If the State of Qi fails to attack the capital of Chu, I may never be involved with Chu for the rest of my life.
After three years of fighting, Chu, which had been prosperous for a hundred years, was beaten by the newly-established State of Qi, and finally at the end of winter this year, 3, Qi troops surrounded the capital of Chu.
Some people knelt in front of the Imperial Palace, praying that I could save this situation, but the king of Chu was dissolute, and squandered the land left to him by his ancestors in the wine pool and meat forest early.
There is nothing I can do. All I can do is put on my Buddhist costume, climb the high platform, and play a backyard flower for this so-called old country under the gloomy sky and the snow everywhere.
On the day when the city was broken, it happened to be Shangyuan. In previous years, Chu should be full of lights and no night, but today, there are endless screams of horseshoes.
I sat in the dark for a long time, listening to the rough cheers of men and the weak cries for mercy. Bai Yan was shivering beside me. I patted her on the shoulder and whispered, "Don't be afraid, we will be free in the future."
Bai's family has been the national teacher of Chu since ancient times, enjoying supreme respect. At the same time, in the past century, Bai's people have blessed Chu with good weather, rich people and strong country at the cost of their lives.
All the seven countries say that God bless the Great Chu, and the Chu State is truly deserved.
Can you believe this?
But the King of Chu believed it, and each generation was worse than the next, thinking that he was really reincarnated as a real dragon, squeezing the people, imposing heavy taxes and heavy servitude, and gradually losing people's hearts, and the Buddhist teacher became a career to satisfy their selfish desires. But how can we pick stars for him from the sky, find the most beautiful girl for him, and make him unify the whole world and seven countries come to Korea?
In this way, Berber people lost their lives for this inexplicable reason. In my generation, only Bo Yan and I are left.
Well, probably no one in the world likes to see Chu's subjugation more than I do.
There was silence in the Chu Palace. In the past, there was nothing but the sound of the wind passing through the treetops. Thirty-two beauties, eighteen princesses, and countless Chu women were banned by the Qi army circle, while Chu men had only one fate, death.
A little emperor Ji came to see Bai Yan. She knelt on the ground and begged Bai Yan to save her. Bai Yan looked at me expectantly, but I drove her away mercilessly. Therefore, Bai Yan lost his temper with me. I can only forcibly pull Bai Yan forward with a straight face. Bai Yan is a good girl, but she is still too young to know life and death. She only said that from ruin would be punished by God, but she didn't know that life and death were right, so she couldn't tamper with it unless she traded her life for it. So even if there is a real scourge, I am her elder, and I will naturally suffer. What I hope is that she can live well.
Just like an ordinary little girl.
So I have to get her out of the city through the secret passage before dawn.
But such a simple wish can't come true. I looked coldly at the young man in front of me.
The black armor that hasn't been taken off has a strong smell of blood, and Bai Yan feels a little uncomfortable. I block her sideways.
His narrow phoenix eyes narrowed and he laughed lightly. "Where are you going, Buddhist?"
Second
Bai Yan and I were put together in a place where women in the State of Chu were imprisoned.
The gold hairpin and silver hairpin fell all over the floor. In the past, your daughter was like a ghost at night, with long hair and a red face. If it weren't for the long-lasting rouge powder fragrance in the temple, I would have the illusion of being in hell for a moment.
They were crying in a low voice, which was tactful, not harsh, but stinging.
Some people cried sharply: "We will die! ! ！”
I looked at all this, and Bai Yan leaned towards me, looking flustered: "Aunt, I'm afraid."
I reached out and hugged her. "Don't be afraid."
Today, I am no different from these weak women who have lost their country, but I believe that Bai Yan is not.
She is special.
Both of them are Bai people. When Bai Yan was born, there was a sound of Fengming in the clouds and auspicious clouds were all over the sky. Everyone in the clan thought it was strange. The patriarch invited Guiguzi to do some calculations, and finally Guiguzi frowned and said, "It's expensive, but this numerology ... why don't you give it to me to raise, and I'll shelter her from disasters?"
For this reason, the patriarch drove away the dishonest Guiguzi, and before he died, he told me to take good care of Bai Yan.
don't hesitate to die.
I don't care about death, but what makes me feel a little difficult is the humiliation of fate.
I hugged Bai Yan tightly and followed the Qi army to the Chu family burial garrison camp.
From here, you can see the tombs of Chu kings and Guo Shi.
I didn't know that the Qi army had such courage. Maybe they didn't care about the famous Buddhist teacher of Chu from the moment they attacked Chu.
At dusk that day, a general took me by the arm and led me to a group of drunken soldiers. I looked around and saw young faces.
They asked me to play the piano, dance and sing a little song.
I felt a little funny and asked, "Are you sure?"
A man was unhappy. As soon as he smashed the jar in his hand, he shouted, "If you want to sing, don't fucking talk nonsense."
I brought a piano and heptachord's Eight Strings, which was a gift from Guiguzi. I thought there would always be a crane when I played, but I never thought that I would play in such a scene one day.
The sound of the piano is far away. In poetry and songs, I only have the skill of playing the piano, but those soldiers all showed pain, and soon they were bleeding.
In the distance, the sound of the flute came in harmony, and it was introduced into my mind very finely. I hooked my lips with satisfaction, but a firm but gentle wave struck and broke the strings in front of me.
the piano came to an abrupt end.
I looked up. It was the young man who blocked me that night who looked at me with a bad face: "Do you want me to waste your hand?"
I sigh: "They shouldn't be disrespectful to the Berbers. Our people hold grudges the most."
He smiled coldly and waved his hand, but Bai Yan was brought by the neck of a horizontal knife: "Then you should know that I hold a grudge."
"You killed hundreds of my soldiers, and I killed one of your people, which is fair."
As soon as his voice fell, I calmly pulled out the dagger from my waist, and my hand fell, breaking the hamstring of my left hand without blinking, and blood poured out like a column. I still smiled and gently said to the young man, "My left hand is inconvenient, so please do me a favor."
Say it and hand the handle to the young man.
The young man didn't answer, but looked at me with complicated eyes: "Bai people ..."
He ordered someone to let Bai Yan go, and Bai Yan ran like a frightened bird and hugged me. As soon as he grasped my left hand, his eyes were misty: "Aunt, does it hurt?"
I touched her head gently with my right hand: "It doesn't hurt."
The young man also said coldly, "I will spare your life this time. If there is a next time, I will make your little niece's life worse than death."
I nodded, "I remember."
I took Bai Yan with my right hand and walked into the tent to comfort her in a low voice.
Poor little girl, probably frightened and shaking like a sieve.
I couldn't help smiling, but it was almost over.
three
But this body is useless after all. At night, it got hot and burned in a daze. I only remember that someone gently picked me up and twisted a cold towel to wipe my body a little.
The cool feeling made people addicted and attached. I couldn't help sighing and then fell asleep.
When I woke up again, I was in a strange tent.
"Your little niece is missing."
This is the first sentence I heard when I woke up. I was a little dazed and didn't react. It seems that Guiguzi took Bai Yan away smoothly, but I just don't know if I can escape the pursuit of the Qi army smoothly.
It was a long time before I said, "Hmm."
"You're not worried about her?"
"Bai Yan is just a little girl, and I hope the general can give her a chance to live ..." I paused and said, "If the general agrees, I am willing to be sent by the general ..."
"What if I shouldn't?"
"If the general should not, I can't help it ..."
"Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"
"The general didn't kill me, which means I still have something to rely on." I tilted my head slightly, and it was the young man I saw. He was cold at night, and his eyebrows were as sharp as a knife. I smiled carelessly: "Did you also abolish my right hand?"
"Yes." He said coldly, "I thought the Berbers were just famous, but now it seems far from it." If your face is not still useful, I will kill you. "
"....." The Berbers are all well-born. I want to raise my hand and touch my face, but I can't lift it all the time. I can only give up and smile: "Thank you so much for your kindness."
He was a little surprised and sneered, "Don't talk about the dignity of Berber people now?"
"Because I know I have no way out."
His eyes were a little hesitant, but he raised his eyebrows and smiled. He said, "If you are good, I will let your niece go. If you have any thoughts that you shouldn't have, I will take your little niece back and throw it into the military prostitute camp ..."
His tone was gentle and deep, and I shook my head involuntarily. "Yes.
"Well, what's your name?"
"Burdock."
"From today on, you are my concubine Qin Luning, A Luan."
His tone was firm and irrefutable, which surprised me a little. Seeing that he seemed impatient, I bowed my head and said, "Yes, General."
I'm going to start a new experience. I'm no longer high above others and admired by all people. Instead, I need to try and wait on a man like an ordinary woman.
Fortunately, Bai Yan was taken away by Guiguzi, which made me feel relieved and less sad.
fortunately, Qin luning was kind to me.
He visited me every day, and asked the doctor to heal my hand, and prepared good supplements and sent them to my account.
At first, my hands were inconvenient, and he took the trouble to feed me personally, which made me feel novel and at a loss.
Later, he found me a girl from Chu as my maid, and he personally watched me drink medicine every day before dealing with military affairs.
He will come to talk to me every night. He always asks me questions and answers, but his eyes at me are always warm.
The maid Musha said, "General Qin probably likes Miss."
And I sat in front of the mirror, looked at the mirror's appearance, smiled slightly, and scolded, "Don't talk nonsense."
I have an unknown emotion in my heart, which is complicated and heavy.
Life is less than 1, so you are always worried about being a thousand years old.
He said the name was not good, not as expensive as A Luan.
So slowly, I forgot my name, too.
Four
Because I don't like going out, Musha often brings me outside news.
I know that the King of Qi ordered Qin Luning to move his troops back to Korea, and Qin Luning asked his soldiers to go back in batches, but he still made no movement.
I don't know what he is waiting for, but it's none of my business. I feel at ease in my tent and practice my strength according to the doctor's advice.
This is probably the most interesting and novel years in my life. When I was a little girl in Bai's school, I spent every day with books on martial arts, and later became a Buddhist, thinking about how to hide the truth and die the State of Chu. But no one has ever treated me like this.
In the future, I will turn over the opera and think about it carefully. I can only sigh that men had seen less and didn't know the routine.
At that time, Musha carefully asked me, "Is the girl in love with General Qin?"
I looked at her quietly, and she immediately hung her head and stopped talking. I thought for a long time before asking, "Like it? How can I say I like it? "
Musha replied, "I am glad when I see it, but I miss it when I don't see it."
I frowned. "It's that simple? Then don't I like you, too? "
Musha was stunned and immediately blushed: "Girl, stop joking, or change clothes quickly. The general invited you to a banquet."
There was nothing special about the banquet that night, except Qin Luning's dark face, singing and dancing, and decadent voice. Everything was the style of the winner's army.
The lead dancer is a girl in red. She is veiled, so people can't see her face clearly, but I clearly feel the hostility she threw at me.
I'm a little puzzled. Seeing Qin Luning's face getting darker and darker around me, I couldn't help leaning over and saying, "You don't think she dances very well, do you?"
Qin Luning gave me a cold stare.
"Look, her feet are vain, her wrists are weak, her sword is weak, and her posture is good. Maybe she didn't have dinner ... What a pity for such a dance, gee."
He struck the table with a jerk, and I was startled. He gave me a cold look and left the table.
For a while, everyone retreated, leaving me sitting there inexplicably and the dancer in red staring at me coldly.
Soon, someone called her away.
I sat there, with the starry night above me, and the lush Shan Ye hidden in the night not far away.
There is news from Guiguzi that Bai Yan is safe and I can find a way to escape.
This is a good chance to escape, but what makes me sad is that I don't want to escape.
-I've lived enough in my life anyway. Whether it's true or false, I might as well gamble.
After May
, Qin Luning finally led his troops back to Qidu, but what surprised me was that it was more convenient to cross the country directly, so why did it take half a month to bypass the map?
I had doubts, and no one answered them for me, because Qin Luning hasn't come to see me since the dinner that night.
Musha comforted me, saying, "It's General Qin's Day, which has been a long journey recently.