Chapter 8: The Great Tribulation Never Dies
At this time, Xiao Xi'er's nervousness had burst to the limit, and her limbs were already weak, and she felt that her eyes were getting darker and darker... It was getting darker and darker, and slowly she couldn't see anything, she fainted, her hands loosened the wood of the fence, and her body leaned towards the cliff and began to fall.
At this critical moment, the elder Li Xian, who heard the news and rushed to hear the wailing, saw Xiao Xi'er who was falling down on the way up the cliff side, Li Xian carried a sword on his back, jumped without thinking about it, and flew towards the little girl who fell. He grabbed the little girl's shirt from the air, the little girl fell from the cliff, the force of the impact was too great, after Li Xian grabbed her, he was also carried down by this force, Li Xian saw that the situation was not good, and quickly pulled out the sword from behind and pressed it the cliff stone wall, the sword and the hard stone wall had pulled out sparks. Finally, the blade of the sword was inserted into a crack in the stone, and the two stopped falling, and at this time, Li Xian looked at his feet, and he was less than a kilometer away from the surface of the crocodile pond, and if the larger crocodile jumped on the water, it was entirely possible to bite him and drag him into the water. But now the crocodiles are busy enjoying the "big meal" in the water, and they don't have time to take care of Lixian and Xi'er, who are hanging so close to the stone wall.
Rixian glanced down at the crocodile lake below, the scene could not be described in four words, the pool was full of human limbs and broken arms, half of the lake was dyed red, dozens of crocodiles were frantically fluttering, twisting their bodies and rolling the creepy death spin, splashing blood had flown onto Rixian's body. Seeing this crocodile feast of human flesh so closely, this Li Xian Dao Chief, who had killed many corrupt officials and corrupt officials, still felt a trace of fear, and he wanted to leave these terrible monsters quickly, but at this time he was indeed in a dilemma, and now he was hanging on the cliff.
If he is usually alone, he can jump and fly up and leave here easily, but now with another person, it is not so easy, although she is just a child, but everyone who practices martial arts knows that even if he is a good person, he can jump up to three or five zhang high at most, and the top master can not exceed eight zhang, if he flies sideways, he will fly out of two miles at most, and he will not be able to fight the pulling power of the earth. If you carry a person who is not at all able to fly, it is even more difficult to carry a mountain and climb to the sky. The martial arts masters talked about by the storytellers in those teahouses, grabbing one or even several people, flying around in the sky at will, it's just nonsense, where they are talking about chivalry, they are the gods in the sky at all.
Rikhyun knew that if he was not careful, both of them might fall into Crocodile Lake now. So he fixed his mind and observed the stone wall of the cliff, and found that the stone wall was not very smooth, and very rough, with a lot of raised stone milk, and that the cliff near the river, which ran parallel to him, was not straight and steep, but a slope of a little slope. He looked at the fainting little girl he was holding in his hand, grabbed her shirt tighter, and then took a big breath, kicked his legs on the cliff wall, pulled out the sword from the gap, grabbed Xi'er's shirt with his left hand, and held the sword with his right hand to borrow strength on the stone wall, and his feet used his strength on the cliff to exert light skills and fly quickly along the cliff, and the sword was like a paddle all the time, constantly paddling on the cliff wall to borrow strength. Finally, he successfully flew off the cliff and landed on the grassy beach on the shore of the lake.
Li Xian sat on the grass beach by the lake, and he didn't have time to rest, so he hurriedly tried Xiao Xi'er's snort and breath, but he fainted. Li Xian said: "Fortunately, your little girl is still relatively young, if you are two years older, I will not be able to save you."
With that, Li Xian looked up at the mountainside in the distance, and the Zhu brothers stood on the edge of the cliff, watching with great satisfaction the scene of crocodiles eating living people in the ditch lake below. It turned out that the place where they fell just now was a cliff that had been sunken in, so the people on the mountain couldn't see the sunken position at all, they could only see the crocodile in the ditch and lake at the bottom of the mountain, and they couldn't stop laughing.
At this time, a soldier came to report: "The two princes, the prince has an order to open the eastern capital tomorrow, please return to the city immediately, don't miss the auspicious time of the prince."
"Didn't you say that you would leave in three days? Why is it so fast? Okay, we know," Zhu Youqi said
"I didn't expect this show to end so soon, third brother, it seems that we will rarely have a chance to play such fun things in the future," Zhu Youzhen said.
"It doesn't matter, as long as you like the fourth brother, we will go to Luoyang in the future, and you can also let the fourth brother enjoy such a scene often"
"Okay, but I'm afraid..."
"What are you afraid of?" asked Zhu Youqi.
"I'm afraid that if the mother knows it, she will punish me again," Zhu Youzhen said.
"Fourth brother, did you have fun today?" asked Zhu Youqi.
"Well, I'm very happy, thank you third brother" Zhu Youzhen replied.
"Well, if the eldest lady asks, don't betray me."
"Don't worry, third brother, you are so good to me, I will never tell my mother," Zhu Youzhen replied.
"Well, that's good, it's really my good brother, then let's go back quickly, or my father should be in a hurry," Zhu Youqi said.
Li Xian looked up at the top of the mountain and said to himself: "It seems that the matter is over, hey, it's a pity that Yi Daxia was not saved, it's a pity..."
Li Xian felt a little sorry for himself, he looked down at Xi'er who was unconscious, fortunately he also saved such a little girl, otherwise he might really regret it for life.
At this time, on the ruined streets of Chang'an City, Wei Guofu Zhang Hui's shoulders were hurrying towards Dongwang Mountain. Halfway down the road, he met a general, riding on a horse, leading a group of soldiers, hurrying forward. Zhang Hui fixed his eyes and saw that the man with a tall head in Mashan was Zhang Guiba. Zhang Guiba is a famous general under Zhu Wen, with great achievements, he saved Zhang Hui in his early years, and both of them are surnamed Zhang, so they are called sisters and brothers.
Zhang Hui motioned for her shoulder to stop, she lifted the curtain and shouted, "Brother Guiba"
Zhang Guiba stopped his journey, stepped forward and asked, "Sister Yi, why are you here?"
"I'll go find the rebel, please lead the way to Dongwang Mountain for me," Zhang Hui said.
"Well, okay, then sister, slow down, I'll take you there," said Zhang Guiba.
"Okay, then thank you Brother Xian," Zhang Hui said.
So, Zhang Guiba rode a horse, guarded Zhang Hui's shoulders with a team of soldiers, and walked in the direction of leaving the city.
As he walked, two soldiers came in front of him, holding the eight-year-old You Zihan with a bitter face, followed by a maid from the Liang Wangfu. Zhang Hui recognized the maid, so he gestured to his shoulder: "Stop, stop"
"What's the matter, sister-in-law?" asked Zhang Guiba.
"Help me stop it, ask what's going on" Zhang Hui pointed to You Zihan, who was escorted by the soldiers in front, and said to Zhang Guiba.
Zhang Guiba stepped forward to stop You Zihan and brought them to Zhang Hui, Zhang Hui saw You Zihan with swollen crying eyes, and asked very distressedly: "What's going on?"
"Back to Mrs. Wei, this is the daughter of a criminal taken in by the third prince," the soldier replied.
"This brute, I really shouldn't have agreed with Zhu San'er in the first place, took him back, did all these unconscionable things, and brought my four sons badly" Zhang Hui complained angrily about Zhu Youqi, and then asked You Zihan with a smile: "Little girl, how old are you this year?"
You Zihan didn't dare to speak, just kept crying and dodged behind.
"Don't be afraid, there is an aunt, my aunt will protect you, tell my aunt quickly, how old are you this year?" Zhang Hui asked with a kind face.
You Zihan heard a trace of comfort in Zhang Hui's kind and kind tone, so he cried and said, "Eight years old"
"You're only eight years old, you're so handsome, come over and let me take a good look at you" Zhang Hui beckoned You Zihan to come over.
You Zi shivered and walked over to Zhang Hui, Zhang Hui stretched out his hand, gently stroked You Zihan's face, and said, "Don't cry, child, no one dares to bully you."
When You Zihan heard this, he cried even louder. Zhang Hui asked the maid, "Zhu Youqiu, what did this bastard do to scare this kid like this?"
"Back to Mrs. Wei's words, the third prince asked his subordinates to take this little girl back to the house, let the maid bathe and change clothes for her, and wait for him to come back," the soldier said, and the maid on the side also nodded in response.
"This brute is really not a thing, such a young girl can do it, it really me off. What about my Zhen'er, is he involved?" asked Zhang Hui.
"If you go back to Mrs. Wei's words, your subordinates don't dare to say it," the soldier replied.
"What's wrong? Hurry, but it's okay," Zhang Hui said in a commanding tone.
The soldier said hesitantly: "The fourth prince and the third prince are together in Dongwang Mountain... Kill the criminals"
"These two bastards are really exactly the same as their father," Zhang Hui complained.
"Who is exactly the same as their father?" Zhang Hui had just finished speaking, only to hear a voice coming from the side, Zhang Hui turned his head and saw that Zhu Wen was riding a tall horse and running towards him.
Zhang Guiba also dismounted, and hurriedly bowed: "My subordinates pay tribute to King Liang."
"Guiba, you're also here, we're all brothers, and you saved my wife's life, so you're welcome?"
Zhang Guiba stepped aside, Zhang Hui stepped forward, and said angrily: "Your two sons are really angry, it's really a frustration for a mother, and a nest of fathers."
Zhu Wen hurriedly dismounted, walked forward, and said: "Oh, madam, you are sick like this, don't worry about it, okay? Why did you run out to blow the wind? Be careful of the wind and cold, hurry back to the house to rest, I went back to Chang'an this time to come back to see you."
"Zhu San'er, it's all a good thing you did, the third child was not born to me, but the fourth child was born and raised by me, why is it still this virtue? I am about to be angry with them, can I recuperate with peace of mind?" Zhang Hui said.
"Madam, may I ask what happened?" asked Zhu Wen.
Zhang Hui pointed at You Zihan and said, "Look, this is the son of your Maozhou camp prostitute, and he did a good thing."
Zhu Wen looked at the eight-year-old You Zihan in front of him and didn't remember who she was. In Zhu Wen's mind, it was all about fighting for power and land, and besides, You Zihan in front of him was already disgraced at this time, and he couldn't recognize his original appearance. So Zhu Wen asked suspiciously: "Could it be that Yaoxi's illegitimate daughters are so old?" After that, he smiled proudly: "This bit of romance is a bit like him and me, haha, haha..."
Zhang Hui stepped down from his shoulder and let the maid help him slowly come to Zhu Wen.
"Smack..."
A slap to Zhu Wen's face. Zhu Wen was immediately stunned, and asked angrily and fearfully, "Madam, you, why are you doing this?"
"You old fool, this is your young daughter who Yaoxi brought back and is ready to **, you father, how can you condone him so nonsense?" Zhang Hui said angrily.
Zhu Wen covered his beaten face and whispered: "What Madam said is that I will definitely arrest this kid Yaoxi and interrogate him strictly" After that, he turned his head to the soldier on the side and asked solemnly: "Whose girl is this, send it back quickly"
"Back to the prince, this is the daughter of the thief You Bailin who assassinated the prince," the soldier said.
"What? is this the daughter of the anti-thief assassin?" Zhu Wen said in shock, then turned his head to look at You Zihan, brushed the dust off her face with his hand, and said, "Okay, no wonder I look so familiar, it turns out that this is You Bailin's daughter."
"That's right," replied the soldier.
After Zhu Wen heard this, he immediately pulled out the knife in his hand and wanted to slash at You Zihan, Zihan cried and hid behind Zhang Hui's back, Zhang Hui shouted: "Stop"
"Madam, this is the daughter of the anti-thief You Bailin, and she must be killed to get rid of the trouble," Zhu Wen said.
"I'll see who dares," Zhang Hui scolded.
"Madam, why are you stopping me from killing the thieves?" Zhu Wen asked.
"I like this girl, you are not allowed to kill her"
"Madam, I have been listening to you for so many years, but this time I can't listen to you, this is a thief who can't stay, otherwise there will be endless trouble" Zhu Wen was unrelenting, wanting to get rid of You Zihan as soon as possible.
"Zhu Wen, you are really ruthless, what if I want to keep her? Do you want to kill me together?" Zhang Hui asked.
"Madam, what are you talking about, how could I..." Before Zhu Wen finished speaking, Zhang Hui began to cough loudly.
"Madam, I'll help you go back to rest."
"You have to promise me that you are not allowed to kill this little girl, and I will go back with you, otherwise I will die, and I will not let your father and son go if I am a ghost," Zhang Hui said.
"Okay, okay, I promise you, just don't kill her, you can go back to the house obediently" Zhu Wen said.
"I heard that you want the emperor to move the capital to Luoyang?" Zhang Hui asked after a change of words.
"Yes, this Chang'an is not our territory, and when we arrive in Luoyang, it is closer to my fiefdom Liang State, so it is also convenient for me to control the court situation," Zhu Wen said.
"I can't control the affairs of the imperial court, but you can't do it anyway, tear down the east wall to make up the west wall, destroy Chang'an and build Luoyang, Chang'an is the root of the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, you can't be this sinner through the ages," Zhang Hui persuaded him.
"This move to Luoyang is the emperor's Zhu Pen's imperial approval, and he is also responsible for it, madam, you have to think too much, let's go back and recuperate," Zhu Wen said.
Zhang Hui coughed a few times and said, "Your Majesty, where is the emperor in the current Tang Dynasty? Aren't you that Cao Cao, do you think I'm sick and confused? As long as I'm alive, I won't allow you to come nonsense" Zhang Hui said.
"Yes, yes, Mrs. will live a long life, and I am willing to toss me for another hundred years"
Zhu Wen helped Zhang Hui to step on his shoulder, when a voice came from behind: "Father, mother"
The two turned their heads and saw that it was the two brothers Zhu Youzhen and Zhu Youzhen who had returned with the soldiers. Zhu Youqi also asked politely: "Father, why are you here, aunt?"
"Is everything done?" asked Zhu Wen.
"It's all done when I go back to my father's words," Zhu Youqi replied.
Zhang Hui pointed at Zhu Wen and asked, "You, did you ask them to deal with the criminals?"
"Madam, don't be angry, I just let them watch the execution, they are all men of my Zhu family, in this troubled world, it is also a good thing to practice courage," Zhu Wen hurriedly explained.
At this time, Zhu Youqi came over and said, "Yes, auntie, my father is for the good of my two brothers, please don't be angry."
You Zihan saw Zhu Youqi and Zhu Youzhen coming over, and was so frightened that he cried again, Zhang Hui said to You Zihan: "Don't be afraid, child, there is an aunt"
"Auntie, I picked up this girl, if you are not happy, I will send her back" Zhu Youqi said to Zhang Hui.
You Zihan hugged Zhang Hui's leg tightly, trembling with fright, Zhang Hui said to Zhu Youqi: "Don't come to this set, what are your ideas, don't think I don't know"
Zhang Hui took You Zihan's hand and said, "Don't be afraid, girl, tell my aunt, what's your name?"
You Zihan cried and said, "My name is You Zihan, save me, save me..."
Zhang Hui said to Zhang Guiba on the side: "Brother Guiba, this child is so beautiful, why don't you take her as a righteous daughter?"
"It's... I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right?" Zhang Guiba said.
"There is nothing inappropriate, you are my brother-in-law, you accepted her as a daughter-in-law, and she will be my niece of Zhang Hui in the future, I beg you" said Zhang Hui, wanting to kneel towards Zhang Guiba.
Zhang Guiba hurriedly stepped forward to support Zhang Hui, Zhang Guiba said: "I can't help it, I can't help it, how can you make this great gift to the last general, Mrs. Wei Guo?"
"If you don't agree, I won't get up," Ms. Zhang said.
Zhang Guiba looked at Zhu Wen's face, and Zhu Wen nodded lightly. So Zhang Guiba said: "Okay, the last general will promise you"
"Okay, then thank you brother" After saying that, Zhang Hui turned his head and said to You Zihan: "Girl, from today onwards, you and he will be your father, call him father."
You Zihan knew that this would save his life, so he knelt down at Zhang Guiba and shouted: "Dad..."
"Well, from now on, you are my aunt's niece, and you have the same surname as your aunt, how about calling Zhang Zihan in the future?" Zhang Hui said to You Zihan.
"Thank you, my name is Zhang Zihan, Zhang Zihan..."You Zihan said like a life-saving straw.
Zhang Hui raised his head and said to everyone: "From today on, this girl is the daughter of my righteous brother Guiba, and she is also my niece Zhang Hui, her name is Zhang Zihan." No matter who you are, as long as you dare to bully her and use her brain, I will not spare her, do you hear?" everyone bowed and nodded in agreement.
"Yaoxi, Zhen'er, you two come and swear to me," Zhang Hui said to Zhu Youqi and Zhu Youzhen.
Zhu Youzhen took the lead and walked towards Zhang Hui. When You Zihan saw Zhu Youzhen, he walked towards him, and cried in fright: "Don't, don't, he has vicious dogs, poisonous snakes, vicious dogs eat people, I'm afraid, I'm afraid..."
When Zhang Hui heard this, he asked like five thunderbolts, "What did you say?"
"There are so many vicious dogs in the cage that have eaten people up, and there are poisonous snakes, there are so many poisonous snakes in the pit, I'm afraid, I'm afraid..."
'Bang' Zhang Hui stepped forward and slapped Zhu Youzhen in the face, and then said, "You brute, why did I give birth to a brute like you?" After that, Zhang Hui asked the man on the side again: "Zhang Hanjie, what did these two beasts do?"
The man knelt down and replied, "My nephew doesn't dare to say it."
"With me here, no one dares to do anything to you, just say it," Zhang Hui asked him.
At this time, Zhang Guidea said to Zhang Hanjie: "Hanjie, if Mrs. Wei asks you, you just have to answer honestly."
"Yes, Dad" Zhang Hanjie nodded to Zhang Guiba, and said tremblingly: "The two sons of the world, just dispose of the criminals, that's it."
"How many people, and how were they handled?" asked Zhang Hui.
"A hundred people, dogs, dogs, poisonous snakes"
"Brute. What else?" asked Zhang Hui.
Zhang Hanjie added tremblingly: "There is also a grease pot... Feed the crocodiles..."
When Zhang Hui heard this, she was already furious, she raised her trembling right hand, pointed at Zhu Youzhen and Zhu Youzhen, and roared angrily: "Jackals, tigers and leopards... Femme fatale... Vicious and cruel... Lost conscience..."
"These are all told us by my father, men must be ruthless, otherwise how can they suppress the opponents of the world?" Zhu Youqi said proudly.
Zhu Wen looked at Zhang Hui indiscriminately, Zhang Hui pointed at Zhu Wen and said: "If there is a father, there must be a son, aren't you afraid that one day, you will be punished?"
"Madam, don't listen to Yaoxi's nonsense, I've never said anything like this," Zhu Wen quibbled.
Zhu Youqi saw that Zhang Hui was about to die, so he added: "My father said that being merciful to the enemy is the greatest cruelty to oneself, so we must use iron-fisted means to deter people's hearts and make the four seas surrender, which is the world of my Zhu family."
After saying that, Zhu Youzhen gave his younger brother Zhu Youzhen another look. Zhu Youzhen was afraid that her mother would blame, so she followed her brother Zhu Youzhen and chimed in: "Yes, mother, don't you kill a few Qin criminals, they are all people who want to assassinate your father, mother, don't be angry, besides, they are all dead, you say that these are useless"
Zhang Hui pointed at Zhu Youzhen, but she kept hiccuping and couldn't speak. Angry, the blood broke through his head, spat out a mouthful of blood into the sky, and fell to the ground and died.
Zhu Wen hurriedly stepped forward, hugged his beloved wife Zhang Hui, and cried bitterly: "Madam, Madam..."
At this point, the only person in the world who could lower Zhu Wen died, and since then, Zhu Wen has been like a wild horse, doing whatever he wants more unscrupulously. Zhu Wen hugged Zhang Hui in his arms and said: "Pass the order, set off tomorrow to move the capital to Luoyang, I will bury Mrs. Wei back to her hometown in Dangshan, and everything in Chang'an will be burned." ”
Jiang Ruzhong on the side ordered: "No"
(In 904 AD, in the fourth year of the Tang Dynasty, Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, Xuanwu Army Jiedu Envoy, and Liang King Zhu Wen coerced Tang Zhaozong to move the capital to Luoyang, and burned down the palace and courtyard of Chang'an City, completely destroying the foundation of the thousand-year-old ancient capital of the Han and Tang dynasties, the most prosperous and glorious Chinese civilization, and Chang'an was no longer eligible to be selected as the capital of China)