Who's home tonight, Bian Zhouzi

Chapter 16 6

Duan Dizhi was arrested by the Habayashi guards when he entered the palace gate, and he was directly locked in the prison of Dali Temple.She knew that the matter had been exposed, and it wasn't that she didn't think that she might bear all the charges. She also considered the possibility of being executed.She can also think that the safest way to deal with Zeng Jingzhao is to push everything on herself, and push everything away. If necessary, she could be charged with other crimes.When the person came to announce the decree and escorted her to the execution room, she almost went there with a tragic feeling that she was Chao Cuo who died for Emperor Jing.

The imperial decree said that she deceived the emperor and killed Zhongliang, which was originally a crime of beheading, but after thinking of her as a hero, she also made contributions in some major court cases before, so she was sentenced and exiled outside Yumen Pass, imprisoned in There are sheep on a mountain.

"You can't be hired for life! You can't be buried in the customs after death!"

The words haunted her like a mantra, even though she had only heard them once. "Ah..." She sighed in a low voice, like a leopard.A mouthful of blood spat out on his own hand, and on his right wrist was the hideous scar that was stabbed by the King of Jin that day. Now all the old wounds are recurring, and the wrist is no exception. At this moment, it is wrapped with a bandage and applied with medicine.The past is like a black sandstorm that cannot even be forgotten, and can only be accepted when it hits.From being imprisoned to being publicly tortured in the square, she never saw Zeng Jingzhao.Before being pulled out and beaten, she was subjected to various punishments including the spinal rod and whipping in the prison of Dali Temple.The clan's anger was raging, if she could not be burned to death, she would have been put on fire already.If they could kill her a thousand times, they would definitely kill her a thousand times.They neither wanted her to die easily, nor did they want her to live comfortably.Some of the courtiers could not understand the actions of Bi An's school affairs office, and some were worried about the will of the people and rumors, and supported the request of the clan.Everyone cried and complained endlessly in the court hall. The original intention was to put Duan Dizhi in prison and beat him every year on the death day of King Jiangling. Sentenced to exile.

She wouldn't leave Duan Dizhi in the dangerous prison in the capital, after all, she didn't know that one day he would be killed by that black hand.Exile her outside the border where the clan can't touch, and imprison her. The people who guard her are all her father's former subordinates, which is tantamount to protection.

With serious injuries on her body, she was locked in a prison car and escorted to a distant place.

The north wind howled overnight, and the army outside Yanqi fell asleep like silent beasts.Until the sun rose, the first person who came into the tent to see her was the army doctor.After the doctor's examination, the generals filed in.The rebels had been hunted down for a year. They had already run out of ammunition and food, and their morale was scattered.Now as long as Yanqi is conquered, the chaos in the Western Regions for more than a year will subside.Duan Dizhi originally intended to besiege Yanqi and wait for the rebels to fight among themselves, but now it seems that he underestimated the strength preserved in Yanqi city.She sent someone to sneak into Yanqi City to spy on information, and learned that the rebels lacked support after returning to the city, but the rebels massacred the opponents in the city—throwing them into the pot and cooking them in the court—and there were no more opponents.Today, the spies risked their lives to escape and reported back and forth that the food in the city was almost exhausted, and the common people had already started to exchange their children for food.

The army has been besieging Yanqi for a long time, and if time drags on, it will not only increase the difficulty of the battle, but also increase too many human tragedies.Duan Dizhi was discussing with the generals how to lure the army out of the city to fight to the death, when he received a letter of war from the rebels.The generals were discussing the reliability of the letter of war, Duan Dizhi was tortured by the pain in his body, and seemed to see Zeng Jingzhao standing on the tower to see her off the capital in a daze.

Some part of my life has been permanently damaged.

I am leaving.goodbye.

"They have their own plans, and so do we. Since they are going to leave the city for a decisive battle, the other party must also have the will to die. This is also our best chance. Go back and draw up a plan to defeat its main force in a field battle and then attack the city. Send people to A shout at the gate of the city, saying that we accept the decisive battle. Go."

The doctor brought the medicine, and the generals also took orders to leave.Duan Dizhi smelled the medicine and knew that he had given the tonic again. "Leave the good things to the soldiers, don't give them to me. I won't die for a while." The military doctor, who has been with her father for many years, looked at her worriedly and said, "This is a gift from the emperor. I don't want to die either." Dare to use it for others."

One night on the road to exile, in Dunhuang, when everyone was asleep, Hong Lingnu and Mo Yebo chased them all the way to rob the prisoner.She said she wasn't leaving.The red silk girl was silent, and Mo Yebo opened his mouth to scold her, afraid of waking up the sergeant.The two understood that she didn't want to cause trouble anymore, and they were willing to sacrifice themselves.Mo Yebo went to watch on his own, and the red silk girl cautiously put her hand into the prison car, trying to apply medicine to her wound, but she couldn't reach it.Her eyes were full of tears under the starlight, and Duan Di's physical and spiritual pain never stopped on the road, and seeing this appearance made her feel like she was on fire.The red silk girl was so distressed that she couldn't speak, she took it back with trembling hands.He fed her water and wiped her face—as a punishment, she could only leave the prison car by urinating—and said in a trembling voice, "We'll see you when we get there." His voice was as dry as if it had been sandpapered.

The place where she was exiled was the shepherd's hut on the hillside.God knows where the shepherds come from in this barren place.The hut is barely livable, and there is no one else but the garrison for a hundred miles.Her water and food were all brought by the border guards.Shepherding is just a means of punishment for her, and she is not expected to produce anything.When she arrived, she was seriously injured and fell ill.Hong Lingnu and Mo Yebo had hoped to visit directly, but they did not expect that the hut was surrounded by sergeants who came to escort them, and no one was allowed to enter. have grudges.They were ordered to guard the prisoner until late autumn to prevent her from being rescued, and according to the order of the emperor, only military doctors near the garrison were allowed to treat her injuries.Mo Yebo was so angry that he wanted to go up and kill someone, but was grabbed by the red silk girl.Mo Yebo was about to curse, but when he lowered his head, he saw the red silk girl clenched her fist with her left hand, her knuckles turned white.

It was deep winter when Duan Dizhi arrived at the hut. The military doctor came up in the snow a few times, and half a month later the mountain was covered by heavy snow. Not to mention the military doctor, it was difficult for even the garrison officers and soldiers to come up.At this time, Mo Yebo took the opportunity to go up to visit without a trace.If it weren't for his extraordinary lightness skills, Duan Dizhi would probably have froze to death on it.The climate in the Western Regions suddenly became worse from that year onwards.Duan Dizhi lay in bed for several months, and twice when her life was in danger, it was Mo Yebo and Hong Lingnv who braved the wind and snow to rescue her; when she woke up and slept, she always saw snow leaking in through the cracks in the wall.Until the day when she could get out of bed and make a fire by herself, she felt that she saw the warm sunshine, opened the door, and saw the sun.

It was a short summer.She tried to raise her arms, the broken bones and puncture wounds to her wrists were unbearably painful.Trying to take a step, it feels like the right leg has lost the ability to run forever.The view of the hut is actually very good, the sheep pen is empty, the hillside is silent at this moment, she is the only one in the world.She suddenly wanted to know where the saber she was forced to untie that day was.She wanted to take a step out for a walk, but she immediately fell to the ground after taking a step.According to the imperial decree, she can only end her life here.The ashes were scattered among the mountains when they died.She is very clear that living in such conditions for a long time will not benefit her old wounds at all.If Zeng Jingzhao had chosen for her—as she was told—then Zeng Jingzhao had simply chosen for her a less quick death.If she is waiting and procrastinating to find a chance to save her, or if she is just letting the world see a treacherous person suffer to praise her wisdom, it's all right, it's okay, Duan Dizhi doesn't want to know.

When she gradually recovered, it was already autumn.Hong Lingnv had no choice but to go back to the south to deal with middle school affairs, so she took advantage of the night to see her before leaving.Seeing that she had prepared a lot of crutches and heating wood for herself, she even turned out the old animal skins left in the hut and spread them on the bed.Seeing her coming, she had an expression of "Look at how well I have taken care of this place".Goddess Hongling looked at her sadly and said, "Aren't you going to go with me?" Duan Dizhi sat down with difficulty, his movements were stiff, and the girl in red silk felt heartbroken, "I'm not going anywhere. I'm going, let me go." What should she do?" The red silk girl sighed, "After the winter defenders withdraw, Ye Bo may also leave. I will ask him to deliver all the things at once." "Okay. You all go. Be careful." The red silk girl couldn't bear to leave and had nothing to say, so she had to pretend to check the firewood. Duan Dizhi didn't speak, but looked at her silently; after walking around and seeing nothing else, the red silk girl decided to turn around and leave.Only two steps to the door, she stopped there, pressing her hand on the door but not pushing it away.

"You care about her more than you care about yourself." But Duan Dizhi just remained silent.

"Take care." Hong Lingnu looked back.Then fly away.

The sheep she had struggled to graze had already driven down the mountain.The hut returns to its empty state.When the military doctor came to see her as usual the day before yesterday, he said that when the guards left, the border guards had prepared a lot of thick furs and sent them all to her.She said not to waste money.The military doctor said that the body is critical.Didn't she say that the imperial decree stipulated what was given to me?If there are too many, let people know that your lives are in danger.

"Don't worry about me. I'm afraid the weather will be bad this year. Be careful of rangers and bandits."

During the short days when she was tortured by illness every day, there was no one around. She often stood at the door with a cane, saw the Milky Way in the sky, saw the bright moon like a disk, saw the bright clouds floating from the distant hills, and saw the big bean. Raindrops fall.She never knew the life of a shepherd. She only relied on a mule to herd sheep in the nearby valley.Before winter comes, all livestock will be taken away by people.Leaving her here alone as her prisoner.Watching the stove in winter, only memories keep coming when I am bored.She remembered the days when she was stationed with her father when she was a child, what the climate was like, and what the local customs were like.Staring blankly at the flames, following the river of memory flowing down the river, he suddenly remembered that winter many years ago, the winter lying on the palace carpet.

Can't think, can't think.

The cold air leaked in a little bit, blowing to the wound under her ribs like ice knives.She remembered seeing the wounds on her father's body when she was a child, and her father was also covered in wounds, and she laughed at herself a little ominously, the old man was on the battlefield, with so many injuries, I am afraid that the enemy will sigh, Duan Erdong has suffered so many injuries, why is he still alive? ah!The military doctor repeatedly told him to shut up, saying that the general couldn't say that.The father smiled and said to her again, my daughter, the fact that being a father can persist until now is nothing more than having a heart to serve the country!

You were injured so badly, why didn't you die?

She thought that she could persist here for ten years, and even felt that this kind of shepherd, who was suffering from illness and lonely every day, was much quieter and more peaceful than the intrigues in the court before.It would be a good death for a person who kills like hemp and is stained with blood.Maybe before Zeng Jingzhao finds a chance to save herself, she will die of injury.Unexpectedly, starting from the winter of the second year, the climate deteriorated sharply, with drought, cold, and strong winds slaughtering all living creatures like galloping desperadoes.The border guards fought repeatedly with the horse bandits, only to finally discover that the bandits had become organized rebels.Just when they were looking for help, the battered general heard from his military doctor that Duan Dizhi on the mountain fell ill again due to bad weather.