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Chapter 41
On that day, Xi'an's army rushed under the palace gate and launched the fiercest war against the palace since the rebellion.
The soldiers of the East Day Camp abandoned the city gate and attacked the imperial palace. The city gate was unguarded, and the reinforcements from the West Camp directly broke through the city gate and entered the capital.
The Imperial Forest Army, the East Daying Camp, and the West Daying Camp, these three parties meet at the gate of the palace, the one who guards the gate, and the one who sieges the city.
For a moment, everyone seemed to be crazy, the battle was in chaos, and the artillery fire shook the sky.
Xi An cut off everyone's retreat.
Everyone knew in their hearts that the food and grass in the capital could only last for four days.
Four days!Only four days!
Defeating within four days is death, and indecision is death. If you want to survive, you can only win this battle!
The people in the capital panicked and ran all over the city, packing up their things and trying to get out of the capital, but when they looked up, they saw a raging fire outside the capital, trapping everyone in it.
Before the end of this war, no one should try to escape, and no one can escape.
Despair, pain, depression, these emotions that drive people crazy are suppressed in everyone's heart.
Everyone is like the end of the day.
Now that there is chaos, some people no longer hide their evil. They take advantage of the opportunity to rob money, to rob people, to avenge those who have revenge, and to avenge those who have been wronged.
In an instant, the capital was filled with mourning, like purgatory.
Xi An rode a horse and stood under the gate of the palace, looking at the deep red of the palace in the distance, watching the battle situation controlled by him with only one hand, without saying a word.
This battle lasted for a whole day.
So much so that there were too many corpses of the Imperial Forest Army on the palace gate, and the Imperial Forest Army even threw the corpses of their companions down, and if they were lucky, they could kill a few people.
The fallen corpses on the palace gate and under the palace gate were like a small hill, so tall and smelly, the ground was covered with blood, forming a human wall, and the soldiers could not even get close to the palace gate.
Until Xu time, all the soldiers were exhausted.
Only then did Xi An solemnly order to withdraw the troops.
After receiving this order from Xi An, not to mention the soldiers of the East Daying Camp, even the enemy soldiers fell limp and fell to the ground, heaving a sigh of relief.
All the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, those who cleaned up the battlefield, those who rescued the wounded and those who rescued the wounded, you helped me, and I supported you, walking hard all the way to the barracks.
Xi An rode on the horse, and Deputy General Xu followed him on the horse and reported to him the situation of today's battle.
Xi An's expression was cold, and he didn't respond to a word.
"General, if we go with today's combat power, we can wipe out all the Western camps in the future without any accidents, and open the palace gates to attack. At that time, we will kill the dog emperor and the emperor, and we will definitely do our best!"Support the general's ascension to the throne!"
Xi An was riding on the horse with a cold expression on his face, he didn't respond to the imminent victory and the throne that Vice General Xu said.
He just asked coldly: "Have you caught the deputy general of the Northern Camp?"
Deputy General Xu was taken aback, and said: "General, when the Spring Mountain was burned, it is true that many soldiers from the Northern Camp escaped from the mountain, but according to our inspection, none of them were the leading lieutenant general."
Without turning his head, Xi An said, "I told you, bring him in front of me before tomorrow. If you want to see a person, you will see a dead body."
Deputy General Xu frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, I will give the order."
The large army kept moving forward, passing by the gate of King Yun's Mansion.
Even though the capital city has become a mess, under the protection of the heavy soldiers sent by Xi'an, Prince Yun's Mansion is like the only paradise in the city.
Candles were burning in the mansion at night, reflected under the bright moon, it was quiet and peaceful, without the slightest panic or war, and there was not even a trace of blood or smoke on the wall.
Xi An pulled the reins, the horse's hooves stopped slowly, and he turned his head to look into the palace.
Deputy General Xu looked at Xi An's fascinated look at the gate of the mansion, and tentatively called him: "General..."
Xi An came back to his senses in a daze, lowered his eyes and didn't know what to think.
Xi An didn't move, all the soldiers behind him were waiting behind him,
The pressure occupied the entire street.
Deputy General Xu asked in a low voice: "General, do you want to go back home?"
"..."
"We just fought a battle today. You haven't closed your eyes for two days and one night. It's good to go back home and have a good rest."
General Yue left suddenly, and everyone in the army was deeply saddened, but they were all holding their breaths. Today's battle can't wait to exhaust the efforts of all soldiers.
Not to mention Xi An.
But no matter how big the accident is, he has to hold on to the sky.
Xi An didn't speak, but after a long time he nodded and said, "...that's fine."
Xi An returned to the palace.
Just like every time he killed someone before, when he was so violent that he couldn't restrain himself, only when he returned to the palace could he suppress the uncontrollable, surging bloody aura on his body.
This time he was not as irritable as before, but he just felt a little tired.
I want to go home.
It's not too early, the time for dinner in Fuchu has already passed.
Xi An came back peacefully this time, he was not like before, when he came back he was panicked and panicked.
Rarely did he not disturb the people in the house, and he didn't even order the cook to cook him a dinner. He just took two jars of wine, sat under the pavilion in the lake, looked at the full moon reflected in the lake, tookHe drank wine one mouthful at a time from the jar.
The weather was getting a bit cold, Xi An was leaning on the pillar of the pavilion, his hands and feet were hot from drinking.
He has always held a good capacity for alcohol, and he rarely gets drunk, but this time he only drank a pot for some reason, and his consciousness became a little dazed.
He propped his head on one hand, and vaguely remembered some past events that he rarely recalled back then.
Yuehui's original name was Zhiyang, and he also had a compatriot's sister named Zhimei.
Xi'an's original name was Xia Jingyang, and her sister's name was Xia Yingmei.
Xia Jingyang, Zhiyang.
Xia Yingmei, Zhimei.
As soon as you hear the names, you can tell that the relationship between the four of them is like an unclear thread, and they have been tightly bound together since childhood.
Back then, Zhiyang and Zhimei were just refugees fleeing from a disaster. One day they encountered a villain, and they were rescued by Xi An's mother Fang Can and brought into the mansion.
At that time, the children were still young, Xia Jingyang was three years old, and Xia Yingmei was five years old.
Zhiyang is six years old and Zhimei is six years old.
Master Xiahou knew that what he was planning had a difficult road ahead, life and death were unpredictable, and it was very likely that it would harm his family and children.
That day, I saw the two children I picked up, although they were refugees, they were handsome and imposing, and they were not much different in age from Xia Jingyang and Xia Yingmei, so they made them the "shadows" of Miss Xia's family.
In the future, if they encounter difficulties and dangers, the two of them will be Xia Jingyang and Xia Yingmei, who will be punished, punished, and even killed for the real Xia Jingyang and Xia Yingmei.
After that, the blood eagle brand was branded on the backs of the four of them.
The four of them study and practice martial arts together, just like real relatives.
Except for the people in Xiahou's mansion, no one saw the faces of the four of them again.
Until the day when the Dongchuang incident happened.
It was not only Xia Jingyang and Xia Yingmei who escaped, Zhiyang and Zhimei also escaped from the palace together.
The government soldiers lead troops to search the whereabouts of Xia Jingyang and Xia Yingmei.
During the escape, Xia Yingmei was injured in her leg and couldn't even walk.
Seeing that the pursuers were about to find them, at the critical moment, Zhimei let go of Xia Yingmei's hand, and severely scratched her thigh with a knife.
The little girl was so painful that her eyes were full of tears, but she turned her head and ran out without hesitation, leading the pursuers away.
The pursuers caught her, stripped her clothes in front of the whole city, and saw the eagle's blood mark behind her.
Even so, the chasing soldiers still kidnapped the old housekeeper of Xiahou Mansion to identify him.
The old butler was already graying at the temples and was seriously injured. He glanced at Zhimei, shook his body, and knelt down on the ground with a plop, tears kept falling, and yelled in pain: "Miss, youYou should run farther!!!"
After finishing speaking, the old butler stood up tremblingly, and before everyone could react, he bumped into
On the sharp knife of the soldier behind him.
The sharp knife pierced his neck, and the old butler fell to the ground, his eyes wide open, and a mouthful of blood overflowed from his mouth, dying with regret.
Seeing the tragedy, those soldiers believed that Zhimei was Xia Yingmei.
So in order to lure Xia Jingyang out, those soldiers tied Zhimei's hands with ropes, stripped her of all her clothes, and dragged her naked behind the horse.
The soldiers shouted loudly: "This is the daughter of the traitor of the Xia family! This crime cannot be punished!!!"
The common people and soldiers echoed and shouted: "There is no punishment for crimes! There is no punishment for crimes! There is no punishment for crimes!"
Countless eggs and rotten vegetable leaves hit Zhimei's body, and she was dragged bloody behind the horse. The flesh and blood on both arms and wrists were broken, and the bones on the arms could even be seen.
After dragging all the way, blood also flowed all the way, leaving shocking scratches on the ground.
"The son of the Xia family is still on the run, as long as someone captures the son of the Xia family, a reward of 10,000 will be rewarded!!!"
"Xia Jingyang!!! Did you see that, if you don't come out, your sister will be buried here today, if you come out now, we can save your siblings' lives!!!"
"Xia Jingyang! If you come out now, I can spare your lives!!!"
"Xia Jingyang!!!"
The soldier rode on the horse, dragging Zhimei around, shouting Xia Jingyang's name around and around.
This exciting scene is rare in a hundred years, it is like a visual feast.
What's more, the woman who was dragged behind the horse was the daughter of the Xia family who was once envied by thousands of people, but now she has fallen from the altar and become a prisoner, attracting crowds of onlookers to applaud her.
Xi An and the others hid on the roof not far away, watching everything that happened.
Xi An's eyes were red with hatred, he was so excited that he struggled to stand up, he wanted to rush out and die with those people.
However, Zhiyang held Xi An firmly.
"You let me go!"
"You let me go!"
"I'm going to kill them! I'm going to kill them!!!"
Zhiyang was three years older than Xi'an, and at that age his strength was much stronger than Xi'an, Xi'an was struggling non-stop, he seemed to be insane, desperately wanted to run out, take thoseWhoever humiliated them is slaughtered!
"That's your sister!"
"It's your own sister! Do you know!!!"
"She's going to die! She's going to die!!!"
"You let me go!!!"
Xi An was so angry that he lost his mind, he was almost bursting with anger.
His eyes were bloodshot, he raised his fist, and punched Zhiyang's body without mercy. He shouted for Zhiyang to let him go, and cursed Zhiyang with the most vicious words.
Zhiyang's own sister is dying.
Zhiyang grew up without father or mother, and her only sister was about to be humiliated, tortured to death under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of people.
Who can have his half pain?
But he could only grit his teeth tightly, his hands were like two iron tongs, tightly pulling the furious Xi An, hugging him tightly, preventing Xi An from rushing out.
He was bruised all over his face by Xi An, and he didn't fight back, but he tightly covered Xi An's mouth, and whispered in Xi An's ear: "Can't go... can't go......."
"Young Master, you can't go..."
Zhiyang's eyes were full of tears, his tears fell drop by drop on Xi'an's face, his heart was so painful that even his hands were trembling, but he still hugged Xi'an tightly and couldn't let go.
Zhiyang gritted his teeth and said, "Young master, you and the lady can't have any more troubles, I beg you...I beg you not to go..."
Zhiyang has always been arrogant, so he never said the word begging.
When Xi An heard this word, his whole body suddenly lost all strength. Under Zhiyang's restraint, he dropped his hands and lay down on the ridge of the roof, looking at the dazzling sunlight in the sky with blood-red eyes.
Just like that, when Zhimei died, her body was dragged into several pieces and thrown into the mass grave.
There is no place to stay in the city anymore, Zhiyang that night
Carrying Xia Yingmei and Xi An fled to the back mountain together.
The pursuers pursued hotly, and they reached the top of the mountain. The pursuers were everywhere, and they had nowhere to escape.
Zhiyang put down Xia Yingmei, who was seriously ill on his back, and said in a calm voice: "Miss and Young Master are hungry, I'll go find something to eat."
There are chasing soldiers everywhere on the mountain now, as long as they run out, they will be regarded as fugitives of the Xia family and shot to death by random arrows.
As if aware of Zhiyang's intentions, Xia Yingmei grabbed Zhiyang's sleeve, her eyes were red, and she asked in a low voice: "What do you want..."
"...."
"My younger brother is still young and needs someone to protect him. This time I should be the one to go......"
At that time, Xi An didn't understand what the two of them meant, but Xia Ying, who had been seriously ill, stood up unsteadily.
Before everyone could react, she raised her hand and pulled off the hairpin on her head. The female hair bundles fell apart in an instant, and her long hair flew in the air.
She turned and ran faster and faster, faster and faster.
She was seriously ill and couldn't even walk, but now she ran away and never looked back.
Such a movement immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding pursuers, and a large number of pursuers chased after her.
She stood on the edge of the cliff, her messy hair covered most of her cheeks, the light was dim, and the torches in the hands of the pursuers were vague, but her face could not be seen clearly.
"Who is that?!"
"Is it Xia Jingyang!"
Amidst the shouts of the people behind her, Xia Yingmei turned around and jumped off the cliff.
Such a high cliff, as long as people jump off it, they will be smashed into flesh, and they can't tell their faces, men and women.
From then on, there is no one from Xiafu in the world.
After Xia Yingmei jumped off the cliff that day, Zhiyang looked at the direction of the cliff for a long time, until the surrounding pursuers dispersed, he turned around and fell to his knees in front of Xi'an with a plop.
Zhiyang prostrated on the ground with his upper body, shoulders trembling, and raised a knife with both hands, saying: "It's Zhiyang's fault, it's Zhiyang's failure to protect the young lady, and Zhiyang is ashamed of saving his wife's life, please young masterKill me to comfort the souls of Miss and Madam in heaven."
Maybe it's because he has experienced a lot, this time Xi'an is calmer than Zhiyang.
He stood in front of Zhiyang, looking down at him, without saying a word for a long time.
Zhiyang also kept kneeling.
Finally, Xi An pressed his head hard, and walked into the depths of the woods.
Xi'an was six years old that year, and Zhiyang was only nine years old.
And later, many years later, the power in the hands of the two of them fell into the wild.
The day before Princess Qing got married, Xi An pretended to be joking and asked Yuehui if he had regretted it?
If he regrets it now, he can marry the girl he likes, can be the most honored son-in-law in the entire Fu Dynasty, and in the future he will have a family full of children and grandchildren, and live a happy life that everyone envies.
He doesn't have to hide his love any more, he doesn't have to watch the girl he loves marry someone else, and he doesn't have to follow Xi'an to wander around, licking blood with the blade, not knowing whether he is alive or dead.
He can live in the light.
He can leave Xi'an behind and live a better life.
In the dark night at that time, Yue Hui was wearing a big bamboo hat, standing side by side with Xi An by the lake in the outskirts of Beijing. The bamboo hat covered his eyebrows and eyes, only showing his sharp mandible and thin mouth.
He didn't turn his head, but stared at the lake on a moonlit night, and said in a cold voice: "I don't regret it, even if the young master wants to go up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of fire, I will walk in front of the young master."
Xi An looked at Yue Hui's cold side face, was silent for a while, then suddenly smiled.
Since he was born, everyone said that he is heartless, heartless, painless, and a monster. This is the first time that Xi An has felt sincerity from someone other than Lin Qingbai.
The sincerity that never changes.
The sincerity that makes him, a monster, want to hold on to it firmly and treasure it carefully.
…
"My lord, it's cold outside, why did you come out?"
Suddenly there was a call from Hongyue behind him, Lin Qingbai calmed down, turned his head to look at Hongyue, and said softly: "It's okay, the room at night
I'm bored, I'm going out for a walk."
In recent days, Lin Qingbai's health has gradually improved under Liang Yaochu's recuperation.
Although I am always tired and have chest tightness every day, I can still go for a walk occasionally when I am in good condition.
Perhaps the weather was fine today, after he had dinner, he suddenly felt that he had gained some strength, so he couldn't bear it anymore and went out for a walk.
"Then you should wear more clothes. It's winter now, and you're still standing by the lake. It's so cold by the lake."
Hongyue complained softly, she shook off the cloak she was holding in her arms, and suddenly the movements of her hands stopped suddenly.
Looking from the distance where Lin Qingbai was standing, he could just see the person sitting in the pavilion.
The candles in the pavilion were flickering, while Xi'an was sitting in the round pavilion, holding a wine jar in his hand, looking up at the full moon in the sky, lost in thought.
The light of the moon shone on Xi'an's body, and there was a loneliness and loneliness that had never appeared on him.
He looked at the moon, but the prince looked at him.
The night was silent.
Hongyue suddenly felt sore in her heart.
In the past, the first thing Xi An would do when he returned home every day was to look for his master. Whenever he saw Lin Qingbai, he would surround Lin Qingbai with a smile and refused to leave.
And now why has it become like this...
Hongyue's eyes were red, and she hurriedly looked away, but she lowered her eyes and saw the falling flowers on Lin Qingbai's shoulders.
Falling flowers covered her shoulders, and she didn't know how long Lin Qingbai had been standing here without moving.
Hongyue bit her lips tightly, put the cloak on Lin Qingbai's shoulders, and said softly after a while: "My lord, it's getting late, if you have something to ask Master Xi'an, Hongyue can go there for youpass on."
Lin Qingbai said: "I have nothing to do, I was just thinking..."
Hongyue asked: "What do you think?"
Only then did Lin Qingbai come back to his senses, he slowly looked away, raised his fingertips to gather the cloak, lowered his head and shook his head.
He just couldn't help thinking, if he died in the future, would Xi An be like this?
Lin Qingbai was in a daze thinking about this question.
Later he felt that he thought of himself too highly, Xi An only had friends and enemies in his heart, and that person was a friend to him, standing behind him for twelve years, helping him and helping him, he would be sad when he died.
And Lin Qingbai is an enemy to him, he will only be hostile to him in everything, death is a good thing, he will not be sad.
Lin Qingbai thought about it and felt that he was thinking too much.
Now he is running out of time, locked in this palace is a useless person, even if the sky outside the palace collapses, he can't do anything.
He couldn't even keep himself safe, so why should he still think about what happened after his death.
It's just that he may have seen Xi An's peaceful and quiet appearance today, which reminded him of that time...
Thinking back then, when Xi An stood in front of him, there was no harsh anger, no bloodthirsty and cruel hatred in his eyes, but lowered eyebrows and eyes, with a gentle and gentle smile.
But it's all over.
Whether you care or not, it doesn't matter.
Lin Qingbai looked away lightly, turned around and wanted to walk back to the bedroom.
At this moment, a loud voice suddenly sounded from the road in the distance, and then a soldier in armor hurried along the plank road into the Huxin Pavilion, knelt on the ground and said to Xi An: "General, we have arrestedThe lieutenant general who has arrived at the Northern Camp is now detaining him outside the palace, waiting for the general to send him down!"
Xi An leaned on the wooden chair, a little drunk, half-closed his eyes, and said slowly: "Bring it in."
"Yes, General!"
The man turned around to leave, but Xi An suddenly stopped him, and said to him with hazy eyes: "Call Doctor Qin over here too."
"yes!"
After receiving the order, the soldiers turned around and walked out. Xi An picked up the second jug of wine, leaned on his seat, and drank it.
After Xi'an finished drinking the second altar of wine, several soldiers walked in with a man in a mess, followed by an old doctor with a medicine box.
Vice General Xu walked up to Xi An,
Said to him: "General, this is the deputy general of the Northern Camp. After the death of General An Yuan, he took the remaining soldiers of the Northern Camp to avenge General An Yuan. Yesterday they cut off our food and grass, causing General Yue to die. …”
Speaking of this, Deputy General Xu's voice suddenly became hoarse, and Xi An raised his hand to signal him not to continue talking.
Holding the wine jar in one hand, Xi An sat up slowly, before he could say a word, the lieutenant who was on the ground suddenly yelled at Xi An.
"Bah! Thief! You have harmed our General Anyuan by playing dirty tricks. You will surely go to hell when you die!"
Deputy General Xu behind him immediately drew his sword and moved forward, but was stopped by Xi An.
The deputy general was tall and strong, with a tiger head and sharp eyes, and a thunderous voice. At first glance, he was a fierce general with a violent personality. When facing Xi An, he showed no fear, but more hatred and anger.
He was kneeling on the ground being pressed down by several people, and kept cursing Xi'an, and when he was agitated, even a few soldiers couldn't hold him down.
He scolded him with spit, scolded Xi An for dying, scolded him for being a wolf, and scolded him for revenge.
Xi An kept holding the wine without saying a word, as calm as if he was just enjoying a beautiful piece of music.
Only when he heard kindness repaying revenge, he gave a low laugh and drank the wine in his hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "I killed your chief general, and you come to me for revenge, then you kill him."My lieutenant general, should I take this revenge back?"
While talking, Xi An stood up unsteadily.
He turned around and asked Doctor Qin: "What was Yuehui's injury yesterday?"
Doctor Qin said: "General, General Yue's meridian has been cut off and he lost a lot of blood."
"good."
After speaking, Xi An supported the table with one hand, bent down, and saw that he took out an iron rod from the table. The iron rod was thick and long, and it was heavy in his hand.
Xi An raised his hand to try his strength, propped the iron rod on the ground with one hand, his body was staggering, and waved at the surrounding soldiers with drunkenness in his eyes.
Those soldiers knowingly let go of the hand that was restraining the lieutenant general of the Beiying camp, and took a step back.
I saw Xi An clenched the iron rod with both hands, and swung it fiercely at the lieutenant's upper body.
The iron rod quickly flashed through the air with the sound of the wind, followed by a heavy muffled sound of flesh and blood.
The lieutenant, who was as heavy as a tiger, let out a wailing suddenly, and fell to the ground in response, his face flushed with pain, lying on the ground and rolling back and forth, struggling like a fish that was being disemboweled.
The screams resounded throughout the Hou Mansion.
Seeing the blood, Xi An raised his hand and waved it vigorously.
Standing beside Lin Qingbai, Hongyue turned pale with fright, she took two steps back, and unconsciously called out: "My lord..."
Lin Qingbai didn't respond, he stared at the scene with fixed eyes, his hands clenched into fists.
He has always known that Xi An is cruel, and he has also heard of Xi An's methods of torture and punishment.
But when he saw this scene with his own eyes, he was still shocked by Xi An's bloody eyes.
He saw Xi An acting like he was crazy, waving the iron rod fiercely at the people on the ground, as if smashing a piece of meat pie.
The iron rod hit the lieutenant again and again, making muffled noises one after another.
Bright red blood continuously splashed on Xi An's cold face, making the color in his eyes more blood red.
The lieutenant's voice became smaller and smaller until it was completely inaudible, only the muffled sound of flesh and blood.
Xi An was still smashing.
The smell of blood filled the courtyard, and even the guards and doctors next to them were so frightened that they half closed their eyes and frowned.
Lin Qingbai smelled the smell of blood, and was so disgusted that his stomach twitched suddenly. He stumbled and turned around to support a tree and vomited.
Hongyue didn't react, and exclaimed: "My lord, what's wrong with you! My lord!!!"
Xi An heard Hongyue's voice, paused, and suddenly stopped the iron rod hanging high in the air.
He raised his head and saw the familiar white figure in the woods in the distance, with a fierce and bloody expression suddenly
Then he froze, and looked down at the man paralyzed on the ground, whose lower body was rotten like meat sauce, and suddenly let go of the iron rod.
The iron rod fell to the ground with a clanging sound.
Xi An stood on the spot with his head down, his forehead hair hanging down his brows and eyes, making it difficult to see his expression clearly.
He remained silent like this for a long time, and said in a low voice, "Come and see if his tendons are broken..."
Doctor Qin looked forward with a pale face, he didn't even need to feel the pulse, or even look carefully.
Even a person who doesn't understand medicine can know the result just by looking at it.
Doctor Qin arched his hands, and said to Xi'an with a trembling voice: "General, this man's tendons have been broken, it's worse than General Yue yesterday, he's not long to live."
"...Okay, go and see the prince."
Doctor Qin quickly started packing his medicine box and walked towards Lin Qingbai's position.
The servants around were also busy calling for people to see Lin Qingbai and to see Lin Qingbai.
For a while, everyone around Xi An was gone.
There was a lot of noise in the distance, Vice General Xu stood behind Xi An, and saw Xi An tilting his head and looking towards the direction of Lin Qingbai on the other side of the lake.
Deputy General Xu asked cautiously: "General, the prince seems to be ill, why don't you go and see?"
Only then did Xi An come back to his senses, he took two steps forward, then suddenly stopped, lowered his eyes to look at his outstretched hands.
His hands were covered with sticky blood, dripping down.
Standing beside Xi An, Deputy General Xu saw Xi An wipe his clothes with his hands, but his clothes were stained with blood, and he couldn't wipe them clean.
Xi An rubbed hard like this, until his hands were red, and when he opened his hands again, they were still covered in blood.
Xi An suddenly came back to his senses, he loosened his tense shoulders, his fingers trembled, and said in a low voice: "...I won't go, my hands are bloody, he doesn't like it."
There was another long silence between the two, until the noisy sounds in the distance gradually faded away, leaving only the two of them in the entire courtyard.
Xi An lowered his head, and suddenly called out in a heavy voice, "Xu Shao."
"General."
There was another long silence, and Xi An slowly opened his mouth: "In this world, there is no one standing by my side anymore..."
"General, I am."
Xi An paused, then lowered his head and laughed.