For the emperor

Ye Micheng has been out of food for half a month, and the situation is getting worse day by day. There was still some food to get by, but now, the weeds and bark have been eaten up. Some people collected Guanyin soil for fried noodles, and some smashed it The soft stones are mixed with leaves to eat. When there is no way to go, people cannibalism gradually appeared.

Cang Tiansu listened to his subordinate's report with a blank face. He had already anticipated this situation when he ordered Yi Hao to sneak into Yemi City in advance.

Seven years ago, when the Northwest Army ran out of food and grass, they had to dig and cook the enemy's corpses to fill their stomachs, which caused an uproar in the entire Wuji Continent. Yue Guo stands on the moral high ground.

Although he didn't take the reprimand from the outside seriously, seeing Yue people slap himself now made him feel good.Cang Tiansu had already ordered Zhao Liu to do his best to spread the news across the mainland, and let the Yue people who thought they were superior to others see that what they did was not much more noble than the army of the Cang Kingdom, who talked about etiquette, justice, and shame every day.

And comparing the two, at least the Northwest Army of Cang Kingdom has never had a tragedy of cannibalism. The army is all eating the defeated soldiers of the Qi people, which is fundamentally different from the behavior of Yue's army killing the unarmed residents of the country as rations.

Cang Tiansu didn't want to express any opinion on this, he just regretted Yi Hao's death.Yi Hao, who perfectly completed the task of burning food and grass, did not come out of the flames, and the few escape routes that Cang Tiansu had planned for him were useless.

There is no clear evidence that Yi Hao wanted to die on purpose. Maybe he didn't intend to live after correcting Cang Jinglan, or maybe he died because of an accident while fleeing.

Cang Tiansu didn't have much sadness or despair, he was just a little sad, the people who left a mark in his life before the age of 12 were either separated from life or death, or had become strangers, and finally came to this step.

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Cang Tianci curled up in the corner of the wall in extreme pain. Three days ago, he was accompanied by five hundred soldiers and together with Lin Yaolan, took a look at Yemi City from a distance, and was stunned by the tragic scene inside. .

Cang Tianci has been having nightmares since he came back. He couldn't sleep at night, couldn't sleep or eat, and was extremely haggard. When he opened his eyes and closed his eyes, it was a horrible and cruel scene of ordinary people having to bite human flesh because of excessive hunger.

Self-blame and fear cut him all over his body like a knife. Although he did not give the order to siege the city, as a member of the Cang Kingdom who caused Yue people such pain, he was still in great pain.

Cang Tianci sometimes fantasizes about whether he can find a way to rescue these suffering people, but it is a pity that he took advantage of his status to find the generals who besieged the city to make side-effects, but he failed to find a good way.All the ways he could think of were blocked by Cang Tiansu's advance thinking, and only then did Cang Tianci truly understand the horror of his elder brother. His thinking had almost no dead ends, and he was careful and cautious without being affected by personal emotions at all.

This kind of torture of conscience lasted for more than half a month. When Cang Tianci went to Yemi City for the sixth time to watch, he found that more than a dozen cauldrons had been set up in the city, and there were suspicious things churning inside.

Although it is impossible to smell the smell from the city at this distance, Cang Tianci seems to smell the disgusting smell of cooked meat and feel an indescribable burning sensation.

"How's the situation in the city?" He couldn't hold back after holding back for a long time. He lowered his voice and asked with half-closed eyes.

The team leader Liang Yanli who was following behind him clasped his hands and replied sternly: "They ate up all the women and old people in the city the day before yesterday, and now they have started hunting around for children."

Cang Tianci's heart tightened, his eyes turned black, he was silent for a long time, his nails cut his palms, and then he continued: "How long can this go on?"

"Maybe one month, maybe two months, anyway, it's impossible to last half a year." Liang Yanli had a mysterious look on his face, "You don't have to worry, the emperor has already divided up the army. Our 20 army in Cang Kingdom has been divided for half a month." This city that is destined to perish this year has not hindered Da Cang Kingdom's path to hegemony."

After hearing this, Cang Tianci bit his lower lip.

The coldness in Liang Yanli's eyes flashed away, and seeing that he was already trembling all over, he continued to add fuel to the fire: "Second Prince, I heard from people that there were only 50 people inside, but now there are only more than [-] left. Few of the people who died were soldiers from the original army establishment, but a large number of civilians suffered such indiscriminate disasters."

Cang Tianci was stunned for a while, then suddenly woke up, turned around and looked at him, with doubts in his eyes: "Who are you?" A general of Cang Kingdom would not tell him such a thing.

Liang Yanli pressed down with his right hand, and a beautiful sword slipped from his sleeve into his hand, and pressed firmly against Cang Tianci's neck. The sharp knife scratched the skin and cut a long wound.

More than half of the two or three hundred guard soldiers behind them were panicked by the changes in front of them, and they didn't respond effectively for a while.With such a delay, the opportunity was lost, Liang Yanli's four soldiers had already protected their leader, drew their swords and faced their former brothers vigilantly.

However, the situation at this time was not completely one-sided. Before Liang Yanli had time to be proud, he felt a cold sharp metal on the back of his neck.

Cang Tianci glanced back and saw the expressionless face of Lin Yaolan who came with him, he was surprised and said: "Yaolan, you are actually elder brother's?"

As soon as he said these words, he felt all hope was lost. Cang Tianci brought Lin Yaolan, who had the best relationship with him, at this time. As a result, the friend he thought was the most loyal, turned out to be his elder brother in the end. .

"Of course not, I am the emperor... the former emperor." Lin Yaolan didn't mind his surprised appearance at all, her expression was extremely cold.

Cang Tianci gave a wry smile: "Yaolan, don't be joking, why do you still lie to me now? If you are the father's person, why would you help elder brother to monitor me?"

He had already figured it out in the blink of an eye. Maybe Cang Tiansu knew that Liang Yanli was a spy who had been planted in Cang Kingdom by Yue Guo people. He sent such a person to accompany him many times to observe the situation in Ye Mi City. Use him as a bait to lure Liang Yanli to show his feet.

"...I didn't lie to you, I only acted according to the will of the late emperor... unconditionally helping the current monarch is the last order given by the late emperor." Lin Yaolan didn't mean to confront him in this scene, and squeezed Picking up the boning knife in his hand, he said coldly, "Master Liang, let me tell you the truth, there is some kind of secret weapon buried under this mountain, and someone at the foot of the mountain is already holding a torch and preparing to use this secret weapon. I don't want to die, I also don't want to be buried with you, a Yue countryman, either you let the second prince go and we all survive together, or that secret weapon blows us all up to the sky, leaving no scum left."

Liang Yanli was not moved by the persuasion, but increased his strength, and the blade cut another knife on Cang Tianci's neck: "I let him go, so is Cang Tiansu willing to let me go?"

"That's not true, but when the emperor raises his troops and breaks through the capital of the Yue Kingdom, at least your wife and children can be saved." Lin Yaolan chuckled, "You have been hiding in Cang Kingdom for 20 years. Fighting power, I believe you are much clearer than me, a little literati, why do you have to kill your lovely wife, parents and brothers for a country that is doomed to perish?"

Liang Yanli's pupils trembled violently. After deliberating for a while, he gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "That's not necessarily true. I heard that this is Cang Tiansu's most beloved younger brother. Could it be that he really doesn't matter at all? Besides, I I don't expect Cang Tiansu to spare Yue Guo for the sake of a second prince, I only ask him to spare the lives of 20 people in Ye Mi City, can't even this little request be satisfied?"

Cang Tianci lowered his head halfway, and his body trembled slightly when he heard this.

Lin Yaolan shook her head and said, "I'm not qualified to negotiate terms with you. To be honest, I'm glad I don't have such qualifications now. My task is to bring the second prince back to the barracks alive."

Liang Yanli laughed loudly when he heard this, and exposed his lie without hesitation: "If Cang Tiansu cared so much about his brother's life, he wouldn't have sent him to lure me to take action——I think his order to you should be that you can save my brother's life. Save him as soon as he gets down, if he can’t be saved, don’t let him enter Yemi City alive, right?”

Although Liang Yanli spoke doubtful words, he used an affirmative tone, and the heaven-sent lowered his head.

Lin Yaolan's counter-general replied: "Since you know that the second prince's weight is just a bait, what's the use of bringing him to Yemi City after you worked so hard to pay for more than a dozen lives?"

"I can kill him, Cang Tiansu can also kill him, but Cang Tianci can't die in the eyes of the world, the people of Cang Kingdom can't stand such a disgrace." Liang Yanli frowned impatiently, talking to a few confidants The subordinates exchanged glances, and their expressions changed, "None of us can convince the other party, why don't we just see who can get out alive."

As soon as he finished speaking, several of his confidantes attacked Lin Yaolan with sharp knives. Lin Yaolan cursed angrily, severed Liang Yanli's major blood vessel with more force, and hurriedly dodged herself, urging: "You bastards, what are you doing standing still? Why don't you help me kill these spies?!"

Seeing the stunned two hundred soldiers, they hurriedly drew out their weapons to fight, and acted hastily. After all, they had an overwhelming advantage in numbers, and subdued Liang Yanli's henchmen without much effort.

Lin Yaolan, who had been stabbed three times in the arm, squatted down and felt the pulse of Liang Yanli who fell to the ground. After confirming that this person was dead and could not die any more, she let out a long breath, stood up and said, "Second Prince, are you okay?" Are you hurt?"

Cang Tianci lowered his head and did not speak. He bent down to pick up the weapon that fell on the ground. The sharp knife was still stuck on his neck a few minutes ago.

After several years of observation, Lin Yaolan can see that he has some ambiguous thoughts about the current emperor, so he knows that he must be hit hard at this time, and it is normal for him to be unable to accept it for a while, so let him leave him alone On one side, commanding the soldiers to tie up the seized minions with hemp rope.

As soon as he turned his head, unexpectedly, Cang Tianci suddenly attacked him, and directly stretched out his knife to hold him hostage.

Lin Yaolan was stunned for a long time by such a sudden change, and then asked: "What are you doing? Let me go!"

"You guys, let go of these people." Cang Tianci was unmoved and did not answer his question, but just shouted at the soldiers below, "Everyone retreat to the mountain, if what Lin Yaolan said is true, the soldiers below There are things that can kill people buried in the ground, and those who don’t want to die should leave quickly.”

"What do you mean by that?" Lin Yaolan gritted her teeth angrily, she really capsized in the gutter, he had no intention of guarding against Heaven's gift at all.

——Brother, you are the royal family of the Cang Kingdom, and you are the most unlikely person in the world to be a spy from another country, but why are you helping the people of the Yue Kingdom now?

Cang Tianci smiled wryly, looked at the untied workers, and asked seriously: "Can I really exchange my life for 20 lives in Yemi City?"

Liang Yanli's adjutant was also dumbfounded for a moment, and after realizing it, he hurriedly said: "Please don't worry, we have always admired the righteousness of the second prince, this time it is only to save the people who have suffered from unreasonable disasters, and we will definitely not hurt you at all. A cold hair!"

Lin Yaolan didn't expect this person to be able to carry forward the spirit of communism at such a moment. She watched in a daze as Cang Tianci drove away the guard of more than 200 people, and followed a few secret agents to the vicinity of the gate of Yemi City very cooperatively.

"I have a jade pendant on my body, which can order the soldiers guarding the city to let go, but you must first prove your sincerity to me, I want to let this man go, and if I hold the knife against him like this, the guards guarding the city will also find something wrong "" Cang Tianci looked at the guards of the Cang Kingdom who were like iron walls, and saw that several secret agents were also wondering how to break through such a defense net, so he took the opportunity to put forward his own request.

Liang Yanli's adjutant was very polite to him, looked at Lin Yaolan, felt embarrassed, and agreed, "Okay, I'll listen to you...but I need to knock him out first, lest he yell bad things at the guards."

Cang Tianci didn't speak for a while after hearing this, it was acquiescing, glanced at Lin Yaolan who was still in a daze, and closed his eyes in pain: "Yaolan, I hope you will tell your elder brother after you go back that I am sorry for him, if it wasn't for me back then If you keep clinging to him, maybe his nanny will not die, and this tyrant who regards human life as worthless now will not be born... I know he will definitely think I am naive and stupid, I just prove my own Values, I don't think Yue people are inferior to Cang people, everyone's life should be respected!"

Why are you bothering... Lin Yaolan smiled bitterly, and immediately felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen, her eyes went dark, and she fainted.

The adjutant raised his eyelids to check, and saw that the pupils were indeed dilated, so he punched him again worriedly, before saying: "Second Prince, please show us the jade pendant and take us into the city. I represent the 20 people in Yemi City." Thank you!"