(a)

I sat in front of the rectangular embroidery in the room, using colorful silk threads to carefully embroider the peony flowers on my father's robe against the freshly made pattern.

Suddenly, I felt a slight tremor in the embroidery. I put my hand on it, trying to stabilize it. But the shock came to me.

The shaking came from the earth.

I looked at the teacup on the table, and the water in the teacup was also making small ripples. Immediately, a slight amount of dust fell from the wall.

I stuck the needle in the shed and stood up. What's going on? It's a sunny day, so it's impossible to have another landslide caused by mudslides.

The moment I stood up, there was a slight noise on the wall, and when I looked back, I saw my father's saber hanging on the wall, a little crooked.

The door opened.

The maids rushed in: "Miss! Come and see, what's over there? ”

I followed them out of the room, and we stood in front of the railing on the side of the building, looking up.

In the direction of Qingfeng Gorge, there was a mountain of shouts from afar, accompanied by a muffled thunderous sound rolling against the ground, and it was this sound that caused the earth to shake.

In the dense green in the direction of the mouth of the gorge, a large cloud of pale yellow smoke slowly rose. They tumbled and rose higher and higher.

"Oh my God, what's that? What's going on there? The maids chattered.

Through the bamboo curtain on the side of the building, I saw that many people in the streets of Zhuangzi were also stopping to look in that direction and were discussing.

The windows of many of the surrounding pavilions were opened, and men and women of all colors poked their heads out of the windows to look at the large yellow smoke.

The maids asked, "Miss, do you know what that is?" ”

Yes, I know. That's you. That's dear you. That's when you're living your dreams.

That was the first ray of light in the Taiping era.

Weighing on my excitement and longing, I replied, "That's them." It was the soldiers of the King of Han. They are using their lives to open up peace in the world for all of us. ”

My dear, you have worked so hard that the heavens have seen it. You will definitely succeed.

(b)

Just when my heart was fluctuating, the Han troops stationed at the mouth of Huangsang Yukou also condescendingly saw this pale yellow smoke on the slope of the canyon.

Commander Yu Wentao rode his horse to the edge of the cliff, overlooking down, in the strong wind on the edge of the cliff, he clearly felt the shaking of the ground under his feet. At the edge of the cliff, some fine pieces of earth and rocks began to slide and fall towards the abyss. His horse felt frightened and cowered, neighed, and took a few steps backwards.

Yu Wentao asked his subordinates: "What is this smoke halfway up the mountain, is there a mountain fire somewhere?" ”

The sergeant under his command replied: "Back to the commander, that is the location of the camp of the Qingfeng Village garrison. It should be them training. ”

"Training?" Yu Wentao stabilized the war horse under his crotch, "They only have 500 people, what kind of training can shake the mountains like this?" ”

"Back to the commander, I heard that they are practicing the frontal charge of the horse team."

Yu Wentao said: "Charge? ”

Yu Wentao looked at the smoke, listened to the sound, and said, "What kind of horse team charge will have such momentum!" ”

"It seems that everyone's rumors are true," he said. The son of Dingguo Gong, that kid, is really a little unusual. ”

He said, "Perhaps, when should we go over and visit him, see what he's doing there, what new names he's up to these days." ”