Emperor Phoenix

Chapter 31

The Book of Life and Death is Hassan's long-standing customs, and it is the ladder for those who are slaves or low-status people to seek advancement to the high gate. It is recorded in the Book of Hassan: "Sons of humble slaves, if you have incomparable courage, If you want to become a warrior under the command of the lords and get rid of the shackles of slaves for a lifetime, then come and sign a life and death agreement, life and death do not count, and the winner will be honored."

The book of life and death is a life-and-death book for people who want to get rid of their humble status. They gamble and fight regardless of life and death. As long as they sign the book, it means that life and death have nothing to do with others. When this book appeared, the Xiliang Dynasty was newly established. During the reform of the previous system, Qin Changge once discovered this thing, and wanted to order it to be abolished. Later, he heard that there were almost no such incidents in the country, so let’s forget about it. The seductive and beautiful Yu Zixi took advantage of the loopholes in the law, picked up the old rules of the previous dynasty, and played the game of killing people.

Yu Zixi still didn't give up, smiled and waved to a gray-clothed soldier, saying: "Jin Wu, tell me how you came to me?"

Jin Wu immediately took a step forward, pointed at the group of beggars fighting in the melee, and said loudly: "Humble is just like them, a beggar who forages in muddy pits, a beggar who bullies thousands of people! He is now a sixth-rank martial arts fighter!" Lieutenant, in charge of the palace's weapons and archers! If the prince hadn't given me a chance, how could I be here today? Thank you for your kindness!"

"How many times have I told you, don't speak so loudly," Yu Zixi smiled, "It's better not to speak loudly than to be reasonable, and it's best to kill invisible. You're good at everything, but you don't have enough understanding."

"Yes!" Jin Wu bowed and his armor rattled, "You must learn how to kill invisible!"

Qin Changge's face was full of smiles, and he was too lazy to talk to this pair of perverted masters and servants. He went to the group of beggars who were still killing themselves, looked at them for a long time, and suddenly said: "Although the book of life and death is cruel, it is always fair. , lord, your life and death statement is somewhat unfair."

Yu Zixi glanced at the disabled young man, and smiled charmingly: "Only the bravest life that has struggled out of the muddy blood and fire is eligible to become a warrior under my command. I choose people, regardless of their family background or Act with heart, only care about success or failure, the more victorious the winner is, the greater the chance to succeed under my command, even the first appointment is judged based on this, you think it is unfair to him, but I think I am full of him It's fair, who would give a disabled chance if it were someone else?"

"My rule is that only those who can kill are worthy of being my subordinates," Yu Zixi smiled wanly, "No matter who among them, as long as they can protect themselves from being killed and can kill a person, they will be considered as my subordinates." If I lose, I will take care of it."

"They were originally friends together, right?" Qin Changge stared at him for a while, then smiled slightly, "Only by killing a friend can there be a chance of survival and advancement?"

"Before life and death, honor and disgrace, there are no friends." Yu Zixi smiled, "I don't want fools who give up this opportunity for the sake of so-called friendship."

During the conversation between the two, the situation in the field suddenly changed!
A black and fat beggar was the most threatening because of his height and stature, and was besieged by several beggars with the same goal. A young beggar took advantage of him not paying attention, gritted his teeth, suddenly lifted a stone and smashed it hard at the back of his head.

Hearing the sound of the wind, the fat man wanted to let go, but somehow his footsteps floated, and the stone fell down hard.

With a roar, the fat black man staggered, fortunately he was tall, but the beggar was not as tall as him, and the ruthless hand finally felt guilty, slightly tilted his head, and hit him under the back of the head, his skin was ripped apart and blood was dripping.

The fat black man fell out immediately in a dizzy state, reached out his hand when he fell to the ground, and touched the blood on his hand, he was anxious and wanted to get up with a loud cry, but seeing that the beggars finally knocked down one, The fat man screamed in pain in the splash of blood, although his skin was thick and fleshy, he couldn't withstand such repeated beatings after all, but his body was in pain, Unable to get up for a while, clutching his head, he suddenly saw a pair of legs in front of him in the shadow of stones and sticks.

The crippled young man was sitting in front of him, resisting the attacks of several others.

People are pushed to do anything.

Survival, at the most critical moment, is almost instinctive.

"You can live if you kill someone!" With a roar, the fat man rolled out on the spot without getting up, grabbed a sharp stone, and smashed the crippled youth between the eyebrows.

Qin Changge's gaze jumped.

He stretched out his hand and grabbed his son who was about to run forward.

The stones are sharp, with blood and dust sticking to them. In the chaotic chaos, screaming and cursing together, the stones and sticks flew together, silently and murderously attacking the vital points.

Huo Ran looked up!

The young man's dirty, messy hair concealed a sudden cold flash of light in his eyes.

That gaze was as cold and sharp as a sword, brighter than a sword.

It is also like a large piece of ice and snow, splashed out mercilessly in the most bleak winter wind.

Chilled to the bone marrow.

Such a close distance, disabled body, besieged crowd, and unavoidable space.

It seems that he must die.

Those eyes flicked like a horse, but they were instantly calm.

He suddenly turned over and turned away from the stone.

Extremely agile, like a water bird, it jumped into the water before the hunter's bow and arrow flew, drawing a smooth arc in the air, a decisive and sharp gesture.

With this turn, he immediately avoided the vital point, but he directly faced the sharp rock thrown down by the opponent with his legs.

There was a toothache cracking sound.

The fat man was stunned for a moment, the still incomparably clear sound of bone shattering amidst the noise, like a bolt of lightning piercing into his chaotic consciousness, made his heart, who was already fearless and only thinking of throwing his eggs in one basket, jump thumping stand up.

And the blood burst and splashed everywhere, and a few drops splashed into his eyes.

His eyes were blood red, and he wiped them frighteningly.

The hand was blocked.

There was a sound of bone cracking, and at the same time as the blood was blooming, the disabled young man tilted his head, stretched out his right hand, and clasped his two fingers together!
The sound of the throat nucleus being crushed.

It is lighter than the sound of bone cracking, softer than the sound of bone cracking, but more cruel and shocking than the sound of bone cracking.

There was a miserable howl suppressed in the throat, and it was swallowed up in the froth of blood before it could come out.

And the thin young man, already expressionless, forcefully grabbed the two deep blood holes in the fat man's throat, and slowly dragged his limp body over.

The beggars all stopped.

He stared blankly at the fat man twitching and convulsing under his fingers, and was dragged by his throat like a rotten sack, and a long line of blood was dragged out of the soil under his body, winding like a snake.

Seeing the blood froth like a spring continuously gushing out from the two piercing holes, so much blood froth gushes out of a person's body, so much that it seems to drown the fat man who has become a blood man.

Looking at the thin and muddy young man with disheveled hair, his eyes were calm, as if what he was holding under his fingers was not a human throat, not a strong and powerful human life just now.

It's just a chicken or a dog.

The autumn wind rolled up the maple leaves on the tree, and the bright red ones floated into another bright red place, gently rippling in the thick pool of blood, and the colors became more and more beautiful and strange.

And the clouds in the sky were deep red, reflecting the blood-stained corners of the youth's lips, but the corners of the lips did not tremble and fear, calm as if carved in stone.

There was black smoke burning in the stone pit, the scorching smell of burning human body, and the crackling and cracking sound of leaves in the firelight. This moment was almost eerily quiet.

"Escape!"

As if waking up from a nightmare, someone suddenly yelled, and the beggars who were stunned by this indifferent and cruel murder woke up as if they had just woken up from a dream, immediately dropped the messy weapons in their hands, and ran away in all directions.

Yu Zixi kept smiling and watching with his hands behind his back. At this time, he smiled slightly and said softly: "Kill."

Jin Wu expressionlessly waved his hand.

Flying arrows are like rain, and even waterfalls come out.

To the back of those unarmed beggars.

Amidst the screams, countless bodies were shot and pierced by sharp arrows, and then came out with the shards of internal organs rushing out, spraying out flesh and blood all over the ground, and some were nailed to the ground alive, as if they were broken The tailed snake squirmed and struggled on the ground, but it tore those bloody gaps even bigger, and some were pierced through the back of the head. Milky white brains and dark red blood merged together, bubbling out hot ditches on the ground.

When Qin Changge heard the word kill, he hesitated a little, and reached out to cover Xiao Rong's eyes, but Xiao Rong pulled her hand off by himself.

Pursing his lips, the four-year-old quietly watched the bloody one-sided killing without a hint of horror on his face.

Amidst the screams, he asked softly, "Why is it possible to kill people like this?"

"Because the powerful is in the hands of the superior, the weak have no room to struggle to survive." Qin Changge did not intend to explain more about the cruel agreement in the book of life and death, and the weak will prey on the strong. Ordinary people may not need to know the meaning of blood and cruelty contained in it However, for Xiao Rong and for himself, this is the essence that must be faced and practiced.

Xiao Rong's strange background, and the grievances and grievances between the founding emperor and the empress doomed his future path. It is neither the comfort and routine of ordinary people, nor the logical way of being a prince raised in the deep palace. What he has to experience is more difficult than anyone else. The more iron-blooded road, soft heart, timidity, impetuousness, softness and other defects that ordinary people can have, he can't have, because they will all become sharp teeth on his way forward, and they will become a chance to bite him one day. Therefore, Qin Changge was not afraid of using blood to awaken the young son's sober understanding of the tragic world. Her only scruple was that Xiao Rong would get upset in his stomach.

She is very satisfied with her son's performance.

"Then why don't we help?"

"Because we can't save it," Qin Changge earnestly said, "We are not strong enough."

"We are not strong enough, so we have to watch?"

"Yes." Qin Changge smiled almost coldly, "Don't say it's these beggars who have nothing to do with you, it's your Uncle Qi and Uncle Rong. If you encounter such a thing, but you can't save it, then you can only I can watch."

(End of this chapter)