Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Soldiers Are Coming to the City
Two women accompanied him in the rear, and one woman danced his sword in the front. These three peerless beauties gathered together, and made those spectators fascinated one by one, 'making Hangzhou Bianzhou'. This time, it really made Li Shuangxi a little more beautiful.
By the time they walked out of Yichun Courtyard, it was already dark. Shi Feixue and Xia Chun walked in front without saying a word, as if they were still sulking. Li Shuangxi and Xia Qin followed cautiously, not knowing what to say. The balance that the two of them had been keeping silently seemed to have been broken tonight.
"Senior brother, your lady doesn't really want to come with you, right?" After being silent for a long time, Xia Qin gently nodded Li Shuangxi's shoulder behind and said.
How could Li Shuangxi not feel it, but he didn't know what response to give. Shi Feixue's sudden appearance today really made him panic. Imagine that there is such a big beauty, sleeping in a room with you every day, how can you not have feelings for her? However, Li Shuangxi is very clear about the distance between himself and her. He is the righteous son of Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, and the ultimate purpose of his coming here is to unite the Southern Ming and Dashun armies to join forces to resist the Qing Dynasty. But Shi Kefa is a resolute opponent who jointly resisted the Qing Dynasty, and sooner or later he will have a showdown with him. At that time, the relationship between himself and Shi Feixue will become very delicate, and it will even affect how he makes a choice.
Yangzhou before dawn is particularly quiet, and the shy sun seems to be dewy and pokes out a little bit of brilliance, sprinkled on people's bodies with golden light, feeling like in a dream. The soldiers who patrolled all night didn't know where they went, maybe they all looked for a place to rest after a night's watch.
The four of them walked silently all the way, and no one spoke again.
"Uncle, Miss, you are back. When the master woke up early in the morning, he couldn't find you, and he was dying. Unconsciously, he had already walked to the door of the Shi Mansion, and the old housekeeper was already waiting anxiously at the door of the mansion.
"What's so urgent? Old housekeeper. ”
"The Qing soldiers are coming to attack our Yangzhou." The old housekeeper had a sad look on his face, and it could be seen that he was really anxious this time.
Walking into the courtyard, Shi Kefa was standing in the courtyard with his hands behind his back and looking at the sky, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Virtuous son-in-law, you are still right, the Qing soldiers are really not here to help us expel the thieves, they are interested in our Ming Dynasty!" As soon as Shi Kefa turned around and saw Li Shuangxi, before they could speak, he couldn't control his emotions.
"Dad, what is there to be afraid of the Qing soldiers, just fight with them when they come, let them know the strength of our Yangzhou army."
Shi Kefa ignored Shi Feixue, but went directly to talk to Li Shuangxi, which made Miss Shi's already uncomfortable heart even more unbalanced.
"Daughter, there are hundreds of thousands of Qing soldiers, plus the soldiers and horses that my Ming surrendered in the past, there are more than 200,000 troops in total, and we only have 20,000 soldiers and horses in Yangzhou City. How can you keep it? Seeing his daughter's innocent appearance, Shi Kefa's heart ached even more.
"Dad, didn't you report to the court and ask for reinforcements?" What Li Shuangxi was worried about finally came, did the 'Ten Days of Yangzhou' recorded in the history books really happen?
"Then Ma Shiying holds a grudge against me, how can he send troops to help? He even sent a letter asking me to give up Yangzhou and lead my troops back to the capital to protect the emperor and resist Zuo Liangyu. You say, isn't it ridiculous. As soon as I, Shi Kefa, leave, this huge Yangzhou, as well as the 800,000 people in Yangzhou, will not be able to let people eat meat. ”
"Dad, since the emperor doesn't send reinforcements, why don't we take another shortcut?"
"What's the other shortcut? You don't mean that you want me to ask for help. "Since he saved Huang Shu last time, Shi Kefa has known that this son-in-law has come from a 'wild' way.
"Dad, at this time and that time, now, foreign invasion of my Central Plains, shouldn't we Han people be unanimous with the outside world, first the outside and then the inside?"
"First the outside and then the inside, first the outside and then the inside..."Shi Kefa kept walking back and forth in the courtyard, and it could be seen that there was a fierce struggle in his heart.
"Yes, Dad, if this faint lord doesn't save us, why are we still here to protect him?" Shi Feixue also felt the seriousness of the situation.
"Hugh talked, Hugh said more, that thief killed my first emperor, how could I work with him."
"Dad," Li Shuangxi didn't know how to persuade this ignorant old man.
"Needless to say, stop here, even if I, Shi Kefa, died in this Yangzhou city, I would not ask him for the rescue of the thief. Now I just hope that you will leave with Fei Xue soon, so that you can also leave a lifeline for my Shi family. ”
"Dad, if you don't leave, I won't leave, I will stay here with you."
"The war is about to start, what can you do if a girl stays here, you can go with him. Virtuous son-in-law, although I don't know who you are, I know that you must not be an ordinary person, and in the future, Fei Xue will entrust it to you. ”
Shi Kefa took the hands of the two of them, and they overlapped them tightly.
Shi Kefa went to discuss the military situation with the officials of Yangzhou, and he wanted to use a spirit of treating death as if he were at home, to encourage the residents of the city, stand with them, defend their homeland, and resist the foreign Qing soldiers together.
In the originally warm boudoir, Shi Feixue had already cried into tears, she knew that the decision made by her father this time would be more than lucky, and she would die for a lifetime.
"Husband, I know that you must have a connection with those thieves, I beg you to go to them to save my father." Shi Feixue suddenly knelt in front of Li Shuangxi, her crying red eyes were really pitiful.
This 'husband' made Li Shuangxi tremble, he knew that if this noble and invincible daughter came to beg you, it must be the time when she had no way out. I can't help but say that during this time, he got along with the Shi family day and night, and he had already regarded all the Shi family members as his relatives, even if he and Shi Feixue were just a nominal couple.
"Lady, don't worry, I will set off immediately to move the rescue soldiers, as long as your father insists on Yangzhou for ten days, I will be able to bring the troops back after ten days."
Li Shuangxi helped Shi Feixue up, he felt that he had finally become a man who had to be responsible for his family, and now the entire Shi family, no, the entire Yangzhou City was waiting for him.
Miss Shi called the old housekeeper, packed her bags for Li Shuangxi, and didn't go to say hello to Shi Kefa again. She secretly sent her husband out of Yangzhou City, and the two said goodbye in tears.
Li Shuangxi didn't bring Xia Qin, he explained that Xia Qin must protect Miss Shi's thoughtfulness, although Xia Qin was not happy, he had to reluctantly stay.