Broken Iron Clothes

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Jiang Shiqing was lying on the couch with half-undressed clothes, but even though his whole body had been wiped several times, the heat in his body couldn't dissipate, and being stuffy inside seemed to burn his lungs out.

There was still a faint smell of gunpowder smoke lingering on the tip of his nose. He sniffed the smell and frowned even more. He wanted to avoid the smell, but as soon as he moved, every inch of flesh and blood seemed to be dismantled.

Stomach twisted, back cracked, Jiang Shiqing was dizzy with pain, he couldn't tell where he was for a while, only heard sounds in his ears, accompanied by howling wind and sand, getting closer.

"Lv Sheng! Today my big army came prepared, it is useless for you to defend the city gate, and your wife and children, although I didn't use much blood on them, but it has been dragged on until today. The deadline is approaching, but if you issue an order to open this city gate and then commit suicide and apologize, I will give your wife and children the antidote for the coagulation of the blood, and then ensure that the people of Ningzhou who have surrendered to me are safe and sound, how about it?"

Hearing the sound, Jiang Shiqing opened his eyes, and realized that he was dragged back to the gate of Ningzhou city nine years ago again, with a black army under his feet, the military flags fluttering in the wind, and Lu Sheng wearing an iron suit, was standing in the closed city. Outside the door, there is a majestic figure.

"Trying to use the lives of my wife and children to lure me into treason and surrender," Lu Sheng laughed, "Rao Shunhe! Who are you underestimating?"

Jiang Shiqing knew that the man named Rao Shunhe was the leader of the Great Army. He had fought fiercely with Lu Sheng for many years, and he had long regarded him as his lifelong enemy. Now that Rao Shunhe had the upper hand, he wanted to humiliate Lu Sheng. His pleasure.

Lv Sheng pulled the horse's head and turned back to face the city gate. He rushed upwards and raised his long knife neatly.

"Ma'am! In this life, I, Lu Sheng, have been worthy of Da Li, the Son of Heaven, and the brothers under my command. I am the only one who is sorry for the people in Wei Xu's palace. I am deeply grateful, and I, Lu, cannot afford to protect you. If I beg for a poor life today Long farewell, I hope that we will meet again in the underworld and continue our fate in the afterlife!"

Princess Lifang's eyes were red, she said with a smile: "I agree!"

Lu Sheng laughed generously, and cut off the long wind with a knife, his body was as towering as a mountain and an iron wall, and his prestige remained the same as before.

"It's unbearable for a big man to invade our borders and trample on our land! Lu Sheng, the commander of the Yingzhou Army Battalion, is here today in the name of the Qinghui Army to defend Ningzhou to the death, and not to insult our Dali rivers and mountains!"

"We are willing to defend Ningzhou to the death in the name of the Qinghui Army. We would rather lay down millions of corpses than disgrace Dali Rivers and Mountains—"

The voices of all the soldiers were as startling as thunder and as powerful as a broken bamboo, shaking mountains and rivers.

Rao Shunhe sneered and shouted: "Everyone obey the order, and the one who takes the most heads will be rewarded!"

With an order, the two armies charged and fought, and in an instant, blood spattered, the horse's hoof smashed the head, the spear pierced the armor, and the brutal fight started out of control. Can be slain by a sharp blade.

Jiang Shiqing leaned against the stone wall and looked at the scene below, feeling that there seemed to be a fire burning in his stomach, and the fire was spreading along his meridians, trying to scorch his bones and blood.

He barely put up his strength to stand against the wall, but Tao Deren, the magistrate of Ningzhou, suddenly shouted behind him: "What are you doing in a daze, are you going to watch King Wei Xu die in battle outside the city? Open the city gate and let people in." ah!"

"Tao Zhizhou," the eldest princess stepped forward to stop the people, "The Damo army surrounded and suppressed the Qinghui army on three sides, and they were able to attack the city gate in a short time. Before the reinforcements arrived, what is the difference between you doing this and letting the enemy army enter the city privately?" !"

As soon as the words were finished, Tao Deren's expression changed suddenly, he turned his head and gave the people beside him a look, and they got the order, they went forward holding the knife, intending to block in front of the eldest princess.

But what they have on their waists is the scimitar of a big man.

The eldest princess suddenly realized, she sneered and retreated to the stone wall, turned her head and shouted: "The big man is lurking here, Tao Deren is collaborating with the enemy!"

The scimitar was raised, and thick blood splashed on the side of Jiang Shiqing's face instantly. He closed his eyes in astonishment, only knowing that the people of Wei Xu's palace surrounded him, and they were chopped under the knife one by one, and then thrown to the ground. Outside the city wall, a broken body fell.

Jiang Shiqing was trembling with horror. He looked outside the city gate in panic, looking for Lu Sheng's figure in the crowd, but the moment he found it, his heart was completely shaken.

Lv Sheng stood upright proudly holding the long knife, covered in blood.The sharp blade sliced ​​through his stomach, then pierced his thigh, and finally slashed at his shoulder.He didn't want to kneel, so he turned around and faced the gate of Ningzhou city with the blade on his shoulder, until several spears pierced through his back and penetrated to his chest.

Blood dripped from the spearhead, one injection after another.

Xianfeng.

Lu Sheng knelt down and looked at him from a distance, shouting silently.

Jiang Shiqing stared blankly at Lu Sheng from this distance, and his three souls and seven souls were all scattered.

Not long after, a rope was wrapped around Jiang Shiqing's waist. He looked along and found that the other end was tied to the Eldest Princess.

"Xianfeng, live well."

The eldest princess pressed his forehead and said so.

Before he even had time to reach out and touch her face, he was pushed off the city wall in an instant.

In an instant, Lu Xianfeng's body was shattered, and all the voices fell together.

"Daddy, why do you call me Xianfeng?" He once asked when he was a child.

Lu Shengci smiled and stroked his head: "The wind can come and go freely, do whatever you want, I hope you will."

But Daddy, Xianfeng has nothing left.

Jiang Shiqing covered his eyes to endure his grief, and stopped looking to the side.

"Shi Qing, in the year of weak crown, it's time to choose characters."

Zhong Dingshan's voice came to his ears, and Jiang Shiqing suddenly came back to his senses. He looked forward through his fingers, and saw Jiang Yu standing with his back, and said: "The most clear water is Huai, and then take the word 'chuan' in my word. ’, let’s take the word for you as ‘Huaichuan’.”

Jiang Shiqing put down his hands that were in front of his eyes, kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Mr. Yu Chuan, for your words."

But when he raised his head again, he saw Jiang Yu walking further and further away with his hands behind his back.

Jiang Yu said, Huaichuan, sir is gone.

The light slowly fell, and the road at his feet also collapsed bit by bit, blocking his desire to catch up.Jiang Shiqing knelt down alone, only looking at the solitary shadow on the ground in a daze, he didn't know what to say, and he didn't want to say any more.

The ground collapsed into a cliff before his eyes, and Jiang Shiqing knelt on the edge of the cliff, not moving for a while.

"Huaichuan, will you go with me?"

A man stood at the bottom of the cliff and shouted, stretching out his palm to him.

Yuan Mucheng, is it you?Jiang Shiqing thought.

"Huaichuan, jump off, I'll follow you."

Hearing this voice, Jiang Shiqing felt an impulse in his heart—he wanted to jump down.

In an instant, he got up and jumped down without thinking, and fell again from the wind.At the moment before the setting sun disappeared, he embraced the light and threw himself into a firm embrace...

Jiang Shiqing's back was wrapped with medicine, and when he sweated, the gauze on his back was soaked, and the wound would throb and hurt.Right now, the medicine is taking effect, his whole body seems to have been drenched by the rain, his clothes are wet to his skin, and when the wind comes in from the window, it turns cold and hot.

Worried that he would catch cold, Yuan Mucheng had to hold him in his arms for a long time after changing his clothes, and then slowly put him down when the clothes were warm.

This was the second time he held someone in his arms and covered him. Jiang Shiqing leaned on his shoulder, opened his mouth and said something, and only hummed a few times.

Yuan Mucheng followed his back gently, and also made some noises to coax him.When it was time to put him down, he finally heard Jiang Shiqing whispering his name the whole time.

"...Xiao, Ann." Jiang Shiqing made a drowsy voice.

Yuan Mucheng's heart trembled when he was called out, and he didn't want to let him go, so he leaned on his head and responded softly: "Well, I'm here."

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The first time Cigu saw Jiang Shiqing's poisonous hair, she was in a hurry, so she boiled hot water in the kitchen and delivered them to Jiang Shiqing's room one after another. She was so busy until night.

She gently knocked on Jiang Shiqing's door with a basin of hot water, and the person who stepped forward to receive the water was Yuan Mucheng.

"Thank you for your hard work." Yuan Mucheng said.

But Cigu stood outside the door for a long time without moving, and instead gestured to Yuan Mucheng for a long time.

Ji Dong walked forward with a medicine bowl in his hand, and explained: "Auntie Ci said that the general is wounded, and he may not be able to stand guard all night, so I want to ask if she can replace him."

Yuan Mucheng had an epiphany, and smiled: "No need, I can't let it go if I don't see Huai Chuan, please rest well, I don't dare to make mistakes."

Ji Dong handed the medicine bowl to Yuan Mucheng, put his arms around Ci Gu's shoulders, and said, "Ci Gu, don't worry, the general will take good care of Master Jiang, and Xu Guo is on guard, and will call us if something happens."

Hearing the sound, Xu Guo stretched out a hand from the eaves and shook it downward.

Ji Dong looked at that hand, smiled, then turned his head and pointed to the medicine bowl in Yuan Mucheng's hand, and said, "General, this is the last bowl of medicine for tonight, after it cools down, you can feed it to Master Jiang first. I'll collect the bowls tomorrow morning."

Ji Dong led Cigu away, and the door was closed gently, and the sound died down.

Su Guo sat on the roof quietly listening to the movement below, crossed her legs and looked up at the night sky in a daze.Not long after, he heard someone stepping on the eaves and climbing up from the bottom, but that person's movements seemed to be strenuous, and Xu Guo couldn't help laughing secretly in his heart.

The man climbed halfway, when suddenly the knife was pressed against his neck, and he just raised his head to look at the person.

"Lin Song?" Xu Guo put away the knife in surprise, took his hand and lifted him up.

Lin Song sat on the roof panting, and patted the ashes in his hands.

Xu Guo put the knife back into the sheath, sat down and asked, "Why are you here?"

Lin Song stood up cautiously touching the tiles, staggered to sit beside him, and said, "Stay with you."

Xu Guo smiled wryly, "I've seen this scene for almost six years, I should get used to it."

Lin Song didn't answer for a while, and the two sat quietly for a while, but Xu Guo didn't expect that the company Lin Song mentioned was the kind of company that didn't even say a word.But he still had a grudge in his heart, fearing that he would scare Lin Song away if he accidentally said something, so he didn't dare to speak.

When Xu Guo was thinking about how to speak so as not to be annoying, Lin Song suddenly reached out and patted him on the shoulder, saying, "Xuguo, I'm sorry."

Suddenly, Xu Guo seemed to have reached a step, and happily jumped down.

"Mother-in-law, what are you doing?" Xu Guo bumped his shoulder.

Lin Song said seriously: "We will be good brothers from now on, it doesn't matter if it's a roof or a mountain top, as long as you..."

"Come on, it's hard for you to climb the roof. In the future, I will take you to practice, young master, and you can jump wherever you want."

Xu Guo was secretly happy, she cleared her throat pretending to be serious and looked aside, but she didn't dare to take another look at Lin Song, who knew that Lin Song took out a water bottle from his waist again, stretched out his hand and held it in front of his eyes shake.

"Sugar water, I rushed to buy it before the curfew."

Xu Guo sneered, took the water bottle, and said, "Treat me like a child."

He stroked the kettle and stared at it for a moment before he lifted the lid. The fragrance gushed out, as if it could be mixed into the root of his tongue from his nose, and he tasted sweet just by smelling it.

He smelled the sweet fragrance, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "I have grown up, really. Today, everyone is able to bear it and stop crying."

"That's not right," Lin Song said with a smile, "I just wanted to come up and praise you."

"Listen to your fart!"