed up red.
At this time, I saw the appearance of the black shadow, it turned out to be an old man, I saw that it seemed to be a leisurely walk, but in fact it was as fast as lightning, rushed to the butcher, and clicked a few times on the butcher's body, the butcher fell to the ground, gritted his teeth and looked at them, and rolled on the ground desperately, as if he wanted to break open this acupoint.
"Thank you, Uncle Wang." Regardless of the embarrassment all over his body, the king of the county said respectfully;
"National disaster is imminent, don't add to the chaos." I saw this old man reprimand;
"I know, I know, what else does Fugui see, and I don't hurry up and take people to the dungeon and lock them up." The king of the county replied to Lao Suo and arranged for humanity over and over again;
I saw that the butcher was tied to a stick like a pig, and then five big men worked together to carry the butcher away;
After the king had changed his clothes, he went into the dungeon, where the butcher was tied to a wooden stake, and his whole body was tightly wrapped in iron chains the thickness of a black thumb, like a tree crawling all over the vines, and his hands and feet were locked separately, like a large character.
The king of the county walked up to him and said, "Which army are you, you are not in the army early in the morning, you ran to my county king's mansion, shouting and shouting to kill, and you want to rebel." ”
The butcher didn't say anything else, only shouted Xiaolan in his mouth.
The king looked at the others: "Is this man a fool?" ”
Fugui replied: "This person can only say this, he should be a fool, but this Xiaolan." Fugui leaned into the ear of the county king and said carefully: "That little girl last night was called Xiaolan." ”
The king of the county suddenly realized, walked in front of the butcher, and said with a cruel smile: "Xiaolan is indeed here, but you can't see her anymore, you don't know how fierce she resisted last night, but this king likes it, I broke her hands first, and then she was still struggling, and then I broke her legs again, she still refused to compromise, but at this time she couldn't resist, hahahaha, thinking about it now, it's really a wonderful feeling." I saw that the king of the county sniffed his hands after speaking, and seemed to be still intoxicated by the scene at that time.
The butcher roared loudly and struggled fiercely, the chains tied to his body, the hunting sound, and the feeling that under his anger could break at any moment.
The king took a step back, and the scene of incontinence in public in the morning suddenly came to mind, and he said fiercely: "Break his tendons and hamstrings for me, so that he can't move, I will torture him to death." ”
Then the four of them went up and cut it off with a dagger, and the butcher continued to roar as if he had no pain, only to see for a while, the blood gushed out like his anger, splashing on the wall and the ground next to him, and then the blood gradually soaked the entire wooden stake, along both sides of the end of the wood, and kept dripping down, as if the wood was bleeding, and then fell into a coma because of excessive blood loss, and the county king gradually lost interest in torturing him, and the events of the morning scared him, he decided to go back to make up for sleep, and then come back to torture him.
After a while, the butcher woke up, there was no hysterical roar, some just wailed, because he was no longer a butcher, but Ding Ming, but he had nothing to do but hope that the other two would save him.