The east was about to dawn, and a sharp cry pierced the silence.
"The big thing is bad—!"
Yun Wan and the others were about to set off when they heard the sound and went out to have a look.
The young Lang who ran back from outside the town was travel-stained and anxious, he didn't pay attention to his feet, he stumbled and fell to the ground on the uneven road.
The townsman in charge of the watch hurried over to help him up, and called out his name without thinking: "Look at you sweating profusely, what happened outside?"
He grabbed the old man's cuff, "No, it's not good." His lips were cracked due to long-term thirst, he swallowed with difficulty, and said intermittently, "General Shentu...is he back?"
"The general came back last night, why..."
Before the old man finished speaking, Xiao An interrupted anxiously: "The general must not be allowed to go to the main city." He gritted his teeth and shouted, "Mr. Wei... and Lord Shentu's body was displayed at the city gate!!"
The words hit the ground heavily, the old man became unstable and nearly fell to the ground.
"What you said is true?"
"Really! I saw with my own eyes... Lord Shentu was hanged up." Xiaoan wiped away her tears and suppressed her crying, "Talking about that traitor Jiuxiang, he committed a crime of treason and treason to Lord Shentu. Your Excellency hanged, and Mr. Wei will be executed together in the name of an accomplice."
Such two good adults just died tragically before their eyes.
Shen Tuwei who happened to come over heard these words seriously.
His spine stiffened, and then he strode forward, stretched out his hand to push away the old man in front of him, and grabbed the skirt of Xiao An's chest with his rough palm that has been holding a knife all year round. The thin young man was picked up by Shen Tuwei like a chicken up.
Shentu stared condescendingly at the other person's gray pupils, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth, "Say what you just said...again."
His expression was cold, and there was anger brewing between his brows and eyes.
Xiao An's legs were weak, and she felt fear from the bottom of her heart, but she also knew that Shen Tuwei would not hurt anyone, so she suppressed her fear and repeated the previous content exactly, "Wei, Mr. Wei... and Lord Shentu's body is here Show the city gate to the public." The moment the last word fell, tears also poured out.
"I...I can't help it, General Shentu, I can't help it."
Xiao An's cries were full of powerlessness and deep powerlessness.
Everyone knew that the Shentu family was loyal and would never rebel. Everyone knew that, but there was nothing they could do.
In an instant, Shen Tuwei couldn't hear anything.
The remaining ray of light in his eyes was also extinguished with the death of his mentor and father.
The eyes were black, gray like a layer of thick fog.
The strength of his whole body was pulled away like a silk, and he suddenly let go of the five fingers holding Xiao An's skirt, staggered to the front of the fierce horse, and raised his legs to step on it.
Xiao An, who had fallen to the ground, had no extra strength to stand up again, and crawled up to Shen Tuwei, stretching his arms and grabbing his hem forcefully:
"General, you can't go!" Xiao An said hoarsely, "Tan Jiuxiang just wants to use this trick to force you out! If you go, you will fall into the trap!"
Shen Tuwei mercilessly kicked his hand away.
Xiao An rushed over and hugged her regardless, "I can't go, I can't go..."
"Get out of the way!" Shen Tuwei kicked over again, only to see Xiao An rolling several times on the ground, hitting the wall heavily, he coughed a few times, and crawled over again without giving up.
The corners of Shen Tuwei's eyes were red, and his pale lips trembled slightly, "The one hanging there is none other than the teacher who educated me since childhood, and..." He swallowed the soreness in his throat, "My father."
Xiao An was stunned for a moment, and hung his whole body on his lap relentlessly, "If you can't go, you can't go! You are alone, if you go, you will die!"
Shen Tuwei struggled, but Xiao An never let go, turned around and shouted at the old man—
"Master Zhao, hurry up and ask someone to stop the general!"
The old man finally came to his senses and called out all the people who stayed in the town.
A group of people gathered in front of the horse and pulled him hard. The horse became restless because of the fright, and paced back and forth anxiously. There was also a young child inside, Shentu Weisheng was afraid that the fierce horse would lose control and hurt the innocent, so he had no choice but to get off the horse. Seeing this, everyone rushed over and hugged him tightly.
Shen Tuwei didn't struggle, and said calmly: "You can stop it for a while, but you can't stop it for a lifetime, I will always pass."
He is an apprentice as well as a son, how could he stay in a comfortable place and watch his father and master die without a place to bury him.
Xiao An cried bitterly: "Mr. Wei and your lord know each other well, and they don't want to see the general die rashly. If you die, who can protect us?"
The dynasty is rotten, from the flesh to the root.
A century-old foundation has turned into a pile of rotten wood. If Shen Tuwei also leaves with him, what should the people who stay here do?
Shen Tuwei did not speak again.
The surroundings were as silent as death, and tiny weeping sounds sounded one after another.
His eyes wandered from face to face.
Some of the people standing here lost their husbands, some lost their children, and all of them lost their homes.
Shen Tuwei suddenly thought of his father.
Before his father entered the admonition, he sent a letter from home, which read:
[The cold and heat are not common in the frontier, may my son cherish self-love. ]
My father has always been reticent, and he hasn't seen each other all year round. At that time, he was still puzzled. Now that I think about it, my father must know that he will not come back.
It is a letter from home and a last wish.
Tears welled up in his eyes, and they didn't fall for a long time.
Shen Tuwei's hanging hands clenched and loosened, loosened and clenched again, he had never been so weak, nor so cowardly.
"Okay." After a long time, he said hoarsely, "I'm not leaving."
Xiaoan didn't believe it, and still refused to let go.
Shen Tuwei lowered his eyebrows and swore with his fingers: "I, Shen Tuwei, swear to God that I will never leave Yang Chen for half a step."
Xiao An let go of his hand in doubt, fearing that Shen Tuwei would sneak away, so he cleverly led the horse to another place.
People around him looked at him with uneasiness and worry in their eyes, he turned around and disappeared into the sky without saying a word.
Yun Wan and Liu Miaomiao, who were staying in front of the door, looked at each other, and finally looked at Xie Tingyun, "Shall we go and have a look?"
Xie Tingyun didn't say a word, he agreed.
She followed with confidence, and finally found Shen Tuwei at the back hill.
The morning glow filled the sky, which made his gray shadow look even more lonely.
Yun Wan couldn't find words of consolation, and knew that no matter what she said at the moment, it would be futile. Scratching his head, he walked lightly to his side.
This is the direction where Buji City is located, and it was also his former home, the territory he guarded.
Not anymore, not here anymore.
"We will enter the city tonight to help you rescue Mr. Wei and your father."
Shen Tuwei didn't seem to have expected Yun Wanhui to say this, he was startled for a moment, then shook his head: "This matter has nothing to do with you, don't take risks for me." Needless to think, there are Tan Jiuxiang people ambushing around the main city, It doesn't matter if he is in danger himself, and innocent people cannot be implicated.
"We were going to Buji City, you..."
"You go with us." Xie Tingyun said suddenly, and Shen Tuwei immediately raised his eyes.
Xie Tingyun's eyebrows and eyes were cold: "Let's go when you are in Rongshi, whether you go or not is up to you."
Before Shen Tuwei could answer, he turned around.
Yun Wan glanced at Shen Tuwei for the last time, looked away, picked up her skirt and chased after him.
The time of the day flies by quickly, the sun rises and the sun sets, and it is twilight in a blink of an eye.
Xie Tingyun pointed out a few spirit horses, not in a hurry to leave, and waited quietly in front of the tree with closed eyes.
There was no one coming along the way ahead, and there was not much left before the agreed time, so Yun Wan couldn't help feeling anxious.
Liu Miaomiao stood on tiptoe and stretched her neck to look around: "Is he not coming?"
Yunwan was silent.
Even if Shentu Wei didn't come, he could understand.
After all, it fell from Xie Tingyun's body... the soul, so strong-hearted, and doesn't like to cling to others, and is even more afraid of hurting them.
Rong time has come.
Xie Tingyun got on his horse and stretched out his hand to Yunwan: "Come up."
She glanced behind her one last time, and it was empty.
...80% of them really won't come.
Yun Wan sighed, put her hand on his palm, exerted a little force, and fell into Xie Tingyun's arms.
Liu Miaomiao and Chu Lin also got on their horses respectively.
Just as Xie Tingyun was about to take back the extra spirit horse, a black shadow riding on a strong horse galloped towards him under the moonlight.
He narrowed his eyes.
The moonlight receded, and the young man's face completely appeared in front of his eyes.
Shen Tuwei tightened the reins, pursed his lower lip unnaturally, deliberately avoided the gaze of the four pairs of eyes, and said, "Steal..." He paused, "It took me a while to find the horse."
Yun Wan: "..."
As expected, it fell from Xie Tingyun's body, exactly the same.
She pointed to the spirit horse in front of her: "Ride this one, this one is fast."
The shape of a spirit horse is no different from that of an ordinary horse, but its speed is very fast.
Shen Tuwei knew that these people were extraordinary people, and he didn't bother to wonder where these fierce horses came from. Hearing this, he resolutely abandoned the old horses. Without saying a word, Xie Tingyun waved a beam of magic light, the spirit horse let out a long roar, and the nimble and nimble figure leaped towards the night.
Before Shen Tuwei could react, he was taken away from Yangqing Town by Lingma. It took him only a few quarters of an hour to arrive at the main city after walking overnight.
Recently, Buji City has been strictly guarded, and the curfew time is earlier than usual.
The gates of the city were closed tightly, and guards guarded them in all directions.
A thick cloud covered Xuanyue, and yellow sand suddenly blew up all around. The yellow sand was noisy, and two vague shadows could be seen faintly above the royal city.
The corpse was hoisted high by two hemp ropes. It was bruised and bruised, and its original appearance was almost invisible. It had already become dilapidated in the wind and sun.
There was also a notice posted on the notice board on the wall, with a blood-red official seal printed under the handwriting, which read: [Shentu's family committed rebellion against the emperor, and their corpses were displayed for three days to serve as a warning to others! ]
A few people hid in the dark, Xie Tingyun set up an enchantment to hide his breath to ensure that he would not be discovered by the patrolling guards.
Yun Wan couldn't help turning her head to look at Shen Tuwei.
There was not even a trace of superfluous expression on his face, his head was slightly raised, his dark and dull pupils reflected the shadow on the city wall, and the hand holding the rein had long been bulging with veins.
Yun Wan could feel his suppressed anger, and could also feel how angry and unwilling she was at the moment from his rapid breathing.
Shen Tuwei's lips were pursed tighter and tighter, he squeezed the horse's belly and rushed forward.
Yun Wan quickly stood in front of him, lowered her voice and reprimanded: "Are you going to die like this?!"
It said that there were at least thirty or fifty archers, and one person and one arrow could shoot him into a sieve, not to mention the patrolling guards beside him, let alone saving them, it is estimated that it would be difficult to save himself.
Shen Tuwei didn't say a word, but after hearing Yun Wan's words, he didn't continue to be rash.
"somebody is coming."
Chu Linchao glanced back and reminded in a low voice.
They hid behind trees and formed formations, not worried about being seen at all.
Several people looked in the direction.
I saw a few figures of different heights creeping forward, afraid of being discovered, everyone was extra cautious.
Judging by the attire, he is not someone who talks about Jiuxiang, but looks like ordinary people.
Shen Tuwei frowned, quietly observing.
The group didn't notice the movement on Yun Wan's side, and they found a cover and climbed down.
At this time, a team of officers and soldiers came to patrol, and everyone hurriedly bowed down, not daring to vent their anger. It was not until the team officer left that someone whispered, "You have committed a crime..."
The man lamented: "The Shentu family is for the country and the people, how could it end up like this."
Some people put their hands together and begged on their knees: "Little General Shentu, please don't come, please don't come..."
"As soon as the time is over, we will find a way to save Master Shentu and the others so that they can be buried alive, and then we will gather together to reverse this big wing!"
As soon as this remark came out, someone was terrified: "Shh, you dare to say this, are you going to die?"
The one who spoke was also a man of temperament, cursing in a low voice: "Why don't you dare?! Look at today, the country is not the country, the king is not the king, it has already been messed up! The big deal is death! God's grandfather is not afraid of them!"
Perhaps there was a commotion, the patrol team who had been away suddenly turned around, and the torch shone in the direction where the few people were avoiding—
"Who's there?"
Everyone's heart skipped a beat, they all covered their mouths tightly, and their eyes were full of fear.