Leisure days in the cold palace

Chapter 17 The Price of the World

"General Rong's planning is so deep that we ordinary people are really ashamed. I'm afraid that everything tonight has already been expected by the general, right?"

Fang Ziqi took half a step back and firmly protected me behind him.

While speaking, he clenched the sword in his hand, and looked at the surrounding surroundings by the way, calm and unruffled.

I don't know how many people surrounded us, but the oppression of those iron armor and blood became stronger, and my blood became calmer.

After observing everything, Fang Ziqi looked back at me and gave me a reassuring smile.

"Fang Ziqi, you are a smart man. This general loves talents by nature, and I don't want to kill you." The middle-aged man riding on the tall horse held a spear in his hand. Shocking majesty, "But you, you have to give me a reason not to kill you."

This middle-aged man called himself the General, and presumably he was the one who planned the palace chaos tonight.And Fang Ziqi said his surname was Rong before, but in today's court, the only one whose surname is Rong can still call himself a general is the father of nobleman Rong.

At this moment, I can't help but feel a little funny. As a father-in-law, he wants to kill his son-in-law in order to seize power. I don't know how he feels.

Regardless of ancient or modern times, in the hearts of such people, power is always more important than feelings.

"General Rong thinks highly of me." Fang Ziqi smiled faintly, "Your Majesty is just an ordinary courtier, and His Majesty is only twenty years old, and when he is full of fun, he usually dislikes people like us in the royal court." How can the servants know which palace His Majesty is in tonight?"

"Fang Ziqi, although this general loves talents, he is not a soft-hearted person. I don't want to do those gossips with you. If I read correctly, the person behind you has already been beaten. Mrs. Li who is in limbo, right?"

Fang Ziqi shook my hand tightly and said nothing, which was his tacit consent.

The surrounding soldiers gathered more and more, gradually becoming like a copper wall and an iron wall.

The not-so-bright moonlight and the fiery color of the sky reflected each other on their armor and weapons, forming a sense of turmoil like water waves, which was surprisingly beautiful.

The noise in the distance is still frequent, but beside me, in this iron wall-like blockade, I can't hear any sound of these soldiers and horses.

There was no clamor of soldiers, no neighing of horses, not even the sound of their breathing.

But that strong sense of oppression exists there, and as the smell of blood spreads in the darkness, it makes people's hearts throb irresistibly.

I think this is probably the so-called elite soldiers.

"Nowadays, nine out of ten things in the palace are under the control of the old man, and those who disagree with the remaining one or two points will be killed. Fang Ziqi, even if you are not afraid of death, do you still want your woman to be buried with you?" General Rong chuckled amidst the flames of war, "But I didn't expect that, although I've heard that Mrs. Fang and Mrs. Rong are from the same hometown, I don't know that you have such affection... Eh, that's even more strange, Leng Gong How deserted, Mr. Fang has great influence by the emperor's side, why don't you rescue your loved one from such a miserable place and fly far away?"

Fang Ziqi's sword was across his chest, and he seemed not ready to answer.

"Report to the general that the East Gate and West Gate are under our army's control. Although the Destroyer Battalion outside the city has issued a warning, there has been no movement." Some soldiers flew to report the situation of the battle.

General Rong laughed and said: "Zheng Zhifeng, who destroyed the armor camp, is just a vacillating villain. He might be able to speak impassionedly in the hall. Seeing the current situation, how can he have any ambition to die for the country? Send someone Go to the Destroyer Camp and explain the situation here clearly, and let Zheng Zhifeng make his own decision on how to choose."

"Yes!"

The man took the order and left.

And General Rong turned his gaze to us once again: "Fang Ziqi, the gate of the palace is already under my control, you don't naively think that you can really escape from the palace with a burden?"

The word cumbersome made me purse my lips.

"Father!"

Just when I made up my mind to say something to Fang Ziqi, a familiar female voice sounded beside me.

He followed the sound to find him, but saw Rong Guiren, who was incomparably glamorous in the past, now in a state of embarrassment, with tears on his face, supported by a little maid, almost fainting from crying, kneeling in front of his father's horse.

"Father, please let Your Majesty go, let your daughter go!"

No longer dignified as before, the nobleman lay on the ground choking with sobs, his thin body looked even more desolate in the night wind.

"Nonsense!" General Rong naturally did not expect such a situation. At this time, he swung the horsewhip in his hand and hit Rong Guiren mercilessly. The sound of "pop" was very clear in the night, "Your father, I At the time, I was doing something important, you are a woman, don't stand in the way here!"

"Father, father!" Rong Gui didn't care about the welt marks on his body, and at this moment he almost crawled forward with his hands and feet, and finally let him hug his father's riding boots, "Father, my daughter will teach Your Majesty well, Let him obediently listen to you, you just look at your daughter's face, spare him, spare him, okay?"

"Heh, since you can control everything in your own hands, what's the use of having a puppet? What's more, that yellow-mouthed kid has a lot of ambition and talent, but he still wants to sweep the world all day long. It's so ridiculous that it's annoying to watch all day long! You Father, how talented I am, why do I have to be inferior to others? In troubled times, heroes are everywhere, and only a person like father can gain a firm foothold in such troubled times and leave a name in history!"

It was probably the first time for General Rong to show his ambition in front of others, so he couldn't help being very impassioned at this time, and the soldiers under him also responded at this time: "The general is mighty!"

"No! It's His Majesty who is mighty!" General Rong's lieutenant shouted in the crowd.

"Your Majesty is mighty! Your Majesty is mighty! Your Majesty is mighty!"

There were neat cheers from the crowd, one after another majestic, as if wanting to swallow mountains and rivers.

On the one hand, there is a uniform and high-spirited force, and on the other hand, there are haggard women and sorrows in front of the horse, and the man caught in the middle is full of iron blood and fortitude. This picture makes me sigh a little.

"No! Father! As you said, you want your daughter to be the queen and the child born to your daughter to be the emperor! Why do you want to do this now? I will let His Majesty listen to you, and let the child in my belly listen to you, too. Isn't it good?"

Rong Guiren almost cried and said these words, his miserable voice could not conceal the majesty of the "Your Majesty is mighty" at all.

"Daughter, things like current events are temporary. Don't get in the way of being a father!"

General Rong looked at his daughter on the ground and frowned, stared and kicked his left foot, which was held by Rong Guiren, and Rong Guiren fell to the ground on his back.

"Father, don't you want your daughter anymore?" Rong Guiren still had an expression of disbelief on her face. She was lifted up by her maid, her face was very pale.

General Rong glanced at her, but did not answer.

"Come here, take Mr. Rong out so that he can take care of you!" The father ordered in cold blood.

"Leader!"

Rong Guiren struggled and refused to leave, but was forcibly carried away by two soldiers.And her father, sitting steadily on the tall horse, looked in her direction with no expression on his face.

"Hold me tight."

I suddenly heard a voice next to my ear, and before I could regain my senses, I realized that Fang Ziqi had completely hugged me.

The two of us hurriedly retreated five or six steps in the direction away from General Rong before the soldiers around us reacted.

"Don't let them run away!"

Someone started to shout angrily, and the sound of weapons colliding inevitably sounded.

I subconsciously grasped Fang Ziqi's shoulder tightly, watching the complicated changes in the scene in front of me.

Sometimes, soldiers brandishing weapons would rush towards me with roars, but the next moment, my eyes turned into a sky dyed red by flames.

The sound of clothes being torn rang in my ears, there were muffled groans and screams, and the sweet smell of blood radiated from behind.

"Don't let go." He whispered in his ear, his voice still soft and reassuring.

I nodded sullenly in his arms, gripped my hands tightly, and closed my eyes like an ostrich.

The night wind was very cold, and the collision of weapons would occasionally draw sparks in the night.

Hearing too many screams and roars, the ears seem to have turned on their own self-protection mode, dimming the entire background sound.

Only the smell of blood is getting stronger, and sometimes, I feel like I'm about to be suffocated by this smell.

Finally, everything stopped suddenly.

I heard the door shut, and the screams were shut out.

When I opened my eyes, I saw that he was looking at me with concern, his eyes full of pity.

"Don't be afraid."

He said.

I nodded and calmed down, but saw that there were a few more wounds on his body, and the blood gathered under his body.

I hurriedly took out the wound medicine I brought out from my arms, and I tore off his clothes to apply the medicine on him.

He was obviously taken aback, but laughed again the next moment.

It was only then that I remembered what I was facing. What my fingers touched was wheat-colored skin, which was strong but not too strong.

It's just that there are many wounds across such a healthy body, and the bright red blood keeps flowing out, which is a little shocking when it falls in the eyes.

But he is a man after all, and in this era of intimacy between men and women, I don't know what to do with my behavior.

"Why don't they rush in?"

Perhaps to ease the embarrassment, I subconsciously asked the question.

"This is the Taimiao, which enshrines the emperors of all dynasties since the founding of Xiangguo. No matter how perverse the rebels are, they will always be in awe of this kind of place." Probably because of his injuries, Fang Ziqi's voice was somewhat hoarse. "They can turn their backs on this generation of emperors, but they cannot rush into the Taimiao openly. General Rong's banner is 'Qing Emperor's side'. During this period, if the emperor dies unexpectedly, he can be said to be caused by rebellious officials and thieves. But today Your Majesty has no heirs, after General Rong puts down the chaos, it is always possible to create some auspicious auspicious things to uphold the great rule. But if he really leads troops into the Taimiao, I am afraid that many courtiers in Xiangguo will not be able to tolerate it."

I nodded, after all, it was just a matter of rectifying the name.

"But we still have to find a way. General Rong won't let us stay idle like this."

Sure enough, as soon as Fang Ziqi finished speaking, General Rong shouted outside: "Fang Ziqi, don't be so obsessed with your obsession. Quickly tell me where the emperor's son is, and I can give you a whole body! Otherwise! , I will send someone to burn this temple, and then put the blame on you, what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)