Chapter 106: Freshwater City of Blood and Tears

In order to return to Tamsui City as soon as possible, Xuan Qiyi worked hard all the way, and it was not until he arrived at Sanshawan that he found the navy and asked for a sea ship to go to sea. Under the strong encouragement of the northwest wind, the sea ships headed towards Tamsui City like arrows.

Just a dozen miles away from the mouth of the Tamsui River in the sea boat, Xuan Qi saw countless ships from a distance from the north of the sea mouth. Xuan Qi knew that the Lotus Pirates had a station in Tamsui City, and the sea ships often came and went, but the Lotus Pirates only had more than a hundred sea ships, and looking at these sea ships, they were several times more. There is also a possibility, that is, these sea ships are the sea ships of the major wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River, and now they are just returning and resting in Tamsui City.

It's just that Xuan Qi is still a little suspicious, because as the distance gets closer, the nearest sea ship is the Lotus Flag without the Lotus Thief. What is even more strange is that these ships did not go north, but went northeast. The more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, Xuan Qi let the ship speed forward, and soon reached the mouth of the Tamsui River. And the fleet of those sea ships was already seven or eight miles away, and it was impossible to see who was on board.

The sea ship stopped at the dock, and Xuan Qi already knew that something was wrong. I saw that there were corpses everywhere on the dock, and the strong smell of blood could already be smelled. Xuan Qi quickly disembarked from the boat to the dock, and the two hundred officers and soldiers on the boat followed closely and headed towards Tamsui City along the side of the Tamsui River. Along the way, corpses kept appearing, but they seemed to be people and merchants passing by. Xuan Qi was anxious, and ordered the officers and soldiers to follow, while he quickly rushed towards Tamsui City.

Five or six miles away from Tamsui City, the smell of blood was getting heavier and heavier, but the clear Tamsui River was beginning to turn pink, and the further forward it went, the darker the color became. Xuan Qi was anxious, and went all out to move forward, and finally arrived outside Tamsui City. Outside the entire Tamsui City and above the city walls, the corpses were densely packed, and it was almost impossible to find a place that was not stained with blood. Outside the city gate, Liu Tongcheng's body leaned against the city wall next to the city gate, and at least thirty sharp arrows were densely pierced on Liu Tongcheng's body.

Xuan Qi, who endured his grief, rushed along the street to the City Lord's Mansion. When passing by the small barracks, Xuan Qi paused and rushed in, and countless corpses of adults and children that he was familiar with appeared in front of him. In front of him, he was lying on the ground holding the child tightly, but it was Ling'er. The girl in Ling'er's arms, who is only a little more than a year old, should be the daughter of Ling'er who Xuanqi has never seen, her eyes are round, and there are still tears on her face that have dried up.

Among the dozen or so children, Qingqing and Shui'er, as well as Liu Luoluo's pair of children, made Xuan Qi's tightly clutched heart let go a little. Xuan Qi fell to his knees with a thud, and kowtowed three times for Ling'er's mother and daughter, as well as the children who had been with him in the past, before turning around and rushing out of the small barracks.

Just turned into the street in front of the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, and the street in front of him was less than twenty zhang, but it made Xuan Qi's heart split. Countless corpses were piled together, and most of them were people that Xuan Qi could name. The soldiers of the city lord's palace guard, who numbered thousands, fell within this distance of twenty zhang.

Xuan Qi continued to move forward, and a familiar figure that had swooped to the ground appeared in front of him. Xuan Qi squatted down and gently flipped the body over, and Qi Laosan's dusty face appeared in front of him. With tears in his eyes, Xuan Qi gently wiped the dust off his face for Qi Laosan. And not far behind Qi Laosan, Xie Laosan was lying on the ground, but half of his head collapsed. Xuan Qi's eyes were cold, such a palm power is not something that anyone can use. Xuan Qi's lips had been bitten and bleeding, and Hua Yingchun's bloodshot hideous smiling face faintly appeared in front of him.

Continuing to move forward, Xuan Qi had already seen that on the steps of the gate, Cao Lao Da and Hao Lao Si were lying on the ground no more than two or three feet apart. And just behind the threshold, Liu Luoluo's husband, with one hand still outside the threshold, clutched a rag in his hand, as if torn from someone.

In the patio in front of the hall, Luo Lie had lost his entire left arm, and his chest was sunken next to a lily. On the pillar in front of the hall, Xia Chongxiao was covered in blood, and a spear passed through his heart, and the whole person was nailed to it, as if his eyes were open.

Xuan Qi quickly rushed into the hall, and the hall was littered with the corpses of the palace guards. Going out from the back door of the hall, behind a small patio, and behind the moon gate, is the back house of the City Lord's Mansion. Xuan Qi staggered in, and what he saw was still corpses all over the ground.

After a little identification, Xuan Qi rushed into the various houses, and after a careful search, he walked to the back of the small hall. Behind the small hall, an authentic entrance appears in front of you. Xuan Qi rushed in quickly, but the tunnel was still full of corpses, and it was impossible to see who it was in the dark. Xuan Qi flashed the fire fold and quickly walked through the tunnel.

After four or five miles, it was already out of the city walls of Tamsui City, but the exit was on a hill. Xuan Qi had just rushed out of the tunnel entrance, and a familiar figure appeared in front of him, but it was his aunt Li Zhilan. Li Zhilan was covered in blood, and she didn't know how many spears she had been stabbed, but she was still holding a spear in her hand. The spear went straight into the ground, and Li Zhilan actually leaned on the spear, standing proudly.

Xuan Qi continued to move forward along the corpses all over the ground, until under a hillside, there was still no trace of Xia Xuejing and the others, and the corpses all over the ground stopped here.

By this time night had quietly fallen. Xuan Qi rushed up the hillside and searched around like crazy, but he didn't find any trace, but instead met hundreds of people in the city, who were hiding in the mountains and forests. The people who recognized Xuan Qi began to cry bitterly, but they couldn't ask about the whereabouts of Xia Xuejing and the others at all.

When Xuan Qi walked down the mountain with hundreds of people, two hundred officers and soldiers also arrived, and countless people in the city also began to rush back from the mountains in all directions, but they never saw Xia Xuejing and others. Countless people began to collect the bodies of their relatives and friends, as well as the tens of thousands of soldiers who sacrificed their lives to protect Tamsui City.

After dawn, rows of corpses lay quietly on the hillside, and hundreds of people, under the leadership of Xuan Qi, knocked their heads three times before they began to dig graves on the hillside, put the corpses in, and bury them. On this hillside, it is directly opposite Tamsui City, the city where they live. Xuan Qi looked at this cemetery silently, and secretly vowed in his heart that one day, he would avenge everyone lying here.