In a dense forest, the morning mist has not yet dissipated, and the night dew is shining crystal clear light on the tips of the grass blades. Seven or eight killers wearing ferocious ghost masks are slowly moving forward, inch by inch along the jungle.
As the search continued, the scope gradually narrowed.
On a branch, a raccoon with black fur suddenly began to sing. The clear and clear cry spread far in the silent mountain forest, carrying a somewhat chilling air.
Xia Houshu was like a stray little animal, crawling nervously and innocently in a bush, not daring to move. All she could see were dense thatch and bushes, and she had no way out like her current situation.
Retreat, there is no way to escape.
As the footsteps got closer, she could almost hear her own heartbeat and breathing.
When she was nervous, she quickly covered her mouth with one hand, and clutched a tuft of thatch tightly with the other hand as if asking for help, wishing she could even hide her breath and become part of the jungle.
Time passed little by little, and the sun slowly climbed above the head. The golden light shone through the gaps between the leaves, casting mottled patches on the ground. The interlacing of light and shadow gradually made the mountain forest come alive. The moist earth atmosphere was illuminated by the sunlight.
As the scorching heat stirred up, a thin white mist slowly rose up, lingering in the jungle and unable to dissipate for a long time. The mist was mixed with the unique fragrance of vegetation and the smell of decaying plants. The several smells were mixed together, and it smelled amazing.
A bit pungent and spicy.
As the sun burned, the fragrance of the vegetation gradually dissipated, but the smell of decay became stronger, pouring into the nose one by one, provoking its sense of smell unscrupulously.
After staying for a long time, Xia Houshu finally couldn't help but sneeze, which unsurprisingly attracted the killer from a distance.
The footsteps gradually came closer, and the rustle of clothes brushing against the plants seemed to be right in front of her eyes. The next second, a pair of cold, calloused hands would reach out from the grass and pick her up and tear her apart.
What should we do? The death of Nurse Zhuang is unknown, who else can come to save her?
Xia Houshu was so frightened that he trembled slightly, and his mind was racing. The ghost-faced man was getting closer and closer. The only way was to quickly change places and continue hiding, otherwise she would be discovered soon. However, she had been crawling for too long.
, the limbs had already become numb from maintaining the same posture for a long time. As soon as he was ready to take action, he felt that his whole body was so stiff that he could not control his movements.
She tried several times but couldn't move even half a step.
Seeing the killer getting closer and closer, she was unable to move like a disabled person. This helpless feeling that the sky was not responding to the sky and the earth was not working made her whole body feel very weak and sad.
Is she really going to die?
He didn't die during his mother's difficult childbirth, nor did he die as a frail and sick baby, nor did he die in the eight years of lonely waiting in Boyunguan, but he was going to die on the way home?
A sense of unwillingness and fear rising from her heart gradually took over her thinking. She could no longer think rationally. She only felt isolated and helpless. She froze in place as if she had been stabbed. She was so anxious that she broke into a cold sweat and tugged at her hand.
The few thatch sticks were almost uprooted by her.
Warm moisture overflowed from his eyes and dripped down his cheeks. The panic, resentment, and fear in his heart were all magnified infinitely.
She stayed in that Taoist temple that was almost isolated from the world for nearly eight years, looking forward to being reunited with her family as soon as possible and sharing a family relationship. Now her parents finally made up their mind to pick her up. She happily met Master and everyone
The senior sisters said goodbye, and it wasn't until they got on the carriage back to Beijing that they found a sense of reality. However, this joy did not last long, as they were ambushed.
Why did it become like this? Is it really like the prophecy that she is a disaster star, destined to bring bad luck to herself and her family in this life?
If she died, wouldn't it make things difficult for her family?
Just when Xia Houshu was desperate, a little goat suddenly jumped out less than three meters away from her, and burrowed into the woods on the other side like an arrow, and then the silence returned.
The killers stopped and stared at the direction in which the goat disappeared. After they concluded that there was nothing suspicious here, they relaxed their vigilance and continued searching in another direction.
Listening to the footsteps slowly moving away, Xia Houshu's heart in her throat finally returned to its original position. She adjusted her breathing gently to relieve the fear emanating from her bones, then she arched her body slightly, changed her posture and continued to lurk.
.
The dangers this time around did not make her feel the slightest bit lucky, but made her even more worried about the next situation.
Suddenly, there was a noise from behind, and something seemed to crawl up her back silently. A cold feeling penetrated all the way to the bottom of her heart, and the hairs all over her body stood up. She suppressed her fear, bit her head and turned her face slightly,
She raised her eyes, and before she could see clearly who was in front of her, she felt her chest suffocate, and an arrow penetrated straight into her chest...
"don't want--"
Xia Houshu woke up from his dream. The darkness before her eyes made her unable to tell whether it was reality or a dream. However, the moisture in the corners of her eyes was so real that even her heart felt like it was being tightly grasped.
After experiencing the assassination on her way back to Beijing when she was eight years old, she could not remember how many times she had repeated this dream.
There is always a vague figure in the dream. At the moment when the arrow pierces the chest, it is unclear whether he wants to save her or kill her.
And because of this dream, she had to recall the rumors about her life experience and fate.
Xiahou Shu was born on the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month in the ninth year of the reign of Emperor Jingtai. It was the coldest winter in the history of Nanqi. It started snowing before September, and the whole country was covered in ice and snow. There was no improvement for several months. Food, charcoal fire, cold clothes and other supplies were
They were all in short supply. But at this time, Beiyuan in the north and Xiyue in the west were disturbing the people on the border one after another as if they had agreed to do so. They burned, killed, and looted without hesitation. The people on the border were miserable, and the Nanqi court had to send troops to Ping An.
chaos.
At that time, capable officers and soldiers from the Duke of Yue's mansion, including Xiahou Yuan, the eldest eldest brother, and Xiahou Tan, the second ward, were sent to the east and west to quell the rebellion. Only the elderly wife of the Duke of Yue, Lin, and Zhong Yuqing, who was about to give birth, were left.
The second wife, Mrs. Zhang, who had just given birth to a baby, the third wife, Xia Houze, who was sick, and their young sons.
Beiyuan Kingdom has a vast and flat terrain, rich water and grass, and is mainly engaged in animal husbandry. Both men and women in the country are very courageous people; Xiyue Kingdom is a country with high mountains, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although farming is not flourishing, it is rich in gold mines and iron.
Mines make one country rich. When the years are good, both countries are the hegemons who dominate one side, forming a tripartite confrontation with Nanqi. However, once a natural disaster such as a cold freeze is encountered, the disaster resistance is not as good as that of farming, mulberry and weaving, and reserves.
Sufficient Nanqi.
The economy and people's livelihood of Beiyuan and Xiyue were severely damaged by this natural disaster. The powerful nobles hoarded food and cold-proof materials. Prices varied every day, and became more expensive every day, but the poor people only had
Being able to swallow his last breath unwillingly in the face of hunger and cold. The extreme gap between the rich and the poor has intensified domestic conflicts. Incidents of fighting and robbery among the people have emerged one after another, and conflicts between clans and factions have continued. After weighing the balance, the monarchs of the two countries have set their sights on the richness of the land and water.
of Nanqi.
They hit it off almost immediately, so they deliberately allowed the border generals to lead troops to harass Nanqi, constantly creating friction and contradictions, provoking troubles, and causing the Nanqi defenders to rise up to resist. In this way, they had an excuse to send troops. Not only could they stop it,
The frequent riots in the country have directed attention and the finger at Nanqi. They can also take the opportunity to seize supplies from Nanqi to fill their own vacancies. At the same time, they are planning to capture Nanqi in case Nanqi is overwhelmed by the cold.
He raised troops in the city and even took Nan Qi into his pocket.
The border war was tense, and it lasted for several months without any results. The monarchs and ministers in the DPRK were thinking very hard, and the trivial affairs of the Yue Kingdom were also complicated and complicated.
First, the guards discovered that a mysterious person broke into the inner courtyard at night, and then disappeared out of thin air. However, no property was lost in the mansion, and there were no casualties. Then several children in the mansion fell ill one after another, and appeared one after another.
Doctors came to the house for consultation almost every day for fever, vomiting and other conditions. Only then did everyone realize that the man who broke into the inner courtyard at night did not do anything, but poisoned the well. This poison is very effective for adults with strong resistance.
It has no effect, but children with weak constitutions can't resist it. Fortunately, this poison only hurts the body and will not kill people.
As the person in charge of the inner chamber of the family, Zhong Yuqing also has a big belly. She is worried and toiled all day long, and her life is very unstable.
One day, Prince Gong's Mansion suddenly sent someone to deliver a message, saying that the illness of the prince's son, born to Princess Gong, had worsened, and even the palace doctors could not do anything. Princess Gong cried so much that she fainted.
Prince Gong's Mansion went through great hardships to have an heir. Princess Gong endured a lot of hardships before giving birth to her legitimate son. She raised her like a pearl until she was twelve years old. However, she caught a cold in that cold winter and became sicker day by day. Now she has no cure.
.Zhong Yuqing felt restless just thinking about it. She didn't care that she was pregnant, so she quickly asked someone to buy a car and go back to her parents' house to check it out.
As soon as they left the gate, they were stopped by a crazy Taoist priest.
The Taoist priest was dressed in ragged clothes and was holding a wine gourd. He was so drunk that he could not even stand upright, but he pointed at Zhong Yuqing's belly and said that the fetus in her belly was pregnant with evil spirits and would bring disaster to the whole government.
Cursing a child who has not yet been born and does not even know whether it is a boy or a girl is not something a gentleman would do. Zhong Yuqing was very angry when he heard this, but she still cared about her nephew and did not take the crazy Taoist priest's nonsense to heart.
Go ahead and just ask people to drive away the crazy Taoist priest.
Unexpectedly, the people around her were suspicious. Not only did they believe the crazy Taoist priest's words, they also spread the rumors.
In times of internal and external troubles, rumors spread extremely quickly, spreading like a plague in the Yue government. In every hidden corner, people were whispering, and even in public, some people couldn't help but turn their attention to
Zhong Yuqing's belly seemed to contain a savage beast that would make the whole house uneasy.