Eight Hills in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

As soon as these words came out, there was a small commotion below. Many people threw the black stones in their hands to the ground, and people also lay on the ground, their limbs twitching constantly, because most of them were women. , this kind of rioting is even more familiar. Many people simply spread their hair and cried: "It's not fair, it's not fair, only we civilian women are sent to death, all the wives of officials are all right?!"

Murong Lan's calm and majestic voice sounded from the tower: "Don't make trouble, let's see, what is this?"

This sentence, at this time, was worth 10,000 sentences. Everyone's cries and scolding stopped abruptly. Only the sound of the burning torches was left. Everyone looked up following the sound. I saw that Murong Lan's hands were reflected under a bright light, each holding a stone, but one was black and the other was white.

There was a burst of exclamations under the tower, and many people shook their heads in disbelief and widened their eyes: "This, how is this possible, even Princess Lan..."

"The ancestors don't open their eyes, a good person like Princess Lan is actually..."

"No, what's wrong with her, how did she smoke two stones? What's going on?"

Murong Lan's expression was calm, and she said: "Every clansman, all the soldiers of Dayan, you are optimistic, I have drawn two stones here, one is for me, and the other is for my newborn child Yizhen. Since we have decided to The old, weak, women and children in the whole city draw lots by hand, and I am no exception this time. I and my children will each draw once. You have all seen the result. The black one is me. I also won the out-of-city lottery, so I, Murong Lan, will go out of the city tomorrow with all of you who have won the black stone, and let the Jin army decide."

Having said this, she paused: "Now, do you still believe that only you ordinary people can draw black stones? I can tell you responsibly, 2,117 black stones, up to Empress Dowager Gongsun, down to babies, everyone's chances are the same!"

Empress Dowager Gongsun sighed softly, spread out her hand, a white stone glowed under the firelight, she said solemnly: "I'm sorry, I didn't draw a black stone, ordinarily, this disaster is my unworthy nephew It was caused by the fifth floor of Gongsun, and I, the aunt, should also be responsible for this. Princess Lan, I am willing to exchange this stone with you."

Murong Lan shook her head: "The Queen Mother, you are very righteous, if you didn't take the lead in drawing this lottery today, I'm afraid this lottery won't be possible. I said that it is up to our ancestors to decide the fate of each of us, and it is the most important thing. A fair result, no one can replace someone else's signature, even if you have good intentions, I can't accept it."

Having said that, her eyes shifted, and she looked at He Lanmin who was standing beside the Queen Mother Gongsun, bowing her head and clenching her pink fist tightly, and said, "Priest Helan, what is your result?"

He Lanmin's face was covered in sweat at this time. She bit her red lips tightly and raised her hand gently. It could be seen that her hands were shaking violently, showing her inner struggle and excitement. The firelight reflected her pink fist. Under the beating candlelight, her hand slowly opened, and at this moment, her breathing was about to stagnate, and a white stone appeared in front of everyone. , and Helanmin's ecstatic voice echoed on the city tower, louder than the crazy chant when she danced to the gods: "Ah, it's white stone, it's white, my ancestors took care of me, thank my ancestors, thank God... …”

She danced excitedly, almost singing and dancing there, and fell into a brief incoherence.

And as He Lanmin showed the lottery, the wives and daughters of the generals and academy beside her also opened their hands and spread out the stones in their palms. Six or seven people drew black stones and collapsed on the spot. , crying, and some forced their faces to laugh, throwing away the black stone in their hands, knelt down and crossed their hands in front of their chest, and began to pray to heaven, just like the oath of the soldiers before they went to war, and most of them wept with joy after drawing the white stone. In this moment, in front of the sign of life and death, the various expressions of life are vividly displayed.

This time, in the square below the city, no one doubted the fairness of the lottery. Everyone took turns to come forward and draw their fate from the cloth bag. The person who won the white stone was relieved, and the person who won the black stone was Holding their heads and crying, soon, in the square below the city, the crowd gradually dispersed, leaving only more than 2,000 people who had drawn black stones. Step downstairs.

Murong Lan bowed deeply to the Empress Dowager Gongsun: "The Empress Dowager please come back, I will handle it here, you have worked hard today."

Empress Dowager Gongsun took Murong Lan's hand and sighed softly. She wanted to say something, but she shook her head and turned around. Accompanied by a group of noble ladies, she left the tower. The huge tower was suddenly empty. Only Murong Lan and He Lanmin were left.

Murong Lan looked at her side. He Lanmin, who was still ecstatic, shook her head gently and said, "Congratulations, Minmin, this time you got your wish."

He Lanmin also calmed down at this moment, she looked at Murong Lan in front of her, and whispered: "Actually, you don't have to leave the city, you obviously have a thousand skills that can change black into white. One more person and one less person, what's wrong with Liu Yu? Will you compare me?"

Murong Lan said coldly: "Just like you, you changed black and white, and used a trick to get in there?" She said, and with a jade foot, a black stone in the corner of the battlement flew into her hand. .

He Lanmin's face changed slightly: "You clearly saw it, why didn't you expose me just now?"

Speaking of which~www.wuxiaspot.com~ her eyes lit up: "Could it be, the black stone in your hand..."

Murong Lan said coldly, "Do you know why I want to exchange yours instead of exposing you?"

Tears glistened in He Lanmin's eyes: "I have used you and betrayed you again and again. Even today's lottery has been tearing down your platform. Why do you still save me?"

Murong Lan said calmly, "Because we've seen the future together and saw that terrible future, I know why you want to live, so He Lanmin, I want to ask you one thing."

He Lanmin gritted his teeth: "I don't believe it, you don't want to live, the one we see is vague, not necessarily the truth, we have seen many futures together, but most of them have not been realized, that also... …”

Murong Lan shook her head: "This is different, this time is so real, and this time, like the last time in the grassland, it is driven by the blood of a real dragon, I believe, it will be true. Minmin , if this is true, then I hope that you can take my place and finish this road."