Within a few days of that, the Xiongnu cavalry assembled outside the city in the clouds, and the sound of killing shook the sky, launching several sieges.

The wide streets were dark, and the adult men of the city went to the city to defend it, resisting the repeated attacks of the Huns. In the past, the glorious days in Chang'an seemed to have become a dream, every day when I woke up, I could smell the smell of gunpowder in the air, in this kind of precarious days, Zhang Yan suddenly thought, what are those people in Chang'an City doing now?

Liu Ying made a deep mark on the letter. "Shen Mo, you take the rest of the Lang Wei and go up to the city tower to help Lord Meng defend the city, right?"

"Master," Shen Mo knelt on the ground with a plop, "Weichen's duty is to guard your safety, if something happens to you, Weichen will die." Half of Lang Wei has already gone to defend the city, and there must be some guards by your side. ”

"No need." Liu Ying said lightly, "I understand what you said, but Shen Mo, only if Cloud City is saved, I won't have an accident, do you understand?" ”

"Master." Shen Mo was indignant in his heart and said sadly.

"Go ahead." Liu Ying said lightly, "By my side, only Zhao Qin and Meng Guan are left, and it is enough." ”

Zhao Qin and Meng Guan's skills and siblings can protect his safety, and their ranger martial arts are not the most important in the battlefield, such a decision is the wisest choice at present.

Shen Mo held back the tears in his eyes, bowed his head and bowed again, "The minister obeys." He slammed his head on the ground and made a heavy noise.

He stopped talking, got up and left the hall, and when he walked down the steps, he saw Empress Zhang coming out of the screen door.

……

When Zhang Yan walked under the curtain of the east wing. Liu Ying was asking the voice of the man in blue beside him, "What kind of character is this Lou Fu King who is besieged in the clouds and at the end of winter?" ”

"Although the Xiongnu are called a country, they are actually composed of a group of different tribes, and the tribes are subordinate to the Xiongnu Shan Yu, but they are independent of the internal military and political." In the wing, Gu Duan explained, "Lou Fu and Bai Yang Erbu Grassland are located in Henan, which is the closest to my Han Dynasty. And at the end of winter, there is courage and no strategy, if he is alone. It is not a matter of concern, what is really worth worrying about is the Huns' Zuogu Liwang Qu Plover. ”

"King Zuoguli. Canals? ”

She stood in front of the door for a moment, touching the empty sleeve of her right hand with her left hand.

In the room, Liu Ying felt something, looked up, and saw that it was her. His eyes softened in an instant, "Ah Yan," he got up and took her hand inside, "Why are you here?" ”

Gu Duan stood aside and saw the woman who entered the door. I just felt a light in my eyes.

The women of the Northland are all hard and broken by the wind and sand, and it is rare to see such a quiet and bright woman. Fifteen or sixteen is the most youthful age, pure and deep clothes. The eyebrows and eyes are picturesque.

He covered his mouth with the sleeve of his right hand, coughed with a gesture, and bowed, "Zhongsheng has seen Madame." ”

"I'm a little worried, so come and have a look." She looked up at Liu Ying. explained. Then he turned his head and smiled politely and detachedly. "You're welcome. Mr. Gu is a guest of his husband, and he does not dare to be a concubine. ”

"Has Mr. Gu lived in the clouds for many years?"

Gu Duan arched his hand and replied cautiously, "Since Meng Envoy Junhan served as the county guard of Yunzhong in the ninth year, I came to vote in the second year, and I have lived in Yunzhong for ten years. ”

Zhang Yan pursed her lips, lowered her head slightly, and asked, "Yunzhong borders the Xiongnu, Mr. Meng has been staying for so long, he should know the Xiongnu and Yunzhong very well, right?" It can be seen that there is a drought on the Xiongnu grassland this year? ”

Meng Duan was stunned, and after thinking about it, he replied, "It shouldn't be." According to border residents, although the grassland has a little lack of rain this year, it is far from the point of drought. ”

The morning light shone into the window, bright and indifferent, Zhang Yan couldn't help frowning.

"What's wrong?" Liu Ying noticed her strangeness and asked her.

"Nothing." , Zhang Yan scrutinized the suspicion, "I just can't figure out some things." ”

In all worldly things, there is always a cause and effect.

In the seventh year of the first emperor, when Mao Dun led an army of 400,000 to commit the Han Dynasty, it was because the Han Dynasty was established, and the court and the people who had just recovered from the dispute between Chu and Han had already had a deep intention of slacking off the war, and Han Wangxin, who was guarding the Daidi, surrendered to the Xiongnu at that time, and Mao Dun wanted to take the opportunity to rob; After that, the Han and Hungarians made peace twice, although there were occasional discord on the border, but there has been no large-scale war for nearly ten years.

So, this time they entered the Central Plains, where did they come from? Was it deliberate or accidental?

She was thinking about things, and she didn't know when, Gu Duan had already withdrawn, and there were only two people left in the room, her and Liu Ying. When I looked up, I saw a shallow smile on Liu Ying's lips.

"What are you laughing at?" Zhang Yan glared at him.

"Nothing." Liu Ying coughed. Looking at his wife's delicate face in the morning light, he was thoughtful.

Ah Yan, it's still a child.

A sixteen-year-old child, at the best age, has not yet smelled enough of all the flowers in the world, heard enough of the beautiful strings, tasted enough delicious food, and seen all the moving sounds...... She should live happily and happily surrounded by the best palace utensils, instead of living a precarious life in this city surrounded by powerful enemies.

And since he got her, he should take responsibility for protection.

Liu Ying suddenly remembered Chang'an.

The Beacon Fire military situation of the Huns' entry into the Kou has now spread to the Second Palace of Changle in Weiyang, right?

Thousands of miles away in Chang'an, what is the queen mother doing now?

He and his mother are close relatives by blood, but for more than ten years, they can't get used to each other's methods. Now, in this trapped lonely city, he began to be extremely glad for the inherent tenacity and determination of his mother. It is precisely because of the tenacity and determination in her bones that she was able to hold on when her only son's life and death were unknown, first defending her husband and son's country and cleaning up the turmoil.

His eyes showed a kind of resoluteness.

"Yuan He," he privately summoned his confidant, "you go and prepare." ”

……

Time passed, and everyone in the city was looking forward to it, but the reinforcements still did not appear above the horizon.

“…… Shanan County also fell, and the county ordered Tang Yan to be martyred and would rather die than surrender. ”

"Yanmen and Dingxiang counties also have Huns attacking, I heard that. This time the Huns entered the Kou, with the king of Zuogu Liqu as the commander, the soldiers were divided into three roads, and the two kings of Lou Fu and Aries led 30,000 people, for the west road, from Dingxiang and Yunzhong; The two kings of Kun and Xinli led 20,000 people to the east road, entering from Yandi; The king of Zuogu led the middle road and attacked Yanmen. ”

All of a sudden, the faces of everyone in the city changed color. The sudden outbreak of the Han-Hungarian War was far more intense than everyone imagined.

"There seem to be a lot of Huns attacking the city this time." Under the osmanthus tree in the small courtyard. Qingkui washes the sunflower and says in a cozy way.

"Qingkui," Zhang Yan bent down and patted her face, "Are you afraid?" ”

"I'm afraid." The fourteen-year-old girl burst into tears. "But what can I do with my home here?"

In the clouds, like an old man who is hungry, he is struggling to hold on in the twilight. I don't know what fate I will face in the next moment.

Taishou Meng Shu frowned tightly and walked around the head of the city in the clouds. The soldiers guarded their posts, and although they were exhausted, they still clung to the knives and guns in their hands. "How's the city going?"

Wu Kucheng grimaced and said, "Everything else is okay,...... There are not many arrows left in the city. ”

Since the founding of the Han Dynasty. In order to guard against local chaos, in addition to the two arsenals of Chang'an and Luoyang. There is never too much to distribute in local arsenals.

- but did not expect, did not have time to wait for the local army to rebel, but because of the constraints of arrows, had to give up the city in the clouds to the wolf ambition of the Xiongnu.

Meng Shu clenched the green steel sword in his hand, and there was a burst of despair in his heart.

When the eldest husband dies, he is dead, and when he joined King Zhao as a guest, he was never afraid of death. However, now that the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty is in the city behind him, if there are three long and two short, won't he become the sinner of the Han Dynasty through the ages?

……

Three inches up from the wrist of the right sleeve, it feels warm and cold to the touch, and it is a jade token. Zhang Yan stretched out her hand to touch it, and she could still feel the texture on it - this was one of the few things she carried with her when she came out of the Yang Palace, and she thought that she would never use it in this life. But in this situation, she had to consider using it to find a new way.

With a "babbling", the door of the east chamber was pushed open from the outside.

"Who let you in?" Liu Ying's irritable voice came from inside.

"Uncle."

Liu Ying raised her head and was stunned when she saw that it was her, "Ah Yan, I didn't know it was you." He calmed his emotions, softened his voice, and hugged her into his arms, "Why are you here?" ”

Seeing that Yunzhong City was besieged by the Huns, and as the king of the Han Dynasty, he was powerless, Liu Ying, he, was very frustrated, right?

Zhang Yan looked at him with pity, and said with a smile, "I missed you, so I came over." Reaching out to rub his slightly frowning brow, "Hold on, don't frown often, otherwise you will get old." ”

Liu Ying was stunned.

There was a faint indulgence in Ah Yan's eyes. Liu Ying's gaze slowly moved to her snow-white neck. I don't know why, I remembered that in her bedroom that day, Ah Yan's beautiful and delicate body. Her whole body was a strange pink hue. Soggy sideburns with sweat.

The hand on her waist changed a little.

"Yikes." Zhang Yan exclaimed, "The sky is still bright." ”

"What's the matter?" Liu Ying's voice had a hint of begging, "Ah Yan, accompany me." ”

……

When everything calmed down, Zhang Yan kicked him away, pulled the futon on the couch over, and wrapped it on his body, covering the spring light.

Liu Ying smiled lowly.

"Uncle, if there is no better way, then, at least in the last days, we must live happily."

"Happy?" Liu Ying was stunned, holding the slender waist of the girl in her arms, and looked out of the window of the middle room, and could see the blue sky.

The desolate horn whined, hovering over the city in the clouds, like an eternal sunset, emitting a red light like blood. The smoke is long.

Perhaps, this was the last clarion call for the siege of the Huns. And when the sun rises tomorrow, I wonder how many mothers in the city will lose their sons, and how many women and children will lose their husbands.

"Ah Yan......" Liu Ying's leisurely voice, "Since you followed me, it seems that I haven't given you much happy time." ”

"I'm very happy now." She pillowed her head on Liu Ying's chest, "Really." ”

Happy, want to save time, stop at this moment, never go on.

"Huh." Liu Ying smiled disapprerovingly, "If there is a next life, Ah Yan, we will still be a couple." ”

"Nonsense." Zhang Yan said hurriedly, brushing away the teardrops in her eyes,

"My uncle will live a hundred years."

It will be safe and sound.

will reign over the world.

Will hold hands until old age.

Will children around the knee.

Yes...... Stand in that place and wait until I return.

Liu Ying kissed her ear and said vaguely, "Don't call me uncle-"

……

A plate of dried bamboo shoots, a plate of boiled crucian carp, a plate of dried eggs, a plate of fried sunflower, a can of simmered duck soup, two bowls of corn and pine nut soup.

Qing Kui put the dishes from the tray on the table in front of the two of them one by one.

Liu Ying was full of emotion, these are the dishes he once loved, and in the past four years of married life, Ah Yan has prepared them for him one by one. Now these on the case, although the raw materials are not as delicate as the Jiaofang Palace, and the craftsmanship is far less than the Jiaofang Palace's food officials, but in an instant, it still seems to have brought him back to the warm and beautiful Jiaofang Palace from the war-torn border city.

"It's been a long time since you left, and I haven't tasted this craft." Liu Ying sighed lightly.

Zhang Yanyan smiled, "Then you have to taste it, I instructed the chef to make it, you can see that it tastes good." "The slender fingers are held on the lacquered bowl, like a beautiful lily blooming.

"It tastes the same as ever." Liu Ying tasted the small dagger in her hand, the corners of her lips were slightly raised, and her smile was bright, "-It's a pity, it's not Ah Yan, you made it yourself." ”

Zhang Yan's heart was gloomy. At this time, she really had the heart to make a soup for Liu Ying's hands. It's a pity that he is weak and powerless in the middle feed, and he doesn't want to make Liu Ying embarrassed. ”

"If you have good food, how can you live without good wine?" She raised her eyebrows and smiled, took the wine bottle held by Qing Kui on the side, and put it on the red clay stove under the hall to warm it, "This is the wine I made when I first arrived in Shanan, when there were still peach blossoms in Shanan, I used peach blossoms to make wine, and after the wine was made, it was buried under the wisteria tree in the courtyard." Later, Meng Guan returned to Shanan and didn't take anything, but brought back this jar of wine. Holding the sleeve with his left hand, he took it with a wooden ladle, held it in both hands and handed it to Liu Ying, "Uncle might as well try it." "Smile and exhale.

In the shallow round belly ear cup, the wine soup is clear in color and fragrant. The wine soaked in peach blossoms is also dyed with a faint peach blossom fragrance, and after half a year of fermentation, it has become a deep blue color.

"Good wine." Liu Ying drank it all in a big gulp, and couldn't help but praise it, "This wine is out, and all the wine is abdicated." There was still a smile on his lips, and when he saw Zhang Yan looking at each other, he said strangely, "Ah Yan, don't you drink?" ”

When the despair spread, Zhang Yan stared at him, deeply, deeply, as if she wanted to engrave this familiar face into her heart. A sad smile came out of his lips.

"Ah Yan......" Liu Ying was stunned in his heart, and with a bang, the ear cup in his hand fell to the ground, and the clear wine splashed on the hem of his clothes, penetrating, but he didn't have the strength to raise his hand to wipe it. You ......"

His mind began to feel groggy. A sense of foreboding floated in my heart.

——4250 words, revised May 12, 2011

PS：

When I took the title of the chapter, I thought of "Love in a Fallen City". It wasn't our love that poured out the city. It is the overthrow of this city that fulfills our love. A few years ago, when I watched the finale of "Ten Kinds of Brocade", I also involuntarily remembered the love of a fallen city. Zhang Ailing V5.