Chapter 14 Chapter 44
That's an arrow!
I heard the voice so well, I could recognize it even with my eyes closed.I never expected to meet assassins in the imperial capital.The carriage jerked violently and stopped suddenly. The horse pulling the carriage hissed suddenly, and it must have been hit by an arrow.
With a "bang", the arrow hit the car, and a black arrow pierced the wooden board and got stuck on it.Marquis Wen's car is considered big, but the car is only inside the car after all, there is no room for maneuver, I pulled out the Baipi knife, kicked the car door fiercely, and shouted: "Come on! Come on!" Come on!"
It's not remote here, and it's not far from Anle Palace, but when I yelled so loudly, there was only a dead silence around me, and those Zhijinwu who were showing off their power everywhere during the day didn't know where to go now.As soon as I jumped out of the car, I heard the driver yelled and fell off the car with a "bang". His body was already full of arrows.
I was so frightened that I broke out in a cold sweat, turned over, covered the princess behind me, and shouted: "Princess, there are assassins, I will block them."
The face of the princess has also turned pale.She wasn't too courageous, but it was probably the first time she encountered an assassin.I just straightened up when suddenly a black light shot down from the right side, piercing straight to the roof of the car.
That is the Thunderbolt Crossbow!The walls of Marquis Wen's carts are very thick, and ordinary strong bows and crossbows can only pierce through the walls at most, and cannot penetrate several layers of wood.However, at such a distance, the Thunderbolt Crossbow can!
The speed of the Thunderbolt Crossbow was as fast as lightning and thunder. Although I saw it, I couldn't react at all. The long arrow had penetrated into the car and pierced through several layers of wood. With a "bang", I heard The princess cried out in pain.
The arrow pierced the roof and the wall of the car, and it was stuck in the princess's vest. It passed through the body, and the arrow had exposed his chest. The princess just let out a miserable cry and then sat down softly. With a bang, he lost consciousness for a while.
The princess is dead!I just felt a stagnation in my chest, fearing blood would rush up, I couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted: "Come on, come on! Come on, come on!"
The alley was empty, but there was only the sound of raindrops of arrows around.I raised my head and looked towards the place where the thunder crossbow came from. There was a small attic, and someone was moving a thunder crossbow from the attic.This distance is only more than ten zhang. I'm afraid even a battle armor can be shot through at such a distance. If we don't kill them, we will let them be slaughtered below.I don't know where the strength came from. I jumped up, touched the wall, and jumped onto the low wall. I took out the hand crossbow with my left hand and pulled the trigger.
The six short crossbows shot out quickly, only to hear a scream of "ah", someone turned straight out of the attic, and I jumped onto the roof again.The roof was covered with tiles, which were very slippery. When I jumped on it, several tiles were broken one after another. I was about to rush forward when suddenly my shoulder felt a sharp pain, and an arrow flew from behind and hit me on the left shoulder.
This is not a thunderbolt crossbow, it is just an ordinary arrow, it hits very deep, but I can't feel any pain, two ups and downs, I have already rushed to the attic, and slashed out with one knife.
The attic is also made of wood, thinner than Marquis Wen's car. The Baipi knife made a decisive decision. The knife cut obliquely and cut off a corner of the attic. Someone inside screamed again. There was no way to hide this man in the attic. I cut his back with a knife and killed him at the time.
After the attic was cut open by me, it was already crumbling. With a kick, I kicked the cut wall away, and there were still two people inside.These two people were holding the thunder crossbow, and it looked like they were going to shoot at me, but the thunder crossbow couldn't turn well, and they couldn't turn around for a while, seeing me cut open the door and rushed in, the first one screamed in fright, The other one drew his waist knife and wanted to fight with me. Before he could draw his knife out of its sheath, I slashed at his head.This knife was merciless, Baipi knife swung across, the man's head was chopped off by my eyebrows, and brains and blood splashed out.Seeing this scene, the other was so frightened that he just screamed "Ah!" I jumped into the attic, grabbed his chest, and shouted angrily, "Who are you?"
This man's face turned pale with fright, he looked like a pampered son of a noble family, my heart was furious, I held my knife against his throat, if I didn't ask him, I'm afraid this knife would stab him immediately.He was so frightened that he just yelled "Ahhh", unable to utter a word.
At this time, there was another whistling sound behind me, I bent down abruptly, an arrow flew over my head, and was shooting at the wall inside, the man let out another "ah" in fright, and I threw him Picking it up, he shouted: "Whoever shoots another arrow, I'll kill him!" I don't know if it's okay, but as soon as I said it, three more arrows shot over at once.Luckily, none of the three archers this time was a master, two of the three arrows didn't even hit the attic, and the third one just passed by, and the strength was not great. If the arrow was the one that hit me on the shoulder earlier I'm afraid that there is no way to hide.I dodged, hid behind that person, and pushed him to the door.He exclaimed, "What are you going to do?"
I sneered and said, "Let me use your body." After finishing speaking, Baipi Dao hit his back, and he let out a "wow" in pain, stumbled a step forward, and sat down on the roof.
Until then, I didn't feel the pain from the wound on my shoulder.I gritted my teeth, cut off a small piece of rag, and stretched out my hand to pull out the arrow.Fortunately, the arrowhead does not have a barb, it is just an ordinary tapered arrow, otherwise I might pull out even a piece of meat if I pull it out like this.As soon as the arrow was pulled out, blood spurted out from the wound. I stuffed the wound with the rag and shouted, "Who are you? Why did you come to kill me?"
Those who shot the arrows didn't answer, but a dozen people suddenly ran out from the darkness on both sides and surrounded the carriage.The two horses pulling the cart had been shot to death. Those people held sharp weapons and walked very carefully, as if they were afraid that there would be undead people in the cart.I was so anxious that it was useless to take such a hostage, and I didn't care about it. Bai Pidao turned around and cut off the bowstring of the Thunder Crossbow with one blow, and kicked that person hard.The man was sitting on the tiles, and I kicked his vest, and immediately slid down on the tiles, and the tiles made a loud noise.I grabbed the man by the back collar and covered him up.As soon as he went out, there was another burst of arrows. Several arrows hit him, and he let out a scream, probably dead.
Sliding to the front of the eaves, I pushed the man's body violently, the body swung inward, and slid down against the wall.At this time, several people who came forward saw someone jumping down, and two men with long spears rushed forward, stabbing the corpse with both spears.At this time, my feet had landed on the ground, and I couldn't stand still. I turned over and jumped out from behind the corpse. The Baipi knife made an arc. Before the two men's guns could be pulled out of the corpse, their throats were almost slit by me at the same time. Immediately turned over and fell to the ground.
There was already a person who walked quickly to the side of the car, and was about to open the door with a long gun in his hand.If he sees no one in the car, he is afraid that he will find the princess lying under the car right away.I stretched my hand to my waist and just touched the hand crossbow. I suddenly realized that when I jumped up to the roof in a hurry, I had shot all six arrows, and now the hand crossbow was empty.Regardless of the pain on my body, I kicked my feet, yelled, and flew towards that person.The man's spear was hooking the car door and was about to pull it open. He didn't expect me to come so fast. He heard my voice and turned his head to look. He cut off his gun-holding hand.He screamed in pain and took a few steps back. I rushed to the car and shouted, "Who are you?"
These people covered their faces with black cloths, only showing their eyes.It seems that these people's skills are uneven, and there are no masters in the few people who forced them up. The person whose wrist was cut off by me is still screaming in pain, and there is fear in the eyes of several people.
Why isn't Zhi Jinwu here yet?I gritted my teeth.During the day, Zhijinwu was all over the city, but now when it gets dark, none of them have disappeared.I leaned my back against the car door, the wound on the back of my shoulder was stuffed with rags, but it was still bleeding, probably the way I looked was terribly scary now, those people actually took a few steps back, as if they were about to run away.
Suddenly, someone shouted in the darkness: "Kill him!"
As soon as I heard this voice, my heart went cold.This turned out to be Lu Gongxing's voice!I yelled: "Lu Gongxing, it's you! Why did you do this!"
Lu Gongxing didn't answer, but three people rushed up at the same time.These three people were unfamiliar with marksmanship, and the spears in their hands were still shaking when they rushed up.I didn't wait for them to bully me, I rushed forward and got caught in their spears.These three people are not good at skills, they don't know that when they step down and attack people with long spears, they must not let the enemy get close. In front of the three of them, Baipi Dao moved and cut the chest of the first person, and was about to cut at the second one, when a long knife suddenly stretched out in the darkness and blocked my knife.
This saber came later, and at the critical moment, it held my Baipi Dao, with a sound of "dang", sparks shot out.When I saw the knife technique of this knife, my heart was half cold.
This is indeed the saber technique taught by the army, even if this person is not Lu Gongxing, he must be a high-achieving student who graduated from a military academy.I didn't dare to fight. As soon as Baibidao was held back, I grabbed the spear of the man I cut down just now with my left hand. go.The man's knife turned up suddenly, and he shot me again, but if the short knife wanted to break the gun, it had to get close to Fang Xing. At this time, the man was still far away from me. How could he stop my long spear with a single knife? .At this time, I suddenly heard another voice of people, and my heart felt cold, I saw that another assassin was coming along the road, but he retracted his spear, and suddenly shouted: "Go!"
I don't understand why Lu Gongxing wanted to leave, but he retreated extremely fast, while those other people, though lame, did not retreat slowly, and disappeared into the darkness in the blink of an eye.As soon as they left, I couldn't hold on any longer, and leaned on the ground with a gun, I just gasped for breath.
There were a lot of people coming, and when someone approached with a lantern, he shouted: "Princess! General Chu! Are you all right?"
This is the voice of An Le Wang's butler Chen Chaohang.Surprised and delighted, I forced myself to support myself and shouted, "Butler Chen?"
Chen Chaohang was holding a lantern, and there were more than a dozen people around him, all holding long guns. As soon as Chen Chaohang saw me, he shouted: "General Chu, you are fine! Thank God..." Suddenly he screamed, rushed to the side of the car, and knelt on the ground Said: "Princess! Princess!"
I let out a long breath, and knelt down and said: "Princess, don't scare me, talk quickly!" The princess fell down by the car, but let out a low breath, I threw away the gun, and picked her up , Said: "Princess, are you okay?"
The princess opened her eyes, and said with a faint smile, "Hugh... Xiuhong, the second brother came so fast."
It's the second prince!Although I never figured it out, what the princess said must be right.The second prince has already started!I hugged her and shouted to Chen Chaohang: "Quick! Send the princess back!"
The princess was seriously injured, I hugged her, and I just muttered in my heart: "Don't die! Don't die!" I didn't even care if there were assassins nearby, I just ran desperately towards Anle Palace.Chen Chaohang shouted: "Hurry up and protect me!" He ran over and followed me.Although I was injured, Chen Chaohang still couldn't catch up with me. I heard him panting heavily, but the breath of the princess in his arms became weaker and weaker.
There were dozens of steps away from Anle Palace, suddenly dozens of people rushed out of the palace, the first person was the little prince holding a spear.When he saw me, he was stunned and said: "General Chu, what happened?" I shouted: "There is an assassin!" Holding the princess in my arms, I rushed towards the palace.Before reaching the door, he shouted: "Doctor! Call the doctor!"
King Anle and Marquis Wen rushed out at the same time. King Anle usually moves slowly, but now he was unusually fast. When he saw the princess I was holding, he shouted: "Xiao Yin!" He took it from my arms , turned around and ran in.I followed him, only to see him carry the princess to the hall, and shouted: "Hurry up, let Doctor Duan come over! If he comes late, I'll cut off his head!"
There was a family doctor in the Wangfu, and the two family doctors came very quickly, it seems that they will not be beheaded.I stood at the door and watched the doctor rush into the door. I felt my body go limp, and my hands and feet were so weak that I could hardly stand up. I sat down on the threshold.Marquis Wen walked up to me and whispered, "What happened?"
I raised my head and said, "There is an assassin, we met an assassin not long after we left."
At this time, King Anle came out, closed the door, and shouted: "Chu Xiuhong, if there is something wrong with Xiaoyin, I will take your head for questioning!" He is usually kind and friendly, but now he is very fierce.I felt a pain in my heart, I stood up and said: "Yes, my lord." I cut off the Baipi knife towards my neck.At this time, I felt pain and regret, and felt that the only way to apologize for my crime was to commit suicide.Unexpectedly, just as the knife reached his throat, it tightened suddenly, but it was Marquis Wen who reached out and grabbed the back of the knife.
He moved extremely fast, I was exhausted, and I couldn't hold the knife, so he snatched the Baipi knife.Marquis Wen suddenly knelt down to King Anle, although King Anle was in a state of confusion, he was still taken aback, helped him up and said, "Marquis Zhen, what do you mean?"
Wen Hou said: "Your Majesty, it was Zhen Li's carelessness. I should be responsible for this crime. Please don't blame General Chu."
King An Le turned around anxiously, and said, "Who is so bold? How dare he do such a thing!" Marquis Wen sneered, "My lord, someone must have put all their eggs in one basket."
He was talking about the second prince, King An Le also understood.He stopped, turned his hands behind his back and said, "Really?" Just as he finished speaking, someone outside the door suddenly shouted: "My lord, open the door quickly, open the door quickly!" Marquis Wen's face changed, and he murmured: "It's so fast!" !"
King Anle thought for a while, then suddenly slapped the door with his palm, and shouted: "Chen Chaohang, order the Qi family soldiers to guard the door, anyone who dares to come in will be shot!"
Before Chen Chaohang could answer, the little prince shouted: "Yes, Father!" Holding a spear in his hand, he rushed towards the door immediately.King Anle said to Marquis Wen: "Marquis Zhen, today we have reached the point of death, and I have bet all of my wealth on you!"
Marquis Wen's eyes lit up, and he knelt down and made a big salute, "Thank you, my lord." King An Le glanced at me again, but with hatred in his eyes, he said, "But he has to stay here. Ruo Xiaoyin There is an accident, I want his head to sacrifice."
Marquis Wen was startled, but before he could speak, I said first: "Yes, my lord. The crime of the last general cannot be pardoned, and I would like to apologize with my head."
What did Marquis Wen want to say, King Anle waved his hand and said: "Needless to say. Come here, tie up this man. Even if the palace is destroyed today, I must take his head off before I die." He blamed me for not Protecting the princess well, he hates me so much that he claims to have become "I".A servant next to me came over and cut my hands behind my back, and was about to tie them up. I stood there blankly and didn't resist.
At this time, the princess suddenly let out a low cry in the room. King Anle ignored me, pushed open the door and rushed in, shouting: "Xiaoyin! Xiaoyin!" In the room, a family doctor held a A broken arrow full of blood, the arrowhead had been cut off, and was in a hurry to bandage the princess.I didn't care about others, I broke free from the servant, rushed to the couch and knelt down on the ground, shouting: "Princess!" Tears flowed out of my eyes unconsciously.
No matter what plans the princess has for me, she is always a woman who loves me, and I really have failed her.I knelt in front of her couch, feeling my heart ached like twisted, even if someone cut me down now, I wouldn't resist.
King An Le walked to the couch and said, "Xiao Yin, are you alright?" He reached out to grab the princess, but just as he stretched out his hand, he retracted it.A family doctor said in a trembling voice: "My lord, the princess is seriously injured, and I didn't wait..." Before he could finish speaking, An Le Wang shouted: "Shut up! Say it again, I will kill you!"
At this time, the princess suddenly snorted and said: "Father." King An Le's face was full of joy, and he went to the bed and said: "Xiao Yin, don't talk, you will be fine, you will be fine."
The princess was extremely weak, and said in a low voice: "Don't blame Xiu Hong, father, let him go."
King An Le snorted, the princess seemed to have guessed his thoughts, said: "He is a good man, father, my daughter is very happy."
The tears in my eyes could no longer be held back, if it wasn't here, I'm afraid I would burst into tears immediately.The princess coughed and said again: "Xiu Hong, come here."
I knelt on the ground and did not dare to move, King An Le kicked me and shouted: "Xiao Yin told you to come here!" He kicked hard, I walked to the bed and said: "Princess, the villain deserves to die."
A smile floated on the lips of the princess, and she said in a low voice: "If you still say such things, I am your... wife." When she spoke, her face was still a bit shy.I held her hand, tears rolled out, but I couldn't say a word.She whispered again: "Xiu Hong, the second elder brother has made a move, he wants to help Marquis Wen, don't show mercy!"
When she said this, she couldn't catch her breath, and gasped a few more times, and blood froth came out from the corner of her mouth.I nodded and said, "Yes. Xiao Yin, don't worry, I will go wherever you go."
She forced a smile again and said, "No, you want to live. Father, let him live."
King An Le also forgot to cut off my oath at this time, and said softly: "Okay, Xiao Yin, I will let him live."
The princess smiled lightly again, and said, "Go, go quickly."
I still wanted to say a few words to her, but King An Le kicked me away and shouted, "Get out! Didn't you hear Xiao Yin let you go?" Kowtowed.The princess seemed to think of something, and said softly: "This new era is coming, father."
I turned around and walked out of the hall. Once outside, the little prince greeted me and said, "General Chu, how are you?"
There was already a roar of killing outside, and some people were climbing the wall to come in. Fortunately, the walls of Prince Anle's Mansion were high and thick, and those people couldn't get in for a while.I sadly said: "Your Highness, I am so useless."
The little prince said: "Don't talk about it, Zhi Jinwu is attacking to capture Uncle Zhen. I have prepared two horses for you, you go quickly."
He pulled me to the side of the horse, Wenhou had already put on a cloak, and his face was a little panicked at this moment.I jumped on the horse and said: "Your Highness, I'll come over as soon as the matter is over."
The little prince said: "The people holding Jinwu can't compare to your army, it's useless, let's go." Although he was young, his words were full of pride.I jumped on the horse, and Marquis Wen shouted, "Chu Xiuhong, go!"
We rushed out from the side door of the palace.At this time, Zhi Jinwu was attacking the main gate, and there was no one at the side gate. As soon as we left the Anle Palace, Marquis Wen let out a long breath and sighed: "I didn't expect that the second prince would have such talents under his command. I only thought he would get up." It will take at least two days, but it’s so fast!”
I said, "It's Lu Gongxing, he's back."
Marquis Wen turned his head immediately, and exclaimed, "It's bad! How could I be so careless!" His body trembled, he couldn't stand firmly, and he knelt down on the ground.I was taken aback, helped him up and said, "My lord, what's the matter?"
Marquis Wen shouted: "Lu Gongxing wants to catch the crown prince, use him as a hostage, and force me to surrender! Damn it, I actually missed a trick, he is so bold!"
My heart suddenly brightened.This time the second prince is desperate, if he can catch Wenhou and behead him, the princes will have no leader, and they will collapse naturally.Marquis Wen looked down on the forbidden soldiers, and only thought that Nian Xiao's 10,000 guards were enough to control the 15,000 Five Battalions and the five thousand Zhijinwu, but he did not expect that the combat power of the Five Battalions had secretly increased greatly. The second prince was allowed to gallop in the city.
I said: "My lord, the last general will immediately go to reinforce the East Palace. As long as I have three inches of energy, the crown prince will be safe."
As soon as I finished speaking, I whipped the whip, and Pegasus rushed forward.The rhetoric is said, but I still don't know the bottom line.My three inches of energy can keep the prince safe, but what if I lose my three inches of energy?
I don't think about it any more.As for me alone, I will absolutely not be able to defend the East Palace.But I still have a small power, which must be used now.
Those forty-nine giant ax warriors.
The Qianfeng Battalion was stationed not far from the East Palace, and now all the Qianfeng Battalion followed Bi Wei to chase the Snake Man, and the camp was empty.I cut a soldier's way and rushed into the camp, shouting: "Zhao Huang! Zhao Huang!" This Zhao Huang is a brave cavalry, and also the leader of the forty-nine people.
I only knew that most of them had already fallen asleep, and it would take a while before they could come out, but as soon as they shouted out, Zhao Huang had already rushed out, saying: "General Chu, why are you here? What happened in the city?"
I said: "Someone is rebelling, quickly follow me to the East Palace and guard the prince!"
Zhao Huang was taken aback, and said, "What? Someone actually attacked the East Palace?" Although the East Palace is called East Palace, it is actually just the east side of the Emperor's Palace.If someone attacked the East Palace, Zhao Huang might think that the enemy had broken through the city wall.During the day, there was still peace outside the city, which naturally surprised him.I didn't talk to him too much, and shouted: "It's not too late, get on the horse quickly!"
The forty-nine people came together at once, I glanced at them, and said: "Brothers, the second prince gathered a crowd to rebel, I was ordered by the prince to guard the East Palace, this is extremely dangerous, everyone must be careful."
With a promise, I turned my horse's head and said, "Let's go!"
Just as he was about to pat his horse forward, suddenly someone behind him shouted: "Rebellious officials and thieves!"
This man drank extremely loudly, and I felt a gust of strong wind blowing over me, and the giant ax in the man's hand was caught out of the corner of my eye, and it was cutting down on the top of my head.I was so frightened that I couldn't move for a moment, these giant ax warriors are extremely powerful, if I were to face the enemy head-on, I could use spear skills to break through them cleverly, but this time I was under conspiracy, the man's giant ax had already used all his strength to strike down, Suddenly, how can I stop it?I yelled and raised my spear, knowing that I couldn't stop it, but I could only block it once.
This gigantic ax weighs tens of catties, and with the force of the downward strike, he will probably chop my spear in half.I can't stand a hard top, and I have made up my mind that as soon as the body of the gun catches the blade of his axe, I will immediately get off the horse and fight back with the Baipi knife.But his ax struck too fast, and he was not confident that he would be able to dodge in time.
There was a sound of "Dang", but it wasn't me who was hit. Behind the man, two warriors raised their axes and slashed down. Before the man's ax fell, the top of the man's head was hit by two axes at the same time.Although he was wearing an iron helmet, the two axes had the same strength, this man was hacked to death without even making a sound.Then Zhao Huang sneered and said: "The Princess is right, Lu Gongxing might have stuffed some private goods in."
It's the princess who has already arranged it for me!My heart became hot, and I said: "Let's go." The person who plotted against me was naturally the dead man Lu Gongxing had arranged to prevent me from making any changes.At that time, I was a little suspicious that he would send someone in, and it was true, and fortunately, the princess was prepared.
The dead body turned over and fell to the ground, the horse lost control and turned around on the ground.This person also contributed a lot when I led the army to resist the Snake Man. If he died then, he would be a hero until his death, but now he has become a shameless villain.I stopped looking at him and shouted: "The princess was seriously injured by the plot of the second prince. Brothers, remember."
Zhao Huang was taken aback, and shouted: "What?" He also regarded the princess as a god, and he probably didn't expect that she would also be plotted against.I felt tears welling up in my eyes again, turned my head, and shouted: "Go quickly, I don't have time to talk."
I urged the horse to gallop, and a total of forty-nine people galloped away on the streets of the imperial capital.Zhi Jinwu enforced the curfew tonight, and there was no one on the road. While urging the horse to gallop, I said silently in my heart: "Xiao Yin, may God bless you to be alright."
Do I love the princess?Until now, I still couldn't say it, but tears still welled up in my eyes.The wind blew against me like a knife, and the tears splashed out. My vision became blurred. In a trance, I seemed to see the figure of a woman. I don't know if it was her or the princess.
The palace wall of the Eastern Palace appeared faintly in front of it.Zhao Huang suddenly said: "General Chu, there seems to be a change in the East Palace!"
The sound of fighting could be heard faintly in the darkness.It was Lu Gongxing who arrived first!I only felt a blur in front of my eyes, and I shouted: "Quick! Quick!" I added another whip.My Fei Yu is still in the stables of Marquis Wen's Mansion today. Although this horse is not as good as Fei Yu's steed, it is also a good horse in Prince An Le's Mansion. With the whip whipped on, he took the lead and galloped away.
When he rushed to the gate of the East Palace, he saw a group of warriors had fallen in a haphazard manner outside the gate, and there was the sound of gold and iron clashing inside.Someone shouted at the door: "Who is it?"
That person was wearing Zhi Jinwu's clothes.I didn't talk to him either, but as soon as I picked up the reins, the war horse roared, turned a corner sharply, and rushed towards the door.The Jinwus were in a hurry to close the door, but I had already rushed forward, swiped my spear, knocked down the first two, and shouted: "Lu Gongxing, you traitor, come out and suffer your death! "
I yelled very loudly, many people had gathered in the compound inside the East Palace, corpses were strewn all over the place, most of them were dressed in the uniform of the guards of the East Palace.Hearing my roar, many Zhi Jinwu turned around and attacked, but the forty-eight giant ax warriors I brought were all warriors who could stand up to ten. Stop us from rushing like this?Immediately tore a bloody path and rushed to the main hall.
The East Palace is divided into front and rear floors. Entering the gate is a square, and in the middle is the Dengwen Hall where the prince discusses affairs. After the Dengwen Hall is another square, and then the prince's bedroom.I jumped off my horse in front of the Dengwen Hall, and charged forward with forty-eight giant ax warriors.Although Zhi Jinwu also came to block it, how could they block the supernatural power of the giant ax warrior?
After passing the Dengwen Palace, when I saw the prince's bedroom, I gasped.One or two hundred people surrounded the palace, and only a few people were still fighting at the entrance of the palace.These few people must be the prince's bodyguards with excellent spear skills. Although there are few people, they still fought hard under the siege of hundreds of Jinwu guards.It's just that they are outnumbered, and they are already in jeopardy.
I didn't care to breathe a sigh of relief, waved my hand back, and shouted: "Come on!" I rushed over first, and at this moment I heard Lu Gongxing yelled sharply from nowhere: "Kill!" But he gave the order fiercely. It is not easy to kill us.
We have to rush in before they attack the bedroom, but the group of people here are obviously stronger than Zhi Jinwu who is guarding outside the Dengwen Hall. , Zhao Huang and more than 20 people followed closely behind me, but the others were already involved by Zhijinwu soldiers.
At this time, only two of the warriors guarding the sleeping palace were still waving their guns to block me. When I rushed to the front, the man could no longer distinguish between the enemy and me, and even stabbed at me with his gun.I grabbed his long spear with a spear and shouted: "We are here to help guard the East Palace, is the prince alright?"
He regained his composure and said, "It's you, General Chu. The crown prince is fine, stop him, stop him!" As soon as he finished speaking, a mouthful of blood spewed out of his mouth, and he fell to the ground.I didn't care about his life, and shouted: "Zhao Huang, guard the door, I'll go see the prince!"
I rushed in with my gun in hand, and shouted: "Prince, Your Highness!" Originally, I wanted to stick to the East Palace, but it seemed that I couldn't hold it. The hundreds of soldiers led by Lu Gongxing were unexpectedly powerful. Now I can only take the prince with me.The lights in the bedroom were all off, and nothing could be seen clearly. The scene of the fierce battle outside the door was reflected in, dancing on the wall of the bedroom, like a ghost.
After running for a few steps, I suddenly heard the prince's voice in the darkness: "General Chu Xiuhong, is it really you?" He remembered my name.I smiled wryly to myself, probably because I want to marry the princess, so he will remember it.I searched for the sound and shouted: "Your Highness, come out quickly and follow me!"
In the darkness, a figure stood up, and with a "chi" sound, someone lit a candle.Under my eyes, I seemed to be struck by a bolt of lightning, and I was stunned.
There were three women sitting around the prince, and one of them was her!
The prince was terrified, grabbed me, and said: "Help me, General Chu, help me!" At this time, Lu Gongxing suddenly shouted outside the door: "Chu Xiuhong, quickly offer up your highness, I will protect you for you!" Hou!" Hearing his voice, the prince became even more terrified, and said, "General Chu, you are my cousin-in-law, don't listen to him! Don't listen to him!"
I was flustered for a while, but Lu Gongxing said again: "Chu Xiuhong, His Royal Highness appreciates your abilities very much. As long as you know the current affairs, he will agree to all your requests. General Chu, come out quickly, don't sacrifice your life to Zhen Lizhi."
Everything required?I glanced at her out of the corner of my eye.In the dark, I couldn't see her clearly, I just felt that she was calm and composed.When the snake man broke through Gaojiu City, she was also so calm.If I switch to the second prince, then even if I can't be crowned king in the south for this credit, I can always be crowned a duke...
The prince suddenly shouted: "Cousin-in-law, help me, I will make you a marquis!" He was already screaming in a hurry.My heart trembled, and I said, "Your Highness, I can't keep it here, I'll take you out."
The prince was startled, and said, "Shall I go alone?"
I said, "Yes!" As I said that, my heart ached like a knife.I don't know if after taking the prince away, Lu Gongxing will vent his anger on the three princesses because of his despair, but at this moment, there is really no other way.
The prince suddenly said: "No!" He let go of my hand, stood in front of them, and said: "In life, my wife and children are everything to me. Even if my second brother wants to kill me, let him do it." Already frightened out of his wits, but now he speaks with great spirit.If he was willing to run away with me regardless of everything, I would feel better, but it is even more uncomfortable now.
who am iAt this moment of life and death, I can't even compare to the crown prince!My heart was full of pride, and I said: "That's good. Your Highness, if you die today, I will accompany you and die like a hero!"
As soon as he mentioned death, the prince softened again, and said: "What? How about..." I didn't wait for him to speak again, and shouted: "Is there any place here that is easy to defend but difficult to attack?"
The prince was startled, and said: "What?" At this moment, she suddenly stood up and said: "Go to the viewing platform!"
In the faint candlelight, I saw that her stomach was already a little bulging.It has long been heard that she is the most favored among the three concubines on the prince's side, and she was also the first to conceive.My heart ached, and I said, "Then go to the viewing platform!"
As long as it is what she said, even if there is no way to keep it, I will admit it.The prince's eyes lit up, and he said, "That's right, there's only one path there, hurry up!"
He regained his energy and walked forward with a candle in his hand.They followed behind the prince, and when they walked past me, I raised my eyes and looked at her, only to feel that she seemed to be looking at me too, and I didn't know what kind of eyes it was.
The viewing platform is in the backyard of the palace, it is very tall, it is actually a hollow cylinder.Because the imperial capital is too big, it will be annoying to live in the deep palace for a long time, so this viewing platform was built at the beginning, so that the servants and concubines who can't go out of the palace have time to look at the distant scenery and relax.The observation decks are all built with huge stones, and they are not too high, at most, they are only more than ten feet. In fact, they are not as tall as the city walls, but they are the tallest in the area of the Imperial Palace.If Lu Gongxing knocks down the viewing platform, then we will have nowhere to go.It's just that the viewing platform is extremely strong, and with only one or two hundred people, it won't fall down in a day or two.
When they went up to the viewing platform, I wanted Zhao Huang and the others to come too, but there was a shout at the door, and we, Zhijin, rushed into the bedroom like a tide.I charged forward with my gun, and when I got to those giant ax warriors, I shouted, "Quick back, come with me!"
At this moment, a long spear stabbed out from one side suddenly, and a giant ax warrior raised his long-handled ax to put it on. When the spear and ax intersected, he staggered and took a few steps back.I was taken aback, rushed over, and held the man's spear with a single shot.Although I held it back, I only felt that the tiger's mouth was hot, and the force of this shot was unusually strong.I cried out: "Chen Zhong!"
Besides Chen Zhong, who else has such power!I just called out, but I heard the man respond: "The end is here!"
Chen Zhong's brain is a bit simple, he heard my call, but he still responded.I scolded: "Bastard, even you rebelled!"
Chen Zhong was wounded in one arm, his injury was more serious than the one on my left arm, but he only used one arm to wield the gun, so it was difficult for me to deal with it.At this moment, I understood that what we are dealing with now is not the flamboyant Zhi Jinwu, but the out-and-out Imperial Army!No wonder these two hundred people are so strong. Marquis Wen had calculated everything, but he didn't expect that Lu Gongxing would secretly bring an imperial army back to the imperial capital to start an uprising. The advantage he had originally calculated was gone.
Chen Zhong was ashamed. He was Xing Tiefeng's subordinate. After Xing Tiefeng was imprisoned, his army was naturally on the list that Marquis Wen wanted to deal with. No wonder Lu Gongxing brought him here.The long spear in his hand slowed down, my gun was pulled back, and it was resting on his gun, and if I stab forward again at this time, I will stab him to death.But if it was someone else, I would have stabbed out without any hesitation, but it was Chen Zhong in front of me, so I couldn't go down no matter what.
I also slowed down for a while, when a soldier next to me suddenly shot at me.At this time, my gun was still resting on Chen Zhong's gun, and I couldn't draw it back for a while, so there was no way I could block it. The few giant ax warriors beside me were too busy to take care of themselves, and there was no chance to save me.I was out of my wits, I knew that this catastrophe was inevitable, I was about to close my eyes and suffer death, but Chen Zhong suddenly turned his body to the side and pushed his shoulder against the soldier.陈忠的力量比蛇人还大，那士兵又不甚魁梧，被陈忠顶得倒飞出去，爬起来骂道：“王八蛋，你吃里扒外么？”
陈忠眼里也流下了泪水，叫道：“楚将军，今日我陪你死吧。”他忽地转过身来，长枪一横，又挡住了数人。我没想到陈忠居然会这么做，心头一热，道：“好，陈忠，就算你骗我，我也相信你。”
反正要死了，死在陈忠枪下，也是一样。陈忠是个实在人，他绝不会骗我的，说愿与我一同赴死，那他说的便是实话。只是他转而与原先的同僚为敌，出枪却大为迟缓，只是阻挡，也不进攻。我与陈忠一并与蛇人相斗也大战上风，即使他不愿杀人，有他替我防守，也已足够了，我压力顿轻，虽然只有七个人，但一时间这上百个穿着执金吾军服的帝国军竟也迫不上来。
我们且战且退，一个巨斧武士手中一慢，中了一枪，登时被乱刃分尸，但我们毕竟已退到了观景台。观景台的门不大，一守住门，能攻上来的士兵更少，守得也更加容易了。我松了一口气，心知已缓了口气，这时路恭行的声音忽然又响了起来：“旁人退后，决死队跟我来。”
路恭行已走上前来，到了十几步外，他站住了，道：“楚将军，别来无恙。”
他的声音和平时大不一样，又阴又冷。我哼了一声，道：“路将军，这些话也不必说了，今日你要过去，便请踏着我的尸首过去。”
路恭行叹道：“楚将军，我真不明白你是个怎样的人。按理，象你这么婆婆妈妈，在战场上早就该死了，可偏偏你能屹立不倒，连陈忠居然也会反戈一击。”
陈忠在我身后重重地喘息了一声，似乎心有所动。我大声道：“路将军，现在婆婆妈妈的可是你了。”
路恭行忽地一笑，将手中长枪扔开，道：“楚将军，你其实走错了一步棋，这地方虽然易守难攻，但你也该明白，里面地方狭窄，长兵难有效用。你弃己之长，难道还能守到几时？”
身后的巨斧武士都“咦”了一声，他们用的都是长柄斧，力劈猛砍，威力极大，但进观景台的确就难以挥动了。路恭行只是一句话，便让这几个死都不怕的勇士心中也动摇了。我心知不能任由他逞口舌之利，喝道：“不必挡得太久，等天一亮，火军团便会赶到，到时你们还有哪条路可走？”
我的话也让路恭行身后那些士兵都“咦”了一声。火军团的神龙炮威力无比，他们都曾亲眼目睹，而火军团本身也是支惯于冲锋的强兵，我这句话一般让他们心中惶惑。
路恭行厉声道：“不要慌！此时到天亮还有一个时辰，这一个时辰难道还攻不破他们么？决死队，上去！”
他身后有几个黑衣人已冲了上来。我身上一凛，正待打点精神，忽然有个黑衣人道：“路将军，楚将军是个英雄，请给我个机会与他一战。”
这是徐蒙的声音。这徐蒙是二太子新招来的保镖，上次在醉枫楼安乐王席上与我以筷子比试枪法，武昭老师虽说我胜了，但我明白只是平分秋色，是个和局。此人黑眚枪妙绝天下，也是个枪法高手，却大有磊落之气。
路恭行有些不快，道：“徐将军，此时你还要节外生枝么？”
徐蒙道：“将者不死无名之辈。楚将军枪法高绝，徐蒙愿与他一战，身死无憾。”
这徐蒙也算有点食古不化了。我有点哭笑不得，但也有些感激他。如果他们一拥齐上，我只能求上天保佑撑得几时算几时，但一旦和徐蒙比枪，我拼得一死，可以多支持许多。我不等路恭行再说，抢先道：“徐兄真是壮士，楚休红愿与徐兄决一生死。”就算路恭行不同意，现在这喘息之机也被我抓住了。
路恭行似乎有些不愿，但勉强道：“好吧。”说着，退后了一步。眼见他轻易答应，我却反而一阵疑惑。此时他已占尽上风，以路恭行这等人物，绝不会生事说让徐蒙与我决斗来浪费时间的。
他一定有暗器！
一想到这点，我眼角扫了徐蒙一眼。果然，徐蒙手握长枪，但右拳却明显只是虚握着。我心头一阵寒意，知道自己差点堕入路恭行的圈套了。他哪里是答应徐蒙与我决斗，而是要徐蒙暗算我！
想通了这点，我装作不知，将长枪交在左手夹在肋下，右手的百辟刀入鞘道：“领教徐兄高招。”入鞘时右手尾指却已勾住了腰间的流星锤。
这流星锤是李尧天送我的，我平时也常在练习，李尧天说练会后五步之内百发百中，现在我和徐蒙相距恰在五步。这么做虽然极其阴险，但生死攸关，也只好阴险一回。只是这徐蒙的暗器是什么？
徐蒙抱着枪，向我行了一礼，道：“楚将军，我定会好好安葬你的尸身的，放心。”他大概觉得我是必死了，此时也漏了句话。我也相信他定会好好安葬我的，但我更想活着。
他的长枪一摆，忽地大喝一声，枪头又乱成一团黑雾。当初以筷子比试，还看不出这一招的厉害，此时他用的是长枪，这团黑雾便如千万把快刀飞速转动。我见他一枪发出，右手忽地向我一扬，不等他发出暗器，右手一滑，手已滑入流星锤的皮套，一把抓住流星锤，猛地掷了出去。
我没有用枪招去引他注意，流星锤飞出，眼前寒光一闪，左肩又是一疼，长枪登时落地。也就在同时，徐蒙大叫一声，仰天翻倒。
我的流星锤正砸在他的面门。流星锤只有两斤重，但因为又小又沉，这一锤大概将他的颅骨都砸碎了。他刚一倒地，只听得路恭行叫道：“快上！”几个黑衣人猛地冲了过来。流星锤此时恰好收回手中，一个黑衣人已疾冲而至，一刀向我劈了过来，我已站立不稳，手又是一扬，流星锤再度击出，正砸在他的前额，这黑衣人立时毙命。我左手往地上一撑，翻身跳起，倒退进观景台中，叫道：“小心了！”
陈忠让我入内，举枪守在门口，两个巨斧武士则守在他身边。门口顶多也只能站三个人，另两个巨斧武士扶着我上了几级阶梯，门口已有人在与陈忠他们交手。
徐蒙打出的是一支袖箭，如果不是我发锤在先，这一箭刺中的定是我的咽喉。我扔掉这袖箭，站起来道：“快退上去！快退！”
在门口固然可用长兵，但是路恭行的人太多了，陈忠他们坚持不了多久。我翻身起来，正要再冲下去，却只觉左臂疼痛不堪，根本用不出力来。一个巨斧武士叫道：“楚将军，你肩上在流血！”
这左肩原先就受过伤，今日前后俱中了一箭，再也发不出力了。我皱了皱眉，道：“无论如何都要挡住！”但此时右臂虽能用力，可是只有一条手臂，刀法也大打折扣，我根本不抱多大指望了。
门口有个巨斧武士发出了一声惨叫，有个黑衣人一刀捅进了他的下腹。这巨斧武士负痛之下，竟然一把扔掉了长柄斧猛地抱住那黑衣人，边上早有两个冲上来，两口刀齐齐刺入他的肋下。我心惊之下，叫道：“陈忠，快上来！快上来！”
那巨斧武士身体魁梧，虽然死了，巨大的身躯堵住了门口，路恭行的决死队一时也冲不上来。陈忠和另一个巨斧武士无心恋战，拖着长枪巨斧奔上来，我从腰间取出了手弩，哆哆嗦嗦地往里装钢箭。此时只恨当初薛文亦给我的箭太少，我恨不得弩中可以装得七八十支箭进去才好。
观景台共有五层，我们上了第四层，四个巨斧武士被冲上来的决死队砍翻了三个。再往上便是太子他们所处之地，我知道现在实已退到了绝路，也只剩了我们三个人，无论如何不能再退了。陈忠将长枪一扔，伸手到腰间拔出刀来，喝道：“再有上来者，不要怪我了！”
一个黑衣人的尸体忽然直直站起，我大吃一惊，陈忠却叫道：“有人……有人顶着他！”
他身后有人！我恍然大悟，但箭已发完，我一撑地，猛地站起来，靠着墙壁，右手已解下那流星锤，喝道：“快出来！”
那具黑衣人的尸体忽然飞了起来，一个人猛地跃上。陈忠靠在门口，这人飞起一脚，正踢中陈忠耳后，陈忠被他踢得向我这儿倒了过来，我一把扶住他，只觉他的身体重得如山一般，若不是靠着墙壁，只怕会被陈忠压倒。而这人踢翻陈忠，一刀忽地向另一边那巨斧武士砍去。这一刀快如闪电，那巨斧武士已是筋疲力竭，毫无还手之力，咽喉被那人一刀砍开，缓缓坐倒。
这是路恭行！
我把晕过去的陈忠向边上挪了挪，颓然道：“路将军，你还是赢了。”
路恭行一身黑衣，脸上也沾满了血迹，只是他眼中全无得胜后的喜悦，看着我道：“楚将军，没想到我的决死队居然会有大半死在你手上。”
我强笑了笑，也不说话。其实也不都是我杀的，我只杀了两个黑衣人，这十几个中大多是那四个巨斧武士所伤。我道：“路将军，恩怨今日俱尽，你杀了我吧。”
路恭行看着我，眼中竟似有些泪光：“楚将军，当初我们在高鹫城并肩作战，难道那时的情份都要了了？”
我一阵黯然。路恭行一向雷厉风行，到了这时居然却缓了手，他一定也想到了那时我们的友情。我叹道：“路将军，有时我真觉得在你麾下时便战死，倒是件幸事了。”
路恭行沉默了一下，眼中也有些黯然，忽然抬起头道：“楚将军，你降吧。纵然你不愿为官，我也可以保你无性命之忧。”
我喃喃道：“晚了，晚了，走得太远了。”
我一把从陈忠身后抽出手来，流星锤猛地向他掷去。此时我与他相距连五步都不到，这也是我蓄力已久，流星锤发出一声尖啸，直取路恭行面门。
路恭行定逃不过这一锤了，我掷出流星锤后，心中却又有些后悔，路恭行却忽地将身一侧，险险避开，手中刀猛地一掠。流星锤的套索是鹿筋所制，很有弹性，但此时崩得笔直，路恭行长刀一掠，一下将鹿筋划断，流星锤“砰”的一声击在墙上，石粉四溅。
It's over!
我心中一沉。流星锤已是我最后一手了，现在连这也被路恭行破去，我已再没有取胜之机。到了此时我心中反倒平静下来，只等着路恭行杀我。哪知路恭行被我暗算了一锤，却仍无愠色，道：“楚将军，请你，降我。”
他这话如同一个霹雳，我只觉浑身乏力，“扑嗵”一下跪倒在地。路恭行到了这种时候还想让我投降，难道我真的要降么？我抬起头，看着他道：“不。”
路恭行眼里闪过一丝杀气，道：“那好吧。”他踏上一步，举起刀来，向我当头劈下。我已跪在地上，双脚猛地一蹬，人在地上翻了个滚，右手已拔出百辟刀来，一刀倒挥而上。
这才是我的最后一招。
路恭行已见我跪倒，只道我束手待毙，但不曾想到我还能反击。两刀相击，他的刀没有我的百辟刀锋利，“当”一声，竟被我砍断。我单腿已然坐起，百辟刀已趁势攻上。路恭行手无寸铁，退了一步，喝道：“刀来！”边上有个人忽地抢上，将一把刀对着我掷来。我侧了侧身，正要让过这刀，哪知路恭行只退半步，忽地又向前踏了一步，一把抓住刀柄，手中刀仍是向我刺出。此时我仍未站起，百辟刀也不收回，猛地一刀砍上，只道这一刀不砍断他的刀也会将他的刀砍飞，哪知路恭行刚抓住这刀，本是前冲之势忽地退后，右手已弃刀，叫道：“刀来！”
刹那间我已明白路恭行的用意，这一招是他练熟了的，掷来之刀只是虚招，直正的杀手在下一刀上。我已用全力去格他弃去之刀，这下一刀却无论如何都来不及了。
“当”一声，这刀被我格开，但预料中路恭行的下一刀却不曾刺出。我不由一怔，也不敢上前，看向路恭行，只见他呆呆地看着窗外，不知在想些什么，手中仍是空空的。我心头诧异，眼光也向外看去，此时曙色微露，寝宫中到处是人，但这些身着执金吾制服的士兵都在四散逃开，大门口却有许多盔甲鲜明的士兵正涌进来。
是火军团！我心中一喜，只觉浑身力量都散去了。即使面对着路恭行，我也再没有余力抵挡。
路恭行忽然叹道：“天命有归，非战之罪，唉！”他这声长叹极是颓唐，似乎有着无限的痛苦。我勉力提劲站起，道：“路将军，降吧，我愿保你性命无忧。”
这话也是他对我说过的。路恭行苦笑道：“楚将军，你不愿降我，难道我愿降你么？”
我也默然无语。路恭行秉性随和，但内心里实是个极高傲的人。他为二太子殚精竭虑，到了此时功亏一篑，这等打击比受伤还要重。
他忽然跪下，向下跪了个头，道：“殿下，恕微臣无能之罪。”
下面有一群人走了进来，那些金吾卫纷纷弃械投降，有不降的立被斩杀。当中之人正是文侯，在他身前有个手持长枪的武士，枪尖上挑着个首级，挂着片白布，上面用鲜血写着“叛贼之首”，看样子，依稀正是二太子。
路恭行站起身，道：“楚将军，当今之世，君弱臣强，外患不断，以至于纷乱四起。当初在高鹫城时栾将军曾对我说，将在外，乱命有所不从，我也甚以为然。只是，当事已无救，我也一样无可奈何。”
我恍然大悟，当初我还在龙鳞军时，右军代主将栾鹏因为不服武侯与苍月公合兵之议，想要兵谏，当时说路恭行统领的前锋营不足虑，我便觉得栾鹏与路恭行之间似有协议。看来也的确如此，当初路恭行一定默许栾鹏行事，但后来路恭行根本不曾为栾鹏说话，这个谜团直至今日方始打破。
大丈夫有所为，有所不为，却毕竟非凡人所为。
路恭行喃喃道：“楚将军，我曾向殿下上三策，上策为集中力量猛攻皇宫，中策为生擒太子为质，下策为刺杀文侯，以绝后患。只是殿下父子情深，又恨文侯算计，只取了下策，等我发现刺杀失败，再回过头用上中二策，便来不及了。唉，一步错，步步错，若以我的决死队与残军杀入皇宫，你说能有几分胜算？天命有归，纵算尽千般人力终不能回。”
我只觉身上一寒。文侯已算到了二太子会攻打皇宫，他也对皇宫加以防范，但却没算到路恭行早就训练了这一支人马，竟会以军人扮作执金吾，对他的力量估计不足，只怕真个会被他得手。路恭行也是第二次说这个“天命”了，我没办法反驳，只是道：“天行健，君子以自强不息。”
路恭行眉头一扬，忽然笑道：“果然，哈哈，果然。”
这时下面又是一阵乱，有个老人大声叫道：“路恭行，你这忤逆之子，还执迷不悟，与反贼一路么？快快下来领罪！”
那是路翔的声音！我吃了一惊，道：“是令尊！”
路恭行被他父亲这般痛骂，却也没什么懊恼之势，伸手到墙边拣起方才那把刀。我吃了一惊，只道他还要困兽犹斗，路恭行眼中却闪过一丝嘲弄，道：“楚将军，你也看得我忒小了。”
我一阵茫然，看着路恭行拿着刀走到窗边，大声道：“父亲，各为其主，忠孝不能两全，恕孩儿不孝了。”
他转过头，对我道：“楚将军，你跟随文侯定能飞皇腾达。只是文侯非池中物，绝不甘久居人下，你要小心了。”说完，忽地将刀插进了胸膛。
我知道他已有死志，不忍再让他受辱，也不阻止。路恭行身体一歪，向我笑了笑，摔出了窗子，从第四层观景台上直摔下去，下面只是一阵惊呼。
我拣起流星锤，弄醒了陈忠，两人扶着太子下去。太子已吓得站都站不起来，她却依然显得十分冷漠，但我知道，她是故意不看我的。我扶着太子走到观景台门口，文侯迎了上来，一下跪倒在太子跟前，道：“殿下，微臣救驾来迟，致使反贼跳梁，望乞恕罪。”
他在得知路恭行奇袭东宫时惊惶失措，此时却已很是平和。我跪在他身边，看着路恭行摔下来的地方，一些人正围着他的尸体说着什么。听着文侯的话，我只觉得茫然。
也许，文侯并不是不曾算计到路恭行会奇袭东宫，而是更希望太子与二太子一同毙命吧……郡主说文侯可能有不臣之心，路恭行也是这般说的，他们说得是真的么？
我的眼角瞟了文侯，他一脸诚惶诚恐，根本看不出什么来。
由于路恭行未能及时将太子擒住，二太子孤注一掷攻打皇宫也始终被近卫军挡住，以及于毕炜留下的三千火军团士兵赶到时一溃千里，二太子不愿投降，命下人将他斩首。这一夜帝都闹得天翻地覆，但天一亮，却一切又归平静，只是让许多城民猜测晚上杀声震天到底发生了什么事。
我身上的伤不轻，但也不想去找医官，回到营中找了点急救的刀创药敷上。没有多久以前，这儿还有四十九个巨斧武士，此时却空荡荡的一片。我呆呆地坐在营门口，肩头的伤也一阵阵痛。
“楚将军，你真在这儿啊！”
小王子的声音忽然响了起来。我站起身，却见小王子和一个高个的中年人一块儿走来。我迎上前去，道：“殿下，郡主怎么样了？”
小王子脸上闪过一丝黯然，道：“姐姐临天亮时去世了，父王大发雷霆，将那两个家医碎尸万段，还说要将你砍了以祭姐姐。”
我只觉眼前一黑，一个踉跄，只觉心口难受之极。小王子吓了一大跳，与那中年人一把扶住我，我道：“别管我，我愿向王爷领死。”
小王子哭道：“不要！姐姐就怕父王会这么做，所以让我找你，让你千万不要去。”那中年人也道：“楚将军，郡主对你一往情深，你万万不可辜负了。”
我呆呆地坐了下来，看着他道：“你是谁？”
这人直直站立，道：“下官谏议大夫南宫闻礼，奉郡主之命，愿向楚将军效忠。”
效忠？我冷冷地笑了一声，道：“是么？效什么忠？”
南宫闻礼道：“郡主有经天纬地之志，天不假年，以至中道弃世。郡主生前与我等说过，一个新时代即将来临，让我们辅佐楚将军，为这新时代出力。”
我听到的郡主最后一句话，便是她说一个新时代要来了。我强忍住泪水，道：“好吧，你们先去吧。”
我站起身，小王子还有点担心，道：“楚将军，你可要当心啊。”
我点了点头，道：“是的。”
待他们走了，我再也忍不住，拔出刀来，猛地冲向营帐。百辟刀裂木如腐，直插入柱中，我伏倒在地失声痛哭。
郡主，我会活下去的。我会活到你说的这新时代来的一天。
朝阳鲜红，如血一片，不可逼视。这新的一天不管人愿不愿意，终于到来了。
（《天行健·天诛》至此终，楚休红纵横捭阖，征战万里的故事将在《天行健·创世纪》中继续，敬请期待。）