Chapter 14: Nightmares
Sheng Mingzhu has been sleeping very restlessly these nights, and every time she closes her eyes, what comes to her mind is the carrion bitten by bloody flies and insects and the black crows all over the sky.
The blood-red full moon hung high in the sky, and black crows roared and fluttered down from the sky, their sharp beaks tearing at the rotting corpses on the ground.
"No, don't ......"
Cold sweat soaked his forehead, Sheng Mingzhu closed his eyes, his face was frightened, and his mouth was babbling nonsense.
"What to do? The young lady had another nightmare, and she had just squinted her eyes. Jade was at a loss, so she could only wet the soft handkerchief and wipe the cold sweat on her forehead over and over again.
Since waking up on that day, their young lady has contracted the symptoms of insomnia, and it is extremely difficult to fall asleep, often halfway through the night, and her eyes are still open, without the slightest sleepiness, and her eyes are obviously red.
I finally drank the calming decoction, squinted for a while, and it was less than a stick of incense, and I was stunned again.
"Miss, wake up, wake up, wake up......"
Liuli was guarding the side, also with an anxious face, and reached out to gently shake Sheng Mingzhu, wanting to wake her up from the nightmare.
"Why, why do you want to do this to me, Meng Zhaoyue ......"
The last three words seemed to be squeezed out of their teeth, with heart-rending hatred, Jade Liuli and the two of them were shocked, not knowing what their young lady encountered in their sleep, why they called out Miss Biao's name in such a resentful tone.
The nightmare is still not over, Sheng Mingzhu seems to be trapped inside, no matter how the two of them call, they can't wake her up.
As if he had encountered something in a nightmare and was frightened, Sheng Mingzhu's face suddenly became distorted and terrifying, and his closed eyes suddenly opened suddenly, with blood-red bloodshots, looking straight ahead in the dim candlelight.
Jade boasted of being bold, and was also frightened by Sheng Mingzhu's blood-red eyes that suddenly opened.
"I went and invited the lady over, and I said that the young lady was in trouble again."
The lights in the Xianggui Courtyard are bright, and the soldiers are in chaos.
Although Sheng Mingzhu's eyes opened, he didn't react at all as if he had lost his soul.
Liuli frowned, Miss's appearance is like a symptom of losing her soul, and if she goes on like this, she will be unstable at best, and she will collapse her body and lose her life.
"Come here, you hold Miss."
Motioning for Jade to come over and hold Sheng Mingzhu's body, Liuli found the wound on her leg and pressed it violently.
The pain in the heart merged into the limbs, Sheng Mingzhu's body trembled, and a cry of pain came out of his mouth, and then he woke up from the nightmare in a daze.
Sheng Mingzhu covered his head, and the green tendons on his temples jumped straight with a bang, as if they were about to break through the blood vessels and jump out.
Looking at the look of Jade Liuli and the two of them who wanted to cry or not, Sheng Mingzhu knew that she had a nightmare and scared them again.
"I'm fine, but I just had a nightmare, why did I scare you like this."
There was a hoarseness in his voice after a nightmare, a backlog of tiredness on his fair face, and a slightly infantile fat cheek that looked thin.
Jade wiped her tears silently, watching their young lady suffer like this, as subordinates, they had no choice but to watch, which was more uncomfortable than a knife.
"Miss, do you want some water?"
Sheng Mingzhu waved his hand, and his arm was almost gone.
The Lin family, who lived in the front yard, was called by his subordinates in the middle of the night, and heard that Sheng Mingzhu had a nightmare again, and he was too busy to even wear clothes, so he hurriedly brought someone over.
Looking at Sheng Mingzhu, whose eyes were blue and black, with a tired face, and bloodshot eyes, Lin Shi was anxious to shed tears, hugging her and calling for good Baozhu Zhuzhu.
I thought that when I woke up, people would be fine, but who knows how to fall into such a problem.
In the past few days, I have invited several doctors to come over, but they only said that they were scared, and the prescriptions prescribed were all calming, but they had no effect.
Every time I drink the medicine and rest, but after a moment's effort, I will fall into a nightmare.
Sheng Mingzhu leaned on Lin's arms, her eyelids drooped, and she was clearly tired to the extreme, but she didn't dare to close her eyes, and the scarlet roar in her sleep was everywhere.
"My mother is here! We are not afraid, my mother is protecting you, I close my eyes and rest for a while, my mother is here to guard. ”
Lin stretched out his hand to wipe away his tears, and hummed Sheng Mingzhu's favorite song when he was a child before going to bed.
The gentle voice floated in the ears, familiar and nostalgic.
A string of tears crossed the corner of his eyes, and Sheng Mingzhu closed her eyes again in Lin's gentle singing.
The room was silent, and everyone held their breath for fear of waking her up.
By the time Sheng Mingzhu opened her eyes again, it was already dawn, and the Lin family had already left, and only Jade was guarding her bedside.
"What time is it, my mother?"
"Madame kept watch over the young lady in the middle of the night, and when it was almost dawn, she had just returned. The second son came over just now, and when he saw that the young lady was sleeping soundly, he was reluctant to wake up the young lady, so he left. ”
The loss and tiredness of the past few days are not made up for in a few hours, the wound on the leg is faintly painful, Sheng Mingzhu yawned, and his spirit was much better than before, so he took the warm water brought by the jadeite, and simply freshened up.
The sun was just right outside, and the sun sneaked in through the window lattice, and the cool early autumn breeze carried the rich fragrance of osmanthus flowers.
"Is the osmanthus outside blooming?"
The courtyard where Sheng Mingzhu lives is called Xiangguiyuan, which is from the two osmanthus trees in the yard, as soon as autumn comes, the small osmanthus flowers are clustered in clusters, hidden among the leaves, dyed with the fragrance of the yard.
"A few days ago, I smelled the fragrance of osmanthus in the yard, and at this time in the past, the girl in the kitchen should lick her face and come over to ask for osmanthus and brew osmanthus wine. When the second son came in the morning, he just sent a wheelchair over, but it was delicate and flexible, and the young lady wanted to try it. ”
Seeing that Sheng Mingzhu was in good spirits, Jade's mood also became lighter.
Although the wheelchair sent by Sheng Mingyi is made of wood, the place where it leans is carefully cushioned with a soft bag, and when you are tired from sitting for a long time, you can also adjust your activities and turn it into a reclining chair.
Sheng Mingzhu leaned on his half-back, his injured leg was fixed on a footstool of the same height, and he basked for a while, disgusted that the sun was dazzling, so he simply covered his face with a veil, as if he was napping instead of sleeping.
The army that returned to Beijing has already marched to Wuchangkou, and it should be able to reach Beijing in about ten days.
Then it will be my mother's birthday.
The father of the military merit, plus a young, brave and promising eldest brother, led by 800 personal guards, the blood and courage that broke out of the sea of corpses and blood, as soon as the iron hooves of the army stepped into the land on the border of Beijing, the people who rushed to welcome him when they heard the news, and the prestige of the general Zhenguo resounded throughout Kyoto.
Thinking about this, this is the beginning of their Sheng family's tragedy.
Sheng Mingzhu filtered all the things she knew little by little in her mind, not letting go of any clues.
"Where did the stinky beggar come from, this is also the place where you can come, open your dog's eyes and see, what kind of place is this, what are you doing in a daze, don't hurry up and fight out, if the princess comes back in a while, I want you to look good."
Outside the faint courtyard wall, there was a lot of noise, accompanied by the sound of driving away insults.