Seventeen years ago, at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

At that time, Yangzhou was still called "Jiangdu".

The last emperor of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of Sui, was the chief supervisor of Yangzhou when he was young and was very attached to Yangzhou.

Since he became emperor, he has gone to Jiangnan three times, and has been in Jiangzhou for a long time every time.

Emperor Yang of Sui also built the glorious and luxurious Li Palace in this city, known as the "Ten Palaces of Jiangdu". The various decorations and equipment in the palace are even more luxurious than the Daxing Palace in the capital.

The Wei family was in the Jiangdu Palace back then.

Her name is Wei Wuniang, and she was originally an ordinary palace maid.

But because she was born in a poet and calligraphy family, she had a dignified appearance, rigorous personality, and had superb embroidery skills.

So gradually, Wei Wuniang was promoted and eventually became Shanggong of Shanggong Bureau, who was responsible for the weaving and embroidery in the palace.

In the 13th year of Daye, all the heroes of the world emerged, and the rule of the former Sui Dynasty was facing collapse.

The Wagang Army approached the eastern capital Luoyang and sued the world, listing the ten major crimes of Emperor Yang of Sui.

Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty also raised an army in Jinyang, conquered Chang'an, and proclaimed himself the King of Tang.

But Emperor Yang of Sui was in this Yangzhou city at that time.

Wei Wuniang said that she was in the Jiangdu Palace at that time.

Every now and then, rumors come in.

People say that the world is in chaos, and the riots are about to attack Jiangdu, and the Sui Dynasty is about to be unable to save the world.

The people in the palace are worried all day long.

Of course, Wei Wuniang was also very scared.

But she was just a palace servant and couldn't help but continue to do things every day and pay attention to news outside the palace.

One night, Wei fell asleep in the palace room.

Outside, there was a sudden noise.

Wei Wuniang was awakened suddenly, so she quickly got up and ran out to take a look.

Under the night, the Jiangdu Palace, which was as calm as water, was already full of fire, with shouts of killing and soldiers everywhere.

The people in the palace fled in all directions, shouting as they ran:

"The thief is attacking, run away..."

Wei Wuniang was shocked.

Although I have heard that the world is in chaos, it seems that those rioters are quite far from the Jiangdu Yangzhou.

Moreover, inside and outside the Jiangdu Palace, the emperor's 100,000 Fruit Army is stationed.

Why did the rioters attack in overnight?

But judging from this nervous situation, Wei Wuniang didn't care about so much, so she quickly followed the crowd and ran away.

In the Jiangdu Palace, there are many palaces and a large area.

The palace people rushed to escape, trampling on me, and from time to time a group of soldiers from unknown families emerged, and they would slash and slash when they saw people.

Wei Wuniang was so scared that she was out of her mind, so she chose those remote and dark lands and ran away.

Gradually, she felt tired, and she was not careful, twisted her feet and fell to the ground.

Wei quickly looked up.

In the sky, the moonlight is dark and unclear.

In the distance behind, in the undulating palace, fires were rising and falling, and the sound of killing sounds shook the sky.

Wei Wuniang herself was lying on a slope outside the palace, surrounded by wild grass, swaying in the wind.

Not far below the earth slope, a dark river flows away under the night.

This big river is called "Turbid River", which is a big river outside Jiangdu Palace.

There is also a big lake not far from the river, which is connected to the turbid river and the lake surface is also dark.

Wei Wuniang wanted to stand up.

But her ankle hurt a sharply and she couldn't get up no matter how hard she was.

Wei was in a hurry, suddenly, a dark shadow walked out of the dark night by the river in the distance.

This was when the palace was in chaos and thieves suddenly appeared here.

If this is a traitor and I can't move, wouldn't that be a fatal matter?

Wei Wuniang was so scared that she lowered her head and lay on the ground, daring to reveal her head and look out.

Under the hazy moonlight, the black shadow walked step by step to the riverside.

It seemed like a woman, wearing a plain white dress, covered in burnt ashes and some blood.

It's like I just walked out of a place where I was burning and killing.

The woman was holding something black in her hand.

It was like a child's body, shriveled and covered with mud, as if it had just been dug out of the ground.

The child was wearing a dress, which was very fluffy and ill-fitting, and was tattered.

But there are many ornaments on it, and the shape is a bit luxurious, but it is too far apart to see clearly.

Under the night, the woman in white stood by the river holding the child.

The cold wind blew her white clothes and floated in the air like a ghost.

Wei Wuniang's heart was so scared that she could only endure the fear and dare not make a sound.

At this moment, another loud noise of people and horses came from afar.

In the dark night, some ghostly fire-like light surged from the direction of Jiangdu Palace toward this side.

It seems that someone is talking about something:

"There are footprints here, yes, I must have gone there..."

Wei Wuniang thought it was not good.

Judging from this, it must be the thieves in the palace who saw the footprints they left behind and chased after them.

She was anxious and wanted to escape, but her feet were out of control.

The ghost fires were getting closer and closer, and they suddenly stopped a few feet away from the river.

It seemed like a few torches.

Under the torch, dozens of soldiers and generals holding swords and guns stood. Looking at the outfit, they should be the Sui Dynasty imperial guards guarding Jiangdu Palace.

At the forefront of the army, there were three dark shadows, checking the footprints on the ground.

Woo woo...

At this moment, a cry suddenly sounded from the woman in white by the river.

The crying sounded desolate and cold, and it sounded like something that penetrated into people's hearts, and a burst of coldness in the heart.

“On there.”

Among the three dark shadows, a gloomy voice said.

For a moment, six dark lights shone towards the riverside at the same time on the faces of the three black shadows.

Wei Wuniang was so scared that she froze.

By the riverside, the woman in white suddenly moved.

She put the child's body in her hand on the ground, knelt down on her knees, and bowed deeply to the east sky, and bowed three times.

He looked very pious, like a female ghost who was worshiping the Netherworld Yama.

Not far away, in the three dark shadows, the gloomy voice said:

“It’s her.

Captured."

Next to him, another black shadow pulled out a weapon and rushed towards the woman in white with dozens of imperial guards!

But the woman in white seemed to see nothing, hugged the child's body and slowly stood up again.

Wei Wuniang was so nervous that she didn't dare to let out her breath. She accidentally moved her feet and felt a pain in the place she twisted.

She couldn't help but let out a low voice.

call!

A night wind blew.

By the riverside, the woman in white suddenly turned her head.
Chapter completed!