Horse on the World

Chapter 934
It was still September, and the temperature outside was actually quite high. Although it was cooler in the mountains, because the doors and windows were closed, a sultry air still rushed towards Qin Kaiyuan when he opened the door.

King Ning was lying quietly on the bed, a blanket tightly wrapped his already emaciated body, on his pale face, his cheekbones were raised high, and his messy hair was dyed early. Although he was in a dream, his brows were still tightly knit. The ground is twisted into a Sichuan character.
Qin Kaiyuan stood in front of the bed, staring at his father's face, feeling very sad in his heart. Once upon a time, this face was so full of spirit, pointing to the country, so passionate that the whole continent trembled under his will, but now, Just an ordinary old man struggling on the death line.All the arrogance and arrogance of the past have become a passing cloud.
A small head at the door looked inward, Qin Kaiyuan beckoned, Qin Ping bounced to the front of the bed, held his father's hand, looked at King Ning on the bed, and said in a childlike voice: "Daddy, why is Grandpa?" Do you sleep like this every day? I have sneaked here several times in the past few days, but I haven't seen Grandpa wake up?"

Qin Kaiyuan took his son's hand, sat on the bed, smiled and said: "It's nothing, grandpa is tired, just want to sleep a little longer."
"But I want to play with grandpa!" Qin Ping reached out to pull the blanket.
"Ping'er!" Qin Kaiyuan snorted, and Qin Ping withdrew his hand quickly.

"Grandpa is waking up!" Qin Ping suddenly pointed at the head of the bed, pleasantly surprised. The bed has been drowsy for the past few days, sometimes awake and sometimes confused. He heard someone talking on the bedside, opened his eyes with difficulty, and looked at the son on the bedside. grandson.
"Father, I'm back!" Qin Kaiyuan bent down and said in a low voice.
"Kaiyuan, you're back? How is it? How's the situation? Have you stabilized Meng Junjian?" King Ning grabbed Qin Kaiyuan's hand and asked nervously.
Qin Kaiyuan remained silent, looking at his father's appearance, he really didn't know what kind of reaction he would have if he told him the truth, and whether he could resist it?Looking at Qin Kaiyuan's expression, the hope in King Ning's eyes gradually dimmed, "Has Meng Junjian finally turned to Dingzhou? In fact, this is also expected!"
Qin Kaiyuan whispered: "Father, all the Qiang people have rebelled. Malanhua has gathered [-] Qiang soldiers, and more than [-] Dingzhou soldiers have gathered under the Tarot Village. They will launch an attack soon."

A flash of light suddenly flashed in King Ning's dim eyes, and he said in a low voice: "Tarot Village is surrounded by five peaks, and it has been a dangerous place since ancient times. It's impossible. Kaiyuan, from the day I entered the mountain, I have been preparing for this day, persevere, hold on, if we stick to Tarot village for one more day, the chances of Luoyang's apocalypse winning will increase."

Qin Kaiyuan looked at his father and said bitterly: "But father, why did we sacrifice our lives for the apocalypse? If it weren't for them, how could we have fallen to where we are today?"
There was a wry smile on the corner of King Ning's mouth, "The battle between me and Tian Qi, your uncle, ended in my complete defeat, but son, this is a family matter of our Qin family. When foreign enemies invade, we still have to hug each other to fight against foreign aggression. Son, we are not fighting for the apocalypse, we are fighting for the ancestors of the Qin family, for the descendants of the Qin family, for the world of the Qin family, you Do you understand this reason?"

"Of course I understand, but after this battle, our lineage will be wiped out! Father, we have no hope of winning, and I don't think Luoyang has any hope of winning."
"What do you mean by that?" King Ning opened his eyes wide and looked at Qin Kaiyuan.
Qin Kaiyuan was heartbroken, and said to his father: "Father, no matter whether the generals on the mountain or the soldiers, they have no fighting spirit. What my son sees and hears makes people feel discouraged. I'm afraid I won't wait for the opponent to attack. The morale of the army in Luozhai has been weakened, and they will be defeated in one blow."
King Ning stared at Qin Kaiyuan blankly.
"Soldiers don't know what to fight for, and generals are even less willing to fight a losing battle. Father, we don't have the capital to fight anymore."

King Ning took a deep breath, "What do you mean?"

"Son means..." Qin Kaiyuan hesitated, "Son means, since we have reached this point, why do we still have to work for Tianqi? We have to think about it for ourselves. If we start negotiations with Dingzhou, I believe that with our current strength in Tarot Village, Li Qing is not willing to pay a heavy price to take the lives of our father and son."
King Ning sat up abruptly. He didn't know where the strength came from to support him. He stretched out his hand and grabbed Qin Kaiyuan's neckline, "What are you talking about? You want to surrender?"
"It's not surrender!" Qin Kaiyuan struggled a bit, but King Ning held on so tightly.The knuckles of the hand were protruding like chicken claws, and the face was flushed abnormally, and he was panting heavily.

"It's not surrender, father. We can start negotiations with Li Qing. We can lay down our weapons while ensuring our lives are safe. Father, this is the end of the matter. Why bother to persist? What's the point of persisting?"

Qin Kaiyuan grabbed Qin Ping, lifted him up, and held him in front of King Ning, "Look, this is my son, your grandson, he is still so young and doesn't understand anything, father, would you like to see him?" Let’s end Ping’er’s life before it even begins, if you don’t surrender, will they let Ping’er go when the Dingzhou soldiers and Qiang soldiers come up?”

Seeing Qin Ping's terrified little face, King Ning fell back on the bed with a bang, with blood slowly oozing from his mouth, nose, and corners of his eyes, and he took out a knife under the pillow with trembling hands. Come on, tremblingly lifted it up, and unexpectedly slashed at Qin Ping with a single knife.

Qin Kaiyuan was shocked and stepped back abruptly, "Father, what are you doing?"

"My son and grandson, I would rather die in battle than surrender!" King Ning kept foaming from his mouth, looking at Qin Kaiyuan who retreated, the knife in his hand fell to the ground with a thud.

Qin Kaiyuan took a few steps back in horror. King Ning's accumulated power over the years made him tremble with fear. Even though King Ning was an old man dying at this time, he did not dare to take a step forward, for fear that King Ning would suddenly fall from the bed. jump up.

There was a soft knock at the door, and Malanhua in military uniform appeared in front of the door.After being separated for a long time, Qin Ping obviously didn't know this woman anymore. Seeing this somewhat familiar but strange woman, Qin Ping blinked his eyes and looked at him suspiciously.
"Ping'er, don't you know your mother? I'm your mother!" Ma Lanhua stretched out her arms, looked at her son who had grown a lot, and tears welled up in her eyes.

Qin Ping hesitated for a moment, mother and son united, and finally broke free from his father's hand, ran a few steps, and threw himself into Ma Lanhua's arms, "Mom!"

"My son!" Ma Lanhua hugged Qin Ping tightly in her arms with a crying voice.
"Ma Lanhua, Malanhua, you bitch, why are you here, kill her, kill her!" King Ning lay on the bed, he didn't even have the strength to twist his neck, and his voice was muffled.

Ma Lanhua hugged Qin Ping, walked to the bedside with a sneer, and looked at King Ning who was clearly on his deathbed.

"When you killed my father, did you ever think that you would have today?"

King Ning tried his best to raise his hand, his fingers stretched continuously, as if he wanted to grab something, but he didn't grab anything. The muscles on his face twitched, and every time he twitched, a large amount of water would flow out of his seven orifices. blood.

"What else do you want to catch, do you want a knife, do you still want to kill me, do you still want to kill my son?" Malanhua laughed and drew out the knife with a choking sound.
"orchid?"

"Mother!"

Qin Kaiyuan and Qin Ping screamed together.

Ma Lanhua looked at the two and smiled, "Don't worry, even if I am a woman, I will not kill such a dying person, even if I hate him to the bone, I will not kill my husband with my own hands." Father, my son's grandfather."
Ma Lanhua squatted down, put the waist knife into King Ning's hand, and said with a sneer, "You want a knife, and I'll give it to you, but do you still have the strength to swing it?"

King Ning's five fingers were like chicken claws, and he held the handle of the knife tightly. The knife was lifted up inch by inch, and slowly pointed to Ma Lanhua's chest. To the chest, "Come on, do you still have the strength to pierce my heart?"

With a bang, the knife fell again.
Ma Lanhua stood up, "You would never have thought that you would end up like this, right? You left my father's body dead, and I couldn't put it away even if I wanted to, but don't worry, after you die, I will choose Tell me a good place to bury you."

After saying this, Ma Lanhua took one last look at King Ning whose pupils were slowly dilated, picked up Qin Ping, and slammed the door away.

With the sound of the door knocking, King Ning finally swallowed his last breath, only a pair of eyes that were still wide open were telling his unwillingness.

"Father!" Qin Kaiyuan fell to his knees with a pout, and burst into tears.Kneeling and walking to King Ning's bed, he reached out and gently closed his eyes.

Outside King Ning's room, the generals of the southern army who had entered the mountain stood silently in two rows. When they saw Ma Lanhua coming out with Qin Ping in their arms, they all bowed silently.

"Yi Zhi, welcome the Dingzhou Army Chief Qingfeng, General Tian Feng, and General Guo Quan to go up the mountain!" Ma Lanhua said sharply.
At noon, on top of the main peak of Tarot Village and the five small peaks on the outer barrier, the flag of the Southern Army slowly lowered, and the flag of the Dingzhou Army rose high. Twenty thousand Southern Army surrendered to the Dingzhou Army.Along the steep passage, the Dingzhou army marched up to the peak slowly, respectfully facing the breeze.
King Ning's body has been put into the coffin, and the huge coffin was placed on the top of Tarot Peak. Looking at this once most powerful enemy in the process of Dingzhou's rise, Qingfeng and others were deeply moved. It is really a shame that a generation of heroes has come to an end like this. It's embarrassing.

"Put an incense stick for him!" Qingfeng said with emotion.
"Urgent, Ningzhou urgent, Ningzhou Li Sizhi's [-] urgent and confidential mail!" A voice came from a distance, Qingfeng and the others suddenly turned their heads and saw a messenger running towards them quickly.

Everyone's heart sank.
(End of this chapter)