Lei Yue Longmen

Cen Zhu felt the cold and hard nails sinking into the flesh, and still glared at him not to be outdone.

"You dare, of course you dare. I have never doubted that any human life is worthless in your hands. But even if you kill me, it can't cover up the fact that you are a wolf."

"Boom!" Just as she was about to suffocate, there was a sound like thunder in the distance.Echoing in the silent mountain forest, countless mountain birds were frightened.

"What is this sound?"

Gu Rentu threw away Cen Zhu and turned his eyes towards the direction of the thunder.However, because the sky was not yet bright, we couldn't see anything clearly, and the thunder stopped after a single sound, so the frightened? Mountain birds quickly returned to silence.

Everyone looked up, and what they saw was the same as Gu Rentu's. Because they didn't know the situation, they felt uneasy.

"What was that just now?"

"I don't know! Sounds good? It's like thunder!"

"Thunder? Could it be raining?"

Gu Rentu ordered Cen Zhu to be taken down, and stood alone on the upper floor of the gate, gazing at the east sky that was about to break dawn, but his eyes seemed to stay in the night, becoming more and more silent and gloomy.

Cen Zhu was thrown into a small, dark room. After she struggled to get up from the ground and leaned against the pillar to catch her breath, she heard rustling sounds beside her.

"Who is there?"

No one responded, but Cen Zhu felt severe pain on his left cheek, which seemed to be swollen. He touched his gums with his tongue, and found that two big teeth were missing on the left side. .”

By daybreak, she was tired and hungry. Too many things happened last night, from rescuing the gong to carrying Li Jingxi back to camp, she hardly had any rest. As soon as the day came, she was so sleepy that she couldn't keep her eyes open.

"Big brother, are you okay? I brought you something to eat? Something."

Zhang Ha | Toad personally brought her food, a thick bowl of white rice porridge, a small dish of vegetables, and a steamed bun, which were placed on the ground one by one. When Cen Zhu smelled the aroma of the rice, he immediately cheered up and opened his mouth, "Thank you. "But with hands tied behind his back, he couldn't hold the chopsticks. "This? How do you eat it?"

Zhang Ha | Toad also felt embarrassed, and pondered for a long time: "How about I feed you?"

Cen Zhu thought for a while, "No, I don't want a big man to feed me, it makes me panic when I think about it." Then he made a look of retreating, attracting the attention of Zhang Toad, a straight steel man. ?Feel the same.

He thought for a while: "That's good, I'll untie the rope for you first, and then tie it up after you finish eating. How?"

Cen Zhu readily agreed, and Zhang Toad went around behind him, squatted down and tied her to untie the rope.But Xiao Zhuang tied the rope so tightly with one tendon, Zhang Toad couldn't untie it no matter what, his face was flushed red with anger, he stood up and gasped, "He? Damn? , I'll get the guy, if you don't believe me, I can't get rid of this? Shit bumps."

Zhang Ha|Toad had just left, when a disheveled monster suddenly jumped out from the pile of firewood in the corner of the room.

Cen Zhu was startled, but when he saw clearly that it was a person, he immediately calmed down.Zhang Ha|Toad came in with a knife, and seeing this scene, he immediately grabbed the man's hair and lifted him up. Seeing through the swollen half of his face under the hair, Cen Zhu seemed to recognize him. Who is he? My heart sank.

"Damn it, you dare to eat the old man's rice, spit it out, spit it out, fuck your grandma!"

Zhang Ha | Toad kicked and kicked that person fiercely? A few punches, he spit out the food in his mouth, and threw him on the ground? Moaning in pain, Zhang Toad kicked again He stepped on his neck viciously, forcing him to vomit out the soup.

Cen Zhu couldn't bear it: "I gave him this meal. If you want to beat me, do you want to beat me too?"

The toad put his legs down when he heard the words, and said with a smile: "Since the big brother gave him? to eat?, then forget it. Come on, give him the spit out? Feed it back to him!"

"you!"

"Just kidding. Brother, you have to forgive me. This is the boss's rule. Don't give him anything to eat or drink, even if he spits it out. The boss decided to go hungry He? A few days. I dare not refuse."

"Don't you have your own? Why do you have to obey others and be willing to be manipulated?"

"I have it!" Zhang Toad squatted down excitedly, pulled out an old trumpet from his back belt, and took another step forward, "Big brother, can you continue to teach me how to play it?" Is this? Myself? I've been thinking about it for a long time, but I still can't learn how you play it? That song, can you play it again for me?"

Cen Zhu was amazed at his "thinking" jump, the "Zhang Toad" in front of him, who was dedicated to studying, seemed to be different from the vicious bandit just now, one was extremely naive, and the other was extremely cruel.And he? Switched freely between the two personalities without feeling guilty.

Cen Zhu twisted his shoulders, Zhang Toad understood, and immediately helped her cut the rope with a knife.Cen Zhu threw off the rope that bound him for half a night, feeling the blood flow through his body, he tilted his neck, took the suona, and recognized that it was blown in the farmyard, and found it very dazzling.Under Zhang Toad's expectant eyes, she wiped the whistle of the horn, held it in her mouth, and only blew a short sound, then twisted her face and said in pain: "Hiss, it hurts, my face is swollen." If it’s like this, it hurts when you play the drum, and I’m afraid you won’t be able to blow it today.” Zhang Ha|Toad was just hanging up? His interest was stuck there, and it was very uncomfortable if he couldn’t get up or down, but he only thought that Cen Zhu was really blowing. It didn't work, and said regretfully: "Then it's okay, wait for the elder brother to recover from his injury, and then teach me!" Cen Zhu returned the horn to him, and Zhang Toad took it carefully and kept it out of the way. Back waistband.Look at the broken rope on the ground: "Brother, I'll go first. I won't tie this rope for you. Anyway, there are people watching outside, so you can't run away. If something happens, let the people outside the door Brothers, you can just call me." Cen Zhu forced a smile, "Thank you. Can you bring me another steamed bun, I didn't eat just now, I'm very hungry."

"No problem." Shortly after Zhang Toad left, someone delivered food, probably because she was worried that she would distribute it to the people next to her, and only gave less than one person's portion.After the door was closed, Cen Zhu picked up the small half of the steamed bun, broke off the half and threw it to someone on the ground, "Eat it."

The people on the ground didn't move, they trembled with the only strength they had: "Please, kill me."

Hearing that he has been tortured so much that life is worse than death, Cen Zhu said: "If you really want to die, you can kill yourself. You don't need help from others. You can just hit the pillar and bite your tongue. If you don't want to die, eat the steamed buns quickly. If I It's you, I will choose the latter. After all, if you die, you have nothing, and living is the most important thing?"

Cen Zhu threw the remaining half of the steamed bun into his mouth, which just fit into the gap between two teeth, and couldn't help smiling wryly, this is really a gap between the teeth.He picked up some leftovers from his clothes and ate them, and said, "If you don't eat any more, I'll take them back. Eat, I'm very hungry now."

The person on the ground hadn't moved for a long time, and just when Cen Zhuo thought he had passed out, the hand that was pressed under his abdomen stretched out with difficulty, grabbed the steamed bun, stuffed it into his mouth, and swallowed it whole.

For two days in a row, Cen Zhu saved some food from his mouth and distributed it to that person.And that person swallowed everything whole, without even chewing? Cen Hao felt strange at first.Later, when he took a big gulp, he observed carefully and found that he didn't even have a single tooth in his mouth.Compared with him, Gu Rentu only knocked out two of her teeth, which is "merciful".

On the second day, he gradually gained some strength and was able to sit up with support, but the whole person seemed to have lost his soul, and he only lowered his head and said nothing.The two were locked in the same dark? Small black room, and they were silent most of the time.

Until a deafening sound of "Boom", the two woke up from their respective trances at the same time.

Hearing that the sound was exactly the same as the "thunder" heard at the door or upstairs yesterday, Cen Zhu felt a little suspicious. Not long after, it started raining outside.Listening to the mountain wind's call sign, it seems that the rain is still heavy. Could it be that it is really thunder?

Zhang Ha|Toad came in to deliver the meal, and even mentioned the "thunder" specifically. Obviously, the movement also brought him a lot of shock. However, it was raining, and there was a reasonable explanation for all the shock.

After he left, Cen Zhu distributed the meal to Tu Yun as usual, and when he handed over the steamed buns, he unconsciously brought out his doubts: "Why do I feel that the movement doesn't look like thunder? What if? It’s thunder? If so, it can’t just ring once and then stop, right?”

"It's not thunder, it's artillery. The most powerful of all artillery? A general cannon!" Tu Yunkai spoke for the first time after such a long time. Although the pronunciation was not very clear, Cen Zhuo understood the meaning. , I was surprised, it turned out to be artillery.

In Yurui, only the Shenwu Army, frontier defenders, and a few garrisons in important inland towns are equipped with artillery, and there are very few general artillery. .Therefore, the imperial court has always been cautious about the equipment and use of artillery, especially the General Cannon.

As far as Cen Zhu knows, the Shenwu Army has an artillery battalion of 5000 people, with about [-] pieces of artillery, including about [-] pieces of artillery for the generals. Crown of all armies.

The other armies are generally equipped with ten artillery pieces per thousand, which is one-tenth of the Shenwu army per capita, and the general cannon is even one-twentieth of the Shenwu army.In addition, no matter how many people there are in the army, the total number of artillery pieces cannot exceed [-] pieces.This is the rule set by our grandfather Qingzong today.The only exception is the northern border guarded by the Tu family. Their total number of artillery pieces is [-].The reason why there is such a special case is that there are many nomadic border troubles in the north, and more artillery is really needed to defend against powerful enemies; Special preferential treatment is given to the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Tu Yunkai, who has been immersed in the glory of his ancestors since he was a child, is naturally familiar with all kinds of artillery, and can tell the type of artillery just by his voice.This is something that Cen Zhu, who was born in a family of civil servants, could not do.

"Hehe, Gu Rentu is going to be bombed to death!" Tu Yunkai, who is well versed in the power of the general's cannon, put a strange smile on his mouth, and opened his toothless mouth .

However, Cen Zhu could not remain optimistic about the status quo. If Li Jingzhu really had artillery, there was probably only one reason why she hadn't shelled the top of the mountain so far, and that was that she was still taking care of the hostages on the mountain.

Cen Zhu's eyes flicked to the man with the strange smile on the corner of his mouth. Under his messy hair, his whole face was blue and swollen, as if swollen in water. face.

In the past, she couldn't imagine that one day she would be willing to starve in a small room in order to save this person's life.However, the reality is so unfair, the person whom he dismisses plays an important role in helping the person he loves.In order to protect the one you love, you have to protect the one you hate. Isn't that irony?

After the rain stopped, Zhang Toad came again, this time he brought an extra meal, put it in front of Tu Yunkai, and ordered him to eat right away.Tu Yunkai didn't move, and he didn't fight each other roughly like before, but just urged impatiently, "Eat quickly, hurry up, don't let the old man say it again!"

Cen Zhu asked strangely: "How dare you disobey your second brother's order today and deliver food to him?"

Zhang Ha|Toad looked at himself? Reluctantly? Look: "Second brother ordered? What can I do?" After saying that, he waved his fist to threaten and was still indifferent? Tu Yunkai, "What the hell are you doing to the old man? To eat or not to eat?"

Tu Yunkai dodged subconsciously, and touched the edge of the bowl with trembling hands.Seeing that he was hesitant, Cen Zhu deliberately asked Zhang Toad,

"Huh? This? How's the rice? It looks like there's something in it."

"Things, what things?" Zhang Ha|Toad's head has always been not very bright, and he didn't understand Cen Zhu? Speaking? Voice? He squatted down and took a closer look, "Why can't I see it? Big brother, did you see it?" what?"

"Oh, it's nothing, maybe I'm dazzled."

Tu Yunkai knew that he had a straight personality, and if there was poison in the rice, he wouldn't have this kind of reaction, so he picked up the porridge on the ground and drank it all in one gulp.

"Finish? Come on, take him to the door and upstairs."

Zhang Ha | Toad signaled the little minion to come in and drive away with Tu Yun, who suddenly shrank back in horror holding the bowl, desperately unwilling to go with them?

Cen Zhu remembered the scene of Gu Rentu massacring the captives at the door? He couldn't help but stand up, and stopped the two young men, "What are you pulling him for?"

"Brother, you don't have to worry about this kind of person. It's not worth it. I want to take him to the door? Upstairs? Cut him up, but unfortunately the second brother won't let him. I want to save their lives. I dragged them to exchange hostages. The people below have been yelling for a day, and they want to exchange with us. I think the second brother probably agrees after thinking about it for a day."

When Tu Yunkai heard that he was going to exchange hostages, he immediately dropped the bowl in his hand, got up and went out with the two young men crying loudly.This was the most exciting moment when Cen Zhu saw them in the past two days, it seemed that he had the feeling of crying and laughing again.

Zhang Ha|Toad let out a "bah" from behind, "Did you see it? When I heard that there is a chance of life, it can run faster than a rabbit! It's really weak!"

Cen Zhu felt a little dizzy, holding onto the pillar to keep himself from falling down, muttering: "Change the hostage? Change... Tu Yunkai?"

"Yeah!" Zhang Ha|Toad looked back at Cen Zhu full of sympathy: "Big brother, I don't think you should go back to be a dog official, anyway, people don't care about you, why don't you? Come with us, we will definitely get you!" You are a brother."

Cen Zhu listened to him complaining about himself, with a wry smile on his face.Desperately trying not to show a trace of sadness in front of others, but after holding on for a while, I felt like I was lying to myself, which was ridiculous.Leaning weakly on the pillar with his upper body, he slowly bent his legs and slid to sit down, propping his forehead, feeling indescribably exhausted physically and mentally.

Although her rationality allowed her to fully agree with that person's choice, emotionally she couldn't lie to herself. Being treated as an abandoned child was a terrible feeling.

After an unknown amount of time, the door of the small black room was opened again, and Cen Zhu heard someone walk in. His footsteps were light and fast, and he squatted in front of her, knelt down, and held her hand in his arms. The face and the palm are so soft, it must not be Zhang Toad.

Cen Zhu's face was tilted limply in her palm, and he opened his eyelids with force, looking at the tearful eyes on the opposite side, he didn't come back to his senses for a long, long time: "Gu Qing? What is it? you?"

Gu Qinghong rolled two lines of tears from her eyes, holding her face and crying silently.Cen Zhu's finger was woken up heavily by her? a pea-sized? teardrop, and slowly clenched into a fist, he asked hoarsely inconceivably, "She... trade you?"

"Cough! Cough!" She felt that every breath she choked was hot, and she wished to burn all her internal organs, "She actually traded you!" She kept repeating these words, The body curled up into a bow that was about to break, and in the panic that Gu Qing wanted to scream but couldn't, he slowly lost consciousness and fell into her arms.