The ancient clock rang three times softly, neither more nor less, just three times. The bells reverberated softly in my ears, deep and sad.

The bell rings three times, and the emperor dies.

My heart twitched suddenly, and I rushed open the door, but was stopped by a soldier with a scabbard outside the door.

"My lord, stay." The soldier pretended to be calm, with a cold expression.

"You still know that I am your lord,so don't you piss off!" I roared.

The anger accumulated over the years finally broke out at this moment after the bell sounded. All kinds of feelings welled up in my heart and I just wanted to visit.

The soldier shook his head embarrassedly.

"As the servant of Emperor Guangxu during his lifetime, I was also following the emperor yesterday. Now that the emperor is dead, shouldn't he be responsible as a servant?" I sternly reprimanded.

I tried my best to push the soldier away, and ran straight to Hanyuan Hall like a fired gun.

A plain sleeve, is galloping in the palace.

I smashed all the palace ladies and eunuchs and saw Emperor Guangxu lying on the ground at his last gasp.

The ancient bell rang three times, indicating that the emperor was about to die. After the fourth strike, the emperor had already been enshrined.

"Empress……"

I only heard one word far away.

Emperor Guangxu coughed in succession, and then, motionless, his hands and feet stiff, he lay on the ground straight, his face like dead gray, his mouth was unbearable, and his brows were slightly frowned. His hands and feet began to get cold, and his two eyes looked at the top plate protrudingly, as if thinking about something.

"The emperor!" I called out.

He actually closed his eyes.

When the ownership came, I did not approach Emperor Guangxu, but was forcibly pulled out by several ministers.

In the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, on November 14, Emperor Guangxu passed away at the age of 38 at the Yingtai Hanyuan Hall in Zhongnanhai.

Ever since Emperor Guangxu advocated the reform, Empress Dowager Cixi had long been grudges against him. I think that Empress Dowager Cixi was actually following the example of Tang Wu Zetian in many places, but unfortunately, she did not achieve her long-cherished wish. It is not so much a long-cherished wish, as it is a long-term ambition.

Emperor Guangxu was under house arrest, and I followed to Yingtai. When Emperor Guangxu arrived late, he coughed continuously, sometimes coughing up a mouthful of blood.

Changsheng, I, was the retinue of Emperor Guangxu during his lifetime. But no one will remember me, because before the emperor's death, I was given a secret decree by the Queen Mother, that is, after the death of Emperor Guangxu, I will be buried in the land with him, that is, be buried alive with the dead.

The burial system is a long time ago, and it was even popular in the Qing Dynasty. However, I know the Queen Mother's intentions, she wants to cut the grass and roots, and she wants to use her remaining power to destroy the zui family.

After six years of house arrest, my grandfather, the protector of the country, exiled Jiuzhen. Zui fei, my aunt, barely lives, there is no more male in the family. Then, the Zui family has no descendants except me and eldest brother. In other words, almost, Zuijia will almost disappear in the traces of history together with the Qing Dynasty. But I still remember what my aunt said. This is why I live to the present.

However, it is a pity that the Queen Mother did not achieve her goal, and the day after Emperor Guangxu died, she also died one after another. There was no one in the Qing Dynasty, only Pu Yi remained. The Qing government almost collapsed.

The queen mother rushed to kill me, but unexpectedly her body collapsed, leaving only the army of the six gods in the Qing Dynasty. This group of people did not have a heart to fight the enemy together, but day and night thinking about killing me.

In the afterglow, a man in a cloak was holding a green sword in his hand, and behind him were several girls with whips in their hands.

The man's complexion was cold, slightly pale, and he was struggling to walk. If you look carefully, the clothes are covered with blood. Everyone stares back at me, but when they saw me, they all burst into tears.

I curled up weakly in the grass, and there was no wound on my body. Fortunately, there was no poisonous arrow that hit him.

"Changsheng, we're here to rescue you." Li Xun said.

"Li Xun, you...Hurry and run with Linglong Chu! After a while, they will catch up, and then we will all have to die! Their goal is me, if I follow you, I will hurt you..." I gritted my teeth.

Li Xun got off the white horse, put his sword aside, and supported me. Linglong, Chu Huan, and Leng Qi also followed.

"Have you forgotten? Changsheng, the few of us swear to the sky at the beginning, any one of us encounters catastrophe, we will try our best to help."

My nose is sour, and at the same time, my heart is warm. It is both painful and warm.

I still remember when the Zuijia came to the capital, I met them on the first day. First of all, it was Li Xun. Li Xungu wandered all over the world with his own sword. He was loyal and kind and was my best friend; Linglong, Chuhuan, inseparable good sister, she was kicked out as a maid in the Chen Mansion at the time. The first impression I gave me was that he was swaying the horse to do justice; then Leng Qi, Leng Qi had a stubborn personality, and his appearance was cold and quiet, not talkative, and he had black hair on his temples and was quite individual. People who are cold outside and hot inside.

At that time, I made friends with them because their fate was actually the same as mine, not only because they could talk to each other, but also because they had a certain spirit in them. But since I entered the palace and became Emperor Guangxu's minor servant, I haven't felt that kind of heroism for a long time. The intrigue and deceit in the palace, the romantic career, and the soft intestines of the iron man in the rivers and lakes, the righteousness, just in contrast.

But apart from Li Xun, they were all homeless and had no relatives. They were like-minded, so they got together. But I am different. I am the young master of the Zui Family, and I am a retinue of Emperor Guangxu. Because of this identity, we have not been out of the palace to meet for a long time.

Ride a horse to stay away from all this mundane world. Isn't this what I want?

At dusk, there is a slightly white cloth in the sun.

It turns out that the place where they live now is nothing more than a very inconspicuous little thatched cottage in the bamboo forest. The life is hard, but the life is easy and ordinary.

"Changsheng, this way, we first went to the palace and saw the Qing army. General Yuchi held a long bow. There was a pool of blood on the ground. On the tower, it was your aunt."

I opened my eyes wide in surprise, and suddenly petrified like a thunderbolt.

"Where is she now?"

With a faint sadness on Li Xun's face, he raised his trembling hand and pointed to the dilapidated little room. I followed his gestures and looked around, walking steadily into the room.

She wore gold and purple, wearing a magnificent robe. The face of the puff was purple and blue, and there was a long line of blood hanging from the corner of his mouth. I noticed a deep hole in her abdomen and a broken arrow on her shoulder.

She has messy hair and thin skin and tender flesh in the past, but now she is scarred. There were residual tears in the corners of his eyes, the bones of his body were already fragmented, and the back of his head was surging of blood plasma. She seemed to be looking at the sky and laughing, laughing so cruelly, holding the bottle of potion I gave her tightly in her hand.

My tears kept falling, and I had imagined a ignorant child who kept throwing herself into her arms and wept bitterly. But at this moment, I was helplessly kneeling on the ground, holding my head and crying.

I still remember her kind smile the day before yesterday, she said with a bright smile: "Sheng'er, when you grow up, don't forget your former aunt. If you are in adversity at a certain moment, you have to live at all costs. .Be sure to live well. If one day, your aunt is gone, don’t be sad, you have to live, because only in this way, you will not forget how your aunt left."

That day, I didn't notice the meaning of what she said. Now that she was lying peacefully in front of me, I realized that I was like that.

In the past, she always asked me to endure all this silently and to accept everything that hurt me. If it weren't for her, I would have fought with that Huo Yuzhu a long time ago; but today she used her death to awaken my soul painfully.

"Li Xun, did Auntie say anything before leaving?" I asked faintly, wiping away the tears from my face.

"Actually, before Yuchi gong ordered you to be killed, your aunt stood alone on the tower in a golden jade dress. She wanted to hold time for you so that you had enough time to escape. She was on the tower. Argued with Yuchi gong. She said that none of the royal family is a good thing. She tried to use truth and kindness to influence Yuchi gong. She wanted Yuchi gong to stop. But Yuchi gong was stubborn. I know that Yuchi gong has never been incompatible with you. Contradiction, in desperation, your aunt, the zui concubine, can only pull out a dagger and stab him."

He choked.

I closed my eyes tightly, afraid of tears rolling.

"Changsheng, do I have to continue talking?"

I nodded without thinking: "Say..." My voice trembled slightly.

"Then, before your aunt stabbed Yuchi gong, Yuchi gong took the shot first. He gave an order and shot an arrow from nowhere. The arrow hit your aunt's shoulder, and the zui concubine staggered and dropped her dagger. On the ground, just about to bend over to pick it up, Yu chi gong had already pulled out the sword and quickly penetrated her abdomen. In this way, zuifei, waving her long sleeves, leaned one hand against the wall of the tower from her waist and stooped to pick up a medicine bottle from the other hand.Yuchi gong kicked her under the city wall with one kick. When I arrived, I saw your aunt falling from the top of the high tower. Fortunately, there was a lot of hay on the ground. What is scattered, your aunt will not be crushed to pieces."

I cried even harder. I beat my chest and my feet, and from time to time I buried my face in my hands, my heart twisted like a knife.

"This is what a female officer named Dongfeng told me. She also handed me a paper tube and a piece of jade pendant." Then, Li Xun handed the things to me.

I was distraught and stretched out my hand to pick it up.

The letter reads:

Sheng'er, don't be sad for aunt's departure, don't remember to hate anyone, and live well. This is the biggest wish of aunt. Because you still have more important things to do, don’t forget the sacred oath of the Zui Family in the Blood-Painted City; everyone in the Zui Family is waiting for you to open the door of the Blood-Painted City. Common people, waiting for you to save. With this jade pendant, you are the head of the zui family.

I held this jade pendant with a beautiful "Zui" engraved on it, and lightly held it on my chest.

I gritted my teeth and stopped sobbing; my eyes were full of anger.

It's been six years. The deposited anger attacked the heart, enough to burn this inhuman mountain, no matter how tall it is, I will try my best to tear his ugly face.

I secretly made up my mind. But I will not follow the old and confused path. I cannot be impulsive or willful, but it doesn't mean that I will never leave the world or step into the dust. It doesn't mean that I will let this matter go unnoticed. When the wind of Emperor Guangxu's passing died down, that was when I held YuChi gong's head and sacrificed to zuifei.

I don't know what happened to Grandpa. As far as the aunt's tone was concerned, I'm afraid it was horrible, plus I ran away, and the rest of the zui family were almost gone. On weekdays, although the uncle and the uncle, my grandparents, and my uncles, I don’t get close to them very much, but after all, we are relatives. We are all zui‘s blood in our bodies. If they were all killed, I would feel uneasy. of.

By the way, mother-in-law, mother-in-law...

I rushed out in a hurry.

"What are you going out for? Changsheng!" Li Xun stopped me.

"I'm going to save my mother-in-law. My mother-in-law is nearly old, how can I leave her alone in the deep palace?" I was anxious.

Linglong and the others followed. Chu Huan said: "You are just going to die now, it will not help. They won't do anything to the zui family now. Their only task at present is to kill you."

Even Leng Qi, who usually doesn't like to speak, said, "Xiao Sheng, don't cause any more trouble."

I was at a loss as to dry up at a loss.

But do you want me to stay alive and leave my mother-in-law alone in the deep palace waiting for Yuchi gong's big sword?

Li Xun solemnly said: "Calm down, Changsheng. You are not a kid anymore, so think about it, is it useful for you to go out like this? In the end, it's a fate? Have you forgotten how your aunt asked you during your lifetime? Besides, with your mother-in-law's majesty and status, there will be no danger for the time being. Listen to me, come in."

I took a breath, twisted my fingers, and nodded yes with mixed feelings.

I lie in front of the window, looking boredly at this bamboo forest, occasionally looking at the blue sky. No matter how beautiful it is, it is so cruel and ruthless now when it comes to my eyes.

"It must be safe. I have not done anything against the conscience of my Zui Changsheng in my life. I beg God for mercy." I banged my head three times on the ground.