The villain is far from my CP!

The summer of Huisheng's 23rd year.

On the thirteenth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, Emperor Huisheng, who had reigned for 23 years, was dying of illness and signed an abdication edict.

There was only time to sign the abdication edict.

Then he swallowed it in one breath and never came out again.

The old emperor who was unique in the history of Great Hui finally closed his eyes.

Since the establishment of the dynasty, eighteen rulers have been sent away in this country. The first thing each ruler does when he ascends the throne is to issue an edict to make the eldest son of the emperor the crown prince.

Only Emperor Huisheng, who was indifferent to this matter after he ascended the throne, actually dragged on until his death, without giving a clear successor.

But it's not impossible.

According to the empress who personally sent Emperor Huisheng to his death and was still crying, His Majesty had already closed his eyes, but a middle official who didn't have long eyes came to report Qi Changting's soldiers coming to the city at this time.

When Emperor Huicheng heard this, his eyes widened suddenly, and he uttered the last word.

"punish!"

Nobody knows exactly what that word is, but anyway—

"Three princes conspire against each other and raise troops to attack the city, His Majesty's decree, shoot and kill!"

The messenger galloped through the busiest streets of the Eastern Capital, holding a bright yellow imperial decree in his hands, and sent such news to the streets and alleys, catching the common people off guard.

"Didn't the Third Highness just win the battle? Why did he become a traitor again?" There was an uproar in the crowd.

"Who knows, didn't you say that you raised your troops to attack the city?" An old man who set up a stall on the street sighed softly, and waved to the people next to him to close the stall. Hurry up and hide and don't go out."

Since ancient times, the common people have their own ways of living.

Prosperous times come out, troubled times hide, green hills remain, no one is afraid of lack of firewood, even if they feel absurd in their hearts, no one dares to say a word.

Dongdu is divided into inner and outer cities. When the streets of the inner city are sparsely populated, the soldiers and horses in the outer city have also assembled.

As the heart of the whole Great Hui, Dongdu is naturally well-equipped with soldiers and provisions, and Emperor Huicheng can't handle it well, but this matter has been pondered tirelessly.

Until the death of Emperor Huisheng, Qi Jingmin was still just a common man, so naturally he couldn't lead the army majesticly now, so he could show Qi Changting some color in person.

But this did not prevent him from inspecting the city defense army with the people in the palace, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

If it hadn't been for his mother's empress to kill Emperor Huisheng decisively and kill Emperor Huisheng decisively, and the officials could not react in time and seized the last opportunity to label Qi Changting as a traitor, these soldiers and horses may not necessarily be facing anyone today.

At that time, he will not be able to use the city defense army, and all his ammunition will be blown up by that woman. Even if there is a white bridge to blackmail Qi Changting, who can say for sure whether it will work or not?

So if you want to say ruthless, these women are even more ruthless.

That's the emperor!

If you say kill, you will kill.

Qi Jingmin couldn't stop clenching his fists and then loosening them, his mind slid over and over again the scene he saw with his own eyes while hiding behind the screen in Chaowu Hall yesterday.

"Your Majesty, it's time to go." The woman's voice was extremely gentle, but what she said was creepy.

The queen seemed to have dressed up specially that day, she was graceful and luxurious, her phoenix robe, phoenix crown and golden steps were not bad, as if she was going to participate in the Queen's Hall.

So the man who was lingering on the sick bed, whose eyes were so stiff that he couldn't move, and who could only make unpleasant gurgles from his throat, made him look even more pitiful.

Emperor Huisheng, that was his father after all.

Although he doesn't respect this father, let alone love him, he is the first son of Emperor Huicheng, and he is also the son who looks most like Emperor Huicheng.

Even though Emperor Huicheng's face was already old and ugly, with a little closer inspection, it was easy to find the four or five similarities.

Looking at that face, Qi Jingmin suddenly became a little apprehensive.

Did his mother really love his father?

Certainly not.

The queen mother planned every step of the way, all for the supreme position, even sometimes Qi Jingmin suspected that he was just a tool for the queen mother to seize power, and when he ascended the throne, the queen mother would listen to the government behind the curtain.

Today he sits and watches his mother kill his father with his own hands, will that one day, that person lying on the couch miserable and embarrassed will become him?

dong dong dong dong!

The rapid and dull drum beat suddenly awakened Qi Jingmin's fear.

The drums sounded, and the siege began outside!

Qi Jingmin ran out of the garrison, couldn't help looking up at the high city wall.

This is only the inner city wall, and the flames of war have not yet spread to this point, but the shouts of killing and screams from the outer wall can be heard clearly.

The cry of killing was low and forceful, but the scream was extremely penetrating, like an arrow piercing straight into his ears, and there was also the sound of a trebuchet hitting the ground, as if hitting his heart .

A quarter of an hour ago, the man who regretted not being able to personally lead the army to face Qi Changting, his eyes changed, and he turned back to the garrison.

Do these city defense troops really work?

Qi Jingmin was suddenly a little scared.

Emperor Huisheng couldn't even look down on his own treasury. Would the city defense army he raised really work?

If the city defense army can't defend and his ammunition is gone, then...

It's all right, it should be all right!

"It's broken, the outer city is broken! Back, back—"

The flag soldier on the high platform yelled such a sentence hoarsely, and was pierced by the arrow that flew out from nowhere in the next second.

Qi Jingmin barely caught his breath, thinking he had heard wrong.

How is it possible, the city defense army is at least 2 people, and there are equipment such as catapults, Qi Changting marched in such a hurry, with at most 4000 people around him.

They probably didn't even have a battering ram, so how could they break through the outer city so quickly!

The garrison was close to the edge of the inner city, and it was already in a hurry. He casually grabbed the collar of an old master who wanted to run away with a burden on his back.

"The outer city is broken, why is it broken! Are the [-] city defense troops just for nothing!" Qi Jingmin asked brokenly.

"You just know!"

Unexpectedly, the creases on the master's face were trembling, and he shouted tremblingly: "The city defense army has already been emptied!"

"Yes, 2 people are placed there, but they can't even hold guns, let alone arrows. It's a blessing to last for half an hour!"

The old bookkeeper didn't know the person in front of him, so he shook the account book in his hand as if venting, almost crying out.

"Arms, these munitions, from purchasing to manufacturing, and then storing them in warehouses, are inspected every year. Every step will be less, and each inspection will be less. How do you fight, huh? How do you say!"

The master's saliva was almost sprayed on Qi Jingmin's face.

Qi Jingmin was completely stunned, he suddenly remembered something.

Except for the gunpowder that I have privately stored, where did the others come from?

These things are too old, or too accustomed, he didn't take them to heart at all.

His hands and feet became cold in an instant, and the man suddenly felt his legs go limp, and he staggered back a step.

The chief secretary felt the looseness of the collar, and hurriedly broke free and wanted to run.

"What about the catapult, isn't there still a catapult?" A voice came from behind, "I heard the sound of the catapult."

At this time, the catapult is a heavy weapon comparable to artillery. Putting a few there, even if it is not moving, can be used as a killer to deter the enemy.

can.

"Catapult? Yes, there are catapults, but what about stones?"

The master sneered, dropped the last sentence, and fled with the burden on his back.

No catapults.

Qi Jingmin's throat rolled with difficulty.

What was that huge sound of something hitting the ground outside just now?

boom!

Black smoke and flames exploded on the city tower, the loud sound carried a terrifying shock wave, and the iron pieces blasted out of it could easily take away the lives of a large number of enemies.

No one knows why that gourd is so powerful.

Even the people on Qi Changting's side couldn't help but click their tongues in admiration.

"This is gunpowder, and it's too scary." He Cheng's face was black and gray, looking at the black smoke and flames rising from the tower, and the soldiers who fell down like cutting leeks, muttering to himself.

A few days ago, not only secret letters but also several jars were sent to Yiwu County.

It's just that the jar was too heavy, and in order to hurry, the secret letter arrived first, and they met the person who delivered the jar on the way back to Dongdu in a hurry.

At that time, they had already driven for a whole day and night, and neither humans nor horses could bear it.

Qi Changting crushed the contents of the jar with his fingers, gritted his teeth and took a light breath.

The young man was silent for a long time, his eyes turned scarlet, and he finally ordered to camp for the whole night.

But later it turned out that only the horses could rest, and those whose mounts were not as good as those of them were sent out to buy things.

Scrap iron, cotton thread, and... gourds.

Scrap iron was smashed into small iron pieces, mixed with gunpowder and dry sand, poured into gourds, carefully wrapped in thick cotton jackets, and transported to the city of Dongdu.

The outer city wall of Dongdu City is eight meters high, and a filled gourd weighs two catties.

can throw.

The gate of the outer city was blasted open by gunpowder.

The soldiers who were lucky enough to survive finally saw the true face of the gunpowder explosion.

It wasn't gray smoke, it was black smoke.

What splashed out was not tiles and wood slag, but warm and bright red blood.

If they still have enough weapons in their hands and powerful supplies behind them, they can use a rain of arrows to drive the enemy back to a distance where gunpowder cannot be used.

But they didn't.

So no one dared to stop, and there was no need to stop again.

2000 people, just 2000 people, knocked on the outer city gate of the capital of the Great Hui Kingdom, the Eastern Capital.

The city wall is eight meters high and 12 meters thick. Behind the city gate is a long arch hole.

The black horse paced back and forth, its hoofs stepping on the cold bluestone bricks, which made people unable to bear the chill from the soles of their feet.

The young man was dressed in silver armor, with a sword hanging from his waist, passed through the long arched hole, raised his eyes expressionlessly, and looked up at the city wall.

Then, as expected, I saw that familiar figure.

The eyes that had been as still as stagnant water along the way finally moved at this moment.

It has been nearly a month since I left Yiwu County.

The girl was still wearing the same clothes as when she left, and her long hair was no longer smooth, it fell loose and was messed up by the wind.

She walked up the city wall alone, but Qi Changting knew that there were guns aiming at it from all directions.

The boy raised his hand and held the long sword at his waist.

bang.

The gold and iron hit the ground, stirring up a large cloud of dust.

Then came the head armor, then the shoulder armor, the breastplate, and the breastplate.

The sound of bang bang bang bang bang bang was heard endlessly, half a minute later, the young man was left with nothing but an ordinary black cloth robe, only the jade white girdle around his waist, he could still see the appearance of a nobleman.

Qi Changting took off his armor, and Baiqiao finally reached the middle of the city wall.

The girl turned around, and after a month, the two faced each other again.

"You came."

"Well, here we come."

The author has something to say:

I really haven't finished writing Nine Lives, but I have a final exam tomorrow, and I still don't know anything, I guess it's too late to change, kneel down.jpg

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