Assassin He Chunxia

Chapter 120
"Can't go back!"

"There are tens of thousands of people in Huai'an City!"

The hoarse voice echoed in the wing room. In front of the long map table, several generals sat on one side and watched the two confrontation on the other side.

The one who spoke was a general wearing a mask with flowers. Opposite him was the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, Zhu Tongsheng.

Hua Mian will continue to speak, "The soldiers don't stop day and night, so there is a situation where Huai'an City is in a state of ruin. If the reinforcements from the north want to enter Jiangnan, they must pass through Huai'an. If the king of Zhenxi occupies Huai'an, he will go all the way west and join Xuzhou. , Kaifeng, Henan and other important military areas up to Xi'an, the climate has already become, I am afraid it will be difficult to win."

The tone gradually became more impassioned, "I am Taiyu, I can't stand the battle for a few more years!"

"Huai'an is an empty city." Zhu Tongsheng was unmoved, he put his hands on the table indifferently, and didn't even squint at the flower-faced general.

"How can Huai'an be an empty city!" The flower-faced general said, "Your Excellency has always loved the people like sons, why today, my Dayu people are considered useless and discarded at will!"

"Although Huai'an City is on fire, the city's defenses are all there, and you are also there. Let's defend Huai'an. When the imperial court dispatches troops, when that time comes, sending troops to take Nanjing directly will be catching turtles in the urn."

Zhu Tongsheng snorted coldly and interrupted his words.

"What about the food? Who will give the food? King Zhenxi has 3000 elite soldiers. What if King Zhenxi doesn't attack Huai'an, but my Songjiang Mansion? If the troops are scattered, neither side will be able to defend it." Zhu Tongsheng stretched out his hand and stood on the table. Yila, "Nanjing is only half a day away from here by boat. When the spies came back, the army was gathering. We only have 3000 people, [-] people. What are we going to do?"

"There are still tens of thousands of people in Huai'an City!" Hua Mian shouted hoarsely, "The King of Zhenxi needs to stay in Nanjing and bring a maximum of [-] troops, and we rely on the city wall to seal the waterway, and we only need to survive five Day, at most five days, reinforcements will arrive!”

"It won't last for five days." Zhu Tongsheng shook his head, "You know it well."

Hua Mian will hesitate for a while, then speak again, no longer excited, and whisper, "Then take the people away, there is no reason for the teacher to return to the house in front of the people."

"How many people do you want to bring? How many people can you bring?" Zhu Tongsheng asked and shook his head, "It takes time to clean up the soft, and it also takes time to divide the troops to organize, and what we lack most is time." The generals, "In half a quarter of an hour, you can send orders."

"Then I won't go."

"What?" Zhu Tongsheng pricked up his ears, as if he didn't hear clearly, "What do you mean?"

"I do not go."

Three decisive words.

"Someone, bind him to me."

The four soldiers who were waiting around rushed up, and the flower-faced man moved nimbly, moving from side to side, and the four of them joined forces, and they were helpless against him. What are you doing!"

Everyone made a move together, and there was no more room to display in the wide wing, and the flower noodles would be captured in a short while.

He growled hoarsely.

"You're sorry for the Xu family, why did you tie me up!"

"I'll tie you up" Zhu Tongsheng's face changed in a rare sight, his eyes bulged out and his cheeks were flushed, "I'll tie you up", he was so angry that he suppressed his anger, coughing again and again, and it took a while to stop, and he waved his hand to signal the soldier Untie, "I'm sorry for the Xu family."

Looking at the steps that the flower face will walk away lightly, Zhu Tongchang let out a long sigh.

Xu Shen, 31 years old, native of Songjiang Prefecture, Wu Xunxiao Cavalry Captain, Xu family is a family of military generals, more than ten years ago, when the Manchus entered the customs, Xu's family has 17 men who can hold weapons, 24 female family members, thousands of miles When he went to Beijing, he was the only one left.

He was born with a pair of peach blossom eyes, a thick nose and thick eyebrows. At the age of seventeen or eighteen, he was handsome, and countless young and beautiful women in Songjiang Prefecture fell for him, and the threshold of the Xu family was broken by embroidered shoes.

After returning from the capital, there were five scars on his face, deep or shallow, and he became an ugly scar-faced general.

The door is deserted, and there is no complaint.

He married the maid who served him since childhood, and the two were very loving.His wife likes Yueyuehong very much. The Xu family's yard is very big and empty. Madam, she has planted every yard with this red color, and she likes the look of a prosperous one.

The wife also likes children. Most of the children in the military town are from poor backgrounds. The wife usually buys a candy booth in the city to draw candy figures for the children.

Xu Shen's face was disgusting, and the children were afraid and dared not look at him. Later, the wife knitted a mask for him layer by layer. An embroidery.

Xu Shen didn't recognize many flowers, and he never knew what kind of flowers were embroidered on the cover, peony?Moon Moon Red?Every time he asked, his wife would come over, brush off the cuffs of the pipa, cover his blushing face, and secretly kiss his eyes.

He has a pair of very gentle eyes.

It's a pity that maybe the girl didn't have such luck in her life. The general's wife became pregnant not long after she became the general. In October, the pregnancy was difficult to give birth, and the mother and child were not saved.

For the next nine years, he did not marry again, and the Xu family was full of moon and moon in the courtyard.

He pretended to pass by when he heard the singing.

"Flowers".

"A good jasmine flower, a good jasmine flower, the fragrance of the flowers and grass in the garden is not as fragrant as it; I have the heart to pick one and I am afraid that it will not germinate in the coming year."

The singing is simple and unpleasant, but it is especially moving with the fragrance of jasmine in the midst of the ruins.

He stepped on the fragrant gravel road, and in the small flowerbed at the corner, the young girl in her jasper years was pruning the flower branches with scissors.

In the early morning, there were few people on the road, and the sudden appearance made the flower girl look sideways.

"I remember you!"

Xu Shen stared, slightly stunned, the girl's smile was as sweet as nectar.

"Last time I wished the lord to condolence to the people on the street, you stood by his side. You" she suddenly remembered something, put away her smiling face, patted the coarse cloth clothes, and knelt down to bow, "The girl takes the liberty, please pay your respects to the lord. ."

Xu Shen smiled kindly, "A little guard, not an adult."

The smile was hidden by the mask, the flower girl secretly raised her head and glanced at the flower mask, looked at Xu Shen, immediately dodged away, and continued to fall to the ground.Xu Shen had no choice but to step forward and kneel on one knee to help the girl up, "I wish you love the people like a son, if you see you kneeling on me like this, I'm afraid that I will be cut from my position immediately, not to mention that you are very similar to my little sister, Seeing you kind, you don't need to be more polite."

"Are you really just a little guard?" The flower girl glanced at the pair of eyes he hid behind the mask, she was sincere and indifferent, then got up and grinned.

"My name is Cheng Li. I'm 16 years old this year. What's the age of your little sister?"

"My little sister died when she was 16 years old. She ran into a spear full of people and was pierced by the point of the spear." Xu Shen's eyes were slightly red, "She was captured, and she didn't want to be insulted. Don't bow your head."

Cheng Li heard the sourness in his words, followed with a sigh, and changed the subject, "You have a beautiful face on your face, it's your little sister, um, no, this mask must be woven for you by your sweetheart."

"How did you guess that?"

"This flower is called Jiangli." Cheng Li smiled. "You were injured on the battlefield, so you wore a mask. Your sweetheart, are you together? Are there any children?"

The doctor said that his wife was too tired, and everyone from the Xu family went to Beijing. A maid, apart from hard work, had no way to support her family.

The child in the womb is a burden to the wife.But she likes children so much, in order to be able to hold this warm, soft little thing, she is willing to die.

She knitted the mask, hoping that the child in her belly would not be afraid of her father.

will leave.

Xu Shen had tears in his eyes.

He couldn't bear to talk any more, turned his back, and walked away silently.

"Thank you."

Her voice sounded behind her, but Xu Shen didn't look back.

After that, he always passed by here, sniffing the fragrance of the flowers, and sneaking a few glances at the very energetic little flower girl.

Cheng Li was willing to take the initiative to gossip with him, and the two were familiar with each other.

"My parents took my brother to Songjiang Mansion to ask for a living. They said they would come back at the end of the year. How long would you stay? If you live nearby, help me with something." Cheng Li stretched out his scissors and repaired the flower branches. Xu Shen in the old rocking chair.

"Okay." Xu Shen blew the steaming gaiwan flower tea, took a small sip, put it on the ground, raised his head, took off the mask and placed it on his chest, the sun was shining on the face in the gully cut by the sword, and the warm , "How are they doing, I have some connections, so I can take care of them."

"That's a good feeling. My father always coughs at night. I'll pick some lilies and save them. You can make tea for him." Cheng Li sighed, "My family is honest, and I heard that the people in Songjiang are smart. Those who are not on our side, I hope they will not be bullied by others."

"It's not." Xu Shen closed his eyes, enjoying the rare good weather in the rainy season, "By the way, your family has gone out, you are the only one at home, aren't you afraid at night?"

She shook the small iron scissors in her hand, "I have this, I'm not afraid, I hide it next to my pillow every night."

Xu Shen immediately changed a group of cronies to watch the night nearby.

Most of the time, the two of them would gossip while tidying up the small flowerbed.

"Kirin suit, Jin Yiwei, he should be a very big official. If there is such a high-ranking official who is willing to marry me, then I will be your lady, and you can do whatever you want." Cheng Li tilted his head, his hands were not moving. Stop, "I want to live in a big, big yard and plant a lot of flowers."

"I may become a great official."

Cheng Li's eyes rolled, "Really?"

"King Zhenxi proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing, killed the enemy on the battlefield, accumulated military exploits, maybe he could become a great official." Xu Shen's fake face concealed his expression, "However, maybe die."

"Then I don't want you to die, so you should still be your little guard." Cheng Li made a face, "When I become a noble lady, I will invite you to be the guard, and we two grow a lot in the big yard every day. flowers."

He sat up, the mask slipped, looked at her, and suddenly laughed.

He laughed really ugly.

She smiled too, a smile as sweet as nectar.

Yu Ziqi came faster than expected, and Zhu Tongsheng had just left for one night, and the soldiers approached the bottom of the pond.

He stepped out of the army formation on a red-maned horse, and was a hundred paces away from the city. This was the range that an ordinary bow and crossbow could reach. He looked at this towering and sturdy huge city indifferently. empty.

It's like he never put that unborn baby, a future saint in his eyes.

Because he knew a simple truth.

Only those who survive are worthy of being called destiny.

Yu Ziqi quietly looked at the empty city wall, a shadow slipped from the wall, and stepped forward step by step.

Open up.

"Who will come."

The flower face will slowly take off the veil embroidered with Jiang Li, and tuck it into the inner mouth of the clothes, revealing that hideous face full of scars.

He lifted the Pu Dao and held it horizontally in front of his chest.

"The Xu family, Xu Shen."

(End of this chapter)