Infinite Sims

Chapter 238 Desperate Cries

In Beiyan City, flames and blood mixed together.

The hundreds of thousands of people in the city who were looking forward to a better life a day ago are running away and hiding like dogs in mourning.

The black flag symbolizing Da Zhao fell side by side.

Hanging on the city wall again and wandering in the streets and alleys are the flags of various colors symbolizing the Manchu Nine Banners.

Because of Zhao Shou's arrival, the palace with the name "Imperial Palace" was hung.

It was also surrounded at this moment, and countless people wearing green scarves rushed into the palace.

Inside the main hall.

Hundreds of officials gathered together in fear, surrounded by no less than a hundred Ouchi guards, dozens of highly skilled Ouchi eunuchs, and a dozen or so barbarian youths who were held hostage by Ouchi guards.

"My imperial city...why...why did it become like this?"

On the dragon chair made of pure gold and inlaid with jade, Zhao Shou's face could no longer see the complacency and arrogance of yesterday.

His pale face was like a patient who had been bedridden for several months. His bloodshot eyes and trembling lips showed that his spirit was on the verge of collapse.

Early this morning.

He received news that the barbarian army had arrived a day earlier.

But before he sent envoys to greet him, the four city gates in the south, east, west, and north were broken down one after another.

In less than half an hour, the barbarians had already reached the palace.

And from the beginning to the end, he only guessed that a traitor opened the city gate for them, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't find a suspicious target with enough power.

"Your Majesty, what should I do?"

"The outside can't resist, the barbarian army is about to attack!"

A civil servant with trembling legs couldn't help but look at Zhao Shou when he heard the shouts of killing getting closer and closer outside.

If I want to know what to do, what do I need you bastards to do?
Zhao Shou was furious, but he didn't say this, but said: "Li Aiqing, do you have an idea?"

In an instant.

Li Jiye became the most eye-catching person in the hall.

"I used to think that Da Zhao was not defeated."

Li Jiye took a step forward and said in a serious voice.

Zhao Shou's face recovered a little rosy: "Oh, Li Aiqing, tell me quickly."

Among the many strange eyes, Li Jiye pointed to the barbarian teenagers on one side, and said with a smile: "These 13 people are the sons of barbarian nobles, and many of them are the only sons of barbarians. As long as they are still in our hands, the barbarians will not dare to go too far." persecute us."

After hearing this, many civilian and military generals breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Da Zhao can maintain it, he will still be the top man, and that's enough.

"A bunch of self-deceiving idiots!"

Si Lao looked at the officials who were no longer panicking, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

They have all become fish on the chopping board, so what if there are hostages?
Not to mention the private life of those barbarians and nobles, but it is even more chaotic than that of Da Zhao. There are not dozens of illegitimate children, but a few.

Coupled with their cruel internal competition rules, even if a hostage who has been confirmed to inherit his father's position in the future dies, two, three, or even dozens of illegitimate children will stand up and compete to fill this vacancy.

In this case, even with their son, they cannot be threatened.

"Hostages, yes, I still have hostages, and I haven't lost yet!"

Zhao Shou's eyes lit up slightly, and he repeated "hostage" over and over again, as if this could soothe his terrified heart.

"Death for His Majesty! Kill!"

Suddenly there was a shout of killing outside the palace gate, accompanied by the sound of swords and soldiers colliding, the sound stopped within ten breaths.

Waiting outside the door were hundreds of Ouchi guards.

The disappearance of their voices meant that all the defenses outside the hall were disintegrated, leaving only less than [-] defense forces inside the hall.

The outside followed.

It was a slight footstep.

In normal times, even a low voice would be enough to cover up the sound of footsteps, but in the main hall where needles can be heard, it is extremely clear.

"I have heard the name of the Great Zhao Emperor for a long time, and I finally got to see it today."

Dressed in bronze-green armor, Duo Chi'er stepped straight into the gate of the main hall under the guard of a dozen long-lived slaves.

"Bold! Dare to be disrespectful to His Majesty!"

Several eunuchs who were waiting by the door flashed out like ghosts, and rushed straight at the unsuspecting Duo Chi'er with broken fingers.

However, the next moment, several longevity slaves stood up.

They pulled out their swords, burst out at the peak of the master's cultivation in an instant, and instantly beheaded the eunuch who didn't notice them.

The clean killing did not scare off the eunuchs, but caused more than half of the eunuchs to mobilize, and one of the big eunuchs shouted: "More than ten masters are protecting this person. This person must be an important figure in the barbarian tribe. Take him hostage!"

Eunuchs are different from civil and military officials, and even more different from ordinary people.

They only obey the emperor's orders. Even if the same dynasty changes to another emperor, their power may fall from the clouds to the bottom, let alone change to another dynasty.

Therefore, they are the least likely to rebel, and they are also the ones who least want Da Zhao to disappear.

"Stop it! Stop it all for me!"

Zhao Shou hurriedly stopped the eunuchs and told them to stay where they were and wait for orders before he turned his attention to Duo Chi'er: "You have nine banners in total, and you like to use the colors of your own flags as weapons and armor colors, plus yours. Age, if I expected it to be correct, you should be more red than the green flag, right?"

Duo Chi'er smiled all over his face: "Some people say that the current emperor of Zhao is a man who loves great achievements, covets life and fears death. Now it seems that the rumors are wrong."

"Hmph, I'm so overjoyed, I'm greedy for life and afraid of death..."

Zhao Shou patted the armrest of the dragon chair, laughed loudly, and suddenly his expression changed, and he scolded: "I don't care what rumors you have, I have hostages in hand, if you don't want them to die, you can leave the palace for me, quit Imperial City!"

"Hostage? Where? Why didn't the general see it?"

Duo Chi'er looked around with an exaggerated expression, as if he didn't see the thirteen barbarian boys.

The faces of the barbarian teenagers tightened, and they hesitated to speak, fearing that they would be abandoned by their own people.

He doesn't care about the hostages?

Zhao Shou felt that he had lost his hole card, but he still pretended to be calm and wanted to say threatening words, but the moment he blurted out, he heard the sound of swords and soldiers.

Accompanied by dozens of gloomy and sharp voices like ducks.

In the main hall, except for the chief eunuch standing beside Zhao Shou, the rest of the eunuchs died under the weapons of the guards beside him.

"You... what are you doing?!"

When Zhao Shou saw these Ouchi guards who seemed to have become strangers, his body trembled with anger, and he couldn't imagine that they would betray him.

"Isn't that obvious?"

Duo Chi'er spread out his hands, and said to Li Jiye who had stepped out from among the officials: "Do you think so, Mr. Li?"

"The general is too polite. I'm just an ordinary merchant, and I can't be called an adult."

With a kind smile on Li Jiye's face, he turned his head without changing his expression, and met the eyes of his former colleagues.

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All the ministers could not believe this scene.

As the head of civil servants and generals, the most trusted person of His Majesty, Li Jiye, who is less than one man and more than ten thousand people, would choose to betray.

"Li Jiye, why did you betray me?"

Sitting on the imperial chair, Zhao Shou looked as if he had aged more than ten years in an instant.

Seeing that Duo Chi'er didn't care, Li Jiye explained with a smile: "Xiaomin's ancestors were the home of merchants, and this generation of Xiaomin is no exception. What merchants like to do most is to avoid disasters and seek blessings. Now Da Zhao It’s that disaster, Dazheng is this blessing, Your Majesty, how should I choose?”

"Businessmen wronged the country! Merchants wronged the country!"

Zhao Shou's face was full of remorse, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Li Jiye, you will suffer retribution!"

Huang Zeshu pushed away a civil servant standing in front of him, and pointed at Li Jiye with an angry face.

"I don't know who it is, it turned out to be you."

Li Jiye glanced at him, and said with a slight smile: "You have been fed the ecstasy for more than ten days, and you just talk about the benefits of your majesty, and you have become such a stupid loyalist. It is in vain that I treated you as a big brother last year." Enemy, now it seems that he is nothing more than a clown."

Si Lao recalled Huang Zeshu's anomaly in the past two days, and finally realized it.

I understood why when he came back, he didn't suffer any trauma on his body, but his mental state was a little crazy.

Ecstasy is a medicine that weakens the spirit and spirit, and is often used in criminal trials.

It is recorded in ancient books that a certain method can quietly change a person's cognition.However, the success rate of this method is very low, and it can usually only be used to amplify a certain cognition, otherwise it would have been flooded.

"What kind of ecstasy, don't spit blood on people, thinking that everyone is as greedy for life and afraid of death as you are."

Huang Zeshu was not moved by his words, and said with a sneer, "Associating with barbarians is tantamount to seeking skin from tigers. Sooner or later, you will die without a place to bury you."

Li Jiye shook his head: "Don't bother Mr. Huang. Death without a place to bury him can only prove that Xiaomin is useless. If this is the case, he will die if he dies."

"I still have a second hand. Even if you win a game today, you will surely die at the hands of Wan Jinghao in the future."

Seeing that the mood of the people around was getting lower and lower, a military commander shouted boldly.

Hearing this sentence, a glimmer of hope burst out in the eyes of many people.

Li Jiye smiled and did not reply.

"Do you think this general will let Wan Jinghao go?"

Duo Chi'er, who felt that she had watched a good show, laughed loudly, turned around and walked outside the hall, and at the same time raised her hand and said, "Catch them for me!"

A killing sound sounded, but it disappeared quickly.

The chief eunuch who had been promoted to the pinnacle of the master for decades died, and the emperor Zhao Shou and more than a hundred ministers were all arrested.

Come outside the temple gate.

Duo Chi'er stood on the edge of the stairs, overlooking the palace below.

Corpses lying in pools of blood, Dazhao people kneeling and surrendering one by one, and green flags fluttering in the wind.

At this moment, he suddenly had the illusion that the world was under his control.

"It's an illusion today, but it won't be soon."

Duo Chi'er thought in her heart, a faint smile appeared on her face.

"General!"

A young general rushed up from the long and high stairs.

Under Duo Chi'er's signal, the surrounding longevity slaves made way for the young general to come to him smoothly, and told what happened: "Miss Huang has been found, and now she is being protected by our heavy soldiers. It’s just that Qiqihaer in Zhenghuangqi also saw Ms. Huang and wanted to fight with us, although he was beaten away by us, he seemed a little dissatisfied when he left.”

"Your duty is to protect her. She lives and you live, and she dies and you die."

"If anyone dares to fight for it, fight them back. There is no limit to the means, as long as no one is killed."

Duo Chi'er said coldly, he really wanted to go and have a look now.

But before that, he had to get a result before he could truly feel at ease.

Soon, the result will come.

A long-lived slave held up the passing token, came to Duo Chi'er from outside the palace unimpeded, and reported: "General, the plan has succeeded, and the person has been caught."

"Okay, well done!"

Duo Chi'er nodded happily, and ordered: "Find a secret room to imprison him, and remember that there must be no dead bodies around, even if it is a dead body of a dog, a cat, a bird, or a mouse."

this day.

The strong smell of blood permeated every corner of Beiyan City.

Wan Jinghao, who was left with only a head and a pile of minced meat, was sent to a secret room hidden under a mansion.

The previous owner of the secret room used it to punish the servants and satisfy some shady things, so the secret room is deep enough and hidden enough, and there are a bunch of more complete torture instruments than the government.

It only took half a day.

Wan Jinghao, who had recovered his human form, was soon put on thick shackles by the long-lived slaves who were waiting beside him.

On the vertical iron cross, each of his hands and feet was tied with two chains, several long iron nails were nailed on, and a set of torture equipment was penetrated into the lute bone to ensure that he could not use it. Inner strength, even more unable to break free.

Start the next day.

Duo Chi'er comes to the secret room every day.

At least half an hour, as many as two or three hours.

Every time Wan Jinghao left, he would be dripping with blood, skinned and cut into flesh, often missing one or more organs.

Duo Chi'er did this not simply to vent her anger.

After all, the Nine Banners are gathered in the city now, and there is harmony on the surface, but there are hidden murderous intentions in private, and you can wait until the situation calms down to vent your anger.

Pry out the mysterious person who saved Wan Jinghao in Xuecheng back then, and gain the ability to be immortal and control the dead.

These two are the reasons why Duo Chi'er insists on coming every day.

Even an iron man with an incomparably resolute character could not keep a secret under such inhuman torture.

But for Wan Jinghao, who couldn't feel the pain, the torture didn't do anything except make him feel a little uncomfortable.

ten days later.

"Forget it, that's all for today."

Duo Chier looked at the bloody Wan Jinghao in front of him, waved the executioner to step down, and prepared to leave with a bored face, when he came to the door, he suddenly turned around and smiled, "I forgot to tell you something, tonight is me and Huang." On the day of the girl's wedding, she will be my sixth concubine."

He left after speaking.

The heavy stone door slowly closed.

"Yellow Girl"

Wan Jinghao looked at the closed Shimen expressionlessly, a strange look flashed in his eyes, but he quickly returned to a dull expression, and silently lowered his head.

Trapped here, he could only let himself be tortured.

Perhaps the only hope is to wake up Jiang Ren who is sleeping in his body.

But he was afraid, afraid that Jiang Ren would not be able to recover after he came out, and at the same time, he didn't dare to let him see that the once good situation had been turned into this miserable appearance by himself.

Maybe it's not bad to sink down like this until the day of death...

A thought flashed through Wan Jinghao's mind, and he emptied his mind again, turning into an empty corpse.

A few hours apart.

The stone gate opened again for the first time.

An old man and a young man walked into the secret room, and behind them were two long-lived slaves carrying a person in a cloth bag.

Wan Jinghao didn't look at it, nor did he think about it, he had completely emptied himself.

"Wan Jinghao, good dog, long time no see, I miss you so much."

A familiar and disgusting voice sounded.

Wan Jinghao moved his eyes slightly, and finally looked up at the person who came.

Niu Dengwen with his arms folded in front of his chest, and Niu Kunyuan with one hand behind his back and the other stroking his beard.

"It's them, the loyal Niu family father and son..."

This thought flashed through Wan Jinghao's mind, and he lowered his head again.

Afterwards, he only heard these two people chattering around him for a long time, and even tortured him continuously with torture tools, forcing him to look up.

But he didn't feel anything, and couldn't remember what they said.

"Father, is this person useless?"

Niu Dengwen saw all kinds of torture tools that could make a seven-foot man cry, but Wan Jinghao couldn't change his face, and looked at his father bored.

Niu Kunyuan touched his beard and said calmly: "This is something that has been expected, otherwise the general would not let us try it, so you go and pull the bag away."

Duo Chi'er opened the bag, looked at the weak old man sleeping inside, and immediately kicked him in the stomach.

Feeling the pain, the old man uttered a cry of pain.

"Ok?"

Wan Jinghao raised his head instantly, and found that the old man in the bag was none other than his mentor Si Lao.

Si Lao seems to have suffered a lot.

The skin was dull, almost sticking to the bones, and there were two terrifying black holes in the opened eyes.

"husband"

Wan Jinghao opened his mouth to call Master, but in the end he didn't call out. He just looked at the Niu family father and son in front of him, and opened his mouth with difficulty: "What do you want to do?"

Seeing that he finally reacted, Niu Kunyuan smiled and said, "Tell us the secret of your immortality and controlling the dead, or I can guarantee that your wife will be miserable, worse than you."

Niu Dengwen also added beside him: "This old thing is not like you, who can be killed if you are not careful. If you speak late, you can't blame us."

"Okay, I said."

Wan Jinghao did not hesitate.

When Niu Kunyuan heard this, his expression brightened: "Say it quickly, we will let your master go if you say it, and we will serve him generously."

The two long-lived slaves standing in the left and right corners of the secret room looked at each other quietly, and their eyes swept across the necks and backs of Liu's father and son.

Some secrets, the fewer people know the better.

This was what their master, Duo Chier, told them. As long as Wan Jinghao's secrets were not too outrageous, or it was obvious at first glance that they were false, then the father and son would be executed by them immediately.

Wan Jinghao said bluntly: "It's very simple, just die once."

"Good dog, are you playing us like monkeys?"

Niu Dengwen pulled out the long barbed whip in his hand, and punched a bloody wound on Wan Jinghao's chest.

Wan Jinghao's expression remained unchanged: "Didn't I die in front of your eyes?"

"It seems to be the case, is it really going to die last time?"

Hearing this sentence, Niu Dengwen was slightly taken aback, feeling a little moved in his heart.

"Don't listen to his nonsense, there are so many dead people in this world, why is he the only one with this immortal ability?"

Niu Kunyuan reprimanded his son, and then said to Wan Jinghao: "Since you are unwilling to tell the truth, then no wonder I did something to your master."

hereby~
He took out a red-hot soldering iron from the stove at the side, and walked slowly towards Si Lao.

A flash of anger flashed across Wan Jinghao's face, and he wanted to rush up to rescue Si Lao, but his body was firmly trapped on the torture tool, so he had no choice but to say: "It's useless if you kill him. I don’t understand, otherwise do you think I would just wait to be caught by you without passing on the method to a few like-minded people under the circumstances of deep hatred?”

"You make a lot of sense, but I don't believe it."

Niu Kunyuan smiled coldly, and stuck the soldering iron on Si Lao's left thigh.

Si Lao suddenly let out a scream, his face was so pale that no one could see it, and fine sweat broke out from his skin.

"what--"

Wan Jinghao's eyes were red, he roared like a wild animal, and his body was constantly struggling.

Niu Kunyuan took the soldering iron away, and said with a sinister smile, "Say it, as long as you tell me, I will immediately find the best doctor for your wife."

"It's still Daddy who is awesome."

Seeing Wan Jinghao's distressed look, Niu Dengwen felt that today's trip was the right one.

He has not forgotten what happened in his own mansion in Syracuse before.

Although Wan Jinghao didn't admit it, it must be him.

I almost killed myself, it was unforgivable, if I didn't let him experience the real despair and pain, I wouldn't let it go.

"Leave me alone, Jing Hao, leave me alone..."

At this time, Si Lao, who hadn't spoken since he came here, tried his best to let out a weak voice.

"Old thing, I told you to leave it alone!"

Niu Kunyuan's face darkened, and he stuck the soldering iron firmly on Si Lao's thigh again.

Looking at Si Lao whose screams gradually weakened, Wan Jinghao let out a remorseful and meaningless roar.

He hated his own powerlessness, hated his waste, hated his indecision, hated why he was still alive...

"Step aside!"

Suddenly, a cold and familiar voice sounded in his mind.

(End of this chapter)