As if ignoring Tian Hongbin's persuasion, fellow sibling Tian Hongyou was like an emotionless machine. He just patted his brother's shoulder twice hard without any expression, and then didn't give any answer. Zi Gu loudly called his guards to convey the order.
But when he saw the guards nodded solemnly, they left quickly. The maids standing on the corridor also came in style, holding helmets, armors, cloaks and other brand-new battle uniforms in their hands. Several pairs of delicate jade hands came one after another. He groped around Tian Hongyou's body, untied the slightly dusty robe, and began to serve the governor to wear armor.
After tossing lightly for a while, Tian Hongyou lowered his eyes and saw a pair of small white hands tying the last button of the cloak, and then quickly sorting out the folds. After waiting for a long time, Tian Hongyou was obviously impatient. He reached out and grabbed the nervous maid, and a burst of light fragrance accidentally fell into his arms, causing a few cooing calls of cardamom.
Tian Hongbin, who was sitting aside and frowning in thought, quietly watched Tian Hongyou play with the maid for a long time. It was not until his brother got up and stood up that he was still not satisfied, and then asked in a hoarse voice: "Brother, you are wearing armor and sword, are you going to do it?" Are you going in person?"
"Yes." Tian Hongyou turned around and responded coldly without looking back: "This trip is of vital importance. I don't trust anyone to leave it to anyone. I must go in person... Ah Bin, I know you are worried, but since ancient times, who has wanted to achieve great things, who has the kindness of a woman?"
There was only a lonely candle swaying in the pavilion, reflecting Tian Hongbin's gloomy face at the moment: "Brother, I beg you to think more carefully, there are more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Xizhou City! Once the water floods into the city gate, people's hearts will There will definitely be chaos. If the sergeants are provoked to mutiny, Xizhou will probably be defeated before the two armies fight, and everything will be over by then..."
"God's Coming"
Tian Hongyou said in a deep and sharp voice: "How can there be no death in a war?! A Bin, haven't you always been decisive in dealing with things? Why are you acting like a different person tonight, so forward-thinking and fearful of doing things? You should know in your heart, Now we have no way to retreat. If we don't want to end up like Xiang Zongyan, we must defend Xizhou City at any cost!
As for the sergeants under our command, you don't have to worry too much. Speaking of which, Li Yuan and Peng Shiyu did us a big favor. Killing Xiang Zongyan not only cut off our retreat, but also cut off the thoughts of all the tribes in the city. .....”
Tian Hongyou paused for a moment, turned around slowly, and slowly placed a tiger head gold seal in his hand on the stone eucalyptus. An extremely calm face faced Tian Hongbin: "In times of great difficulty, the only way is to Only when brothers work together can we fight against the enemy with all our strength! Ah Bin, don’t hesitate any longer. Now I will officially appoint you as the military envoy of Xizhou. I will hand over all the defenses to you as soon as I respond to the city’s defense! Before I return to the city, you must send the sergeants in the city to you. Bring all the city walls and quickly prepare defensive arrangements..."
The golden seal in front of him, symbolizing power and dignity, was lying quietly on the cold stone eucalyptus. It flashed with short golden light from time to time under the candlelight. Tian Hongbin struggled to reach out to this coveted object in the past. , but found that he was too late to catch it, and then he sighed heavily and said: "With such trust from my elder brother, how can I refuse? I just have a request, can I transfer all the family records of the clan leaders and sergeants in the city? To the Governor's Mansion? Our Governor's Mansion occupies an entire city, and the large campus in the front yard should be able to accommodate these people..."
Tian Hong stretched out his round fingers on his right hand and pointed directly at the undulating chest in front of him, with a look of extreme dissatisfaction on his face: "Hutu! What do you think of my Governor's Mansion? The war is about to begin, and we are waiting for another Where are the extra troops to guard these common people? Two to thirty thousand people with children and caretakers poured in. If there are people with ulterior motives among them, once trouble occurs, it will be chaotic and difficult to quell!
Don’t forget, your home and mine are in the backyard! By the way, especially your new wife, she is really a top beauty. If you insist on doing something wrong, you will harm her! Haha, we Dongxi people can do anything..."
"Brother, if you have any concerns, you should at least move our Tian clan members into the mansion. Do we have to sacrifice our own clan?"
"Without my many years of hard work, where would the Tian family be today?" After wasting too much time here, Tian Hongyou suddenly felt a little dry, frowned and couldn't help but say another sentence: "If you are really afraid in your heart, , then it’s just that I misjudged you! That’s all, I shouldn’t have pinned my hopes on you. After so many years, you still can’t become a clumsy person!
I have always protected you in vain. Now that I think about it, if you had died in that snake's nest in the past, it would not have happened like this..."
Tian Hongbin's chest felt like a thousand-jin stone weight was pressing down on him. Tian Hongbin trembled all over and silently endured the sarcasm. Until he heard the last sentence, his eyes suddenly widened and blood-red, like burning flames, staring closely at this face that was obviously familiar but was beginning to feel unfamiliar.
Snake den... The nightmares he experienced as a child came into his mind again. At the age of ten, the immature Tian Hongbin took his loving mother back from Jinzhou to visit relatives. On the way, he unfortunately ran into a group of thieves ambushing him, and his guards were killed and injured. Eventually, the mother-in-law died tragically because of her eagerness to protect her son. Ten-year-old Tian Hongbin witnessed the misery and horror in front of him, and then received several severe beatings and was thrown into a cave full of poisonous snakes.
Perhaps out of mercy from God, Tian Hongbin was bitten on his right leg by several venomous snakes, but he still gritted his teeth and climbed out of the cave with one breath, fell into the stream, and was finally rescued by the tribesmen who came to greet him...
Tian Hongbin beat his head uncontrollably, as if he was in all kinds of heartache. He looked down at the scar-covered depression on his right leg, and gradually an extremely cold thought came to his mind.
Suddenly he jumped up from the darkness on the half wall, gritted his teeth, and suddenly reached out to pull out the steel knife worn at his waist. He swung the sword like the wind and stabbed the long blade straight into Tian Hongyou's chest until the handle was gone.
"My grandma died tragically when I was ten years old, but I was thrown into a snake's den by a thief, a snake's den! How did you know about it? I didn't even tell my grandpa..."
Tian Hongyou's face was pale, sweat was pouring down from his forehead, he frowned tightly, his face was distorted by the extreme pain, and blood overflowed from the corners of his mouth, and he said intermittently: "Shu...zi... ....”
"Even when death is imminent, you still refuse to tell the truth? You are dead, but my mother-in-law! My dear mother-in-law!"
Tian Hongbin slowly pulled out the blade with a fierce look on his face. The sound of the sharp friction against his sternum was clear and harsh. As the blade came out with blood, Tian Hong began to fall to the ground softly, then twitched and shook, and the long knife soon fell straight down. , this time it was the abdomen, and it was being violently stirred in the stomach with the rapid turning of the knife holder's wrist.
"ah......"
The meaning of death was already hanging between the threads, and he was about to fall into the abyss in an instant. Tian Hongyou knew that he would be able to recover, his face quickly darkened, and then he opened his bloody mouth and revealed a crazy smile: "Have a good death." ! Haha... What grandma, that woman... I am grandpa's eldest son, and that woman actually wants to convince grandpa to let you, a bastard, inherit the family business! She... ..Ah! I only hate myself for feeling pity and keeping you to this day..."
Tian Hongbin instantly lost his mind and slashed twice more wildly, roaring hysterically: "You can even kill my mother! You are worse than a beast! This knife is for my mother! This knife is for my mother. Myself!......"
Blood foam spurted out from his mouth and body. Tian Hongyou used his last strength to swallow the congestion at the bottom of his throat, and his eyes widened: "If I die... you will definitely... Unable to defend...Xizhou..."
"Beast! Go down and make atonement to my mother-in-law! The Tian family cannot be destroyed in your hands, and it cannot be destroyed in my hands either!"
Tian Hongbin gritted his teeth and said this sentence word by word, suddenly pulled out the long knife, calmly wiped away the blood with his sleeve, reached out and grabbed the golden tiger head seal on the stone gum, turned around and strode away.
On the ground, Tian Hong's right eyes widened and he looked up at the sky. The spiral threads in the huge stone pavilion overhead seemed to be mocking the fate of reincarnation and cause and effect. His body, which was losing vitality, slowly slid along the edge of the stone eucalyptus. Falling to the ground, the leader of the Tian family who was once powerful in the three states, his dominance was over in his dream, but he breathed his last breath.
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