Shu Blossoms

Chapter 119: Night Tracking
Two hundred strong men stood by the Qinhuai River, took off their black clothes, wrapped them in oiled paper and tied them around their bodies, leaving only a pair of obscene trousers.

Everyone looked at each other, nodded encouragingly, and jumped down the icy Qinhuai River holding their breath.

The river water in winter is really bitterly cold. The moment they entered the water, they almost got cramps in their hands and feet. After a few breaths, they gradually adapted and began to swim towards the moat along the direction of the water flow.

Zheng Heng was on duty on the Zhuque Bridge. At this time, he was rather helpless. He had been back to the barracks for two days, but he was assigned to bring Liu Yuan, Qiao Ye, Duan Yu and others.

As depressed as him are the Xiao family's Saburo Yu Rui and the Han family's Saburo Shichen!
The two of them have already joined the army due to their family relationship, but they are only 13 years old.

Dazhou Xinfa men cannot enlist in the army before the fifteenth, so the two of them are left behind and Liu Er and the others can only help with chores, and cannot go into battle to kill the enemy!
Zheng Heng was fifteen years old. He stayed at home for two days before returning to report, and was directly arranged by the general to Han Sanlang and the others.

Therefore, these sons and soldiers feel a little underappreciated!
They were assigned to search for soldiers who fell into the river today. It was getting late and the salvage process was very slow. They sat down and rested for a while.

After working hard all day, none of them said a word, quietly watching Jiankang City after being baptized by the flames of war and blood.

"A month ago, the Qinhuai River was full of painted boats, and the sound of zithers lingered on the beams. Now there are only the reflection of the waning moon and floating duckweed..."

Liu Erlang was a little bored, he looked at the swaying moon in the Qinhuai River and sighed.

He really misses the old days, even though he made troubles all day long and made his father angry, but Peng Huai was still alive at that time, so he didn't have to bear the guilt.

Although he was a helpless dandy at that time, he lived a righteous and unscrupulous life.

Unlike now... He raised his head to look at the three people sitting not far away, and thought of the cute but decisive Zheng Wei who was obviously long and snowy, now he had to look at the faces of these people everywhere, and was told by his father all day long To move forward like them.

And Jiankang at that time

Xu Ling brought a hundred soldiers, all dressed in black, to the Qinhuai River with swift and light steps.

Because there are moats on both sides of the Suzaku Gate, and the moat leads into the Qinhuai River. They are all good at water. They only need to dive into the Qinhuai River and swim along the current from west to east into the moat. If they can enter the Suzaku Gate from the bottom of the Zhuque Bridge, They can take advantage of Zhou Jun's drowsiness to climb up the tower and rescue Xie Sheng.

The Qinhuai River, which used to be brightly lit with singing, singing, singing and dancing, is now bleak.

The city is lively, full of fireworks, unlike today's days when you will die from the enemy's long sword at any time.

He felt that people like himself were like this duckweed floating with the water, which could be overturned by huge waves at any time...

duckweed?

Liu Yuan straightened up and knelt on the ground, squinting at the duckweed floating towards him through the opening of the stone bridge.

He looked around again, and there were countless duckweeds floating here.

It's just that the duckweed is a bit strange, the rootless duckweed can only drift with the tide, when will it be able to stand upright?

Unless there are people who hold Ping!
He immediately stood up and shouted, and suddenly reacted, covered his mouth, lay down on the ground and quickly crawled to Zheng Heng Han Sanlang's side.

Liu Yuan's weird behavior attracted the attention of other people, and they couldn't help but look at him.

Zheng Heng asked: "Liu Yuan, what are you doing?"

Liu Yuan had always been in the shadow of Zheng Heng in the martial arts competition before, so he hid away when he saw him, for fear that he would remember his recklessness last time and go crazy and strangle himself to death.

Seeing Zheng Heng looking at him with gentle eyes, he still shrank his neck, straightened up and pointed to the water surface of the Qinhuai River not far away, and said in a low voice: "There is something wrong there."

Zheng Heng, Xiao Yurui, and Han Shichen hurriedly followed his hand to see that densely packed duckweeds were quietly coming towards this side.

The three of them looked at each other, and Xia Yurui whispered, "There are almost 200 people."

"What are these people here for? Don't they die?"

Zheng Heng didn't understand for a moment.

"Don't they want to secretly open the city gate and let the rebels enter the city?"

Liu Yuan interrupted.

"Our army stationed tens of thousands of soldiers at the city gate, and there are no fewer than 2000 generals on duty at night at the city gate alone. I am afraid that this number of people will not be able to open the city gate."

Han Shichen shook his head, and said again: "They are going to take risks together tonight, so let's follow up quietly and have a look."

Zheng Heng and Xiao Yurui nodded.

"Ah, do you want to do this again?"

The three of them turned their heads to look at Liu Yuan. Liu Yuan shrank his neck, but he still took a deep breath and defended himself: "The princess acted without authorization last time. Peng Huai died, and everyone was seriously injured. Your family There are so many guards who died... Today, there are only a few of us, and there are 200 of them..."

Zheng Heng thought: "He is right. Last time Tuoba Yu was only hesitant to get away, so he didn't kill. But this time they sneaked in secretly. If they find us, they will immediately silence them. Just because we are afraid No way."

"Then what to do..."

Before Xiao Yucheng finished speaking, Han Shichen covered his mouth, and more than 20 soldiers on the Zhuque Bridge were silent. After a while, there was a slow and rhythmic sound of running water under the bridge.

"Liu Yuan, take them back and inform the general quietly, the three of us will follow them and see what they want to do!"

Zheng Heng finally made a decision.

Xiao Yurui and Han Shichen had no objection and nodded in agreement.

Liu Yuan was a little worried, "But it's just the three of you..."

"I don't have time, so let's do this. If you delay the battle, you will be killed!"

As Han Shichen said, he followed up first, followed by Xiao Yurui.

Zheng Heng patted Liu Yuan and comforted him: "This time around, our army is all around. We only follow up and don't fight hard. It's safer to have fewer people."

"You have to bring reinforcements here quickly, or we may be easily exposed!"

Said to chase those two people.

"It's like this again!" Liu Yuan was so anxious that he punched Shiqiao fiercely, and immediately silenced when he realized it.

The person who was sneaking underwater seemed to feel the movement above, stopped and looked up at the stone bridge.

After a moment of silence, he directed the others to move on.

And Liu Yuan made a silent gesture to the others on the bridge, and then led them quietly down the Zhuqueshi bridge, and ran to the tower.

In the winter night, a game of life and death unfolds quietly outside Jiankang City.

And in the West Courtyard of Zheng's Mansion, a dying woman was struggling between life and death.

Today Yuan Wang couldn't feed the medicine anymore. In desperation, he asked the servant to open his mother's mouth and pour medicine into it, but he still couldn't swallow it.

The eldest princess persuaded him that Mrs. Yuan has committed too many sins, and it is painful for her to be alive at this time. You should be more open and let her leave with peace of mind!
Yuan Wang pursed his lips tightly, without saying a word, tears dripped down his cheeks into the medicine bowl, he wiped away his tears, and continued to feed the medicine!

But all the decoction trickled down the corner of his mouth into the bedding.

"If my mother wanted to be free, she would have given up a long time ago, but she has been refusing to leave for so long, because she has unsaid words and unfinished business! Princess, I beg you, please find a way to make my mother wake up again. Come once!"

Yuan Wang knelt on the ground and begged bitterly.

(End of this chapter)