Chapter 39: I Want to Kill the Thief
I am happy, I shout, I jump, I ride a horse, I roll a few and fight a few heels, I laugh in the wind on the grassland, and sing under the blue sky.
How do I express the joy in my heart? I want to tell everybody that I'm going home, I'm going home!
Come, everyone, rejoice for me, and have a carnival with me!
Xiao Jian, be happy with me......
The sunset gradually faded into the distant mountains, and the dusk wind sweetly exuded the broad and fresh smell of the grassland, lingering on the nose for a long time. I lay on the grass with my eyes closed, and after extreme ecstasy, let my heart enjoy this rare peace.
Ah, the sunset is infinitely good, and the dusk is wonderful!
Everything is settled. At least that's how it comes home. With such a firm backer, there is no longer anything to fear, no more scruples, go do what you want to do Liu Dan, use the rest of the time, in the last time of the Han Dynasty.
It's really the last time......
I don't know why I am a little stunned, a little lost, and a little nostalgic...... In three years, it is impossible to say that there is no emotion for this era. There are some people and some things that will always be remembered in my heart.
There was a sound of footsteps, I opened my eyes vigilantly, it was Yan Qixing, he stood in front of me, looking at me condescendingly, his eyes were very strange, there was an indescribable loneliness. He held out his hand to me.
"What?" I was puzzled.
"Jade pendant. He was brief.
I patted my chest and said, "Don't worry, I won't lose it this time." "Jade Pei lay quietly under my clothes, and from the moment I got it, I decided that I would never let it leave me.
He looked at me quietly and said, "Show me." "He sat next to me, his hands still outstretched.
After all, it was he who sacrificed his life to get it back, so I hesitated for a moment and gave him the jade pendant.
Yan Qixing turned it over and looked at it for a long time, frowned and said, "What is the mystery of this jade?"
I smiled and said, "You'll understand then." ”
Yan Qixing took the jade pendant back into his arms......
Looking at his actions, I didn't react for a long time.
"What do you mean, give me back!" I stood up, a little flared.
Yan Qixing lay down on the grass in a flawed manner, closed his eyes and said, "Your Majesty has an order to order the official to bring Yu Pei and Lord Liu back to Chang'an intact and unharmed." ”
I understood a little and said dissatisfiedly, "Do you think I'll run away halfway after I get the jade?"
Yan Qixing said lightly: "In order to prevent accidents, it is better for the jade pendant to be in the hands of this official." ”
"No, I can't. "I'm in a hurry. "I promise you that you will never run away with Yu, but Jade will stay with me. ”
Yan Qixing's face turned cold: "Liu Dan, don't forget, you are a jade, but it is related to the head of the official." ”
He was reminding me that if he hadn't vouched for his life, how could I have been able to send the Huns today?
I thought about it, I can't run anyway, and I can't beat him, so I'll leave him at that. A little farther away, I lay down on the ground and looked at the clouds in the sky silently.
The surroundings were extremely quiet, except for the sound of the wind and grass, and the sound of me and Yan Qixing's slow breathing. After a while, I peeked at him, and the guy seemed to be asleep.
I gently rolled to his side, and quietly stretched out my hand into Yan Qixing's arms, thinking that I was a modern woman, and if I couldn't beat it, I would use it.
"Bang" The wrist was clamped, Yan Qixing opened his eyes and said lightly: "Lord Liu, don't you know that this official is the nemesis of thieves?"
I struggled to withdraw my hand, but he held it tightly.
"Still not letting go?" was a little embarrassed.
Yan Qixing slowly let go of my hand, and was about to scold him a few words, but he got up "Teng" and only dropped a sentence: "Be careful of wolves." And he walked away.
"Neurotic!" shouted at his background, feeling that his wrist was hot, and if he looked closely, he saw a clear red mark.
The birthday of the military minister Shan Yu has finally arrived.
On this day, I experienced the most tragic scene of my life!
The sky is high and the clouds are thick, all kinds of flags flutter around the newly decorated royal court, and the grassland is jubilant because of the king's birthday. The sound of the piano, the drums, the horns, and the joyful singing have not stopped since the early hours of the morning.
In the central square of the royal court, there is a single platform on the royal platform, which is five feet high, and is far away from the altar opposite. According to Yan Qixing, military parades and major celebrations are held here.
At this time, the mezzanine road leading to the royal platform is paved with a crimson carpet, which is particularly eye-catching against the background of the green grass. On both sides of the road, rows and rows of heavily armed cavalry, with solemn appearances, did not move at all under the scorching sun, and were as dignified as mountains.
Under the altar not far away, a group of Xiongnu women wore strange and gorgeous costumes, dancing similar to a certain religious dance in the sound of bells and drums.
Yan Qixing told me that according to the rules of the Xiongnu, every major festival or regular sacrificial day, a grand sacrificial activity would be held. I guess this dance is a warm-up for the sacrifice.
At noon, the majestic sound of the horn sounded, and it was endless. The singing and dancing stopped, the music stopped, the crowd was quiet, the world was calm, and only the wind blew the flags and "hulala".
"Supporting the pear is lonely and the big single is to!" (in the Xiongnu language, the pear is "heaven" and the lonely tu is "son", and the single means "vast".) A high-pitched and powerful proclamation sounded suddenly, and at the end of the road, a team of iron horsemen came in the wind. The sound of horses' hooves, the king's flag is fierce, and the military ministers appear in everyone's sight under the escort of the prince's generals and the left and right soldiers.
In front of the red carpet, the military minister Shan Yu dismounted, dressed in a black gold-inlaid formal suit, scorching in the sun. Immediately someone stepped forward to kneel down and offer the golden scepter, and with the golden scepter in his hand, an old face full of vicissitudes of life flashed with the brilliance of majesty and pride, shook his cloak, and walked straight to the king's platform. The prince Yu Shan and the princes followed behind like the stars and the moon, and the cavalry on both sides of the road "brushed" their swords out of their sheaths, stood on their chests, and greeted their king with the highest etiquette of the Huns.
"Big order is in longevity!" was in high spirits and his voice was loud.
The two sides under the royal platform were full of officials, and they were all greeted at this moment. Yan Qixing and I are among these officials, and our positions are far away and no one pays attention to them, so we can salute so-so and blatantly be lazy.
And Yan Qixing has been acting as my translator.
The military minister Shan Yu smiled, and Yu Shan stepped up to the throne with the company of Shan, and with a wave of the golden scepter, the congratulatory voices below stopped.
The military minister Shan Yu said loudly: "Today is the birthday of this great Shan Yu, and I want to celebrate with my great Xiongnu sons and daughters." May my Great Hun Empire, under the protection of the gods, be strong and prosperous, and have a long fortune!"
The trumpet sounded again, and the sacrifice began.
A tall, thin, strangely dressed man ascended to the altar opposite, and Yan Qixing whispered to me, "This is the sorcerer of the Huns, they call it a shaman." ”
Shaman is a term that is not unfamiliar, at least in the Qing Dynasty, and it still existed.
The shaman's hands were raised to the sky, looking strange and bevelous, and the sound was like the sound of metal striking, sharp and ugly, and it came to everyone's ears clearly: "The supreme Tengri god has endowed me with supreme authority. The great god of Kunlun gave me the vast territory of the Great Huns. The wise Da Dan Yu is the condor of the steppe, the warrior who commands the Huns of tens of millions, one day to cross the mountains, cross the desert, cross the rivers, break the strongest cities, and surrender the most heroic enemies, the wings of the condor will go from west to east, from south to north, and the heavens and the earth will be bowed, and all the people will be obedient. The supreme Tengger God, the great Kunlun God, may bless me with a great single life and rule the world!"
There are braggarts, there are those who pat horses, and everyone echoed in unison: "Bless me alone, prolong life without borders, and dominate the world!"
Ignorance, ignorance!
I looked around boredly, and casually saw several Hun soldiers walking towards the altar with a woman in red clothes. Looking at the dress of the woman in red, it is clear that she is a girl from the Han family.
I turned my head and asked Yan Qixing, "What do they want to do?"
Yan Qixing looked in the direction of my gaze, and his face suddenly changed. Before he could say anything, the shaman's voice sounded again, I don't know what he said this time, because Yan Qixing didn't have a translator.
The Hun soldiers pushed and shoved the woman in red onto the altar and tied her to the wooden frame on the platform.
I immediately understood what was going to happen.
They were sacrificing the living.
My heart trembled unconsciously, and my anger burned like a fire. As soon as you shoot the case, you have to stand up immediately.
But I didn't have time to do all the movements, my person had been held down by Yan Qixing, and my mouth was covered by his big hand, I struggled desperately, but his strength was amazing, and he trapped me tightly, and I couldn't move at all.
I could not hear what the mage said afterwards, but I saw the woman's face white and beautiful, and her expression full of death and despair, as she looked at the ignorant people cheering for their gods under the altar. She didn't cry for help or tears, maybe she knew that even if she cried for help, there would be no second ending, so she silently maintained her only dignity.
The ghostly shaman kept chanting strange incantations, and the fire burned from under her feet, her skirt burned, and the "crackling" sound gradually spread upwards, and her face had a thrilling beauty in the firelight.
"Let go of me, let go of me, I'm going to save her!" I cried out desperately, but my voice could only roll in my throat and turn into a whimper.
Yan Qixing stretched out his arms and hugged me, hugged me tightly, I continued to struggle, I wanted to stop, I wanted to stop such a cruel and miserable beast from happening, anger and cold were like a tide to swallow me, I was cold, my body couldn't stop shaking......
"The sky has eyes, bless my Han, and I will destroy the Huns!"
When the fire consumed the woman completely, her only and final words came from the fire, the sound of pouring out all her life, and the fire was so strong and so clear and terrifying, like a curse from hell!
Yan Qixing slowly let go of me, I sat down in his arms, suddenly grabbed his arm, bit down with strong hatred, and immediately blood burst out, Yan Qixing's whole body tensed and motionless, let me bite him and didn't let go.
"The people who are sacrificed are usually Han women......"
"Han envoy, don't blame the old slave to revere the enemies of the Han Dynasty......"
"It's a shame that a big country has been bullied by foreigners to such an extent......"
"One day, if the Han Dynasty has a heroic figure who is like Lao Shangdan, who is good at fighting, and leads the army to pacify the Huns, the old slave will definitely worship him a hundred times and a thousand times!"
The words of the old Han slave were like thunder roaring in my ears.
As the fire died down, tears rained down my eyes......
Yan Qixing stretched out his other hand, constantly trying to caress my back, his hand trembling. The smell of blood poured into my mouth, and my mind cleared up a little, and I let go of Yan Qixing, sat up straight, and looked at the throne with straight eyes.
The military minister on the throne is Shan Yu, high and full of ambition, the eagle of the grassland?!
At this moment, I changed my mind.
The birthday banquet began, and the Yan clan headed by Princess Nangong, the princes and princesses were in turn to congratulate Shan Yu on his birthday, followed by princes and nobles, and Yan Qixing presented a birthday gift to Shan Yu on behalf of the Son of Han Dynasty.
The sound of bells and drums, singing and dancing, and the smell of barbecued beef and mutton came to my nose, but I just wanted to vomit.
Then, I saw the Bank of China say, I don't know what to say in Shan Yu's ear, and then quietly left the table.
I wanted to get up and follow, but I was exhausted from the excessive excitement just now, and then I felt that my whole back was cold, and my clothes were already soaked with sweat. Yan Qixing raised his hand to stop me, turned around and ordered the soldiers of the mission who were accompanying him a few times, and the soldiers took the order and left.
Yan Qixing suddenly whispered to me: "We have calculated thousands of things, and we have missed a single matter. Thinking that the military minister trusted Zhongxing so much, if he knew that there was a change in the royal court, how could he not consult with him? In this way, even if Shan Yu made strict arrangements, the other party would know everything. ”
I sneered: "Hmph, just let them eat dogs, it's best that both sides are killed and wounded, and we help Shan ascend the throne as king." ”
Yan Qixing was stunned and silent.
When the wine and meat were presented, the soldiers sent out came back and said a few words in Yan Qixing's ear, Yan Qixing's face changed, stopped my hand that was reaching out to the wine lord, and shook his head.
I see, there is poison in wine!
"The whole river was poisoned. Yan Qixing said simply.
He was referring to the nearby river that supplied water to the royal court.
The master of ceremonies on the royal platform said loudly: "Zuogu Liwang Yizhi obliquely congratulates the birthday of the big single." ”
I followed the prestige and saw a middle-aged strong man, with broad shoulders and narrow waist, tiger steps, and bowed to Shan Yu on the royal platform: "Brother Yizhi obliquely visited the great pear lone Tu Shan Yu, may the big Shan Yu live a long life, and wish the Great Huns eternal succession!"
This person is Yi Zhixian, who was extremely hostile to the Han Dynasty, repeatedly took the initiative to raise troops, and finally was defeated by Liu Che, and was driven to the land of Mobei and died of disease!
Could he be the one who intends to rebel?
I hope it's him, let them kill each other, it's best that the two brothers are dead, Yu Shan ascends the throne, Nangong is regent, and the soldiers are bloodless to get rid of the Xiongnu, the henchman of the Han Dynasty.
Again, some of the endings are that the military ministers are killed and Yi Zhixian ascends the throne, which is also a good thing. This Yi Zhixian is a stupid person, abandoning the strategy of Mao Dun Shan Yu and his military ministers Shan Yu to lure the enemy with a small force of controlled cavalry and annihilate the enemy with a large number of troops, and he wants to fight hard with the Han army.
Another ending, the rebel will be punished, and the military minister will be a single Yu for another seven years, an hour ago I was hoping for this result, but now, I want to see his blood!
I clenched my fists...... My hand hurts, I raised my palm to see, it turned out that I don't know when, my nails were embedded in the palm, and there were four blood marks on each palm, no wonder it hurt.
Yan Qixing said softly: "The matter of poisoning must be told to the military minister Shan Yu, otherwise it will be a big deal." ”
I grabbed his hand: "Don't go, let's wait and see." ”
When I wanted to help the military minister Shan Yu, I thought that Prince Yu Shan was young and powerful, and if Shan Yu died, he would definitely fail to compete for the throne according to history and surrender to the Han Dynasty. But after watching the scene of the living fire sacrifice just now, I really hated this person in my heart. Although the sacrifice was a custom of the Huns, I still put the account on his head.
So the best way: simply take advantage of them to fight with the clam and kill the military ministers Shan Yu and Yi Zhixian with one stone, and completely rewrite history.
And the girl who died unfortunately, must have hoped so.
At this time, I didn't realize that the idea of "killing" had easily floated in my mind, and it began to become a means of solving things.
Yan Qixing looked at me silently.
I had no choice but to say: "It's equivalent to Prince Shan making the crown prince." ”
All the people are drinking, all the people are laughing, and I am the only one who is watching coldly.
I looked up at the sky and said silently in my heart: If you have a spirit in the sky, let your last words become a prophecy.
The Bank of China said that he was back, and I looked at him closely, refusing to let go of the expression on his face, and I saw him bow his head to the military minister, and then bow his head and enter the table, but he showed a strange smile.
Sure enough, the military minister Shan Yu announced another happy event, after the shaman mage prayed to heaven, the Tengger God designated the prince Yu Shan to become the heir to the throne from now on, and the Great Huns have their own crown prince since then!
The crown prince's coronation was very simple, and Prince Yu Dan's simple and simple face was full of joy, and I had a strange feeling: did he really know what would happen today?
Yan Qixing didn't mention the matter of reporting that the military minister had been poisoned by drinking water, which made me feel very strange, but I was not in the mood to think about it.
The banquet was eaten from noon to dusk, from dusk to evening, and the sound of shouting and cheering filled the ears. But nothing happened, and even the expected poisoning incident did not occur.
What's going on? Could it be that Yan Qixing and I heard it wrong that night?
Before I got a drop of wine and rice in the water, I began to get anxious.
In the middle of the moon, bonfires are everywhere. Slightly drunk officials, regardless of their position and rank, led the girls to dance in a circle around the campfire. The military minister Shan Yu drank high and withdrew with the support of Princess Nangong, and the prince Yu Shan pulled Yan Qixing and didn't know what he was talking about, my eyes were just staring at Yi Zhi and Zhongxing and saying, but the two of them just drank and feasted and there was nothing wrong.
This is wicked!
Bank of China said to get up, it should be to solve the internal emergency, I pressed the sword in my waist, glanced at Yan Qixing, who was pulled by Yu Dan and couldn't get out, and left the seat. Yan Qixing looked at me from afar, his eyes were full of anxiety, and he thought that I was going to cause some trouble.
I want to cause trouble, regardless of whether the mutiny is or not, the Bank of China says that it is all dead.
I followed the Bank of China and came to a secluded place a little far away from the tent, and the Bank of China suddenly turned around suddenly, four or five meters away from me, and came face to face with me.
I didn't hide, I stood there and looked at him coldly, I couldn't see his expression in the dark, but I felt that he was very calm.
"Lord Liu has been following me, could it be that he has a plan?"
"Yes. I replied crisply.
"What's the matter?"
"Your life!"
The face of the peerless Nangong princess, the weather-covered old slave, and the Han Dynasty woman who was burned alive flashed from my mind like a movie picture, and I had never taken the initiative to kill anyone.
With a "bell", the two swords intersected and sparks burst out!
It was none other than Yi Zhixian, the king of Zuogu Li! Behind him, a group of Hun soldiers holding torches surrounded a person, and it was actually the military minister Shan Yu?!
My heart sank and I knew something was wrong.
The Bank of China said that the slave Meimei stepped forward and said to Shan Yuyu: "Da Shan Yu, the old slave has long said that this Liu Dan has bad intentions, and he really tried it out after a try, he wants to kill the old slave." The officials who killed the Huns in the royal court of the Huns, he didn't take Da Shan Yu in his eyes at all, and the old slave looked at the previous assassination of Da Dan Yu, but he was afraid that he would not be able to get rid of this Han envoy. ”
The military minister Shan Yu glared at me angrily: "Han envoy, what do you say?"
This time, how can you get the word "say"?
This BOC said, it's really amazing!
I gritted my teeth, pulled a pistol out of my arms, and fired a shot at the BOC. Even if the Huns are killed today, the Bank of China said that they must die.
"Bang", the sound of gunfire pierced the night sky, and then there was a scream, and the Bank of China said that he fell in response, but at the same time, there was also the military minister Shan Yu.
"What's going on?" it was Prince Yu Shan and Yan Qixing, who arrived at the same time. "Father Khan?!"
I looked at Shan Yu, a military minister who fell to the ground and was bleeding from his heart, and my mind went blank.
Bank of China said that he got up and shouted earth-shatteringly: "The Han envoy killed Da Shan Yu." Come on, catch the murderer of the Han envoy......"
What's going on?
The Huns rushed up, and when I saw a knife slashing at me, I instinctively raised my sword to block it, and with a sword in my hand, the soldier's life was killed.
Yi Zhi shouted: "Kill these two Han envoys for this king, and avenge Da Danyu!"
More and more Hun soldiers arrived, and Yan Qixing was innocently involved in this unexpected incident and was forced to rush to fight with me.
He was rightly worried, and I was in trouble!
"Kill the royal court!" Yan Qixing didn't say a word of superfluous words, but only shouted in such a voice.
I refused to listen to him, and the matter was irreparable, so I had only one wish, to kill Zhongxing.
With all my might, there is no longer the principle of not killing, and there is no longer "women's benevolence", and the flesh and blood flew everywhere the sword light went, and the blood that burst out splashed my whole body and face. But the Huns still killed more and more, and each one of them was like a wolf and a tiger, and swords, halberds and spears beckoned to me. Pick up the sword, break the blade, and cut off the spearhead...... In the shadow of the sword and sword, I saw the smug face of the Bank of China, just ahead, standing beside Yi Zhixian, and I tried my best to lean towards him.
There has never been such a strong desire to kill!
"Huh", there was a sword that cut my arm, and then a spear pierced my calf, I didn't care about letting the sword in my hand play the fastest speed, sweat covered my eyes, wipe it, the sword rolled the blade, change it, whether it is Chinese martial arts Western kung fu, taekwondo or boxing, fists, palms, knees, elbows, horizontal kicks and side kicks, all that can be used are used, and I can't wait for even the hair to become a murderous weapon.
I know in my heart that this is not Chang'an but the Huns, and now it is not a competition but a desperate effort.
In the melee, there were several halberds poked at me from different directions at the same time, I jumped over, the halberd went empty, by the momentum of the fall, stepped on the halberd and jumped up, the dense Huns immediately became my ladder over the wall, stepping on their shoulders and flying towards the Bank of China, while running, while taking out the pistol again, remember well, there is only one bullet left in the gun, this bullet, must be left to the Bank of China.
The Bank of China, who was directing the attack, suddenly spotted me speeding through the air, and immediately sensed my intentions, and casually pulled a soldier as a shield, but his movements were too slow.
Jump, raise your gun, fire!
In the middle of the middle of the bank said the eyebrows.
BOC said that his eyes widened, stared at me from afar, and fell straight down.
Yi Zhixian roared angrily, drew his sword and shouted, "Prepare for the strings, shoot him!"
The man who controlled the strings (in fact, the archers) immediately received the order, and ten thousand arrows rained down on me, who was standing above everyone's heads. I stomped on the man under my feet, landed briskly, and let those arrows shoot into the air. And I was among the Huns, and there was a kind of shooting them together.
At this moment, suddenly the royal court was on fire everywhere, the drums resounded inside and outside, and some people shouted in Xiongnu for a while, and in Chinese for a while: "The Han army is coming, the Han army is sneak attacking!"
The Huns who surrounded me and fought with Yan Qixing suddenly became in chaos.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yan Qixing split a few soldiers, stepped forward and grabbed my hand and shouted, "Escape!"
So the two of them fought their way out with their swords and rushed out desperately.