Zhang Xing looked at the sky outside, "Tell Steward Sun and ask him to lead a few people to find it quickly." =music=text="

The time has passed, and Sun Xin and others from Zhanghe who went to Zhanghe turned back and forth, but Sun Baozhu still did not come back, and the people in the village were anxious.

These years are not peaceful, there are battles everywhere, although the soldiers and horses formed in the vicinity of Yuxian are rare, but it is difficult to say that the guerrillas are scattered. Sun Baozhu is familiar with the Zhanghe River in Yuxian County, but it is also very dangerous to really meet those lone guerrillas.

"When Lao He inquired with the people in the nearby village, they said that in the evening, they saw two fresh faces, and the posture seemed to be from a martial arts background!" Sun Xin said in a low voice, "Lao He has already followed the instructions of the villagers. ”

"Steward Sun will call the two of them again to go over and have a look together." Zhang Xing said. If he really encounters being a soldier, Master He may not be able to do anything alone.

Sun Xin nodded, invited people, and was about to go out, when He An came in with one person.

Zhang Xing saw that it was Ye Xinchen, and she also stood up in shock.

Ye Xinchen's face was not good, although his clothes were bright, he was dusty, his face was tired and anxious, as if he had gone through a long journey, and he covered his mouth and coughed lightly as soon as he came in.

Zhang Xing glanced at You's mother, and You's mother immediately beckoned the others out.

Zhang Xingye Xinchen faced each other, and the scene was cold for a while. Zhang Xing didn't know what to say, Ye Xinchen came here, what else could he do besides Gu Xichao's matter?

It was Ye Xinchen who opened his mouth first, "I didn't tell him what happened last time." He whispered.

Zhang Xing nodded. She knew who he was in Ye Xinchen's words, and she also knew what Ye Xinchen was referring to. She reported to the Ye family about it, not to mention the best.

Ye Xinchen was obviously a little annoyed, and loosened the collar placket, "Do you know that today is the day of his wedding?" ”

"Yes." The wedding date of Gu Luo's two families was originally scheduled for February next year, but after the Huaishui War, the two families may be worried that there will be another accident, so they will mention the wedding date to the month of Layue, and the etiquette should be simple. Gu Yu went to the town today, and there were people from Huaiyang there, describing the liveliness of Huaiyang, which started a few days ago.

"I drank with a few acquaintances last night, and halfway through the drink, he ran away." Ye Xinchen's face was very bad, and he said jerkyly.

Several of their companions were also frightened by this big wedding, and no one knew the matter of Gu Xichao and Zhang Xing better than them. If there is an accident at this time, the fun will be great. Fortunately, Gu Xichao accepted it very calmly, and he never saw any resistance, and he was about to get married. Several of them also breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the matter was finally over, but they didn't want to, and when they woke up in the middle of the night, they found that no one was gone. Several of them were already panicking, so they had to leave behind the excuse that Yuxian had urgent military affairs, and hurriedly followed to chase people.

Zhang Xing didn't speak for a long time, and Ye Xinchen didn't know what to say. Outside, the snow was getting heavier, and the sound of ropes was continuous.

"He didn't come." Zhang Xing whispered. Thinking of Sun Xin's statement just now that the nearby villagers said that they had seen two fresh faces, Zhang Xing said again: "Is there still someone around him?" ”

Ye Xinchen nodded, "Mu Yu followed him." After he and Liu Yi arrived nearby, they acted separately, and Liu Yi rushed to Yuxian. Since they found an excuse for Yuxian military affairs, they had to arrange it in advance.

"He knows I'm here?" Zhang Xing asked again.

Ye Xinchen shook his head and said: "I didn't tell him, since you left with Li Xiaoxuan that day, I haven't seen him ask about you, maybe he is not sure where you are, only vaguely know that you are near the Zhanghe River." I heard the Zhanghe patrol say that he followed your girl out of the city, I thought he had found a place......"

"No, the orb hasn't come back yet!" Zhang Xing whispered.

The two were speechless for a moment. Ye Xinchen's face was full of anxiety, he arched his hand, and was about to leave. Zhang Xing called He An in, "Let Master He go with him, he is familiar with this area." ”

"Okay." Ye Xinchen responded, walked to the door, and said, "If I find someone, I will let Master He come back." ”

He An followed Ye Xinchen away, Sun Xin and the others came in to listen to the orders, Zhang Xing sat down, he didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't squeak for a long time.

Sun Xin hesitated for a moment and asked, "Madam, then do we want to continue looking for someone?" "The later it gets, the harder it is to find people.

Zhang Xing seemed to be startled and stunned, so he sent people out a few ways to find it.

Everyone went out, and the room was deserted all of a sudden, and Mother You comforted Zhang Xing: "Although Baozhu can't say this, she is not stupid, besides, this neighborhood is familiar to her, Madame is relaxed, maybe she will be back in a while......"

The snow did not stop, and gradually fell all over the yard, and I went out to find someone and went out again.

Sun Baozhu didn't come back that night, and it snowed heavily outside all night, and at dawn, the sky and the earth were white. He An, who followed Ye Xinchen out, came back first.

“…… found someone, in the woods behind the Zhanghe River, it was found by the people from the patrol battalion, and Uncle Ye had already carried the person back. ”

Zhang Xing's hand couldn't help but let go, and the snow light that came in through the window shone on her face, making her even more cold. "Master He has worked hard, and go and rest."

Sun Xin and He An went out together, leaving the courtyard gate, Sun Xin glanced back, put his arm around He An's shoulders and said, "How can people run away?" ”

"Who knows ...... this"

After the two drifted apart, Mother You turned out from behind the wall and glanced in the direction they were going, and then entered the courtyard.

Around the end of the day, Sun Baozhu returned. Zhang Xing looked her up and down, Sun Baozhu was still wearing the same clothes she wore when she went out, her hair was neatly combed, and her cheeks were slightly red under the snowlight, not like she had been frozen outside overnight.

"Where have you been?" Zhang Xing asked softly.

Sun Baozhu lowered his head and remained silent.

Zhang Xing became more and more suspicious in her heart, Sun Baozhu couldn't speak, but she could write, and she never hid anything from her. "Did you see Gu Shizi?" She asked in a low voice again.

Sun Baozhu nodded.

Zhang Xing suppressed the words that suddenly popped up in his heart and asked the others: "Do you know that he is following you?" ”

Sun Baozhu shook his head and nodded again.

That is, I didn't know before, and I didn't know about it later. She didn't return overnight, but Gu Xichao was in the woods behind the Zhanghe River, and she didn't know if she was lost, or if he finally let go.

Zhang Xing stared at Sun Baozhu. Sun Baozhu neither raised his head nor moved. Zhang Xing suddenly felt a headache, and her hand couldn't help but slap heavily on the table, "Who were you with last night?" ”

Sun Baozhu knelt down with a pout.

She clearly made up her mind not to say anything.

Zhang Xing didn't sleep all night last night, seeing Sun Baozhu like this, she felt a throbbing pain in her head, and her heart was also turning up and bored, and she endured it for a long time before she suppressed the discomfort, "Forget it, since you don't want to say it, I won't force you, but you have to know what you did?" ”

Sun Baozhu knelt with his head hanging down, motionless.

Zhang Xing waved her hand, "You go out." ”

Sun Baozhu hung her head and went out, and Mother You came in, wanting to ask but not daring to ask. Zhang Xing felt extremely tired, rubbed her head, and asked Mother You to help her onto the couch.

There was no follow-up to this incident, Huaiyang was calm, and there were no unusual rumors outside the marriage of the Gu Luo family.

Approaching the end of the year, perhaps because of the Chinese New Year, the fighting in various places has also stopped, and the nearby market has gained some popularity.

On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, Zhang Jinbao came to Zhuangzi and wanted to take Zhang Xing back to Yu County for the New Year. Zhang Xing didn't want to move, she was now a month old, and she didn't want to toss more. Zhang Jinbao stayed in Zhuangzi until the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month before returning to Yu County.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there were wars in the northwest and southwest, and Jianghuai also made a commotion. The Zhuangzi where Zhang Xing lived passed through several waves of displaced people, and two wandering soldiers from Tongzhou climbed into the courtyard wall and were taken down by Sun Xin and others. The Wei brothers got the news and refused to let Zhang Xing stay in Zhuangzi anymore, but Zhang Xing didn't want to go to Yuxian. In the end, the two sides made a compromise, Zhang Xing still stayed in Zhuangzi, but the village had to send additional guards.

Zhuangzi was closely guarded, and Gu Yu was not allowed to go out to inquire about the news at will. As soon as February passed, Zhang Jinbao rushed over from Yuxian County, and brought his mother-in-law Langzhong, who was waiting for the production.

When Zhang Xing had a seizure, it was past noon, and the pain lasted until the second half of the night, and even she felt that she might not be able to pass this hurdle. The lights were dim and everything around was unclear. Her mind was very clear, for no reason, the situation of childbirth in her previous life, the same people's voices, doctors and nurses came and went, but she did not suffer like this, and it was only more than two hours from the seizure to the child's landing. At that time, she felt that the process was worse than death. The child was born, and the doctor picked up the child and said with a smile: "Gu Xiao, look at your son, there are six and a half pounds." ”

She turned her head to look. The baby in swaddling clothes is wrinkled and not good-looking. She was still a little surprised. She and him are not bad looking, why is the son she gave birth to is not good-looking? Who knew that he would be the same day after day, obedient and handsome, and there was no better child than him.

Her child, the last one has grown so big, this one can't even look at the world?

Zhang Xing was in pain, there was a big pool of blood on the ground near the flower bed, and next to her child was her.

She couldn't help but grasp the bed rails with both hands, her nails digging into the flesh, and screaming fiercely.

Everything around her was blurred, and in the haze she seemed to see a blood-red, like a brilliant rainbow in the sky when the sun went down, red and bright, like the faint red on the horizon when the sun was rising. With a baby's cry, she couldn't hold on any longer.

Zhang Xing woke up the day after giving birth, Sun Baozhu was changing the charcoal fire, heard the scream, and hurriedly hugged the child over.

The child has been cleaned up very neatly, pink and tender, and the thick eyebrows and big eyes are faintly visible. Zhang Xing felt that her heart had turned into water.

Zhang Jinbao spoke loudly in the yard and ordered the yard to be cleared of the snow quickly.

Zhang Xing asked, "Did you send a letter from Yuxian?" ”

Sun Baozhu smiled and nodded, and gestured to Zhang Xing to hand the child to herself, the night she gave birth was very difficult, and now her body has not recovered, and she can't hold heavy objects for a long time.

"It's okay, just put it here, I just don't hug it." Zhang Xing smiled.

Xu heard the noise, and the child's mouth sniffed everywhere. Zhang Xing's milk has not come down yet, but fortunately, the nurse has already prepared it. Sun Baozhu went out with the child in his arms. She sat up, and just a few days after she was unconscious, it snowed again outside, and the yard was white.

"Sister, can I come in?" Zhang Jinbao called outside.

Zhang Xing sat up, combed her hair, and asked, "Can I see people like this?" ”

She has seen a daughter-in-law in confinement, and the poor family is not so particular, except that during childbirth, men cannot enter the delivery room, and there are no taboos.

Mother You smiled and nodded: "The third uncle has also worked hard these days. ”

Zhang Xing can imagine that during this period of time when she was unconscious, there was a shortage of soldiers here. The situation of the Zhang family is getting better, and Zhang Jinbao has not worked hard for many years except for the hardships he suffered when he was a child. He hasn't experienced much, and this time she gave birth, Zhang Jinbao encountered it for the first time, and he must have been too busy to catch the blind.

After Zhang Jinbao came in, he saw that Zhang Xing's face was much better than that of Zhang Xing, and he was very relieved, and he chattered with her about what he had experienced in the past few days. After his nephew was born, he was surprisingly well-behaved, not crying or making trouble, except for a few small chirps when he was hungry, there was almost no tossing, and even the nurse praised the little young master for being rare, and he must be blessed in the future.

On the night Zhang Xing gave birth, it began to snow, and it was difficult to catch up on the road all night. Fortunately, the Langzhong he brought from Yuxian County was very powerful, and the midwife said that he couldn't do it, but he was pulled back from the ghost gate.

Now that the mother and son are finally safe, the snow has almost melted, and the letter from Yuxian has been sent, I want to come, it won't be long before the eldest brother and the second brother will come.

Zhang Jinbao said this, and sent You's mother to help pour a cup of tea. After You's mother went out, he sat closer, lowered his voice and said, "The flag has been raised in the northwest." ”

Zhang Xing was originally amused by his move, but when he heard this, he was surprised and surprised, and it was more of a kind of relief that the dust fell to the ground.

The Shen family has been planning for many years, and finally opened up their ambitions.

On the side of the Qing monarch, the banner of eliminating traitors has been tried and tested, and Yan's wanton behavior has given them an excuse for extreme justice. The northwest was originally a heavy place to support troops, the soldiers were strong and strong, once the incident started, the momentum was like a bamboo, but in just two or three days, it had already taken Jinchuan and Yanping, and now it is holding on to the defenders of Heyang.

The two were talking, and there was a sudden commotion outside, Zhang Jinbao glanced at Zhang Xing, hurriedly went out to look, and asked at the door, "Why is it so noisy outside?" ”

Gu Yu replied: "A group of homeless people have come, and they are singing lotus flowers at the door of our house, begging for food and drink." ”

Zhang Jinbao waved his hand: "Hurry, hurry, who has so much food in these years?" ”

His family is born in grain trading, and no one knows the price of grain better than him, good things can't be done randomly, and there will be another stubble after doing it, endlessly, no matter how big the family is, it can't withstand such a toss.

"Hey!" Gu Yu answered, and was about to go out, when he suddenly heard Zhang Xing shouting inside, "Slow." ”

Zhang Jinbao entered the room and looked at Zhang Xing: "Sister, do you have an arrangement?" ”

Zhang Xing smiled, she remembered the flood, at that time they were begging together, and the stone also taught her to sing the lotus fall.