Chapter 1 Wedge
In the third year of Taiqing's reign, Kangcheng was built as the imperial capital of Daliang.
A gust of cold wind blew by, bringing with it bursts of rich and indestructible smell of blood.
There were countless soldiers wearing Kaijia and holding long poles patrolling the city, occasionally carrying out carloads of corpses.
This is already the 130th day of Hou Jing's siege of the city. During these 130 days, the eight thousand soldiers and horses led by Hou Jing burned, killed and looted the city wantonly, and more than three thousand people from the noble family died under his butcher knife. .
Suddenly, the entire Jiankang City was like a hell on earth, with everyone eating each other, corpses everywhere, inaccessible, and smokeless for thousands of miles.
The once prosperous and beautiful Wuyi Alley has become eerie and lifeless. Only blood drifts like a long river, infecting every corner of the south bank of the Qinhuai River.
A group of soldiers came out, their faces full of anxiety and evil spirits.
"How's it going? Did you find it?" one of them asked.
"No," answered the other.
"The general has an order to capture Xie Yuqing, the eldest daughter of the Xie family in Chen County, alive. Where did this little girl go?"
The speaker looked angrily and suddenly swung his long shaft and inserted it into the body of a young man lying on the ground.
"Hurry up and find me, let me chase you!" the leading general ordered.
"yes."
The soldiers responded and ran in different directions.
The night was gradually getting dark, and in the deserted wilderness, a green-covered carriage with two shafts was running wildly on the wilderness. Because the road was rugged, the carriage was bumping so hard that several children crowded together could hardly sit still.
"Sister, where are we going?" One of the little boys with sheep's horns couldn't help but ask.
Xie Yuqing felt pain in her heart and couldn't help but hug the boy into her arms. She held back her tears and replied: "Sister, I will take you to a place without war. There are my friends there, and we will live there. We all need to live well." Go down."
The boy nodded, stopped asking questions, and looked outside the car.
At this time, Xie Yuqing had lifted the car curtain, but he saw that the sun was setting outside the car, the mist was wandering around like a ghost, and the grassless mountain road was lifeless. Visible corpse.
"Sister, I'm scared." Another little girl couldn't help but tremble when she saw this scene.
Xie Yuqing hugged the girl into his arms again and comforted: "Don't be afraid, I will protect you. I will definitely protect you."
Just as he was talking, there was another violent jolt, and a horse's neighing came from the front. The carriage suddenly rushed forward for a few steps and then stopped. At this moment, there was a deafening sound of horse hooves and a sound outside the carriage. The howl of a wolf.
"Catch them and don't let them escape. The general has an order. No one from the Xie family will be left alive. If you can capture Xie Yuqing alive, you will be rewarded with a thousand households. Chase him!"
There was a sharp shout from behind, and the children sitting in the car were frightened and started crying even more.
"Sister, I'm scared, scared..." a young female voice murmured.
"Don't be afraid. Grandpa said that although we Xie family members are not from martial arts backgrounds, we should still have the integrity and backbone of scholars. Even if we die, we must not beg for mercy from others. Sister will always be with you."
After saying that, Xie Yuqing couldn't help but shed tears in her eyes. After comforting the children, she opened the curtain and ordered the driver of the horse: "Ling Ye, protect them. You can take them to escape north in a while. Follow the route I told you, don’t look back, and flee to the Kingdom of Wei, where our people will be there to help you.”
"Okay, Ling Ye will protect the young man and the young ladies to the death. What about you, young lady?" Ling Ye asked.
Xie Yuqing just smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about me."
Perhaps this smile was too warm and beautiful. Ling Ye was distracted for a moment, and his heart, no matter how desperate and timid, became warm. It seemed that this smile gave him great courage. Ling Ye raised his whip and urged the horse with all his strength. Run quickly.
But at this moment, the children's voices sounded in my ears: "Sister--"
A bad premonition suddenly arose in Ling Ye's heart. When he looked back, he saw that Xie Yuqing had jumped out of the carriage at some point and rolled on the ground for a long time. Then he stood up staggeringly and met his gaze. Shake his head and smile.
Ling Ye wanted to stop the car, but he knew that Xie Yuqing's smile was to remind him again and again not to look back. At this time, Xie Yuqing had already raised a bamboo tube in his hand.
He also knew what the purpose of this bamboo tube was. It was just to cover their departure and buy more time.
The girl is using herself as bait!
Ling Ye felt a pain in his heart and tears fell from his eyes. He tightened his grip on the reins without hesitation and rode the horse harder.
There was a soft sound, and dust rose sharply from the ground into the sky, blocking their escape route.
"Right there, that little bitch is right there, hurry up, surround her!"
Horse hooves burst out, accompanied by loud shouts, and quickly rushed towards Xie Yuqing.
"Xie Yuqing, it turns out that this is Xie Yuqing, the eldest daughter of the Xie family. She is indeed more delicate and beautiful than in the portrait." A big man at the head looked closely at her and laughed. "Who are you?" Xie Yuqing asked.
The big man even laughed wildly: "Hahaha... the talented girl of the Xie family, who is famous all over the world, can't you guess who we are?"
As he said that, the big man's eyes showed excitement and lust, "I have long heard that all the noble girls in the South are so beautiful, with skin as jade and as soft as gel. I don't know what it would be like to hold them in my arms. ,
And this one from the Xie family is the leader of Jiankang City, the most beautiful woman. Brothers, we have never played with a girl from the noble family in our whole life, so grab her and let’s have a good time.”
The soldiers jumped for joy, but one of them said in panic: "General, this lady from the Xie family is the general of the army. If we..."
"What are you afraid of? We Xianbei people have never valued women's chastity. How can the general care about this? Go and capture her!"
As soon as the leading general finished speaking, the soldiers laughed loudly, and then rushed towards them.
Xie Yuqing also pulled out a spare dagger in his hand and started hacking and killing these people. However,
These people seemed to be inexhaustible to kill, they came up one after another, and there was endless lewd laughter in their ears.
I don’t know how long it took,
Another sound of horse hooves came,
A crowd of men in black surged up,
Surrounding this group of soldiers,
in less than a quarter of an hour,
this group of soldiers was killed.
Xie Yuqing looked at the man sitting on the horse who came to rescue him.
He was wearing a white robe and armor, and he was handsome and handsome,
as before.
"You're finally here."
Xie Yuqing smiled with tears in her eyes.
The man also jumped off his horse, strode over, and hugged her into his arms.
"Yes, I'm late."
The man said in her ear.
"It's not too late."
Xie Yuqing choked up and replied.
The man asked softly: "Yu Qing, where are your brothers and sisters?"
"I handed it over to Ling Ye and let them escape."
"Just run away, just run away."
The man murmured in a low voice, turned to look at her again, and asked cautiously, "Is that thing still there?"
Not noticing the flickering light in the man's eyes, Xie Yuqing said: "In my case, if I couldn't escape, I would jump off the cliff and take it with me to disappear into the world forever, and I would never let it fall into the hands of thieves. hand."
A trace of imperceptible ecstasy flashed through the man's eyes, and then he
He scolded: "What are you talking about?"
As if because he was distressed, there seemed to be tears rolling in the man's eyes, and he said softly, "Fortunately, you are fine, Yu Qing, let's go, I will take you to the Kingdom of Wei. With your talent, the King of Wei will definitely appreciate you." "
Xie Yuqing nodded in agreement. She also wanted to reunite with her younger brothers and sisters who were going to Wei.
But just when he turned around, he heard the man call again in a very deep and soft voice: "Yu Qing——"
Xie Yuqing turned around after hearing the sound, and the man suddenly stepped over, only a few feet away from her. However, what she never expected was that,
with such gentleness and doting within a few feet, he would take her. life.
Her heart hurt as if it had been cut open by a sharp knife. When death approached, she looked at the man and asked, "Why?"
But the man used strength again to hold her tightly, and at the same time lowered his head to cover her lips until she breathed her last breath.
"I'm sorry. Only in this way can I get close to him and avenge you and your Xie family. Only in this way can I realize our ideals."
"Xie Yuqing, I have looked up to you all my life, and I have admired you all my life. Just because of the disparity in family status, your Xie family is unwilling to give you to me. So what if you are a noble family, or a poor family? I want to let you go. Look at how I gained this world and created a new prosperous age."
"And you can only be my woman in this life. I will never let you fall into the hands of others."
After saying that, he took out the contents of a brocade bag from Xie Yuqing's arms, and his eyes could not help but shine with greed.
(End of chapter)