Chapter 35: Dressed in Red Again

When Qu Gao arrived at Changle Fang, it was almost evening. He came all the way to it. He was uneasy in his heart, and as soon as he got off the horse, he stumbled towards Zhu Yan's room.

He came to Zhu Yan's door, knocked lightly, and said, "Ah Yan, it's me." As soon as he finished speaking, the door creaked open. Yang opened the door, her eyes were red, and there was still a trace of fear on her face.

As soon as Qu Gao entered the door, Yang threw himself into his arms. Qu Gao was stunned, his hand was stupidly open, and as if he suddenly thought of something, he gently pushed Yang away.

In the embroidered bed tent, Zhu Yan was lying with a pale face, his eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, and his body was trembling incessantly, as if he was struggling in a dream, wanting to wake up but unable to do anything.

"Ah Yan." Qu Gao sat in front of the bed, clenched Zhu Yan's trembling and cold little hands, and called softly. I don't know why, he was a little flustered when he called Zhu Yan.

Zhu Yan seemed to hear the call, and his expression gradually stabilized, but he still didn't wake up. Qu Gao stopped shouting, and gently held Zhu Yan's soft body in his arms, and after a while, Zhu Yan's light eyebrows were gently stretched, and his eyes slowly opened, seeing that Qu Gao's face was full of sweat like rain, he couldn't help but purse his lips, and gasped softly: "Why are you here?"

"How long are you going to hide from me?" Qu Gao's angry voice was full of worry.

The feeling of being blamed by him with concern, her heart warmed, how good it would be if she could lie in his arms all the time, but she knew that her time was running out. Zhu Yan smiled bitterly on his pale face, gasped twice, and said: "I'm afraid that Xiangyang City can't hold it, if you assassinate Zhang You, the court will not let you go, and you killed the Marquis of Gudu, Shi Hu's army is also about to arrive, fortunately, Ah Yan is clever, and he has left a way back for his righteous brother in Changsha, and Uncle Chang has also escorted his father-in-law and mother on the way to Changsha, brother-in-law, let's go quickly." ”

Qu Gao nodded noncommittally and said, "Don't talk for now, take care of your body." ”

"It seems that Ah Yan really knows his brother-in-law." A sincere smile appeared on Zhu Yan's pale face, and then said: "Ah Yan knows that his righteous brother is the husband of Dingtian, a brave hero, and he must not be afraid of the Hu people and will not leave Xiangyang, so he made a good suggestion to let Jun'er rush to the Huainan camp in the starry night to ask General Zu Ti for help. Seeing that Qu Gao's face seemed to be displeased, Zhu Yan's eyes closed, two tears rolled down, and he whimpered and said: "Brother, my little sister has no strength to make more arrangements for you, please, retreat to Changsha." ”

Qu Gao's nose was sour, he knew how much effort Zhu Yan had to spend to fix all this, and now that she was seriously ill and critical, she was still struggling to plan a way out for him, how could she live up to it? It's just that Shi Hu is brutal, since he has brought the army to attack Xiangyang, if Xiangyang City is broken, the people of the city will be ruined, although this matter is not because of him, but he is also involved, how can he escape alone at this juncture.

"Ah Yan." Qu Gao clenched Zhu Yan's cold and visible meridian hand, and said softly: "Haven't you always wanted to go upstairs to watch the sunset in Xiangyang?" The righteous brother will take you to see, if there is anything else you want, just open your mouth, even if it is the moon in the sky, the righteous brother will also take it off for you. ”

Zhu Yan smiled weakly and said, "Ah Yan wants to see his brother wear a wedding dress again, it's good to wear it for Ah Yan once", after speaking, he closed his eyes and fell asleep. Qu Gao put Zhu Yan down, went back to change into the wedding dress woven by Gao's own hand, wore a golden crown, and rushed back, picked up the sleeping Zhu Yan, took the sword, and walked towards the Xiangyang City Tower step by step.

The north gate was fortified, and in addition to the soldiers defending the city in Xiangyang, there were also many silver-helmeted warriors arranging the city defenses, and these warriors were well-equipped, like the royal family's government soldiers.

When they arrived at the city gate, the city guards saw Qu Gao ascending the city tower step by step, and they all looked at each other, wanting to stop them, but they saw that Qu Gao was angry, and he didn't dare to speak. Qu Gao put Zhu Yan on the lookout, sat down on the ground, let her lean on his arms, the evening wind became tighter, Zhu Yan's body trembled slightly, Qu Gao pulled the coat, covered her, turned back to the captain and said: "Uncle, my sister wants to see the sunset in the city." It is unknown whether Xiangyang City can survive tonight, the Sima family has not convicted me, and the three thousand soldiers of the Wang family have not been arrested by me, so why should my uncle be in a hurry. ”

"Do it yourself!" The lieutenant snorted, waved his hand and asked the city gate guards to return to their posts, and no longer looked at Qu Gao.

"Ahem." There was a light cough in his arms, Zhu Yan slowly opened his eyes, saw Qu Gao's red makeup and gold crown, tried to squeeze out a smile, and said lightly: "Brother, you are my only relative, there are still people in this world who love me, although it is not the love of men and women, but pure and honest, full of comfort, even if I am born flawed, I can know that there is a handsome, smart, and chivalrous person in this world, who does not hesitate to collide with the etiquette for me, and spoil me and let me mess around for so long, so far in life, there should be no regrets!" It's just that Ah Yan is not blessed, and he can't be with his brother-in-law in the future. Qu Gao heard that her breath was getting weaker and weaker, and he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable in his heart, "Don't talk, take a good rest, and I'll call you again when the red glow reflects the sky." ”

Zhu Yan shook his head gently, "I can lift a little strength now, I want to talk to you more, I'm afraid that if I don't say it now, you won't be able to hear it in the future." Suddenly, smoke and dust rose in the north, and the sound of rumbling horses' hooves could gradually be heard, Zhu Yan saw Qu Gao's expression, and asked softly: "Is it Shi Hu's army?" ”

Qu Gao let out a "hmm" and replied gently: "Don't be afraid, if these Hu people dare to disturb their sisters to watch the sunset, my brother will sprinkle their blood as the sunset." Zhu Yan smiled with dignity, leaned out from under the robe, held a whistle hanging around his neck, blew it vigorously, and the sound of "woo" sounded, and suddenly out of nowhere jumped out of all directions Eight samurai dressed in black, those samurai were burly, their faces were solemn, and the long sword in their hands was even more cold, Qu Gao was secretly shocked, so many masters were hidden around, and they didn't even notice it.

"They are the dead soldiers that Uncle Chang trained for me, and they are also the last thing Ah Yan can do for his brother. Brother, Ah Yan really wants to go home, I really want to go back to my father's mother. Zhu Yan sobbed angrily, after speaking, his body was soft, Qu Gao reached out to sniff sluggishly, but he swooped back, got up and looked at the billowing smoke and dust outside the city, Qu Gao picked up Zhu Yan's soft and boneless body, the sunset on the horizon was still half, and the remnants of the sun stained half of the sky red, Qu Gao stared at it, and whispered to the person in his arms: "It's like Ah Yan's red makeup." ”