Harue Kagetsu - Chapter 163

The hub cakes thrown on the ground in the wind and the sun are the only rations they get every day, and they can only be kept from starvation to death.

Not only that, but the guards deliberately dropped things out of reach of their arms. When the hungry eyes of Venus endured the humiliation and reached out to take it, the struggling and embarrassed appearance became the source of the Rongkang soldiers teasing and entertaining.

On the third day, it started to rain, and the muddy water flowed across the burial ground. The people who were planted in the ground were in a miserable state, beyond words. Those who were weaker on weekdays could no longer hold on, and fainted.

When the news spread outside the city, Gao Yin was furious.

Although he was extremely disappointed with the suffering clan, officials and gentry in the city, many of these people were acquainted with him in the past, so humiliated and precarious, how could he turn a blind eye? What’s more, even if these people were to blame for themselves and were buried together, there were also many innocent soldiers who were disarmed because of Shangguan’s incompetence.

Gao Yin could not wait to attack the city immediately, but he was afraid of the rat.

After Hunyuan defeated Liu Jian, Li Mu temporarily put aside the battle to destroy Datong, the capital of Xiliang, and headed south. Should arrive in a few days.

In fact, when Gao Yin first sent someone to pass the news to him, he had no idea whether he would come back to help Jiankang, until he heard the news, he felt more at ease.

Thinking that those people in the city should not be killed for a while, he decided to suspend the military and wait for Li Mu to come to discuss it.

And Rongkang in Jiankang City had another plan at the moment.

As a Fang Bo from a remote area of ​​Badong, when he first came to Jiankang, although he was fascinated by the prosperity of the imperial city, he was also eager to move in secret, but he did not dare to take action until he was later arrested by Murong In addition, in the past two years, the power has become stronger and stronger than before, and the ambition has grown day by day.

This time, he took the opportunity of the war in the north to take over Jiankang, originally with Murongti’s advice. But he was gradually unwilling to be driven again, but he was afraid of him. While hesitating and swaying, a few days ago, he learned that Murong Ti was not only defeated in the northern battle with Li Mu, but also lost his life in Chaotic Source. It was as if the shackles were gone, and the emperor’s dream that had been buried in his heart for a long time also appeared.

Not wanting to be a hindrance for God, he didn’t even have time to get over the emperor’s addiction, and the Southern Dynasty army came out of the city, aggressive. After going out to fight with Gao Yin and getting less than half a cent, he re-evaluated the form, and his emperor dream came to his senses and began to plan a retreat.

In the past few days, when he threatened to kill the officials of the Southern Dynasty clan, he did not stop sending them to check the gold and silver property of each household.

Sure enough, it was impossible to see the coffin without tears. Under the knife and axe, those people dared not hide anything in order to save their lives.

The gold and silver from Liu Hui’s household alone is more than enough to support an army of ten thousand people. Besides, there are nearly a thousand of such fat sheep in Jiankang City, even if they are not as fat as Liu’s family. The number is also extremely staggering. It is no exaggeration to describe it as being rich enough to rival a country.

In Rongkang’s plan, if Jiankang was really not guaranteed, he would not be able to become an emperor. When he had to, he would run away with the gold and silver treasures after the search was over.

With this huge treasure, he fled back to his hometown in Badong. In this troubled time, he will not be able to make a comeback in the future.

As for how to leave with these gold and silver treasures, he has already thought of a good way. It still uses the high-ranking officials and nobles of the Southern Dynasty who are still planted in the soil as amulets.

When they have gathered their belongings and retreated, they will be kidnapped.

The empress dowager of the dynasty and many high-ranking officials of the nobility are in his hands, and Gao Yin must be restrained and dare not attack. At that time, you don’t have to fight, you already have the upper hand.

Rongkang made up his mind, not only to step up the search for the property on the list, but also to spare ordinary people’s homes. Soldiers began to loot from house to house, like thieves, wishing to scrape three feet of Jiankang’s land.

Just as he was frantically accumulating money, on this day, a group of dozens of people, from far to near, appeared on a wild path leading to Jiankang North.

Because of the Rongkang Rebellion, the nearby people heard that he was arresting strong men to join the army and looting property, all those who could hide have been hidden away, and in broad daylight, there is no one around.

Jiankang was just ahead, the city wall was clearly visible, and even a row of flags with the logo of the new owner of the imperial city stuck on the top of the city was faintly visible.

The leading man stopped the horse, sat on the horseback, and looked ahead.

His left arm was hanging by his side, the whole arm was covered by the sleeve, the wind was blowing, and the sleeve was attached to the arm, revealing a stiff outline.

This is a young man with a beautiful appearance and a pair of rare purple eyes, but at this moment, his cheeks are sunken because of his thinness, his skin is so pale that it is almost sickly, and even the slight blue blood is visible under the sun. clear and distinct.

His expression was indifferent. Facing the dazzling sunlight, he narrowed his eyes and looked ahead for a moment. He took out a letter and ordered someone to go to deliver the message. He immediately told the dozens of people who were following him to stop and rest.

Although those people were dressed as ordinary Han people, their physique was sturdy, as if they were from the military. It’s just that at this moment, their faces are already full of tiredness, and their eyes are even more bleak, as if this long journey has exhausted everyone’s original energy.

Hearing this man’s order, everyone sat down on the side of the road, silently took out the dry food, and ate.

The man didn’t seem to notice at all, and continued to look at the outline of the city in front of him.

Behind him, a man who looked like a leader of the guards, after hesitating for a while, finally stepped forward and persuaded in a low voice: “Your Majesty, this time is different from the past, Your Majesty is trapped in the shoal, and little people like Rongkang will not If you are willing to listen to His Majesty’s words again, His Majesty should not enter Jiankang again. Besides, even if His Majesty controls Jiankang, this place cannot be kept for a long time. Once a strong enemy strikes, there will be no barriers on all sides. Wait for the time and get up later?”

The man turned his head slowly. Under the sun, a pair of purple pupils, like transparent glass beads, stared at him without any disturbance.

The guard’s face slowly showed fear, and his voice fell.

He was loyal to the Northern Yan Emperor Murong Ti. The man in front of him was retaliated by Murong Xi in front of Bauhinia Pass. The soldiers rebelled and suffered a crushing defeat. As the death guard of the Murong Clan, he fought hard to stay loyal to the last dozens of people. Together with his subordinates, he finally rescued him from the chaotic army and escaped.

First the Central Plains failed, and then suffered such a fiasco.

Once used as a soldier in the world, now the only thing left around is these dozens of guards.

He thought that Murong Di would find a place to hide to avoid the revenge of Murong Xi, who was looking for his body. Even if the ambition is still immortal, it should be dormant in the dark and wait for the opportunity in the future.

Surprisingly, when he woke up from the coma that day, Murong opened his eyes and lay on his back on the ground, letting blood flow from his body, motionless against the night sky.

For a whole night like this, it was like lying on a corpse, making the people around him even think that he was dead. After dawn, he finally spoke.

The first and only sentence he said was to leave for Jiankang.

His tone was decisive, and there was no room for doubt.

In this way, a group of dozens of people came here at this moment.

Jiankang is close at hand. Once inside, there is no way out.

Along the way, he endured the words for a long time, and couldn’t bear it any longer, and finally asked.

This trip is clearly like a death sentence. Even if you are lucky enough to subdue Rong Kang, there will never be a good result in what you will face next.

Such a reckless and even crazy move really didn’t look like the Murong Tzu he had always been familiar with.

Seeing him staring at him like this, the guard hurriedly bowed his head and knelt down: “If you offend Your Majesty, I beg your Majesty to forgive your sins, my humble position is just…”

He stopped.

Murong Ti’s gaze turned to the other people, and swept across their faces one by one.

“You think so too?” he asked.

Everyone glanced at each other, slowly put down the dry food in their hands, and stood up from the ground one after another, bowing their heads silently.

“You have followed me for more than ten years, right?”

The crowd was silent.

He nodded: “Today I have fallen to such a point, you are still here, you can be considered to be benevolent and righteous. I did not intend to ask you to enter the city with me.”

Everyone was stunned.

“Let’s go, go wherever you want. The rewards I have given you over the past few years should enable you to get married and have children, and spend the rest of your life. If you miss your homeland and want to go back to Longcheng, go back to my uncle. Confess, he will not embarrass you in order to win people’s hearts.”

The crowd was extremely surprised, and hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed, and professed their allegiance to him.

Murong smiled lightly and said nothing, walked to the side of his horse, pulled out a dagger, cut off the reins that fastened the bridle, and lost the saddle.

He raised his hand and touched its head, and said, “You’ve been with me for many years, and I’ll let you go today. It’s life or death in the future, it’s up to you to make your own creation.” A bit of the horse hips.

The horses squeaked in pain, neighed, and galloped toward the field with their hooves.

Murong watched the horses gradually disappear from sight, and without looking at anyone, turned around and walked towards Jiankang.

“His Majesty-“

The crowd shouted behind him, followed, gradually slowed down, finally stopped, knelt down on the road, and kowtowed to his back.

Murong didn’t look back, just let out a burst of laughter. In the laughter, he accelerated his pace and strode away towards the city in front.

…

Wearing a dragon robe, Rong Kang was majestic, sitting in the splendid Jiankang Palace, and ordered Murong to be brought in.

Before he entered the hall, he had been thoroughly searched, and even the boots on his feet had been checked, and he was released after seeing nothing abnormal.

Under the gaze of countless eyes on both sides, he walked towards Rongkang, and when he got close, he stopped, knelt down, saluted, and called out to His Majesty.

Rong Kang was secretly proud of himself.

Feng Shui turns. Back then, when Murong declared himself emperor for Zhanbei, he looked up to him. Now that he has collapsed, he has become a high-ranking person. This Xianbei who was always gloomy and terrified when he saw him, how could he be upset that he would bow his head to him like this today?

He ordered Murong to stand up and pretended to smile: “It was rumored that you died in the rebellion. When I heard the news, I was quite sad. I don’t want it to be a false rumor, it’s better. But I don’t know why you came to Jiankang today? “

Murong said on his behalf: “To be honest, although I was lucky to survive, but my subordinates were scattered, I couldn’t return to my hometown, and I was chased by my uncle. I was desperate. Knowing that Your Majesty is in the sky, I came here to seek refuge.”

Rong Kangpi said with a smile: “It’s easy to say, easy to say. It’s just what you said in your letter…”

In the letter sent to him, Murong said that he had also been an emperor for several years, and he knew from the beginning that in the turbulent times, the day was unsafe, so he left a secret place to bury treasures of gold and silver. He is willing to submit a picture collection to show his sincerity and sincerity.

People are not enough to swallow elephants. Although Jiankang has obtained a huge amount of wealth, in the face of this temptation, Rongkang’s greed has become more and more inflated, and his heart is full. Although he knew that Murong was acting strangely, he still couldn’t resist the temptation.

Fortunately, he was alone and was searched again, and it was expected that there would be no big waves.

Murong said on his behalf, “The Tibetan map is here. In order to keep His Majesty’s count, the detailed number is also listed.” As he spoke, he took out a folded parchment from his bosom, walked towards Rongkang, stopped, and stopped. Give it to the people around Rongkang.

Rong Kang took it, the geographical indication on the picture is clear, it is clear at a glance, the listed gold, silver, pearls and jade are all calculated by cars, his eyes can’t help shining, he looked and looked, laughed, put away the parchment and put it in himself In his arms, he ordered someone to set up a banquet with wine and entertain Murong.

At the banquet, everyone was talking about the officials of the Southern Dynasty who were planted in the ground. The laughter was endless. Rong Kang hugged from side to side, showing his ugliness. Recalling how arrogant he looked at himself when he was the emperor, he was determined to humiliate him in public again, his eyes fell on his left arm that was always hanging down, and he smiled: “I heard this from you. An arm, was abolished by Li Mu in the past? A man was born in the world, if he can’t take revenge, it would be a shame to live in the world!”

There was a sound of snickering laughter all around.

Murong said respectfully, “The reason why I came to join His Majesty is for revenge.”

Rongkang smiled proudly: “After seeing you come in, this hand has not moved. Is it convenient for me to ask me to see how Li Mu has abolished your arm?”

The crowd followed suit.

Murong said, “Your Majesty, please see, what is the inconvenience for me.” He raised his left arm calmly.

The sleeve slipped, revealing a slightly twisted arm. The muscles on the arm are thin and shriveled, and even that hand looks smaller than the normal right hand.

Rong Kang sighed and kept shaking his head: “Li Mu is really hateful. But I don’t know if you are fighting with a woman now, who will lose and who will win?”

When the voice fell, the hall burst into laughter, and someone suggested to try it.

Rong Kang scolded: “Brother Murong is also considered a hero in the world, how can you allow you to tease like this?”

The laughter in the hall grew louder.

Murong didn’t show any sullenness on his face, but smiled and said, “You don’t know who you will win or lose in a fight. But you should be able to carry a pot and pour wine. Why don’t I pour a glass of wine for Your Majesty to express my gratitude to His Majesty’s containment. “After he finished speaking, he got up from his seat and came to Rongkang. Under the gazes of the surrounding eyes, he lifted a bottle of wine on the case with his hand with a little difficulty, and lifted it up to Rongkang. In front of the wine cup, I carefully poured a glass of wine, and I respectfully drink it.

Rong Kang earned enough face, laughed loudly, took the wine glass and said, “How can I not drink this wine that Brother Murong poured himself?” He put it to his mouth, raised his neck, and poured it into his mouth.

Just when he raised his neck and swallowed his belly, in this instant, an unexpected scene happened.

For the empty right hand, Murong suddenly swept up a chopstick on the table, leaned forward, and at a speed that could not cover his ears, he slammed the tip of the chopstick toward Rong Kang’s throat and inserted it straight.

The back of his hand was full of blue veins.

With a “puff”, the chopstick, under the extremely fast speed and huge arm strength, was like a sharp dagger, pierced through Rong Kang’s flesh, deeply inserted into the middle of the throat, a whole one, and came out through the neck, exposing the On the tip of the chopsticks, there was a strand of finely chopped flesh.

Rong Kang’s huge body suddenly stopped.

With a “bang”, the wine glass dropped to the ground.

His eyes were wide open, and his eyes rolled back for a moment. He finally looked at the opposite Murong Ti with difficulty, suddenly raised an arm, and opened his fan-like hand, as if he wanted to fight back.

Murong looked down at him, looking down at him, his purple eyes flashed coldly, he withdrew some chopsticks a little, grinned, and stirred violently from side to side, his trachea burst immediately, and the blood on his throat was blurred.

Rong Kang screamed and rolled his eyes again. The raised hand was powerless to fall.

His bull’s eyes stared at Murong Ti, struggling, staggeringly stood up, before he could stand still, with a “bang”, his body fell down, crushing a stunned beauty beside him On his body, his limbs twitched in pain, a strange ho-ho sound came from his throat, and blood kept pouring out of the hole in the corner of his mouth and throat.

The beauty finally reacted, and was so frightened that she was so frightened that she twisted her body desperately under his weight, trying to break free, but how could she be freed, a scream full of fear came out of her mouth.

Above the hall, Rong Kang’s left and right men finally reacted and threw the wine glass in their hands. In the midst of a rustling sound, they rushed up and pulled out their swords, and immediately surrounded Murong Wei in the middle.

With a calm expression on his face, Murong let go of the chopsticks stuck in Rong Kang’s throat, turned around, glanced at the shocked and angry faces on the opposite side, snorted coldly, his eyes were sharp, and he was serving the wine just now. When they looked, they were two different people.

At this moment, he seemed to have regained his identity, becoming the former Beiyan Emperor Murong Ti.

The crowd was forced by his gaze, and the sound of shouting gradually became smaller.

“Rongkang can’t live anymore! If you kill me, what’s the benefit to you? He won’t give you a cent of the gold and silver treasures he looted! The original plan was to leave Jiankang in case he couldn’t keep it. You have the idea of ​​escaping with your own treasure! What will you get in the end by working for him like this?”

He spoke coldly and arrogantly, full of the air of a king.

Rongkang loves money. Appointing officials and titles is very generous, but when it comes to real gold and silver rewards, they are quite careless. It was nothing in the past. This time, he entered Jiankang and saw that he hid the gold and silver jewelry he had collected one by one in the warehouse. Except for a few reused cronies, the rest ran for him. It’s pitiful, and I was very dissatisfied in my heart, but when Murong said this, his footsteps stopped.

Murong Ting glanced at Rong Kang, who was still twitching in pain on the ground, and wanted to breathe, but he couldn’t catch his breath, and said indifferently: “You don’t want to divide the good things he has collected, do you want to wait for others to grab them? In front of you, remove everything?”

Like a daigo. Everyone looked at each other, each showing suspicion and vigilance.

Under the troubled times, people’s lives are as cheap as ants. These generals in Rongkang’s army were originally a group of desperadoes who gathered under Rongkang for the sake of money and profit.

After a brief silence, someone suddenly turned around and strode towards the outside of the hall.

When one person moved, the faces of the others immediately showed nervous expressions, and no one cared about Rongkang on the ground.

“stop!”

Murong drank suddenly, his voice full of majesty.

Everyone stopped involuntarily and turned to look at him.

Murong Di walked slowly to the center of the hall, and looked around the splendid Hongyu Chong Building.

“Jiankang is a good place, isn’t it? You can’t finish drinking wine, you can’t finish eating delicious food, you can’t finish eating beautiful women! But I tell you, there are more good places like this in the Southern Dynasty! Those treasures that Rongkang scavenged. What is it! The wealth of the Southern Dynasties is far beyond what your eyes can see, and your minds can imagine!”

“Such a place on earth, don’t you want to divide the title of princes here, so that you and your descendants can enjoy the wealth forever?”

His voice was fiery, sonorous and powerful, echoing in the golden hall, shocking people’s ears.

Everyone looked at him, their eyes flickering.

“But I’m telling you,” his tone changed and became extremely solemn.

“Your enemy Li Mu, he will be calling soon! Such a good place is clearly in hand! Are you still willing to give up, like a wild dog with its tail tucked, he will drive him back to the poor mountains and rivers of Badong. The place?”

“I know you don’t want to! But if Li Muruo is calling, it’s a good thing for you to have such an ending. I’m afraid that you will share those treasures one by one. “

The crowd gradually became excited, and a look of embarrassment appeared on their faces.

One person shouted: “Then you say! How should it be!”

Murong said sternly: “Of course there is a way! As long as Li Mu is killed, what will happen to those leftover wine bags and rice bags in the Southern Dynasty? When the time comes, we will have the final say in the world!”

Everyone was talking about it at first, but when they heard him talk about killing Li Mu, they became quiet again.

“It’s easier for you to say it!” Someone muttered in a low voice, “If Li Muruo can be killed so easily, you won’t end up where you are today…”

Murongdi did not change his face, and said coldly: “In the past, the emperor of the Han Dynasty lost four times to Xiang Yu, and in the end he also won the first battle and became the emperor of the Han Dynasty. Although I, Murongdi, lost to Li Mu’s hands, but this time, I If you don’t have full confidence, the world is so big that I can’t go anywhere, why come here? I tell you, as long as you listen to my orders, I will not take any of those treasures, and give you all of them. Not only that, I will kill you. The death of Li Mu has achieved great things, and when I restore the great cause again, all of you present today will be the heroes of the founding of the country that I Murong replaced! When the time comes, glory and wealth will be at your fingertips!”

He raised his voice abruptly, like a bell: “I, Murong, take this place and swear a poisonous oath to heaven, if I suffer any loss, let me save my heart with all my arrows, and I won’t die!”

Everyone’s blood rushed to their foreheads, their eyes were red, and they shouted: “I am willing to obey the order, kill Li Mu, and share the wealth!”

“Don’t be fooled – this fellow is the most vicious! Kill him and avenge your majesty!”

At this time, a close friend of Rongkang who had just sneaked away, seeing that the situation was not good, ran in from outside the hall and shouted loudly.

Everyone knew that he had the most belongings from Rongkang, and they winked at each other, swarmed up, slashed with swords, killed people in three or two strokes, and saw that Rongkang was still struggling on the ground, still not out of breath, and simply went up. Before, there was a flurry of slashing. The poor generation of heroes, who once commanded the wind and called the rain, was invincible, and was chopped into several pieces in a blink of an eye, shattered, and died under the sword of his own people.

“Go and divide the treasures in the treasury!”

Murong wiped off a drop of blood that had splattered on his face, and said lightly.

There was a burst of cheers in the hall, and everyone rushed to the warehouse.

That night, the people of Jiankang suffered another round of catastrophe, and countless houses were set on fire.

Amid the painful cries of the people all over the city and the excited shouts of the soldiers, Murong Ti climbed the tower and sent his own words to the soldiers of the Southern Dynasty outside the city.

He said that the fate of everyone in Jiankang City will be decided by the Goddess Luoshen of the Gao family.

She wants them to live, and they live.

She wanted them dead, and he slaughtered everyone in the city. From the clan and the nobles, down to the common people. No chickens and dogs, not a single one.

He left everything to her to decide.

And he, in the city, was waiting for her reply.

…

When Li Mu arrived, he was greeted with such news.