Hibiscus Flower West Moon Splendid

Chapter 172 The Jade Man Folds Willow (2)
At this time, a guy fled to the back and shouted: "They have arrested Master Luo, call someone quickly."

Immediately, behind those baskets of corned buns, a few tall and strong thugs who maintained the yard rushed out with knives, guns and sticks, and beat everyone they saw, and the two sides of the stretching line turned into a scene of scuffle.

Once the anger of the masses is ignited, it becomes a prairie fire, and it burns more and more vigorously.

The hungry crowd rushed forward frantically, I was kicked a few times, Lan Sheng held my hand tightly and was torn away abruptly, I called Lan Sheng's name loudly, but the people pushing each other The crowd completely muffled my cries.The scene was completely out of control.

After a while, someone exclaimed that the officers and soldiers had arrived.When I looked up, I was suddenly startled. Sure enough, heavily armored officers and soldiers had arrived.Someone who looked like a Master Chief yelled at the crowd in the melee: "Listen, people, this is a critical time. Hurry up and surrender, or you will be killed."

However, Master Luo of Changshengji saw the officers and soldiers arriving, so he instructed the staff not to stop, and threw bricks and stones at the refugees viciously. Get knocked down.I could see clearly that the few refugees standing in front just angrily stabbed the officers and soldiers with the weapons in their hands.I yelled loudly to stop, but it was too late.Those officers and soldiers had no choice but to order to shoot arrows.

I was shocked and angry in my heart, the so-called government forcing the people to rebel was nothing more than that, after thinking about it, cold sweat broke out again: If the officers and soldiers were caught, it would be like being known by Song Minglei, and there was no way out.

Countless screams were heard mixed with the smell of blood. The blood of countless refugees was spreading along the Jade River, which has always been luxuriant and dream-provoking. In the distance, there was only one small dot left of the three painting boats. The sound of singing and dancing is still in my ears, but it is instantly annihilated by the screams of countless hungry refugees.Those poor refugees were hungry until their death. Some of them were shot in the back by several arrows, but they still crawled to the pile of moldy buns with blood and tears, and died without regret.

The blood in my chest was churning, and I called Lan Sheng loudly.However, arrows rained everywhere, and in the chaos, someone knocked me down, and everyone stepped on me. I almost fainted from the pain, when suddenly someone mentioned me and yelled at me sharply: "What are you doing here? If you don't want to die, just die!" Jump into the river and go."

But it was the big man from the north with a Chinese face who threw me into the river.Only then did I realize that countless people were yelling and fleeing for their lives on the river bank. I swam to the middle of the river with all my strength, and I heard the sound of sharp arrows whistling and the screams of the refugees incessantly.

This tragedy is known as the "Ruzhou tragedy" in history, and the great changes in the situation of the Three Kingdoms and the Southern and Northern Dynasties began with this tragedy.

I swam desperately forward, and when I was exhausted, I barely caught up with the last of the three magnificent boats. I jumped on it with all my strength, and wiped my face with water.Looking back, I saw that the torches were still brightly lit on the other side, and the screams were still clear, which was shocking.

I rubbed my ears and poured out the water, and the music on the boat started to blare, but I heard a main singer, who seemed to be accompanied by two song boys, and the instruments played were not like the Central Plains or Dali. Clapping and drumming, and the rhythm of the singing is very fast and cheerful.

This seems to be the music of the Khitan land in the north, is it really the Khitan people who came here?But I don't know if there are people from Dali?
I was about to reach into the dark, but I felt someone behind me.I turned around quickly, and it was the big man from the north with that Chinese face, and it was only then that I remembered that he was the one who saved me just now.

"Hey, purple-eyed one, how are you?" he gasped, sitting down on the deck.

"I'm fine," I cupped my hands to him, "Thank you for saving me, how is brother?"

"The person who can kill me hasn't been born yet." The man straightened up, looked up to the sky and laughed for a while, shook his head vigorously, and the water droplets splashed all over my face, a bit like giving Xiao Zhong a bath.I only heard him sigh: "I don't know what happened to my brothers."

My heart skipped a beat, wondering if Lan Sheng had also boarded the boat.

He smiled heartily, "What's your last name? You're weak, and you were fierce when you got into a fight just now. Next time I see you, I'll protect you."

I also smiled slightly, "It's just Jinmu, dare to ask the name of the elder brother?"

"My surname is Fa, and my name is Fazhou. I escaped from the north side." He chuckled, showing his white teeth, "It is said that it is easy to find food under the feet of the emperor in Xijing, but I didn't expect to meet Pan Maozi in Liangzhou, alas. The world is too chaotic." He stood up and tore off his clothes, revealing his strong chest muscles and narrow waist.

I turned my head away and thought, he is really tall and strong.Among the people I have met, I am afraid that only my elder brother Yu Feiyan can compare with him.I stood up, hugged him, and was about to jump onto the big boat.

He was a little dazed, and asked loudly, "Where are you going?"

I was about to tell him to keep his voice down when I felt someone tap me on the back a few times.I turned around quickly, and there was no one behind me.When I was puzzled, someone patted my left shoulder again, and I had already patted a few times before I turned around, and my hairs stood on end.

But Fa Zhou laughed again inappropriately, as if he was a thief who was afraid that the world would not know he was stealing something, "It seems that there are tricky goods on this ship."

I swallowed my saliva and suddenly missed the silent Lan Sheng.

There was a person sitting faintly on the front of the big boat, wearing a bamboo hat in the dark, he couldn't see his face clearly, only a pair of sharp eyes were shining brightly, that was the gaze I was all too familiar with: killing intent.

The moon slanted to the west, revealing his face, and the man also stood up and raised his head towards us.It turned out that the man was an octogenarian, but he had white hair and a childlike face, his eyes were burning with energy, and the temples beside his sharp eyes were bulging high, he was undoubtedly a superior man.

With the skill of this old man, he wanted to put us to death just now, like picking something out of a bag, he must see that we are innocent refugees and let us go, now he thinks he wants us to leave voluntarily.

After thinking about it, I bowed to the old man, and said sincerely: "This old man, I was forced by bandit soldiers, unfortunately..."

I didn't want to finish talking, but Fa Zhou yelled: "Old man, your grandpa and I were coerced by those fucking officers and soldiers, and I just got on your boat. If there is anything delicious and delicious, just bring it out, otherwise grandpa and I will eat it." Smash your ship to pieces."

My face twitched, and I slowly turned to my life-or-death fellow sufferer, and shouted in a low voice: "Brother, be careful with your words."

Fa Zhou looked sideways at me, and said with a light smile, "Don't just talk about these polite words, I can't understand, and the old man can't understand."

"Where did the savage come from?" At this moment, a young man with a handsome face and an unruly temperament flashed out from behind the old man. He was tall and upright, and I happened to recognize him.

I was stupid on the spot, hey!Acquaintances!why did he come here?

"Uncle Qiu, let me handle this kind of role." The young man looked at Fa Zhou, stretched his muscles and bones, and was about to rush towards Fa Zhou.

"Wait a minute, along the song," the old man said slowly, "Young Master asked you to look at 'Wood', why are you coming out?"

No one saw clearly when the fishing rod in the old man's hand was thrown out, completely blocking the boy.My most naughty, smartest, most individual student, and also the student who gave me the most headaches——Jun Yange.

Yan Ge stretched his waist and yawned, "There is a pile of wood under that boat, which is almost rotten. I thought it would be good to come out and give your old man a hand."

I became excited, could it be, could it be that the two figures, one big and one small, that I saw just now while stretching were Duan Yuerong and Xiyan?
That's right, since Dali met Xizuo from Liao, Duan Yuerong had to come forward.This guy is also romantic, and he must have come here to find flowers and ask willows on the basis of business affairs.That being the case, why would you bring Xiyan out, wouldn't it ruin Xiyan, and this trip is very dangerous?
I also thought of Yange talking about wood, because wood is a valuable commodity in the local idiom in central Guizhou, and I thought again, could it be that Duan Yuerong brought some treasures to trade with the Liao people for some ulterior purpose? ?

While I was thinking about it, Fazhou burst into a startling laugh again, "I never thought that there were aliens on board this boat, so grandpa, I'm not welcome." But suddenly turned to Yange.

A trace of killing intent flashed across Yange's eyes, and he received Fazhou's blow with a sneer, but said lazily, "Look, you really came at the right time."

Uncle Qiu twisted his body, he had already inserted between Fazhou and Yange, pushed Yange away with his left hand, and kicked towards the lower plate of Fazhou with his right foot, he said coldly: "Go back and look at the wood."

Yan Ge smiled and said: "Can't you come out and take a pee?"

Uncle Qiu ignored Yange, and suddenly stood in front of me, moving towards my left shoulder as fast as lightning. Fortunately, someone pulled me back, but when I looked up, I saw a handsome young man wearing a turban, covered in water, He was smiling at me.

I was overjoyed, as soon as I stood up, many vigorous black shadows loomed on the big boat.Uncle Qiu ran towards us with a fierce attack, Lan Sheng gave me a wink and threw me away.I lost my balance and fell below the deck.

The sound of fighting faded away, and when I opened my eyes, I was already at the dark bottom of the boat.The waves beat against the hull of the ship, and I listened carefully, and there seemed to be low and hoarse cries of children ahead, and I thought to myself, could it be Xiyan and the others?
There is a faint woody fragrance mixed with a faint sour smell from the nose.I walked forward lightly, and sure enough, a pile of high-quality rosewood logs appeared in front of me, and the two warriors in front were guarding vigilantly.what!Could it be this pile of sour branches that Yan Ge was talking about?
In ancient times, when boats were sailing, because they were afraid of the ship's hull shaking in the wind and rain, they often carried a lot of heavy wood with them to press the boat. The most common ones were red and black rosewood or rosewood.Hainan is rich in red sandalwood. In the past, when I went to the north to do business, I used to buy some precious red sandalwood from Hainan from the south on a ship. When I arrived at the destination, I sold the red sandalwood at a high price, and then packed some various goods back to the south.It is true that I have never sent someone to guard it, because no matter how good the wood is, it is just wood, so there is no need to go through a lot of trouble, but in the current situation, there must be something hidden.

I thought about how I could get closer, but the two warriors suddenly froze and fell to the ground. I turned around in shock, but Lan Sheng's tall figure approached like a ghost, and the two black pupils were shining brightly in the darkness. stars.

He raised the corner of his mouth slightly and smiled silently at me, his young and pale face showed a seductive beauty under the faint oil lamp, but I shivered for no reason, I always felt that his appearance was very familiar.

That look is very similar to the smile that Yuan Qingjiang gave me when I was inseparable for life. After a while, Song Minglei jumped out again as he forced me to drink Wuyou San. Those are all unbearable and terrible memories in life, and they can even be said to be very hateful memories, but But for the first time, it was superimposed inexplicably and truly, and then inexplicably and compulsively appeared in the mind, lingering over and over again.

"Your complexion is not very good," Lan Sheng frowned at me worriedly, "But you were injured?" He felt for my pulse as he spoke.

I tried my best not to reveal the horror in my heart, shook my head and forced a smile, dodged his hand, and quickly turned around and ran over to see if the warriors could be saved.Fortunately, there is still breathing, but he was hit by the acupuncture point. Looking at the costumes and moves, he knew that he was an authentic Dali warrior, not my dark man of the Jun family.

Turning around and looking at Lan Sheng again, his face had lost any expression, and he didn't even look at me. He just turned to the pile of sour branches and said indifferently: "I heard that Madam has a very strong relationship with Prince Dali, and they already have a daughter. Madam Are you only worried about these Dali dogs now?" There was a sneer in his tone, his eyes were as cold as ice, "Shouldn't Madam be worried, maybe the 'wood' will be Mr. Snow Treader himself?"

I was startled suddenly, but without warning, he pulled me up to jump high, and slapped the pile of sour branches.

Amidst the loud noise, Suanzhimu rolled down.When we landed, I felt Lan Sheng's murderous aura. He quickly took the reward from my arms, and with a flash of light, he lit up a fine steel cage.

In that cage was a woman who was heavily chained.The woman's hair was disheveled, her face was bloodless, her lips were pale, her pretty eyes were closed, and she seemed to have passed out, but she couldn't hide her pretty appearance. She was only about 24 days old, and she was wearing a fine brocade purple red narrow-sleeved military uniform, which set off well. The willow waist is not full, and the front front is stained with blood.

Leaning in front of her was a five or six-year-old child, who was sobbing and crying softly.Maybe it was because of crying for a long time, the crying sound was hoarse, as thin as a mosquito, when he heard the movement, he turned his head slowly.

It was a very cute and beautiful boy, with red lips and white teeth, two lacquered pupils that were slightly dumbfounded, a black bun was combed on the small head, and a green emerald was pressed on it. A white satin boy's suit with the characters of "Yuan Shou" is really like a jade carved from ice.

The child's eyes gradually wandered between Lan Sheng and me, and was finally frightened by my face. He turned his head and hugged the woman tightly, crying hoarsely: "Xin, Xin, the purple-eyed monster is here to eat It’s Double Ninth Festival, kill them quickly.”

The woman slowly opened her eyes in response, her cold eyes swept towards us, then fixed on my face, her pupils shrank slightly.

"Who are you?" Lan Sheng walked towards the woman coldly, and asked through the fence, "Are you from the Yuan family's Xiying dark man? From Chitutang or Zhuhuotang?"

The woman glanced at him coldly and arrogantly, but said nothing.

Lan Sheng was not angry either, he only searched for the key on the warrior and opened the door, walked up to the two of them, and squatted down.

The child was so frightened that he hugged the woman so tightly that he almost peed his pants.

Lan Sheng twisted the child's arm hard and pulled him out. He looked at the child's eyebrows and eyes carefully, and then moved to the silver lock plate on his chest. There were inexplicable turbulent waves in those unwavering peach blossom eyes. No matter the child cries for pain over and over again.

The woman said anxiously: "If you want to kill or cut, come at me. What kind of hero is bullying a child?"

"You are Mrs. Haotian Hou's mansion, Yuan Feiyan's companion, the purple star warrior who originally belonged to Zhu Huotang, right?" Lan Sheng turned to the woman slowly, saw her nodding, and said in a deep voice: "This Son, but, but he... Song Minglei and Song Chongyang, the only son of Miss Yuan?"

The woman looked at Lan Sheng nervously, as if hesitating.

Lan Sheng clutched the child's chin angrily, and the child began to cry even louder.

The woman was in a hurry, but she couldn't break free from the shackles. She twisted her body and pulled the old wound sorely. The blood flowed all over her body, but she didn't realize it. She just shouted angrily: "Since you know Yuan's name, let me go quickly!" Get out. If you dare to hurt the crown prince, I forgive you for fleeing to the ends of the earth, but you will also be torn apart by my Yuan family, and I will not let you go even if I am a ghost."

I saw that Lan Sheng's complexion was a little blue, and he looked at the child as if he was watching a super horror movie, and the veins on his forehead were about to pop out.I was afraid that he was really going to crush the child to death, so I stepped forward and dragged the child out.

I took three steps back with the child in my arms, "Lan Sheng, you are going to kill him, he is still a child."

The moon was dark and the wind was high, a soybean oil lamp swayed with the boat, and it flickered from time to time, reflecting Lan Sheng's scattered and frightened eyes. Said: "Crazy, crazy."

What madman?I looked at him suspiciously, and carefully coaxed the child named Chongyang not to cry.

Chongyang hugged me tightly and buried his head on my shoulder, not daring to see Lan Sheng again.

His silver lock piece was dangling in front of my eyes. On the front, under the claws of a soaring dragon, there were four ancient characters of "Purple Qi Comes from the East". More than three times.

"Three more and nine like" is a commonly used congratulatory speech. "Three mores" means "longevity, blessings, and many descendants"; , such as the longevity of Nanshan, such as the luxuriance of pines and cypresses", using nine "such as" characters in succession, which means nine auspicious signs, praising the virtuous king who has blessed all the people, and the longevity is endless.

(End of this chapter)