Volume 1 The Wind Rises in Qin Huai Chapter 009 Choice, No Regrets until Death
"Master Jun, don't worry, Xiao'er is coming." Bai Bait replied loudly, with three points of coquettishness, two points of calmness and one point of disgust in his tone.
Bai Bait suddenly lifted the curtain of the tent and walked out, softly like a puff of green smoke, and then stood in front of the soldiers like a tree in the night.
The soldiers sat cross-legged on the ground in twos and threes, their eyes either from bottom to top, or from top to bottom, or directly stopped in the air, shining like stars in the sky.
At the beginning of the red lips, Bai Bait's thoughts seemed to return to ten years ago.
"Picking the weed, picking the weed, and the weed also stops. It is said that it will return, and the years will not end. ”
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"Mother, what kind of song is this, it's so good!" Bai Bait followed behind his mother and asked curiously.
At that time, Bai Bait was six years old, and he went up the mountain with his mother to pick wild vegetables. That year, Li Sang and Mo Cang were experiencing a big war, the fire in the city, will affect the pond fish, Qinhuai and the surrounding soldiers are in chaos, the people are not living, many people in order to survive, they began to tie the roots of withered grass between the children's hair, take them to the market to sell, some were sold as slaves, some were sold to the barracks as military prostitutes, some were sold directly to the Tibetan Jiaolou, the transaction can only maintain the life of a family for less than three days, and those children who were sold were mistaken for a lifetime of happiness.
The mother had just given birth to a little peach, and the life of the Bai family became more difficult, and the white father's delivery business for the horse gang was not easy to do because of the war. A family of seven, after eating the last meal, several children were so young that they almost starved to death.
"The name of this little song is Cai Wei." Mother turned back to Bai Bait and said softly, and by the way, she took off the handkerchief around her waist and wiped the sweat from Bai Bait's forehead.
Seeing the child smile energetically, the mother continued to sing while hunched over to pick wild vegetables in the scorching sun.
"Picking the weed, picking the weed, the weeds are also soft. When he returns, his heart is also worried. ”
Bai Bait listened quietly, and suddenly said bravely: "Mother, this first picking, Xiao Bait also has to learn!" ”
Before the age of six, my mother would often take Bai Bait to the Qinhuai River to pick up my father by boat, every time the boat passed by the water pavilion that had stood for hundreds of years, Bai Bait would not help but look there, for a few years, the singing voice from it deeply attracted her, and then she began to hum along, and gradually learned the rhythm.
With a love for music, such a beautiful song is in front of you, and of course White Bait can't miss it. I begged Tong Meng, Tong Meng begged me, she was willing to learn, and her mother was naturally willing to teach, but she didn't know that teaching like this again and again inadvertently made a big mistake.
"Picking the weed, picking the weed, the wei is just stopping. It is said that the return is said to be returned, and the years are also yang. ”
At that time, Bai Bait didn't understand what this Cai Wei was singing, but he often sang it around the family at night. But the war between Li Sang and Mo Cang intensified, more and more Li Sang soldiers were stationed outside the city of Qinhuai, they were far away from their hometowns, put down their wives and children, and resolutely rushed to Qinhuai, guarding Qin Huai day and night, swearing to die not to let the enemy invade. At this time, Bai Bait really realized what Cai Wei was singing.
The war was fierce, and seeing that the entire Bai family was almost unable to hold on, one snowy night, the father had to make a cruel decision to sell a child from his two daughters, either seven-year-old Bai Ling or six-year-old Bai Bait, Xiao Taotao was obviously impossible.
Suffering urges people to grow, and all the circumstances in the family have not escaped Bai Bait's watery eyes.
Suddenly, Bai Bait also made a bold decision: "Xiao Bait is going to the Water Pavilion Song Terrace!" ”
Over the years, she has learned so many tunes, her natural good appearance and acquired good voice are her existing capital, and going to the Water Pavilion is enough for the Bai family to survive the current predicament.
Bai Bait was too stubborn, and his mother endured the pain of cutting her love, and a fifteen-year deed of sale sent away her fourth daughter, who had been raised for six years.
Later, the powerful Li Sang defeated the Mocang Wind Kingdom, Qin Huai returned to his former stability, and Bai Bait gradually became the famous singer of Qin Huai. Her mother asked her if she regretted it. She smiled, because her mother had taught several children at a very young age, since she had made a choice, she should never regret it halfway, a person's life is so long, and if he didn't go to the end, he couldn't conclude whether this choice was worth it or not, and whether it would make people regret it.
So far, she still doesn't regret it, at least she can rely on the identity of a singer to blend into the dangerous refugee camp, and she can save her father and two brothers, which shows that the original decision was valuable, and of course she doesn't regret it.
"In the past, I went back, and the willows were still there. Now I think about it, the rain and snow are falling. ”
Bai Bait sang quietly, and his graceful body slowly swirled in the snow, endlessly poignant.
The whole camp was silent, and the closer the song came to the climax, the more mournful the sound became, and the sound flew farther and farther with the help of the cold wind.
Outside the tent, more and more soldiers couldn't help but approach slowly, as if something had quietly opened the floodgates of their memory, and in their haggard eyes were the vast snow field of Mocang, the elk running on the grassland, the twinkling meteors in the night sky, the fragrant old wine buried under the trees, the trembling needles and threads in the hands of the old mother under the lamp, the laughing child held up with both hands, and the wife frowning and looking at the chaimen......
Suddenly, these memories were wet with something.
"The way is slow, hungry and thirsty. My heart is sad, I don't know how I mourn! ”
When the song reaches its climax, the sound becomes more and more poignant, like a frightened white bird, flying all the way to the refugee house to the east.
"Cai Wei," Bai Sheng, who was lying on the pile of dead grass, suddenly sat up straight, shocked.
The father and Bai Yan, who were already on the wooden fence and looked into the distance, frowned, listened carefully to the sound outside, and slowly, as if they heard something.
"Could it be that the person singing outside is your sister, White Bait?!" Father Bai turned his head and asked his eldest son, Bai Sheng, who was not very sure in his heart, but the voice that he heard more and more clearly made him begin to conclude his guess.
Bai Yan jumped down from the railing and wondered: "How can the fourth sister be in the refugee camp?" If the wind man wants to build the city wall, it is impossible to catch a thin woman, not to mention, isn't it about to be completed? ”
Father Bai began to pacing back and forth in the prison restlessly, saying the worst possibility in his heart: "I'm afraid, she has a hard temperament and broke into the refugee camp at night." ”
What kind of character is Bai Bait, how does Father Bai not know, at the age of six, she dared to volunteer to be the child who was sold by him in order for the family to survive, she had the courage. But, although she has the courage, Bai Bait has always been a person who knows how to advance and retreat, and acts in a measured manner, and she will not take risks until she reaches a critical step.
Thinking of this, the worry in his heart became more and more, and he had a hunch that something must have happened at home, otherwise Bai Bait would not risk his life.
"Picking rose, picking rose!" Bai Sheng read it, and he suddenly believed his father's words, because he was familiar with this song, "It must be the fourth sister!" She sings Cai Wei to get our attention. ”
Bai Yan leaned into the window, looked out, was a little surprised, and said, "Dad, big brother, the wind people outside don't seem to be there!" ”
The three of them looked out one after another, their eyes in unison, and they decided to wait for an opportunity to go out and have a look.
The refugee room in the east, in order to prevent the refugees from making trouble, is usually heavily guarded, which will obviously sneak away to the big tent to see the beauties.
On the wall of the refugee camp.
The man was still lying there, his head resting in the palms of his two hands, and he still had a dog's tail grass in his mouth, dangling, his eyes closed, looking very comfortable, and he said in his heart: I thought he would only pretend to be pitiful and deceive people, but I didn't expect that there were really two brushes......
In front of the big tent, at the feet of the beauties, the soldiers drank hot wine, and the more they drank, the more they enjoyed themselves, and their faces began to turn red one by one.
Bai Bait deliberately turned his body, switching between different positions, his eyes kept looking for the figures of his father and brothers, the soldiers were all sitting, and their vision was quite wide, and finally, three familiar figures were found under a big tree pressed by snow.
Bai Bait and the three of them looked at each other from a distance, and nodded deliberately, separated by a distance of dozens of meters, there seemed to be an indescribable tacit understanding between the four people.
When the song was almost finished, Bai Baiyu smiled and bowed and retreated. After playing all night, the wind people also began to get up and disperse, some of the soldiers began to stagger as soon as they took a few steps, and some fell asleep directly on the ground, apparently drunk.
Taking advantage of the chaotic crowd, the white bait slipped from the tent to the snow-pressed tree.
"Dad, big brother, second brother." White Bait lowered his voice and shouted. She found that in just four days, her father had become very old, and her two brothers were as thin as two sticks of firewood, and there were still scars on their faces.
"Bait, why are you here?" Father Bai held Bai Bait's cold hand and asked worriedly.
Bai Bait probed around, time was tight, and said a long story short: "There is an accident at home, and the situation inside and outside the city is not optimistic, we have no time, we must find a way to get out of here as soon as possible!" ”
Bai Yan suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and said calmly: "When we were repairing the city wall, we found that one of the city walls here was hollow. Walking along the road ahead, you can see a city wall, on the city wall is planted with a banner of the wind man, directly below this flag is this hollow wall, which is strictly blocked by some tall shrubs, but it is close to the place where the wind people live, the shadow of the wind people can be seen everywhere, and they can't escape at all on weekdays, and the refugee house is also stared at by them. ”
Bai Bait originally planned a lot of strategies, such as arson, luring enemies, poisoning, etc., and when she heard the words of the second brother, she immediately saw hope, and the entire Bai family seemed to be full of hope.
"The guards tonight must be very weak, and it will be feasible for us to leave in the middle of the night. Time is tight, and in order to avoid suspicion, I have to go back to the camp first. Bai Bait looked at the three of them and said firmly.
Bai Sheng hesitated for a moment and said, "No." There is still an hour before the third watch, and if they see any flaws, you will definitely die. ”
"Big brother, don't worry, if the white bait has a way to enter the camp, there must be a way to maneuver." Bai Bait smiled confidently, "If, if Bai Bait has an accident, please take the overall situation first, and you must take your father and second brother to escape from the opportunity." ”