Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Guo Shao entered the city through the open city gate, dismounted from his horse in front of the ramp inside the wall, and went up to the city on foot. , This ramp is very wide, at least three carriages can run side by side, in order to facilitate the rapid mobilization of the defenders to the city for defense in an emergency. But Guo Shao went up on foot, and his followers only followed from a distance.

Climb to the top of the high city, the land outside and the countless houses in the city are all under your feet, and you can have a panoramic view of everything. With the widening of sight, Guo Shao's heart is also broadened.

Groups of soldiers and horses entered the city like a flood, spreading across the streets in the city. The black smoke from the fierce fire oil burning in the air is filling the air, like gunpowder smoke, entwined over this rich and magnificent city, with pavilions, towers, pavilions, and iron horses fighting...Looking at the distance, the fields and crops in spring are glowing with greenery.

Facing the wind blowing in the sky, Guo Shao looked at the slowly surging white clouds in the sky, his heart was full of blood, and he couldn't help sighing: "The wind is blowing, the clouds are flying..."

The followers behind looked over one after another. For a while, Guo Shao temporarily forgot the following words, and sang: "The world is boundless and boundless!"

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"Boom, boom, boom..." There was a heavy knocking sound from the front door of the imperial city, one sound after another seemed to hit people's hearts, every time it shook, Zhou Jiamin's immature body trembled.

At a young age, she hadn't really seen the madness and brutality of warriors, and she didn't have the most intuitive fear of the consequences of the imperial city being breached. But she was still very scared, because of what Li Yu said just now, "If the rebellious soldiers come in, they will set themselves on fire|burn themselves".

Firewood was piled up around the throne, and black oil was splashed on it. Zhou Jiamin was sitting on the chair next to the throne. Li Yu held a paper palace lantern in his hand, and the candles inside were shining brightly. Zhou Jiamin stared at the lantern with widened beautiful eyes.

At first, when Queen Mother Zhong was here, in order to dissuade Li Yu from self-immolation, she said a lot of terrible things. After burning, the smoke will be so choking that people would like to spit out all the internal organs, and have a splitting headache; the flames will burn on the skin, and the pain will be excruciating, and the skin will be roasted ugly and rotten from the flesh. After being burned to death, the whole person was wrapped in rotting, dirty, black flesh and blood, not human-like, and there was vomiting | the dirty things that came out were all over the body...

"Ah!" Zhou Jiamin screamed suddenly, struggling desperately. But she couldn't break free and was tied up.

She was caught by the eunuch before, but Li Yu didn't ask the eunuch to be buried with him and burned to death (Li Yu was not a cruel person most of the time), so in order to prevent Zhou Jiamin from escaping, she was tied to a chair next to her.

Nine-year-old Zhou Jiamin's hands and feet were tied, and the chair she was sitting on was very heavy. No matter how hard she struggled, it was useless, and the skin on her wrist was worn out by the rope. She was in pain and scared, she cried out, turned her head and cried to Li Yu: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, let me go, let me go..."

Li Yu was expressionless and ignored him at all. His dejected expression froze on his face, as if he had settled down.

Zhou Jiamin was bullied at home and in the palace. She was from a good background and was usually spoiled. She originally thought that this world was full of all kinds of strange and wonderful things, but suddenly she was in such a situation, and felt that the sky was falling. But she could only cry and make noise, and begged Li Yu to let her go from time to time... At the same time, she also saw something else in the world for the first time, like a person who has been walking in the sun, seeing the boundless night.

"I don't want to die, I don't want to be burned to death." Zhou Jiamin burst into tears, gnashing her teeth, desperately trying to get the rope off her hands and feet.

After a lot of tossing, she realized that the sound of banging on the door disappeared at some point. At this time, the sound of "cracking" metal grinding was heard, and several big men in iron armor appeared at the gate of the hall.

Zhou Jiamin didn't know how scary people in armor were. She only felt that the palace lantern in Li Yu's hand was scary, and she yelled softly: "Save me, whoever comes to save me, I don't want to be burned to death!"

"Haha..." Li Yu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly raised his head and laughed, leaning forward and backward. Zhou Jiamin looked at him in horror, not knowing what was so ridiculous in such a situation. He shook his head and said: "You child, I have always treated you with great love and affection, but you still ask Qiu Kou for help at the last minute!"

Someone among the big men yelled: "Everyone, be careful! There are firewood piled inside!"

They stood at the gate of the hall and did not come over. Soon more soldiers came to the gate and looked inside one after another. Someone said: "The firewood is inside, and you can come out from the door when it burns."

Zhou Jiamin shouted: "I can't get out, I'm tied up here, please..."

At this time, someone finally paid attention to her. Someone asked: "Who is my lady? The person sitting on top is the Lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty?" Zhou Jiamin hurriedly replied: "He is the emperor and my brother-in-law. Whoever comes to save me, I will be burned to death by him!"

"Sister Tuesday?" A tall and strong man appeared at the door.

A group of soldiers immediately bowed their hands and said, "Marshal Guo."

The man immediately came in from the door, and hurriedly said in a voice: "Marshal Guo, there are piles of firewood inside. The Lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty wants to set himself on fire, so don't go in."

"It's okay, firewood is not explosive." The man said, "He wants to set himself on fire, why wait until now? I'll meet him later."

Zhou Jiamin's eyes widened, looking expectantly and nervously at the man and the two sergeants behind him walking towards this side, he couldn't even speak for a while, fearing that the person who wanted to save her would be scared away. Seeing him approaching step by step without any intention of retreating, Zhou Jiamin was paying attention to the palace lantern while waiting for the person who came over, his nose was sore, and he almost cried again.

With a tall and strong figure, his appearance is different from the people seen in the court. When he got closer, he could see his appearance clearly. He was a young adult with a tanned face.

The man ignored Li Yu, and pulled out the sword from his waist "shua" as he walked, and approached cautiously. Li Yu stared at him without saying a word or moving.

The man walked up to Zhou Jiamin with a shining sword, and Zhou Jiamin stared at the shining sharp sword in horror. He just stepped forward and quickly cut the ropes everywhere, asking, "Is Zhou Ehuang your sister?"

Zhou Jiamin nodded hurriedly. The man breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Finally..."

Zhou Jiamin felt relaxed for a while, and hurriedly stood up, her feet hurt, and her delicate hands and feet were injured when she struggled just now. But at this time, she was more pleasantly surprised than in pain, and she was relieved all of a sudden, as if something had burst from her body. Instead, she cried out with a "wow", her feet softened, and she supported the tall and strong man's body. Her height could only reach the waist of the soldier, and she felt that this man was as tall as a mountain, and that he was so strong that he couldn't shake it no matter what. But she was not afraid, she felt that he had a sun-bathing smell on him, very stable, so Zhou Jiamin cried more and more sadly.

The soldier let out a long breath, and Zhou Jiamin felt a big rough and warm hand on her face, and wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes with her thumb, and she immediately forgot to cry. Although she was only nine years old, no man could touch her like this.

The man seemed very relaxed, and said gently: "It's okay, don't be afraid. You are such a beautiful little princess, usually there will be knights to rescue her."

Zhou Jiamin felt that he understood the meaning, but at the same time he didn't seem to understand.

The man didn't say much, he turned his head and said, "Tan Shitou, take her out first."

"Here," said someone behind.

The soldier named Guo Dashuai said again: "Sister Zhou, you and this uncle get out of here first, he won't hurt you, don't be afraid, and don't run around."

Zhou Jiamin obediently followed the older man in armor. When he reached the gate of the hall, he couldn't help but look back, mainly at the "Xiaoshan" who saved her just now. Others may think that she is still a child, but she has been a governor for a long time, and now she has guessed who that person is... It is the "Guo Tiejiang", the coach of the Zhou** team that is often mentioned in the court, and Zhou Jiamin does not feel it at this time.

But after all, she is not very old, and there are some things she still can't understand. For example, the brother-in-law sitting on the throne, Zhou Jiamin didn't realize what that person meant to her. At this time, she had some hatred for Li Yu instead, and when she turned her head, she didn't even look at Li Yu.

Walking out of this gloomy hall to her, with the sun shining on her body, Zhou Jiamin felt that the whole world became warmer.