In October, the weather in the south of the Yangtze River is still green and green, but in the north of Saibei it is a different story.
Everything withered, and the world was vast. The violent cold wind blew past, and the bare ground was exposed, revealing mottled stones. Looking up, the sky and the earth were dyed into a yellowish color by the yellow sand flying in the air. In the distance,
The mountains here are faintly visible in the dust.
A gust of cold wind swept through with sand and dust. In the flying sand, the dilapidated pass of Killing the Tiger Pass could be seen in the distance.
Killing the tiger's mouth has been an important place for military strategists since ancient times, and it is also the last line of defense in the Central Plains and outside the Great Wall. However, due to the raging Turkic cavalry for more than ten years, the Zhou army was unable to resist, and finally had to withdraw its troops and retreat. The killing of the tiger's mouth was surrendered.
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However, the Turks have no interest at all in this poor place where yellow sand flies all year round. In previous years, they just rode here to plunder and then went back home. However, as the Central Plains here
As people moved south one after another, this place became a barren land. In the end, even the Turks didn't bother to come.
Finally, waves of bandits spread to this neglected place and became the unique scenery of Shahukou.
Continuous wars have made this originally barren place even more impoverished. The fields are barren and the villages are desolate. Along the way, countless people have died of hunger, and countless bodies have fallen by the roadside.
Su Zhengwen licked his dry lips, raised his head, squinted at the collapsed pass in front of him, and sighed sadly.
For five days, I have been on the road without rest. From Jiangning, where the warmth has entered spring and flowers bloom all year round, I have made a miserable escape to this northern part of the Great Wall. Su Zhengwen has long lost the look of the handsome and talented man he once was. Today, he is wearing a thick coat.
Wearing a thick sheepskin coat and a sad stubble, his face was dirty, like a refugee fleeing famine.
Seeing the killing tiger's mouth means that he finally escaped from An Peng's clutches.
My heart, which had been hanging for more than ten days, was finally relieved.
Thinking of the thrilling experiences along the way, his family members who died tragically on the road, and his father whose life and death were unknown in Jiangning, Su Zhengwen's heart was filled with great sadness.
Su Zhengwen fell to his knees with a plop, tears streaming down his face.
An Peng! You and I are at odds with each other!
Su Zhengwen raised his fist and smashed it hard on the cold ground. He gritted his teeth and roared in a low voice.
More than ten days ago, Su Zhengwen was having a drink at Cuihonglou in Jiangning when he met a gloomy-looking young man in fine clothes.
At that time, Su Zhengwen was also very high-spirited. Seeing this man sitting across from him inexplicably, he felt a little angry. Just when he was about to call the servants and drive this man out of the brothel, he saw this man smile coldly and said from his arms.
He took out a jade plaque. On the jade plaque, above the majestic Fuhu, the word "安" stood out particularly eye-catchingly.
Born into a family of officials, Su Zhengwen certainly knew this brand. Moreover, recently, his family had a close relationship with the owner of this jade medal.
Could it be that this person is Lord An’s confidant?
At that time, although Su Zhengwen was confused, he did not dare to be presumptuous because he had the gold medal in front of him. He just asked the other party's origins politely.
The other party looked at Su Zhengwen, who was arrogant at the front and respectful at the back, with a sarcastic smile flashing in his cold eyes.
After asking Su Zhengwen to drive everyone around him out of the room, he held the tea cup and said slowly: "Master Su, do you know why I came to you?"
Su Zhengwen shook his head in confusion, cupped his fists and said, "I hope you can teach me!"
The man leaned forward, stared into Su Zhengwen's eyes, and said word by word: "Your Majesty has learned about your father and Fan Zengliu's family's frame-up of Mr. Wang's descendants. Now His Majesty is furious and has issued an imperial edict to take part in the crime."
Everyone involved in this incident will have their homes searched and executed! However, after all, your father has an old relationship with Mr. An. Mr. An misses his old family and cannot bear to see your Su family destroyed. Therefore, I sent my subordinates to help you, Mr. Su, leave Jiangning! Why?
Your Su family has left a bloodline!"
After that, the man glanced at Su Zhengwen with a sneer on his face, and didn't care. He just left a note saying: "Haha, I know that Mr. Su doesn't believe it, but I know that Mr. Su doesn't believe it.
I advise you, young master, you will know when you go home now. Oh, I will be waiting for you at this place until sunset today! I won’t wait for you when it’s too late!”
After saying this, the middle-aged man in fine clothes hugged Su Zhengwen, stood up and left.
Su Zhengwen, who was used to deceiving others, would certainly not believe this person's words so easily. However, when he recalled that this person had told the inside story about the palace that only his father and himself knew, he vaguely felt that there was something fishy about the matter.
Especially his last sentence, you will know it as soon as you get home. It had a huge impact on his heart.
A few days ago, he often saw his father sitting in the study with a sad face, sighing. After asking, he learned that there was a big problem in the Liu Mansion, which he had always supported.
After the Liu Mansion successfully bid for military uniforms, they began to produce silk soft armor on a large scale. In just over ten days, hundreds of silk soft armors left Jiangning and flowed to the garrison in Saibei.
Originally, when my father and the head of the Liu family saw the money rolling in, they were so happy that they couldn't open their mouths from ear to ear, and even celebrated grandly in Cuihong Mansion for several days.
However, not long after, Mr. An's people in the army sent back the news, saying that silk soft armor could not resist the flying arrows. Many lieutenants in the army died in the Turks because they wore Liufu's silk soft armor.
Under the arrows of men.
Moreover, not only that, even the military uniforms produced by Liu Mansion had serious problems.
After putting on these new military uniforms, the sergeants all developed a strange disease a few days later. The whole body was covered with red beans and itched unbearably. The first generation of garrison troops in Yanmenguan thought that the court was deliberately punishing them, and in anger, they actually appeared.
A serious matter of mutiny.
After learning the news, my father became bald overnight. He sighed uncontrollably all day long. The whole family was worried to death. The whole house was filled with mourning.
The Liu Mansion was even more chaotic. The head of the Liu family became crazy overnight. The maids and servants in the mansion fled and scattered. Even the fat man Liu Fu lost a lot of weight in fear.
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Counting the days, it seems that these days are just the time for the news to reach the Tokyo Imperial Palace.
Su Zhengwen inadvertently felt that his right eye suddenly popped out. He felt panicked. So, for a while, the mood of listening to music and drinking was gone.
He threw down a few taels of silver carelessly, then went downstairs and headed home.
However, when he secretly rushed outside the Zhizao Mansion, he was shocked to find that at some point, the originally bustling entrance to the manor suddenly became deserted.
Even the doorman was missing. The autumn wind blew and the fallen leaves swept the ground. In the cold autumn wind, there were only a few suspicious-looking figures who kept appearing nearby.
The expressions and attire of these people reminded Su Zhengwen of Mr. An's special envoys who would come to his home every once in a while in the past few years.
Su Zhengwen was shocked and broke out in cold sweat. His heart was filled with fear, and he looked at his father who was under house arrest in the house with trembling eyes.
At this moment, a suspicious-looking man walking outside the house suddenly saw Su Zhengwen. After the man whispered something to his companion, he saw the two men suddenly walking towards him.
Su Zhengwen wanted to shout, but he felt like something was blocked in his throat, and the sound came out. He wanted to run, but his legs felt like lead, and he couldn't move at all.
Just when his mind was on the verge of collapse, the man from Cuihong Building suddenly appeared behind him and pulled him into the alley.
After several twists and turns, I finally got rid of the person following me.
In a courtyard outside Jiangning City, Su Zhengwen, who had survived the disaster, met his second mother, third mother, aunt, and third uncle...
A group of people gathered miserably in this dilapidated yard, sobbing and wiping away tears.
Afterwards, a group of people followed Mr. An's special envoy and left Jiangning under the cover of night.
I originally thought that after leaving Jiangning, I would escape and ascend to heaven.
However, who would have thought that it turned out that this special envoy was the most dangerous factor around them.
This person is indeed Mr. An's special envoy, but he came to Jiangning not to save himself. He came to silence him.
As they were crossing the river by boat, the envoy changed his usual friendly attitude and his expression became extremely sinister. With a wave of his hand, more than a dozen sword-wielding warriors poured out of the cabin and headed toward his home.
People kill in pain.
Aunts, aunts, housekeepers... dozens of people fell into a pool of blood in the blink of an eye. No one escaped.
And Su Zhengwen, in panic, fell into the river and was swept away by the water and lost his trace. Only then did he survive.
Su Zhengwen was washed to the shore by the river. After surviving the catastrophe, Su Zhengwen fled northward in a panic. Only then did he escape An Peng's pursuit. After going through countless hardships, he escaped to the cold and freezing Saibei.
Now, seeing the Shahukou Pass visible in the distance, Su Zhengwen couldn't help but feel sad and collapsed on the ground, crying helplessly.
There was a yellow patch between the sky and the earth. The strong wind carried sand and stones across the ground. The soft blades of grass hit the face, causing pain like a knife.
Jiangning, it shouldn’t be that cold!
Su Zhengwen wiped away the tears on his face, looked at the darkened world, listened to the roar of the wind filling his ears, and smiled miserably to himself.
He forced himself to stand up and stood up. Su Zhengwen limped and walked forward.
However, when he walked into a mountain col, suddenly there was a loud noise from above.
He looked up and was almost frightened out of his wits by what he saw.
On a mountain ridge as steep as a knife, a huge boulder as big as a house rushed down with great force. The boulder rolled down the hillside quickly, bringing with it countless gravel and dust. For a time,
In the mountain col, the dust was flying and deafening.
Su Zhengwen ran back for a while in embarrassment, and finally avoided the huge boulder falling from the sky.
However, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw a group of ferocious-looking and murderous bandits appearing on the high mountain col.
My life is over!
Su Zhengwen sighed inwardly, and all the strength in his body was drained away in an instant. He fell to the ground with a plop and passed out.