Zhan Zhumen

Chapter 1 Introduction
In June of the fourth year of Jianwen in the Wei Dynasty, the army of King Yan invaded the capital, a fire broke out in the palace, and Emperor Jianwen burned himself to death.

After King Yan occupied the capital, he slaughtered wantonly.All civil servants and military generals who had advised Jianwen Emperor and refused to surrender were all liquidated.

Fang Xiaoru, a lecturer of the Imperial Academy, was ordered to draft an imperial edict for enthronement, but Fang Xiaoru firmly refused to accept it, and he was agitated with each other.King Yan was enraged and ordered his ten clans to be punished.

Outside the Jubao Gate of the capital, countless people were executed on the execution platform every day, and the bluestone brick floor was stained red with blood, and the water was not clean.

Eight hundred and forty-seven people were killed in connection with the incident.

A Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing.

A young woman with a beautiful face is leaning on the window looking at the sky, her clothes are plain, and her eyebrows are slightly frowned.

There was an unresolved melancholy on his face.

Since she was sent to Zhuangzi half a year ago, she was pregnant, and it has been nearly a month since she gave birth to the baby. When she sent a letter back to her home, her husband's family never heard back, nor did they send anyone to see the baby.

Thinking that today is the day when her elderly parents and family members were exiled to Sichuan and Sichuan, her eyes turned red again.

Trapped in this Zhuangzi, unable to send her loved ones for a ride, the woman felt a dull pain in her heart.I don't know if the nanny gave the things to the parents.

Outside Zhuangzi, a green cloth carriage quietly stopped at the door.Three people got out of the car, a richly dressed middle-aged woman led a young woman and a servant.

The three of them entered Zhuangzi, immediately dispersed their servants and entered the inner courtyard.

On the big bed in the east wing of the inner courtyard, a girl was waking up from a sound sleep.Rubbing on the pillow, he refused to get up.

Squinting her eyes, she softly called out, "Nurse..."

No one responded.

The girl groaned again, then pouted and sat up from the comfortable bed.

Rubbing the eyes with two white and tender hands, the big almond eyes blinked, blinking away a little drowsiness, sat for a while, and then fully woke up.

The girl rolled over and got out of bed, and while calling "nanny", she grabbed the neatly folded clothes beside the bed and put them on her body, put on her shoes, and went out of the room.

Seeing that the yard was quiet, and no servants were seen, the girl tilted her head, a little annoyed.

Hmph, this group of damned servants must have been dodging again.

The girl stomped her feet angrily and ran to find her mother.Walking outside the mother's room, I heard voices inside, and stopped in my footsteps.

In the main room, the atmosphere was a bit weird.

The young woman stared blankly at the tray, her face full of disbelief, her hands clenched tightly.She thought that today her mother-in-law came to visit after receiving the news that she had given birth to a son and grandson, but she didn't expect...

"Mother, why are you here today...does your husband know?"

The middle-aged woman looked impatient: "Of course I discussed this with Wen Bi. Right now, this is the best way."

The young woman shook her head: "Impossible! My Li family has been a scholarly family for many generations, and there has never been a precedent for a daughter to be a concubine."

"Then you set this precedent!"

"Impossible! The daughters of the Li family only have dead wives and no living concubines!"

"Then you will die!"

After the middle-aged woman finished speaking, she gestured to the servant standing behind her with her eyes.

The servant woman was signaled, quickly took the poisoned wine from the tray, and was about to feed it to Mrs. Li.

How could Mrs. Li be willing?Struggling like hell.

Another woman stepped forward to help hold her down...

"Mother... um..."

The girl was shocked by the scene in the house and couldn't recover for a long time.

Before she could say "mother", someone covered her mouth and nose from behind.

Inside the house, Mrs. Li was terrified and struggling desperately.She can't die, the two children are still young, so she can't lose her mother.

Seeing her struggling, the middle-aged woman gritted her teeth: "Guarantee!"

Those two people got the order, one on the left and one on the right firmly suppressed Li Shi, and poured poisonous wine into her mouth.Li gritted her teeth, but refused to submit.

Outside the house, the girl stared wide-eyed, frightened and frightened: "Um..."

Shaking his head desperately, no!mother!

While Li was struggling, she looked out of the room, and her eyes widened instantly.

nah nah?

Why is my daughter here?

If the mother-in-law and Mrs. Wu found out that the girl had seen this scene, the girl might not survive.

Li Shi was terrified, her whole body trembled, and tears welled up in her eyes. Looking at her daughter who was trying to rush in from outside the room, she gradually stopped struggling.

mother!
The girl's mouth and nose were covered, so she couldn't make a sound, she couldn't see the people behind her, her little hands were slapped desperately, and her two calves kept kicking.

Not only did the man refuse to let her go, he tightly covered her mouth and nose without speaking, and forcibly carried her away.

Carry her all the way to a secluded place: "Shh, sister, don't talk."

Nanny?

Seeing that it was the nanny, the girl was about to throw herself into the nanny's arms and cry.

The nanny hastily covered her mouth and nose again.

"Well……"

The nanny grieved in her heart: "Sister, don't talk, don't cry."

Seeing that the sister had calmed down, she nodded to herself again, expressing that she would be quiet and not cry, the nanny almost rolled down her tears.

Blinking away the tears, she comforted in a low voice: "Sister, be good, wait here for the nanny, the nanny will go and take your brother out."

"Ah, brother!"

The nanny patted her sister's shoulder to comfort her, then turned around and walked quietly into the inner courtyard.

After a while, he hurried out with a swaddling baby in his arms.

The girl trotted over quickly, tiptoeing to look at her infant brother.Seeing his younger brother sleeping obediently, he grabbed the nanny's dress, and the two hurriedly ran out of the village along the wall.

After running for a few miles, I heard movement behind me: "Chasing! Look around carefully!"

"Yes."

"Sister, run!"

The two gritted their teeth and ran for a few miles. Seeing the sound of footsteps getting closer, the nanny was so anxious that layers of sweat broke out on her forehead.Seeing the thick grass in front of him, he hurriedly took his sister to hide in it.

Stuffing the baby in her arms into the girl's arms, she said anxiously: "Sister, you hold the young master here and wait for the nanny, and the nanny will lure them away."

The big and the small can't escape.Madam must have been murdered, so we can't let my sister and young master suffer any more.

"Nanny..."

The girl watched the nanny run away in the opposite direction, and Zhuangzi's servants also chased after hearing the movement, biting their lips, eyes full of hatred.

I don't know how long she lay on the ground, but the girl saw that the nanny hadn't arrived for a long time, so she raised her small body carefully and looked around.

Looking in the direction of Zhuangzi again, seeing no movement, he gritted his teeth, got out of the grass with his younger brother in his arms, and ran to the opposite side of Zhuangzi.

"Look over there!"

"Search everything carefully!"

When the girl heard the movement, her two short legs ran so fast that she didn't dare to turn her head.

A carriage was walking unhurriedly on the road, and two young guards were sitting on the shaft of the carriage, one on the left and one on the right. When they heard the movement, they stood up and looked at the place where the movement was happening.

"Master, some men are chasing a child."

There was no answer from inside the car.

The guard who made the sound paused, then raised his whip again, and the carriage continued to move forward.

Inside the compartment, a young man with a stern face leaned against the car wall with his eyes closed.One leg is stretched out, the other leg is bent, and the right hand rests on the knee to support the forehead.

I don't know if I fell asleep or I don't want to talk to him.

After a while, the boy frowned and opened his eyes.His eyes were cold.

He lazily raised his hand to lift the curtain of the car, and looked out.

In the forest, a girl hugged a baby tightly, and fled forward in a panic.

The branches and leaves brushed over the girl's dress, messed up the girl's hair, and brushed against the girl's delicate cheeks and arms.The girl gasped heavily, and her pace became slower and slower.

The boy looked at the baby in the girl's arms again, and seemed to be able to hear a weak cry.

The young man stared blankly, not knowing what to think of, his eyes suddenly became colder and colder.

"Li Yi, go and have a look." The boy said lightly.

"Yes!"

The guard named Li Yi immediately fell from the shaft of the car, moved a few times, and disappeared in an instant.

After a while, Li Yi came back and reported from outside the carriage: "Young master, my subordinates have led the person away. The girl is safe."

There was a faint response in the carriage: "Well, let's go."

"Yes."

Li Yi sat on the shaft of the chariot, flicked the reins: "Drive", and the horse pulling the chariot began to trot.

(End of this chapter)