A flash of lightning flashed across the night sky and the earth immediately lit up.

In the grass waves, two fleeing women appeared and disappeared.

Lightning went out in the sky, the earth fell into darkness again, everything was wrapped, and the way to escape was covered.

With a "ah", one woman fell down, and the other woman hurriedly groped to help her, shouting anxiously: "Empress!"

"Chuntao, I can't walk anymore, I'm almost dead." The woman grabbed her personal maid and cried.

"Empress, you can't stop now. For the sake of the children in your stomach, you have to persist! If you are caught up with those people, we will die. Empress, you must hold on. No matter what, you have to hold on until the King of Qin will save us..."

Chuntao helped her master Xiang Ji to touch the darkness while comforting him, but Xiang Ji was bored and unable to move, so their progress was very difficult.

"Chuntao, will King Qin come to save me?"

"It will definitely be! It will definitely be!"

"When will the King of Qin come to save me?" Xiang Ji held Chuntao with one hand, stroked her stomach with the other, dragged her heavier legs, and walked forward with difficulty. Her whole body was soaked in sweat, and her face couldn't tell the difference between sweat and tears.

There were torches in front of them, not one, but a team.

Could it be the King of Qin?

Xiang Ji and Chuntao both stopped and looked forward nervously.

"Look carefully! Don't let them run away!" The vicious man's voice.

It is not the King of Qin who saves his life, but the killer who seeks his life!

"Chuntao, what should I do? They are here..." Xiang Ji was already creepy, her legs trembled, and she couldn't take another step.

Chuntao decisively untied Xiang Ji's cloak and wrapped it around him: "Empress, I'll go and lead them away. If you find a place to hide, you must hold on until the King of Qin will save you-"

"Chuntao!" Xiang Ji reached out and grabbed her side, and only grabbed a handful of grass leaves. The sharp grass leaves cut through her fingers.

"The person is there! Chase me quickly! Don't let her escape!"

Xiang Ji looked up and saw that in the dark, the torches had turned around, like a fire snake, winding away.

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The sound of horse hooves trampled through Chang'an Street. The windows of people on both sides of the street were closed tightly, and no one opened the window to peek. In Chang'an, the imperial city was at the foot of the emperor, people had already learned to be smart. Listening to the sound of horse hooves, you will know which minister's family is going to suffer.

Emperor Gaozu's great journey and the King of Qin ascended the throne. In less than a month, who would have to copy and destroy whose family?

The light of lightning illuminates a mansion west of Chang'an City.

This is General Zong’s Mansion.

In the dark night, the general's mansion stood tall and stood still, as if he didn't know that a bloody storm was about to sweep over.

As a black shadow rolled off the horse, he rolled and crawled open the general's mansion. The sleeping general's mansion was awakened by the bad news.

"The new emperor issued an order to confiscate the family and destroy the clan, and the action was... General Zuo Wuhou..."

The person who came was shot in the back, and he died after sending the message.

This was a guard of the Beigong Gate when General Zong was the governor of Tai Chi Palace. He risked his life to report the news, but failed to change the fate of more than 200 people from General Zong’s mansion.

General Zong was always worried that this day would come, but he didn't expect that this day would come so quickly, and the King of Qin ascended the throne for only one month.

The one who acted under the order was the uncle of the country, the general Zhou Chang, the Grand Marquis of Zuowu, and General Zong knew that he had no chance of life.

He quickly ordered the housekeeper to take people to the inside and outside of the mansion to spread firewood and grass and pour tinder oil, and to disperse the people as quickly as possible. One person could escape.

The big belly Mrs. Zong Baorong hugged her six-year-old son Zong Yao and shivered.

"Father, what happened?" Mr. Zong opened his big black and white eyes and asked General Zong with a childish voice.

"It's okay, it's okay." Mrs. Zong is already old and is about to give birth. She is inconvenient to bend over and can only kneel on the ground and hug her young son tightly with trembling.

Looking at his wife who was pregnant with Liujia and his young and weak son, General Zong's dignified seven-foot man felt a sore nose.

He opened his arms and hugged his wife and children. He listened to the sound of his wife's teeth trembling, and his heart was like fried.

Mrs. Zong's body was already trembling like a sieve in General Zong's arms, but she said, "General, I'm not afraid."

"Mother is not afraid, and children are not afraid." Mr. Zong, who knew nothing, also said.

At this moment, Mrs. Zong's belly rose and fell a little, and one of the fetus's feet kicked heavily into the mother's belly. General Zong also felt the powerful fetal movement. He smiled bitterly, stood up and called out: "Gao Shizhong!"

General Zong’s most capable subordinate Gao Shizhong responded and said, “General!”

"I'll leave it to you, Madam and the eldest son."

General Zong said as he pulled Mrs. Zong and Master Zong on the ground to push Gao Shizhong, then strode out.

When Zhou Chang, the elder brother of the Queen, led the officers and soldiers to the general's mansion, he saw a sea of ​​fire.

In the fires soaring into the sky, General Zong Gu Yong was suddenly the figure of General Zong.

His whole body was swallowed by flames, and his burning arms pointed straight at the night sky, like a torch, and his sad and angry voice resounded throughout the sky: "The King of Qin has no righteousness, and he will burn the bridge across the river—"

The flames reflected Zhou Chang's gloomy and solemn face. When General Zong's last words were heard, a hint of ridicule appeared on his lips.

"Search with all your might along the outer wall of the General's Mansion and do not let a fish that misses the net! If there is a fugitive, kill it without any mercy!"

With Zhou Chang's order, the sky was lightning and thunder, and soon heavy rain poured down.

In the rain, Mrs. Zong fell.

Gao Shizhong, who was carrying Master Zong, hurriedly turned around and helped her: "Madam!"

"Mother!" Gao Shizhong took his back, and Master Zong also struggled to help support Mrs. Zong.

"Shizhong, take Zong Yao first, don't worry about me." Mrs. Zong was in a mess. It was raining and muddy along the way. Mrs. Zong had fallen many times and gritted her teeth and insisted on following Gao Shizhong, but her actions were too slow, which would only drag Gao Shizhong down.

"The general asked his subordinates to protect the safety of his wife and eldest son..."

Gao Shizhong's loyal and honest wife Zong knew everything. She wiped the rain on her face and said, "Shizhong, listen to me, the others you brought along were killed by the pursuers along the way. I don't know when the pursuers will catch up with us. Zhou Guojiu is famously cruel and ruthless. Once the three of us fall into the hands of the pursuers, none of them will survive. Don't worry about me, take Zong Yao away, there is still a glimmer of life. The general's mansion was destroyed. Zong Yao is the only blood of the general. Shizhong, I beg you..."

As Mrs. Zong said that, she kowtowed to Gao Shizhong and kowtowed.

"Madam!" Gao Shizhong hurriedly stopped him.

"Mother, the child will not leave, the child will be with his mother..." Mr. Zong pulled Mrs. Zong and started crying.

There was a noise of horse hooves coming from afar.

Gao Shizhong knew that he could not hesitate anymore, and he could only protect one of his wife and Prince Zong.

"Madam, you can find a place to hide first. After you settle down, the young master will come to you."

"No need to come back to find me. The further you escape with Zong Yao, the better! As long as you protect my Yaoer, you will live up to the general's entrustedness."

Mrs. Zong said as she reached out to touch Mr. Zong's little face.

The fields were vast and dark. The heavy rain extinguished the torches. Mrs. Zong couldn't see it, so she could only touch Master Zong's face with her hands, that small face, a small nose, a small mouth...

Mrs. Zong's tears flowed like a spring. This parting may be the separation of yin and yang.

She endured the heartache of the knife and instructed: "Yaoer, you must remember that your father is a great general who stands tall and earthly, and a hero of Daxia. Without him opening the Beigong Gate for the King of Qin, the King of Qin would not be able to enter the Taiji Palace. Without him closing the Beigong Gate, the prince and the King of Qi would be able to escape without being shot and killed by the King of Qin. The Emperor of Daxia would not be the King of Qin's turn!"

When Mrs. Zong spoke of her excitement, she was distraught.

"Mother, mother..." Mr. Zong hugged Mrs. Zong's arm tightly, afraid that his mother would disappear once he let go.

"Yaoer, you must live! You must grow up well! You must remember that the emperor today is the enemy of our Zong family. He is ungrateful, burns bridges across rivers, and kills heroes. You must avenge your father and the Zong family's more than 200 lives!"

After Mrs. Zong explained everything she should have done, she felt relieved. Even if she didn't have the chance to live, she could still follow her husband with confidence.

She pulled her hand out of Master Zong's hand and left Master Zong and Gao Shizhong to the vast darkness.

"Mother--" Although I couldn't see it, the mother and son were connected to each other. Master Zong had already felt that his mother had left him and couldn't help crying.

The cold wind whistled through the rain and mist, and the horse's hooves and the crowds of people were approaching.

Gao Shizhong carried the Prince Zong on his shoulders, as if he was carrying a heavy burden and carrying more than 200 unjust souls in the General's Mansion. He did not dare to hesitate and fled in the opposite direction of Mrs. Zong with intuition.

Mrs. Zong didn't know how long she had been away. She was dizzy and fled blindly. She was cold and tired, but she didn't dare to stop easily. Finally, she saw a little light in the depths of the dense forest.

Mrs. Zong forced her heavy body to walk towards the light, and finally saw a ruined temple. She was overjoyed and walked in with her heavy belly. As soon as she walked into the ruined temple, Mrs. Zong was stunned.

On a broken straw mat on the ground was lying a coma, beside her a pair of newborn babies.

The entire temple was filled with blood, and the baby had not even cut off his umbilical cord.

There was a broken bowl on the dusty incense table. Before Mrs. Zong could think too much, she walked over, smashed the bowl, picked up the pieces and roasted them with candlelight. She went to cut off the umbilical cords of the two babies and found that the mother gave birth to a pair of twin baby girls.

Mrs. Zong wanted to take off her clothes to keep the baby cold, but her whole body was already covered in heavy rain and her clothes were wet. She had to pull off the bright yellow Buddha's dress on the Buddha statue and tear it in half, as a swaddle clothes that wrapped the two babies.

Only by setting the baby girl on the altar can she have time to take care of the mother on the ground.

Mrs. Zong took the candle from the incense table and walked up to the mother. She couldn't help but exclaim: "Xiang Ji!"

Xiang Ji was originally the prince's concubine. Mrs. Zong once followed her husband to the East Palace for a banquet. From a distance, she glanced at Xiang Ji Jinghong on the dance floor. Xiang Ji's beauty was unparalleled in the world. She was known as the "No. 1 Beauty in the Great Xia". The prince was complacent for having a stunning beauty, but she didn't know that the King of Qin had coveted the beauty for a long time. The aides of the Qin Palace led by Zhou Guojiu incited the Qin King to launch a coup at the Beigongmen of Taiji Palace. The prince was shot and killed. The prince's wives, concubines and children in the East Palace were all eliminated, leaving only Xiang Ji.

Xiang Ji is actually willing to commit suicide to kill her husband’s enemy!

It turns out that there is a pair of dogs who are not considering shame!

The King of Qin hid a cute girl in the golden house and Xiang Jizhu had a secret marriage. It was already a scandal in Daxia. However, after the King of Qin ascended the throne, he ignored the opposition of the ministers in the court, regardless of the obstruction of the empress and concubines in the harem, and insisted on appointing Xiang Ji as the imperial concubine. Seeing that the sage had decided, Xiang Ji disappeared.
To be continued...