Chapter IV

Mind

Too many things happened in the morning, Ye Lin had no appetite, and most of the boiled dumplings were given to Ling Xiao. When he finished eating the few dumplings in his bowl and looked up, the little girl opposite him was also putting the last dumpling in his mouth.

She finished the dumplings seriously, took out a delicate handkerchief from her wide sleeve, dried her mouth delicately, and then raised her head as well.

Probably because she had finally filled her stomach, her pale face finally had a little blood; A pair of phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of the eyes were slightly raised, looking like a little fox that had finally been satisfied.

Ye Lin nodded his chin at her slightly, signaled that she was full, and continued to talk.

Ling Xiao, who was full, seemed to be in a good mood, and didn't care about his cold attitude, nodded and propped his chin and said:

"I was born in the Tang Tianbao period and studied under Qingyan Wanhua Valley."

When she said the words "Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers", she deliberately glanced at Ye Lin again, but saw that there was a slight doubt and dazed look in his eyes, obviously he had never heard of this place. Ling Xiao's expression was slightly gloomy, but he didn't ask anything, but still whispered:

"In the fourteenth year of Tianbao, An Lushan rebelled. In the second year of Zhide, his son An Qingxu waved his army south. Juyang is the Jianghuai barrier, which must not be lost, but the world has been peaceful for a long time and there are few defenders, so the master of the valley led all the adult disciples to help. The city was defended in May, no one came to help, the food and grass were exhausted, and the city was finally broken in October. Division commanders, fellow disciples, and soldiers...... All dead. When she said this, her tone and expression were filled with an extraordinary calmness and no fluctuations, but Ye Lin seemed to be overwhelmed by the complex feelings born from those phoenix eyes. "I should have died in the last battle, but for some reason I woke up and came here with my eyes open. ”

She was mortally wounded, and the last shot from the Wolf Tooth Army in the chest killed her in an instant. But when she woke up this morning and checked her injuries, she found that the fatal shot in the chest had no trace at all. And although the rest of the injuries were serious, they were nothing to the Wanhua disciples - it was rumored in the rivers and lakes that the Wanhua medical technique had the effect of life and death and human flesh and bones, which was not completely exaggerated.

She didn't think that she would have the moment when she could open her eyes again, and for a while she didn't know whether to be happy or at a loss.

"I know about the Anshi Rebellion, but I've never heard of Wanhua Valley, and I haven't mentioned it in the history books." Ye Lin was silent for a while, as if he didn't care about the little girl's mood at all, and spoke bluntly. Then she stood up and turned into the study as she looked up.

Ling Xiao hesitated for a moment, then got up and followed.

Ye Lin had already turned on the computer at this time, searched for the relevant historical materials of the Anshi Rebellion, and beckoned to the little girl: "This is a historical record, you can see it yourself." ”

Ling Xiao answered, and for a while he didn't bother to explore what kind of novel object this was, so he only came to him and couldn't wait to look at the screen.

Then Ye Lin heard the little girl cough lowly.

He looked down at her, and at once met the girl's slightly flushed face.

These words...... I don't know. Ling Xiao, who had read poetry for more than ten years, but found that he had become illiterate overnight, was a little ashamed and seemed to be a little annoyed.

It was rare to see her deflated, Ye Lin was stunned, and then he couldn't help but smile a little in his eyes, clicked on the settings of the web page, and changed the text to traditional Chinese.

This time, there was finally no other obstacle. Ling Xiao stopped talking, staring at the screen and watching it almost word by word.

Ye Lin has always learned the history of the general, and he only knows a general idea of the Anshi Rebellion, but the details are not clear, and he also watched it together with great interest at this time. When he saw the battle of Juyang, he suddenly raised his head to look at Ling Xiao.

The girl's lips pursed tightly, and her face turned pale again.

The two were silent for a long time, and then she whispered:

"We were ...... Haven't eaten anyone. There was no grain and grass, and even the bark of the trees had been eaten, and many soldiers, as well as senior brothers and sisters...... Still starved to death. But...... No matter how hungry we are, we don't think about it. ”

The Anshi Rebellion recorded in the history books is completely consistent with what Ling Xiao knows, but there is no record of Wanhua at all - not only Wanhua, but also the entire rivers and lakes have no traces, as if they have never existed. Not only that, but in the records here, because they were trapped in the city and cut off from food and grass, after two or three months, even the bark and grass roots in the city had been eaten, and the Juyang soldiers were not only unable to fight, but also starved to death. In the end, the only way to defend the city was to systematically kill the old and weak women and children in the city who were unable to defend it, and to eat human flesh to defend the city.

If it was normal times, Ling Xiao would have already taken the case and angrily denounced such behavior. However, she has seen the brutality of the Wolf Tooth Army and experienced the tragedy of the war with her own eyes, once Juyang is lost, I don't know how many people in Jiangnan will die at the hands of the rebels immediately. For a while, I didn't know whether it was right or wrong to say this, but I closed my eyes a little tiredly and muttered in a low voice:

"Human Life...... Guan Tian. ”

Ye Lin didn't know what to say for a while, looking at the little girl who showed her tiredness for the first time, he hesitated slightly for a while, but finally stretched out his hand and patted her shoulder gently.

Ling Xiao opened his eyes and looked at him with some surprise.

Ye Lin had already turned his head immediately, searched and opened other web pages.

It took a whole afternoon for Ling Xiao to finally finish a rough look at the history from the Anshi Rebellion to the present twenty-first century.

There is no record of the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers - the whole of the rivers and lakes has never been mentioned.

Unexpectedly, Ling Xiao was always calm and sane. Until now, I have read it all, but because of the amount of information I received at first, I sat in my chair a little tiredly, sighed long, and sighed in a low voice: "...... of the twenty-first century"

She was so calm that she was a little beyond imagination, Ye Lin looked down at her, and she didn't know why she suddenly felt a little inexplicably unhappy, and when she spoke again, it was almost with a kind of overt malice:

"You died on the battlefield, and in the end, it was inevitable to change the dynasty."

As soon as the words came out, he regretted it - he had never been such a mean person, but when the words came out, the malice almost startled him. Maybe...... It's because every encounter is at a disadvantage, which makes him really annoyed in his heart.

"I'm ......" Ye Lin immediately wanted to explain, but Ling Xiao had already looked up.

Then she raised her eyebrows, and she didn't know when she had actually held a pen in her hand - he couldn't tell what it was, it looked like it was neither gold nor iron, but it was completely like a brush, Ye Lin guessed that she had probably been tucked in the wide sleeves of her coat before she never let him see it.

Ling Xiao spun the pen in her hand—the metallic pen flew up and down between her white and slender fingers, almost dazzling.

"The change of dynasties, the rise and fall of the dynasty, is the way of heaven, who can be the emperor of all generations, the continuation of the dynasty of all generations? I fought the battlefield and lost my life to protect my innocent people and guard my splendid rivers and mountains. If it weren't for the brutality and inhumanity of the Wolf Tooth Army, and the misery of the people in the places they passed, who would be sitting on the throne and what would it have to do with me? ”

It's just a teenage girl, just sitting and playing with the pen at this time, but it seems to bring out an almost thrilling beauty between her slightly raised eyebrows: "Now the mountains and rivers are still there, the country and the people are safe, I am happy in my heart, who is the emperor and is there an emperor?" ”

Ye Lin was stunned, and for the first time in his life, he actually had a feeling of self-embarrassment - he was a big man, and his heart was far less open-minded than that of a teenage girl.

"I'm sorry." Ye Lin was silent for a while and sincerely apologized.

Ling Xiao raised his eyebrows indifferently, and then stared at him with blank eyes: "When...... Eat again? Use your brains - and get hungry too. ”

The tall image just now collapsed in an instant.

Ye Lin reached out and pressed the corner of his forehead a little weakly, turned around and left: "I'll have dinner in a while." ”

……

Saturday finally passed like this, and it was barely uneventful. Probably because he didn't sleep well the night before and had a cold, Ye Lin woke up in the middle of the night and felt uncomfortable. Estimating that he probably had a cold, the man got out of bed and found two cold medicines to eat, and when he returned to the room, he passed by the guest room and saw that the door was open.

The door of the guest room has been broken for a while and it never closes. He happened to be the busiest time a while ago, and he didn't have time to find someone to fix it, so the lock has been broken until now.

The man's steps paused slightly, and the ghost envoy took a few steps forward and walked to the door of the guest room.

The weather was good these days, and the moonlight at night was also very good, so he could clearly see the figure lying in the window.

It was only in the evening that he suddenly felt ...... It was so slender that it was almost unimaginable.

I can't imagine how such a young girl got on the battlefield and how she fought to the death on the battlefield.

She said this afternoon that she was only 16 years old. What is the concept of sixteen? His younger sister who has a small family is also sixteen years old this year - she has just entered high school, and her daily tasks are just to study hard, go shopping and hang out with her classmates on weekends, and her biggest worry and sorrow is probably whether she didn't do well in the exam, or whether the boy she likes also likes herself.

But this person ......

Ye Lin watched silently for a while, then lightly closed the door a little more, and turned back to his bedroom.

The sleeping ingredient in the cold medicine soon began to take effect, causing him to fall into a deep sleep once again.

Ling Xiao in the guest room turned his head, looked at the direction of the door with some surprise, then raised his head to look at the moon, slowly sat down on the ground against the wall, bent his legs, lowered his head and curled himself up, and muttered in a low voice:

"Master, senior brother and sister, you ...... Will it be the same as me? ”。