in the sound of swallows

Chapter 196 Exchange
Shen Guiyan pursed her lips, her cough became more severe, and she was even more anxious to think of a solution.

The emperor will be back in a few days. If he can't escape before he comes back, then he has no choice but to die, and it is best to die without leaving any residue.Otherwise, the corpse will be used as a bargaining chip.

In addition to jumping into the sea of ​​fire, you can only jump into the Lijiang River.The Lijiang River is near the city of Ye, and the canals are drawn from there. The river is wide and the water is as deep as the sea. If you go down, you don't have to worry about surviving.

But now, she can't even go out of the tent, let alone get close to Lijiang.

Frowning in worry and coughing continuously, Xu Mengdie turned around to see Shen Guiyan's appearance, and hurriedly called the military doctor again. The military doctor made a diagnosis for a long time, and said vaguely: "I will live a good life in a few days."

Xu Mengdie was extremely worried. This military doctor seemed unreliable, but what if Shen Guiyan really died?
Gu Chaobei didn't know how many days until he came back, and Gu Chaonan still couldn't take Yecheng.Xu Mengdie thought over and over again, and finally decided to send Shen Guiyan to the battlefield.

Looking at the empress's half-dead look, she couldn't believe that Yecheng would not open the door.When Yecheng opened the door, they were at least half successful. When the emperor came back, it was best for Shen Guiyan to be alive, if he didn't survive, he had used her.

Gu Chaonan looked at the unconscious Shen Guiyan, and said with some embarrassment: "Mengdie, after all, she helped us before, is it really good?"

Xu Mengdie snorted: "She helped me because I was kind to her. In the last life, she was the one who killed me."

Gu Chaonan was stunned. Xu Mengdie also told him about her rebirth, so he dared to trust her all the time. Although he felt that this road would come to an end, he should listen to Mengdie's decision.

Finally able to leave the tent!Shen Guiyan cheered in her heart, if she goes out, she will have a chance, and if she has a chance, she must seize it!

Shuang'er doesn't care much about her abnormal behavior now.Because she is a patient, she has been charged with various diseases by that quack doctor, even if she suddenly rushes forward, Shuang'er will just think that she is sleepwalking, just pull her back.

Xu Mengdie arranged the chariot, tied her to the wooden frame, and then installed the wooden frame on the chariot, pushing her to the front of the team.

Shen Guiyan looked at Yecheng, which he had not seen for a long time, and at the closed city gate, her eyes were a little red.

"Shameless traitor!" Deputy General Zhang yelled while standing on the top of the city tower: "You keep claiming to enter the city in the name of the queen and emperor, but you tied up the queen and pretended to be the emperor. What are you worrying about?"

Gu Chaonan stood on the horse and said with a smile: "At the end of the battle, why are you still talking? There are no reinforcements in the city, and today's siege is bound to be the last battle. Why don't you open the city gate obediently and accept the surrender, lest the soldiers die in vain!"

Shen Guiyan looked up at the top of the city wall, Gu Chaonan was going to do his best today, there were not many defenders left in the city, it was really worrying whether he could hold it today.

Deputy General Zhang snorted coldly, looked at her who was tied to the wooden frame from afar, pursed his lips, and waved his head back.

Gu Chaonan was overjoyed, thinking that he was about to compromise, and opened the city gate.

Unexpectedly, a mast was erected above the city gate, and a person was hoisted and slowly went up.

Shen Guiyan's heart skipped a beat.

It was Xu Zhuangzhou.

Xu Mengdie was just behind the Sixth Army, and Gu Chaonan's face had changed.

Xu Zhuangzhou's body was covered with bloodstains, and he was already dying, but his head was still moving, looking very miserable.

Gu Jiajun was silent, everyone knew that General Gu and his wife were inseparable, as if they were alone, and Madam Gu didn't have any relatives, the one she loved the most was her younger brother Xu Zhuangzhou.

Shouldn't he be in the capital?Why did you come to Yecheng?

Shen Guiyan yelled in her heart, there is Zhang Liangji at this end, and there is a bridge ladder at the other end, who would not be threatened, they use her to threaten, there is Xu Zhuangzhou in the city!
It's just that this appearance is too miserable, she can't bear to look at it, and she doesn't know whose idea it is.

"If the empress is not sent back, the leader of these traitors will be hung above the city gate!" Deputy General Zhang shouted.

Xu Mengdie was at the back and couldn't see the movement in front of him. He could only see a person hanging on the tower.When she realized that Xu Zhuangzhou was up there, her expression changed completely.

"Why is Zhuang Zhou in Yecheng? Why? Didn't he say he wanted to help in the capital school? How did he come here? They must be lying, I'll go and see!" Xu Mengdie, who was calm, panicked for the first time up.

Everyone has their own weaknesses. Although Xu Mengdie is cruel, he loves his younger brother who has been dependent on him since childhood. When she died in the last life, Zhuang Zhou knelt beside her.

She said, "brother, sister, I'm sorry for hurting you."

Zhuang Zhou said: "It doesn't matter, you and I can walk together on the way to Huangquan, and I will be your younger brother in the next life."

He went to learn martial arts when he was living under the fence. She asked him why, and Zhuang Zhou said, "This is how I can protect my sister."

She became Gu Chaonan's aunt for the purpose of enabling Zhuang Zhou to have a better future, but he would rather be a martial artist in the prime minister's mansion. When Gu Chaonan ignored her, that bastard became anxious, not even the second young master of the Gu family. Easy to fight.

That is her only relative in this world.

He hurriedly got on his horse and headed towards the front of the battlefield. When he reached Gu Chaonan's side, Xu Mengdie looked up blankly.

"sister."

The person who was hanged almost to death only yelled hoarsely, which could not be heard in the howling wind of the battlefield, but Xu Mengdie heard it clearly, and his eyes turned red instantly.

"Let him go!" She pretended to be calm and authentic.

Deputy General Zhang said in a deep voice: "One life for another, bring the empress here, and we will let him go."

"Don't even think about it!" Xu Mengdie gritted his teeth, clenched his hands and said, "With a commoner, do you want to replace the queen?"

Gu Chaonan looked at her sideways worriedly, clearly his body was trembling, and his voice was still so strong.

Deputy General Zhang sneered: "Since he is an unimportant civilian, then I will cut this rope."

Adding the height of the mast to the city wall, if Xu Zhuangzhou fell, he would definitely be turned into a meat paste.

Xu Mengdie took a few deep breaths, looked sideways at Shen Guiyan, thought for a while before whispering to Gu Chaonan: "Husband..."

"I know." Gu Chaonan sighed: "Change it!"

Unexpectedly, Xu Zhuangzhou could play such a big role here. Shen Guiyan was a little surprised. If she was replaced, the defenders of Ye City would have no scruples.

Vice General Zhang also clapped his hands happily on the tower.

However, Xu Mengdie said softly: "Let Shuang'er go see him off, they will put him down, and Shuang'er will help the empress into the basket and hang her up."

Shen Guiyan frowned, Shuang'er has great strength, she must let Xu Zhuangzhou down first, what if she pulls her and prevents her from going up?
Xu Mengdie had this plan. She wanted to save Xu Zhuangzhou no matter what, but how could she return Shen Guiyan so easily?It took a lot of effort to catch her.

After winking at Shuang'er, Shuang'er understood, stretched out his hand to untie the rope on Shen Guiyan's body, and helped her get off the chariot.

Shen Guiyan gritted her teeth, and immediately started coughing again. She was about to enter a coma, and Shuang'er had to use all her strength to support her, and said angrily, "Your Majesty, stand still."

"I..." Before Shen Guiyan finished speaking, she twitched and jumped half a step forward, just like when she was sleeping every day.

Everyone around was very vigilant, only Shuang'er was used to it, waved her hand and said: "She is like this often, she can't run away with this body, leave it to the slave."

After finishing talking, wait for the two parties to negotiate and prepare to send the person there.

Deputy General Zhang was an honest man, and after hearing Xu Mengdie's agreement, he was ready to let him go.It was far away, and Shen Guiyan wanted to pretend to be sick again, but he couldn't make him alert at all, he could only watch Xu Zhuangzhou slowly fall, and then he got closer and closer to the basket under the city wall.

After walking two steps, her body trembled, Shuang'er absent-mindedly pulled her, her eyes only looked worriedly at her master's most worried brother.

Seeing that Xu Zhuangzhou was about to fall to the ground, Xu Mengdie breathed a sigh of relief. Shen Guiyan on the other side was already two steps ahead of the basket.

Shuang'er looked at Xu Zhuangzhou nervously, and Shen Guiyan next to her suddenly jumped forward again, but she just stretched out her hand impatiently to grab it again.

Who would have known that Shen Guiyan's jump was not half a step, but a straight run towards the basket!
It was so fast to run, both of them were dumbfounded, and when they reacted and chased after him, Shen Guiyan had already arrived in the basket, and the people above also started to pull up desperately.

Didn't he have an incurable disease?Isn't it sleepwalking?This is faster than a rabbit, how does it look like it is going to die?Shuang'er was so angry that she grabbed the bottom of the basket. Seeing this, Xu Mengdie hurriedly sent someone to help.

Xu Zhuangzhou, who fell to the ground, broke free from the rope, walked to Shuang'er, and tore her away.With no resistance, the basket rose rapidly.

"Shoot the arrow!" Xu Mengdie ordered decisively in shock.

Deputy General Zhang turned pale, and desperately helped them pull the rope.

However, the rain of thousands of arrows had arrived, even though Shen Guiyan tried his best to protect his heart and head, two or three arrows did not enter his waist and abdomen.By the time they pulled people over, the golden-red palace clothes were already sticky.

"It was a mistake not to be able to wear the armor." Shen Guiyan's face was really pale now, and it was rare that he smiled and said such a sentence to Deputy General Zhang, and then lost consciousness from the pain.

There were arrows all over the city wall, Xu Mengdie didn't realize that Xu Zhuangzhou might also be injured until he gave the order, so he rode his horse to look.

Shuang'er blocked everything that could be blocked for Xu Zhuangzhou, with three or four feathered arrows stuck in her body. This girl who had always been loyal was killed by her own orders.

Xu Mengdie shook slightly, then looked at Xu Zhuangzhou again.

He was intact, and the blood on his body was outside his clothes, which looked more like it was painted on.

"Sister." Xu Zhuangzhou called out to her.

Xu Mengdie stared at him blankly, the coolness in his eyes spread from the depths.

He wasn't hurt at all!
(End of this chapter)