Tyrant Reborn

My name is Shen Jingyao, I was emperor at the age of 16, and I was killed by the rebels when I was 30 years old. At that time, it was during the three-volt period, and the heat wave in the imperial city was raging, and the rebel leader Chen Jianguang went down with a sword, and my head was separated from my body. The head was hung above the city gate and exposed to the sun for [-] days, and there was a burst of cheers from the city.

Obviously he is a dead person, and I don’t know why I am still conscious. I looked at my subjects looking up at my head hanging on the wall. Most of them expressed gratitude, and some even threw flowers Cheers, raised my arms and shouted that I, the tyrant, is finally dead, and there is no need to harm them anymore. There are also a small number of literati who looked at my head with sadness in their eyes, and finally walked away with disappointment in their eyes. Banging my head against the wall, swearing to the death to change the dynasty... It's just that these have nothing to do with me, because I can't do anything but look at them.

Hanging on the wall in the sun, I have been thinking about how I have lived my life. After thinking about it, I don’t seem to have done anything good in my life. In the end, she brought me a glass of drugged wine, and delivered me to Chen Jianguang with her own hands... Now I have only one head left, but every time I think of the way she smiled at me at the end, my heart Still throbbing pain.

Speaking of Xue Ruyu, she is exquisite and beautiful. When I was the prince, I liked her very much the first time I saw her. So when I became the emperor, I naturally accepted her as my concubine. I gave her the best, and held her carefully in the palm of my hand. Here, she is unhappy and I feel uncomfortable, she smiles happily and I am silly for a long time, she wants the moon in the sky, I will not give her the stars, I do this only because I like her.

Under this kind of favor, although she is a noble concubine in the Sangong Sixth Courtyard, she is more like a queen than a queen. Of course, she handles things well, and she is not as dull as other concubines on the bed. It always makes me want to stop , So all things added together, I regard her as my darling, three points more important than Jiangshan, I even decided to bury her with her when I was building the mausoleum, and prepared to be a husband and wife for life and life.

Because of her, I reused her relatives and left the group of old officials left behind by my father there. Under her ears, I always felt that those old officials were too obtrusive, especially the group headed by Prime Minister Zhuo Lun If it wasn't for the father's dying confession and Zhuo Lun and others who have always won the hearts of the people, I would really find an excuse to kill them all...

During my 14 years of ruling career, following the words of Xue Ruyu and her father Xue Qing, hard labor and heavy taxes, gradually the people's hearts turned against each other. Naturally, some people rebelled under the tyrannical government, and Chen Jianguang was one of them.

Although he is one of them, he is smarter and has advantages. On the outside, he used the slogan of light corvee and taxation, and went north in one fell swoop, with the people's will. On the inside, he hooked up with Xue Ruyu and kept blinding my eyes. .

When the rebels invaded the imperial city, I remember that I was still indulging in wine and meat for pleasure. I ignored the calls for help from Prime Minister Zhuo Lun and the Ministry of War, and even thought it was impossible.

Under the rebel army, Prime Minister Zhuo Lun led his own soldiers to resist, and finally died tragically at Meridian Gate, while Xue Ruyu and her father Xue Qing became heroes of the new dynasty...

Thinking of this, I want to laugh, but I don't know why I want to laugh. It probably reminds me of the unbelievable stupidity in my heart when I saw the rebels.

The imperial city was destroyed, and I was drugged by the person I loved the most. I watched Chen Jianguang rush in holding a banner, and I didn't even have the strength to raise my sword to commit suicide.

All disobedient people in the palace were instantly stabbed to death, the concubines in the harem were robbed and ravaged by the rebels, and their children were killed, and I could only watch all this happen, watching those concubines being humiliated, and their children dying with regret, They looked at me with hatred, and blood filled my palace. At that moment, I suddenly realized what I had done in this life.

Chen Jianguang killed others with a sword, but he was not so kind to me. He sat on my dragon chair with my favorite woman in his arms. However, the flesh of a person is scraped off bit by bit with a knife, but that person cannot die, he has to live for three days and three nights, and so do I. Three days later, Chen Jianguang crippled my limbs and whipped me. Dozens of whips, and finally I was tortured enough before I chopped off my head happily with a sword.

I remember that during this period, Xue Ruyu sat in his arms. Although her face was pale, her eyes were happy. She said that I should have died a long time ago.

Yes, I also feel like I deserved to die a long time ago.

Being hung on the wall these days, I gradually understood why Xue Ruyu treated me like this. According to folk rumors, Xue Ruyu and Chen Jianguang were childhood sweethearts since they were young, but Chen Jianguang's family was not very good at that time. I brought him into the palace and became the most favored concubine, and the Xue family sent him away. Under the humiliation, he must be resentful. These years, the old and new hatreds are probably waiting to kill me all the time.

In this way, Chen Jianguang and I can be said to be rivals in love.

After thinking about the matter thoroughly, it’s too late to regret. These are the four words I’ve been chanting these days. Seeing the people in the imperial city dressed in tatters, with no place to live or food to eat, I always ask myself what the hell is going on? What a crime.I have been the emperor for 14 years, and I haven't done any good deeds in 14 years, and all I have brought is pain.

I completely forgot what my father said before he died, I stay close to villains and stay away from gentlemen.

The so-called fate, the so-called cause and effect, these are all caused by me, and it is not an exaggeration to destroy the country... But even though I said so, I still feel resentful, I have no face to see my ancestors in this life, probably because this idea is too persistent , That's why I didn't return to the underworld, but wandered here to be a wandering soul.

It was a gloomy day, the air was heavy, black clouds billowed in the distance, and occasionally lightning flashed, and I thought it was going to rain.

I remember that this was the No. 20 day when I was exposed to the sun. The guards at the city gate were a little lax, and the evening wind was sultry. Guarding this broken head here."

"Don't complain, you won't be able to eat if you are overheard... um..." Before the man finished speaking, I saw a red light flashing on his neck, and there was a tiny wound between his neck, and blood was flowing. , and then he fell down, and everyone panicked.

"There are assassins..." Before the guards could shout anything, they were injured by hidden weapons one after another. Before dying, one of them threw the fireworks in his sleeve into the sky. There was an uproar in the city, and someone shouted, "There are assassins!" Assassin, catch alive."

At this time, I saw a man in black running up the wall, holding my head in his arms, and then jumped off the city wall to escape for his life.

The city gate was opened behind us, and a large number of city guards came to chase us.

The person holding me seemed to be in poor health, coughing muffledly all the way.He didn't wear anything to cover his face, and his face was extremely thin. I saw him familiar, but I couldn't remember where I saw him, so I kept looking at him along the way.

Lightning flashed by chance, and when I saw the slender scar from his left forehead to the peak of his eyebrows, I suddenly thought of who he was. He was Zhuo Wenjing, named Yuqing, the eldest son of the Zhuo Lun family. The male queen whom the throne has set for me.

I was slightly taken aback when I thought of this, with complicated emotions. He is two years older than me, and he still has an ugly scar on his forehead from the war, but he has always been very humble.

It’s just that I’m the king of a country, and I’m already very displeased to have a queen who can’t help myself. In addition, I obeyed my mother’s teachings when I was a child, and I’m extremely repulsed by men in my heart. Naturally, I don’t like him very much. Therefore, since he entered the palace, I have treated him It wasn't good, and later he was thrown into limbo for several years with the excuse of his children.

To be honest, I had completely forgotten about this person a long time ago. At this moment, I suddenly knew that he was the one who came to save me. I was stunned. I thought that I would be torn apart for the rest of my life, but I never thought that this person would risk his life to save me. I.

Zhuo Wenjing was not in good health, but he still hugged me in his arms as much as possible. He tried his best to escape by taking the inaccessible path, but the pursuers chased after him. Finally, he ran to the edge of the cliff and lost his way. He was panting. Now, I'm very close to him, he is extremely thin at the moment, as if a gust of wind could blow him away, occasionally from his frowning eyebrows, he can faintly see how handsome he was that day.

It didn't take long for the rebels to catch up. Hundreds of people held torches and turned the night into day.

"Who are you, how dare you hijack the repeat offender, let go of the repeat offender, and I will spare your life." The person walking in the front stepped forward and looked at Zhuo Wenjing and said, that person had straight eyebrows and an upright spirit.

Zhuo Wenjing didn't even look at him, but just stared blankly at my head. My face, which hadn't been tidied up for more than 20 days, was naturally dirty and ugly. At this moment, I was probably not as good as a beggar on the side of the road.

Zhuo Wenjing stretched out her pale and thin hands to tidy up my hair, with an expression of unspeakable compassion, he didn't care about the people behind him, he just tidied up my face meticulously, and said in a low voice while tidying up: "You were very Those who love cleanliness should not be so embarrassed after death."

At this time, someone behind him wanted to sneak attack him, but was stopped by the leader, who looked at Zhuo Wenjing and said: "Brother, Shen Jingyao is a heartless emperor, cruel to Zhongliang, why do you need to protect him?"

Zhuo Wenjing showed me a faint smile, that smile made the long scar on his forehead look very strange, but at the moment it made me feel unusually warm, I think the mother's education might be wrong.

Zhuo Wenjing looked at me and said softly, "You once saved me, but you probably forgot about me, but you always remember it. It's just that you brought all the pain in my life, and now I want to repay your life-saving grace. From then on, there is no debt between the two, and I only hope that you and I will be strangers in the next life, and it is best not to see each other again."

After saying this, he hugged me and jumped off the cliff.

The wind whizzed by my ears, Zhuo Wenjing kept my head in his arms, and when he fell to the bottom of the cliff, he still hugged me tightly, as if he was afraid of hurting me, and finally his head touched When I touched the gravel, blood flowed slowly from my head, and I loosened my hand weakly. My head rolled and fell in front of his head. His eyes are closed, and he looks peaceful.

His blood slowly stained my face, my heart twitched slightly, and my eyes were bloodshot.

I think I was really wrong, I was wrong all my life, I did wrong things, I loved the wrong people, and I finally gave up my country to others... If I start my life again, I will never be so weak, I will never let you down According to my father's expectation, I will not let myself and this person die so uselessly... I will be a good emperor and a good husband.

At this time, there were thunders from the sky, and when I wanted to look at the people around me again, a thunderbolt struck my head, causing pain to the bone marrow, and then two consecutive thunderclaps fell from my head, nine times After that, I heard someone's sigh passing by my ear.

Then I felt my head lighten up, my whole body was warm, and I thought I was really going to die this time...

Having experienced this, when I opened my eyes with a blank mind and saw myself lying in the familiar bright yellow canopy, one can imagine how shocked and surprised I was.

In shock, I suddenly sat up and looked at everything in front of me in confusion, not knowing whether it was true or not.

"Long Live Lord, you are awake, you are frightening your servants and concubines." At this moment, the sound of sobbing came from next to my ear, that person's voice was as clear and sweet as spring water hitting a stone, but it was the sound I least wanted to hear in this life.