The night was quiet, the autumn wind was rustling, and the atmosphere in the yard was slightly condensed.
"Ayi, I remember that Sun Shoubei committed suicide in the city?" Guan Yubai interjected.
"good."
When it came to the war between the two countries, Xiao Yi lost his usual indifference on his face, and his expression turned solemn, and he said slowly—
In May of this year, Nanliang sent tens of thousands of troops to attack Yongjia City and Dengli City successively through Baiyue. The two cities fell to Nanliang within two days of defense. The two cities fell to the enemy with lightning speed. After that, the morale of the Nanliang army was even more boosted, and they marched northward like a broken bamboo. The 20,000 army was caught off guard and approached the city to declare war on Yanding City.
After the generals in the city learned that Yongjia City and Dengli City had surrendered to Nanliang, they were also demoralized. Nearly half of the soldiers proposed to use Yanding City's existing 5,000 troops to fight against Nanliang's 20,000 troops. It is undoubtedly better to surrender than to hit a stone with an egg, so as not to lose their lives. .
However, Sun Xiuneng, the defender, was unyielding and would not surrender to the death. He even pointed out that Yanding City, Yongjia City, Dengli City and Huiling City were the defense lines in the southeast of southern Xinjiang. This may cause the Nanliang army to take advantage of the situation and take down Huiling City, linking the four cities together. If so, the southern border is in danger, and when the iron hooves of the barbarians march northward, occupy our land, and kill our people, then they will become the sinners of southern border and the entire Dayu!
Sun Xiuneng resolutely stated that even if this battle is inevitable, he must drag the Nanliang army for several days to buy time for Huiling City to ask for help!
Therefore, under Sun Xiuneng's call and leadership, the 5,000 defenders and the common people in the city participated in the defense of the city with one heart and one mind. Of the 5,000 soldiers, less than 300 remained...
In this tragic and desolate atmosphere, even Xiao Yi's voice seemed a bit vicissitudes: "All the sons of the Sun family died in battle one after another, while Sun Xiuneng committed suicide by drawing his sword on the city wall when the city was broken. After hearing the news of the city's destruction, the wife and several daughters-in-law and girls of the Sun family also hanged themselves in the garrison mansion..."To avoid being humiliated by the enemy, life is better than death!
Even if they have never witnessed these things with their own eyes, just listening to them makes people feel tragic. Everyone's expressions are solemn, as if the temperature around them has dropped a lot.
"After Yanding City was recovered, when Li Shoubei ordered people to clean up the garrison mansion, he found the body of a two-year-old boy with scars in a dry well in the backyard. It can be judged that it is Sun Xiuneng's only two-year-old eldest grandson, who is also his only grandson..." Xiao Yi couldn't help but sighed.
Fu Yunhe interjected: "President Jing Qian and Sun Shoubei are close friends who have known each other for many years. Before the body of the eldest grandson of the Sun family was not found, they thought that the Sun family might still have a line of incense left in the world. They all perished with the city... and only Miss Sun escaped by chance." He frowned slightly, with a solemn expression.
Han Qixia couldn't help but interjected: "That is to say... only Miss Sun is left in the Sun family..."
Han Qixia knew that Sun Xinyi was the eldest daughter of the Sun family's concubine, her parents had both died, and she also knew that many relatives of the other party were affected by the flames of war, but she didn't expect that Sun Xinyi's situation was even worse than she thought...
Everyone in the world valued the continuation of the incense, and now Sun Xiuneng only had one daughter left, so the Sun family also cut off the incense.
During the speech, the courtyard became quiet again, and everyone felt a little heavy in their hearts.
Only Guan Yubai's expression was calm, and he suddenly asked: "The grandson of the Sun family died in the well, what about the rest of the Sun family?"
Fu Yunhe tried hard to think about it, and vaguely remembered Mr. Jing Qian mentioning it, and then said: "Mrs. Sun gathered her daughter-in-law, daughter, and aunts in the main hall of the garrison mansion, and hanged herself. Marquis, what's the problem?"
Guan Yubai picked up the white porcelain cup in front of him, took a sip of tea, and said calmly, "Everyone in the Sun family died in the main hall, but his eldest grandson died alone in the dry well..."
Xiao Yi raised his brows and looked at Guan Yubai thoughtfully, his peach blossom eyes half-closed.
Nangong Yue thought about it and said: "When Mrs. Sun took the whole family to hang herself, only the eldest grandson was left behind. It should be for the Sun family to leave a bloodline, but the eldest grandson did not escape this catastrophe, but died in the dry well... Didn't Mrs. Sun leave someone reliable to look after him?" She always felt that something was wrong.
"The dead are gone." Han Qixia said with a sigh, "I only have pity on Miss Sun, who is now lonely and helpless."
The courtyard couldn't help being silent for a moment, Guan Yubai was the one who spoke first, but then changed the topic and said, "Ah Yi, is the ration going to be released tomorrow?"
Xiao Yi nodded: "The food distribution notice was posted yesterday."
The original rule of releasing grain in Yanding City was to put out a batch every time a batch of grain came, but Guan Yubai felt that it was impossible to better control the grain storage in the city. After a secret discussion with Xiao Yi, the two decided, In the future, the food will be released every five days, and the new rule will be implemented from tomorrow.
Of course, Fu Yunhe also knew the new rules, and said in a deep thought: "This batch of grain and grass this time is probably enough for Yanding City to last for more than a month." The batch of food to be released was snatched back from the Nanliang people by leading the thousand soldiers of the God Arm Battalion again. Just like the first time, no one was killed in the battle of the God Arm Battalion. This alone is enough for Fu Yunhe to be proud for a long time!
Nangong Yue smiled slightly, and said enthusiastically: "Ayi, I'll help tomorrow too?" Yanding City was short of manpower, since she came, she couldn't come here in vain, hoping to help Xiao as much as possible Yi handles the affairs of the city and relieves him of his worries.
"Yue'er, there's nothing wrong with the wounded barracks recently, so why don't I help you too." Han Qixia hurriedly responded.
Xiao Yi never knew how to reject Nangong Yue, he really wanted to be with his stinky girl all the time, but recently he just couldn't find time...
"Little Crane," Xiao Yi turned his head and said to Fu Yunhe after thinking for a while, "Tomorrow you also go to help your sister-in-law, and...by the way, call Xiao Fanzi and the others." It won't tire his stinky girl anymore.
Xiao Yi didn't say it clearly, but secretly gave Fu Yunhe a wink.
Why didn't Fu Yunhe understand Xiao Yi's intentions, so he naturally obeyed the order of his elder brother, sat down with a smile and clasped his fists and said, "Yes, elder brother."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Lin Jingchen greet him: "Hurry up and eat. The dishes are getting cold, so let's talk about something before we finish eating..."
Han Qixia smiled embarrassedly, it was because of her that everyone's interest in eating was disturbed. Another day, she will still make a sumptuous meal to apologize to everyone.
Everyone picked up their chopsticks again. Although the food was a bit cold, they still ate with gusto.
Guan Yubai turned his head and glanced at Xiao Si who was still concentrating on feeding Han Yu, and the smile on his face became more gentle.
Xiao Si was so focused that she didn't care what Xiao Yi and the others said just now...
Although Han Yu was as thin and pathetic as a chick in the basket, when he ate raw meat, he was very aggressive, swallowing a diced meat in one bite, as if he hadn't eaten for a long time.
Feng Xing on the side yawned as he watched, he picked up a diced meat in boredom, threw it at Han Yu without warning, and intentionally missed it by half an inch, but when the diced meat flew by in front of the soft eagle's beak , Han Yu suddenly turned his head, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
Seeing Xiao Si glaring at him, Feng Xing sighed without saying anything: "Han Yu is indeed an eagle!" As he spoke, he rolled his eyes and argued, "Little Si, Han Yu is an eagle!" Owl, don't raise it like a chicken!... A tamed eagle is hard to fly!"
His words were almost cruel, but they were true.
The female eagle still needs to throw the young eagle off the cliff so that it can learn to fly. It can be seen that "flying" is the real rite of passage for the eagle!
Either become an eagle, or fall to the ground and become a chicken.
Xiao Si also understood this truth, frowned, and fell silent.
At this time, Lily couldn't bear it and walked over, grabbed a handful of minced meat and fed it to Han Yu, and said angrily: "Xiao Si, don't pay attention to Feng Xing. Han Yu is so young!...Besides, there is Xiao Hui here , you're afraid that Han Yu won't be able to fly!" After all, they've already raised an eagle, okay
Seeing Han Yu eating with gusto, Lily looked at the last piece of diced meat in her hand, fixed her eyes curiously, and asked casually, "What kind of meat is this?" It doesn't look like pork or horse meat. Beef, rabbit... not chicken...
Xiaosi replied blankly: "Rat meat."
The two words made Lily almost jump up, and threw away the diced meat in her hand in disgust. ah! She hates mice, maggots, such shady things...
Xiaosi glanced at Lily lightly, now that Yanding City is in short supply of food, he can't feed the eagles with human food, of course it is to catch mice, and he specially picked all the meat for Han Yu mouse.
Almost at the same time, a gray shadow flashed past Lily, and Xiao Hui swooped down from the air, grabbing the diced meat in one bite. It didn't eat it by itself, but stopped beside Han Yu and fed it with its own mouth, just like a mother bird feeding a chick.
aww-
Han Yu swallowed it in one gulp.
By the time Han Yu finished eating a bowl of diced meat, Xiao Yi and the others had already swept away the food on the table, as clean as if it had been washed, and the maid quickly removed the dishes and chopsticks for dinner Chopsticks and some tea on the side.
There is no good tea in Yanding City, these teas are prepared by Lin Jingchen with various herbs, which are the best for digestion and sleep aid.
Everyone watched this scene while drinking tea, full of interest, and their mood became lighter...
After drinking the tea, the night sky was already pitch-black, with willows on the moon.
Everyone bid farewell to Lin Jingchen and Han Qixia one after another, and went back to their own residences.
Nangong Yue and Xiao Yi also went back to their house, as for Xiao Hui, she ran away with Han Yu again.
After Nangong Yue took a bath and changed clothes, Xiao Hui still didn't show any signs of coming back. Lily couldn't help but complained again, and then she and Baihui withdrew.
Nangong Yue just thought it was funny, and couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing: "A Yi, it seems that you really found a little wife for Xiao Hui."
She winked at Xiao Yi through the bronze mirror amusingly. Xiao Yi likes to see Nangong Yue smile because of him the most. She likes to see her smile from the heart. Smile like a crescent moon.
He also blinked on purpose, and then said: "That's my eyesight, so what's the point?" His eyes were burning, with a bit of showing off, as if to say, look, what I saw a few years ago I chose such a good little daughter-in-law for myself, her vision is first-class!
Nangong Yue didn't just know him today, how could she not understand his eyes, her heart was sweet, her cheeks were slightly blush, she felt a little embarrassed, she stood up, avoiding the pair of black eyes in the bronze mirror Eyes that she hardly dared to look directly at.
Xiao Yi took the opportunity to step forward, wrapping his arms around her slender waist from behind, resting his chin on her shoulder, and said with a smile: "Stinky girl, why don't you answer my question?"
His warm breath blew on her earlobes, as if adding to the fire, the faint blush on her cheeks spread in the blink of an eye, and became more red, even her earlobes became red and charming.
She is like a half-opened flower, which will soon fully bloom...
Xiao Yi couldn't help but be amazed, his heart was burning.
Nangong Yue didn't know Xiao Yi's thoughts, tried her best to suppress her beating heart, took a deep breath, and said, "I think my vision is better!" As she spoke, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up, her lips curled up. A shallow pear vortex escaped from the side.
How lucky she is to have the opportunity to do it all over again; how lucky she is to find someone who shares her heart among hundreds of millions of people!
Xiao Yi stood there in a daze, unable to react for a while, but the smile on his face had already overflowed like a river breaking its embankment, and his heart was surging.
He wrapped his arms around Nangong Yue's slender waist even harder, and buried his face in her shoulders.
"Ah Yue..." He called her name softly, like a feather brushing against her heart, his voice was a little vague because of his posture on her shoulder, "I lost..."
Nangong Yue was startled for a while, not understanding what he meant, she turned her head to look at him, the next moment, she saw him raise his head, his peach blossom eyes gleaming with water met hers, and gave her a charming wink, Said: "You are so good at talking sweet words, I have to work harder!"
Nangong Yue was stunned again, and then couldn't help laughing out loud.
With Ah Yi, she is always so happy!
Suddenly, Xiao Yi's voice became a little low, with firmness in his tone, he said: "Ah Yue, I will go home soon!"
He will drive Nan Liang back, he will protect their home, and he will go back to see her in peace!
Nangong Yue turned around, put her arms around his waist, buried her face in his chest, and said in her heart: He is so self-effacing. Compared with him, she is really far behind...
The night is getting deep...
Early the next morning, when Nangong Yue woke up, the surrounding was already empty, and Yu Wen was not there.
Probably because she was really tired yesterday, that's why she slept so deeply, she didn't even know when Xiao Yi would leave.
When Baihui and Baihe heard the commotion in the room, they walked in and helped Nangong Yue get up.
After Nangong Yue sat up, she found that she had grabbed a piece of white cloth in her hand. Looking at the rough edge of the cloth, it was cut by someone with a knife...
Nangong Yue was still a little bit sleepy, but she suddenly woke up.
Baihui and Baihe also saw it, and the two sisters looked at each other. Could it be that the concubine pinned down the sleeve of the master, and the master couldn't bear to wake up the concubine, so he had to cut off a sleeve
Lily's eyes sparkled, she didn't expect the Elder Son to be such a considerate person, she had to teach their family Alan to look up to the Elder Master when she returned home!
Who would have thought, but Nangong Yue said, "It's not the sleeves."
Xiao Yi's middle clothes were all cut and sewn by her own hands, and she knew best what materials were used. The piece of fabric in her hand must have been cut out by Xiao Yi from somewhere and stuffed into her hand.
Lily took a closer look, and sure enough, it was just the simplest piece of cotton cloth.
She was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized: "That's right, Shi Zifei, the middle coat you made, Shi Ziye couldn't bear to cut it!"
The corner of Nangong Yue's mouth curled up, Lily was right.
Bai He couldn't help but asked again: "Concubine Shizi, why did Shizi shove a piece of cloth into your hand?"
Nangong Yue smiled without saying a word, got up and said, "Please wait for me to do my makeup."
She pursed her lips with a smile, and held the white cloth in her palm, reluctant to let it go. She knew that A Yi was telling her that he was reluctant to wake her up, but had to leave first.
Early in the morning, Nangong Yue was in a good mood, full of energy, and yesterday's fatigue was swept away.
After half an hour, she and Han Qixia set off from the garrison mansion, and Fu Yunhe graciously acted as flower protectors for the two of them.
When they got near the city gate, it was not yet Si time. In the blue sky, the rising sun hangs high, and the sun shines down warmly.
From a distance, several people were already busy at the city gate. Now that most of the people in the city have no livelihood, the Southern Border Army often hires some people to help repair the city wall, demolish the wall and transport bricks, build the urn... and like today's food distribution, some women are invited to help.
At this moment, four or five women in coarse cloth dresses were setting up some tables and chairs, and they worked together to install a simple pergola with bamboo poles as the frame and a huge azure oilcloth as the roof to cover the the sun.
Nangong Yue and Han Qixia subconsciously slowed down their horses, and at a glance they saw a familiar figure among the helping women in front of them.
It was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, wearing a plain blue dress, with a black and blue dress simply tied on one side, except for a few blue ribbons on her head, she had no jewelry on her body. She was dressed like an ordinary commoner woman, but looking at her elegant manners and beautiful face, she seemed to be out of tune with the other women around and this simple arbor.
After Nangong Yue and Han Qixia got off their horses, they walked over side by side. Han Qixia shouted to the familiar slender figure, "Miss Sun!"
Sun Xinyi turned around, and the moment she saw Nangong Yue and Han Qixia, her face showed obvious surprise, then she stepped forward a few steps, and was about to salute, but Baihui quickly stopped her, Nangong Yue smiled slightly and said : "Miss Sun, I'm going out in casual clothes today, so there's no need to be polite."
Sun Xinyi was not ignorant, and immediately changed her words in a polite manner: "Mrs. Xiao, Miss Han, I didn't expect you two to come too." Her attitude was neither humble nor overbearing, making people feel like the morning breeze, just right.
After a pause, she took the initiative to explain: "I accidentally heard someone say that the son of the world will release food today, thinking that I have nothing to do anyway, so I might as well come over and do something for the people in the city..."
"Miss Sun, you really have a heart..." Han Qixia slightly nodded in agreement.
Yeah, instead of being cranky at home alone, it's better to keep yourself busy. Recalling that when she first arrived in southern Xinjiang, she was unable to sleep at night. It was her grandfather who freed her from self-pity. It would be great if Miss Sun could understand this.
Han Qixia hadn't finished speaking when she heard the sound of horseshoes coming from behind, stomping...
Everyone followed the sound, and saw two handsome young men riding their horses towards this side, galloping all the way. In fact, this street is wide enough for four or five horses to run side by side, but the two horses were so fast that they were shocked. Several passers-by subconsciously avoided to both sides of the street.
One of the two teenagers on the horse was smiling, while the other had a dark face. They were Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi.
Yu Xiufan's black horse stopped suddenly three or four feet away, with its two front hooves raised high, the horse neighed endlessly. Yu Xiufan was very good at riding. Without blushing, he turned over and jumped off the horse. He strode forward and said with a smile on his face, "Sister-in-law, Miss Han, I'm sorry, we are a step late."
Chang Huaixi was a step behind him, and followed closely, his expression still not very good-looking, and he quickly glanced at Baihui behind Nangongyue. Of course he still remembers Baihui...
A few months ago, the scene that happened in Luoyue City still seems to be still in front of my eyes.