No longer thinking about the King of Linqi, Qiao Mingyue was so tired, Qi Jingyun hugged her to bed, and just wanted to be close to her, but found that she had fallen asleep in his arms.

"You said that even without you, I would live well, but Yue'er, if there is no you, what is the meaning of this world to me?" A soft sigh came from overhead, and Qi Jingyun lowered his head and kissed Qiao Mingyue's eyebrows.

The person in front of her was asleep deeply, and Qi Jingyun gently brushed her eyebrows, just like when she was determined to leave, gently tracing his outline.

No one knew how desperate he was at that time, and he could only watch her leave, but he couldn't do anything to keep her.

Thinking of the feeling at that time, Qi Jingyun still felt that his chest was torn and hurt badly, he frowned, and a pair of good-looking sword eyebrows frowned slightly, "How can I protect you?" Lady, what should I do? ”

A hint of confusion flashed in his eyes, after so many things, Qi Jingyun felt more and more that he was mixed up in the rights of the state, and his personal gains and losses were so fragile and fragile, and now that he was trapped, he had thought of so many ways, and he could only barely think of a way to let her and the three thousand soldiers leave alive.

He sighed faintly, and in the quiet room, the sigh seemed so weak.

The next day, Qiao Mingyue woke up from the bed, heard that there was a plague in the city, Qiao Mingyue didn't even have time to eat, so she rushed out, behind her, Chunyu anxiously called her to put on some clothes, it was cold outside.

Qiao Mingyue didn't have time to care about the shouts of the spring rain behind her, she only ran to the barracks by herself, there were too many dead and injured people in the city, and these people were not properly buried, which led to the plague rampant.

Fortunately, the enemy army is no longer the enemy army, they still have a chance to live, if it is like before, they are afraid that they will really be trapped in this city alive!

Riding on a horse, the Linqi Mansion and the Yongan camp are far apart, and it takes an hour to ride a horse, walking through the streets and alleys along the road, the scene in front of Qiao Mingyue is breathless.

In the streets and alleys, there are sick people who have been beaten to death and helpless people, and at a glance, there are some old, weak, sick and disabled people who have no ability to escape when Linqi is besieged.

"Grandpa...... Grandpa, you can't die! You're dead, what should I do with Xiaobao? The horse gradually slowed down, and Qiao Mingyue's eyes fell on the little boy's thin shoulders.

The thin child seemed to be able to be blown down by a gust of wind at any time, with his back to Qiao Mingyue, trying to shake the old man who had lost his breath, and his thin body was crying and shaking, looking very pitiful.

There was a sour feeling in her heart, Qiao Mingyue turned over and dismounted, walked to the boy's side, and just wanted to say something to him, but in the distance, Qi Jingyun's nervous voice came, "Don't touch him!" ”

Qiao Mingyue turned around when she asked, and saw Qi Jingyun turn over and dismount, run quickly in front of her, pull her into her arms, bow her head and frown, and said: "This old man died of the plague, this child is hard to ensure that he is not infected, don't touch him, lest you be infected!"

He pulled Qiao Mingyue back a few steps, five or six meters away from the child, and said in a deep voice.

The child turned around, a thin little face was already hungry, he staggered to his feet, a pair of eyes were not as clear as ordinary children, it was the despair of being in troubled times, that was the numbness after not seeing the light.

Only there is no innocence and liveliness that a child should have, stretching out a small finger to Qi Jingyun, the little boy cried and reproached: "It's all you!" It's all you officials, why are you fighting? Why rob us of food? You killed Grandpa! ”

One after another questions came out of the child's mouth, which was difficult to refute, and the soldiers around him wanted to step forward to stop the child, but they were stopped by Qi Jingyun, let go of Qiao Mingyue, Qi Jingyun stepped forward step by step, and squatted down in front of the child.

"We want to fight, just to protect more children like you, behind us, is the land of Nanzhao, Yong'an City, is the gate of Nanzhao, if the gate of the country is opened, there will be more children in Nanzhao who have lost their relatives and homes."

Looking at Qi Jingyun and the little boy, Qiao Mingyue couldn't help but redden, the little boy looked up at Qi Jingyun and asked him with teary eyes, "What about me?" Why do you have to sacrifice my family and take my father and mother in order to protect them? Now even the only grandfather is going to be taken away? ”

Qi Jingyun was dumbfounded and opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to explain this to a six- or seven-year-old child, maybe this kid was right, why sacrifice them for more people?

Looking at Qi Jingyun, Qiao Mingyue took two steps forward and said softly: "Because even if we don't resist, the rebels will not let you go after the fall of Yong'an City, just look at Linqi City, you will know that the current Linqi City has turned into a sea of fire, and the fire has not been extinguished for eight days."

The soldiers led by the King of Linqi have been out of the ordinary army for too long, so long that they have lost the discipline of the army, so the first thing they did after entering Linqi City was to kill and loot unscrupulously, just hoping to grab more things.

Later, those people actually set a big fire, and forcibly turned an ancient city that was hundreds of years old into an ocean of fire and a purgatory on earth.

Looking blankly at the place with red light in the distance, the little boy's body trembled violently, and for a while, the sobbing voice gradually turned into a broken cry, he threw himself into Qi Jingyun's arms, crying heartbreakingly.

It is rare that Qi Jingyun did not dislike the child, but hugged him, patted his back gently, and gently soothed his emotions.

It's just that there is too much darkness in this world, so much that there is only a little bit of warmth, and it can't warm all people at all.

Looking at the bright sun, Qiao Mingyue felt the cruelty of war for the first time, for these ordinary people who just want to try to survive, war has never meant a new life, but destruction, easily, it destroyed the home they had worked so hard to build.

Finally appeased the little boy, Qi Jingyun sent someone to settle the little boy, and found someone to take care of him, so that his grandfather was cremated, and then he was urged by Qiao Mingyue to take a bath and detoxify.

Seeing Qiao Mingyue wearing a white gauze and gloves, busy working around her, Qi Jingyun couldn't help laughing, teasing her was really a little fussed, but looking at her nervous appearance, there was a little indescribable joy in her heart.