The rain curtain outlines the scattered streets and alleys of the city, and in the dark night, dots of light spread sparsely.
The sound of "Beep" sounded, and a ball of sparks flew over the short eaves, returning to darkness in the falling heavy rain. The raindrops under the eaves formed a curtain, and the sound of water flowed wantonly in the dark yard. Rain and darkness are this
The theme is night, the torch on the wall is the only light source in this small space, illuminating a little bit of the place in the wind and rain.
In the heavy rain, except for the sound of rain, everything seemed very quiet. Without the moonlight and early autumn bugs, the outline of the hospital and the academy on the side could no longer be seen clearly.
The night before, there was always a lot of noise in the medical clinic, with the sounds of doctors and assistants busy coming and going, the sounds of medicine being boiled in the small kitchen, the sounds of groans caused by various injuries, and the sounds of cursing. On the other side,
There will be pedestrians coming and going on the road outside the courtyard gate. Those who dare to walk at night at this time are mostly soldiers or Jianghu people. They are drunk or have lost a fight, talking nonsense, approaching from a distance, and then gradually moving away.
.
But tonight, everything was isolated.
The girl changed a torch under the eaves.
The new torch was embedded in the wall. The torch that was only half burned fell to the ground. In the light and shadow, the girl's figure was a little busy. Then she kicked the torch into the rain, and the fire light shook.
Then it whirled and disappeared in the current.
The wall of the house was broken, and torches were embedded in the cracks, illuminating both the outside and the inside of the house. The young man in scholar's robe was reading inside the house, occasionally raising his head to talk. The girl walked by the eaves, sometimes on the threshold.
He sat down with his chin in his hand. It was a simple rainy night, the house was half broken, and the master and servant only occasionally had simple conversations.
"I just washed the dishes." Xiaochan clapped her fingers. "Then I washed the clothes. There is no place to hang them..."
"Um?"
"So I still put it in the basin... Will it rain so heavily tomorrow..."
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"A few days ago, Grandpa Liu from the medical center said that there is a kind of herbal tea that is good for your injuries, uncle..." Xiaochan sat on the threshold and suddenly remembered.
"Herbal tea?"
"Yeah, I didn't pay attention at the time. I'll ask Grandpa Liu tomorrow. I'll also go to the hospital to help..." The little maid nodded.
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"Uncle, there were a lot of people with amputated arms and legs admitted to the hospital yesterday. Do you think they were wounded soldiers brought back from Jiaxing?" He lowered his voice.
"Probably not, it's too far."
"Oh, it would be great if it was over there." Xiaochan raised her head. "How long will this battle last..."
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Time passed like this, making people uncertain. The night might have already been deep, or it might still be a long time before midnight. Xiaochan might not really have the ability to speak, so she spoke, just using the sound to confirm that she was with him.
Ning Yi still gets along with each other in some form.
Of course, in the past nights, it was very common for the master and the servant to talk about nothing, but it was different tonight. Xiaochan wanted to say something, but the words she spoke were slightly forced, and she was unable to find something to say.
She didn't dare to really say anything. Most of the time, she still sat on the threshold and looked at Ning Yi. Or she looked at the roof with a big hole and raindrops falling constantly. Or she went to find something by herself. As a
Maid, it’s not okay for her to disturb Ning Yi’s reading time. I don’t know how long it took. Ning Yi raised his head and saw the girl over there looking at her. After looking at each other for a moment, he heard her whisper: "Uncle, you
Do you want to miss them?"
Being together in such a situation and environment is actually an extremely depressing thing in many cases. In the war, people are like ants. Xiaochan has been getting along with Ning Yi since he was caught. The initial
For a few days, she had to hold Ning Yi's hand even when sleeping to feel at ease. She even thought in her mind 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 and injured people around, and the two guards were always watching. There might be someone secretly watching the two of them. Even though they said some comforting words to each other, the two of them did not
She didn't really talk too much about the situation at hand, lest others see her thoughts or understand the cowardice in her heart. Xiaochan just told herself that it would be great if she could be with her uncle, and she shouldn't ask too much about anything else.
It's useless. If my uncle has a way, he will always speak up when he needs me. If not, I will just make my uncle troubled.
Within a short distance, everyone was exhausted. Under the atmosphere as if someone was watching at any time, the two of them subconsciously kept quiet. They tried to recover, work and live as usual. In this way, perhaps they would not collapse.
But it was only tonight, in this temporary safe atmosphere where the whole world was isolated, that Xiaochan was able to ask such questions in a low voice.
Ning Yi looked at her for a while and closed the book: "I thought so too, I wonder how they are doing."
"Miss and Sister Juan'er Xing'er should go back to Huzhou, right?"
"Your young lady has such a bad temper, but..." Ning Yi thought for a while, "She also knows the priorities of things. If nothing else happens, I think it will be fine."
Xiaochan nodded, hugged her knees, and rested her chin on her knees. After a long while, she looked over again and said softly: "Uncle, can we... still go back?"
She may have been holding back her words for a long time, knowing that it would be meaningless to ask, but girls still hope to have a backbone after all. Ning Yi nodded, just like the previous question, unwilling to be perfunctory: "There is a chance, they
There will always be opportunities if we are caught and not dealt with. In addition..." Ning Yi paused, then just nodded, "Don't worry, just like on the way we escaped, there will always be opportunities, maybe when.
If I find a flaw, I will bite them hard."
Xiaochan pursed her lips: "Uncle, please don't get hurt again..."
"Ha..." Ning Yi laughed, but then his eyes became cold, "Actually, when we were arrested, it was probably not only the people on Fang La's side who were powerful, but the people on our side were actually quite powerful as well."
"Huh?" Xiaochan's eyes widened.
"According to what you said, Xiaochan, before we were dispersed, there was vague news over there that Fang La's army wanted to arrest me. I was unconscious at that time 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. They sent a large team of people to protect me, but they were discovered later. It might be Tang Xiuxuan or Chen Xingdu. These people used me as bait...
"
"What, what?" Hearing Ning Yi talk about this lightly, Chan'er immediately clenched her fists and stood up from there, "They, how could they do this? You saved all of them...
…”
Ning Yi looked at her indignant look and put down the book with a smile. He reached out and took one of Xiaochan's hands and pulled her over. The little maid who was angry just now suddenly blushed, but Ning Yi did not.
He stopped just like that. He was originally sitting on the only stool in the room, but now he was holding Xiao Chan and sitting on his lap. The movement was so natural. Xiao Chan shrank back, not daring to resist, and just listened
Ning Yi was talking beside him.
"It's not surprising. Firstly, these people have been in power all their lives, and I deserve too much credit. Perhaps it can only highlight the incompetence of these people, as the situation is very complicated. Secondly, the Liu Dabiaozi who wants to arrest me must have a very good background.
Hou, they persevered in pursuing me. The pressure here is also high, and using me as a bait may just be a precautionary idea. It will come true, and I am unlucky... If I had not fallen ill at the time, I should have been careful."
Ning Yi smiled: "Of course, if I wasn't sick, they wouldn't dare to do such a thing. Hehe, in that case, a small team of people would be sent to protect me without being with the army.
Once the enemy rushes over, what's the point? If they go back now and I'm not here, the credit goes to people like Tang Xiuxuan and Chen Xingdu, and they avoid the possibility of comparison with me. This is the real foolproof way.
Beautiful, everyone is happy. After listening to you talk about the situation at that time these days, I roughly understand it."
Xiaochan suppressed her blush: "They are like this... If we go back, if we go back..."
"We'll talk about what happens after we go back. There's no point getting angry now. I'm actually a little worried about your young lady and the child in her belly. Someone should come to chat with me in the next few days, and I will ask him.
It should... there will be results. In fact, I already think it's a little late, but the later the better. If possible, Xiaochan, I will send you back, but it's hard to say now. It's more likely that we will probably
I’m going to stay here for a long time…”
Ning Yi's words were a bit messy. Xiaochan was held by him at this time and her head was in a mess. It was difficult to analyze the chat, morning and evening, but she could always understand the last sentence: "I
, where my... uncle is, Xiaochan will be there..."
"Well." Ning Yi nodded, "Well, it's getting late, and it's actually time to go to bed."
"Uh..." Xiaochan's body tightened suddenly, "But..."
Before she finished speaking, Ning Yi had already picked her up. Xiaochan's head was stunned for a moment, and she almost curled up in Ning Yi's arms, but she was so stiff that she didn't dare to move. It was raining outside.
There was only one bed in the room, and she was placed on the bed.
In fact, some things may not necessarily be unprepared for both of them. Since Ning Yi fell from the roof in the afternoon and she could no longer sleep in her crib, the little maid may have thought of something.
Throughout the night, Xiaochan's mood of being at a loss for words but not daring to talk nonsense probably came from this. As a girl, she couldn't talk to Ning Yi about these things, and she didn't dare to mention them.
Later, Ning Yi talked about his thoughts, including that nothing would happen here, that there were some opportunities, including that he might live here for a long time, that he was actually caught because of a conspiracy, or that he could calm down her mind.
Either he made her think of other things and successfully distracted her attention. At this time, he put her on the bed somewhat forcefully and somewhat naturally.
If Ning Yi's original thoughts were followed, there should be a formal wedding ceremony and a formal wedding.
But now there are no such conditions.
Under such circumstances, we depend on each other for life, and we can't see clearly what lies ahead. Ning Yi has encountered similar dangerous situations before, but manpower is sometimes poor. It refers to such a situation. Perseverance, character, and planning can only
It would increase the survival rate to a certain extent, but the overall situation was uncontrollable and nothing could be said. He would inevitably feel anxious in such a situation, let alone such a young girl.
In fact, there will be more opportunities.
Although I don’t know much about the outside world at the moment, what Fang La’s army thinks of him, and why he was guarded here, but under his design, the situation in Huzhou was messed up by him, and thousands of people died because of him.
, and I don’t know how many related generals in the rebel army died. Under such circumstances, he was not killed, but was placed here in this form, which shows that someone must protect him.
One thing is important. If you kill him, there may be a unanimous opinion among the rebels. If you protect him, there will inevitably be conflicts. There will definitely be people who advocate killing him, even more than half. In this case, if
Without Xiao Chan, his choice space would actually be much larger, including instigating the two sides after getting familiar with the situation, and finding an opportunity to escape from the city on a similar rainy night. However, with Xiao Chan, these things would not be possible.
No matter how much consideration is needed, for the time being, we can only wait for the other party to play their cards first.
Of course, there is no need to let Xiaochan know these things. She has been scared these days, but she dare not say it. She can only try to endure it. Ning Yi has seen it. Until now, some things do not need to be considered as side effects.
At the end of the day, this is probably the best thing to do now.
For Xiaochan, the whole night, including now, the most important thought that should be maintained may be only one thing: anyway, I belong to my uncle, anyway, I belong to my uncle.
So not long after, when Ning Yi went to the bed, he just watched the girl who had passed her prime years close her eyes and lie there nervously. Xiaochan was already seventeen years old at this time.
Yan has been an adult for a long time. Although her appearance is childish, her body has grown. At this time, her hands are folded on her lower abdomen, and her slender legs are tightly held together.
Soon after, the rain was still falling, and the girl on the bed was stripped of her clothes. That night, in this corner of the city, when countless complicated things were overwhelming their lives like a torrent, the two of them had only a little breathing space here.
During this time, a mark of dependence on each other was printed...
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The rain stopped silently late at night.
When he opened his eyes, Ning Yi saw the clear light of night pouring down from the gap in the house. The air after the rain was soaked in the light, like cyan amber. Looking out from the huge gap, he could see the sky.
The flowing river of stars.
No matter in which era, this galaxy may be the only thing that remains unchanged. He has seen it many times. Different places, moonlight and starlight shine down, different identities, different statuses, different moods, there are some
The picture contains high-rise buildings, airplanes and ships, and then turns into those quaint buildings and courtyards in my mind.
"Uncle and uncle..."
"Uncle, aunt, Xiaochan..."
"My name is Xiaochan..."
The mood he felt when he heard this voice for the first time seemed to arise in his mind, and then his thoughts came over him like a tide, and he hugged the girl in his arms tightly.
It has been two and a half years since I came here... (To be continued)