Chapter 52: The Death of the Hero

After entering the pass, it was all plains, and the shadow was flat, and the wind was born under the hooves, rushing to Chang'an City like an arrow.

The city wall can not be seen at a glance, and under the tower of the tall Chang'an City, the soldiers defending the city saw the desperate shadow coming, and quickly drove out the people who entered the city gate, opened the city gate, and respectfully greeted Shi Ning.

Entering the city, Shi Ning grabbed the horse, Jueying stopped his foot, south, south, north, west, but he didn't know which direction was the palace, and was about to dismount to ask passers-by, a heavily armed knight jumped off the horse and knelt down in a panic and said: "Welcome Shi Gongzi!"

Shi Ning said: "You were arranged by the old man, do you know where the girl he kidnapped is in Chang'an City?"

The knight jumped on his horse and said, "Come with me!"

His mouth was also thirsty, and his stomach was even more hungry, and he wanted to beg for saliva to drink, but Shi Ning saw that the knight who led the way led him to the palace without looking back, and there were many people in the city, and he was afraid that the galloping horse would hurt the innocent people, so he shouted: "The hero is a good rider, don't hurt the people!"

"Yes!" replied the knight in a loud voice, and at once he waved his long whip, and the people on the road clung to the eaves by the roadside, and avoided them at a distance.

Shi Ning said angrily: "Put away the horsewhip!" If it was usual, Shi Ning would definitely take the knight's horsewhip and teach him a lesson, but he was worried about Ran Shu's safety, so he didn't stop.

"Yes!" replied the knight coldly, put away his whip, and scolded the people on the roadside with disgust, "Get out of the way if you are not afraid of death!"

The Afang Palace of Chang'an City was built according to the structure of the Afang Palace, the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, after Fu Jian, the former Qin Xiong lord unified the north.

Although Fu Jian is of the Di nationality, he highly respects Qin Shi Huangdi, so the country name is "Qin" (author's note: in order to distinguish the Qin Dynasty, the history is called the former Qin), Fu Jian hopes that the former Qin million heroes are like the Qin soldiers 600 years ago, invincible, and dominate the world.

However, after the Battle of Huangshui, Fu Jian's dream of unifying the world shattered.

In the palace of Afang City, there was a gray silence, and there was no longer such a splendor of singing and dancing, and the knight who led the way led Shi Ning to Fu Jian's dormitory, waiting to be announced.

Shi Ning wondered why the knight who led the way brought him to see Fu Jian, and said in his heart: In the first battle of Weishui, I helped the Jin State defeat the Qin State, Fu Jian must have hated me so much, could it be that Fu Jian ordered Shu'er to be kidnapped and brought me here as a hostage?

"Xuan Shining!"

Shi Ning followed the eunuch into the inner hall, and the deeper he walked into the hall, the more vigilant he became.

"Is Shi Ning here?" With a whole cough, a faint voice came from the inner hall.

"Where did you keep my Shu'er?" Shi Ning questioned as soon as he entered the inner hall.

"Bold Shi Ning, don't kneel down when you see the Heavenly King!" said the minister beside Fu Jian.

"I'm not from the Qin Kingdom, and I didn't come to see King Qin, why do I kneel?" Shi Ning said disdainfully.

"Uncle, it's you!" Shi Ning only felt that the minister's voice was familiar, and when he got closer, it turned out that he had met the old man along the way. And said: "What about my sister-in-law, why don't you see her?"

"Shi Gongzi, don't worry, when you see the Heavenly King, I will naturally lead you to see Miss Ran. The old man said again: "You still worship the king first!"

Shi Ning still didn't kneel, Fu Jian struggled to lie up from the dragon bed with the support of the maid, a generation of northern male lords was extremely weak, he waved his hand weakly and said: "If you don't kneel, it's all right... That's it... He coughed again.

Fu Jian raised his tired eyelids, looked at Shi Ning, and then said slowly: "It's such a young man, who defeated millions of male soldiers and ruined the great cause of unification! Alas, the sky is unfair!" After that, Fu Jian is already in tears, and there is indescribable heartache and indescribable regret in his heart.

Fu Jian beckoned Shi Ning to come closer, Shi Ning didn't expect that the former Qin Heavenly King who galloped across the land of China and commanded in all directions would be haggard like a sick cat after the battle of Huashui, and he no longer had the heroic spirit of the year, Shi Ning couldn't help but pity the old man in front of him, so he also followed Fu Jian's intentions and held Fu Jian's trembling hand tightly.

Fu Jian's eyes widened, and he wanted to be angry, but he shouted: "Left and right!", suddenly crying bitterly, the corners of his mouth trembled: "After the defeat in the Battle of Weishui, I originally wanted to send someone to kill you, and I have relieved the hatred in my heart, such a young hero, but it is a pity that he is not used by my Great Qin!"

The ministers around him knelt down and cried: "The Heavenly King takes care of the dragon body, the battle of Weishui is only a temporary defeat, and when my Great Qin rests and recuperates, I will definitely be able to send troops again and level the Sima family in the southeast!"

Fu Jian held Shi Ning's hand tightly, looked at the ministers, and said sadly: "It has been nearly thirty years since I inherited the great cause. The Quartet is generally pacified, only the southeast corner, has not yet been enlightened by the king, this time the battle of the water was lost, I never had the opportunity to go south for the rest of my life. Then he coughed violently.

Suddenly, a soldier defending the city urgently reported: "Murong Chong led the Xianbei tribe to arrive at the foot of Chang'an City and start attacking the city!"

Fu Jian threw a bowl of decoction and said angrily: "This traitor, when Great Qin was strong, how obedient he was to forgive the Xianbei people, but now that Great Qin has defeated and the national strength is weak, even the Xianbei people dare to rebel!"

The soldiers defending the city came to report again: "Murong Chong has broken through Chang'an City!"

When Fu Jian heard that Chang'an City had been broken, he was nervous for a while, and then pretended to be calm and said: "I have eighteen tiger guards to protect my safety!"

The old man stood up at this time and said, "The subordinates are determined to lead the eighteen tiger guards to defend the king to the death!"

Shi Ning said in his heart: "It turns out that this old man is the hall master of the eighteen horsemen of Taiwutang, and this eighteen horsemen of Taiwutang turned out to be the personal guard of King Qin. ”

Fu Jian pointed at the old man with one hand, and held Shi Ning's hand tightly with the other, and said, "This is the leader of the Eighteen Tiger Guards, my henchman, named Shi Xiang, who is a Qiang like you. ”

In this world, there are not many people, Shi Ning greeted Shi Xiang with both hands, and said respectfully: "Uncle Shi is good!"

Shi Xiang said coldly: "You grew up in the Jin Kingdom, the Han etiquette is very fast, we are Hu people, these useless etiquette will be waived in the future!" and said: "I met a few times before, but I can't tell my name, and the reason for this is to wait for me to defeat Murong Chong and then tell you in detail!"

"Report ... Reporting to the Heavenly King, all the defenders of the city tower were killed, and Murong Chong had already surrounded the Afang Imperial City. . . "A mortally wounded officer died after reporting the military situation with the last of his strength.

Shi Xiang said nervously: "Heavenly King, retreat!"

Fu Jian always held Shi Ning's hand, and his eyes were full of pleading: "The Eighteen Tiger Guards can protect my safety, but Shi Ning, you have the ability to defeat Murong Chong's Xianbei army for me!

The former Qin scouts had already discovered the movements of Murong Chong's army, the Xianbei army attacked the city all the way, the former Qin army was defeated and retreated, Shi Ning came all the way to Chang'an, and the city had been occupied by the Xianbei army one by one, as soon as he arrived in Chang'an, Murong Chong led the army to besiege the city, Shi Ning then understood that everything that came to Chang'an in a hurry was arranged by Fu Jian, the former Qin Heavenly King, and the Heavenly King had a request for him.

Seeing Shi Ning's hesitation, Fu Jian said again: "Are you just watching Great Qin fall apart again? Great Qin is also the homeland of the Qi people!"

When he was growing up in the tribe, he often heard his father talk about the north, about the great achievements of his ancestors here, and how brilliant the Later Zhao Kingdom was, and his father said that the north was his hometown.

Shi Ning knew that Later Zhao was not destroyed by Former Qin, Former Qin only reunified the north on the basis of Later Zhao, worked hard to restore production, and re-entered the chaotic north into a temporary tranquility, all of which was the credit of Fu Jian, the male lord of the north!

Moreover, Shi Ning had heard that the Xianbei people had slaughtered the Xianbei people back then, so Shi Ning hated it when he heard the word "Xianbei", thinking of this, Shi Ning said: "The King of Heaven is right, I don't want to see the old country fall apart again and fall into endless wars, I am willing to help the King of Heaven to repel the Xianbei rebels!"

Fu Jian cried with joy, choked up: "You are willing to help me, Daqin is saved!"

Immediately passed the decree, Feng Shi Ning was named the Duke of Xiangguo, the general of the Broken Capture, and led the three armies of the Great Qin to quell the Xianbei rebels of Murong Chong, Shi Ning was not subject to the official title, and he did not want to lead the Qin army, he just felt ashamed of the former Qin Heavenly King, and wanted to teach the Xianbei people a lesson, so he agreed to contribute.

A flying arrow was shot on the pillar of the inner hall, and the Xianbei army had already entered the inner hall, Fu Jian had to break out under the escort of the tiger guard cavalry, and went west to the former Qin Liangzhou, asking the Yao Chang troops of the Qiang State stationed in Liangzhou to come to King Qin.

The Xianbei army was like a bamboo, and there were countless people with high military strength among the Xianbei warriors, and they were well-trained and charged bravely.

Outnumbered, even if Shi Ning's martial arts are world-famous, it is also powerless to return to the sky, the officers and soldiers left behind in the former Qin have all been killed, and the swarming Xianbei warriors surrounded Shi Ning, Shi Ning only made the Shangqing swordsmanship and the wild goose palm repel the warriors who rushed forward, and did not kill, gradually the internal force has been exhausted, and it is impossible to break through, and the Xianbei warriors are still rushing to kill.

Only because of the shame of the former Qin Heavenly King Fu Jian, and the hatred of the Xianbei people, Shi Ning could not fight or not fight, at this time he was wounded, looked up to the sky and sighed, and shouted: "This battle, my life is over!"

"Your father's deathbed confession has not been completed, how can he be easily sent to death?" Before anyone heard his voice, just as the halberd was about to pierce Shi Ning's heart, more than a dozen masters came from the sky, killed the Xianbei front row of warriors, and broke through to save Shi Ning.