In the dream, the sky was gloomy, and the rain was accompanied by thunder.
During the thunderstorm, the girl was running desperately. The louder sound than the thunder was the rolling horse's hoofs. The girl fell to the ground. She was covered in mud in the rain. She got up and continued to run. , The cavalry and the line of soldiers came around from the depths of the darkness like a crescent moon.
So he abruptly sat up in the hut. He should not have been able to see the scene in front of the hut, but at this time his line of sight was overlooking, the muddy girl was still running towards this side, and the rear line was advancing. He heard hoofs and fumbled for a knife and gun. The hut was open to the rear window. Through the window, he saw his horrified wife in the distance. The wife tried to run over and was knocked out by the guards who followed him.
He sat by the window and waved.
Then there was a fragment of memory, the crying girl standing in front of the hut with her hands open, the iron cavalry that rushed in and stood up like a mountain in front of the people, the door he pushed open, lit up in the storm The light and sound, the light drawn by the "Boom", the swung swords, fists, the huge blade slashed from the side, the girl wearing a veil waving the blade slashed the body of the war horse with the blood sprayed. Cracked in the air, fierce quarrel...
When I opened my eyes, it was still dark outside.
He lay there, struggling from the noise of the dream, quietly feeling the silence of the moment. On the other side of the screen, Xiao Chan, who was lying on the narrow bed, turned her body. There was the sound of insects outside the house before dawn, and the pulse of the city was trivial. This is... Hangzhou.
For the first time in a few days, I dreamed of what happened the other day.
In the chaos of the night of July 13, he and the many guards around him were scattered by the army that attacked the battalion. After that, he ran and fled, and his consciousness was also muddled. A few days later, he woke up a little bit, and it was considered to have saved his life, but the wound infection caused great damage to the body, and the following is still an extremely weak physical condition. In fact, if he had not exercised his body well before, I am afraid this injury will not survive.
During this period, the few soldiers who were still with him have also dispersed. The only ones who really followed him after leaving the team were his wife Su Tan'er, maid Xiaochan, Juan'er and those who had been loyal to protecting their young lady. Geng Nursing Home. Myolie was not able to keep up that night. It should have been a great fortune among misfortunes because she returned to Fuzhou with the large army.
Then came the things that they had just dreamed about again. When they failed to return to Huzhou and were hiding in the nearby area, they were finally discovered. Xiaochan and he were unable to escape, and finally had to face the enemy head-on. The wife, Juaner and others were behind the house. When they found the enemy, Geng Huyuan knocked Su Taner unconscious, and they quickly fled with Juaner.
In hindsight, if Fang La's army came here to persevere and continue to sweep forward, Geng Huyuan and others should have no chance to escape. But those people stopped after seeing him, and there was a quarrel, some people came to kill him, and some people seemed to want to protect him. After a long period of confusion, the two sides almost fought each other, and then the girl named Liu Xigua also appeared, waving a giant blade and coldly stopped everyone. He was also weak at the time, just fired a shot, but After reading this, he was finally caught together with Xiaochan, and then woke up, it was Hangzhou.
After the gray weather, there was a torrential rain, which plunged the entire Hangzhou morning into a blue haze. Pedestrians, soldiers, and traders who came in and out near the city gate wore bamboo hats and scorpions, bringing the city back to a slightly more relaxed atmosphere after the war.
A few boats docked at the dock of Qiantang River near the south of the city. The boatmen went up and down to unload the goods. The villagers, accompanied by soldiers, went out of the city and began to prepare to harvest this year's rice. houses and sheds are being built. In the slightly lively street market, female soldiers and workers are building shelves and various decorations for the parade of the enthronement ceremony.
In today's Hangzhou city, the new order established by the rioting soldiers and many soldiers for the privileged class is the basis for its rule, and the way of life is naturally very different from before. A few lively places are stunned, and most of the rest are in chaos and slump. The so-called quiet, of course, but everyone's heart, in fact, there is no bottom, no one can really calm down.
In a small yard on the side of the city, there was a messy sound of reading, mixed in the heavy rain, faint.
This is an academy with lush trees inside and outside the academy. Next door is a hospital, and next door is a dilapidated courtyard occupied by soldiers who do not know where.
Fang La's rebellion was ultimately a peasant uprising. At the beginning of the uprising, their most straightforward act was to kill all the privileged classes, officials, landlords, wealthy businessmen, and those scholars who looked down on them. But on the other hand, they also hope to become a privileged class, such as becoming officials, landlords, and wealthy businessmen. These are hard to say, but the brightest among them can naturally become scholars.
They attacked every place, and when they encountered a scholar who was unhappy with them and did not stand together, they naturally scolded these guys for their powerlessness and killed them. However, if there are visionaries, if they have ideas, when they have such conditions, after all, they still hope that there will be scholars and promising people in their own homes. These are the values brought by the Confucian rule for thousands of years. People always think that only those Only those who read books can really do great things.
It is also for this reason that even if there are many sorrows after the military chaos, there are always those who hold power and protect some Confucian scholars, either as aides, or as teachers and teachers of family disciples, giving shelter. For example, this one is the only academy in Hangzhou these days. It is said that there are several military generals behind it. After the city was demolished, the food supply was extremely limited, and some were powerless and powerless, not like the Four Great Masters, "already known to be evil", but some learned Confucian scholars survived after the city was demolished and were arranged to serve as teachers here.
At this time, there were not many disciples in the academy, and the students would have some background in their families, but they were not high. Just grab it.
Although there are not many students, there are quite a lot of gentlemen. Some of them were in Fang La's army before. These people have adapted to the situation. After entering the city, they are arranged here, and most of them are arrogant. They have had some relations with the generals in the army before, and they can get many benefits, and they will no longer be persecuted; the other part is naturally the Confucian scholars who originally belonged to the city of Hangzhou. At this time, he had to bow his head and watch the situation pass. The salary they can get is not much, just enough to live on a daily basis. Of course, in Hangzhou at this time, it is already a good job, and they are occasionally provoked. A little literati endured with a stern face.
"Cough... In class, my surname is Ning, and I will tell you about the "Historical Records"..."
The rain on the eaves was woven into a curtain, obscuring the outside world. In the morning, when the students were still flapping their wet clothes between the desks and chairs and whispering to each other, a young man sat down on the podium and tapped the table with a pointer, slightly sickly. He opened his mouth, and the words were short and plain.
The people below were shouting and laughing, and the young gentleman above was talking about his lessons to himself. The young gentleman was frail and even seemed to be ill, and most of the students below were hardly in awe. Among them, the strong children even interrupted the husband's speech during the quarrel, and asked directly: "Hey, what do you think is the most interesting thing in Hangzhou?" The gentleman smiled and said a few places to see. The place to look, this is the situation on the first day of Mr. Nanning's arrival in the academy.
This is a corner of the chaotic Hangzhou. A simple morning as usual. After most of the morning, the students dispersed happily, and the young man who had taught a lesson returned to the teacher's room and greeted a few of them. At this time, the gentlemen here can be regarded as a mixture of dragons and snakes. Most of the people who were in Fang La's army before have their own things to do, and most of the people who originally belonged to Hangzhou are worried and teach in a calm manner, not asking too much.
Among them, one person recognized him and said, "Ning Liheng..." He cupped his hands but didn't say much. It was probably tacit understanding that the situation was difficult, and it was not easy for everyone.
The rain was still falling, and after the half-day course, the academy was a little quieter. Going around the leaky eaves here, Ning Yi took a small half bag of brown rice and a handful of green vegetables from the manager of the academy at this time, which could be considered as today's reward. When the group of scholars dispersed in the green rain curtain, Ning Yi went to the rear of the academy.
A good part of the courtyard wall behind the academy has collapsed, and it is connected with the hospital next door and a simple small courtyard at the back. The small courtyard only has two or three single rooms available. At the door of one of the rooms, Xiaochan He leaned there timidly and waited for his return. When he saw his figure, he held up a broken umbrella and ran into the rain...
For Ning Yi, what will happen to the current situation, even he himself can't tell.
When he was brought back to Hangzhou, his body was weak to a certain extent, and then he was arranged in the medical hall in front. But then, except for the two sword-backed guards who had been watching him nearby, who made him look like a prisoner, no one else came to deal with him, as if the one who protected him just kept him in Hangzhou , and then... forget him.
Xiaochan has always been by his side to take care of him. The little maid has never left his side since she was arrested with him in Hangzhou. She dressed herself up ugly, and since Ning Yi was really awake, she became a little more stable. According to what she said, Su Tan'er, Juan'er and others should not have been caught, but Huzhou was in chaos at the time. Under the protection of Geng Huyuan, it was difficult to determine whether these people could return to Huzhou. Su Tan'er is a stubborn person again, what happened to them next has become the thing that Ning Yi misses the most in these days. But thinking about returning to thinking, people are here, they can't run away, so they can only live with the situation, at least there is a little Chan around who needs to be taken care of.
Over the past few days, his injuries have gradually recovered, and he and Xiaochan were arranged to live in a small courtyard behind the hospital. One master and one servant were not clearly restricted from moving, but at this time, people with no background went out and wandered around. , what you can see is probably not a pleasant scene. Hangzhou has been running out of supplies recently. As prisoners, the two of them were given two meals a day, so they cooked by themselves.
I don’t know who owned the small courtyard before. Most of the houses are gone, and most of what is left is a little dilapidated. Since the earthquake, some houses have collapsed and it is not easy to live in. Xiaochan was quite happy to organize it a few times. A few days ago, the old doctor came over and asked what Ning Yi was doing before. Ning Yi thought about it and answered teaching, so he was called to the academy that day. , it can be regarded as making the best use of it, returning to the old business...
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