Chapter 63: Quick-travel strategy for the soldier king (Twenty-one)
Liu Xing took me outside the city wall. This place had already become a place of burning and looting. The streets were filled with fleeing civilians and burning houses.
Liu Xing continued, "Hahaha, look at the human heart. The Zhu family has been emperor for 300 years but they don't know that others have been slaves for 3 years. Those officials of the time don't know how to govern. Their descendants inherit the official titles but they don't know the real suffering of the lower-class people. They see the prosperous times but most of them are slaves and prostitutes. When Zhu Youwen died, he was strangled to death by his maids and eunuchs. The people of Kyoto took shovels and smashed the gatekeepers to death. Your so-called wise ruler is just a waste who only knows how to read books."
"How could this happen? How could this happen!" Liu Xing's words also extinguished the last glimmer of hope in my heart.
"That country bumpkin Li Zicheng is much smarter than you. He would have run away by the time you had prepared a celebration banquet."
I closed my eyes and said nothing. I let Liu Xing do whatever he wanted to me, but I was still unwilling in my heart. I thought we would win, but I didn't expect that there would be many refugees who were starving and cold when we held a celebration banquet. Yes! When people are about to die, they will choose any chance to live. For these people, it doesn't matter who is the king or the emperor. What I mean by protecting them is just what I think is good.
Liu Xing sent someone to capture a woman. The soldier grabbed her hair tightly, and her clothes had already been torn apart. He only heard a "hmm" sound, and the soldier behind him urged, "Hurry up!"
Her hands were tied behind her back and she was pushed to her knees on the ground. I looked at her and it turned out to be Chen Ermaizi.
Liu Xing leaned towards her and said, "She is indeed a beauty. Even with such tatters on her body, she is as dazzling as pearls. No wonder Wu Ergou was willing to abandon my beloved disciple later."
Liu Xing came over and grabbed my collar and said, "My good disciple, today I will show you how to kill Wu Ergou in this city without any effort. This will be my revenge, and Wu Ergou will keep you company in the afterlife."
Chen Ermaizi and I were held on the city wall and gagged. Soon Wu Ergou led the soldiers into the city. The gate was opened and there was a sea of fire inside. Wu Ergou knew it was a trap, but he still rode in with a small group of people. Wu Ergou said, "Liu Xing, I'm here, come out quickly."
Liu Xing dragged Chen Ermaizi and quickly jumped down from the ten-meter wall. Who would have thought that this weak-looking scholar was actually a top-notch martial arts master? Liu Xing grabbed Chen Ermaizi, sniffed him and said, "Wu Ergou, your beauty smells so good. Don't you know that I put her in the refugee camp? Those refugees like her so much. Mm! She smells so good, hahaha."
"Liu Xing, you old dog, let her go, Er Mazi, I'm here to save you!"
Wu Ergou flew up from the horse's back, holding a sword and slashing at Liu Xing. Liu Xing simply threw Chen Ermaizi aside and the two men started fighting on the ground, with the sound of swords and knives rang out.
Sima Kongxian and Hua Mucao knocked down the guards and came to rescue me. Sima Kongxian put his index finger on his mouth and said, "Zi'ang, don't make a sound!"
We have only known each other for a short time and we are not close friends for many years, but Sima Kongxian and Hua Mucao trust me and help me so much. Liu Xing shouted, "If you want to leave, it's not that easy."
He turned around and flew onto the ten-meter-high city wall, blocking the way of the three of us. A dart flew towards me, and Sima Konghan hugged me to block the dart. Blood had already flowed from the corner of his mouth, and I couldn't hold back my tears anymore.
Sima Kongxian said, "I have lived for most of my life, and I am very happy to have a student like you. Ziang, you don't mind me calling myself your teacher, do you? Ahem!"
"I don't mind, I really don't mind, you have to live, old man!" I cried.
Sima Kongxian immediately fell limp from my hand. Hua Mucao drew her sword to help me fend off Liu Xing's attack, but Liu Xing was born in Jianghu and was proficient in various strange martial arts. Hua Mucao was soon defeated. I cried loudly and said, "Mucao!"
Mucao died in my arms, with blood on the corner of her mouth. She looked at me reluctantly and said, "I really want to go home and see my father. Due to the years of war, I had no choice but to pretend to be a man and go to war for my father. I thought I could go see my father after becoming a general, but I have been away from home for six years and still cannot go home to see my father. Ziang, the first time I saw you, you really loved the people, so I wanted to follow you. Ahem, but I can't do it anymore."
Mucao's fingers slid down her eyes and she closed them, but she never woke up. I couldn't help but cry out loudly: "Mucao, please don't, we've only known each other for a short time, please don't die!"
At this time, Wu Ergou also came up. He and Liu Xing fought fiercely. Liu Xing said, "I spared your life, Wu Ergou, but you came here to die. You are simply courting death!" Liu Xing gathered his inner strength and charged a palm. This palm force was accompanied by frost and had great power. "Ah!" was heard.
A figure fell down slowly. It was Chen Ermazi. She took the blow from Liu Xing for Wu Ergou. Wu Ergou released a hidden weapon and shot Liu Xing in the chest. Chen Ermazi fell into Wu Ergou's arms and said, "Ergou, I know you still have him in your heart, but I only have you in my heart. I love you. My body is dirty. I don't want to live anyway. Don't feel sorry for me, Ergou. Live well. I believe you can become the king."
Wu Ergou said painfully, "No, Ermazi, I love you very much, I have always loved you, I saved Feng Ziang, and I love you deeply."
"Liu Xing, you old thief! I'm going to kill you"
Wu Ergou rushed towards Liu Xing with a big knife, but he was already controlled by his emotions, so how could he be Liu Xing's opponent? Liu Xing flicked Wu Ergou's big knife and broke it into two pieces. Liu Xing flew up and hit Wu Ergou severely. Wu Ergou fell from the sky, spitting blood. I went up to him and hugged him and said, "Ergou, thank you for saving me!"
Wu Ergou said, "I also want to thank you for redeeming me from the stable that day. Others say that I, Wu Ergou, am a heartless and despicable villain, but only Chen Ermaizi thinks that I am a truly good person. I am so sad that Ermaizi is dead. Feng Ziang, you redeemed me that day, and today I give you my life. I want to go downstairs to find my Ermaizi. Ahem, ahem, that's enough. Finally, I don't have to fight and kill so hard."
"Wu Ergou, thank you!"
A large group of refugees also gathered around us. They surrounded Bi Yuntao and me with sticks and shovels. Liu Xing said, "You are here to protect the people in this city. Today, I want them to kill you. Anyone who kills Generals Feng Ziang and Bi Yuntao will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of gold and 1,000 acres of good farmland."
Shouts of killing, sounds of swords clashing, and screams all filled the air, and the battlefield instantly turned into a hellish Asura.
Bi Yuntao protected me behind him, wielding his long sword, and trying his best to resist the Qing soldiers who were pouring in like a tide.
"Yun Tao! Be careful!"
I saw with my own eyes a sharp arrow shot out from the chaotic crowd and went straight towards Bi Yuntao's back!
"No!" My eyes were bloodshot and I rushed forward regardless of everything, using my body to block Bi Yuntao.
“Puff!”
The sound of the arrow piercing flesh rang in my ears.
"Yun Tao..."
It was as if they saw mountains of gold and silver instead of two living people in their eyes. Bi Yuntao was reluctant to hurt them and soon fell into my arms with wounds all over his body. I cried and said, "No!"
"Hahaha, how ridiculous! These are the cities and people you want to save. Who is the emperor and who rules over them has nothing to do with them. How does it feel to die at the hands of the people you want to protect? Hahaha, Feng Ziang, I want you to watch Bi Yuntao being chopped into pieces by these people."
"Don't be sad, cough cough cough, these are all things I am willing to do, to protect this city, I have no regrets, just like I like you, who says two men can't be together, I love you and I won't regret it even if I am torn to pieces."
A sharp spear came from the front and pierced Bi Yuntao's chest directly. I felt his life slipping away. My first thought was to kill them all. Strong and evil dark clouds began to gather in the sky. Huge lightning directly smashed holes in the nearby ground.
"ah"
"I want you to die, I want you to die"
The gods watching from the sky saw this scene and said, "Evil thoughts, if one person dies, everyone will die. This is selfish. The test is over! Start the destruction process."
"Wait, watch"
A man in a white robe grabbed the hand of another god. Feng Ziang's evil thoughts in the plane world became stronger and stronger. However, Bi Yuntao, who was supposed to die, grabbed Feng Ziang's hand with his remaining strength and said, "You are the kind-hearted Feng Ziang. Think about our original belief, which was for the righteousness and peace of the world. Ziang, I love you. I know I am leaving. You are very sad, but it doesn't matter. I will always be with you in your heart."
Bi Yuntao's body turned into a bright tear that smoothed out the hostility in Feng Ziang. The dark clouds in the sky also dissipated. Feng Ziang stood up, picked up a sharp blade and stabbed himself. Blood splattered onto Liu Xing's face.
The man in white robe said: "See! What you thought was evil was eventually defeated by goodness."
"You can destroy our bodies, but you can never destroy the kindness in people's hearts."
At this time, I heard Li Zicheng rushing over with a large number of soldiers and horses, but I closed my eyes and fell heavily to the ground. There was nothing wrong with dying like an ordinary person.
I fell powerlessly into Bi Yuntao's arms, and blood stained his clothes.
My body slowly fell into a pool of blood, my consciousness gradually faded, and the last ray of light also disappeared into the endless darkness...
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