Chapter 243 returns to the old business

In my dream, the sky was overcast, and the rain was accompanied by thunder.

In the thunderstorm, the girl was running desperately, louder than the thunder was the rolling horses' hooves, the girl fell to the ground, covered in mud in the rain, she got up, continued to run, in the hazy light and shadow, the iron cavalry and the line of soldiers like a crescent moon from the depths of the darkness around badly.

So he sat up abruptly in the hut. He should not have been able to see the scene in front of the hut, but now he was looking down, and the muddy girl was still running this way, and the rear line was advancing. He heard the sound of hooves, fumbled with knives and guns, and the hut was open to the window behind him, through which he saw his terrified wife in the distance, who tried to run and was knocked unconscious by the guards who followed him.

He sat down in front of the window and waved his hand.

Then there was a shattered memory, the crying, the girl standing in front of the hut with her hands outstretched, the iron rider who rushed and stood up like a mountain in front of people, the door he pushed open, the light and sound in the storm, the light drawn by the "boom", the swords, guns, fists, the huge blade that slashed from the side, the girl who wore a veil wielding the blade, slashed the body of the war horse in the air with the blood sprayed, and the fierce quarrel......

When I opened my eyes, it was still dark outside.

He lay there, struggling out of the noise of his dreams, quietly feeling the silence of the moment. On the other side of the screen, Xiaochan, who was lying on the narrow bed, turned her body, and there was the sound of insects chirping before dawn outside the house, and the pulse of the city was also trivial. Here it is...... Hangzhou.

For the first time in a few days, I dreamed about what happened the other day.

In the chaos of the night of July 13, he and many of his guards were scattered by the troops attacking the camp, and then fled and fled, and his consciousness was also confused. A few days later, he came to his senses a little, and he could be regarded as picking up a life, but the wound infection was extremely harmful to the body, and with it, he was still in an extremely weak physical condition.

During this period, the few soldiers who were still with him had also dispersed, and the only ones who were really following him after leaving the team were his wife Su Tan'er, the maid Xiaochan, Juan'er, and Geng Huyuan, who had always been loyal to protect his young lady. Xing'er failed to keep up that night, and it should have been a great luck in misfortune that she returned to Fuzhou with the army.

And then there were those things that Fang had dreamed about again, when they failed to return to Huzhou and took refuge in the nearby area, they were finally discovered, Xiaochan and he couldn't dodge, and finally they could only face the enemy head-on, and at that time, because his wife and Juan'er and others were behind the house, when the enemy was discovered, Geng Huyuan knocked Su Tan'er unconscious, and Juan'er fled quickly.

Thinking about it in hindsight, if the Fang La army that arrived persevered and continued to sweep forward, Geng Huyuan and the others should have no chance to escape. But when they saw him, they stopped, and there was a quarrel, some of them were going to kill him, and some of them seemed to want to protect him. After a long period of confusion, the two sides almost exchanged hands, and then the girl named Liu Watermelon also appeared, wielding a giant blade and coldly stopping everyone, he was also weak at the time, just released a shot, but after reading these, he was finally caught with Xiaochan, and then woke up, it was Hangzhou.

The gray weather was followed by a torrential rain, which plunged the entire morning of Hangzhou into a cyan haze. Pedestrians, soldiers, and traders who came and went from near the city gate wore hats and robes, bringing back a little bit of a peaceful atmosphere to the city that had become a little lively after the Great War.

A small number of boats docked at the wharf on the Qiantang River near the south of the city, and the boatmen went up and down to unload their goods, and the people, accompanied by soldiers, went out of the city to prepare for this year's rice harvest. In the slightly bustling street market, female soldiers and workers are setting up shelves and decorations for the enthronement procession. …,

The city of Hangzhou today is ruled by rebellious soldiers and the new order established by many soldiers for the privileged class, and the way of life is naturally very different from before. A few lively places are bustling with activity, while most of the rest are in chaos and slump. Of course, there is the so-called quiet, but in everyone's hearts, in fact, there is no bottom, and no one can really be down-to-earth.

In a small courtyard on one side of the city, there was a chaotic sound of reading, mixed with the heavy rain, faint.

This is a college, the inside and outside of the academy are lush with trees, next door is a medical hall, and next door is a dilapidated courtyard occupied by soldiers who don't know where the road is, the medical hall is very lively, and there are often the sound of soldiers scolding and scolding.

The rebellion was essentially a peasant uprising, and at the beginning of the uprising, their most straightforward act was to kill all the privileged classes, officials, landlords, wealthy merchants, and those who looked down on them. But on the other hand, they also want to become a privileged class, such as becoming an official, a landlord, or a wealthy merchant, which is difficult to say, but the brightest of them can naturally become scholars.

They attacked every place, and when they met scholars who were unhappy with them and did not stand together, they naturally scolded these guys for being powerless and killed them. However, if they have foresight, if they have ideas, when they have such conditions, they still hope that their families can appear to be scholars and have a career, which is the value brought by Confucian rule for thousands of years, and people will always think that only those who have read books can really do great things.

It is also for this reason that even if there is mourning after the rebellion, there are always some people with power who protect some Confucian students, either as staff members or as teachers and commanders of the disciples at home, to give shelter. For example, this one in front of you is the only academy in Hangzhou these days, and it is said that there are several generals in the army behind it. After the city was broken, the food supply was extremely tight, and some Confucian scholars who were originally powerless and powerless, not like the four great families, but some learned Confucian scholars, survived after the city was broken, and were arranged here to serve as gentlemen.

At this time, there are not many disciples in the academy, and the students' families will have some background, but they are not high.

Although there are not many students, there are quite a lot of gentlemen, some of whom were in the Fang La army before, and this kind has adapted to the situation, and after entering the city, they were arranged here, and most of them were arrogant. They had some relationship with the generals in the army before, and they could get a lot of benefits, and they would no longer be persecuted; The other part is naturally the Confucian scholars who originally belonged to the city of Hangzhou, and this group of people is considered a "defeated", no matter what their knowledge is, they have to bow their heads and watch the situation pass. Of course, at this time in Hangzhou, it was already a good job, and they were occasionally provoked, considering the wives and children at home and the people who needed to be taken care of, they had to endure it with a little literati style.

"Ahem...... In class, my surname is Ning, and I will tell you about the "Historical Records" ......"

The rain on the eaves weaved a curtain that obscured the world outside, and in the morning, while the students were still clapping their wet clothes between the tables and chairs, the slightly young man sat down on the podium, knocked on the table with his whip, and opened his mouth a little morbidly, the words were short and plain.

The people below were clamoring and laughing, and the young gentleman above was talking about his lesson. The young gentleman was weak, and even seemed to be sick, and most of the students below could hardly be in awe. Among them, several sturdy children even interrupted Mr. during the quarrel and asked directly: "Hey, where do you say the most fun is here in Hangzhou?" Mr. Na smiled and said a few places to visit, and this was the situation on the first day of Mr. Na Ning's arrival in the academy. ..., this is a corner of Hangzhou that is now chaotic. Simple morning as usual. After most of the morning, the students dispersed happily, and the young men who had given a lesson returned to the instructor's room and greeted several of them. At this time, the gentlemen here can be regarded as a mixture of dragons and snakes, most of them have their own things to do in the Fang La army before, and most of the people who originally belonged to Hangzhou are worried, and they teach in peace, and they don't ask much and say much.

One of them recognized him and said: "Ning Liheng ......" arched his hand but didn't say anything, probably tacitly, the situation is difficult, everyone is not easy, and he is not in the mood to greet and do miscellaneous things.

The rain was still falling, and after half a day's lessons, the academy was a little quieter. Bypassing the somewhat leaky eaves here, Ning Yi took a small half bag of brown rice and a handful of green vegetables from the administrator of the academy at this time, which was regarded as today's reward. When the scholars dispersed in the green rain, Ning Yi walked towards the back of the academy.

The courtyard wall at the back of the academy collapsed a lot, and the medical hall next door, a simple small courtyard at the back is also connected, the small courtyard is now only two or three single rooms can be used, at the door of one of the rooms, Xiaochan leaned there timidly, waiting for his return, when he saw his figure, he held up a broken umbrella and ran into the rain......

For Ning Yi, even he couldn't tell what the current situation would be.

When he was brought back to Hangzhou, his body was weak to a certain extent, and then he was arranged in the front of the hospital. But then, apart from the two guards who had been watching him on their backs, who had been watching him around and made him look like a prisoner, no one else had come to dispose of him, as if the man who had protected him had just put him in Hangzhou, and then ...... And they forgot about him.

Xiaochan has been following him to take care of him, the little maid has not left his side since she was arrested in Hangzhou with him, and she dressed herself up ugly, since Ning Yi was really sober, he became a little stable. According to what she said, Su Tan'er and Juan'er and others should not have been caught, but Huzhou was chaotic at the time, under the protection of Geng Huyuan, whether these people could return to Huzhou, it was difficult to determine at this time, Su Tan'er was a stubborn person, what happened to them next, it became the thing that Ning Yi was most worried about these days. But thinking about it, people are here, they can't run away, so they can only be at peace with what they encounter, at least there is Xiaochan around to take care of.

Over the past few days, he and Xiaochan have gradually recovered from their injuries, and he and Xiaochan have been arranged to live in a small courtyard at the back of the infirmary. Hangzhou has been short of supplies recently, and the two of them, as prisoners, have two meals a day, and they take it and cook it themselves.

I don't know who used to belong to the small yard, most of the homes are gone, and most of the houses left are a little dilapidated, since the earthquake, some of the houses have collapsed, and it is not easy to live. Xiaochan was quite happy to sort it out a few times, and a few days ago, the old doctor came over and asked what Ning Yi was doing before, Ning Yi thought about it and replied to teach, so he was called to the academy on this day, which was regarded as making the best use of things and returning to his old business......

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