in the sound of swallows

Chapter 197 is back

Her younger brother, who she was only thinking of saving, turned out to be cheating her by helping outsiders!For what?To save Shen Guiyan?Or is he loyal to the daring that he has been obsessed with?

Xu Mengdie was so angry that he was dizzy, and without a word, he went down and slapped him, causing Xu Zhuangzhou to turn his head sideways, and the corner of his mouth was bleeding.

The soldiers on the top of the city wall had already started throwing stones down, Xu Zhuangzhou wiped the corners of his mouth, and protected Xu Mengdie to walk a little further.

"It's still too late to stop now." Xu Zhuangzhou said softly, "Today, I will ask the Empress for a life-saving grace. I can protect my sister and brother-in-law to put down everything and live in an unknown place."

Xu Mengdie was supported on the horse by him trembling all over, pulled the rein and said: "Don't be naive, since I thought about the prosperity and wealth of this life, everything can't be turned back. You think I let you take the trouble to save Shen Guiyan, Is it just because of a moment of kindness? You think that I have been planning for so many years, but you are just willing to subdue Shen Guiyan to see her safe and worry-free life?"

How can there be such a thing, Shen Guiyan personally ordered her to be beheaded in the last life, and in this life, it is impossible for her to watch her sit in the back seat.

And now, her dearest brother is helping her enemy!
Xu Mengdie no longer wanted to think about Xu Zhuangzhou, so he rode his horse back to the rear of the army.

Shen Guiyan was hit by several arrows and fell into a coma. The siege of the city was in full swing and extremely tragic.

"Empress! Empress!" The eldest prince saw his empress come back, and happily had someone push him to the bedside, but the strange thing was that the empress fell asleep, and there was still a fishy-sweet smell in the air.

Vice General Zhang couldn't even accompany him here, so he hurried to find a doctor, and rushed to the front to command the defense of the city.There were only the eldest prince, Nuo'er, and a few servants in the room.

"What's wrong with the queen mother?" The eldest prince asked while looking at the bed with a frown.

Nuo'er looked at it and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty has a lot of arrows on her body, shouldn't it be uncomfortable to lie down like this?"

The First Prince stretched out his hand and wanted to pull it out, but was stopped by the servants next to him.The servant's expression was so tense, as nervous as if the sky was falling.

The doctor had already arrived, but after seeing the situation, his expression changed, and he turned around and left.It's hard to find a doctor in the chaos outside.Once the doctor left, no one came back.The eldest prince didn't understand what they were afraid of, so he took Shen Guiyan's hand with his little hand, and said to Nuoer: "The queen mother may be tired, let's watch over and let the queen sleep for a while."

"Okay." Nuo'er nodded obediently, and both of them sat by the bed and waited.

The servants behind couldn't find other doctors, and they never came back.The empress's injury is serious, she may not survive, and she doesn't want to be implicated, so she has to run for her life as soon as possible.

"They're all gone, so what shall we do?" Nuo'er asked in a low voice.

The eldest prince said calmly: "We will wait for the queen to wake up."

If the queen mother can hold up the entire sky, then it will be fine when the queen mother wakes up, the eldest prince thinks so.

There were more and more enemy troops on the towers of Yecheng, and Vice General Zhang felt that he was going to be unable to defend, so he began to contact people to send the queen to leave first.However, there are almost no unscathed soldiers. Everyone is fighting hard, and no one can escape.

How to do this?
Dark clouds are pressing down on the city to destroy it. Yecheng, which the empress has guarded for almost a month, is finally about to lose its hold.

Vice General Zhang gritted his teeth and fought hard, but his heart had already begun to despair.

Just when the defenders of the city gate were almost wiped out, the sound of new horns came from a distance.

"Kill ah-"

The banner with the yellow dragon pattern was fluttering in the wind, and the soldiers were full of fighting spirit, like a tiger descending the mountain, they rushed straight to Gu's army.

Gu Chaonan was shocked, and when he turned his head, he saw the flags and banners that Yu Jia personally marched.

Gu Chaobei really came back.

How is it possible, it's only been a few days, unless he brought so many people on the road overnight without eating or drinking, how could it be possible to bring all his troops back!

At a glance, there are yellow battle robes all over the mountains and plains, Gu Chaonan panicked, and hurriedly said: "Withdraw the troops!"

However, Yecheng is ahead, and the emperor is behind, where to retreat?
The soldiers were all red-eyed, and Deputy General Zhang on the tower watched the yellow swallow up the blue bit by bit in the distance, and shouted happily: "The emperor is back!"

The emperor is back!These words were more effective than anything else. The soldiers guarding the city cheered up instantly, and those who were vacillating immediately continued to defend the city firmly, and the voices of the message became farther and farther away.

"Father is back?" Ming Sigui heard the movement, and quickly reached out to shake Shen Guiyan: "Queen Mother, wake up, Father is back!"

The person on the bed was breathing weakly and was already unconscious.When he heard this sentence, his fingers moved slightly.

are you back?Or...she was in too much pain, hallucinating?Shen Guiyan felt that she was in the darkness and couldn't get out no matter what, her feet were all soft, but her body seemed to be pierced by countless arrows, and every step she took took all the strength in her body.

Why go forward?She should sleep soundly so that it won't hurt.But she promised Gu Chaobei that she would watch the peach blossoms in Yecheng together with him, and now the peach blossoms are blooming just right outside, so it would be a pity not to wait for him to come back?
If she walks a little longer, she can hear his voice.

A blue beard grew on Gu Chaobei's chin, and he looked a lot more mature.Leading troops into battle, the enemy couldn't get close, swung a long sword all the way, and went straight in the direction of Gu Chaonan.

Xu Mengdie was protected by Gu Chaonan, and retreated all the way to the east. Without Shen Guiyan in her hands, she couldn't stop the emperor's posture at all. God knows why the emperor arrived now. Calculating the time, it shouldn't be two days later Just arrived?
Sudden changes were the most difficult to deal with, so Gu Chaonan took the remnants of his troops and fled towards Lijiang.

Deputy General Zhang ordered the city gate to be opened, Gu Chaobei did not pursue Gu Chaonan, but went directly into the city, and ordered other soldiers to camp outside.

In the past month, he has already captured more than half of Fanbang!The leader of Fanbang has already led the crowd to surrender and handed over all the iron cannons to him.

Once the success is complete, many people will die, but this month, the border will not be disturbed for ten years, he thinks it is worth it!

He rushed back after receiving the news, but in fact, only tens of thousands of people were brought with him, but everyone was holding extra shirts in their hands, marching tremblingly, it looked like a [-] army from a distance, just to scare Gu Chaonan, he hurriedly He kept asking about Yan'er's whereabouts, and it would not be too late to clean up Gu Chaonan after the rear troops had arrived.

A spy told him that Yan'er had been rescued back to the city, and Gu Chaobei rushed to the prefect's mansion full of joy.

There was no one in the house, he felt a little strange, looked back at Vice General Zhang and asked, "What's going on?"

Deputy General Zhang lowered his head and said, "Ye City will be destroyed, and everyone probably fled for their lives."

"What about the queen?" Gu Chaobei frowned.

"The empress...should be in the room." Deputy General Zhang trembled slightly, and he didn't dare to follow.

Gu Chaobei looked at him for a while, then went to push Yan'er's door open by himself.

"Father!" The eldest prince called him, with joy in his voice: "You are finally back!"

Hearing the child's voice, Gu Chaobei felt a little relieved, walked in with a smile and said, "I'm back."

Nuo'er and the first prince clapped their hands happily, but the people on the bed didn't move at all.

Gu Chaobei approached the bed to look, the smile on his face froze slowly, and the blackness in his eyes came up little by little.

His expression was so terrifying, Nuo'er, who was clapping her hands happily just a second ago, was so frightened that she burst into tears, and tried to hide behind the eldest prince.The eldest prince looked at him suspiciously and said, "What's wrong with the father? The queen mother is sleeping, and she has been asleep for a long time."

For a long time?Gu Chaobei stared at the feather arrow stuck in Shen Guiyan's body with red eyes, opened his mouth to roar, but his throat was blocked by something.The boundless fear spread from the heart to the whole body, and the eyes were slightly black.

How could this be?Didn't it mean that he had been rescued back to the city?

Stretching her fingers tremblingly towards her pulse, Gu Chaobei could hardly stand still, his face was ashen and felt a slight beating, and he almost fell to the side of the bed.

"Your Majesty!" Deputy General Zhang followed him in, and said in a panic, "There are no more doctors in the city, and the empress was shot by an arrow when she was returning to the city. She was defending the city ahead, and the humble job didn't have time to take care of her..."

"Go and bring Imperial Physician Liu here." His mind went blank, and the emperor thought he would roar, but what came out of the corner of his mouth was a broken voice that couldn't be broken into sentences.

Deputy General Zhang hurriedly left, and Imperial Physician Liu followed the emperor, and also entered the city.

"What's wrong with the queen mother? Why is the father so terrible?" Ming Sigui had never seen death, and looked at his father and queen blankly.

The people around seemed to have no time to answer what he said, someone pushed him out, the door of the room was closed, and many people were waiting outside.

The imperial physician with a gray beard was sent in and did not come out all day.There were only screams and no other sounds coming from the room.

Gu Chaobei looked at Shen Guiyan in a daze, and Imperial Physician Liu shook his beard and said, "How long has this arrow been in it, even if you take it out now, your mother's life will be fine, and it will be infected later..."

The emperor's gaze was too frightening, and Imperial Physician Liu didn't continue to speak, but took out his medical booklet and wrote on it: "The fate of the soul is up to the sky."

Gu Chaobei looked at the four words quietly, without saying a word.

The people in the prefect's mansion didn't dare to breathe. The emperor guarded the queen and drew his arrow. Seeing her frowning in pain, he gently kissed the center of her brow.

"Gu Chaonan is stationed on the edge of the Li River. If you don't pursue him, you may have to cross the river." The generals in the army discussed in a low voice.

Vice General Zhang sighed and said, "The emperor should have no time to take care of this pass..."

Before the words fell, the door opened.

The emperor stood at the door, his eyes seemed to contain the turbulent water of the Li River, and he said in a deep voice: "Send troops and bring back all the heads of Gu Chaonan and the Xu family!"

(End of this chapter)