Chapter 3108 Funeral Song
Nan Yan looked at her and asked, "Is it worth it?"
Qingting looked up at her, as if she wanted to speak, but she was so breathless that she could only press her chest. After a long while, she managed to catch her breath. Her face was pale with a hint of sickly red, and she said softly, "I am willing."
Nan Yan continued, "I'm asking you, is it worth it?"
“…”
The dragonfly was silent for a long time.
At this time, the people outside were getting on the carriages and horses, and they had already lined up in an orderly manner. Hearing an order from the front, the carriages shook slightly and began to move forward with the large group of people.
The two people sitting in the car also shook a bit.
After a while, a few words finally squeaked out from Qingting's mouth, but they were so low that they seemed to come from underground. She whispered softly, "Your Highness, you are high above us. What you have experienced and what you will do are things that ordinary people like me can never even dream of."
“…”
"I can't be like the Imperial Concubine, I can't do it."
“…”
"That's all I can do—"
After she finished speaking, she looked up at Nan Yan again, as if smiling. She had once been a beautiful young girl, young and graceful, the image of a flower. But after experiencing such a change and such torture, she now exuded a heavy, lifeless aura. Especially in the carriage, where the lighting was not very good, when she smiled, her cheekbones bulged high, and her eye sockets sunken, giving the illusion of a skeleton.
Nan Yan couldn't help but frown.
Qingting herself seemed to sense her disgust and immediately turned her head towards the window. Even though the curtains were not lifted and nothing could be seen outside, she didn't want her face to appear in Nan Yan's sight again.
Nan Yan looked at the back of her head, and after a long time, she sighed.
The carriage quickly drove out of the palace and drove on the avenue for a while.
Although Nan Yan had not returned to Jinling for a long time, she had been canonized here and lived here for such a long time. Zhu Feng often took her out of the palace before and after the canonization, so she was very familiar with this road.
After walking for a while, you should reach Zhuque Street, where there are many shops on both sides. It is usually the busiest place.
However, after the previous war, the city is definitely no longer as prosperous as before.
But it was too quiet.
It was as if their carriage was passing through a dead city.
Nan Yan couldn't help but reach out to lift the curtain and look outside, and her eyes suddenly turned red.
This was once a bustling street, with traffic and people coming and going everywhere in the past. Now, there is not a single person to be seen. Not only is there no one to be seen, but the street is in ruins. None of the shops and houses on both sides have doors or windows. Many have even been burned down. Blood is flowing on the ground. Looking through the broken door, you can even see the corpses lying on the floor of those houses.
"ah--"
Nan Yan let out a low cry.
Although she knew that Zhu Chengjin had opened the city of Jinling and allowed Fang Zhen, Li Chen and others to plunder for two days, and she also knew that this action would definitely make the people in Jinling City live in misery, but when she actually saw it, it was like a knife stabbing her heart.
She immediately clenched her teeth.
Zhu Chengjin, you are simply a devil!
Just when Nan Yan was extremely angry, she heard the breathing of the person next to her become unsteady. She turned around and saw that it was Qingting who had also lifted a corner of the curtain and was looking outside.
In the sunlight, her already lifeless face was now even paler without a trace of blood.
But those eyes were blood red.
Seeing the scenes outside, she must have thought of herself and everything she had encountered when Nan Yan entered Jinling City. If Nan Yan had not saved her, she would have become one of those corpses and might have stank and rotted by now.
Wouldn't that be better?
The sounds of wheels and horses' hooves startled a flock of crows outside, which made a humming sound. A large flock of black crows circled above their heads.
In broad daylight, in the once prosperous city of Jinling, carrion-eating crows appeared.
This shows how many people died in this city.
Dragonfly closed her eyes tightly and even let down the curtain. Not only that, she also pressed down the bottom of the curtain with her hands to prevent the wind from blowing and letting her see the situation outside again.
Nan Yan couldn't bear to look at the situation outside.
However, she lifted the curtain higher, with most of her head sticking out, and looked up at the huge, pitch-black crow circling above her head. The monotonous and hoarse wooing sound was like a funeral song, echoing in the silent Jinling City.
The corners of Nan Yan's mouth curled up slightly, revealing an almost ferocious smile.
She said slowly: "This song is just right."
When he said this, the people around him didn't hear it. Everyone felt that the crows cawing above their heads were irritating. Only Ye Zheng, who was riding a horse behind their carriage, seemed to look up at Nan Yan, but Nan Yan didn't look at anyone and sat back in the carriage.
The convoy passed through the city and finally arrived at the gate of Jinling.
There were not many people in the city, but the city gate was heavily guarded. Flags were flying on the city walls, and under the reflection of the setting sun, they looked like blood.
The carriage paused for a moment.
This time, Nan Yan only lifted the curtain and took a look outside. It should be Zhu Chengjin's last instructions to the soldiers guarding the city before leaving. Although he was not gambled everything this time - after all, he already had the city of Jinling in his hands, which was the capital of the south. This allowed him to advance and retreat with moderation, but he still invested a large number of troops in this battle.
He was determined to capture Yangzhou City.
However, the troops left behind to guard the city of Jinling were somewhat disappointed. After all, all the soldiers wanted to go out to fight, especially to attack a wealthy city like Yangzhou. In order to encourage soldiers to fight bravely, general generals would allow them to plunder in the city after victory. Therefore, the soldiers who went out this time were almost all going for the purpose of making a fortune.
Those who stayed could only watch helplessly.
However, for Zhu Chengjin, Jinling City had already been taken, and he had no unnecessary worries, so he just gave a few instructions and led his men out of the city.
The carriage drove onto the official road outside the city.
After leaving the city, Nan Yan stuck his head out again and looked back at the Jinling City in the sunset. The crows that had been following them did not follow them out this time, but continued to hover over the city. However, their hoarse cries, like a funeral song, could be heard from far away, following them like a shadow.
Until they came to the river.
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