A tumultuous day is over, and the night is falling outside. The lanterns under the eaves and the oil lamps lit in the room reflect the houses in the Thanh Hoa City Palace, which look very old. Ruan suddenly realized that the world had been quiet at some point.

Liu Sheng's voice said: "I ordered the release of Ruan Xuan's family, and there is indeed a reason. But it's not because of my wife's beauty, but because of my own knot. ”

His expression quickly darkened, and he sighed: "During the 'Battle of Crime', because I led the army to surrender to the current saint, my family was cleared by the deposed prince and the party, and the whole family was killed......

When Ruan Shi heard this, the doubts in his heart were immediately solved. She couldn't help but look at Liu Sheng quietly, only to feel that this handsome nobleman from the Ming Kingdom was not as terrible as rumored. She almost immediately believed that Yoo Seung was not a bad person and really wouldn't hurt her.

She said sincerely, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." General Liu is a true gentleman who guards the virtues of a sage. ”

Liu Sheng didn't answer, his expression changed subtly, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

There was silence in the old room. As night fell, the day's events were over, and Yoo Seung seemed to be unrestrained in his emotions of the past after slackening.

It seemed that he was remorseful and self-blaming, his brows furrowed and he suddenly shook his head and said, "I led the troops to fight on the battlefield, but my family members are all in Beijing. I could easily have predicted that if I surrendered, my family would be in trouble! What's more, I'm not on the side of the abolished prince, and I don't have a daughter who is a concubine like Xinchenghou.

At that time, the battle between the king of Han and the abolished prince was already clear, and the abolished prince would undoubtedly lose. I can only save my life, glory and wealth by surrendering; I thought of a way to ask a friend to pick up my family, thinking that I could hide it from the world and hide my family and avoid it. Now it seems that I am afraid that I am just deceiving myself......"

Such a sad tone also infected Ruan's. She knew that she should not sympathize with the vicious Ming people; But apparently this handsome and tall General Liu is an exception, he is not like a bad guy, and he also saved the Nguyen family. Even the Ruan family is a little unable to distinguish between black and white, after all, the reason why the Ruan family was arrested today is because of the Annan people's informant!

Fortunately, there were no Annan people in this room, so Ruan Shi quietly comforted him: "General Liu, don't blame yourself too much, maybe no matter how you choose, it will be difficult to avoid tragedy." Please mourn and be submissive. ”

But the words of comfort apparently did not help. Liu Sheng's cheeks began to twitch slightly, as if he had fallen into a feeling of extreme pain. His spirit is also very bad, and the whole person is like two people with his calm performance at the beginning.

"They were arrested and imprisoned by the party of the abolished prince, and they were starved to death." Liu Sheng said coldly.

After a pause, he lowered his head and muttered, "When I saw my mother's body, she was left with nothing but skin and bones. It was cold and dark in the prison, and what was it like for her to endure hunger for many days before she died? ”

Liu Sheng's voice gradually became choked, his hands were clenched tightly, his finger bones were white from too much force, and his hands were shaking.

Looking at his distorted demeanor, Ruan Shi believed that the most uncomfortable thing was not anger and hatred, but guilt. The fault of the former lies with others, while the sin of the latter lies with oneself.

She didn't know how to comfort Liu Sheng, I'm afraid it would be useless to say a few words. She was stunned and said, "I shouldn't have let General Liu mention the sad thing." ”

Liu Sheng glanced at him, exhaled a long breath, and said, "I really shouldn't say such irrelevant things. I don't want to mention it, but when I think about it, I feel that my sins are unforgivable and that I don't deserve to live in the world anymore. Only if you don't want to at all will you feel better. I don't know what's going on tonight, that's it. ”

Nguyen noticed that when Yoo Sheng talked about the past, he focused on his mother.

At this time, Liu Sheng seemed to be adjusting his mood and wanted to stop the topic, and his expression gradually recovered. Ruan Shi finally couldn't help but say: "Ling Tang's kindness to General Liu should be extra deep?" ”

Liu Sheng glanced at Ruan Shi again, he was silent for a moment, and his tone was a little calmer: "My ancestor was a hundred guards and died very early. My mother pulled me up alone, it was really not easy, and life was very difficult. She also said that if it weren't for the sake of raising me, I wouldn't have been bullied so much and suffered so much. ”

He reminisced for a moment, then added, "She was really nice to me. I remember that when I was first allowed to take charge of the hundred households, I went to a tunpu to be on duty; She was afraid that I would not be able to eat well, so she brought a hen from her house to visit. The chicken was cut, washed, and picked very carefully. ”

Ruan nodded, but felt a sadness for some reason. Maybe because the ending has been said first, it will make ordinary things inexplicably sad.

Liu Sheng muttered, "Every time I have a little merit in the army, she is very happy. But I finally had a chance, and before I could repay the favor, I killed her instead. I owe my mother too much, and I am indeed deeply guilty. ”

Ruan Shi was uncomfortable for a while, and she accidentally shed a few tears, she hurriedly took out her handkerchief, avoided her face and wiped away her tears.

When Liu Sheng came back to his senses, the man stood up, sighed, and said, "Why do I have to say so much tonight? I will then call someone at the door and escort Mrs. Ruan back. ”

"General Liu......" Nguyen called him.

Liu Sheng turned his head and looked at her face with an inquiring gaze.

Ruan Shi boldly looked at him and asked, "Kindness is like a mountain, but it is also guilty, if General Liu can choose by himself, do you still want it?" ”

One sentence actually stopped Liu Sheng, and he was stunned and didn't move for a long time.

After Ruan Shi heard about Liu Sheng, as an outsider, she felt in her heart: Those kindnesses actually have a sense of guilt for Liu Sheng. She couldn't help but ask.

After a long while, Liu Sheng whispered in a very deep voice: "Grace is as heavy as a mountain and I don't have a choice, but I feel guilty but I have a chance to choose, I just chose the wrong one." People should not only think about the advantages and avoid the disadvantages. ”

…… Liu Sheng didn't move a finger from Ruan, he really called his subordinates, asked them to return Ruan to his residence, and ordered that Ruan's family should not be embarrassed anymore.

The soldiers of the Ming army sent Ruan Shi in a carriage, accompanied by a few sergeants who were strong and stubborn. The streets and alleys of Thanh Hoa are dark, and the people still dare not go out at night. It was very silent along the way.

The accompanying Han sergeants were very silent, which was indeed different from the habits of the Annamite people. Perhaps because of the weather in Annam, the "Da Viet" sergeants that Ruan saw were more lively, talkative, and had a lot of small movements; And these people from the north do things in a step-by-step manner, and they are very patient. The General Liu I saw today seems to be such a person.

Nguyen soon returned to Nguyen's brother-in-law's house. The room was full of people before it rested, and it was a mess, and Ruan Xuan's mother was crying and angry, and while making amends to people, saying that it had affected relatives, she asked how Ruan was treated.

Ruan was so lively, he said that Liu Sheng didn't bully her, but the old lady and the others didn't believe it. Ruan Shi defended and asked the old lady to wait to see that her clothes and hair were neat. But the old lady said that she had taken a bath and cleaned up before coming back.

At that time, the Ming army let go of Ruan's family, and a military general came but asked Ruan to stay. They ordered Nguyen to bathe and change his clothes before going to see General Liu; It's not a shower after it's "done".

But how could Ruan make the old lady believe that she was simply speechless. A young and beautiful woman, left alone in the Ming army, no one would doubt what happened to her; She knew so, but she couldn't do anything about it.

When the old lady saw that she was speechless, she warned her with a look of disgust: "If you find out that there is, you will definitely fall!" ”

Ruan's face turned pale for a while, and he hurriedly and weakly defended himself, nothing more than those previous words. She was very irritable, so she politely said goodbye and went back to her room to rest.

Nguyen quieted down and stayed in the dark room, unable to see anything clearly, but seemed to be more prone to crankiness.

Her mind was full of Liu Sheng's figure, and she couldn't get rid of it. What Liu Sheng said was not something that made people happy, but it made Ruan's letter very deep, and she kept thinking about Liu Sheng's thoughts.

It was already dark at night, and Ruan didn't want to go out of the room again, so he really didn't want to face the questioning of those people in the family. She simply went to bed.

Half-asleep and half-awake, Ruan Shi could still think of Liu Sheng. The tall and handsome general of the Shangguo and the nobleman of the Ming Kingdom were extremely beautiful and respected in front of people, but they left her gentle side. He was so pitiful that in a daze, Nguyen took him into his arms and comforted his pain.

When Ruan Shi woke up, she remembered what happened last night, and she couldn't help but scold herself. Then I secretly rejoiced, fortunately, it was just a dream. If such thoughts are known to the people around them, I don't know how much they will be scolded.

It was already light in the room, and Nguyen found that he had overslept, so he hurriedly got up and dressed up.

When she walked out of the room, she met the old lady again. The old lady asked her with a heavy heart: How many people did you get up so late this morning last night? Nguyen was speechless.

The old lady asked the Ruan family what he mentioned last night if it was true that the general of the Ming army promised not to embarrass the Ruan family again. Ruan said very seriously that the general of the Ming army surnamed Liu had indeed agreed.

So the old lady decided to immediately flee from Thanh Hoa with her family and go to the south to find Ruan Xuan.

Everyone was frightened, and people saw leaving this place as a relief from life. Everyone had no dissenting intentions, simply picked up their burdens, and then took the donkey cart and headed for the south city gate.

At the gate of the southern city, they were interrogated by the generals of the defending army, and they were allowed to leave the city.

So the group fled immediately after leaving the city, regardless of the dangerous journey. Most people believe that the most dangerous thing is the Ming army warriors who occupied Thanh Hoa City.

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(Xifeng wishes book friends, happy New Year, good luck in the Year of the Pig, and great fortune)