Lian Jue

A baby cry sounded.

Lian Jue didn't sleep deeply at first, but she woke up very quickly.He got out of bed, picked up a piece of clothing, and walked out with his shoes on.Dongli Yutian was pushing the door and going in, supporting the somewhat vain person, and asked: "Where are you going?"

"I was about to find you when I heard crying."

"Nonsense, why is there crying here?"

"It's a baby crying. I think the baby has been born."

"I haven't received any news. You probably figured it out out of worrying too much."

Dongli Yutian calmed him down, put the medicine in his hand on the table, picked up the spoon and started to feed.

"If the baby is born, it won't be long before we get the news."

"No, I have a hunch that the child is probably born. These days, we are busy with the war, and I can not talk about many things. But once the child arrives, I have to think about them."

"No matter how you think about planning, you have to take care of yourself. Without these, there is no point in everything."

"I can't wait any longer. My body knows it. If the child was not born now, even if he wasn't a prince, he should be a wealthy man with no worries about food and clothing. But now, not only has no status, even existence is dangerous. Zhao During Emperor Lan's reign, the empress was pregnant. This is known in the world. No matter who succeeds to the throne in the future, it is impossible not to investigate these matters. If you do not investigate, you will not be able to stop the rumors. If there are old ministers of the Lian family who are interested, There’s no guarantee there won’t be any storms.”

"I told you not to think about it, the more you think about it, the more you think about it. There is no place in Jialan that you don't need to worry about."

Dongli Yutian still said slowly, there was no impatience and impatience in his eyes, and the things that piled up on his desk all day long were not worth talking about here.

"Yu Tian, ​​tell me the truth, is there anything else you haven't told me?"

"I really didn't tell you something. If you don't ask, I won't say a word. But I swore that I would never lie to you again, so as long as you ask, I will know everything."

"Okay, tell me everything. Are you going to take advantage of the civil strife in Liangdu to make Qingyao's mother and son disappear together?"

Dongli Yutian put down the white porcelain medicine bowl that he had been holding all the time, the medicine inside was still steaming. "You drink first, and I will tell you slowly."

Lian Jue was not stubborn, and drank the medicine in a few gulps.At this time, Qingmei came quickly and stood still outside the door.She was holding a handout that she had just received. "Master, there is news."

Probably also expected something, Dongli Yutian said directly: "You tell me."

Qing Mei originally thought that His Majesty was here, and the Lord has not said these things in front of His Majesty recently, she took a look and saw Dongli Yutian's intentions, and said: "The empress has given birth."

"Oh." Dongli Yutian didn't make any waves, and just asked: "Is it a man or a woman?"

"male."

Dongli Yutian waved his hand, signaling Qingmei to back down.When there were only two people left in the room, Dongli Yutian said: "I know you as you know me. This child, no matter how much I don't want him to be born, it is your blood after all. I can't do anything But he is not only your child, if there is no accident, he should be the crown prince of Jialan. However, since Emperor Zhaolan is going to disappear, the prince and queen should disappear forever, and there will be no record in the historical annals." Speaking of this, Dong Li Yutian deliberately took a break.

Lian Jue said: "They can disappear from the annals of history, but they can't live a meager life."

"Jue, you know very well that if he is just an ordinary child, he can naturally change his name. But he is a child of the Jialan Royal family. Even if Liangdu is purged again, those powerful families and other forces in other places will let it go. ? Also, will those courtiers whom you single-handedly promoted give up? Other than these, Danxi will do everything possible to find this child, or fabricate such a child.”

"I know all of this, but..."

"So, you don't have to worry. Just a few small sacrifices, and you'll be fine once and for all. Emperor Zhaolan, the empress and the crown prince died for their country today. This account will be settled in Danxi's hands."

"But whether it's Emperor Zhaolan or the Empress and Prince, it's not true."

"Of course not, and it doesn't need to be. Just let the world know." "Do you want innocent people to do this?"

"Didn't Princess Jiahuang send someone to us?"

"What about the queen and the child?"

"In Liangdu's prison, many people were arrested. You dealt with most of them before, and some criminal officials. Is there anyone willing to do such a thing for their female relatives?"

"Are you threatening the lives of their husbands and children?"

"No, the whole family."

Lian Jue knew clearly that this matter would not end so easily.But such a method is indeed bloody.I don't know if his life is hanging in the balance, it's always easy to think about the past, those people who died due to various reasons, palace fights, conspiracy, people are slightly startled.

"Who's in charge of this?"

"Lu Min."

"Then he..."

"Death is certain."

Lian Jue was silent for a while after listening.He said: "When this is over, let's go back to Liangducheng. I have to see it with my own eyes."

"it is good."

Lu Min's half-kneeling posture was not crooked, his eyes were as calm as an ancient well, and under his sword, a pool of blood had already gathered.Qing Jiahuang waved his hand, ready to let the guards take him down, but the gate of Jiuxiao Palace suddenly opened.

A pair of palace attendants came out one after another from behind the door. They were all dressed in plain clothes, and looking inside, they were all white. The big bell outside the Nine Heavens Palace was rang after one person knelt down.In the old Jialan system, the national funeral bell was rung [-] times. Since the death knell of Jiuxiao Palace began to ring, the temples in Liangdu city also rang the evening bells after hearing the news.Then it spread farther, and the evening bell outside the city also rang.

Qing Yao passed out before giving birth to the baby, Ruyan dragged the crying baby with one hand, and cut the umbilical cord with the other.After simply cleaning the child and cleaning up the blood, a bell rang outside.

The bell kept ringing without stopping.The child kept crying because of the bell.

She puts the baby inside.He said softly: "Baby, don't cry, if you cry again, the bad guys will hear you." Before he could finish speaking, Ao Lie came in from the backyard.He was dressed in black cloth with a lot of dust on it, and his eyes were bloodshot, as if he hadn't rested for several days.Ruyan breathed a sigh of relief. "General Ao, you are finally here. Mother and child are safe."

Ao Lie came back too hastily, Danxi took advantage of the destruction of Liangdu, and has been attacking for several days. The endless see-saw these days has made people exhausted, and the battle is still going on, because the rebels are restraining, it is a little better After a while, Ao Lie took advantage of the gap to return to Liangdu.He had messaged Lu Min a long time ago, saying that he would arrange for someone to pick him up, but the guy who picked him up didn't wait for anyone at all.Ao Lie thought, maybe Lu Min didn't receive the message, but he didn't respond several times in a row.As for the queen, there was no news at all.He was so anxious that he had no choice but to rush over to check the situation by himself.

Because they were not sure about Liangdu's situation, they didn't dare to bring more people back. There were only five hundred elite soldiers stationed outside, and only a few dozen people sneaked in.Before he came in, he sent someone to look for Lu Min in the Prime Minister's Mansion, but it still didn't work.

The ringing of the bell in the ear shook people's heart.Ruyan said: "I will also complete what you entrusted. It's just that Qing Yao just gave birth, so it's not appropriate to leave immediately."

Ao Lie said: "I'm just worried, come and have a look first. Liangdu is basically an empty city, and the Danxi army has not searched carefully. They will not stay in Liangdu for a long time, and they will withdraw tomorrow at the latest. By then Let's go."

Ruyan nodded.Seeing Ao Lie's tired expression, she said: "General, let's rest first." Ao Lie suddenly thought of something, and he stood up immediately. "No, there is something else to do."

After Ao Lie left quietly but quickly, he walked for a while on the empty Liangdu Street. The former imperial capital was full of devastation.He suddenly looked in the direction of the palace, that person could not have gone anywhere else.

Don't you know who Lu Min is?Ao Lie didn't have a horse, so he could only use his energy to move towards the palace.But he was really exhausted, and after a short period of time, his blood was rising and his feet were unsteady.He didn't want to think about it, but many things rushed into his mind.

He thought, when he met him, he must wake him up severely.He has let go of many things, why can't he let go.After thinking about it, he secretly scolded why Liangducheng was so big and couldn't arrive for so long.

None of the people in Jiuxiao Palace spoke, and all of them held a dark yellow wine bottle in their hands.The woman standing at the front wears a dragon, phoenix, bead and emerald crown on her head. Although she is plain, her eyes are astonishingly bright, and she is holding a baby in her hand.She raised the wine bottle, and everyone behind her raised the wine bottle, and the sound of neat sleeves rubbing against each other was like the sound of wind.With a slight smile in her eyes, she fed the wine in her hand to the child.

She smiled because she would be with the kid soon.She wants to exchange the lives of herself and her children for hundreds of lives of a family.However, she cursed whoever put her and her child in such a situation would never get what they wanted forever.

Qing Jiahuang couldn't stop those people from drinking the poisoned wine.The entire Nine Heavens Palace was covered by fallen corpses.And the person on the throne had already passed away.Qing Jiahuang knew that all of this was a conspiracy, and the one who died was not the real Emperor Zhaolan.But all this can only be buried in the heart.She wants to use these Hui Danxie to gain the strongest popular support.It's just that those who died for this can't help but make people feel moved.

Qing Jiahuang didn't go in again, she stood outside the gate of Jiuxiao Palace, silent for a moment.

Lu Min also looked at the fallen people.Some of them are old palace eunuchs, and some are newly promoted courtiers the year before last.They all clearly understood that this was a play, but they were still willing to die for their lord.

Lu Min smiled, even though Jia Lan has come to this point, there will always be some people who will sacrifice their lives for it.This country is not so hopeless.After this, perhaps, a new dynasty will be born.It was built on the corpses of countless people. Year after year, the conspiracy and the mountain of corpses in the sea of ​​blood will disappear.At that time, people's livelihood will be prosperous, they will live and work in peace and contentment, and there will always be another prosperous age.

It's just that, that day, I couldn't see it.

Lu Min exhausted his last bit of strength and placed the sword across his neck.

He looked up and saw the sky, blood red, just like the day many years ago when General An Guo died in battle with a hundred thousand Jialan men.That day, I seemed to have seen such a beautiful scene.

The blood did not splash out quickly, perhaps because he had no strength at all and the cut was not too deep.But the blood flowing out of the mouth meanders and flows down the long white marble steps.He gradually felt very cold, only the blood was warm.

Qing Jiahuang didn't look any further, and with a wave of her hand, the guards quickly withdrew.This person can't be brought back, but it's okay, what will happen to my second brother if he knows that person is dead, I really look forward to it.

Ao Lie skimmed up from under the long steps, halfway there, he saw bloodstains flowing from above.He slipped and almost fell off.He has exhausted all his strength, and the last few steps are simply climbing up.

And the sight of climbing up made him unable to let go.

His Lu Min was lying a few steps away with blood on his body.The wound on the neck was still bleeding.

Ao Lie wanted to yell, but no hoarse voice could come out.Only a mouthful of hot blood, mixed with Lu Min's blood.

He rushed over and hugged Lu Min in his arms.Ao Lie felt that he might have gone crazy, but with his remaining rationality, he immediately touched Lu Min's acupuncture points, tore off the corner of his clothes, and wrapped them around Lu Min's neck.Lu Min half-opened his eyes, he couldn't believe Ao Lie's appearance, he thought it was just a dying hallucination.

His hands moved as his vocal cords were severed and he made a sound like a gurgling drink.Ao Lie's face twitched a few times, and finally begged: "Don't die, okay?"

Lu Min wanted to say, yes.However, he can't.

He raised his hand slowly, and Ao Lie saw that lying in the palm was the little jade tiger he had given him, the emerald green color was almost overshadowed by the color of blood.

If, if I hadn't been so stubborn back then, perhaps, today's ending would not be like this.

However, there is no if at all in the world.

Ao Lie felt that he couldn't see Lu Min's appearance clearly, it must be dark, not the blood gushing out of his eyes covering his sight.

He picked up Lu Min and walked down step by step.

He didn't know where he was going, he was already complete.He didn't want to go back to the army, because those Xiong-Di wouldn't want to see the coach like this, at this moment, he felt that he had nowhere to go.

The person in his arms was getting colder, and he just hugged him.

Lu Min's consciousness began to slacken, and the fire-like sunset in the sky was over, just like his own life, but when the night was about to come, a bright crescent moon came out from Cangshan Mountain in the east.

Ao Lie, look at the moon, even if it is missing so much now, it will become full one day with the passage of time, but unfortunately, the person watching with you is not me anymore.

The moment Lu Min closed his eyes, he heard someone call: "Yan'er."

Must have heard it wrong.

This day is the most unforgettable day in Jialan history.The death knell continued all night, and Emperor Zhaolan and his empress and prince died in the city together.Under the death knell, the voice of Hanyu is weak, which indicates that late autumn is coming.The grain on the land of Jialan has also matured, which is ready for the army's counterattack.

The death knell stopped abruptly when the sun came out the next day.The Danxi army withdrew overnight, and the people who poured into Liangdu City the next day did not see their shadow.

Afterwards, there was a period of ambiguous chronology. The old chronology ended with the death of Emperor Zhaolan, and the new emperor has not been found for a long time.Later, Qin Tianjian was reorganized, and the year was counted by Xingyuan, which was called Chongguang.