Chapter 22
Chapter 22
Zhong Tianqing, who was hiding behind the wall, looked exhausted. He clutched his chest, from his body to his heart, he was very tired.
He doesn't want to see him anymore.
In the end, he was not wearing a bright armor to attack the enemy. Yuan Bao supported him, and he pressed his own crooked armor. The two stumbled down the stairs, hiding in the crowd of people with disgrace, and being led by others, they chased after Zaoxia. After leaving the gate tower, Shi Zizhang was hiding in the dark.
His master, Zhang Mao, hid beside a residential house with his waist down, and beside him were several half-aged generals and entourages. Under the moonlight, he saw Zhong Tianqing rushing here sickly with Yuan Bao, and he felt relieved immediately. He didn't have any sense of shame in his tone, and when Zhong Tianqing arrived beside him, he showed some joy, and said to the people behind him, "Okay, everyone is here, let's go quickly."
Zhong Tianqing looked at those old generals across him, and there were shame, humiliation, and avoidance on the other's faces, and so on.
Zhong Tianqing lowered his eyes, this was the first time he did such a thing.
He didn't know what was wrong with him.
In the middle of the night that day, this group of people left the city from their hiding place.
Half an hour later, the soldiers guarding the city gate suddenly received a message from their superiors and abandoned the city to retreat.
Half a quarter of an hour later, the Yunguang Army launched a massive attack, and tens of thousands of soldiers poured into the city like a black sea. These well-equipped and energetic soldiers climbed up the tower, occupied the city gate, dispersed into the streets, and climbed onto the roof. It was too late to retreat. At the same time, they searched everywhere for the whereabouts of Shi Zizhang and Zhong Tianqing.
On the city tower, the cold wind blew down the flag of the evil spirit army, and there were discarded things all over the ground, including scabbards, armor, and burnt torches.
Xue stepped on the dirty ground with brand-new soles of his boots, and he looked around the deserted city tower, wondering what he was thinking.
Ji Lin followed behind him like a ghost, and when Xue Zhao was in a daze, he said calmly: "He ran away a long time ago."
Xuezhao was startled, and looked back at him, calmly, "Who are you talking about?"
Ji Lin looked at him, neither avoiding nor dodging, "Who is Your Highness looking for?"
Xuezhao stared at him, refusing to answer.
Ji Lin looked at him quietly, "Just now, you saw that person at the bottom of the city, right? Your Highness, with your arrow technique, you only hit the wall."
He took a few steps back, waved his hand and pulled out an arrow wrapped in gold from the wall, which was exclusive to Xuezhao.
Like a girl wiping her beloved hairpin, Ji Lin wiped the arrow lightly, and handed it to Xuezhao, like a silent "why"
Ye Ying flickered heavily on the snowy face, and he lowered his eyes, staring at the arrow.
Ji Lin's words are like the gate of a water storage lake. After breaking open, there will be stormy waves and floods.
But he refused to show it, and took the arrow lightly, unconsciously pinching it in his hand.
He endured and endured, and said to Ji Lin: "...you go down first."
Ji Lin saluted respectfully, and slowly descended the stairs, leaving him standing alone on the empty tower.
Xuezhao raised his eyes, the surroundings were so terrified that he felt a little panic in his heart, he turned around and looked around, the neatly arranged battlements, the towering battle flags, all of which made him dizzy.
He held his forehead and felt a headache.
The soldiers trotted over to ask for instructions, "Your Highness, I found that the leader of the rebel army has absconded in the direction of Heishi Mountain. Should I kill him or not?"
Xuezhao opened her eyes slightly under the hand holding her forehead.
To kill or not to kill?
He didn't know, he was really confused.
He can't understand himself.
The city tower is solemn, simple and unsophisticated, standing squarely under the night, silent, and the soldiers did not wait for the answer.
After being silent for a long time, Xuezhao threw down the accompanying token and tossed it lightly, his voice was also floating, "Kill it."
Downstairs, everyone was waiting for Xuezhao to come downstairs, and the soldiers stationed scattered around. Mr. Guo rubbed his hands and walked back and forth, while Ji Lin was wearing a red armor, leaning against the foot of the city wall with his sword in his arms, deep in thought.
Master Guo also doesn't know why His Highness still doesn't go downstairs, is he remembering his lover upstairs?
He stomped his feet in the cold, and caught sight of the silent person by the wall, "Little General Ji, what's the matter, you went upstairs with His Highness, why did you come down, and His Highness hasn't come down for so long?"
Ji Lin was too lazy to talk to others, "How do I know?"
Master Guo moved closer to him, "What is Your Highness doing up there?" He looked upstairs, "Do you want to go up and have a look, in case there are remnants of the evil spirit army hidden..."
I saw a soldier running up the stairs, grinning his teeth while running, holding up a military order, "His Royal Highness's order, chase and kill the rebels along the way!"
Before Master Guo recovered, Ji Lin jumped up suddenly, grabbed the military order, checked it repeatedly, and said pleasantly: "Really?"
He was overjoyed in his heart, and then turned into astonishment. Looking at the tall tower, complex emotions emerged in his heart.
He and Zhong Tianqing are eternal enemies. His grandfather Ji, the old general, was loyal to his family all his life, but was beheaded by Zhong Tianqing. His grandfather had only one daughter in his life, and that was his mother. After hearing the news of his death, he lost his mind. The root of madness was left behind, but fortunately, the person my mother married later—a poor scholar from a small place, has been taking care of my mother relentlessly. Thinking about it this way, my mother's unfortunate life is somewhat glorious.
I haven't seen her for several years.
Ji Lin was originally an open-minded personality. He knew that in troubled times, life and death are involuntary. He is in the army. Everyone bears blood debts, grievances and karma, and so does he. Originally, he only hated Zhong Tianqing like others, but It's getting heavier now.
Besides the death of grandpa, there is another reason...
He pursed his lips and looked upstairs. The man refused to mention it, so he bit down the reason and swallowed it down.
So now that Xuezhao ordered to hunt down that man, he is the happiest.
But at this moment, joy and many other feelings were mixed together and tossed in his heart, which made him almost sigh with emotion.
Master Guo couldn't understand, so he asked him: "What do you look like? The military order wrote you a poem?"
Ji Lin gave him a blank look, and carefully put on the military order, "Get up immediately and get ready to go!"
After a while, Xuezhao went downstairs, and Yun Guangjun set off on the same spot, and ran into the depths of the night along the trail.
The sky in the dark night can't be seen as cloudy or sunny, but the wind can transmit moisture. Zhong Tianqing leaned on the horse's back, lower than everyone else. While pulling the horse rope desperately, he clenched his clothes tightly to resist the cool wind, and shouted to the front : "It's going to rain."
Zhang Zizhang, who was at the front, heard this, and stretched out his hand to try it out, "Really?"
The others ran with all their strength straightened out, and they didn't feel strange at all, "Qingtouer, how do you know?"
The galloping wind easily pierced through the seam of the tightly covered skirt, Zhong Tianqing closed his eyes, his hot back shivered uncontrollably under the thin and cool clothes.
Every bit of coldness in the night made him more sensitive than others. The moisture surging in the air seemed to be able to kiss his pores and penetrate into his skin.
He didn't dare to relax. During the ups and downs, he thought, he...maybe...not the wind and cold...
Before he could finish his thoughts, he tilted his body, slanted off the horse, and fell into the bushes on the side of the road.
Fortunately, Fang Yuanbao exclaimed immediately behind him: "Qingtouer! Stop! Qingtouer fell off the horse!"
Immediately there was a shouting sound from the front, and the horse's hooves kicked and tramped from far to near.
There was a sloping shrub at the bottom for him, Zhong Tianqing didn't fall hard, but there were many small thorns on the shrub, he felt a prickly pain on his arms and back, when he moved a little, he heard a thud, and a piece of his sleeve Hang on twigs.
At the same time, there was a throbbing pain in his lower abdomen, which made him unable to get up.
In a daze, he even felt that some parts of his lower body were moist, like a woman had her period.
Yuan Bao rushed over first, and asked, "Is it okay?" Pulling him up, he used to think that Qingtouer's skin is rough and fleshy, and a fall or two is nothing.However, this time he pulled hard and didn't pull.
There was a loud noise in the sky, the drizzle had fallen at some point, a thunder flashed, and the white light shone, Zhong Tianqing closed his eyes tightly, his face was covered with rain, and he lay huddled in the grass.
Yuan Bao was startled, and before he could yell out, he was thrown aside.Master Zizhang rushed into the grass and picked up Zhong Tianqing, "Wake up! Hold on a little longer! After crossing the Zhengdu River, I will find the best doctor for you! Do you hear me!"
Zhong Tianqing was so noisy that he slowly opened his eyes, facing the rain on his face, and said softly, "Okay, my subordinates are waiting."
The body hurts so much... Is he going to die of pain?Is this the time of his death?Many times before, I thought that I was sure to die, but I didn't expect that I escaped from death every time and earned many... good days.
Zhong Tianqing smiled absently.
It's worth it...
Seeing his smile, Shi Zizhang felt as if a bottomless pit had opened up in his heart, and shouted in fear, "Zhong Tianqing!"
Zhong Tianqing said weakly: "I can't go anymore...Your Highness...you can go."
Master Zizhang yelled against the rain: "Fart! If you don't leave, how can we leave!"
Yuan Bao was also in a hurry: "Crossing this ravine is Heishi Mountain. Heishi Mountain has our troops stationed there. After passing Heishi Mountain, we will reach the Zhengdu River! We can attack and defend! The situation will be much more lenient!"
Everyone also echoed, "That's right, when we arrive at Heishi Mountain, we will regroup! Qingtouer, you have to leave!"
Zhong Tianqing's eyes were glazed over, his lips were tightly closed, and he did not respond.
He was so dazed that even if he wanted to leave, he couldn't speak.
Master Zizhang was ruthless, and ordered his horse to be brought in, and Zhong Tianqing was shoved on the horse regardless of good or bad. He climbed up staggeringly in the heavy rain, groping for the rein, and "driving" Jumped out with a sound.The rest followed suit.
It was dark and rainy, and Shi Zizhang's eyes were chaotic and gloomy. He grabbed Zhong Tianqing's waist, clothes, belt, and arms randomly and bumped along the way.
Zhong Tianqing became numb after being shaken, but gradually became clear after deep thought.
The person behind him gritted his teeth, and his arms were tightened like iron hoops.
He thought, he can't die, at least he has to send the latter person to Zhengdu River.
A quarter of an hour later, it was still the muddy path.
One by one, Yun Guangjun walked along the narrow road. The road was wet and slippery, even if they all rode tall horses, they couldn't use it.
The heavy rain was heavy, and both those who were fleeing and those who were chasing were restricted in their footsteps.
Thunder flashed, and there was a bush on the side of the road that was different from other places, as if it had been overwhelmed. Ji Lin immediately got off his horse, touched the broken twigs with his fingers, and looked forward, there was only a small overwhelmed trace.
The team stopped, and Xuezhao got off his horse and rushed here. He watched Ji Lin pick out a small piece of fabric from a tree branch, take it over and unfold it for a closer look. The plain fabric and simple cloud patterns are not what ordinary soldiers create. wear.
The more he looked at the cloth, the more familiar it became... He had taken it off and thrown it on the thin wood.
The hand holding the fabric clenched tightly.
Ji Lin made another big discovery. He found a bright red spot at the root of the grass, and said loudly, "There is blood here!"
Xuezhao leaned down, her slender fingers touched the bright red lightly, it was indeed blood.
Someone said in surprise: "It seems that someone in the evil spirit army was injured!"
"Maybe he fell off the horse!"
There was another thunder in the sky, which made people panic.
Shi Xuezhao raised her face in the thunder, took a breath, and said in a low voice, "Get on the horse."
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