twin moon

Chapter 106 No.13 Act [-]

Yuansui 11 years, the tenth day of the first lunar month.The moon has not yet set, but the morning star has slowly risen from the horizon.In the deep blue sky, a fish-belly whiteness appeared in the east, gradually overshadowing the brilliance of the entire Milky Way.

Hai Qiuyang, who was sleepless all night, rushed out a confidential letter.He sealed the secret letter with sealing wax, and imprinted the double carp seal representing Duke Fu himself on the ring on his little finger, and then called out the soldiers who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, and sent The letter was handed over to the other party:

"Leave the city immediately, and quickly send this letter to Ye Country Camp twenty miles away!"

The soldiers seemed to be used to such orders, and immediately turned around and left the palace, riding away in a hurry.As soon as he left, Hai Qiuyang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard commotion outside the palace.Immediately after that, the golden drums sounded on the top of the Gongchen Gate tower in the north, indicating that foreign enemies are coming!

Hai Qiuyang's face darkened, as if he had already guessed what happened outside the city, and immediately ordered someone to go to the prison to bring Qi Ziyin and Leng Jiayun out.He himself hastily put on a fur cloak, summoned the palace guards, and ran up the city wall mightily.

The Jinlin Army, which was in charge of guarding the capital, quickly assembled and quickly locked the city gate.The crossbowmen also set up a posture at the top of the city, bending their bows and nodding their arrows.

On the tip of Leiyin Mountain in the east, a ray of orange-red light lit up at some point.Standing on the wall of Yunzhi City and looking down, one can see a huge army formation with more than ten thousand people neatly spread out on the endless plain.Its vanguard has already advanced to about three li away from the top of the city, and the soldiers in the formation are all wearing black armor, holding high the black sea falcon flag as the banner, it is the boat master of Ye Kingdom!
A group of soldiers on fast horses galloped out of the formation, and after a while they rushed to the top of the city.The leading general wore a long golden feather on his helmet, but he didn't seem to be here to call for battle, but he raised his voice to see Duke Fu, and there was no respect in his words:
"Let that Hai Qiuyang come out!"

Seeing this, the crossbowmen in the city aimed their iron arrows at the people coming.Unexpectedly, Fu Guogong was in a hurry, and stopped loudly:

"A group of idiots, do you want to kill the widow? Why don't you put down all the bows and crossbows! Do you really think that you can withstand the army of Ye Kingdom outside the city?"

Immediately afterwards, he hurriedly poked his head out from the battlements again, completely lacking the bravery that he had when he led five hundred brocade scales to frighten the opponent away three months ago: "This general, Hai is here, here! The army of Ye Kingdom today is here!" It is really frightening to see the soldiers approaching the city, can you suspend the weapons and let Hai go down and have a detailed discussion with you face to face?"

"Don't talk about it! Three months ago, you edited the book and gave it to the state of Ye. It was the Mo family who sent people to intercept the execution ground of the state of Ye and took away the death row prisoner Qi Ziyin. It has nothing to do with you or the state of Fu. At this time, the matter is very important. If you deal with it Improperness will affect the entire Wanzhou chamber of commerce, so His Majesty ordered this general to cooperate with you, perform a play to stabilize the rebel first, and then discuss it in the long run. But now that the agreed period has passed, you have promised to hand it over to our people , and where?!"

Hai Qiuyang wanted to temporarily stabilize the chaotic situation, but the generals under the city directly revealed all the secret communication between him and Ye Kingdom.

Before the words fell, there was already an uproar among the defenders at the top of the city, and they all turned their heads to look at their lord.Although he couldn't hold back his face, Hai Qiuyang had no time to take care of these things at this time, but turned his head and shouted behind him:

"Hurry up and bring the criminals forward!"

The two figures, one white and one purple, who were tied up with five flowers, were quickly escorted to the top of the city.Hai Qiuyang heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this, grabbed the boy in white by the collar, dragged him to the battlements, and continued to shout down the wall: "General, please look clearly, the traitor that Ye Kingdom wants to arrest, Haimou It has already been taken down!"

When Qi Ziyin saw this, the anger in his heart was blazing, and he spat on the other party's face: "Despicable villain! Earlier you said that you would borrow a boat from me, but you would never honor it, would you!?"

Before tonight, he still couldn't believe that the Duke of Fu, who had always been upright and awe-inspiring, would be a treacherous and fearless rat.In the past three months, the other party not only successfully deceived himself, but also Mo Zeming, and even the Jinlin army standing on the top of the city was completely kept in the dark by him.

Hai Qiuyang raised his sleeves and wiped his face indiscriminately, with a fierce look in his eyes: "Young master Ziyin, if you want to complain, you can blame that Mo family's brat. Hai had a nice talk with each other a month ago, and only asked He handed over Mo's salt mine in Suli Mountain to me to operate, as a reward for helping you escape this time. Who would have thought that this little devil would refuse without any sympathy! I, Hai's, are dignified anyway. Monarch, the protection and support of the Mo family for more than a hundred years is obvious to all, and this time he has gambled the fortune of the entire Fu Kingdom to help him, even a few salt wells!"

"Shameless! Suli Salt Well is the foundation of Mo's foothold. Others have worked so hard to manage the family business for more than a hundred years, so why give it to you?!"

In this way, Qi Ziyin finally understood why the ruler of the Fu Kingdom who had helped him so much in front of him suddenly turned his back on him.He only felt a fire in his chest, but there was nothing he could do.After cursing a few words, the young man suddenly worried about the silver-haired child he hadn't seen for some days—perhaps at this moment, he had already been imprisoned by the pious Duke Fu in front of him, and even murdered!
Facing the cursing of the young master of Ye Kingdom, Hai Qiuyang didn't make much excuses, and he didn't even want to look him in the eye, but turned his head and continued to smile at the general under the city:
"Last night, Mr. Hai wrote a letter specially to inform about this matter. I wonder if the messenger general has seen it?"

"Is he the one you're talking about?"

The general under the city sneered, and waved his hands to let his subordinates push one out from behind the horse.Hai Qiuyang looked down and could see clearly that the man was the soldier he sent to deliver the letter.At this time, his eyes and tongue had already been gouged out by the opponent, and he became crippled!

"General—general, why is this! Didn't we already talk about it before, if Hai helped Ye State capture Qi Ziyin, the seat and profits originally belonged to Mo's in the Wanzhou Chamber of Commerce will be shared equally with your country? What's more, it is precisely because of Mo Zeming's obstruction in every possible way that the few people have no choice but to delay this matter again and again, and it is right to teach him a lesson!"

Hai Qiuyang was frightened by the other party, and finally revealed his truth completely - he hadn't made things difficult for Qi Ziyin and his party for several months, it was only because he was bargaining with Ye country.After all, compared with the chamber of commerce and its [-]% profit, the few salt wells in the mountains are not worth mentioning at all.

However, these little tricks of his were still no match for the tens of thousands of troops under the city who were clad in armor and sharpening their knives.General Ye waved his hand again, ordering his subordinates to help the half-disabled soldier onto the horse:

"Mr. Fu, do you really think that our Lord Ye is a three-year-old child, and can be fooled so easily? Yunzhi Mo is the head of the Chamber of Commerce. Giving you half of his seat is equivalent to giving half of Wanzhou Your lifeline is in your hands?! Stop talking nonsense, this person was born and died for you, and now this general will release him in front of all the soldiers of the Fu Kingdom. If you still have a little conscience, you will personally open the door and take him back !"

After finishing speaking, Fang Fangzhao slapped the horse's buttock carrying the disabled bodyguard severely.The war horse suffered from pain, and spread its four hooves and galloped towards the city gate.

However, this put Hai Qiuyang into a dilemma.He knew in his heart that this was the other party's plan to alienate, if he refused to save people, the last bit of prestige that remained would be gone.But at this time, the Gongchen Gate where the two sides are facing each other is a suspension bridge hanging on the moat. If it is fully opened and then closed again, it will take at least an incense stick of time.If it was turned on rashly, the iron cavalry of Ye Kingdom would be able to attack the city in an instant, and take the opportunity to rush into the city without any room for maneuver.

In a dilemma, he had no choice but to try his best to suppress the uneasiness in his heart, and continued to cough twice dryly with a smiling face:
"What did the general say? Why can't you trust Hai so much? We have few major generals in Fu State, and now your army is standing under the city. Even if Hai wants to open the door to save people, he has to think about the hundreds of thousands of people in the city. I also ask the general to lead the people back to the camp first, and Hai will send someone to escort a group of criminals to the camp to plead guilty in the future."

"Now that things are going on, does Mr. Fu still want to delay the time? The general has already given the opportunity, but you have been obsequious and obedient. While delaying the time, you promised to send the two traitors to the boat. I really think that you are a farewell party for those two traitors. Can you escape the eyes and ears of the Lord of Ye Kingdom?! Today, his old man will only give you two choices, one is to hand over the prisoner together with the seal of the country, and bow your head to be a vassal state of Ye Kingdom from now on. My army broke through the city and seized people, and there has been no Fu country in the world since then. You choose yourself!"

The ultimatum made Hai Qiuyang completely at a loss.Although he was not greedy enough, he didn't expect that all his wishful thinking would come to nothing, not even a little benefit.Now not only the interests that were originally negotiated are in vain, even his own throne is in danger!

What made him even more terrified was that there really were secret agents from Ye Kingdom who infiltrated the palace, and even passed on to Qi Shouyu's ears verbatim the words he and Qi Ziyin had said in playful scenes!

Faced with such a situation, Duke Fu finally came up with the idea of ​​killing and breaking: the Jinlin army stationed in the city now has no less than [-] people. Even if they cannot hold the city, they must not let the opponent freely enter and exit like a pocket.Besides, he needs to buy time for his body to retreat!

"Release the arrow, let the widow immediately release the arrow!"

Lord Fu roared loudly, hoping to use the dense rain of arrows to shoot and kill General Ye, who was standing under the city at this moment, on the spot.Unexpectedly, among the thousands of Jinlin troops holding bows and arrows on the city wall, none of them took orders.What's more, he actually took out all the stringed arrows in his hand.

"A group of dog slaves, is this trying to rebel? The widow spends so much money to support you, is it just to make you fight!"

Hai Qiuyang's eyes showed endless despair.After cursing a few words, seeing that no one paid any attention, he reached out and snatched the bow and arrow from a soldier beside him, drew the bow and arrow to the top of the city.But how could General Ye wait for him at the same place, he had already led his entourage back to the formation.

Fu Guogong was full of anger and had nowhere to vent his anger. He turned the arrow and shot the soldier who had already rushed to the bottom of the city with an arrow in the chest!The wounded soldier fell to his death immediately, which once again caused an uproar on the top of the city, but Hai Qiuyang didn't care about it anymore, he turned around and wanted to find Qi Ziyin - because he knew in his heart that this young master of Ye Kingdom was the only one in his hands right now. It can continue to be used as a bargaining chip.

The defenders on the city wall finally couldn't stand it anymore, and quickly walked to the king and knelt down on one knee:
"My lord, please listen to what the last general said! For the current plan, if these two criminals are sent out of the city immediately, there may be a slight possibility of suing for peace. Why should we tear ourselves apart with the country of Ye? Our Jinlin army You are all good men, and the brothers are not disobedient, they just don't want to ruin their lives for two outsiders, please think twice, Your Majesty!"

"Think twice? Do you know that if I hand over these two people, I will get nothing! You are neither disobedient nor greedy for life and fear of death. Now, according to the widow's order, immediately pile up hay everywhere in the city and set it on fire. !"

"The lord is—does he want to burn the city? What should the thousands of people in the city do!"

For a moment, the general thought he had heard it wrong, so he knelt on the ground and dared not take orders.

"Who cares about them! Fu Country is my Fu Country alone, Hai Qiuyang! In this life, no one can take away what belongs to me easily! If Ye Country wants to take it away, I will leave it to you." They are in ruins!"

Right now, Fu Guogong, who was in a desperate situation, was almost insane, and laughed out loud without any scruples.His hair was also disheveled, flying like grass in the wind.That laughter, hoarse and crazy, made the people in the city stand terrified.

"My lord, please forgive me...can't..."

The general knew that the king had already lost his mind at this time, and a drop of cold sweat was streaming down his forehead.However, before he finished speaking, he heard a "Zheng" sound, and then his neck felt cold, and it was Hai Qiuyang in front of him who pulled out the saber from his waist, and cut off his head with one sword!

"Liars, a bunch of liars! Since you are not willing to help me Haimou, then everyone will die here together, and no one will live!"

Fu Guogong screamed and waved the sword in his hand, and cut down several crossbowmen around him one after another.Suddenly, the top of the city was filled with a blood-red color.

Helplessly, Jinlin is the army of Fu Kingdom after all, and he dare not easily commit an offense, let alone turn against him, but kept backing away to avoid the sharp blade in the opponent's hand.As a result, Qi Ziyin and Leng Jiayun, who were originally surrounded by soldiers, had nowhere to hide, and were completely exposed to Duke Fu's sight!

"The widow is in such a state today because of the two of you, and that damned Mo Zeming! Although Hai can't kill you right now, he can still torture you! So he chopped off both of your hands first to vent his anger. Then go find the whereabouts of the silver-haired kid, chop it up and feed it to the dogs!"

Hai Qiuyang cursed through gritted teeth, swung his sword and stabbed at the boy in white.Qi Ziyin closed his eyes, stepped diagonally in front of Leng Jiayun, but suddenly felt a little relieved in his heart:

"Fortunately, Mo Zeming, he was not arrested..."

In the boy's ears, he could clearly hear the sound of a sharp knife piercing into a flesh and blood body.Then the metal rubbed against the spine and ribs, and came out of the body again.He opened his eyes, but he saw that the person who fell on the top of the wall was not himself in white clothes, but Hai Qiuyang who held a sharp sword in front of him and regarded human life like nothing!

It is impossible for anyone to find out that the people who took Hai Qiuyang's life were actually two ordinary Jinlin junior sergeants!The garrison on the top of the city suddenly exploded like a pot, they took up the weapons in their hands one after another, and surrounded the two of them together with Qi Ziyin and Leng Jiayun.But suddenly one of them pointed to the sky above his head and shouted loudly:
"Look for cover! The army of Ye Kingdom is attacking!"

Before the words fell, under the dim sky, several bright spots rose from the formation of the army of Ye State, and flew to the top of the city in a short while—they were stone crossbows used for attacking the city.The stone bullets fired by the crossbow machine were now smeared with kerosene, and a raging fire was immediately ignited wherever it touched!
"Soldiers, if you really care about the people in the city, immediately arrange for them to leave the city through the south gate! Yunzhi will definitely not be able to keep this time, but you can still do your best to save one person!"

Hearing what the sergeant who assassinated the lord said, the Jinlin army on the city froze for a moment, then nodded their heads one after another, and began to reorganize defenses around the city, but let them go!
Before Qi Ziyin could react, he saw the other party coming forward, but he cut the rope between him and Leng Jiayun with a dagger:
"Young Master, Ms. Leng, the two of us are ordered to rescue you out, follow us quickly!"

"You—you are the two from last night—"

Leng Jiayun suddenly felt that the figure of the other party looked familiar, it was actually the two suspicious-looking assassins from Ye Kingdom that she had seen in Liyue Palace the night before!Suddenly she struggled in horror, unwilling to let the other party touch her body.

Seeing this situation, Qi Ziyin's heart skipped a beat, and just about to say something, he was hit hard on the back of the neck, and then his eyes went dark, and he didn't know anything.

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