Chapter 8 — The Street They Live in Nhan Hoi Quan

Huyen Giap Guard shouted: "Let us out of the city." Tran Tinh raised his hand, the archers simultaneously took aim. But there wasn't much fear on Tien Tu's face. She looked at me. "Miss Luc, you have something for me to pass on to you." Tien Thi was stunned. I also looked at her. "What did you say?" "You said the Luc family is forever loyal, you shouldn't cut off the whole family for the sake of a small citadel." "If you just let him go, he will beg His Majesty to protect you and General Luc." Tran Tinh sneered: "When did you meet the queen?" "Last night." Tien Tu said. "When Thanh Hoa lit the fire, I was right outside the enemy tower." It seemed that the people who snuck into the citadel were not just six Huyen Giap guards. Tien Tu is also Co Ting Loan's person. "Did the lady tell you to set fire?" I asked. She shook her head. "Niang Niang only told us to think of a way to create chaos to take advantage of the opportunity to leave the city. Thanh Hoa himself chose the food warehouse." "Why does Hong Tu want to open the north gate?" "Your Majesty promised her that after success, she will release her younger brother from prison." "And you?" Tien Tu's eyes were calm. "Niang Niang promised my mother that the Tien family will be safe." Tien Thien, as if hearing it for the first time, looked at her child in bewilderment. girl. "Tu Nhi, did you know long ago that they wanted to burn the city?" Tien Tu did not look at her. The blade pressed against her neck, leaving a bloodstain. The Huyen Giap guard who was controlling her began to step back. "Make way!" I stared at Tien Tu. "Co Thinh Loan promised to protect the Tien family, or to protect your mother?" Tien Tu's face changed. "What's the difference?" "Yes." I picked up a token that the Huyen Giap guard dropped on the ground. The back is engraved with the code names of those who entered the citadel this time. A code symbol in there was crossed out by cinnabar. "Thanh Hoa and Hong Tu are both dead. Why do you think you can live?" Tien Tu's eyes fell on the token. The fingers of the person controlling her suddenly tightened. She suddenly lifted her foot and stepped hard on the other person's instep. The blade cut into the side of her neck. Tran Tinh's arrow also shot out at the same time, piercing Huyen Giap Ve's throat. The remaining man swung his knife and rushed forward, but was shot down by the arrows of the army guarding the citadel. Thien Thien crawled and rolled over to hug her daughter, crying until she couldn't breathe. Tien Tu pushed her away, holding her wound and looking at me. "You lied to me?" "Maybe you didn't." I gave her the command token. "You are only in charge of making a promise, whether you can keep it or not is another matter." Tien Tu tightened the command token. "You said that as long as there is chaos in the city, you will take the opportunity to get out of the city. Your Majesty will stop when you see it." "She did tell you that after leaving the city, Nhan Hoi Quan Will it be like that?" Tien Tu was silent. "He said that General Luc handed over military authority, His Majesty will not make things difficult for you." Again, military authority. Every time Co Thinh Loan escaped from the palace, she took something away for Tieu Tan. Iron mines, salt taxes, garrisons. This time it was the turn of Nhan Hoi Quan and his 120,000 border troops. I ordered people to cover the sewers and move the oil away. Tien Thi's mother and daughter were both escorted to the military barracks. While passing West Street, a roof suddenly collapsed. The old man selling coal rushed forward and pulled a child out of the fire. His sleeve caught fire, and the person next to him quickly poured water to extinguish it. The child's mother hugged her child and knelt on the ground crying. The old man waved his hand and carried the bucket to save the next house. Tien Thien looked at that scene, the last bit of blood on her face disappeared. "They said they only burned empty houses." She muttered. No one paid attention to her. When it was nearly dawn, the fire was finally controlled. Twenty-three houses burned down on West Street, seven people died, and more than forty people were injured. Compared to the previous life, the number was so small that it was like a miracle. But when those seven bodies were placed on the empty ground, I still did not dare to look at their faces. Co Thinh Loan was brought there.

She walked in front of the bodies, her steps gradually slowing down. The youngest of them was only five years old. When the rocket fell, it hid under the bed and didn't have time to run out. His mother knelt beside him, holding a blackened cloth tiger in her arms. Tears welled up in Co Thinh Loan's eyes. "Sorry." The child's mother raised her head to look at her. "Was the fire started by someone?" Co Thinh Loan shook her head. "But they did that to take me away." "You called them?" Co Thinh Loan did not answer. The child's mother stood up and put the cloth tiger in her hand. "Please hold it carefully." "Wait until the next time you escape to another citadel, let the children there see." Co Thinh Loan's fingers trembled. The cloth tiger fell to the ground. She quickly bent down to pick it up, her tears hitting the blackened fabric. "I don't want anyone to die." "I just want to leave Tieu Tan." "I'm also scared, I also know pain." The child's mother turned around and hugged her son's body. "When the mother was in pain, someone took her place and massacred the whole city." "When my son was in pain, no one came." Co Thinh Loan squatted in place, hugging her shoulders. trembled. The eyes of the surrounding people looking at her have changed. The people previously summoned by Tien Thi also stood in the crowd. No one kneels anymore. No one advises us to open the gate anymore.