Chapter Twenty-Three: Rolling Red Dust
She Yi jumped down from the dirt pit and touched a token on his body, a few taels of silver. Stuffed into his coat pocket, he crawled out of the pit and kicked the man's body in, breaking a few branches and bush branches. Cover it up, and by the way, get some clods of dirt and press it on it.
"The city gates should be sealed...... I always thought I could stay for a while, but I didn't expect you to do it now. Forget it, it's just a few days early......"
She Yi muttered to himself, what he said was no one else's, it was Ding. With how many years of experience he has worked hard in the business world, how can he not see what Ding's intentions are?
Follow the path ahead, climb up the hill and look towards the East City Gate not far away. The east gate was crowded, hundreds of peasants outside the city squeezed inside, and the soldiers guarding the city firmly blocked the door, and after a rumbling sound, the east gate was completely closed. The peasants who did not make it into the city either wept or hurled insults.
The two heavy doors, which represent the hope of their life, failed to enter, and basically judged that they had no chance of life.
The corners of She Yi's mouth twitched, turned around, and walked in the other direction, where there was an open-pit coal mine. He naturally had a way to avoid the slaughter of the Xia soldiers.
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She Yu hurried back to Shefu with Chunhua, and when she walked into the west gate, she felt that there were suddenly a lot more people, and she couldn't help but take a look, but Chunhua hurriedly pulled her in the direction of Shefu.
"Chunhua, what are you pulling me to do!"
"Miss, the old lady is waiting, you have to hurry up and go back."
Chunhua's expression was a little flustered and nervous and said.
"Oh, I know."
She Yu didn't think much about it, sped up her pace, went back early to get something and came out again, maybe when she arrived at Liulin Beach, the pheasant had just been roasted.
Just as she walked into She's Mansion, the door suddenly closed, and several nursing homes quickly appeared at the gate. At the door of the main house in the main courtyard, her mother Ding stood there looking at her calmly, and Zhu'er stood beside her.
She Yu felt an ominous feeling in her heart, and glanced around the courtyard, where there was no trace of a visitor. Her gaze finally fell on Chunhua's body.
"Chunhua, where's my grandfather?"
She Yu's voice was calm and cold, and there didn't seem to be any emotional fluctuations. At this moment, she seemed to know that this was a conspiracy.
"Old lady, he ...... He may have gone back again......"
With a "snap", She Yu made a sudden move and slapped Chunhua's face, her eyes were like two cold blades...... Chunhua lowered her head and didn't dare to move.
"Xiaoyu, I asked Chunhua to call you back. If you want to blame it, blame it for your mother......"
Ding Shi slowly spoke, and the main door behind him slowly cracked a crack, and She Hu's head poked out, and after sneaking a glance at She Yu, he retracted back.
"Is it already closed?"
She Yu's cold eyes turned to stare at Ding, she didn't call Ding A-Niang as usual, but spoke to a stranger.
Ding nodded and didn't say anything more. She knows very well what kind of surname her daughter has, she is weak on the outside and strong on the inside, she doesn't need to hide it, it's useless to say more.
"Good! Very good! ”
She Yu's little pink fist was slowly pinched, two bean-sized tears slipped down from her eyes, and she couldn't hold back her sobbing and walked straight towards the crescent moon gate.
In the courtyard, Zhu'er, Ah Fu, Xiao Wang and several others all showed ashamed expressions on their faces. They knew in their hearts that as soon as the city gate was closed, there were two heavens of life and death outside the city and inside the city, and She Yi did not enter the city, and the possibility of survival was almost equal to zero. As subordinates, they understand it in their hearts, but they will not stir their tongues.
"Madam, do you want to let Zhu'er go over and persuade Miss?"
Zhu'er asked Ding.
"No need, Xiaoyu is a sensible child, and some things will be figured out in a few days. Hurry up and pack up the cellars, and once the city is breached, we'll have to think about keeping it. ”
Ding Shi let out a long breath, the stone that had been pressing on her heart in the past few days had finally disappeared, and she could relax.
"Yes, ma'am."
"Go ahead, y'all!"
Ding turned and walked into his room. Zhu'er, Ah Fu, and Xiao Wang were busy, Chunhua covered her face with her hands, and finally went back to her room.
In the backyard, She Yu pushed open She Yi's door, walked to She Yi's desk, and sat quietly on the chair next to her. The things on the desk were clean, and except for a few books, everything else was missing. Thinking about the words that her brother She Yi said to her in the morning, it was clearly the last message. My brother seems to have known what was going to happen today, and he even packed up the things in the house, but he didn't even notice it.
Pull out the drawer, and inside the drawer lies a letter, addressed to She Yu.
Tearing open the envelope, a piece of folded rice paper still has a faint scent of ink remaining. After opening it, a few lines of delicate handwriting jumped onto the page.
"Girl, there is a song for you, the name is "Rolling Red Dust", it was originally the lyrics of a song, but unfortunately my brother can't sing it to you. The lyricist is called Zhang Ailing, and she has also written a lot of stories, which you may like. If we meet again in the future, my brother will tell you the story he wrote. ”
She Yu muttered to herself......
"You who were casual at first, and me who were young and unworldly.
The love in the red dust is only because the life is hurried and silent.
Thinking is the fault of the human world, or the cause and effect of the past life.
All of his life, and he does not hesitate to obtain the exchange of yin and yang in an instant.
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So you, who don't want to leave, want to say goodbye to me who is gone.
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There was a faint whisper in the rolling red dust, following our ...... Legend ......"
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"If you don't want to go, you want to say goodbye to me who is gone......"
She Yu's tears kept sliding down her cheeks.
She believed that her brother She Yi's life would not be in danger, and he would escape from the massacre of Xia Bing, but was it possible for them to meet again in this life?
She Yu's eyes slowly closed......
"Brother, why don't you want to take me with you...... Rolling red dust, even if I search for thousands of mountains and rivers, I want to be with you......"
She Yu's eyes slowly opened, and she was unusually determined.......
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On the long street of Baishuijing Cross, in front of a recruitment banner, there were two long lines lined up, and there were hundreds of people...... Zhao Wanqi's face was full of smiles, and her heart was happy. From the beginning of the recruitment, only three or four people were recruited in two or three days, to the "invitation to enlist" in the morning, to the current automatic queue, this momentum has developed too rapidly.
According to the current trend, as long as we recruit this afternoon, there will be at least a few hundred or even thousands of subordinates. She can finally be justified as the commander of the defense of the city, "General". The reason why so many people came to enlist in the army was due to the Ding County Order.
After Xue Ying took more than 300 soldiers to support Mizhi and never returned, Ding Xianling realized that he had been deceived. Xue Ying left the county lord in Suide City, and there was a good chance that it would attract firepower. Dare to use King Rong's daughter as a chess piece, abandon Suide and guard rice fat, this Xue Ying is vicious enough. It's a pity that he thinks too simply, the Ding family has been running Suide for more than ten years, how can it not be in vain! Next, he naturally knows how to do it.
As long as the county lord Zhao Wanqi is in this city, the Hedong Army and the Taiyuan Army will do their best and speed to relieve the siege. It can be said that the city is there, the county lord is there, and his life is also there. The city is gone, the county lord is here, and his life is still there.
A forced conscription order was quickly issued, so many people were forced to come to Zhao Wanqi to sign up.
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"County Lord, Xia Bing has already appeared a hundred miles away, are you sure?"
Ding Xian Ling stood behind Zhao Wanqi, silently, among the recruits, two-thirds of the recruits were physically strong and had acceptable arm strength and were arranged by him to act as archers on the city wall, and the remaining hundreds of old and sick were left to Zhao Wanqi to toss.
"Prepare the archers and focus on the east gate. All the other soldiers were fed and assembled, as I had told before, at the east gate. See how the county lord can easily kill his thousands of troops in seconds! Kill him by surprise. ”
Zhao Wanqi was domineering, with a thoughtful expression.
"Kill ...... in seconds"
The corners of Ding Xianling's mouth twitched and he didn't dare to show his dissatisfaction, Zhao Wanqi's ability to brag has long been heard, but fortunately, Ah Wu is a ruthless character next to him. Don't look at Na Wu's honest expression, he launched a rush, and a hundred and ten people were not his opponents. Since King Rong was relieved to send him to protect the county lord Zhao Wanqi, he would naturally be able to protect the county lord.
"County Lord, what if you do that...... Why don't you put all the recruits on the walls? ”
Ding Xianling was still a little uneasy in his heart, the county lord Zhao Wanqi's method was too rigid, as long as one condition was not ripe, it would fail. Although most of the hundreds of recruits left for Zhao Wanqi were old, weak, sick and disabled, they were also soldiers, and they could always start by shooting a few arrows and throwing a few stones on the city wall. Also, the best way for Xia soldiers to besiege the city is to close the city gate, but Zhao Wanqi asked to obey her orders for a while, open the city gate and charge into battle.
In case the city gate was opened, the Xia soldiers rushed in...... The consequences of this ...... In any case, the time will come to see the opportunity. Then Ah Wu will not sit on the county lord Zhao Wanqi's beard.
"Ding Fatty, be honest, be careful that the county lord slaughters you with a knife! Just do it, after this battle, you just wait to be promoted and get rich, haha......"
Ding Xian Ling shuddered, muttering who the hell is here! I had an ominous feeling in my heart, and I always felt that this county lord would cause trouble. As for it, I don't dare to think about getting promoted and making a fortune, as long as my life can be saved, it's good. The foundation of the Ding family for more than ten years is all in Suide City, and if it can be kept, it will be worthy of future generations.
looked at Zhao Wanqi again uneasily, and didn't say more.;