Chapter 658: Love and Hate Meeting, Resentment and Parting (Part 2)
"Rebels have their own ways to rebel against thieves, and rivers and lakes also have their own rules."
Walking in the wind and snow, turning around the mountain road, a woman named Xigua spoke softly. Her hair was moving in the wind and snow, and although her appearance looked childish, her words at this time were not frivolous.
"Since we have gained a foothold in this world, our father's hatred is irreconcilable. Not just anyone can let go of it if he wants to. After I return to Miao territory, the three brothers of the Qi family, you have to keep an eye on me."
"I heard what happened tonight, and I'm very happy that we didn't start a fight." Ning Yi nodded a moment later, but sighed slightly, "What's going on with three swords and six holes?"
"The fifth brother of the Qi family is talented. He may achieve great success in the future. If he can defeat me, it would be wise not to do anything now."
There were originally five brothers in the Qi family. After the disaster, the second, third, and fifth brothers were left. The fifth brother was Qi Xinhan. Xigua paused.
"As for the three swords and six holes, the three swords and six holes will not kill you. I am personally ashamed to kill Uncle Qi. If it can be solved, I will also make a profit."
"Three swords and six holes...it doesn't look good."
"puff……"
Xigua laughed and glanced at Ning Yi. The two were walking side by side at this time. After passing through the small forest in front, when they reached the corner of the mountainside, there was already a small flat land. Normally, you could see the mountains in the distance.
The construction scene was filled with snowflakes at this time, but it was hard to see them. The pace of the two of them slowed down. Xigua casually found a fallen log and sat down.
"After I return to Miao territory, you should take Sister Lu with you, or Chen Fan, or Zhu Biao. With them here, even if Monk Lin comes, they won't be able to hurt you. You have offended many people, and now you are rebelling.
Don't make mistakes. You've always been bad at martial arts, and you can't become a first-rate master. Don't bother with these things."
"You always say that I can't become a first-class master. I think I am already one." Ning Yi sat down next to her. "When Hong Ti said this, I thought about it later and it was because her definition of a master was too high. In the end, you also
Put it this way...don't forget that I knocked Tong Guan down with just one slap in the Jinluan Palace."
"You use power to overwhelm others, and it has little to do with martial arts." Xigua smiled. "Being in a high position, fighting with life, being angry and righteous, these are all power. You are very powerful when you can overwhelm those powerful officials in the Jinluan Palace.
, it’s also because you go all out and leave no room for anything. You can’t go all out every time. Your strength is not used for fighting. Just let people who can fight hard do it.”
The dispute between her and Ning Yi did not last for a day or two. In the past few months, they had often talked and bickered together. But at this moment, when the snow was flying and the world was lonely, the two of them were sitting on this wood together. She seemed to feel that
I was a little embarrassed. I jumped out, walked forward, and punched him.
"After I leave, Zhuo Xiaofeng and the others will stay with you."
She punched once, ran for two steps, and punched twice again.
"They are the disciples you taught originally. You can teach them for a few more years and see what achievements they have. They have already been exposed to a lot of things when they were in Miao territory, and they should be able to help you."
Xigua's figure is not tall, and with her childish face, she even looks petite. When she said a few words, her voice was not high. After finishing speaking, she stopped again, glanced at Ning Yi, and saw that Ning Yi seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
The ground didn't move. Then he turned his head again and slowly pushed out the fist wind.
"A few years ago in Hangzhou, you learned a few swordsmanship skills. Sister Lu taught you the breaking of six paths. It is indeed a good way to exert force, but breaking of six paths is so strong that it hurts the body. I need to help you with your recovery, sister Lu.
She had a way, but my body shape was originally not suitable for using the Ba Dao. Although I found a way later, my father also taught me a set of boxing techniques. This boxing technique is only for cultivating Qi. It was specially modified for me. Others
No. It’s only in the past few years that I’ve been able to understand it and teach it to others. I practice it every day, you can take a look.”
"Back in Hangzhou, Lan Huandong also had some clues about the democracy you talked about. You also killed the emperor and wanted to establish a foothold in the northwest, so go to the northwest. But with the current situation, if you can't stand it, you can also go south.
.I... also hope you can go to Lan Huandong to have a look. There are some things that I can't think of, so you have to help me."
As she spoke, in the wind and snow, her body punched from slow to fast, hitting, swinging, smashing, hitting, knee-bumping, elbow-bumping, jumping, and gradually her fists danced like a wheel, like the Thousand-Armed Xiao Ming Wang
.This boxing technique called Little King Kong Lianquan has been seen by Ning Yi for a long time. When she competed with the three brothers of the Qi family, one against three, she suddenly made a sudden advance. At this time, during the exercise, she could only see the wind of the fist but not the strength, and the figure fell into her eyes.
But it looks a bit cute, just like the continuous dance of this cute girl. Only the falling snowflakes rise in the air, float, gather and disperse, conflict, and make a whistling sound.
The range of each punch was short, but her body shape was advancing and her Qi pulse was long, so that her voice seemed light and calm from beginning to end. Her punches were getting faster and faster, but her words remained unchanged at all.
However, in the past six months, she has always been used to finding trouble and quarreling with Ning Yi. At this time, thinking about leaving, her words calmed down for the first time. The anxiety in her heart became faster and faster with the punches.
, revealed.
"...You are twenty-three years old, right?"
"...Since the Holy Duke's uprising, here...uh..."
Xigua was talking in her mouth, and the little diamond punch in her hand was still punching faster and faster. When she heard Ning Yi's sudden question, the movements and words of her hand suddenly stopped. At this time, she slightly bent her fist,
He stretched his fist diagonally forward, his expression froze, his little fist shook in the air, and then he stood up straight: "What does it have to do with you?"
"How many years have we been married?" Ning Yi walked down from the wood.
"Does that... of us count as a marriage?"
"It's been so many years, I guess."
She originally set her posture and continued to punch. After hearing this, she stopped again, put down her fists, and stood there.
"It's not that no one has gotten married in the past few years, it's just that I have never let go of Lan Huandong's matter. You...your wives and children are almost growing up. Between me...between me...
…”
Without her fist, the wind and snow returned to the original falling scene. Her words became slightly stiff at this time, and her body was also stiff. She stood upright like that, with her fists clenched by her sides, slightly
Head tilt.
As Ning Yi said, she is twenty-three years old. In this era, she is not even an old girl. She can only be said to be an age that no one wants. And even at this age, in the past years,
Except for the time after being betrayed by him, the twenty-three-year-old had never even received a stiff hug in the wind and snow...
The snowflakes fell, and she stood there, watching Ning Yi come over. She was about to leave. In such a wind and snow, something might happen.
At least... there should be a stiff hug...
In the courtyard room halfway up the mountain, the oil lamp was still on slightly. In the light, Su Tan'er looked through the accounting records in her hands. When she turned around, Xiaochan and Ning Xi were already asleep on the bed not far away.
She looked towards the window lattice again. Although she couldn't see the situation outside through the thick window paper, she could still hear the sound of the wind and snow getting louder.
He probably wouldn't come back to rest on a night like this.
She thought like this, then tilted her head and smiled slightly. At some point, the figure in the room blew out the lights and went to bed to rest.
The wind and snow surrounded the world again.
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After a cold winter night, in the early morning, the snow began to float peacefully in the sky, and the whole world gradually became covered with silver, replacing the desolate colors of late autumn.
When Shishi woke up in the morning, her head felt a little groggy, so Duan Su'e came over to take care of her and cooked porridge and rice for her. Then, she boiled some medicinal herbs to keep her away from the cold.
Duan Su'e was originally the personal guard of the Lu village master. After coming to Xiaocanghe, she was placed next to her master. On one side was a mountain village woman who practiced martial arts and killed people, and on the other was a weak and melancholy oiran from the capital. But between the two of them,
There was no quarrel between them. This was because Shishi herself was quite knowledgeable and she did not want to have too much contact with the outside world after she came over. She only helped Yunzhu sort out the various ancient books and documents that had been taken from the capital.
Duan Su'e originally had a family in the mountains, but her husband died for Qingmuzhai. However, her next child has reached the age of reading and literacy. Recently, the environment in Qingmuzhai is good, which can give the children at home a chance to be literate, and they will be sensible and sensible in the future. They are women in the mountains.
My greatest hope is that I usually talk to my teacher about what is happening in the valley. In my spare time, I will come over to ask about my experience in studying.
The real courtesans of this era are the most convincing stars in future generations, and compared with the big stars, they have more inner meaning, insight, and knowledge. Duan Su'e admires her, but in her heart, she actually admires her husband even more.
A woman who can still optimistically raise a child after her death.
"I heard that the watermelon girl who came from the south last night was going to compete with the three masters of the Qi family. Everyone ran to see it. They originally thought that there would be a big fight..."
"Girl Xigua, she is young and a master-like figure. I don't know how she practiced it. Just looking at her sword-fighting skills, compared with the village master, I am afraid she is not much different. The three members of the Qi family are not far behind her.
There is a grudge, but it seems that it can’t be avenged for the time being. It’s just that the hatred between father and mother is irreconcilable, and everyone will take this matter to heart..."
"Everyone is talking about the capital right now. The city is broken, and the people inside may have a hard time. Miss Li, you don't have any relatives there."
It was only when Duan Su'e spoke occasionally that Shishi would wake up from her rigid thoughts. Naturally, she had no relatives in Beijing, but...Mother Li, the sisters in the building...what are they doing now? Such questions are her
Even if I think about it, there are some things I dare not touch.
During the first Jurchen siege, she had been helping under the city and witnessed various tragedies. The reason why she experienced such tragedies was to avoid an even more unbearable situation. But from here onwards... the hearts of ordinary people
, I’m afraid they are all difficult to think about. Those hysterical confrontations, the shouts after severed fingers and broken bodies, the wailing after suffering various injuries... What is a more tragic situation than this? Her thinking is inevitably stuck here.
die.
After so many years in Fanlou, Mother Li has always found a way, maybe she can get away with it...
However, after the destruction of Bianliang City, thousands of miles away, the women in Fanlou were indeed desperately seeking shelter, but most of the girls Li Shishi had known were among the first batch of prostitutes sent to the Jurchen military camp.
Among them. Her mother Li Yun, a very wise woman who had taken great care of her since she entered the Fan Tower, committed suicide four days ago by taking medicine along with several girls from the Fan Tower. The other women were sent to the
Behind the Jurchen military camp, dozens of the most staunch people had already been thrown out after committing suicide because they could not bear the humiliation.
She wouldn't know these things until many years later.
Snow kept falling in the valley, but some of the atmosphere in the valley, even if the teacher didn't go out much, could still feel it was changing. In the falling snow, she could occasionally hear the shouts and chants of soldiers from across the valley.
Carrying logs, rushing along the mountain road in such heavy snow, there are also groups of people shouting in unison between the warehouse and the construction site to shovel the snow path. The people passing by talk, and the spirit contained in the shouts
God, compared to a few days ago, there is an obvious difference.
This is the change brought about after the destruction of Bianliang City.
After the snow fell for two or three days, it gradually showed signs of stopping. During this period, Su Tan'er, Nie Yunzhu and others came to visit her. Most of the news Duan Su'e brought was about the Xixia troop dispatch. In order to
Discussions continued about whether to help, and then, another piece of news suddenly came.
A few days ago, the old master Zhongshi Dao, who had guarded the northwest for many years, passed away in his old house in Qingjian City.
When Shishi heard the news, he sat in shock for a long time. In the first battle to defend Bianliang, the generals guarding the city were Li Gang, the left prime minister, and the world-famous Mr. Zhong. Although Shishi and his identity were
One is in the sky and the other is in the earth, but Bianliang is able to hold on. This old man plays a pillar role to a large extent. For this old man, the teacher has great respect in his heart.
The snow had stopped that day. When Shishi left the room, the sky and the earth were covered in white. There were people walking around in a yard not far away. On the roof of the yard, a woman was sitting cross-legged.
One hand slightly supported her chin. The woman was dressed in a white mink velvet dress and white snow boots. Her delicate and even childish face reminded people of women from wealthy families in the southern water towns. However, Shishi knew that the woman in front of her was
The woman sitting on the roof, looking like a childish girl, is killing people without any calculation. She is the leader of the rebels in the south, Ba Dao Liu Xigua.
She usually likes to quarrel with Ning Yi. But between the two, Shishi can see that there is some unclear personal relationship. Over the years, how many friends has the childhood friend who is capable of both literary and martial arts walked around the world?
Strange friend, she has gone through so many things. She actually has no idea at all.
According to Duan Su'e, this girl is leaving for the south in the next two days. Perhaps because of the impending separation, her expression on the roof also showed a bit of confusion and reluctance.
The fact that she could sit on the roof meant that Ning Yi was giving lectures to a group of mid-level officers in the room below. The teacher was a little afraid to listen to what he was talking about, so she bypassed the courtyard and walked along the mountain road.
Okay, you can see the bustle of the settlement in the valley at the other end from a distance. While thousands of people are dispersed, the snow that has fallen in the past few days has been pushed around. On the side of the foothills, dozens of people are shouting in unison, pushing the huge
Rocks were pushed down the slope, and on one side of the river bed, soldiers preparing to build a water storage dam dug out streams to divert water. The clanking sounds of the blacksmith's shop could be clearly heard here.
There are already children of all sizes running around to help.
She walked through the woods on one side, and the number of people began to increase. It seemed that some women were coming here to watch the excitement. Shishi knew that there was a large flat land halfway up the mountain, and then she saw people who had gathered there from a distance.
There are two squares of soldiers, about a thousand people in total. Some people are talking loudly in front.
"... We have artillery... Once assembled, Xixia's strongest flat mountain iron kite is actually nothing to fear... What we need to worry about most is Xixia Buba... We... are surrounded by mountains. If there is a war in the future, Buba will
The mountain road is the fastest, so how to meet the attack requires all departments... This time is not only to save people, but also to train troops..."
The sound of lectures came from afar, but Duan Su'e saw her not far away and came towards her.
"Miss Li, you're out for a walk..."
"Sister Su'e, this is..."
"We are going to send troops."
"ah?"
"The Xixia army has arrived at Qingjian City. We sent out two teams, each with 500 people, to attack the siege army from left to right..."
"There are...a lot of Xixia people, right?"
"The Xixia army has raised nearly a hundred thousand troops. Even if the whole army is dispatched, I am afraid there is no chance of victory. What's more, since Mr. Zhong has passed away, we have no one here who can talk to the Western army. These one thousand people are only in Xixia to attack the city.
The most important thing is that if the city is broken, they can stop and kill Xixia Bubazi in the mountains and forests, so that the refugees can escape quickly... That's all we can do."
After getting along with each other for several months, Duan Su'e also knew that her teacher was kind-hearted, so she whispered some of the information she knew. In fact, the cold winter has arrived, and the various winter constructions in Xiaocang River are not necessarily perfect. Even in this winter, they have to be done well.
Part of the dam diversion work is to prepare for the spring floods next year. The manpower is already insufficient. It is extremely difficult to send out these thousand elites.
The two of them were talking as they walked up the hillside. The valley below, the school ground, and the queue gradually came into view. Then the teacher heard thousands of people shouting in unison. The team stood still. Although there were only a thousand people, it was still...
Morale is high and murderous intent is skyrocketing!
There is white snow in the distance, valleys and mountain gaps are far apart, the endless sea of winter snow, a queue of thousands of people climbing out of the foothills, winding like a long dragon.
Shishi opened his mouth slightly and breathed out white air.
Since half a year ago, Wurui rebelled and broke through Bianliang City. Ning Yi killed the king in court. Now the Jurchens are going south and breaking through Bianliang. The Central Plains is in turmoil. Xixia people are coming south. The old husband has passed away. But in this northwest
, the morale of Wurui Camp can be so fierce even in the chaos. She has never seen such morale after guarding the city under Bianliang City for so many days...
Is this world and the Wu Dynasty really coming to an end?
Her body swayed, feeling slightly dizzy in the reflection of the white snow.
Where should I go——
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Be it love or fear, there are thousands of human emotions, and they cannot stop what should happen. This winter, history is still rolling over like a giant wheel.
In December, the Xixia people broke through Qingjian and several cities in Yanzhou. In the cold winter, the people in the northwest left their homes and the refugees were scattered. Zhong Shidao's nephew Zhong Lie led the remaining Western Army and was dragged by the Jurchens to the north bank of the Yellow River.
, unable to escape. When Qingjian City was destroyed, all the ancestral halls and ancestral graves of the Zhong family were destroyed. The Western Army of the Zhong family, which had guarded the northwest of the Wu Dynasty for more than a hundred years and had many generals for five generations, burned out the afterglow here.
In the capital city, the turmoil and humiliation continued for several months. During the siege, the Jurchens demanded gold and silver several times. The Kaifeng Prefecture ransacked the city several times and ransacked the gold and silver from the homes of rich and poor households in Bianliang City.
, dedicated to the Jurchens, including the Bianliang Palace, almost all have been moved away.
This is just the tip of the iceberg of the tragedy in Bianliang. Over the course of several months, tens of thousands of women in Bianliang City were kidnapped by the Jin army. Only the empress dowager, empress and concubines and maids below the empress in the palace,
There were thousands of singing girls, women from the wealthy families of officials in the city. At the same time, the Jurchens were also hunting down the craftsmen in Bianliang City, and enslaved the young men.
This cycle of plundering property and arresting young men and women continued for several months. By the beginning of the next year, the original stockpile of supplies in Bianliang City had been exhausted, and the people in the city were eating food, cats, dogs, and even
Behind the bark of the tree, they began to exchange their children for food, and countless people died of starvation. The Wu Dynasty court, which still existed in name, set up a point in the city, allowing the people in the city to exchange their treasures and treasures for some food to survive, and then imported these treasures and treasures into the Jurchen
In the military camp.
It was not until March of this year that the Jurchens began to escort large numbers of captives northward. At this time, there were already tens of thousands of women in the Jurchen military camps who either committed suicide or were raped to death. Along the way, in the Jurchen military camps, there were
Every day, a large number of female corpses are still tortured, humiliated and thrown out.
Although historians of later generations are more willing to record the experiences of thousands of concubines, imperial concubines, and women from high-ranking officials and wealthy families, or the humiliation suffered by those who were originally emperors to show their misery. But in fact, these have a certain status
The Jurchens still had a few hands to spare when they raped and tortured the women. The rest of the civilian women, numbering in the tens of thousands, were truly treated like pigs and dogs along the way, and were frequently beaten and killed.
Until they arrived in the Kingdom of Jin, this time the Jurchen army captured more than 100,000 male and female Han captives from the south, excluding the dead. Of these 100,000, the women were turned into prostitutes and the men were turned into slaves.
Cheap, casual buying and selling. From the beginning of the thousand-mile journey north to the following years and more than ten years, everything they experienced was real...