The rain curtain outlines the city with scattered streets and alleys, and in the dark night, little spots of light spread sparsely.
The sound of "beep boo" sounded, and a group of sparks flew over the short eaves, returning to darkness in the falling heavy rain. The rain dripped into a curtain under the eaves, and the sound of water circulated recklessly in the dark courtyard. Rain and darkness are the themes of this night, and the torches on the wall are the only light source in this small space, illuminating a little bit in the wind and rain.
In the heavy rain, except for the sound of the rain, everything seemed very quiet. Without the moonlight and the insects in the early autumn, the outlines of the medical hall and academy on the side could no longer be seen clearly.
In the previous night, the hospital was always noisy, the sounds of doctors and pals coming and going, the sounds of making medicine in the small kitchen, the sounds of groans and scolding caused by various injuries and illnesses merged into one. There will be pedestrians coming and going on the road outside the courtyard gate. At this time, those who dare to walk at night are mostly soldiers or Jianghu people. They are drunk or lose a fight. They are full of nonsense. .
But tonight, everything was isolated.
The girl changed a torch under the eaves.
New torches were built into the wall. The torch, which was burned to a small part, fell to the ground. In the light and shadow, the girl's figure was a bit busy, and then kicked the torch into the rain, the flame swayed, and then disappeared in the water. .
The walls of the house were broken, and torches were embedded in the cracks, illuminating the outside as well as the inside. Young people in scholar's robes are reading books in the house, occasionally raising their heads to speak, young girls walking across the eaves, sometimes sitting down with their chins on the threshold. It was a simple rainy night, the house was half destroyed, and the master and servant only had simple conversations occasionally.
"I washed the dishes just now." Xiaochan snapped her fingers, "Then I washed the clothes, there is no place to hang them..."
"Um?"
"So it's still in the pot... Will it rain so much tomorrow... "
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"A few days ago, the grandfather of the Liu family in the medical center said that there is a kind of herbal tea that is good for your injury..." Xiaochan suddenly remembered sitting on the threshold.
"Herbal tea?"
"Well, I didn't pay attention at the time. I'll go to the Liu family's grandfather tomorrow to ask for it, and I'll also go to the medical center to help..." The little girl nodded.
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"Uncle, there were a lot of people with broken hands and feet in the hospital yesterday. Do you think they were wounded soldiers brought back from Jiaxing?" He lowered his voice.
"It shouldn't be, it's too far."
"Oh, it would be great if it was over there." Xiaochan raised her head, "When will this battle be fought..."
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The time passed like this, making it difficult to pinpoint. The night may have already been deep, or it may be a long time before midnight. Maybe Xiaochan didn't really want to talk, so she opened her mouth. She just used her voice to confirm that she and Ning Yi were still together in some form.
Of course, it was very common for the master and servant to chat with each other in the past nights, but this night is different. Xiaochan wanted to say it, but the words she said were slightly reluctant. I don't feel like I really want to talk much. Most of the time, she still sits on the threshold and looks at Ning Yi, or at the roof where a big hole is broken and raindrops keep falling, or she goes to find something by herself. As a maid, she didn't want to disturb Ning Yi's reading time. I don't know how long it took, Ning Yi raised his head and saw the eyes of the girl over there. After looking at each other for a while, he heard her say softly, "Master, do you want to miss them?"
Being together in such a situation and environment, many times, is actually an extremely depressing thing. In the midst of the war, people are like ants. Since being caught, Xiaochan has been with Ning Yi all the time. In the first few days, even when she was sleeping, she had to hold Ning Yi's hand to feel at ease. I thought that no matter what, if someone wanted to separate her from her uncle, she might have to die.
Such a thing did not happen, but there were doctors, injured people, and the two guards who were always watching, and there might be other people watching them secretly. Even though they said some words of comfort to each other, the two didn't really talk too much about the situation in front of them, so as not to be seen by others or understand the cowardice in their hearts, Xiaochan just told herself that she could stay with the uncle. It's good to be together, you shouldn't ask more questions, and it's useless to ask. If the uncle has a solution, he will always speak when he needs him. If not, he will only make him troublesome.
Within a short distance, people are all enemies. Under the atmosphere as if someone was watching at any time, both of them subconsciously kept quiet. Try to recuperate, do things, and live as in the past, so that you may not collapse. But it was also in this temporary security atmosphere that the whole world seemed to be isolated tonight, that Xiaochan was able to ask this kind of question in a low voice.
Ning Yi watched her for a while, then closed the book: "I think so too, I don't know what happened to them."
"Miss and Juaner Xing'er, they should go back to Huzhou, right?"
"Your young lady is too stubborn, but..." Ning Yi thought for a while, "She also knows the priorities of things. If there is no accident, I think it's fine."
Xiaochan nodded, hugged her knees, and put her chin on her knees. After a long while, she looked over again and said softly, "Master, can we... can we go back?"
Her words may have been held back for a long time, and she knew that it would not make much sense to ask, but after all, girls still hope to have a backbone, Ning Yi nodded, like the previous question, unwilling to perfunctory: "There is a chance, they We are caught, but there is no disposal, there are always opportunities, and..." Ning Yi paused, then just nodded, "Don't worry, just like the way we escaped, there will always be opportunities, maybe when Let me catch the flaw and bite them bitterly."
Xiaochan pursed her lips and said, "Sister, don't get hurt again..."
"Heh..." Ning Yi laughed, but then his eyes turned cold. "Actually, we were arrested. Maybe not only the people on Fang La's side are powerful, but the people on our side are actually powerful enough."
"Huh?" Xiaochan rolled her eyes.
"According to what you said, Xiaochan, before we were dispersed, there was vague news that Fang La's army wanted to arrest me. At that time, I was in a coma and didn't know about it, but at that time Fang La's army had already After regrouping, they were beaten again along the way. A large group of people were sent to protect me, but this kind of thing would be discovered later. It might be Tang Xiuxuan or Chen Xingdu. These people took me as bait... "
"What, what?" Hearing Ning Yi say this lightly, Chan'er clenched her small fists and stood up from there, "They, how could they be like this, you have saved them all... "
Seeing her indignant look, Ning Yi put down the book with a smile, reached out and held Xiaochan's hand, pulling her over. The little girl who was still angry just now blushed, but Ning Yi didn't stop there. He was sitting on the only stool in the room, but now he was sitting on his lap with Xiaochan in his arms. The action was too natural, Xiaochan shrank her body, and did not dare to resist, only to hear Ning Yi talking next to her.
"It's not surprising. First, these people have been in power all their lives. My credit is too great. Maybe I can only highlight the incompetence of these people. The situation in between is very complicated. Second, the background of the Liu Dabiao who wants to arrest me should be very different. Hou, they chased after them perseveringly, and the pressure here is also high. They used me as a bait, maybe it was just an idea to take precautions, it would come true, and it was my bad luck... If I hadn’t fallen ill at the time, I should have been on guard.”
Ning Yi smiled: "Of course, then, if I'm not sick, they wouldn't dare to do such a thing. Oh, in that case, they can get a small team of people to protect me and not be with the army. Once the enemy rushes over, what's the point. If they go back now, I'm not here, the credit goes to people like Tang Xiuxuan and Chen Xingdu, and the possibility of comparing with me is eliminated. Mei, everyone is happy. After hearing you talk about the situation at that time in the past few days, I probably understand it."
Xiaochan suppressed her blushing: "They are like this... If we go back, if we go back... "
"I'll talk about it after I go back. It's useless to be angry now. I'm actually a little worried about your lady and the child in her womb. Someone should come to talk to me these days, and I'll ask him, It should be... There will be results, in fact, I already feel that it is a bit late, but the later the better. If possible, Xiaochan, I will send you back, but it is hard to say now, more likely, we will probably Been here for a long time…”
Ning Yi's words were a bit messy, Xiaochan was holding him at this time, her head was a mess, and it was difficult to analyze the question of chatting, sooner or later, but the last sentence was always understandable: "I , I... Where is the uncle, where is the little Chan... "
"Well." Ning Yi nodded, "Then, it's getting late, it's actually time for bed."
"Uh..." Xiaochan's body tightened suddenly, "but..."
Before she could finish speaking, Ning Yi had already picked her up. Xiaochan's head was stunned for a moment, almost shrunk into a ball in Ning Yi's arms, but she was too stiff to move, it was raining outside.
There was only one bed in the room, and she was put on the bed.
In fact, some things may not be really unprepared. It is the same for both of them. Since Ning Yi fell from the roof in the afternoon, her little bed can no longer sleep, and the little girl may have thought of something.
All night, Xiaochan's emotions that she had nothing to say but didn't dare to talk nonsense, probably came from this. She's a girl, so it's hard to tell Ning Yi about these things, and she doesn't dare to mention them. Later, Ning Yi talked about his thoughts, including that there is probably nothing going on here, there are some opportunities, including the possibility of staying here for a long time, including the fact that he was arrested because he was calculated, or to calm her mind, Or let her think of other things and successfully distract her. At this time, he forced her to put her on the bed naturally.
According to Ning Yi's original thoughts, there should be a formal wedding ceremony, a formal wedding.
But now there is no such condition.
Under such circumstances, they are dependent on each other, and it is impossible to see what is ahead. Ning Yi has encountered similar dangerous situations before, but the manpower is sometimes poor. It refers to such a situation. Perseverance, temperament, and calculation can only increase the survival rate to a certain extent, but the overall situation is uncontrollable, and it is impossible to say anything. , he was sometimes anxious under such circumstances, let alone such a young girl.
In fact, there will be more opportunities.
Although he doesn't know too much about the outside world right now, what Fang La's army thinks of him, and his intention to keep him here, but under his design, the situation in Huzhou was messed up by him, and thousands of people died because of him. , Among them, the generals who are related to the rebel army do not know how many died. Under such circumstances, he was not killed, but was placed here in this form, indicating that someone must protect him.
One important point is that if you kill him, there may be unanimous opinions among the rebels; if you protect him, conflicts will inevitably arise. There must be people who advocate killing him, even more than half. In such a situation, if there is no Xiaochan, his options will actually be much larger, including provoking the two sides after getting familiar with the situation, and finding an opportunity to escape from the city on a similar rainy night can be considered, but with the addition of Xiaochan , there is not much need to consider these things, and for the time being, we can only wait for the opponent to play cards first.
Of course, there is no need to let Xiaochan know about these things. She has been afraid in her heart these days, but she doesn't dare to say it, and she can only try to endure the situation. Ning Yi sees it in her eyes. Now, some things don't need to be considered. At the end of the day, this may be the best thing to do now.
And for Xiaochan, coming over all night, including now, the only thought that should be maintained is probably only one thing: anyway, I am the uncle's, anyway, I am the uncle's.
So not long after, when Ning Yi went to the bed, he just looked at the girl who had passed the cardamom age, closed her eyes, and lay there upright and nervous. Xiaochan is already seventeen years old at this time. She has been an adult for a long time at this time. Although her appearance tends to be childish, her body has already grown. At this time, the hands were folded on the lower abdomen, and the slender legs were tight.
Soon after, the rain was still falling, and the girl on the bed was stripped of her clothes. This night, in this corner of the city, when countless complicated things were pouring over their lives like a torrent, the two of them printed a sign of mutual dependence in the gap where they only had a little breath...
The rain stopped silently in the middle of the night.
When he opened his eyes, Ning Yi saw the clear light of the night pouring down from the crack of the house. The air after the rain was soaked in the light, like cyan amber. Looking out from the huge crack, one could see the sky in the sky. Circling galaxy.
No matter what era, there is only this galaxy, which may be the eternal thing. He has seen it many times. In different places, moonlight and starlight are sprinkled. Different identities, different status, different moods, there are some In the picture, there are high-rise buildings, airplanes and ships, and then in my mind they become those quaint buildings, one by one courtyards.
"Grandpa and Grandpa..."
"Uncle, Uncle, Xiaochan..."
"My name is Xiaochan..."
His mind seemed to have the feeling he had when he heard this voice for the first time, and then his thoughts came over like a tide, and he hugged the girl in his arms tightly.
Been here for two and a half years...
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