The wind picked up again, and the dark clouds in the sky were densely gathered in Liangzhou City, and the layers of clouds seemed to sink. The roar of thunder suddenly exploded, as if to warn the world that a storm was coming. Before a drop of rain fell, the dark clouds gathered more and more, and the wind blowing through the hall was piercingly cold. At this time, a group of solemn troops surrounded a house with several floors inside and outside, as if not even a mosquito was willing to let it out.
The door was still closed, and the man in the armor sitting on the red roaring horse didn't say a word, but the sarcasm in his eyes reduced the solemnity radiating from his whole body. The man didn't speak, and with a slight gesture, a few soldiers tried to open the vermilion gate of the confinement. Just as Xiao Bing passed by, the door was gently opened from the inside.
A housekeeper stood alone at the door, saluted the man without being humble or arrogant, and said in a calm tone: "General Lu, please come inside, the prince is waiting for you in the courtyard."
The man squinted at the solitary butler, with a hint of inquiry in his eyes. After a while, he raised his head proudly and rode his horse into the mansion. The housekeeper didn't speak any more, lowered his head with a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, and entered the mansion with the man.
Two chairs were moved into the courtyard, one was empty and the other sat the owner of the mansion. The man didn't make a sound, didn't even look at the man who rode his horse into the mansion, just quietly tasted the tea in the cup. It seems that the cup of fragrant tea has a special charm, and the fragrant tea in the teacup has not been tasted after a stick of incense.
General Lu on the horse arrogantly looked down at the man sitting on the chair from the horse, with a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth: "The Seventh Prince is in good spirits, and when death is imminent, I can still enjoy tea."
The seventh prince, who was drinking tea, finally put down the teacup, raised his eyes and looked at General Lu with a smile, but the smile didn't reach his eyes: "General Lu, stay safe. What are you doing now, come and taste this new arrival together. West Lake Longjing."
General Lu suddenly burst out laughing. After laughing, he got off his horse neatly and took a seat beside the Seventh Prince.
The Seventh Prince just kept quiet, took the hand to wash the cup, and poured a cup of tea for General Lu himself, "General Lu, please."
General Lu's eyes suddenly sharpened, and he looked at the Seventh Prince with the same expression.
The Seventh Prince remained silent, chuckling lightly, "Why don't you drink it? This tea was soaked by the first drop of dew on the chrysanthemums in the yard this morning." There seemed to be a slight mockery in his tone, almost inaudible. come out.
General Lu put the tea on the tip of his nose and sniffed it lightly, and said with admiration, "Good tea!" He praised the tea before tasting it, which also highlighted that the quality of the tea is indeed top-grade. After speaking, General Lu drank the tea without raising his eyelids. "Lu is really lucky to have the lord pour me tea in this life." As soon as he finished speaking, he put the long sword tied around his waist on top of it. on the shoulder of the Seventh Prince.
"Catch the rebels!" General Lu finished speaking, and the soldiers outside the door swarmed into the Qi Prince's Mansion. At this time, the tranquility of the Seven Palaces was finally broken. The soldiers tore the clothes of the maids and stabbed them into their bodies with the spears in their hands. The cries and shouts of men and women were chaotic, and it was not known who knocked down the candle, and the fire in the house began to burn gradually.
At this time, the seventh prince still held the teacup in his hand, but the hand that held the teacup tightly betrayed his emotions. He looked at General Lu, his eyes were full of anger, unwillingness and some obscure emotions, but he didn't say a word.
General Lu finally couldn't help his anger at this time, "The Seventh Prince really can't shed tears without seeing the coffin. What else do you want to say to the emperor?"
The Seventh Prince calmed down his emotions and smiled sadly, "Why do you want to add sins?" After he finished speaking, he stopped talking, as if he was waiting for death to come.
General Lu was silent for a while and said, "Ji Jie, you brought it all on your own."
At this time, a soldier ran over and whispered a few words to General Lu, after hearing General Lu angrily threw the teacup on the ground and said, "The seventh prince is delusional to delay the time to let the princess escape with the prince and the princess, which is too delusional. Right? Search for me! Live to see people, die to see corpses. Don't let them run away!"
Xiao Bing saluted respectfully and replied, "Follow the general's order." After receiving the order, Xiao Bing began to lead some soldiers to find the princess and the two children.
Watching the soldier leave, it seemed that General Lu had lost the patience he had always maintained, and finally cut the Seventh Prince's neck with the long sword in his hand. This sword seemed to be very sharp, and the Seventh Prince had not suffered too much pain before his head was cut off, but those eyes still had that stern and angry expression, but there was no trace of luster anymore.
General Lu put the head in the box and rode on his horse to the direction of the palace. The rest of the lieutenants were waiting for the results of the search to count the heads. The countless shining places in the sky are caused by lightning. Silver snakes danced wildly, thunder roared, and finally the storm had begun to come. Large raindrops fell from the sky, as if they were washing away the grievances of the Seven Palaces. As the rain continued to increase, the blood and rain in the yard blended together to form a blood pool.
On the other side, a woman with messy buns ran through the bamboo forest with two children, a boy and a girl. As the rain continued to increase, the soil became moist and soft. The woman and two children had muddy feet and ran in the dense bamboo forest. The woman traveling through the bamboo forest was protecting the children from fleeing, but because of the sharpness of the bamboo leaves, there were bloodstains on the woman's body. The woman's blood had begun to seep out of her clothes, and her clothes had been stained with blood because of the rain. The little girl exclaimed, "Mother! You're bleeding!"
The woman didn't care, she could only take her two children to the depths of the bamboo forest and continue to escape in panic. "Yan'er, Qin'er, don't be afraid, mother is fine. Run!"
At this time, the little boy seemed to be physically exhausted, and gradually he could not run, and the rain wet his clothes, and his footsteps became even heavier. So they stopped. "Mother... Mother... I can run... I can't run anymore." The woman gave the little boy and girl a distressed look, but she was afraid that the chasing soldiers behind would catch up, and still dragged the two children to continue running.
"Stop!" A soldier chased after him and stabbed the spear in his hand into the woman's waist from behind. The blood on the woman's body quickly spread, and she looked like a bloody man at the moment. The woman smiled sadly at the two children: "Yan'er, Qin'er, run! Take the jade pendant and go back to the mother's hometown... Okay... live well!" After that, she pushed the two children forward, The jade pendant was put into the hands of the older girl: "Qin'er... take good care of my brother. Mother wants... to leave you." With red eyes, she let her child leave, and she rushed forward and slammed the spear out of the He pulled it out of his body, took off the hairpin on his head, turned around and inserted the hairpin into the soldier's heart, biting the soldier's neck fiercely. When she finished these actions, she seemed to have lost all her strength and fell down like a piece of paper.
The two children had never seen such a scene before, and both stood there blankly. Suddenly, the shouts of the chasing soldiers behind them came, and they recovered from the shocking scene just now. The little boy watched his mother collapse silently on the ground, his eyes couldn't be closed because of anger, hatred and a trace of worry. Crying loudly: "Mother! Mother!"
The little girl's tears continued to overflow from her eyes. Due to the heavy rain, the rain and tears that dripped on her face were mixed together, but she couldn't cry. A little further away, the soldier heard the cry of the child, shouting: "They are here!"
The girl couldn't bear to leave, but she was afraid that she and her younger brother would also become dead souls under the knife, unable to clear up her father's grievances. He had to quickly cover his brother's mouth and dragged his brother to continue to escape deeper into the bamboo forest.
The little girl and the little boy kept running, and there was no way to run to the side of a river. The chasing soldiers behind also caught up, the little girl pulled her brother, stood on the stone and slowly backed away, looking at the group of soldiers in despair. Unexpectedly, the younger brother slipped and fell into the river, because they were holding each other's hands, and the little girl was exhausted after running for a long time. He also fell into the river along with his younger brother.
The soldiers checked where they had fallen, but saw no sign of them. The rain was still falling, and the river also became turbulent because of the torrential rain.
Yes, in such a heavy rain and such a fast-moving river, there must be no way for two little children to survive. After pondering for a while by the river, the adjutant thought that the two children would not survive, so he planned to give up the search and return to the General's Mansion.