It was more deeply exposed, the moonlight was bleak, and the small side gate next to the gate of Fanzhou City was suddenly snapped.

Buckle buckle clasp.

Polite and restrained.

On ordinary days, except for the city government officials who return late from running errands, if there is nothing important, it is rare for someone to knock on the door so late.

The husband who had just rested answered with a sigh, got up and put on his coat and opened the door with a night lamp.

A cold wind blew, and a beautiful girl stood faintly outside the door.

Ice muscles and snow bones, black hair like a waterfall, really stunning, but the look in the eyebrows and eyes is too cold, like a wind and snow, cold and cold, pure white cloak is still wrapped in a heavy cold, like the wind and dust have been driven for a long time to reach Fanzhou.

There is an inexplicable sense of oppression in her beauty.

The older husband, who has always been conscientious and honest, believes in some gods and ghosts, was startled by this sudden night visitor, and couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive, after all, in the middle of the night, a lonely girl, this situation, it is easy to think of those ghosts and gods with noses and eyes arranged by neighbors when they chat.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt oozing, he swallowed his saliva, and felt a chill down his spine, as if a person with no body temperature and cold body was clinging to his back.

He secretly looked down, trying to make sure there was no shadow of the person coming.

The flame of the night light in his palm swayed with the cold wind, and the figure on the ground, although dim, still jumped with the firelight.

Fortunately, there was a shadow, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Sensing something, the girl frowned lightly and said coldly, "I am a living person." ”

Suddenly, the voice startled the husband, and when he was noticed by his thoughts, he looked embarrassed, smiled awkwardly, and didn't say much in the not very gentle sight of the visitor, so he had to change the topic, "That...... It's ...... girl's so late."

"Disturbing in the middle of the night, I want to go into the city to find someone. ”

"Looking for someone?" The husband glanced at the sky and couldn't help muttering: "It's just over the fourth watch, and the city gate has already been locked, and you can't enter, so why don't you come back early tomorrow morning." ”

"I know, that's why I'm here to bother the old man. ”

Although the husband who was in charge of the night watch was not important enough to control the key to the open gate, there was a side gate to enter the city where he lived, but it was never accessible to people.

After all, the rules of the city are clearly there.

The husband scratched his head in embarrassment, "Girl...... It's not an old man, I don't want to help you, the rules in the city have always been like this, you can't enter and leave at will during the night curfew, let alone enter the side door......! The old man didn't dare to disobey, if he was discovered by the city lord and lost his job, he was afraid that I would not be able to eat the old bones and walk around, and I would still wear a crime in my old age...... So, please don't embarrass the old man. ”

"The situation is urgent, can I be accommodating?"

The husband waved his hand, but still insisted: "No, no, the rules are like this, please come back early tomorrow morning." ”

The girl lowered her eyes and did not speak again, although her expression remained reserved, but she could still glimpse some of the disappointment.

After a moment of silence, seeing that the husband was really embarrassed, he didn't bother much, so he turned around to leave.

Only then did the husband see that there was a horse parked under the tree beside the official road outside the city gate, meekly hanging its head, quietly waiting for its owner.

The girl walked over, leaned on her horse, and bowed her head, as if she had been hindered, and suddenly did not know what to do.

This little girl has very little to say.

In the thick of the night, she was alone, and her thin shadow was like crumpled wings.

Somehow, the husband who was supposed to close the door and sleep directly suddenly softened his heart and stopped her.

"Little girl, you ...... Where are you from?"

"Dock City. ”

"Isn't there a war going on over there in Wucheng? I heard that there was a lot of trouble, and I don't know what is going on now, so it's really worrying...... Oh, you are...... Are you alone when you come to Fanzhou to join your relatives?"

He has seen a lot of orphans and widows who have come to visit relatives in different places when their families have changed.

The girl's eyes moved, and she wanted to say something, but in the end she just replied sullenly, "Hmm." ”

The husband choked, Wucheng is separated from Fanzhou by more than a dozen cities, and a little girl came alone, and she arrived in the middle of the night but couldn't enter the city, and she didn't know how hard the road was.

In the end, he hesitated for a moment, "...... Are you really in such a hurry?"

The girl pursed her lips and nodded, her expression a little more solemn, she looked at her husband, her eyes seemed to wander into the distance, and her voice was about to disperse in the night wind.

"It's too late...... It's too late. ”

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Do you know that the war outside the song and dance is flying?

The years are quiet, the mountains and rivers are still there, and there are always people who are carrying the weight of the world in the vast wasteland.

The war is raging, the bones are gone, and the husbands who have been away for decades have ever asked about the return date?

The look, the smell, the sound, or the face of the man who waited for the person outside the door, seemed to have gone away with the long years, festering in the corpse-laden slaughter, and even the memory would become blurred, but it would never be erased, forgotten, and would always be gently remembered in some casual morning or dusk.

It is precisely because of those heavy expectations, like silent birds, that have crossed thousands of mountains and rivers and perched on their shoulders, becoming rusty traces on the iron armor that will never fade.

They began to run with a smile, regardless of the future or return date, vowing to bless the river and the homeland.

What's more, this time, it was her companion who built a wall with his body and stepped forward to protect the people of the world.

What could she do?

In front of her family and country, her personal safety seemed to be as light as a feather and was not worth mentioning, but it made her suddenly realize the weight of life.

It was dark again, and I don't know what happened to the empty dock city, and whether the city was broken? What about the people who defended the city? Will they die?

She didn't know the answer, and she didn't dare to think deeply, even if these questions kept lingering in her heart, she could only rush to Fanzhou, which was thousands of miles away.

What should she do.

But what if she can't get into the city tonight?

When life is at stake, when time is against time, waiting is like Ling Chi, can she wait until dawn, can the people in the northwest wait?

So, isn't life too heavy?

It's really too heavy.

Suddenly, all of them pressed heavily on their shoulders, bound their wings, and made people breathless.

The old husband didn't say anything after asking, and turned his head into the house by himself, his back was not gentle, like a silent refusal, or twice.

It seemed to be nothing, but the second refusal made her suddenly deflated in her heart, and the corners of her eyes were faintly sour.

Since they refuse to help, they ask for a lot of information, and they are plain and annoying!

Gritting her teeth in anger, she reached out to grab the reins, turned her head to leave, and before she had taken a dozen steps, there were footsteps behind her.

"Little girl!"

Looking back, it was still the old husband, he walked over slowly, her face was cold and she didn't say a word.

The husband suddenly grabbed her hand lightly, stuffed something into her hand, and then let go, beckoned at her and motioned for her to follow, and turned his back and muttered to himself, regardless of whether she followed or not, whether she was going to leave just now.

"That's it...... It's pitiful, but there's no next time...... It's over if you don't see it, it's best not to let the city lord know...... Forget it, I'm so old, half of my body is in the ground, I'm afraid of what I'm doing, and the horizontal and vertical are a little help...... I haven't eaten much along the way, there is nothing left at home, the stove is extinguished, a little cold food is paddled in the stomach, and then I have a good meal after I get to the relative's house, I don't know if the surplus food at home is enough to take you in, I can see too much to be driven out, and create evil...... Anyway, you can eat a meal, you have to remember...... Alas, this year of war and chaos has not been easy...... It's not good ......."

She was stunned, and when she looked down, she saw that in her hand was a corn bun that had already been cool, which was not very fine, but the tears in the corners of her eyes suddenly became hot.

Life has its temperature, it's hot and crazy, isn't it too heavy?

This is probably the reason why thousands of soldiers rushed into battle without hesitation.

In order to protect such gentleness and kindness.

A moment later, a fast horse hurried into Fanzhou City.