(sequence)
Many years later, people still don't want to open the page of history about Yongkang's 28th year.
That year, the old capital Bianjing was captured by the Qi people. It was a bright and sunny day in autumn. There was a half-yellow ginkgo tree behind the palace. A fallen leaf jumped up, left the treetop where it was living, passed through the bright yellow tiles and glazed covers of the Jiuzhong Palace, and finally landed lightly on the palace. in the blood.
The emperor and the clan were all taken prisoner, and the news spread all over the country with the fleeing refugees.
After ten years of dreaming, the motherland is in ecstasy. When it comes to sadness, everyone bursts into tears and becomes homeless.
Since then, the world has been in chaos, with all the dragons and dragons without a leader, and the Yu Dynasty hangs on a thread of life and death. Fortunately, one of the clan princes survived and fled south to the new capital under the escort of ministers.
If the new emperor dies, the dynasty will be destroyed; if the new emperor ascends the throne, the dynasty will have a chance of survival.
The Qi people searched the mountains and seas, pursuing the new emperor, while the loyal ministers, good generals and even ordinary people of the Yu Dynasty were helping the new emperor escape south. A struggle related to the life and death of the dynasty was unfolding on this land...
Lidu Mansion is the only way to cross to the south. After leaving this place, it merges into the Yangtze River and flows down the river to Jinling. Both parties who were chasing and escorting knew that Lidu Mansion was the place where the final battle to besiege King Ling'an took place.
A city with only one exit, an almost impossible task. In the darkness, there are always people who can help the building before it collapses and turn the tide before it falls, knowing that it cannot be done but doing it.
From high-ranking officials to peddlers and pawns, everyone may be a part of the plan, and the battlefield is everywhere. Spies and intelligence have become the key to the outcome of this struggle.
In troubled times, everyone wears a skin, peel off that skin and become that skin.
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The sky was covered with heavy snow, the doors and windows of every house were closed, and not a single pedestrian was seen on the road leading to the ferry. The snow was very quiet, with a few scattered footprints extending into the distance.
"stop!"
The sudden sound of chasing broke the silence. The girl in ragged clothes ran forward desperately holding a bundle, followed by several fierce servants.
A servant pulled a slingshot, and a stone flying from the air hit the girl's leg. The girl stumbled and fell, her loose bun came apart, and her dark, frizzy hair fell all over her shoulders.
Nan Yi wanted to stand up and run, but a whip fell on her back mercilessly, making her unable to stand up at all. She was in pain and fell forward. The bundle in her arms spread out, and inside were some soft gold and silver, tangled together in a mess.
The middle-aged man with a big belly walked up panting, gathered the baggage on the ground back into his arms, and cursed.
"You little thief, you dare to steal into my shop!" The merchant slapped Nan Yi across the face. Suddenly, his sharp eyes spotted a jade bracelet on her right wrist. He immediately reached out and took it off indiscriminately. "He also stole my wife's bracelet." Jewelry? Bring it!"
Nan Yi became anxious and grabbed her wrist.
"This is mine!"
"How dare you lie to others? How can you, a pariah, have such a bracelet?"
Nan Yi's small body burst out with astonishing strength, guarding the bracelet on his hand. After several arguments, the merchant couldn't resist Nan Yi and was so angry that he called his boy.
"Take her hands off me!"
The boys were all big and strong men, and their attacks were not serious. Several of them rushed forward, and someone kicked Nan Yi hard in the stomach. Nan Yi fell to the ground in pain, and someone immediately took the opportunity to grab Nan Yi's right hand. I want to take off my jade bracelet. She struggled, clenching her hands into fists, refusing to let anyone succeed.
One foot stepped on the back of her hand mercilessly, and the sole of her foot crushed it hard. Cold, stinging and humiliating feelings came all at once, and tears welled up in Nan Yi's eyes, but she gritted her teeth and refused to let go.
"This is really my own..."
Why doesn't anyone believe it? She had such a good past. The smiling face of the young man came to her mind.
Under the setting sun, on the field ridge, a young man in white clothes held her hand and put a jade bracelet on her wrist.
He said: "Live a good life and wait for me to come back."
This was the token Zhang Yue left for her the day before he returned to join the army. He exchanged most of his family wealth for this bracelet. Although there are no more eternal vows between them, Nan Yi firmly believes that when he comes back, he will marry her. But the war lasted year after year, and she still couldn't wait to get her sweetheart back.
In the past few years, her thatched house was bulldozed by cruel officials, and she lived on the streets with no fixed place. She decided to take her few belongings and go to the front line to find her sweetheart. The world is difficult, and as a woman, she can only survive by stealing, lying, and begging for help.
The jade bracelet cannot be lost, it is their only token among the vast crowd.
Seeing that several of his men couldn't get back a bracelet even though they worked together, what the merchant cared about at the moment was not who the bracelet belonged to. He felt helpless and became angry and ordered: "Hang up the little liar and beat him! She knows a lesson!”
Nan Yi was hung on the branch of a dead tree. Her clothes were thin and her figure was thin, like a leaf that would be blown away by the wind.
The riding whip with a thick wrist fell on her body, causing the snow on the dead trees to rustle down. A bloodstain opened on Nan Yi's body, and she cried out in pain, with tears streaming down her face, but even though her voice was broken, she still refused to compromise.
"The bracelet... was not stolen..."
Suddenly, a horrified cry came from the distance, mixed with the sound of the biting wind.
"Qi Bing is coming——"
When the merchant heard this, he panicked. He bullied the weak and feared the strong, and never dared to confront Qi Bing. He threw away his whip in a hurry, took the baggage and ran away with his servant, without caring about Nan Yi's life or death.
Nan Yi was spared by the merchant, but she didn't feel lucky at all. She knew that the fate of falling into the hands of Qi Ren would only be a hundred times worse than now.
But she was hung on the tree and had to twist her body anxiously, trying to break the dead branches.
Footsteps in the distance were approaching. They were a group of about ten Qi soldiers.
The branch snapped and Nan Yi fell to the ground with a thud. She endured the severe pain all over her body, tried to bite the rope off her hand with her teeth, staggered up and ran away.
But there was no one to help her in the west, and every house was closed, so where could she go?
"Oh, she's still a woman."
The Qi soldiers were tall and strong, with wild and rough natures. When they saw the frightened Nan Yi, they were full of toying with her. They played tricks on her like monkeys, deliberately leaving a gap for her to escape, and then intercepting her.
Nan Yi panicked and accidentally bumped into a Qi soldier.
"Come on, don't run away, stay strong and I will love you."
The Qi soldiers laughed.
The Qi soldier was the first to drag Nan Yi behind a tree.
At this moment, Nan Yi was just a fish on the anvil, and she heard the sound of her clothes tearing, and the cold wind suddenly penetrated her skin. She instantly felt the hairs all over her body stand on end, and her mind went blank.
Nan Yi cried and struggled wildly, and her hand touched a stone. Almost subconsciously, she picked up the stone and hit Qi Bing on the head.
Qi Bing was blinded by the smash, staggered back a few steps, and then fell softly to the ground, with a large amount of blood seeping from his forehead. No one was paying attention behind the tree, so Nan Yi quickly ran towards the river.
This is the ferry downstream of Quling River. The Quling River flows out of Hukou Mountain and is surrounded by mountains on both sides.
It's just that there have been fewer awning boats plying the river in recent days. The sky-wide snow has rushed to the river, bending the dead branches on the riverside, like a dense net that almost wraps up the mountains and rivers.
It was almost dusk, and there was still no trace of sunlight on the top of the mountain. The chilling white in the air seemed to be dimming, showing a kind of gray stillness.
Nan Yi ran to the ferry and saw a man sitting on the shore. The man is wearing a bamboo hat, sitting with a fishing rod in his hand, and a fish basket beside him.
Nan Yi was filled with eagerness and without thinking too much, she ran towards the man and knelt beside him for help.
"Sir, help me."
Ripples came round and round on the water, but Xie Queshan didn't even raise his head. He just stared at the fish float indifferently, waiting for his fish to take the bait.
