(1) The sound of cicadas

My name is Yong Qinghui, and I am the fourth son of the Hussar General Yongjia, but no one thought of it...... I will also be the last child of the Yong family.

The day I was born was in the middle of autumn.

My mother said that the moment I fell to the ground, I was accompanied by the sound of crying outside the window, leaving behind a flock of geese.

The flying wild goose is a good omen.

Therefore, my father gave me a nickname: Song Goose, to commemorate the distinctive sound of the wild goose when I was born.

My father said that I would grow up to be very promising, just like my eldest brother.

The eldest brother's name is Yong Qingyao, thirteen years older than me, when I was born, he was already walking in front of the royal companion, because of his skills, he was deeply appreciated by the saints.

Daddy also wants to ...... I can be like him. So when I could almost walk, I started to practice light exercises, and when I could hold things, the first thing I touched was the bow and arrow.

Dad once saved the life of the current saint because an arrow hit the enemy's head, so this bow and arrow has also become a must-learn lesson for the Yong family. Even though I was too young to have much strength to draw the bow to its fullest, I was able to practice day after day while the average child was still playing with toys.

I don't think it's hard.

I always felt that when I raised my head slightly, I could see my father's loving eyes, and then I saw him take an arrow and draw a bow, and said, 'Look, be like Daddy!' Then as soon as he let go, the arrow flew out with a 'boom', hitting the red heart.

This memory seems to always appear in a dream.

But in the end, as long as you hear the familiar words spoken by your father, his image will disappear in an instant.

Wake up from a dream.

Growing up, I don't know how many times I've had dreams, about so many things, but ...... Most of them are about the past of childhood.

Father, mother, and older brothers and sisters, they will all appear in dreams.

But it's just in a dream.

And those dreams of family members usually end in a fire.

Yes, it's not that I don't remember.

I was just...... I don't want to think about it anymore.

In the early summer of the year when I was four years old, although the weather had just warmed up, the cicadas on the trees were still very noisy. As far back as I can remember, I couldn't hear anything but the sound of cicadas that summer. The cicadas were so noisy that I couldn't sleep peacefully when I was supposed to take a nap...... At this moment, the nursing mother suddenly rushed into the house, picked me up, and stuffed me into the cabinet next to me. And then it was as if he had said something......

They said something like not allowing me to come out.

In the darkness, all I could hear was the cicadas.

The noise of cicadas is almost dizzy.

It was so dark in the cabinet that I didn't even know how long it had been, until I heard the voice of my eldest brother amid the hoarse and shrill sound of cicadas......

"Qinghui! Qinghui, where are you!? ”

I cautiously pushed the cabinet door open a small slit, and at this time I also saw the figure of the eldest brother.

As if he had seen me, he immediately stepped forward and slammed the cabinet door open.

I don't know the person in front of me...... His face was covered in blood, his clothes had become bloody, and his right arm had been cut out, and blood was flowing down his wrist and towards his hand.

The cicadas sounded so suddenly that I couldn't seem to hear anything.

He didn't speak, just dropped the knife in his left hand, picked me up, and ran out the door. When the officers and soldiers were encountered, they hid, trotted all the way to the remote road, and then stopped. His blood, dripping from his cheeks all the way down my face, smelled fishy.

He stumbled to his knees.

And when he knelt down, he never got up again.

I squatted beside him, shook his body vigorously, and called out to him almost with all my might: "Big brother! What's wrong with Big Brother, Big Brother! What's going on at home! Daddy! ”

"Don't be noisy...... Qinghui ...... Don't be noisy. His face was already pale, and the corners of his mouth couldn't stop dripping blood: "You secretly ...... Walk through the back door...... The corner gate of the West Garden, there, there...... You go quickly......"

"I'm not leaving!! Eldest brother...... I don't go, I don't go!! "I grabbed him by the sleeve and tried with all my strength to pull him up from the ground, but my strength was so small, and he knelt there the whole time, motionless." Eldest brother...... Big brother walks together...... Woo...... Big brother let's go!! "I was screaming and screaming, and for some reason, I cried.

Maybe it's because I saw that his legs were already bloody and blurred.

Perhaps, it was to see his body, as if it had been cut with a knife without a piece of good meat.

But he still looked at me, his lips trembled, and he gritted his teeth and scolded, "Let's go!" Let me go! ”

"Big brother!! Qinghui is not leaving! Don't go!! "I stubbornly clung to his sleeve, tears welling up in my eyes, blurring the familiar midsummer scene." The eldest brother followed Qinghui and walked and ...... together Let's go together...... Qinghui is so scared, so scared!! ”

But the eldest brother suddenly stretched out his hand and pushed me aside: "Our children of the Yong family...... There is no seed, you remember...... Don't cry! Don't cry!! ”

"But big brother...... The eldest brother ...... "I wanted to step forward again, but I saw a black shadow suddenly fall in front of me, and in the next moment, my body had left the ground and was picked up.

The eldest brother's eyes were already misty, as if he was swayed by the summer sun. "You're here......"

"Hmm."

"I beg you, help me...... Take him away. "The eldest brother's voice has become weaker and weaker, even trembling slightly." He...... He is the last bloodline of our Yong family...... It's the only hope for our Yong family......" As he spoke, he seemed to vomit a mouthful of blood.

"Don't worry, I've helped."

“…… Good brother, more ...... Thank you...... "His last note seemed to have exhausted his last strength, and he knelt there, not moving.

"Big brother!! Eldest brother!! "I struggled desperately, but I couldn't get out,

I could only wave my arms and kick my feet in vain, but to no avail. I was held in the arms of the man, and no matter how desperately I cried, I couldn't pull my eldest brother's hand again.

Eventually, the man took me out of the house, and by the time I left, there had already been a fire in the stockade.

The fire drowned out all sounds, including the crackling of wood as it burned, the sound of blood meeting flames, and...... Those who have not yet lost their breath wail one after another.

But, I didn't hear anything about it.

All I could hear was the sound of cicadas.

On that summer day, the noisy sound of cicadas.

I never knew who saved me, but when I think about it, I always think he was probably a friend of my eldest brother. He was too young to even have the slightest impression of him.

Later, that person brought me to Master and said that he would hand me over to Master to raise, and I never saw him in the years I grew up.

This accident made me lose all my relatives. I don't understand, I don't understand why the Yong family, who was still beautiful the day before, suddenly changed in one day.

For a four-year-old child, it means that his whole sky has fallen.

At that time, I didn't eat or drink, I sat there all day, looking up at the sky. No matter how much he called, there was no response...... The whole person is like a fool.

The sound of cicadas in my head kept ringing, and I couldn't sleep at night.

But one day, he suddenly said to me: "Are you a child of the Yong family? ”

"I am."

"You're not." He said categorically: "General Yongda...... But there is no son like you. ”

I stared at him blankly, and the cicada in my head became even more panicked: "What is that...... Profitable? ”

"Live, have you forgotten what your brother said on his deathbed? Survive, you are the last hope of the Yong family. Master looked at me and said.

……

The sound of cicadas in my head stopped abruptly.