Chapter 216 Chapter 216 is the only genuine version...
When a cat plays with a mouse, it doesn't kill it with one bite, but plays with it to death.
Duoleng's breathing stopped.
That day in the capital, he chose to leave, and Miss Gu did not attack again. He had a preconceived notion that this time would be the same. As long as he chose to go to the Black Water Beach, Miss Gu would not attack again. Life or death was their fate.
He ignored it, she never said that!
Excessive blood loss and days of tension made him unable to think clearly.
It led him into a dead end.
"Walk."
Duoleng swung his sword to block the arrows, but the arrows kept coming, like a rain of arrows, covering the sky and the earth.
After just a few breaths, Duoleng was hit by another arrow.
If he had fought for his life just now, there is a high probability that he would have been able to capture a few victims before he died.
And now, there is no turning back.
Going back is a dead end.
Continuing to stand here is also a dead end!
Go forward...
Except for the commander-in-chief, the rest of the army usually used a crossbow, and the range of a crossbow was only three hundred steps at most.
Run forward, and if you are lucky, you may still have a chance to survive.
No, it should be said that this is the only way to survive.
"us……"
This is a way of life, but it could also be a way of death.
"Walk."
In this wave of arrow rain, only one person survived besides Duoleng. Sawu protected Duoleng and rushed into the darkness.
"Miss, he is really lucky." Qin Chen couldn't help but say.
They showed no mercy at all, but after several rounds of attacks, Duo Leng was able to escape each time, and even the injuries he suffered were not serious. Although the injuries looked serious, they were all superficial wounds, with no broken bones at all.
It will be fine in three to five days.
What luck, simply amazing!
"Yes, he's extremely lucky." Gu Zhizhuo, holding his clairvoyance and watching the other man, said, "When they first arrived in the capital, my senior brother told him he'd have a calamity in the next three months, 'unlucky when meeting earth.' If he can avoid this, he'll be able to navigate life smoothly in the future, like a trapped dragon finding water. He'll be able to navigate danger with ease."
"earth?"
Qin Chen carefully stretched out one foot and stepped onto the black water beach.
"Death?"
Qin Chen understood! No wonder Miss Gu had purposefully forced him to the Black Water Beach along the way. She was trying to get him killed.
Gu Zhizhuo patted him casually: "Don't look at me, look at him."
A smile danced on her lips: "The doom has come, there is no way to save it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Duo Leng, who had dodged a rain of arrows, suddenly changed his expression and his feet sank into the ground as if they had been bitten.
Oops.
It's a swamp!
His luck left him in an instant, and he stepped into the swamp.
"The Great Prince!"
Sau cried out in agony. He grabbed Duo Leng's arm and tried his best to pull him out of the swamp.
Veins bulged on his forehead, and even though he was hit by arrows in the back, he did not dodge at all.
"Big Prince, I'll pull you up!"
Sawu held him tightly, his nails drawing blood from his arm.
Duoleng tried his best to move forward, but it seemed as if countless invisible hands emerged from under the mud, entangled him, pulled at his feet, and tried to drag him inch by inch towards the underworld.
Sawu's strength gradually ran out, and his body leaned forward uncontrollably. At this moment, he lost his balance and fell into the swamp.
"Sau!"
Sawu fell face down, with his mouth and nose stuck in the mud. After struggling for a while, he stopped moving and sank.
He is dead.
Duoleng was cold all over and Sau was dead.
You will die too!
His multi-faceted body slowly sank into the swamp, and the heavy mud and sand swallowed him bit by bit.
This feeling of knowing you're going to die, but not being able to die immediately, and having to slowly wait for death to arrive, is like cutting flesh with a blunt knife. At this moment, he even thought about letting the arrow kill him.
However, the rain of arrows stopped.
Why! ?
Duoleng looked in astonishment at Gu Zhizhuo who was standing in front of the black water beach.
They were less than two hundred steps apart, and in the light of the fire, he seemed to be able to see the smile on Gu Zhizhuo's face.
He was not mistaken, she was laughing! Laughing as she watched him struggle in the swamp, heading towards death.
Just like him back then!
In a trance, Duoleng seemed to have returned to four years ago. A divisive plot had persuaded the Great Qi Emperor to sacrifice the life of the renowned general Gu Taotao. He had watched tens of thousands of Southern Xinjiang troops being swallowed by the swamp. In that moment, he felt a surge of triumph.
And now, the person trapped in the swamp has become himself, and it is him who is waiting for death.
die.
Is he going to die!
"No, I don't want to die. I can't die!"
Duo Leng yelled loudly.
Gu Zhizhuo stared intently at the struggling figure in front of her. The clairvoyance in her hand allowed her to see every expression of fear, unwillingness and despair on Duoleng's face.
Until she felt a sharp dull pain in her chest, she placed one hand on the jade lion's back, using it to support herself so as not to fall off.
"Miss," Qin Chen was startled, "Are you sick again?"
"No." Gu Zhizhuo forced a smile and said, "Back then, my father and his men died here. Of the tens of thousands of Southern Xinjiang soldiers, most were killed."
So, when Cancan failed to bring back his father's body, everyone thought it was sunk in the swamp.
"ah?"
Qin Chen was startled. So this is it!
Gu Zhizhuo closed his eyes and quickly calmed himself down. When he opened his eyes again, the swamp had already submerged Duoleng's chest.
She looked calm and said to Qin Chen with a smile, "The harder you struggle in the swamp, the faster you will sink."
Duoleng certainly knew this, but when people are in desperate situations, the desire to survive often overwhelms reason.
He was still sinking.
The mud soon reached his chest, and the suffocating feeling of being squeezed made it gradually difficult for him to breathe.
Faintly, he seemed to see a shadowy figure swaying in front of him.
"Save me..."
Is it reinforcements?
Is this the reinforcements brought by Jiaye?
Duoleng desperately stretched out his hands to those people, with begging eyes.
"save……"
His pupils suddenly shrank. No, why were those people wearing the uniforms of the Southern Xinjiang Army?
Why can they step on the swamp?
Ahhhhhh!
Duoleng screamed as a pair of transparent hands pressed down hard on his shoulders, pushing him down.
"don't want."
"No--"
He doesn't want to die!
The mud reached my neck, chin, lips, and nose...
Gu Zhizhuo held the clairvoyance in his hand and calmly watched him walk towards death step by step.
forehead.
His hand was still stretched out, trying to catch the last bit of light, but it was no use.
Soon, even his hands could no longer be seen, and the swamp completely swallowed him up.
"It's unlucky to meet the earth."
Gu Zhizhuo's mouth curled up, and she stood there for another half an hour to make sure he was dead completely.
"My dear, Princess Jiaye is here."
Gu Zhizhuo said without even turning his head: "Let her come over."
Jia Ye stepped forward, glanced in the direction of the swamp, performed a humble salute to Gu Zhizhuo, and handed over the wolf tooth amulet and the blood-written silk paper.
Gu Zhizhuo took the wolf tooth amulet, tossed it casually, and then held it in his palm.
After she finished reading the blood letter, she returned both the letter and the silk paper to Jiaye.
"Take her with you to the Hemuda Grassland." Gu Zhizhuo gently brushed her braids back, "You know what to say, right?"
"Know."
Give the silk paper and the blood letter to Wuza.
Uza is Duoleng's uncle, and the queen is his sister from the same mother.
Wuza will definitely send reinforcements and come to the rescue personally.
Gu Zhizhuo smiled and said, "I've left Baru and the others alive. You take the reinforcements and follow the original route, so that Wuza can meet Baru. I've left plenty of traces along the way, so you don't need to say or do anything. They'll find this place on their own."
"yes."
Jiaye kept it in mind.
Her beautiful eyes swept across the messy surroundings. Nova's body was there, and there were footprints leading into the black water. Everyone could guess what had happened.
Gu Zhizhuo made a gesture, and Qin Chen immediately ordered the troops to be mobilized.
"You, in due time, have made it appear to the Queen that she could become the Queen Regent."
Jiaye understood.
For the sake of her mother's family, the queen might swallow her anger, but if there is a title of regent queen mother hanging in front of her, the queen will have other options, such as killing her husband.
There was a precedent of a regent queen mother in Daliang, so it is not impossible.
Miss Gu wants to force the Queen and the King to turn against each other and start fighting between them.
Gu Zhizhuo smiled, as if he was talking about the most ordinary thing.
"From now on, you must tell yourself that the Queen is your biological mother. You must think about the Queen wholeheartedly and make the Queen trust you."
Jiaye's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and he was a little confused.
"The prerequisite for becoming the Queen Mother Regent is that she must support a puppet as the new king."
"The King of Liang killed the Queen's son so that his own son could succeed to the throne. The King of Liang has exterminated the Queen's offspring. You can coax the Queen and also exterminate the King of Liang's offspring."
Jiaye's heart skipped a beat, and he lowered the curtain to think carefully.
Gu Zhizhuo's voice was bewitching, "You are her only child, you obey her wholeheartedly, and you even nearly died trying to save her son. With such a bond, would she be willing to support Prince Liang's biological son, or you?"
"When you take that seat, whether you'll still need a Queen Mother Regent will depend on your own abilities."
The ambition in Jiaye's eyes was like a flame, once ignited it could never be suppressed.
From now on, she will be the queen's most obedient daughter.
She will help the queen kill all the king's sons! She wants to become the King of Liang.
Jiaye's heart was beating like a drum.
With just a few words, Miss Gu sorted out the uncertain future for her.
Although the girl was obviously younger than her, she couldn't help but be convinced. At this moment, she didn't have the slightest thought of resistance in her heart.
"Miss Gu, if I can sit on that seat, Daliang will always be a vassal state of Daqi, paying tribute every year and never rebelling." Jiaye made his biggest promise.
"good."
Gu Zhizhuo smiled and said in a friendly manner, "Don't worry, Qiguo will help you."
As for these promises, just listen to them.
The King and Queen had fallen out, and the Liang Kingdom was in constant strife, which at least bought Western Xinjiang five years to recuperate. As for the future, "peace" was certainly a good option. If she wanted to break the alliance, Daqi was more than capable of responding.
“It’s a pleasure to work with you.”
The two men high-fived each other to form an alliance.
At this point, Jiaye’s only chance of survival is to become the King of Liang, and the one she can rely on is not the Queen or the King, but only Miss Gu!
Jia Ye stood beside her, silently looking at the black water beach, muttering to himself: "When I was thirteen, my mother had just died. At that time, Duoleng was trying to win over Mo Qige, a fierce general close to the king. He had me sent to Mo Qige's tent."
Her red lips are curved and she is naturally charming.
"I'm born good-looking, with a face and figure that men like."
"After that, the queen took me in as her adopted daughter."
"I'm seventeen now. For Duoling, I've slept with many men. Miss Gu, you're right. Instead of letting men manipulate my life, why can't I manipulate men?!"
Gu Zhizhuo turned his head to look at her, and stroked her cheek with his fingers, his fingertips slightly wet.
"I'll help you."
"I believe you." Jia Ye took a deep breath, "Miss Gu, you can start now."
Gu Zhizhuo pulled out the dagger. She originally wanted to give it to Qin Chen, but then she changed her mind and signaled Qin Chen to move aside.
She turned around and stabbed Jiaye in the lower abdomen.
"Hmm." Jiaye endured the pain and didn't cry out.
This time, Gu Zhizhuo avoided all internal organs. The wound looked serious and the bleeding was profuse, but it was not fatal. In the final analysis, it was just a frightening superficial wound.
This was to make Uza and the queen believe that Jiaye was "trying his best" to break out and seek help.
Gu Zhizhuo gave her another injection, slowing the blood flow slightly. After removing the needles, Jia Ye jumped onto his horse and said, "Miss Gu, I hope to see you again someday."
Jiaye urged the horse under him to run away. The horse's hooves stepped on the gravel, raising a cloud of dust.
Gu Zhizhuo watched her go and said, "Let's go. Let's go buy some flowery headscarves and then go home. When we get to the capital, I'll treat you to a drink at Tianxi Tower to celebrate."
"Yeah!"
The soldiers cheered.
Gu Zhizhuo took the lead.
She felt relaxed and happy. Even though she hadn't slept for several days, she didn't feel tired at all. Instead, she was full of energy.
Jiang Youzheng was in charge of the military affairs of the Western Frontier, and Gu Zhizhuo was commanding troops there, so the pursuit and fighting naturally could not be concealed from him.
Upon arriving in Awul City, he came over to greet Gu Zhizhuo. When he heard that Gu Zhizhuo wanted to buy a flowered headscarf, he smiled and said, "You've come at the perfect time. I guarantee that the tie-dyed flowered headscarves sold in Awul City are the most beautiful. You left in a hurry last time and didn't have a good look around."
"I'm in a hurry to go back this time. I'll come back to play in a few days."
Gu Zhizhuo readily followed his lead and took him on a shopping tour, buying flowery headscarves of various colors and some horse whips made of flowered cloth.
Each of these floral headscarves was dyed in a very distinctive way. Gu Hezhuo was dazzled by the choices and couldn't stop buying them.
She simply waved her hand and bought them all, giving each soldier one and letting them take them back to please their wives.
"Three hundred miles, rush!"
"Three hundred miles, rush!"
While paying the silver, a warhorse came galloping from the direction of the city gate.
The old woman selling flowered cloth was startled and kept asking, "Is there going to be another war?"
"No." Jiang Youzheng assured him, "It's a good thing."
Gu Zhizhuo also guessed that this was probably the imperial decree deposing the emperor. As the commander-in-chief of the Western Frontier, Jiang Youzheng knew about it earlier.
Sure enough, in less than half an hour, the official document with the national seal was posted on the bulletin board of Aul City. The garrison even specially called two older students to explain the content to the people.
The people of Western Xinjiang had all had enough of the suffering under the deposed emperor's rule. This document really hit them right in the heart. They rushed to report it and set off firecrackers with great joy.
On the way back, in every town they passed through, the people were talking about this matter, and along with the court documents, the auspicious signs from heaven during the sacrifice to heaven were also spread throughout the world.
Each one spoke with such enthusiasm that it was as if they had seen it with their own eyes.
It was seven or eight days later when she arrived in the capital, and Gu Yican was already waiting for her at Sanliting.
"younger sister."
As soon as Gu Yican saw her, he came up to her cheerfully.
Gu Zhizhuo dismounted and asked Qin Chen to lead the troops back to the camp first. Qin Chen accepted the order and asked, "Miss, what should we do with her?"
Qin Chen was talking about Ji Nanke in the carriage.
Duoleng didn't take care of her when he was escaping, so he just threw her into the stone forest. Gu Zhizhuo had someone pick her up.
"Take him back to Beijing and keep him with Xie Jing."
"If she is dying, ask the jailer to send for a doctor."
Gu Zhizhuo casually gave the order, then took Gu Yican's arm and said, "Even Duoleng's luck got worse when he took her with him. I caught up with them in no time at all."
Gu Zhizhuo was worried about the safety, so he simply let Duo Leng take Ji Nan Ke with him to run away. As expected, he was unlucky! He was really smart.
Gu Yican clapped his hands in approval.
"Yaoyao, today is the three-court trial of the deposed emperor. Do you want to go and watch?!"
ah?
Go, go, go, of course!
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