Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Why did your majesty let me see this person? I don't know her. Zhou Xian stared at the young woman who was tied to the pillar in front of her. The woman was tortured to the point of being disheveled and her hair was loose.

The cold and gloomy room and the indescribably mixed stench in the air made Zhou Xian feel creepy. She didn't like the atmosphere here very much. All the people's faces were cold and depressed, without a smile, as if all the despair and darkness in the world had gathered in this corner.

The enclosed space was very quiet, and Li Yu's voice felt hollow: She's just a little maid, of course Ehuang doesn't know her.

Zhou Xian felt that Li Yu seemed to have become a walking dead driven by power, struggling and resisting by all means in despair, and became very strange.

Why was she tied up here? Why did the king bring me here? Zhou Xian asked tremblingly.

Li Yu said: Someone accused her of adultery with the guards. According to the law, she is a capital crime... He took a short sword from the eunuch, without a scabbard, and put it on a white handkerchief. Ehuang, you come to send her on the road, she deserves to die.

Zhou Xian stared at Li Yu, shook his head vigorously, was too shocked to say a complete sentence, No...no...

Li Yu grabbed Zhou Xian's hand, picked up the short sword wrapped in a white handkerchief and stuffed it in her hand, then held her hand and said, She should have died.

This sentence is like a mantra. Zhou Xian's heart was already in a mess, she couldn't resist Li Yu's intentions, she didn't have to worry about reasons such as imperial edicts, she instinctively thought that she couldn't resist him. The palace maid deserves to die...Zhou Xian doesn't think so in his heart, just because he was accused of having an affair with a guard? What evidence is there and what have they done? If no one told her about these things, she couldn't agree whether the maid deserved to die or not. She was even tormented by a kind of shame, because she, too, had lost her virtue. And she was terrified, terrified of this killing.

For a short moment, her heart was so complicated.

Suddenly, Li Yu took her hand and stabbed at the heart of the person on the pillar! Before Zhou Xian could react, let alone struggle, he heard a scream, and then his face became hot, and blood sprayed her face and chest.

In an instant, the blood on Zhou Xian's face disappeared immediately, and his clear eyes also lost consciousness. She saw a cloud of white mist rising from the ground, all the strength in her body was sucked away, and she fell limply.

Li Yu hurriedly supported her. She couldn't see anything, but she was sober in her heart, and she heard Li Yu's hey sigh in her ear.

... Zhou Xian felt that he had died, and returned to the previous state of not being interested in everything. But she is not crazy after all, when people talk to her, she can still answer with a deadpan face, and she is still very polite and decent.

Sometimes she was thinking wildly, what is the purpose of life, what is the fun? This problem seems to be difficult.

Within two days, a young woman came to the palace. This woman is not shy and soft-spoken like ordinary women, but her demeanor is very free and easy.

This is Liu Liuyao, the daughter of General Liu Renzhan of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Li Yu said.

Liu Liuyao clasped his fists and bowed when performing the ceremony: I pay my respects to the empress.

Li Yu reminded: You can't do this in the future, pay attention to your words and deeds, don't be seen by others.

After hearing this, Liu Liuyao clasped her fists at her waist, bent her knees and said, I have met the empress. Zhou Xian sized her up and nodded slightly in response.

Li Yu said solemnly: At that time, the envoy will ask Blacksmith Guo to present a sword dance. Blacksmith Guo and his minions will definitely be on guard against this, so our greatest hope cannot be placed on this matter. Liu Liuyao pretends to be Ehuang's personal maid, and I will leave it to you; and Ehuang, as an internal agent, only needs to find opportunities for Liu Liuyao...

Hearing these words, Zhou Xian felt that it was absurd. To say a ridiculous thing so solemnly and in such detail was ridiculous in itself, but it made people unable to laugh. Li Yu has gone completely crazy! He still looks normal, but in fact, he has been driven crazy by the coercion from which there is nowhere to escape. It may also be that the physical damage has affected his character... It is really unreasonable for an eunuch to go crazy and do things. In the Tang Dynasty, there were eunuchs who dared to directly bloodbath the court ministers in the political affairs hall, and openly massacred the court ministers in the temple. Even a rebellious hero would not be able to do such a thing!

And Zhou Xian has no way at all, she doesn't think she has a way to make Li Yu wake up, at this critical moment of life and death, he thinks he has grasped the straw to save his life! It's like a drowning person clinging to the rescuer's neck desperately, and will not let go even if he dies. It is useless to persuade him to let go, even if he dies, he cannot be broken away.

Liu Liuyao, what do you want? Li Yu said, As long as you want, I will try my best to give it to you. It's like Prince Dan is generous with rewards.

Zhou Xian's heart tightened again when she heard this, because she had heard of the unofficial history of Prince Dan sending Jing Ke off, which was full of blood. Jing Ke and others went to a banquet before leaving and praised a maid's hand for its beauty, so Prince Dan chopped off the hand of the maid and gave it to Jing Ke... This world has been completely deformed in Zhou Xian's eyes.

Fortunately, Liu Liuyao said: The courtiers and concubines don't want rewards, hatred for the subjugation of the country, revenge for killing the father, just revenge!

Hearing this, Zhou Xian probably guessed what was going on with Liu Liuyao. Liu Renzhan was defeated and captured in Shouzhou that year, and he has not heard from him since then, so he should have been killed.

...

A few days later, Zhou Xian was hurriedly sent to the peace talks. She just obeyed silently and never thought of resisting.

Because he was doomed, why should he resist in vain when he was already desperate? No matter whether he succeeds or not, Guo Shao will not let him go. It is not easy for a person who was born as a blacksmith and climbed up from a humble place. He attaches great importance to everything he has obtained with difficulty, and will never tolerate people who threaten him with this method.

The civil and military officials of the Zhou court will be put to death and then quickly. The loyal followers of the queen mother and Guo Tiejiang must not be furious?

Zhou Xian lightly lifted the curtain of the car, and looked at the world outside without a thought, everything was so sad and boring.

What queen, it's just a joke, it's just a pawn! What kind of country is just a stage where actors jump up and down. From ancient times to the present, there is no Southern Tang Dynasty, and people still want to live.

Starting from Jiangning Mansion, it took only an hour to walk slowly to Zhou Jun's camp. A few days ago, the Zhou army set off from quarrying, and the distance to approach the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty was only 120 li.

There was a loud question and answer outside, and Zhou Xian guessed from the words that he had already arrived at Zhou Jun's camp.

A sonorous voice said loudly: Only one person is allowed to enter, and the rest are not allowed to move! Then there was no sound, and the other carriages in the same carriage were all real singing girls.

Not long after, another voice said: Men and women are separated, and the cars of singing girls follow me.

The carriage restarted, and a gurgling sound shook the eardrums. Zhou Xian gently closed her eyes. She really felt that she was falling into an abyss, and she could even faintly feel the wind blowing on her face; at this moment, she was out of control, and the ending could not be changed... I don't know when it will end, and then she can hear a bang sound, and die with guilt.

Two lines of clear tears slipped quietly down the cheeks. The acid and pain came up suddenly, and the emotions seemed to be released and collapsed with the tears. A voice shouted from the bottom of her heart: I have known that people are going to die, and I am not afraid of death! But I never thought of dying in such loneliness and ugliness...

The world is really like a dream. In just a few days, she turned from a queen into a criminal waiting for trial. Everything is so vague and empty.

Someone touched Zhou Xian's arm, Zhou Xian opened his eyes, and saw Liu Liuyao, who was pretending to be a maid, handing over a handkerchief. Liu Liuyao said: Is the queen afraid or sad?

Zhou Xian took the towel and shook his head dejectedly.

Liu Liuyao said in a low voice: I heard that your Majesty has only favored your empress for several years. You should be happy that you can die for him.

Zhou Xian couldn't explain to this woman, so he remained silent. Liu Liuyao's words only brought her back from her self-indulgent mood to reality. Since Guo Shao received the envoy, he should have seen the secret letter attached to it, and he should know that he is coming.

He will definitely meet himself. It was indescribably uncomfortable to meet in this way.

At this moment, the carriage quickly arrived at a place, and the women were invited down one after another. Zhou Xian came down and took a look. He was still in the camp of the Chinese army. In the distance, he could see a fence made of wooden piles. A big tent was in front of him. Outside were all Zhou army soldiers.

A general and the young man next to him whispered: Marshal Guo is coming soon, should these people be searched first?

The young man said: These are all women. We think it's frivolous to search us, and we're asking for trouble. There are women among the people who cook outside. You can ask two of them to come over and search us. It's just that it's too late. Marshal Guo will be here soon.

The general asked: Then what should we do?

The young man said: The first team of the Personal Guard Brigade is all accounted for, separate from Marshal Guo and these women whose origins are unknown, let me keep a close eye on them.

The general clasped his fists and said, Decree.

Hearing this, Zhou Xian thought to himself: Others are not stupid, they are so easy to assassinate. It may be quite difficult for two women to deal with the most powerful general of the Zhou army among thousands of armies.

The singing girls were then all driven into the big tent next to it by the soldiers, and Zhou Xian and Liu Liuyao also mixed in there. A few soldiers stood at the door, and the remaining 20 or so men stood in a row in front of the singing girls, staring at the women's movements solemnly. But many soldiers nearby still didn't look at the person they were facing, and secretly looked at Zhou Xian... These people pretended to be business-like, and they were probably judging which one was the most beautiful in their hearts.

At this moment, the young man at the door said anxiously: Marshal Guo is here, stand up for me!

Zhou Xian couldn't help looking at the tent door