Volume 1 The Battle of Luchuan Chapter 136 The Noon Offensive (26)
"Xiaoguang, look, that star on the other side of the sky is so bright." Yan Gang raised his finger and pointed to the distance of the vast night sky.
The weather tonight is clear, and you can see an endless sky full of stars. The color of the night sky is a deep black, and there is no sense of clouds in the sky, but a sense of clarity, as if you can see the most distant stars.
This sense of clarity also makes the night not completely dark, but faintly with a refreshing dark blue in the black, which is the most beautiful deep blue that Yan Gang has ever seen, like a mountain gem that he stumbled upon when he followed his father into the mountains to hunt when he was a child.
On the side of the spring on the side of the mountain, it was covered by overgrown weeds and other rubble, but it was not able to completely hide the reflection of the gem on the sunlight cast into the trees from the sky, and it shone brightly, so that Iwatsuyo, who was still a teenager, found this treasure smartly.
That dark blue gem was really beautiful, as if there was an endless starry sky hidden in it, and Yan Gang looked at the gem in a daze, feeling that his soul had been sucked into the starry sky in the depths of the gem.
But because the gem was too deeply embedded, he and his father did not have more strength to pry the stone off the pile, and it took a lot of effort to give up.
Needless to say, even a mature and steady father could not let go of such a jewel, so when he returned, he immediately called a reliable relative and went to the mountains to collect gems.
But when the people came to the mountain with all kinds of stone pickaxes and stone hammers, there was no trace of the gem in the original position, and Yan Gang's father gritted his teeth and took everyone around the mountain all day, paying a lot of price as everyone's reward, and Yan Gang himself was anxious tears fell, standing in the place where the gem used to be located, he only knew how to cry.
Obviously, the surrounding environment has not changed, and even the traces of the rubble being removed are still the same as when he left, and there is no sign that anyone else has come here in such a short time to take the gem, but the beautiful gem has disappeared without a trace, like a dream.
A beautiful dream, but the seeds of fear were planted in Yan Gang's heart since childhood, and he was worried about the loss and disillusionment of such a beautiful dream again.
And although the dream was over, the beauty of the sapphire lingered in Yan Gang's heart, and he could always recall the infinite depth of the sapphire, like an infinite starry sky that could hold his soul, and on a seemingly ordinary day, he met this starry sky again.
It is the annual gathering of Mangyun Village, where merchants from Ahum in the northwest and big cities in the southeast gather, and the most are the young men and women in Mangyun Village and nearby cottages, who walk on the road that has become particularly lively because of the rally and pedestrians from all over the world, and it is also because of the rally that it has been built, enjoying the joy of the rally.
Not to mention all kinds of fun between good friends, there are many more opportunities for strangers to get to know each other, so on this day, it is also a day for men and women to know each other. The girls dressed themselves in their most beautiful clothes, wore the most delicate and intricate bracelets, necklaces, earrings, silver bells and other ornaments, carried spice-dyed purses and handkerchiefs around their waists, and adorned their bodies with bright and bright flowers.
The young people also put on festive clothes, and after taking care of their spirits, they brought something enough to attract the attention of the girls, or showed a different ability from others to attract the attention of the girls, and many would play the flute to decorate the drifting waves, and attract attention with moving tunes.
This atmosphere will last from morning to evening, and after the sun sets, it is better to say that the assembly has developed to the most enthusiastic time, and under the cover of night, people tend to do things that they dare not do or do not want to do during the day, and at this time people are more direct to each other's emotions, although there will also be things that are not so friendly and pleasant like a fight, but more are the direct expression of true feelings.
At night, the bazaar decorated with various torches and illuminations adds a bit of romantic atmosphere and makes people feel more forgetful. It was on such a night that Yan Gang followed his friends along the streets of the market in a daze.
He has always been honest and does not have a female companion like the young friends around him, but follows his friends a little sloppily and sluggishly, admiring the warm atmosphere of the market with a little sense of shock. While I was pleasant because of the romantic atmosphere of the market, I felt a little uneasy.
Gradually, he slowed down his pace, deliberately lagging behind the pace of his friends in front of him, and quietly looked at every vendor's stall on the street, some of the overcrowded stalls, he did not pursue to join in the fun, but some deserted stalls, he would take a closer look at the things on them.
Finally, his eyes were attracted by a stall selling ornaments, which he had thought were carved wood, but under the light of the fire in the night, some bright light was reflected, like the reflection of gemstone crystal.
He subconsciously walked along the glittering trinkets, slowly lowering his head to examine the contents of the stall, but soon, he found that the trinkets were decorated with some of the worst jade, and it was no wonder that no one patronized them.
However, the owner of this stall also looked unconcerned, sitting on a small stool on the side and looking at the other people in the market, not caring about his stall and goods. Yan Gang couldn't help but shake his head, and was about to turn away in disappointment, when he found a figure suddenly standing up.
It turned out that he had looked too closely just now, and he didn't notice that there was still a person squatting in front of the stall, and at this time, this person suddenly stood up, which startled Yan Gang.
In this case, he would have complained twice, whether it was about his wandering mind or about the abruptness of this man, but all his actions were hindered by a powerful force, which should be a very gentle force, but which could make the young hunter completely lose his basic ability to act for a while.
At this moment, Iwagang saw the gem that he had been dreaming of since he was a child, it was a beautiful gem with a deep black faintly mixed with a deep blue, and a little bit of brilliance in it seemed to be an infinite starry sky, and the difference of this gem was that it was not a hard stone, but a soft eye.
His eyes flowed, and it was Yan Gang's mind that shook together, he didn't know what he should do, and the little thinking ability he had left told him that he should make way for the girl in front of him, but his mind and limbs controlled rational thinking, and he just stayed in place, looking at the girl in front of him in a daze.
As his sanity gradually regained control of his body, he began to feel panicked and guilty for his boldness, his face began to redden, and he really messed up in a panic, and opened his mouth to apologize with difficulty: "Yes... I'm sorry, I'm ·······."
But the more times like this, the more his brain is short-circuited, and he can't think of reasonable words to explain it. In his panic, he heard the girl's chuckle, which was devoid of any anger for his recklessness, but with a loving kindness.
Yan Gang relieved his mind at this time, only to feel that his back was sweating, as if he had gone through a difficult test.
"My name is Yuguang, what about you?" The girl generously introduced herself to Yan Gang.
Yuguang, what a name for her. Yan Gang thought like this, after all, it was so beautiful, as if there were eyes full of stars in it, and it could really match the word "light".
After the fair, they quickly became lovers and eventually tied the knot, and it was like a dream.
For Yan Gang, it's like a dream of a gem that he had experienced as a child has returned to him, and it's even sweeter and intoxicating.
The years that followed were the best days Iwa's time. If he could do it all over again, he would be willing to let his time stay forever in those years and never come out.
"Where? Ah Gang, I didn't find it. Yuguang, who was snuggling in Yan Gang's arms, had some grievances in his voice, as if he was sad that he had not been able to find the bright star that Yan Gang had said.
Yan Gang heard the aggrieved tone in his wife's voice, and hurriedly tried to comfort him, and took great pains to explain and explain the position of the stars. And when he thought he had completely explained the direction of the stars and waited for Yuguang's answer, he found that Yuguang had closed his eyes slightly.
"Little light? What happened to you? Obviously it was just an ordinary nap, but a huge uneasiness suddenly rushed to Yan Gang's heart, and he hurriedly asked his wife Yuguang loudly to know her situation.
But on his wife's side, the atmosphere was extraordinarily comfortable, and she replied gently and vaguely: "It's okay... I am... A little sleepy. ”
As she spoke, her eyes closed steadily and tightly, and the corners of her mouth curved slightly into a nice amplitude. She slept so peacefully, as if she had a rare good dream.
But Yan Gang's heart was attacked by indescribable panic and uneasiness, obviously he was just asleep, he didn't know why he was so uneasy, and - sad. He kept calling: "Little light, wake up!" Little light, wake up! But his wife still closed her eyes and did not give him half a reply.
With his call, Yan Gang gradually felt that he was out of breath and was about to suffocate, but he still did not stop calling, and at the same time shook his wife's body vigorously. His voice seemed to be slowly becoming silent because of the constant shouting, and he tried his best to wake up, but he only made himself sweat.
Sweat was raining, and the sticky unhappiness enveloped Yan Gang, and he opened his eyes suddenly, and the wife in his arms was gone, and he was accompanied by a simple straw mat. Looking up, he could still see the clear starry sky, but in his eyes at this time, there was no beauty or romance at all.
No matter how much he tried to escape, he even dreamed of being with his wife every night, but Iwatsuo had to accept the reality that his dream of gems, his dream of the starry sky, and his wife's death were gone with him forever.
For Yan Gang, the hunter of Mangyun Village, from childhood to adulthood, all the good things are just like a dream after all, and the reality is cruel and cold: when the Luchuan army passed through Mangyun Village half a year ago, his wife was brutally killed by the Luchuan army.
He once completely lost the meaning of life, and it was not until he met the military master, the person who gave him a second life, that he understood what he was going to live for the rest of his life.
The military lord is right, he wants to take revenge on the Luchuan army, only with revenge can all his dreams rest in peace, and he can continue to live in peace.
The veteran beside him was woken up by him, opened his eyes, turned around, and glanced at Yan Gang with some concern.