At dawn, the fighting in the city had ceased. Because it had only rained, there was no dust in the air. Most of the palace was burned down, and Shen Zechuan stepped on the ruins, only to see the broken walls.
"It was arson in the palace," Fei Sheng said with emotion, following Shen Zechuan, "... Mingli Hall was burned to ashes."
"The empress did not surrender, she sacrificed herself for the country," Shen Zechuan said. "On the famous post of Dazhou, there should be a stroke of Emperor Shengyin."
Fei Sheng wanted to go back to Yedu with all his heart, but now he really came back. He held the knife, pushed aside the gravel in front of Shen Zechuan, and said, "She is a strong woman."
"Call You Jing, Min Shen, and Cheng Feng to wait for the order." Shen Zechuan stopped, "Did Song Yue not come back?"
Fei Sheng looked in the direction of Mingli Hall, hesitated for a moment, and said, "... I'm back."
* * *
Qiao Tianya was washing his hands, his ten fingers were dipped in the copper basin, and the red streaks were scattered. The sword was still at the waist, but the hilt was red, and the primary color was no longer visible.
"The scorpions have been executed everywhere, there are a total of one hundred and forty-seven people, most of them are eunuchs," Ge Qingqing looked at the eunuch's waist card, "the leader is Fengquan, who came to replace Pan Rugui after eight years of Xiande. ."
Zhou Gui said in horror: "So many."
Seeing Zhou Gui's discoloration, Ge Qingqing couldn't help comforting: "Now that all of us are surrounded by us, adults don't have to worry."
Between their words, Qiao Tianya had already washed his hands. He lifted the curtain and went downstairs before it was clear.
"If Fengquan can be caught alive..."
Kong Ling waved his hands silently, and Yu Xiaozai did not continue to speak. Kong Ling looked at the door curtain that was still shaking, and said in a low voice, "Report the truth to the mansion."
Before Qiao Tianya walked to the tent, he heard Yao Wenyu's cough. He stood at the door, raised his hand, but did not lift the curtain.
Yao Wenyu folded the handkerchief, put it back in his sleeve, and said slowly, "The mansion has not come back yet, come in."
Qiao Tianya bent down and went in.
The brazier was out, and it was cold in the tent. Yao Wenyu was wearing a cloak, sitting on the bed with a pen in her hand, and pushed the small table away after Qiao Tianya came in.
Qiao Tianya went against the morning light and took off his boots beside the couch. He fell down silently, trapped in the cramped gap between the bed and the table, resting on Yao Wenyu's knee. The smell of medicine on Yao Wenyu enveloped Qiao Tianya, and he closed his eyes as if he had slept many years ago.
Yao Wenyu covered the hilt with one hand and Qiao Tianya with the other. His wide sleeves covered the bed, and in the faint morning light, he looked down at Qiao Tianya.
The incense on the table covered up the smell of blood, including Yao Wenyu and Qiao Tianya.
"I'm on Mount Bodhi," Yao Wenyu stroked Qiao Tianya's hair, "there is a yard where you can see the morning light in the morning, and after sunset, you can see the lights of all the houses in the city glowing into a galaxy."
Qiao Tianya seemed to see it.
Yao Wenyu turned her head slightly, looked at the thin window paper, and said, "Snow is coming."
Viburnum flowers outside the window fluttered lightly.
* * *
Amur has stone beads tied to his forehead and a simple machete around his waist. His burly body leaned down and picked up the red silk flowers on the ground for Duoerlan. He opened his palms, and the silk flowers looked like real flowers, which Hazen once brought back from the Qidong border.
Amur said, "Good girl, follow your father and go back to the oasis."
Duoerlan took the silk flower in both hands, shook her head, and said, "I am Hasson's wife, and I want to guard his father for the eagle."
"His father is not old yet," Amur straightened up and smiled heroically in the afterglow of the setting sun, "War is a man's business, you let me have the bear warrior of Suheba beast, you have already served for the Serpent Department You have done a lot. Good girl, silly girl, you are not only Hassan's wife, but also the mother of his children. The pearl of the grassland should ride horses by the Chiti Lake, the yellow sand here is not suitable for you, go back."
Doerlan's shoulders trembled, she held back tears, but her face was still wet. She held the silk flower, sobbed and asked, "I heard the wolf king's horn, and I smelled his butcher's knife..."
Amur lowered his palms, covering Duoerlan's heart, and said, "When Xiao Fangxu and I were born together in the arms of Hongyan Mountain, it was destined that the snake and Libei would eventually have a winner. In the years of war, they lost their respective brothers and sent their respective sons."
His vicissitudes of life face is plated with golden light, and the afterglow is so dazzling, as if he can compete with Chaoyang.
The news of Yedu has not come back, which means that Amur no longer has the advantage within Dazhou. He missed too many opportunities, without Hassan, without the Zhongbo supply line, the future of the Serpent Department is obvious at a glance.
"My eagle flies over the snow peaks in the north, and his father will not back down before the new wolf king's sword. We are the strongest of the twelve, the strong, with Russia, the Soviet Union and Japan, only the death in battle A hero, there is no coward to evade."
Outside the golden tent stood Bayin and the old wise man. The old wise man's palms were full of folds. He rubbed away the yellow grass and looked at the sunset in the distance.
Bayin held his precious book and asked, "Teacher, will we win?"
The old wise man did not answer. When Hassan left, he also knelt in the water of the Chashi River and asked him "Will I win?" The blade of grass in his palm was blown away by the wind and drifted into the distance. The old wise man's snow-white beard and hair fluttered in the wind, and he watched the sunset silently until the sky darkened.
"The wolf is here."
The old wise man said so.
The strong wind swept across the continuous hills, and the yellow sand brushed on the iron armor. The young wolf king held the knife in one hand and stood up slowly, firmly occupying everyone's attention. The setting sun disappeared from behind him, replaced by countless iron cavalry. Standing fiercely on Xiao Chiye's shoulder, his sharp eyes penetrated the gale, and he followed the master to the front.
Lang Taoxue lapel ran from behind and did not stop. Xiao Chiye got on his horse, fluttered his wings, and followed Xiao Chiye. Xiao Chiye took the iron hoofs of Wanjun and stepped on the yellow sand, like an endless cloud, carrying the dark night and charging down.
* * *
Bayin saw Duoerlan off. He stood beside the carriage and gave Duoerlan his treasured book.
Duo Erlan said, "I don't recognize the character Da Zhou, you can keep it."
Bayin insisted on putting the book on Duoerlan's knee and said, "Give it to Xiaoying."
Doeran covered her belly, and the sheep behind the carriage kept screaming. She held the carriage, looked at the group of tents, and said, "...the moon is too bright tonight."
Bayin thought that Duoerlan was worried that the return journey would be difficult, so she smiled and said with relief: "Russian and Ri have greeted the tribes along the way, you are bringing warriors with bears, and no one dares to hurt you. ."
There was no smile on Duoerlan's face, she looked like a withering flower. Bayin couldn't guess her mind, even if he became a wise man, he was still a fool.
Bayin touched his shriveled pocket and found an old writing brush. He also put the pen on Duoerlan's knee, maintaining a smile on his dark face, and said, "Wait until next year, when you give birth to the little eagle, Russia, Su and Ri will pick you up. She is the most honorable woman in the desert."
Some of the six divisions defected to Xiao Chiye, and the status of the desert hegemon of the Serpent Division was already in name only, and Bayin's clumsy comfort could not cover up anything.
But this time, Duoerlan bent her eyes diligently, as if she believed Bayin's words, and said, "If it's a boy, I'll give it to you to teach me. I'll return this book to you at that time."
Bayin grabbed the back of his head crampedly and said, "If it's a boy, he must be as good as an eagle. The best son in the desert, please ask the teacher and Rusui Heri to teach him." He smiled again, "Duo Erlan, let's go, your father is still waiting for you."
The people of the Hulu tribe drove the sheep, which were the only sheep they had left, to be sent back to the oasis before the weather got worse. There are not many warriors with bears, but their bears stand out among the ponies, and they are extremely powerful because they wear war knives.
The Hulu Department was familiar with the sand road, and the man in the lead drove the horse forward, and the copper bell hung high on the flag rang. Doerlan waved to Bayin as the carriage shook.
Bayin chased after a few steps and summoned the courage to shout, "Duoerlan!"
Doerlan opened the curtain and looked at him.
Bayin stopped, stood there, waved his hand again, and said nothing.
The dark sky shrouded the desert, and the falcon in the wind hovered above the rainbow eagle flag. Bayin took a few steps back, his empty hands clenched into fists, silently meditating on victory without taking his eyes back.
The moonlight is very thin, and it is spread under the feet, as if it will break when you step on it. The horse's hoof sank and left abruptly.
The old wise man threw the dead branch used for divination on his knees. He folded his palms, lowered his head, and meditated on the god Chiti.
Bayin finally turned around, ran in the direction of the old wise man, and shouted, "Old..."
Before the falcon above the rainbow eagle flag could respond, it was suddenly torn apart by Haidongqing, which was rushing down at extreme speed. He grabbed the remnant of the falcon, flapped his wings in mid-air, and ripped off the falcon's feathers.
The accident happened so quickly that Bayin couldn't recover, and the noise of eating and drinking in the tents had not stopped.
"Wolf!" The cavalry of the Serpent Division on the night patrol flew across the sand, shouting with all their might in Biansha dialect, "Raid!"
The long knife slid out with a swish, and the heavy iron armor knocked over the cavalry directly from behind. The ponies were powerless against the waves of steel, submerged in the blink of an eye.
Bayin froze in place.
The Libei Tieqi should have just passed through Mosanchuan. It was reported that Xiao Chiye was trying to block the exit of Mosanchuan, and the army had not yet arrived here. But the sudden change in front of him indicated that Xiao Chiye not only came, but chose to come in the most direct way.
"Xiao, Xiao Chiye..." Bayin turned back suddenly and shouted, "The iron cavalry has attacked!"
The edge of the fence was slammed over by iron hoofs, and the Biansha warrior who got out of the tent didn't have time to mount the horse, and hit the iron horse with a machete.
Xiao Chiye's wolf savage sword is dignified, coupled with his extraordinary arm strength, it is difficult to meet an opponent when chopping. Lang Taoxuejin was the first to rush into the tents of the Serpent Department, and he took away several splashes of blood between the knifes.
The head rolled at Bayin's feet, and the throat of Bayin was blocked, already occupied by panic. In the shadow of the sword, light and sword, he saw a pair of hungry wolf eyes.
A tooth for a tooth.
Bayin stepped back in a hurry and was about to fall.
Xiao Chiye gasped lightly, raised the arm holding the knife, and wiped the blood from his cheek with the back of his hand. The smile he gradually revealed was extremely dangerous, and after a long journey of several months, he finally reached his destination.
"Amur—" Xiao Chiye raised his neck in the splattered blood and the jumping firelight, his voice like ice, "Where?"
The curtain of the golden tent was pulled open, the old machete slid out of the cold glow in the moonlight, and Amur bent down and got out of the golden tent. His equally tall figure obscured the sand and dust beneath his feet, as if he was the Dinghai God Needle of the Serpent's Department.
Circling alone and slamming into the siege of the safari, Xiao Chiye shook off the blood on the blade and heard the sound of the drums of war.