Chapter 251: Ending (7)
Shen Wei held Xiaoman's hand tightly and said firmly and calmly:
"We can't leave."
"Those people won't let us get out alive."
"We can only escape if there is nothing left after the fire."
"Xiao Man, we have found the sweet potato vines. The court will soon send troops to the Xiongnu. The sacrifice of those three thousand women will not be in vain. I know I can't save you. I knew that before I came here."
"But I can't just leave you alone..."
Xiaoman fell into Shen Wei's arms and cried bitterly: "That's good, that's good, but, but wuwuwuwuwu..."
The fire climbed up the roof like a fire snake, and the people banging on the door outside started cursing as soon as they saw the fire.
"Damn it! They actually burned down the ancestral hall."
"I will tear them into pieces."
"Bang-"
The wooden door was finally pushed open at this moment, and everyone rushed in. In the firelight, only two figures were seen hugging each other and calmly dying.
Then there was a thick smoke that choked everyone and forced them to run out.
"I saw it. It was two women."
"Put out the fire quickly, don't let them die. Even if they are dead, we should live happily before dying. Even if they are corpses, we want them. Don't let the fire burn all their bodies."
The village chief was yelling in exasperation, snatching the wooden bucket from the person next to him and pouring water into it.
How could such a small amount of water block the flames that filled the sky?
I saw flames and thick smoke rising into the sky, which seemed to correspond to the blood moon in the sky. The whole village seemed to have turned bloody red under the cover of night.
"Da da......"
"Da da......"
The sound of galloping horses came.
The prince traveled thousands of miles with his soldiers and arrived in the middle of the night. When he saw the flames rising into the sky, his heart almost turned to ashes in an instant.
"Shen Wei!" The prince's steps to rush in were pulled back by the leader of the imperial guards beside him.
"Your Highness, please calm down."
"The fire was so big that no one could get in."
"The people inside may have already..."
The prince said calmly: "No, Shen Wei will definitely not die."
Only the trembling of his lips as he spoke betrayed his thoughts.
The fire burned down the ancestral temple completely, and it was only with the concerted efforts of everyone that the flames were extinguished.
"Ancestral temple! Damn the thieves! They burned down our ancestral temple."
"Ancestors, the descendants are so unfilial that they can't even protect the ancestral hall."
"Ah! Sir, why are there so many officials here? Are they here to help us put out the fire? Those two bitches, Sir, you must help us."
The men in the village knelt on the ground, crying and expressing their anger over the loss of their ancestral temple.
The prince staggered to the two charred corpses, and suddenly he fell to the ground as if he had lost all his strength.
From two corpses whose faces could not be distinguished.
He found Shen Wei's body, stretched out his trembling hands and held Shen Wei in his arms, tears falling on Shen Wei's dark face.
"I regret."
"I shouldn't have let you come to Lingnan."
"I'm sorry, the Taoist priest is right, I shouldn't have interfered, I shouldn't have interfered."
"No, no, it's me who shouldn't have endured it. How could I watch you solve these hardships by yourself? I should have gone to find you and protected you........."
"Weiwei, come back......"
The prince knelt on the ground, heartbroken.
Because of his position as crown prince, he didn't dare to reveal his feelings to anyone. Even though he already knew that he loved Shen Wei deeply, he knew even more clearly that the position of crown prince was more important to him.
It was not until Shen Wei really disappeared in front of him that he realized that the transaction between them in the previous life had been settled.
But Shen Wei will never come back again.
Shen Wei will not come back...
grassland.
Ever since Zhao Xiangrong discovered the eldest prince's identity, the two have formed an alliance.
Zhao Xiangrong sent a request for help to the court, but the court did not respond.
The eldest prince did not flee to the Central Plains, but remained on the grassland. Eventually, the Xiongnu king learned of this and secretly sent a number of people to search for the eldest prince.
With the mutual help of the eldest prince, Zhao Xiangrong and the eldest prince fell in love with each other in distress.
"Xiang Rong, you are from the Central Plains, please leave me and go back."
"No matter how crazy he is, he won't be stupid enough to kill all of you Central Plains women to vent his hatred. As long as you are alive, there is still a chance."
Faced with Zhao Xiangrong who came to rescue him again, the eldest prince firmly rejected Zhao Xiangrong.
He has told Zhao Xiangrong all the secrets of the Huns. As long as Zhao Xiangrong is alive, there is still hope.
As for him, haha, my second brother is determined to kill him.
As long as he lives in this world, his second brother's throne will be illegitimate, so he will surely die.
In this case, why bother implicate Zhao Xiangrong?
The eldest prince looked at Zhao Xiangrong with a hint of reluctance in his eyes, but the feeling was hidden in the deepest part of his heart in an instant.
If you can't express your feelings, then there's no need to say them out loud.
Anyway, he will be killed after today, so why waste time on a good girl?
"So what? I am willing to live and die with you."
The eldest prince looked at Zhao Xiangrong in surprise.
Zhao Xiangrong's eyes were firm, without a trace of embarrassment. She looked directly at the eldest prince and took the initiative to expose the relationship between the two.
Under the eldest prince's fixed gaze, Zhao Xiangrong looked away and said firmly: "The court will send troops to support us!"
"I don't believe in the court, I just believe in her."
"She will find something that will relieve the imperial court of its worries. She will send troops, she will definitely..."
The eldest prince solemnly took Zhao Xiangrong's hand and said, "Okay, I believe you."
Many killers surrounded them, staring at the two men with cold eyes, and their swords flashing with cold light fell towards them.
"Kill!"
"Protect the eldest prince! Wipe out the remaining evildoers!"
Not far away, someone shouted.
Then, dust and smoke rose up, which gradually dissipated, revealing the cavalry's march and a Central Plains flag fluttering in the wind.
I'm from the Central Plains!
Support from the court has arrived!
When the news of the court's victory over the Huns reached Central Plains, the people of Central Plains ran around to tell each other and danced with joy.
The people spontaneously sang and danced along the streets to welcome the triumphant soldiers. Countless people from the Central Plains watched the soldiers cheering and shouting on both sides of the streets.
However, in the boudoirs of the major officials in the capital, the women also had gloomy faces.
Their information came from their husband's and father's families, and they knew more about the war than ordinary people.
This war had the advantage of time, place and people, and with the full support of the eldest prince's faction, but it was still very difficult to win.
More than half of the 3,000 women sacrificed their lives for this, which helped our dynasty win the victory, helped the eldest prince ascend the throne smoothly, become the rightful Great Khan, and established a peace that lasted a hundred years.