Thousand lamps

Chapter 3 Du Yi: Suffering

The sky was still gray when I left, maybe I ran away desperately that night, and indeed I escaped a long way, so I haven't seen any Khitan people here.

I got on the horse, held the rein, and the horse circled and walked a few steps in place.As soon as I turned my head, I saw him set up the window, looking at me quietly through the window, looking straight into my eyes.Only now did I have the opportunity to observe his eyes carefully. It was as quiet as a cold pool, and the ancient water had no waves.

I raised the corner of my mouth and asked, "Oh, what's your name?"

After hesitating for a while, his sharp lips moved, and he said in a low voice, "Xiao Cai."

"Xiao Cai? Good name!" I silently said his name several times so that I could remember it firmly.Immediately, I said loudly: "Okay, I'll write it down. Xiao Cai, let's not change the green mountains, and the green waters will flow forever!"

After finishing speaking, he turned around and left with a whip.

After all, I am not a sentimental person. When we meet by chance, we should say goodbye in a generous and unrestrained manner, and say that there will be a period of time later.And why bother to bid farewell at the Changting Pavilion pretentiously, holding hands and looking at tears?

So, I whipped my horse and left without mercy.

The horse is a good horse, and it took me a long way in no time.As if something was calling me, I looked back and looked in the direction I came from.I remember that there was a dilapidated window there, a tall and cold man with eyes as quiet as a cold lake.But it was in vain, I only saw a red sun rising on the horizon-this desert is so empty and lonely.

I gave up my mind and just continued to escape.

Heaven pays off. I found the ghost doctor that Xiao Cai mentioned. On the way, I met two confidantes who were also on the run. Both of them were injured to varying degrees. Now we are temporarily staying with the ghost doctor to recuperate.

I accidentally touched the wound while riding a horse, and the injury got worse, so I had to stay in bed.

The ghost doctor seems to be very famous in this area. When I came, there was still an unconscious man lying in his medicine, and a woman with a haggard face was taking care of him.The ghost doctor said that it was a general on the border with Xixia, and only then did I realize that this is a trumpet area at the junction of Song Dynasty, Liao and Xixia.

"Jing Benhui, I beg you! Save him!" The woman stepped forward and blocked the way of the ghost doctor.The ghost doctor turned his back to me, I couldn't see his expression, but I could see his hands trembling, which were quickly put into his sleeves again. "Go back!" Jing Benhui said sharply, and then he lowered his voice like a sigh of relief: "It's best to bury it."

The woman's face was pale, like withered grass that had been damaged by the wind, and it could be wiped out with just a light touch.

I can't forget those wet eyes, desperate, dying, helpless, sad... When my mother died, my father also looked like this.That woman must love that man very much, just like my father loves my mother very much.Love, love, more than life, more than everything.

This world is generally like this, the more you want to keep it, it just goes faster; the more you want to hold on, it just slips through your fingers.Resentment and hatred meet, love separates, the world is impermanent, and most things always go against their wishes.

A human face appeared in my mind, a cold, expressionless face.My heart suddenly hurt, as if someone was holding it tightly.

"Xiao Cai..." I murmured, my heart throbbing uncontrollably.

I ordered a confidant who was less injured to inquire about the news, and then I came back: "Prince, there is news."

I jumped up from the bed suddenly: "how?" The wound affected me, and I had to lie back immediately.

"Prince, take care of your wounds!" Your confidant said a few words of concern, and reported the situation quite leisurely: "Shortly after you left, the Khitans came to kill there. Brother Xiao Cai was arrested. I heard that the Khitans were in his house. I found a military torch in my room, and I'm currently being tortured... But brother Xiao Cai is indeed a tough guy, after so long, he still hasn't confessed our whereabouts..."

The fire pocket is mine, but why does he keep it?In the final analysis, I still harmed him, but won't his pig's brain turn around?Wouldn't it be okay if I lost it early?

"No move?" I frowned, "Zensheng said?"

"I see that the Khitan people are still looking for them in that village, and they have no intention of killing them at all..." The man took the credit for himself, and poured himself a cup of tea to moisten his throat without hesitation, and continued with a solemn expression: "Prince, the Khitan people The method is... but... well, brother Xiao Cai can't stand it even if he is hardened, we still have to make plans early!"

My mind was a little dizzy, the Khitan people's punishment methods are notoriously brutal.

Xiao Cai, why do you have to suffer such pain?How do you bear such pain?

"No need!" My voice trembled slightly, but my words were firm.

"Prince..." One of my confidantes wanted to persuade me, but I waved my sleeve feebly to signal him not to say more.

Then, I heard my own voice: "I believe him!"

He also believed in me. He had a lot of opportunities to kill me that night, but he didn't.

He is willing to believe me, and I am willing to believe him.

He believes in me once, and I believe in him forever!

So, the three of us began to wait for the arrival of reinforcements in unison.

During these days of waiting for reinforcements, I was desperate and anxious to see someone.This person couldn't see in the dark, but he gave me medicine with the help of a dim fire; this person was ruthless and cunning, but he just saved me, a stranger who met by chance; this person left me money, food and livelihood, but But I stand alone against the enemy's sharp sword and torture; this person... this arrogant and self-important guy, I want to see him, I am very eager, looking forward to it, but at the same time I am afraid that it is not him...

I often think of that woman's eyes, and my father's eyes. Sadness and fear are like a huge net, which traps me firmly and cannot move.So I was like a fish in a dry rut, leaving only numbness and despair.

Fortunately, the reinforcements arrived this afternoon, and I went to join them without stopping.Fortunately, my father thought that I was in danger, so he specially allocated an elite army to support me.In this battle, our army defeated the Khitan.

"Prince, this way." Someone led me to the torture room where Xiao Cai was held and interrogated. I just followed him and urged him to hurry up.

"Xiao Cai, wait for me..." My hands trembled so much that I could hardly hold the reins, and my soul seemed to have flown far away.The horse's hoof seemed to be stepping on my heart, and I heard my heart beat almost at the same frequency as the sound of the horse's hoof, so fast, as if it was about to jump out at any time.

Still not enough, hurry up, go faster!For me now, waiting a moment longer is suffering.

I was so eager to see him!

Do not let me down!

Please live!

Wait for me, Xiao Cai!