Chapter 52: Tales of Troubled Times
Although the invitation was very sincere and the reason was appropriate, Liu Ming glanced at Yuan Chen, pondered for a while, and then clenched his fists and said to Wu Ruojie: "The general is gracious, and Ling Zai is really frightened. But I think how can I be able to get the general's love, because I am afraid that I will not be able to bear the girder and embarrass each other, so I ......"
"Oh, that's okay." After Wu Ruojie heard this, he didn't force it, and said with a smile, "Everyone has their own ambitions, maybe the hero's talent is probably far above me, if I force it to stay, won't I bury the hero?" After finishing speaking, he turned to Duan Xuehong again and asked, "Forgive me for being clumsy, I haven't found out just now, listening to the voice and knowing the appearance, it must be a heroine?" ”
Duan Xuehong clenched her fists and did not speak, but she acquiesced.
Wu Ruojie said with a smile: "Now that the war is chaotic, a woman can break through in the world, in addition to being skilled, she also needs to rely on her integrity." This alone is quite admirable. ”
"The general has won the prize." Duan Xuehong clenched her fists again, but an imperceptible smile appeared on her cold face.
"Don't be too modest, it's true." Wu Ruojie said, "Contemptible people have led troops for many years, and they have read countless people, and they can know at a glance that they are right and evil." ”
Duan Xuehong pondered for a moment and asked, "The general just said that he was stationed in Jiangsu on the order of the emperor, what is the reason?" ”
"Oh," Wu Ruojie did not hide it, and replied with a smile, "As we all know, the thief Li Zicheng has led his troops north and has already invaded Shaanxi. Although the meaning of the emperor's order was not clearly informed, it was also guessed by me as a courtier. It is that once the capital is lost, hope will return to the essence and return to the place before Ming Chengzu Zhu Di moved the capital. It is Yingtianfu, that is, Nanjing. And Li Zicheng is the teacher. Although the tiger and wolf are unstoppable, they have no time to take care of the whole country. All over the south at this time. Only a small number of anti-thieves disturbed. In the next is to advance the army, to share the worries and calm the chaos for the emperor, to revitalize the rear, to gather momentum, and to accumulate steadily. ”
After finishing the speech, everyone present nodded frequently, admiring Wu Ruojie's thorough and detailed analysis. But Yuan Chen couldn't help but smile secretly, I am afraid that people with a slightly better history will analyze these doorways clearly. If it weren't for Wu Ruojie glancing at her. She was going to laugh out loud.
After Duan Xuehong heard this, she hugged her fists and said, "The general doesn't know that the little girl's benefactor family was harmed by Li Zicheng, so that the family was ruined." If the general does not dislike it, the little woman is willing to obey orders in front of the general's tent, carry the saddle and whip, and lead the horse to fall. ”
"Sister Xuehong!" When Yuan Moqing heard this, tears fell again.
Wu Ruojie glanced at her. He rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "This girl, what is there to hide?" But without waiting for Yuan Moqing to answer, Liu Ming preemptively said, "General." Although we are of humble status, we have also suffered from the war, but it is not long ago. The heart is numb. When I saw the general today, I was very pleased. I only hope that the general and other Ming soldiers can one day clean up the chaos and restore me to peace. But the villain is powerless. But I can't help, and I hope the general will forgive me. ”
"Oh, good, good." Wu Ruojie saw that Liu Ming still politely refused, so he had to stop mentioning the matter, and said with a smile, "In my opinion, several of them are already old acquaintances, and it is not easy to meet again here." In this way, I will prepare the meal first, and then gather here later. After speaking, he turned around and left, leaving room for Yuan Chen to talk with a few people.
"Sister Yuanyuan!" Seeing Wu Ruojie leave, Yuan Moqing hugged Yuan Chen again and cried. Yuan Chen stroked her head and burst into tears.
"Is this man reliable?" Liu Ming said vigilantly, "If you still have to prepare food for us, will you drug the food?" ”
Duan Xuehong glanced at him and sneered: "Just now, I was optimistic that Han was still extraordinary, but I didn't expect him to be a greedy person who was afraid of death. ”
After Liu Ming heard this, although he was not angry, he was also surprised: "What do you mean by this?" ”
"It's not interesting." Duan Xuehong said, turning her head to the side, "I mean, it's not interesting to talk to you." ”
"I know what you mean." Liu Ming said, "It's just that I didn't serve the Ming army, thinking that I was hiding from the war." ”
"Isn't it?" Duan Xuehong glanced at him and said, "Go ahead of your birthday, don't let the war ruin your livelihood." ”
"You ......" Liu Ming was robbed of a sentence, and he was speechless for a while.
"If you're scared, you can leave now." Duan Xuehong continued, "Why bother to spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. If the general wants to put you to death, will he still use such a despicable means as drugged? There are so many soldiers outside the door, taking turns facing each other, can't they subdue you? ”
"Good!" Liu Ming finally got angry and waved his arm, "I'm greedy for life and afraid of death, my villain's heart." It's up to you to say this, but I have my choice and understanding, so I don't want to accompany you, and I leave! With that, he picked up Yuan Moqing and was about to leave.
"Don't! Liu Ming! Yuan Moqing struggled for a moment, with a pleading look on her face, "Sister Xuehong, don't quarrel." He's mine...... My officer. As she spoke, her face turned red, and she added, "I am very happy to see you return, but you are all my dearest, and if you are not in harmony, it will make it difficult for me." As he spoke, he burst into tears again.
Duan Xuehong and Liu Ming glanced at each other, but they instantly separated their gazes and turned their heads silently.
The room fell silent for a while, and when Yuan Chen saw this, he hurriedly said, "By the way, Sister Xuehong, why did you appear again?" I thought you were ...... How did you find this place? ”
Duan Xuehong sighed lightly and spoke slowly.
It turned out that after killing Li Guo in Sai Jinhua's store, Duan Xuehong also suffered heavy injuries, but although she suffered multiple fractures and was pierced through her body by the blade, because the blade bizarrely avoided her organs, she was not fatally injured, but because of excessive bleeding and excessive injuries, she fell into a coma for a while. Later, the soldiers carried away the bodies of Li Guo and the other soldiers, leaving Duan Xuehong and Sai Jinhua in the store and ignoring them, because the main general was dead and the soldiers were listless, so they fled back to Xiangyang with a defeated army. At this moment, another old man came out of the old golden man's house, but he was blind. I saw him groping his way to the store, first went to Sai Jinhua, felt his pulse, shook his head, and then came to Duan Xuehong's side and probed her snort. was slightly stunned, and hurriedly pulled out a cloth bag from the package. He took out several silver needles from it, grabbed the acupuncture points and stabbed them on the spot. Subsequently. He laboriously moved it to the cart where the goods were transported in the store, and dragged it to the old golden man's house, where he disinfected and healed the wounds with great skill, and mended the wounds. After everything was healed, he returned to the store and pulled Sai Jinhua's body back, side by side with the corpse of the old golden man, who had already been killed by the rebels. It is said that this blind old man and the old golden man were close friends of medicine, and they happened to pass by the old golden man's house when they traveled all over the world. I was a guest for one night, but I didn't expect it to be a farewell. Of course, these were all told by the aunt next door who secretly saw the situation after Duan Xuehong woke up, which is why Yuan Chen and Yuan Moqing did not see the bodies of Duan Xuehong and Sai Jinhua when they returned to Zhuji Town that night. And the blind old man seemed to be a god, but he was also a strange person, as if he knew that the aunt next door had secretly seen this situation, so he threatened and begged her that night, forcibly entrusted Duan Xuehong to her, and left some medicine and silver taels. And he left. Fortunately, the aunt next door was kind-hearted and took care of her wholeheartedly, coupled with the magic medicine that the blind old man matched, Duan Xuehong was so seriously injured. It only took three days to wake up, and after more than half a month, I was able to walk around on the ground.
The injury was just half healed. Duan Xuehong couldn't sit still, intending to find out the whereabouts of Yuan Chen and Yuan Moqing. From the probe. She heard that the defenders of Xiangyang had already sent people to chase them in the direction where the two had fled, and she didn't even know who was informing. The rebels also learned about Hou Er's killing and the blind old man's rescue, and sent people to hunt down and kill the blind old man. Fortunately, the aunt was perfunctory everywhere, so Duan Xuehong was not exposed and was able to save her life.
Later, Duan Xuehong's injuries had gradually healed, so she left Zhuji Town, inquired all the way, and followed the footsteps of the righteous army to the east. Chenghe Town, Daping Town, Xinyang Mansion, and finally came to the village that was slaughtered. There, she met the blind old man again. When the old man treated her, because she was in a coma, he didn't know the other party's appearance. But when they met in the village, before she could come forward to ask, the old man greeted her as if he could see her, and it seemed that he had been waiting here for a long time. The village is full of rotten corpses, but the blind old man sits peacefully in it, this scene will never be forgotten by her.
Yuan Chen was taken aback, and hurriedly interjected and asked, "Is that blind old man's name Lu Sheng?" ”
Duan Xuehong was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically, "Yes, how do you know?" ”
Yuan Chen, Yuan Moqing and Liu Ming looked at each other, quite surprised, and hurriedly recounted their experiences briefly.
"This ...... It's also weird. Duan Xuehong said, "He also made a divination for me." ”
"How?" Yuan Moqing asked.
"He only said, 'The willows are green, and the ice and snow are red; The road is narrow, and you can't obey the death', I don't quite understand what it means. ”
Hearing this, Yuan Chen and Yuan Moqing couldn't help but look at Liu Ming, Liu Ming was stunned for a moment, understood, and laughed at himself: "Didn't you say it?" Under the surname Liu, Liu Ming is also. ”
Duan Xuehong glanced at him and said with a sneer: "Your name, the little girl has already known it." Does such a hexagram that stirs up the teachers and mobilize the crowd only refer to today's temporary differences? Don't dare to ruin the reputation of the hero, let's spare the little girl. ”
Liu Ming pursed his lips and was about to say something, but Yuan Moqing stopped him and said, "Sister Xuehong, what happened later?" ”
"Later?" Duan Xuehong groaned for a moment and said, "Later, I heard the blind old man say that he was from this village, because the rebels learned that he had rescued me, so they chased him here and killed him with a vengeance, but he escaped this catastrophe for some reason. As for why he had to wait in the village full of corpses for a few days, he said that he was waiting to see a fairy woman and her arms, and I was one of them. ”
Speaking of this, Yuan Moqing and Liu Minghu glanced at Yuan Chen suspiciously. Yuan Chen paused, hurriedly staggered the topic, and said, "Sister Xuehong, why were you able to chase this place later?" ”
"Oh," Duan Xuehong replied and continued, "Thanks to the guidance of the blind old man, I followed the direction and chased to the Guo Mansion in Changzhou. Seeing that Yuan Moqing had settled down steadily, I was unfettered, so I wholeheartedly inquired about Yuanyuan's whereabouts. I heard that you ......" At this, she paused, did not say anything, and then added, "I will seek an opportunity to rescue you." It's easy to say, but in fact, I lived in Suzhou City for more than a few months, and it was not until Ma Xianglan died of illness that I had the opportunity to explore. Among them, although I have seen you a few times, I am just watching from afar because I am shy. Later, I suddenly thought that I could go back to Changzhou Guo Mansion to find Mo Qing to help me and redeem you, but once I went back to Changzhou, I found that Guo Mansion had also changed......"
"What's wrong with Guo Fu? How's my uncle? Yuan Chen still retained the title of closeness, but his heart couldn't help but tremble.
"It's my uncle who has an accident." Yuan Moqing took over the words and cried, "Not long after Sister Yuanyuan left, my uncle suddenly fell ill and died. At that time, due to the instigation of the chief manager Guo Xing inside and outside, several of my uncle's children believed that it was me and Liu Ming who secretly planned to seek money from my uncle's business. But in reality, it was he who had the ambition to occupy his master's land. Later, Liu Ming and I had to retreat and move out of the Guo Mansion in order to protect ourselves. As soon as Guo Xing saw that he lost the puppet, he broke the can and broke it, and broke his face with several brothers and sisters. During a Hongmen feast, he poisoned the wine and food, but he died on the same day as his brothers and sisters due to accidental ingestion. There is no backbone in the house, and everyone has to ask Liu Ming and me to come back. Since then, we have also taken over my uncle's business, and Guofu has become Liufu. ”
"If so, how did you end up here?" Yuan Chen asked.
"Alas, it's hard to put into words." Yuan Moqing shed tears and said hatefully, "It's all to blame that Zhao Qiuping is full of evil and coaxed me and Liu Ming." Because he and Liu Ming had known each other for a long time, and later they met by chance and saw that we had such a big family business, so he became jealous and set up a trap to frame us, and finally not only made Liufu bankrupt, but I was almost abducted and sold into Beijing. Thanks to General Wu for killing Zhao Qiuping, otherwise it would be really difficult to understand that I only hate in my heart. ”
"Him?" Liu Ming sneered, "If he hadn't ordered the recruitment of women, why would you end up like this?" ”
"Words can't be like this," Yuan Moqing said, "even without General Wu's order, Zhao Qiuping and his heart can be punished." ”
"Can you stop a 'General Wu'?" Liu Ming said angrily, pointing at Duan Xuehong, "He is her general, not you and my general." ”
"What if it's my general?" Duan Xuehong also raised her voice, "If you can think about the people, kill the thieves, and calm the world, you can be a general." ”
"Oh?" Liu Ming sneered, "Since you dare to take the lead, why don't you marry him?" ”
"You ......" Duan Xuehong was stunned for a moment, and her face turned red for a while. Yuan Chen saw it in his eyes, and his heart was sour. Could it be that she really likes Wu Ruojie?
"That's much better than letting the people go and being selfish." Duan Xuehong finally found a far-fetched reason and retorted.
"Just because I don't join the army doesn't mean I don't kill traitors." Liu Ming said, "I just don't want to be in the company of people like General Wu, who see the wind and steer the rudder, and waver." After speaking, he pulled Yuan Moqing again. Yuan Moqing was in a dilemma.
But after Yuan Chen heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned. Wu Sangui's true colors were inadvertently said by Liu Ming. But now Wu Sangui is Wu Ruojie, can he really be as unpredictable as Wu Sangui? If this is the case, is the trajectory of his life also doomed? In the near future, will he be "angry at the crown"? Does this mean that they will be separated again? (To be continued......)