Chapter 4: Under the Nest
The three of them went to Chu Tianya's house. On the way, Bai Xu and Chu Tianya walked side by side, and the woman in white was half a step behind, holding a short dagger in one hand and curling it in her sleeve to prevent Chu Tianya from making any rash moves.
Chu Tianya's home used to be a grass hall academy for teaching, but after his father died, the grass hall had no students. Chu Tianya likes to eat, drink and gamble at home in groups with fox friends and dog friends, so he changed a few gambling tables in the former thatched cottage into a blockade. The study next to it is a guest room with a mat, which is convenient for those fox friends to stay at home.
A few days ago, Chu Tianya suffered a serious illness, was groggy and bedridden for several days, and when he woke up, he had changed his soul and reincarnated as a human. Those fox friends and dog friends came to Chu Tianya to play again, and they ate a few closed doors, and they never came to him again.
As soon as the three of them entered the courtyard, the woman in white covered the door and said to Chu Tianya: "If you have any unusual behavior, I will kill you first!" β
Chu Tianya glanced at him indifferently, "It's just fighting and killing at every turn, can't you say something else?" β
"Ho!" The woman in white snorted, her eyes were as cold as ice, and she said with disdain, "You Song people are shameless and have no faith, and I don't have much to say to you!" β
"Where did the Song people offend you and overturn a boatload of people with a rod?" Chu Tianya was very unhappy when he heard this, and his eyebrows were slightly gloomy: "You Song people? - Aren't you? β
"Of course not!" The woman in white glanced at Chu Tianya, turned her face away and said coldly: "If it weren't for saving people, I would be ashamed to be in the company of a southern country filth like you!" β
Bai Xu stepped forward, "Okay, okay, there's no need to argue." Taibao, let's hurry up and get down to business! β
Chu Tianya was not in the mood to argue with a woman at the moment, so he nodded, looked deeply at the woman in white, and took the two of them to the grass hall study in the backyard.
Walking to the backyard, a rickety old man with gray hair and limping walked in front of him, first glanced at Chu Tianya, then glanced at the two behind him, and said, "Young master, you are back, are these two your friends?" β
Chu Tianya nodded, "I'll take care of it here, you go and settle the confectionery tea to entertain the guests." β
The old man said yes, saluted the man and woman, and walked away with a cane.
"Who?" Bai Xu asked.
"A lonely old soldier, surnamed He, I call him Uncle He." Chu Tianya said, "When my father was alive, he helped in this school, and then he stayed to take care of my diet and dormitory, living in this backyard. β
"So, there are no other idle people waiting for the Taibao family?" Bai Xu said.
Chu Tianya smiled slightly, "You are very careful and very vigilant. β
"In such a situation, no one can help it!" Bai Xu shook his fan and said with a smile, "Now this Taiyuan City is a blessed land for Taibao, but for us and others, it is a tiger's den in Longtan, and we can't be careless." If there is something abruptly offended, please forgive the Taibao. β
"I'd better deal with you." Chu Tianya said this, and subconsciously glanced at the woman in white.
The woman in white had no expression on her face, but she didn't look at Chu Tianya with her face turned her face.
The three of them entered the cottage, and Uncle He took some sweets and tea to settle down, and reminded Chu Tianya that it was his sentry tonight, and Hugh was going to miss the time to go to the prison city to order Mao.
"Exactly." After Uncle He left, Bai Xu said, "Taibao can save people tonight." β
"I don't think I promised you yet, right?" Chu Tianya said indifferently, "I'll talk about saving people later." At the very least, wait for me to meet Xue Yu in person. β
Bai Xu frowned, "Then the Taibao asked us to have a long talk, what do you want to talk about?" β
Chu Tianya said: "I want to know, now, what is the relationship and situation between my Great Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom?" β
Bai Xu blinked in surprise, and then smiled, "Taibao...... What do you do? β
Chu Tianya's brows twisted slightly, and he looked directly at Bai Xu and said, "Because I am from Song." β
Bai Xu shook his fan and smiled silently, while the woman in white next to him giggled.
"That's it." Chu Tianya shook his head and stood up, "It seems that I have nothing to talk about with you." Now I'll go to the prison city to take a look at Xue Yu, and I'll discuss it with you when I come back. β
"Wait." Bai Xu also stood up, "Did you agree to help us save people?" β
"It doesn't count." Chu Tianya took a breath and said, "Let me tell you the truth, if Xue Yu is really a true hero as you say, I will definitely save him without your bribery and coercion; On the other hand, if he is a thief full of evil, even if you stab me in the chest now, I will never agree! β
Bai Xu and the woman in white were stunned again, they didn't believe that such words would come from the mouth of Taiyuan's famous scoundrel.
After speaking, Chu Tianya walked out.
The woman in white came back to her senses, shook her body and stretched out her arms, stopping him.
Chu Tianya couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and said in a low voice-"If it's really here to save people, you can get out of the way for me!" β
"Why should I trust you?" The woman in white looked at him without flinching.
"That's good." Chu Tianya's face was already a little angry, and his eyes narrowed and he said in a deep voice, "Believe and let me go; If you don't believe me, you'll kill it with one sword! β
The woman in white was caught off guard by Chu Tianya's sudden surge in momentum, and instantly seemed to be stunned, and couldn't help but be stunned.
Taking advantage of her stunned moment, Chu Tianya snorted, raised his hand to block her arm, and strode out.
"How can it be!" The woman in white scolded coquettishly, raised her arm, and the short dagger in her hand was about to fly out.
"No." Bai Xu spoke out to stop it.
Bai Xu's voice was not loud, but the arm of the woman in white froze like a petrified air, and then slowly put the knife back, took a deep breath and turned around, staring at Bai Xu in annoyance: "Why did you stop me?" β
"Because it is useless to kill." Bai Xu replied leisurely without hurrying, then stepped forward to close the door of the cottage, and said to the woman in white with a smile, "Fifth sister, why did you become so impulsive and irritable as soon as you entered Taiyuan City?" It's not like you. β
The woman in white let out a long breath, sat down a little depressed, and said with a hint of shame on her face: "Don't you know how much hatred I have with the Song people?" β
"I am also a Song person, and my eldest brother and Xue Yu are also Song people." Bai Xu shook his fan and sat down in front of the woman in white, poured her a cup of tea, and said, "Actually, whether it is the Song people, the Liao people, the Yang people, or the Jin people, there are good and bad among them, and they cannot be generalized. I know your suffering, but for now, we still have to focus on the overall situation, and it is important to rescue the third brother. β
The woman in white was silent for a moment, nodded, and said, "Do you really believe that splash will help us?" I thought that as soon as he walked out of this door, he would go to the ventilator and call the official to arrest us! β
"Probably not." Bai Xu shook his fan gently with a smile on his face and said, "Although I have only been with him for an hour, from my eyesight, he is not pretending to be in front of us. What he said just now was sincere. β
"Which one?"
Bai Xu smiled, "It's the sentence between the hero and the grass, the one who saves or doesn't save." Fifth sister, what a hero Xue Sange is standing up to the sky, are you still afraid that he will verify the facts? β
"You trust him?" The woman in white was very surprised when she raised her eyebrows slightly.
"I don't believe in him, I believe in myself." Bai Xu still had a relaxed smile on his face, shaking his fan and said leisurely, "I believe in my vision of seeing people, and I also believe in my judgment." β
"But this person is the disgraceful and notorious Dragon City Taibao!"
"It's better to see than to hear. After all, seeing is believing, and hearing is false. β
The woman in white was speechless for a while, and suddenly a trace of ill-will flashed on her face, staring at Bai Xu and said, "I forgot, you are so majestic today, Fourth Brother Bai!" In front of outsiders, he repeatedly scolded and scolded me! β
Bai Xu's heart suddenly trembled slightly, but his expression was calm, shaking his fan and smiling: "Business, business." β
"I know it's business. The eldest brother also ordered me to respect you and listen to your orders. Otherwise, how would you allow me to bully me like this? The woman in white pretended to look at Bai Xu angrily, and saw that he was obviously panicked but shaking the fan calmly, and couldn't help but feel a little funny, so her tone relaxed a little and said, "Hey, let me ask you, why is that guy called 'Dragon City' Taibao?" I only know that in the past, there was a dragon city in the territory of the Great Liao Kingdom, why is Taiyuan also called Dragon City? β
"Of course." Bai Xu replied with a deep sigh.
"But there is a relationship, let's hear about it?" The woman in white said, "I know that you are knowledgeable and knowledgeable, so I will give you a chance to show off in front of me." β
"Xiaosheng, I am willing to serve the fifth sister." Bai Xu smiled, took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Taiyuan has the origin of the name of 'Dragon City', but it's a long story......
Chu Tianya changed into a soapy official uniform and went to the prison city. Along the way, he was thinking, it won't be long before the Jin people will go south to invade the Song Dynasty, others don't know what the "Jingkang Change" is, can I still be unclear? -- The Jin people went south, no different from Japan's invasion of China. Slaughtering cities, setting fires, committing adultery, plundering, destroying cities, destroying the earth, and destroying the bones of the corpses...... It's all over!
Taiyuan, after being broken by the Jin State - slaughtering the city!
No matter how later historians try to downplay this national tragedy and whitewash this dehumanized war against humanity - but it did happen at that time!
Chu Tianya stopped at the top of the stone steps overpass, looking at the crowds of people rushing to make a living in the markets on both sides of the bridge. Each of them has their own relatives, friends and lives, joys and sorrows. If there is no war, it will always be reproduced in this Taiyuan city, living and working in peace and contentment.
But there is a day if the golden soldiers kill...... All of them were going to cry and run to their deaths under the iron hooves of the Jin army, and their heads and limbs were cut off by the scimitars of the Jin soldiers; When the time comes, blood will stain the markets red, and the corpses will block the rivers; The woman's humiliating screams were drowned out by the beastly howls of the golden soldiers, and the corpses of the old man and child were hung above the willowsβthe corpses of the once prosperous and peaceful city were filled with blood and flames, turning into a hell of ghosts and howling......
Chu Tianya closed his eyes and breathed deeply.
"Under the nest, there are no eggs! Can I just run for my life? β¦β¦ Even if I escape, under this strange Great Song Dynasty, where is my place? β
"If you don't escape, I'm a small official......"
"Can I fight against the thousands of iron horsemen of the Jin Kingdom?"
"Can I save the people of the Great Song Dynasty from this catastrophe?"
"Can I stop the Jingkang Change?"
"Then I...... What can be done? β.
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