Tongshu with Mei

Even if they arrived in Yangzhou, they would not lose a city of soldiers too much, and earn an extra battle of gunpowder.

Because of Yang Tao's arrival, Yangzhou City was besieged by the overtaking army for three months.Although the prefect of the city was loyal to Yang Tao, Yangzhou was located in a land rich in fish and rice, and had not suffered war for many years. The city was suddenly besieged by the army.The people are used to being rich, and they can't afford to suffer so much. They panicked and caused several riots.

In the early morning of this day, because of the matter of food requisition, the soldiers and the people clashed again. Facing internal and external troubles, the Yangzhou prefect personally went up to the city wall to supervise the battle, but was accidentally shot by Bei Chenqing at the top of the city.

This time Yang Xi learned the lesson of Chuzhou. In order to prevent Yang Tao from getting away again, he divided half of the soldiers into besieging the city, and the remaining half took the opportunity to step up the attack.At the same time, an order was issued: "Anyone who can invite the emperor's brother back will be rewarded with 1 taels of silver. If anyone intentionally hurts the emperor's brother, he will be punished severely!"

I saw the soldiers defending the city being defeated, I saw rockets shooting in one after another, setting the towers on fire, I saw the people in the city running for their lives, and I saw the enemy soldiers pouring in like a tide.Ling Shuben was outside to check the situation of the city guard, but at this time he had to rush all the way through the panicked crowd and the billowing smoke, and rushed back to the prefect's mansion where Yang Tao temporarily lived.

The northern side was filled with smoke for half a day, mixed with faint fire, spreading here in bursts.Yang Tao had already seen Zhang Huang's running servants, and also heard the unusual movement outside. When he saw Ling Shu who barged in, he was startled and asked in a trembling voice, "What's wrong over there?"

Ling Shudao: "The prefect has been shot to death at the top of the city, the north gate of Yangzhou has been breached, and the city tower and a temple were burned in the chaos. Your Majesty, you can escape with me. As long as you can cross the Yangtze River, go south and enter King Zhao would not dare to pursue Nanqiong Kingdom in such a hurry, His Majesty will have the opportunity to summon the old troops and make a comeback."

Yang Tao was speechless, and after a while he murmured: "The old department? What old department do I have? Now I'm besieged on all sides, desperate, even if I have the old department, why should I be buried with him?" He turned his head to look at Ling Shu, Ling Shu stood far away He didn't go to Yang Tao's side, but said in a deep voice: "Now the prefect's mansion will be strictly investigated, and it is not a place to stay for a long time. Please leave here immediately with me, Your Majesty."

The two heard the turbulent momentum outside, even if they pretended to be different, it might not be enough.Ling Shu hurriedly grabbed a servant and forced him to take off his coat and put it on for Yang Tao, as long as it wasn't so conspicuous it would be fine.

Before they could go out, a group of soldiers broke into the prefect's mansion by hacking to death several family guards and the like.Ling Shu didn't have time to say more, he pulled Yang Tao with his left hand, shook the long sword with his right hand, and rushed out, cutting a bloody path regardless, and went out over the wall, only to hear the chaotic voice behind: "Here it is, it's here Chase! Hurry up and report to His Royal Highness King Zhao!"

He took Yang Tao and fled in embarrassment. In the panic, he suffered a few minor injuries and was stained with blood, but he didn't care about it.But the city is full of enemies, and they don't know where to go.It is said that the person who led the arrest this time was the Marquis of Huainan. He had already ordered the people to go home, and if they came out to run around, they would definitely be killed.Afterwards, Yang Ye personally led the soldiers and searched every place carefully. It seems that this time he was determined to catch Yang Tao.

The two monarchs and ministers dodged, only went to the remote place, only hoping that the sky would get dark soon, but it was not yet noon, and the time was so hard to bear.The people on the street obeyed the order and gradually hid in their homes. It became more and more obvious that the two had nowhere to hide.

Ling Shu heard the footsteps of pursuers gradually approaching from all directions, and was anxious when he saw a ruined Town God's Temple not far in front of him, so he hurriedly led Yang Tao over there, so he might as well hold on for a while.

He was flustered, but he didn't know that every move of the two of them had already been quietly watched by the two guards under Yang Ye not far away.The two men shook their fists and captured their sleeves, ecstatic: "Go and report to Lord Hou, there is a reward of 1 taels of silver, and it will be split in half!" The two discussed it, one stayed and continued to monitor, and the other hurriedly started light work The news went.

The incense in this temple has been deserted for a long time, it is probably occupied by a few homeless people on weekdays, but today it is empty.The two entered the temple where the city god was enshrined. Ling Shu pulled a broken futon over and said, "Your Majesty, please sit down and rest for a while."

Yang Tao's face was ashen, and he stretched out his hands to straighten his servant's clothes, looked up at him, and saw that his body was covered with blood and dust, and his face was exhausted, so he sighed slightly, and pointed to a man not far away. The futon said: "Look at you tired, go sit there and rest."

Ling Shu was slightly taken aback, and looked at him sideways, thinking that once he got out of danger, he would remember the matter of the lone star of Tiansha, so he strayed away from him.Seeing that the corners of Yang Tao's lips were chapped and bloodshot, he said, "I'm not tired, I'll go get some water for His Majesty."

Yang Tao said: "Then you go and come back quickly, my mouth is indeed a little dry."

Ling Shu came out of the hall, and within a few steps, he could faintly hear the sound of soldiers clamoring for raids in the distance, and the northern half of the sky was still billowing with thick smoke.He thought about it for a moment, and was really worried, so he had to turn back and stood at the entrance of the hall and said, "Your Majesty, it's too chaotic outside, so I can't rest assured. Please be patient, Your Majesty. When the sky gets dark, I will try to take your majesty out." Yangzhou City. We will have a chance."

Yang Tao smiled bitterly and said: "Live? Don't mention this... But even if I die, with you following me, I'm not alone."

He supported himself and stood up slowly, standing up straight. At this moment, in this temple, it seemed that the supreme majesty of an emperor had been restored: "Ling Shu... Yuanmei..." His voice suddenly changed Very gentle, she approached Ling Shu step by step: "You have repeatedly persuaded me to give up everything, but I refused to listen to your words, and finally fell into this situation today. Do you have any resentment in your heart? "

Ling Shu looked at him, shook his head, and said, "No."

Yang Tao said: "Why? I am so self-willed, and I have dragged you down to this day."

Ling Shudao: "Because Your Majesty is the king and I am a subject, why should there be any resentment?"

Yang Tao sighed: "Sure enough, you and I only have the fate of a monarch and a minister? But adversity sees people's hearts. You are the only one who has always followed me, and they all rebelled! Even Jing Huaiyu, how I treat him on weekdays, he unexpectedly I went to seek refuge with the King of Zhao. Only you, Ren Guan and Jing Huaiyu, both master and apprentice, said in unison that you were the fate of the lone star of Tiansha, and you should not be messed with, even me, the Ninth Five-Year Supreme. But Only you, the lone star of the evil spirit, will follow me firmly, is this theory of fate credible or not?"

Ling Shu's face slowly turned pale, and he said in a low voice: "I don't understand fate, I just try to stay as close to others as possible, so as not to fall into the trap."

Yang Tao walked up to him, looked at him with a slight smile, and said softly: "Really? I don't believe it now. You and I are so down, don't pay attention to the difference between monarch and minister. Come and sit down." Wanting to pull him, Ling Shu backed down slightly, but he was really exhausted, so he followed him into the temple again, and was about to sit down not far from him, but Yang Tao suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled him. Pull and sit next to yourself.

Ling Shu followed Yang Tao from the age of seven, and the two were monarchs and ministers for more than ten years. Yang Tao had never used such great strength to pull him, and when Ling Shu went to Dali Temple at the age of 12, he rarely had contact with him.When he pulled like this, Ling Shu panicked for a while, and hurriedly staggered away from him.

Yang Tao saw it and said with a smile: "What are you hiding from? You are the lone star of the devil. It stands to reason that I should be avoiding you just like before. Now I am not avoiding you, but you are avoiding me." Like a snake and a scorpion, why is that?"

So Ling Shu resisted not to hide, Yang Tao turned his head and looked at him intently: "Jing Huaiyu also said that only you can break the pattern of killing and breaking wolves, and he said that the three people, King Zhao, will disturb the world. Only you can break it, only you... But you didn't break it, it seems that they are indeed talking nonsense, they are lying to me, and they have been lying to me for so many years. Now they have all gone to seek refuge with King Zhao, this is a conspiracy, greatly The conspiracy, I have..."

His eyes lingered on Ling Shu's face, getting brighter and weirder, Ling Shu felt something was wrong, but didn't know how to deal with this situation, so he had to lower his head.

Yang Tao laughed softly, and said with a smile: "I still remember the first time I saw you. I went to search your uncle's house. The soldiers said you were not from his family and let you go, but you said you had no place to go. Just sitting on the steps by the door wrapped in a grown-up ragged cloak, looking up at me like that. You looked so pitiful at that time, completely bewildered about the future. In that moment, I decided brought you back."

He slowly stretched out his hand, wrapped his fingers around a strand of messy hair on Ling Shu's forehead, then touched his chin, and said softly: "Yuanmei, you said I raised you for so many years, why did I raise you? Is it really just to let you be a loyal minister? Or put it in the Dali Temple and just watch it like that? Let’s talk about this life, this life, this life, to this point, whether you are the lone star of the gods or not, I can’t bear it. I can't take it anymore." After saying that, suddenly his hands became heavier, and he pressed Ling Shu's shoulders, pushing him to the ground.

Ling Shu was caught off guard, his face flushed instantly, and he said in shock: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty let me go! Spare me..."

Yang Tao sneered and said: "I won't let you go, you should have been mine a long time ago, but because of the heresy of the two bastards, I only dared to look at it from a distance, but it was all for nothing, that little boy Yang Ye." Beast! You have been doting on you since you were a child, giving you what you want, but you have never touched you in the slightest. You don’t know how hard it is for me to endure! It seems that I was wrong. If all this can happen again, I will never Listen to the nonsense of the master and apprentice!"

Shocked at the beginning, Ling Shu just begged for forgiveness, but at this moment he suddenly came to his senses and began to struggle and shout: "Your Majesty, let me go!" But he didn't dare to use too much force.Yang Tao refused to let go, and pressed him firmly.The two entangled and tore for a while, Yang Tao saw that he dared to refuse, so he became angry, took the time to slap him on the face, and then stretched out his hand to grab his neck: "How dare you resist me? Forget that your life is Who gave it to you? If I hadn't raised you up, you wouldn't know it was a handful of bones in that barren tomb, and you dared to resist me!"

Yang Ye had sneaked over with his men and horses a moment ago, and approached the ruined temple in a siege.Then he waited with the others at the same place, but he sneaked in quietly and got under the window outside the temple. !" These words came crashing down, making Yang Ye stunned and stunned for a moment.

Ling Shu was taken aback by Yang Tao's slap in the face, and when he came to his senses, he still refused to give in, saying: "Your Majesty, let go...cough cough...Even if I was raised by Your Majesty, Your Majesty shouldn't force you like this Me! You let go, or I... ah..." Yang Tao had already tore open the skirt of his clothes, but suddenly saw a clear scar on the jade-skinned shoulder, which was actually a tooth bitten out by someone. print.

It was obviously bitten by Yang Ye when he was in Dali Temple!

Yang Tao had already heard the report from the courtiers who were present that day, but because he had never seen it with his own eyes, he just sulked for a while, that's all.But seeing this clear tooth mark at this time, there was a bang in his head, and he was furious with jealousy for a moment, and said angrily: "You are bitten and kissed by others, but I can't even touch it?" He gnawed on his face with one mouthful, and then gnawed on the scar again, as if to cover up the traces left by that person before, his hands were eager to continue tearing his clothes.

Ling Shu was shocked, and said, "Let go! Let go!" Seeing Yang Tao's distorted face, which was no longer the usual gentle and pampering appearance, he was genuinely frightened, and suddenly his chest felt cold, and his clothes were covered Wide open.