Busy stood up from the stone steps this summer: "I'm here!"
Carrying the food box, Chun Yumin walked towards her with some difficulty: "I've brought food for you, what about Big Brother Yang?"
Before he could answer this summer, he saw Yang Yue come down from the stone steps, thinking that he also heard Chun Yumin's voice. Yang Yue quickly stepped forward to take the box in Chunyumin's hand, and found that the box was heavy: "Miss Chunyu, why are you here?"
"You haven't eaten all night, so you must be hungry." Chun Yumin enthusiastically lifted the lid of the carrying box, and a scent burst out, and on top were a few cakes that were baked in yellow.
I was so hungry this summer that I stretched out my hand and tore a piece of cake to eat.
Seeing the cake, Yang Yue was startled: "This cake..."
Chun Yumin shyly pursed his lips and smiled: "I made it. I've seen you cook it a few times. I thought you guys liked it, so I tried it once. Brother Yang, try it, but what's wrong?"
Hearing this this summer, he swallowed the cake in his mouth with great difficulty, and then he was surprised: "Miss Chunyu, you baked this cake?! It's even better than the one made by Dayang."
Yang Yue glanced at her sideways, and scolded with a smile: "The guy who likes the new and hates the old!"
Chunyu Min pursed his lips and smiled slightly, opened the second layer of the carrying box, and filled a bowl of porridge for this summer: "Miss Yuan, drink some porridge, and be careful not to choke."
"Mmmmmmm..."
I have been busy taking over the bowl this summer.
Seeing that Chun Yumin was going to serve it for himself again, Yang Yue hurriedly said, "I'll do it myself... You also cooked this porridge?"
Chun Yumin nodded and said, "Well, I did as you said, Brother Yang, and put a few drops of oil in the porridge. Try it, how is it?"
She would sometimes help in the kitchen before, but Yang Yue really didn't expect her to remember what he said casually so clearly on weekdays, and he was really stunned.
"This is talent," said this summer while eating, "Even if Dayang told me ten times, I would not be able to cook such a fragrant and thick porridge. Miss Chunyu, who will marry you in the future is really lucky. ."
Yang Yue stabbed the back of Jin Xia's head with his elbow: "What nonsense, Miss Chunyu will definitely marry into a big family in the future, so there is no need to do these things."
"Yes." After thinking about it this summer, he smiled and said, "So it's us who are lucky."
He blushed at what they said, and Chunyu Min felt quite uncomfortable, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "A Rui hasn't woken up yet, but Mrs. Shen took his pulse for him, saying that although the pulse is weak, it is stable and should be fine."
"Where's Sister Shangguan? Still guarding?"
"Um."
Thinking of Shangguan Xi's tearful appearance last night, he sighed this summer: "A Rui and Xie's brother are so unreasonable, they are willing to sacrifice their lives to save him. It has to be warmed up, not to mention a person... Having said that, Ah Rui did such a bad thing before, and he suffered a lot later, so there is still something like karma. Isn't it, Dayang?"
Yang Yue glanced at her: "Master Xia, can you worry about the things in front of you first?"
"What's going on? Even the gunpowder that sells fireworks and firecrackers in the city has been brought by Cen Shou. Now it's all piled up on the city wall. If it starts fighting, I think I can survive a meal. Mrs. Qi collected all the lamp oil from each house. , put two cylinders of kerosene on the city wall, and then poured it down like this when it couldn't stand it." She finished eating in two bites, "Cen Shou deserves to be from Beizhen Fusi, that's really cruel. The idea is to get the iron chains and burn them red, and when the Japanese pirates attack the city, they will be thrown down, and each one will be burned."
Chunyumin could not help shrinking her neck when she heard it, and Yang Yue noticed that she stopped this summer's words.
On the next day, for this summer, for Mrs. Qi, and for the entire Xinhe City, they truly experience what it means to live like a year.
Mrs. Qi hadn't gone down the city wall all day, she hadn't seen her eat this summer, and she even suspected that she hadn't even had a sip of water. The big gun was pushed to the side of the city wall, and the black hole was aimed at the Japanese pirates outside the city. Although there was no sub-gun, it was still useful. In addition to acting to deter the Japanese pirates, as long as several people lift it together, it will fall off the city wall. How many Japanese pirates can hit depends on the fortune.
The sun is gradually sinking in the west, and this summer, the green smoke of Japanese pirates buried in pots to cook rice can be seen from the city wall.
Are you ready to leave after you are full, or to start a siege after you are full? This whole day the Japanese pirates did not move, which made people feel more uncertain.
In the city, due to fear and anxiety, people have all kinds of speculations.
"After waiting for a day for reinforcements to come, they won't come at all!"
"General Qi has long hated Madam Qi and will not come to save her! We were all killed by this woman!"
"There will be no reinforcements coming, everyone should run for their lives quickly, don't be deceived by this woman."
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All kinds of rumors, from the whispers in the morning, to now more and more intense, initially spread among the common people, then the military family, and then even the private soldiers looked at Mrs. Qi's eyes a little wrong, and there was a faint smell of mutiny around. .
Until someone started to incite everyone to withdraw from the city tower, and the soldiers holding weapons and flags on the city wall were shaken, Madam Qi finally couldn't bear it anymore, and ordered someone to take down those who tempted people with words, locked them in a cell, and temporarily released.
"The reinforcements are coming to Xinhe City!" Mrs. Qi said loudly to the crowd, "General Qi has been fighting against the Japanese in Zhejiang and Zhejiang for many years, so why has he ever abandoned the people? The soldiers under his command, who do not plough for food, do not weave for clothing, levy taxes from farmers and merchants to support them, don’t ask about wind and rain, banquets, and eat food and drink, are nothing more than using their power in one dynasty to eliminate chaos and set violence. Then the people's livelihood will be restored, and the people's livelihood will be safe for the country, which is why it protects the people. Today, Xinhe City is under the attack of Japanese pirates, and General Qi must be very anxious. He wants us to hold on and wait for the reinforcements to arrive!"
Her eyes slowly swept across the crowd, Madam Qi paused for a while, and then continued: "Someone just used my family affairs to spread rumors, I'll just say it once, in this city, whether I'm here or not, General Qi will send troops back to help. If anyone dares to spread rumors again and confuse the military, they will be punished as Japanese pirates and spies!"
There was silence all around, and no one dared to talk nonsense.
In the sky, the last bit of sunlight disappeared.
The torches on the city wall were burning fiercely, and there was still a confrontation between the city and the city. The family armor on Mrs. Qi's body reflected the firelight, and her face was determined and inviolable.
Everyone clenched their arms tightly, even the flag-bearer clenched the flagpole. This summer's quiver contains the arrows she collected, less than ten, and the palm of the hand holding the bow is a little sweaty.
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Midday on the moon.
The hourglass above the tower indicated that the hour was approaching.
The Japanese pirate camps stationed outside the city began to take action. Although they were not close to the city wall, they could already faintly see people gathering. A new round of siege? This summer, he silently drew an arrow from the quiver and put it on the curved bow; Cen Shou silently filled the gunpowder with gunpowder; Yang Yue and Xie Xiao stood together and dragged the arm-thick iron chain into the big brazier...
Mrs. Qi stood tall on the city tower, looking at the dark army of Japanese pirates who were getting closer and closer, with determination in her eyes: No matter whether the reinforcements arrived or not, she would defend the city until the last moment!
Just when everyone was ready to fight to the death, a firework suddenly exploded in the night sky behind the Japanese pirates.
The fireworks have not yet burned out, and there is already a sound of jubilation above the city wall.
"The reinforcements are here! Here they are!"
"General Qi is here! General Qi is here! Finally here!"
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New River City has not been captured, and is about to be attacked by the enemy, the Japanese pirates dare not fight, and the team that was still advancing towards the city wall also began to retreat.
This summer, his eyesight was poor, and he asked Cen Shou repeatedly: "You have good eyesight, take a look, is the Ming army here! Can you see the flag?!"
After all, it was night, and the distance was several tens of meters away. Cen Shou tried his best to look around, but he couldn't see clearly, but he could already hear the sound of weapons clashing from where the two armies met.
"It must be the Ming army! They have already fought!" he confirmed.
It seems that in order to let the people of Xinhe City know of their arrival, a long horn sounded from where the reinforcements were located.
This time, not only the people on the city walls, but even the people in the city knew that the reinforcements had arrived, and their hearts were relieved.
Mrs. Qi gathered her own soldiers in the city, ordered the guards to open the city gate, and said loudly, "Follow me out of the city to meet the enemy!"
After suffering in the city for a day and two nights, I was finally able to raise their eyebrows.
This summer, he threw his bows and arrows aside, took a wolf from the hands of the people, followed behind Cen Shou, Xie Xiao and others, and was also preparing to go out of the city to kill the enemy, but before he left the city gate, he was carried by the back collar. Pull back.
"Uncle, let me go!" she said dissatisfied.
Uncle Beg taught her: "The reinforcements have arrived, and they don't miss you, so don't mix it up. Kung Fu is like a three-legged cat, blame the humble person."
"Okay, okay, I don't want to go, you just let me go first!"
Only then did Uncle Beg let go of her: "I won't stop you from sending charcoal in the snow. The icing on the cake should be saved. Swords and guns have no eyes, and they will bump into each other if they are not in balance. At this time, don't follow along and cause trouble."
"My aunt asked you to come?" Looking around this summer, she didn't see Mrs. Shen, "Where is she?"
"I heard that the reinforcements have arrived, so she went back and left me to watch you." Uncle Beg yawned and sighed, "I haven't slept well in the past two days, walk around, hurry back."
There is a fierce battle outside, and if you are willing to leave this summer, you just want to stay.
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The Japanese pirates were attacked by both ends, because it was in the dark night, and it was not clear how many people there were in the Ming army. I heard the Ming army shouting and shouting, but Qi Jiguang really led the army back to the rescue. , just run away.
In the second half of the night, the Japanese pirates outside Xinhe City had already been swept away, either killed or captured, and the Ming army captured hundreds of Japanese pirates.
Hu Shouren, the general of the Ming army who returned to aid, rode his horse in front of Mrs. Qi, turned over and dismounted, and saluted her respectfully.
"It's too late, please forgive me, Madam!"
Mrs. Qi helped him up: "You must be here day and night."
Hu Shouren said: "After receiving the news that the Japanese pirates marched to Xinhe City, the last general left immediately. I was worried that I would not be able to rescue in time, but the general said, let me just hurry, and Xinhe City will be fine."
"What did the general say?" Mrs. Qi asked softly.
"Yes! The general said that as long as the lady is there, Xinhe City will be able to reach the last moment."
Mrs. Qi was stunned, then turned her back quickly, raised her sleeves to cover her face, and did not want people to see her tears. For a whole day and two nights, the heavy pressure on his shoulders and the torment in his heart, until this moment, when he heard Qi Jiguang's words, he finally let go.
Standing beside the city gate this summer, watching the personal soldiers escort the captives of Japanese pirates into the city, thinking that Xinhe City has finally solved the crisis, she and Xie Xiao, Cen Shou and others finally did not waste their efforts these days. Thinking like this, she was also very satisfied with herself in the bottom of her heart, a smile appeared on the corner of her lips, and then she felt sleepy.
When he turned around, out of the corner of his eye, he seemed to catch a glimpse of a man leading a horse outside the city gate, walking slowly towards the city. She didn't care because she was already tired, and walked straight forward.
After walking a few steps, the hazy figure seemed to be swaying in front of his eyes all the time. There was a very familiar feeling. I was stunned this summer, suddenly realized something, turned around abruptly, and opened my eyes to look...
It's him! It's really him!
Despite the dark night, he still recognized Lu Yi this summer, couldn't help but ran towards him.
While running, she passed by Cen Shou and Xie Xiao who had returned from killing the enemy, but she didn't realize it. When Cen Shou saw her smiling face, he thought he was here to greet them, but he didn't expect that she didn't even look at them, not only was a little surprised, but turned to look.
"This girl, where are you going?" Xie Xiao also turned his head in surprise.
This summer, he went straight to Lu Yi and looked at him with a smile: "Are you back?"
"Um."
Lu Yi smiled slightly, reaching out and brushing a strand of hair from her cheek for her. Although he knew that the Japanese pirates had not invaded Xinhe City, he was a little relieved, but now that he saw her standing in front of him, he really felt that his heart was finally at peace.
Looking at him this summer, I want to say something, but I don't know what to say. My heart is full of joy that is about to overflow. I just don't know what to do. No matter whether anyone is looking at him or not, he stepped forward and hugged his waist tightly. The whole person was buried in his arms.
Lu Yi stretched his arms around her, resting his head in her hair, and sighed inaudibly, as if satisfied and infinitely melancholy.
"Lord Lu, right?" Xie Xiao squinted and tutted sourly, "This girl, in the public eye, can't you be more reserved."
Seeing the two figures leaning against each other, Cen Shou felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. He looked back and unconsciously counted the rivets on the city gate.
A little far away, Lan Daoxing looked at Lu Yi and Jin Xia's figures, lowered his head and smiled, then touched the horse's mane and led it into the night.