Chapter 120 Previous Life Ending 1
The two fell asleep in each other's arms. That night, Si Tang once again dreamed of his past life.
The fire, like clusters of clouds, burned magnificently and beautifully. Curses, screams, and wails mixed in with each other echoed in my ears.
It hurts so much, the skin all over my body is burning, and my pores are screaming in sharp pain.
All of my limbs were tied up, I couldn't move, and there was no way to escape from this pain.
"Brother...Fan Yi..." Jintang murmured.
The girl's pale face drooped weakly, tears of pain and helplessness fell from her tightly closed eyes, which were quickly evaporated by the flames.
"Kill her!"
"Burn her!"
"Use her to lure out that monster! This plague in the city must be caused by this evil spirit!"
"They are all evil spirits! What's the point of the General's Mansion protecting the citizens?"
"I was wondering why the young lady from the General's Mansion's heart disease suddenly healed like this. It turns out that a monster saved her. The two of them must have been in cahoots with each other!"
"Sacrifice her to the heavens, use her to attract monsters, and then burn them to death!"
"Burn them! Burn them! Burn them!"
Jintang was tied to the stump of a cross. She opened her eyes weakly. The citizens who once loved her seemed to have changed their faces and become scary and hideous.
Plague broke out in the city, and Jintang was distributing porridge and charity as usual, but these refugees suddenly rioted, tied her to this deserted house, tied her to the stake, and said they would execute her.
Jintang's lips moved slightly. She wanted to refute, but her throat was burned by the thick smoke and she couldn't make a sound.
"Isn't this a bad idea? The general seems to be coming back soon." One of the men holding a torch said with some concern.
Jin Chen happened to be sent out for the past two days and was unaware of the changes in the city.
"Did you hear yesterday? Someone at the General's Mansion reported seeing a monster with a fish tail that could transform into legs! They say it's the legendary mermaid. Regardless of whether it caused the plague, legend has it that mermaid blood can cure all diseases. Don't you want to get its blood to save your loved ones?"
A Taoist priest fanned the flames. "I've even heard that mermaid tears can turn into pearls. They're priceless!"
Upon hearing these two sentences, almost everyone's eyes turned red, and their expressions were twisted and crazy, like evil spirits in the world.
"That monster must have caused the plague. Let's pay with its blood!"
"Pay with blood!"
"Pay with blood!"
At this moment, the house was crowded with people inside and outside. Hearing that the drug was causing the problem, almost half of the city's population had gathered here.
Extreme despair immediately overwhelmed Jintang. Looking at the unfamiliar citizens in front of her, she couldn't help but wonder to herself, are these the people that her brother was protecting?
A few torches were thrown into the fire again, and the flames jumped up with a "boom". The heat wave hit her face, and Jintang felt even more suffocated.
What's more, he picked up a bucket of oil and prepared to pour it on Jintang.
Jintang closed her eyes and stopped looking at the ferocious faces of the crowd. The faces of her brothers Dong Chen and Fan Yi flashed through her mind.
That night, after Fan Yi finished speaking, he kissed the corner of her lips and said to her—
"Sister, I want to be with you forever."
Jin Chen's gentle, smiling face also flashed before her. The great general who protected the people stood before her and spoke solemnly.
"Tang'er, brother will always protect you."
At that time, she asked back mischievously.
"Brother, if one day you have to choose between the people you protect and Tang'er, what will you do?"
Jin Chen just smiled without saying anything, as if laughing at her mischief, and lightly scratched the tip of her nose.
The corners of Jintang's lips moved slightly as she murmured silently.
"elder brother......"
"Fan Yi..."
At the critical moment, a cold and violent shout rang out like thunder.
"stop!"
The sound of horse hooves approached, the crowd was forcibly separated, and a team of cavalry came like sharp blades.
General Jin Chen, clad in black armor, had a frosty expression on his face. The sword at his waist gleamed with a cold, sharp light in the firelight. He swung his sword directly, severing the arm of the man who was about to throw the oil at Jin Tang.
"It's the General!"
"The General is coming!"
The crowd became agitated, and some began to retreat, but more people remained standing, with stubborn greed burning in their eyes.
"Tang'er!" Jinchen's voice was full of heartache and anger.
He took off his cloak and wrapped it around his sister's thin body. When he turned to face the crowd, his eyes were filled with anger.
"General, your sister is a witch! She colluded with monsters, and the plague in the city is caused by them!" The Taoist-looking man in the lead pointed at Si Tang and shouted.
"Nonsense!" Jin Chen shouted, "What evidence do you have? I think you are the evil creature, causing chaos and confusion among the people. Come, kill him!"
The Taoist opened his eyes in horror and was about to say something, but the next second a sword flashed by and his head fell off.
The people screamed, some were indignant, and some were fanning the flames.
"The general is no longer our general. He actually killed the citizens!"
"For his sister, he has lost his humanity!"
"This witch must die today, and that monster must be buried with her!"
"Before that, the monster's blood must be shared among us!"
Everyone began to get restless again and started talking among themselves.
Jin Chen looked at these people and felt that they were ridiculous and crazy. He was afraid that their plan to conquer the monsters was fake, and their real intention was to get the blood of the mermaids.
There is a plague raging now, there is no medicine in the city, and everyone wants to survive.
"Where are the general's personal guards?" Jin Chen asked the deputy general beside him in a cold voice.
"General, most of the troops have been sent outside the Great Wall to resist the bandits. There are only these twenty cavalrymen left in the city." The deputy general whispered.
Jin Chen looked at the people coldly, knowing full well that today was a conspiracy. Ever since the plague began, this conspiracy had probably been set up. Was it to destroy the city, or was it for that mermaid...
He looked at those twisted faces and suddenly felt it was ridiculous. The people he had fought so hard to protect were now trying to kill the only person who mattered to him.
"Protect the young lady!" Jin Chen gave an order, and the personal guards immediately formed a circle to protect the two of them.
But the mob was too numerous. They swarmed over, trying to capture Si Tang.
"Catch Jintang! Lure out that monster and get its blood, then you can prolong your life and become immune to all poisons!" someone in the crowd shouted.
Everyone rushed towards Jintang and Jinchen, each with a hideous and distorted expression on their face.
Jin Chen waved his sword to block the attack and protect Si Tang in his arms, but the swarming wall of flesh gradually made him unable to cope.
He knew that if he continued like this, he would eventually run out of energy.
Occasionally, a woman would attack him. A dark light flashed in his eyes, but in the end he still swung his sword mercilessly.
Anyone who hurts her will die.
As the swords stabbed one after another, the sky was filled with blood.
The sunset glow was dyed blood-red, spreading out in patches.
At the moment when dusk was approaching, the black armor on Jin Chen's body had been stained deep red with blood.
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