Chapter 1: The First Sight of the Docks
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Many years ago, in Beihua Castle, the cold wind hit like a sharp blade of ice. When the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info whistling past people's ears, they will feel cold and painful.
The snowflakes fluttering in the sky like the graceful dance of dancers flew in the air, fluttering and sprinkling, and a cold wind blew, and their light and elegant steps were disrupted, and they fell in a whirl.
As soon as I entered the wax moon, it had already snowed several times. The pure snowflakes make this ancient city with a long history silent in the world of white carpet and silver wrapping, like covering it with a layer of white veil, making its antiquity more mysterious.
In the past, the bustling and lively Beihua City may have been fought by warlords for several days, and the war was raging, but now it is in a depression. The old Guzhai store, which usually welcomes and sends people in and out on both sides, also closed early due to the unevenness of the world.
Walk alone on a wide street lined with old-style buildings.
Except for the slight sound of shoes touching the cyan floor tiles, there was silence only the sound of the wind passing by my ears. Long Jinyu's frosty and snowy soft water clutched the collar tightly, trying not to let the cold wind invade, but she still didn't just shiver.
The girl's clear and clear eyes were as black as ink jade, and the water seemed to be dripping. The curved willow eyebrows, butterfly-like eyelashes flickered in the blink of an eye.
The skin is fair, as if transparent, and the baby-like delicate face is slightly red because of the cold. The slightly upturned lips are naturally delicate and moist, like delicate stamens, and the girl smiled and revealed two shallow pear vortices, which were incredibly beautiful.
When approaching the four big characters of "Beijiang Wharf", her steps sped up a little, and when she saw the familiar and busy figure in the distance, the corners of her mouth curved a trace of arc that could not be ignored, graceful and pure.
Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed between the gaps in the neatly stacked goods on the side of the road, and her steps paused. In the cold winter and the turbulent times, maybe the black shadow was a wild cat and wild dog looking for a way out, Long Jinyu didn't think much about it, and walked over with courage.
When she saw the situation and almost screamed in fright, the shadow was one step ahead of her, flashed behind her before she could scream, covered her mouth, and threatened, "Don't make a sound, or I'll kill you." It was a male voice, with a distinctly weak but menacing voice.
Long Jinyu was so frightened by this sudden incident that she didn't know what to do, her clear eyes were full of shock, and she could only nod. Seeing that she agreed, the other party let go of her.
As if the last ounce of strength had been drained, the man held a dagger in one hand, the tip of the knife was slanted into the ground, supporting his body, and slid weakly down against the cargo behind him, slumped on the ground. Looking down, Long Jinyu saw his other hand pressed against his abdomen, but despite this, the red blood was still oozing from somewhere, and red flowers of different sizes bloomed on the white snow, which was very eye-catching.
"I'm embarrassed, am I?" he asked, glancing at Long Jinyu, gasping for breath weakly, and pulling out a wry smile like self-deprecation.
Long Jinyu bit her lower lip tightly, looked stupidly at the man in front of her who was covered in blood but still smiled, and shook her head dumbly.
"Help me. He curled the corners of his lips and spoke tentatively. The thin face faded a trace of coldness, probably because of too much bleeding, his face was pale, and even his lips were not bloody, which made Long Jinyu subconsciously want to refuse the words stuck in his throat.
Long Jinyu didn't answer immediately, just looked at the other party slightly, the man's face was thin, although there were a lot of blood stains on his face, and many of them were frozen to the surface of a layer of bright white light, but they still couldn't hide his natural elegant temperament. The open ink-colored coat was tattered, and the shirt that was put on it was also cut through countless gaps of different lengths, but the texture of the fabric could still be seen.
"You... Who are you, why are you here?" Long Jinyu's lips trembled slightly, and although her soft and graceful voice trembled, her words were clear.
"I was seriously injured by someone chasing me. Knowing what she was going to ask herself, the man said unabashedly, "Can you save me?" The man paused and spoke again, his weak breath like a gossamer, as if he was about to use up his last strength and die in the next second.
"......" opened his mouth, and wanted to ask something more, but his eyes fell on his bleeding abdomen again, and he couldn't say a word. Now in troubled times, it is better to take care of things that have nothing to do with you, but my mother taught me since I was a child, and the ancestor of the Long family taught me: the doctor is benevolent. She really can't do anything that can't be saved when she dies.
Unable to make up his mind after a hundred turns in his heart, Long Jinyu happened to see his brother walking in his direction on the side, and said to the man excitedly: "My brother is here, I will let him save you, wait a minute." ”
"No, don't, don't tell anyone I'm here, please—" He stopped the girl emotionally, struggling to get up. But he pulled the wound, and a cold sweat broke out at the moment of pain.
Long Jinyu didn't want to hide it from his brother, after all, a big living person appeared on the dock out of thin air, and his identity was unknown, and he was seriously injured. It is inevitable that it will not cause unnecessary trouble.
But looking at his broken body, the wounds that kept oozing blood, the pain made his forehead tremble with tight beads of sweat in winter, and the pleading look in his eyes, Long Jinyu finally couldn't bear to hurt him anymore.
After thinking for a moment, Long Jinyu only whispered the word "good", picked up the extra linen bag from the side and covered him in a small area. Long Jinyu tried her best to suppress the pounding heart, looked at the oncoming person, and raised a smile.
"Brother. She exhaled in a low voice to that figure, and her crisp voice was like a lark's low singing, tactful and subtle, very beautiful.
Hearing her call, Long Jinyan smiled faintly on the tips of her eyebrows, and her doting gaze fell on the girl, and the corners of her mouth floated with an unhesitant arc.
Long Jinyan has a very beautiful figure, with indescribable handsomeness in her delicate facial features, and a pair of clear and clear eyes like Jinyu under her thick eyebrows. The corners of his thin lips rhyme with an indifferent smile, and he is full of an indescribable elegance and gentleness. That is, between the elegant and handsome, there is a unique ethereal beauty of its own.
Long Jinyan, who came over, touched the girl's long hair and said softly: "It's so cold, won't I let you come?" His voice was clear and melodious, and his reproachful words were full of pampering.
Reaching out to push away the big hand he put on top of his head, Long Jinyu's small chin tilted back unconvinced: "Don't touch my head, I'm not a child anymore!" She is almost eighteen years old, and the eldest brother always protects her in everything, looking at her with the eyes of a child in everything. In this regard, Long Jinyu has protested more than once, but it is clear that those protests are ineffective.
Looking back at the distance behind him, Long Jinyu sighed silently, and then continued: "I'm here to bring you food, if I wasn't afraid that your mother would be distressed if you were hungry, I wouldn't bother to care about you!"
Long Jinyan shook her head helplessly and smiled, reaching out to take the lunch box. When he touched her cold little hand, he said with distress: "Your hands are so cold, and you don't wear more, you just want your mother to worry!"
"No, no! I'm not cold. Long Jinyu's heart was full of the scene just now, he was covered in blood, would he die on such a cold day? Do you want to tell your brother? But why does he not want people to know about his existence?
Long Jinyan saw that she was absent-minded, and looked at her suspiciously, and asked, "What's wrong?" I just saw that you seemed to have something over there, what happened?"
Hurriedly retracting his gaze, Long Jinyu waved his hand to Long Jinyan again and again: "No, it's okay... Just look... It's pitiful to get a stray cat, but it's probably gone now!" Long Jinyu didn't know how long he would stay there, hoping to find a place to treat him as soon as possible.
Patting her thin little shoulder, Long Jinyan comforted: "It will feed itself, don't worry." No matter how small a life is, you have to live on your own tenacity, and you and I can't take care of it all the time. He knows that his sister's biggest advantage is kindness, and the biggest disadvantage is also kindness, and he can't wait to take home the stray kittens and dogs, even if there are several stray cats she has adopted.
Taking a breath, Long Jinyan changed the topic and asked, "Have you eaten?" Long Jinyu shook her head and replied honestly: "... Not yet..."She really didn't eat it, so she sent it to him when it was ready. For fear that the food would be cold, she walked slowly on the road, and almost fell down several times.
Long Jinyan knew that this girl never thought about her body, so she glanced at her angrily and didn't speak.
Looking at his brother's expression that instantly became serious, Long Jinyu blinked his inky jade-like eyes and smiled flatteringly, rubbing his frozen sour nose and deliberately looking away. She was most afraid of her eldest brother's expression, and the look in her eyes was like a child who had made a big mistake, so that she didn't dare to look him in the eyes.
A few seconds later, Long Jinyan still couldn't bear to blame her, sighed helplessly, and said angrily: "Eat together, next time you dare to see how I punish you like this!"
The siblings were about to eat when they heard the hum of a car engine. Hearing the prestige, a pitch-black sedan had stopped at the dock, followed by several large military-green trucks, the body of which was covered with a blue-green canvas, like a green dragon circling over.
Long Jinyu looked at this sudden scene in puzzlement, and Long Jinyan next to him was pulled away by the young man at the dock in a hurry. Before leaving, Long Jinyan told her not to move and wait for him to come back.
At the same time, many heavily armed soldiers jumped out of the truck, instantly surrounding the entire Beijiang wharf. They were dressed in navy blue military uniforms, with straight bodies and solemn young faces. They moved very quickly, and Long Jinyu didn't even have time to see how they jumped out of the car, they were already lined up.
"What about the steward, let him come out quickly. A man about thirty-four or five years of age shouted in a hoarse and shrill voice. "What are you procrastinating? Hurry up and ......" The appearance of the big thorn, if it weren't for the military uniform, would be more like a mountain bandit yelling at five or six times.
"It's coming, it's coming. I am. An old man in his fifties and sixties, dressed in a dark brocade robe, walked briskly towards him, and if he hadn't been holding the front of the robe in one hand, he would have fallen on his head.
Seeing this, Long Jinyu secretly felt funny in her heart. Sure enough, in today's world, bullying is still common. The officer-like person in front of her didn't seem to be too low-ranked, but he got off the truck behind, and if she guessed correctly, the real big man was still in the black car.
Thinking of this, the word dog fighting human power popped out of his mind, and now he is insatiable for officials, and he is self-respecting for the army, especially the one in front of him, isn't he the best column.
Suppressing the thoughts in her heart, Long Jinyu's eyes moved to the magnificent car. The car is no different from the ordinary car of a wealthy businessman, but with such a big pomp, where did the people inside come from?
Sure enough, the next second the car door was opened, and a pair of pitch-black and shiny military boots with spurs stepped on the ground, and the boots made a creaking sound when they came into contact with the snow. Through the snowflakes flying in the sky, Long Jinyu only saw a vague silhouette of the man.