The wind and snow are vast, and the dripping water turns into ice.
Shen Zangfeng's heart was colder than ice.
He looked at Shen Liankun who was covered in blood in disbelief and horror, and asked one by one: "What did you say?"
Shen Liankun's eyebrows and eyelashes were covered with snow and ice, and he could hardly see clearly his brother in front of him. In fact, he doesn't want to see Shen Zangfeng's expression clearly now - he doesn't want to see, hear or say anything, but he has to see, have to listen, and have to say...
However, within three days, Mr. Shen Liu, who had always been "riding a horse and leaning on a leaning bridge, wearing red sleeves all over the building", was no longer as elegant and suave as before. There was red ice on the edge of his torn robe, and there was a new wound about two inches wide on his cheek. The injury had obviously not been treated and had already shown traces of frostbite. It added a certain amount of murderousness and fierceness to his original dandy temperament. . He slowly handed over Shen Shuguang, who had dull eyes in his arms, and whispered: "My father is dead, and my uncle is also dead. The eldest brother asked himself to stay in the imperial capital. The second brother was seriously injured. Let me take Guang'er first." The 20,000 Xiliang troops who came to find you or our family in Gyeonggi..."
"Where are the fourth, seventh, and eighth brothers? Mother, eldest sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, Chang Ying, fourth brother and sister, and sixth brother, second sister, third sister, and fourth sister—" Shen Zangfeng subconsciously took his son and hugged him tightly. He stopped, but continued to ask in a deep voice, "There are also Jing'er, Rou'er, Yue'er... Yi'er and Liu'er... Xie'er?!"
As if he had a premonition of something, Shen Zangfeng's eyes gradually turned blood red!
Shen Liankun smiled tiredly and blankly: "We didn't take any of the female relatives with us when we left. As for the nephews... Before departure, the second sister-in-law wanted the second brother to take Rou'er, so she killed Yi'er. The second brother killed him in a rage. The second sister-in-law, Rou'er, went crazy when she saw it... Liu'er was tied up by the fourth brother, who was hit by an arrow and fell from his horse, and took him down with him. Just to save them, his uncle was chopped into pieces by several soldiers... As for Xie’er…”
He looked mournful and whispered, "Yesterday, I managed to get rid of the pursuers. I found a sheltered place to relieve him and came down to take a look, only to find... The soldiers who were leading him wrapped him up for fear that he would catch cold. Several layers of fur clothes accidentally blocked his breathing... At that time, he didn't know that he would see you today, so he buried him in the snow. My second brother made a mark. "
After a pause, seeing Shen Zangfeng's whole body trembling, Shen Liankun hurriedly reminded, "Hold Guang'er! If his teacher Zhu Lei hadn't blocked three arrows for him yesterday, his second brother would have also taken one for him. ...He also... He seems to be frightened. You'd better let the military doctor take a look at him quickly!"
"...Where is the second brother?" Shen Zangfeng closed his eyes, and after a while, he suddenly calmed down and asked in a deep voice.
Shen Liankun pointed in the diagonal direction: "Although the second brother was hit by an arrow, it was right next to the vital point. It is not suitable to move at this moment, so let me take the dead soldiers who can still ride horses to escort Guang'er to the west. He should be in a mountain col over there, but the people who pick him up need to be careful. We set some traps for him when we left, hoping to delay the pursuit of the Rong people. "
...arranged his confidants to bring elites to pick up Shen Lianshi, ordered the scouts to search for traces of nearby soldiers, ordered a temporary camp on the spot, and called in the accompanying military doctors to diagnose and treat his younger brother and eldest son - during this time, Shen Zangfeng did not only listen to Shen Liankun's first call He lost some composure when recounting the results of the breakout. He always looked calm, his eyes were as firm as iron, and his orders were orderly. Let the 300,000 troops who came from Xiliang and marched all the way gradually calm down. The uproar caused by the first news of the death of the clan leader gradually calmed down. Although Shen Zangfeng was young, his success in planning well and killing Musiuer made them believe that this was the case. A young clan leader is by no means incompetent. Even if both Shen Xuan brothers die, there may not be no future for him following Shen Zangfeng.
After listening to the accompanying military doctor's physical diagnosis of Shen Liankun and Shen Shuguang, he dismissed them. When there was only Shen Zhe waiting for him in the main tent besides Shen Liankun and Shen Shuguang, Shen Zangfeng, who was sitting upright in the middle, suddenly swayed. Shake!
He struggled to hold on to the desk in the tent. After feeling dizzy for a while, he suddenly vomited a large mouthful of blood!
"Sir!" Shen Die, who was serving Shen Liankun and Shen Shuguang while they were getting hot water, was shocked. He threw away the twisted handkerchief, stood up quickly, and walked over to help Shen Zangfeng, "Young man, go right now. Call the doctor over!"
"Wait!" Shen Zangfeng closed his eyes, as if trying to calm down the blood in his chest, and said in a hoarse voice, "Clean up the blood, hurry up!"
Shen Die said: "Then doctor...?"
"There's no need to call." Cold sweat broke out on Shen Zangfeng's forehead. He opened his eyes, his expression as cold as ice, "Don't let anyone know about this."
Shen Die seemed to have something to say, but not far away, Shen Liankun, who had twisted a handkerchief and wiped his nephew's face and hands, raised his head and said softly: "Shen Die, are you confused? My father and uncle died, and my eldest brother left behind After the destruction of the imperial capital, my second brother was seriously injured, and I am the last surviving brother. The sect is now in decline. If the news of third brother vomiting blood comes out again, how can the military outside be suspicious of this news? "
"But the young master's body...?" Shen Die said anxiously, "If it is not treated, what if there are hidden injuries?" How could he not know that Ming Peitang could only count on Shen Zangfeng now? But Shen Zangfeng was clearly furious and overly grieved when he heard the bad news. If left undiagnosed and treated, he would suffer from hidden wounds and become chronic diseases... Although Shen Zangfeng's eldest son survived this time, not to mention his stupid look. Shen Shuguang is only six years old! It will take at least ten or twenty years to be able to support the family business!
Shen Liankun glanced at his brother, who frowned and seemed not to have heard Shen Die's words at all. He lowered his voice and scolded: "Stupid! You won't tell the doctor quietly and tell the doctor to keep it secret and tell the public about the medicine." On me and my second brother?”
Shen Die breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Shen Zangfeng worriedly, and turned away.
"Third brother, please take care of yourself. Now, our family depends entirely on you." Only the two brothers and Shen Shuguang, who was too frightened and had a dull expression, were left in the tent, and the atmosphere suddenly became heavy.
Shen Liankun picked up his nephew, walked behind the screen, put him on Shen Zangfeng's couch, covered him with a brocade quilt, and stepped back. He walked to Shen Zangfeng who was sitting with the case, and said in a low voice.
Suddenly, his feet gave way and he fell onto the cove at the feet of Shen Zangfeng. Although he is such an old man, it seems that he has returned to the time when both of them were less than ten years old. In the garden of the Taifu's Mansion in the imperial capital, for a trivial matter... He just pulled the corners of Shen Zangfeng's robe and suppressed his tears. The voice burst into tears!
"There is a traitor." Shen Zangfeng also burst into tears, gently put down his arm, patted his shoulder, and said hoarsely.
Shen Liankun cried for a while longer before he stopped sobbing and said blankly: "You mean the city was destroyed? My father and uncle also suspected the same, but... the city was destroyed so fast that there was no time to investigate."
"I'm talking about breaking out." Shen Zangfeng raised his sleeves and wiped his face carelessly, pointed to the seat not far away, motioned for his younger brother to sit down and said, "I didn't bring my female dependents with me, and I rode the divine horse, except for a few who have not yet grown into the extreme physical form." Except for the young children, there are no burdens! Most of the soldiers were still concentrated at the west gate to attack the city, and a large number of common people were blocking the road and distracting the soldiers. With your martial arts and the skills of our dead soldiers, in this situation. It’s impossible to break through with such heavy casualties!”
"Unless the Rong people already knew that you would leave from the east gate, they sent people to ambush you at the east gate in advance, specifically watching you and chasing you." Shen Zangfeng's eyes were still red, but his expression gradually became cold, and he asked, "Chasing you Did the Rong people bite you from the beginning, or did they kill you halfway? "
Shen Liankun's expression changed, he thought for a moment, then said dejectedly: "I don't know!"
Seeing Shen Zangfeng frowning, he explained, "I've never been too busy with things. I went to Xiliang to grind, but the Di people had already been pacified when I went there. What's more, even if they weren't pacified, I might not be willing to go into battle because of my idleness at the time. So. … This was the first time I saw the rebels. When I left the city, I was even thrown off my mount several times. If it weren’t for the dead soldiers guarding me, I wouldn’t have had time to look around, so I just followed my father.”
His voice lowered, "After my father's accident, I followed my second brother. I only remember that it was very chaotic. As for when the Rong people started to hunt, I... I really can't pay attention. From the first day of the first lunar month, There are a lot of people retreating at the east gate, and they will be scattered if they are not careful. I am very afraid that a person will be carried away by the crowd to an unknown place, so... there are dead soldiers to stop the arrows, and there are dead soldiers to stop the soldiers from catching up. , I just kept up with them, and as I ran, there were fewer and fewer dead soldiers..."
"Even if you haven't noticed, I think my guess is not wrong." Shen Zangfeng said coldly, "The soldiers attacked the west gate and set up an ambush at the east gate to intercept and kill the nobles and nobles. In particular, I, the Shen family, are probably chasing after them. That's why I have been chasing you all the way! The south gate and the north gate are very easy to break out... Nine times out of ten, some people in the city used Shengjia and the nobles in the city as bait in order to have a better chance of breaking out. , to keep yourself calm and go!”
He asked, "Why did every family have to go through the east gate at that time? Why didn't they disperse through the three gates and let each family take care of their destiny?"
"Because the Xuanjia Guards will respond a hundred miles away from the east gate." Shen Liankun said in a seductive voice, "But after we left the city, we found that there were too many Rong people, and continuing to the east was just courting death. We had to turn... Later, I was chased to the point where I couldn’t even care about the direction, so I could only run away when I saw the road. If I hadn’t bumped into the scouts you sent out this time, I would have even taken Guang’er south to Fengzhou.”
After saying these words, he suddenly found that Shen Zangfeng's originally cold expression suddenly turned into rage!
"Third brother?" Shen Lengkun was stunned.
Just listen to what Shen Zangfeng said word for word: "Nearly 40,000 of the 100,000 Xuanjia Guards mutinied in three days after the imperial capital was besieged, including the commander of the Xuanjia Guards! They secretly made an alliance with the refugees in Huo County, fabricated military information, and lured other Sixty thousand Xuanjia Guards were trapped in a tight siege, and almost all of them were killed or injured. It is said that only a few thousand people escaped from Huoxian County in the end, but they were unable to return to the imperial capital, and even lost all their supplies and had to move closer to Yanzhou... I received this news. Later, he discussed with his uncle to burn down the Yanzhou warehouse and forcefully break out of the encirclement! One to move troops to Xiliang and the other to Qingzhou! "
"What?!" Shen Lengkun was horrified and jumped up from his seat, "Then this news...?"
"Who said that?!"
"I don't know!" Shen Liankun clenched his fists so hard that his joints crackled, and his eyes were about to drip with blood. My brother asked his uncle, and I listened closely. At such an urgent moment, it was natural for us to do what our father said... I didn’t even ask my father!
He murmured, "But when the food and grass in the imperial capital were burned and the west gate was in danger, the Holy Emperor held a court meeting, and my father and several important officials went into the palace to discuss it. After leaving the palace, he took us to the east gate with him!"
Shen Zangfeng's eyes were full of murderous intent: "Then when the great dynasty was convened, apart from the father, which family should be there did not go through the east gate?! Including the Holy Master!"
"There were too many people at that time. I only saw my grandfather's house, my eldest sister-in-law's family, my second sister-in-law's family, and wealthy family members." Shen Liankun said in a deep voice, "But the Holy Emperor was also there - although the Holy Emperor had not shown up, but the eldest son of the Emperor was naughty, I raised the curtain in the middle and looked outside, but it was the Holy Admiral who scolded me and pulled it down again. "
"Really..." Shen Zangfeng suddenly frowned, calmly swallowed another mouthful of blood, calmed down, and said calmly, "The first priority now is to find his father, uncle, and brothers and nephews. The... remains. Since we are still alive, we will have to pay for it later!"
Under the desk, his slender fingers clenched a sachet that he had not removed even though he was wearing armor.
The workmanship of the sachet is not very exquisite, but the materials used are exquisite, and every stitch and every stitch is done with great care. The pattern on it is very simple, just a few bamboo leaves... and Shen Shuguang fell into the purple robe in the imperial capital that he could no longer wear. The embroidery patterns on them are generally the same.
When he was still in Xiliang, Shen Zangfeng saw his wife making clothes for his eldest son, one by one. He joked a little and asked for one for himself. As a result, he was scolded by the chief of guard Ying... In the end, it was all. I want to get such a sachet.
After several years and thousands of miles, the sachet is now as good as new, but the first wife is gone... The second son, whom he had not been with for a few months, and whom he personally named "Shu Xie", is also gone... Taifu's Mansion There is a prosperous family here, all...
Shen Liankun seemed to be talking, and the eldest son behind the screen seemed to be in a nightmare, screaming and crying - but Shen Zangfeng couldn't hear anything clearly, and the dizziness in his head became more and more severe...
"Third brother!" He finally heard Shen Liankun exclaim in a different tone! (To be continued)